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DTSHORTHAND Campus Life The Women’s Center is hosting a workshop that will help young women learn how to examine for breast cancer at noon in UH 205. This presentation by the O.C. Chapter of The Susan G. Komen Foundation will educate women about breast cancer statistics. It will provide information on how to practice good breast health behaviors. Resources for free mammograms will be offered. For more information contact Sue Passalacqua at (714) 2783651. Only 40 seats are available for this event.
A worsening economy turns cheap into chic KANSAS CITY (MCT) – The economy hasn’t had an effect on Jennifer Sommers’ salary. Nor is she spending less. She is, however, more selective about her purchases. Sommers now shops the sale racks at Urban Outfitters instead of the latest arrivals, eats at a local cafe instead of more expensive restaurants, and waits for movies to come out on DVD instead of going to the theaters. She also rides her bike nearly everywhere she goes. “I still pretty much spend on the same stuff. But I think I’m spending a little wiser,” said Sommers of Kansas City. Welcome to the new frugality. An uncertain economy, marked by higher food and energy costs, unpredictable politics, volatile financial markets and tightening credit, is having a chilling effect on many consumers. In good times, consumers drive about 70 percent of all economic activity through their spending decisions. Now, shifting shopping patterns will help determine whether a wobbly economy officially dips into recession. Almost every retail spending category was down or flat in August, according to TNS Retail Forward, a market research firm based in Columbus, Ohio.
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Pell Grants are nearly cut in half Federal funds do not compensate for a spike in financial aid applications By Damon Lowney
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In the future, loans will get him by, he said. “I don’t mind because my education is an investment,” Moreno said of the acquired debt. As the economy worsens and tuition increases, more students are still attending college and relying on financial aid programs, such as Pell Grants. About 800,000 more students had applied for grants by July 31 than at the same time last year, See PELL GRANT Page 2
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By Brian Lichterman/For The Daily Titan Staff The history of Newport Beach can be seen through artistic interpretation and is preserved in a cleverly designed medium at the base of the city’s pier. There are empty spaces that are intentionally left on the display that are meant for future documentation. See related story on page 3
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semester, an option she has tried to avoid throughout her college career. David Moreno, a junior, receives the maximum Pell Grant award of $4,731. He held a job in previous years during college, but he felt overwhelmed and suffered from lack of sleep. Although Moreno doesn’t hold a job now, he would consider one if he did not receive a Pell Grant. For the first time in his college career, Moreno took out a $5,500 loan to help with school.
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eral years,” McCracken said in an email interview. Of these recipients, 54 percent receive the Pell Grant, which is 23 percent of the roughly 36,000 students attending CSUF. Senior Rebecca Loera relies on federal aid to get her through the year. She doesn’t work, so her $1,200 Pell Grant pays a big chunk of her tuition. If she didn’t receive a Pell Grant, she said, “I would have to find some other way to pay for my books and my car.” Loera had to take out her first student loan this
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One traveler posted this video of a psychedelic airport terminal. He wrote that he “sat in the middle of the aisle ... and was drawn in to the strange, hypnotic, visual display, with trance music that coincided.” If every terminal featured these visually stimulating effects, maybe travelers would be less concerned about layovers. It was not mentioned what airport this was recorded at.
nomic crisis, according to the New York Times. As of Oct. 3, $11.1 million in Federal Pell Grants had been split between 7,419 students at Cal State Fullerton, Deborah McCracken, director of CSUF’s Financial Aid Department, said. This would amount to about $1,500 per student, nearly half of last year’s average. “Forty two percent of the campus population receives some type of financial aid assistance, which has been the case for the past sev-
Parking may become more of an issue for students because of the Cal State Fullerton Housing Authority’s plans to demolish some of Lot E for a new student housing project. The Student Housing Phase III, which is expected to begin during December and be completed in fall of 2011, is going to be constructed over a portion of Lot E, the second largest parking lot in comparison to Lot A on State College and Yorba Linda Boulevard. “I can see how there’s some logic to it, but I really don’t see how
the ratio of how many commuter students to residential students we have, would give you a reason to tear down a parking lot, especially when parking is so bad,” Lauren Scott, a CSUF senior, said. Scott, a 21-year old English major gets to school at 7:30 a.m. during the week to avoid the competitive hunt for parking spaces and feels that it is an unnecessary thing for a commuter, like herself, to have to go through. According to design plans, the outlook of the project is aimed to rehash the classic feel of student housing life, proposing a central kitchen/dining area as well as double-occupancy rooms that share a bathroom. The five-story complex will also have a conference room and mail room for students and faculty. The design of the complex was
conceptualized by Steinberg Architects, with the construction being overseen by PCL Contractors and with an estimated budget of $120 million, according to Cal State Fullerton’s online magazine, Inside. Both Steinburg Architects and PCL Contractors won the competition that the Trustees of CSUF conducted in January of this year in search of a designer/builder team to carry out the production of the housing project. The original project manager of the first phase in the student housing, Steven Chamberlain, is in charge of overseeing this project. Aaron Case, 18, moved into the residence halls just two weeks ago and feels that even though he was forced to commute to school from the start of the semester until now, that students will still need the parking lot.
“It’s a (commuter) school, so there’s no point in it,” Case said. To replace the parking spaces lost due to the construction, plans for a new 1,500-space parking structure will be placed north of the Fullerton Marriot and is slated for a spring 2010 completion. “Student Housing has always been planned to go into parking lot E,” said Darlene Stevenson, director of housing and residence life. Stevenson said in an e-mail interview that the master plan for the third phase of the housing project entails future student parking structures, however during the time of construction, students will have to park in student lots in spaces that are available. “For more input on parking mitigation please contact the parking and transportation office,” she said.
Krugman surprises with Nobel win for economics LOS ANGELES (MCT) – Against the backdrop of global financial turmoil and the highly charged U.S. presidential election, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences tapped into both issues with its surprise decision Monday to award a Nobel prize in economics to Paul Krugman, a Princeton University scholar and vocal critic of conservative policies. Krugman, an op-ed columnist for the New York Times since 1999, was cited for his theories on how urbanization can affect trade patterns. It was the last of the six Nobels awarded this year. Combining economies of scale with lower transportation costs, ac-
cording to Krugman’s research, helps to explain why larger shares of the world’s population live in cities and why economic activity is concentrated in metropolitan areas. He also has proved that migration to cities is increasing as large-scale production expands, wages rise and a wider array of goods become available. Krugman has been developing his theory since 1979, when he first tried to explain how post-World War II trade patterns contradicted the economic theory of the day. He revisited his ideas in 1991, when he determined that trade is possible but can be obstructed due to transit costs. Meanwhile, he held that labor often
is more likely to be attracted to the centers of activity. News of the award came as a surprise, even to Krugman. “To be absolutely, totally honest I thought this day might come some day, but I was absolutely convinced it wasn’t going to be this day,” Krugman told the New York Times. “I know people who live their lives waiting for this call, and it’s not good for the soul. So I put it out of my mind and stopped thinking about it.” Krugman’s prize, for which he’ll collect $1.4 million in cash, comes just weeks before the U.S. elects a new president. The selection is unusual in that the Nobel committee picked not
only an economist who is visible but one who’s also highly critical of political policies. As the campaign has heated up, so has Krugman’s Times column, for which he is best known by the American public. Krugman has become more vociferous of his criticism of President Bush, as well as that of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s $700 billion bailout plan. In Monday’s column, Krugman lambasted Paulson for rejecting a public equity stake in the financial system. “It’s hard to avoid the sense that Mr. Paulson’s initial response was See NOBEL WINNER, Page 2
Cal State Fullerton juniors Caitlin Gray and Bryce Bridge went undefeated to win first place in their season-opening debate tournament in San Francisco on Sept. 28, after upsetting UC Berkeley, Arizona State University and USC. This was Bridge and Gray’s first victory in a tournament. According to John Bruschke, the forensic debate director, CSUF has been one of the top 16 best debate schools since 2001. “The baseball team and debate team are the miracle workers on our campus,” Bruschke said. “Every single year we always do better than we should. There really is no reason why we should be able to beat these schools, but often we do.” Assistant director of forensics, Toni Nielson had high hopes for her two proteges. “I expected them to be in the final, but the fact that they got there without losing surprised and pleased me,” Nielson said. They exceeded my expectations.” Gray and Bridge have been involved in debate for many years, going back from when they were both in high school. While in high school, they discovered their love for debate, which eventually became one of the reasons why they both chose to come to CSUF. “I try to view debate as an educational activity. I honesty don’t know where I would be without debate,” Bridge said. “It’s a forum that really pushes you to dig deeper into your thoughts and arguments,” Gray said. “It has a lot of progressive potential and is great for real activism.” The team has to debate the same topic all season, and examine the many different sides of the topic. The topic that the debate team has this season is reducing agricultural subsidies. The season begins in September and ends in March. According to Nielson, the CSUF debate team usually takes part in 20 weekend tournaments throughout the season. During their season, the debate team takes part in local, regional and national tournaments. To be a part of the debate team requires a lot of hard work and research. In order to be competitive like Gray and Bridge, participants have to put in between 20 and 30 hours of work a week. Gray and Bridge would argue that most of the time you need to put in more. The work they do to prepare for a tournament includes summarizing hundreds of papers on their research topic, being able to cite 30 sources, and read and comprehend 10 books, See FORENSIC TEAM, Page 2
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Student shot four times by ex-boyfriend IDLAND, Mich. (AP) - A teenager shot his former girlfriend four times outside her high school, then killed himself, authorities said. Jessica Forsyth, 17, was taken to Hurley Medical Center in Flint, where she was in serious but stable condition, hospital spokeswoman Christie White said Wednesday afternoon. Midland Police Chief James St. Louis said the gunman died in the parking lot. The boy, a 17-year-old from nearby Coleman, had gone to H.H. Dow High School on Wednesday morning to try to talk to Jessica, but he was turned away by school officials, the police chief said. The boy then called her and asked her to meet him outside the building. After a conversation in the parking lot, the boy pulled a gun out of a backpack and shot her four times before turning the gun on himself, St. Louis said.
NATIONAL Hofstra prepares for hosting McCain, Obama HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (MCT) – After investing $3.5 million in construction and planning, Hofstra University found out there was something missing from its preparations for this week’s third and final presidential debate. Water glasses. “We actually had to give the campaigns the exact water glass the candidates will be using during the debate,” said Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz. “So they know the heft of it, I guess.” From the massive to the mundane, Hofstra has spent the last year getting ready for its close-up, re-tooling its David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex into the venue for a debate that will be watched by millions on television worldwide. “There are people cleaning and painting everywhere,” said freshman Melissa Barnshaw, 17, of South Brunswick, N.J. “And there’s so much security. But it’s not that inconvenient - I mean, it’s not like this happens every day.” Construction crews have laid tens of thousands feet of cable and carpet, and installed thousands of phone lines and hundreds of flat-screen televisions.
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Debit cards bring risk of wiped-out account
FRESNO (MCT) – Out of cash? No checks? Not a problem for millions nationwide who rely on a debit card to pay for everything from appliances to trips to the zoo. But as consumers and merchants, too enjoy the convenience of plastic cash, computer hackers and thieves increasingly are tapping into electronic networks or are using portable card-reading devices to electronically pickpocket your financial information. Banks and merchants are fighting back, but experts say the cardholder is the best defender. Check your accounts regularly, don’t let your card stray from sight and put major purchases on credit. The detective who heads the financial crimes unit of the Fresno Police Department takes it further. A lot further. “I never use my debit card, ever,” said Sgt. Sherree Flores. “It is just too risky.” Statistics show Flores to be in the minority. But she is right about the dangers.
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From Page 1 according to a memorandum by Thomas P. Skelly, U.S. director of the budget services for the Department of Education, the New York Times reported. The national unemployment rate of 6.1 percent in September could explain why more are seeking an education and applying for
financial aid. Students returning to college to refine their job skills strain financial aid, said Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president for public affairs at the American Council on Education, to the New York Times. Pell Grants are usually awarded to low-income students with family incomes of $40,000 or less. For the 2008-2009 year,
new grant awards range from $400$4,731. The average new award for the anticipated 5.6 million students who get Pell Grants will be roughly $2,945, according to the Department of Education. Next year, the DOE estimates that the number of recipients will rise to about 6.5 million. Whether students qualify for federal grants or not, they
are always eligible for loans. Students must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to be considered for any assistance, including the Pell Grant. The application period for financial aid is a 17-month cycle so students can apply for 2008-2009 from Jan. 1, 2008 until May 15, 2009, according to McCracken.
nobel winner: gets recognition From Page 1 distorted by ideology. Remember, he works for an administration whose philosophy of government can be summed up as ‘private good, public bad,’ which must have made it hard to face up to the need for partial government ownership of the financial sector,” Krugman wrote.
Krugman also has been highly critical of Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain. He has attacked McCain’s handling of the recently passed financial-rescue legislation in Congress, calling the Arizona lawmaker “frightening.” “We’ve known for a long time, of course, that Mr. McCain doesn’t know much about economics he’s said so himself, although he’s
also denied having said it,” Krugman wrote in a recent column. “That wouldn’t matter much if he had good taste in advisers - but he doesn’t.” By contrast, Krugman’s writing offers more praise for McCain’s opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. “About Mr. Obama: it’s a shame that he didn’t show more leadership in the debate over the bailout bill,
choosing instead to leave the issue in the hands of congressional Democrats, especially (Sen.) Chris Dodd and (Rep.) Barney Frank,” Krugman wrote. “But both Mr. Obama and the congressional Democrats are surrounded by very knowledgeable, clear-headed advisers, with experienced crisis managers like Paul Volcker and Robert Rubin always close at hand.”
rifice by losing sleep and planning their time wisely to make sure they are prepared for school and their debate tournaments. Winning the debate tournament and going undefeated makes all their
hard work worth it, Gray said. “It felt surreal when we won; it was nice, and it didn’t really hit me at first,” Bridge said. “It was really intense. At the moment I had to contain myself, but I was really stoked
and excited.” The debate team’s next tournament will be Oct. 17 at Pepperdine. On Oct. 24, they will be sponsoring the high school debate tournament on campus.
FORENSIC TEAM: WEEKEND DEBATES From Page 1 according to Bruschke. It is not easy to balance their time between debate, school and having a social life; but these debaters sac-
Obama, McCain talk up ideas for the economy WASHINGTON (MCT) – Democrat Barack Obama on Monday proposed $60 billion worth of new ideas to stimulate the ailing economy, including a tax credit to prod companies to hire more workers and a new way for consumers to cash out up to 15 percent of their IRAs or 401(k)s with no early-withdrawal penalties. Republican John McCain, who is behind in polls, reiterated several of his recent proposals to combat the economic crisis, but rolled out nothing new in speeches in Virginia and North Carolina. He plans a more detailed speech Tuesday with some “specific new measures,” said Doug Holtz-Eakin, McCain’s senior policy adviser. The economy is by far the most important issue to voters, polls have found, but some experts said that Obama’s new proposals weren’t comprehensive enough. Obama’s new ideas, combined with his earlier economic-stimulus proposals from the summer, would cost about $175 billion over two years, according to his economic policy director, Jason Furman. The additional spending probably would drive up the federal budget deficit, estimated at a record $438 billion in fiscal 2008 and likely to be at least that much next year, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Still, because of the economic downturn, “this president is going to need a large stimulus package,”
argued Alice Rivlin, a Democrat and former Federal Reserve Board vice chairman. Campaigning in Ohio, Obama also proposed giving companies a $3,000 tax credit per new worker for net U.S. jobs created through 2010. He called for a three-month moratorium on home foreclosures. He also asked the Federal Reserve to provide short-term emergency loans to struggling states or local governments that can’t tap the bond market during the financial crisis. He said that allowing early withdrawals of up to 15 percent - capped at $10,000 - from retirement savings programs through 2009 without tax penalties “will help families get through this crisis without being forced to make painful choices like selling their homes or not sending their children to college.” Current law imposes a 10 percent tax penalty on withdrawals from 401(k) plans before age 59 {, and makes the money that’s withdrawn subject to income tax. The tax penalty is waived for those who can demonstrate hardships or for first-time homebuyers, said William Roberts, a spokesman for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Obama’s proposal would let anyone withdraw up to $10,000 without penalty. The Illinois senator also reiterated his recent calls for an emergency lending fund, fee waivers for small businesses and an extension of unemployment benefits.
McCain’s forces were sharply critical. Holtz-Eakin charged that Obama’s $3,000 tax credits for new American workers would “hardly undo the damage” from the employer health-care mandates or some business tax increases that Obama wants. McCain supporter Rob Portman, a former congressman and budget director for the Bush administration, said that Obama’s $10,000 allowance for early withdrawals “seems like it would be the wrong thing to encourage,” since it would let people take money out of their retirement accounts at a time when the assets in them are lower because of the crisis. McCain reiterated his own ideas, pitching his $300 billion plan for the government to buy bad mortgages in exchange for lower-rate government-backed loans, and to take bad debt off banks’ books. Obama has criticized that approach as a giveaway to the lending industry. McCain also has proposed waiving rules that force senior citizens to withdraw from their IRAs or 401(k) s beginning at age 70 { regardless of the market. Obama supports that idea. In addition, the Arizona senator has called for freezing government spending on “all but the most important programs.” Defense spending, veterans’ care, Social Security and perhaps others he’s yet to
specify would be exempt from his freeze. Some analysts’ were underwhelmed by Obama’s new ideas. Their chief benefit would be largely psychological, said Stan Collender, a veteran Washington economic analyst. The ability to tap 401(k)s or freezing foreclosures, for instance, “would take one source of stomach-tightening away from people,” he said. “It could make people feel a little bit better.” William Shughart, a professor of economics at the University of Mississippi, saw the proposals as minor efforts when “you need a global plan” to help the economy. “People are looking for an overarching plan, not stopgap measures.” McCain spoke of the economic crisis in national security terms. He used the words “fight” or “fighting” at least 18 times, and said that “the hour is late. Our troubles are getting worse. Our enemies watch. ... We have to fight.” “I’ve been fighting for this country since I was 17 years old, and I have the scars to prove it,” he added. “What America needs in this hour is a fighter, someone who puts all his cards on the table and trusts the judgment of the American people.” He accused Obama of “measuring the drapes” at the White House with 22 days to go before the election Nov. 4, and said that although he’s slipped behind Obama in national polls, “We’ve got them just where we want them.”
Germany, France, Britain launch major financial-rescue plans PARIS (MCT) – Acting with urgency and unity, which had been sorely lacking, European nations unveiled plans Monday that could inject a mind-boggling $1 trillion into troubled banking systems whose failures have threatened to drag the world into a deep recession. Stock markets around the globe rallied after Britain, Germany and France announced concrete steps that will dramatically reshape the world economy by guaranteeing bank loans and recapitalizing their countries’ commercial banks. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared that his plan would be a “rock of stability.” French President Nicolas Sarkozy said “audacious” steps were the only way out of the crisis. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a reluctant convert to the coordinated approach, said the measures would restore trust in the world markets. After significant divisions last week that sent stock markets plunging, Monday’s action marked a moment of triumph for Brown, who spearheaded the strategy, and Sarkozy, who worked tirelessly as the president of the European Union to overcome German resistance to the idea. “I think Europe does now have its act together, and has its act together rather more than the United States,” said Richard Portes, an economics
professor at the London Business School. “I am actually quite encouraged by the progress that has been made quickly, and I think we have reason to hope that we’ve turned the corner.” In total, European leaders are offering to pump more than $1 trillion into their banking systems. The goal is to assure investors that the banks are healthy and free up frozen lending between banks, which has been at the center of the worldwide fiscal meltdown. In exchange for a lifeline, troubled banks must accept government oversight that, in some cases, will amount to partially nationalizing the financial institutions. Other European nations already are falling in line. Also, after its initial $700 billion bank bailout strategy failed to reassure markets, the Bush administration is moving toward embracing Brown’s strategy as a crucial element of the U.S. approach. On Monday, Merkel unveiled the most expensive of the European plans, a $681 billion package that will be used to guarantee bank loans and recapitalize German banks. The French version calls for the government to inject nearly $500 billion into the nation’s banks. Brown pledged to pump as much as $63 billion into England’s three largest banks. “To let the chips fall where they
may would be the height of irresponsibility,” Brown said. “It would be a failure of leadership precisely at the moment when vigorous action is needed to protect people who need that help most.” Their approach addresses the heart of Europe’s problems: Banks are afraid to lend in a climate of panic. Because European banking is dominated by a few huge banks in each country, that poses a greater systemic
risk than struggling U.S. banks do. The U.S. crisis came about because of problems involving investment banks, which were subject to lesser reserve requirements than commercial banks were and were allowed to borrow more against those reserves. These same banks were crucial in developing complex, esoteric and unregulated financial instruments that threaten to implode and harm global finance.
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October 14, 2008
US Ambassador to Vietnam speaks to students By rae nguyen
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When Yen Nguyen, a sophomore international student found out that U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, Michael Michalak, was coming to speak about education on campus Oct. 11, she and her brother, Son, made sure they had their questions ready for the diplomat to answer. After all, only one hour was given to Vietnamese international students before Michalak was due at another meeting in San Jose. “I can’t wait to meet him,” Yen Nyugen said. “It’s pretty exciting for us. We have a lot to talk about ... in a very short period of time.” More than 30 students gathered in a small conference room in the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics building for an intimate gathering with the ambassador who had flown in Friday afternoon from Hanoi. Michalak greeted each student by shaking their hands and asking for their names. “I am pleased all of you are here to speak to me as I am eager to learn of your experiences here in America,” he said. “It’s mutual learning experience that we too are always learning from you.” Dean Harry Norman of extended education opened up with introductions and credited Michalak for the growing enrollment of international students at Cal State Fullerton. “Since (Michalak) became ambassador, the opportunities for Vietnamese students to study in the United States have increased greatly,” Norman said. “About 130
students with visas are from Viet- experiences in America. nam.” “I’m more interested in hearing Organizer of the event, Tam what you all have to say,” Michalak Nguyen, who is a consultant to the told the group. “It’s important to dean of extended education and in- me that you have the finest educaternational programs, was excited tion here.” to have the ambassador at CSUF. Concerns of high international He wanted to make sure the set- student tuition fees, extension of ting would be comfortable for an visa stays and scholarships were open dialogue between Michalak what Yen and many other students and the students. wanted to address. “It’s in a controlled environment Yen voiced her concern about the where I believe lack of scholarit’ll be conducive ships offered to for the ambasinternational stusador to know dents. the students,” he “We have a said. “And they harder time lookwill have a better ing for scholchance to know arships,” Yen him.” Nguyen said. An awkward “It’s limited for moment of siinternational stulence crept in dents.” before a student Michalak sug– Michael Michalak, courageously gested looking U.S. Ambassador to asked how the into financial Vietnam ambassador was aid, outreach doing. This drew programs or local laughs from the campus clubs to crowd. help out. Michalak explained of his trip “There are organizations out to Washington, D.C. earlier in the there. The tough part is finding week and of how he met with of- them,” he said. ficials of the Vietnamese embassy to Each student was asked about negotiate for land so that a new U.S. their major and what their plans embassy could be built in place of were after graduating from school. where he is currently working at in Most of them were majoring in Hanoi. He also spoke of a blossom- business, others in social sciences. ing economic and commercial relaAnh Tran, a junior majoring in tionship between the two nations. communication, said she hopes to “U.S. and Vietnam economic re- utilize her skills when she returns to lations have slowly improved, with Vietnam. She noted the differences U.S. being the largest trading part- between Americans and Vietnamner,” Michalak said. ese. “There’s more individualism Since the Vietnam-U.S. bilateral (here) where the teachers encourage trade agreement in 2001, Vietnam’s students to be more vocal,” Tran exports have risen from $1 billion said, adding that students are more in 2001 to $5.2 billion in 2004 to likely to ask questions and give almost $7 billion in 2005, accord- opinions than they are in Vietnam. ing to Vietnam’s Ministry of For“There are more choices spoken eign Affairs Web site. Michalak said freely by the American students and that leading Vietnamese exported it’s welcomed,” she said. products to the U.S. include agriCompanies like insurer Americulture, textiles and furniture. can International Group, which has However, Michalak was more been hit hard by recent economic fascinated to hear of the students’ troubles, have a visible presence in
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Even piers get face-lifts The area surrounding the entrance to the Newport Beach Pier has been upgraded this summer with a unique art project By Brian Lichterman
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In 2006, Newport Beach celebrated its centennial and made plans to commemorate the occasion with a monument in the city’s honor. That monument became the Centennial Legacy Project in McFadden Square, an area in close By Nicole grodesky /For the Daily Titan proximity to Newport Pier. In July the square’s main attrac- A wave breaks next to the newly renovated Newport Beach Pier. tion, a sea-green sphere with historical and cultural scenes of Newport so empty. It’s nice to see a change,” placed as soon as it’s fixed. “It’s a damn shame these kids Beach, was put into place, accord- said Alistair Neal, who stood to admire the sphere. drink so much at the local bars and ing to the city’s Web site. Another onlooker, Candice ruin our property,” Steve Blythe, The sphere, placed where dilapiWendt, said, “I have two children, a resident of the city for over 25 dated restrooms once were, origiboth under 9 years old, and it’s years, said. nally began as an art competition nice to be able to bring them to the The first city council meeting was that was open to the public. It was won by sculptor Hank beach and have them learn about held in McFadden Square in 1906, the city.” 14 years after the McFadden brothKaminsky. The Tara Finnigan, ers gained control of most of the sphere displays a public informa- area west of Pacific Coast Highway, collective history tion officer for Webb said. of Newport Beach Newport Beach, In 2006 the centennial was celand celebrates the also said there ebrated with a Beach Boys concert city’s coastal acwere ocean pier at Newport Dunes, and there was tivities and herirepair projects a fireworks show on the Balboa and tage. The project coming up that Newport piers. began on March have an estimated “It can be difficult to get people 17, according to budget of nearly on board with beautification projDon Webb, who ects,” Webb said. – Alistair Neal, $730,000. was mayor during This initiative, as well as other The city resident Newport Beach’s generally budpier maintenance projects, should centennial in gets $300,000- begin reviving the central Newport 2006, and was $600,000 for Beach area, and should in turn atunveiled to the public July 21. maintenance and inspection of the tract more local interest, economic “Over time, many renovations pier every two years, which doesn’t stimulation and tourism. have taken place at the pier’s entryway, and I’m very excited about this leave much money left for beautification projects. project,” Webb said. As a result, most of the money Many people pass by the monufor the sphere was received through ment and take time to look at the square’s paving stones that serve as a donations and contributions from timeline for the city, starting in the private citizens totaling approximately $510,000. late 1800s. Something almost disastrous for The path continues past 2008 with blank tiles that will be filled in the monument occurred in early with future historical events. Part of September when a man left a nearthe idea for the sphere was to edu- by bar after drinking and crashed cate the citizens about the past and his car into one of the benches that to show where Newport Beach has surround the sphere, Webb said. The man now faces several felony its roots. charges. The bench has since been “I’ve lived down here for years removed for repairs and will be renow and this area has always been
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By Rae Nguyen/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Vietnamese international students pose for a picture with the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak on Saturday.
Asia. Students asked Michalak if this affect jobs in Vietnam. Michalak stated that even a company like AIG, with offices in Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi, is independently operated and will always be looking to hire graduates. “More U.S. companies are heading to Vietnam,” Michalak said. “There will always be jobs and you all will be working for corporations or even be running them.” Time was up and students bid farewell to the ambassador, who had three more scheduled stops to make before returning to Vietnam. Tran said she was glad to have a chance to meet him, though she was somewhat disappointed that only one hour was spent with him. “We know he’ll come by to see us again next year,” she said. “Maybe then, it’ll be more than an hour.”
By Rae Nguyen/Daily Titan Staff Photographer From left: consultant to the dean of extended education, Tam Nguyen, student Yen Nguyen, the ambassador and Neil Tran, president of Vietnamese American MBA Alumni Chapter.
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Learning from our mistakes Most economic news these days has a decidedly depressing sound. Some might say recent news has a “Great Depression” sound. With the economy getting pummeled, housing values dropping and unemployment rising, people from Washington to Cal State Fullerton are talking about a possible depression. Yet even though fear levels seem to be rising, public opinion is remarkably fickle and shifts easily. Over the summer, as the subprime mortgage crisis began to hit and gas prices came close to the $5 mark, most Americans seemed reluctant to acknowledge that the nation was heading into – or beginning – an economic recession. Skip forward to fall and public opinion has chillingly skipped past fears of a recession straight to the big “D.” Yesterday the stock market rebounded, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 936 points – the highest one-day gain ever. This climb helped reassure the American people that the economy might be OK after all. And indeed, as proven by any number of crises that the country has faced, America is capable of attacking this problem head-on. The American public should take a moment to exhale a little
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after today’s market rebound, but while we look to avoid another catastrophic depression, now would be a good time for some introspection and reorganizing of our priorities. It doesn’t take an economics professor to know that a basic formula for wealth is “save more than you spend.” As Americans, we have long forgotten the meaning of the word frugal. It is no coincidence that a time of both massive personal and national debt is accompanied by a time of incredible environmental crisis. We borrow more than we should to buy the very goods that are destroying our environment, and then lament the state of our world. Many of our grandparents or great-grandparents learned to be frugal after living through the Great Depression. At one point or another, most of us have been told by those same grandparents that our generation has it so much easier than they did. Let’s take that to heart and use past generations’ experiences as a sort of Cliff’s Notes for life, skipping right past the 25 percent unemployment of the 1920s and move on to changing how we think about our personal and national finances.
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October 14, 2008
A different decision: Who NOT to vote for? By Daniel xu
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
When Barack Obama is elected president next month, he'll have a big speech. It'll be powerful, inspiring and a lot longer than an acceptance speech by an Oscar winner, but it's essentially the same thing. The only real difference is that Obama's speech won't include a long list of people he would like to thank. That's too bad, because his republican opponent, John McCain, deserves to be on the top of that list for his smear campaign that paved Obama's way to victory. Let's forget for a minute that both candidates said they wanted a positive campaign – "a different kind of politics." With the election on a daily countdown, and with McCain losing big on the electoral map, his only option left seems to be the one that pushed George W. Bush to the top: taking off the gloves. "Sen. John McCain and his op-
eratives are gambling that he can distract you with smears rather than talk to you about substance," Obama said in a recent rally. His own operatives, on the other hand, know these smears can work both ways. The rest of Obama's speeches are filled with anecdotes and slogans, finding faults in McCain's plans and setting goals for his own eventual administration. Nothing in there answered the question: how? Some of us want to learn how buying up private banks will change the free market, how major investment in energy independence will affect our national debt, how a government health care system’s pros can be preserved while its cons can be avoided and what exactly is the difference between the Iraq War and sending troops to overthrow other abusive totalitarian governments. Dumb independents like myself don't have a clear stand on the issues, yet we will determine the outcome of this election. Most top issues – the economy,
foreign policy, energy, health care – are incredibly complex. Perhaps no more than a handful of Ivy League elites could loudly claim that they fully understand what's best in solving these problems. The majority of us, especially the political party members, will have to trust our leaders' watered-down version of their plans and whether or not they are beneficial. Independents often can't tell what is or isn't beneficial, so for us, candidates create simpler concepts that are polarizing when choosing sides: change, maverick, Bush, terrorist. Much of this one-word vocabulary was created by McCain. Ironically, he's often perceived as having chosen the wrong side. And once voters made up their minds on these primitive ideas, the debates, supposedly a venue for audiences to learn more of the issues, become merely a performance contest after, which a winner must be declared. Fortunately, we imagine, journalism is a constitutionally righteous
field where analysts can explain and pundits can criticize. It's no wonder that many of us should cringe in disgust when the headline out of the latest presidential debate was "that one," referring to McCain's impudence for Obama. I have a decision to make on Nov. 4, but my decision will not be whom to vote for. If I follow everyone else's fervor to phone in for the more respectable man, it would no doubt be Obama. But are personal attributes really what we should be basing our vote on? People always say every single vote counts. If only not voting also counted as something, as a statement of sorts that says, "I'm not satisfied by either candidate." I want more out of my candidates than smears and slogans, blame exchanges, and a religion-like vote grabbing based on faith. It's too bad I'm not a career politician, because if I was, I would learn from the best and say: trust me, don't vote.
How political SNL satires will influence voters By Christian Brown
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
On Saturday, Sept. 13, millions of Americans watched a national press conference featuring Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Hillary Clinton discussing political issues relevant to the 2008 presidential election. Well, not quite. The mock press conference was actually the opening skit for "Saturday Night Live," which began its 34th season this fall. In fact, Palin and Clinton were actually SNL alumna Tina Fey and SNL cast member Amy Poehler, who portrayed Clinton last season during the Democratic primaries. Since the season premiere, Fey has appeared on the program two more times in skits that have mocked Palin’s interview with Katie Couric on the CBS Evening News and Palin’s performance during the Oct. 2 vice-
presidential debate. In Fey’s most recent appearance on the show she satirized Palin’s accent and repeated use of the word “maverick” during the debate. “With Barack Obama, you’re gonna be paying higher taxes,” Fey’s Palin said. “But not with me and my fellow maverick. We are not afraid to get mavericky in there (Washington, D.C.) ...” As a result of these political skits featuring Fey, who was tapped by executive producer Lorne Michaels to play the Alaska governor, SNL has been re-energized. The recent political nature of the show has also proved to be viewership gold for the NBC comedy program, which has averaged 8.3 million viewers, 49 percent more than last year, since its season premiere last month according to Nielsen Media Research. The skits have also drawn much Web traffic. According to MSNBC. com, more than 9 million people have viewed the “Clinton-Palin” skit while nearly 7 million have viewed the “Couric Interview” clip. Though entertaining, one wonders if the comedy skits have an impact on how people perceive presi-
dential candidates and their running mates. During the Democratic primaries, the SNL spoofs of Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama made their way into a MSNBC debate on Feb. 26 between the two senators. In the debate, Clinton referenced a specific skit in which the Obama character received preferential treatment by the media. “...I seem to get the first question all the time,” Clinton said. “...If anybody saw "Saturday Night Live," you know, maybe we should ask Barack if he's comfortable and needs another pillow.” Clinton’s comment seemed to only reinforce the perceptions implied in the SNL skits that she was ambitious and pious. Could these skits have shaped voters’ views of Clinton? Nevertheless, now it appears that they might be shaping people’s perception of Palin. Though Sen. John McCain’s selection of Palin electrified the GOP base, many had doubts that Palin was ready to be vice president. As the election draws to a close, polls are not getting better for Palin. In September, a Washington Post-
ABC News poll found that 60 percent of independents had a favorable impression of her. That is now down to 48 percent. Her “unfavorable” ratings have also increased from 26 percent to 36 percent. It seems the more Americans learn about Palin, the less they like her. And the hilarious SNL skits are not helping the governor. Due to the popularity of the political satire, "Saturday Night Live" has added a Thursday night primetime edition of its "Weekend Update" segment to highlight recent developments in presidential race. During the first "Weekend Update" program last week, the cast took on the second presidential debate depicting Obama as overtly philosophical and transcendent while McCain came across erratic and angry. As Obama rides a 10-point lead in most national polls, these skits could only crystallize mainstream America’s view of the two candidates. Moreover, it seems that comedic television still has influence in politics. As voters chuckle and snicker at satirical portraits of candidates, they might just form perceptions that they’ll carry into the voting booth.
Castle’s Corner
By Ryan Castle Daily Titan Columnist
Another year older, another year experienced I’ve hit another milestone this week, once again reaching the celebration date that is my birthday. This Saturday I will officially be the ripe age of 23. It’s hard to believe that I always looked at 23 as such an old age. If you’d asked me when I was 8 what I’d be doing right now I would have probably told you I would be happily married with a family, a house and hard at work on my respectable career as either a World Wrestling Federation superstar or an American Gladiator. It seemed feasible at the time. But I realize it’s a lot different than I’d anticipated now that I’ve reached this age of young adulthood. I am far from marriage, I have yet to figure out what my career will be and I don’t think I have the pectorals nor the lats to be a gladiator. The early to mid-twenties can seem like such a frightening old age for some students. Often times people fear it’s when their youth begins to slip away. Well, I refuse to accept the idea that 23 is old. Birthdays are benchmarks for how far you’ve come in life, but there are certain birthdays that are held in anticipation just a little more than others. At 16 you’re sweet and at 18 you’re a legal adult, even though the Jewish right of passage says this happens at 13, but let’s be real – should 13-year-olds really ever be considered adults? Then, of course, there’s the 21st birthday, the day that is held in anticipation, for some as the peak of existence; you can get in anywhere now and are at the prime of your
youth – right? What I realized a year ago was that the other side of that coin is that after your 21st birthday you are just considered old. I realized this on my 22nd birthday when person after person had almost the identical reaction to my new age: “You’re 22? Man you’re get-
ting old!” That’s when it hit me, I will now always be considered “old” on my birthday. If I was old when I was 22, I’m pretty sure I’ll be called old as I turn 23, and 24, 25 and so on... What ages are there to look forward to after 21? The only other birthdays that enable any unlocked privileges come when I turn 25 and I can rent a car, and at 55 I can order from the senior menu at Denny’s. But why should I feel old? I have yet to hit the quarter-century mark. The truth is, age is manmade. Your birthday just represents the calendar day you were born, and your age just represents the number
of years that have passed since then. We should not fear the number that represents how long we’ve been on this earth. We live in an ageist society in this day of silicon, Botox and Rogaine. Now more than ever do we feel the pressure to look and feel younger. We are constantly under the gun, threatened by the rapid speed of life. We are practically forced to feel insecure about getting older and all the out-of-touch side effects that come with it. We need to embrace the number that our age identifies us as. Think about where you are right now. Do you know more about life and the world we live in than you did a year ago? And you will be that much more experienced a year from now, and the year after that and so on. With age comes experience, and with experience comes knowledge, and knowledge is golden. The world around us is a great tutor of wisdom, and if we keep our minds open we can truly learn just a little bit more every day. You can’t hate yourself for getting older, because you’ll just despise yourself more and more every day. Don’t be afraid that one day you’ll wake up and be 40, 50 or 100. Because when those days come you will have lived 40, 50 or 100 years worth of life, and you’ll appreciate everything those years have taught you. Whether the experience was good or bad, it was experience and you learned from it. In this crazy world there are few things that are certain, but one sure thing is that tomorrow you will be older than you are today, so embrace it. Who knows what you may learn tomorrow.
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Titans extend streak Volleyball team’s fourth straight win has it climbing in the Big West standings By Crysania Salcido
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
Continuing their upward climb, the Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team swept both matches over the weekend, giving the Titans a four-match winning streak and evening its overall record to 10-10 and Big West record to 3-2. “We did a very good job of not having a repeat effort of what we had the weekend before where we dropped a single set with a significant loss, so I think that we did get better. We are improving,” CSUF Head Coach Carolyn Zimmerman said. On Friday the Titans took on Cal State Northridge in a Big West Conference match. Despite being outblocked 8-10, the Titans out-hit the Matadors 43-36 and out-dug them 46-39 to sweep the Matadors (5-14, 0-6 in the Big West) in three sets (25-23, 25-19, 25-19). Set one was a back and forth battle with neither team taking more than a two-point lead. However, the Titans pulled out the win and gained the momentum they needed and came out aggressively in set two taking a 6-1 lead. The Titans effectively took control of the set, but the Matadors refused to let up and came within five points at 21-16. Junior Deven Bukoski subbed in and delivered a kill to ex-
tend the lead to 22-16 and help the Titans regain their momentum and finish the set on top. The team continued its dominance in the third set and another kill by Bukoski ended the match. Senior Brittany Moore led the Titans with 21 kills, seven digs, and two block-assists. Sophomore Erin Saddler added seven kills, freshman Sydney McDowell had a dominant performance at the net with six block assists, and freshman Jennifer Edmond contributed four block assists. Sophomore Cami Croteau added 12 digs to the defense and freshmen Andrea Ragan added 35 assists and nine digs of her own. “We came out here really wanting to beat this team since we hadn’t beaten them the past two years,” Bukoski said. “I think it’s definitely given us some good feedback. We’ve been working really hard and we know that we can play good and beat these teams.” On Sunday the Titans faced the Bucknell University Bisons in a nonconference match-up that they took in three sets. The Titans out-played the Bisons (7-12) all-around by out-blocking (6-0), out-hitting (40-18), and outdigging (41-34) in the win (25-13, 25-17, 25-18). After losing the first point in set one, the Titans quickly jumped ahead 10-1 with consistent serving from Croteau and kills from both
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Moore and McDowell. The Bisons were never able to recover and the Titans easily took the set. In the second set the Bisons came out more aggressively as they battled until the Titans pulled away 11-7 due to a double-block by junior Alex Wolnisty and Ragan. In set three the Titans pulled out early again with four straight points to start. The Titans extended their lead to 21-12, but two three-point runs would have the Bisons come within five points at 22-17. The rally wasn’t enough to deter the Titans and they finished the match with an ace by sophomore Sarah Day. Sophomore Jonny Hart said that the win showed the Titans that they need to maintain playing their game even when they play weaker teams. “I think we did a good job of playing our game and playing Titan volleyball,” Hart said after the Bucknell game. Zimmerman echoed the statement. “No matter who we play we have to fight hard to not lose the enthusiasm to score and win,” Zimmerman said. The Titans will face Pacific University in a Big West conference game at Titan Gym Friday at 7 p.m. “We’re not only going to be prepared, but we’re going to be ready to bring our game Friday night,” Zimmerman said.
By Rafael A. Delgado/For the Daily Titan The Titans midseason turnaround has evened their record at 10-10 and put the team in third place in the Big West Conference.
IN OTHER NEWS WOMEN’S SOCCER
‘Thrilling’ postseason baseball makes the ‘boring’ 162-game regular season grind worth the wait By Ryan Castle
Daily Titan Columnist sports@dailytitan.com
The crowd is raging, the players stand intense and ready to make an unforgettable play at any second, the hearts of everyone in the stadium leap with each pitch; it must be October baseball. It’s hard to describe the scene of a playoff baseball game without sounding too cliché, but that’s because it is just that classic. October baseball makes watching the regular season worth it. I love baseball, but I’ll be the first to admit that it’s a game that can tend to drag like an antiques road show. It’s probably the only sport you can watch for five minutes and see literally no action: the batter takes a few pitches, routinely stepping out of the box to take a few practice swings in between each one, the pitcher saunters off the mound to gather himself for a bit, the cameraman starts working his cool angles all over the field; a close-up of the manager, a shot of the pitcher, a view of the shortstop kicking around dirt. This happens as the commentators are telling a story about the batter’s childhood. There’s no way around it; baseball
can be downright boring. When baseball is bad, it’s monotonous, but when it’s good, it is thrilling. And nothing proves this statement better than the electricity that is felt during every moment of October baseball. From the 5-game division series that leaves almost no room for error, to the intense championship series, which brings players so close to the promised land they can practically taste it, to the World Series, where champions are crowned and legends are made forever. It’s almost unfair for these players that all the work and drive they put into what must feel like an endless 162-game season is left null and void if they don’t bring their A-game to the postseason. But that is part of the beauty that is the playoffs; the ability to come up clutch in the most intense of situations creates legends that live forever, be it a historic athlete like Reggie Jackson or a lesser-known hero such as Bucky Dent. Star or not, any player who can rise to the occasion when the spotlight is on will forever be commemorated in October glory, and just as easily they can wind up being remembered in infamy if they screw up on the big stage, as cruel as it may be. Just ask
Loss to UC Davis is fourth in last five games
Photo Courtesy of MCT Campus Dodger fans have been waiting 20 years for their team to be relevant in October again.
Bill Buckner. The history of this great game’s postseason is littered with dramatic occurrences, heartbreaking finishes and classic moments, and it’s no coincidence. Whatever it is that’s in the autumn air in baseball stadiums all over the country that promises historic nailbiting moments is a unique and wonderful thing. Any true baseball fan will tell you when it’s your team that’s battling through the treacherous fall schedule, it creates a nervous feeling in the pit of your stomach that stays strong from the opening pitch to the final out. So easily can your pride be crushed or lifted at any moment with the
single swing of the bat, it’s almost torture. The fact that your emotions can be so easily toyed with through the actions of nine different men on a diamond is a sick thought, but at the same time a sick pleasure. A dominant pitcher that shuts down an entire line-up, a walk-off home run from an unlikely hero, an extra-inning battle that teeters back and forth, or just a clash of wits and pure skill that may be simply waiting for the first team to catch a break, you never know what you’re going to get from the Fall Classic, but you will get something to be remembered. At the risk of sounding like a played-out Dane Cook ad, there truly is only ONE October.
DAVIS – UC Davis’ Marisa Boge netted the game-winning goal with just under eight minutes to go and Lisa Kemp notched a pair of assists to help lift the host Aggies to a 2-1 victory over visiting Cal State Fullerton on Sunday in Davis, Calif. The loss was the second straight, and the fourth in the last five matches, for the Titans, who fell to 6-8-1 overall and 1-3 in Big West Conference play. UC Davis improved to 6-4-3 overall and earned its first conference win on the season, improving to 1-2-1. It was the first win for the Aggies in the five-match series against Fullerton, which was held to a single goal after scoring multiple goals in each of its last five matches. UC Davis took a 1-0 lead into the locker room at the half on Rachel Kahn’s first goal of the year, but the Titans answered back to tie the match in the second period. Senior Jenae Gibbens and freshman Stacey Fox tallied assists on the sequence that ended with sophomore Christina Murillo finding the back of the net from five yards out
to make it 1-1. Gibbens has notched an assist in each of the team’s last three matches and leads the team with five overall on the year. That set the stage for Boge to come up big for the Aggies, taking a pass from Kemp and blasting home the winning goal from 15 yards out on the right side for her third score of the season. Murillo, who led Cal State Fullerton with three shots on the day, had one more chance to tie the match in the 86th minute, but her shot was saved by UC Davis goalkeeper Sarah Peters, who made three stops to earn the victory. The Aggies outshot the Titans by an 18-7 margin, including a 9-2 advantage in the first half. Freshman Margaret Dupes made five saves in net for Fullerton in the loss. The Titans close out a three-match road trip with a game at UC Irvine on Friday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. before returning home on Sunday, Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. against Long Beach State at Titan Stadium.
WOMEN’S TENNIS Cal Poly sweeps all three tennis singles titles Cal Poly swept all three singles flights at the CSF Intercollegiates Women’s Tennis Tournament which concluded Sunday afternoon at Cal State Fullerton. The Mustangs’ Suzie Matzenauer won Flight A by defeating Alexandra Walters of UCLA, 7-6, 3-6, 6-0; Maria Malec won Flight B with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Julie Luzar of Long Beach State; and Jacelyn Davis captured Flight C with 6-4, 6-4
victory over Miranda Young of UC Irvine. In doubles, Flight A was won by UCLA’s Nina Pantic and Ana Victoria Lind by an 8-3 score over Brooke Doane and Evgeniya Vertesheya of Cal State Northridge. The Matadors also lost in Flight B as Nigora Sirijiddinova and Nina Jaworowski were defeated by Natalia Salum and Laura Boquet of New Mexico State, 8-5. Stories courtesy of Titan Media Relations
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