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DTSHORTHAND Campus Life Every winter, the Titan Student Union hosts a toy drive for underprivileged children between the ages of 7 and 12. There is a display in the lobby in front of the Information and Services desk. Participants can pick up names cards with the age of the child so the right toy is picked out. Gifts must be unwrapped when the toys are given to the Information and Services manager. The deadline for the donations are Friday, Dec. 12.
What’s the secret behind Palin’s appeal? RALEIGH, N.C. (MCT) – There’s a moment during each of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s stump speeches when the Republican vice presidential candidate utters the “S” word, the one word that can fire up crowds almost as much as her favorite chant, “drill, baby, drill.” The word is “socialism.” And as Palin has made her way across the battleground states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia and North Carolina for Republican John McCain in the final days of the presidential campaign, she has used the word to stir fear that a vote for Democratic Barack Obama is a vote for higher taxes. Or even worse, Palin warns in her stump speeches, a vote for Obama means “spreading your wealth.” “Now is not the time to experiment with that,” Palin told voters in Latrobe, Pa., on Friday. “They do that in other countries where people are not free and where work ethic is not rewarded. And when an entrepreneurial spirit is absolutely stifled. And that’s exactly what his plan will do to Americans and to the children who we are trying to teach work ethic and the reward for hard work.” It’s an argument that resonates with many of the voters at her rallies, especially the working class Republican men whom Palin attracts in droves. Palin makes much of “Joe the Plumber” in her stump speech, who has become such a part of the McCain-Pain campaign that volunteers pass out oval-shaped “Joe” stickers at rallies.
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Pumpkins go flying Contestants compete in the first annual Pumpkin Launch Festival on Saturday at the Titan Stadium By Meghan Alfano
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It is not typical to see pumpkins flying hundreds of feet into the air. Such was the case, however, in the first-ever Pumpkin Launch Festival on Saturday, Nov. 1, at Titan Stadium. The event was put on by the Cal State Fullerton College of Engineering and Computer Science, along with the Discovery Center in Santa Ana and the Future Scientists and Engineers of America. “We hope to motivate students to pursue careers in engineering while giving them an opportunity to interact with activities involving engineering,” said Sergio Guerra, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for the College of Engineering and Computer Science. The pumpkin launch competition was open to anyone able to build a trebuchet (a medieval catapult) for the event. The teams would then launch 15-pound pumpkins onto the field. Different targets allotted different points and the team with the most points after three shots won the competition. Six teams competed in the pumpkin launch, with competitors ranging in ages from ages 12 to 50. Names of the members from the winning team were then entered in a drawing and two of its members’ names were drawn and awarded internships. Fred Hogarth, who was a member of CSUF’s Society of Automotive Engineer’s winning team, said that it took the team about three weeks to complete their trebuchet. “It’s a big deal because the winners receive two internships,” he said. The smell of kettle corn filled
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The unstable economy has created a “once in a lifetime credit-tsunami,” former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan told Congress last Thursday. Experts reiterated the seriousness of the nation’s credit problems at the 2009 Economic Forecast Conference on Oct. 30 at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine. The 14th annual event hosted by the Orange County Business Council and Cal State Fullerton’s Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, featured analysis of the current economic state as well as a predication for what is to come in 2009. Dean of the College of Business
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and Economics and keynote speaker Anil Puri predicts a half-percent gross domestic product growth in 2009 (the lowest rate of growth since the 2001 recession), and a national unemployment rate of 6.8 percent. He predicts housing values to continue to decline over the next six months before stabilizing in the second half of 2009. The economic downfall began first in Orange County and spread rapidly throughout the nation. Because it hit California first, it is logical that we will be the first to recover from this financial disaster, Joseph Otting, vice chairman of U.S. Bancorp, said. In the past, California has always been the first to pull the nation out of a financial crisis, Otting added. Fortunately, the election will be over in a matter of hours and we will
have a new president to take control of the problem, Puri said. The nation can expect more aggressive action by the government with controlling spending, although it will be at least six months before we see the effects of decisions made by the new president. “From a student’s perspective it makes you want to network as much as you can now and stay in school longer,” Elise Lopez, president of the Business Inter-Club Council, said. “It is going to be harder for us to get jobs after we graduate now. But there is a lot to learn from this situation.” Puri said the government will still provide student loans – although it will be cutting back in other areas – but student loans is one area of financial support that will continue to be available to students.
traffic violation. Esha Momeni, 28, a mass communications graduate student from Los Angeles, arrived in Iran two months ago to visit her family and conduct research for her thesis. According to the Free Esha community formed on Facebook, Momeni was arrested on Oct. 15 in an unusual manner after being pulled over on Moddaress highway for an alleged traffic violation by individuals who identified themselves as undercover traffic police. She was taken to Evin prison and has remained there in custody.
“She was working on a master’s thesis project about the Iranian women’s movement. She is a videographer who was simply interviewing Iranian women and has broken no laws (and) has not done anything wrong,” Momeni’s thesis adviser and director of the mass communications graduate program, Melissa Wall, said in a blog post. Following her arrest, authorities entered her parents’ house and removed items such as books, camera footage, and computers, according to for-esha. blogspot.com, a blog dedicated to reflect news on Momeni and statements
By Brad Goldman/For The Daily Titan Thomas Phelps, Vice Chair of Investor Relations for the OCBC, speaks on the state of the Orange County economy.
The Oct. 13 cover of Time magazine displays iconic images of the Great Depression, with the cover story titled, “The New Hard Times.” This may prompt some students to ask if this scenario could reoccur, affecting them as they venture out into the business world. See FORECAST, Page 2
Campaigning for freedom A Cal State Northridge student was arrested in Iran and is still being held
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By Joe Von Regius/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Engineers of Booz Allen Hamilton Consulting Firm work together to compete in the Pumpkin Launch contest with their machine designed to launch a pumpkin 100-150 feet.
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“The Price is Right” has been around for years and mistakes are bound to happen. Drew Carey host of the show, continued to laugh while the tape was rolling, but it was something that could not be avoided. The mistake was too big to hold back a laugh. “The Price is Right” fail.
the stadium as families gathered to partake in the day’s events, which included music, food, a pumpkin carving contest, a miniature catapulting game and, of course, the main pumpkin launch. Booths were set up from various engineering clubs on campus to promote the department. There were also presentations given by the Discovery Center throughout the day. Adrian Empire, a medieval and renaissance recreation society, was also present and informed event goers about the history of the trebuchet and it’s use in medieval times. C.J. Bibolet, of Corona, thought the event was a great opportunity for families to learn together. “I heard about the event through the Discovery Center and thought it would be great for my kids to learn about the mechanics of the catapult,” he said. His 6-year-old daughter, Bianca Bibolet, was enthusiastic about the mini launch game that was set up for participants. “Catapulting is cool,” she said. “I like shooting it into the bucket. It’s my favorite thing, ever.” May Oo, a senior at CSUF who helped the Discovery Science Center with publicity for the event, was happy about the turnout of approximately 500 people. “It’s a really cool event, and it will get better and better every year,” she said. The department plans to hold the event annually, either on Halloween or the day after. “We want to give people the opportunity to gain experience with engineering, but we also want to make this a fun event for families to come to,” Guerra added. “We hope that families will keep it in mind for next year.”
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Activists, friends and family across the United States are campaigning for the release of a 28-year-old Cal State Northridge graduate student and member of the group “Campaign for Equality,” who has been imprisoned in Iran after being pulled over for a
by her family, friends and professors. Momeni is a member and volunteer for the One Million Signatures Campaign, a movement that has emerged inside Iran to reform laws and gain equality for women in Iran, Sussan Tahmasebi, a member of the Iranian chapter of the campaign, said in an e-mail. It is a very public group based on signing a petition addressed to Parliament representatives of Iran, another campaign member, Roja Bandari, said in an e-mail interview. “Here in Iran, I, you, and our See MOMENI, Page 3
CSUF students: ‘Trick or treat, please give the hungry something to eat’ By Fryda Gonzales
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To kick off the Volunteer and Service Center’s annual November month-long food drive and fundraiser, 35 students dressed up on Friday to trick-or-treat in a local neighborhood for three hours, near State College Boulevard and Dorothy Lane. “Trick -or-treat please give the hungry something to eat,” chanted the costumed Cal State Fullerton students while collecting canned food instead of candy on Halloween night. The event was organized by the Volunteer and Service Center and supervised by the center’s coordinator, Amy Mattern. An estimated 420 cans of food were donated during the event and an official count will be done on Monday morning. According to Mattern, it was a very successful night when compared to last year’s total count of 900 cans for the entire month of November. “Great turnover for this new type of event,” Mattern said. “Every one See CHARITY, Page 2
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Forecast: possibilities for the oc From Page 1
According to Assistant Professor of Economics Ermira Farka, the situation has not yet reached the magnitude of the Great Depression, and it is unlikely that it will. The current economic disaster will most likely inspire change in the way that Americans use credit, Farka said. We already see consumers pulling back and becoming more conservative with their money. With 71 percent of the economy based on consumption spending, even a small drop in spending can have a major impact on business nationwide. Unfortunately, this will chip away at the economy because consumers are hesitant to spend and contribute to the economy. And although it will be at least
three to four quarters (nine months to a year) before the economy begins to improve, California is still a reliable state to live in, Puri said. In the future there will be changes in “oversight” of all financial institutions and they will be much more conservative with giving out loans and mortgages, Otting said. He added that there is a lot of knowledge that can be gained by students from understanding an economic crisis. Puri noted that there were five Wall Street banks that were operating two months ago that no longer exist. He also said that 760,000 jobs have been lost nationally in the last nine months, 401(k)s are diminishing, and the nameless faces of America are dealing with the hardest economic crisis they will probably
ever experience. The stock market has jumped and plummeted repeatedly over the past year and that has dramatically effected the economy. “We will recover,” Farka said. “But it will be a very slow recovery.” For most Americans, there are things that can be done to predict what will happen in the economic future. People should always be mindful of the stock market and watch the bank stocks in particular for negative indicators. Investors should also watch what the S&P (Standard and Poor’s 500 Index Stock Forecast) reports because they are the only company with access to stock portfolios and balance sheets, and they make good predictions as to what will happen to the stock market, Ot-
ting said. Also, if individuals already have money in stocks, they need to keep their money invested and wait it out. Puri said that when the stock market goes down it eventually has to go back up. “Students should absorb as much information as they can during this time. This will only happen once in their lifetimes,” Otting said. The financial model we have been using now presents a danger to our nation, Puri said, adding that the many flaws in our system have been pointed out and it is time for innovative change. For a more detailed report of the 2009 economic forecast, students can visit the business page on CSUF’s Web site.
charity: many helping the hungry From Page 1
of the students collected almost half of last year’s month-long drive in three hours.” The cans and perishables gathered will be donated to the Women’s Transitional Living Center located in Orange, according to Stephanie Brown, a CSUF human services major and project director. The center has been operating for 31 years and is in threat of being closed as a result of low financial support. The Women’s Transitional Living Center provides emergency shelter,
transitional housing programs, employment opportunities, community outreach, legal advocacy and a children’s program for victims of domestic violence who are currently homeless, according to its Web site. Fifty percent of the United States homeless population is made up of women and children. According to CSUF student and project director Nikki Muth, the transitional center recognizes that the homelessness is a community problem and any family may be susceptible to hardships. “The most important thing is that people realize that homelessness can happen to anyone … you never know
if you are going to end up in a bad relationship and end up on the streets,” Muth said. Prior to Friday‘s event, student volunteers hand delivered fliers to the neighborhood’s homes seeking their donations. The neighbors were enthusiastic about the student’s efforts to assist the transitional living center and encouraged students to continue their involvement in such programs. Nancy and Arnold Bauerly are parents of a CSUF alumni and neighborhood residents for 26 years. They received a flier and called the center on the day of the event to ask the
students not to miss their home. The couple had a box filled with cans and perishables waiting to be picked up by the trick-or-treaters. “It is a great idea … the students were enthusiastic and were having a good time doing it,” Arnold said. “It is a well-worth program.” Nancy encouraged students to do the same thing next year. In addition to distributing the fliers, Nancy suggested the Volunteer Service Center contact the local newspaper Fullerton News Tribune and ask to publish a small article about the upcoming event to get more neighbors involved.
Could power be within Democrats’ grasp? WASHINGTON (MCT) – Congressional Democrats appear close to having something they haven’t known for a long time: power. After being marginalized by the Bush administration and stymied by a cohesive Republican minority, Democrats on the Hill look poised
to score significant gains Tuesday in the House and Senate. As a result, they may be in a position to shape the near-term policy agenda, regardless of whether Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama wins the presidency. Estimates have Democrats pick-
ing up between six and 10 seats in the Senate and perhaps 20 to 30 seats in the House (more if everything breaks their way), which would give them a commanding majority. The margin in the Senate is particularly significant. While the Democrats are osten-
sibly in control now by the slimmest degree, the body has been largely paralyzed by partisan discord and the inability to build cross-party coalitions. That has allowed Republicans to block any major piece of legislation they oppose.
November 3, 2008
Reunion for alumni in appreciation of work CSUF employees who were once students are recognized for involvement By Diana Corpus
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
The Cal State Fullerton Alumni Association hosted a luncheon Thursday at the George G. Golleher Alumni House, inviting back former students. The luncheon was sponsored by Schools First Credit Union and is the first Alumni-Staff Appreciation Luncheon. Organizers are hopeful the event will continue yearly. The Alumni Association offers programs, events and numerous benefits to its members. There are 17 chapters in the association. The Alumni Association held the luncheon in appreciation of its members and to recognize alumni who are now working at CSUF as staff and faculty. Katrina Eberly, assistant director in alumni relations who specializes in student and campus outreach, put together the event.
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“I think it’s more of an opportunity, as a thank you for the members and to share memories and meet people,” Eberly said of the luncheon. The event also provided “opportunity drawings” (i.e., a raffle) and prizes at the event. The tables were decorated with pumpkins, that were donated by the Fullerton Arboretum and given away after the event. Dipankar Purkayastha, professor and graduate advisor in the Department of Economics, was recognized as the Distinguished Faculty Service Award Recipient for 2008. Purkayastha also is the Director of the Masters Program for the Economics Department. “I advise and basically give counseling to the scholars. I provide career advice and I take care of all those things,” Purkayastha said about his duties. Purkayastha is also involved with other charitable organizations and researches international trade and economic development. Alumni Patty Tolliver and V.J. Kuan-Roberts also attended the luncheon. Tolliver currently works for CSUF in the University Ad-
vancement Department. “You have to apply to get in (the Alumni Association). I get to go to events like sports and I get a discount,” Tolliver said as just one of the many benefits of being a member. Kuan-Roberts graduated in 2000 and now works at the Department of Accounting for the Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics. This was Roberts first time attending an event organized by the association. “My husband also graduated from here and he has a membership at the rec center. I will join and go with him,” Kuan-Roberts said. Association members also receive discounts on memberships to the Student Recreation Center. The association also sponsors other events to raise money to benefit current students and award them scholarships. The CSUF Alumni Association was started to maintain lifelong relationships with alumni. The university wants to continue to build their relationship with alumni by providing networking, maintaining a positive image, recognizing alumni accomplishments and giving back to alumni.
By shruti patel/ For the Daily Titan Larry Wong (left) and Andy Pho (right) stood with pride along side of Tuffy as they mingled with old classmates and shared a delicious lunch during the Alumni Appreciation Luncheon last Thursday at the Alumni House.
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Momeni: student arrested From Page 1
mothers are all brides dressed all in white, and with our peaceful approach we dance in the alleys from house to house so that our promise of equality and unity transforms the sounds of the chains on our feet to the melodies of an anklet,” Esha Momeni wrote in an article in the summer of 2007. Wall said in her blog that she and Momeni discussed the dangers (of going to Iran), but in the end it was Momeni’s decision to go. “Dangers obviously exist but it was not something Esha was afraid of because she was not doing anything wrong,” said another volunteer from the California chapter of the campaign who has known Momeni for a year and requests to remain anonymous because of her future plans to visit the country. The volunteer also said that there is a history of arrest of campaign members who were released after a few weeks. The short film Momeni was making included interviews with other campaign volunteers speaking about their everyday lives in Iran for academic purposes, the volunteer said. Momeni wanted to clear the perceptions Americans have about Iranian women, Momeni’s mother said in a meeting with one of the Campaign for Equality members that was transcribed and posted on the blog. She wanted to show her professors and her American friends how powerful Iranian women are. “Esha was surprised and bewildered by the image of Iranian women that most Americans seemed to have and began to explore stereotypes and barriers to cross-cultural communication. She eventually decided to employ video in her thesis to document the everyday lives of Iranian women in order to combat the stereotype of them as passive and ineffectual,” CSUN’s communica-
tion’s department chair, Dr. Kent Kirkton said in a letter posted on Wall’s blog. Another of Momeni’s communications professors, David Blumenkrantz, also said on his blog that he was surprised by her arrest. “I am certain she was doing nothing wrong,” he said. “President Ahmadinejad, who himself speaks of democracy, went to America and said whatever he wanted. Did he suffer any repercussions or did that cost America anything? Everybody says, ‘look this is American democracy, a president goes to a country and has a open platform to say whatever he wants while the media listens.’ My daughter comes to Iran, as a student and a researcher, she speaks to a few activists and they throw her in jail. You can judge for yourself, is this what we call justice? Which part of this is right, which part of it is OK?” Gholam Reza Momeni said in an interview with Radio Farda in Iran that was translated and posted on the Free Esha blog. Momeni’s lawyer, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, said no charges have yet been brought but that Revolutionary Court officials told her parents the arrest was related to her involvement in the “Change for Equality” campaign, according to the blog. “Ms. Momeni is a U.S. citizen. She is a student invested in learning and understanding current conditions in the country of her family’s origin,” said CSUN President Jolene Koester in his statement released on CSUN’s Web site. “We are in support of the efforts of the U.S. government in their efforts to secure Ms. Momeni’s immediate release.” According to the blog, Momeni was born in Los Angeles in 1980 after her family moved here so her father could pursue a civil engineering degree at Cal State Los Angeles. He later returned to Iran with his fam-
ily after the revolution of 1979. Esha Momeni earned her bachelor’s degree in graphic design at Azad University in Tehran in 2002. She then moved to Los Angeles and enrolled at CSUN in 2006. “My understanding is that she’s a dual national,” State Department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters in Washington, D.C, according to the Middle East Times. Iran does not recognize dual nationality, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization Form Services, although Iran recognizes those with dual Iranian-other country citizenships as Iranian citizens. The department is working on the case through the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which routinely handles American interests since the United States has no direct representation in Iran, Wood said. Momeni is at risk of torture or other ill-treatments, according to Amnesty International, a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all. Evin prison in Tehran, which is managed by the Intelligence Ministry, houses many political prisoners and is notorious for its political prisoner’s wing. Zahra Kazemi, a Canadian-Iranian photojournalist, was tortured and killed in police custody in June of 2003. She was arrested while taking photographs outside Evin prison during a student-led protest and was in police custody for more than three weeks. “Zahra is not the first woman to be tortured and killed. There are at least 3,000 more names of women who were executed in the last 25 years by this theocratic-despotic state,” said Shahrzad Mojab, lecturer at Concordia University in Montreal, in a letter posted on Kazemi’s official Web site.
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Dark history comes full circle in Main Art Gallery Francisco Goya’s “Los Caprichos” etchings depict oppression, poverty and depravity By Brittney Lange
Daily Titan Staff Writer features@dailytitan.com
By Shruti Patel/For the Daily Titan (Left) Mike McGee, Director of the Art Gallery on campus and Debra Winters, a professor at CSUF, spoke about Goya’s life and paintings at the opening of his exhibit on Saturday at the Main Art Gallery. (Right) Andrew Rueda, a third-year art student at CSUF and Goya lover, made his way through the exhibit on Saturday night spending more time on pieces that especially caught his eye.
gave background about Goya’s life very interesting.” and inspiration for his works. Lamas said she and five other Some of the etchings were slight- designers took into consideration ly smaller than the size of a typical both the history of the art and the textbook and were art itself in order yellow with age to create a good but the grey and ambiance for the black charcoal deshow. pictions of prostiThey chose tutes, pedophilia, the colors for the abuse of the lower walls and created class by the powarches for an inerful, goblins, timate, but not witches and death claustrophobic, were still vibrant space. and thought proThey even cre– Mike McGee, ated a large red voking. Lilia Lamas, a Main Art Gallery and grey mural CSUF exhibition of Goya on the Director design graduate center wall of the student, said her gallery. “involvement with the design of the “Goya was very outspoken as an gallery and to bring Goya’s work to artist,” Lamas said. “His work was life and capture the audience into crude and violent but in an intelhis dark and interesting world was lectual way. Today, it seems a lot
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One cliché that gets tossed around often is “history always repeats itself ” and looking at Francisco Goya’s “Los Caprichos” series it might be hard to deny that there seems to be some truth behind this old saying. “Francisco Goya: Los Caprichos, Early First Edition” opened Saturday in the Main Art Gallery at Cal State Fullerton with deep, dark blue, gray and red walls and art with what seemed to be an even darker message that hung on them. Created in Spain during 1799, Goya’s series of 80 etchings dealt with the social ills his country was suffering from during that period like social oppression and abuse, economic crisis and corruption. Two centuries later, Goya’s art is still relevant and still making people stop and look a little closer. Mike McGee, Main Art Gallery Director at CSUF, explained how the traveling exhibit made its way to Fullerton and why Goya’s art is so important. “A show that we were going to have in the gallery was postponed a year and there was a gap we had to fill. Every year or two years we try to bring in a traveling show because it takes the pressure away from putting the shows together and the exhibition design students get a chance to see how things come together,” he said. “Goya’s work is indicting of mankind, it’s indicting of leadership and there is something timeless about this series.” McGee and Debra Winters, art history lecturer at CSUF and art department’s image collection administrator, gave a talk prior to the official start of the opening and
CSUF celebrates Dia de los Muertos
By Allen D. Wilson Daily Titan Staff Photographer The Catrina, or female version of death, blesses each altar, accompanied by Carmen Cortez on the jarana, leading a procession of students in the song, “La Bruja.” Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a celebration of the memory of past loved ones who still live in the hearts of surviving family members. Unlike Halloween, the tradition means a welcoming of the spirits, not fleeing them in fear.
of people are afraid to speak out against establishment like the government and the church like Goya. I think that we are at a stage now where people are asking questions but when people get angry and frustrated that’s when change happens. I think we’re moving toward that.” The atmosphere of Saturday’s opening was not all grim and dark. There was a traditional flamenco guitarist and two flamenco dancers on hand that performed the traditional Spanish dance in long, brightly colored ruffled dresses and black high heels that made echoes when they stomped on the wooden boards that were laid out in front of the gallery. Marilyn Moore, Assistant to the Director of the CSUF Main Art Gallery, was excited that the dancers were at the opening. Moore mentioned that one of the
dancers teaches her own flamenco dance class. Alexandra Duron, another exhibition design graduate student and public relations representative for the exhibition design graduate program, said those who worked on the display should be proud. “The mural looks amazing,” she said. The exhibition will be on display in the Main Art Gallery through Dec. 12 but will be closed for the
Thanksgiving holiday. McKee and Winters said that a printmaking workshop will be held on Nov. 12 at CSUF by two resident artists from the Grand Central Art Center. They will speak about the procedure and Goya’s art and will demonstrate the printmaking process by recreating one of Goya’s famous works. The time and place of the event will be announced.
OPINION
November 3, 2008
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Someday, this will be history Every four years, November becomes a time of almost unbearable hyperbole. During election season, overused phrases get tossed out so often that our ears become numb. Half the joy of voting lies in the knowledge that casting our ballot heralds the end of candidate mudslinging and pandering political advertisements. “Historic” is one of the words that has been used so often in the last 21 months that it holds little visceral meaning to anyone anymore. It was called a “historic election” when Sen. Hillary Clinton was predicted as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential ticket, it was “historic” when Sen. Barack Obama clinched the nomination, and the word was splashed across headlines once more when a woman, Gov. Sarah Palin, was added to the Republican ticket. “Historic” has been used so many times, that for many people the word has ceased to hold any real significance, or create any gut reaction. Yet despite the inclination to roll our eyes and move on, we should revel in the significance that this moment truly holds – regardless of the outcome of the election. Seeing a man of mixed race not just win the Democratic nomination, but be leading in the polls isn’t simply historic. It is more than that. It is a testimony to the American Dream and it is a moment of triumph in a nation still grappling with a beautiful and terrible past. For 232 years, America has lifted itself up as an oasis of freedom and justice in a world of inequality. We have touted ourselves as a shining example of freedom and democracy while at the same time committing the most undemocratic acts – picking and choosing who
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deserves to be free and who gets to participate in our democracy. It took almost a century from the Declaration of Independence until the nation emancipated its slaves, and 144 years from the Declaration until women were given the right to vote. Obama was born in 1961, three years before the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned segregation in schools, public places and employment. Yet in the span of a single lifetime, our country has moved forward from a time when black and white children were not allowed to use the same bathrooms, to a day when a black man and a white man are locked in a close race for the most powerful position in the country. As young college students, our lives are gifted with the legacy of the civil rights movement. Our parents grew up in the shadow of Jim Crow, in a country struggling to come to grips with the implementation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. A country learning to integrate its children, figuring out how to judge a man “not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character.” This legacy of terrible injustice and great heroic movements for change is in many ways our inheritance as young Americans. And for those of us in our twenties, born long after the burning of churches in the South, it is a world where we no longer demand equality, we simply expect it. So maybe we’re not watching “history” anymore. We are living in the midst of events that will one day be written down as history, but right now is a living struggle to claim the American birthright of equality that was promised to us so many generations ago.
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The Gossip Girl
By Amy Robertson Daily Titan Columnist
I’m ‘Gossip Girl,’ not ‘Stalker Girl’ I thought I could let it go. I thought that I could write my column this week as if nothing had happened just seven days ago, but I can’t. I can’t pretend like I’m the same person or writer I was last weekend. And, I can’t pretend that I wasn’t affected by the response to my Shia LaBeouf column. So, instead of staying silent and going on my merry way, I have decided to respond. If you’re reading my column for the first time – welcome. If you’re feeling lost, then just look up my piece from last week and its 30-plus comments online at www.dailytitan. com and you’ll be all caught up. First, to clear up some of the easy stuff, I’d like to go on record and say that absolutely none of my writing from last week was fabricated. Unfortunately, it all really did happen. Second, I really do have an internship and I really did get assigned that stalker-like task. Although I was a fan of the movie
“Disturbia,” I am by no means obsessed with Shia LaBeouf. I save all my love and obsession for Jason Mraz and Jason Mraz only. However, those two clarifications are somewhat minute compared to everything I’ve read, and in turn, felt this past week. My mom told me that I just need to get a thick skin and let it go, but frankly, I don’t want things like this to not affect me. I have to be honest and say that I felt pretty attacked last week by people who probably don’t even know me beyond the pages of this weekly column and who don’t know the full Shia LaBeouf story beyond the 700 words that I wrote down. However, aside from how I felt after all was said and done, I learned something from the abundance of negative feedback. I learned that what I felt people did to me is something so many of us, including myself, do to celebrities.
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If you drive a car, you've noticed falling gas prices. There are many reasons for the dramatic fall in gas prices. The optimistic explanation is Americans began to curb their gas consumption and drive less when confronted with rising prices. People began to take responsible action in the form of carpooling, biking and walking and simply cutting back on gratuitous trips. A more cynical explanation to the price decline would be people are hurting financially from the economic downturn, and when people hurt, they cut back on unnecessary outputs like gas consumption. Those who recently saw their in-
vestments and savings take a heavy hit are less likely to take a crosscountry road trip in the near future. The economy may be a factor, but a purely economic explanation ignores the fact that gas prices began to fall as early as the beginning of August, before the current economic crisis became a constant top story in the nightly news. Whatever the contributing factors, a major cost and concern to Americans all across the country clearly has receded. Prices likely will rise in the coming winter months, and those who already are struggling with rising medical and food costs will suffer. Yet, on the whole, the "energy crisis" has become more of an energy concern. This is not an end to the conversa-
Sarah Palin’s Republican shopping spree The Republican National Commitee’s large bill for Palin’s wardrobe could have been accomplished otherwise The news media and public picked apart her outfits, down to her KawaDaily Titan Staff Writer saki eyeglass frames and her Naughty opinion@dailytitan.com Monkey red peep-toe pumps. Candidate campaigns typically And she certainly is a stylish, cost millions of dollars to fund, what well-dressed woman (though her with all the airtime being purchased wardrobe stylist should probably get to air commercials, posters being the credit for that), but one has to printed and the travel expenses, just wonder how bad her wardrobe was to name a few. back in Alaska for her committee to In vice-presidential nominee Sar- completely revamp her outfit from ah Palin's case, trips to high-end de- head to toe. partment stores were all just part of People argued the charges were the agenda. somewhat jusAccording to and PaPolitics is a big image tified financial statelin did need ments docu- game, but hiring stylists and to look the mented on Po- makeup artists and exces- part, but did litico.com, the really need sively shopping for design- she Republican Naover six figures tional Commit- er clothes is unnecessary... worth of clothtee used official The same image could have ing when the campaign funds is in been accomplished for a lot economy to outfit the the tubes? vice presidential less ... It turns out candidate to the that the camtune of almost $150,000 in designer paign costs for Palin’s makeover clothing and accessories. didn’t end with shopping sprees at Including shopping trips to a Saks and Neiman Marcus. Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis and According to the New York Saks Fifth Avenue in New York and Times, Palin's makeup artist Amy St. Louis. Strozzi cost $22,800 for just the first Yes, it's a pretty trivial thing to two weeks of October and was the focus on in the face of such an im- highest paid McCain staffer during portant election. But until recently, that time. nobody really knew much about PaAnd it wasn't just an average lin, other than the fact that she was a makeup artist. She was nominated governor from Alaska. for an Emmy for her work on Fox's She popped out of nowhere as “So You Think You Can Dance.” Sen. John McCain's pick for vice Did she really need a celebrity president nominee. makeup artist to apply her mascara So, having no real substantial as she winked at us and talked about knowledge of her stance on issues, her down-home image? her choice of fashion was instead Palin has said, “It’s time that norcriticized. mal Joe Six-pack American is finally
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when stars get attacked for things that really are beyond their control. People act like they know certain celebrities personally and are, therefore, in the right to judge that person’s character when really they know nothing at all beyond what they’re fed from gossip magazines. So while some of you may think I am of low character for invading Shia’s privacy, just know I wouldn’t be writing this if I felt no guilt and if I wasn’t affected by your words. I said it last week and I’ll say it again – I know what I did was wrong and I had to deal with that afterwards. Internships are for learning and I still have a lot to learn. Thank you, though, for opening my eyes to something I unfortunately pass down to celebrities quite often – judgment. I now know what it feels like to be on the other side of criticism, and would thus like to apologize to Miley Cyrus and Heidi Montag for everything I’ve said about you. I’m sorry.
Drop in gas prices indicates people’s increased frugality
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By Jennifer tat
We read and think what we want to. We assume and we judge without knowing the whole truth. Beyond knowing that I simply should never have taken the assignment to go the hospital that one summer day, I also realize that I should have never written about it because there was too much to explain in the short length that is “The Gossip Girl.” I could never fully explain everything I thought, felt and questioned after that run-in with Shia and that is why some of you maybe assumed that I felt no sense of regret or remorse. Also, I could never paint a completely detailed description of the day’s events. Maybe that is why some of you assumed things like I had snuck into his room or I had gone there with the intent of questioning him. So, I realize that I brought this upon myself. However, there are so many times
represented in the position of Vice Presidency.” Joe Six-pack would be paying off his mortgage, not spending the money on hair and makeup. Sure, her wardrobe controversy made some pretty funny banter on the late night circuit – David Letterman's Top-10 List was a particular stand out – but what's really at the heart of it? Politics is a big image game, but hiring hair stylists and makeup artists and excessively shopping for designer clothes is unnecessary when no one can really tell the difference in the end. The same image could have been
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accomplished for a lot less while still preserving the campaign slogan. In Palin's defense, her political team has said the clothing was always intended to go to charity after the campaign. And being a woman in the public eye does come with pressures. There does seem to be a doublestandard, because McCain, Sen. Barack Obama, and Sen. Joe Biden sure aren't being criticized of their wardrobe. And seriously, there’s no way this woman needed $22,800 worth of makeup help. Politics aside, I’d like to look that good at her age.
tion about our energy future, however. People have only been given a break, and it may be a short one. If we fall back into our bad gas-guzzling habits, we easily can expect to see prices sky rocket once more. We still have to pursue new resources for our energy needs. We still must figure out a way to make wind, solar and hybrid technology financially viable methods to siphon off our dependence on foreign oil. We have allowed politically unstable countries and oil companies gluttonous for profits dictate our energy supply for too long. What many Americans learned through this energy ordeal is that while a necessity, we probably overconsume this natural resource. As with many other blessings we enjoy in America, we can cut back.
We can prioritize and make proper adjustments. Hopefully, this lesson will translate into our current economic crisis spurred by self-indulgent lending and spending practices. As a country, we spend money we don't have, and we consume more than necessary. This is a trend we need to fix. The current pattern of declining gas prices hopefully will mark a phase in American culture in which we no longer treat a gratuitous amount of our natural resources as a necessity. Perhaps we can come through our current crisis with a renewed sense of stewardship. Our current status marks two trends, one of an increasing sense of national responsibility and one of subsequently declining prices. We can only hope that both will be long lasting.
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The women’s basketball team climbs in the media and coaches preseason poll in Head Coach Maryalyce Jeremiah’s final season with the team after a second round loss in last year’s Big West Conference Tournament
November, 3, 2008
After reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 30 years, the men’s basketball team ranks No. 4 in the preseason media and coaches poll with only two returning players for the team’s defense of its Big West Championship By Raj modha
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By Raj modha
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Head Coach Maryalyce Jeremiah enters her 13th and final season with the Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team, but this isn’t a swan song for the long tenured coach. With the first NCAA berth in school history coming under Jeremiah in the 1988-1989 season, the bar has been set high this year for the Titans, and the team was selected No. 6 in the coaches poll and No. 4 in the media poll at the Big West Conference media day at the Irvine Hilton on Wednesday. UC Riverside was selected in both polls as the favorite to win the conference. “As a team, all positions and depth, this is the best team. As a team, top to bottom, this is the best,” Jeremiah said. Jeremiah and forward Toni Thomas represented the Titans at the Irvine Hilton in a round table discussion for the Big West Media Day Conference that featured a head coach and a player from each team in the conference. Jeremiah spoke with intensity about the season ahead and tried to avoid talk of the sentimental journey. She is retiring once the season is over and will hand the reigns over to Associate Head Coach Marcia Foster. “This being the last year, I try not to think about it being the last. I don’t feel sad; I’m excited. I want these players to experience the NCAA tournament. I want it for Toni. She is a very special player to me,” Jeremiah said. The Titans goal of reaching the NCAA Tournament
will be challenged by UC Santa Barbara. Gauchos’ Head Coach Lindsay Gottlieb is taking over a program that is the preseason No. 2 team in the Big West Conference, according to the coaches poll. Gottlieb has a great respect for Jeremiah and what she has done for women’s basketball. “As a young coach and a first time head coach, I am very aware who has come before and who as grown our game and Dr. Jeremiah epitomizes that. To be in the same conference and sideline as her, is nothing but an absolute honor,” Gottlieb said. Jeremiah, Thomas and the rest of the Titans will have a difficult schedule in the conference and will likely be playing the role of underdog for the season. Thomas was selected to the preseason All-Conference Team and will be the focus of the Titan offense and defense for the coming year. The senior forward was the league’s leading scorer for the second consecutive year averaging 17.1 points per game and she was the second leading rebounder with 7.9 per game. With Thomas garnering so much attention, she will likely command double teams throughout the season. “I’m always looking for multiple people on her. I think they are going to be really sorry. The other players on the floor will make them pay. I think that has a lot to do with our depth,” Jeremiah said. For the season, Jeremiah said she sees the opening game as the stepping point for this relatively young Titans team. “Santa Clara is the one I’m looking forward to. For a lot of reasons, not just because it’s the first game, but so we can put last year behind us,” Jeremiah said.
The Big West Conference men’s basketball coaches came together for the annual media day to preview the conference and select the preseason favorites for the 2008-2009 season at the Irvine Hilton on Wednesday. Cal State Northridge was selected first in the media and coaches’ polls with Pacific and UC Santa Barbara rounding out the top three. CSUF was selected fourth in both polls. The Titans received one first place vote in the media poll. CSUF Head Coach Bob Burton and guard Josh Akognon joined the media in a round table discussion on the upcoming season, arguably the toughest schedule the Titans have ever encountered, and Akognon’s new position. Expectations will be high this year for the men’s basketball program, which is coming off its first berth in the NCAA tournament since 1978. Burton was rewarded for the team’s berth in the tournament with a five year contract extension through the 2012-2013 season. Now the coach is dealing with nearly a new cast, with only two players returning from last year’s active roster. “The guys are so new I got them wearing name tags,” Burton said jokingly. The Titans lost four starters to graduation, leaving Akognon as the lone returning starter with guard Marcio Lassiter as the only other player from last year’s team. Akognon was also one of six players selected to the preseason All-Conference Team, according to BigWest.org. With so many new faces, Akognon was concerned about the team’s chemistry when they first came together this year. “In the beginning it (the chemistry) was bad. Everybody had their own agendas. The Canada trip really helped us come together, before that everyone was quiet and after the trip it picked up a bit,” Akognon said. The team went 2-1 in their Canada trip with victories over Trinity Western and Simon Fraser. The new lineup will consist of three incoming freshmen, five junior college transfers and two eligible red-shirts. One of the major questions for this young Titan team is who will be at the center position. Adam Thomas, out of Penn Valley Community College, could potentially be the starter at some point in the season. “The big problem is, who is going to play that five (center) position? I’m excited about Adam Thomas, he is 7-foot-2, but basketball is really new for him and he never played in high school. He’s only played two years of competitive basketball,” Burton said. The Titans not only have to contend with the new squad, but a tough schedule too. The team has a difficult start of the season traveling across the nation; they go to Hawaii, Portland and Louisiana in the first month. They will also make an appearance in the 76 Classic at the Anaheim Convention Center where they will face off against No. 21 ranked Wake Forest (AP Top 25) in a nationally televised match-up on ESPN. “I am really concerned about the schedule. All these new kids with the hardest schedule they have ever played, they are going to have to keep their heads up,” Burton said.
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Guard Josh Akognon Photos By Don Nguyen Daily Titan Staff Photographer Top left: CSUF Head Coach Maryalyce Jeremiah, left, and forward Toni Thomas discuss the team’s upcoming season as part of Big West Media Day at the Irvine Hilton on Wednesday.
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