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‘Wall of Heroes’ builds up support for CSUF veterans ADREANA YOUNG Daily Titan
The “Wall of Heroes,” a collection of photos and profiles of Cal State Fullerton community members who have served in the military, was set up Monday for all to honor between the Pollak Library and the Titan Student Union. Beneath the pictures are bits of information about the veterans, their majors, what academic year they are and what they want to do in their future. For the past three years, the Wall of Heroes event has been put on by the Veterans Student Services (VSS) in order to honor veterans
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and men and women who are currently serving. “We’re trying to raise awareness on campus of the veteran population (to) help us become more visible on campus so we can better provide for the veteran population,” said VSS vice president and veteran Peter Weiman. In addition to the Wall of Heroes, VSS will be holding a tree planting ceremony Friday, along with the groundbreaking for a plaque dedication to commemorate veterans. Following the ceremony, the VSS will be celebrating their grand opening for their new office. It will provide support and counseling for veterans and their friends and family, along with many other attributes such as computers, scantrons and blue books. SEE CARE, 2
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Hiring season rains with job openings Local businesses are looking to hire seasonal workers for holiday rush PETER PHAM Daily Titan
With the holidays approaching, businesses are looking to hire seasonal workers to take on extra shifts. Major holiday shopping bursts like Black Friday are approaching and stores are looking for extra pairs of hands to cover shifts. In a period of economic recovery, any extra work is good news, especially for college students. Ashley Marie Spaulding, human resources department supervisor at Toys R Us located in Fullerton, said Toys R Us begins the hiring process in mid-September and ends the week after Black Friday. Applications for the seasonal positions come
in by the thousands. “There’s been about 2,800 applicants and we have to hire 75,” said Spaulding. “We don’t interview all of them, but that’s how many that apply.” The new hires would begin on the day they are hired and would work until Jan. 1, 2013. “We just look at the application that goes through and then we do a group interview,” Spaulding said. “We see how you interact with other people, your leadership skills, communication.” If the applicants make it through the initial rounds of interview, they will get a second-interview with the store manager. The Fullerton Target at 2920 Yorba Linda Blvd., down the street from Cal State Fullerton, welcomes seasonal workers. SEE JOBS, 3
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Christina Venegas, Nguyen Quach and Froylan Zarala study for classes inside Steven G. Mihaylo Hall Monday using the Internet and other online tools at their disposal.
Opportunities on line Distance education classes promote convenience and access
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Since before the beginning of the century, the growing popularity of online education and the boom of the smartphone business here transformed the college experience for both students and educators. Professors teaching classes miles away can now inform students in their living rooms, and instructions from professors are just a pocket dig away. A study released in May by the ITHAKA research group concluded that students “pay no price” when taking hybrid classes instead of traditional ones. The hybrids were courses taught mostly by machine guide and accompanied with an hour of face-to-face instruc-
tion per week. Pass rates and final exam scores were among the measurements of the study. ITHAKA was confident in the equality of learning methods, but not everyone agrees, including Associate Dean of Cal State Fullerton’s Irvine Campus Van Muse, Ed.D. Muse’s first staff position in the college system was within the admissions office of Auburn University in 1997. By this time, the college had already been using email as well as other online tools. “There were a couple of classes in the technology field that were mostly conducted online,” said Muse. “Those tended to be online correspondence classes, where a lot of it was self-directed learning with email being the main communication medium between instructors and the students.” In a study published by the U.S. Depart-
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ment of Education in October of 2011, the percentage of undergraduates enrolled in at least one distance education class expanded from 8 to 20 percent between 2000 and 2008. Regardless of the growth during that time, online education had been around for many years before. “In terms of the national scope, online education has really been around since the eighties,” Muse said. “It started as a means for students who were disabled or in remote areas not being able to get to campus. Really, the shift from online education being an access issue to being a learning mode and being pursued by students from a convenience factor, that really kind of happened in the ‘90s.”
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Tuffy touts voting tokens for election
Titan Pride Center encourages students to vote with scavenger hunt LAUREN TORRES Daily Titan
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White round tokens the size of a hand show Tuffy the Titan dressed as Uncle Sam in patriotic red, white and blue. One peeks out from behind a trashcan, another from behind a poster on a billboard in a hall. These tokens are hidden all over campus, inside and outside buildings. “I’ve been on the lookout since last Thursday,” said Carlos Navarro, 20, a Spanish major. The campaign titled “Snooze, Lose, or Choose Giveaway!” is an effort made by Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Pride Center in hopes of getting students to vote in this Tuesday’s election. The contest works like this: First, go out on campus and find a token. They can be hidden anywhere. Once you have found a token, you take it to the Titan Pride Center. An attendant at the center will then check to see if the token is a winner.
Each token is identified by a number and if that number is a winner, students will be informed right there and then. At the same time a Tuffy token is redeemed, students will receive a “Guide to Voting in California.” “Not all of the tokens are winners. Students need to bring the token in to the Titan Pride Center to find out if it is a winner,” said Drew Wiley, coordinator of Associated Students Inc. Leader and Program Development. “A student can turn in as many tokens as they find until they turn in a winning token. Once they have won, they are no longer eligible to participate.” The Snooze, Lose or Choose Giveaway is a promotional contest intended to encourage students to become aware of and engaged in the upcoming general election, Wiley said. “Our hope is that by creating buzz about the contest we can further spread the message that students should get informed about the election process, how and where they can vote, ballot issues and candidates, and ultimately choose to exercise their right to vote,” Wiley said. SEE VOTE, 6