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CSUF Research Week hosts award ceremony Students win Outstanding Student Scholarship and Creative Activities Award ASHLEY BINION For the Daily Titan

An award ceremony was held for undergraduate and graduate students of Cal State Fullerton who displayed their poster presentations and exhibits for Research Week at the Titan Student Union on Wednesday.

Students were nominated by faculty for the Outstanding Student Scholarship and Creative Activities Award. There were 59 nominations from 33 departments.

Mariann Howland, 22, and Harry Meussner, 22, both psychology majors, tied for the award in the undergraduate category for the College of Humanities.

“It’s important that the students and faculty are prolific and share

their intellect, their understanding and their scholarly work,” said Howland. “I have a huge passion for research and I know a lot of our faculty do too which is really great.”

After the award ceremony, a student research poster session was held in the Titan Student Union’s Alvarado Room.

Santiago Cabellero, 26, a civil engineering graduate student and winner of the award in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, researched the amount of water under the soil and its relation to landslides after earthquakes.

“People build these beautiful homes on top of these hills and unaware of the danger,” said Cabellero.

He added that when these types of houses are built, they are constructed during a specific season.

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CSUF to participate in campus research study CASEY ELOFSON Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton students, staff and faculty are invited to voluntarily respond to an institutional climate measure survey system that aims to collect data regarding the campuses development of personal social responsibility.

The surveyors anticipate at least 8,000-10,000 student participants in 2013.

The Personal and Social Responsibility Inventory (PSRI) is being conducted via email on behalf of CSUF’s Office of Institutional Research and Analytical Studies and Iowa State University in partnership with the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U).

This is CSUF’s first time participating in the survey, along with 15 other institutions this year, said Ed Sullivan, Ph.D., assistant vice president for the

Office of Institutional Research and Analytical Studies.

“We were invited to participate in August and chose to participate because the survey seemed to address areas that have been of interest to the university community in recent years,” said Sullivan.

The PSRI aims to gather information regarding the “five most important dimensions” that includes striving for excellence, contributing to a larger community, taking other’s perspectives seriously, cultivating academic integrity, and developing competence in ethical and moral reasoning and action.

These characteristic traits are vital to improving the college experience for students, staff and faculty members, said Robert Reason, Ph.D., an education professor and director of PSRI for Iowa State University.

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Anthony Ragazzo, ASI leader and program development director, discusses the plan to make TSU restrooms gender neutral for a day on Wednesday.

TSU: Any sex, same bathroom

Restrooms will be gender neutral during the Queer People of Color Conference SAMUEL MOUNTJOY Daily Titan

The Titan Student Centers Committee on Services approved a recommendation Wednesday to designate several restrooms in the Titan Student Union gender neutral during the regional Queer People of Color Conference in April.

Every room of the TSU will be reserved for the conference and more than 30 sessions will happen during the all-day conference.

More than 200 attendees have

already registered for the conference, which will discuss lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and queer (LGBTQ) issues, and how they affect people of color.

Since the conference occurs during spring break, the building will be used almost entirely for the QPOC Conference.

The vote will advance to the Titan Student Centers Governing Board next week.

If approved by the governing board, restrooms in the Titan Student Union atrium, near the pavilion, will be designated as gender neutral to be used by everybody during the conference.

The gender-neutral restrooms

will be centrally located among conference events, near information tables and the central hub of conference activities.

The restrooms will be clearly designated with appropriate signs and clearly visible to conference attendees.

Last year, restrooms by the Titan Theatre were designated gender neutral during the Social Justice Summit, according to Titan Student Centers Governing Board chairwoman Ginny Cheung.

The QPOCC is an annual conference sponsored by the Queer People of Color Club. It is a regional LGBTQ conference that will gather people from through-

out the state.

This is the eighth-annual conference, which has been hosted at colleges throughout the state in recent years including UC Berkeley and UC Davis.

The goal of the Queer People of Color group is to ease and give platform to discussion on intersectionality of race, class, gender and sexuality.

The conference wishes to empower queer communities of color by helping them to empower themselves through use of tools, space, and dialogue, according to the QPOC. SEE ASI, 2

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Professor explores ocean abyss

Rivalry continues as Titans wrangle Long Beach

Robert D. Ballard, Ph.D., has conducted more than 120 deep-sea expeditions

This year’s rivalry series between the Cal State Fullerton Titans and the Long Beach State Dirtbags gets underway Friday at Blair Field in Long Beach. The Titans (18-3) enter the matchup ranked No. 8 in the nation by Baseball America, and have taken 16 of their last 19 against the Dirtbags (9-12) dating back to the 2009 season. CSUF leads the all-time series 124-60, which includes an impressive 6030 mark in games played in Long Beach.

Three games will be played in Long Beach this weekend—Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. Titan Head Coach Rick Vanderhook revealed Tuesday that freshman Thomas Eshelman (4-1) will take the mound Friday and is likely to be followed

by Justin Garza (5-0) and Graham Wiest (3-1) to close the series. It has not been confirmed as to who will pitch Friday for Long Beach, but staff ace Shane Carle (1-2) appears to be a candidate based on the number of rest days he’s had since his last start.

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Research surrounding the discovery of the Titanic, deep-sea explorations and telepresence technology was presented by Robert D. Ballard, Ph.D, an oceanography professor at the University of Rhode Island, at the Titan Student Union on Wednesday.

Ballard is known for his historic discoveries of hydrothermal vents, the R.M.S. Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck, as well as other ancient shipwrecks.

He has conducted more than 120 deep-sea expeditions by using only the latest in exploration technology, and is an initiator in the early use of deep-diving submarines, according to the National Geographic.

His research on the Titanic, and deep-sea explorations, began long before the discovery of the Titanic.

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Robert D. Ballard, Ph.D, engages audience during his presentation in the Titan Student Union on Wednesday.

Ballard said that his interest in the findings of lost, sunken ships came from his lifelong interest in the ancient history of shipwrecks.

Ballard and Jean Louis Michel were the team leaders of the expedition.

According to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Titanic discovery began when two research centers, Woods

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Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and French National Institute of Oceanography (IFREMER), joined to find the ship that had been lost at sea for more than 100 years.

By narrowing the search field to 100 square miles and planning a two-phased strategy, one of the Titanic’s boilers was identified un-

der more than 12,400 feet of water in September 1985. The findings confirmed the shipwreck had been found.

Ballard explained how his interest in deep sea exploration began in the summer of 1959 when he experienced his first expedition.

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“You almost get more amped for those games because you know how it is,” Titan catcher Chad Wallach told the Daily Titan prior to the season opener. “It’s just fun.”

“Let’s just say we’re looking forward to it,” said Wiest.

After sweeping a brief two-game clash with the Nebraska Cornhuskers at home Tuesday and Wednesday, CSUF has now won seven straight to reach their best 21-game start since 1996, when the team began 19-2. CSUF also boasts a 2013 road record of 9-1.

The Titans took four of the six contests last year against Long Beach. Each team hosted a threegame series, and the Titans won two in each. CSUF has not dropped a season series to the Dirtbags since 2008 when the two teams only faced each other three times, all in Long Beach.

Almost two years ago, shortstop Richy Pedroza and center fielder Michael Lorenzen each collected a career-high four RBIs against Long Beach on May 14, 2011 in a come-from-behind 14-12 win at Goodwin Field.

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Lack of parasites, increase in diseases CRYSTAL CHAVIRA Daily Titan

The veteran “hygiene hypothesis” theory was introduced by Aravindhan Vivekanandhan, Ph.D., who shared his current fieldwork during Research Week at Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday.

Vivekanandhan conducted his research at Anna University in Chennai, India.

The original “hygiene hypothesis,” brought forth by David P. Strachan in 1989, theorized that “too much good, is not good,” in terms of exposure to infectious agents.

The hypothesis states that lack of exposure to infectious agents, symbiotic microorganisms and parasites while young increases susceptibility to allergic diseases by suppressing natural development of the immune system.

The original hypothesis also revealed an unexpected rise of problems involving allergies and metabol-

ic diseases–self reactions to immune systems–due to lack of exposure to the inwfectants.

Vivekanandhan’s extension to the original hypothesis concludes that a lack of exposure to helminths—parasitic worms that are the most common infectious agents in developing countries including malaria and tuberculosis—actually increases risk and severity to allergies and autoimmune diseases such as diabetes and Crohn’s disease.

“Some people are genetically more susceptible to certain diseases (Crohn’s), because it is found in their phenotype, but it is environmental factors that can actually trigger the disease,” Vivekanandhan said.

The extended hypothesis argues that a mass drug administration could potentially have an unexpectedly negative impact by increasing diabetes in India.

Nilay Patel, Ph.D., a biological science professor and director of the Stem Cell Research Program at

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Aravindhan Vivekanandhan, Ph.D., speaks during Research Week at the Titan Student Union on Wednesday.

CSUF, attended the lecture and was “fascinated” by the finding concluded by Vivekanandhan.

“What he’s asking is a trillion dollar question when you take into consideration the whole world,” said Patel.

Patel’s research focuses on Alzheimer’s disease.

Over the last ten years, some evidence has suggested that individuals with a low level cases of diabetes or cardiovascular disease had slightly higher risk of Alzheimer’s, according to Patel.

Patel said that this topic affects not only India but more than 50 percent of America’s population who are currently dealing with metabolic diseases.

Because medicine is improving, Patel argues that people are living longer, which increases their chances of getting diseases associated with metabolic disorders.

“What he’s asking is a trillion dollar question when you take into consideration the whole world. ” NILAY PATEL Biological Science Professor As diseases like malaria, tuberculosis and filariasis decrease, noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, obesity and metabolic disorders increase according to Vivekanandhan.

Vivekanandhan suggests the most

effective way to protect yourself from metabolic disorders would be to prevent the onset of diseases such as obesity and diabetes for those who are genetically predisposed to them.

The California Department of Public Health reported that 1 out of 7 Californians have diabetes, and 5 percent of those people are not yet aware they have it.

According to the department, diabetes is the leading cause in blindness, kidney failure and amputations as well as a indicative contributor to heart attacks and strokes.

Vivekanandhan hopes to continue research on the reverse effects of slight exposure to helminths parasitic worms.

He also hopes to focus on minor exposure to diabetes at a young age, similar to the exposure received in vaccinations to test whether prevention is possible.

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This year, the theme of the conference is “To Exist is to Resist: Empowering our Roots through Activism, Community, and Intersectionality.”

The theme aims to illustrate parallels between how queer communities of color and the Palestinian resistance cope with various issues.

The issues these two groups face are not the same, but they are of the same dynamic, according to the group.

“Underneath the queer umbrella, we have lots of different let-

ters,” said ASI leader and program development director Anthony Ragazzo Jr. “The T is typically for transgender individuals and the Q is for queer, and that can be genderqueer or gender variant individuals,” Ragazzo explained that gender is not a binary, that gender variant individuals that do not identify strictly as male or female.

Having restrooms that are labeled as gender neutral would be helpful to these individuals, he said.

“A lot of our students on our campus who identify as being transgender or genderqueer or

gender variant get looks, they get really nasty looks when they go into the restroom which is designated for their identity,” said Ragazzo. “By designating this space, we would be able to provide a comfortable and safe space for students who need to use the restroom facilities.”

Because of the age of many buildings on campus, very few restrooms are single-occupant, unisex restrooms with a locking door.

Special steps are sometimes taken to provide appropriate accessibility to those who identify with a gender different than their appearance.

AWARD: Focus on research CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Water levels and soil stability during different seasons are not taken into account, and when an earthquake hits, it causes major damage to the home, Cabellero said.

As a result, he developed a more efficient way to finding the sliding plane of soil.

Cabellero said he would like his next research to focus on the impact of rainfall intensity on soil.

Student Victoria Cid focused her research on peer assisted college support for students with autism.

Cid based her research off of prior research that found students with autism have difficulty in school, such as preparing for finals or choosing a major.

She paired up two autistic students with two experienced CSUF students. Cid said the study re-

sulted in meaningful relationships being formed between the pair of students.

“People with autism have trouble forming those social relationships,” said Cid. “And we found that they were able to form those relationships with their peers.”

Even pop culture was represented during the poster and exhibit session.

Janise Susuki’s research focused on the media’s portrayal of serial killers.

She compared the popular television show Dexter to a documentary about Aileen Wuornos called Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer.

Other research shown included negative mood regulation, effects of penalties in the NFL and how social media is changing politics.

Dawn Person, Ph.D., an education professor, stressed the importance of undergraduate and graduates connecting with professors

during her keynote address.

“Teaching brought us here, but the students are what keep us here,” said Person.

Nathalie Carrick, Ph.D., said faculty participation with students is a vital part of the education process and it is important that students get one-on-one time.

A panel was held discussing research and funding for students in the different CSUs. One panel member included Katie Ayala, ASI executive vice president.

“I’m going to graduate school, and my end goal is to do research,” said Ayala. “I should have started as an undergrad … It’s important to get all students involved in ways that interest them. Research is so important, but it is understated.”

Research Week will continue on Thursday with “Integrating Teaching and Research.”

FOR THE RECORD: In the brief “FDA to include images of smokers on cigarette packs,” published on March 19, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will replace proposed labels that include images of diseased lungs and the sewn-up corpse of a smoker. Also, the government did not appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court by its Monday deadline. Because of a reporting error, both of these statements were incorrectly stated.

Recently discharged military veterans may soon be allowed to pay in-state tuition after Assembly Bill 13 was passed yesterday afternoon by Assembly of Higher Education Committee, according to a press release by the office of Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva.

The bill waives the residency requirement at California’s public colleges and universities for veterans until they are able to obtain residency status.

While veterans can currently receive financial aid from the GI Bill, a recently discharged veteran has to either wait a year to attend school and stop being eligible for the GI Bill or pay out of pocket the difference in tuition for non-state residents.

AB 13 would give veterans the ability to pay at an in-state level as soon as they are discharged if they are originally from California.

The bill was authored by Oceanside Assemblymember Rocky Chavez and Fullerton Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva. According to the statement, it was supported unanimously by Republicans and Democrats.

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Bell council members convicted Verdicts were delivered Wednesday for six former council members of Bell, with a Los Angeles court jury convicting five for embezzling money from the city, according to the Los Angeles Times.

After 18 days of deliberation, five defendants were found guilty of receiving money while sitting on the Solid Waste and Recycling Authority. However, all defendants were acquitted on charges related to their pay from the Public Finance Authority.

Luis Artiga, 52, was the only council member to be fully acquitted. He faced 12 separate counts for his serving on the city’s infamous “phantom boards,” which were established in 2005, from 2008 to 2010.

The trial for alleged orchestrator of the “Bell Scandal,” former Bell City Administrator Robert Rizzo, will happen later this year.

Almost half of the remaining charges remain deadlocked, with the jury returning to court Thursday.

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Obama visits Middle East President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed their administrations’ ongoing responses to Iran’s nuclear ambitions among other matters of regional diplomacy Wednesday during Obama’s first visit to Israel as president.

According to CNN, Obama also addressed the the civil war in nearby Syria, calling the reported use of chemical weapons a “game-changer” in the conflict, but did not elaborate on any potential U.S. response.

The conversation moved to extending promised U.S. military assistance to Israel for another 10 years, past its current expiration date in 2017. Obama assured U.S. commitment to Israel’s security and right to defend itself.

Both leaders said their administrations have a “common assessment” on Iran’s potential timeframe for building a nuclear weapon, according to CNN. Palestinian activists protested Obama’s visit outside Jerusalem in the West Bank, an area many Palestinians consider Israeli-occupied territory.

Both men just began new terms in office.

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Author discusses climate change MICHELLE TUYUB Daily Titan

JOHN PEKCAN / Daily Titan Students fill the Titan Student Union Halls A through C to attend Robert D. Ballard’s presentation on Wednesday.

OCEAN: Telepresence technology aids exploration CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

“I was 17 years old living in Downey and I went down to (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) and I went out on my first expedition,” said Ballard. “We got rescued by the coast guard … a big rolling wave almost destroyed the ship and I was hooked for life.”

Telepresence technology allows scientists on shore to access data and images transmitted in realtime from remotely operated vehi-

cles, and view objects over a video feed as if they were actually there.

Ballard explained how the invention of telepresence technology helped replace human presence in the depths, ultimately allowing someone to view the depths while remaining on a ship.

Trevor Slazas, a geology major, said learning about Ballard’s passion for exploration helped him understand the need for ocean exploration.

“We are exploring space,” said

Slazas. “We have rovers on Mars, but we don’t quite know what’s down there still.”

Rena Galvez, vice chair of Natural Science and Mathematics Inter-club Council and director of finances, said she hopes students grasp the importance of research events that are connected at Cal State Fullerton.

“You have no idea (about) these things that are available,” said Galvez. “And so we want to bring that to our campus.”

SURVEY: Areas of improvement identified CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

AAC&U developed the five dimensions as a part of a larger project called the Core Commitments Initiative.

According to Reason, PSRI is intended to evaluate the areas where improvements can be made. Based on feedback, opportunities for improvement on campus will be pinpointed and further developed.

“We have heard from other institutions who have used the PSRI data to start conversations between faculty members, student affairs professionals, and students about

PSR on their campuses, with the purpose of improving learning in these areas,” said Reason.

Institutions have identified areas that need improvement and have focused discussions on those areas, he added.

“Personal and social responsibility … are practical characteristics that benefit students, college campuses and the larger society … students take these skills and dispositions with them as they engage in community-based problem solving, professional life after college and raising families,” Reason said.

According to Sullivan, about 1,000 students have participated in the survey so far.

Percentage wise, he said the participation rate is low. However, in terms of participating institutions and campus size, CSUF is among the top.

Before taking the survey, participants will read a disclaimer that tells them their responses will be kept confidential.

Students who agree to participate in the survey can skip any questions and may quit the survey at any time.

Conservationist William deBuys presented a lecture focusing on sustainability and the repercussion of dry weather in the southwest region of the U.S. at Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday.

His book, A Great Aridness, focuses on climate change and how it will influence Southern California in particular.

Since the book’s release, there has been research and new climate change findings discussing its effects on the southwest region.

During his demonstration, deBuys presented many color-coded maps that showed the warming climate around the world.

DeBuys wanted to stress the impact that climate change can have to the planet and to the people living in it.

According to deBuys, young people will be affected the most as time progresses because the climate will intensify and water scarcity will worsen.

“Climate change is the paramount challenge of the world today,” deBuys said. “The thing we really need more urgently than anything else, is a total engagement of the younger generation.”

Areas closest to the coast will become cooler, while inland regions will become hotter, leading to an increase in extreme weather.

According to deBuys, wet places will get wetter and dry places will get drier. Water supplies will also become scarce, causing California reservoirs to shrink.

Other consequences of hotter weather that deBuys mentioned includes the increase of insects.

The warm temperature will mean more insects, which will have an impact on the forest. This will result in dead trees and forests vulnerable to fires.

Matthew E. Kirby, a paleoclima-

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William deBuys explains Southwesten climate conditions on Wednesday.

tology professor, agreed with deBuys water argument he said “Water is the final frontier in Southern California and the southwest United States, so he’s absolutely right that we’re going to continue to face very serious issues with water availability and water management” Zvi Drezner, Ph.D., a statistics professor, said he believes that variations of weather have been occurring for a long time.

“The climate always changes, and to blame every change on global warming, on pollution, I think its ridiculous,” said Drezner.

Drezner said that this winter has been one of the coldest winters.

He called climate change a hoax, adding that climate fluctuations

could be due to the variations of the sun’s activity.

According to deBuys, climate change can have a negative effect on human relations.

Although other natural disasters help bring people together, drought is different and tends to divide people by further stressing “human fault lines,” deBuys said. Fault lines, according to deBuys, could be the negative aspects of a person, or areas where they fall short.

DeBuys is the first speaker of the Focus on Sustainability series of lectures that will continue through the first week of May, along with an exhibit in the Pollak Library that focuses on the art of sustainability.

Professor to discuss philosophy research methods at CSUF KRISTEN CERVANTES Daily Titan

Guest lecturer Avner Baz will introduce a deeper skepticism about answers philosophers find in case methods and how language is used on a daily basis in a talk held Thursday.

The event, titled “Armchair Philosophy, Experimental Philosophy and The Crisis of Philosophical Method,” is part of the Philosophy Colloquium Series at Langsdorf Hall, taking place in Room 402 at 4 p.m.

Case methods are when philosophers complete multiple tests to see if a theory is right or wrong.

The answers they come up with are typically called “intuitions.”

Baz, a philosophy professor at Tuft University in Medford, Mass., said he plans to challenge the conception of language during the event.

Andrew Howat, a philosophy professor at Cal State Fullerton, said he invited Baz to speak at the event because of his inspiring presentation techniques and ways of encouraging people to create new philosophical ideas. “(Baz) has a way of making philosophy come alive,” Howat said.

He added that Baz uses a more interactive approach to teaching philosophy and has a “gift” for utilizing the Socratic method, which stimulates critical thinking and inspires new ideas.

The lecture will focus on three types of philosophy: armchair, experimental and crisis.

Armchair philosophy is a more

traditional method philosophers may use, said Howat.

“That’s the idea that for most of philosophy’s history the assumption has been that anyone who can sit in an armchair and think can do philosophy,” he said.

Experimental is a newer movement that focuses on how philosophers should conduct theories more like scientists.

“We get past the black and white issues and get all the complexities. ” LAURA BEEBY CSUF Adjunct Professor The criticism of certain case methods led to experimental philosophy, where people take traditional philosophical questions that were used in philosophical theorizing and then ask nonprofessional philosophers to answer the same question to see if the answers are the same as analytic philosophers, Baz said.

Baz said philosophers found that the answers were not the same.

“How is it possible to check the correctness of the answers philosophers give to these kinds of questions?” Baz asked.

Baz plans on providing the answer to this question during the lecture.

The crisis philosophical method

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is the idea that there is a conflict between armchair and experimental philosophy.

A large portion of Baz’s lecture will concentrate on common language and how it is interpreted in philosophy.

He added that when people talk outside of philosophy, their words are guided by the personal situations that they find themselves in.

“Words are used in the context of significant situations and are used not just to classify items, but to do work, to take a stand,” Baz said. “That kind of orientation is missing when we engage in philosophical method of cases.”

Another part of Baz’s discussion will be on his interest in the ideas of analytic philosophers, such as Ludwig Wittgenstein, and continental philosophers.

However, some philosophers do not agree with the ordinary language philosophy concept and Baz said he will address that as well.

Baz will also discuss studies on how children learn to speak or acquire a first language that support the alternative conception of language that the philosophers found.

Laura Beeby, an adjunct professor at CSUF, studied under Baz at Tuft University and was a student in his classes.

She said his work moves away from the technical side of philosophy and moves toward looking at how people use language every day.

“He’s great at opening up a philosophical text that you’re reading in a really interesting way,” she said. “We get past the black and white issues and get all the complexities.”

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Animal rights activists must not give in to lawmaker pressures Meat and poultry industries attempt to make exposing corruption more difficult CASEY ELOFSON Daily Titan

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative legislature and business advocacy group, in conjunction with meat and poultry industries, are lobbying hard throughout the country to pass bills that punish the investigative filming, photographing and sound recording of animal cruelty offenses that take place in factory farms and slaughterhouses.

Some of these bills being pushed would prohibit animal rights advocacy members from “lying” on job applications in order to get behind the closed slaughterhouse doors and would also make it illegal to record or photograph when unknown to a plant. States such as Indiana, Arkansas and Pennsylvania would deem these recordings as being “criminal.”

Several other state laws are being shopped, including in California, that would require that any animal abuse footage be surrendered to law officials within 48 hours, or risk being fined.

Activists claim this is a ruse by the meat industry, since 2448 hours is not enough time to accurately obtain incriminating images that could be punishable under federal food handling and safety laws. It’s instead a way to simply turn the heat off unlawful animal handling since the meat and poultry industries often claim these abuses to be “isolated circumstances”.

With only 48 hours to prove an animal injustice, it would seem that way. This time period seems too convenient for ALEC lobbyists to get away with animal murders.

When cruel and disturbing undercover footage is publicly released, it’s no wonder why the agriculture industry wants to keep these videos from surfacing and fine the people who film them.

For example, a video like one reported from Vermont that shows veal calves being skinned alive and mercilessly tossed onto a heap of piling high cow caracasses.

Or like in California, the group Compassion Over Killing released captured factory footage that revealed a worker stepping on a cows nostrils to suffocate it to death, after a euthanization device failed, causing the Fresno factory to halt production.

The filming of devastating acts of indecency against animals such as this shouldn’t be punished; people have a right to know how their food is being handled. These bills are trying to deny the rights that consumers have to be educated on where their next meal is coming from. The documenting of the industry is simply giving consumers another way to make an informed decision on their own food.

Laws like these that hope to suppress whistleblowing within the agriculture industry that reveal animal cruelty situations were named “Ag-gag Laws” by New York Times columnist Mark Bittman in 2011.

Undercover footage that whistleblowers are able to capture are really the most effective way for cruelties to be shown to the public and this scares these big businesses, and are causing the Ag-gag laws to be pushed more aggressively from state to state in order to protect the agricultural interests. Without whistleblowers, illegal animal mistreatment could be too easily covered up, and the problems within this industry, including food safety standards, may not be properly addressed or as swiftly handled.

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Courtesy of MCT In a promotion, PETA takes protesting animal cruelty to the fast-food industry with a “McCruelty’s Unhappy Meal” box featuring Ronald McDonald as a hatchet man.

It seems as though these Ag-gag laws are a reaction to the bad publicity that ensues when the footage is published, but if the cruelty ended, the worry and stress over secret documentation wouldn’t matter and wouldn’t be a concern to factory owners.

The exposing of the foulness of the meat industry is nothing new.

The first dirt on the industry was first dug up by the muckraking means of writer Upton Sinclair, when he published his infamous novel The Jungle in 1906. Sinclair

exposed the poor and unsanitary conditions of the meat packing industry and helped to get laws such as the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act passed.

If Sinclair had never revealed the crimes and social injustices of uncleanliness, we may never have these important laws. His documentations caused social uproars, just as animals rights activists findings are doing today.

Hidden footage hopes to help evolve the agricultural industry

... if the cruelty ended, the worry and stress ... wouldn’t matter and wouldn’t be a concern to factory owners. into a more conscious, healthy and kind workplace for both animals and consumers. If factory farms have nothing to hide, then they have no reason to duck behind organizations like ALEC and continue animal cruelty crimes in

the shadows of an Ag-gag law.

Because hidden camera “vigilantes” on the animal rights side will most likely take the hit and cross over the lines, and they should. It’s freedom of speech. People simply have a right to know.

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Monarch may find its reign ending The other day I decided to venture to the Arboretum with some friends because I had some space between my classes.

Those who have never visited the Arboretum really owe it to themselves to visit because it’s an extraordinarily cool spot to hang out with friends. There are all sorts of different trees and plants and plenty of shady spots for anyone trying to escape the hot California sun.

So my friends and I trekked all across the Arboretum, visiting everything from the pond to the Heritage House. As we walked through a section of different kinds of palm trees, I noticed something unusual.

There, on the leaves of a nearby bush, were the orange wings of a monarch butterfly.

Now, it’s not exactly unusual to see monarch butterflies. After all, they are relatively common throughout North America. But at the time I saw the winged insect, it occurred to me that I had not seen one of its kind in a while.

I remember seeing them all the time in my native state of Pennsylvania as I was growing up. They would usually meander around milkweed and similar plants for sustenance.

There would be times when I would see clusters of four to five butterflies in the same general area.

Now, as a college student living in California, it seems as though I hardly ever came across the butterflies. Could it be that there are somehow less butterflies than there were before?

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They said there would be hovercars Green Piece ALEX GROVES

I did some research and was caught off-guard by what I found.

Many might be surprised to learn that monarchs are actually one of many butterfly species seeing declining numbers. Though not endangered yet, the species is listed as “near threatened” by the World Wildlife Association. Their numbers have dwindled drastically in the past few years.

An Associated Press report noted that monarch butterfly populations declined as much as 59 percent this year (their sharpest decline yet) and that there are one-fifteenth as many butterflies as there were in 1997.

There are more than 27 species of butterflies that are already considered endangered, so perhaps the problems that face monarchs aren’t so unique.

What are those problems? According to the World Wildlife Association, climate change is a major culprit in the species’ decline. Abnormal periods of drought and rainfall—which have been spurred on by climate change—have resulted in less food for butterflies and caterpillars, causing population shrinkage.

But global climate change may not be the only extenuating circumstance that has caused the species to face a sharp decline. Logging and deforestation of mountaintop fir forests in Mexico have interfered with the populations as well.

There’s a prevailing opinion among some sources that pesticides

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and herbicides are interfering with the monarchs as well, though it’s not clear to what extent that might be a factor. Still, the massive decline is indicative of a great problem.

Whether it’s climate change, deforestation or Monsanto’s herbicides, people are ultimately to blame for the decline in monarch numbers.

Therefore, it’s important that people do the right thing by trying to determine how to fix the root causes of these problems. It’s crucial to fix these sorts of issues not just for the monarchs, but for the species that they share habitats with.

Surely, deforestation and climate change don’t just affect butterflies.

It’s time for everyone to open the lines of communication on environmental and ecological issues such as this. We can only begin to curb species endangerment and extinction when we start to recognize that even the smallest organisms can play a role in environmental health.

Hopefully, biological scientists treat the monarch as an indicator species because, in doing so, they might be able to learn much more about the health (or lack thereof ) of our environment. In the grand scheme of ecological crises the world faces, the monarch butterfly’s declining numbers seem inconsequential.

But the contrary is most certainly true.

The future! So bright and utopian. Everything is made of glossy glass, micro computers and pristine cleanliness in all aspects of life. In the future, computerized smart cars drive through Los Angeles’ streets while in the homes of its many citizens and personal robots wake up the residents and prepare the food.

Robot dogs are also a thing, because that sounds cool I guess, right?

Just how far in the future does this brave new world take us?

About two weeks.

The described (summarized) scene above was written 25 years ago in the Los Angeles Times Magazine. In it, a long-form essay described the bright and distant future of April 2013. Despite the perhaps overly-optimistic illustrations and some of the flowery writing—which are both pretty funny in their own way—many of the aspects predicted by the magazine are quite real in our world today.

We tend to mock past generations when we look back on their visions of the future. “Where are my hoverboards?” we often say, our fond memories of Back to the Future Part II at odds with the newly-revealed lies it told us: “You have two years to provide me with flying cars, science!”

Sorry, where were we?

So although we—with our gift of hindsight—may mock those in the past, we sometimes fail to notice the actual improvements that past generations have predicted, proposed, and then built. Looking at the front page of the LA Times Magazine from 1988 now would give you the impression this was another pie-inthe-sky dream, but reading some of the articles inside actually gives a much more nuanced and realistic look at the future … er, present.

For one: computers in cars as well as digital map systems are

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now completely common, if not quite standard. And cars are being developed that have auto-braking and auto-driving capabilities, even if the technology isn’t quite there yet. The magazine even predicted that cars would have features to warn of low tire pressure or engine problems, something uncommon in 1988 that we take completely for granted today.

We don’t quite have robots preparing our food for us or waking us up every morning (what’s wrong with alarm clocks?), but we do have personalized computers we can carry with us wherever we go, updating our schedules and reminders as we progress through our days. The closest thing to robots we have these days are smart phones, but even products like the Roomba and other simplistic machines indicate that it’s not an impossible notion to imagine automated housekeepers.

Besides the gizmos and gadgets, the magazine wasn’t as naively optimistic about future-LA as we like to imagine people of the past to be. It accurately predicted the population overcrowding and racial tensions that still exist today as the white population falls and the Latino and Asian populations grow.

In fact, the magazine underestimated how much the Latino population would increase over the next 25 years.

The stories of people stuck in abysmally slow traffic are certainly familiar, so it seems the residents of 1988 weren’t completely oblivious to how life in Los Angeles will always work. Traffic may still be a problem here in the far-flung future of 2013, but pollution levels are thankfully decreasing, unlike the predictions indicated 25 years ago.

As time marches on, I’m sure we’ll see our visions of the future both fail and succeed to meet our expectations in different ways. While these days, perhaps due to the current state of the world we live in, our predictions of the future tend to be less utopian and more gritty, we may also find ourselves pleasantly surprised.

Personally I’m more pessimistic than that, but we should never stop trying to shoot for better results. To read the LA Times Magazine feature yourself, you can visit Documents.

LATimes.com/la-2013.

Because sometimes, a bit of thoughtful hindsight about our previous foresight can be helpful when looking back to examine our past predictions of the future which is now the present. Wait, what?

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Bus transit saves Titans money OCTA bus routes provide alternative transportation for commuter students MIMI HUNG Daily Titan

As the price of gasoline in California continues to climb toward record highs, commuters might start to feel their wallet tighten more than ever before and for students, every dollar counts.

There are couple different ways for commuters to save on the gas expenses such as carpooling, riding a bike, public transportation, or maybe even hitchhiking.

Even for the most adventurous commuters out there, hitchhiking probably wouldn’t be the safest or fastest choice when it comes to commuting to school.

Another, more practical way to get to school and save money is the Orange County Transportation Authority’s (OCTA) public transportation services.

It’s an easy way for students to commute to school who live around the Fullerton area.

“I’ve been riding the bus for about three years already … It saves gas money; I like that,” said Olivia Gutierrez, 20, a psychology major.

According to Cindy Cheng, a Cal State Fullerton American Language Program student, CSUF students and faculty members are able to get a free bus pass from Parking and Transportation Services with a TitanCard.

The free bus pass is called an OCTA U=Pass.

CSUF students, faculty, ALP students and emeriti can recieve the free pass and can also get reimbursed for a previously purchased Metro bus pass for certain Metro routes in Orange County or OCTA bus routes.

By participating in the free bus pass, students can avoid prices of gasolines which on average costs

$4.11 per gallon in Orange County and $4.15 per gallon in Los Angeles county, according to www. orangecountygasprices.com According to the CSUF parking website, the U-Pass program is funded by parking ticket revenue.

Bus 26, the route that goes from Yorba Linda and Buena Park, provides easy access as commuters just need to hop on the bus to go to CSUF, Hope International University, Fullerton College, Fullerton Transportation Center Station and downtown Fullerton.

For students at CSUF and Hope International, the bus stops are about two minutes away.

The eastbound bus stop to Yorba Linda is located on Commonwealth Avenue right next to College Park and the westbound bus to Buena Park is located right across the street beside Hope International University.

The westbound bus usually gets crowded in the afternoon because the route includes the Fullerton Transportation Center station, which provides transportation to commuters from downtown Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego to downtown Fullerton.

The busiest time for bus 26 is usually around 1-4 p.m. and students are always waiting around the bus stop in front of the Hope International trying to get a spot on the bus so they don’t have to wait 30 minutes for the next one.

“Usually the bus is really crowded, especially at this time or after … around the school area, until you get to the train station and then everyone gets off,” Gutierrez said.

Posted on the side of the bus stops is the “Text4Next” sign. For those who are new to riding the bus, the “Text4Next” service offers a simpler way to get information on bus routes and times.

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back with the time of next bus.

“I use that sometimes, its really cool and it really works ... usually its like a couple minutes off, but its not that bad,” Gutierrez said.

The OCTA launched this service in November 2009 and it has helped commuters since then.

“It also gives you not only the first of available bus, but also the second and third, “ said a female Route 26 bus driver. “We try leaving on time, pretty much what happens on the road, because the things we cannot control, thats part of life I guess.”

For those who are hesistant to take the bus because they are afraid of getting lost, OCTA has come up with a solution for that.

The OCTA website has a trip planner that always users to completely map out their route by inputting their starting and ending locations. The route will then give direction as to what busses to take and the departure times.

The website is mobile-friendly so bus riders can access the trip planner from their phones as well.

The entire Route 26, the route nearest to CSUF, takes about an hour from Buena Park, starting at Buena Park High School to Yorba Linda, ending at Yorba Linda High School.

Despite the sometimes crowded bus, riders said that the trip is usually very quiet.

“Hi,” and “How are you?” are probably be the most frequent words during the conversation between the driver and the bus riders as they deposit their money or passes into the machine at the front of the bus.

Although riders are not supposed to chat with the driver while driving, a simple greeting and thank you might make their day, so why not?

For more information on OCTA and bus routes, or to plan a bus route out go to OCTA.net.

Courtesy of MCT The advertising capstone class is competing with other universities to create an ad for the 2013 Honda Civic.

Ad class gets a taste of reality TIFFANY JOHNSTONE Daily Titan

It’s time for the advertising majors to put their skills to the test as they compete against 20 universities to create the best ad campaign for Honda’s 2013 Civic sedan.

The advertising major’s capstone class works with a company called Edventure Partners and communicates directly with Honda.

Edventure Partners is a marketing consultancy that works with educators, students and companies to bring hands-on experience to students and come up with solutions to problems the companies are facing.

The ad class will split into several groups, each utilizing different skills they’ve learned.

For example, the research department team will deal primarily with getting surveys out to Cal State Fullerton students in an effort to gain insight into what students look for when purchasing a car.

“If we get chosen as the top five, we get to present our campaign to the head of marketing for Honda, all of their top executives, as well as the executives of Edventure Partners,” said Leiana Bowen, part of the promotions group from the advertising capstone class.

Bowen is also in charge of finances and she is a part of the press release group. She will be one of the five presenters for the campaign if they get chosen.

The winners of the Honda ad campaign will receive $5,000 for their school. In past years, CSUF has taken second place.

Honda decided to partner with college students in order to market to people ages 18-26 and gain better insight in what younger people are searching for when purchasing a car.

Surveys conducted for the project found that of the 800 CSUF

respondents, students said the value of a car is the most important aspect when choosing a car to purchase.

“Most of our students are commuters, so we wanted to focus it towards that,” said Adam Eldred, one of the account managers for the ad class.

“We have a really strong campaign so we’re pushing for first place. ” LEIANA BOWEN Ad Capstone Class Student

With this information the ad department came up with the slogan “That much more,” which focuses on the value of a car.

There are a variety of different advertisements that the ad class has come up with and they say they will continue to think up new ones that are centered around their “that much more” tagline.

Focusing on the 2013 Honda Civic sedan’s excellent fuel economy, the ad team said they may use something like “that much more reliable,” Bowen said.

CSUF has already pitched their idea to Edventure Park who they said gave excellent feedback to them even in the preliminary aspect of the competition and that they would rate their campaign 95 out of 100.

“As of right now we have a really strong campaign, so we’re pushing for first place, “ Bowen said.

An event will take place on campus March 26-28, where the ad class will have three 2013 Honda civic se-

dans on campus for CSUF students to tour and learn about.

The event will include free food, games, prizes, scavenger hunts.

Students from competing schools will not have the advantage of knowing what the other schools are pitching.

Each school has several meetings with Edventure Park, who listens to their campaign and gives them feedback to evaluate their ads to see what will be most beneficial to Honda.

According to Bowen, they won’t see who is in the top five until they potentially make it to the finals.

Brian Klein, leader of the creative group in the advertising class, said Honda will evaluate all 20 schools and see what campaign has become the most creative, innovative and successful.

Honda will discern which three schools will be invited to finals which consists of an all-expensespaid trip to Torrance to pitch their campaign to the executives of Honda and Edventure Park.

Klein said he wants to eventually work his way up and become an art director at an advertising agency.

He added that the class has made him realize that this is what he wants to do.

“It’s a lot of fun and I sort of live for it,” Klein said.

Eldred said the project has been extremely stressful and is equivalent to having a second full-time job.

Despite this, Eldred said he gained a great deal of experience in managing an entire class of people while trying to put an ad campaign together.

“I think our campaign has a really good value and it’s going right for what our target seeks and I feel like once we can show the great results of our campaign, we’re that much more of a shoe in for finals,” Eldred said.

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Titans work on fitness in SRC Free drop-in fitness classes are available to CSUF students weekly CHELSEA BOYD Daily Titan

Walking into the Student Recreation Center for the first time can be overwhelming.

The exercise options are seemingly endless and knowing where to begin is not always easy.

Programs like the SRC’s drop-in fitness are a popular way for students to lay a foundation for their workout routine.

Each hour, hundreds of students flood the fitness center in hopes of snagging a spot on one of the 105 cardio-training machines, the 80 strength-training machines, or an open court in the gymnasium.

Many of those students are hoping to snag a spot in one of the SRC’s free drop-in fitness classes.

The SRC offers 10 different drop-in fitness classes that take place each day.

From 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., members can take their pick from yoga, pilates, kickboxing, spin classes and more. Many of the classes are offered twice each weekday.

Drop-in means that the classes are not only free for members, but require no prior registration.

People can come and go as they please without having to stick to a regular schedule. Each day of class can be “day one.”

Over each week from Monday to Sunday, 43 drop-in classes take place, some of them in overlapping time periods.

Students can center themselves in flow yoga on their lunch break or release extra pent-up aggression in kickboxing at the end of a long and stressful day.

Some even brave the wee hours of the morning for the Titan Cycle class at 6:30 a.m.

Each class offers different instructors with different styles of teaching. Students can choose the pace that works for them.

Alex Bevins, 21, a Radio-TVFilm major, said she has been attending the drop-in classes for three years and enjoys going in the middle of the day despite the high number of participants.

“They’re pretty full, but I usually get there a little bit early to get a spot,” Bevins said.

Laura Arrona, 20, a business administration major who participates in zumba and yoga, comes to class early as well.

“It’s a good turn out usually,” Arrona said. “That’s why we get here early, to claim our spot.”

Arrona said the convenience of the classes as well as the fact that they are free are a big draw for her.

“I think it would probably be discouraging (to have to pay), because at that point you have to think about more than just your

schedule, you have to think about budgeting,” Arrona said.

Other students echoed Arrona’s sentiments, saying they probably would not pay a fee for the classes offered.

“I don’t know if I would pay for the class ... But I think it’s great that we have drop-in fitness. I enjoyed it when I went and it was a great workout,” said Harry Meussner, 22, a psychology major, who participated in classes last semester.

The SRC also offers instructional classes, for which participants pay a fee, that take place once or twice each week.

Ben LaMontagne-Schenck, a theatre major, has participated in both drop-in and instructional classes and noted that around “five or six” people attended his oncea-week triathlon training class compared to the high number of people in his drop-in yoga class.

“It’s great that we have drop-in fitness. I enjoyed it when I went.”

HARRY MEUSSNER Psychology Major Although classes like yoga and spin have more even numbers of male and female participants, some students noted a significant number of female students participating in drop-in, as opposed to males.

Kyle Haasch, 20, a criminal justice major, has not participated in the classes and said he would be more inclined to go if there were more sports classes.

“Most of the classes seem like they’re geared towards women, not that that’s a bad thing, but I’m not going to go to Zumba,” said Haasch.

Walter VanSutton III, 20, a Radio-TV-Film major, had not heard about the classes until recently and said he would consider participating in them.

“Of course if I had the time … If I knew more about it, too,” said VanSutton. “Maybe since I ride a bike a lot, the cycling class would be cool.”

Elisabeth Carter, 20, said her yoga class has about 25 percent male participation while the Zumba class is completely female.

None of the drop-in classes are gender specific and welcome male and female participants at all fitness levels.

Carter added that although the classes do fill up fast, she has never seen anyone get turned away and that room is made so that everyone who wants to can join.

Drop-in fitness schedules are available on the SRC website.

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Sean Price, 22, plans to cycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise heart disease awareness after he graduates in the spring.

IDENTITIES: Straight Edge for the heart ADREANA YOUNG Daily Titan

Sean Price’s cardiologist told him last July that his heart was only pumping at 30 percent.

After having two open-heart surgeries before he entered into college because of a birth defect, the prospect of having to undergo a third became a defining moment in the 22-year-old’s life.

Price, a kinesiology major, said during his first two years at Cal State Fullerton he was known as the party guy.

“Mainly this started in my senior year of high school and then it escalated into the early years of college. My first and second year, I definitely did the whole clique college thing with the drinking, the smoking, experimenting with stuff I probably shouldn’t have experimented with,” Price said.

Parties were a regular occurrence at his house where he would drink, smoke cigarettes and marijuana and sometimes get high off of inhalants.

After meeting with his doctor and after he watched one of his best friends give up the party lifestyle, Price became ingrained into another lifestyle.

Price now describes himself

as completely sober and lives straight edge.

The straight edge subculture is one that emerged in the 1980s, with its roots stemming from the punk rock culture.

Individuals who ascribe to the straight edge lifestyle refrain from consuming any kind of alcohol, drugs, tobacco and engaging in casual sexual encounters.

For Price, his decision to become straight edge wasn’t because of his musical taste, but because he was dedicated to becoming healthier and improving his heart function.

“After one too many hangovers or one too many blackouts you wake up and say ‘What am I doing with my life?’” said Price.

“I said … I don’t really want to be a part of this partying community, I just want to be apart of the sober community. And so I did and since that day I’ve never touched a beer or a cigarette or any sort of drug.”

However, before Price decided to give up drinking and smoking for good he said at one point he was so embedded in the partying lifestyle that only a month and a half after his second open-heart surgery, he took a trip to Las Vegas where he bought a pack of ciga-

rettes and lit up again.

Looking back, Price now says he’s ashamed of how he treated his body. He is able to stay away from drinking and smoking because of the support system he’s gained through the straight-edge lifestyle.

Matthew Trost, 22, a computer science major, said that he and Price have known each other since kindergarten.

Trost also gave up drinking and smoking, although he does not label himself as straight edge.

Trost said partying didn’t appeal to him anymore, so one night he and Price had a conversation about quitting.

“For me it was pretty easy giving up everything. I think it was easier on me giving it up than (Price),” said Trost. “But I’m pretty proud … that he was able to give it up. He’s a good role model for people.”

Still, it wasn’t just a decision that Price had to make to give up the lifestyle, it is a constant effort

by Price to abstain.

“Every now and then, I’ll walk past someone having a cup of coffee and a smoke and I know I don’t want anything to do with that, but physiologically sometimes there’s just a little tick, like that might sound good right about now,”

Price said. “But that voice in my head has gotten a lot smaller.”

He said that after he quit partying, he saw many of the people he thought were friends, fade away.

After abstaining from drugs, alcohol and tobacco for nine months, Price went back to his cardiologist where he was told his heart’s function had increased to 50 percent.

According to Price, a healthy human heart only functions at around a baseline of 60 percent of its capacity.

His doctor told him that his heart was almost functioning like a normal healthy heart.

“I went from 30 percent to 50 percent and you can’t attribute that to anything else except a sober lifestyle,” Price said. “And that itself is way more rewarding than a night of partying. That in itself is way more rewarding than my entire career as a partier.”

After graduating this spring, Price is planning on biking from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

Price said he wants to raise awareness for heart disease through a foundation he and a couple friends are starting called Bike from the Heart.

For more information on Price’s foundation go to Facebook.com/ BikeFromTheHeart.

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SPORTSBRIEF Men’s baseball explodes in the sixth to take the game from Nebraska Coming off a dramatic walk-off victory in the 11th inning against the University of Nebraska, the Cal State Fullerton baseball team (18-3) continued its dominance of the Cornhuskers as they took game two 10-4 Wednesday night.

The Titans exploded for eight runs in the sixth inning, putting them on top for the rest of the way.

The game started off well for Nebraska as they scored in the first inning thanks to an RBI by senior outfielder Chad Christensen. The third inning saw the Huskers put up another run, while the Titans scored two by way of RBIs by sophomore infielders Matt Chapman and J.D. Davis, which tied the score 2-2.

Nebraska was able to score a run in each of the next two innings, highlighted by a towering home run by Christensen that soared over the left field wall. Down two runs going into the bottom of the sixth inning, the Titan bats finally awoke for eight hits and eight runs.

After loading the bases, Chapman drove in Austin Diemer and Chad Wallach. Following a third RBI in the inning by Carlos Lopez, Davis singled to left and brought in two more runs. Jake Jeffries and Chad Wallach each added two more RBIs to end the inning.

The Titans would keep Nebraska scoreless the rest of the way for their seventh consecutive win.

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Titan tennis batters Colorado State Rams Women’s tennis team sweeps doubles and dominates singles play AMANDA ZIVE Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis team (9-9) brought their record to .500 win a 5-2 win over the Colorado State Rams (2-7) at home yesterday.

The Titans swept the doubles round, playing outstanding in all three games.

Morgan McIntosh and Kalika Slevcove played a strong game, taking their Colorado State opponents Mollie Cooper and Abby Stevens in a 8-3 landslide. After picking up the first two games quickly, a hard slam by Slevcove hit the net and rolled onto the Rams side to finalize the third straight game for CSUF. Colorado made a bit of a comeback after losing five games, they picked up two before the Titans put it away.

Monica Rodriguez and Tiffany Mai started ahead, and left their Rams opponents Kendall Heitzner and Kaley Schultz trying to play catch-up. Rodriguez played an aggressive net game to start off the match and picked up a few points from quick volley returns.

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Sophomore Kalika Slevcove attempts a forehand in her singles match win against the Rams’ Adriana Wojakowska.

“I usually am a little hesitant when it comes to the net but I guess forcing myself to just go for it and not be afraid,” said Rodriguez.

Colorado came back to tie the game at three games each.

An aggressive run to the net gave Mai position to strike. Her overhand strike was too quick for her opponent who watched the ball go by.

The final blow was given by Rodriguez when she smashed a high ball into the ground, which bounced into the fence ending the match 6-3 for the Titans.

Rebekkah Ermac and Megan Sandford also picked up a win in a back-and-forth match.

Luckily Fullerton picked up the first point and though the Rams, Natalie Heffron and Wojakowska, met them point for point, they could not catch the Titans.

McIntosh also picked up a win in her singles match.

She won both sets but they were tough games, defined by deep balls and hustling on the part of both players.

McIntosh kept up, but became frustrated with the pace of the game.

A reason for the long bouts was that both players in good positions and hitting good balls.

“These girls change the direction of the ball so well that you just need to be really physically in shape,” McIntosh said after an exhausting match.

McIntosh took the first game although opponent Abby Stevens met her point for point. Just like with the doubles games, the Rams were unable to catch the Titans.

In the second match, McIntosh picked up the first two scores, and finished two points ahead when she finished the set.

Frustrated with her game, McIntosh said, “I wasn’t really playing my game today. ... But you know sometimes you don’t have your ‘A’ game but you know, I won with my ‘B’ game, so thats great.”

Sandford, Slevcove and Ermac also picked up singles play victories.

Tiffany Mai had a particularly difficult match. She won the first set, but was unable to finish off the match. A big comeback by Rams opponent Natalie Heffron took the next two sets for herself ending the match.

With all the power on the court, Head Coach Bill Reynolds addressed improvements the team can make.

“To just keep consistent, keep the ball in play, doesn’t really do you any good if its not in the court. So we gotta try to work on the consistency,” said Reynolds.

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16 Auth. of many snarky blog comments 17 “Scrubs” head nurse 18 Nurses 19 “__ 911!”: police series parody 20 Hot sauce ingredient 23 Beret-sporting revolutionary 25 Operation Overlord vessel, for short 26 Concerto standout 27 Vox populi 30 Monstrous 31 Off __: sporadically 32 NBAer who tweeted “I’m about to retire” in 2011 33 Wrinkly toy 34 Silver-tongued 38 No later than 41 British blame game?

43 Genre artist of mid-18th-century Europe 45 Men’s department fixture 47 Vessel near the desserts 48 Droop 49 Stinger? (and what’s literally found in 20-, 27and 43-Across) 52 Produced fiction?

53 Say and mean 54 Slapstick sidekick 57 “House,” in Inuit 58 Suckling spot 59 Favors, with “toward” 60 Fanfare 61 Woody’s son 62 “Tearin’ Up My Heart” band

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2 NPR’s “Science Friday” host Flatow 3 Anatomical column component 4 Land in el agua 5 Dry French wine 6 Target in the end zone 7 System ending?

8 Eliciting awe 9 Plead in court, say 10 Whaling weapon 11 Bowler’s target 12 Strengthens 13 Sound from the bull pen 21 “The Nazarene” author Sholem 22 Belgian prime minister Di Rupo 23 Coast Guard noncoms 24 Jackman of “Les Misérables” (2012) 28 Sloshed

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Aries (March 21-April 19) For the next four weeks, pay close attention to opportunities to achieve old objectives. Discipline is absolutely required, and the results are satisfying. Follow your heart, and play by the rules.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Allow yourself more quiet time this month. Finish old jobs, and organize something.

Completing a project takes less energy than constantly ignoring it. Solitude inspires you; bring along a sketchbook.

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Gemini (May 21-June 20) Take advantage of your newly gained popularity to grow teamwork. You’re getting hotter and you’re lucky in love. Act responsibly.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Nothing can stop you when you’re on fire. You can get farther than you ever thought possible, now and all month. Consider new career choices and options. Stay true, and keep your word.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Make sure you know what you want. Don’t rush a decision. Cut down on unproductive activities, unless they’re about resting. There’s no need to spend to impress others. Think it over, and choose.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) For the next month, you’re especially great at managing money efficiently. Share advice. Friends are there for you. Decrease activities that could cause emotional stress. Communications flow with ease; launch when ready.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Partnerships grow stronger in the days ahead. Tie up any loose ends, and review the process for maximum efficiency. Work carefully, or learn something the hard way. But you’ll learn.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) There’s more work coming in this month, and the pace is heating up. Travel and education tempt for the next few days, but keep focus on work priorities.

Philosophical conversations after hours could get very interesting.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Your energy level and attractiveness are high this month. You’re lucky in love, and relationships flourish. Play and get creative; it’s when you’re having fun that the genius ideas arise.

Savor some cultural entertainment from respected artists.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Give home and family more attention. Domestic chores take precedence, and your time makes a difference. Strengthen partnerships with conversation, ambiance and shared deliciousness. Build something cool together.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You have a passion for learning nowadays. Press forward with enthusiasm into a new study topic, while managing routine tasks. Balance work with exercise and time outside, along with healthy food. Pace it.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You could make a lot of money.

You’re focused and active, and your work speaks for itself.

Keep it organized. Enjoy time off, too, as games get really fun.

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36 Coconut product?

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MARCH 21, 2013 THURSDAY

‘King’ James is living up to his nickname

ALEX CALISH / For the Daily Titan

Senior outfielder Anthony Hutting rounds the bases in a game against Oregon.

The Titans take on another west coast rival, Long Beach State on Friday.

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Outfielder Greg Velazquez also notched a personal-best three runs in that game. A bases-loaded double

by Pedroza in the bottom of the seventh plated three runs, including the eventual game-winner.

Following the three games in Long Beach, the Titans return home to take on Loyola Marymount Tuesday for one last tune up before Big West conference play kicks off.

CSUF will host the University of the Pacific for three games beginning next Thursday. The Titans went 17-7 in the Big West last season,

good enough to win first place for the third year in a row.

Tickets for this weekend’s games start at $9 for general admission and can be purchased at the Blair Field box office (Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and two hours prior to first pitch on weekends—cash only) or online at LongBeachState.com. Parking will cost $5.

The season series will shift to Fullerton May 3-5; fans who wear orange on May 4 will receive a free rally towel. That game will be broadcast by ESPN. For more information, visit FullertonTitans.com.

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It’s not often that you just know someone is destined for greatness at only 17 years old. However, a junior at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio graced the cover of Sports Illustrated on Feb. 18, 2002 and was dubbed “the chosen one.” The basketball world has never been the same.

Fast forward to more than a decade later and LeBron James is at the peak of his game, standing alone as the best player in the NBA. James is willing his Miami Heat towards a record that was previously thought unreachable: a 33-game winning streak owned by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers. The Heat have currently won their last 24 games, now good for second-longest in the sport’s history.

Earlier this week they visited a bitter conference rival, the Boston Celtics, who hoped to derail the streak behind a career-high 43-point performance by forward Jeff Green. It looked bleak for the Heat, who found themselves down by 13 points in the fourth quarter.

The Heat rallied in the fourth to make it a game, but Celtics guard Avery Bradley hit a three-pointer to put Boston up 103-101. James quickly responded with a game-tying layup with 1:23 left. Then, during what could have been Miami’s last possession of the game, James hit a long jump shot with just 10.5 seconds left to put the Heat up 105103, enabling the streak to survive.

The clutch basket brought James’

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point total to 37; he also added 12 assists, seven rebounds, two steals and two blocks. The man had his fingerprints on every facet of the game, and it seems to have been that way night-in and night-out for the past couple of years.

Then last night, James returned to play against his former team the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Heat found themselves down by 27 but woke up to get the 98-95 victory for their 24th consecutive win.

James is a three-time league MVP, nine-time All Star, two-time All Star Game MVP and Rookie of the Year.

Despite these accolades, James had been the target of much criticism as he opted to put on his infamous one-hour special, “The Decision,” to announce his exodus from his home state of Ohio, thus taking his talents to South Beach.

Then he vanished in the NBA Finals during his first year with Miami, and was labeled as a player who couldn’t finish big games. He was even voted the No. 2 most hated player in the league behind New Jersey’s Kris Humphries in a Nielsen/E-Poll Market Research survey in 2011.

If James continues to perform this way, there is a possibility he could go down as the greatest basketball player ever.

However, this all changed once James was finally able to win his first NBA Championship last June.

Now, no one questions his ability to close-out games, and in February of this year he was even left off the list of “America’s 10 Most Disliked Athletes” by Nielsen/E-Poll. What a difference winning makes.

If James continues to perform this way, there is a possibility he could go down as the greatest basketball player ever. That title is unquestionably associated with Michael Jordan—the man who almost singlehandedly globalized the NBA. When comparing the careers of Jordan and James, Jordan has a better per-game average in points (30.1), steals (2.10) and turnovers (2.73). James’ career average in points is 27.5, which is lower, but he bests Jordan in rebounds (7.3)

and assists (6.9) per game.

The fact that James is so close to Jordan statistically is quite impressive, but there is one area where there is a big margin: NBA Championships. Jordan has racked up six, while James is currently seeking his second. Until James catches up, he won’t be in the discussion for greatest of all-time. But if he comes close to or exceeds Jordan’s number, I believe he has to be considered.

Whether or not James will go down as the greatest, he is still a spectacle to watch and is considered by many to be the greatest modern athlete. He gives his all on the hardwood every night, and NBA fans need to relish in the greatness they can ‘WITNESS’ every time he sets foot on it. He may be five rings away from Jordan, but he’s the best thing the NBA has going right now.

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