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STATE | New chancellor

Reed to retire, new chancellor pending No deadline set for Board of Trustees’ decision, Reed to continue acting duties

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After nearly two years of conflict between the California State University and the California Faculty Association (CFA), a tentative agreement was reached July 31 on a new contract between the faculty union and administration.

The tentative agreement eased the possibility of a strike during the fall 2012 semester at Cal State Fullerton and throughout the other 22 CSU campuses.

Kevin Wehr, president of the CFA Capitol Chapter, said the proposed settlement isn’t necessarily a victory for the faculty union.

“I would say that it’s a fair contract, and we have said for the last two years: All we’re asking for is a fair contract that will preserve quality education for the people of California, and that’s what we got,” he said.

David Bradfield, associate vice president of the CFA South board of directors, said the agreement “preserves and protects” the quality of education for students by protecting professors, which in turn safeguards student access to professors and programs.

No pay raises were included in the proposal, but Wehr said the CFA will continue to fight for competitive salaries for faculty, which he estimates is currently roughly 15-20 percent lower than salary rates for comparable positions at other universities in California.

CFA members remain disappointed about decisions on the allocation of funds to CSU executives.

CSU instructor salaries can vary due to tenure, education, and even field of discipline or study. A music professor can make significantly less than an accounting professor, Bradfield said.

One CFA member, a CSUF professor, said she is payed less than her son’s fifth grade teacher at an Orange County public school.

A recent letter from CFA President Lillian Taiz to the rest of the union outlined the major parts of the tentative agreement, endorsing the compromise and encouraging CFA members to vote.

Elizabeth Chapin, a CSU spokeswoman, said the CSU is “gratified” to come to an agreement with the CFA during a time of budgetary constraints. One of the most important points of the settlement, Chapin said, is to put a hold on salary increases through 2012.

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Ten schools in the CSU agree to limit enrollment for the 2013 spring semester to primarily transfer students in anticipation of another $250 million trigger cut. The CSU’s funding from the state has been cut by about $650 million over the last two fiscal years.

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State cuts to public higher education hurts students, faculty and administration alike DAVID HOOD

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As thousands of CSU students flock back to their campuses for the fall semester, tuition has increased $498 per student, making the total cost of tuition double what it was in 2008.

The tuition increases are a result of a depreciating state budget allocation for education. In the last two fiscal years, the CSU’s funding from the state was slashed by about $650 million, causing CSU schools to compensate by raising tuition, consolidating college programs, and deferring general property maintenance.

“The additional revenue requested in this budget is critical to addressing the deep and painful cuts the CSU has had to absorb, and to ensure that students have access to needed courses and support services,” said CSU Chancellor Charles Reed in a statement.

Erik Fallis, Media Relations manager for the CSU, said salaries and positions that correlate with cuts at the school level have been trimmed from the CSU administrative system completely.

Although tuition hikes are supposed to compensate for budget cuts, other areas outside of students’ wallets have suffered.

Last month, the CSU stated that ten schools

in the system will be accepting primarily transfer students with associate degrees for the 2013 spring semester in anticipation for another $250 million, or 40 percent, overall reduction.

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The search for a new chancellor of the California State University will continue through the beginning of the fall semester following the announcement of Chancellor Charles B. Reed’s retirement in May. After a 14-year tenure, Reed, 70, is expected to continue serving as chancellor until a new chancellor has been named by the Board of Trustees. The selection process for a new chancellor is already underway.

Reed still has the same decisionmaking powers that he had prior to the announcement of his retirement and has the right to vote with the Board of Trustees on approving a new chancellor.

However, CSU Media Relations Manager Erik Fallis said Reed “very often does not vote” on issues presented to the Board of Trustees.

In a statement sent to CSU campuses and employees, Reed said, “It has been an incredible honor to serve as chancellor of the California State University during such a dynamic period in the university’s history…

Our campuses have continued to flourish even in the face of budgetary challenges and tremendous growth. Throughout my time here, the CSU has grown by more than 100,000 students, and I have been honored to sign more than a million diplomas.

I take great pride in the CSU’s mission to serve California’s students, and I am proud to have played a role in carrying out that mission during these critical years.”

Prior to serving as chancellor of the CSU, he served as chancellor of the State University System of Florida for 13 years.

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immigration policy change in the United States to date.

Since Aug. 15, applications are being accepted for the new program, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which could potentially benefit as many as 1.7 million people living in the U.S. and 400,000 people in California.

The U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) has begun reviewing applications that could potentially grant young undocumented immigrants a work permit and a twoyear reprieve from deportation.

Given the criticism of immigration reform, there are several measures in place to ensure that the program is available only to individuals who qualify as “hardworking.”

Candidates must meet certain criteria in order to qualify, including being under 31 years old as of June 15 and having a spotless criminal record. They also must have lived in the United States before their 15th birthday.

In order to be eligible for the program, candidates must have obtained a high school diploma or GED equivalent, be enrolled in school, or have been honorably discharged

from the U.S. armed forces, said Don Lyster, the Washington, D.C. director of the National Immigration Law Center, in a speech.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can automatically disqualify anyone they deem a threat to the nation. Though definitions and other formalities are still pending, they will likely include gang membership and participation in criminal activities as national security threats.

“Every DREAMer should talk to an experienced immigration attorney before requesting deferred action, especially if they have ever been arrested, left the country, or been in contact with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement),” Lyster said.

The program is primarily aimed towards ensuring that young immigrants have an opportunity to succeed.

It will allow for a more affordable chance at extended

education and employment opportunities.

The DACA has been linked to the DREAM Act due to its similar eligibility standards. The DREAM Act has failed to pass in Congress since its inception in 2001. Had it passed, it would have offered a path to citizenship for undocumented youth, often called “DREAMers.”

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CSUF to become a smoke-free campus University Police will not actively enforce smoking ban, which will become effective Aug. 1, 2013 ALVAN UNG Daily Titan

No more designated smoking areas. No more smoking on campus at all — not twenty feet away from a building, not in the parking lot, not even in your own car.

Interim President Willie J. Hagan signed President’s Directive No. 18 in May, establishing a smoke-free policy at Cal State Fullerton.

The idea of making CSUF’s campuses smoke-free began with a questionnaire within the Academic Senate, which asked about the possibility. The Academic Senate, joined by ASI approved and sent out a recommendation for the policy. Hagan’s signature codified the recommendation into university policy.

The smoke-free policy, effective Aug. 1, 2013, will ban smoking on any part of CSUF, including outdoor areas, residence halls, parking structures and private vehicles.

Behind the policy Among the concerns addressed by the

new policy are secondhand smoke, cigarette butts, wayward ashes, pollution, smoke seeping into buildings and peoples’ health in general, said Jack Bedell, Ph.D., Academic Senate Chair.

The cost of the policy is estimated at roughly $10,000, according to Bedell.

The money would pay for the policy’s implementation, smoking cessation programs, information campaigns and signs.

“It’s not gonna be an expensive thing,” he said. “It’s gonna be a collaborative process — lots of discussion (about the specifics of the policy).”

In the long run, the policy could even save the school money.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), smoking cessation programs become cost-neutral or even cost-saving after a period of five years.

The CDC said that by helping employees quit smoking, the school could save on healthcare and life insurance costs.

Cessation also helps by reducing employee absenteeism and increasing productivity.

Culture shift Dean of Students Lea Jarnagin, Ed.D., said that the new policy is less about punishment and enforcement and more of a “cultural shift” in the mindset of CSUF

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The societal norm in the United States is trending away from smoking and toward better health, she said, and that the policy will reflect that.

Jarnagin recalled widespread change in the acceptability of smoking, from indoor smoking to smoking sections to a ban on indoor smoking — even in bars. Banning smoking on university grounds, she said,

The enforcement will be part of the culture...

Jack Bedell, Ph.D. Academic Senate Chair was just the next logical step, though it is a massive change for smokers at CSUF. “Coming from a smoking family myself, I know that the decision to quit smoking is a big one,” she said.

The best way to ensure that the change goes as smoothly as possible is to focus on spreading awareness about the new policy changes, as well as support those struggling to quit smoking with cessation programs, Jarnagin said.

“We are not relying on anything draconian like police to enforce anything,”

Bedell said. “The enforcement will be part of the culture… no police will be jumping into people’s cars in the parking garage and that kind of stuff.”

Informal peer pressure would be more effective than strict punitive measures, Bedell said.

Through the smoke “Since I don’t have a crystal ball, it’s hard for me to project, but I would not be at all surprised (if more schools and establishment adopted no-smoking policies),” said Jarnagin. “It’s never without pain, though… change is coming.”

Such major societal changes tend to affect the broader community, leading to something as momentous as having a smoke-free school, she said.

CSUF student John Vo, undeclared, said he thought the change was positive. The new policy wouldn’t affect him since he doesn’t smoke.

“I guess (smokers) are going to have to find somewhere else to smoke,” Vo said.

Though CSUF will be the first CSU to adopt a smoke-free policy, it will not be the only state university to do so. According to the Los Angeles Times, the 10-school University of California system will be adopting smoke-free policies similar to CSUF’s by 2014.

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CSU to Provide Free Digital Books The CSU, partnered with Cengage Learning, has put together a digital collection of over 38,000 free open-course materials available for students and faculty.

“As a system we were able to use those resources in order to save students money on getting digital textbooks,” CSU spokeswoman Elizabeth Chapin said.

According to the CSU, the collection, MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching), includes more than 2,200 open textbooks and 3,600 open courses. The CSU’s partnerships with Cengage Learning, CourseSmart and Follett means students will have access to more than 5,000 eTextbooks.

Students will save 60 percent or more compared to the cost of purchasing a new print version of the text, according to the CSU. “The MERLOT program offers resources for free, basically free textbooks, as well as faculty advice and mentors that are already on there,” Chapin said.

The CSU is also working on a new custom publishing service for CSU faculty. With this new publishing service, students can choose to have a print or digital version of the custom textbook for their course.

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With new software that CSUF’s Information Technology department is now providing for students free of charge, the chances of recovering laptops and mobile devices after theft may be greatly increased on campus.

A site license of Front Door Software Loss and Recovery, a program that uses Wi-Fi hotspots to track stolen and lost laptops, has been purchased by the IT department and is now available for students to download on the software website. The program is compatible with both PC and Mac operating systems, and apps for both Android and iOS smartphones will be available soon.

The software allows students to lock their system remotely and track the location of their device through Google Maps. If the student suspects that their device has been stolen, they can set up a programmed text or voice message that “shouts” at the thief.

Terry Jarmon, asset security manager for the IT department, said that the software is a scaleddown version Computrace, a program that is used to recover state-issued computers. At $40 a unit, however, Computrace would have been much too expensive for student use. Front Door was a steal in comparison, costing CSUF only $4,000 for a license to activate 37,000 devices.

“There are similar aspects to both Front Door Software and Computrace. They do geo tracking and provide an avenue of recovery (as well as) the ability to lock down the device,” Jarmon said.

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authorities directly if a device is stolen, Front Door requires that users notify police themselves. With the tracking information that the software provides on their website, however, it’s very likely that the hardware will be recovered once the student reports the theft.

Jarmon said that the shout feature will become a large factor in deterring theft. Once the user has downloaded the software, they can set up multiple messages for when they suspect that the device is either lost or stolen.

“When you log in and register you can actually say ‘this laptop belongs to John Doe, please return it’ in a verbal message,” Jarmon said.

Jarmon recommended that students set up a “soft” message asking the person who finds the device to return it if they suspect it is lost. For the stolen message however, students may want to be a little more aggressive.

Capt. John Brockie of the CSUF police department is excited to have the new software on campus.

“I’m looking forward to getting this and having some success with it,” he said. “I think that it is a neat thing, an added value for the students.”

Brockie does not foresee an immediate change in theft statistics resulting from the use of the software.

“I don’t think it will at first reduce theft. I think at first there will be a trickle-down effect,” he said.

He went on to say that as more thieves find that they cannot access the stolen laptops and more arrests are made, laptop theft will begin to decrease. From his experience, he has found that many thieves come from off campus and make repeated attempts to steal everything from textbooks to bikes. As these individuals get caught or find that they cannot access student’s electronics, they may give up stealing at CSUF altogether, he said.

Thomas Higgins, 18, an abnormal psychology major, had not heard of the software, but said he feels that it would be useful.

“It sounds like something that I would probably use,” he said.

Higgins said that his laptop, a Macbook, cost him about $1,000.

According to Jarmon, once a student registers, they have access to the software for four years. Even if the student is a graduating senior who signs up on the last day of class, they will be able to recover their laptop with the software up to four years after they graduate.

Should you hear a ‘shouting’ laptop over the course of the semester, please report it to authorities.

Program to Send Titans to D.C. The Cal State Fullerton Washington, D.C. intern program is now accepting applications for spring semester 2013.

“This program has been highly successful over the past six summers and now will be expanding to the spring semester,” said Don Matthewson, a political science professor.

There are several informational sessions during the first two weeks of school for students interested in the program, which allows students to live and work in Washington, D.C. while earning up to 15 units.

The meetings are being held in the Political Science Conference Room on the 5th floor of University Hall. The meetings are: Tuesday, 12-1 p.m.; Wednesday, 5-6 p.m.; Thursday, 12-1 p.m.; Sept. 4, 5-6 p.m.; Sept. 5, 12-1 p.m.; and Sept. 6, 5-6 p.m.

The program, run by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences’ Division of Politics, Administration and Justice, is open to all majors. For more information, visit Dcinterns.

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Former Athletic Director reassigned CHRISTIE FLORES Daily Titan

Former athletic director, Brian Quinn, has been reassigned to the school’s development office just months before he was set to retire in January.

Quinn learned he would take a new position, senior director of athletic development, at the beginning of July. He said his main project is to make sure studentathletes have a financially stable athletic program.

“My primary purpose is to nurture and steward the current donors to find a new donor base, improve their facilities, and improve their budget so they can compete favorably in the Big West Conference,” he said.

Trying to build up the athletic program financially is just one of Quinn’s concerns for student-athletes.

Making sure they get the help they need in school and being there to help and support them personally is also important to him.

“I did that a lot in athletics. If those kids need to get into graduate school or are having problems at home, or problems with professors, I’d like to help them. That’s what I would really like to do before I retire,” he said.

Former CSUF soccer player, John Meza, said Quinn was always around the athletes and made sure that they were taken care of.

“He was at all of the athletic events. He really looked like he enjoyed being there — being around the kids and just being around sports… When I first came on my tour, I remember he said he was happy to have me on the team… He always asked if there was anything he could do for me,” Meza said.

Quinn’s reassignment came as a surprise to him and was very emotional.

“I was pretty much in a state of confusion, a little

bit, because it happened so fast,” Quinn said.

Originally, Quinn was poised to remain athletic director until November, but staff changes led to his reassignment.

“My original contract was through Nov. 9 and that was my intention — that I would remain athletic director, retire in November and help them select a new athletic director. But changes take place — I’m part of the change. The university decided to go in this direction to make the change now and then start the search,” explained Quinn.

The search for a new athletic director has begun.

Meanwhile, the interim athletic director, Steve Walk, Ph.D., has temporarily filled the position.

The Vice President of Student Affairs, Berenecea Johnson Eanes, Ph.D., said she is hopeful about finding a new athletic director soon.

“We put out national searches for the NCAA. The Big West is a very, very popular conference to be a part of. I feel comfortable that we’ll be a very attractive place for somebody to come and take over,” Eanes said.

“People like Fullerton — people like this area of the country and people like the Big West. So, I think a lot of people who are out there looking for positions what they look at is location, the number of sports that you have, size of budget, if they can find out, what the coaches are like, your record for winning, that kind of thing,” she added.

For the remainder of his time as senior director of athletic development, Quinn said he looks forward to helping better the athletic program, as well as leaving it financially stable.

“I think I really look forward to finding a way to really help the athletic program’s funding,” he said.

“If I could do that before I left so that they have adequate funding, through improved donations and fundraising, that would be wonderful,” said Quinn.

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Cal State University Fullerton is listed as one of the ten schools that has agreed to adopt this policy.

“The Cal State system is supposed to meet the needs who are not as privileged,” said senior theatre and kinesiology major Jabari Morris, a student at CSUF since 2006.

“You’d think they would be more fair, but it’s more of a slap in the face now,” he added.

Even the highest officials at the CSU Chancellor’s Office have taken a hit.

The CSU Chancellor’s Office, the administrative headquarters of the CSU, has been “operating on a tighter margin,” Fallis said. “There’s not a lot of extra spending going on.”

Fallis cited a direct 14 percent budget cut in the CSU Chancellor’s Office, resulting in lower staffs and consolidating departments with neighboring CSU Long Beach.

Part of the cuts also affected the Cal Grants, a statewide grant system that is based on a student’s Federal Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Off the top, all awards with the exception of Cal Grant A and Cal Grant B Tuition and Fee awards for CSU and UC students experienced an automatic 5 percent reduction as a result of the cutbacks.

Solutions at the door From Sacramento, Governor Brown has introduced a possible solution, though some say it is passing the problem to wealthy California taxpayers, who are already uneasy about inflation in oil and food prices.

Proposition 30, the first measure on the ballot for November, will provide a solution to the already hemorrhaging budget.

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ANDERS HOWMANN / Daily Titan ASI Vice President Katie Ayala and President Dwayne Mason are looking to engage students of local, regional and national issues during their term. They hope to advocate for students on their behalf.

Q&A with Mason and Ayala ASI president and vice president discuss platform and goals for semester ANDERS HOWMANN Daily Titan

After winning by a landslide 68 percent in the election last spring, ASI President Dwayne Mason Jr. and Vice President Katie Ayala have spent the summer preparing for their year-long term.

In the face of tuition increases, looming “trigger” budget cuts and a federal election year, Mason and Ayala said that they want “to meet the personal needs of the students” throughout their term.

The president and vice president met with the Daily Titan prior to the first day of classes to describe their goals for the semester.

DT: What are your broad goals for this semester?

personal income taxes for earners over $250,000 for the next seven years and raise sales tax by a quartercent for four years. The goal is to raise $6 billion to offset spending reductions that would take place if the proposition is not passed.

The measure will allocate enough funding to K-12 schools and community colleges first, then put the rest into the state’s general fund, where the CSU and UC budgets reside.

If the measure is rejected by voters, it is projected that both the UC and CSU systems will face another $250 million deficit each.

But if the proposition passes, the CSU will reimburse the $498 perstudent tuition increase, according to Michael Uhlenkamp, director of media relations for the CSU. “Upon passage of this, the legislature and the governor have proposed an incremental restoration of funding for the CSU,” he said.

Since Proposition 30 is pending votes in the general election, the CSU Board of Trustees are only speculating on these provisions.

Uhlenkamp said that half of the money raised by Proposition 30, $125

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million, will be apportioned to the aforementioned restoration of funding.

Along with CSU administration, the California Faculty Association (CFA) wholeheartedly supports the passage of Proposition 30.

In a state of desperation, confusion “State support for the CSU has been cut dramatically by about $1 billion over the last 18 months or so,” said CSU spokeswoman Elizabeth Chapin.

“The proposed level of funding for this coming year would equal the levels of funding that we got in 1996-1997, but we have 90,000 more students. So that money is being stretched very thin.”

Fallis noted that there is a general belief that the money in the CSU system is concentrated. He said only 2 percent of the CSU budget is spent at the Chancellor’s office while the other 98 percent is spent at the “campus level.”

Alternative reduction strategies, Chapin said, are to be discussed at the next Board of Trustees meeting Sept. 18-19 at the CSU headquarters in Long Beach.

Mason: We have three main goals for the semester, first of which is voter registration and mobilization.

It’s a big election year and we really want to make sure that we are doing everything that we can on our end to communicate that to the students, get them registered to vote, make sure that they know how to register to vote and how to get out to the polling station. The other part of that is to make sure that they are knowledgeable about the relevant issues that are going to be on the ballot this fall, so that when they do go to vote, they can vote confidently and support higher education.

Ayala: Our second main goal is for student involvement. We have a new ASI street team that is going to promote student involvement for different areas. We also want to push going out there and meeting the personal needs of the students so we can what they are interested in and how we can get them involved, so that we can better their Cal State Fullerton experience.

Mason: Our third main goal is to build on our communication as ASI. We want to make sure that we are communicating very effectively to the student population, to our administration, on a statewide level — everything across the board.

We want to make sure that we are getting out of (the TSU). Office hours are nice, but it’s really about

those campus hours. Getting out onto the campus, meeting students where they hang out, where they go to class, and really finding out what their needs are, what their concerns are, and introducing them to ASI and letting them know all of the exciting things that we are doing on their behalf — making sure that we’re hearing their feedback and their concerns, as well.

DT: Your platform during the election was called “Students 4 Students.” Can you describe what that means?

Mason: We are students just like everyone else here at Cal State Fullerton. We are students and the work that we do is on behalf of students. We are students advocating, providing services, providing scholarships, providing all of these involvement opportunities for our fellow students. Students are the priority and we always remind ourselves of that when we are voting on issues and making decisions … that this isn’t about us, this is about the students that are on this campus.

DT: How would you rate the performance of Eric Niu and Jay Jefferson last year. What did they accomplish and what can you improve on?

Mason: I think that Eric and Jay did an excellent job last year of leading ASI. I feel that one of the really big successes was establishing the LGBTQ resource center on this campus. I know it is really big goal of ours to continue to build on that and showcase that to students and it has taken off very big this year.

They were also very involved with clubs and organizations and getting ASI’s message out to the different groups on campus so that is another thing that we would definitely like to continue.

DT: What are your plans for addressing the tuition increase in terms of advocacy?

Mason: There is not a whole lot that we can do about the specific tuition increase, but what we are really big on is this trigger cut that is on the horizon for the state of California, (which) could possibly cut millions of dollars from the CSU system, more notably $20 million from CSUF. We are working with CSSA, our statewide student advocacy group, as well as really trying to get students knowledgeable about what is going on so that they can do everything in their power to get out and vote this year in the federal election … and see if we can bring the students together to make our voices heard and put higher education back on the map again.

DT: Increasing student involvement on campus was a major part of your election platform. How do you plan on accomplishing this?

Ayala: There are a couple different fronts on that. We have the new ASI street team, so that is going to be huge on getting students involved because it dabbles into working on growing leadership. It also works on going into different avenues, not just ASI — also checking out university departments and seeing where the students can get involved.

With clubs and organizations, when school starts again, Dwayne and I have made that effort (that)

We want to make sure that we are communicating very effectively to the student population, to our administration, on a statewide level.

Dwayne Mason ASI president we are not going to stay in the office. We are going to the clubs’ events, their meetings, the resource centers around campus … we are going to show that we are getting involved with (the clubs) and (they) are getting involved with us.

Mason: Another really big thing with that is acknowledging that fact that students don’t really join clubs and organizations.

People join people. And that’s what we really want to do …

We want to make those personal connections with individuals and introduce them to involvement opportunities and the people that are involved on campus and help them find their niche, find their home on this campus to get that well-rounded college experience.

When asked what they are looking forward to this year on a personal note, Mason said meeting new students and getting feedback on what students like about the campus and what they feel could be improved.

Ayala said that she is mostly looking forward to the political climate of this fall. She said she anticipates learning a lot from this election year and teaching students, and is excited to go through the election process.

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According to the CSU, the chancellor’s role includes being chief executive officer of the system, leading CSU relations with state and federal policymakers, coordinating systemwide functions and assisting campuses and presidents in upholding the CSU mission.

Under Reed, the system has grown by 100,000 students to 427,000 and added a new campus: CSU Channel Islands.

The CSU is currently the largest system of higher education in the country.

Reed said he feels “great” and is looking forward to retiring. He eventually plans to move to Florida with his wife, and said he will continue to work on higher educationrelated projects.

“I haven’t had a day off in 40 years,” he said playfully.

Activist groups and unions, like the California Faculty Association (CFA), remain openly critical of Reed’s performance as chancellor. President of CFA Capitol

Chapter Kevin Wehr said Reed’s record is “decidedly mixed.”

“We’re hopeful that (Reed’s departure) gives the Board of Trustees an opportunity for a fresh start, and to reset relations with all of the unions and all of the represented workers, who I think are all eager to see someone in the Chancellor’s Office who will be a strong advocate for the system as a whole,” said Wehr.

Reed’s salary, $421,500 plus $30,000 in annual bonuses, has been one of the main sources of controversy for activist groups calling for more control on executive compensation and spending.

The search committee has not publicly released the names of any contenders for the position. Candidates were reviewed Aug. 21 at a closed-door meeting.

CSU Spokeswoman Elizabeth Chapin said there is no hard deadline for the outcome of the selection process and that it could take several months, at least. She said she believes the committee has not stopped accepting applications for the job as of Aug. 23.

EWP a thing of the past ERINN GROTEFEND Daily Titan

Undergraduate students are no longer required to take the Examination in Writing Proficiency (EWP). The 90-minute essay was a requirement for students to graduate from Cal State Fullerton.

Faculty members assessed the exam for writing proficiency and had a pass/fail grading system. The change was made effective May 25.

Edgar P. Trotter, acting associate vice president of undergraduate programs, said the Academic Standards Committee recommended the change to the Academic Senate.

“With only one abstention, the Academic Senate voted to recommend to the president that the EWP be discontinued,” Trotter said.

Trotter said the recommendation of the English Department faculty, the University Writing Board and himself was that the EWP did not serve its intended purpose.

“Most of the students who failed the examination were students whose first language was other than English,” Trotter said. “We already had that information and chose to explore alternative methods of assuring our students receive appropriate instruction in writing skills.”

Katherine Powers, director of the office of graduate studies, said 20 of the 49 graduate programs offered at CSUF require the EWP for graduate students. Graduate programs that require the EWP include chemistry, history, and psychology.

Powers said the requirement, under Title 5 in the California Code of Education, for graduate students to demonstrate writing proficiency at the baccalaureate level is still in effect.

Changes to University Policy Statement (UPS) 320.020 includes options that the programs will choose for their graduate students to meet the Title 5 requirement, added Powers.

The EWP option was eliminated from the statement.

“This change will require response from the 20 graduate programs that currently use EWP as a method for their students to demonstrate writing proficiency,” Powers said.

The EWP will still be offered for the 20 graduate programs during this transition period, but in the coming months, will need to propose another method to meet the Title 5 requirement, Powers said.

The CSU system adopted the Graduate Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) more than 30 years ago. Trotter said GWAR could be accomplished by an upper division course (or courses) in the major that emphasized writing, an examination in writing proficiency or an implementation of both a course and an exam.

“We were one of only three campuses, as of the spring, that require both,” Trotter said. “We now conform to the practice of most CSU campuses.”

Students who had signed up to take the EWP after it was cancelled were refunded the $20 charge in July.

Reina Galvez, 21, a math major,

said it is great that the EWP was canceled for undergraduate students because the exam is unnecessary.

“When you come into Cal State Fullerton, you’re required to take English courses which require you to write at a higher level,” Galvez said.

She added that the EWP seemed to be redundant to what students have been taught in school. Procrastination saved Galvez the $20 fee students have to pay in order to take the exam.

Another test should not be put in its place because some students have test anxiety, Galvez said. Instead, she said the required English courses should be re-evaluated.

“I was really disappointed in the English courses that I was required to take here,” she said. “I was only required to take one English course, being a math major, and even that class alone was remedial.”

Students have taken the EWP for about 30 or more years, Trotter said, and that dropping the examination has been discussed since its inception.

“When we finally examined our data carefully, we determined that we were not accomplishing our goal of improving student writing,” Trotter said. “We were successful, however, in identifying students with English as a second language.”

There was no issue with the difficulty of the essay questions, the distributors of the exam or the professors who examined the completed essays, Trotter said.

He added that there are no other examinations under consideration to assess students on their writing skills.

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Thousands gathered at Navy Pier in Chicago and other major cities throughout the United States to apply for deferred action, an executive order given by President Obama June 15th.

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According to Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), the difference is that the deferred action policy does not grant a path to citizenship, as the DREAM Act would and it does not discuss any kind of permanent legal status.

The fact that DACA and DREAM are so similar has caused many DREAMers to react to the new program with both delight and apprehension. In applying for deferred action, young immigrants who were not on the government’s radar would essentially open themselves up for investigation.

The possible repercussions associated with applying for deferred action have many wondering what should happen if their applications are rejected. Despite feelings of security some have in this nation, there is a fear of deportation for the applicants and their families.

Legal protection for illegal immigrants provided from the DHS is unsettling by nature, given that they are the authority on immigration, Boxer said.

A spokeswoman for United We Dream, an immigrant network, said that people should not be worried about this.

“All of the information that is processed will be kept private. You will not be turned over to immigration enforcement authorities unless the DHS decides that you are a threat to national security or have committed fraud on your application,” she said.

Given the narrow scope of the program, many critics are left wondering about the applicant’s fate once their two-year

reprieves have expired.

“Given the upcoming elections in November, it is difficult to say what direction the immigration reforms will go,” said Jessica Zuckerman, an immigration research associate at the Heritage Foundation, aconservative think tank.

Zuckerman claimed that the DACA is a way to implement portions of the already Congress-rejected DREAM Act and that President Obama, by pushing this legislation, is simply playing politics instead of creating a real solution.

“Rather than unite the nation with solutions to an important national problem, President Obama chose (to) undercut the legislative process and abuse the latitude the President has under existing law in an attempt to effectively implement large portions of the DREAM Act legislation that has been considered and rejected by both Democrat and Republican-controlled Congresses,” she said.

According to Lyster, the only thing that is certain is that the applicants, who are approved by the DHS, will not be ­­targeted should Obama leave office. The plan is to have them re-apply for the work permits and reprieve once the two years are over.

Many see the promise of temporary protection from deportation as a first step toward genuine immigration reform.

“It is not a permanent fixture, but it is a step in the right direction,” Boxer said. “The goal is to have successful, hardworking people come out of the shadows, without fear of deportation. They will now be able to contribute to the country they love.”

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“Locking into those salary increases would cost the system tens of millions of dollars, which would be very difficult in our current budget climate,” she said.

The contract would run through June 30, 2014, but must first be approved by the CSU board of trustees and the CFA. If approved, the CFA’s threat to strike would be withdrawn, bringing a close to the collective bargaining process between the two sides.

Collective bargaining is a strategic process in which a disagreement between employers and employees is negotiated. The CSU and CFA were at an impasse throughout the direct bargaining stage of that process and progressed to the mediation stage, where both sides communicated through a third party. It was at the end of that stage when the deal was struck.

The faculty union’s vote in April to authorize a strike gave the CFA board of directors the power to call a strike if the bargaining process ended without settlement.

Erik Fallis, media relations manager for the CSU, said if the agreement had not been made soon, the Chancellor’s office could have imposed contract on the CFA, which in turn would have given the CFA board of directors the right to call a strike.

“But (the CFA) couldn’t have done that until we actually had officially gone through the entire bargaining process, because until that process was completed, the contract on collective action remained in place,” he said.

According to the CFA, another

proposal from the Chancellor’s Office that was “defeated” in the negotiations was a plan to give campus presidents more discretion to deny sabbaticals to faculty. Under the agreement, faculty who are selected for sabbatical, but cannot take it due to funding constraints, will automatically go to the top of the list for the following year, a change that the CFA claimed as a “modest improvement.”

Wehr said sabbaticals aren’t long vacations for professors like many students think they are.

“Sabbaticals are a place where faculty develop new courses. It’s a place where they completely restructure old courses and make them like new. It’s a time when faculty may go out and do research

in their field that they bring back to reinvigorate the classroom,” he said.

“Our modest gain in the sabbatical language in the contract… translates to a more effective, more engaged professor in the classroom.”

Wehr also said that time spent fighting over a contract is time better spent fighting for more state funding for the CSU as a whole.

“We don’t need to be fighting over a contract. We need to be fighting for funds together, shoulder to shoulder, up in Sacramento… to protect student tuition, to protect the institution itself,” Wehr said.

“Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions.”

Vote results from both sides on ratifying the contract are expected in September.

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Buying Chick-fil-A means supporting their politics.

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Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy stirred up controversy this summer when he went on the record stating that the company was against gay marriage.

Your chicken sandwich isn’t just food anymore.

Keep politics off the dinner table.

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CON: MATT ATKINSON

If one really wanted to, one could put a political spin on any product that we purchase on a daily basis.

After all, these products don’t just spring up from great stalks in the ground–save for corn perhaps–but are bought and paid for from the coffers of countless corporations.

Despite what the public majority might wish to believe, these corporations are not faceless.

Behind the seemingly clockwork machinations of these companies are myriads of men and women, each one with their own political, social and personal ideals that combine to create the ‘moral’ compass of a given company. Much of the time, the calculating decisions that drive a company’s hand lie firmly in a gray, ambiguous area where the general public can easily consume their products without much of a second thought.

I’m certain there’s some borderline sinister rationale behind my Old Navy clothing being made in Indonesia, but as long as Old Navy remains nothing but a logo and corny commercials in my mind, I can live with continuing to give them my business.

The problem is that this is

not always one’s own decision.

Sometimes, as is the case with Chick-Fil-A’s president Dan Cathy’s vehement opposition to gay marriage, a company takes such a staunch position that the consumer can no longer just idly consume.

Chick-fil-A’s logo has taken on more meaning than just a symbol of capitalism: It has inherited the collective beliefs of the people behind the logo.

“The products you own are becoming politicized...”

But this can be overlooked, right?

The higher-ups of many corporations don’t necessarily present themselves in the most attractive fashion (just look at Donald Trump), yet the same attention to their beliefs as a direct association to their company’s services isn’t paid. However, the difference comes in the way that this incident has become so polarizing, with no backing down from supporters or the opposition.

And when Mike Huckabee

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declared Aug. 1 “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” and was quickly supported by other Conservative figures like Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin, the veritable ‘line in the sand’ became unavoidably visible; a purchase of Chick-fil-A products said more about a person than just, “I’m hungry”.

At the heart of this, one might realize just how little control one actually has when it comes to politicizing things. This is because politics are a public concern--they are more or less the property of the masses to interpret as they see fit.

Regardless as to one’s own political stance or whether or not one wishes to look at a product as what it actually is–an inanimate object–this is ultimately not the decision of a single person.

The products you own are becoming politicized, and you will forever be tied to the ideals of those who distribute them.

So while eating at a Chick-fil-A or consuming any other product does not mean that one necessarily agrees with every single one of the policies of its governing powers, one should realize that what your purchase ‘means’ is never really up to you.

I’m tired of my food choices apparently changing my opinion on social topics. I can’t eat that chicken sandwich without someone telling me I’m a homophobe. If I buy Oreos at the store next week I’ll be told I’m not supporting the sanctity of traditional marriage.

Stop.

Seriously, just stop. Stop politicizing my food, please. I just want to enjoy a meal like everyone else without worrying who I might be offending or what group I could be oppressing.

To the companies who feel the need to address a cause or pledge their support for a social issue: Stop it. Your attempts at winning us over based not on the quality of the products you present, but by playing to people’s emotions via social issues, are gross. On both sides of the political spectrum. I care no more that Oreo supports gay marriage equality than I care that Chick-fil-A does not. Ben & Jerry’s, I don’t need to know if you support Occupy Wall Street or not, I need to know when AmeriCone Dream is going to be available again at my local grocery store.

It’s marketing, plain and simple.

Sure the decision may be coming from further up in the company than usual,

but it’s still just an attempt to get more people to support their products than usual. Meanwhile focus is taken off the actual product or service itself.

To all the people who fervently agree or disagree with buying something from a company based on the stances of their leaders: Stop it. You’re being silly and you’re playing right into their hands. Did all the protests against Chick-fil-A

“These fights haven’t opened any new debates or encouraged conversations.” actually do anything to its profits?

Actually, due to countering from its supporters, Chick-fil-A ended up with thousands of additional customers per location on Aug. 1 thanks to this controversy. Those organizing sit-ins and protests are just adding fuel to the fire. To all my conservative friends: You make yourself look just as foolish as you buy fast food chicken and declare

yourself some sort of defender of free speech or traditional marriage.

All the politicking really does is bring in politicians. Now we have mayors of Boston and Chicago implying it will be harder for Chick-fil-A to build restaurants there, debatably overstepping the bounds government has over private business. Then we have former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee declaring a Chick-fil-A appreciation day, with Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum quickly jumping on board to “support freedom of speech” and “a business that stands for its ideals.”

Let people have their own opinions, whether they be teachers or CEOs or politicians. No one is forcing you to buy these products if you disagree with them, and as long as they’re not doing anything illegal there should be no problem.

These fights haven’t opened any new debates or encouraged conversations between sides, they’ve only broadened the gap and allowed companies and politicians to advertise and politicize.

Let’s move past these petty fights and stop letting politics get in the way of what food we eat. Keep that off the dinner table.

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Olympic tastes have changed NBC drew criticism, but considering the source, it might not be warranted RICARDO GONZALEZ Daily Titan

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Romney’s own image problems are compounded by his choice of Paul Ryan as a running mate.

Ryan’s extreme stances may alienate the independant voters that Romney needs.

Ryan will ruin Romney

Partisan and uncooperative, Paul Ryan will distance Romney from moderates.

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On August 11, 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate in this year’s election.

Since then, Republicans have heralded the appointment of the up-and-coming politician.

Ryan’s opinions, according to the website OnTheIssues.org, match up to the voting records of Romney in many key areas. Whether it’s abortion, civil rights, or the environment, the two seem in step.

It’s theorized that having running mates hold such similar views would be a boon to their party, but in elections it is more than just one group of constituents voting. There are Republicans, Democrats, and the often invisible-but invaluableIndependents.

And it is the last group that may just be the downfall for Romney and Ryan this year.

The Washington Post recently concluded a study about the rate of acceptance for gay marriage across political demographics.

Democrats rang in at 68 percent, Republicans 30 percent, and Independents 57 percent.

With the majority of Independents supporting gay rights, where does that leave Ryan? With Romney choosing such a conservative running

mate, the Independents will have trouble justifying support of the extreme candidate.

This presidential election, just like countless others, will see Democrats voting for the Democrat and the Republicans voting for the Republican. The party who will be left still undecided will be the Independents, and that is where Romney and company will stumble.

It almost seems like Romney isn’t concerned about other parties. Instead, he is pandering to his Republican base and hoping for the best.

Even if we take gay rights out of the equation, which the Republicans seem to like doing this year, Ryan doesn’t do himself any favors outside of his party’s bubble.

The website AddictingInfo.org reports that, while on the radio with conservative talk show host Glenn Beck, Ryan called progressivism a “cancer”. To be fair, Beck set him up for this by saying it first, but Ryan reaffirmed it of his own volition after a vague rant.

“What I have been trying to do… is indict the entire vision of progressivism. Because I see progressivism as the source, the intellectual source, for the big government problems that are plaguing us today… it attacks the American idea,” he said.

By the way, progressivism was

a political movement embraced

by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his long and illustrious run in the Oval Office.

It’s unlikely that Ryan will have a similar legacy.

Speaking of FDR, the Democrats rejoice at Romney’s choice of Ryan, as they see him as a potential plague upon the Republican ticket.

Rightfully so, considering the snafus that Ryan has created in the past.

The website Examiner.com reported an incident last year during a town hall meeting that Ryan was hosting. He refused to answer any questions from the audience, and when an elderly man tried to ask one, he was arrested.

Some would say that the man was being rude, but was it really necessary for Ryan to make a joke about the elderly man’s blood pressure medication? The medication that the man just said he could not afford? Hopefully Ryan will treat the American public better than that if elected.

Romney already has credibility problems surrounding his flip flopping and past tax returns, and now he picks a man who couldn’t reach across the aisle in Congress with a ten-foot pole.

They say it’s better to vote for a candidate rather than against another, but this year might create an exception.

It has been two weeks since the 2012 Olympic Games in London closed on August 12, but at least among the perpetual naysayers on social media outlets like Twitter, an even bigger talking point than Team USA’s medal count was NBC network’s apparent failings in covering it all. A loquacious lot to begin with, the Internet community was never short on criticism, using the hashtag #NBCFail to express their discontent.

One would get the impression that these Olympics wholly lacked elements that its predecessors covered.

Among chief complaints was the perpetual tape-delay, which meant few events were broadcast in real-time, the overuse of ads and NBC’s choice of Ryan Seacrest to cover many of the major Olympic happenings.

But the truth is that, while many of the critiques against NBC are arguably warranted, that does not mean that the network did any better or worse for this Summer Games than it did with the Beijing and Sydney games, respectively. Time differences in the double-digits between most U.S. territories and Australia and China alone meant that NBC’s ‘tapedelay’ was a necessity for the majority of Americans to view the game’s major events.

So what changed?

If one looks at the origins and the nature of the criticism, one starts to realize where the problem originates from: the way in which we as a society absorb news and information.

Though four years ago might not seem like a huge leap time-wise, one has to keep in mind the radical changes in technology that have taken place since that time. Four years ago, the iPhone 3G was just released and Twitter was still in a relative infancy with the mainstream. Speaking in

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Using tape delay for important events was one of the major criticisms leveled at NBC’s coverage of this year’s Olympics.

broad terms, the public did not have the same expectations or entitlement in relation to getting updates on the things they cared about. Viewing the Olympics during prime time was arguably still the best option.

Not so in 2012, but NBC had genuinely made efforts to keep in stride with the changing times. The network offered live streaming of events to cable and satellite subscribers online, even archiving said footage following the conclusion of the day’s events for those who missed it. That means that if enthusiasts really did wish to watch the events at the times they actually occurred, they could quite easily do so.

This gesture alone seems to squash much of the criticism, even if NBC did fail to majorly publicize this with its prime time broadcasts.

Yet with a tumult of negative tweets coming, not only from the anonymous, but from professional critics like Time magazine’s James Poniewozik (who bashed NBC’s tapedelay) and television personalities like Glee actor Kevin McHale (who referred to NBC’s interruption of the closing ceremonies to show their new comedy, Animal Practice, as a “disgrace”), it’s easy to assume NBC out-and-out failed to win over an audience for the London games.

Surely, if this many people are this vocal about how bad the coverage was, they must have ceased giving NBC the viewership the network so desired.

According to the numbers, however, the 2012 Olympics were among the most successful in recent memory.

According to Forbes contributor John Clarke, the network reported an average of 31.1 million viewers during its prime-time coverage. This makes the London games the most-watched non-U.S. Summer Olympics since the 1976 Montreal games. This marks a 12 percent increase in viewership from the prior games in Beijing.

Apparently, though complaints and insults were leveled, they were leveled whilst affixed to NBC’s prime-time Olympic coverage; a tad hypocritical.

And even if one is a staunch critic of these Olympics, sticking to a level of integrity and genuinely refusing to give NBC any viewership out of principle, they may inevitably have to bite the network’s bullet. NBCUniversal has little intention of passing the baton anytime soon. The Washington Post reported on July 31 that the company had paid $4.38 billion in 2011 for broadcast rights to the Winter and Summer games through 2020.

If anything, critics will have plenty of time to think up new and creative reasons why #NBCfails.

EDITORIAL

The “Take-one-for-the-team” tax The state of California is a provider. Health services, social services and, perhaps most importantly, public schools and universities are dependent on the state’s budget. Like a blue-collar worker with too many mouths to feed, the state continues to dutifully provide all this despite suffering from crippling budget cuts at every turn and having the pressure of ever-mounting debt placed on its broad, yet fragile, shoulders.

California needs, for lack of a better term, a pay raise from ‘the boss’; the boss being California taxpayers.

Proposition 30, going on the state ballot this November, could be just the thing the state needs to turn its fortunes–and more to the point, those of its ailing educational system-around. Proposition 30 will increase tax rates of the top 3 percent of California taxpayers (single filers making $250,000 and above) and increase state sales tax from 7.25 percent to 7.5 percent over the next seven years. The funds allocated would be put directly back into K-12 schools and community colleges, with additional revenue going toward the state’s ‘general fund’ where funding for state universities like ours comes from.

Perhaps most importantly, however, is that the funds cannot be used for administrative costs, instead being beholden to school governing boards in transparent, open meetings. In short, we all pitch in a little, the wealthy pitch in noticeably more and the state’s education starts

down the road to recovery.

It can be noted that this is essentially a tax on the rich.

It asks for a major sacrifice from a very small number of people and some may deem that as unfair.

However, the 3 percent need to look at this tax as an intelligent investment. Education should be tantamount to building the future, yet it is among the first things to take a direct hit in a budget crisis.

Troublesome, yes, but even more so when considering that a 2012 study conducted by Berkeley researchers titled ‘California’s Economic Payoff’ stated that every $1 invested in getting students into and through college yielded a state return of $4.50; a return of 450 percent. This added up to an estimated $12 billion from UC and CSU graduates alone.

Again, those numbers suggest investment in education is a no-brainer.

Yet should Proposition 30 fail, trigger cuts would go into effect that would reduce CSU’s spending by another $250 million. This means that CSU cuts over the last three fiscal years are unfathomably close to a whopping $1 billion. This fight is one that we as students-–that we as a California State University–cannot afford to lose.

The state of California is a provider, but it is in need of a bit of help. November grants us a rare opportunity to turn things around and the wealthy an even rarer chance to invest in the future of our state. Let’s take it.

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Northern California offers its SoCal visitors more than just cooler weather VANESSA MARTINEZ Daily Titan

With the weather in Southern California reaching triple-digit numbers, doesn’t temperature in the 60s sound nice?

Northern California offers the community and its visitors more than just fresh air. The Northern California area of Berkeley and San Francisco presents tourists with historical buildings, sites of interest and food exclusive to the neighborhood.

Berkeley, Calif., located east of San Francisco and the bay area, is a city best known for its weather, unique food choices and the beautiful architecture of the University of California, Berkeley, said San Fernando Valley native Scarlet Cummings.

Cummings, 18, a freshman at UC Berkeley, studying landscape architecture and film and media studies, describes Berkeley as unique.

Berkeley offers a wide variety of food choices, but Cummings suggests visiting Sun Hong Kong, an inexpensive Chinese food restaurant a few blocks from the university.

“They have really goo d chickenfried rice,” said Cummings. “You get a big plate of it for only five bucks.

You’ll have enough to eat for two days after.”

Cummings said the city is smaller than the Southern Californian cities she’s used to, but is really accessible.

“It’s easy to navigate, which is good for a college student,” she said.

Ada Lin, 20, an undeclared student at UC Berkeley, said that although she has lived in Sacramento her entire life before moving near the university, she has heard about the differences between the two cities from others.

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Besides a well-known music scene, the Bay Area has different types of cuisine and grand architecture, such as the Golden Gate Bridge.

One of the differences she heard is that people tend to be calmer up north.

“I’ve heard that in NorCal, the weather’s really nice and the water’s good,” Lin said. “You can drink tap water and I heard you can’t do that in SoCal.” San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge and the beaches are certainly places tourists would be interested in visiting, Lin said.

“I like the fact that you can drive for a few hours and then you can see mountains and stuff, and be completely away from cities,” Lin said.

She said hiking there or going up on the campanile at UC Berkeley also allows visitors to enjoy the sight of the city and its lights.

However, she said, the beaches in the bay area are not as fun as the beaches SoCal is known for, because they’re cold and not very sandy.

Although some may enjoy the weather in Northern California, others, like Orange County native Riley Yang, 20, a math and economics major at UC Berkeley, said the weather is something he dislikes about the city.

“I like SoCal better,” said Yang.

“I’m from there and I like the weather better, it’s nicer than here. Here is OK during the summer, but it gets kind of bad during the fall.”

Caitlin Stark, a 19-year-old classical archeology major at San Francisco State University, said moving up north from Brea, Calif. has made her more environmentally-conscious.

“Now I don’t really eat a lot of meat, where at home I used to eat a lot of meat,” Stark said. “Now, I care more about the environment. I just care more about recycling and where my water comes from and how what I eat affects my body.”

The music scene in Northern California is well-known and music lovers like Cummings enjoy visiting Amoeba Music store for its $1 records.

“If you have a record player, that’s the place to be,” Cummings said.

Traveling to and from Northern California on Interstate 5 is nearly a 7-hour long ride, with not much but a couple of horses and cows to see along the way.

London was the center of an extravagant display of prowess this year.

The 2012 London Olympics was the most watched event in U.S. television history, yet many were unaware that behind the incredible athleticism, the poignant tales of sacrifice and hard work of many athletes and the astounding opening and closing ceremonies, a history of twists and turns exists.

Matt Llewellyn, assistant professor of kinesiology at Cal State Fullerton, has been researching the history and the socio-cultural aspects of the modern Olympic Games since 2004 and recently finished writing his book Rule Britannia: Nationalism, Identity, and the Modern Olympic Games.

Despite popular belief, Llewellyn said the British were very critical of the early Olympic movement.

“Politicians and prominent British sports leaders frequently called for the Olympics to be abolished,” Llewellyn said. “The modern Olympics were viewed as either a strange reproduction of the Games of classical Greek antiquity, or more commonly, as a debased ‘French’ initiative: A Frenchman, the Baron Pierre de Coubertin, has been credited with reviving the modern Olympics.”

London hosted the Olympic Games twice before in 1908 and 1948.

Besides this year’s colossal expenditure of about $17 billion, there are striking differences between the past and most recent Olympic Games.

Historian and author of the book

The First London Olympics 1908, Rebecca Jenkins, found this year’s prominence of women athletes remarkable. For the first time in the history of the games, every country had female athletes participating.

“Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the instigator of the modern Olympics, once said that the inclusion of female Olympians would be ‘impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic and incorrect.’ The Baron was not able to stop women athletes trickling in,” Jenkins said.

At the 1908 London Olympics, the U.S. team was entirely male. In total, only 44 women competed, 39 of whom were British. The female athletes only participated in sports such as archery, figure skating and tennis, said Jenkins.

Over time, the Olympic Games have become open not only to amateurs, but also open to professional athletes.

“The idea of amateurism was that being paid money to play sport — to be a professional — tainted you,” Jenkins said.

The likely participants during the early Olympics were those who were well-off financially and could afford paying for their own athletic costs at the venue.

This rule changed and it is the focus of Llewellyn’s upcoming book, The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism, which he wrote with John Gleaves, another CSUF assistant professor of kinesiology.

“Athletes continually found ways to bypass the Olympic movement’s strict amateur rules,” Llewellyn said. “(Such as by) accepting under-the-table cash

payments, padded expense accounts, and governmental sponsorship — the Soviet and East German athletes of the Cold War years were well-paid employees of the State.”

By the 1960s and ‘70s, the heightened commercialization of sport through multi-million television and sporting good contracts brought amateurism to a halt, Llewellyn said.

However, there are still traces of the amateurism visible today. In this year’s London Olympics, eight badminton players were suspended for attempting to lose early matches to get better draws.

“It showed that amateurism still lives on as a moral code,” Gleaves said. “The players didn’t violate any real rules but just a leftover moral code that you should try your hardest and behave a certain way. There is also another rule that athletes can’t tweet about their sponsors. The International Olympic Committee still thinks it can police what athletes can or can’t do even though the amateurism rule has given away.”

Despite the many changes between the past and present Olympic Games, two things are likely to remain the same in the future.

First is the hope that the Olympics will continue to be an emblem of international unity — 205 nations competed in London this year when only 195 nations are recognized by seats at the United Nations.

Second, that as the largest multisporting event on the planet, it will continue to be a fascinating subject to study and as Llewellyn puts it, “provide unlimited avenues for scholarly inquiry.”

Center for LGBT Titans inaugurated ANDIE AYALA Daily Titan

While some students were soaking up the rays of the summer sun in the pool, many people on campus wiped their brows for different reasons: by working tirelessly to ensure that the new LGBTQ resource center was up to par with their expectations and ready to be soaked up by the student population on campus.

“I feel like this is something that was missing from our campus... it’s phenomenal because it’s solely dedicated to this community,” said Christopher Labrot, 22, theatre and Russian history major and president of the Queer Straight Alliance (QSA) club on campus.

The new LGBTQ Resource Center, created by Associated Students, Inc., features a space in the Titan Student Union laden with books, a friendly staff and a general positive atmosphere for students on campus who identify as LGBTQ. “It’s there as a refuge for students to relax and hang out,” Labrot said.

The center was created as part of ASI’s attempt to level the playing field as far as resources available for students from varied backgrounds.

Anthony Ragazzo, Director of ASI Leader and Program Development as well as of the new LGBTQ center, said the center was created after last year’s ASI President and vice president, as well as the board of directors, conducted research and found that there was

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The Queer Straight Alliance and Associated Students, Inc. will be joining forces to provide a “safe space” for any students on campus.

no center on campus that provided support for students who identified as LGBTQ in the way similar centers such as the Multicultural center does.

With the start of a new year came a new opportunity. A more inclusive environment for students on campus.

Labrot, who works at the resource center, said he is glad to see the resource center become available since it has been long awaited.

“In the past, QSA provided resources for students, but a lot of students wondered why if there were other cultural resource centers, an LGBTQ center didn’t exist,” he said.

The Resource center was developed in part as a response to the recently added Queer studies minor at CSUF, Ragazzo said. He added that the center will be partnering with the minor as well as the women’s studies program to offer programs for students on campus.

One such program is the “Thinking Queer” program, which will hold monthly dialogues called “Queer Talk” of interest to the LGBTQ community.

“(We are) really trying to create an experience here,” said Deejay Brown, Graduate Student Assistant to LGBTQ Resource Center. “We really want to be a center that connects and refers all Cal State Fullerton students to other LGBTQ resources.”

Labrot said that one of the challenges of getting the center started out has been making sure the center satisfied the specific interests of the CSUF community.

This is why last spring, Ragazzo went to the QSA, which has been on campus since the early 1970s, and asked for support in the creation of the center.

“Now it’s kind of finding the relationship between the give and take and the support between the two entities, given that the resource center is just starting out whereas QSA is a much more well established group on campus,” Labrot said. “We’re very happy to have the center on campus and we’ve worked with them extensively over the summer... it’s going to be a really strong relationship...

Anthony has really made an effort to ask the students here, what they want out of their resource center,” he said.

The center is more than just a mecca of information for students, Brown said. It’s a “safe space.” “(This job is) not just a stepping stone (for me), it’s a chance for me to save lives because I know just giving people the information, creating a safe space saves lives,” Brown said.

If all goes as planned, the LGBTQ Resource center will become a casual meeting place for students who want support in whatever they need, and that is crucial, Brown said, since “letting anyone that has a story that is part of the LGBTQ community, letting that story be told ... it’s really important.”

The LGBTQ resource center is located in the TSU and opens today, and there will be a grand opening on Oct. 11 for National Coming Out Day.

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Fullerton welcomes strangers

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Seven inches of Nexus 7 heaven NICHOLAS RUIZ Daily Titan

The Relative Strangers will be the first band to perform at the Becker ERINN GROTEFEND Daily Titan

The Relative Strangers will be the first band performing at the Becker Amphitheatre from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday. The band will kick off the weekly concerts put on by Associated Students Inc. Productions.

The four-person band, which formed in 2010, is a local Orange County rock band made up of two sets of brothers. The band has David Alcala on keyboard and vocals, Daniel Alcala on lead guitar and vocals, Craig Garcia on bass guitar and backup vocals and Chris Garcia on drums.

Even though this seems to be a family affair, David said the band works well together and bickers in a way only brothers would understand.

The Relative Strangers released their EP, The Little Green EP, which was titled after the recording studio Little Green Studios in Riverside.

The band’s EP consists of four songs – “I Think You’re Lying,” “Sylvia,” “Under My Eyelids” and “Blackpowder.” For the physical release of their EP on CD, the band added their first single – “What’s The Weapon of Choice?” – as a bonus track.

“Daniel and I write most of the lyric and then Chris and Craig give it some fine tuning,” said David.

David added Chris and Craig urge them to write according to more universal themes, but their inspiration changes from song to song.

Each band member has a favorite song but all agreed that the production and recording quality of “What’s The Weapon of Choice?” is by far the best. “‘What’s The Weapon of Choice?’ is more about the physical side of attraction and taking the feelings of desire of both parties and twisting till they become the means to an end,

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Lead guitar and vocalist of The Relative Strangers, Daniel Alcala, performs at Woodystock.

whatever that may be,” David said.

The Relative Strangers have seven songs available on ReverbNation, but David said the songs do not have a specific theme.

Another one of their songs – “In Early Morning” – is a different type of love song when compared to “What’s the Weapon of Choice?”

“In Early Morning’ is more of an innocent/ naïve love song that references when one stays up into the wee hours of the morning getting to know someone that they’re interested in,” David said.

The band plans to get back into the studio within the next month and release a new EP in a couple of months. The sound of their second EP will change according to the songs they write and what they agree on playing, David said.

“We do an efficient job creating music that balances what appeals to the majority of mainstream rock/pop listeners with our distinct originality that only the four of us can create,” David said.

Though The Relative Strangers are not signed to a label, they would like to get signed so their music can reach more people and they can continue making music for a living.

“A label that would reach the above criteria and at the same time allow us to keep our

artistic integrity,” David said.

The band has performed on multiple stages, but their best gig was at Amplifi due to the feedback from the audience.

“None of them had ever heard us but they all responded so positively – dancing, clapping, moving, cheering, singing along – it reminded me that people actually do enjoy the music we make,” David said. “Made me want to make more.”

At this point in time, The Relative Strangers’ number one item on their “to do” list is to maintain a fan base of people who love live music. David said the band receives praise and recognition on paper as well as compliments every time they perform. But when it comes to fans buying tickets to their shows, they struggle to meet their quota.

“Each of us have worked very hard in becoming proficient with our instruments and spend hours crafting good music together,” David said.

The Relative Strangers are interested in playing more shows for an all-ages crowd.

“We jumped at the opportunity to play Cal State Fullerton because it’s the perfect gig,” David said. “Free, all ages and a built-in audience.”

Students can attend the free concert at the Becker or check out The Relative Strangers on their Facebook page as well as ReverbNation.

The Nexus 7 tablet, co-created by Google and Asus, has been bathing the faces of tech nerds everywhere this summer. With its stunning high-definition screen, quad core processor, and generous $200 starting price point, it’s not hard to imagine why.

Computer World reports that analysts predicted the tablet could rack up eight million units in sales by year’s end. Google has yet to comment on the estimate, but their bean counters are probably breathless from the boom that this device will bring to the Android tablet market.

Since its release in April 2010, Apple’s iPad has dominated the tablet market. Google’s Android operating system has tried to duplicate that success with tablets such as the Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab. Only until the advent of the Nexus 7 have the words ‘iPad killer’ been uttered.

While I would not say that murder is about to take place in this tech market just yet, having such a combination of affordability and quality in one slate package is bound to push tablets further into the thrifty mainstream where Apple dares not swim.

The Nexus 7 is, you guessed it, seven inches in screen size. The weight clocks in at 12 ounces, making it child and elderly friendly.

What makes it user friendly is the gorgeous, 720p (1200x800 pixel) screen that just pops. Outside of the occasional whites that are a bit overbearing, color fidelity is no cheater. Your fingers will glide on protective Corning glass and delight in the responsiveness that the Tegra 3 quad-core processor provides.

By the way, this is the first seven inch tablet in the country to house such processing power. For those

worried about the battery life, this model of chip has a ‘hidden’ smaller fifth core that activates while the device is in sleep mode. That way, no more power than absolutely necessary is used.

On the down side, the Nexus 7 is missing a back facing camera as well as a MicroSD slot for expandable memory. The former isn’t much missed on my end, as taking pictures with a tablet is awkward at best.

The lack of expandable memory is more detrimental, as eight or 16 gigabytes of hard drive space may not be enough for everyone.

Google hopes that users will depend on cloud services such as Google Play Music or streaming from Netflix to consume content.

This is a bit hampered by the Nexus 7 being stuck to Wi-Fi only, but including cellular radios would have driven the cost of the tablet higher.

In the age of smartphones, this shouldn’t be an issue, as we can turn to them if Wi-Fi hot spots give the cold shoulder to the Nexus 7.

Those who aren’t giving frigid limbs to the slate are the critics from the blogosphere and news outlets. Critics from Droid-Life, CNET, Engadget and countless others have praised the device as well as the software.

The Nexus 7 is the first in the world to ship with Google’s Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system.

According to an interview hosted by the website All Things D, Google and Asus (using an abbreviated development schedule of four months) worked together to build the perfect harmony of hardware and software. This is noticed as screens are swiped crisply and apps open with ease.

A more subtle bonus is the magnet hidden in a corner of the screen, which lets the tablet go in and out of sleep mode with the opening or closing of a compatible cover.

The pursuit of Tommy pastrami Cassella brings authentic New York sandwhiches to Orange and L.A. Counties.

PETER PHAM Daily Titan

Tommy “Pastrami” Cassella has been in the sandwich business for 49 years.

A native of New York, Cassella knows what it takes to make a great pastrami sandwich. For the last eight years, he’s been doing his best to fulfill his promise of an authentic New York sandwich in California with his Tommy Pastrami New York Delicatessen restaurants.

“On a great day, we do 300 to 400 lunches,” Cassella said.

Of the three Tommy locations – Los Angeles, Irvine, and Santa Ana – Cassella spends most of his time in Santa Ana. “Most people go for the pastrami, but the other big item is the brisket,” said Cassella. “Other popular choices are corned beef, turkey, and tuna.”

With two successful restaurants in Orange County and one in Los Angeles, Cassella isn’t an ominous figurehead who works behind the scenes.

Cassella will take the time to ask his customers how they are, share a cigarette, and even tell them how to reheat their sandwiches when they get home.

It’s tough to find a decent pastrami sandwich on the West Coast, but Cassella is positive that his Tommy restaurants are the answer to the people’s pastrami needs.

“The only difference from what we have here and what’s in New York is a plane ticket,” Cassella said.

When gorging on a pastrami sandwich, meat portion is key.

And if there’s something that Tommy Pastrami doesn’t skimp on, it’s the portions.

Their savory pastrami meat is a welcome addition to the stomachs of the hungry as they bite into the delicious rye bread and wash it down it an ice-cold beverage on a blistering hot day.

Best of all, each sandwich

comes with, on the side, one of the biggest, fattest, juiciest pickles you’ve ever seen.

“The abundance of the pastrami portions was just awesome,” said customer Brian Yamamoto. “It’s really good and really filling.”

Customers can also add sides to their sandwiches, including coleslaw, potato salad, homemade chili and steak fries.

“I’m not a steak fry guy, but the steak fries here… I could eat a plateful,” Yamamoto added.

Jack Marshall, a native of the East Coast, was delighted by his first visit to Tommy Pastrami.

“Their Rye bread is phenomenal,” said Marshall. “We drove all the way from Riverside to try it.”

One of Tommy Pastrami’s more popular items is the Skyscraper, a sandwich stuffed with threequarters of a pound of meat.

Most would think that this overabundance of meat is unnecessary, but to a hungry

college student it’s a welcome challenge.

Of course you could choose to make it with a different type of meat other than pastrami. But the restaurant isn’t called Tommy Tuna and Corned Beef.

On a great day, we do 300 to 400 lunches.

TOMMY CASSELLA Owner Anyone hungry for a great sandwich, a friendly atmosphere, and some quality pastrami should be sure to check out this restaurant.

Orange County residents can find Tommy Pastrami Delicatessens at 3751 S. Harbor Blvd. in Santa Ana and 8685 Irvine Center Drive in Irvine.

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Devil Said Bang, he’s having a hell of a day Author Richard Kadrey is back with his latest book in the Sandman Slim series.

SIMA SARRAF Daily Titan

If you are looking for an adult humoured, dark yet funny, dangerous but nerdy new book to read, then look no further.

Richard Kadrey brings you Devil Said Bang.

This is the fourth installment of his Sandman Slim series.

Kadrey is a San Franciscobased freelance writer who claims that his entry into the science fiction world of literature was “inevitable.”

“When I was a kid I never read The Hardy Boys,” said Kadrey. “I read Doc Savage and H.G. Wells.”

Doc Savage is a bronzed American hero in the comic world of the ‘30s and ‘40s. He was often featured with a torn khaki shirt and described as a man who “rights wrongs and punishes evildoers.”

H.G. Wells is another science fiction hero, but in this case he is the man who wrote the stories, but not star in them.

For many years Kadrey has contributed to the science fiction world that he grew up loving.

In 2000 he created and wrote a miniseries called Accelerate for Vertigo comics.

Since then he has released eight novels, which include his Sandman Slim series, and 13 stories.

“Richard has no qualifications for anything he does,” is written on Kadrey’s website.

Kadrey said he owes his success as a writer to “being a stubborn son of a bitch.”

“Every professional writer grew

up with knowing a better writer but that better writer didn’t make it. Why? Because when things got tough and the rejections started rolling in he or she gave up,” Kadrey said. “It’s not all geniuses filling up the bookstores, it’s the writers too dumb or too arrogant to give up.”

The self-proclaimed stubborn writer’s latest work, Devil Said Bang, will be released Aug. 28.

It keeps up with the struggles that James Stark (also known as Sandman Slim, also known as the monster who kills monsters, also known as the new Lucifer) is facing in hell. Stark is literally trying to run hell.

It all comes down to one simple idea: Question everything.

RICHARD KADREY Author, Devil Said Bang Stark is a normal guy from Los Angeles that did magic and became friends with the devil. He was sent to hell by jealous friends (the kind most parents wouldn’t approve of ) but managed to escape with some new tricks and a new name.

He came out of hell able to use shadows as travel portals and with the name Sandman Slim--the monster who kills monsters.

He’s a hero who is dirty-minded, rude, politically incorrect and shocking, yet who is also funny and is trying to right other people’s wrongs.

Just like Doc Savage.

Although escaping originally meant revenge, he quickly had to take on much more and change his agenda.

Sandman Slim becomes the hero who will make you laugh with each new person or thing he kills.

“I figured out that the way to make it work was to cheat and make it funny,” says Kadrey.

“You can have any number of decapitations in a book as long as they make people laugh.”

Sandman Slim does just that.

He is a leading man that gives readers a lot to laugh, gasp and think about.

The author wants readers (between laughing about decapitations) to take away one thing from his series: ask questions.

“It all comes down to one simple idea: question everything. Stark keeps finding his assumptions are founded on inadequate information or his emotions,” Kadrey said. “He loathes God at the beginning of the series but ends up having some sympathy for him as things go on.”

One question that has an easier answer is whether there is hope of a Sandman Slim movie in the future. Kadrey doesn’t expect anything to happen too quickly, but there is a script floating around Hollywood, although no information on a possible director or cast.

Devil Said Bang is sure to keep up with the crude and dark world of Sandman Slim as he tries to reign in all the chaos of hell. As he faces the next chapter of violence, decapitations, and dark twisted humor, we can expect him to be doing at least one thing.

“Question everything, especially yourself,” Kadrey said.

The trilogy that dominated the New York Times Bestseller list (Photo by Robert Husky)

REVIEW: Grey steams things up FIFTY SHADES OF GREY

SIMA SARRAF Daily Titan

Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the last year, you have most likely heard about Fifty Shades of Grey.

If you are a woman, you have likely read or are thinking about reading the series.

If you are a man, you have probably heard your girlfriend, or possibly even your mom, talking about them.

The series was written by British author E.L. James and published in May 2011.

James originally wrote the first novel as a fan fiction piece after being inspired by the highly successful vampire series Twilight, according to The Telegraph.

Fan fiction is any type of story that uses plot, characters, or a storyline from another work to create derivative works. It is usually geared toward fellow fans to read and doesn’t often receive mainstream attention.

However, it seems that the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy may actually overshadow its original inspiration.

James was included in Time

magazine’s 2012 list of “The 100 Most Influential People in the World,” and the books have held the top three positions on the #1 New York Times Best Sellers list.

With 40 million copies sold worldwide, it’s no wonder that Fifty Shades of Grey is currently being adapted into a screenplay.

James confirmed on her blog in July that Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti, the same team behind the award-winning films Moneyball and The Social Network, are going to be producing the film adaptation of the first installment of the trilogy.

Even without a release date or confirmed list of the cast for the film, fans seem to be buzzing over this movie for bringing a thrilling new type of love story to life.

The story itself starts off innocently enough. It almost feels predictable.

A young woman, Anastasia Steele, who is about to graduate college, meets a millionaire bachelor, Christian Grey. As should be expected with any type of love story, Grey is closed off, mysterious, and thus very alluring.

But don’t start rolling those eyes yet! The story veers directly away from anything that is boring or predictable.

With an offer that she never expected, and a romance that couldn’t be avoided, Miss Steele will too quickly find out exactly what her

limits with this new man are.

What awaits her is a world with rules and punishments that she never knew existed. Well, to be honest it is probably a world that most people never knew existed.

It’s no wonder that people have a hard time putting this book down.

Even people who have never read fan fiction or anything from the erotica genre before express their surprise in how much they enjoyed the read.

Heather Lea, a 23-year-old student said, “I was much more satisfied with the actual story of the book than I expected to be.”

Not wanting to spoil anything for those of you who haven’t read it yet, it will only be said that this is a page-turner that will make you laugh, cry but mostly blush.

Fifty Shades of Grey has created a new direction for literature to take, and this frenzy for romance mixed with erotica will likely only grow.

Will the acceptance and huge success of this erotica romance novel be the turning point in literary preferences?

The genre itself has been around for years, as has fanfiction, but Fifty Shades of Grey is undoubtedly the first of its kind with such mainstream success.

The book’s love story with its twists, turns and shocking discoveries will keep everyone’s attention until the very last page.

OC Fair: Fair on your wallet?

Compared to Disneyland, the fair is a bargain for food, parking and ticket costs.

SIMA SARRAF Daily Titan

Summer after summer, the residents in and around Orange County, Calif. flock to the fairgrounds in Costa Mesa to get their fix of fried foods, overpriced beers, concerts, and farm animals.

The first fair took place shortly after Orange County was formed in 1889. The fair was originally a simple five-day event that included a horse race and a few exhibitions.

Nothing like the deep-fried food mecca it is today with wild rides and wild animals around every corner.

The fair is always a big event for most OC residents. This summer it ran from July 13 to Aug. 12 and attracted over a million people.

Although, this year’s number of attendees dropped slightly from the all-time high of 1.4 million in 2011 to 1.3 million.

But, 1.3 million attendees is still quite a turnout when you consider how much each person or each family is likely to spend while at the fair.

Whether fairgoers are coming out to see the concerts, eat the fried food, scream on the rickety rides, or just walk through the entrance, one thing is certain–money is being spent.

It’s almost impossible not to escape a day at the fair without making a dent in your wallet, even when you think you are being conservative.

Shannon James Aguirre said she and her family of three spent over CONTACT US AT DTDETOURDESK@GMAIL.COM

$100 within the first hour, which included parking and tickets.

“It’s definitely a little costly,” Aguirre said with a smile.

Costly is certainly one word to describe the prices, but it still fares better than other amusement parks in Southern California such as Disneyland.

When comparing the two vastly different attractions in terms of parking, ticket and food costs, one conclusion is undeniable: although the fair is pricey, and those $5 french fries and $7 Bud Lights make us cringe, the fair is far more friendly to your wallet than Disneyland.

Although the two have only a slight difference in their parking rates, which for a standard size car or motorcycle is $15 at Disneyland and $7 at the fair, it’s their ticket and food prices that can make a big difference for patrons.

Ticket prices for the fair and Disneyland are priced nowhere near each other.

For the sake of simplicity only general admission adult tickets will be compared, not the online deals or discount tickets that are frequently available for the OC Fair.

An adult ticket at Disneyland for one park is $87. If one feels the need to visit both Disneyland and California Adventure, the ticket price for one day jumps to $125.

The fair, with its stop-and-go attitude that tries to make the most out of each county, allows patrons a visit for a mere $11.

Ticket prices are only the beginning though. People come to the fair year after year for more reasons than cheap tickets. More deep-fried reasons.

With row after row of food stands, you will always find a fix for your cravings at the fair. Even if you just want a simple snack like a corn dog or some French fries, the fair will meet your needs.

With over 1.3 million attendees ... one thing is certain - money is being spent.

With prices at nearly all the food trucks, stands and tents lower than $15, the Orange County Fair wins another round against Disneyland.

Disneyland has roughly ten options from their 30+ restaurant choices that average $14.99 a person. The rest of the dining options are priced at $15 or more per person. This does not include any snack stands.

A Bud Light at California Adventure will cost you $6 while the fair is upwards of $7 for the beer.

Food, beer and ticket talk aside, wherever you choose to spend your day, purse strings will have to be loosened. It’s that simple.

The 1.3 million patrons that visited the fairgrounds this summer and the millions that visit Disneyland each year only prove that people are willing to pay for a day of rides, food, and crowds.

Although both attractions will hit your wallet fairly hard, one will hit it just a little bit harder.

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Volleyball seeking comeback DAVID HOOD Daily Titan

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Freshman midfielder Colin Okirie fights for the ball in a Titans 4-0 loss against the University of Portland Pilots. The Pilots had 22 shots on goal and scored three of their four goals in the first half.

Titans winless, scoreless after Wilson Titan Classic Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer are outscored 5-0 in season-opening weekend tournament, start season 0-2-0 ANGEL MENDOZA Daily Titan

Looking for a hot start to their 2012 season, the Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer team looked to play well in the Wilson Titan Classic this past weekend. Unfortunately for the Titans, both American University and Portland University came out of Fullerton with victories.

The Titans had the advantage of playing the American University Eagles in Titan Stadium in the second game Friday evening of the season-opening tournament.

American was still able to shut out CSUF and won by a score of 1-0.

Head Coach Bob Ammann felt his team completely outplayed the Eagles and deserved the victory.

“Against American, I thought we dominated in every area except for the score line,” Ammann said. “We had a freshman goalkeeper make a mistake and that was the deciding factor but in regards to our play, I was very pleased and very encouraged.”

Alassane Kane scored into an empty net in the 32nd minute. Cristobal Soto of AU elevated a long pass from near midfield that came down near the top of the box.

Titan goalkeeper Adam Zepeda challenged Kane for the ball, but the collision left him on the ground as Kane kicked the ball into the empty net.

Senior defender Bobby Reiss, 21, felt encouraged and was glad that so many new players were able to see the pitch for the first time and get some game experience.

“I think we did alright against American,” said Reiss.

“First half, we had five guys make their debut, haven’t played a college game yet in their career. First half, we got the bugs out but unfortunately we gave up a goal.”

CSUF had plenty of chances to score in the second half but were unable to equalize. Colin Okirie was denied by AU goalkeeper Billy Knutsen in the 53rd minute inside the box. Teammate Jameson Campbell was stopped off a rebound opportunity just five minutes later as Knutsen recovered to keep the Titans scoreless.

In agreeance with Ammann, senior defender Mario Alvarez, 22, felt the Titans were the better team against the Eagles.

“I think it was just unlucky, we were the better team out there in my eyes,” said Alvarez. “It’s one of those things that just happen. Hopefully, we get that unlucky game

out of the way now in the beginning of the season. We still have a long season to go.”

Knutsen recorded a total of eight saves, including seven in the second half, when the Titans outshot the Eagles 12-6. CSUF had an 18-10 shot advantage for the game, led by Dyllan Stevens’ game-high five shots off the bench.

While CSUF played well against American, it was a completely different story against Portland University on Sunday afternoon and the scoreline reflected that.

The Pilots trounced the Titans and came out with a 4-0 shutout victory.

There was a 45 minute delay to the start of the game as a result of some referees not arriving on time. Ammann let his displeasure be known with the way this affected his team.

“It started off on a bad note, referees didn’t show up,” Ammann said. “We’re a team that relies on our rhythm and our rhythm was never really established with the warm up and the team’s poor start as well.”

The Pilots unleashed a total of 22 shots on the afternoon, to the Titans lowly total of just 11. Portland wasted no time against CSUF, scoring twice in the first 15 minutes of the first half. Colin Anderson started off the goal melee in the 12th minute after a foul was called against the Titans at the top of the six-yard box. Anderson didn’t waste his free kick opportunity as he blasted the ball off the crossbar for the early 1-0 lead.

After a Titans turnover in the 15th minute, Steven Evans made the score 2-0 after his shot to the right post went by Titans freshman goalkeeper Adam Zepeda.

Portland scored once more in the 41st minute after the ball got lost in a scrum in front of the net. Ben Hemphill got it through multiple defenders to make the score 3-0 and end a dominating first half for the Pilots.

Alvarez stated the early hot start for the Pilots took the Titans by surprise and had them scrambling for the rest of the first half.

“At the beginning, those two early goals are something you don’t really plan for. It’s hard to come back from two early goals in the first 15 minutes,” Alvarez said.

In the second half, the Titans played much better on both sides of the ball but still conceded a 4th goal in the 56th minute. They were whistled for a handball in the box and Evans scored on a penalty kick for his second goal of the game.

The Titans are now 0-2 to start the season. They look to get on the winning track against Cornell University on Aug. 31 at 7:00 p.m. at Titan Stadium.

After an injury-plagued 2011 season, the Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team is ready for a comeback year to shock the Big West.

“We’ve grown from last fall to last spring, and we’ve grown tremendously from the spring to where we are today,” said Head Coach Carolyn Zimmerman.

All of the improvement from last season culminated to a 2-1 showcase at the Georgia Tech Tournament last weekend. The Titans fell only to the home team in four sets.

Senior outside hitter Kayla Neto put on a clinic and clocked in 53 kills for the tournament while sophomore setter Julie Consani dished out 69 assists.

Zimmerman characterized last season as a “rebuilding year,” coming off a Big West title and losing top scorers of that team. The pressure to defend the title, Zimmerman said, was a lot to handle.

“We claim (last season) as building year, but we still broke a ton of records for the program as a whole, and so I think I would like to contribute more to the outside since last year it was a new role for me,” said senior outside hitter Kayla Neto.

But the team, refreshed with a strong freshman class and dedication to improving on the court and in the gym, has shown that they’re ready for the tough schedule ahead. Neto said that the new additions to the team will help them be more competitive.

Last season’s third-ranked team in the nation, the University of Hawaii, is also returning to women’s volleyball in the Big West, a challenge the Titans will have to overcome for another conference championship.

“I definitely think we’re going to give them a run for their money this year,” said junior Bre Moreland, referring to last year’s end-of-season bout with the ‘Bows and looking forward to an

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Senior outside hitter Kayla Neto sets for a teammate, she racked up 53 kills through the entire Georgia Tech Tournament.

exciting rematch. “I’m expecting us to play well, I’m not expecting us to just fold and give it to them,” she added.

Zimmerman also noted the team’s “volleyball IQ” was at another level in preseason practices, making for a skillful squad with a big potential to still grow.

The Titans have eight upperclassmen and eight underclassmen, a mix of a deep offense and a rounded defense.

Zimmerman said that former firstteam Big West All-Conference player Torrie Brown, who brings “experience and respect,” is back from an ACL surgery last spring.

“We’re returning an older team this year, and I think we’re playing a lot better,” said Moreland. “We’re more comfortable with each other, there’s a lot more chemistry on the court, and I think that’s definitely going to help us out,” she said.

The Titans continue their preseason matches on Aug. 31 in the Pepperdine Tournament where they will face Arizona and Pepperdine. Their first home game is Sunday, Sept. 2 against Sacred Heart University.

“We’ve got a good group, and they want to win. They want to win a lot of games,” Zimmerman said.

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Fall sports eyeing summer hot seasons Cross-country, golf and soccer teams have much talent to build on from last year ANGEL MENDOZA Daily Titan

With the semester just getting underway, possibilities are endless for Cal State Fullerton athletics. Here is a preview of the sports schedule for the fall semester.

Led by veteran head coach of 23 years, John Elders, CSUF’s annual Labor Day weekend season-opening cross country race will take place Sept.

1 at Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea, Calif.

In May, it was decided that the event name be changed from the Fullerton Season Opener to the Mark Covert Classic. Covert is a distance runner who won the NCAA College Division individual championship in 1970 and led CSUF to the NCAA team title in 1971.

Other notable events include the Titan Invitational on Oct. 19 at home, the Big West Conference Championships on Oct. 27 at Riverside, Calif., the NCAA West Regional Championships on Nov. 9 at Seattle, Wash. and the NCAA Championships on Nov. 17 at Louisville, Ky. The 2012-2013 men’s golf team will open their season Sept. 9 through 11 at the Washington State Tournament at the Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman, Wash. One month later, they will travel to Nipomo, Calif. to

compete in the Firestone Grill Cal Poly Invitational on Oct. 8 and 9. They will finish the fall portion of their schedule at the Warrior Wave Princeville Intercollegiate at Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii, Nov. 5 through 7.

The Titans are led by Junior Mark Anguiano and Senior Dakota Duerr.

Anguiano placed second at the 2012 Big West Conference Championship this spring with a three-round score of 8-under 208 and also earned firstteam All-Big West honors. Duerr tied for 16th place at the 2012 Big West Conference Championships with a three-round score of 219. This past summer, he qualified for the 112th U.S. Amateur Championships.

The Titans women’s golf team will open their season against Washington State University (WSU) on Sept. 24-25 at the WSU Cougar Cup in Pullman, Wash. They will close the fall portion of their schedule at the Fighting Camel Classic against Campbell at the Keith Hills Golf Club in Buies Creek, N.C., Oct. 22 and 23.

The women’s golf team is led by sophomore Tisha Alyn Abrea and senior Taylor Fowler. Abrea earned second-team All-Big West Conference honors as a freshman and had the best average score on the Titans’ roster at 75.74 strokes. She also placed top ten in five of the season’s nine events.

Fowler tied for fourth place at the 2012 Big West Conference Championships and she had the team’s second-best seasonal scoring average at 77.04 strokes over 27 rounds.

After a 7-7-5 (1-6-3 in conference) record in 2011, the Titans men’s soccer

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Titan Stadium was opened in 1992 and was originally supposed to house the Cal State Fullerton football team that ended it’s program that year, but now it is home to the men’s and women’s soccer teams.

team looks to bounce back and get on the winning track in 2012. The top three scorers and goalkeeper have graduated and Head Coach Bob Ammann is going to rely heavily on his crop of seniors this season. One of those seniors is Bobby Reiss, a staple in the Titans’ defense for two seasons who started all 18 matches in 2011. Jesse Escalante is a senior forward who scored two goals and appeared in 18 of the 19 matches with 7 starts last year.

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15 matches last season. She was named to the Soccer Association of America’s All-West Region Third Team, the first Titan to be honored since Jeane Gibbens in 2008. Senior midfielder JeAnne Mazeau started all 20 games last season and finished with 20 shots while helping anchor the back line. Some notable home games include Oregon State on Aug. 30, UC Irvine on Sept. 28, Long Beach State. on Sept. 30 and UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 19.

Cross country team running for success

Club sports offer fun alternative to all students Making it on a Division I team takes a lot of time and practice, not to mention the pressure of performing at that level. Luckily, club sports at Cal State Fullerton are an alternative to those teams and for other sports that don’t have Division I representation on campus.

According to the club sports website, “the mission of the club sport program is to provide high quality, structured, competitive, and fun activities that offer participants the opportunity to experience physical, social, and emotional growth in a safe and fun learning environment.”

Chair of club sports, Emily Yamate, 24, an accounting major, said there are about 18 different clubs, ranging from soccer to archery and everything in between. Yamate has been involved in club sports for a year and a half, which equates to two volleyball seasons.

This isn’t her first exposure to the club sports program as she was also involved in club sports at UC Irvine.

The program is offered within the department of the Dean of Students, within the division of student affairs. It is also administered by the office of Student Life Programs and Services. Yamate said that their role is more like a general overseer. Thus, the clubs themselves are formed, developed, governed and administered by the student club members themselves.

According to Yamate, there are three different ways that club sports on campus are funded. The first way is through player dues; every individual sport club has a different set of player dues depending on different factors such as sponsorships, equipment, and donations. ASI is the second way; being a part of council means the ability to propose for money from ASI for things like equipment or tournament/league fees. The third way is through fundraising.

“Everyone does fundraising, a lot of teams have big tournaments out of state and that’s expensive so if they want to do something like that we usually try to fundraise,” Yamate said.

If interested in joining a club sport, there are a couple ways of going about it, such as coming into contact with a specific club president about your preferred team sport.

Discoverfest, which will be held in the Quad from 11 a.m to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5, is another way to get into contact with these clubs. Lastly, the club sports website is a great source to get information about joining each club.

“The best way is to go on our website… what’s nice is from there they could look at all the sports that are offered and it also comes with contact information for each sport,” Yamate said.

The competition that these teams encounter varies by the sport and most teams have a league. However, the one thing that remains the same is competing against different schools and different areas.

The women’s soccer club is entering its second year of competition and are part of the West Coast Soccer Association. They are a competitive soccer club that practices twice a week and competes

Some notable home games include UNLV on Sept. 2, UCSD on Sept. 23, Cal Poly on Sept. 28 at home and UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 30.

After a 9-8-3 (3-4-1 in conference) record in 2011, the Titans women’s soccer team look for an even better finish in 2012. Head Coach Demian Brown is in his 6th year and will have the luxury of having eight returning seniors on this squad. Senior Stacey Fox anchors the forward position as she appeared in and started in

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The men’s lacrosse club will be looking for new members, they had a roster of 28 last season.

against universities such as SDSU, UCSD, USD, and CSULB. Team President Tara Connell, 21, a business finance major, said there are positive results to having these clubs on campus.

“They give students the opportunity to be on a competitive team without the full time commitment of a NCAA Team. They are also a great opportunity to meet new people and get involved on campus,” Connell said.

The men’s lacrosse club has been associated for CSUF for seven years. Team President Paul Morgan, 24, a public

(Club Sports are a) Great opportunity to meet new people and get involved on campus.

Tara Connell Soccer Club Team President administration major, said that lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the United States and that the club is important because it helps bring exposure to CSUF and helps promote the sport in Orange County.

“Our Lacrosse team is a small, tight-knit group and it has really helped in networking with other coaches and players build relationships that will help the grow our program in the future,” Morgan said.

Many of the competing teams will be holding practices early this semester and encourage anyone interested to drop in. The men’s lacrosse team will be holding an informational meeting on Sept. 10, practice on Sept. 12 and they are encouraging anyone to try out for the team. The women’s soccer club team will be holding tryouts on Sept. 10 and 12 but will hold informational meetings and open practices the first two weeks of school.

For more information about each team and a full listing of participating club sport teams, visit the CSUF club sport website at http://campusapps2. fullerton.edu/clubsports/index.aspx.

Cal State Fullerton’s men’s and women’s cross country teams are prepared to start on the right foot with their season-opening meet, the Mark Covert Classic, on Saturday, Sept. 1 at Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea, Calif.

Head Coach John Elders said the top-returning men this season are redshirt sophomore Jayson Perez, junior Anthony Castellon and sophomore Marco Zaragoza. Other key-returning runners are junior Brandon Cook and sophomore Brandon Perry.

Incoming freshman runners who Elders said “have a legitimate shot at being in the top seven” are Cristian Aviles from Valencia High School, Donald Bernard from Bishop Manogue Catholic High School, Jeff Little from Villa Park High School and David Ramirez from Buena Park High School.

In addition, the team will also include transfer runners: redshirt sophomore Sean Krinik from Valencia High School and Washington University, and junior Daniel Ramos from Antelope Valley College.

“Sean was the national high school champion in the 800 meters, in track,” Elders said. “He’s a really great addition to our program. Cross country is kind of a secondary thing for him, but he definitely is going to be in the mix in cross.”

The competition between runners and teams will bring out the best in them, he said.

“That’s like 11 guys probably vying for that top—those top seven spots,” Elders said. “So, that’s going to be a really competitive situation— should be—help us be a better team, you know, the better the competition, the better, the more they’ll push each other and all that, so, I’m looking forward to that.”

Men’s team captain redshirt Brian Aleman, a 21-year-old civil engineering major, said that as a team, they feel good about the season and have been running voluntary runs this summer to prepare themselves. In addition, the team went camping last week, which made Aleman feel that the team is really united.

“Our main goal is to be consistent with our workout, races and runs,” Aleman said. “Obviously we want to improve on our last year placement at conference and regionals. Jayson and I feel that we have the right people to meet these goals.”

Women’s team captain Casey Candelaria, a 21-year-old child and adolescent development major, said the team is also looking good this season, especially with its newest addition.

“We have a really good freshman, and just a few girls that are stepping up from last year,” Candelaria said. “I’m excited to see what we can do and just to step it up from last year.”

Freshman Emily Taylor is “the fastest incoming freshman,” Elders said.

The Marina High School graduate ran a 4:56 in the 1600 while on her high school’s track and field team.

Candelaria said the team is working on “being more team-minded and setting goals.”

“You can get caught up in kind of just going through the motions and not really having goals,” she said. “We really want to focus on our goals this season and also eating right.”

Elders said he hopes that this year will be a foundation for the future, in establishing a team culture and changing the team’s work ethic. He said he wants to change what has kept them from being the team they can be, and for the team to all be working toward the same goal.

In addition, he’d like the runners to live the runner’s lifestyle, which is a commitment to living the right lifestyle, with a well-balanced diet and sleep.

“Our assistant coach, Caitlin (Jennings) has really helped us with our diets and kind of just guiding us with what to eat and stuff,” Candelaria said. “That really makes a difference, so, we’re definitely working on our nutrition this year.”

The women’s team is also working on creating a better team atmosphere where runners will know they can count on one another and not lose focus on the goals throughout the season, she said.

Elders said senior women’s team captains Candelaria and Lexie Bravo display great leadership.

“Both are really dedicated gals and train really hard,” Elders said. “I’m excited about their leadership.”

Candelaria said she is looking forward to the Covert Classic— especially with Covert being there— and hopes that the home meet will attract more supporters.

The season’s opening meet was renamed to honor to the legendary alumnus runner who was named the NCAA individual cross country champion in 1970, and placed seventh at U.S. Olympic marathon trials in 1972, according to CNN.

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Burton out as men’s basketball coach In June, Cal State Fullerton school officials confirmed that Bob Burton will not be returning to the Titans sidelines as men’s basketball head coach.

Burton came under some scrutiny last season after several of his players threatened to quit the team after their Big West Tournament loss to UC Irvine. The Titans had finished second in the conference and were favored against the Anteaters, who finished near the bottom in seventh place.

The Titans finished with an overall record of 21-10 and played in the CollegeInsider. com Tournament, where they lost to Loyola Marymount in the first round. At the conclusion of the season, the Titans third leading scorer, Isiah Umipig, transferred to Seattle Pacific University.

During his 10-year run as head coach, Burton accumulated an overall record of 153122 and an appearance in the 2008 NCAA tournament, where the Titans lost in the first round to the University of Wisconsin.

Burton also coached the Titans to their first ever back-to-back 20-win seasons (20-10 in 2006-07 and 24-9 in 2007-08).

Andy Newman, the associate head coach at CSUF for the past five seasons, will be the interim coach. Newman came with Burton from West Valley College in Saratoga.

Burton spent 21 years as head coach at West Valley and had an overall record of 488-158.

He only had two losing seasons in his illustrious career at West Valley.

Burton was inducted into the California Community Colleges Coaches Hall of Fame back in 2004.

Brief by ANGEL MENDOZA

Titans split in weekend road trip The Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team (1-3-0) got their first win of the season by winning the second of their two weekend games. They traveled to Michigan to take on Michigan (4-0-0) and Michigan State (4-1-0).

The first game on the trip took place on Friday, Aug. 24 and ended in a tough 2-1 overtime loss on the Michigan Wolverines’ home field. Wolverines freshman midfielder, Lulu Haidar, proved to make the ultimate difference as she scored in the 98th minute, during the first overtime period.

The Wolverines took the lead in the 67th minute thanks to a goal by sophomore defensive midfielder, Jen Pace. The Titans rallied back as senior forward, Stacey Fox, tied the game 1-1 with just under four minutes to play in regulation. Haidar’s “golden goal” in overtime ended the match and cemented the Titan victory.

In the final matchup of the weekend, the Titans handed the Michigan State Spartans their first loss of the season in East Lansing, Mich. by a score of 1-0 Sunday.

Fox proved to be the difference as she scored the only goal in the game in the 66th minute. Fox was the only Titan to score in the weekend trip. They also had a strong performance from junior goalkeeper Katie Pulliam who had 6 saves and did not allow a single goal in the shutout victory.

The Titans’ final game of August will be this Thursday, Aug. 30, against Oregon State at 7 p.m.

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