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March 10, 2010

Vol. 87 Issue 18

Baseball takes care of business against Waseda University, softball is shutout Titan baseball wins it’s home exhibition and softball goes hitless in it’s seventh straight game of the season. SPORTS, Page 6

WEDNESDAY

Sarah Palin again proves her hypocracy in the healthcare debate OPINION, Page 3

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Family helps player excel By Simon liang

Daily Titan Sports Editor sports@dailytitan.com

Cal State Fullerton senior forward Gerard Anderson’s super athleticism and jaw-dropping dunks have harvested numerous “oh’s and ah’s” for the past two seasons. Anderson, a 22-year-old communications major, was named to the All-Big West First Team for his stellar play this season, but this only scratches the surface. What no one sees behind the scenes is the support system that has been there for Anderson even when times were tough. “My mother taught me and my brothers and sisters to always look out for each other and never to turn your back on family,” Anderson said. His close-knit family – seven kids in all, with Gerard being the second youngest – has an indestructible bond. “Playing at the parks with my brother, playing in the rain with my family, being the youngest boy – they roughed me up all the time,” Anderson said. “My family has everything to do with my success.” The one who has seen it all from day one is his number one fan, his mother, Kathy Houston, who has been to every game since he was five, excluding games that were out of state. “I remember my first game for the junior Lakers at St. Andrew’s Park, I could remember me and my mom walking to the park and getting food before the game,” Anderson said. Houston drove him everywhere just so he could ignite his passion and reach his dream of making the NBA. “Every game that he had, I was always the one driving him to the games. We would get there two or three games before the actual game,” Houston said. “We would sit there from sun up to sun down.” Playing Amateur Athletic Union ball, going on trips to Nevada and Texas, all came with a heavy financial burden. “I was working at the time, I wouldn’t take a lunch break so I could leave early and take Gerard to all his games,” Houston said. Driving up to San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara were just some of the miles the family racked up. “This has been Gerard’s dream ever since he was five years old,” Houston said. During home games, who is the first person out of their seat when Anderson makes a play? His mother, whose passion can be spotted from the nosebleeds. “My mom loves to come support (me), she’s definitely been real supportive ever since I’ve started playing basketball,” Anderson said. Family and friends attended senior night March 6, in Anderson’s last collegiate home game with posters of support and cameras capturing memories of a terrific Titan career. See SPORTS, Page 6

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By Hannah Dellinger For the Daily Titan

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“She’s Out of My League” isn’t your ordinary comedy. “League’s” stars, Jay Baruchel and Nate Torrence, explained that improvisational acting is what makes the film uniquely funny. The movie’s director, Jean Field Smith, is known for his work in improvisation. This, coupled with the improv training of much of the cast, gives the movie the potential to be spontaneous, witty and refreshing. See DETOUR, Page 4

Inmates to see early release By Stephanie raygoza For the Daily Titan

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photo By chad uemera/For the Daily Titan Senior forward Gerard Anderson waits to enter the game in the fourth quarter at Titan Gym, Jan. 14. He scored 20 points and was 12 -of-16 from the free throw line in a Big West Conference game against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Earthquake imminent, professors say By Juliana Campbell

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

When people think of California, one of the first words that comes to mind is “earthquake”. The San Andreas Fault, which snakes uncomfortably close to Orange County and other large cities along much of California’s length, has been relatively quiet for the past 150 years, but that could end very soon. “California will have an earthquake. It is not if but when,” said David Bowman, chairman of geological sciences at Cal State Fullerton. “California actually has earthquakes daily, they are just too small for us to feel.” The San Andreas is not the only fault along which an earthquake can occur. It is just the largest fault of a large complex of faults making up the San Andreas Fault Zone. “There are lots of faults and in various sizes, most are small. The San Andreas Fault, Ellsinore Fault,

Whittier Fault, Newport Fault and Inglewood Fault,” said Bowman. “At CSUF we sit on top of Puente Hills Fault, then there is a little portion that is called the Coyote Hills Fault.” Although CSUF students and faculty are well aware California will eventually face another earthquake, few are prepared for a disaster. “Count how many bridges you go under or cross on the way home,” said Dr. Brady Rhodes, geology instructor. “If those bridges are impaired then you won’t be able to get home. Also figure out how you are going to get food and water when buildings are no longer accessible.” Since 1857, the San Andreas Fault has not had a big earthquake. That leaves California more than 150 years overdude. The Fort Tejon earthquake, which occurred on Jan. 9, 1857, was the biggest earthquake California has ever experienced. The amount of fault slip gave the earthquake a moment magnitude of 7.9. Although the area was not that populated, it still

Measuring intensity of an earthquake Felt only by a few people on top floors of buildings

Moderate Windows, furniture rattle; cars rock

Strong Trees sway; furniture moves; some damage

3.0 Richter scale

4.0

5.0

Source: “Comparisons,” “Earthquakes and Volcanoes”

Rising stars discuss roles

Destructive Weak structures damaged; walls fall

6.0

Disastrous Most masonry buildings, bridges destroyed

7.0

Catastrophic Total destruction; shock waves visible in ground

was recorded as extremely destructive. “I would rather be at home when an earthquake happens,” Rhodes said. “People do not realize how dangerous an office space or their surroundings are. Look in your office, classroom or personal space and see all of the things that can shift and move. Things will fall and break, essentially your printer or laptop can be in your lap.” A magnitude 5.8 earthquake, which occurred July 28, 2008 definitely, shook things up, said Administrative Lieutenant John Brockie. The earthquake’s epicenter was located about three miles west of Chino, Calif. and about 28 miles east of Los Angeles. “When the July 28 earthquake happened I was standing in front of the old Police Building,” Brockie said. “There was minor damage in multiple buildings but nothing structural. The library was definitely a mess with all the books on the floor but that was a given due to the shaking.” Although Brockie stated that no one was hurt physically he did mention they were visibly scared. The CSUF Police Department is designed to act in concert with the other services available on the campus, to protect and provide a safe environment for the students, staff and faculty of the campus no matter what the situation may be, but for material things such as batteries and pillows, students will be on their own. “California is going to get a big earthquake because we are on a major fault system,” associate professor Phillip Armstrong said. See NEWS, Page 2

In a statewide effort to reduce budget spending, several state and county prisons have released 1,500 inmates, including 401 from Orange County prisons. Under the new state law that went into effect January 25, inmates are able to reduce their sentence by as much as half, replacing the one-third possible under previous guidelines. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation last year declaring severe overcrowding in California prisons, which in turn posed a health and safety risk for the workers and inmates. The ruling presented a way of implementing prison population reduction without affecting public safety by adopting a combination of parole reform and releasing low risk prisoners with short-term sentences and good time credits. Despite growing concerns regarding inmates being released back into society early, some experts are reassuring students that there will be little impact on crime rates and the releases will significantly help with the California budget crisis. California Attorney General Jerry Brown specified that inmates will start accruing good credits for positive behavior and completing other programs specifically for time served after January 25. Overcrowded prisons and the resulting health risks were the main concern in passing the law, however due to unfortunate timing, it has become an issue of budget and public safety. See NEWS, Page 2

March 10, 2010

IN OTHER NEWS

INTERNATIONAL

Isreal rebuffs Biden with new settlement JERUSALEM–Hours after the arrival Tuesday of Vice President Joe Biden to help launch indirect Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Israel announced the construction of 1,600 homes in a settlement block in mostly Arab East Jerusalem, an open rebuff that led Biden to issue a sharply worded condemnation. “I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in east Jerusalem,” Biden said in a statement issued by the White House. “The substance and timing of the announcement, particularly with the launching of proximity talks, is precisely the kind of step that undermines the trust we need right now and runs counter to the constructive discussions that I’ve had here in Israel.”

NATIONAL Health insurance executives issued citizen’s arrests WASHINGTON – In a reverse twist on the old protesters’ tactic of getting arrested to make a point, union leaders and other backers of President Barack Obama’s health care plan issued “citizen’s arrest” warrants for health insurance executives Tuesday – accusing them of exploiting consumers. The “warrants,” delivered to police during a demonstration outside an insurance industry meeting at a Washington hotel, were an attempt to dramatize protesters’ calls for insurance reform – and to build public support for the Democrats’ health care legislation. The demonstration, which drew several thousand protesters from as far away as Illinois and California, was organized by groups that for more than a year have pushed Congress to create a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers as part of national health care overhaul.

STATE Myspace overhauls site to catch up to Facebook LOS ANGELES – In a last-ditch effort to revive struggling MySpace, owner News Corp. has adopted a new strategy that it hopes will give the site’s millions of users a reason to keep coming back. MySpace – which had begun to offer horoscopes, weather reports and other services – wants to go back to its roots: entertainment. The online social network, which once dominated the field now lorded over by Facebook, will use information that users volunteer on the site _ and the celebrity pages they check out – to recommend movie trailers, recently released songs and video games to them. If it doesn’t make MySpace more attractive to users – and, not incidentally, advertisers – the social network could be in danger of settling into a period of gradual decline, like the other senior citizens of the Internet: America Online and Yahoo. “It goes back to discovery and self-expression,” said MySpace Co-President Jason Hirschhorn. “That’s where we came from and where MySpace really made its mark, being the place that obsessively catered to creative leaders.” MySpace has taken a distant backseat to social networking rival Facebook, which continues to add online users by leaps and bounds.

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Job fair motivates students By Katie Rossomano

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Representatives from 85 companies and organizations filled the pavilions at Cal State Fullerton's Titan Student Union for the Internship and job fair Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Verizon Wireless, Cox Communications, Aflac and the Los Angeles Police Department were among those represented. Students and alumni wandered the rows of booths and exchanged resumes for business cards from potential employers. Fred Peterson, division manager for Kent H. Landsberg Co., said that he attended the job fair to recruit full-time sales employees. Peterson said that Kent H. Landsberg Co. is the largest packaging company in the world and has been recruiting at CSUF for 10 years. "(CSUF) students are very entrepreneurial, very motivated, hard working, very reliable when we hire them," Peterson said. He said that the company currently has over 15 CSUF alumni employees out of over 500 employees in the Los Angeles area. Trilogy Financial Services Inc. had two representatives at the job fair. George Zoumberakis, Training Manager, said that this was Trilogy's first experience recruiting at CSUF. He said that he and his partner attended the job fair because they "heard of the good business program (at CSUF) and that the job fair has a good turnout." Lisa A. Mallette, senior account relations coordinator for American

photo By Christa connelly/Daily Titan Photo Editor Aflac agent Jaime Whitworth looks over the resume of Monique Quirarti at the job fair on campus March 9.

Fidelity Assurance Company, also attended the job fair to recruit for full-time sales positions. She said that American Fidelity Assurance is one of the largest private insurance companies in the nation and that it was acknowledged as one of Fortune magazine's 100 best companies to work for. "We have posted on Monster.com but it's better to meet people face to face," Mallete said. She said that this was the first time the company has recruited at CSUF and she was impressed by the number of people who attended. Mallete said that American

Fidelity would be back for another CSUF job fair. Issac Armijo, a criminal justice major alumnus who graduated in 2009, stumbled upon the job fair when he came to campus to pick up his transcript. “It’s a tough job market out there. I came (to the job fair) to get an idea about what is open out there,” Armijo said. He said that he was happy to see so many organizations and companies present that were relevant to his degree. He was especially interested in speaking with representatives from the

Drug Enforcement Administration. Julia Reynoso, a junior biology chemistry major was at the job fair looking for an internship. She said that she found out about the event at the last minute when she noticed fliers around campus. Reynoso was disappointed because she found that most of the companies seeking interns were more research-oriented, and she is more interested in the clinical aspects of her field. However, she still enjoyed "seeing what was available." She said that she would definitely attend the next job fair, but that next time she would come prepared with a resume.

Earthquake: Big quake on its way From Page 1

“Southern California is more at risk, rather than Northern California because the San Andreas Fault is close to us. Southern California should expect a 7.0 magnitude, if not higher.” Many can still remember the Northridge earthquake, which occurred on Jan. 17, 1994, in Reseda, a neighborhood in LA, that lasted for about 20 seconds. The earthquake had magnitude of 6.7, but the ground acceleration was one of the highest ever instrumentally recorded in an urban area in North America. Seventy-two deaths were attributed to the Northridge earthquake, with over 9,000 injured. In addition, the earthquake caused an estimated $20 billion in damage making it one of the costliest

natural disasters in U.S. history. “I am not prepared for an earthquake,” admits English major Raymond Reyes. “I am scared what it may do and where I can go. Even though I consider myself to be self-sufficient regarding my condition being paraplegic I am afraid how would I get around in my wheelchair. That is one of the last things people think about when these things strike.” California State Northridge had students on hold with their studies until the university could clear their buildings and make it safe for re-occupancy after the 1994 earthquake. Many students in the dorms were reported sleeping inside their cars and the quad until it was safe to go back in their rooms. “There are models that predict loss of life and monetary figures

but we really do not know how many people are really going to be hurt and what the damage is going to be when we get this earthquake,” Armstrong said. According to Brockie, CSUF faculty and staff participate in emergency drills twice a year in case a disaster strikes. They go through routine exit routs and what to do in case someone is hurt. “I think everyone should participate in a earthquake drill,” Reyes said. “Not just faculty and staff everyone handles things differently, you can have someone who you think will crack take action and the strongest person fall to their knees.” The purpose of the Great California Shake Out is to help people and organizations get better prepared for major earthquakes, and also practice how to protect them-

selves when they happen. The next ShakeOut Drill is scheduled for Oct. 21 at 10:21 a.m. The main goal of the ShakeOut is to get Californian residents and students prepared for major earthquakes, so use the ShakeOut as an opportunity to learn what to do before, during, and after an earthquake. “We cannot predict earthquakes, they just happen. People want to hear that there is an earthquake on Thursday,” Bowman said. “The San Andreas is locked and loaded, ready to go. It can produce a big earthquake today, tomorrow or fifty years from now, it’s time that people realize that.” Visit Earthquakecountry.info/ roots/seven_steps.html for tips on how to prepare, protect and recover.

prisoners: some inmates released From Page 1 “There are unconstitutional, illegal levels of healthcare. The court has tried to develop a method of reducing the problems. They need a plan for an early release,” said Cal State Fullerton Associate Professor of criminal justice Dr. Kevin Meehan. Addressing the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation around the time of the ruling, an expert panel projected that the early inmate release law is expected to save California between $803 and $906 million per year. According to the California State Sheriff’s Association, 21 of the state’s 58 counties have started releasing inmates as of the first week of February. Officials have also said the law

would reduce the state prison population by 6,500 by releasing low risk offenders over the next year. “It’s a part of a much larger, more comprehensive method of reducing prison population. It’s essentially a necessity,” Meehan said. Meehan also pointed out that while doing anything with this large a number of people there can be one or more cases that can deviate from the norm and cause problems. “I disagree with it (the law) because once they’re released, there’s going to be very little control over them,” said 20-year-old business major Rebecca Singer. Public safety has become a prominent issue for the new law, resulting in a civil lawsuit recently filed by the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs. The deputies called

the early releases a threat to the public and deputies. A judge denied a request for a temporary restraining order that would have prevented the early release of inmates. In the wake of ongoing protests against fee increases and education budget cuts, Dr. Jarret Lovell, CSUF associate professor of criminal justice, emphasized that many people are only looking at one side of the debate. “It’s political posturing,” Lovell said. “If there are cuts to education, why not cuts to incarceration? They both are dealing with public safety.” Campus Police has said that the early inmate releases will not affect the university and that they will proactively patrol the campus as usual.

March 10, 2010

Breaking the News “From the front pages to the judging masses”

Rove continues making excuses by Tanya Ghahremani

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

Lies, deception, questionable morals – it’s just another day in Washington D.C.! Seriously, how is it that none of these guys have their own reality show yet? This would make a great Jim Carrey movie: In his new book, “Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight,” the man who was formerly White House Deputy Chief of Staff and the Senior Adviser to the President Karl Rove claimed that former President George W. Bush, didn’t “lie us into war.” He went on to say that Bush would not have begun the war with Iraq in 2003 if he knew that weapons of mass destruction – remember, this was their selling point of the war to the public – would not be found in the country. This is undoubtedly a response to the accusations that the war was really for oil that bombarded the Bush administration for years. In fact, one of the Republican party’s own, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan, said in 2007 that he was “saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.” Seems like we’ve got a good ol’ fashioned “he said, she said” mystery on our hands! Excellent. So, let’s look at the facts: Bill

Moyers pointed out in a 2008 article that, when Dick Cheney was running energy supplier Halliburton in the ‘90s, he said that “by 2010, we will need on the order of an additional 50 million barrels a day. So where is the oil going to come from? While many regions of the world offer great oil opportunities, the Middle East with two-thirds of the world’s oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies.” Well, well, well. I assume that everyone knows what position Dick Cheney went on to take at the White House – vice-president to the Bush administration. This is an interesting link, yes, – but, of course, this isn’t really substantial evidence yet. So, moving on … The established story about how the war began was that intelligence the CIA received pointed to the fact that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. This is what Rove is also claiming in his new book. In 2004, author Ron Suskind released a book largely chronicling former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O’Neill’s experience in the White House during the Bush administration. The book, aptly titled “The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill,” brought up some interesting facts. O’Neill told Suskind that, years before the intelligence claiming there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq were presented to Bush, there was much talk of invading Iraq.

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“From the start, we were building the case against (Saddam) Hussein and looking at how we could take him out and change Iraq into a new country. And, if we did that, it would solve everything. It was about finding a way to do it. That was the tone of it. The President saying, ‘Fine. Go find me a way to do this,’ ” he told Suskind. O’Neill claims that this occurred as early as 10 days after Bush entered office in January 2001. O’Neill even furnished a Pentagon document from March 5, 2001, titled none other than “Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts.” The document itself, available for public viewing on the lovely Web site JudicialWatch.org, has a map of the Iraqi oil fields (as well as that of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) and a list of possible foreign suitors – other countries – who are interested in Iraq’s oil. This comes back to Cheney and his quote from his Halliburton days – before the invasion, he was one of the guys pushing for the war and attempting to justify it to the American people. In fact, he’s quoted as saying in 2002, “there’s no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There’s no doubt he’s amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.” It was later proved that the “intelligence” that Cheney was speaking of was wrong. Actually, it was completely fabricated. There were no weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq. After this was discovered, they reworked their story to claim that the Iraq invasion was to free the people of the country from the dictatorship of Hussien. A noble act, yes – in fact, most likely a necessary one – but it probably didn’t hurt that the country they were trying to “save” sat on oil field after oil field, did it? It doesn’t take much to notice how all of this evidence fails to match Rove’s claim in his new book. May it be a matter of opinion on Rove’s part, a matter of ignorance or just a matter of a last attempt at bringing good press to the Bush administration – it doesn’t matter. The fact is that the pieces don’t fit with that claim, and it’s unclear why Rove would see fit to make it since he should very well know better. The truth is out there, and it’s too late in the game to try and tell the same tired lies.

No rewards for driving drunk by Julianna Campbell

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

On Oct. 26, 2009 Cal State Fullerton student Jessica Shekell allegedly headed west on the eastbound 91 freeway. According to police reports, Shekell’s vehicle collided head-on with another vehicle in the fast-track lane just after 3 a.m., killing the two adults in the front seat who, incidentally, were not wearing their seat belts. The two children in the back seat were injured, but survived. While Shekell’s blood was being tested for alcohol, local media outlets ABC, NBC and CBS aired images from the 21-year-old sociology major’s MySpace.com account that showed Shekell drinking at parties. One image featured Shekell in the passenger seat of a vehicle with an open bottle of Jack Daniels. Shekell’s MySpace and Facebook account has since been deleted, but the images had already been used to create a visual description of her to Orange, San Bernardino and Los Angeles county communities before official blood-alcohol levels were reported. Shekell’s blood-alcohol level was .26 percent approximately 45 minutes after the collision – more than three times the legal limit, the Orange County District Attorney’s office stated. The Superior Court of California’s County of Orange Web site stated she has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, two counts; inflict great bodily harm, eight counts; driving

under the influence of alcohol or drugs with injury, one count; DUI with BAC of .08 percent or more causing injury, one count. Although Shekell has been charged with 12 felony counts, the eight “inflict great bodily harm” counts are sentencing enhancements. If found guilty on all counts, Shekell may face a maximum sentence of 19 years and eight months in a state prison. With the investigation going on, it is interesting to wonder if Shekell’s parents ever thought to ask their daughter if she had incriminating photos of herself on MySpace or Facebook. When the media gets wind of a story like this, reporters are all over it, and social networking sites are viable sources of information. Shekell did commit a serious crime by drinking and driving, but she could have been portrayed differently if she would have taken those pictures down. Still, though Shekell’s MySpace and Facebook accounts are down, people can still find numerous photos of the troubled girl with bottles of alcohol in her hand, kissing a

bottle of whiskey and smiling while holding a drink in her hand. It would appear that Shekell had problems with alcohol and her actions may have been a cry for help. Unfortunately, when that time came, it was too late for the people who died at the hand of the intoxicated driver. I feel sorry for the girl. In one night, she threw her whole life away. The thought of spending more than 19 years in state prison would make anyone cringe. Shekell’s decision to drink, drive and go the wrong way on the 91 freeway was not the brightest, however, all of her youth wasted in prison is devastating to think about. On the other hand, how would a person feel if they lost beloved members of their family to a drunk driver? Losing a family member is a tough thing to go through and the two minors, who cannot even drive yet, have to deal with that for the rest of their lives. It’s a traumatic experience that would have been avoided if Shekell would have just been a responsible adult and paid for a cab ride home.

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A Walking Contradiction Over the weekend, former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin admitted to a crowd of Albertans that she had traveled to Canada for free health care when she was younger. Palin has before expressed vehement opposition to a more socialized system of health care in the United States, and is famous for coining and refusing to abandon the idea of “death panels” in President Obama’s health care plan. “The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down’s Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’ so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their ‘level of productivity in society,’ whether they are worthy of health care,” Palin wrote on her Facebook last year. Palin had no backing for her claims but brought them up at every opportunity; and now she is admitting that she enjoyed the benefits of a similar plan out of the country. It’s official: Palin is a walking contradiction. Politicians are infamous for their shameless ability to say one thing and do another, but Sarah Palin takes it to a whole new level. An active advocate for abstinence-only sex education, Palin seems to find no irony in the pregnancy of her then 17-year-old daughter, Bristol Palin. She’s still smiling, cracking bad sportsanalogy-themed jokes and praying that no one brings up her personal life. Does Palin wish now that Bristol’s health science teacher had taught her to roll a condom over a banana? Some might argue that what happened in Palin’s past – or her family’s present – doesn’t have an effect

on her ability to lead and make informed political decisions. How, then, can a politician honestly endorse a course of action – be it regarding abortion; lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) rights; sex education or health care – if she refuses to take her own advice? Palin showed no remorse for her abuse of the Canadian health care system. In fact, she used her experience as a cute little anecdote to warm up the friendly Calgarian crowd. “Believe it or not – this was in the ‘60s – we used to hustle on over the border for health care that we would receive in Whitehorse. I remember my brother, he burned his ankle in some little kid accident thing, and my parents had to put him on a train and rush him over to Whitehorse and I think, isn’t that kind of ironic now. Zooming over the border, getting health care from Canada,” Palin said to her audience. Where does she get off admitting to the world that she took advantage of health care abroad when she has dedicated a significant portion of her political career to smearing the reform effort in the U.S.? And considering Palin was born in 1964, her “memory” might have only served her in kissing up to her Canadian audience. Palin has never been one for carefully weighing the consequences of her words. She prefers to shoot first and ask questions later (especially if the shooting is at a wolf from a helicopter). It’s obvious now – if it wasn’t before – that Palin is nothing more than an opportunist with no regard for reality. She makes bold claims, plugs her ears during the subsequent explosion, brushes the debris from her fashionable black slacks and flashes a Photo courtesy MCT 100-watt smile.

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March 10, 2009

REVIEWS Cinemassacre.com by Brian Zbysenski

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League: new comedic leader From Page 1

Daily Titan: Do you think that the film has a potential to be a classic of our generation? Jay Baruchel: Wow, oh my gosh. Well that’s like, if it isn’t we’ll eat these words. I think that it can hit a nerve. I’ll just be psyched if kids dig it at all. But I definitely think that there’s potential, that it’s the kind of movie that people will tell their friends that they should maybe watch it. You know? And I think that it’ll be a DVD thing that kind of gets passed around a lot. Maybe a cult classic. DT: Director Jean Field Smith has directed sketch comedy and this is his first big feature film. So how did Smith bring that kind of experience to directing this particular movie? JB: Well, he was also a sketch performer himself in his own right. He is just kind of wired comedicly. He kind of always knew what was funny and I think he had pretty good instinct. Nate Torrence: I think that he did a great job as far as just not only letting us play but just being able to control

the tone of it all. I think he did an amazing job for a first timer. I was never worried, really. He’s a funny guy. DT: I was wondering what personal touches you added to your characters to make them relateable? NT: I think that all of us really tried as hard as we can, not just with characters but with the whole movie. Our director wanted to make this not caricatures, but reality ... I think a great sense of what we were trying to do is even with our lunch scene. We all got to choose what we thought our character would eat. That was one of the funniest things. TJ, if you look on his plate he had a plate of pizza and chicken McNuggets and then I have everything Zip-Locked. JB: I was the smart one, I chose not to eat, because I know how gross it is to eat on camera … I think you got to make them sympathetic and accessible. I guess it’s a question of inserting yourself a bit more into it at certain points. DT: Jay, this is your first leading role, with the exception of Undeclared. What was it like taking over that lead-

ing role? JB: I have to say that I was kind of groomed for it, in that fortunately the whole time that I’ve had a career in the States doing supporting stuff, I’ve been making some pretty cool independent movies back home in Canada and I’ve been the lead in most of those. That coupled with Undeclared and plus when I started when I was 12, I was the lead in two different TV shows. So if nothing else, I knew what it was to … carry a movie on my shoulders. I guess it’s all about longevity. DT: Was there a lot of improving while you guys were filming and did any of it make it to the final cut of the film? NT: Yeah, that’s what was cool. We got to play around and there are definitely a bunch of jokes where you just make up as many funny things as you can. There’s also a couple of scenes where they flat out just weren’t in the script and they made it in the movie somehow. JB: You put the four of us in a room together and no matter what it’s gonna be an improv festival.

Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, X-Men, Battletoads, Ninja Gaiden – sound familiar? If they do, they probably bring you back to your childhood. If they don’t, you missed out on the pinnacle of modern gaming. Cinemassacre.com is a Web site created, produced and edited by the same creative mind, James Rolfe. He is widely known across the Internet as the “Angry Video Game Nerd” and he does harsh reviews on games for the classic Nintendo, Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis gaming consoles. What started out as just a joke seen only by his friends turned into an Internet phenomenon among gamers. He doesn’t just point out visual and story flaws, he makes them known. He isn’t called the “Angry Video Game Nerd” without reason. He verbally butchers these retro games while he plays them as you watch. Much like

Alice in Wonderland by Summer Rogers

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This isn’t the Alice in Wonderland from your childhood. This is the Alice straight from the warped mind of director Tim Burton, and it is indeed a wonderland of beauty and imagination. In typical Burton fashion, this isn’t simply a remake of the Walt Disney 1951 classic; it has been revamped to illustrate Alice’s return to “Under-

the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 series, it makes you laugh because you realize you were thinking the same thing. I remember playing some of the games from his extensive list during my childhood and thinking to myself, is this game really making me do that? Is that a glitch? Will I ever figure this out? Some of the things he says are absolutely hilarious. His excessive use of profanity and violence only adds to the experience. Rolfe’s witty (and sometimes repulsive) humor is nothing short of entertaining. While he mainly reviews old school video games, he also reviews board games - (weird, I know), movies, has mini rants called “You Know What’s Bullshit?” and makes his own short movies. The “You Know What’s Bullshit?” section is a list of mini-rants about everyday life, much like the “What Grinds My Gears” skits for those of you who watch Family Guy. My favorites include his rant on pay toilets, followed by the rant on pennies, which actually made its way to CNN Headline News.

land,” (as the denizens call their fantastical home) after 13 years. Now a young woman, Alice (Mia Wasikowska, Amelia ) returns to the world of Wonderland, convinced that she is stuck in a dream. Alice’s friends and citizens of Wonderland, White Rabbit (voiced by Michael Sheen, New Moon), twins Tweedledee and Tweedledum (Matt Lucas) and Dormouse (voiced by Barbara Windsor) must convince Alice that she isn’t dreaming and that she is the “champion;” the chosen one to defeat the Red Queen’s (Helena Bonham-Carter) fearsome creature, the Jabberwocky. The film is visually stunning. Burton brings the world of Wonderland, a place of imagination, vibrancy and charm, to life, especially in dazzling 3-D. The cast of live actors, Wasikowska, Bonham-Carter, Anne Hathaway, Johnny Depp and Crispin Glover are a titanic force in this film, acting within an imaginary world, talking to imaginary creatures and interacting convincingly with things that aren’t really there. There’s no reason not to like this film: the plot is exciting, the film is visually beautiful and there couldn’t be a better cast. Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is a rabbit hole worth falling into.

The Cove by Melissa Maldonado

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When director Louie Psihoyos and his investigative entourage snuck into the tiny seaside town of Taiji, Japan, they began to uncover the most revolting and perilous exploitations in history in a town that appears to be devoted to the sea animals that swim off their coast. The Cove is an inspiring documentary that unfurls like a thriller. Equipped with camouflage clothing, hidden cameras and deep sea divers, the crew is determined to slip past aggressive guards to capture images of the rampant dolphin slaughters. Because dolphins are not protected by the ban on commercial whaling, the annual killing of the 23,000 animals is perfectly legal. Scenes in the movie show the brutal, stomachchurning massacre in the secluded lagoon – scenes that the locals are completely unaware of. Other secrets are exposed, revealing the disreputable business that supports the city’s economy and the possible “buying” of votes in the International Whaling Commission. The exceptionally well-put-together documentary, which debuted in July 2009, earned an Oscar at the 2010 Academy Awards. The movie features heroes of the movement, including two Japanese councilmen who were responsible for prohibiting the mercury-infected dolphin meat from the school lunch system. During the film, we see Psihoyos recruit his dream team in order to capture the powerful images they need in hopes to shut the operation down. With state-of-the-art equipment hidden in trees and rocks surrounding the kill zone, they capture sights and sounds of the cruelty that rouse you to shred your SeaWorld pass.

The Ghost Writer by Summer rogers

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His first film in five years, Academy Award-winning director Roman Polanski is back with a political thriller that echoes the mystery and suspense of Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Chinatown (1974) and The Ninth Gate (1999). Ewan McGregor (The Men Who Stare at Goats, Moulin Rouge) plays 'The Ghost,' a ghost writer hired by former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan, Mamma Mia!) to help him finish his memoirs. The Ghost doesn’t quite know what he got himself into when he finds out his predecessor ended up dead, and the Prime Minister is accused of illegally seizing suspected terrorists in Pakistan and handing them over for torture by the CIA. This film is not simple and mindless – it is a tangled web of politics, lies and intrigue. The film keeps the audience on their toes and requires their full attention to completely understand the plot, otherwise the ending becomes anti-climatic and leaves audience members scratching their heads wondering what the hell just happened. The cast are the heart and driving force behind the film, so even if you leave the theater thoroughly confused by the plot, at least the acting was superb.

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Anderson: Family first From Page 1

An emotional Houston was in tears after Anderson was introduced in a ceremony before the game. Tears of a mother’s devotion to her son’s dream were being realized in one special moment. “Everyone used to tell him, ‘Gerard, you could be one in a million,’” Houston said. “I told him ‘Don’t let

that stop you, you could be that one in a million.’” It has not always been easy for Houston, who lost her husband – Gerard’s biological father – to a heart attack before Anderson was born. Since the age of two his stepfather, Parker Wynn, has been main staple in their household and has had a great influence on Anderson’s life. “Parker has been there since day

photo By chad uemera/For the Daily Titan Anderson goes up high for a two-handed dunk against Cal Poly at Titan Gym Jan. 14. He has been the leading scorer for the Titans during Big West Conference play.

one and he is definitely the only father figure I’ve had my whole life,” Anderson said. After high school, moving away from his family to attend Saddleback College made him put everything in perspective. “I was in a completely different environment,” Anderson said. “It shows you where you can go as a person, being out on your own and paying your own bills, it really helped me mature.” Anderson transferred to CSUF but redshirted his first year. In his first season on the court, he was recognized with an All-Big West Honorable Mention but knew that more work needed to be done. “I worked on everything all summer. I didn’t go home, I stayed here (Fullerton),” he said. “I basically lived in Titan Gym.” Anderson has stepped into a leadership role and his family has been far and wide to see him shine in his final year, including his miraculous play against UCLA and Cal State Northridge. He has carried over his familyfirst values to his teammates, being a mentor to the younger players. “He’s just full of energy; he’s always making jokes and he’s always positive,” said redshirt junior center Bryce Webster. “You can always talk to him because he’s a down to earth guy.” He has put in extra time before and after practice and it has rubbed off on the entire team, Webster said. “Basketball has always been Gerard’s sport,” Houston said. “He ate and slept basketball.” He is focused on the Big West Tournament, but afterwards, Anderson will be ready to embark on a new chapter of his life, actively chasing his dream to play professional basketball. “I plan on playing professional somewhere, wherever the road takes me,” he said. “I would love to stay in the states, if it takes me out of the country I’m going to pursue that until I can’t play anymore.” No matter where basketball takes him, his family will be right behind him.

March 10, 2010

No. 6 Titans face Anteaters By nicholas fortes

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

The Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team enters the 2010 Big West Conference Tournament as the No. 6 seed, opening today at 2:30 p.m. at the Anaheim Convention Center against No. 7 UC Irvine. The tournament champion gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Titans split the season series with the Anteaters (9-20, 6-10) with each team winning at home. CSUF (14-16, 8-8) opens against UCI for the second season in a row in the conference tournament, having defeated the Anteaters 61-43 in last year’s opening tournament game. Head Coach Marcia Foster is confident in her team. “It depends on our consistency; being consistent from the beginning of the game to the end of the game and that’s something we’re improving on,” Foster said. “We have the ability to score from all over the floor and teams know that about us.” UC Davis won the regular season and enters the tournament as the No. 1, followed by No. 2 Cal Poly, with both teams earning a double bye to the semifinal round. No. 3 UC Riverside and No. 4 Long Beach State earned a first round bye to the quarter finals. The teams to be played will be determined after the opening session games Wednesday afternoon and the Titans are ready for the competition. “We’re going to be the most challenging team to play,” said junior forward Katie Avila. This will be Foster’s first trip to the Big West Tournament as a head coach after taking the trip six times as a Titan assistant and three times while she was a coach at Cal Poly. “We’re not doing anything different than when Coach Jeremiah

photo By chad uemera/For the Daily Titan Freshman forward Lauren Bushong backs down a San Diego Toreros’ defender.

was here. We went into the tournament focused and ready to play and were doing that now. I’m different, but our team is the same,” Foster said. Fullerton has to win four games in a row to take the title, a feat accomplished only once on the season; beating UC Davis, Pacific, Long Beach State and UC Riverside in one week in January, but the Titans are more than confident they can do it. “We have to stay in the moment because you won’t get to the next step without taking care of the first step,” Foster said.

The Titans were swept only by No. 5 seed UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Northridge (who didn’t make the tournament) and at least split the season series with every other team in the tournament, except No. 4 seed Long Beach and No. 8 seed Pacific, whom the Titans swept on the season. “We have confidence. We’re confident that we can end up winning this conference and everyone’s good come tournament time, but were as ready and prepared as we can be and we just have to get after it,” said senior guard Jasmine Scott.

Baseball wins exhibition, softball goes hitless By nicholas fortes

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

BASEBALL The Cal State Fullerton baseball team hosted the Bears of Waseda University from Tokyo, Japan Tuesday night in an exhibition game where the Titans were able to come away with a 3-0 win heading into the San Diego State tournament that starts Thursday. Titan senior starting pitcher Kyle Mertins threw three scoreless innings, surrendering only one hit and no runs, walking two and striking out two. “Kyle did a good job setting the tone early by throwing first pitch strikes and that’s what we need to do a better job at is whoever is representing us on the mound needs to go out and get strike one and get the momentum going,” Head Coach Dave Serrano said. Like Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki, many of the Japanese players have unorthodox approaches in the batter’s box, but Mertins wasn’t fooled by their aggressive nature. “I just tried to go at it as a normal

hitter. They had a lot of guys crowding the plate and I just tried to throw how I throw and pound strikes,” Mertins said. Another unusual aspect the Titans had to play with was wooden bats. The college ranks in Japan only use wood sticks and the Titans went along with the program. “With wood you have to be sure when you swing it, and you have to go all the way or it will hurt and be a chopper and that’s what we did tonight,” junior center fielder Gary Brown said. Sophomore first baseman Nick Ramirez, flied a ball to left-center that dropped in to score Brown, giving the Titans an early 1-0 lead after the first inning. Brown came to the plate and lined a 3-1 pitch passed the drawn-in infield to score resdshirt freshman Matt Orloff, making the score 3-0. “This was a great example of how to play the game. I have a lot of respect for how the Japanese play baseball,” Serrano said. “They throw strikes they play defense and put the ball in play and I was surprised we struck out as many as we did. But they play the game with a lot of passion and a lot of discipline.”

photo By camille Tarazon/Daily Titan Staff Writer Sophomore lefthander David Hurlbut struck out three Waseda batters in two innings.

Correction March 9, 2009: In the article “Alumnus, LA Galaxy set to play at Titan Stadium,” Josh Saunders was incorrectly cited as a “Cal State Fullerton alumnus.”

By james gobee

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

SOFTBALL Even though the Titans suffered a 6-0 loss to North Carolina last night at Anderson Family Field, the team’s hopes have not diminished. The Titans are now 0-4 in the DeMarini Tournament and 3-17 overall. “I feel a lot better after this game than I have in the past,” said Head Coach Michelle Gromacki. Junior pitcher Ari Cervantes started in the circle against the Tar Heels and pitched five scoreless innings, only two hits were allowed. “Our defense did a really good job tonight and we’re getting sharper,” Cervantes said. “Our offense needs to improve a little bit but I’m not worried about it. I think it will come around.” At the top of the sixth inning, Tar Heels’ junior third baseman Brittany Robinson had a two-run double and senior right fielder Anna Roberts hit a two-run home run, making the score, going into the bottom of the sixth, 4-0. “We have to learn to finish the game,” Cervantes said. At the bottom of the seventh inning, redshirt freshmen pitcher Katey Laban came in to relieve Cervantes. “I got too comfortable and my pitches weren’t moving off the plate like they were in the beginning and it showed,” Cervantes said. Junior first baseman K.C. Craddick was the only Titan to get on base even though it was a walk. “My goal was to get on base anyway I could, get hit by a pitch, it didn’t matter,” Craddick said. “I wanted to get something going, even if it was late.” Two flyouts after Craddick’s walk, the game came to an end. “This game is taking us into the weekend feeling good,” Craddick said. “The problem is getting better,” Gromacki said. “It will reveal itself when the time is right, they’re either going to hop on board or they’re not going to be here.” The team needs to stay focused on competing in the games that they have coming up and continue to move on and keep going Gromacki said.