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Gymnastics falls from budgeting dismount

Olympic sports tradition continues no further after countless debates and fundraising JESSICA Mc COY Daily Titan

Walking up to where the gymnastics practice used to be held, there is a sense of emptiness once you enter. A room that was filled with laughs and tears and powder everywhere will be soon flushed away because the official announcement of the Cal State Fullerton gymnastics program being cut has set into reality. A month has gone by and the gymnastics administration had been eager to find out what would happen to their department, and they got their answer Friday. What will the Athletics Department be like without gymnastics? “One less team. The reason why gymnastics and wrestling were singled out was because they are not a part of the Big West Conference sports. You got to cut something, you have to have at least 14 sports to be Division I, so there was no place else to go, truthfully. It’s going to be a very gaping hole, especially with gymnastics being a successful program over the years,” said Mel Franks, sports information director. See TITANS, page 8

WHAT’S INSIDE NEWS 8 Murders A Day film to open in Fullerton ........................................2 OPINION Hippie Health: The health benefits of drinking coffee ........................................4 FEATURES Cal State Fullerton student becomes Miss Placentia ........................................6 SPORTS Baseball takes the series over UC Irvine in Big West battle ........................................8

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CAMILLE TARAZON / Daily Titan Many students take notes or record lectures onto their laptops, but the unlimited wireless access provides them with the temptation to surf popular websites instead of concentrating on the professor’s lesson.

Laptops: Tool or time-waster?

While students find the usage helpful, many professors feel the devices in class can often be a major distraction DARCY BOSANKO For the Daily Titan

There are many things students seem to need in preparing to go to college. Among all the utilities, furniture and that new wardrobe, one thing that always seems to be needed most is a new laptop. When asking students about why they take

their laptops to class, their answers were almost simultaneous: it helps them stay organized, it is easier for homework and it is easier for notetaking. One question is, though, are they really the best thing for students to take to class? Danielle Mee, an undeclared freshman, believes there are both pros and cons to having your laptop in class. Mee uses her laptop in every class but one. For the one class she does

not use it for, her teacher prohibits the use. “It keeps my notes organized and neat, but it does leave more areas for distraction,” said Mee. So how many students that bring their laptops to class actually use them for class purposes? “I probably use it for about 3/4 note-taking and 1/4 for other things like Facebook or even

homework for other classes,” Mee said. Taylor Hartman, a sophomore business major, believes there are far more cons than pros of having your laptop in class. Unlike Mee, most all of her teachers do not allow the use of laptops, and she agrees with their decision. See LAPTOPS page 3

University Police picks new chief Interviews with candidates began Monday, with applicants undergoing thorough assessment ANDREW KWOK Daily Titan

Candidates for the new chief of University Police are being interviewed on day-long schedules, including public discussions and meetings with officials on campus. Dexter L. Thomas, one candidate for the position, spoke to personnel from various campus departments and other interested parties yesterday during an open forum discussion.

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“The chief of police is one that’s very important to us as a campus, and we’ve been very lucky to have such a great chief as Chief King,” said Sandra Rhoten, Cal State Fullerton associate dean of Judicial Affairs. “This is the beginning of a process where we’ve brought in several candidates that will go through a day-long process in order for us to get the right person for a position on this campus,” Rhoten said. Thomas is a captain at the Ontario Police Department and has over 30 years of law enforcement experience, including nine years of management, and gave years of campus policing at the University of Southern California. He is a graduate of the West Point/LAPD Leadership Academy and has a BA in psychology from CSU San Bernardino. Participants of the discussion presented topics such as Thomas’ transition from municipal to campus police work. “It’s just a difference in the community you serve,” said Thomas. Thomas said city and campus policing were not completely different animals, and the chief position primarily involved monitoring officers and working with administrators. “If you look at what we’re trying to do in Ontario and what we’re trying to do here at Cal State (Fullerton), is basically making people feel like it’s okay to be here – that bad things aren’t going to happen.” See CHIEF, page 2

LUCIO VILLA / Daily Titan “Auschwitz 2045: What Will Become of the Holocaust” speaker Stephen D. Smith shows the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s searchable records and testimonials from up to 52,000 Holocaust survivors and how they are used for research and archival purposes.

Auschwitz revisited in memories Stephen D. Smith urges students to preserve records of the Holocaust CHRISTOPHER PARK Daily Titan

Speaker Stephen D. Smith spoke at the Portola Pavilion in the Titan Student Union. His lecture, titled “Auschwitz 2045: What Will Become of the Holocaust?” spoke on the subject of preserving the memories, accounts and testimonials of those who experienced the Holocaust firsthand and how this knowledge must and will be carried into future generations. “What will Auschwitz be in the next 100 years?” asked Smith. Smith, executive director of USC’s

Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, has been involved in the archival of up to 52,000 testimonials from survivors of the Holocaust, eyewitnesses, aid providers and more. Smith offered plenty of anecdotes and his own personal accounts. “I stand in this empty space, this void. There was nothing. A million people have been murdered simply because they were Jewish,” Smith said when talking about his experiences when visiting Auschwitz. Smith did admit that memories were naturally skewed or in some cases, certain details became mud-

dled, but after listening to and archiving thousands of testimonials, Smith found all of them generally shared a common ground. “What is interesting is that the basic facts are pretty similar,” Smith said. However, the focus was how these anecdotes and experiences must be preserved, and he offered an elegant solution on how. “If you preserve memory, you always have that for the future,” Smith said. “Our key objective right now is not education, but preservation.” See SPEAKER, page 2

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SPEAKER: Preserving the memories right lie.” Another audience member wondered why survivors were so reticent Smith and the foundation have to speak on the subject. begun to take steps to disperse such Smith believes they never were important memories for easy con- reticent, but instead lacked a venue sumption. to speak out. Smith revealed IWitness, a web“Simply, there was no vehicle to site that houses thousands of testi- give testimony,” Smith said. monials from thousands of survivors The people in attendance generand eyewitnesses. ally found Smith’s IWitness is extenlecture to be insive, offering plenty sightful. of filters and search “I thought it options that give was fairly engagI thought users the ability to ing. I really liked (Smith’s lecture) pinpoint names, rewhen (he) shared ligious affiliation and the website,” said was fairly engaging. even keywords such Kevin Boenle, a as “loved ones” to business major. -Kevin Boenle further specify and While looking Business Major forward to the site narrow searches. Smith’s goals with to see how it develIWitness are to deops, Boenle shared velop literacy on the Smith’s sentiments subject, function as in regards to the an academic research education tool, lack of testimonial from prison expand with new content and pro- guards. vide fast and reliable searches to help “It was very eye-opening,” said users find specific individuals. Daisy Estevez, an undeclared major. Smith fielded a brief Q-and-A afIt’s important to be informed so terward, with one audience member the Holocaust isn’t forgotten or isn’t asking if guards and soldiers that repeated again, she said. garrisoned camps like Auschwitz Wrapping up, Smith offered up would be included. a hypothetical situation involving Smith was “personally disap- a Blackberry existing in 1941 and pointed” with the lack of testimoni- someone creating a series of video als from such people. At the same diaries with it; that would be what time, however, Smith “didn’t want the foundation is ultimately trying testimonies that would skew or out- to capture.

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...Continued from page 1 As an estimated 2,000 students will be living on campus next year, meeting participants showed some concern about potential behavioral problems. “The problems and issues that I remember were the greatest when I worked at SC were alcoholism and some drug use,” Thomas said. “More so than the attack from the community was the problems we cause ourselves.” Thomas highlighted the importance of students being taught the boundaries of behavior. “It’s very controllable at 400 (residents); when you went to 800 I’m sure you saw some things change a little bit. As you go to 2,000, it’s going to get interesting,” Thomas said. Thomas also answered inquiries about undocumented students. “It’s none of my business, and that would be the same with the officers,” Thomas said. According to Thomas, it is the policy of many cities to leave enforcement of undocumented people to the federal government, rather than to local police. “We have to think of them first as people and then first help them, and then any other issues they have with the government as far as whether they’re here or not here is not the issue that we’re out there to handle,” Thomas said. “People have to know that they can trust you when they call you for something to come and help them, not come and be a problem. And if you’re going to come and be a problem and the first problem is deportation, then they’re not going to call you, and so bad things are going to happen behind your back,” he said. Other areas of inquiry included police readiness for hazards from

Two women were arrested in France Monday morning, just hours after a new law went into effect banning women from wearing traditional Muslim burqas and niqabs. The women were arrested for an unauthorized protest, as many French Muslims are against the new ban that will fine citizens 150 euros for wearing the traditional clothing. The ban targets burqas, which are full-body coverings that includ mesh over the face, but does not target the wearing of headscarves or headgear. The French Prime Minister Francois Fillon defended the ban as keeping with national values, as “the French Republic lives in a bare-headed fashion.” Fewer than 2,000 people in France wear the garments, as they are not popular among North African Muslims who make up France’s Islamic population. But the law should not be interpreted as France turning unfriendly toward the Muslim population, according to French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Penalties for forcing a person to wear a burqa or niqab are also included in the new law, and it is punishable by a year in prison and 30,000 euro fine. Brief by Ashley Loera

CPR Classes Offered at the SRC Titan Recreation is offering “CPR for the Professional Rescuer” certification Saturday to attendants that successfully complete the 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. class. According to the informational flier, the course will teach participants “how to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults, children and infants.” In addition, attendants will learn how to use an automated external defibrillator as well as the proper way to use personal protective equipment to avoid the spread of blood-borne pathogens and other diseases. The cost for Cal State Fullerton students to take the certification is $60. It will cost $67 for members and $75 to non-members of the SRC to attend. Brief by Arianne Custer

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LUCIO VILLA / Daily Titan Dexter Lee Thomas, one candidate for the position, spoke to personnel from various campus departments during the open forum discussion.

laboratories, the shortage of female police officers, the handling of incidents involving those who may be mentally ill and workers’ accommodations. “If I don’t have an open-door policy, I’ll never have anybody to eat lunch with,” Thomas said. Although Thomas confirmed to one of the meeting’s participants that he will be receiving a lower

paycheck, he responded by saying he applied for the position because he thought CSUF to be a quality campus. “I think it’s just really important that the new chief communicates well with all the stakeholders on campus; communication is very important,” said Scott Bourdon, CSUF director of the Environmental Health & Safety Office.

The creator of the Na’vi language for the 2009 science fiction blockbuster Avatar will be one of the keynote speakers at CSUF’s 20th Annual Linguistics Symposium. Students, staff and faculty are encouraged to “come and stay for as long as you like” during the event, according to the informational flier. The symposium will take place April 18 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Titan Theatre in the TSU. The speaker schedule will be available at the event and will include keynote speakers Paul Frommer (USC professor, author and creator of the Na’vi language) and Gregory David Shelton Anderson (director of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages and star of the 2008 Sundance Film The Linguists). Brief by Arianne Custer

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A CSUF student receives commendation at a beauty pageant for her work in the community SABRINA PARK Daily Titan

CAMILLE TARAZON / Daily Titan While bringing laptops to class may seem like an excellent tool to aid in note-taking and learning, often it instead becomes a tool of distraction to the entire classroom.

LAPTOPS: Distraction or essential? ...Continued from page 1 “I cannot concentrate. I never use mine because it would only distract me. I think that unless you have a disability where you need to use your laptop in class, you should not use it,” said Hartman. While it seems to be that our professors are split in allowing students to use laptops in class, one particular professor brings great reasoning to his decision in not allowing his students to use their laptops. Paul Levesque, Ph.D., an associate professor of comparative religion, said, “With hesitation, I am against it, because I do not see positives in the use of laptops. My policy is no laptops unless students come and personally ask for permission. Reason being is too many try to multi-task on things that are not related to class.” Levesque also had reasons that did not necessarily pertain to just his class. “First, the time we have in class is a luxury. It is not a time to multi-task, it is a time to focus all

our energy on one topic. Second, for students who are just playing, it can be a distraction to those around them,” Levesque said. There have been times where students have lost focus in a class watching what the person in front of them is doing on their laptop. Levesque brought up an even more important point that students are wasting their time and money if they are not focused. “Someone is paying good money, whether on scholarship or not, for the students to attend college,” he said. Now, many think it is only students who are abusing the luxury of having a laptop in class. However, there is one last thing Levesque had to add to show it is not just students to whom this rule applies. “I’ve been in meetings and watched professors do other things on their laptop, and it is distracting to me. Students are not the only ones who do it,” Levesque said. While there are many pros and cons of having laptops in class, it is not only the students who seem to have the urge to multi-task.

Cal State Fullerton student and veteran pageant contestant Jessica Aguirre took first place as the California HiPoint Champion in the Dream Girls U.S.A. Pageant April 3 at the Crown Plaza Resort in Ventura Beach, Calif. Aguirre, a third-year communications major with a concentration in public relations and a minor in history, represented Downey against women from all over California. “My first pageant was a community service pageant in La Habra where I went to high school. I got the fever and kept running for different pageants,” said Aguirre, 20. Aguirre said her regular assistance in numerous community service projects through her sorority, Gamma Phi Beta, has been extremely advantageous to her as a frequent pageant contestant. “I just have a lot of different networks and resources with the sorority that helps me compete in that area,” Aguirre said. According to Aguirre, Gamma Phi Beta’s philanthropy is Camp Fire USA, which provides assistance to underprivileged children in the Orange County and Los Angeles County communities. “I volunteered at an elementary school in Orange County. A lot of the students are homeless so it was really eye-opening,” Aguirre said. Aguirre said the after-school programs that she regularly partakes in help underprivileged children with their education. She also said they send girls to camp over the summer to help them learn valuable leadership skills that will be helpful to them in the future. “The majority of what we do is fundraise money for Camp Fire USA, but we also volunteer with those schools. We go after school Thursdays and spend a couple hours there getting to know kids and helping them with crafts—just playing with them, whether it’s playing soccer or tag. They don’t get that personal connection a lot, and that’s what we’re there to provide,” Aguirre said. In recognition of her volunteer

Courtesy of Jessica Aguirre Jessica Aguirre, a third-year communications major at Cal State Fullerton, recently competed in and placed first in the California Hi-Point Champion in the Dream Girl USA Pageant which took place April 3.

work, Aguirre was presented at the pageant with the community service award for contributing her efforts to the Downey Rose Float Association, Camp Fire USA and Camp Titan (CSUF’s national philanthropy). In addition to her community service award, Aguirre was also acknowledged as the winner of overall best runway model, cover girl, most photogenic, best dressed and prettiest hair. “The experience was really great. I don’t think I’ve ever ran in a pageant that was so supportive with so many other women,” Aguirre said about competing with 35 other women in the state pageant. “In other pageants that I’ve run in, a lot of (the women) tend to be very competitive, (so there are) a lot of negative comments like, ‘I’m gonna take

her down’ and ‘I’m going to win this.’ That just wasn’t there and I really appreciated that,” Aguirre said. According to Heidi Burton, a judge at the Dream Girls U.S.A. Pageant Aguirre competed in, Aguirre possessed a modest attitude while participating in the pageant. “She was very polished onstage and still maintained her humbleness. She’s very comfortable with herself, and she was very warm and friendly with her contestants. That’s what the pageant celebrates, and I think that’s why she was such a great winner,” said Burton, who is also a pageant winner in the Supreme Sisters category. Miss Diamond Bar 2010, Julia Hernandez, described Aguirre as a friend and sweet to everyone she meets. “She just kind of has this glow about

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her. She’s just a loving and sweet person,” said Hernandez. “She actually came to my final walk, where I give the crown to someone else, and she came and watched me. It meant a lot to me that she was there. I’m going to possibly go to her future pageant.” Aguirre will proceed to the National Pageant, where she will compete against women from all over the U.S. The National Pageant will take place in St. Louis, Mo., July 14 through 17. Aguirre said that if she wins the National Pageant, the $10,000 grand prize will go directly to completing her college education. As the crowned California Hi-Point Champion, Aguirre will be make regular appearances at different philanthropic events around Southern California.

Courtesty of 8MurdersADay.com The documentary 8 Murders a Day will open to audiences Friday at the AMC Theatre in Fullerton. The film explores the drug-related violence in Mexico since Felipe Calderon took office December 2006.

The cost of cartel warfare Fullerton native examines the alarming violence in Chihuahua, Mexico CHRISTOPHER PARK Daily Titan

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A provocative documentary on the casualties of the drug wars in Ciudad Juarez will make its way to AMC Fullerton 20 Friday. Charlie Minn’s documentary, 8 Murders A Day, explores the conflict in Ciudad Juarez, a city located in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Two drug cartels have been in constant war since 2008, hoping to take control of the lucrative drug trade to the U.S. Since then, Mexico has sent troops in attempts to squash the drug cartel wars. “This movie examines the greatest human disaster in the world today,” said Minn. “There are hardly any investigations, any arrests and this thing is going on every single day.” The death toll has steadily increased every year in a city of just 1.2 million. In 2008, 1,623 were killed in the violence. In 2009, 2,763 were reported to have been killed. In 2010, it reached a new high with 3,111 deaths from the drugrelated violence, which works out to eight deaths a day. “This film sticks up for the in-

nocent Mexican people who have had to pay a dear price during this escalating violence, and their voice, their cries, need to be heard.” Minn learned about the conflict when working on a film before 8 Murders A Day in La Cruces, N.M., which is less than an hour’s driving distance from Ciudad Juarez. “I was researching the body count, and I was just alarmed by the barbaric nature of the situation right now in Juarez,” Minn said. “Since the drug cartel war began and the troops were sent in by Juarez Felipe Calderón, there have been 8,000 murders in Juarez, and that’s 25 percent more murders than both of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. And incredibly, no one talks about it,” Minn said. The film made its debut February 18, and since then there have been mixed opinions about the film. “Like any controversial topic, you have mixed reactions, but as a filmmaker I am pretty numb to that. I accept people’s reactions. They have every right to their opinion,” Minn said. Despite Minn’s attempt to push the issue back into light, students at Cal State Fullerton seem fairly knowledgeable about the ongoing conflict.

“I know there is an ongoing drug problem in Mexico,” said Mathew Mahdin, 22, a business finance major. “They talk about it, and I know it is places like California, New Mexico, Arizona, like the borders. They know about it because there’s been a lot of violence across the border as well,” Mahdin said when asked about why the drug cartels’ wars are well known. However, Mahdin said places “like Europe do not give a crap about what’s going down in Mexico,” believing that the conflict draws little attention from other parts of the world. “My friends are Hispanic, so I heard it a lot at their house, so they’ve talked about it,” said Sony Mitchell, a business administration major. Mitchell believes U.S. intervention could help quell the drug wars and suggests that it would also prevent American casualties. “There are a lot of people, you know, a lot of citizens actually go to Mexico and I think they forgot the issue, and people are making plans to go to Mexico but not realizing that it is still going on, so they are at a risk,” Mitchell said. The film will play throughout the weekend. dailytitan.com/news

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Hippie Health by NICOLE FELTON

“How to Live a Greener Life”

Newsflash: Coffee can be healthy It is true caffeine is addictive, but when you drink it in moderation, coffee has some serious health benefits

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Know your professor Understanding the way your professor grades will help you pass your class more than studying the suggested two hours per unit KATHLEEN ROSELL Daily Titan

At the beginning of college our professors use scare tactics to impress upon us that we are not in high school anymore. Everything we knew is gone, and we have to change our study habits to survive the collegiate world. They impress upon us that we must study a certain number of hours per unit in order to pass their classes. They all like to throw in that their class is not easy. It is true, college is not easy. To survive all four rounds in the ring, you need to take the measures that will ensure the prize at the end. Basically, you need to pass your classes. Our professors like to make us think the mountain of reading they heap upon us is going to help us in the future and that their class is way more important than the four or five other classes we have to keep up with. Studying is important, but in the first few weeks of school, along with the reading, you also need to be studying your professors. Be ready when the first exam rolls around, and after the exam is over, re-evaluate what you did and the grade you earned. Then you will know what you need for each and every class. There is no fail-safe method of studying that will get you through college. Studying your teacher is more important than spending two hours a week per unit studying for the class. If the professor gets every

exam question from the book, then read the book. If all questions come from the lectures, go to class. It is important to learn from the class, but in order to survive to the end and get the grade, you must also know your study habits and what you can absorb in a certain

To survive all four rounds in the ring, you need to take the measures that will ensure the prize at the end.

amount of time. There is plenty of advice out there discussing what is best for students to do while preparing for exams. CollegeBoard.com gives out good tips such as, “You’ll work more efficiently if you figure out when you do your best work. For

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example, if your brain handles math better in the afternoon, don’t wait to do it until late at night.” This is true, but it also gives you tips such as, “When you’re commuting on the bus or train, use the time to get some reading done,” and tells you that you need to review your notes every day. These are not always the best. It is true that we need to study for those subjects that simply baffle us. Yet, overstressing for a subject that we do not care about will not help us either. This could lead students to do drastic things to pass classes. As the years of college go by we develop our own study habits. Sometimes the books are under our pillows in that feeble attempt to absorb something before that dreaded midterm. Coffee, late nights and cramming sessions minutes before exams are part of the routine that we heft upon ourselves to receive that highly coveted diploma. For many students, the main goal is simply to pass the class. The expression “C’s get degrees” is jokingly thrown around as the grades are handed out. The relief that no employer will want to know what you got in biology the second semester of your sophomore year is a relief. The fact that we studied for the exam a half hour before we had to take it does not matter. If we fail the class, that is our fault. We know what works for us and what does not. Thus, it is important to be ready for what will be in the test, rather than the test itself. Knowing the teacher and what’s to come will help more than countless hours of monotonous studying.

If you are like me, having at least two cups of coffee in the morning is a necessity to start the day. If I am going to be drinking, let’s say over 730 cups of coffee a year, I want to find out the health effects this will have on my body. The media continuously reports on whether coffee is beneficial or harmful to our health. Although, amongst all the information put out there, the majority of studies relate coffee consumption to health benefits. According to Joe Vinson, Ph.D., a coffee expert at the University of Scranton, drinking around two to four cups of coffee a day will lead to certain health benefits. When I think of coffee I think of it as being similar to a soda or an energy drink. Although, unlike these drinks, coffee actually can be healthy. The main reason that coffee has been praised is for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Studies have shown that if you sip one cup of coffee each morning, you will reduce your chances for having heart problems in the future. For example, a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that healthy people 65 and over who drank four or more cups of caffeinated beverages daily, most of which were coffee, had a 53 percent lower risk of heart disease. The Eating Well website gave a list of health benefits from drinking coffee, which include: 1. Drinking between one to five cups of coffee, which can prevent diseases such as dementia, Al-

zheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. 2. Antioxidants that are found in coffee help regulate blood sugar. 3. Coffee can prevent cancer of the liver. 4. But beware, overconsumption (more than five cups) is associated with a higher risk for heart

Once you start drinking more than two cups of coffee, the health benefits start to dwindle...

disease. Something I found to be surprising was a study resulting in findings that coffee is more beneficial for men than women. It will take women twice as many cups to feel the same energy that men do. The University of Barcelona conducted a study and found that men were more quickly affected by coffee and also felt a lasting mental boost. Although, what I do not find

to be a positive outcome of coffee is the never-ending chain of Starbucks restaurants. When I had an Australian friend come to visit, he made fun of our coffee cup sizes and said, “You would never see something like that in Australia.” He pointed out that Americans consume everything on a much larger scale. Well, he was right. The new Starbucks cup can now fit an entire bottle of wine in it. To me, that is absolutely disgusting and not necessary. Once you start drinking more than two cups of coffee, the health benefits dwindle and become less beneficial. Always remember, moderation is key. I continue to stress this motto regularly, although for many people, trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle is where the problem lies. Caffeine is addictive, and when your body becomes dependent on caffeine you will have to continue to up the dosage until you feel alert. It can also be detrimental to your sleep cycle and leave you lying awake at night. If you already have trouble falling asleep at night and still need to have coffee, try to drink it as early as possible. So go ahead and have that second cup of coffee in the morning, knowing that you are being healthy and improving your health status in the future. It is good to know that not everything out there is harmful to our health. Peace, love and recycle!

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Cal State Fullerton students and staff are aware of what to do during an earthquake, but are they really prepared? Since the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan March 11, people have wondered if California should be expecting an earthquake soon. The safest thing to do in the event of an earthquake, according to Joseph Sherif, Ph.D., a professor of information systems and decision sciences and a researcher on earthquakes and safety measures, is to duck underneath a desk or table. Hiding beneath a door frame is no longer recommended. “There is no concrete on top of the door, so there isn’t a difference between standing in the doorway and in the middle of the room,” said Sherif. Websites such as the one for Campus Emergency Preparedness offer much information on earthquakes as well as other campus disasters. On the Great Shakeout homepage, there is a link to a video showing what could happen if a magnitude 7.8 earthquake

Students and professors congregate very close to buildings. It is recommended that they stay at least one block away from the buildings. -Joseph Sherif Professor of ISDS

hit California’s San Andreas Fault. There is also classroom instruction on what to do during and after an earthquake, such as duck and hold. Students that work with heat and/ or chemicals in their classes are aware of their responsibilities during an earthquake. Sue Fisher, emergency management coordinator for the CSUF University Police, said students are given a safety lecture at the beginning of the semester and that “students learn that working safely with chemicals is extremely important and that certain protocols must be followed.” The Chemistry Department stores and handles chemicals in order to minimize spillage as much as possible, said Fisher. According to the Campus Emergency Preparedness website, students are to evacuate the buildings and stand in designated safe zones. However, during earthquake drills, “Students and professors congregate very close to buildings. It is recommended that they stay at least one block away from the buildings,” Sherif said. Sherif recommends that after the initial earthquake, it would be safest for students to go home due to possible aftershocks. Efforts such as the CSUF Great California Shakeout have helped students become more prepared. Jenaun Abud, 20, an English major, said, “I think the earthquake simulation drill last semester showed that the campus is taking an active interest in earthquake safety and puts us in a much safer position than we would be in if nobody were considering these things.” Despite the earthquake drills and information available, there has been worry over the after effects of such an event. “We could have tens of thousands of students, staff and faculty having to camp out in the open areas, and I am not sure whether we would have enough to take care of all of those people for days or weeks,” said Dana Lamb, chair of the Visual Arts Department.

Bazaar raises funds for lost loved ones

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ALNAS ZIA / Daily Titan The Alpha Chi Omega fundraiser was set up as a way to establish their scholarship fund which was made in the memory of Courtney Stewart and Ashley Knight-Nelson.

Alpha Chi Omega raises funds for scholarship in the memory of drunk-driving victims ALNAS ZIA Daily Titan

Shopping, get-togethers, cupcakes and prizes are all part of a good time, and when there is philanthropy involved it makes the occasion all the more special. The guests at the Spring Shopping Bazaar held by Alpha Chi Omega were treated to such an event as they came together to raise funds for a scholarship and to cherish the memories of two special sorority members. Members of the community, Alpha Chi Omega alumnae and collegians gathered at the Epsilon Kappa House Saturday on the second anniversary of Courtney Stewart’s death. Stewart’s life was taken away as she and Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart were both killed by a drunk driver on their way back from a baseball match where Adenhart had played a commendable game. The shopping-cum-fundraiser event aimed to raise funds for a scholarship established in the memory of Stewart and Ashley Knight-Nelson, another victim of a drunk-driving accident.

“One of our girls had the idea for this event that would allow the sorority members to have fun while raising awareness about such an important cause,” said Anna Golka, president of Alpha Chi Omega. “It is nice to see parents, uncles, aunts and other family members come together for this event,” said the 20-year-old communicative disorders major. “Although I am here more for the cause than the shopping experience, I think it is an innovative idea to raise funds through a shopping event,” said Ashley Fernando, Alpha Chi Omega alumna. Various vendors set up their booths at the event and donated 15 percent of their total sale toward the scholarship fund. The booths offered the guests the opportunity to shop for all the latest spring styles in apparel, jewelry and shoes, while also giving them a taste of gourmet olive oil samples and the good old Totally Twisted Pretzels. One of the vendors at the event was Stella & Dot, a boutique-style jewelry company making waves amongst the fashion industry. The company sells its products

through in-home trunk shows held by stylists within their own communities. Danielle Slutzky, a stylist for the company, was present at the booth to inform the shoppers about the latest jewelry pieces for the season and the ones spotted on celebrities. “The products have been well received by the guests, and I am very happy to attend such a great event because it gives me an opportunity to give back to the community,” said Slutzky. “The swiping of the credit card becomes a little bit easier when you are shopping for a good cause.” Lisa Robbins, owner of a rolling boutique called Glitz N’ Glamour, was approached by one of the sorority members at another event to take part in the fundraiser. Since Robbins does a lot of fundraisers, she absolutely loved the idea of being part of a shopping bazaar. “Women love shopping, and if they know part of their money is going toward a philanthropic cause, then it makes the whole experience guilt-free,” said Robbins. Each vendor also donated a prize for the raffle drawing that was held as part of the fun-

draiser. Guests were allowed to enter in the drawing of their choice, as each gift from the vendors was raffled as a separate drawing. The admission to the event was $5 and guests could obtain the raffle tickets for a dollar each.

Women love shopping, and if they know part of their money is going toward a philanthropic cause, then it makes the whole experience guiltfree. -Lisa Robbins Owner of Glitz N’ Glamour

Fresh foods in downtown Fullerton Fullerton Farmers Market provides fresh fruits and vegetables ARIANNE CUSTER Daily Titan

Fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, plants, nuts, dried fruits, breads, cakes, eggs, honey and even Kettle Korn are available each week at the Fullerton Farmers Market for your delight. Many of the Southern California vendors have been supplying the local farmers market for years, allowing them to build a relationship of trust and friendship with their customers. Diego Ramirez, who lives in Fullerton and comes to the market two Wednesdays each month to shop, said, “There’s a lot of selection on organic food, and it’s a good place to socialize.” It is especially important to him that “they allow you to bring and walk your dogs too.” His Dalmatian accompanied him on a recent trip to pick up fruit and Kettle Korn. Buena Park resident Michelle Wright also visited the market recently to get strawberries and trail mix. She said she doesn’t usually like to get her produce from grocery stores. “It’s not as fresh and good. And I like Californian grown. There’s a difference. The oranges are dry elsewhere. Strawberries are especially better from here. Ones from Mexico hardly have any flavor.” Aldo Flores, who sells nuts and dried fruits that are packaged in Santa Ana, said he has a lot of customers who have allergies that buy his products because “fruits with no sulphur dioxide are hard to find.” He carries dried papaya, mango and pineapple without the preservative. Most of his products sell for $4 a bag or three for $11. Cakes and breads that are made with no preservatives are also available. Enrique Morga, who works for a bakery in Rancho Cucamonga, said their best-seller at the market is sourdough bread, which is only made up of four natural ingredients. The herbs in the breads and spices in the cakes waft through his tent. Most of the items are $4.50 each or two for $8. Other popular products at the farmers market were honey products sold by beekeeper Lynne Gallaugher. Some customers bought the honey sticks to swirl around in cups of tea or coffee. Others selected from a dozen flavors of rich, smooth-tasting and pesticide-

ARIANNE CUSTER / Daily Titan The strawberries from Brent Yashukochi’s tent can be smelled from several booths away.

free honey, including bottles of Orange Blossom and Buckwheat. The raw honey, according to Gallaugher, is collected locally in cities such as Fullerton, Buena Park and Yorba Linda. She started raising bees and producing honey because she wanted all the health properties from it. “The darker the honey, the more minerals and taste it has.” The sticks run four for $1 or 24 for $5, and the bottles depend on the flavor. Gallaugher believes, “This is the best market because it is all about agriculture.” According to co-manager Mona Amoon, the Fullerton Certified Farmers Market is different from others for that very reason. “This is totally about food. There are no outside crafts because we care about our farmers. They are growing all of the healthful food and so we need to support them.” Amoon also said before selling their produce, “All the farmers need to get a certificate from the agricultural department in the county that they farm in.” She also said that while it is not required to sell organic products, most of them do not spray their crops and will be happy to explain how they farm. The sweetness of the strawberries at Brent Yasukochi’s tent could be smelled from several booths away. Although he admits the price is about the same as at the grocery store, he said, “Farmers markets tend to be fresher. The fruits and vegetables have recently been picked straight from the field.”

The strawberries picked from Yasukochi’s family farm of 71 acres in Oceanside sell for $6 a three-pack. “We grow them all season. There are different varieties, so we always have strawberries to pick.” Yasukochi said they also bring blueberries, tomatoes and artichokes, depending if they are in season. According to him, they choose to sell at farmers markets because, “My family has been doing this for over two generations and it has always worked for us so we haven’t changed it.” Luis Suarez comes each week from Riverside to sell the lettuce, broccoli, celery, onions, beets, carrots and garlic that he grows on his 15-acre farm. He said he has been coming to the Fullerton market every week for nearly 20 years. A bundle of asparagus from his booth costs just $1.50 a bunch. Also available are jumbo brown or white eggs. According to Maria Chavarin, who works for the chicken farm in Temecula selling the USDAinspected eggs, they are “picked” just the day before. Their eggs come from about 5,000 cage-free chickens and do not contain growth hormones, antibiotics or chemicals. The jumbo brown eggs sell 20 for $5.95 and $5.50 for 20 jumbo white. The nonprofit, certified farmers market takes place every Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is located at Independence Park off Euclid at 801 W. Valencia Drive and is only a 3.6mile drive from CSUF. dailytitan.com/features

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Life as Miss Placentia

ALNAS ZIA / Daily Titan Whitney Thomas, Miss Placentia 2011, is an entertainment studies major at CSUF.

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Halloween was always about dressing as something glamorous for Whitney Thomas because it would give her an excuse to wear high heels. When most of the third graders would dress as their favorite superheroes, Thomas wore a sash, a crown and Texas-sized big hair to dress up as a prom queen. But now the 23-year-old entertainment studies major is a beauty queen after being crowned Miss Placentia 2011 in February, and she is a step closer to making her dream of competing in the Miss America Pageant, true. “When I won the pageant, my dad called my mom and said, ‘Well, she’s been a princess all her life, but now she has a crown to prove it,’” said Thomas. Being the daughter of parents who are models, she was destined to do something onstage. But the big pull for her to enter the Miss Placentia Pageant was the scholarship money that she was eligible to win. She won $4,000, the largest amount offered by any local pageant in California. Although she is done taking classes this semester and will be walking at commencement in May, the time she spent preparing for the pageant required her to split her time between work, school and rehearsals. “I have always worked at least 40 hours a week during school, and I was preparing for the pageant during the weekend. I think part of being a role model for young women is showing that you can have more than one goal and accomplish it,” Thomas said. Being a women’s studies minor, she is aware of the negative stereotypes associated with pageants. Part of the reason she entered the Miss Placentia contest was to dispel these misconceptions. “(What) a lot of people don’t know about pageants is that women are competing for scholarship money. Yes, there is a crown involved, but people don’t see all the amazing things the winners get to do throughout the year,” Thomas said. “All the involvement you get with the city and the confidence that is gained by being able to interview well and by perfecting a talent really encourage women to be well rounded.” The interview and talent make the bulk of the scoring, with the swimsuit section worth 15 percent of the total score, a fact many “people misjudge.” She also stressed how the Miss Placentia and Miss Yorba Linda Scholarship Pageant provide all the contestants an equal opportunity to succeed by offering workshops and helping them prepare for the pageant. “(The program) wants every girl to succeed. Even if they don’t win, they’ll grow from the experience. It helped us prepare with mock interviews and simulated experiences, and provided us with feedback at talent rehearsals. It also helped us with our paperwork and to choose a platform that we’d support during our time (as the pageant winners),” Thomas explained. As Miss Placentia, she supports the victims of domestic violence because it gives her an opportunity to work for a cause she feels passionate about. The program also does not require the contestants to pay an entrance fee. Kathi Baldwin, executive director of the program, believes the contestants should benefit from the event and not stress out in order to prepare for it. “I don’t want them to buy a $1,000 dress to win a $500 scholarship. We reach out to sponsors for them so there is no fee for them to compete, and we also prepare our winners to compete in the Miss California contest by helping her with interviews and going out to shopping with them,” said Baldwin. Thomas believes the experience she gained from working with the people at the program has increased her confidence, both onstage and in person. However, she believes that feeling nervous is an important part of participating in a pageant. One can never feel the “I’ve got it in the bag” confidence, no matter how prepared she is. “Everyone feels the nerves at pageants, and if you are not nervous then you are probably not doing it right. I don’t think there is any way to get away from the nerves,” Thomas said. “But I

do think a big thing that (the judges) are looking for is a young woman who is confident, and I did feel confident in putting my best foot forward.” For her, the most nerve-wracking part was playing the flute for the talent round of the contest. Despite suffering from cold feet before her performance, she believes that even if she had messed up, the judges were looking for a passionate portrayal of one’s talent. Apart from juggling school, work and pageant responsibilities, she is also a member of Alpha Chi Omega. Her sorority sisters have always been by her side and supported her at the pageant by a show of screams of joy and cheers. One of her roommates and sorority sisters, Kelly Keenan, was amongst many of her screaming supporters. “I immediately stood up and kept saying, ‘Oh my God!’ There were so many beautiful girls on the stage, and to hear Whitney’s name being called out was such a great feeling. All her hard work finally paid off,” said Keenan, who graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 2010. Prior to the Miss Placentia contest, she had seen Thomas enter other pageants where she didn’t place. It was frustrating to see her practice for hours and quiz herself, and then not win. But even after winning the Miss Placentia title, Keenan has seen no difference in her personality. She continues to be the kind-hearted and friendly person her friends knew her as. Thomas was also lucky enough to form valuable friendships with the Miss Placentia contestants. Contrary to the popular belief, the girls actually helped each other with last-minute hair and makeup touch-ups and gave each other pointers on their performances. She spent three months preparing together with the girls every Saturday. All the etiquette dinner rehearsals and workshops brought them together and formed a special bond amongst them. In addition to endless performance rehearsals and mock interviews, did Thomas give up the luxury to eat what she felt to get in shape for the pageant? “I wish I could say that I followed a strict diet!” she answered. “I tried to eat a bit healthier. I definitely have a sweet tooth so I tried to cut out the extra sweets I accumulate during the day.” She has always gone to the gym since she was 13 years old. Just because the swimsuit section makes up 15 percent of the score, it “doesn’t make it any less nerve-wracking.” For now, she is busy making appearances and taking part in various fundraisers. Her first as Miss Placentia was at IHOP’s National Pancake Day to collect funds for the Children’s Miracle Network, which is Miss America’s national platform. And then there is the Miss California contest in June. “I have a great committee to help me succeed as far as my training is concerned. They will always be there for me regardless of what the outcome is,” Thomas said with the confidence of a winner.

KATHLEEN ROSELL / Daily Titan Swedish students sit on the banks of the river on the first day of spring to watch participants ready their boats and shake their hands while wishing them luck.

The beginning of spring in Sweden Valborg, the first day of spring, yields river rafting and parties of champagne KATHLEEN ROSELL Daily Titan

An alarm clock that sounds way too early does not have me hitting snooze. Instead, I am up in a flash and quickly getting ready for the day. I run to the kitchen and begin the preparations for the food I will bring down to the river. I see out the window that although I am awake early, I am by no means the only one out and about. I see many others making their way down the street to the river. Today is a special day, the day I have been waiting for since first arriving in Sweden in July. Today is Valborg! Traditionally this day was a celebration of the beginning of spring. However, today, especially in the student town of Uppsala, the celebration of spring is on the back burner and everyone is concerned with the day’s events and what kind of alcohol will be consumed. The day starts off with a champagne breakfast along a river that runs through the middle of the student city. The drinking age is 18, but since most college students are 19 or older they are within their rights to drink. However, it is illegal to drink in public in Uppsala’s city center, but on this day the authorities turn a blind eye on the rule-breakers because it is hard to enforce the laws when 40,000 students are disregarding them.

The reason the students line the river is not for a picturesque view. No, it is to watch their fellow classmates float down the river and risk their lives going over the waterfalls in homemade boats. The river is much deeper this time of year because of the recently melted snow that has also dropped the river’s temperature. Close to 100 boats float by. They are all crafted out of a Styrofoam-like substance, and each one is unique. The more daring boatmen go straight for the center of the waterfall, which is the most dangerous. Divers are waiting on the sidelines to jump in at a moment’s notice to pull any student whose boat capsizes to safety. Hot drinks and an ambulance wait close by for anyone who is in need. The spectators on the sidelines cheer for any boat that capsizes and heckle those who take the easy way down the waterfall. After the boat races, it is time to go to Ekonomikum Parkern, which is the park just behind the

main school building. Thousands of students come here for lunch and listen to the free concerts. Alcohol and food are brought out along with couches and blankets, many of which are abandoned at the end of the day as the students make their way off to the different parties that take place all night. At 3 p.m. there are two events that take place. Unfortunately, it is hard to do both. The first one is the more traditional event. Students will gather outside the main library of the university,

and at 3 p.m. the chancellor will declare that it is spring. Then the students run down to the river. The reason they run is because in earlier decades students threw their winter hats into the river and replaced them with their student hats. The first one to do so would automatically pass all of his or her exams. The other event that takes place at 3 p.m. is the champagne gallop. Students line up to pay for the chance to buy cheap champagne and spray it all over their friends. Beware, champagne in the eye stings! The night’s activities claim the students. Some go off to the hundreds of parties raging across the town. Traditional bonfires attract the less boisterous of the population, and spring choir concerts can be attended in various locations around the school’s main buildings. It is hard to survive the day without taking a power nap, and one must be careful not to go too far and go down too soon because of the amount of alcohol consumed. This is a unique holiday for Northern Europe and especially in Uppsala, a day that will never be forgotten and will be looked forward to if ever I have a chance to be in Uppsala April 30 again.

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After getting blown out in game one, the Titans strike back with 12 runs in two victories over Anteaters WESLEY RUSCHER Daily Titan

It may only be early April and the second conference series of the year for the No.12 Cal State Fullerton baseball squad, but every game from here out has postseason implications written all over it. Suffering a devastating 15-3 defeat and relinquishing first place in the Big West to conference rivals No.16 UC Irvine (20-8, 4-2) Friday night, the Titans (23-9, 5-1) rallied back, taking the final two games of the series and moving into sole possession of the top slot in the standings. “I think tonight was a big character game,” said Titan Head Coach Dave Serrano about Saturday night’s 2-1 win over UCI. “We got knocked on our butts (Friday) and to be able to come back and win a dog fight with our cross-town rival, one of the teams we think will be with us at the end of the year in the conference standings, was huge.” Titan ace junior right-hander Noe Ramirez showed his All-American arm Saturday night, muting UCI’s hitters to just one earned run. With surgeonlike command over his fastball and changeup, Ramirez carved up UCI hitters over 7.2 innings, striking out nine on his way to his fifth decision. “When there’s pressure on me, I take it and try to do the best I can,” said Ramirez. “I just bear down; it’s all mental. You just have to be tough, and fortunately for me everything was on point tonight.” Striking in the first, the Titans jumped on the board capitalizing on sophomore center fielder Ivory Thomas’ leadoff single. Moving to third on a single from junior shortstop Anthony Trajano, Thomas came in to score the game’s first run, tagging on a line drive sacrifice to right by junior first baseman Nick Ramirez. The lead would be short-lived, as UCI would come back in the top half of the second to tie the game.

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Singling to start the rally for the Anteaters, senior left fielder Drew Hillman made it a new ballgame, scoring off redshirt junior center fielder (Friday’s Titan slayer) Christian Ramirez’s single to center. Things remained quiet until the fifth when the Titans were gifted a present from UCI’s defense. With runners on first and second and one out, Thomas grounded to short for what should have been an inning-ending double play. A throwing error by UCI junior second baseman Tommy Reyes to first allowed redshirt freshman catcher Jared Deacon to score from second, handing the Titans the 2-1 lead. The one-run gift was all the Titans needed as they handed the ball to twoway player Nick Ramirez in the ninth.

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first place in the Big West Conference. Similar to Saturday’s affair, the Titans jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first. Thomas, who bounced a single over UCI starting pitcher redshirt junior Crosby Slaught’s head, later scored on an RBI-single to right from Titan starting pitcher junior Tyler Pill. The Titans added a second run in the fourth, but gave up the brief lead in the fifth when the Anteaters put four runs on the board, shifting the game’s momentum. Junior third baseman Blake Barber’s outstretched glove couldn’t stop a rocket from Hurst with one out. Following a double by junior first baseman Jordan Leyland, Hurst crossed home plate when a pitch from Pill skipped to the backstop. A dropped fly ball to center by Thomas allowed Leyland to tie the game. The Anteaters would take the lead when junior shortstop D.J. Crumlich dropped a double just inside left field line, driving in the go-ahead run. After walking redshirt senior right fielder Sean Madigan, Pill’s day was done. Relieving Pill of his duties, righthanded sophomore Dylan Floro lim-

ited UCI’s damage to just one more run charged to Pill. After surrendering a single to right giving the Anteaters the 4-2 lead, Floro would induce a harmless grounder to second, escaping the jam. “It’s exciting,” said Floro about coming in to pitch in a tough situation. “It’s the best feeling in the world when you get out of it.” The bottom half of the fifth frame, the Titans quickly loaded the bases with no outs. Quiet all weekend, freshman right fielder Michael Lorenzen fell behind quickly in the count, 0-2. Battling back and working the count full, Lorenzen showed why he was one of Baseball America’s top preseason freshmen (18 of 50), clearing the bases with a triple to the leftcenter-field fence. “With two strikes, I was looking for anything,” said Lorenzen. “I’ve always believed in playing hard, playing your heart out. God’s gifted me with the ability to play this game, so I’m going to take full advantage of it and leave everything on the field.” A shallow sac fly to center from sophomore left fielder Carlos Lopez

on the subsequent at-bat drove in Lorenzen, giving the Titans a four-spot of their own and the 6-4 lead. “It goes to show that no deficit is too big of a deficit and we’re able to stick together as teammates, pull together and fight through adversity,” Serrano said. The two-run cushion would increase to five in the sixth. In a déjà vulike sequence, the Titans again loaded the bases — although this time with two away. Bases full, Lopez delivered the dagger, driving a two-run single through the four hole. After the Lopez stinger, two consecutive walks would force home the Titans’ final run of the inning. In the eighth with the Titans cruising behind the arm of Floro - shutting down the Anteater offense from the fifth inning on - Barber, in Nick Ramirez-like fashion, homered for the Titans’ final run of the day. The Titans’ next game is on the road Tuesday against the always tough Loyola Marymount University Lions. The Titans defeated the Lions 5-1 in March for the first time since the 2008 season.

TITANS: Gymnastics program dropped from budget bars ...Continued from page 1 This is not the first time CSUF has lost a sport. When football left in 1992, the program was notified they had until the end of January. The players and staff had only two weeks to make a decision to leave or stay at CSUF. The big difference was timing. They had to decide on where to attend school and get enrolled so they could be eligible for spring football; some went to Chapman while others stayed at CSUF. Megan Farris, a sophomore floor exercise specialist who relocated from Canada in order to compete for the Titans, is disappointed and sad about the outcome of the gymnastics program and still does not know what her decision might be in regards to staying at CSUF. “I’m not sure if I am going to transfer. I am not sure what I am going to do,” said Farris. Farris said in regards to her reaction to the email notice about the program being cut, “It’s really sad, and I am angry because I love doing gymnastics at Fullerton and the team means a lot to me.” Overall, on the team’s emotion, Farris said, “We are emotional about the decision that was made. When we found out the news, we just felt let down by (President Milton Gordon). It was his decision whether or not to keep us, and we are all disappointed.” President Gordon was unavailable to comment. The seniors are graduating, but what would happen to the underclassmen on the team? Will they be able to transfer or will they give up their sport to stay at CSUF? Franks said in response, “It’s up to the individual.” With this season, the seniors hit amazing goals, and the team also did well as a whole, but it was not enough to hold the team here. “Going by the scores, there are not a lot of outstanding underclassmen. Alaina Baker and Shelly Cooper were the top performers, but they are seniors so they are out of the picture. I’m sure there was some potential, but there is no obvious person that everyone is going to be (fighting) for,” Franks said. No one has made a decision on the gymnastics room, or wrestling room for that matter, but accord-

DANIEL ENOS / For the Daily Titan Titan gymnastics won the 1979 national championship (AIAW) to go along with 10 conference championships and nine regional titles, all between 1976 and 1995. Jill Hicks is only the fourth head coach in this program’s history.

ing to Franks the equipment has to be sold. As for gymnastics Head Coach Jill Hicks and wrestling Head Coach Dan Hicks, they are both in the same type of process. They would not be reassigned to different sports here at CSUF. “Their contracts are up, and they are going to be looking for jobs, I assume,” Franks said. Jill Hicks, more than ever, is still staying positive. “The last few weeks Franks has been going back and forth with the information, everything was sitting on the president’s desk, we knew it was coming, but didn’t know when,” said Hicks. The final notice was released through email Friday, but that morning Franks had a meeting with Hicks, and he still did not know what the outcome was. For the player’s options, Hicks has called four or five different schools for the athletes to hopefully become walk-ons at other campuses, and the coaches are very receptive. Now what will Hicks do? “I have been interviewed, but I’m not making that public, but hopefully I am able to stick with coaching,” Hicks said. “It’s really sad. We worked very hard to keep it here for the past couple of years. It’s really disappointing because we did everything we could to keep it,” said

senior all-around gymnast Alaina Baker about the termination of a program that she has been a part of for four years. With other schools still adding gymnastics to their repertoire of sports, Baker is hopeful for the sport as a whole. “It’s good that other gymnastics programs are being added, because then girls that have been doing gymnastics their whole lives will still have somewhere to go whenever they go to colleges, giving them more opportunities, so I am not upset at all about others being added. It’s just sad that ours had to get cut,” Baker said. The most memorable experience for the team this season was the Western Athletic Conference Championships, Baker recalled. “We all had a good meet and we didn’t have to count any falls and we came together as a team and did our very best. Everything that we have had to go through the last couple of years, we all did very well,” Baker said. The gymnastics program over the years has carried the highest GPA, has done the most community service, had to self-fundraise for their final three seasons and now will vanish from the CSUF Athletics Department. However, these women do not see each other just as teammates, but as sisters who had to keep their department alive on their own.