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Tuesday September 22, 2009
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Sororities gain sisters
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After a weekend full of events, the Panhellenic Recruitment had come down to this – Preference Night. Sorority rushees slowly spilled into the lobby of the Titan Student Union’s Pavillions, waiting to be taken in. The lobby was filled with smiling faces and cocktail dresses. The rushees asked each other which sororities had picked them and which ones they wanted to join. On Monday night, it was time for them to choose their final two sororities. Britney Blitz, a religious studies major, thought the overall recruitment process was “overwhelming and stressful.” Though she was glad that she made it through the process, Blitz said, “I enjoyed it, but I wouldn’t do it again.” Blitz decided to join a sorority because all of her older cousins had been in sororities. Her uncle, who is helping pay her college tuition, encouraged her to join. Michelle Mendez, a psychology major, said the recruitment process was better than she had expected. “Overall, this experience has been amazing, because I’m really passionate about this,” said Mendez. “I want to be in a sorority ... it’s one of my main goals in college.” On Friday, rushees had to attend a New Membership Orientation, where they were given a briefing on what was to take place during the weekend. The recruits were given an opportunity to meet with members of each sorority to make a first impression, which is vital to the recruitment process. Rushees have to impress and be impressed during the process. If sororities like a recruit and the recruit reciprocates, it’s a match and the recruit is given an invitation to join the sorority. The recruits spent the second day getting to know their top four sororities better. They toured
By Ron Fu/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Above: Torrie Greene (right) talks to Stephanie Haulenbeck during the Panhellenic Council sorority recruitment at the Titan Student Union on Monday, Sept. 21. Below: Girls line up at the TSU to find out which sorority house they will be joining.
the houses of their top four, and bonded over activities which also helped them decide which sororities would be a good fit. Stacy Larson, a criminal justice major, felt good about the recruitment process. At times, she felt stressed, but was comforted by the fact that she was not alone and that the other recruits were feeling the same. Though Larson was “more nervous than excited on Monday night,” she felt the calm slowly kick in. “When you narrow it down, it gets easier,” she said. Many of the recruits seemed to have the same reasons for wanting to join a sorority – networking and making friends. But some had other reasons. “It’s a great way to keep your grades up,” Stephanie Rodriguez, a public relations major said.
Some sororities make it mandatory for sisters to go to the tutoring center and keep a minimum 2.5 GPA. Sororities also do charity events and all six sororities get together to donate money to Camp Titan, according to Panhellenic President Sarah Voogt. The sororities also make time to give back to their community. Rodriguez was quick to say that “being in a sorority is nothing like what people say ... it’s something really good.” Voogt was very happy with the amount of girls that attended the Panhellenic Recruitment. “We had over 400 girls that came to recruitment, which is the most we’ve ever had.” The rushees will get to choose which sorority they want to join on Bid Day, Sept. 22, which will conclude the weekend’s events and leave many rushees happy to be a part of a tradition.
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Tenure is an act revered on university campuses, not excluding Cal State Fullerton. A total of 418 current CSUF faculty members have successfully fulfilled the rigorous requirements of the tenure process. Students often do not understand what tenure is, or the review process that tenure-track faculty must submit to. “Tenure is strictly for faculty positions covered under the CSU/CFA
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(California Faculty Association) stricted for full-time tenure-track Collective Bargaining Agreement faculty only, consists of three catego(Unit 3 Faculty Union). ries: teaching, research and service, Librarians are covered by the Col- with teaching and research weighted lective Bargaining Agreement and more heavily. Each CSU tenure-track are considered faculty,” stated Robin faculty member must adhere to the Graboyes, director of Faculty Affairs standard UPS 210.000 document, and Records. which is the “overarching universityGraboyes went on to add, “Tenure level document that guides the RTP is only granted to professors who are (Retention, Tenure, Promotion) hired into an ongoing/tenure-track process,” states a document found position (as opposed to a temporary on the Faculty Affairs and Records appointment with Web site. a start and end However, some date) and only if disciplines have they obtain a teradditional guideminal degree in lines not listed in their field of study, the UPS 210 docwhich is usually a ument that faculty Ph.D.” must fulfill in orThe break down der to satisfy the of tenured faculty six-year probationon campus, acary tenure-track cording to Faculty requirements. Affairs and ReAs Graboyes – Dr. Lana Dalley, pointed cords, is as follows: out, “Bi114 in the College ology would have English professor of Humanities and different needs Social Sciences, 56 than someone in in the College of the arts, for exNatural Sciences and Mathematics, ample.” 52 in both the College of the Arts If a tenure-track faculty member and the College of Business and Eco- does not receive tenure, then they nomics, 41 in the College of Health must leave. They are given a “terand Human Development, 37 in the minal year,” which is one additional College of Communications, 34 in year to teach before having to leave. the College of Education, 24 in the “It would affect anyone’s pride (to College of Engineering and Com- not get tenure),” said Graboyes. “The puter Science, and eight in Pollak faculty work so hard. I respect them Library. so much; they put so much into it. The tenure review process, re- It’s their life. It is very important.”
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Women more susceptible to ‘Drunkorexia’ disorder
Tenure-track faculty are required to keep track of their teaching, research and service in a Portfolio three separate binders provided by Faculty Affairs and Records. According to a document titled “Preparing Your RTP Portfolio” found on the Faculty Affairs and Records Web site, “Non Teaching Faculty (Library and Counseling) are evaluated based on their performance in the position/ profession in place of teaching.” Dr. Lana Dalley, an assistant and tenure-track professor of English at CSUF, described typical documents found within the Portfolio. Published articles and/or books fall under the research umbrella, while lesson plans, syllabi, student opinion questionnaires, and a minimum of two teaching observations can be found in the teaching section. Documentation of service, both on campus and in the surrounding community, can include agendas from meetings. Dalley, who is on Academic Senate and the adviser for Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society at CSUF, includes paperwork from both meetings into her Portfolio. Dalley, who is in her third year of the probationary tenure process, said, “At CSUF, it’s a very transparent process, nobody should be surprised if they don’t get it. It is more stressful if it’s not transparent.” Dr. Mostafa Shiva, chair and professor of the Electrical Engineering Department, has had tenure “for a long time. I would say 15 years, maybe more.”
This past summer, the Eating Disorder Center of Denver found an increase in the number of college-aged women who suffer from a new form of anorexia. The term “drunkorexia” was coined as a way to describe the coexisting diagnosis of women with bulimia who also binge drink. Although the term may not be a medical one, Susan Leavy, acting director of the Women’s Center at Cal State Fullerton, has heard of this common behavior, just never used with that name. “Eating disorders have a really addictive component to them, and alcohol is addictive too. So really, they are marrying two addictive behaviors,” Leavy said. The director of EDC-D, Tamara Pryor, explained that 75 percent of the center’s female bulimia patients also did a lot of binge drinking at a high frequency. “The way we are looking at it is people at our center have an eating disorder and a co-existing behavior of binge drinking,” Pryor said. “They seem to substitute binge eating for binge drinking.” Since these patients are dealing with two addictions and most of them are fit to be considered alcoholics, based on the amount and frequency of alcohol they are able to consume, a special program had to be formed in order to treat their issues simultaneously. The patients, however, don’t consider themselves alcoholics and were not responding to a 12-step program and AA meetings, so the clinicians came up with a program that identifies with the binge drinking as is. Groups were made for these women, where they were able to identify where their drinking originated from, and the consequences of the binge drinking, Pryor said. These groups allow for peer support without fear of blame and without the patients feeling shameful. Most of the patients are self-referred and check themselves into the center. It’s considered a partial-hospitalization program, which entails 10 hours a day with attendance in all types of groups such as body image groups, cooking and nutrition groups. The patients also have structured meals and most of them live in apartments near the center since they tend to come from all over the U.S. This type of treatment allows for analysis on the patients’ part. Depending on their situation and the level of their bulimia or anorexia, the girls could attend the program for six to eight weeks, or even up to as long as six months, Pryor explained. Jana Countryman, 27, a nursing student at both Fullerton College and Cypress College, is a former bulimic who didn’t partake in the binge drinking, but is able to see the connection between the two. Having been to treatment four times for relapsing, Countryman still struggles with the obsessive-compulsive behavior that comes with bulimia, but she has not relapsed since 2007. “I still have to fight it every damn day,” Countryman said. “But when I think, ‘Oh shit, I’m going down a path I shouldn’t be,’ is when I will call my dietician.” The onset of her nine-year battle with bulimia started when she turned 18 and graduated high school. Her dad having been a functioning alcoholic, having a verbally abusive mother, and being molested by one of her high school teachers became too much for Countryman to handle. The pressure of going away to college and wanting a clean slate for herself meant being perfect, entailing having the perfect look, said Countryman. A diet she set for herself had spun out of control and is what was the catalyst for her obsessive behavior of counting calories and limiting her food intake drastically. “When everything in life is f***ed up, one thing you have control over is what goes in and out of your mouth,” Countryman said. Both Countryman and Pryor describe bulimics as shamed and open to treatment. Their life becomes centered around purging because it is something they don’t want other people to know about, so they have to plan when, where and what time they could do it. Resistance usually comes from the anorexic patients, said Pryor. The foundation for Countryman’s road to recovery came after a 60-day in-patient stay at a treatment center in Arizona. “Every relapse I had was a little easier as far as coming out of it,” said Countryman. “But I realize now that when I become really really stressed is when I get triggered to restrict my food. But now I get rid of those stressors rather than getting rid of my food.” Countryman’s struggle with bulimia didn’t end in a negative light. The disease and the support from her doctors motivated and inspired her to want to help others and work in the medical field, which she is now pursuing by attending nursing school.
By Ron fu/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Professor Shiva teaching his class in the Engineering and Computer Science Building.
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IN OTHER NEWS Cop blotter: September 7 – 18 INTERNATIONAL
Exiled leader makes surprise return to Honduras Caracas (MCT) - Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sneaked back into his country and turned up Monday at the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, the capital. The de facto government of President Roberto Micheletti had promised to jail Zelaya if he returned and try him on 18 charges of corruption and violating the constitution. International law prevents Honduran forces from trying to arrest Zelaya at a foreign embassy. The grounds are considered Brazilian territory. Micheletti had no public response to Zelaya’s return but imposed a curfew beginning late Monday afternoon aimed at getting Zelaya’s supporters off the streets. It was supposed to end at 7 a.m. Tuesday.
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FCC Chief proposes Internet-protection plans Washington (MCT) - Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said Monday he will push for formal rules to protect the Internet from discriminatory practices that could block consumers from accessing certain Web sites or services. Most notably, cable giant Comcast Corp. was discovered last year to be secretly blocking some large file transfers between users. “This is not about government regulation of the Internet,” he said. “It’s about fair rules of the road for companies that control access to the Internet.” The FCC would continue to allow operators to institute “reasonable” rules to manage their networks to protect against spam, fraud, congestion or other problems. One of the new rules proposed by Genachowski would bar owners of both wireless and wireline networks from blocking access to any Web site or application, including services that compete with their own, except in very limited circumstances. Wireless has been excluded from the FCC’s Internet-protection oversight.
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Distracted Drivers become target for D.C Summit Pleasanton (MCT) - Phones and mugs do not conjure up images of death, but add those elements while driving and it can be a different outcome. Samantha Dalton and Mackenzie McLeod, two Foothill High School seniors, have pushed that message all year as part of a senior project that points out the dangers of driving while distracted. On Monday, Samantha and MacKenzie and the rest of the students in the Health and Bioscience Academy received a boost in their campaign after the class took part in a video shoot about distracted driving. Associated Television is producing the short piece that will air at the Distracted Driving Summit on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in Washington D.C. Transportation officials, lawmakers, safety advocates and academics will discuss ideas about how to combat distracted driving at the summit. “Everyday behavior becomes deadly behind the wheel,” said Kelly Browning, executive director of Sacramento-based Impact Teen Drivers. Browning cited statistics from the Centers for Disease Control that show that in 2005 the top cause of death for teens ages 16-19 was driving accidents. And, of those 4,829 deaths, 75 percent were from crashes in which alcohol or drugs weren’t a factor.
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September 22, 2009
Monday, Sept. 7 12:58 a.m. Traffic Stop: Officer initiated activity at Madison Ave./N. Placentia Ave. Individual cited. 9:38 a.m. Suspicious Person In Vehicle: Officer initiated activity at Nutwood Structure. Checked out OK. 11:22 a.m. Blue Phone Emergency Calls: Occured at Arboretum Gift Shop on N. State College Blvd. Open line, no voice contact. No call for service. 7:23 p.m. Medical Aid Call: Occured at Dorm Valencia on N. State College Blvd. Cellular 911 call. Report taken.
Tuesday, Sept. 8 8:24 a.m. Traffic Stop: Officer initiated activity at Lot D, N. State College Blvd. Disposition cited. 12:14 p.m. Petty Theft: Occurred at Quad on N. State College Blvd. Bike stolen from Quad area. Report taken. 2:38 p.m Stolen Vehicle Report: Occurred at PSI Nutwood Structure on N. State College Blvd. Subject cannot find vehicle. Report taken.
Wednesday, Sept. 9 12:32 p.m. Grand Theft: Occurred at Library North on N. State College Blvd. Subject belives bike was stolen from the Library lobby. Assisted. 2:29 p.m. Property Vandalism: Occurred at Lot E on N. State College Blvd. Lock was punched out, nothing taken. Assisted. 2:34 p.m. Petty Theft: Occurred at Student Recreation Center on N. State College Blvd. Stolen money and phone, $150 cell phone, $10 bill. Report taken. 4:14 p.m. Grand Theft: Occurred at Dorm Cypress on N. State College Blvd. Bike stolen last night. Report taken. 5:25 p.m. Traffic Accident No Injuries: Occurred at PSI Nutwood Structure on N. State College Blvd. Assisted.
Thursday, Sept. 10 11:20 a.m. Medical Aid Call: Occurred at Library North on N. State College Blvd. Assisted. 11:45 a.m. Disturbance: Ouccrred at Carls Jr on N. State College Blvd. Cellular 911 call. Assisted. 1:12 p.m. Traffic Accident with Injuries: Occurred at Lot S on N. Commonwealth Ave. Cellular 911 call. Report Taken 1:22p.m. Medical Aid Call: Occurred at College Park and Nutwood Ave. Female passed out, breathing and conscious, subjected reported hyperventilating.
Friday, Sept. 11 1:09 a.m. Suspicious Vehicle: Officer initiated activity at PSI Nutwood Structure on N. State College Blvd. Unoccupied Vehicle. 1:33 a.m. Traffic Stop: Officer initiated activity at S. State College Blvd. Arrest made. 1:39 p.m. Property Vandalism: Occurred at Library North on N. State College Blvd. Graffitti in men’s restroom.
Saturday, Sept. 12
7:28 p.m. Traffic Accident No Injuries: Occurred at Visual Arts on N. State College Blvd. Report taken.
Monday, Sept. 14 9:35 p.m. Traffic Accident No Injuries: Occurred at PSI Nutwood Structure on N. State College Blvd. Black VW and white Acura. Assisted. 2:12 p.m. Medical Aid Call: occurred at Langsdorf Hall on N. State College Blvd. Women’s first floor restroom about a faint. Report taken. 2:30 p.m. Grand Theft: Occurred at Carl’s Jr. on N. State College Blvd. Stolen bike reported. Assisted. 2:40 p.m. Grand Theft: Occurred at McCarthy Hall on N. State College Blvd. Report taken.
Tuesday, Sept. 15 9:15 a.m. Medical Aid Call: Occurred at Visual Arts on N. State College Blvd. Cellular 911 call. Report taken. 4:10 p.m. Petty Theft: Occurred at PSI Nutwood Structure on N. State College Blvd. Subject reported someone stole his helmet from his vehicle. Report taken. 6:03 p.m. Suspicious Person: Occurred at University Police on N. State College Blvd. Report taken.
Wednesday, Sept. 16
2:50 a.m. Traffic Stop: Officer initiated activity atW. Madison and N. Bradford Ave. Cited.
8:23 a.m. Disturbance: Occurred at PSI Nutwood Structure on N. State College Blvd. Cellular 911 call. Unable to locate.
3:41 p.m. Petty Theft: Occured at Engineering on N. State College Blvd. Report taken.
12:45 p.m. Petty Theft: Occurred at Dorms Area on N. State College Blvd. Bike stolen from
Birch bikeshed. Call cancelled. 1:32 p.m. Stolen Vechile Report: Occurred at Structure on N. State College Blvd. Report taken. 3:14 p.m. Petty Theft: Occurred at Library South on N. State College Blvd. Subject left his ring in the bathroom and someone took it. Report taken. 3:20 p.m. Medical Aid Call: Occurred at Health Center. Self-committal. Assisted. 5:30 p.m. Medical Aid Call: Officer initiated activity at Bookstore. Complained of abdmoninal pains. Return to service.
Obama plegdes student loans, research increases (MCT) – President Barack Obama called Monday for more student loans and greater investments in basic research, particularly at two-year colleges, to bolster the economy. Speaking here at Hudson Valley Community College, Obama said he hoped to increase the ranks of twoyear college graduates by 5 million over the next decade. He also said the United States must reclaim its position as having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. Obama said he wants to divert $80 billion in federal subsidies to banks that give out student loans to provide more Pell Grants. He described as a “national tragedy” the high number of students who don’t finish college because of financial constraints. “We ... know that in the coming years, jobs requiring at least an associate degree are projected to grow twice as fast as jobs requiring no college experience,” he told the crowd of 300 people. “We will not fill those jobs or keep those jobs on our shores without
graduating more students, including millions more students from community colleges.” Obama pledged to spend millions of dollars on basic scientific research, saying it had led to the creation of global positioning systems, the Internet and other innovations.“There are those who suggest that nothing government can do will make a difference; that what we’ve seen in places like Troy is inevitable; that somehow, the parts of our country that helped us lead in the last century don’t have what it takes to help us lead in this one,” Obama said. “I am here today to tell you that this is just flat-out wrong,” Obama said. “What we have here is a community filled with talented people, entrepreneurial small businesses and world-class learning institutions. The ingredients are here for growth and success and a better future.” The president’s appearance in an Albany suburb was somewhat awkward for New York Gov. David A. Paterson given reports that Obama has requested he not run for election next
year. Paterson greeted Obama at the Albany International Airport and was in the motorcade to Troy, though the pair didn’t ride in the same vehicle, according to Paterson spokesman Morgan Hook. In Troy, Paterson received only tepid applause from the audience upon entering the cement-block college building where Obama spoke. A few moments later, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, whom many Democrats want to run for governor next year, entered and gave Paterson a hug before sitting three seats away. Obama, at the start of his 30-minute speech, called Paterson “a wonderful man.” The president joked that Cuomo is “your shy, retiring attorney general. ... Andrew is doing great work enforcing the laws that need to be enforced.” State Sens. John Sampson, a Democrat, and Roy McDonald, a Republican, both of whom sat near Paterson and Cuomo, said there was no apparent tension between the two. “It wasn’t awkward,” Sampson told Newsday.
Democratic Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari decried the reports of Obama’s alleged interference in state politics. “It couldn’t have come at a worse time” with Obama’s trip to New York. “These decisions will be made by New Yorkers. The election is a year and a half away,” he said in an interview. Earlier, aboard Air Force One, Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs didn’t deny the White House’s concern about Paterson’s dismal poll numbers and the prospect of Republicans scoring victories as a result. “I think everybody understands the tough jobs that every elected official has right now in addressing many of the problems that we have, and I think people are aware of the tough situation that the governor of New York is in,” Gibbs said. “And I wouldn’t add a lot to what you’ve read, except this is a decision that he’s going to make.” Gibbs would not say if Obama, through intermediaries, had made it known to Paterson that he would prefer he not run in 2010.
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Defeated, you settle on something p.m. to discuss comics, movies, mu- student’ is such a broad group.” “We’re looking to declare flagship you can stand to listen to one more sic, games, and more. “It started out as a metal show but programming,” added Hauger. “So time and promise yourself you’ll look for some new, fresh music when you I wanted to do something different,” much of the campus is diversity and get home, but where? Pandora’s rec- explained Parmenter. “I started to outreach based. We’re trying to exommended every artist in her box geek out a bit more, I talked about change materials with clubs like ASI, and the radio is little more than a glo- comic books and sci-fi and fantasy Titan Tusk Force, and of course, The shows, the Daily Titan.” rified stream And to pique your interest, Titan geekier side of commerof pop cul- Radio has no shortage of new venTo listen to some of the Titan cials. ture. Then tures and events to speak of. Internet Radio’s broadcast, check out Well, look The station often boasts giveaways I brought today’s Daily Titan Podcast on dailytino further my Erik on including concert tickets, movie tan.com/sept/22. than your board and passes, premier passes, CDs, posters, friendly TiI guess we and other great swag. tan Internet Plans for exciting events are in have a good dynamic.” radio station. If you are looking for a weekly varying stages of development. Since its establishment in 2001, “We’re looking into more events Titan Radio (www.titanradio.org) digest of oddball news and playful off campus, setting up a Web cam in has been broadcasting an eclectic mix banter. Program Director Danny Hauger the station. A lot of gradual changes of music, talk, sports, news and comhosts “Titan Talk” on Tuesdays from that will be big changes in the overall edy to audiences worldwide. The student-run, non-profit oper- 2 p.m. - 3 p.m., a show highlighting scheme of things,” Vargas said. Titan Radio is now accepting ation is a torrent of divergent, alter- the local, national, and pop culture applications for DJs and volunteers native programming you won’t find news of the week. He’s interviewed a variety of until September 25, and you might on your FM dial. Aside from the occasional shout guests from Stu Cook, bass player be more qualified to apply than you out to their supporters, they’re virtu- for Creedence Clearwater Revival, to think. “When considering DJs, I pay atIngrid Croce, wife of the late famed ally commercial-free. “Since we’re currently working folk singer-songwriter Jim Croce, and tention to people who are extrovertunder Titan Communications, our plans on inviting more to the studio ed, outgoing, not afraid of talking and are knowlprogramming changes every semes- this semester. edgeable in an With four ter,” General Manager Grant Mueller area—whatever said. “We play a lot of new and alter- years of broadyou have a pascasting unnative music.” sion for,” said “We have a wide selection of stuff der his belt, Vargas. “Come but there’s an order to it,” Chadwick Hauger has now by PLS-051, Vargas, Titan Radio’s promotions di- branched out grab an applicarector, said. “Where else would you into a new field tion, and you’ll find a disco-cooking or exercise show of topics. – Chadwick Vargas, have an audi“I’ve been but college radio? We are open to Promotions director ence to talk to.” doubling as pretty much anything.” Mueller conVargas, who has been with the sta- sports director,” tinues: “We’re Hauger. tion since January 2008, has his own said show called “Asian Persuasion.” It “We started with basketball broad- usually receptive to anyone who aphighlights Asian and Pacific Islander casts last semester, we’re continuing plies. We do have a screening process with live commentary of every game to make sure the show is up to FCC artists both locally and nationwide. regulations to uphold professional“I was trying to think of something this semester too.” “We’ll have live commentary on ism in the studio.” that was totally fresh and new,” said One look around the station will Vargas. “I realized there was a healthy Titan baseball games next semester,” demographic of Asian and Pacific Is- said Mueller. “We’ll also be inter- have you sold on the positive learning landers in Fullerton but there wasn’t viewing players from Titan hockey environment Titan Radio provides. “It’s a good experience for people really a medium for Asian artists to soon.” In the past, you may have seen Ti- to come in no matter what their maget out there.” The show airs Wednesday nights tan Radio around campus supplying jor is,” said Mueller, a business mafrom 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. and has featured tunes for events such as Discovervest jor himself. “It has a lot of personal notable artists such as local music and the ASI Singles Mixer last spring, growth potential.” By Keyana Maoyedi
‘Genie’ animator draws a crowd for presentation derstanding archetypes, and the benfits of believing your character Daily Titan Staff Writer exists. features@dailytitan.com It even involved audience interacAt an event hosted by the Pen- tion where the theater as a group crecil Mileage Club on Friday, Sept. ated a character. 18, Eric Goldberg, popular DisThe result was “a fat, short, anney animator, paid Cal State Ful- thropomorphic, female tapir drawlerton’s Titan Theater a visit. ing conceitedly.” He came to talk to animation Goldberg originally began his castudents about bringing their reer in filmmaking and animation character to life on screen. by making short films at USC. Goldberg is responsible for He eventually won a scholarship the Genie from “Aladdin.” He to attend Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, also directed, wrote, and was New York where he majored in illuslead animator for “Rhapsody in tration while taking animation and Blue” from “Fantasia 2000,” and film courses on the side. is the supervising animator for After moving to London with his the trumpet-playing crocodile, wife, he started up his own successLouis, in the new Disney movie ful animation studio called Pizazz “The Princess and the Frog.” Pictures that did animation for teleThe seminar, originally sched- vision. uled to take place in the Visual Shortly after some success in comArts Lecture mercial animaHall, was tion and his so popular work on “Who it had to be Framed Roger moved to the Rabbit?” DisTitan Theney eventually ater to hold came knocking all the exciton his door and ed animation recruited him to and illustralend a hand in tion majors. making Disney Armando history. – Armando Torres, Torres, 19, a Ever since, he Animation major sophomore has played a key animation role in the cremajor, was ation of some of one of the many students to arrive Disney’s most memorable characters early. “I’m hoping for a little in- and movie moments. sight on the professional world,” Outside of Disney he has worked said Torres. “And who isn’t a fan on a short film called “A Monkey’s of Disney?” Tale,” made for a Buddhist cultural Goldberg received room-shak- center in Hong Kong. ing applause upon his introducThe short film received many tion and then jumped right into laughs from the audience in the Tithe lecture. tan Theater. The lecture consisted of stories As a supervising animator on “The from the Disney animation stu- Princess and the Frog,” Goldberg is dios. more than happy to see Disney fiHis stories and examples from nally returning to a 2-D animated past works taught students about fairy tale. using lines of action, frame tim“It’s about time,” Goldberg said. ing sheets called “X sheets,” un- “I think it’s very important for all of By Skylar Smith
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us at Disney to continue in the tradition and the legacy that all the greats started for us.” A key element to “The Princess and the Frog” is that it introduces a new African American princess into the Disney universe. “By and large, we are doing what most people think Disney does best and I think it’s time for Disney to do that again,” Goldberg said, regarding the introduction of the new princess, Tiana. Throughout the lecture, Goldberg made it clear that the best way to bring characters to life is to believe in them, and to follow the traditional structures set forth by the founders of the industry. Even with many advances in technology the process has not changed much for him. “You know what, it’s structured the same way but the tools are far more sophisticated,” Goldberg said. “We’ve been doing digital coloring since ‘The Rescuers Down Under.’ So to a certain extent I don’t think it’s the technology that’s improved; it’s all down to the people who are doing it and the choices they make. Tools are tools.” After the recent acquisition of Marvel by Disney, people have been wondering about the future of Marvel projects within the Disney company. To whether or not Goldberg would like to animate, direct or even lend voice talent to a Marvel project, he said: “Nobody’s asked be, but if they do it’s certainly interesting.” The Pencil Mileage Club and the Visual Arts department have many more events like this planned throughout the semester. Dana Lamb, art professor and the coordinator for the entertainment art and animation program, said, “We’ve been working directly with the studios for years … 12 years now.”
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Photo Courtesy the Pencil Mileage Club Disney veteran animator Eric Goldberg shows off a drawing he did based off of suggestions from the audience he was giving a presentation for in the Titan Theater. Goldberg was lead animator for the character of the Genie in “Aladdin,” and just finished work on the new hand-drawn animated Disney feature, “The Princess and the Frog.”
By John Wayne Maiorello/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Radio-TV-film major Brett Parmenter, 21, adjusts the audio balance for Titan Radio located in the basement of the CSUF Pollak Library. Titan Radio can be heard online at www.titanradio.org.
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September 22, 2009
That’s So Gay “Out of the closet and into the limelight”
Should UC students have to pay a fee increase like CSU students?
By Jeremiah Magan
Daily Titan Opinion Editor opinion@dailytitan.com
The University of California Board of Regents is currently considering an additional fee increase for all UCs. A $662 fee increase was already approved for the fall 2009 quarter. The newly-proposed increases would charge students an additional $558 in January and $1,956 in the fall of 2010. UC students are already up in arms over the proposed increase, and I cannot say that I blame them. UC students and faculty have begun their fight against the increases by organizing a system-wide walkout on the first day of classes. 14 students were arrested at a protest at the University of California, San Francisco last Wednesday. To them I say, good luck. Maybe they can do what we could not – prevent unfair, lastminute fee increases. If the CSU Board of Trustees had not sneaked in the vote to increase our fees over the summer when a majority of us were out of touch with our respective campuses, we would have been able to stage protests and make our voices heard in opposition to the increases. But ignorance is never a valid excuse.
So what about the fee increase that CSU students had to pay? CSU students picked up the tab for the struggling economy and paid for their own educations, UC students should have to do the same. We are all in this together. No one made UC students go to a school that charges more for what is essentially the same education. The taxpayers are not paying for our education any more than they were before; the fee increases saw to that. If UC students do not have to pay an increase for their own educations, then the California taxpayers will have to carry the cost. The UC system is going through the same crisis that the CSU system is. Both have resorted to eliminating classes, reducing the number of students allowed to enroll and laying off professors and other employees, all because they have been allocated less money than years past. This may just be sour grapes because CSU students were forced to pay the increase or drop out of school, but I don’t really care. There should be no double standard when it comes to students and what school they were able to afford to attend. And that is what this amounts to, a double standard. Just because the proposed 44 percent increase would amount to a $1,956 increase by the 2010 fall quarter, does not mean that UC students should be exempt from paying for the state’s mistakes like the rest of us. Either we are all spared the effects of a mismanaged state budget or we all suffer the consequences and work together to keep our feeble system moving.
By Skyler Blair
Daily Titan Executive Editor opinion@dailytitan.com
The California State University system’s students, faculty and administration threw a fit when we had to pay our extra 33 percent tuition increase. Now the State has deemed it’s the University of California system’s turn to pony up too. Yes, we had to pay, but just because we had to pay a fee increase but does that mean they should too? Before beginning to write hasty comments, and brandishing torches and pitchforks, hear me out. It’s important that the middle class is not excluded from quality education. The new 44 percent increase in UC undergraduate fees will raise tuition to $10,300 a year by the fall of 2010, as well as have dire, longlasting effects on California and our ability to create an competitive work force. This is a problem for California, not just the system of higher education. Our educated work force has been the leading catalyst behind California’s squandered successes like Silicon Valley’s and San Diego’s bio-tech industries; also a major reason why many of California’s best and brightest students stay here instead of going elsewhere for college, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times.
Not to say that an education from a CSU is not good enough in comparison to a UC’s. In fact, it’s largely what you make of your education that depends on how successful you will be. But this is still just part of a long line of decisions being made by the state to avert this budget crisis. In reality, this is only drawing out the problem and digging the state deeper into a pit of economic uncertainty. Financial problems are causing more angst than ever at the UCs, where some faculty members have pledged to walk out of class this Thursday to protest budget cuts, while students are trying to figure out how to band together to fight tuition and fee increases, according to Mercury News in San Jose, Calif. So not only are students unable to afford to go to school, but our esteemed schools are losing the qualified professors and administrators that got us there in the first place. Students who worked hard in high school shouldn’t have to continue to pay more for an education that is similar to our own CSU system. If you think about it, most of the extra tuition value of UCs is primarily invested in the prestige. The irony is that with this new increase in tuition, the UCs are actually losing prestige by alienating the middle class and giving them incentive to look elsewhere for more affordable education, said the LA Times. This leaves only the wealthy (not necessarily the most qualified) applicants to be the ones with access to a UC education, which in turn generally leads to a aristocracy rather than democracy.
An end to ‘fag hags’ by Daniel Batalla
Daily Titan Columnist opinion@dailytitan.com
It has recently come to my attention that many of the men and women in my life are unaware of one of the most important terms known to gay men: the ultimate accessory, the “fag hag.” Hags are the gay man’s best friend. They are women who not only enjoy the company of gay men but who prefer gay friends over straight ones (i.e. Grace of “Will and Grace”). They choose to have relationships with gay men because, let’s face it, gay men are less likely to force a friendship with a woman in the secret hope of pursuing a physical relationship. However the expression “fag hag,” which was originally coined as an insult, is as outdated as stonewashed jeans. I never understood how I was expected to call the strong, intelligent and beautiful women in my life hags. So I’m here to set the record straight, fag hags are no more! “Fruit flies” are the next frontier; they are less hag and more fab. Fruit flies don’t generate images of needy women desperate for attention from gay men – rather they are fabulous partners in crime. They party with us at the hottest bars, and split when we meet our gentlemen callers. But more importantly, they listen to us bitch when those gentlemen callers turn out to be jerks. The modern day hag doesn’t seek us out, but instead gays flock to her sparkly personality. They come to our bars and take pleasure in the fizzy drinks, electronic music and the bevy of beauties who spend the night enjoying
the company of men who, for the most part, won’t waste hours trying to pursue them with cheesy pick up lines. But many straight men don’t realize that gay bars are an untapped source of women. Women come in waves to party in boy’s town. I have invited many straight friends to hot spots like Micky’s, Dirty Sailor and Motherlode. I enjoy watching the expression on the face of my guy friends, the first-timers, in a bar that not only allows men to go shirtless, but actually encourages them to shed a little clothing. Watching my friends interact with studly go-go dancers is entertaining to say the least. Then there are “lezbros.” While much less common, they do exist; they are the rare breed of man who has an abundance of lesbian acquaintances. One night, after a few cocktails with a couple friends, I got to thinking that straight people have quirky names for their relationships with gays; but what about a term for the straight man’s gay friend? Not that I need to label myself, but why not have a little fun and throw us into the mix too? Almost as quickly as I slurped the last of my Blue Moon, a friend came up with “Queering Wheel.” “Because you steer me in the right direction,” he said. And there we have it. Queering Wheel. Someone once told me, “every straight man should have at least one gay man as a friend.” I agree. Fag hags, lezbros and fruit flies are all as important to gay culture as homosexuals themselves. Everyday they help pave the way a little more for acceptance. Thanks.
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September 22, 2009
Athletics add new look The new logo symbolizes prowess and power for all sports at CSUF By nicholas fortes
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
The Cal State Fullerton athletics department’s proposal for a new logo was approved by President Milton Gordon earlier this week, and will feature a trumpeting elephant, a shield with rays of sunlight, the Titan name and school affiliation. The logo will not replace any current athletic logo, but will be an additional image for the athletic department’s use for merchandising and athletic gear. The block “F” will remain the primary logo for athletic jerseys, hats, etc. “They have the flexibility now to use either the ‘F,’ the ‘Titans’ word mark or this new image that assigns a graphic to the word ‘Titans,’” Associate Vice President of Strategic Communications Jeffrey D. Cook, said. The idea for the new design came with the process of changing the school’s core emblem over the summer session, and to bring forth a new look of optimism. “I don’t think this would be a good time to stop work on the things that can help demonstrate how strong we are as an institution, how much a degree from this university is worth, and to help demonstrate that we are investment worthy. That’s what all these visual identity projects were designed to do,” Cook said. The office of Strategic Communications worked with the athletic department to come up with the new, and only, logo featuring the trademark elephant mascot. “We wanted to make sure that the elephant had a feeling of fierceness and determination,” Cook said. “The elephant is a big part of this university’s history and we worked hard this summer to find something that can work for (athletics) and that we can be proud of.” The logo features blue and white, the official school colors, and orange, which has been accredited as
Images courtesy of cal State Fullerton office of strategic communications The top logo will now accompany the two below as the main athletic logos for Cal State Fullerton sports teams.
an accent color for the school over the years. Contrary to what many believe, blue and white are the two school colors; the orange has been adopted by the athletics and the fans like it a lot, Cook added. The sun and rays of light are meant to convey vision, optimism and confidence in the future, according to a memorandum sent out to all faculty and staff from President Gordon. The word “Titans” is printed at an upward angle that matches the angle of the elephant and is meant to show a striving will to overcome challenges. The logo is meant to show the prowess and power of all the athletic
teams on campus, which can noticebly be seen in the eyes of the new elephant. “I like it. I like how the elephant looks mean and aggressive,” Jungho Park, 31, a student in the business master’s program, said. The shield in the background of the image was used to connect the core image and identity of the school, as well as to show the power of the teams on the court and playing field. Many were concerned that the school was going to drop “Tuffy the Titan” from the school’s image; instead, the new image brings forth a new vision of the elephant that is here to stay.
Huskies hound Trojans
photo courtesy mct Washington’s Donald Butler battles for a fumble with USC’s Stanley Havili during their Saturday match-up at Husky Stadium.
By patrick cowles
Daily Titan Assist. News Editor sports@dailytitan.com
Under gray skies with a chill breeze flurrying in Husky Stadium from Lake Washington, the University of Washington Huskies sank their teeth into the tender Achilles heel of the University of Southern California Trojans, Saturday in Seattle. Yet the question that captivated sports columns all week still remained unanswered before kick-off: Who will be taking the snaps under Trojan center? That job fell back to red-shirt sophomore Aaron Corp. Queued as the starter for the season in the spring, Corp fractured his fibula during fall camp, which gave freshman Matt Barkley the start for USC against San Jose State and the Ohio State University. With the depth chart chosen for the day’s game, the Huskies won the toss and deferred to receive the kick
in the second half. The Trojans chose their side of the field, then settled in to play their most electric game so far this college season. As the Huskies readied the kickoff Husky Stadium roared with life. With its massive concrete construction, filled tooth-and-file with metal seats sheltered by cascading stands and over-hanging roofs, Husky Stadium offers its fans an acoustic paradise for making noise. And when your fans naturally howl at the moon before they lay to sleep, the place can get loud - jet-liner loud. In fact, the loudest recorded sounds from the stadium during a game reached 132 decibels. For a little context, your car muffler is illegally loud at 110 dB, and a jet-liner’s engines purr at 120 dB. The Husky Howl inside their home stadium is literally deafening. However, the Trojans gained success early on. The offense ran smoothly throughout the first quarter. With fullback Stanley Havili
breaking a 38-yard run in the first drive capped by a Joe McKnight rushing touchdown, all seemed well for the land of Troy. Yet the Trojan team lost eight starters to the NFL draft on its defensive side of the ball, and this showed immensely throughout the game. Early on, the Huskies were breaking tackles and picking up key yardage after sustaining a hit from scrimmage. Husky running back Chris Polk, a formerly-committed USC player, had two solid stiff arms on one run, picking up over a dozen yards in the process. Although the defensive line played well, keeping Husky quarterback Jake Locker slammed shut throughout the first quarter, (especially Jurrel Casey, grillin’ Locker like a Foreman), the secondary and linebackers became the cracks in the concrete for this once solid Trojan defense. The rest of this story can be found at www.dailytitan.com