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to have surgery, just not in Pakistan. She also said that it is the U.N.’s polDaily Titan Staff Writer icy to provide medical treatment to news@dailytitan.com those who work for the organization On Monday, Adam Motiwala, who were affected by the bombing. 24, a graduate of Cal State FullerThe U.N. is planning to move ton’s business school, was injured Motiwala to Dubai, which is the during a deadly suicide attack at the largest state in the United Arab United Nations food agency’s Paki- Emirates or back to the U.S. Dubai stani headquarters. and the U.S. have larger medical fa“There was a huge bang, and cilities that will be able to give the something hit me. I fell to the floor proper care to Motiwala. bleeding,” Motiwala told the Associ“As of right now, he is in a lot of ated Press. pain, but overall, he’s Motiwala, alumOK. He’s more in a nus from the class state of shock from of 2006, was a forwhat just happened mer president of the to him and others. Muslim Students AsMany Americans sociation. don’t know and unMotiwala was derstand what’s going born in Orange, Caon around the world. lif. His parents, AbIt’s a large and devasdul, 60, and Zahida, tating situation out 45, raised him in in Pakistan. Adam is Diamond Bar. there to help those in An information need as well as bring officer for the World awareness to the isFood Program, Motiphoto Courtesy Mehdi M. Islam sues that exist in the wala suffered injuries world,” said SameerADAM MOTIWALA to his head and legs ah Motiwala. and bruising to his Adam and Sameerstomach. ah have been married Shrapnel from the suicide bomb- for 16 months. They both met at er was found in his head and behind CSUF where Adam was workhis ear, as well as in his ankles. ing toward his bachelor’s degree He was last reported to be in and Sameerah toward her master’s. stable condition and is being held at Sameerah graduated from UC Davis a hospital in Pakistan. He was the and lives in Washington, D.C., with only American citizen to suffer inju- her family. ries from the incident. Motiwala quit his job as an inThe suicide bomber, who was formation technology consultant at described as being in his 20s, deto- Deloitte, a major international acnated the explosives in the lobby, ac- counting firm and joined the WFP cording to the AP. in September because he wanted to In order to gain access into the serve others, “which is something he building, the attacker dressed as a holds dear in his heart and firmly paramilitary uniform officer and believes in,” said Sameerah Motiasked if he could use the restroom. wala. It was said that he had about 18 Motiwala’s friend Mehdi M. Ispounds of explosives. lam, 36, who works for Human ReIt is unusual for someone to in- sources in the Diversity and Equity filtrate the U.N. building because Programs at CSUF, spoke about typically security is very tight, and Motiwala. the building is located in a wealthy “Adam is an amazing guy and neighborhood inside of Islamabad. friend. He’s sociable and always The Taliban active. He’s a are looking for humanitarian. new targets and At Deloitte & have vowed to Touche he was continue to atmaking significantly more tack the Pakistani money, and he government and quit to take the U.S., as long less money and as they both conwork for the tinue with drone WFP just so attacks against the that he could Taliban. – Abdul Motiwala, help others, According to Adam Motiwala’s father Sameerah Motibut that’s just wala, his wife, he the type of perwas working for son Adam is. the WFP in Islamabad, Pakistan, in He’s all about helping others. Hopehis office in the U.N. building when fully the people responsible for this heinous crime will be brought to the blast occurred. A lone suicide bomber attacked justice.” When asked if his son would the U.N. building in Islamabad, killing five others. At least two of leave the WFP after what took the victims were women. Motiwala place, Abdul Motiwala responded, was a friend of one of the victims. “My son is a good man, and it’s Sameerah Motiwala also said that his passion to help others. All I’m doctors have not cleared him for worried about is his health, but operation because they are afraid in knowing my son, I believe that that surgery might put him more he will continue to help others no matter what because helping others at risk. However, Motiwala is expected is what he is all about.” By Brandon Angel
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photo By Daniel Enos/For the Daily Titan Thierry Kolpin, founder and co-coordinator of the 10-year-old Bolsa Chica Stewards, plants natural vegetation to revitalize the Bolsa Chica Wetlands located off Pacific Coast Highway.
CSU applies for federal aid By Andrew Kwok
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The California State University applied for $77.5 million in federal stimulus funding, with a proposal to the Department of Energy to implement the smart grid project, Energy IQ, to all 23 CSU campuses. Erik Fallis, from the Office of the Chancellor, said the CSU could save $20 million out of the $130 million annual utility budget and increase energy efficiency across the collective CSU campuses by approximately 15 percent with eIQ. The DOE’s decision is expected on Nov. 3. The federal stimulus funding would be combined with matching funds from the CSU, which includes rebates from the CSU’s utility partners for the $155 million eIQ budget. “The CSU would spend very little out of General Fund or ‘unallocated’ money,” Fallis said. Some CSU campuses, including Cal State Fullerton, are already using smart grid technology called
Monitoring Based Commissioning, said Jeff Bechtold, a CSUF building technology specialist. The eIQ project plans to incorporate smart grid monitoring on every campus, “so the CSU is one giant smart grid as a whole,” Bechtold said. If eIQ is installed, energy consumption from all campuses will be able to be monitored by the chancellor’s office in real-time, Bechtold added. At CSUF, eIQ would be combined with the previously-installed MBCx smart grid technology. Each campus would handle the incorporation of energymonitoring technology independently. Doug Kind, commissioning and energy manager at CSUF, said the project would take approximately four years to complete. CSUF, which is already using smart grid technology, would manage eIQ technology differently from a CSU campus that doesn’t yet use smart grid technology at all, Bechtold said. The eIQ project involves the use of both existing and emerging technology. The implementation of eIQ is expected to be able to create approximately 1,100 jobs in fields such as information technology, cyber security, energy management and green construction,
according to Bechtold and Fallis. Students and staff would also have opportunities in designing, developing, installing and utilizing eIQ technology, Fallis said. The CSU plans to use its standard bidding process to contract work for eIQ if the funding is approved, Fallis added. The strength of the proposal, Kind said, is that eIQ would be an ideal demonstration to the DOE of smart grid technology implemented over a large area. Because CSU campuses are spread across most of California, Fallis said, eIQ would need to be reliable enough to work in various climate, infrastructure, regulatory and community settings. “This diversity provides the perfect ‘stress test’ for smart grid technology,” Fallis said. The smart grid implementation would not only be a technological demonstration but would also be a social study, Bechtold said. Since energy consumption would be monitored in real-time with eIQ, students and staff would be able to judge how much energy could be conserved if given accurate energy-cost information.
Summit called by officials to discuss achievement gap By Laura Barron-Lopez For the Daily Titan
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Stewards work to preserve wetlands,
Addressing the achievement gap has always been on education’s to-do list, but at a summit this past Friday held in the Titan Student Union Pavilions the task transitioned from a status of mere importance to increasing urgency. Educators from a variety of districts attended to hear solutions from state and local officials on the issue at hand. Fullerton City Councilwoman Sharon Quirk-Silva was a central factor in coordinating Cal State Fullerton’s very first achievement summit. “I am a mother of four children, and I just feel an urgency that what my children have access to should be available to all students,” Quirk-Silva said. “We have to do a better job, and students need to take initiative. Be your own advocate and take advantage of bridge programs.” Before hearing solutions, Wallace Walrod, vice president of economic de-
velopment and consisted of top research for the officials: CongressOrange County woman Loretta Business CounSanchez, Senator Lou Correa, Ascil, presented semblyman Jose facts and figSolorio, Councilures on the man Sal Tinajero gap. The figures and Congressman showed there is Ed Royce, who was no correlation live via video from between poor Washington, D.C. performance The panelists in school and disagreed on some the economic solutions, but all standing of the echoed the same student’s family. causes of the probThe evidence lem. shown by WalBy Todd Barnes/Daily Titan Photo Editor “The first educarod supports tor of a child is the this conclusion. From Left: Emigdio Vasquez, local painter and artist, Sharon Clark of Fullerton City, parent,” Sanchez Financially sta- Estella Grimm and Janet Morey of the Fullerton School District mingle after the summit. said. She continble blacks and Latinos performed at the same level discussed key issues to focus on: demo- ued to explain how Latino students are as financially unstable Caucasian stu- graphic trends, language acquisition, deeply affected when the one person dents. Therefore, the gap is a result of drop out prevention, achievement, col- in their family who doesn’t have status as an American citizen is the mother. ethnicity. lege prep and stem focus. Now, to close this gap, the summit The panel discussing these issues When the target falls on the mother,
who then faces deportation, the family falls apart. Due to this, immigration reform is a crucial contributing factor to closing the gap. “So we need help on immigration reform,” Sanchez said. In response, the Pavilions erupted in applause, yet tension could be felt among the panelists. Furthermore, Sanchez said students need role models; when a parent doesn’t have a high school level education or above, they must find models that do. Royce suggested that programs from CSUF such as Gear Up join local high school and junior highs to provide college students as mentors for younger peers. In doing so, a student will feel encouraged and do well. However, a central positive role model may be, the entire panel stressed that the most significant factor fell on the role of the teacher and how teachers fail to have the same level of expectation for all ethnicities. See GAP Page 2
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October 6, 2009
IN OTHER NEWS Cop blotter: September 20 – October 2 INTERNATIONAL
Karzai rival disputes U.N. credibility over election
Sunday, Sept. 20
KABUL (MCT) – The top challenger in Afghanistan’s disputed presidential election said Saturday that the United Nations’ credibility had been damaged by a public dispute between the U.N.’s head of mission and his sacked deputy. “In my mind I have no doubt that it has seriously damaged the U.N.’s credibility in Afghanistan,” Abdullah Abdullah said at a press conference. Abdullah stopped short of calling for the resignation of Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide, the U.N. head of mission, after his former deputy, Peter Galbraith, publicly accused his ex-boss of blocking the release of details of voter fraud. Abdullah, however, accused the U.N. of a “whitewash” that is “posing serious questions ... about the neutrality of this mission led by Kai Eide.”
2:37 a.m. DUI Alcohol/Drugs: Occurred at 3137 Topaz Lane, Fullerton. Individual cited.
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7:45 p.m. Hit and Run Property Damage: Occurred at Lot A. Report pending.
WASHINGTON (MCT) – A recast Supreme Court kicked off its new term Monday, with novice Justice Sonia Sotomayor immediately taking center stage. In just an hour, the court’s newest justice asked more questions than Justice Clarence Thomas has asked over the course of several years. Thomas, as is his habit, was silent throughout the morning session. “Could I have a clarification of the facts for a moment?” Sotomayor asked at one point, and then pursued the attorney with four specific follow-up questions. The 55-plus cases already scheduled for the coming months cover everything from gun rights and patent protection to free speech and the punishment of juveniles. The court is likely to accept another 25 or so cases. So far, the court’s 2009-10 docket lacks some familiar controversies, including abortion, the death penalty and Guantanamo Bay detentions. That could still change, particularly if the justices agree to hear a pending case called Kiyemba v. Obama, involving the power of a federal judge to order the release of Chinese Uighurs from Guantanamo.
11:20 – 1:30 p.m. Stolen Vehicle Report: Officer initiated activity at PS2, State College Blvd. Structure. Disposition cleared by other means.
Sotomayor begins Supreme Court career
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California High-Speed Train seeks federal support SACRAMENTO, Calif. (MCT) – The nationwide race is on for federal high-speed rail money, as state after state jumped on board Friday, including California with a giant bid. Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger submitted the state’s $4.7 billion bid for stimulus dollars, including nearly $1.3 billion for Valley routes. California’s application seeks more than half of the $8 billion that Congress and President Barack Obama set aside for high-speed and intercity rail projects across the country. California officials touted their project as “the only true high-speed train,” with top speeds of more than 200 mph. Most other proposals are for trains with much slower speeds. Virginia is shooting for 90 mph, for instance. California also has a $9 billion voter-approved bond at its disposal, yet officials still don’t have a firm financing plan for the entire project, expected to cost more than $40 billion. The rail is planned to eventually connect Sacramento and San Francisco to San Diego. “It will revolutionize travel in California,” the governor said at an event in Los Angeles announcing the bid.
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4:54 p.m. Appropriated Lost Property – $400: Occurred at intersection Santa Ysabel Ave. and San Carlos Drive, Fullerton. Individual cited. 5:59 p.m. Possesion of Marijuana while driving: Occurred at intersection E. Chapman Ave. and Victoria Drive, Fullerton. Individual cited.
Tuesday, Sept. 22
7:40 a.m. Burglary: Occurred at PS1 in the Nutwood Parking Structure. Disposition suspended. 11:07 a.m Hit and Run Property Damage: Occurred at PSI Nutwood Structure on N. State College Blvd.
Wednesday, Sept. 23 11:58 a.m. Petty Theft: Occurred at University Police (T1200). Disposition pending. 12:26 p.m. Individual Displayed False Registration: Occurred at PSI Nutwood Structure on N. State College Blvd. Individual was cited. 11:40 a.m. Burglary: Occurred at student bookstore. Arrest made. 8:41 p.m. Petty Theft: Occurred at PS2, State College Blvd. Structure. Disposition pending.
Thursday, Sept. 24 8:50 a.m. Grand Theft: Occurred at College Park. Property value estimated at $400. Disposition pending. 4:28 p.m. Driver without License: Occurred at intersection Sand Canyon and Burt Road., Irvine. Individual cited.
Friday, Sept. 25 1:09 a.m. DUI Alcohol/ Drugs: Occurred on CA – 57/91 freeway, Anaheim. Arrest made.
Monday, Sept. 28 9:51 a.m. Vandalism: Occurred at the Visual Arts Building. Individual used paint on property. Disposition suspended. 1:38 a.m. Possession of Marijuana while driving: Occurred at intersection E. Chapman Ave. and N. State College Blvd., Fullerton. Individual cited.
Wednesday, Sept. 30
12:22 p.m. Burglary: Occurred at student bookstore. Arrest made.
6:04 p.m. Display Unauthorized Placard: Occurred at Lot F. Individual cited.
8:45 a.m. Grand Theft: Occurred at McCarthy Hall. Property value estimated at $400. Disposition suspended.
6:30 p.m. Driver pulled over without Driver’s License: Occurred at intersection Trabuco Road and Sand Canyon Ave., Irvine. Arrest made.
Thursday, Oct. 1
Sunday, Sept. 27 1:58 a.m. DUI Alcohol/Drugs: Occurred at CVS Pharmacy.
10:38 a.m. Make Ficticious Check: Occurred at student bookstore.
3:08 a.m. DUI Alcohol/Drugs: Occurred at intersection N. Placentia Ave. and Madison Ave., Fullerton. Individual cited.
8:52 a.m. Vandalism: Damaged property in Computer Science Building. Disposition pending.
9:14 a.m. Possession of Marijuana: Individual caught with under 28.5 grams. Occurred at the PS1 Nutwood Structure. Individual cited.
Friday, Oct. 2 8:52 a.m. Grand Theft: Occurred at Dan Black Hall. Property value estimated at $400.
Gap: minorities receive less education From Page 1 Teachers, without consciously knowing it, tend to make assumptions and expect their A.P. classes to be filled with Caucasian and Asian students, leaving lower academic classes for Latinos and blacks. “I would pay teachers $100,000 a year. I would make it a competitive process, and I would have that
teacher in that classroom wanting that job. We need to really think about honoring the teacher,” Sanchez said. Adding to the issues discussed, the panelists further emphasized the importances of pre-school, educating parents, possibly having longer school days and getting the Dream Act passed. The Dream Act, as ex-
plained by the National Immigration Law Center, would invoke key changes in law: Immigrant students who have grown up in the U.S. would be able to apply for temporary status and eventually gain permanent status to become eligible for U.S. citizenship, if they go to college or serve in the military. For students who are attending CSUF or any university that do not have U.S. citizenship, this would provide an answer that they deserve. Although CSUF students are on to higher education, the educational gap still affects them.
“CSUF is one of the best universities in the country, so students should take advantage of this university and everything it has to over because it will pay off in the future,” Correa said Another key contributor to the summit was Sanchez, “Latinos are the workforce of the future. So, if they are dropping out of school at a 50 percent rate, then we aren’t educating our workforce. And I would like to tell CSUF students don’t stop; don’t let other people dictate what your life is going to be about.”
October 6, 2009
FEATURES
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Volunteer organization helps wetlands workday the Bolsa Chica Stewards will organize every year between October and April. Dr. Thierry Kolpin, co-founder and co-director of the Bolsa Chica Stewards, rallied the volunteers in the morning. He showed the proper way to use tools, passed around sign-in sheets and thanked everyone for coming to help. “My main thing is trail design and maintenance,” Kolpin said. “And
making sure we get the groups here and working and having a good time.” The group would be planting 20 native species of vegetation in the area. Native sage scrub, bladderpod and coyote bush sat in plastic buckets waiting to be taken out to the wetlands. Kolpin and his wife, Kat, started the restoration days 10 years ago. Each of them wanted to give back
and coordinator of the 10-year-old Bolsa Chica Stewards.
My name is Peter, and in eight years I’ll be an alcoholic. I’ll start drinking in middle school, just at parties. But my parents won’t start talking to me about it until high school. And by then, I’ll already be in some trouble. The thing is, my parents won’t even see it coming.
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By Daniel Enos/For the Daily Titan Thierry Kolpin, left, and Bolsa Chica Stewards volunteers cleared brush, planted native vegetation and created a temporary path on Sunday, Oct. 4.
One of the best signs of progress day of each month in the season and is the return of the endangered Cali- the third Saturday, according to their fornia Gnatcatcher at the wetlands. Web site at http://www.bolsachicaKolpin said, “When we first started landtrust.org/stewards.html. Mike Armstrong, a member of a lot of scientists said, ‘Oh, you’re never going to have gnatcatchers at the Bolsa Chica stewards working on Bolsa Chica again, because you can’t Sunday, said that the land might not bring it back.’ Well, we brought it ever be exactly as it once was before back. We were able to restore the area human intrusions. “We’re never really with a habitat that it wants, and lo going to do that,” Armstrong said. and behold the bird is here. That is “But you can get it to a point where it one indicator that what we’re doing will sustain wildlife pretty well.” Kerry Martin, a volunteer workhas worked. We’ve seen shifts in the ing at the wildlife, posiwetlands, said tive shifts in that the new the way they Junior Steward use the propprogram is a erty, and in way for young their concenpeople to get trations, the involved as numbers of – Kat Kolpin, well. the animals Bolsa Chica Stewards “All these that are out co-founder young folks there. So we’re are out here,” seeing defisaid Martin. nite improvement.” “So we’ve just expanded, we’ve gotten Kat Kolpin said that the Stewards bigger. It’s great to get them involved welcome anyone wanting to help so very young, and what a great place out. to be doing it.” “Everyone is welcome to join in “There’s so much land that’s in need our work days,” Kolpin said. “You of restoration,” Armstrong said. “And do not need to join in the land trust; I like it because it’s fun, it’s physical, all you have to do is show up on our it’s as physical as you want to make work days. All we ask is that you dress it. And you get to see stuff that other for mess, which is long pants and people don’t see. Where else can you closed-toe shoes.” The stewards meet see a rattlesnake in a huge populated for their work days on the first Sun- area?”
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to the environment in some way, but they did not have a lot of money. They Daily Titan Staff Writer established the Bolsa Chica Stewards features@dailytitan.com as a way for people to show their care Volunteers met at the corner of for the wetlands. Pacific Coast Highway and Warner “It was cool because it offered Avenue at 9 a.m. on Saturday to aspeople the opportunity to come in,” sist in restoration efforts at the Bolsa Kolpin said. “And, you know what, Chica Wetlands. Children and adults we’re not asking for money, but if you alike put their strength into digging want to help you can get your hands temporary trails and planting native dirty, and put some native plants in.” vegetation in the first bi-monthly Kolpin said that in 10 years they have put in around 10,000 plants. Kat Kolpin, one of the founders as well as a director and restoration coordinator for the Bolsa Chica Wetlands, said that all of the destruction to the wetlands has been man-made. Kolpin said the area used to be a thriving Native American settlement, where they practiced a mutually beneficial way of life that did not damage the environment. According to Kolpin, the problems began in the mid-1800s when a rancho farmed the land. Cattle production took a toll on plants, soil and water. World War II brought the Army to the wetlands, and oil production detracted even more from the environment in the mid-1900s. Yet Kat Kolpin was happy with the improvements the stewards have made. “So far the progress at Bolsa Chica has been amazing,” Kolpin said. “We had a large wetland restoration which cost about $147 million to restore a large area of wetlands at Bolsa Chica. And whenever you do any type of restoration, right now you have a 5050 shot that it’s going to work. It has nothing to do with how much money you pour in to it. Basically, you are trying to fix a natural system, one that really only Mother Nature can really achieve. So we can try to get it as best as we possibly can, and you never know if it’s going to really truly work. With Bolsa Chica though, it has worked. The wetland restoration 258300A01 has been very, very successful, and then the upland restoration that By Daniel Enos/For the Daily Titan we do has been very successful as Thierry Kolpin, right, oversees junior stewards as they make a temporary path for use during construction, Oct. 4. Kolpin is the founder well.” By Greg Lehman
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FEATURES
October 6, 2009
Month dedicated to cancer awareness
Mammograms save lives, says breast cancer survivor By Jamie Iglesias
Daily Titan Staff Writer features@dailytitan.com
Breast Cancer Awareness month is here. To those who have experienced firsthand the effects of cancer, it becomes more than just a month of awareness. Susanne Gaskins, Ph.D, is a history professor at Cal State Fullerton. She is a breast cancer survivor and encourages those around her to get regular mammograms. She went 10 years without getting a regular mammogram, and when she finally did, she found out she had breast cancer. “It is easy to think that I’m too young, or that it is not necessary or I had one last year – but it is important to stay on top of it, because getting regular mammograms can save your life,” Gaskins said. “In my case, there was no tumor; nothing visible on the outside ... So the mammogram saved my life,” Gaskins said. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2003, and underwent various reconstructive surgeries in July of that same year. She was diagnosed, but still had to undergo a mastectomy to have her left breast removed. “I was technically at a stage zero. The cancer, in my case, was inside the milk ducts, and it did not go beyond that,” Gaskins said. “I had a mastectomy because the cancer was present in three different areas,” Gaskins said, “One right under the nipple, and two right against the chest wall. They told me if I had two lumpectomies there would not be enough breast tissue left. So it was better from a medical standpoint to remove the whole breast.” Even though she removed her left breast, there was still a 40 to 50 percent
chance of developing cancer on her right breast. Thus, she decided to get a bilateral mastectomy. “I had a five-year-old daughter,” Gaskins said. “I did not see a point in going through all of this at (one) time, and then going through it all again five years later. So I just thought, let’s get rid of them both.” The hardest thing for Gaskins was waiting for the mastectomy. “Knowing that someone was going to cut off your breasts, and waiting for that to happen, was really hard,” she said. “It totally changed my wardrobe, and it totally changed my body image. But you know what? I had my life, and I get to see my daughter grow up,” Gaskins added. “I say in class, ‘Go home and ask your mother, your grandmothers, your aunts and your female relatives when was the last time that you had a mammogram and try to make them get one,’” Gaskins said. Gaskins has also seen the spread of awareness on campus – especially from sororities. The Zeta Tau Alpha sorority is hosting “Pink Week” during the last week of October, and “Pink Out” on Oct. 28 during the CSUF men’s soccer game against UC Irvine.
“We set a booth on Titan Walk during ‘Pink Week,’ and we collect donations for the Susan G. Komen Foundation and other surrounding foundations,” said Deborah Lee, 20, a communications major who is in charge of alumnae/collegiate relations for ZTA. “We don’t just raise money and give it to the Susan G. Komen foundation. That would just be the easy way out. We want to do our part,” said Cathlyn Gonzales, 19, junior, a communications major and service chair for ZTA. Aside from holding events on campus, the sorority also participates in various events around Southern California to raise awareness for breast cancer. On Sunday, Sept. 27, they attended the “Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure” in Orange County. “We organize a survivor tent where all of the survivors can go and have drinks and relax, especially those who are running in the race. It is just to honor them,” Lee said. “I have been to the ‘Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’ three years, and every year they say to us, ‘We are so glad that you do this for us because it’s been hard.’ And we know that it is hard. We are just glad that we can help them out and they can be honored for what they have been through,” Lee said.
During “Pink Week,” the ZTA sorority gives away gifts and information, notably shower cards about self-breast examination, to both men and women. Men might think nothing of the information and quickly forget about the card. But maybe one day they will find it and think they should start having selfbreast examinations or go get checked, Lee said. Kathy Ting-Ting Yu, 21, chief administrative officer for Associated Students Inc., also attended this year’s “Race for the Cure.” “You hear the statistics, but when you are (at the race) and you see everyone (who is there), you realize just how many people are affected by breast canc e r,” Ti n g Ting Yu said. Breast cancer does not just affect the survivor, it affects their friends and family as well, Gonzales said. “It’s not a disease that affects one person. You (can’t help but) realize that it’s huge.” RIBBON PHOTO COURTESY MCT
For more information on breast cancer, go to Cancer.gov
OPINION
October 6, 2009
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Troubles, beauty of racial ambiguity By Katelin Paiz
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
Are the standards of obscenity on TV still relevant or do they need to be updated?
By Eric Broude
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
When it comes to television, there seems to be no greater sin than profanity. Well, that and nudity. It’s astounding how upset the masses get over a four-letter word. In matters of television censorship, intent should be taken into account. When Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson had their little wardrobe malfunction in 2004, it was purposeful. They did it to shock the audience. Jenny Slate’s slip up on the recent “Saturday Night Live” skit was just a comedian getting a little too into her character. She was just trying to make people laugh. In America, one of the most popular television genres is reality TV, which revolves around the idea of screwed-up people doing screwed-up things to each other. It seems like people just can’t get enough of dirty people stabbing each other in the back on “Survivor” and Simon Cowell crushing the hopes and dreams of countless idiots on “American Idol.” Why is it that we care more about how they say something than we do about what they are saying?
Meanwhile, the amount of violence in our entertainment has reached epic proportions. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those people who thinks violence in entertainment turns our children into psychotic killers. It just seems like we’ve grown so comfortable with sticks and stones, and we’ve forgotten that words are harmless sounds. It really says something about Americans that we believe brutal violence is great entertainment, but the minute someone says “Shit,” the game is over and somebody’s getting fired. I can just hear overprotective mothers everywhere screeching, “What about the children?!” as they cover their little ones’ precious ears. Then they set those same kids down in front of the TV to watch corpses and criminals on “CSI: Miami.” Americans, as a population, have lost sight of what kinds of things are truly offensive. It’s no wonder other countries see us as backward. Natural things, such as sex and nudity, are seen as indecent, but murder and rape – those we can handle. We’ve come so far from the days when married couples couldn’t be shown in bed together, the word “pregnant” was not allowed and a show’s pilot episode would get yanked because of a scene with a toilet seat. Still, somewhere along the line, we lost sight of what it is we’re trying to protect ourselves from. Slate’s vocabulary is the least of our worries. Words just aren’t that harmful. Not when we look at what else is on the screen in living rooms across the nation.
By John Wayne Maioriello Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
Even though a child can log on to the Internet and find pornography, foul language and violence, there is a huge difference with that and television. This explains the controversy caused by “Saturday Night Live” cast member Jenny Slate’s accidental utterance of the f-word on the premiere episode. If parents do not want to expose their child to the risk of seeing adult material on the Internet, all they need to do is cancel their Internet service or enable the content filters on their Web browsers. The same is not true for most television programming. Premium television stations and basic cable offer adult content like the Internet. And like the Internet, a parent has the ability to cancel service and effectively control what is and is not broadcast into the home. The same is not true for network television, such as NBC which airs “Saturday Night Live” every Saturday at 11:30 p.m. These stations are broadcast to every TV. Like radio, there is no way to “discontinue” the signals that reach your antenna. The problem with children hear-
Video games: Art imitating life By Skylar Smith
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
Art is a “skill acquired by experience, study or observation,” or in an alternate definition, “the conscious use of skill and creative use of imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects.” This definition, from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, is a clear and simple explanation of art that most anyone can agree on. So what mediums do we define as art today, aside from standard painted, drawn or sculpted visual art? In the medium of books, we’ve had art in many forms – Dostoevsky, Lewis Carroll, J.R.R. Tolkien and countless others. Movies have produced fine art in the form of films like “Casablanca” (my favorite film class standard), “Citizen Kane,” “No Country for Old Men,” etc. Music is undeniably an art form, as The Beatles, Mozart and Stephen Sondheim have proven along with – you get the picture. I would discuss TV but, again, the list goes on. A few of you may be wondering what is missing. Video games seem like a perfectly viable medium to produce solid pieces of art, don’t they? They have the potential to be thought-provoking, emotional and controversial (well, they already achieved more than their fair share of that … Oh, “Grand Theft Auto” series, how we love and loathe you).
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However, we still don’t have a blockbuster artistic games. The video game industry seems inundated with racing games, sports games, first person shooters and games whose titles end in “of War,” and virtually no real attempt to be more than just a game. Sure, 2007’s Xbox 360 blockbuster hit, “Bioshock,” had a thoughtprovoking twist to a well-told story (albeit a terrible ending), but it also had a thick coat of first-personshooter action. To be honest, the gaming community gave themselves way too much credit for understanding its rich literary context (“Atlas Shrugged”). There are several high-concept artistic indie games available online. But that’s just it – they are indie and available for free half the time. Sure, sites may request donations, but how many gamers actually donate? Artistic games like “Passage,” “Dear Ester” (a “Half-Life 2” mod), “Today I Die,” or even text adventure games such as “Photopia,” express so much about the human condition and engage the player emotionally with just a few minutes of play. So why can’t major publishers do the same? The indie game “Braid,” developed by Jonathan Blow, was unexpectedly successful for an indie title once it hit the Xbox Live Marketplace and proved that “art house” games, when fully supported, can sell well. If game developers want to be taken seriously as artists, then gam-
ers need to start taking games seriously. Crap like “Army of Two” or “50 Cent: Blood in the Sand” are only released because developers think that we, as gamers, are willing to buy them over a high-concept and emotionally-provoking game such as “Braid.” All I am asking is that you support these art games. The online direct-download video game store “Steam” has several indie games available for download, all of them for far lower prices than they are actually worth. Stop dishing out $60 for a mediocre, six-hour campaign like “Halo 3: ODST” and pay a mere $20 for games such as “Shadow of the Colossus” or “Indigo Prophecy” – some of the few great art games that actually sold incredibly well. Or support the recent comeback of adventure games, the earliest forms of video games as art, such as “Tales of Monkey Island” and “Sam & Max.” To put it simply, if you show the developers you want it, they will make it. But for now, it is left to the poor indie developer to prove that video games can be a legitimate artistic medium, and you can start the trend by buying, donating and downloading their games. Links to indie games listed mentioned in this article: http:// www.dailytitan.com/2009/10/ video-games-art-imitating-life/
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ing vulgar language is that they do not possess the maturity to understand the concepts that vulgarities often depict. Children also often lack selfcontrol and understanding in knowing when to use and when not to use such vulgarities. That is why we protect our children from things that are not only above their comprehension levels, but could also have an adverse affect on their upbringing. The f-word, for instance, can be used in a variety of ways, but ultimately it refers to sexual intercourse, obviously a topic that needs to be approached with the utmost sensitivity. A child’s mind is very impressionable. If they hear Slate say the f-word, or see Janet Jackson’s breast, it requires a parent to take necessary steps to make certain the child understands what happened. It’s one thing if a parent is very permissive and allows their child to watch adult content on TV, that is up to the individual parent. But it is unfair to the parents who wish to raise their child in a less permissive manner. There is an option that exists for the permissive parents; Cinemax runs so much adult content it’s known amongst adolescent boys as “skin-emax.” The bottom line is that there are times and places for vulgar or adult content, and that is not on network television. Network television is for everyone, and that includes children who are entitled to growing up free from adult themes. Slate may have slipped up and dropped an f-bomb, but accidents such as those are not acceptable.
I’m what some might call racially ambiguous. I’ve been called Puerto Rican, Mexican, Italian, Brazilian; the list goes on and on. My dark features and light complexion tend to throw people for a loop. Most often, though, people gravitate toward calling me “just white” in that dismissive way that makes me wonder how being white got to be so uncool. In truth, I am Native American, Spanish, Swedish and German, and, like many Southern Californians, my racial identity is a little confused. My parents are virtually the exact opposite. My mother is almost Aryan in appearance, with blue eyes, pale, freckled skin and blond hair. My father, on the other hand, has a very dark brown complexion with deep, dark eyes and brown-black wavy hair. I never noticed when I was younger how people must have looked at them. As a child, I was raised to be proud of my heritage, mainly of my Native American side. My dad would tell me stories about my ancestors who, as he put it, were warriors and “Indian Princesses,” and I would glow with a sense of importance and identity. It is only as an adult that I realize, while I consider myself Native American, the Native American community would most likely consider me white, and the white community is not too eager to take me in either. This is the kind of conundrum that many multi-racial people in America face. In the colorblind American dream, we are the future that
everyone strives for; but instead of being embraced, we are alienated. In this country, we refer to ourselves as a great melting pot where we have all given up our past to become Americans. But in truth, what we are is a salad bowl of mixed cultural identity all living under one roof. But what happens when we have crossed the bounds of racial identity? What happens when the radish and the carrot have a baby in the great salad bowl that we call America? We “radots” may have a great amount of nutritional value, but no one would ever know because we are shoved off to the side of the bowl with all the wilted lettuce. People like me are stuck in the gray areas, struggling to find their own identity. I’m not saying it’s a horrible life, but it certainly is a lonely one. These days I am in the InterTribal Student Council, Cal State Fullerton’s Native American club. I have learned to make fry bread, I can make dream-catchers semi-skillfully and I know how it feels to be among the festivities of a powwow, but I will always be on the outside looking in. I long for that sense of identity that goes along with coming from a specific group of people, but I’m torn because I also realize the importance of what I am. I am a product of interracial love and nothing could be more beautiful. I was conceived out of love in a country emerging from hatred. So while I may not be done trying to be the next Sherman Alexie, I am proud of who and what I am right now, regardless of what I am perceived to be.
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I was all prepared for another boring weekend that I probably wouldn’t remember come Monday (I love you, Jagermeister.), when suddenly I received a call that would change my life forever. Kind of. Not really. Just as I was entering my Doom Fortress, which has been recently renovated and includes my Hell Army – aka a butt-load of Beanie Babies (The ’90s were awesome), when I received a call from the Daily Titan’s Features Editor, Christine Amarantus. “Oh hey there, Christineeny-weeny. To what do I owe the pleasure of this call?â€? I asked, feeling as chipper as Morgan Freeman getting a hummer on the interstate. “Shut up. You know exactly why I’m calling, Johnson. Where the hell is my cat?â€? Christine said. “That depends ‌ Word on the street is that you can get me into Long Beach Comic Con this weekend,â€? I said. “No, absolutely not. You can keep the cat. You’re not coming with me to Comic Con,â€? she replied. “I’ll give you 50 bucks.â€? “Deal.â€? I should really be a lawyer. Or a politician. Or both. Dammit, I get results! That Saturday, I awoke at the crack of dawn in order to prepare for the day’s events. My bag was packed to the brim with the essentials – a wallet, notepads, cell phone, laptop computer, a half-eaten squirrel, etc. Giddy with excitement, I swung my bag over my shoulder and pre-
pared for the long journey to Long Beach. But first I had to pick up Christine. When I arrived at her house, she was sitting outside. When she saw my car pull up, she merely buried her face in her hands in what I was sure was some type of joyous greeting, then slowly got up and dragged herself to my car. “Hey there, Dr. Awesome McGee von Awesomeness, Esquire!� I greeted her once she had buckled herself in. “Just drive,� she replied warily. Now, I should probably interject at this moment to mention that LBCC was the first convention that I had ever attended – except for a Beanie Baby con that I attended at the tender age of 10. Those memories have been safely repressed and are currently festering into mental illness.
This may explain a lot. As this was my first con, I was a bit unsure as to what to do with myself. Fortunately, I had Christine by my side to inform me of the intricacies of con etiquette. “Stop dry-humping Stan Lee’s ear,� she hissed at one point. “No! That’s not the real Joker! Stop beating him with a baseball bat!,� she yelled at me again. “You win this time, fiend,� I said, putting away my boomstick as Joker ran off to go change his pants. “Batman will triumph!� I screamed after him. After my minor faux pas, Christine thought that it would be a good idea to attend some of the panels. The first panel, which featured writers who worked for DC Comics, went off without a hitch. As per Christine’s orders, I remained qui-
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etly in my seat, obediently taking notes and not even once stopping the presentation to ask the panelists if I could buy marijuana from them. Likewise, I was on my best behavior for the “Robot Chickenâ€? panel. Ritalin is awesome. It was at the press corps for “Robot Chickenâ€? that the voices in my head (the ones who tell me to kick orphans) quickly took over. After fielding questions from the members of the press, the cast was gracious enough to sign autographs and take pictures. “C’mon, let’s try to get an interview with Seth Green,â€? said Christine. “Oh, OK ‌ â€? I replied sheepishly. My heart thudded with each step as we approached Green. “Hi, Seth. Would you mind doing a quick interview?â€? asked Christine casually. “Oh sure,â€? replied Green who was surrounded by a crowd of small children. “Oh. My. God. You are hilarious!â€? I screeched nervously. “Uh ‌ Thanks,â€? replied Green. The interview carried on like this: with Christine asking intelligent questions, while I burst into sudden, loud bouts of laughter. We conducted other interviews with Tom Root and “Freshmenâ€? writer Hugh Sterbakov; still I continued throwing out random quips and falling prey to long bouts of high-pitched laughter. I lucked out, only one of them ended up pressing charges. Despite these semi-embarrassing moments, I had a great time overall. Now, if I could only remember what I did with Christine’s cat.
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By Beatriz Fernandez
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
We all know that masturbation is a pretty common practice amongst college students. Many doctors believe that it is healthy and there are many benefits, such as stress relief. It seems that sexual gratification plays an important role in many peoples’ lives, but I was not prepared for what I witnessed. Before I went to Italy in July, I was told to be careful with Italian men. It seemed the consensus was that most Italian men are too upfront and persistent. I wasn’t worried; I have a way of giving the look of disapproval that will leave such guys confused as to why their sweaty, rub-up-onyou technique didn’t work. So r r y, making eye contact with someone doesn’t mean you want to make out and go back to their place. After a month, I got pretty good at shooting “the look,� but nothing could prepare me for that one night in Sorrento. After a night out, I decided to walk back up a hill to our hotel with a couple of friends. We didn’t have that much money and didn’t want to spend it on a cab. We soon realized our mistake. Many drivers would honk or yell something at us. Some drivers would slow down and look at us, but we just kept walking. Then the man who wanted to differentiate himself from the others came. We could see his headlights slowly creeping up behind us. We were almost to the hotel, so I figured it didn’t matter what he did. A girl behind me screamed, “Oh my God!� I turned around
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to see what looked like an upand-down motion of the man’s fist. After getting a good look, which was a big mistake, I saw that there was something inside his fist – his penis. I was surprised to see something like that and before I had time to react, he was gone. Everyone thought it was funny, so it didn’t bother me much. I figured we were walking in a shady part of town late at night, so it was kind of our fault. A month and a half later, Italy was just a memory. I was driving home from school and was in my own little world listening to music that was putting me in a good mood. Life was awesome. Then, up comes a matte black Nissan pickup truck to my left. T h e man driving it kept going at the same speed as I. From the corner of my eye, I could see stuff moving around in his car. Being ever so curious, I turned to look. I saw a man with a camouflage cap and sunglasses on. He had his mouth open and was looking at me. He pointed at his junk and there it was, staring me down. It’s bad enough that he’s doing it on his own, but doing it while looking at a girl that’s driving? Pathetic. I figured he wanted to get a reaction from me, but I didn’t give him the satisfaction. Instead, I pulled my camera out and started taking pictures. What started off as him following me, ended with me taking his picture and scaring him away. I got his face and license plate number and called Highway Patrol to report him. I don’t know if they found him, but the surprised look on his face was enough for me. I made him my victim.
I saw that there was something inside his fist – his penis.
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Soccer pitch helps junior escape LA streets includes the No. 4 team, UCLA, and second year at CSUF. powerhouse No. 15 Ohio State. Ammann said there are two things Alvarez, a junior who likes to lis- student-athletes need to get accliten to Metallica before games, said mated with when they start playing the team has taken some big steps Division I soccer. toward improving on last year’s reFirst, they need to get accustomed cord. with the faster pace of the game. “We feel a lot better going into Second, they need to get used to the games than last year,” he said. “Last college life, which involves classes, year, our mentality was way different homework and exams, as well as because we were losing a lot.” team meetings and practices. The Titans have already matched Ammann said Alvarez’s abilities the amount of victories from last have helped him play well at this levyear, and the team is barely halfway el. “He has quickness, and he never through the season. stops making defenders work.” “We have played teams (like Ohio Alvarez said his dream is to take State) and given them good match- his game to the next level with the es. We lost against them, but their help of the CSUF coaching staff. coach told us that we should have “Going pro is possible,” Alvarez won that game,” he said, adding that said. “I have to keep working.” the Titans conHe said the trolled the ball for coaching staff has most of the match helped him gain before losing to confidence in his UCLA. abilities and has Although the motivated him team has domitremendously. nated the action This year feels in most matches, different for Alhe said he feels varez because he some heat to – Celso Alvarez, has developed a score. friendship with Junior forward “It’s kind of a the players and lot of pressure for coaches. This seame being a forson all the players ward and trying to get those goals,” have bonded and have come togethAlvarez said. “I think I have four er as a cohesive unit, he said. goals in five games, and in these Jamall Farquharson, who is one of past games I haven’t scored, so I feel six players that live with Alvarez, said a little pressure. But I think I could he’s a great person to be around on come around and get more goals.” and off the field. Bob Ammann, head soccer coach, “He’s a cool guy, and he’s always said it took Alvarez some time to get down to have fun,” said Farquharson, accustomed to the new surround- a forward who has played alongside ings; but that this year, he seems to Alvarez this season. On the field Alvarez works hard, feel more at home. “He often looks around and can’t and he has a knack for finding a way believe that he is in Fullerton and to score. “He scored five goals last season, and he already has four (this he’s playing soccer,” Ammann said. He said that although Alvarez season). I think there will be more to is not the most vocal leader on the come,” Farquharson said. Ammann said Alvarez’s maturity team, his work ethic motivates teamhas also been growing since his stay mates to step up their game. “He’s not the guy who talks a lot with the team. “There’s a lot of things that Celso in the locker room, but he leads by example,” he said, adding that Alva- has to deal with that some of these rez seems more comfortable playing players don’t, and that has caused with the team now that he’s in his him to mature quickly,” he said.
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I’m very happy because when I was in high school, I didn’t see myself going to college.
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By chad uemera/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Celso Alvarez makes a play on the ball against a Saint Mary’s defender on Sept. 20.
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Sometimes Cal State Fullerton forward Celso Alvarez takes a long look at his surroundings and can’t help but smile. Alvarez’s grin is not just a representation of joy, but rather an expression of pure amazement at the fact that he’s a student-athlete in the Titans’ soccer program. Alvarez, 20, finds it hard to believe that he has gone from playing soccer on the rough streets of South Central Los Angeles, to living with teammates in a house near the CSUF
campus. “I’m very happy because when I was in high school, I didn’t see myself going to college. But now that I’m here, I thank God because it’s a big opportunity,” said Alvarez, who is a second-year transfer from Rio Hondo College. During the moments when he’s reflecting on his newfound situation, Alvarez frequently feels delighted that he’s doing the thing that has kept him out of trouble since he was nine years old – playing competitive soccer for a club. Currently, Alvarez leads the team with four goals, posting a record of 4-5-1 against tough competition that
By chad uemera/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Alvarez’s play on the field has helped the Titans get off to a strong start this season.