Daily Titan: Monday, October 19, 2009

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Monday October 19, 2009

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Furlough Fest to liven CSUF In an effort to maintain a learning environment during the three days the campus will be closed due to furloughs, students and faculty are holding various events

By Greg Lehman

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Students will be holding Furlough Fest at Cal State Fullerton from Oct. 20 through 22. The Fest will be a series of workshops and open-forum discussions on many different topics given by students and professors alike over the three-day period when CSUF will be closed.

Alfredo Asuzano, a philosophy major, said, “Because all it takes for state education to cease is an economist’s demand for thrift, we feel it is necessary to take education into our own hands.” Asuzano said he wishes that the events will be constructive.

“Hopefully the workshops raise connections between students so that we replace the misplaced trust we had in the university with reliance on each other.”

The Furlough Fest will be conducted by announcing which workshops will be given each day in a manner opposed to systematic organization, having a tentative schedule placed at Becker Amphitheatre for students to write themselves in, Asuzano added. “Anyone interested in staging a workshop is encouraged to do so without asking permission from anyone.”

Jose Rosales, a senior studying philosophy, said that the equal footing of everyone during Furlough Fest is key to the openness they wish to encourage. “My involvement is just as deep and as crucial as all the other peoples’ involvement,” Rosales said.

A sex workshop concerning sexuality and masturbation will be included with other discussions and workshops offered, according to Rosales. A discussion about the book “The Coming Insurrection” will be included in the event as well as a presentation from a record label showing people how they can run their own independent labels.

People will be camping out in tents on campus and exercising a communal form of living for the three furlough days, Asuzano said.

Pamela Chui, a CSUF student majoring in philosophy, was excited about the possibilities at Furlough Fest.

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Tentative Furlough Fest Schedule

Note: Because there is no central organization for the event, this schedule is extremely tentative. For the most up-to-date information, visit either the Daliytitan.com for a link to the event’s Facebook page or the Becker Amphitheatre near the TSU during Furlough Fest.

Planned workshops: Masturbation, Do-It-Youself Sex Toys Tuesday, Oct. 20 around 2 p.m.

Do-It-Yourself Gynecology Tuesday, Oct. 20 following masturbation workshop Patrick’s Fantastic Poetry Party Tuesday Oct 20, 2 p.m.

‘The Coming Insurrection’ (Discussion of the book) Wed Oct. 21, 3 p.m.

Musical performances: Tuesday: 6:30 p.m. Ricky Love 7:30 p.m. Pizza Party 8 p.m. Auditory Aphasia, Casket Salesmen Wednesday: 6:15 p.m. The Cosmonauts 7:15 p.m. Guttenberg Live 8 p.m. The Rye Douglas Band Thursday: 5 p.m. Bomb Awesome 6 p.m. Shark Toys, Thomas Function and Yusef Jerusalem 8:15 p.m. The Rambles Other planned events: How to run a record label Writing development Screen printing how-to Urban farming Political discussions Outdoor film screenings Dodge ball and hide and seek Book trading and distribution Food trading and distribution

By Joey Colone/For the Daily Titan

Two Black Hawk helicopters flew 11 cadets over Orange County as part of their ROTC training Friday

ROTC takes flight, views county

By Greg Lehman

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at Cal State Fullerton gave their cadets the opportunity to ride in Black Hawk helicopters on Friday, Oct. 16. Two helicopters lifted chalks of 11 cadets each from the soccer field in the Titan Sports Complex and flew them up to 1,500 feet above Fullerton and Anaheim.

After Staff Sgt. Sam Knight gave a summary of the day’s events and instructions on how to properly approach the helicopter, each Black Hawk began to lift off the cadets for 15-minute tours. The helicopters would return and land in the middle of the field as groups of 11 cadets, called chalks, ran to the helicopter in lines as the pilots waited to take off again. The Black Hawk pilots demonstrated maneuvers in the air as they flew above the cities.

Executive Officer First Lt. Tung Huynh, who arranged the event, said, “Basically, what we wanted to do was a couple of things. One is to

introduce them to the aviation branch of the Army and actually get them to see a helicopter fly up close, get them to ride in a helicopter for the first time, and also as an introduction to the California Army National Guard and their aviation branch.”

Huynh was the driving force behind obtaining the helicopters for the day.

“Basically, I did the planning, preparation, coordination with the State Aviation California Army National Guard to request that the helicopters come out here,” he said.

Cadet Battalion Commander Nick Griepsma watched over his cadets and made sure that the event ran smoothly.

“Today, we’re going to get some aircraft familiarization with Black Hawk helicopters,” Griepsma said. “It’s a good way to expose the cadets to the vehicles that we use in active duty Army, and also it’s a motivational event for the year between our various training events that we do.”

Griepsma said that the training would not be a technical exercise. “Today, the purpose is the familiarization with the aircraft. We’re not going to be going over tactically how these aircraft are going to be coming down in land-

Month later, alumna remains missing

By Lauren Felechner

Mitrice Richardson

HEIGHT: 5’5 AGE: 24 WEIGHT: 125 lbs.

EYES: Hazel brown HAIR: Medium brown

(naturally curly) TATTOOS: Lower abdomen and behind neck LAST WEARING: brown Bob Marley T-shirt and blue jeans LAST SEEN: Malibu region 9/17 Also may use name “Hazel”

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Mitrice Richardson, a 24-year-old Cal State Fullerton graduate, has been missing since Sept. 17.

Richardson graduated from CSUF with a 4.0 GPA as a psychology major and went missing in Malibu after being arrested and released by the sheriff’s department. Her charges for being taken to jail were her inability to pay a restaurant bill of $89, and a small amount of marijuana was found on her as well after the fact, said Ronda Hampton, a clinical psychologist who Richardson did her internship with in order to graduate from CSUF. “Mitrice is a very trusting and honest person, just the nicest person you’d ever want to meet,” Hampton said.

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fer from some sort of mental illness, Hampton said, was acting “bizarre” the day she went missing. She was sending unusual text messages to her friends that day. So it was no surprise when Richardson went to Geoffrey’s Restaurant in Malibu the night of Sept. 17 and was talking about such things as avenging the death of Michael Jackson, claiming to be from Mars and Mother Nature herself to the valet and a strange party of six people with whom Richardson decided to sit down and dine with, Hampton said.

Hampton and Richardson’s family have not just left this case up to the Los Angeles Police Department; they have been staying active in the search for Richardson by organizing search parties almost every day.

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Annual walk in LA spreads AIDS awareness, Page 3

Obama threatens journalists’ shield laws, Page 6

to Angel Stadium, start coming back, and then you head down the 91 and kind of loop in, and they maneuver it around for you. I mean, it’s like a roller coaster when you’re up there; it’s sick,” he said.

Knight said that the Black Hawk rides served as a recreational event for the cadets as well.

“You know, it’s just stuff that we enjoy doing,” Knight said. “It’s as real as we can make it. It’s kind of a joy ride and a learning experience at the same time.”

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ing zones and stuff like that. It’s just really a familiarization with the aircraft itself and also just a recreational activity to expose and just have a fun day for the cadets to be able to ride on the Black Hawks and see the local area from a bird’s eye view.”

First Lt. Cadet Sean Bors said that this was his first time riding in the Black Hawks and compared them to a Chinook helicopter he had ridden in during training. “The Black Hawks are just way better. I mean, it maneuvers a lot better. You take off, you go down

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INTERNATIONAL

October 19, 2009

ROTC takes ride in helicopter

Move to ban political donations in Japan

TOKYO (MCT) – Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa is aiming to introduce legislation next year that will prohibit political donations from companies and organizations, and lift the current ban on door-to-door canvassing during election campaigns, according to sources.

Banning political donations from companies and organizations was one of the promises in the DPJ’s manifesto for the recent House of Representatives election. To bring this and other reforms about, Ozawa intends to call on both ruling and opposition parties to submit lawmaker-sponsored legislation to drastically revise the Public Offices Election Law and the Political Funds Control Law during an ordinary Diet session next year, the sources said.

The DPJ also plans to consider setting a cap on the amount of money that can be spent on election campaigns, based on a system introduced in Britain.

It also will consider reforming local governments’ election boards, perhaps granting them authority to oversee local election campaigns.

Cadets Zack Hartley and Nick Griepsma, two Biola students, show their excitement as they fly over Fullerton.

NATIONAL

‘Balloon boy’ a hoax, parents face charges

Whitman states message, views in visit to Ontario

ONTARIO (MCT) – To be successful as California’s governor, you have to stay focused on your core values and goals and you can’t be afraid to be disliked.

That was one of the main messages gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman conveyed to an audience of about 200 during her speech at the Airport Marriot Hotel on Saturday at a gathering of the Federation of Republican Women.

Whitman, a former CEO at E-Bay, hoped her appearance would get her name and platform out in front of the organization which has “really strong grassroots” in the Republican Party, said Tucker Bounds, Whitman’s deputy campaign manager.

The Republican candidate said fixing the ailing state requires focus on three vital areas: job creation, curtailing government spending and improving public schools.

Whitman believes grading public schools (A-F), merit pay for teachers and removing the cap on how many charter schools are allowed.

To operate would be a good start toward improving the state of public education.

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A Black Hawk helicopter in flight. The helicopters took ROTC cadets on a journey over Fullerton and Aneheim, giving them an aerial view of Orange County.

Missing: Search for CSUF Fest: Students join to learn during Furloughs Alumna continues

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lough Fest is working together as “I actually think it’s a really inter- equals across the board.

“I think it’s really important that esting occurrence as far as student activism goes. It’s interesting that we show the school that we’re really students are getting together. I’m serious about all this,” Sanchez said, “that we show the looking forward community that to seeing what we can do somecomes out of it.” thing, and educate Chui said ourselves along the that it is imporway.” tant for people Asuzano said to understand. that the anti-or“It’s not some ganization of the kind of like ‘this event serves as a is us teaching questioning of the you how to do systems which ensomething’ or – Jose Sanchez, acted the furloughs ‘this is us trying Philosophy major themselves. to organize some “Furlough Fest kind of rigorous is horizontal,” Asucurriculum of how something goes,’ but rather just zano said. “There is no top, and there getting together and exchanging ideas is no bottom. It is people in general responding to a frustrating and deaf and stuff like that.”

Jose Sanchez, a CSUF English and bureaucracy that exclusively entrusts philosophy major, will be giving a its power to administrators and mantalk on issues concerning the interna- agers. Well, that model, the classic tional academic world and what is in hierarchical corporate model so well regarded that it duplicates itself evstore for the future of CSUF. “It’s more of a communal idea,” erywhere, appears to be failing us said Sanchez. He went on to say that here in the university. So perhaps it is because competition comes along high time to reconsider the rules we with leaders, everyone in the Fur- play by.”

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I think it’s really important ... we show the community that we can do something and educate ourselves along the way.

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competitors six months prior to the Members from surrounding pageant, the girls often form a siscommunities have been more than terhood and become close.

She described Richardson as willing to help out as well, Hamp“outgoing” and “promptly-preton said.

Chuck Knolls, a detective from pared.” However, when Hikawa the LAPD has been handling Rich- found out about Richardson’s mental illness through the media, ardson’s missing person’s case.

“We have been following up she was caught off guard.

“What I’m reading and hearing on all leads, and we have contacts with the community county-wide,” is not the girl we knew,” Hikawa said.

Knolls said.

Richardson Knolls excelled at dance explained in the competihow there tion, Hikawa have been said, and she epotential mailed Hikawa sightings of Rich– Kathi Hikawa, two days before ardson Miss Fullerton Pageant she went missing about possibly throughExecutive Director competing in out Cali2010’s pageant. fornia but Richardson also had aspirations nothing valid to go on. The search for Richardson didn’t begin by the of going to grad school and last LAPD until Sept. 18 around 4 p.m., spoke with Hampton in late August about her school applications, Knolls said.

Richardson competed in the Hampton said.

“We both had a lot in common, Miss Fullerton pageant in 2007, placing as one of the finalists, said and I acted as a mentor to Mitrice,” Kathi Hikawa, the executive direc- Hampton said.

Richardson lives in Los Angeles, tor of the Miss Fullerton pageant.

“This whole thing is mind-bog- is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. For more information gling,” Hikawa said.

Hikawa explained that since the on Richardson, visit FindMitrice. pageant association works with the info.

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What I’m reading about and hearing about is not the girl we knew.

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STATE

photos by Joey colon/For the Daily Titan ROTC cadets had an amazing view as they soared high above Fullerton on Friday.

Riding in the Black Hawks is just one of the many great experiences these soon-to-be soldiers have on a daily basis.

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NEW YORK (MCT) – The “balloon boy” case that sparked international media news attention Thursday was a hoax that will result in criminal charges against the boy’s parents, Larimer County, Colo., Sheriff Jim Alderden said Sunday.

Richard and Mayumi Heene concocted the hoax – that their 6-year-old son, Falcon was in a helium balloon that broke away from its mooring and was drifting over Northern Colorado – hoping to market themselves for a reality television show, Alderden said.

The world’s news media was riveted as authorities, believing the boy was in the balloon and helpless, tried to figure out how to rescue him.

The balloon’s gondola was empty when it landed about 50 miles from the Keene home in Fort Collins, Colo.

The boy later was found safe at home.

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Left: Thousands of walkers took to the streets of West Hollywood for the 25th annual AIDS Walk in Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 18. Below: Belinda Hunter of Compton has some fun with a hula hoop at AIDS Walk.

Photos By Ron Fu/Daily Titan Staff Photographer

Thousands crowd streets for AIDS Walk LA Volunteers and donors raise $3.1 million for HIV programs

By Patrick Cowles

Daily Titan Asst. News Editor features@dailytitan.com

Two arrangements of blue, orange and yellow balloons tethered together formed street-wide arches that signaled the finish line for AIDS Walk Los Angeles 2009, held on Oct. 18 in West Hollywood.

For 25 years, AIDS Walk has drawn a large crowd to walk the streets in honor and support of AIDS patients and in contribution to research towards prevention and a cure.

Since 1985 AIDS Walk has raised between $59 million and $63 million for HIV programs and services in LA County. This year, volunteers and donors raised $3.1 million, the AIDS Walk LA Web site stated.

While walking under the arches, I overheard a mother and her daughter describe the atmosphere of the day.

“It’s all about love today,” the mother said.

“Yeah,” replied her daughter.

As I watched from the sidelines of the Walk gazing upon the variety of people who came out, I thought two years into my past when I walked down the same streets with a few friends.

It was a long journey from the beginning to the end of the 6.2 mile route through some of West Hollywood’s most famous streets. But it was walked proudly and painlessly for a greater cause.

Victoria Ramirez, 20, a Cal State Fullerton Chicana/o studies major and co-chair of Hermanas Unidas (HaU), a statewide student organization that provides resources and opportunities for Latina college students, walked for similar reasons against an incredible heat. It was her sixth time.

“It was hot and pretty long,” said Ramirez. “But worth the cause.”

Ramirez stated that sometimes

it felt over 100 degrees but in the shade 80 to 90 degrees. By the time I had arrived, a breeze had drifted in dropping the temperature into the low 80s.

Ramirez walked with 26 other members from HaU. In the 2007 Walk, I trekked with team, “Walk This Way.” This year though, the team derailed.

I sent an instant message to my friend K.T., the team leader, Saturday night asking her when she planned to leave SunPhoto By Ron Fu/Daily Titan Staff Photographer day morning.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa speaks to the crowd of walkers at the 25th annual AIDS “The team sort of dis- walk in Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 18. “Star Trek” actor George Takei sits to the right of the mayor. banded,” K.T. replied.

A number of people had to back out and K.T. herself had AIDS Walk LA Web site showed and police directing the madhouse me exactly how to get there, right traffic, I navigated through the maze another obligation to uphold.

Either way, I planned to cover the into the middle of the route, but I of police tape set up to coral pedesevent and hopefully sweet talk my needed to find parking before I start- trians away from open streets.

As I neared the finish line, I noway into participating again, even ed marching. Since the Los Angeles though my team was no longer reg- Police Department kept anyone ticed a group of people stopped from entering the route via vehicle, under the shade of trees outside a istered.

Expecting a large crowd and I was redirected many times. Based building. They wore identical black scorching heat, I hit the freeway upon the directions I received major T-shirts with a name and two dates around 10:45 a.m. The Walk offi- streets I needed to travel down were screened on in white text: “Richard cially started at 10 a.m. but remem- closed down as part of the route. Bad Ochotorena Aug. 27 1968 - Feb. 7 1996.” bering traffic from two years before planning.

In the vast concrete jungle of LA, Richard died from AIDS which and sweltering in the car waiting in it, I figured I’d wait to let it hope- parking is both bothersome to find where you need it and expensive. fully clear out.

AIDS Walk expected tens of thou- But hospital parking always remains sands to participate this year, and decently priced. After a few U-turns judging by the freeway traffic when I gave up on finding the event parkI merged onto the 405 North many ing and turned into the visitor’s of them were still on their way. Bad parking lot of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and rolled into a spot. The timing.

At noon I exited at Wilshire Bou- time: 1 p.m.

It was too late to walk, but I could levard heading toward Santa Monica Boulevard. From there I turned left still catch the last few groups in acand wound my way to Melrose Av- tion as they marched towards the finish line. enue. Or so I planned.

The streets were lined with cones The directions provided by the

he contracted through hypodermic needle use.

Since his death, Vicky Ochotorena, his sister from Bassett, has participated in AIDS Walk almost every year. She also comes out to support AIDS Project LA (APLA).

Anthony Shepett, a friend of the Ochotorena’s from Bassett, came out for his first AIDS Walk.

He described the experience as a warm environment and very friendly. For Shepett, the heat wasn’t too bad, he enjoyed the breeze.

“All the young volunteers cheering us on helped us make it to the end,” Shepett said.

But the event was most important for Shepett because he was able to remember Richard with family and friends.

The American Red Cross Club from El Monte High School had 11 students come out to volunteer for the event.

It was the group’s first time volunteering for AIDS Walk LA, but they had volunteered for similar events before.

The club’s president, Helen Tu, said that nine of the students worked the food and water stations along the route with the other two assisting with the fund raising awards ceremony.

Suzette Covarrubias, 20, a human services major, child develop-

ment minor and co-chair of HaU at CSUF walked for her third time on Sunday.

She, along with other members from across the state, comprised the team, “Hermanas Unidas Inc.” It was the first year all the chapters walked as one group.

The most memorable aspect of the Walk for her though was the crowd. “(There were) all kinds of people out there supporting the cause,” said Covarrubias.

As the event wound down and the crowd began to subside I noticed that trash cans lining the streets were overflowing with boxes of water provided for the walkers. Two years ago, I remember noticing the same thing. For AIDS Walk though, it is a positive sign, it shows a lot of people came out to support a cause on a hot day in the name of care, compassion and common humanity.

When the streets had emptied a few street sweepers began to clean up the aftermath. With boxed water littering the streets, an army of volunteers combed the sidewalks getting the trash the street sweepers couldn’t reach.

By today, Melrose Avenue will be back to its normal beat with storefronts open for business; but one Sunday a year for the past 25 years, LA has come out to walk in support of a world without AIDS.

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PHOTOS By Kymberly Snew/Daily Titan Asst. News Editor Above: “Team Celso” makes their way to the finish line for Alzheimer’s Association’s Memory Walk, held Oct. 17, to raise awareness of the disease. Right: Many walkers came to support loved ones suffering from Alzheimer’s forming teams and support groups.

Campus hosts Alzheimer’s awareness walk features@dailytitan.com

Friends, families and volunteers were on the move to end Alzheimer’s disease. The Memory Walk held at Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 17 was hosted by the Alzheimer’s Association to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Since 1989, Memory Walk has raised more than $260 million for the cause; Saturday’s event raised a total of $246,896 in donations.

The morning walk was kicked off by a live jazz band as walkers warmed-up at the starting line. The two mile scenic route around the CSUF campus was led by Travis Ranch, who is in color guard. Volunteer cheerleaders were stationed throughout the course of the walk to encourage the participants with their signs, songs and chants to keep them energized.

“It’s so wonderful to see all these people come out; they ask me when they can give donations. It’s amazing they want to donate with this econ-

omy right now,” said Vicky Koerner, a volunteer for the Alzheimer’s Association. “They are just celebrating this terrible disease, and hopefully we will be able to conquer it one of these days.”

The Alzheimer’s Association depends on over 300 volunteers to help organize the walk. Among these are CSUF students who participate as walkers or volunteers. Sorority groups and members of the Greek system walk to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer’s disease.

“Our philanthropy for Sigma Kappa is Alzheimer’s research and our main event is the Memory Walk every year,” said Karlie Carlson, president of CSUF Sigma Kappa Sorority. “This year we are super excited because Sigma Kappa chapters from UC Riverside and Cal Poly Pomona are both here as well; it’s a good time to meet people and have fun while spending time together.”

Many volunteers walk to create awareness and celebrate the lives of loved ones who have passed or those who are still dealing with Alzheimer’s disease.

Beverly Newton is one of the volunteers who has been directly impacted by the effects of the disease and has served on the board of directors for the Alzheimer’s Association for about five years.

“My mother had Alzheimer’s disease and was diagnosed in 1994. We noticed her behavior was changing at the age of 65,” Newton said. “As the sole care manager of my mother, I made changes in my career path because someone needed to be around to take care of her financially, medically and mentally. It was very difficult.”

Newton’s mother passed away at 90. “My mother was a teacher and one of the lessons that she taught me was that when we learn lessons in life, try to share those lessons with

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other people. After she passed away, I joined the Alzheimer’s Association to volunteer and to honor my mother.”

The Alzheimer’s Association provides services free of charge to families: a 24-hour help line, care consultations, and skilled social workers are available for therapy to meet with the families and go through every stage of the disease with them.

“One of – Vicky Koerner, the things about our Volunteer organization that excites people a lot is they think all of our money goes towards research, but when they find out that 75 cents on the dollar stays right here in Orange County to support the families who are living with the disease, they get really excited about that,” said Nicole Balsamo, senior relationship manager of the Alzheimer’s Association.

It’s so wonderful to see all these people come out ... It’s amazing they want to donate with this economy right now.

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“The best part about working with the organization ... I ran into someone in the bathroom and I said, ‘Thank you so much for being here,’ and she got tears in her eyes and said, ‘Thank you guys for doing this for us.’ It’s realizing that it is a really great gift for the families, and it’s an honor working for them,” Balsamo said.

Andres Hernandez, a member of the organization Steps of Hope, came to support members in the group who are dealing with Alzheimer’s disease. Steps of Hope has over 2,000 members from various cities in Orange County.

Once Hernandez crossed the finish line he said, “The walk was long, but we raised money as an organization in order to contribute to the Alzheimer’s Association.”

Mallory Gompert, associate director of Development for the Alzheimer’s Association, said that Memory Walk is their largest fundraiser. Over 66,000 individuals are affected by Alzheimer’s or related memory loss disorders in Orange County. They seek to serve those individuals and

their families as well as professionals in the senior care industry.

“It amazes me. So many of the volunteers I work with every day have been touched by this disease,” Gompert said.

Over 60 exhibitors who sponsor the cause attended the walk. Corporate supporters such as Kaiser Permanente, CalOptima and Silverado Senior Living provided information for visitors and handouts to those battling the disease.

All of the proceeds for the walk go directly to serve the Alzheimer’s Association’s mission, which is “to provide programs, services, education, advocacy and fund research dollars for Alzheimer’s disease,” Gompert said.

“The biggest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease is age, and as we have our baby boomer population aging, the projections for the disease are pretty astounding,” Gompert said. “It reconfirms that we need to redouble our efforts to raise awareness about this disease and to provide the programs, services and research to combat the disease.”

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$1.2 million raised by ‘Walk in the Park’ benefits Orange County children’s hospital

By Scarlett Durham For the Daily Titan

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a great way to get our community service hours and help a worthy cause,” said Psi Chi President Michelle Warstadt, a psychology major.

“Anyone is welcome to help donate to Psi Chi through our Fullerton Web page as well as joining our sponsor group at the walk,” said Ginger Klee, Webmaster of Psi Chi and a psychology major, before the walk.

Following the walk, Klee said their club had raised $430. “It went really well ... (We) had a lot of fun too,” she said.

Walkers strolled through Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure before the park’s official opening while Disney characters cheered them on. Newly included among the characters rooting for CHOC walkers were Tiana and Prince Naveen from Disney’s new 2-D animated feature, “The Princess and the Frog.”

At the end of the walk in Downtown Disney, business sponsors handed out free samples and gifts. Sponsors this year included Kia Motors, Hurley, Chick-fil-A, 102.7 KISS FM, Mimi’s Café, Arrowhead and Nordstrom.

Uways Khakoo was only 7 months old when he died from a mysterious immune system disorder in 2007. For almost two and a half months, Uways lived in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Children’s Hospital of Orange County. The care provided to him enabled him to go home and spend the last three months of his life with his family.

Uways’ family joined thousands of families and individuals on Sunday for CHOC Children’s and CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital’s 19th Annual CHOC Walk in the Park at the Disneyland Resort in memory of Uways and other CHOC children.

Sunday marked the third year Zaheed Khakoo has walked for his son, Uways, and CHOC. “Having been in the situation where you spend a lot of time in the hospital, you realize how hard the doctors and nurses work for your children,” Khakoo said. “This walk gives us an opportunity to thank them and raise money so that CHOC can provide exemplary medical treatment to other patients so that they can return home to their families.”

The 5K walk is a charity event where participants donate a minimum of $50 to CHOC Children’s. The donations will help advance the education, research, care and services that CHOC has to offer patients.

The $50 minimum donation is only required for people who want to walk the event, but anyone can donate a dollar or more to sponsors like Khakoo whose slogan has been, “Give up your Starbucks coffee today and donate your three dollars towards a worthy cause.” Khakoo raised $2,295 for this year’s walk.

Last year, 15,000 individuals raised $1.6 million for the walk. This year’s walk made $1,171,061, as of 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 18.

Cal State Fullerton’s psycholPHOTO COURTESY MCT ogy club, Psi Chi, joined the Anaheim’s Disneyland and California Adventure were the scene of cause for the first time this year. Children’s Hospital of Orange County’s 19th Annual “Walk in the “We decided to join because it’s Park.”

PHOTO COURTESY JIM VOLZ TJ Mundy-Punchard (John) and Chris Duir (Engineer) in Cal State Fullerton’s production of “Miss Saigon,” with music by Claude-Michel Schonberg and lyrics by Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. The show runs Oct. 23 – Nov. 8 in the Little Theatre at CSUF.

Tragic musical fills Little Theatre

By James Bean

For the Daily Titan

features@dailytitan.com

The stunning Tony award-winning classic “Miss Saigon” will have its Cal State Fullerton premiere in the Little Theatre on campus, Friday, Oct. 23.

“Miss Saigon” tells the tale of a Vietnamese bar girl named Kim who meets an American GI stationed in Vietnam during the war. I will spare you the details to keep the show a surprise, but just know that Kim has a few horrifying skeletons in her closet, and the American is scheduled to be shipped back to America soon. The show runs through rivers of drama, culminating in a famous finale.

When the show first previewed on West End in 1989, it was critically hailed as the best musical of the year, and when it moved to Broadway in 1991, it was showered with the same praise. It was nominated for every major award (including Best Musical) at the 1991 Tony Awards and won the majority of the acting merits that night.

It has been performed in hundreds of cities across the nation, has been translated into 12 languages and is arguably one of the most recognized musicals worldwide. Hopefully, now you can begin to see why people are buzzing with excitement about this show.

Last year, when the higher-ups were still choosing the shows to occupy this season, they set out on a quest to find

a guest director that would be capable of helming the show.

“I remember the e-mail,” said Jon Lawrence Rivera, the show’s director. “They were looking for someone to re-envision ‘Miss Saigon.’ I had a couple of ideas already.”

Rivera’s re-imagining includes many unique and never-been-done ideas. He plays around with the juxtaposition of the characters and events within the show in a way that has never been introduced to a mainstream theater audience. Rivera also had a few words to say about his stellar cast.

“The talent pool is so good; I had no problem casting every role,” Rivera said.

“They are an amazing group of actors, from the ensemble to the principles.”

Rivera said that during auditions, he was told by the head of the department, Jim Taulli, that there were certain actors who needed to be cast to fulfill the requirements of CSUF’s Bachelor of Fine Arts program.

After auditions were over, Rivera said that he was just blown away by the level of talent in the program. “(Taulli) didn’t tell me how good they all were,” Rivera said.

This production has also allowed a few actors to play roles that they have dreamed of playing for years.

“I’m really nervous because I’ve never had a huge lead, and this is the biggest part I’ve played in my entire life,” said Jacqueline Nguyen, who plays the main character, Kim. Although nervous, Nguyen is confident

that her training at CSUF has prepared her for the role. “‘Saigon’ is an opera which has basically no dialogue, which is pretty straining on my voice,” Nguyen said. “But thankfully I’ve had great acting and voice teachers that have guided me and trained me well enough so that it isn’t as scary as I initially thought it would be.”

Jesse Abeel, who plays the GI who falls in love with Kim, was excited to collaborate with Nguyen.

“It has been fantastic working with Jackie,” Abeel said. “She is just a fantastic actress.”

Several of the themes that run through “Miss Saigon” deal with incredibly controversial issues such as race, sex and the rules of a war-torn country that is going down in flames.

Abeel really appreciates the rather intense themes that run through “Miss Saigon.”

“It’s not something you normally see in a musical,” Abeel said. “This is really serious stuff.”

Rivera wants the audience to leave understanding the message of love in “Miss Saigon.”

“I hope they can find a world where you can embrace people of all colors and all backgrounds,” Rivera said. “Their love exists even though there is war and that stuff in the background. I’d love them to understand the love that these people have. They probably do.”

Tickets are $20 for general admission and $18 for CSUF students.

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OPINION

Titan Editorial

Providing insight, analysis and perspective since 1960

Obama’s bill provisions reduce transparency For years, professional journalists from California with moderate protection for years. But even that is have faced some of the strongest protection against not a sure thing when the legal system has the option legal ramifications when refusing to reveal confiden- to imprison a journalist under contempt of court for tial sources. However, a new federal shield law could not revealing their sources. change all that and throw journalists, as well as their There needs to be a guarantee that all journalists trusted sources, under the bus. will be protected and not be jailed for simply protectThe Obama administration recently turned its back ing themselves and those who had the courage to step on S. 448, better known as the Free Flow of Informa- forward and expose misdeeds and corruption. As of tion Act and made changes to the proposal. now, the strongest defense journalists have is provIf this revised act were to go through, it would se- ing that the story was in the public interest, but with verely weaken the proposed shield law and take away the revision by the president’s administration, that virtually any protection journalists should have when defense may no longer be valid. refusing to reveal confidential sources. Protecting the Judith Miller, a one-time prominent reporter for identity of these sources is crucial when revealing in- the New York Times who had access to government formation that would not be revealed otherwise. officials, spent 85 days in jail for refusing to reveal her Allowing the federal court system to say that jour- sources in a CIA leak case, more commonly know as nalists must turn over any and all sources they choose the Plame Affair. Miller later revealed I. Lewis “Scootwould severely hinder the right to a free press and the er” Libby as her source but only after receiving writdissemination of information American’s deserve to ten permission from Libby to do so. know.

What this would do is prevent better oversight of Shield laws have, for many years, been a pivotal the government and its practices, which should be a part of the free press. They protect journalists and al- right of not just the press, but more importantly the low us to do our job, which is to inform the public of people. affairs they have every right to know about even when Take the Watergate scandal for example. It was one others believe they should not. of the most shocking high-profile breaking news cases What is really odd about the Obama administra- that this country has ever seen. Imagine if “Deeption’s new stance on S. 448 is that when President throat” would not have come out and leaked inforObama was a senator, he was all for the rights of jour- mation to the Washington Post. nalists. During his presidential campaign in 2008, he Obama’s new proposed shield law would have promised to push for a federal shield law that would probably kept Deepthroat from coming out and, do exactly what was proposed before his administra- therefore, no one would have known about the Nixon tion made changes, and that is to protect journalists administration’s wrongdoings. and their sources, but still protect national security.

Journalists need the protection of the law to do The reason their jobs effecfor Obama’s detively and thorcision is that he oughly. As a wants to protect member of the national security Fourth Estate and make sure of the United that people with States, a jourconfidential innalist’s job is formation are to comfort the not leaking it afflicted and to the press unafflict the comder the pretense fortable. that their names Without will be kept conjournalists fidential. The keeping those in First Amendpower in check, ment has proeveryone gets vided journalists Illustration By Jon Harguindeguy/For the Daily Titan screwed.

October 19, 2009

That’s So Gay “Out of the closet and into the limelight”

Translating trannies

by Daniel Batalla

Daily Titan Columnist opinion@dailytitan.com

My fascination with the transgender lifestyle began long before I fully understood what being transgender really meant.

As a child, rather than play swords with the other boys, I would hide away in my room and fashion cocktail dresses out of my bed sheets.

I knew asking my parents to take me shopping in the “little miss” section wouldn’t go over very well, but in my head I could create gowns that would rival those that Christy Turlington would wear on the catwalk.

As I got older, I began to understand that, though I enjoyed playing in my make-believe designer duds, there was a community out there that didn’t just want to dress in drag, they wanted to change their gender.

Even for someone who is as interested in the transgender lifestyle as I am, the terminology can be a bit overwhelming and at times confusing: Genderqueer, third gender, transsexual, transgender and Hijra are not household terms, at least not in my house.

Now, I’m not saying that I want to change genders because, frankly, I think I would make one hideous woman.

But I do think it’s time the transgender lifestyle made its way into mainstream America.

With movies such as “TransAmerica” (one of my favorites) and shows like “Ugly Betty” featuring transgendered characters, audiences all over the world are becoming more familiar with a topic that used to be con-

sidered taboo.

More and more transgender people are breaking ground in today’s media.

Christine Jorgensen, the first widely known individual to undergo sex-reassignment surgery, led the way for the Amanda Lepore’s and Chaz Bono’s of today to gain acceptance.

As a teenager, my fascination with trannies developed from a genuine interest into more of an appreciation for a group of people who dared deviate from society’s norms.

Midway though my junior year in high school, a transgendered transfer student shocked the student body when she enrolled in our school.

The rumors had begun circulating all over the school even before I had seen her.

I was asked four times in a single day, “Have you seen the he-she?”

On the way to my locker one day, I passed a group of jocks who were pointing down the hall to a girl wearing fitted jeans and a red mesh jersey.

It was the girl whom the entire student body had been talking about.

Sashaying past me, the Filipino girl had blonde highlights and a sprinkle of acne on her overly made up face.

As she drew nearer, she shot me the dirtiest look, as if to say, “Keep your distance.”

Whereas the school had labeled her a faggot, I had labeled her a bitch.

Whenever I saw her, she seemed irritated and annoyed.

She would shout profanities at students and give the middle finger for no apparent reason.

Then one day it hit me, she wasn’t a bitch, she was lonely.

She was acting out because in a school with a population of 3,500 students, she was truly unique.

I had never seen her walk to class with a friend or eat lunch with the girls.

As midterms began to wrap up, I decided I would invite her to sit with my friends during lunch.

But as quickly as she came to our school, she was gone.

I never saw her again.

As it turned out, she had been bumped from school to school because of the ridicule she encountered regularly.

Here I thought of myself as an outcast, and she was battling discrimination on a daily basis.

Looking back, I wish I could have stood up for her or at least have come to my realization about her loneliness sooner.

I could have reached out to her.

Being a teenager is difficult enough without having to wear your differences on your sleeve.

As years passed, my respect for the girl whom I never even introduced myself to grew.

In high school, I was too busy trying to blend in with the crowd while she was putting herself out there for the world to see.

Maintaining your individuality can be difficult, especially when there are people out there who are waiting to single you out for those individualities and eccentricities.

But at the end of the day, people like that girl in my high school could teach us a thing or two about staying true to ourselves.

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OPINION

October 19, 2009

Nerdgasm

Alien in America

“Exploring the highs and lows of nerd culture”

“From the inside looking out”

Simple tips for column writing by ashleigh johnson

Daily Titan Copy Editor opinion@dailytitan.com

I get asked a lot (read: never) about how I put together my awardwinning column on a weekly basis.

Keep in mind that when I say “award winning” I am actually referring to the fact that my nana will print out one of my columns from the Internet on occasion and stick it to her refrigerator door.

Sometimes she’ll put a smiley face sticker on my column – because they’re just that good.

Needless to say, I am an expert on the writing process, especially the column put-togethering process. In the interest of streamlining the actual method, I’ve decided to come up with a handy step-by-step guide to writing your own columns.

Step 1: Choose a topic – I often spend weeks in advance searching for just the right topic that could in turn form an intelligent, well-written column about the subtle intricacies of a problem plaguing our daily lives.

Step 2: Research – Now when I say “research,” I usually mean “watch ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ for about six hours.” I know all, for I am

Ashleigh the Barbarian, destroyer of worlds! Fear me mortals!

Step 3: Outline your column – Oh crap. You forgot to pick a topic, didn’t you? Uhh … Crap. I don’t know, just write something about how art is cool and war is bad or something. People love that kind of thing. Include something about being depressed.

Step 4: Begin writing – OK, so you haven’t even figured out a topic yet. No worries, just be cool. You know what? At this point it might be easier to skip the outline step altogether; you were always better at freewriting anyway. When is this column due? Damn. OK, you’d better skip the research portion of it as well. Just use Wikipedia.

Just use a lot of quotes from dead people, that will make you seem smart. What about Carl Sagan? He was a pretty smart guy. Wait, he was the guy who talked about wormholes and junk, right? Or was that Steve McQueen?

No, no, it was definitely Carl Sagan, I remember watching “Jeopardy” once and they had a question about him. Also, there’s some Youtube video that someone edited to make it sound like he and Stephen

Hawking were singing.

Oh my god, so funny! It’s almost as good as that one video where that kid is like, “Walker told me I have AIDS,” and then it cuts to a cat playing the keyboard.

Oh my god! You should mention a YouTube video in your column.

That will make you sound hip.

Oh yeah, we were talking about Carl Sagan, sorry. Is he even dead yet? Remember, you should only quote people if they’re dead. Hold on, I’ll go check. Yup, he is.

Step 5: Rewrite your first draft.

Let’s do shots!

Step 6: Zzzz …

There you have it, ladies and gentlemen. By using these steps, you too can become a columnist. Just remember that writing a great column is an art and, as such, is obligated to unmask life’s hidden truths, like war’s dependence on man’s ultimate inhumanity toward his fellow man in order to succeed.

Don’t get me wrong, it will be a difficult process, but as Carl Sagan once said: “If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.”

Play me out, Keyboard Cat. And where’s my Prozac?

‘Balloon boy’ hoax crosses the line

By Summer Rogers

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

It’s a bird; it’s a plane … it’s a hoax! The story of the 6-year-old boy trapped in a saucer-shaped homemade balloon, floating over Colorado that gripped the nation for two hours turned out to be nothing but an elaborately planned publicity stunt to get a reality show.

Falcon, the 6-year-old boy who was supposedly trapped in the balloon, let the cat out of the bag that on CNN about the family stunt.

Wolf Blitzer asked Falcon why he didn’t come out of his hiding place in the family’s attic when they called for him, and he responded as any child would with an honest answer, “You guys said we did this for the show.”

Falcon’s parents, Richard and Mayumi, put on quite a performance for authorities and the nation. In a press conference, Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden answered sever-

al questions and has said the parents “put on a very good show for us, and we bought it.”

Alderden said no charges had been filed yet, and the parents weren’t under arrest. He said he expected to recommend charges of conspiracy, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, making a false report to authorities and attempting to influence a public servant.

Alderden said that jail time was unlikely because it was a first-time felony offense and because Colorado has a shortage of space in their prisons. Alderden also said the three Heene boys, ages 6, 8 and 10, knew of the stunt and were fully involved but will most likely not be charged because of their ages.

Richard and Mayumi should be charged and arrested; they wasted the time of paramedics, firefighters, police officers and everyone else involved in the search and recovery of Falcon.

However, the boys should not be charged because children do what

their parents tell them to do, even if it’s wrong. It’s disgusting that parents would treat their children like pawns in a game to gain a television show and fame.

The Heenes made people feel sympathetic and worried for their family for no valid reason. It’s extraordinarily selfish to pull a stunt where a child is in danger or potential danger. Perhaps one of the biggest tip offs that this was a stunt was the fact that the Heenes called 911 third after calling the Federal Aviation Administration and Nine News.

Richard claims he was thinking that because the news had a helicopter that they could be of some help in capturing the out-of-control balloon. As a concerned parent, wouldn’t you immediately call 911?

Putting a child in hypothetical danger to gain publicity for a television show is worse than the villainous Octomom having babies to gain notoriety.

Shame on you, Richard and Mayumi. I hope the long arm of the law gives you what you deserve.

ASI election apathy

by Isa Ghani

Daily Titan Multimedia Editor opinion@dailytitan.com

I had a budget cut. You had a budget cut. Cal State Fullerton had a budget cut. California had a budget cut. The entire United States of America had a damn budget cut.

But CSUF’s Associated Students Inc. sure doesn’t look like they had a budget cut.

I go to class every day. I take part in campus activities. I wear navy and white when our men and women hit the field/court/ice. I also pay about $234 a semester in campus fees, a large part of which goes directly to fund ASI. All I seem to get in return are some free hot dogs once in a while and a pretty decent concert once a year. So, why should I care about ASI as long as they keep me fed and entertained?

Last year, ASI had their general elections, where students of CSUF (that’s you and me) got to vote for who we wanted in positions of power. Yet, until the day before the elections, many students didn’t know the elections existed, who was running, or even if they could run for those positions – and the answer to the last question is: Yes, anyone can run to be president of ASI. The story was broken by the Daily Titan with the bold headline: “Unopposed” and as a result, three new sets of candidates, comprised of wannabe presidents and vice presidents, submitted their candidacy right before the deadline – which was the very next day.

If students had known that anyone, any Tom, Dick, Harry, Sue, Jane or Sally could run, imagine how many more choices in candidates we would have had for that election.

The two original candidates for president and vice president, Juli Santos and Joe Lopez, who I might add were previously on the ballot unopposed for nearly three months prior to election day, were previous board members of ASI. They are both involved in sororities and fraternities on campus. And they also won that election by a landslide.

Due to the late entry into the election of the three other parties, the newcomers or “underdogs” were not on the electronic ballot and had to have their names filled in manually by voters.

The catch was that if there was even one mistake in the names typed in, those votes would go uncounted. For candidates with names like Freddy Fitzgerald and Oscar Ricar-

do-Herrera (if you spelled his name without the hyphen, that vote would also go uncounted), this might be a little unfair, especially since to remain impartial to all candidates, there can be no posting of any candidate’s names in or around voting booths.

The entire situation seems a little biased and confusing. So honestly, why should we care about ASI? Well, let me tell you why; it’s because ASI has control over a multi-million dollar budget, that’s why.

In the spring 2009 semester, ASI had a $7 million budget to support them, campus programs and other student services. That’s more than what a lot of small business firms get to handle.

As a student living through the worst times in Cal State University history, with fees, furloughs and financial problems giving me hell, I would really like to have a say in who’s playing around with $7 million of my school’s money.

As if that wasn’t incentive enough to become a board member of ASI, it is important to note that these are paid positions.

For example, Curtis Schlaufman, the previous president of ASI made more than $18,000 a year, along with priority registration and a cell phone allowance. Apparently there wasn’t enough in the 18,000 bucks to pay for a $50 dollar phone bill.

To make matters more interesting, the previous Board of Directors of ASI was given the option this year to help the school by reducing their own paychecks to help combat the budget crisis.

The logic behind the argument was if they all took a small reduction to their paychecks, they could have more funding for other programs for students. On April 21 of this year, the vote to reduce pay was struck down by a vote of 10 to 2.

Their reasoning behind this was that it wasn’t fair; there were other ways to adjust the budget and that it “devalued the positions.” That last one was a direct quote from Schlaufman himself. Now don’t they sound like a swell bunch of people?

Something else to note; this year our teaching faculty took a 10 percent pay cut on top of nine days of unpaid furlough leave.

Fees were raised 32 percent, and classes were cut. On the other hand, nothing’s changed with ASI since last semester. As of today, the president of ASI still makes $18,700 a year, the vice president makes $17,600, and the entire board gets a total of $117,893 a year for student leadership positions.

Last semester, before taking on her role as ASI president, Santos did say she agreed with the cutting

of ASI Student Leader stipends. But according to the budget, nothing has been changed so far, despite the fact that it could free up nearly $20,000 for use in other areas. So where are the cuts, Santos?

Lopez also mentioned in an interview with the Daily Titan this semester that they aren’t hurting for money as bad as CSUF, as they run on a separate budget. So I say why doesn’t ASI help CSUF out? God knows our university needs all the help it can get.

ASI is autonomous of CSUF; they can do what they want, when they want. They control the majority of funding for clubs and events on campus, as well as many sports programs.

ASI is the student body’s equivalent of the government. In short, they are not people you want to mess with.

They have money, power and perks. Who is sitting on the board, and the decisions they make affect students throughout CSUF. ASI matters, and we should be very concerned as to who gets voted into these positions and why.

So why is it that they run in elections unopposed, have amazing salaries for part-time student positions, get autonomous budgets of $7 million a semester, and student voter turnout is still abysmal?

If they were an actual government, people would have cared more and, thus, they would have been forced to become more transparent, more public by now.

ASI isn’t infallible; they make mistakes like all humans. Remember, they are still students too. For example, they once allocated $10,000 instead of the intended $1,000 for the Business Inter-club Council.

This went on for two years until it was corrected; $9,000 is a lot of money to not notice is missing for two years.

But Santos and Lopez’s new open door policy makes me proud. Their attempts to get students more involved with the CSU protests make me happy to be a student here at CSUF, in this wonderful country.

I’m from a different culture, yet I seem to care more about Americanstyle democracy than most of the students in my classes. This is something that needs to change; everyone should be concerned with where their money goes, not just what they get for it.

Here’s a hint: Hot dogs and spring concerts aren’t enough.

So go vote Oct. 28 for the new ASI Board of Directors, at least for your personal college if nothing else.

I guess I just want you to give more than a damn about who’s running what in your school.

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October 19, 2009

Promoting acceptance shot by shot

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By derin richardson For the Daily Titan

detour@dailytitan.com

Children of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender couples are given a newfound type of support with the help of a photo exhibit at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim.

“Love Makes A Family” is a touring photo-text exhibit presented by Family Diversity Projects, a nonprofit organization from Amherst, Massachusetts, that aims to quell the biases and prejudices by exemplifying families with lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender memPhoto By Brittny ulate/Daily Titan Detour Editor bers in a positive light.

The objective of the project is to show the public that The Unitarian Universalist Church, located on Harbor Boulevard in Anaheim, welcomes discussion of alternative families and is an open environment where anyone can feel at home. the caring properties of a family, regardless of sexual oriher current church receives new members all the time. “It’s very exciting to entation, culture, race or other definitive factors, are no be here now,” she said. different from family to family.

Sanchez said that church has been active for over 52 years with a track The photo exhibits feature portraits of several different families alongside excerpts from the interviews conducted with them and give substantial back- record of being involved in the fight against social injustice.

“It started as an Orange County congregation in response to the very conground information on the trials and joys of what they have endured.

Dawn Usher, event coordinator and member of the Unitarian Universalist servative political and theological atmosphere of the OC, where a number Church, is a lesbian and found the church a year ago when she and her part- of people who were liberal in their politics and theology and wanted to look ner of 26 years wanted to get married, feeling that no other church would for something where they could all be together, but were not all necessarily Unitarian Universal,” Sanchez said. accept them.

According to Sanchez, it wasn't until a member of the Los Angeles chapter Usher ended her affiliation with First Presbyterian Church of Anaheim in the late 1960s due to “a split over racial tensions,” when her parents were of the church Louis McGee came along and helped organize their perspectives and ideologies that the congregation officially spread its roots into the involved in the Civil Rights Movement of the era.

According to Usher, the decision of the UUC’s welcoming congregation ground.

Despite the split of the 300-member congregation due to the Vietnam to foster a supportive environment for the LGBT community by endorsing War, the OC chapter of the Unitarian Universalist Church remains active the photo exhibit was not difficult.

“Anything that can further the cause of equal justice for these disenfran- and growing.

“There were people in the church who were working in the defense induschised lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people is something that is very important to us,” Usher said. “Any social justice issue is important to us, and try who didn't want to be known as opposing the war and then there were a number of people who were strongly opposed to the war, and that made all this one in particular because of Prop 8.”

Lee Marie Sanchez, consulting minister of the church, has served the Ana- the difference in the world,” Sanchez said.

Sanchez said that the church has never gone back up to the number that heim location for nearly four years and is greatly appreciative of the image it once was. the exhibit places upon the LGBT community.

“I think the church is great because part of what they believe is taking in Sanchez served as the director of religious education for 12 years at both the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Laguna Beach and Salt Water Uni- people as human beings,” said Jimmy Ramos, English as a Second Language tarian Universalist Church in Des Moines, Washington, and is proud that program director for the church. The exhibit will run until Nov. 5.

Lounging with reggae grooves and a feel-good atmosphere By ahsley mejia

For the Daily Titan

detour@dailytitan.com

The gloomy, rainy weather that set in last week had no effect and did not stop the good vibrations that were felt in the Cantina Lounge, a popular off-campus hangout.

The Golden West Artist Management of Southern California got three bands together from San Diego and Orange County: Pacific Dub, Through the Roots, and headliners Seedless, to get the reggae vibes going.

Despite the cold weather, a good crowd of fans and friends of the bands showed up to enjoy dancing and to sing the night away.

Andrew Lancisero, a friend of Seedless, kept it sweet and simple when asked how he felt about the evening: “Good people, good atmosphere, good drinks, enjoying the friends you have and good vibes.”

The mood inside the lounge was very mellow and relaxing – a good quality for reggae. Everyone inside seemed to be enjoying themselves throughout the night.

Starting the night off was Huntington Beach’s Pacific Dub. They had excellent energy right from the start. Just releasing their first fulllength album, Fire Eye in August, the reggae/dub/rock band was ready to share their music with everyone.

The solid guitar riffs of their lead guitarist Bryce Klemer to the harmonious sounds of lead singer Colton Place and drummer David Delaney, who also lent his talents on vox, combined with the intense baselines of bassist Ryan Naglich made this up-and-coming band unforgettable.

The band was as enthused as their crowd; even when their fans stopped

dancing, the band kept up the feelgood vibes by dancing onstage and giving away gifts as an incentive to get people to dance with them.

Needless to say, it worked.

The bands’ faithful promoter, who goes by Radical RP said, “Rising up fast, Through the Roots from San Diego and Pacific Dub are two bands that I believe in and have been helping them rise up by putting them in shows up and down the coast from the West Beach Music Festival to other big shows in Santa Barbara.”

Through the Roots played after Pacific Dub. At first they had some minor technical problems setting up, but once they were fixed, lead singer Evan Hawkins sang as if nothing happened.

One thing that makes the band stand out is the strong sounds of the keyboard played by Brady O’Rear and the eerie sounds of Chris Cruz's guitar. The band was able to capture new fans.

Travis Copeland who came from Garden Grove said, “The band who stood out the most was Through the Roots. They played the best reggae and had good stage presence. I would go see all the bands again.”

Closing out the show with a bang was Seedless.

The smooth playing skills of Casey Sullivan and Matthew Liufau helped get the crowd going one last time before the night was over.

The versatile band switched things up by playing slow soft music one second, and in the next they were throwing out some metal sure to throw people off and keep them rocking.

With the warm summer-like tunes coming out of the Cantina Lounge, it felt like summer never ended.

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MOVIE

By summer rogers

Daily Titan Staff Writer detour@dailytitan.com

Couples Retreat is a romantic comedy that, in essence, illustrates what happens once the guy lands the girl at the end of the romance movies. The movie follows four couples as they get older, have children and careers, and work on fixing their homes and keeping their marriages together.

To keep their marriages intact, the four couples find themselves traveling to Eden, a resort located in a tropical region that is focused on couple’s skill building.

Jason (Jason Bateman, Extract) and Cynthia (Kristen Bell, Fanboys) plan the trip because not only are they the planners and organizers of the group (they show a PowerPoint presentation about the resort), but they are seriously considering getting a divorce.

Joey (Jon Favreau, I Love You, Man) and Lucy (Kristin Davis, Sex and the City: The Movie) are a dysfunctional couple who cheat on one another anytime the opportunity presents itself.

Dave (Vince Vaughn, Dodge-

ball) and Ronnie (Malin Akerman, Watchmen) think their marriage is right on track, but find out in therapy sessions that they are essentially living separate lives and pulling away from one another.

The biggest shipwreck of a relationship is Shane (Faizon Love, A Day in the Life) and 20-year-old Trudy (Kali Hawk, Pushing Thirty).

Shane is on the rebound from an ugly divorce with the love of his life, Jennifer (Tasha Smith, The Longshots) and dates Trudy to make himself feel young again.

In addition to the star-studded main cast, supporting actors include Jean Reno (The Pink Panther), John Michael Higgins (The Ugly Truth) and everyone’s favorite naked Asian, Ken Jeong (All About Steve, The Hangover).

The movie shows the troubles that can come after getting the girl in the end. The story doesn’t always end happily ever-after, but Couples Retreat shows how some couples can.

TV

By summer rogers

Daily Titan Staff Writer detour@dailytitan.com

Betty (America Ferrera) is back with a toned down style, a new job and a new boss in the two-hour fourth season premiere of ABC’s Ugly Betty.

The two-part episode, “The Butterfly Effect,” featured many changes. The show aired Friday at 9 p.m. as opposed to its old airtime, Thursdays at 8 p.m.

In regard to airtime, the third season premiere was on Sept. 25, and this season’s premiere was pushed back to Oct. 16.

Betty’s job has changed as she has finally been promoted from Daniel Meade’s (Eric Mabius) assistant to associated features editor for Mode magazine. Her boss has changed from the ever-grateful Daniel to her vindictive ex-boyfriend Matt Hartley (Daniel Eric Gold).

Betty’s appearance has also changed. The frumpy, mismatched style audiences were exposed to for the past three years has vastly changed. Her style is toned down and sensible; she will also be getting

her trademark braces taken off later in the season.

Things seem to be looking up for Betty with her new job and new look, but everything quickly tears apart at the seams.

Matt, still bitter and angry with Betty, makes it difficult for her to work.

Her first story pitch is a disaster; she pitches the idea of malaria in Africa to a room full of fashion writers.

Her big photo shoot is equally cataclysmic, and when Daniel stands up for her to the editorial staff, she becomes the target of their hatred.

Marc St. James (Michael Urie), a fellow assistant and "frenemy," is still furious at her for being promoted over him. She has no allies, except for Daniel.

The fourth season premiere makes things seem bleak for Betty, but in her typical spunky, can-do manner, Betty will be able to pull it together.

This season will definitely be a roller coaster for her.

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MOVIE

By sergio cabaruvias

Daily Titan News Director detour@dailytitan.com

Where the Wild Things Are is not a kid’s movie. It is not a movie at all, really.

Despite being brilliantly executed, it is too much a blatant allegory of life and not enough of a story. Director Spike Jonze, however, should be applauded for his bold vision and action.

The movie does a great job of mirroring real life by arguing that authority figures, like parents or presidents, often have just as few answers as 10-year-old boys. But moviegoers typically do not pay 10 bucks to watch that truth play out and then not receive any kind of conflict resolution.

The ending of the movie does complete the allegory of life by providing no clear answers, but it does not suit a story. And stories are what draw people away from their lives and into the movie theater.

Aside from the strange plot, the movie shines in every other aspect.

Whereas child-actor Max Records’ performance is convincing, the

performance by the animatronic puppets is beyond convincing; it is downright real. The cinematography is breathtaking. The score is vibrant and fitting. And the universe of the book could not have been made more real.

Beneath the surface of the moviescreen, however, Jonze fashioned into the movie some bold, and potentially controversial choices.

The relationship between the main creature, Carol, and the main character, Max, is slightly homoerotic. Carol is voiced by James Gandolfini. The two characters carve each other’s names inside hearts, and there is a scene where they lie facing each other in a field of flowers.

Again, Where the Wild Things Are is not a kid’s movie. It is a bold film that attempts to be controversial, revolutionary and allegorical.

It succeeds in being too allegorical. Only time will tell if future films take after it. And it will be controversial if the masses understand and react to the subtle commentary.

Sports

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The Walk-Off

Sooners’ quarterback Sam Bradford is in desperate need of a big hug

October 19, 2009

Table tennis looks for members

By Katelin Paiz

give them a run for their money though.” sports@dailytitan.com As the tournament continued, participants began to drop off and Balls were flying Thursday in the people started to whisper their preStudent Recreation Center at the dictions about the tournament’s outthird-annual table tennis tourna- come. ment that featured Cal State FullerOne of the crowd’s early favorites, ton’s Table Tennis Association and a Bryan Garofalo, 18, a first-year acfew recreational players looking for a counting major, offered his sentigood game. ments.

In all, 11 participants entered the “I thought I could compete and event filling the gym with the rhyth- hopefully win it but then I saw Almic “click, click”, “click, click” of the bert and he’s way too good for me,” balls as they were swatted back and said Garofalo. “He’s just got a really forth over the nets. good paddle and he’s even got ping “It’s one of those sports where pong shoes, and I can’t compete with somebody doesn’t have to be really that.” athletically inclined to play,” said As the tournament wound down, Albert Beltran, intramural sports co- three students emerged victorious. ordinator.

Huang, the president of the table There are those, however, that tennis club, took home the first play for more than just recreation, as place prize, while Garofalo took 24-year-old Albert Huang, a finance home second and Miles ended up major and president of CSUF’s Ta- taking third. ble Tennis AsThis is the sociation, can second conattest to. secutive year in “Table tennis which Huang is kind of like has been awardchess where you ed the first have to think place prize at constantly and the tournament you have to and is using his strategize your platform for renext move, but cruiting others you also have into joining the to be physiclub.

– Albert Huang, cally adept and “I’m here to flexible enough see if there are President of CSUF’s any new players to control the Table Tennis Association ball back in to recruit for the court. So our club,” said it’s kind of like Huang. chess plus athletics, a combo of the The association, Huang added, two,” said Huang. competes in the National Collegiate The tournament was double elim- Table Tennis Association League and ination with the winner receiving a has placed 2nd and 3rd its last two commemorative intramural cham- semesters. pion T-shirt.

“We lost a couple of our best The event was underway by 2:30 players recently – they all graduated p.m., with six participants matched – but we are hoping to rebuild our up for their first bout and the addi- team and hopefully extend the club tional five standing by and watching in the near future,” said Huang. the games intently.

The SRC is host to various difFragmented sentences were ex- ferent tournaments throughout the changed among these players who, year, some of which include the Racwhile having conversations with quetball Doubles One-Day Tourtheir opponents, would occasionally nament on Nov. 18, the Disc Golf lose their train of thought as they One-Day Tournament on Oct. 28 lunged for the ball. and the Billiards One-Day TournaPlayers like Gary Miles, 29, a ment on Dec. 3. political science major, took some In addition, the Table Tennis Asextra time to size up their next op- sociation meets on Fridays from 3-5 ponents. p.m. in the SRC and on Wednesdays “They look pretty solid,” Miles from 3-6 p.m. at the TSU Sterns or said. “I still think I’m going to President’s Rooms.

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Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford needs a hug. A big bear hug. I’m talking an emotional “Friends” series finale kind of hug.

Seriously, after this forgettable season, the man is going to need some love. I mean, Tom Powers and Tony Montana didn’t experience such grueling, depressing downfalls.

And they both died.

This past summer Bradford chose to return to Oklahoma for his junior year, opting to forgo the 2009 NFL draft. As the projected number one pick, you certainly can’t blame the reigning Heisman trophy winner for putting off the NFL. Remember, the 0-16 Detroit Lions had the number one pick.

Yes, you probably would’ve stayed in college another year too.

Like every other highly-regarded pro prospect that turned down the NFL for another year of college, Bradford risked potential injury in hopes of lifting the Glass Football come January. It wasn’t the first time a decorated college quarterback spurned professional football to return to school for one more year.

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By Brian Whitehead

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Ultimately, Jake Taylor ran out White and Tim Tebow did it, as well the bunt and Sam Bradford walked as many others.

What Bradford did, though baf- off under his own power, but neither fling, wasn’t necessarily uncommon. has been the same since.

Since Bradford went down in All he needed to do was not get injured. Well, he did. In about 0.43 week one, the Sooners season has been anything but consistent. They seconds on Sept. 5.

The opening week of the college fell from No. 3 to No. 13 after losing football season saw No. 20 BYU chal- to BYU, then crept back up to No. 8 lenge No. 3 Oklahoma in a matchup after two consecutive wins, then fell of two championship caliber teams. from No. 8 to No. 21 after losing to The Sooners, fresh off a disappoint- Miami (FL).

Their most recent loss, against ing 24-14 loss to Florida in the BCS No. 3 Texas on National ChamOctober 16, was pionship game, the proverbial pounced on the Ultimately, nail in their '09 Cougars early, season’s coffin. courtesy of a well- Jake Taylor ran out If Oklahoma’s oiled offense led the bunt and Sam national chamby their All-AmerBradford walked off pionship hopes ican quarterback. disintegrated Bradford (10- under his own power, after their 1414, 96 yards, 1 but neither has been 13 loss to BYU, TD) and the then their losses Sooners had the same since. to Miami and clearly found their Texas blew them mid-season form.

Then, the unpredictable happened. into oblivion.

In hindsight, Bradford’s triumAn unaccounted-for BYU linebacker armed with bad intentions got a phant return has been anything but. free release through the Oklahoma As a matter of fact, I’d venture to say John Rocker’s return to New York offensive line.

Remember in “Major League” would generate a better outcome when Jake Taylor called his shot than Bradford’s return to Oklahoma. (with two outs and Willie Mays Hays How could this of happened?

I have a theory. on second) in the bottom of the 9th I believe Bradford’s fate was preagainst the Yankees, then laid down the perfect bunt just as everything destined the night he hoisted the shifted to slow motion? Remember Heisman trophy, because you know the suspense? The tension? Well, who was in the room that Decemwhen that opportunistic BYU line- ber, not lifting a Heisman?

Timothy Richard Tebow. backer tombstoned Bradford’s right Just to be crystal clear, Tim Tebow shoulder into the earth I can only imagine that’s how every Oklahoma and The Big Man Upstairs are close.

Sooners fan felt. Like everything was Like Peter Klaven-Sydney Fife close. moving in slow motion. Painstak- They’re pals. Homies. Facebook friends. Compadres. They’ve had ingly slow motion.

each other’s back from the get-go.

Tebow spreads the good word and does all the charitable stuff here on Earth, and The Big Man handles everything on the gridiron come Saturday.

After two national championships (2006, 2008) and one Heisman (2007), it’s safe to say the Tebow/Big Man tag team has been the football equivalent of the Rock ‘n’ Sock Connection. Simply unstoppable. Well, until a little-known sophomore by the name of Sam Bradford came along.

The 2008 college football season saw a plethora of quarterbacks put up Drew Brees numbers with dreams of claiming the Heisman trophy (Tebow, Bradford, Colt McCoy, Graham Harrell, Mark Sanchez.)

The most prolific of the bunch, Bradford went into New York as the prohibitive favorite to win the coveted trophy.

And he did.

With almost 4,500 yards and 48 TDs (both school records) it’s hard to argue the Sooner QB with the rocket arm wasn’t deserving of the hardware.

That is, if you’re not He. Since winning the Heisman, Bradford has lost the BCS Championship game (to Tebow) and injured his moneymaker (not once, but twice.)

Coincidence? I think not.

Yes, I said it. God has a Sam Bradford voodoo doll in his back pocket and has been puncturing that damn doll with jackhammers since last December.

In all seriousness, Sam Bradford needs a hug. Like, a big bear hug.

For his sake, I’ll be standing right here. Arms wide open. You can’t put a price tag on that, can you?

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photo courtesy mct Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford injured his right shoulder for the second time this season after a Texas defender drove him to the ground Saturday, Oct. 17 in Dallas, Texas.

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Titan hockey club takes 4-3 victory over Skatin’ Utes

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After a 6-4 loss Friday night, the Cal State Fullerton hockey club beat the University of Utah 4-3 Saturday night at the KHS Ice Arena in Anaheim.

In the opening seconds of the game, sophomore forward Elan Dunaev was hit by the puck in the neck and went down for a few seconds, but he got back up and went on to give an outstanding performance the rest of the night. He’s one of the toughest players on the team and shows a lot of heart when he’s on the ice, assistant coach Jacob Vasinda said.

The Titans regrouped and were led by team captain junior defenseman Andrew Hodge and made a statement early in the first period by handing out some punishing hits on the Skatin’ Utes from Utah.

“We just needed to come out hard tonight with hitting because last night we didn’t hit them as much, so that was the game plan from the beginning and to get them on their heels, so we can put the puck in the net,” said junior forward Anthony Webb.

The Utes responded and drew first blood with a goal by Mike Vrtis.

For the second night in a row, the Titans had great shots on goal, but came up empty. Junior forward Tyler Olson caught up with the puck off a deflection from the goalie and sent it into the back of the net. With three minutes left in the period, freshman forward Jacob Daniel pumped in another goal for the Titans, scoring his third goal of the two-game series.

In the second period, leading 2-1, Hodge again led the Titans on a forceful terror when he pummeled two Utah defenders into the boards.

Titan goalie junior guard Alex Miller, despite allowing six goals the night before, gave an outstanding showcase and did not allow any goals in the period.

Putting on a couple of hits on opponents only leads to more big hits and gets the team pumped up to try to put somebody on the ice, said Hodge. He was glad to see that they had come out early in the first period and hit some people.

“Hopefully we get to string all three periods together and dominate like we should,” Hodge said.

CSUF came out firing in the third period. They took a great shots on goal but were either bounced loudly off the crossbar or saved just in a split second reaction by Utah goalie AJ Boldan.

The game was tied by Utah forward Mike Harrelson, when he hustled down the ice from goal-to-goal to score before Miller could react to the puck. Shortly after, the Titans dusted off their shoulders and took command when senior forward Kyle Oyama blasted a goal into the net from a powerful slap-shot in front of the blue line. CSUF’s last goal was from another deflection off the goalie and was scored by Webb, a goal needed for leverage.

With 4:43 left to play in the game, Utah called a timeout to strategize but did not succeed in scoring. Out of desperation, they pulled their goalie in the final minute of play to allow another man to skate the ice in an attempt to score, they did this with thirty-one seconds left. But it was too little too late, and the Titans sent the Yutes back home with a loss.

The Titans may have won by three goals, but two of them were waved off by the referees due to a shot made with an illegal man in the crease.

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photo By brian evans/For the Daily Titan Junior defenseman Kyle Levindofske checks a USC Trojan during a September match.

Another shot made within a pile of players was waved off because the puck did not cross the goal line.

The coach gave the team a good talk about how to stay focused on this game, and which showed through the intensity of the team, said Oyama.

This game held a couple of changes for the Titans right from the start, and Jacob Vasinda, CSUF alumnus and forward coach, said sophomore forward Shane Galaviz and Webb played some key roles in achieving the victory.

“Getting up on an (opponent’s) team early and staying out of the penalty box just allows us to do anything we want,” Vasinda said. “But when you have to come from behind

or worry about getting penalties it just slows your game down and you don’t get to where you want to be towards the end of the game, and then it’s too late.”

He said that this is a smart group of players that may tend to lose themselves at times, but they know what they are doing out there and come together as a team to win.

“It should have been a game where we should have dominated,” Vasinda said. “We didn’t. We got the win, but we got it through adversity and that’s what this team’s identity has been about. It’s coming through adversity and coming out on top.”

The Titans will meet Loyola Marymount at Bay Harbor Ice at 10:10 p.m. on Friday.

The Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer team came away with a 1-0 victory against the UC Davis Aggies Saturday night at Titan Stadium.

The Titans’ goal came in the 16th minute of the second half, courtesy of sophomore forward Nick Posthuma, who received a long pass from the left side a couple yards past midfield into Aggies’ territory from redshirt freshman midfielder John Meza and quickly beat a defender and then beat Aggie junior goalkeeper Ryan Mccowan in the far post.

After the first half, both teams had chances to open up the scoring in the game, but the Titans were the only team to convert. This was the second goal of the season for Posthuma.

“It feels good tonight especially because we needed this result; our coach talked to us about it being an NCAA atmosphere, so it felt special,” Posthuma said.

Head Coach Bob Ammann was extremely proud of the men’s performance.

“We were put up in a situation that we haven’t had in an entire season, being up a goal; having to go a man down really tested our character,” Ammann said. “I’m extremely proud of how the team was able to finish the game off tonight.”

Sophomore goalkeeper Trevor Whiddon enjoyed a strong performance in goal posting his first shutout of the season.

“I thought I did what we had to do. I am in there to save shots, and I did what I was supposed to do,” Whiddon said. “I felt that we took control of the first half; they were all over us in the second half, and we had good team chemistry.”

Whiddon felt that they fought through all 90 minutes they played.

The Aggies closest chance to score was inside the 18-yard box when sophomore midfielder Rene Cuellar had a shot to score a goal off a cornerkick but was denied by Whiddon. On the rebound, junior midfielder Jason Santos ended up with the ball and took a clear blank shot, but again Whiddon came in with a big save to keep the Aggies from tying the game.

The Titans outshot the Aggies in the first half 6-5 but could not com-

photo By chad uemera/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Nick Posthuma celebrates a goal with Mario Alvarez Saturday night at Titan Stadium.

plete scoring chances early in the game to try to put the pressure on the visiting team and surprise the Aggies and add on to their 1-0 lead.

In the second half, the Titans were looking to get an early goal to have the Aggies back on their heels.

The closest scoring chance the Titans had was when redshirt sophomore midfielder Oscar Aguero was on the left side of the field and crossed the ball into the box where sophomore midfielder Kevin Venegas took a half volley, but the shot was wide of the net.

Another opportunity they had to score was when junior midfielder Celso Alvarez dribbled past a defender and took a shot but was also wide of the net. A turning point of the game was in the 63rd minute when redshirt freshman Jonathan Birt took down an Aggie and was given an automatic red card.

The Aggies weren’t able to capitalize; being one man up the whole game, they had trouble trying to

break through the Titan defense.

The Titans ended up outshooting the Aggies 10-8, and Whiddon posted his first shootout of the season.

The game ended 1-0 as the Titans ended up with there second win in the Big West Conference. The Titans look to improve their record when they travel to UC Riverside for their next league game on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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