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Slashed OCTA budget will reduce routes Transit authorities voted for a plan to reduce bus service by 150,000 hours countywide yesterday By simon Oh

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The Orange County Transportation Authority held a public hearing Monday Nov. 9 at their headquarters in Orange regarding proposed countywide bus service cuts that will go into effect in March 2010. About 75 people attended the hearing to learn more about the

service cuts while 25 to 30 speakers expressed their concerns to the OCTA Board of Directors saying that their lives would be adversely impacted if massive cuts were made. “The general concerns we gathered from everyday riders included inability to make trips to school, work and medical needs,” said Joel Zlotnik, spokesperson for OCTA. “Other concerns include loss of independence and quality of life, loss of service for special needs customers and employment losses.” Although OCTA initially expected to cut 300,000 hours, after the meeting adjourned, the OCTA board voted on a plan to reduce 150,000 annual revenue vehicle hours, also known as the hours a bus is in service on the street, said Zlotnik. The reappraisal of reduced service hours occurred due to a re-

cent lawsuit filed by the California Transit Association which claimed the state had misallocated $3.4 billion specifically set for transportation, said Zlotnik. Due to the court ruling that the state’s actions were unconstitutional, OCTA is not sure how much funding it will receive. Zlotnik said that the Nov. 9 vote bought time for the board to find out how much funding they will receive before they decide how many service hours they need to cut. The OCTA board has presented four different strategies to the public defining how bus service may be reduced or eliminated. The four strategies propose eliminating, reducing or restructuring bus routes as well as making cutbacks to ACCESS, a service for the disabled. Attributed to a loss of state See OCTA, Page 2

Photo By Jeff Lambert/Daily Titan Staff Photographer A student waits at the bus stop on Commonwealth Avenue outside of Hope International University. Routes like this one may be cut due to cuts in OCTA’s budget.

ITSC celebrates Native culture

“I loved the dancing. It’s different because it is part of their culture, so news@dailytitan.com it’s interesting because you do not really see it anymore and most people The Inter-Tribal Student Coun- do not know about it,” said Ja Vonna cil held “Native Celebration” at Cal Boykin, 18, a criminal justice major. Aside from the success of the State Fullerton’s central Quad, and brought a taste of Native American dancing, another big hit was the fry bread. Many of the students who apculture to campus on Thursday. Students who attended the event proached the tent asked about the inwere attracted to the dancing and the gredients in the bread. “It’s really good. It’s soft, but it’s fry bread that was on sale. Students asked members of ITSC questions not crunchy,” said Martin Bui, 20, a about their culture, and about the fry business major. Students who purchased the fry bread. A dance performance kicked off bread were able to top it with powdered sugar, honey or both. the celebration. Susie Yellowhorse Jensen, 50, has “It’s a warrior dance,” Pearson Tabeen making huka, who was a fry bread from performer at the a young age and event said. “It’s goes to UC Irspecial to a lot vine, Cal State of southern and Long Beach and northern people. CSUF to help A bunch of these Native American dancers would go students during out when the men their events. would go out into “It’s basically battle.” Students gath– Pearson Tahuka, all purpose flour mixed with warm ered as the dancwater, a little salt, ers performed a a little bit of baksouthern fancy dance while wearing bright cos- ing powder. It’s kneaded and then we deep fry it in hot oil,” Jensen said. tumes. Jensen had several palm-sized A traditional dancer wore red-andwhite colored regalia with feathers dough balls covered to retain their moisture. She stretched the dough by around his back. Another dancer, a young woman, slapping it. “My grandpa showed me, my other wore a gray rug dress with various cousins, nieces and nephews how to colors. “She is performing a southern style make the Navajo fry bread. It wasn’t dance and it represents women walk- until my early 20s that I started making in beauty,” Sandra Sanchez, 21, ing it really (well),” Jensen said. ITSC held “Native Celebration” as said. A 1-year-old jingle dancer wore a a fundraising event and to gain expopurple dress with little bells attached. sure for their club. “I am trying to expand instead of “She is performing a healing dance that used to be performed to heal the staying in my bubble. If I had not community or anyone who needed stopped today I would just have gone straight to my dorm,” Boykin said. healing,” Sanchez said. By Jamie iglesias

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It’s a warrior dance ... A bunch of these dancers would go out when the men would go out into battle.

Photo By Jeff Lambert/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Julian Phoenix fancy dances in traditional garb in the Quad at the Intertribal Student Council celebration Thursday Nov 5.

Behind the Curtain: A Streetcar Named Desire Part 2 of 3:

A three day series explores the behind-the-curtain action of Theatre and Dance’s latest production. Monday: Costumes Tuesday: Set design Thursday: Characters

Setting the Stage

Photo By Chad Uemura/Daily Titan Staff Photographer

A miniature version of the set, approximately one-fortieth actual size, created by designers to prepare for “Streetcar.”

By Megan Alfano

Daily Titan Asst. News Editor features@dailytitan.com

When putting together a play, many different aspects have to come together in order for it to be successful. Set design is one of these aspects. The set is important because it gives the audience a view of what the characters are supposed to be seeing. Cal State Fullerton’s upcoming production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” is no different. Continued on page 4

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IN OTHER NEWS INTERNATIONAL

Honduras deal collapses; Zelaya’s backers blame U.S. CARACAS, Venezuela (MCT) – A U.S. brokered accord that was supposed to return ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to power has collapsed and his supporters pinned much of the blame Monday on the Obama administration. Honduras’ Congress has made no plans to vote on whether to enact the agreement following remarks by Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon that seemed to remove U.S. pressure. “The United States is no longer interested in punishing a coup-installed government,” Honduran Congresswoman Elvia Valle said by telephone from Tegucigalpa Monday. Zelaya supporters, who have been organizing street protests against the Micheletti regime, are down to their final card: Calling on Hondurans to boycott the elections. The Obama administration and foreign governments throughout Latin America called for Zelaya’s return to power. The Obama administration also cut $30 million in aid to Honduras and revoked U.S. travel visas held by Micheletti and his powerful supporters.

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Beltway sniper set to be executed Tuesday WASHINGTON (MCT) – Seven years ago this month, the captured Beltway snipers – John Allen Muhammad, then 41, and his accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, 17, – were in federal custody, accused of 16 shootings and 10 murders. They had set out to create a reign of terror in the Washington area to match the 9-11 attacks of the year before. On Tuesday, Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection in a Virginia prison, his initial appeals having been dismissed by state and federal judges. Jonathan Sheldon, Muhammad’s current lawyer, describes his client as mentally ill. “He is delusional, paranoid and incompetent. He was angry at the government after he came back from the Gulf War. And he has delusions of racist conspiracies,” Sheldon said. Meanwhile, prosecutors and families of the victims have said they are comforted that Muhammad is facing the death penalty and that an execution is on schedule. Malvo was convicted of the murders, but because of his young age, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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Hundreds enjoy Native American Pow-wow SANTA FE SPRINGS (MCT) – For two days, Heritage Park was immersed in the Native American culture as part of the city’s 13th annual pow-wow. There were sounds of beating drums, tunes from wooden flutes and the chanting and singing of a number of Native American tribes. This year’s event, co-sponsored by Sejat Spirit and the Southern California Indian Center, drew more than 500 people. They enjoyed not only the sights, sounds and food of different tribes, but dozens of booths sold handmade products, including jewelry, clothing, toys, pottery and paintings. “We come every year,” said Janie Aguirre, 68, of Santa Fe Springs. “It’s always very nice, especially the dancing.” One of the performances was the gourd dance, which included only men. “It’s an expression of giving to one another,” said Jacque Nunez, a Native American educator, adding that gifts are then presented to others. “The giving is full-circle.”

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November 10, 2009

OCTA: Bus routes reduced From Page 1

funding and plummeting sales tax revenues, the proposed service cuts will be significant countywide. The Transit Advocates of Orange County estimated bus service will be cut by 36 percent over the next year. The cuts include possible route elimination and reduction of bus services around Cal State Fullerton. These proposals include the elimination of route 24 (Fullerton to Huntington Beach down Valley View Street / Bolsa Chica Street), increasing the frequency of route 26 (Fullerton to Huntington Beach down Knott Avenue / Goldenwest Street) from 60 minutes to 75 minutes on weekends and eliminating route 57’s late night service (Brea to Newport Beach down State College

Boulevard / Bristol Street). How- trating in advertising. “I refuse to ever, each of the four strategies vary buy a parking pass because the parkin their elimination or reduction of ing here is terrible and the bus helps these bus routes. take away some of that problem. If Students at CSUF who rely on bus service is taken away, it is a step O C T A b a c k w a rd buses to get and a big I refuse to buy a parking m i s t a k e to their destinations would pass because the parking here that expressed affect a c o n c e r n is terrible and the bus helps lot of stuabout the dents.” p o s s i b l e take away some of that probEmmanservice cuts uel Noriethat may af- lem. ga, 18, a – Megan Schuster, p s y c h o l fect service to the uniogy major Communications major versity. said he “A lot of takes two people take buses to route 24 because of the parking situ- get to CSUF and the commute is ation here,” said Megan Schuster, long enough as it is. In the morn22, communications major concen- ing Noriega takes route 33 to either

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route 24 or 26 depending on the time. On his return trip home to Garden Grove Noriega usually takes route 24 to route 33. “If service is cut, people like me will have to deal with a longer commute,” Noriega said. “Students will have to reschedule classes, it ruins everyone’s time and if they take it away, there will be a lot of angry people.” OCTA has been forced to reduce service due to state fund reductions, including the elimination of California’s State Transit Assistance Fund 2640, a loss in sales tax revenue, as well as losses in fare revenue. The OCTA Board of Directors will vote on which strategy to implement Nov. 23. Daily Titan Asst. News Editor Damon Lowney contributed to this article.

Students ACT promotes Green Living By nicole F. park

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Cal State Fullerton’s Quad will be transformed into a giant flea market on Thursday, Nov. 12, when the student volunteer group Students Advocating Civic Transformation will host its second Green Living event. From 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. clothes and miscellaneous wares donated by students will be sold at low prices to other students as part of the group’s ongoing fundraising effort. “Almost nothing will be sold over $5,” said Michelle Santizo, project director, who is currently serving her sixth semester as a volunteer with CSUF’s Volunteer and Service Center. Along with the typical goods sold, there will also be live music and dancing, merchandise vendors and bake sale treats made by the four project directors and 15 volunteers on the planning committee. Carolina Franco, 18, co-project director, said that although the group already has a wide variety of donated items including clothing, small furniture pieces and miscellaneous items including poker chips, the organizers of the event, “desperately need anything students want to donate.” Last year, the event filled the entire Quad, Franco said, and the group aims to accumulate the same amount of items for sale this year and attract a large crowd of bargain-buying students. Donations will be accepted in the Volunteer and Service Center in the Titan Student Union, room 2, on the basement level just outside the Garden Café until today. The more items donated, the bigger the thrift-store-style event will be, which will directly affect how much money is raised. The money raised will go into a fund that will be added to throughout the academic year with more fundraising. Every spring semester the fund is emptied and a $10,000 event is hosted by the students to spread social awareness among CSUF students. “This project is a fundraiser for our group’s annual Social Justice Summit. Everything we’re doing now is for our big event,” said Chirag Bhakta, project director. While Students ACT takes donations for Green Living from charitable students and sells them at a profit to other students, the cycle itself is very “green,” and the volunteer group channels the recycled money back to the social education of the student body at CSUF and the pub-

lic during its day-long conference. The CSUF volunteer Web site describes the Social Justice Summit as: “A forum for people to exchange ideas about improving the state of our communities, offers space to dialogue about the obstacles to creating effective change, provides effective tools for social action, and offers tangible grassroots solutions.” The 6th Annual Social Justice Summit, which is tentatively planned for April 2010, will host approximately 20 speakers. There will be three different workshop sessions, and students will be able to choose one workshop per session to attend. The workshops cover international social justice issues. Topics from last year’s summit included environmentalism, human trafficking, hunger, poverty, hate crimes, animal cruelty and AIDS. Bhakta said that not only is the event free for all CSUF students to attend, but it also includes a free lunch, snacks throughout the day and the payment for some of the keynote speakers. Due to the nature of the event, some speakers even donate their time to their cause. “These are nationally recognized speakers who hold these workshops,” Bhakta said. Last year’s guests included Jerry Quickley, a performance poet, and Carlos Andres Gomez, an actor, playwright and poet. Amy Mattern, VSC coordinator, said that the center relies, in part, upon discounts and donations from academic, business or individual sources. Students ACT is one of several other volunteer groups within the volunteer center. Other groups include Project Read, Hunger Coalition and Project Earth. The volunteer center also oversees the blood drives on campus. Mattern said there are no requirements for students looking to volunteer. Students can inquire within the office and choose a project from many resources available in order to find a perfect opportunity to contribute. The Volunteer and Service Center has a direct connection with the Hunger Coalition’s food drive. Franco’s sister, Norma, volunteered all four years she attended CSUF. Since graduating, Norma now works for the nonprofit organization Community Action Partnership of Orange County, which is helping

photo courtesy of Michael Grimaldo Clothing, shoes, books and DVDs that were donated by students, staff and faculty at last year’s Green Living event. Clothing and household items were for sale for the Cal State Fullerton community. These items were recycled and come from donor’s homes.

the food drive efforts. From Nov. 2 – Dec. 2, food will be collected and donated to the Orange County Food Bank; students can turn in any food donations to the VSC. Although Franco is just a freshman, she has been volunteering with CSUF since her sister’s days in the VSC office. “I started here when she did,” Franco said, “but I was still in high school.” Franco said it’s never too late to become a volunteer, and the group needs volunteers to work this event for the setup, take-down, and transactions during the day. Just as she says living green can be done in small, but significant ways, Santizo said students with crammed schedules can still make a difference as volunteers. “Volunteering doesn’t mean you have to work 10 hours at an event.

It can just be a smile or helping someone walk across the street, just anything to make someone else happier,” Santizo said. One easy tip she had for greener living was shopping at Thursday’s event. “I think it’s important for students to learn that it’s OK to reuse clothing. The items can be washed,” Santizo said. “Friends borrow clothes all the time,” Santizo said, to remind students who are not used to thriftstore shopping. Students should bring their own reusable bags to carry purchases in. Only cash will be accepted at the event. For more information, contact the Volunteer and Service Center by calling (657) 278-7623, e-mailing Volunteer@Fullerton.edu or visiting the office at TSU, room 2.

FEATURES

November 10, 2009

Here’s to you, Mrs. Simpson Students react to Playboy’s November centerfold model By Lauren Felechner

Daily Titan Staff Writer features@dailytitan.com

Photo By Ron Fu/Daily Titan Staff Photographer From left, “Fast and Furious” director Justin Lin, ensemble co-artistic director Philip W. Chung, actress Elizabeth Ho and actor Roger Fan discuss the presence of Asian Americans in Hollywood during a presentation in the Titan Student Union Monday, Nov. 9.

Asian American directors and actors come to class to speak on Hollywood By Greg Lehman

tresses, but that it can lead to a stagnate Daily Titan Staff Writer process where certain people, especially features@dailytitan.com Asian Americans, can be excluded. “I’m not here to judge,” Lin said. He made it clear that the creators Guest speakers director Justin Lin, Lodestone Theatre Ensemble’s co- should be able to do what they want artistic director Philip Chung, impro- to do, but his disagreement lies in how visational actor Michael Hornbuckle, the business is run by monetary gains. “It’s a wild, wild west,” Lin said. “I actress Elizabeth Ho and actor Roger Fan all weighed in on their personal don’t think they’re racist or anything opinions about the place Asian-Amer- like that, but it’s just that they don’t icans hold in modern filmmaking in have a different perspective.” Lin said that he still suffers persona presentation for assistant professor Eliza Noh’s Asian American Film ally from a close-minded atmosphere and Video class in the Titan Student in the movie business. “We’re at a time right now where Union Monday. Noh said that the event was an ef- even when I go on set every day, fort to educate the campus about the whether it’s Paramount or Universal Asian American experience in film and or Warner Brothers, I still have a hard to promote a new play, “Grace Kim & time getting on set because they think I’m the delivery guy or something,” the Spiders From Mars.” “I really wanted the campus to see Lin explained. “I was late for the show that there is really big community of this week because the security guard Asian American artists,” Noh said. “I didn’t believe that I was directing an episode of ‘Comjust wanted people munity.’” to know that we “I think Holactually had some lywood has to pretty high and change,” Lin said. hard-hitters in the “They might be Asian American very slow and very art world here, and conservative but that’s a really rare I think opportunity for – Justin Lin, ultimately that talent will preour campus to have “Fast and Furious” vail. I think that that kind of event.” director Scorsese with all Justin Lin, who of his asthma and directed “Better Luck Tomorrow” and the two most re- stuff as a kid, he also knew he was gocent films in the “The Fast and the Fu- ing to be a great filmmaker. You have rious” franchise, said he could see the to believe in that. I think that ultirationale of putting certain ethnicities mately that is what the business is. It in certain roles, but he does not agree might be the hardest thing, it might be one in a million, but you have to with it as it limits talent and equality. “It doesn’t really make sense,” Lin keep going.” said. “I don’t know if this white kid is going to draw in more people. And that’s something that you find out, that the studio system, the networks, and stuff like that, they’re very backwards, you know. They’re very conservative.” Lin said this conservative approach works with film companies investing up to hundreds of millions of dollars in a movie. Because these companies are worth billions, they expect to see a profit of hundreds of millions in return. Lin said that this can be guaranteed by playing certain actors and ac-

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I still have a hard time getting on set because they think I’m the delivery guy.

Ho voiced her strong stance of not taking roles that will take away from her artistic pursuits and give in to stereotypes. Ho said that roles as gangsters, prostitutes and cleaning ladies were the most common ones she was getting, and she saw that these seemed to be the limitations placed on Asian American actors. Recently, she found fulfillment in a new play she had come to promote, “Grace Kim & the Spiders From Mars.” “It’s a great play,” Ho said. “I’m really proud of the work that everyone has done, it’s been a great experience in the community.” Fan, who acted in “Better Luck Tomorrow” and “Annapolis,” said he enjoyed coming and talking to students. “I like the movie business. I love acting and stuff like that,” Fan said. “But I find the most rewarding part about the whole process is actually being able to connect with people, students actually. For me, when I was in college I didn’t have anyone who was kind of maybe a little bit ahead of me doing something that I really want to do.” Fan said that he hoped that by speaking at the open event he could maybe help people avoid “potholes” in life. “I just really enjoy it, I really do,” Fan said. “Maybe I see a lot of myself in the audience.” Chung said when he was in college he remembered thinking how it would be good for people who had already made it to come in and talk about their experiences. “I think it’s something that we all feel happy about doing,” Chung said. “We do what we can to try and kind of fill in what (students are) learning.”

Marge Simpson has officially joined the ranks of celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Hugh Hefner’s ex-girlfriends of “The Girls Next Door,” Bridget, Holly and Kendra, by posing as November’s cover shot with a pictorial in Playboy magazine. Who knew the blue-haired mother of three had such sex appeal and was able to hide it for so many years? Denise Rios, 23, a women’s studies and human services major at Cal State Fullerton and president of the Women’s Studies Student Association on campus, views the pictorial as something “typical” for Playboy to do. “I don’t think that the picture was OK in that it’s appealing to men in the wrong way,” Rios said. “It allows men to see women as sexual objects and not as human beings who can think. Her purpose is to sexually please her audience and not to say, ‘Hey, I own my sexuality.’” The WSSA promotes a feminist approach to life, including critical thinking and questioning the human condition, and most important – the woman’s condition, Rios said. Although coming from a feminist point of view, Rios sees the pictures as a way for the minds behind the photos to obtain the humor in which the creators of it were aiming for. With feminism, however, does degradation of women as a whole come into play with this pictorial? “I think that it further perpetuates an image of women as an object of desire. This is not just a typical Playboy bunny. This is a presentation of the ‘perfect woman,’” Rios said. “She not only takes care of everything, but she can be sexy and very pleasing. Society expects women to be all these things, and many women cannot and that is why I think they had to create one.”

Dramatization By Ron Fu/Daily Titan Staff Photographer

Neuroscience major Nicholle Chavez, 22, has been a fan of “The Simpsons” for as long as she can remember. “Watching the show for so many years, it is kind of weird to hear that Marge has become a cover shot for Playboy. I don’t think people view her necessarily as a sex symbol, but ultimately, I think it’s kind of funny and nothing to get too worked up over,” Chavez said. Alisa French, 22, a graduate of Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, agreed with Chavez. “I think if anything, Playboy may have just been running out of ideas and that this could just be an act of desperation. I don’t think it’s a big enough deal to portray as a ‘woman’s rights’ issue because why make it that when it’s a cartoon and not an actual person?” French said. “However, it’s kind of weird that Marge has nipples.” Since “The Simpsons” has been on FOX’s channel since 1989,

many college-aged students grew up watching it. So what does this mean for future generations with the show’s adult content and humor? “I watched when I was younger and thought it was hilarious, but now that I look back on it, I don’t think it’s appropriate. I think that it sends kids a bad message,” Rios said. French and Chavez were both curious as to if there was no “living hot girl” to pose as the cover shot. “I would be kind of pissed if I was a guy that subscribed to the magazine and there was a cartoon on the cover,” French said. “I’m sure guys want the real thing and not something drawn in. Weird.” Whatever the reason may be for putting Marge on the cover of this month’s Playboy, hopefully the world can still watch “The Simpsons” and think of Marge as the wholesome character she once was. If not, at least Bart, Lisa and Maggie have a hot mom.

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FEATURES

November 10, 2009

“A Streetcar Named Desire” Behind the Curtain: Part 2

Photo By Chad Uemara/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Before constructing the set for the upcoming production of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” opening Nov. 13 in the Young Theatre on campus, set designers put together a scaled-down paper model. The designers then move up to a slightly larger model with dollhouse-sized furniture.

Building New Orleans from paper From Page 1

Photo By Chad Uemara/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Crew members in place a part of Stanley and Stella’s apartment building in “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

The set design team for the play worked diligently to bring the audience back to late 1940s New Orleans where “Streetcar” takes place. Fred Kinney, the set designer for “Streetcar,” walked through the process of creating a set. The creation of the set began when he sat down with “Streetcar” director Kari Hayter to go over the script and get an idea of what she perceived the setting for “Streetcar” should be. “We want work to give a sense of how people in the play occupy their world,” Kinney said. Once they met, the design goes into play. Kinney began by working on models that represented what the set would look like. The first model is an incredibly small version of the set’s design. The design is very rough and has no color. This version is roughly 48 times smaller than what the final set size will be. The model shows where props will be set, the background of the play and what will be placed where. Once that is created, Kinney builds a slightly larger model of the set. This model is double the size of the original, but still very small. In this version of the set, dollhouse-sized furniture, including a bathtub and other artifacts were added as props. Color is added to the backdrop of the set. After the models have been created and a visual concept has been decided upon, Kinney works with the scene shop to create the actual set that will be used in the play. A blueprint of the design is created, and the actual set is contrived. “The bigger it gets, more people become involved – technical directors, shop foremen, painters, prop designers – a lot of work goes into it,” Kinney said. While the set is built in James Young Theatre in the Performing Arts Building where “Streetcar” will be performed, other elements take place outside of the theater during construction. The shop designers work on all of the sets for the multiple productions that will take place throughout the school year.

Many people are involved in the pro- cause of the budget cuts this semester, she duction of the set including faculty, staff, has been “grossly understaffed” for this undergraduate and graduate theater ma- project. jors. Some positions are paid, but many Despite this setback, Wilsonberger said of the students, especially undergrads, are she enjoys the set for “Streetcar” in parworking on the set for a class. In the case ticular because of the wide array of colors of “Streetcar,” no undergrad students are she uses while painting the set. working on the production, though that She enjoys her job as a whole because, is rarely the case with most productions, she said, “Every day there is something Kinney said. different, it’s not like a boring office job Though the shop is scheduled to work where you sit behind a desk.” for eight hours a day, a lot of outside While the set is being built, a technical work, including drafting pieces of the set, team works on the lighting for the production while anpainting and findother team works on ing props is done the electrical aspect beyond that time or of the set. as classwork by stuFor “Streetcar,” dents, Kinney said. Kinney said that The set for “Streetthere are various car” is built mostly parts of the set that of steel and wood. will actually have auThe design shop has tomation. three weeks before Once the set is the play was set to built, the team will perform to start have technical rebuilding the set. hearsals to teach the Raul Miranda, a crew what to look first year grad stufor and fix any lastdent in the theater For video and interviews minute technical department, said on the “A Streetcar Named problems they may that although the Desire” set go to DailyTitan have overlooked in work is challenging, the initial process of he enjoys working .com /StreetcarSet creating the set. on the set. On opening “There is a lot of planning involved to ensure everything night, Kinney’s job as set director is done, is built properly and to make sure every- but that doesn’t mean he gets to sit back thing works,” he said. “Things may still be and enjoy the show. Kinney is working with the shop on overlooked.” The pieces of the set are also painted many other projects, including shows for separately before they are built onto it. spring semester. Kinney said he feels the program at Everything, including the color of separate pieces of the backdrop to shutter CSUF is great because it gives a chance doors is taken into consideration to en- for undergrads to work with graduates, sure that the set gives off the impression and graduates to see the work of undergrads. initially planned. Gina Cheung, a sophomore theater Gaye Wilsonberger, who is in charge of painting the set for “Streetcar,” said that major who works in the scenic lab and she looks beyond the theater major and sees various projects through, including seeks qualified painters and art students “Streetcar,” said that she enjoys working on campus who are interested in working on set design, especially seeing the finished product. on the set. “The big picture is coming together, The painters only have a week and a half to work on the set, and she said be- and it looks really nice,” she said.

MultiMedia

November 10, 2009

OPINION

BART Officer under investigation given preferential treatment By Carlos Gaona

Should television news organizations use hypothetical scenarios to explain news events?

By Skylar Smith

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

Recently several news stations have speculated on what may have happened during the tragic incident at Fort Hood. Television news anchors and reporters have, on-air mind you, analyzed several minutes of surveillance footage of the killer purchasing food several hours before the incident, talking about what may or may not have been going through his head. This speculative talk or “plausible narrative” has become common in television newsrooms for several years now and it needs to stop, at least on-air. There are plenty of media outlets for the reporters and anchors to give their opinions on the incident. This is why Internet forums exist. But for some reason, ABC News, FOX News, MSNBC and even CNN feel they need to waste minutes, even hours, of air time with speculation. I don’t call this news; I call it filler. In the print and Internet world there is a clear separation between news and opinion. The news will be printed in a specific section of a Web site and then links about

opinion and speculation will be provided below or around the article, but are not a part of it. However, in television this separation between speculation and fact is blurred, and I cannot help but think this is done on purpose to increase ratings. Whether they are reporting on an incident like Fort Hood, Columbine or Virginia Tech, television reporters feel the need to give their input on-air and producers somehow allow it. As an anchor, when you have a running bar below your name that says “Breaking News!” and your vocabulary includes words such as “maybe,” “think” and “could have,” and its not a quote, then you are no longer reporting “Breaking News!” you are reporting “Breaking Opinion!” We might as well have news tags of anchors looking sternly at the camera saying, “This just in! We have an update on my idea of what may or may not have happened the night that the killer may have been eating or buying something from this one store near the incident. More at 11.” So, how can we fix this? Simple, report news in the segment entitled news and share opinions in segments designated for opinion. If a producer needs to fill a time slot with news, don’t just repeat the same surveillance footage over two hours and speculate behind it. Report what needs to be reported, and then be journalists and go out and find more news. Only when information is released and an event develops should it be reported on; otherwise, it’s just speculation that should be saved for blogs and opinion segments.

By Jeremiah Magan

Daily Titan Opinion Editor opinion@dailytitan.com

The recent tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas has raised a lot of questions in the minds of American citizens. Aside from the obvious inquiry into the alleged shooter’s religious beliefs and the mental conditioning of U.S. soldiers being sent to Iraq and Afghanistan, the simple question of “How could this have happened?” is foremost in the minds of many. Television news organizations initially reported that there were three shooters involved in the Fort Hood massacre and that only a few people had died. We now know that it was only one person and that 13 have died as a result of the shooter’s actions. Several news outlets featured their anchors and reporters discussing the events at Fort Hood with “experts” in an attempt to explain what happened or at least hypothesize what was happening on the base and how the alleged shooter(s) could physically have done what they did. The facts of the event were identified and the rest was tagged as pure speculation on the part of the reporters, anchors and “experts.”

Early reports are always sketchy at best, especially when they involve an event that causes as much frenzy and confusion as Thursday’s incident. TV news organizations do the best to provide as much information as they can while explaining the event, but this is often difficult given the lack of information that is available early on. Because of the competitive nature of news media outlets, accuracy often falls victim to being first. People will go to the station that they know will be able to give them as much of an explanation as possible and the media outlets know this. If they want to grab the top spot in ratings, they know they need to do something that will grab the public’s interest and keep it there. It may not be the best way of doing things, but it is often the only option media outlets have if they want to attract viewers and win the ratings war against their competitors. The general public doesn’t want to wait for accurate information, they want to get the general idea and move on with their day. News outlets have to do something if they want to keep their eyes glued to their TV screens. It goes against the reporter’s natural instinct to openly discuss their assumptions of what may have happened, but these hypothetical discussions also cater directly to our natural human desire to speculate. This is what keeps eyes on the screen and people interested in what going on, even if it does not directly involve them. General human interest is a powerful attraction.

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Judge Morris Jacobson of Alameda County Superior Court has denied a request to lift a gag order he placed in January 2009 after a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer shot an unarmed and restrained 22-year-old in the back. This gag order, Jacobson said, was “to protect the integrity of the case against Johannes Mehserle.” This case has been widely covered by the media and numerous videos of the incident have been posted online. Videos taken by bystanders show BART police officers restraining the 22-year-old and four others who apparently were involved in a fight on New Years day; some already have more than 500,000 views online and have been broadcast by numerous news outlets. Protests have extended media coverage of this case, generating more controversy and damages costing up to $200,000 in Oakland. It is very hard to imagine that the gag order is still relevant and also if it is still protecting the integrity of the case as it was intended to. News media have covered the case extensively and both of the attorneys for the police officer and Mehserle want this order to be lifted. Defense attorney Michael Rains said the public has seen his client in a negative light and they have not been able to address the public or

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the media in any way. Both attorneys are unsatisfied by the judge’s order and have said that it “is breathtakingly broad and indeed is more expansive than orders that have been invalidated in other cases.” The defense attorney has gone so far as to say that if Jacobson is so concerned about the repercussions if the order is lifted, he would have no problem with moving the case to another county. The judge has denied the public of its First Amendment right to crucial information by not lifting the gag order. This has been yet another source of discussion and controversy which adds to the saturation of the coverage on this case. It is unimaginable to pretend that at this point this case has not been discussed or tainted in any way, because it has. It is also impractical to maintain the gag order in effect when the public and the media have the right to know what happened and how from the source itself, not from grainy videos taken from cell phones and accounts of third parties that could be giving fictitious accounts of the actual facts. This is not fair for the public, the defendant or the prosecutors. This detains the free flow of information and, instead of helping the case, clearly obstructs the ability of the media and the public to obtain the facts of what happened that night.

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OPINION

November 10, 2009

Nerdgasm

Alien in America

“Exploring the highs and lows of nerd culture”

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Basking in the ‘Twilight’ by ashleigh johnson

Daily Titan Copy Editor opinion@dailytitan.com

I have come to a realization about why I hate everyone: It’s because everyone likes “Twilight.” OK, not everyone, and in all fairness some “Twilight” fans are at least able to admit that the series is flawed. Allow me to rephrase my first sentence: I don’t hate everyone, only die-hard “Twilight” fans. You know, profoundly stupid people. I hate them. The end. Stephenie Meyer’s rise to fame is nothing short of a Cinderella story. A stay-at-home mom had a wet dream, presumably after a night spent weeping openly because no one commented on her latest LiveJournal post. Some well-meaning individual convinced her to write the details of her dream down because the road to hell is paved with good intentions. So she did. Then another one of her enablers – maybe they thought that they were playing a hilarious practical joke on the publishing industry, or maybe their father was killed by a falling copy of “East of Eden” and they swore revenge against literature in general, I don’t know – suggested that Meyer send her manuscript to publishers. No one knows for sure what happened on that fateful day – some say that a high-powered publisher’s black tar heroin bucket ran dry and he, knowing that teenage girls will

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read anything that involves angst and glitter, made an unholy pact with the elder gods (Oprah and a drug dealer with a heart of gold named Skidz) to bring the book into the public consciousness in exchange for another hit. Still, others claim that God simply has a warped sense of humor. Whatever the reason, editors carefully wiped the spunk off the manuscript’s cover, unstuck the pages from one another (the Count had a lengthy segment on “Sesame Street” while Meyer was writing) and did their best to piece together some semblance of a plot. The book was marketed, sold

sun and you cut yourself to feel something, blah blah blah … If life is so fair, why do roses have thorns? C’mon, dude, you’re an immortal creature with supernatural abilities. Quit whining and make with the awesome. By the time I’m about halfway through one of these books, I’m practically foaming at the mouth, screaming at the unresponsive pages for the vampire to eat someone. In regards to “Twilight” specifically, the book is about a teenage girl who falls in love with a dude who is probably legally obligated to introduce himself to his neighbors and inform them he’s a registered sex offender. And then there’s the fact that the primary d-bag vampire, Edward, is quite open with the fact that he wants to murder his love interest Bella, who only responds with, and I’m paraphrasing here: “OMG, iluvyoutoo! Kthanxbai lol!” All of the characters are boring, whiny and onedimensional, to the point where I wanted to pull a Meyer and create my own self-insert character who would then go all Rambo on their asses. Or at the very least, backhand them, I’m easy going like that. Meyer doesn’t deserve her fame. The story she told (It’s not a saga, shut up before I smack you) is nothing special. Her writing style is subpar at best. Her characters are unlikable twits. To quote horror writer Stephen King, “Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”

C’mon, dude, you’re an immortal creature with supernatural abilities. Quit whining and make with the awesome.

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and, long story short, Meyer now has enough money to maintain her own plastic-fanged harem and have me killed if this column gets into the wrong hands. Here’s one of the problems I have when reading most recent books about vampires (anything by Anne Rice springs to mind): I spend most of the book just wishing that they’d lighten the hell up. OK, I get it, you’re an undead creature of the night. Life is so hard for you because you have awesome superpowers, but you can’t see the

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Hungering for home by Isa Ghani

Daily Titan Multimedia Editor opinion@dailytitan.com

If you live with your parents, you’re lucky. You get nice, homecooked meals. Your mother, father or another adult figure in your household seems to have the innate ability to make delicious dinners, cooked with tender loving care. I don’t live with my parents so what do I get? I get bacon five times a day. That’s right, I can eat bacon five times a day because I live on my own and cook my own meals. I can eat bacon five times a day just because I can. I can put bacon on rice, bacon in spaghetti, even bacon on my ice cream if I wanted. The possibilities are endless and – in most cases – delicious. Bacon could be the one thing that might make chicken soup taste better. I really hate chicken soup, but with some bacon in it, it might not be so bad. I wouldn’t know because I don’t eat chicken soup ever. I love how in America, bacon has become a very versatile product. Bacon bits are a common condiment that can make anything taste awesome – you can buy them prechopped in a jar, ready to sprinkle on your meal. Genius! My mother is a professional chef, so back home I had delicious homecooked meals, made with mom’s own recipes. They also had the added bonus (or drawback) of being healthy, so no bacon was allowed in the house. When I moved away from home for the first time I realized I was free. I could eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. Shall I have ice cream for breakfast? Sure! Can I eat fried chicken at midnight? Of course! Do I ever have to eat chicken soup ever again? Thank God no, because I really hate chicken soup.

As you can probably imagine, I went crazy when I first came here. I learned how to cook – at least the lazy, unhealthy college student way of cooking – that usually involved the microwave and clever attempts at making Top Ramen more interesting. Here’s a hint on how: it involves (you guessed it) bacon. So I cooked tasty, albeit extremely unhealthy, meals all the time. If I wanted to make loaded mashed potatoes with more bacon in it than potato, I would. If I felt like a BLT without the lettuce and tomato, I just fried myself some bacon. On one occasion when I felt like eating roast chicken, I bought and roasted a whole chicken for my roommate and I. It was finger lickin’ good. I learned layering strips of bacon on top of a chicken when roasting really brings out the flavor of … well, bacon, in the chicken. I realized between mouthfuls of bacon-infused chicken, that this is an incredible incentive to move out of your parents’ house as soon as possible. I didn’t have to eat my vegetables, I could eat at weird times of night and I could start my day with a big plate of delicious, unhealthy goodness if I so chose. About 6 months into this, I slowly realized the reason why my mom refused to have bacon in the house. Eating a lot of meat isn’t very good for you. Meat is fattening, especially when not consumed with enough dietary fiber (found in vegetables) which helps absorb some of the fat content of meat. Fiber also helps smooth out your excretory activities. These eating habits lead to the inevitable freshman 15 – except in my case, I measured in kilograms. Making matters worse is the fact that the kinds of foods I am used to

back home – rice with cooked meat and vegetables, while not exactly healthy, contain much lower levels of saturated fat and cooking oil than a regular meal in America. A normal carbohydrate accompaniment to a meal back home would be rice – just plain boiled white rice. Here, a typical side would be something along the line of french fries. The difference between a potato deep fried in oil and rice boiled in plain water is obvious. Nevertheless, after a combination of those factors, I got fat. Or as some would say, fatter. My cravings for home-cooked meals increased. There were mornings I would wake up tasting Malaysian food in my mouth. I realize I missed what I took for granted for so long – my mom’s home cooking. When I found out I was going back for summer, forefront on my mind was the fact that I could eat delicious home-cooked meals again. For days and weeks I dreamed about all the traditional Malaysian dishes like nasi lemak, kai fan, char kuey teow. When I finally got home and rang the doorbell I was salivating, thinking of the feast I would enjoy for the next couple of weeks. I settled down in my house after being away for a year, wondering what home-cooked wonder I would have that night. Steak? Seared salmon? Roast chicken? The suspense was killing me, but I knew whatever gastronomic delight my mom pulled out of her chef ’s hat would be amazing. So you can imagine my disappointment when my mom cheerfully served up chicken soup because it just so happened it was what they were having for dinner that day. That was when I muttered: “Damnit, where is the bacon when you need it?”

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November 10, 2009

Titan’s Saddler reaching potential during ’09 season

photos courtesy media relations Left: Junior outside hitter Erin Saddler celebrates with teammeates during a home game inside Titan Gym in Fullerton, Calif.

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Junior Erin Saddler continues to lead the Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team to victory, recording 19 kills on Saturday night to help the Titans win their third match in a row, including its 15th match of the season. This is only the sixth time in the university’s history that this feat has been accomplished. The 20-year-old business major from Bellflower, Calif., is currently on an athletic scholarship for her volleyball skills. It all started in seventh grade when she became involved with club volleyball, playing two years with Specifit then moving on to the club team Mizuno out of Long Beach while also playing at Downey High School. Even though she has not always been the star of her team, the personal success comes in a close second to her team doing well on the court.

Saddler was a scholar athlete at leads to the greatest victory.” Downey High School and earned Saddler attributed much of her the Stauffer Athletic Scholar Award success to her parents, Joseph and all four years. Rachelle Saddler, saying, “They In 2006, as a senior Saddler earned are very supportive and have only CIF Southern Secmissed two away tion First Team tournaments.” honors, and she She has two She is very mold- older was also named brothers, to the Long Beach able and open to one of whom played boy’s volPress Telegram criticism which is leyball at Downey Dream Team. High School but Junior Cami not always easy for did not pursue a Croteau, who has a player to hear and collegiate career. played four years Saddler said that alongside Saddler, handle. – Carolyn Zimmerman, after the boy’s one on Mizuno high school coach and three years Women’s volleyball coach saw her brother at CSUF, said, play it piqued an “Erin is smart on interest in her. the court and is very team-oriented, but she is also As a Titan freshman in 2007, Sadvery humble and always fun to be dler was a middle blocker and only around.” started in eight matches. However, Saddler explained that she enjoys she was able to put together a solid volleyball because it is a team-orient- freshman year, playing in all 111 ed sport. games, and went on to start in 28 of “Everyone has to contribute and 32 matches her sophomore year. play their hardest,” Saddler said. “It Now in her third year for the

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Saddler has been leading by example for the Titans all season since her move from middle blocker to outside hitter.

Titans, she has found a new home playing outside hitter and has become more versatile as an all-around player, able to be put in other positions if necessary. Women’s volleyball coach Carolyn Zimmerman said there is much more to Saddler besides talent and brain power. “First of all, Erin’s height, at 6 feet 3 inches tall, is something that cannot be coached,” Zimmerman said.

“She sees a lot of angles for different shots, and she is extremely dedicated to making herself a better player and the team. She is very moldable and open to criticism which is not always easy for a player to hear and handle.” Saddler’s other accomplishments, besides being a full-time student, include a bronze medal at the Junior Olympics in 2005 and silver medals in 2006 and 2007.

When Saddler doesn’t perform well, she is the first to watch tapes of herself so she can improve and prepare for future matches. Most of Saddler’s career highs were in 2008 and much of the Titans’ success this season can be attributed to her play. Although the future is uncertain, the coaches are excited about her progress and feel she will only get better.