Daily Titan October 26, 2010

Vol. 88 Issue 31

October 26, 2010

Economy affects future of sports at CSUF

Different teams around campus suffer horrendous monetary blows off field See BUDGET CUTS, page 8

Irvine campus mural gives peace a chance

CSUF’s Legacies Program uses murals to spread message of unity

WHAT’S INSIDE NEWS Unit overload is no longer possible ........................................2 OPINION Athletic programs can boost resumés ........................................4 DETOUR Queen Mary brings best scares for Halloween ........................................5

ATHLETICS See IRVINE, page 3

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BUDGET CRISIS Future of CSUF athletics

By the numbers

Trying times for Cal State Fullerton’s sports departments SAMANTHA DABBS Staff Writer

At this time, Cal State Fullerton has 17 sports that are headed by the Department of Athletics.

Four of those athletic teams have to raise their own funds for their programs.

Director of Athletics Brian Quinn said that an agreement was made by university administration that - wrestling, gymnastics, women’s golf and some of men’s golf’s funds have to be raised by each of the teams.

It is a difficult time in athletics all across the country; sports are being dropped everywhere because of budget cuts, Quinn said.

CSUF’s wrestling and gymnastics programs are both trying to raise funds, two years in advance by March 1, if they do not meet the deadline - they too will be dropped.

Wrestling

Quinn said that when he looks at the athletes’ faces from those programs, it is really hard.

“I think that it is really difficult, I just hope and pray that they can survive somehow,” Quinn said. “Unfortunately, when you sit in this chair, you’re the one who has to do it; there isn’t anyone else.”

Titan gymnastics Head Coach Jill Hicks said that it is always different on the other end. They have tried to stay positive and see the president and athletic director’s side of things because of how tough the economy is right now.

Gymnastics

$450,000 $560,000 must be raised to compete in the next two seasons.

must be raised for 2011-12 and 2012-13 season by March 1.

Titan wrestling is the only Division I program in Southern California.

A $75,000 donation was made to the team just before their deadline last season.

See ATHLETICS, page 8

High school athletes’ futures in jeopardy STEPHANI BEE Staff Writer

Pros and Cons:

New IRA fee referendum SAMANTHA DABBS & MICHELLE COOPER Staff Writers

Facts about the IRA referendum, according to the IRA referendum information brochure: * The purpose of the Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) Fee is to provide support for essential educational experience and activities that aid and supplement the fundamental educational mission of the university. * It will increase tuition by $10 per semester. * 64 percent of funds will be dedicated to curriculum related programs and 36 percent will be dedicated to athletic IRA programs. * Voting will be Oct. 27 and 28.

raised by the IRA fee referendum will be dedicated to Cal State Fullerton Athletics.

This referendum will give the athletic department, depending on enrollment, about $150,000, said Brian Quinn, Director of Athletics.

Titan wrestling Head Coach Dan Hicks said that the IRA referendum will only help a little with athletics. The referendum is really more for Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) to raise more money for their projects, he said.

The last time athletics tried to get money from the students was during the Campus Life and Athletics-Student Fee Referendum last spring. Dan Hicks said that this couple-million dollar referendum could have gotten the athletic department out of the hole. After all, he said, it failed by only 17 votes with only 2,200 students who voted.

Dan Hicks said that he

Cons: Out of the entire IRA referendum information brochure only one line is about athletics, stating that 36 percent of the funds

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can see how people may think by passing the IRA referendum it would be helping wrestling and gymnastics raise money to stay at CSUF, but it won’t.

The money from the IRA won’t directly help fund wrestling, gymnastics, men’s golf or women’s golf - these programs are mandated by the university to be self-funded.

Dan Hicks said that he sees the IRA referendum as a problem for all the sports.

If this referendum gets passed it is like “pocket change,” for the athletic department.

“Here’s the problem, if you do that referendum, and you tax the students more,” Hicks said, “Can you come back next year and do one for athletics politically?”

See IRA, page 8

Sweat slips down their face and pools on the mat below. Their arms twist and turn to find their opponent’s weakness. They pound carbohydrates and chug water in hopes of moving up a weight class, or else go on a diet to move down a weight class. They practice for hours a day, working, hoping, that one day this dedication will pay off. All they want is a chance. A scholarship. These are high school wrestlers. Thanks to budget cuts, their sport is in danger.

Students relying on athletics to go to college are losing scholarship opportunities as programs are cut, thinning their college choices. There are only 95 Division-I wrestling teams in the country and only seven four-year wrestling programs in Cali-

fornia.

Cutbacks have been ongoing for several years, so it’s not just the current economy affecting the sport. Title IX plays a part in the cuts, but a bigger reason is that it’s not a revenue-generating sport.

Sports like football and basketball, big moneymakers, get far more scholarships than wrestling, though wrestling has a high graduation rate.

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Afghan president confirms large cash payments by Iran Afghanistan — Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Monday acknowledged that his office regularly received large cash sums from Iranian officials but insisted there was nothing untoward about the payments.

The New York Times, in an article in Monday’s editions, described the periodic transfer of bulging sacks of currency to a senior Karzai aide and strongly suggested that the money was meant to curry favor on behalf of the Tehran government in policy matters.

At a news conference in the capital, the Afghan leader acknowledged receiving semi-regular cash payments totaling around $2 million annually from Iran but said the sums were meant to defray governmental operating costs.

NATIONAL

New fuel-efficiency rules proposed for trucks, buses WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Monday proposed the first efficiency standards for trucks and buses and said it would reduce the nation’s use of oil, cut emissions of heat-trapping gases and save money on fuel. In some cases truck drivers would recoup the cost of the improvements in a year at the pump, officials said.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said authorities will listen to public comments and revise the rule before a final version is ready. She also said that efforts in Congress to cut off her agency’s authority in climate control could eliminate the national bus and truck fuel-efficiency standards as well as ones issued earlier for cars and light-duty vehicles.

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MARK SAMALA / Daily Titan The unit cap is different for each major and can add more than a year onto a student’s estimated graduation date.

Credit limit stalls graduation Unit cap on courses and majors affects students’ educational progress JOHN SOLLITTO & ANDERS HOWMANN For the Daily Titan

Obama tells Latinos he can’t do immigration reform alone LOS ANGELES — In an effort to energize Latino voters, President Barack Obama defended his administration’s efforts to work for a comprehensive immigration plan, while adding that he was frustrated by the failures of Congress to deal with the issue.

In an interview with Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo, recorded when Obama was in Los Angeles last week, the president blamed Republicans for refusing to work on the needed legislation. As he has in the past, Obama noted that 11 Republican senators voted for immigration reform four years ago but walked away from the issue in this midterm-election year.

“The fact that we have not got it done is something that frustrates me, and I know that it frustrates many people in the community,” Obama said, according to a transcript of the show, “Piolin por la Manana.”

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The goal of graduating in four years is looking unattainable for many Cal State Fullerton students.

A large group of students believe the unit caps and values for particular majors, such as theatre and engineering, are contributing to their inability to graduate on time.

Many times students rely on Advanced Placement (AP) credit, summer school and intersession in order to finish.

Some faculty, however, argue that a well-planned educational career can remedy this situation.

Anthony Miller provided a student’s perspective.

As a theatre major, Miller has a 16 -unit cap like most students.

While working to pay for his education and having a heavy class load, Miller is not pleased with the progress he has made toward his major.

“For theatre majors, we cannot graduate in four years with a 16-unit cap without taking classes at commu-

nity college, intersession or summer school,” Miller said.

Craig Prendiville, a 19-year-old engineering major, is in a similar situation.

Prendiville was aware that it would take him more than four years to graduate when he enrolled at CSUF and his fears were not alleviated during his orientation.

“I pretty much knew that it would take me five years,” Prendiville said.

“The school wouldn’t even put me in the Finish-in-Four program.”

Jason Takahashi, a 21-year-old communications and mathematics double major, has also experienced issues with the unit cap.

Takahashi has requested classes that exceed the cap twice and is currently taking a 17-unit course load this semester. Without these extra classes, and a number of advanced placement credits, he wouldn’t graduate in four years.

“Without the extra units it would have been very difficult to finish both of my majors in four years,” Takahashi said.

David Wooding, a 19-year-old prebusiness major, hinges on AP credit to graduate in four years, which is only available to those who attended high schools that offered transferable AP credit courses.

“I will finish my major in four years because I have a lot of AP credit,” Wooding said. “It would be tough if I

didn’t.”

Raman Unnikrishnan, the dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, doesn’t believe the unit cap or unit value is an issue.

While engineering students are subject to many courses that are one or two credits each, Unnikrishnan believes that it is more prudent for students to focus on their class choice rather than units.

Unnikrishnan said the engineering program is vertically integrated, meaning courses are taken in a specific progression. This structure ensures that all prerequisites are met for the next course. The program is focused on laboratory work, making the three-unit lecture structure uncommon in their curriculum.

“Lab-intensive programs vary in credits from lecture courses, and the different components mean variation in credit,” Unnikrishnan said. “So that doesn’t prevent students from graduating on time.”

Unnikrishnan provided a flow chart showing the progression that students should take in order to graduate. If students are ready to take calculus in their freshman year, they should be able to complete the program in four years.

For some students, like Prendville, who is currently enrolled in pre-calculus, this plan isn’t possible.

Although every student’s situation is different, the 16-unit cap affects all students at CSUF.

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Student Health and Counseling Center is teaming up with Susan G. Komen for the Cure and parking its mobile information center in front of the engineering and science building Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The tour is called “Komen on the Go” and the pink vehicle travels across the country every year to share information about breast health and to encourage people to join the breast cancer movement.

The vehicle makes stops at public universities, community festivals and neighborhood festivals.

When stepping inside the vehicle, expect to find computer kiosks with information on the breast cancer movement, breast health awareness tips and an eight-foot “graffiti wall” where people can share stories about loved ones or show support for the cause.

Brief by Mi Tran

Elections and pizza with ASI candidates Associated Students Inc. will be holding “Pizza with the ASI Board of Director Candidates” today from noon to 1 p.m. at the Becker Amphitheater.

Students will have the opportunity to get to know candidates who are running for Board of Director positions in the upcoming ASI elections.

Students will also vote on the proposed IRA fee increase.

Along with free pizza, students are free to ask the candidates questions about why they would be the best to represent their respective colleges.

A total of 14 candidates, plus any last minute write-in candidates, will be at the event.

ASI elections will be held on campus Oct. 27 and 28. Students will be able to vote at various polling stations located around campus.

Brief by Sophia Islas

Workshops ease job search process Starting this month, the Career Center is hosting several events to assist students in their internship and job searches.

As part of the “Take 5: Put Your Education to Work” program, five job search workshops will be held through the end of the semester to give students several opportunities to attend each event.

Each workshop is held in LH210G. Students may also register for individual sessions online.

Recession Survival: Hot Tips for a Cold Economy Nov. 3: 2 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. and Dec. 1: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

How to Write the Perfect Resume Oct. 26: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Nov. 18: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Dec. 1: 4 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.

Interviewing for a Real Job Nov. 19: 2p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Dec 3: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Marketing Your Leadership and Transferable Skills Oct. 28: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Nov. 1: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Powerful First Impressions That Lead to Career Success Oct. 27: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 17: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Dec. 2: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Brief by Alexandra Andersen

Conference for economic trends Cal State Fullerton’s College of Business and Economics will be hosting the 16th annual “Dean’s Economic Forecast Conference Luncheon” Oct. 28.

This year’s conference will be focusing on “Recovery and Reform: Perspective from Industry Titans” and will teach students how current economic fads will influence businesses in the future.

The event will feature keynote speaker Dean Anil Puri along with guest speaker Richard Davis, CEO of U.S. Bancorp. The conference will also include other CSUF speakers.

The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Irvine and will run until 1:30 p.m.

Brief by Carolina Velazquez

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Irvine campus holds Art Miles Mural Project South Orange County community gathers for United Nations Day MARYANNE SHULTS Staff Writer

More than 140 people from Cal State Fullerton, along with the south Orange County community, celebrated United Nations Day by creating murals that advocate global peace.

CSUF Irvine campus’ Legacies Program teamed with Mission Viejo to bring the United Nations Art Miles Mural Project to the south county community.

“Our Legacies Program has teamed up for this unifying day of art to give our Irvine Campus students the opportunity to contribute to the worldwide mural creation effort,” Marsha Daughetee, CSUF Irvine campus assistant dean for student affairs wrote in a press release.

Daughetee said this is a way of encouraging involvement and volunteerism within our community.

The Art Miles Mural Project consists of more than 5,000 murals painted by children and adults from countries all over the world.

The volunteers gathered at Oso Viejo Community Park’s Village Green on Sunday for the Art Miles Fun Walk and Paint-a-Thon, part of the U.N. Art Miles Mural Project to paint 12 murals. Multicultural musical entertainment helped set the background tone.

Each 5-by-12-foot canvas mural represented one of the 12 themes of the project. CSUF art students designed the murals based on subjects such as diversity, fairy tales, indigenous people, environment, sports, women, heroes, music and senior citizens.

The Art Miles event is part of United Nations Decade of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence among Children and will be filmed for Unity Foundation, the U.N. broadcasting arm that reaches over 200 million people worldwide.

Kathryn Morrissey, adviser of CSUF’s Study Aboard Program,

brought a group who worked together on one of the murals.

Morrissey said the artists designed the mural on a regular-sized piece of paper and, using projection equipment, traced it onto the larger canvas with pencil so that it could be painted.

At the senior-themed mural table, Mission Viejo resident Pat Prickett, 72, was painting smiley faces, peace signs and other ‘60s-themed icons.

Prickett donates her time to portray the face-painting clown, Peppermint Patty. She attended art school in San Francisco during the ‘60s, and during the liberal time period, ended up working in the field of commercial art.

“I enjoy the little things in life–this is one of those good times,” Prickett said. “It will be fun to tell my grandkids I helped the United Nations.”

Prickett also said the CSUF art students were lucky to have the chance to teach the value of art to children because when she was in college, no such opportunities were offered to her.

Holding a paper plate full of bright red paint, filling in a pencil outline of the word “Honor,” Catherine Pruitt, the assistant coordinator of CSUF’s Veteran’s Student Services said the Hero theme mural began as a collaborative effort of two CSUF students who are veterans, along with Joseph Chang, the veteran’s student services coordinator.

The mural included various images of U.S. Military heroes, including representations of the Marine Corps’ Iwo Jima Memorial, an olive-green tank, a grey battleship on a rough sea and an American flag.

The husband and wife team of artists Fouad and Joanne Tawfilis founded the murals project 12 years ago. Joanne Tawfilis was working in Bosnia with the Women of Srebrenica project. Most of the womens’ husbands and sons were murdered in an act of genocide. She said it got depressing because the women would tell their stories and cry all day long.

Someone suggested she work in an orphanage to cheer herself up.

The children wanted to make a big painting, and she found some cotton sheets in a linen closet of the former

PHOTOGRAPHS BY CODY ELLIS / For the Daily Titan 250 pairs of flip-flops and canvas shoes, painted by children as part of the Shoes for Life Project, were arranged on the grass to resemble a peace symbol. Each pair of shoes was will be distributed to needy children as part of the Art Miles Shoes of Hope Project. Personal notes were written on the shoes as well.

hospital.

“Those children were from three entities, Serbs, Croatians and Muslims. Here are these kids, some of their parents had killed each other,” Joanne Tawfilis said. “Together they decided to paint a mural called ‘Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.’ They went through this consensus building of who was going to paint and what colors they would use. That’s peace building and reconciliation.”

After the Tawfilis returned to their home in Austria, they opened an art gallery. Living in a multicultural neighborhood, the gallery allowed them to share the art therapy of mural painting.

Before long, the idea of Art Miles began with a simple math problem.

With 440 murals and 12 themes, there would be 5,280 murals. That is the number of feet in one mile.

What began as a simple art project is now a worldwide effort.

“Just as they did in Bosnia… this is a real statement by young people that says we can all get along. We don’t have to love each other, but we can respect and understand each other,” Joanne Tawfilis said. “Prejudice and bigotry is taught to children.

They aren’t born to discriminate. (Art Miles) is just trying to get back to basics: one global world.”

Not only were people busy painting murals at the paint-a-thon, in the grass, 250 pairs of shoes were displayed in the formation of a large peace sign. Each pair of donated flipflops or canvas sneakers was painted by children and will be distributed to needy children as part of the Art Miles Shoes of Hope project. Once painted, the child painter writes a personal note and inserts it into one of the shoes.

For more information, visit www.

ArtMiles.org or www.MilesOfMusic. org.

Artist and community member Pat Prickett works on the senior-theme mural, painting some of the well-known icons from the 1960s. The Art Miles project where these were being painted is apart of United Nations Decade of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence among children.

Members of Veteran’s Student Services designed the military theme mural. Catherine Pruitt, the program’s assistant coordinator, along with Cal State Fullerton students fill in the outlines with paint. One of the images painted depicted the Marine Corps Iwo Jima memorial along with various other military images.

Anti-human trafficking law signed by Governor Senate Bill 657 will target businesses that use slave labor STEPHANIE RAYGOZA Asst. News Editor

In an effort to put an end to human trafficking, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenneger signed into legislation the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, Senate Bill 657, which targets the business practices of agriculture, mining, garment and several other industries who use slave labor.

Beginning January 2012, the antihuman trafficking law requires manufacturers and retailers to develop, maintain and implement a policy, setting forth its efforts to comply with state and federal law regarding the eradication of slavery and human trafficking from its supply chain.

Sen. Darrel Steinberg proposed the bill, which was also backed by

the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST), and the Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking, Senate Bill 657 will introduce an opportunity for California consumers and businesses to halt the import and sale of goods influenced by slave labor.

While this marks California’s first major step at tackling and banning human trafficking, many students have voiced concerns over whether the law is going to effectively initiate a change.

Student organization Project People Against Trafficking and Human Exploitation continually advocates and provides a campus voice for the controversial issue.

Project PATHE member Chirag Bhakta has voiced concerns over the law and said that while it’s good that the government has addressed this issue, what is needed now is just a government mandated policy.

“It’s significant in name only,” Bhakta said. “There is still no government-enforced body there to

regulate the trafficking. Businesses can still create their own policies and rules.”

Bhakta acknowledges the state’s effort as a very short step toward ending human trafficking and more of a public relations move.

With California being the tenth largest economy in the world, Gov. Schwarzenneger and many anti-slavery advocates are also seeing this as a step toward ending the flow of slave labor throughout the world.

Criminal justice major Gerald Diaz said it’s a good effort however on the international level it requires much more cooperation from foreign governments and businesses.

“Slave labor is cultural and not every culture considers it slavery,” Diaz said. “We have to first educate these countries so they understand that slave labor is a not a valid form of labor to American businesses.”

Addressing the anti-human trafficking movement, CAST executive director Kay Buck, who also co-sponsored the bill, has said that awareness on the issue has created

a need for transparency in business practices, which will be implemented in the new law.

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Cal State Fullerton students need athletics more than they think DEREK OPINA

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CHAD UEMERA / For the Daily Titan

Imagine, you finally get the degree you’ve been working for from Cal State Fullerton. Now you apply for a job in hopes of taking one step closer toward your future.

You want that dream home. You want the car. That’s why you’ve worked so hard, right?

Newsflash – jobs are scarce, and many other grads are applying for the same position. The problem is that they may have a “UCLA” or “USC” label on their resumes. Does their degree have a higher value than yours at CSUF? No, you may be thinking - Fullerton is highly regarded in many programs throughout the state and the country.

Well, that’s true to an extent but for the most part the bigger names are going to win the employer over. This is why athletics have the capacity to change the value of your degree. Their programs are not better than the ones we have here. But their athletic programs makes their educational programs seem more valuable. That is why you cannot deny the power of college sports.

Look at schools like Louisiana State University, UCLA and University of North Carolina. They are known for their athletic programs rather than the

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Only editorials are representative of the views of the Daily Titan Editorial Board.

education they can provide. Unless you attend an IVY League school, like Harvard or Yale, employers aren’t going to recognize the highly-ranked educational programs at your college. Think about it. You don’t know UCLA because of their business program, their arts program or their baking program (If they had one). You know them because their athletes win national championships.

This is why CSUF students need our athletic programs to succeed. We need them more than we think we do, and we take them for granted every time we walk on this campus. Athletics is the key to us succeeding in the future. It’s disgusting every time someone wears a USC, UCLA or any other college sweater on our campus. Take pride in who we are Titans!

We have an athletics program that needs our support! An Athletics program that has great potential but they need our help to win! We need to help them help the CSUF label that comes with our degrees. By helping them succeed, we help ourselves succeed. Part of being a Titan is that we don’t pay for our label with high tuition rates. We’re not spoon-fed and spoiled with labels.

Our education is first hand and we are proud under dogs! Best of all: we CAN beat these pay-for-label schools.

Too many students at CSUF commute, go to class then leave. We should be attending athletic events, and sup-

porting our fellow Titans! After all, they are in control of what our degree is worth. Titan Gym has a max capacity of about 4,000. How is the place not packed during every Titan basketball game if the Cal State Fullerton student population is about 35,600? That is only about 10 percent of the entire CSUF population.

CSUF athletics history is rich and proud. It truly goes under appreciated here. Our Baseball program is one of the best in the country with four National Championships and 16 College World Series appearances. There are only six other schools that have made more appearances.

We’ve also been rich in producing MLB players. Former Titan All-American Christian Colon went fourth overall in the 2010 MLB Draft, and let us not forget Phil Nevin, one of the best players to play in the MLB. Our softball team won the 1986 National Championship. Head Coach Michelle Gromacki, coached the best females in the country this past summer for the National Softball team, something UCLA and USC softball coaches didn’t get the chance to do.

Then there is Titan Basketball; Upsetting UCLA 68-65 in our second game of the season last year, dunking sensation Gerard Anderson placing both first AND second place in Hoops Manifesto.com’s dunk of the year contest. Let us not forget the greatest Titan

in the history of the program: Bruce Bowen. Bowen was a three-time NBA Champion with the San Antonio Spurs and one of the few players in the league who could guard, pester and fluster super stars like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.

We need to ammend for the mistake a couple years ago when we didn’t pass the first Athletics Referendum. A new IRA referendum will be voted on

by CSUF students Oct. 27 and 28. It will help stabilize the budget problems the athletics program is currently dealing with. The money will help to bring in talented recruits that could build up Titan Athletics. Think about it - if they win, so do you.

Can you imagine your future employer saying, “You go to Cal State Fullerton? You guys won the recent college world series.” Sorry Mr. Guy-FromUCLA, you lost your job to a Titan.

That could be the power of CSUF athletics. We should have passed the athletics referendum a couple years ago.

Because we didn’t, we are likely to lose our wrestling and gymnastics programs. Do the right thing Titans. Pass the IRA referendum. Let’s make up for the mistake we made years ago in shooting down the last one.

Our Titans don’t just play to win.

They play for you and your school.

And while you’re at it, go out to some games. Titan Athletics needs your support. And ASI pays for it. Go Titans!

Prop. 23 not just for hippies An economic perspective of Assembly Bill 32 BRIAN MADDOCK

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All letters must include the sender’s first and last name. Students must include their majors, and other writers must include their affiliation to the university, if applicable. The Daily Titan reserves the right to edit letters for length, grammar and spelling.

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Due to an upcoming proposition on November’s ballot, the viability and competitiveness of America’s economy is being threatened by postponing a piece of legislation known as Assembly Bill 32.

The goal of California AB32 is to set a standard for the 1990 greenhouse gas emission levels by reducing 15 percent of today’s emissions by the year 2020.

After being signed in 2006, AB32 has led venture capitalists and government agencies to establish career-training opportunities for community and trade college students.

This opportunity allows students to participate in an emerging economy that has been dominated

by China over the last decade.

Jobs such as solar panel installer and wind turbine mechanic have already been lined up for the graduating class at Los Angeles Trade Tech College and other commurent rate of emission, it is believed nity colleges all over California.

If Proposition 23 passes, that we will be reaching a tipping 500,000 jobs currently being cre- point in climate fluctuation within ated will be cut, not to mention the first half of the 21st century.

Any progress on reducing carthe existing jobs that will be put out of business because of deregu- bon emission is a benefit to our overall health on long-term surlation. vival.

Supporters Due to the of Prop. 23 recent Citistate the need zens United for postponcase ruling in I believe through our ing AB32 is the Supreme based on our resistance to Prop. 23, Court, coreconomic deCalifornia will recover from porations pression. are now able California our recession if we continue to support is currently to invest in reducing carbon any political at 12 percent, campaign and propoemissions. without disnents suggest

closing the to wait until source of unemployfunds. ment is below As with this proposition, mil5.5 percent before we continue lions of dollars are being funded with AB32.

But supporters of the proposi- by large Texas oil corporations intion don’t mention the economic cluding Valero and Tesoro.

After being attacked by Gov. Arincrease in jobs related to AB32 nold Schwarzenegger on this measince being signed in 2006.

By postponing greenhouse gas sure, Greg Goff, chief executive of regulations, supporters are actu- Tesoro, rebutted by threatening to ally causing the unemployment remove jobs from California.

By proposing to postpone AB32, rate to increase.

AB32 is structured so that the large corporations hope to use fear reduction of greenhouse gases does to convince Californians that our not occur immediately, but instead health and well-being is not worth is very sensitive to the impact it them paying more taxes.

Using tactics mentioned above, may cause on the economy.

After reading the Scoping Plan Tesoro and Valero, the only two adopted by the Air Resources visible contributors to Prop. 23, Board, you will understand that wish to strong-arm their oppothe timetable established in AB32 nents by threatening to increase allows businesses to shift from fos- prices of refined oil.

But in reality, the regulations sil fuels to sustainable energy in a proposed by AB32 are absorbed gradual manner.

As an environmental studies by the bottomline of these large major, I disagree entirely with the corporations, as oil is a speculastructure of AB32 because it post- tive economy and is not accurately pones any significant reductions represented by its price value.

One reason why consumers beuntil 2050.

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by air pollution These benefits are Federal and would still exist as they have during four years in congruency with California’s AB32.

Without appropriate reason, these companies as well as Tea Party supporters, threaten to remove one million jobs from California if we do not pass their proposition.

Throughout the first decade in the 21st century, China has been leading in the production of solar panels and wind turbines due to government subsidies.

AB32 is our chance as Californians to establish a model for economic recovery based on this emerging market.

As Americans progress into the 21st century, innovative technology and sustainable development will be the key to establishing a competitive economy.

With AB32, we can replace threatened jobs within the clean energy sector through education and training.

I believe through our resistance to Prop. 23, California will recover from our recession if we continue to invest in reducing carbon emissions.

This emergent economy is ripe with opportunity for inventors, entrepreneurs and educators, as our country has been and will continue to be established on innovation.

Take a second and think about the consequences of voting in favor of passing Prop.23.

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Dark Harbor beats Knott’s Scary Farm Staff Writer

Face paint, fake blood and spinechilling screams are common this time of year. From fake cobwebs to strobe lights, Halloween is the perfect celebration to get freaky.

Ever since Knott’s Berry Farm began turning their theme park into zombie land at nightfall during Halloween time, theme parks, hotels and ships alike have been following suit.

The Queen Mary in Long Beach is rumored to be haunted in many parts of the permanently-docked ship. But why is it that for the past 15 years this ship has kept its fright nights such a huge secret? Because it kicks Knott’s Scary Farm’s butt.

This year the Queen Mary is hosting its 15th annual fright fest, the theme, Dark Harbor. According to the Queen Mary’s website, Dark Harbor claims to be able to “scare 45,000 times per hour with over 160 monsters doing all the scaring.”

Dark Harbor is open Thursday,

Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from 7 p.m. until midnight through Oct. 31. Admission is $35. Knott’s Scary Farm costs $56 and increases as Halloween gets closer.

My family and I recently went to Dark Harbor. As we pulled into the parking lot, we saw pyrotechnics shooting into the air and heard screams echoing into the night. I was pumped.

As we made our way through the pitch-dark entrance of fog, screams echoed from all directions. Monsters descended on us and snarled in our ears, pounded on the wooden wall frames and limped creepily towards us.

Once out of the scare zone, there are food stands, souvenir shops and a beer garden equipped with a band.

But I was there to hit up the five elaborate mazes.

The first maze is Village of the Damned and is located off the ship in an abandoned house. It was unique, seeing as it was in an actual house, but it was not my favorite, especially because I almost toppled

down the unmarked stairs.

The second maze, The Cage, was my favorite. It’s also located off the ship in the Long Beach Dome. It’s huge. The event’s website claims, “As you walk around YOU WILL GET LOST in the endless corridors of chain link and mirrors, so choose your path wisely. Finding your way out is like winning the lottery, enter the wrong path and you’ll scream your lungs out.” My family and I got lost, and I am not going to spoil the best part, which involves something so unexpected and so unique it will haunt you for days after.

The next three mazes – Submerged, Hellfire and Containment – were located on the ship.

“Hellfire is for sure the scariest,” said Anthony, a Dark Harbor employee. “The thing that people don’t realize is that all the mazes on the ship are located in places that are truly haunted… most of the places these mazes take you are not allowed to be accessed by the public.”

Containment was good, but forgettable compared to Hellfire and

Courtesy of Flickr user Marxchivist The so-called haunted Queen Mary in Long Beach hosts Dark Harbor, a fright festival that runs through Oct. 31. Dark Harbor hosts six mazes and is packed with monsters and ghouls. Dark Harbor is cheaper than Knott’s Scary Farm and is said to be less crowded.

The Cage. The most notable part of Submerged was getting the opportunity to visit the haunted swimming pool, which people rarely get the chance to visit.

Hellfire was by far the best onboard maze. It takes you to the bottom of the ship where the crew used to power the ship with coal. It

Classic book: Lolita

by Vladimir Nobokov

OLIVIA BOUNVONGXAY Staff Writer

Courtesy Ryan Driscoll The waterfall at Julia Pfieffer Burns State Park in Big Sur is one of the sites Beat Generation author and poet Jack Kerouac may have seen during his time in Big Sur.

Classic book: Big Sur

by Jack Kerouac

MICHELLEE COOPER Staff Writer

On a path to destruction, the only thing left for Jack Duloz to do was make a choice: keep living the drunken life of waking to a foreign place, surrounded by piles of empty beer bottles, not remembering how or what happened – or making a change.

With the realization that something different needed to happen in his life, Duluoz, the main character in Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac’s 1962 novel, Big Sur, decided, “One fast move or I’m gone.” He hopped on a bus and headed for a cabin in Big Sur. It was there that he found himself both frightened and inspired by the world of nature around him.

Kerouac does not hold back as he describes the events of his drunken deliriousness and intense nightmares Duloz, based on Kerouac himself, has from his alcohol consumption.

Kerouac describes a dark point in his life where he hit rock bottom, not knowing what to do or where to turn. Kerouac takes a realistic approach to his novel; he does not sugar-coat anything and describes the events in Duloz’s life factually, without leaving any details out. Although this novel represents a low point for Duloz, it shows he is human, just like everyone else.

After getting off the bus, Duloz takes a long walk up to Big Sur. Once nightfall comes, he cannot see a thing and has to cross a bridge by faith, hoping he makes it to his destination safely. When he is in the darkness, what he expects is not reality, and what he does not expect

becomes his fate. When he gets to a resting place after conquering the obscurity, he gets down to the sea and writes what he hears. While in this place of nature, Duloz is finally able to achieve peace of mind, away from the parties, women and alcohol.

Along his journey, Duloz encounters “signposts” that symbolize something is wrong. He takes this as a path of more destruction and determines it is time to return home, after being in the peace of the wilderness for three weeks. On his journey home, he tries to hitchhike but could not find anyone to pick him up. Miles into his journey, he gets blood blisters on his feet to the point where he can barely walk. He finally finds someone who is willing to drive him to the bus stop. When he returns home, he receives a letter from his mother acknowledging the death of his cat. This cat is no ordinary cat, but more like a little brother to him. He took this death to heart and in order to cope with the pain, he reverts back to alcohol.

Throughout his life journey, Duloz encounters more problems, while still dealing with his addiction. He reverts back to alcohol as a way to try to escape the harsh realities of life and the things he cannot change or control.

Kerouac writes about slipping in and out of delirium, suffering from the shakes, paranoia and spiritual hallucinations. Duloz undergoes a different experience at Big Sur. When he wakes up the next morning from his distraught night, he has a new optimistic outlook on life and says, “I still can’t understand it… something good will come out of all things yet.”

There was a constant longing for frail honey-hued shoulders, a silky supple bare back and an innocence that can only be found peeking before womanhood.

In Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel, Lolita, he creates Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged European intellectual whose obsession was: “Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth.

Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing 4 feet 10 in one sock. She was Lola in slacks.

She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita.”

Humbert sees an image of what he calls his perfect lover in the shape of 12-year-old Dolores Haze. He was a man, maddened by an impossible and twisted love.

He meets Lolita in his first move to the United States where he takes a room in the house of her widowed mother, Charlotte Haze. His pedophile urges drive him to marry her dreadful mother just to be closer to Lolita. Her mother eventually is led to her death and now for Humbert, there was nothing to come between him and his little Lolita.

They hit the road to travel through the U.S. Here, Lolita slowly unravels to being just as deranged and unbalanced as her lover himself.

The madness began during Humbert’s peaceful upbringing in the Riviera. It was the death his first love Annabel Leigh who was 12 when Humbert was 13. Followed by a failed marriage with an adult woman and a succession of odd

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jobs, Humbert tries to consummate that lost adolescent love with what he calls nymphets, a term he uses for soul shattering, charming young girls.

Nabokov unveils Humbert as a pathetic monster who slowly pays the price for his sins through wretched madness and total loathsomeness.

Nabokov gives no sympathy for this annoyingly self-absorbed and narcissistic man who was a slave to his urges, but his self-love makes it laughable.

“To think that between a Hamburger and Humburger, she would – invariably, with icy precision – plump for the former. There is nothing more atrociously cruel than an adored child,” Humbert said.

Those who can’t see past Humbert’s strange obsession with ripened nymphets would probably be repulsed by Lolita’s notorious plot.

It is a vulgar and scandalous subject matter and has been controversial for decades.

Nabokov’s love for the English language is present in all aspects of the novel. Lolita is not the easiest read, not only because it’s a child molester’s story, but the fact that there is so much symbolism and complexity. You must read between the lines.

Humbert finds a balance between the act of cruel and the beautiful.

What drives Lolita is Nabokov’s love for a perfect choice of words.

He evokes human comedy that is precise, aloof and full of trickery through the narration and wordplay of Humbert.

Humbert seduces you with his words and his worldview, but then you remember he is referring to a young girl, which in the end leaves you feeling a little queasy.

takes you across a metal-suspended bridge, where you can look down at the bottom of the ship. It’s amazing until something core-shocking happens (again, I won’t spoil it).

Hands down, the Queen Mary is the place to go to get scared for a cheap price. The perks of going to an obscure fright-fest like the Queen

Mary are that you can go through all the mazes, there are no lines and the employees and monsters are great.

Sunday night is the least crowded, but even if you go on a Saturday night, there will probably only be half the people as there would be at Knott’s Scary Farm. Take my word for it and go get scared.

Album: It’s Still Like a Secret

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by note until there is a layered sound.

The band does not use laptops or major recording equipment for their performance – rather, Dunn employs El Ten Eleven consists of only two the use of his pedals to provide their musicians – bassist Kristian Dunn and sound. The band relied on their fans drummer Tim Fogarty. This is surpris- to help them finish their mixes for It’s ing when you listen to the dense tracks Still Like a Secret. of their latest album, It’s Still Like A Dunn and Fogarty asked fans on Secret. The album’s instrumental tracks their website “to donate money to feel lush from the two performers, and this project and in return, you can get are in sync with each other like a me- some seriously awesome collectible chanical line dance. goodies and fun activities.”

Dunn chases back and forth on his These “goodies” included signed effects, jamming copies of the alriffs on his 1977 bum, lunches with DB630 doublethe band and a heThe band has an neck bass and licopter ride proguitar combo. vided by Dunn, electronic feel reminiscent The band’s who is a trained repeating tracks to Radiohead or the Postal pilot. and heavy fo- Service...

The duo was

cus on rhythm not lacking in make It’s Still their business savLike A Secret vy when they sugsound like a leg- bouncing dance gested on their website that for $100, soundtrack in songs like “Indian Win- fans could “punch Tim in the face ter.” The track “The Sycophants Are (but you have to wear a boxing glove).

Coming! The Sycophants Are Com- To be filmed and put on YouTube, of ing!” is a road-trip friendly tune. The course.” band has an electronic feel reminiscent The band is currently on tour across to Radiohead or the Postal Service, the United States. They performed at but unlike those bands, El Ten Eleven the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles is organic in their music creation, with Oct. 13 and will perform at the Soda Dunn and Fogarty solely building note Bar in San Diego Oct. 23.

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Alumnus prepares for Sundance Festival HEATHER REST Staff Writer

Courtesy of Department of Theatre and Dance Fall Dance Theatre will run through Oct. 31 in the Little Theatre. Seven mini-performances will be performed and have been created by students, including set design, choreography and dancing. Six of the performances made their debut at the Fall Dance Theatre.

Fall Dance Theatre inspires HEATHER REST Staff Writer

From laughter to sorrow, dance can take you on a journey through emotions you might not have expected, and Cal State Fullerton’s Fall Dance Theatre did just that.

The dance performance opened Thursday night to a packed house and will run through Oct. 31 in the Little Theatre.

Seven mini-performances make up what is the Dance Department’s pride and joy for the semester. Some have been working on the show before the semester began. Every aspect of the sets, costumes and dancing are comprised of Dance Department students. All the dances, except one, choreographed by guest artist Colin Connor, made their theatrical debuts.

“It’s all original work. It’s created from scratch,” said Gladys Kares, Dance Department Coordinator.

The individual dances could not have been more diverse. Some created tangible situations like “Smooth Criminals,” in which seven dances play out a scene of old-time gangsters, while others were simple expressions of how beautiful dance can be.

The set design and costumes strongly enhanced each performance.

Some were as simple as the impactful

use of a spotlight. In “Who I Was,” a beautifully uncomplicated piece, the designers used the lighting and a smoky air effect to create strong emotion.

From the beginning of the piece to the end, the audience is carried through feelings of confinement, love and passion, but most importantly, it is enjoyable to watch the liquefied movements of the dancers.

The costumes were Grecian wrap dresses that moved gracefully. The dark purples and blues of the dresses strongly contrasted the dancers’ skin tones, making them glow as they moved in and out of the shadows.

There were moments when you could hear a pin drop, and moments when the audience burst into laughter. The second performance, “Darkest Before Dawn,” had the audience practically holding their breath. The dance was set to music by Corvus Corax, and evoked a feeling of longing and torture.

The choreography incorporated highly technical ballet moves and showcased each dancer’s advanced training. The set design and costume design worked together wonderfully; both had over exaggerated fluidity. The silk costumes enhanced the movements and made the dancer’s look as though they had more body parts then they could possibly have.

The change of environment from

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one performance to the next kept the show refreshing. Each piece added something that had not been there before.

The time and love that was needed to create this eclectic performance was apparent in every aspect of the show. Each individual department would not have been a success without the others’ contributions. The dancing would not have as much impact without the use of the costumes, lighting, music and set design. Moreover, all the others would have suffered if the dancing had not lived up to its challenges, and the opening night went off without a hitch.

“It went fabulously well,” Kares said.

Getting out of your element, breaking away from television or the video games, and watching a group of people pour their hearts into a performance is rewarding.

Dancing, above all others arts, is a physical manifestation of months of hard work.

In every muscle and every overpronounced movement of the dancers onstage, you can see the efforts of all the people who worked so hard to produce such a creative piece of work.

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Cal State Fullerton alumnus and former Daily Titan staff writer Vincent Cabrera, along with his longtime friend, Fred D’Amelia have come together with one goal in mind – the Sundance Film Festival.

A Sudden Sleep of Evil, is the duo’s first feature film. They have worked on several other shorts including Fruit, which took home the title of Best Short Film at the Santa Ana International Film Festival in 2007.

Cabrera and D’Amerlia make up the production company GasMaskFilms, which uses Cabrera’s innovative perspective on film and D’Amelia’s ability to make those creations a reality.

The result of their works make them a force to watch out for in the film industry.

“We are like a two-headed monster – two guys doing the work of 20,” Cabrera said.

The premier was held Oct. 24 at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana for an audience of cast, crew, family and friends.

Cabrera wrote the first draft of the movie in two days. Since then, he and D’Amelia have put their hearts into the two hour film for over a year. They submitted it to Sundance in early October and are anxiously waiting for the results.

The piece combines beautiful cinematography, creative selection of music, superb acting and outstanding editing. The story line and character development gave the film incredible depth. It has every ingredient an indie-film-lover enjoys, from a gritty vintage look, to a tortured protagonist, to love, lust, drugs and murder. The back stories of the characters give the audience a relationship with each, emotionally investing viewers in their well being, especially the main character Ramon, played by Anthony Martinez, who you come to love before you are forced to hate.

Music plays such a crucial roll in cinema, making or breaking a film.

In A Sudden Sleep of Evil, sound played an essential part. From the reoccurring distorted violins that were used when Ramon experienced deep loneliness, to the repetitive base drum that imitated a heart beat, all of the sounds beautifully evoked the necessary emotion needed for that moment.

After watching the film, the audience expressed an extremely positive reaction.

“I really liked it. I thought it was great. I really liked the opening and how they closed it off. His birth as an evil person and his end as an evil person,” said Felix Bacon, 23, a screenwriting major at Cal State Northridge.

Cabrera graduated from CSUF in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, but he always new he wanted to make films. On the Daily Titan staff, he utilized his advanced

multimedia skills. D’Amelia graduated from Cal State Long Beach with a bachelor’s degree in film and electronic arts. When they met as co-workers, the two of them had an instant chemistry for film making.

“I was trying to find someone to create with. (Cabrera) and I don’t care about getting rich. We just want to make movies,” D’Amelia said.

While the goal is not the money, both film makers hope that people will see their potential from this film, and their previous work, and give them the budget to make movies without financial limitations.

They made A Sudden Sleep of Evil with personal ambition, and the creative and innovative work will hopefully payoff.

“We are really proud of how it came out. Good or bad, we are stuck with it now,” D’Amelia said.

Watch the trailer at ASuddenSleepOfEvil.com.

Courtesy of GasMaskFilms GasMaskFilms premiered A Sudden Sleep of Evil at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana Oct. 24.

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October 26, 2010

Budget cuts swinging for the fences Titan Hockey

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When it comes to the financial game, the Cal State Fullerton Titan hockey club strives to make every penny work to be more than satisfied off the ice.

Trevor Rabone, Communications Director of CSUF Titan hockey, talked about the club’s fundraising.

“We offer a number of different sponsorship opportunities,” Rabone said. “No matter how big and small it is, just try to collect something to stay afloat.”

Brian Evans, former president of the club and current board member, commented on the economy’s effect on the hockey team.

“It’s a big challenge for us this year, the fact that the economy did take a turn, and companies are a little more hesitant to sponsor,” Evans said. Evans said it costs the club a little over $1,000 to play a home game.

Clare Holmes, General Manager of Titan hockey, mentioned other fundraising methods.

“The guys also do car washes, and they’ve worked at concert events during the summer, doing concessions,” Holmes said.

“It’s sort of the nature of the beast, that we have to fundraise ourselves,” Rabone said. “It’s the price we pay for really wanting to play hockey and representing our school, but I really believe it’s worth it.”

Cal State Fullerton graduate Arjun Cardoza started the sailing club in the fall 2008 semester. The club has had a rough time being consistently recognized by CSUF students and faculty, so everyone who is a part of the club is working really hard this year to recruit new members and raise funds.

The club holds team meetings every Wednesday at 6 p.m. The team gets the opportunity to learn about every facet of sailing. Alyssa Twitchell, 21, senior economics major, is the club vice president and also represents the sailing team on the Sports Club Inter-Club Council.

“As the representative, I attend a meeting every Friday with other CSUF club representatives. It is here where we decide which clubs get funding allocated,” Twitchell said.

The club dues are around $100 per semester. Stephanie Dao, 20, a junior communications major in charge of all public relations for the club said, “We get some funding from the sports federation at the weekly meetings, but we are always scrapping for money at fundraisers.”

Dave Cooley, president of the club, said that the sailing team has taken a huge blow from the budget cuts.

“We just elected our new fundraiser chair a few weeks ago so we have not gotten a chance to fundraise yet this semester,” Cooley said.

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Men’s Rugby

Brief by Ally Bordas

Budget cuts have been felt everywhere at Cal State Fullerton, and club sports are no exception. While some clubs may feel stifled from lack of funding, the men’s rugby club has taken strides to ensure they survive the budget crisis.

Students who are interested in any club sport must now pay $35 per semester to play. This fee is new this year as it goes directly to the Student Organization Resource Center, which helps to run student programs.

“I’d rather we do away with funds. We pay more for the fees than we get from the funds. We have to use the limited resources we have very well,” said Head Coach Phil Grieve.

The budget crisis is also affecting rugby at other schools. Cal Berkeley had to demote its varsity rugby team, who won 25 national championships, to a club sport. Still, rugby players at CSUF are determined to keep the sport alive.

“It’s difficult, but at the same time the treasurer and myself have to find quality purchases. We had a good base from the past president,” said Dylan Mahr, men’s rugby team president, senior and kinesiology major.

The men’s rugby club has about 50 members and operates with a budget of under $15,000. Paul Rudman, 44, of Orange was one of the founding members of the men’s rugby team in 1985.

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Women’s Rugby

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With strong support from their male counterparts, the women’s rugby club is off to a good start for their second season. Although the club started just last spring, the team of 23 players has been doing well despite budget cuts within sports clubs.

“Every club is probably struggling just enough to get by,” said Monzerratt Patino, women’s rugby treasurer and sophomore kinesiology major.

As a result of the budget cuts, players now have to pay a mandatory $35 per semester to become a member. The women’s team holds fundraisers alongside the men’s team. Both teams recently participated in the Irvine Lake Mud Run, the biggest fundraiser of the year.

“We all have to pay for things out of pocket and it can range from $100 to $250. We play against far away teams and it’s not as easy to go play at schools if we don’t have funding,” said Milagro Medrano women’s rugby recruiting officer and psychology major.

The team’s budget is around $2,000. The price of just one quality ball is about $150.

“It’s hard when I’m from a country where rugby is king. Both teams have to be careful about funding. They all do a good job of funds, but it’s tough,” said Head Coach Phil Grieve, who hails from New Zealand.

With Cal State Fullerton lacrosse becoming one of the more popular sports on campus, more information is beginning to emerge about their stability.

According to J.R. Grubert, who plays and serves as the team’s marketing coordinator, the team has a yearly operating budget of around $60,000. Much of that is funded from the players themselves, who pay team fees.

“We have helmets that are provided for us,” Grubert said. “But everything else is us. Whether it’s uniforms, nets, balls, whatever.”

Though the difficulties of raising money could be detrimental, Grubert cited the positives in being on the team and growing close with his teammates.

“We do it because we love playing,” Grubert said. “We’re all so close to one another. We’re all brothers.”

Titan Head Coach Kyle Morrison said some items are just too big of a cost, but that the program is always working to get the necessary equipment.

“It doesn’t hinder who we are as a team,” Morrison said. “We still come out here, practice and play, and try to improve as a team.”

“Last year alone we made around $25,000 profit,” Grubert said.

Rachel Hausman, a lacrosse supporter and CSUF graduate, attended the past two casino nights.

“It’s like Vegas in Fullerton,” Hausman said.

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Titan Gymnastics Cal State Fullerton gymnastics decides on a plan of action, for their March 1 deadline, to raise $560,000 for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.

This year, Titan Head Coach Jill Hicks will go to large donors to ask for donations. She will talk to people who have the potential to donate larger amounts, and “hopefully” be able to write a check for the whole amount; but that doesn’t exclude the people who are willing to donate smaller amounts though, all donations are welcome, Hicks said.

“I always think that there’s hope,” Hicks said. “It has been really challenging in some ways, but I’ve always lived very true to myself.”

Hicks said that the team didn’t make the deadline for the 2010-11, until a $75,000 donation was made.

Gymnast Mika Medina, a 4-foot-11-inch junior, said that the situation is asking for a lot of time and energy, but the team is hoping to get the funds in on time.

“I’m not sure how we’re going to do it,” Medina said. “Our coach keeps telling us to focus on school and on doing our part, and she will do her best to figure out how we can be here in the future.”

The only other college gymnastics program in Southern California is at UCLA, who won the national championship last year, Hicks said.

Vanessa Klass, a 4-foot-11-inch junior, said that her goal in high school was always to compete in college. “It’s just really discouraging because UCLA (the only other Southern California school with a gymnastics program) is one of the top 10 schools, so it’s harder for most kids to go there,” Klass said.

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Athletic departments and programs across the country are feeling the strain of state budget cuts and no amount of stretching will allow them to walk away without a sprained ankle. However for the golf program at Cal State Fullerton, it has managed to protect itself from stumbling into budget potholes.

Men’s and women’s golf has completely sustained itself through private funding and donations.

“Golf was started at a rough time and it’s a unique situation that came together at a difficult time,” said Pearl Sinn-Bonanni women’s golf Head Coach.

Men’s golf Head Coach Jason Drotter recalls how the golf department couldn’t start because of the lack of funding at the time. “Financially we were not in position to start. A team of donors stepped up and volunteered to give their support.”

Even as the golf committee continuously works on a year-round overall budget and future projection, they still face road bumps along the way.

When it comes to fundraising, the teams ask for direct donations and work closely with friends and any potential business partners.

Sinn-Bonanni has confidence in both teams as they continue going strong for their second year with fresh recruits.

“As a team we just want to see a steady improvement from last year,” said senior golfer Nick Ellis on behalf of the program. “We hope we can contend for the win in the Big West Conference Championships.”

Golden Bears cut cord with five NCAA programs MICHELLEE COOPER Staff Writer

Devastation: to reduce to chaos, disorder or helplessness. For the five athletic programs that were recently cut at UC Berkeley, devastation is the only word they can use to describe their feelings right now.

“I am devastated, my ladies are devastated,” said Cal’s Head Gymnastics Coach Cari DuBois. “How does anyone respond when something you have done your entire life and are passionate about is taken away from them?”

Because of economic hardships, a committee was put together in July to come up with a plan to figure out the next steps to take in regards to the Cal athletic department. In an article published Sept. 28, information was released that, “UC Berkeley will eliminate its baseball, men’s and women’s gymnastics and women’s lacrosse teams after this year and will stop fully funding the national-champion men’s rugby team.”

According to the Contra Costa Times, this move by the Berkley athletic department is a desperate attempt for the school to save $4 million in the 2011-12 school years. The athletic deficit stands at $13 million and by cutting these teams, the school hopes to see a significant drop to $5 million in 2014.

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press saying the decision will affect 163 athletes, and 13 coaches will lose their jobs. “Clearly, this is a painful outcome after months of deliberation, analysis and the examination of every viable alternative,” Birgeneau said.

In July, the committee gave a 15page report stating that they did not recommend dropping any sports. “I knew the chancellor had the final say, but I could not believe he would put a committee together and then go against what they suggested,” DuBois said.

“I understand the athletic department and chancellor are in a difficult

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position and this has not been easy for anyone, but I do not agree with their decision,” DuBois said.

Senior Associate Athletics Director and Media Relations Mel Franks said the athletic cuts at Cal are just an example of the economic times. “(Cal) has a $14 million athletic deficit and the committee says $5 million is acceptable, so they have a $9 million problem. (CSUF’s) athletic program doesn’t have that much money so we have a different situation,” Franks said.

According to the UC Berkeley Intercollegiate Athletics FAQ sheet, the final decision included a number of key factors based on the financial impact, and

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the ability to comply with Title IX and the principles of gender equity.

“The economy is the main reason sports are being dropped in the state of California,” DuBois said. “You see every area struggling to survive and receive some, even if it is a small amount of money to support their program and cause.”

Franks said because CSUF is in a budget crisis, both the wrestling and gymnastics teams are on the chopping block.

In order to keep these programs going, they have to raise an allotted amount of money by March.

“We have ongoing fundraising here and as the saying goes, they have to ‘fish or cut bait,’” Franks said. “Gymnastics was able to raise their funds (for the 2010-11 season) and wrestling almost met their goal, so we’ll see what happens.”

CSUF track and field freshman Malek Walls said measures should be taken before they cut programs.

“Kids feed off of having the ability and the talents to be able to compete and participate in their desired sport,” Walls said. “So by cutting sports is only demoralizing and limiting studentathletes to certain sports that they can participate in.”

DuBois says that Titan wrestling and gymnastics should make the most of everyday as it were the last.

“Don’t take anything for granted, be proactive - stay positive, fundraise and encourage the community to show their support through attendance, donations, and letters. Fundraising is the biggest factor,” DuBois said. “The economy is the biggest concern, focus on the things you can control, do not expend negative energy on the things that are out of your control.”

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After the scare of the Cal State Fullerton wrestling program termination at the beginning of the year, the team was given another chance to raise their funds. Now, $450,000 has to be raised for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons, by March 1.

This is double what the team originally had to raise, said Dan Hicks Titan Head Coach.

“They raised the bar very high,” Hicks said. “We don’t know for sure why that is, other than they just don’t want to have to keep dealing with us.”

Last year the team raised their money by hosting and working events, this year they are at a point where they need to figure out how to make double, Hicks said. A year and a half ago, when Hicks first started dealing with this, he said that he does not believe in a no-win scenario.

“I told some of the younger guys, don’t waste this year, train hard, go to open tournaments, go and win those tournaments,” Hicks said. “You’re advertising for yourself, so if we don’t make it we’re going to help you find another place to go. The new guys still want to stay here though.”

Dominic Borelli, 165-pound redshirt freshman, said that it’s really tough because even though they made it to a Division I program.

“It’s a slap in the face from the school,” Borelli said. “We have to go even harder now to prove ourselves like we had to do in high school.”

The high school players who are looking to come here in the future, said Andre Gonzalez,125-pound senior team captain. “We expect nothing less than to meet our deadline,” Gonzalez said.

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Between 1999 and 2002—the most recent data available—wrestling had a graduation rate of 72 percent, while basketball had a 64-percent rate and football a 65.5-percent rate in Div. I and Div. II combined. Cutting a program with a high graduation rate, Coach Joshua Resnick of Estancia High School feels schools are doing themselves a disservice.

“They’re cutting scholarships for people who will definitely become alumni and will definitely give back

later,” Resnick said. “It kind of shoots themselves in the foot.”

High school coaches have been discussing the cuts with their teams and are helping their wrestlers get into college.

“It is our responsibility to represent the sport of wrestling around campus and our neighborhoods,” said Coach Jorge Carrizosa of Troy High School.

“They need to take every opportunity they get and run with it because they never know when time is going to run out.”

Resnick points out other college options for his students, turning to the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics), Div. II and Div. III schools, and even military academies.

Coach Robbie Gaze of Savanna High School and his team raise about $15,000 per year. “If upper management or administration would stay out of it, so to speak, I think it would be a lot easier for college as well as high school programs to be able to do what’s needed to make their programs flourish,” Gaze said.

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“You’re kind of underneath authority, and if they don’t see hope then it is really hard,” Jill Hicks said.

Wrestling Head Coach Dan Hicks said that other teams are starting to feel the economic situation affecting their scholarships and recruiting.

“It kind of feels like we are on our own,” Dan Hicks said. “Some (teams) are wondering how they are going to make it with less money.”

A Metaphor: According to Dan Hicks, it’s like being on the Titanic:

Some have buckets emptying out the water like crazy; some are on life boats - where they have retirement not too far away and they have secure positions.

The ship itself - it’s still going down.

When a ship this big goes down, it creates a vortex - pulling things towards it and people start swimming away as fast as possible not wanting to get sucked in.

Some Problems: Athletics has slowly been sinking over the years, the department has been falling further and further behind because the tuition goes up almost ev-

ery year about 10 to 15 percent, Dan Hicks said.

Part of the reason athletics is not emphasized is that - it doesn’t have to be, Dan Hicks said.

How to Fix it: Generating interest and getting faculty on board is really important, Jill Hicks said.

“Now, I think this university is getting to a point to where they need to put their money into athletics,” Jill Hicks said. “They need to show that they support it because it’s going to be a tough thing to keep the rest of the sports, even if we’re not here.”

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“They shut down the last athletic referendum and it would have basically done the same things as this one,” said Amber Scott, sophomore track and field sprinter.

As the IRA states a portion of the money will go to athletics, but a lot of it goes to the students and to reserves, Scott said.

Pros: Through this new referendum of $10, ASI hopes to help out many programs.

“(The fee) shouldn’t break the bank, if you think about $10 a semester, goodness gracious, you go to a movie and it’s $11,” Quinn said.

The packet states states that a YES vote on the IRA Fee referendum will ensure that we are able to keep and expand current programs.

Senior Associate Athletics Director and Media Relations Mel Franks said $150,000 will be going to athletics.

Quinn said this referendum will help with not only the athletic de-

partment funding, but students as well.

“Students desperately need this (money) for clubs and activities because they are running out of reserved funds,” Quinn said.

ASI Chief Governmental Officer Gregory Washington said this new referendum will be used to increase the instruction-related activities.

Washington said the IRA referendum funds will directly impact the classrooms where we are facing a time of huge budget cuts.