Vol. 88 Issue 49
December 6, 2010
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WHAT’S INSIDE NEWS Cal State Fullerton student stabbed at football game ........................................2
downed by 49ers So far in the first two rival- games, Long Beach State outscored the Titans 11-7
Snow Fest
OPINION Why celebrities do not make good idols ........................................4
Cal State Fullerton students walk in a winter wonderland See WINTER, page 2
FEATURES Day Tripper: A return trip home to Riverside ........................................6
See HOCKEY, page 8
brings winter fun
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of Double Ds’ contest draws crowd ‘Physics Football’
Cal State Fullerton student wins annual Miss Double D-cember
explained
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University of Nebraska professor visits campus NIKKI MAO
The city of San Juan Capistrano jump started the Christmas season by hosting its annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, Saturday. Christmas carolers, ballet dancers and Santa Clause filled the street of Camino Capistrano as businesses cordially opened their doors for this merry evening. The festivities took place in Historic Town Center Park, a quaint area filled with colored lights, holly and decorated trees. The coveted event of the evening was the official lighting of the Christmas tree. Hundreds of families and friends gathered on the grass to watch the ceremony.
Christine Miles, a 24-year-old amateur sex therapist and student at Cal State Fullerton, won the title of Kevin and Bean’s Miss Double Dcember Friday Dec. 3 at the Slidebar Rock and Roll Café in Downtown Fullerton. “I’m so excited to have won,” Miles said right after the show. “I was very nervous.” Miles was up against nine other finalists, one of which could not make the show. During the live recording of the Kevin and Bean Show, the finalists had to undergo three challenges; a bikini contest, talent show and an interview. Some people began forming a line at 3 a.m. with an unwrapped toy in their hand for admission. They were only allowed entrance with an unwrapped toy that would be donated to Toys for Tots. Slidebar provided a free breakfast burrito, donuts and coffee. The U.S. Marines were there to collect the toys and enjoy a live show. Sgt. Perez said that they collected about 500 to 600 toys for Toys for Tots and hauled them off in a Budget truck. KROQ’s Ralph Garman introduced the finalists and said that five out of the nine actually had natural breasts, Miles was not one of them, and two of them have twin sisters. The finalists had to walk down a runway in their bikini, at 6:30 a.m. while the temperature was 50 degrees outside. But the women strutted down the runway as if the sun was out. Miles appeared on stage with a shirt covering her, with the word Misfit on it and as she walked down the runway she took it off and exposed her golden bikini. Miles’ good friend Holly Tackman said Miles was driving around from Brea to Chino Hills looking for the perfect dress.
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LUCIO VILLA / Daily Titan Christine Miles, CSUF student, won Kevin and Bean’s Miss Double D-cember 2011 during a recording for the show at the Slidebar in Downtown Fullerton, Friday morning.
More than a hundred students and faculty members showed up Friday afternoon for a special lecture called “Physics of Football” at Cal State Fullerton. This one-hour lecture was given by Physicist Tim Gay, known for his one-minute stadium lectures before thousands of University of Nebraska football fans, and shared his brand of science — the correlation between physics and football. As a physics professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and former Cal Tech football player, Gay sees not only the game, but the science in action. Not only students and faculty from the Physics Department show interest in the event, but also the Mathematics Department as well as local schools. Fourth and fifth grade children had fun at the event while their parents also attended the lecture. Though this was not an official field trip, it would help the kids build interest in becoming a future physicist, said Jessica Rutan, the president of Education Alumni Chapter in CSUF, who joined the session with her 10-year-old son. “He is a phenomenon,” said Jim Feagin, chair of the Department of Physics. “Even though this is not exactly what I’m teaching in my class, all the principles are the same, since physics can apply to everything.” Through a lot of interesting demonstrations and couple short videos, Gay made physics simple to understand and fun to learn — a nail and a hammer were used to explain how hardshell helmets significantly reduce the pressure the victim’s head feels; while a book and a piece of paper were used to illustrate how a player could take advantage of air-drag force during games. See FOOTBALL, page 3
Momentum builds with Titan sweep MICHELLEE COOPER Daily Titan
JANELLE CONNER / Daily Titan Felicia Jones fixes her hair with a bobby pin before the “Queen of the Universe” beauty pageant in West Hollywood.
Photo story: Transgender beauty pageant JANELLE CONNER Daily Titan
Felicia Jones is not your average woman; she is a man. This past November Felicia entered a beauty pageant for transgender males
called “Queen of the Universe,” which was held at Circus Disco in West Hollywood. The beauty pageant was a first for Jones. Jones has never taken hormones or undergone surgery to remove her male parts or add female genitalia. The competition in the pageant was fierce since
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most of the males have been surgically enhanced and are now actual women. Some contestants were males with only breast implants and others were like Jones; all man who just look good as a female. See TRANSGENDER, page 5
Rebounding from a disappointing non-conference loss to Montana, the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team swept the University of San Diego in a dominant final score of 90-76 Friday Dec. 4. Senior forward Jer’Vaughn Johnson was up to his old ways after sitting out the first five games due to injuries, and led the night with a career-high of 23 points, seven rebounds and two assists. Johnson paired up with redshirt junior forward Orane Chin, who scored 21 points, six rebounds and had three assists, led the game as leading scorers, allowing CSUF to hold off the San Diego defense. With the majority of the season played on the road, the Titans said it felt good to be back on their home court. “It felt good to be home and the win felt even better,” Johnson said. “It’s nice to be home,” said junior guard Perry Webster, who currently leads the Big West Conference in the assists-to-turnover ratio with 10 assists and no turnovers. “We struggled on the road and need to get better on the road, but it’s nice to be home.” Titan Head Coach Bob Burton
JONATHAN GIBBY / Daily Titan Titan redshirt senior forward Jer’Vaughn Johnson led the Titans by scoring a career-high 23 points, with seven rebounds, in the victory over the University of San Diego, 90-76.
said it felt great to play at home and with a rigorous schedule, he is excited to see how the team continues to perform. “We’ve only had three games at home,” Burton said. “We play really well at home but had a hard sched-
ule to start out with.” In the first half, USD had a fourpoint lead over the Titans in the first 16 minutes. The Titans were able to capitalize off missed shots and outrebounded the Toreros 27-24. See TITANS, page 8