Daily Titan December 7, 2010

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December 7, 2010

Black Eyed Peas from The Beginning Famed group release follow up album to 2009 hit E.N.D.

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makes it big Kyle Krone makes a name for himself with music

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WHAT’S INSIDE NEWS President Obama extends tax cuts for Americans ........................................3 OPINION Glee: Not a typical high school experience ........................................5 DETOUR Willow Smith follows in her father’s footsteps ........................................6

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tans have won their conference, and made an NCAA tournament appearance. Emotions on the team were ranging everywhere from anxious to excited.

“Playing past our regular conference season and traveling to Stanford was a new experience for all of us, so we didn’t really know what to expect,” said Titan senior outside hitter Erin Saddler.

On the night of Aug. 22, Michael Patrick Keating was drinking at the Cantina Lounge in Fullerton with two female friends, Mai Hayakawa and Alyssa Unruh. Hayakawa was a recent Cal State Fullerton graduate, majoring in theatre.

According to a release from the Orange County District Attorney’s office, the group left the bar, with Keating, 24, driving, Hayakawa, 22, in the front passenger seat and Unrah, 21, in the back seat.

At about 11:18 p.m., Keating headed southbound on California State Route 57. He entered the connector to the westbound California State Route 91 and lost control of his black 2003 Toyota Celica. The car veered off the side of the road, down an embankment and hit a palm tree.

Before the clock struck midnight, Unruh was at the UC Irvine Medical Center being treated for minor injuries, and Keating, who suffered a neck injury, faced charges of a felony for drunk driving and Hayakawa was dead.

Two families’ lives were impacted and changed irreversibly. The emotional trauma often includes feelings of loss and sorrow, as well as remorse and guilt.

Keating was charged with one count each of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence while intoxicated. He was also charged with driving under the influence, causing bodily injury and driving with a blood-alcohol content of .08 percent or more and causing bodily injury with a sentencing enhancement allegation for causing bodily injury and death to more than one victim, according to a release from the Orange County District Attorney’s office.

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Moot Court advances to national tournament Cal State Fullerton team practices courtroom procedures and law JENNA WEST

AARON GILLIAM / Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton volleyball team is introduced during the first round of the NCAA Div. I tournament at Roscoe Maples Pavilion at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Friday, Dec. 3.

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Five of Cal State Fullerton’s Moot Court teams advanced to the quarter finals of the Western Regional Tournament on Friday and Saturday, while one team will compete in the final national tournament. CSUF will have the most teams advance out of any other of the competing schools.

Sophomore Amy Bailey, 19, and senior Stephen Simpson, 21, received one of nine bids out of a total of 38 teams to proceed in the national tournament.

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Volleyball’s historic season ends AARON GILLIAM Daily Titan

It’s a story that you often hear, the critics doubting the underdogs with sayings like, “You’re never going to make it,” “you don’t have the talent,” “you won’t finish higher than fourth place.” Basically judging a book by its cover - something everyone’s parents always told them not to do. For the women of the Cal

State Fullerton volleyball team, this is the kind of preseason talk that they had to hear and deal with.

Fast forward five months and what do the Titans have? Countless broken records, numerous firsts, Big West Coach of the Year, Big West Player of the Year, four players who made First Team All-Conference and a slew of other accolades that have critics and doubters looking foolish for writing them off so early.

For the first time in school history, the Ti-

Donald Rumsfeld honored by Nixon Foundation LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ Daily Titan

Courtesy of Flickr user Fillmore Photography Bedford Grove’s big break came while working at an Orange County coffee shop.

Student band dreams big KAREN DICKINSON Daily Titan

Matt Davies joined Bedford Grove while still in high school in 2007, and fellow Cal State Fullerton student and trombone player Matthew Smith followed in 2008.

Bedford Grove “is a jazzy, soul, R&B-type thing,” Davies said.

“Keeping up with school is hard,” Davies said. “Today we played at FOX News station in the morning and went straight to a high school in San Diego to play a set during their lunch hour. I missed three classes.”

The band consists of Marc Gould (vocals and keys), Matt Davies (trumpet), Matthew Smith (trombone), Sean Sobash (bass), Lauren Paul (vo-

cals) and Shane Fitzgibbon (drummer).

According to the band’s Myspace page, Bedford Grove was created three years ago by Gould, following his poppunk band Off by One. He moved from his hometown of San Diego to New York and aspired for more.

Gould reinvented his style when he relocated and returned to San Diego with fresh ideas.

Gould’s newly found creativity resulted in Bedford Grove. In 2008, they released their first album, Welcome to Our Side of Town. The title of the album suits the genre-crossing nature of the band. It was nominated for Best Local Record at the San Diego Music Awards that same year.

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Donald Rumsfeld, the youngest and oldest person to hold the position of U.S. Secretary of Defense, not only attracted patrons to Richard Nixon’s birthplace Monday evening, but protesters as well.

Rumsfeld was at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda to receive the honorary Victory of Freedom Award from the Richard Nixon Foundation. Rumsfeld toured the grounds of the library, and later a celebratory dinner was held in his honor. Tickets to attend the dinner were sold at $500 each on the Nixon Foundation website.

Premium seating tickets, to sit at the head table next Secretary Rumsfeld cost $25,000.

Rumsfeld was asked about topics not pertaining to the evenings events, he declined to answer those questions.

“I’m not going to get into current affairs,” Rumsfeld said. “It’s a privilege to be here and I’m grateful for this fine award.”

Regardless of whether Rumsfeld wanted to address current affairs, a group of about 20 protesters were picketing on the sidewalk outside of the Nixon Library.

Dede Miller, 52, from Bellflower, lost her nephew Casey Sheehan in the Iraq war. Miller’s sister

MARK SAMALA / Daily Titan Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld tours the Richard Nixon Library Monday, Dec. 6.

Cindy Sheehan is known for her activism after her son’s death and for protesting outside of George W. Bush’s Crawford estate during the summer of 2005, where she set up Camp Casey in honor of her son.

Casey served as a Humvee mechanic in the Army and was killed April 4, 2004 in an uprising in Sadr city called Bloody Sunday.

“My nephew Casey Sheehan was killed in the Iraq war and it’s really important for me that these people, Donald Rumsfeld, be held accountable,” Miller said. “If I could get in and yell at him, I would love to. It’s crazy how war profiteers profit.”

As cars drove by some honked in support while others shouted out of their windows, “you liberal idi-

ots” to the protesters.

“We invaded for oil and empire.

It’s imperative that citizens come out and have a conscience,” said Sharon Tipton, 51, an Irvine resident. “Some people drive by and say ‘get a life’ and I say ‘get a conscience.’”

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Bodies of U.S. hot-air balloonists found at sea off Italy ITALY – The bodies of two missing U.S. hot-air balloonists were found Monday off Italy’s Adriatic Sea coastline when the wreckage of their balloon was caught in the nets of a fishing trawler.

The pair, Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer Davis, were last heard from on Sept. 29 when they sent a distress signal to air traffic controllers in Brindisi that their aircraft was rapidly losing altitude in bad weather.

Officials at Vieste said the trawler caught the gondola and balloon in its nets early on Monday morning, about 10.5 miles north of the port.

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Swiss bank freezes WikiLeaks founder’s account WASHINGTON – The Swiss bank PostFinance moved Monday to close WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s bank account in the latest international move to isolate him in the wake of his release of oncesecret U.S. State Department cables.

Bank spokesman Alex Josty said the bank took the step after it determined that Assange, an Australian, wasn’t a resident of Switzerland as he had declared when he opened the account. Josty said the bank reexamined the original paperwork after WikiLeaks, seeking donations, posted the account information on its website.

Josty said the bank took the action on its own and that there had been no pressure from Swiss authorities for the bank to act.

STATE Prop. 8 hearing adjourns; debate on who can argue case LOS ANGELES – Backers and opponents of California’s ban on gay marriage argued Monday over whether Proposition 8 violated the Constitution and whether gay-marriage foes had legal standing to make their case.

The hearing before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco came after a federal judge ruled that Prop. 8 – the 2008 ballot measure that effectively banned same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.

The judges dug into the issue of whether the Constitution permits the state to make distinctions between same-sex and opposite-sex marriages.

Charles Cooper, a lawyer who argued in favor of Proposition 8, said marriage exists for society to recognize relationships between men and women that can lead to children.

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MARK SAMALA / Daily Titan Donald Rumsfeld tours the Richard Nixon Library prior to receiving the Victory of Freedom Award at a dinner in his honor. Rumsfeld was the 13th and 21st U.S. Secretary of State.

RUMSFELD: AMONG PATRONS AND PROTESTERS ... Continued from page 1 John Runningder Gourley, 56, served in the U.S. Air Force and was a part of the group protesting Rumsfeld and former Vice President Dick Cheney, who was scheduled to attend the dinner but cancelled.

“The more that I saw the reality of why we were in Iraq and Afghanistan, I realized that it was corporate lies, that our military was being used as cannon fodder for oil profits,” Gourley said. “It’s appalling how these politicians, Rumsfeld and Cheney, have lied to the American public. We do not have a right to have sovereignty over the Muslim people or any other people.”

When asked how his trip and time at the Nixon Library had been, Rumsfeld did not mention the protesters.

“It’s impressive; you see the wonderful work they have done here and I have just been working on a memoir that comes out in February and needless to say, I write a good deal about the Nixon administration and President Nixon,” Rumsfeld said. “It brings back a lot of memories to be here. (Nixon) asked me to resign from the Congress in 1969 and join his cabinet and that began my service in the executive branch of the government.”

Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense under Gerald Ford’s administration and as the 21st Secretary of Defense in the Bush administration.

According to the foundation, Rumsfeld received the award for promoting the rights of freedom throughout his 50 years of public service, which began under the Nixon administration after he left his congressional seat.

MARK SAMALA / Daily Titan A protester demonstrates against Rumsfeld’s visit to the Nixon Library Monday.

MOOT: STUDENTS GAIN EXPERIENCE IN FIELD OF LAW ... Continued from page 1 It is possible for other CSUF teams to receive bids since many scores are still pending. Bailey and Simpson placed second place out of the 38 teams while Bailey ranked the third best overall orator and Simpson placed fourth best behind Amy by only three-tenths of a point.

“Moot Court helps to develop strong argumentation skills and courtroom demeanor. The chance to develop these skills before attending law school is invaluable,” Bailey said. “The oral argument portion of Moot Court is a new and very demanding challenge that I was excited to participate in.”

Moot Court is a political science

and criminal justice course that is required by many law school programs.

The course involves tournaments of mock Supreme Court proceedings in which teams of students research and argue a hypothetical legal case before a panel of judges consisting of attorneys, law faculty and members of the judicial branch of government.

Students are judged based on the knowledge of both sides of a case, forensic evidence, responses to questioning and their demeanor.

The two issues that were presented by the court this weekend included the Affordable Health Care Act and whether is was constitutional under the Commerce Clause and state governments’ authority to legally refuse to recognize same-sex marriages. Within one team each member focused on one topic.

The hard work of the CSUF Moot Court members began in May, long before the fall semester started, in order to gain the knowledge and strengthen the arguments for each legal case. The weekends they worked together brought them closer as a group and to professionals within the field.

“The friendships that have developed are the most important aspects of our time together,” Simpson said.

“While we have gained experience in legal analysis and oral argumentation, we have also been able to present in front of many influential

members of society such as former BAR administrators, practicing attorneys/judges and even a former California state governor.”

This preparation gave them the confidence to face some of the toughest Moot Court teams in the nation. This was Joel Garcia’s first time with Moot Court. Garcia, a senior and criminal justice major, had no doubt that CSUF would meet the standards of the past Moot Court champions.

“Since it was our first year for some of us, we’ve heard about the intimidating teams of Patrick Henry College from Virginia who have beaten Harvard and Yale teams,” Garcia said. “But during the competition and facing them, we knew we were at the same level, if not better.”

The competition has prepared the students for their futures in law along with the mentoring and teaching of professor and Moot Court coach Pam Fiber-Ostrow.

Because many students want to become attorneys and judges, the experience of Moot Court is the closest to a court room as many students will get.

“This course has taught me a lot about the field of law and what it takes to be a lawyer,” Garcia said.

“The biggest thing, though, is that all of us that took the class are extremely confident in stepping in front of other intelligent people and taking command of a room.”

FOR THE RECORD Dec. 6, 2010: In the article titled Human Capital Talk by William Chen, the sentence regarding the Department of Fine Arts and Philosophy should accurately read, “According to the reading, departments like fine arts and philosophy in their pure form are seemingly harder for Cal State Fullerton to justify. This is where members of We! disagree with their conclusions and work towards changing those attitudes.”

In the same article, the sentence regarding Assistant Professor Steve Jobbit should accurately read, “Steve Jobbitt, assistant professor of modern European history and one of the main facilitators of the group, believes this concern raises a major problem.”

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MARYANNE SHULTS / Daily Titan Pictured above are DUI-related collisions that resulted in fatalities around the Fullerton area during 2009 and 2010. The Fullerton Police Department made 984 DUI arrests in 2009.

“He is very remorseful about what couldn’t get in.” happened. He’s had trouble sleepOn one hand, Michael Keating’s ing from pain and has been walking parents have been plunged into an and attending AA meetings,” Patrick unimaginable situation, concerned said about his son. “His friends were for their son’s future. On the other mutual friends (with Hayakawa) who hand, the mother and father of Mai said they’ve already lost one friend— Hayakawa suffered the finality of the they didn’t want to lose Michael too.” death of a child and sister, the loss of Patrick had come from his home in her closest ally.

Oklahoma where he and his wife had “The death of Mai has been debilirelocated from Fullerton to care for tating to both my parents. Life is no elderly parents. longer the same His wife was not without her, as Nobody should ever have she completed able to be with her family beour family dyto experience something like cause she had renamic,” said this. Life will never be the cently undergone Cathy Hayakaa chemotherapy wa, Mai’s sister. same without Mai.

treatment. Pat“The pain they are experiencrick said his son - Cathy Hayakawa ing is indescribstayed in Fullerable and nobody ton where he was a student at CSUF majoring in Japa- should ever have to experience anything like this. Life will never be the nese studies.

“I tried to get (Michael) into same without Mai.” Cathy said she and her sister were Woodglen Recovery (a rehabilitation facility),” Patrick said. “But because he planning a trip to Japan to visit their had to wear a Halo device (to support grandmother. Their scheduled deparhis cervical injury) for 12 weeks, he ture was only three days after Hay-

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About 31 percent of the 3,081 people killed in automobile accidents in California had a blood alcohol concentration, by weight, over the legal limit of .08.

BAC is expressed in percentage of alcohol to blood. This limit is set in Section 23152 of the California Vehicle Code.

The statistics for DUI-related fatalities and those involving severe injury in the area surrounding Cal State Fullerton are distressing.

“Our officers actively patrol out to one mile radius of the campus and initiate enforcement stops that result in DUI arrests,” said Lt. John Brockie of the CSUF University Police. “In 2009 the University Police made 131 DUI arrests. None of the arrests were on campus; all of them were in the surrounding area.”

The Fullerton Police Department made 984 DUI arrests in 2009. They also reported 38 DUI-related collisions with injuries and 117 without, said Sgt. Andrew Goodrich.

Two of those accidents included six fatalities including the collision that killed Angel’s rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart, 22; sports agent Henry Pearson, 25; and CSUF student Courtney Stewart, 20.

DUI statistics aside, the incidents themselves directly affect families and friends, especially when lives are lost.

In the orange garb of the Orange County Men’s Jail, Keating sat in the prisoner’s cage in the jail’s courtroom on Monday, Nov. 22 for his arraignment. Keating sat on bench, head down and hands crossed in his lap, as the judge set his bail at $500,000.

Keating’s father, Patrick, sat outside in the visitor’s room watching the closed-circuit television, waiting anxiously for his son’s appearance. The judge had set a bail review and the pre-trial hearing for two days later.

The concerned and astonished father walked down the courthouse hallway. In a trembling voice, Patrick said he was not prepared for the bail set by the judge. His next stop was to meet with his son’s defense attorney, Lloyd Freeberg.

Patrick hoped Freeberg could negotiate a lower bail amount because he didn’t know how they could come up with the amount that would be required to obtain a bail bond.

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akawa died.

“I’ve lost my best friend,” Cathy said. “Mai and I have many inside jokes from shared experiences and I cannot begin to describe how empty I feel without hearing from her for over three months.”

While she was at CSUF, Hayakawa’s theatre emphasis was directing.

She survived the department’s cut in her junior year, one out of five who auditioned. She was also a musician, a violinist who opened for Reba McEntire’s performance at the Honda Center in 2009.

Hayakawa was also an actor, singer and dancer, cast in “Miss Saigon” at CSUF. For those performances, she also played the shamisen, a traditional and unique Japanese instrument.

In the role of playwright, Hayakawa composed a satire, “Peter Chan,” which her sister describes as brilliant.

“Her accomplishments and artistic talent have been recognized by the state of California, and we have received a recognition letter by a state Senator,” Cathy said.

Hayakawa’s family told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune that on the night of the accident, she was meeting with her theater group. The group often went to dinner following meetings.

Hayakawa lived in Diamond Bar, and worked at her family’s restaurant, Restaurant Hayakawa in Covina, since high school.

“Mai worked primarily on the weekends at the restaurant and she was an integral figure at the restaurant,” Cathy said. “Her personality was intriguing and she became quick friends with so many of the restaurant patrons.”

Hayakawa’s family and friends celebrated her life in a memorial tribute

held at CSUF’s Claves Performing Arts Center on Sept. 2, followed by an outdoor candlelight vigil. Her sister said over 500 people attended her funeral with over 100 at the vigil.

Cathy said many of Hayakawa’s friends have been visiting the restaurant and sharing the grief with her parents. A memorial rose garden has been planted next to the restaurant.

“Mai and Michael were amazing friends, which makes the situation infinitely more tragic,” said a mutual friend of both Mai and Michael.

“Those who know Mike know that he would have died to protect her, and the accident has put him through hell.”

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Whether you seek to be in the medical field one day, plan to work around children or simply want to know what to do when someone is injured, the Student Recreation Center is offering CPR, AED and First Aid training.

The SRC will host an adult CPR and AED class Friday Dec. 10 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and a First Aid class immediately after, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The adult CPR and AED class costs $32 and the First Aid costs $24 for students.

In order to register visit the Recreation Services Desks on the second floor of the SRC by Wednesday.

Prices for members and nonmembers vary, visit Asi.Fullerton.edu/src for more information.

Brief by Jenna West

President agrees to extend tax cuts President Barack Obama sided with Republicans and agreed to extend the expiring tax cuts for all Americans despite heavy opposition from Democrats.

The tax cuts will reduce Social Security taxes for one year and resume the unemployment benefits.

The Social Security tax cut will entail a two percent cut from 6.2 to 4.2 percent, and will benefit workers, not employers.

Criteria for unemplyment benefits now requires workers to have been unemployed for 26 weeks and less than 99 weeks.

Former President George W. Bush originally ratified the tax cuts in 2001 and 2003, and was nearing the expiration date. Taxes were expected to go up if an agreement wasn’t reached. Republicans prevented an attempt

by Democrats to block the cuts.

This comes months after Republicans regained control of the House and gained more seats in the Senate. During the 2008 presidential race, Obama ran on the premise of tax cuts for Americans who were coming under $250,000 annually.

Brief by Oscar Romero

Disc golf contest provides relief Stretch your legs and blow off some finals week stress on Wednesday, Dec. 8, with the Disc Golf Tournament hosted

by Titan Recreation Intramural Sports.

From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., participants will be able to duke it out in the contest that will be held on the Student Recreation Center lawn.

This event is open to all students, faculty and staff but Intramural Sports has a strict “No ID, no play” policy, so be sure to bring a valid Titan Card.

No need to worry about signing up in advance, students can register for the event just before the beginning of the tournament on the SRC lawn.

For more information visit TitanRecreation.Fullerton.edu or call (657) 278-7529.

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Nothing like the feeling of deep despair What? Wait? It is gone but to where oh where?

Not a sign of broken lock or cutter Such things all crossed my mind as I shutter I parked it here? Or did I lock it there?

I know I did and on my life I swear

Glee is the worst sitcom ever created.

Why anyone in their right mind would waste one hour every week watching this show is beyond me. Glee makes me want to lash out.

The fact that this show has exploded and made everyone a part of it an instant superstar is seriously disturbing.

I am begging, pleading, with citizens and non-citizens alike to band together and overthrow FOX for airing this sort of rubbish.

Unite or be forced to watch people in their late 20s dressing like high schoolers and singing songs when in fact they are butchering all that is great about music!

Glee was inspired by high school drama, sex and choir. FOX aired the pilot episode in 2009. Since then, it has completely blown up into a social phenomenon.

The show has been nominated for 19 Emmy Awards, four Golden

Globes, six Satellite Awards and 57other awards.

Is this what the youth of America, nay, all of America has become consumed by? Slutty girls and bad choir performances?

The writers of this show, who I now have a personal vendetta against, are Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchulk and Ian Brennan.

Let’s dissect the word glee; the first part automatically makes me think of gluttony, one of the seven deadly sins, which makes sense, seeing as the majority of America is an over-indulgent nation, enjoying shows such as Two and a Half Men, Trueblood and of course, Glee. The second part of the word, ‘e-e’, makes me think of e.e. cummings, the sappy love poet. Glee is the cheesiest show ever with the most horrendous plotline, so e.e. cummings fits into this equation perfectly.

Put the word back together and you have Glee: over-indulgent people pretending to feel the most unrealistic level of happiness that no one in this economy will ever attain.

Let’s take a look at the show from a different perspective, like if Glee is a realistic portrayal of high school: haha don’t make me laugh, hell no it is not a realistic portrayal! Wake up to the injustice they are serving our mindless youth!

Glee is completely opposite of what real high school is like. Ian Brennan conceptualized the show based off his own high school experiences when he was in choir. What high school did he go to? Prick-town high?

Ladies and Gentlemen: This is not high school. Do not be so easily fooled.

Where is the acne? Where are the braces, the high-pitched male voices that have yet to crack, the mismatched clothing, the battered lockers and all the other terrible plagues we all had to face in high school? They are missing because this is not high school. This show is a bad acid trip.

I felt like if I was going to write an article about Glee, I had better watch at least one episode. So for the sake of researching, I endured 45 minutes of torture in the form of the Glee episode

entitled “Special Education.”

As expected, it was terrible. At least I got to watch the first 10 minutes sans singing. When the singing did kickin though, it hit with full force. In an apocalyptic way.

I still cannot believe they sang a song from the classic movie Dirty Dancing and did the famous dance, that is a terrible way to pay thanks to the late Patrick Swayze. And they sang a song by Florence and the Machine… so depressing.

In the end, not only was the acting heinous, the singing was just as unbearable. During the dialogue sessions, one character dropped the word hipsters, another couple went through a cheating scandal, every clique just seemed to love each other and all the hidden advice this episode tried to give was so fake. I almost hurled.

I hope I persuaded the world against Glee. If you would like additional information on why NOT to watch Glee, check out Kroq’s Gleecap by DJ Omar Khan.

Funniest segment on radio.

The make was Giant, the model Cypress Such a sunny day is now in crisis And so I say to you who did this deed A promise, not a threat shall end your greed A Christmas present! Why don’t I grab it?

Get a job? Maybe lose a drug habit?

Buy a bar lock lest you learn my lesson Or lose yours like serial number C78C8327

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Get ready to tousle your tresses with Willow Smith with her debut single “Whip My Hair.”

Seeming to pop up out of nowhere, the music video made fast work of social-networking sites and is now boasting more than 16 million views on YouTube. The debut single from the 10 year old’s album, has made Smith a Web sensation.

After the song’s official debut in September, Smith, daughter of actor Will Smith, signed a record deal with Jay-Z and his label Roc Nation. Smith captured media attention when Billboard named her No. 7 on its “21 Under 21 list,” and has continued to draw comparisons to Rihanna.

The catchy beat really started to make some noise after its viral release on Oct. 26, when it was able to capture attention with its colorful video.

“A couple of my friends were talking about it, so I watched it on YouTube,” said Sarah McClellan, 19, a kinesiology major. “ I think it’s a pretty dope video. She’s pretty creative for how old she is.”

This new album is the launch of Smith’s music career and has been met with many positive reviews.

Like her older brothers, Jaden and Trey, Smith got her start in the entertainment business through acting.

In 2009, Smith, along with five others, won “Best Performance In a Feature Film (Young Ensemble

Cast)” for the film, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.

A consistent reaction from her audience is approval of subject matter.

“It’s better that she is dancing around whipping paint onto walls with her hair than, you know, grinding up against boys when she’s 9 years old,” said Rebecca Tucker, 20, a musical theatre major.

Many seem to agree that Smith’s lyrics are safe for her age. “(The lyrics) are appropriate for her age because I wouldn’t want a 9 year old talking about love and her and her boyfriend,” McClellan said. “That’s kind of disturbing - like you’re 9 - what are you doing with a boyfriend?”

The only downfall is with such limited life experience, her songs

may not be able to appeal to an older audience.

“Apparently she (appeals to the college age demographic) because I heard (‘Whip My Hair’) at a college party, and I guess it’s a fun song to dance to at a party,” said Jordan Sidfield, 20, a music theatre major, who claims to not be a particular fan of Smith.

However, some are still doubtful about Smith’s future in show business.

Micaela Martinez 20, a musical theatre major, said she has her own reservations about children working in the entertainment industry to begin with. Martinez also has doubts about her talent.

“They’re calling her the next Rihanna,” said Martinez. “Her voice is really good for a 9 year old. I mean, I give her that, but I don’t know if she’s going to be the next Rihanna.”

“Whip My Hair” is currently in the No. 2 spot on iTunes’ video chart, beating out Taylor Swift’s “Mine” and Rihanna’s “Only Girl.”

She is on Billboard’s Hot Digital Sales Chart in No. 10, taking a fall from her previous No. 4 position.

McClellan is eager to find out what’s next for Smith and is looking forward to her future in music.

“The fact that she can sing and dance... it’s because not very many artists can do both,” McClellan said.

“It’s very interesting to see where she will go from here.”

MARK SAMALA / Daily Titan Willow Smith (right) with older brother Jayden (left) at the BET Awards.

Album: The Beginning by The Black Eyed Peas JENNA WEST Daily Titan

After their highly successful 2009 album, The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies), and a world tour, the Black Eyed Peas wasted no time getting back into the studio to create their sixth album: The Beginning. However, it might have been too soon.

The Beginning did not fail to bring the club hits that the Black Eyed Peas are known for.

The album opens with the first single, “the Time (Dirty Bit)” which samples from the 1987 theme song “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” of the movie Dirty Dancing, and converts it to a 2010 dance track.

Mastermind Will.i.am reproduced his method of creating three distinct beats in one hit throughout the first song similar to past tracks such as “Boom Boom Pow” and “I Gotta Feeling.” But “The Time (Dirty Bit),” as well as other tracks, like “XOXOXO,” lack surprise when transitioning to a new beat, leaving the song full of repetition.

Although many artists take musical strategies from past musicians, The Beginning lacks originality. With the obvious sampling from Dirty Dancing, the Black Eyed Peas also intertwined Pete Townshend’s “Let My Love Open the Door” into their track “Love You Long Time” and the track, “Don’t Stop the Party,” and other songs sound like they were influenced by Daft Punk, while “Do It Like This” is reminiscent of their own hit, “Imma Be”.

The main aspects that seem to be missing are the Black Eyed Peas’ sing-along, unique lyrics.

In “Lets Light Up the Night,” the lyrics, which are the same as the track title, are repeated 24 times throughout the song. Some of the lyrics are a little “out there” and are somewhat contradicting. In “Don’t Stop the Party,” the opening line is, “This is that original / This has no identical / You can’t have my digital.” The album echos familiar sounds and lyrics, making it far from original.

The entire album is full of synth riffs and constant beats, giving it

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the futuristic sound that the Black Eyed Peas have gained most of their fame from. The vocals are extremely smothered in Auto-Tune. Will.i.am’s vocals dominate the album, and every line he sings is altered with AutoTune. Fergie’s strong, belting voice is not heard as frequently as in the past albums, but when it is her voice it’s authentic and the only thing that’s not mechanic.

Songs such as “Someday,” “Whenever” and “Just Can’t Get Enough” demonstrate her powerful vocals, but they are interrupted by Will.i.am’s dull Auto-Tune vocals.

The constant Auto-Tune lyrics seem to limit The Beginning from any type of variety.

Although the Black Eyed Peas is a group of four talented artists, The Beginning was a one-man show obyWill.i.am. However, the group is applauded for their attempt to create an album full of futuristic club hits.

Jumping into the album so soon after the success of The E.N.D. may have been a bad idea. They failed to meet the fans’ expectations of their past number-one hits.

December 7, 2010

Local artist goes solo RACHEL SALAS Daily Titan

I remember the first time I saw singer-songwriter Kyle Krone, 26, perform. It was at an unique restaurant in San Clemente where he and his former band, The Shys, played.

The Shys are a popular Orange County-based indie rock band with a large fan base across the country.

With two critically acclaimed albums, Astoria and You’ll Never Understand This Band the Way I Do, and hit songs featured on popular television series, such as Entourage and Castle, along with films like Adventureland and Prom Night, Krone has certainly put his name on the map.

Something about Krone’s disposition struck me instantly, a quiet confidence exuded from his calming, yet soulful croon, as he sang impressive songs, like “She‘s Already Gone” and “Savior.” Not overly flamboyant in stage presence, typical of most front men, Krone’s innate ability to capture the crowd’s attention with little effort was intriguing.

From an early age Krone took an interest in writing songs. In October 2004, Krone decided to put his talent to good use and formed the band, The Gun Shys, later renamed The Shys, with friend Alex Kweskin.

“I had saved $4,000 because Alex and I were initially planning to go to Europe and staying as long as we could, so we both had all this money and then I got a credit card and instead of doing that or becoming professional bowlers, which we were literally considering - we were bowling every day at the time - we decided to start the band,” Krone said. “It was a natural thing.”

The Shys got in touch with a band member from the Brian Jonestown Massacre and began recording demos in a studio in Los Angeles.

“I’ve always had the desire to create,” Krone said. “I knew exactly what I wanted to do and what I wanted to play.”

The band began playing shows in Southern California and were eventually signed to Sire Records/Warner Bros.

“On our first tour, I felt like my

RACHEL SALAS / Daily Titan Kyle Krone has experienced solo success with his unique songwriting talent.

whole life had changed,” Krone said.

“We played virtually every state and sold out nearly every show. We were 22 years old, so we were having an incredible time. To see the country while being with your best friends and making a record - and like any other kid who starts a rock and roll band, you’re pretty sure you’re going to be the biggest band in the world.”

The Shys continued to produce new material and sent songs to their record company. But the pressures of conforming to the label’s demands were beginning to become daunting and Krone decided to break away and take control of his music.

“It kind of took the wind out of our sails for a bit, but we kept the enthusiasm about it and made that second record completely on our own with our own money and produced it. Everybody was contributing a little bit more and it became a collective thing,” Krone said.

The album was successful and The Shys began touring again.

Fandom was at an all time high, but with ties cut from their label, the band was in charge of funding their business.

“It costs a lot of money to have a studio and a trailer and gear and live with five guys who aren’t working day jobs. It became hard,” Krone said. “For our circumstances, we hung in there for quite a long time.”

With the break-up of The Shys in

late 2009, Krone was determined to keep music part of his future.

In April, Krone enthusiastically announced his first solo project. He began recording in August and has given fans a sneak peak at his latest songs, such as “White Rain” and “Driving Deloreans” on multiple websites.

“The sound is so much different.

It’s more modern and futuristic.

Basically what I’m trying to do, if I’ve done it right, is bottle up everything I love into the sound,” Krone said. “It’s an intangible thing to try to explain, but I would think, OK, I’ve had this amazing night, moonlight is on the water, I’m driving on the coast, the weather is amazing and I’m having a conversation with someone I love.”

Fans appreciate Krone’s diverse style.

“His music struck a chord with me,” said fan Charisse Swarthout. “I love music that is beautiful and reminds me of feelings and thoughts forgotten. Kyle’s music does this for me. It is so diverse. The emotion that it most reminds me of is hope.”

Fans also value Krone’s songwriting talent.

“Kyle is one of the few alternative rock artists that has lyrical value,” said Lee Holbein, singer-songwriter.

“He is truly a lyricist and is one of the best I’ve ever met.”

BEDFORD: CSUF BAND ON RISE TO FAME ... Continued from page 1 Bedford Grove is a talented upand-coming band that is being noticed by all sorts of music fans. The band mixes New Orleans jazz and brass, and the result is a New Age urban feel. It sounds like music that would be performed at a smoky nightclub but with a more lively energy to it.

They perform some mellow songs like the piano melody “Annie,” with lyrics about a lying lover. “Well Annie says and Annie does and Annie lies / Well, just because / And every night that I believe became the same to me / And there she goes again saying that I was wrong and that this life is just her song.” Bedford Grove also has more complicated, yet dark songs, like “Devil Child,” where the trumpet takes center stage.

Larger audiences are quickly noticing Bedford Grove’s diverse musical ability.

Their music has been featured on a movie soundtrack along with

P.O.D and Angels and Airwaves.

They have opened for platinum recording artist Pat Benatar, and opened for John Legend and Macy Gray Nov. 6 at San Diego’s PETCO Park.

“I saw John Legend a few years ago and I thought, I want to be like them,” Davies said before the PETCO Park show. “It’s crazy how I am going to be up there on the same stage.”

PETCO Park is a 6,000 person venue and is nothing what the guys of Bedford Grove are used to. They have played at places like the Viper Room and all over Orange County at smaller venues.

“Wow. Just wow. I have never felt like that in my life,” Davies said after the PETCO Park show. “All we could see was a huge bright light and the outlines of thousands of people.

Just to hear myself play and hear the echo come back was huge. I could see all the buildings of Downtown San Diego and I really, for the first time in my life, realized that this is

what I want to do for the rest of my life.”

Davies explains their big break happened by chance. He and Gould work at the Coffee Cup and get to know the regulars on a first name basis. A booking agent happened to mention a concert series happening at PETCO Park and the guys said they’d like to be part of it. And just like that, they were booked to open for John Legend and Macy Gray.

Although CSUF music majors, Davies and Smith are becoming what they thought they could have only dreamed of, they keep both feet on the ground by staying humble.

“The most heart-warming thing, though, was seeing all my friends and family after the show,” Smith said. “This was a big step for us, and so to have everyone show up from all around really meant a lot. Even people in the crowd I didn’t know came up and congratulated us on a good set. I wouldn’t have traded it for the world.”

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December 7, 2010

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Because the Titans had to travel to Stanford – a seven-hour bus drive – the team had a lot of time to think about the task at hand. They had a lot of time to clear their heads of all of the pregame jitters and nervousness that comes along with a teams’ first ever NCAA tournament appearance. For some of them, it took until they got to Stanford’s Roscoe Maples Pavilion to realize what they were dealing with.

“I finally believed that we made it (to the NCAA tournament) when we got there,” said senior setter Genie Francisco. “The whole entire time nothing felt real but when we finally got to the arena everything kind of settled into place.”

But when the Titans finally took the court they looked as if they were meant to play there, like it was their destiny.

Senior libero Cami Croteau said.

“Although I had never been (to Ma-

ples Pavilion) before, I felt at home there because it was just the right size, so I imagined it as our home gym and took it from there.”

The Titans came out of the gate looking poised to send their outstanding season and their inaugural postseason tournament into the second round as they won the first two sets against the Colorado State Rams by a total of nine points (25-19, 2520). Going into intermission the Titans seemed as if they were going to win their first postseason game by sweep and their fans were loving it.

Speaking of the fans, the Titan fans had the Ram fans outnumbered three-to-one. Members of the Orange Curtain, which consisted of members of the CSUF men’s volleyball club, parents, and former Titan volleyball team members made the seven-hour trip to Stanford to support the women in their first postseason appearance. The fan turnout was so great and supportive that every time the Ram fans started to

chant “CSU! CSU!” the Titan fans quickly added a boisterous “F!” to the end of it. Helping to give the Titans the momentum they needed to power through the first two sets.

But the momentum quickly shifted to the Rams’ side of the court as they came out to a 9-1 lead in the third set which essentially lead to the Titans losing the set by their biggest margin this season (25-12).

Although they had lost the third set, the Titans still had high hopes of winning the match. As they jumped out to a 4-2 lead and the Rams had just served their 10th service ace. But CSU bounced back and ended up taking the fourth set, 25-21. The Titans came into the fifth set 2-2 when it came to games taken into the fifth set, so this game was pretty much up for grabs based on that stat, but the Titans played as if they were playing their last game ever, which to some it could very well be.

Duriing the whole fifth set, the Titans trailed by two points until

they took over the lead at 12-11, but that was the last point the Titans scored as the Rams ended up coming back and scored four straight points to win the fifth and final set 15-12.

The outcome wasn’t what the team wanted or hoped for but one could say for seniors Croteau, Saddler and Francisco, who all ended their season with double digit stats in a losing effort, this is a season that could be compared to no other.

Saddler collected another doubledouble as she scored 15 kills and 13 digs, while Francisco grabbed 15 digs, which was the second-highest for the Titans behind Croteau who dug 23 CSU attack attempts.

Although the loss was a tough one, the Titans defied the critics and made this season one for the record books. After the game, Francisco said, “I don’t have any regrets going out of the game, I did my job and we all gave it our best and I’m proud of our team.”

PHOTOGRAPHS BY AARON GILLIAM / Daily Titan (ABOVE) The Titans prepare to take on the Colorado State University Rams in their first ever NCAA Div. I tournament appearence. (TOP RIGHT) Senior outside hitter Erin Saddler hits around the block of two Rams’ defenders. (BOTTOM RIGHT) Junior right side hitters Jennifer Edmond (18) and Leah Maurer (11) watch the ball sail out of bounds while attempting to block it.

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