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Percentage of freshmen entering Cal State Universities in Fall 1997 who have not passed Proficiency Tests.

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GE: no more wasted classes? n REQUIREMENTS: Changes

to core requirements could link classes that before seemed unrelated.

By JEREMY SCHERER Daily Titan Staff Writer

For the first time, Cal State Fullerton’s General Education committee is redesigning the core requirements of incoming freshmen to make sure that the classes in their lower division will combine with their upper division courses.

Bob Belloli, of the Chemistry Department, said that the GE requirements are being changed to enable the upper division courses to draw upon and build on what students have learned in their lower division classes. Belloli explained that as it stands a student in an upper division psychology course may have been introduced to the subject through an unrelated lower division class and realizes that there is not much point in taking the unrelated classes.

The committee is looking at courses offered and are trying to decide how they interact.

“We have tried to define that clearly,” said Tom Klammer of Academic Programs, in regards to the coherence of the upper and lower division classes. “We are trying to define exactly what CSUF is about.”

These new changes, Klammer said, will help pull together everything students learn at CSUF. The committee is thinking about the whole program and about what students are supposed to learn—some-

thing that has never really been done before. “It is a first step to define what the students will learn,” Klammer said. He also noted that from the student’s point of view the program will not change much.

“The committee has been meeting for three years every other week during the semester,” Klammer said, in regards to working on these changes.

The committee has been meeting to iron out the subtle differences in the new curriculum. The committee has also held special assemblies to pull in other comments from students and others that are concerned with any possible changes. The committee is still open to questions and can be reached at Academic Programs, MH129 or by e-mail at ge@fullerton. edu.

As soon as the committee finishes its suggestions and the Academic Senate votes on the changes, they will be presented to President Milton Gordon. Belloli thinks the requirement change process may take five years, and Klammer expects the changes to have occurred throughout the campus within six years.

“There are two ways to undertake reform. One way would be to build new forms or vessels for the teaching work that faculty do. The other way would be, in effect, to pour new wine into old bottles with the learning goals. We hope that we are on are way to strategy number two,” said Keith Boyum, of the Political Science and Criminal Justice Department and chair of the committee.

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Freshmen not ready for college freshmen are failing proficiency exams.

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Fifty-four percent of freshmen who entered the CSU System last fall failed the math proficiency exam and 47 percent failed the English proficiency exam.

These are the highest numbers of CSU freshmen yet failing these exams.

CSU officials attribute the rising

numbers to the fact that more students are taking these exams.

Ken Swisher, media relations manager in the chancellor’s office said, “Because more people are being tested, more people are failing the exams. Those that avoided the tests were generally the ones who were not doing well on the tests.”

Of Cal State Fullerton's first-time freshman class, 56 percent failed the math proficiency test and 42 percent

were exempt from taking the test or passed the test. Thirty percent of them failed the English proficiency test and 68 percent of them passed the test or were exempt from taking the test. Educators have different opinions about why many CSUF freshmen fail these tests. Programs and policies at CSUF and in the state system as a whole have been implemented to achieve the chancellor's goal of reducing the number of CSU students that are unprepared for college-level work to 10 percent by the year 2007.

You’re my (Teen) Hero

who use the bookstore chain as a study place will have to find a new haunt on weekends.

By JASON M. TAYLOR Daily Titan Staff Writer

Contraband: the word summons a number of dark possibilities. The Coast Guard boarding Colombian cocaine ships. Illegal arms deals on deserted tropical beaches. Illicit Cuban cigars. And ... textbooks?

Two weeks ago, that unlikely scenario became the reality for many Cal State Fullerton students when Border’s Books and Music in Brea instituted a policy banning studying in the store on weekends.

The new policy specifically restricts textbooks, notebooks, and laptop computers between 4:00 p.m. on Friday

night and closing time on Sunday.

Although a prominently-placed neon yellow sign states that the prohibition will be strictly enforced, Sheryl O’Brien, the store’s inventory manager, said the intention behind the policy is not to prevent anyone with school supplies from entering the store. But anyone who is obviously studying, she said, will be informed of the policy or asked to leave.

The action comes in response to numerous complaints from customers, O’Brien said. Students have often monopolized the table space in the cafe area, she said, preventing customers who want to buy coffee or look through books from finding seating.

“It’s cool to have the students here,” she said. But, she added, it was poor business practice to allow paying customers at the ever-busier location to compete with students—very few of whom buy coffee or even soft drinks from the cafe.

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Web site provides free access to scholarship and financial aid opportunities totaling $45 million.

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Jesse Wilder, lead singer for Teen Heroes, lets out a scream during the band's performance in the Pub Thursday afternoon.

Border's bookstore banning books? n RESTRICTION: Students

Superintendent of the Fullerton Joint Union High School Mike Escalante said 20 to 30 percent of his students entering the CSU system are exempt from taking the test. He said only the bottom portion of his students are taking the test.

He said that educators need to agree on what they teach and what they measure and he is not sure that they do.

"We have the best and the brightest kids here in California. We have

“We’re like a restaurant,” she said.

The cafe area near the coffee bar has become a popular weekend study hall for CSUF and other area students since Border’s opened in February, 1996. But the number of students, O’Brien said, meant too much competition for space between studiers and customers, especially on nights featuring bands or other entertainment.

JEFF CHONG/Daily Titan No-study rules are Borders Bookstore, once a haven for studiers, is now off-limits to those who want to just not a limited occur- hang out and study. rence, either, O’Brien The Brea policy, however, at least Beach store, just minutes from Cal said. Many other Border’s bookstores on paper, is one of the most strin- State Long Beach, said the store has a near campuses have had to instate polgent around. Employees at the Long icies that forbid or limit studying. see BOOKS/ Copyright ©1998, Daily Titan

Last summer, Stephanie Murg needed money for college. Big money.

She estimated that four years at the University of Rochester in New York would cost around $112,000. It was a price tag too steep for her parents - especially given that her twin brother was also headed to school.

So 19-year-old Murg, majoring in neuroscience, went on an aggressive fishing expedition. With help from the Internet, she brought in enough cash to pay her way through college. Every dime, loan-free. The scholarships and grants she found on the Internet alone totaled more than $25,000. The rest she's paying with merit-based aid and a few local scholarships.

"I found so much money on the Internet that I was able to study over the summer at Yale and pay for it all," Murg said.

"The web is really the way to go nowadays. You just point and click, and you're there."

Experts agree that the Internet is fast becoming the best place for students to find scholarships, grants and low-interest loans. And aside from getting the benefits of efficiency and speed, students do not necessarily have to spend money to find money.

"There's so much information out there that I would never, ever pay someone to find anything for me," Murg said.

"All it takes is a little patience and organization."

And a few mouse clicks.

Here are some basics to get you started: *Know what you can afford.

The Financial Aid Information Page, located at www.finaid.org, provides a rich collection of calculators that help students and their parents determine how much in scholarships and loans will be needed to pay education bills. The calculators estimate how much parents are expected to pay under federal guidelines, and will even project how much tuition will cost six years down the road - a feature that is especially handy for students hoping to go to graduate school. *Get required paperwork out of the way.

Almost all U.S. students applying for need-based aid must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. It is available online through the Education Department's college financing page

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forming Arts Center box office for $8; $5 with Titan Discount. For more information call 278-3371.

Frank E. Cummings III, professor of art and an Outstanding Professor honoree will be hosting the Outstanding Professor Presentation on Thursday at noon.

Cummings who along with teaching has had his work previewed in the Smithsonians Institution's Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, as well as in the White House Craft Collection.

Three of his works, this year were selected for the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The exhibits will be displayed starting eary 1999. His work has also appeared in the movie “How Stella Gets Her Groove Back.”

The presentation will include an on-site display of Cummings work as he discusses the varous pieces displayed.

An 11 a.m. reception will also be held in Titan Student Union Portola Pavilion.

A piano scholarship will be established on May 1 honoring Alicia de Larrocha, one of the world's most admired pianists. The scholarship, the first ever established in Larrocha’s name, will represent a tribute to her by both the Department of Music and Eduardo Delgado.

Delgado, who will present the scholarship, is an Argentinian-born pianist and long-time friend of de Larrocha.

In conjunction with the presentation of the scholarship, there will be a piana recital. A reception will follow the concert in honor of both de Larrocha and Delgado.

The concert and scholarship presentation will be held at the Nixon Library and Birthplace Theatre. For more information contact Elizabeth Champion at 278-2434.

Department of Music “Love Songs from a Tenor” with Mark J. Goodrich, tenor in faculty recital will be presented April 17 at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall. The recital will include a sequence of songs on love by Goodrich.

Goodrich joined the music faculty in 1992 but before his arrival he had performed numerous operatic roles including Ernesto in “Don Pasquale” and Fenton in “Falstaff.”

He has worked with opera director Cynthia Auerbach and performed at the Aspen Music Festival as a soloist.

Goodrich recieved his Doctor of Music Arts Degree at the University of Michigan under George Shirley and recieved his Masters of Music degree from Yale School of Music and his Bachelor of Music degree from State University of New York at Fredonia.

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The Odd Couple The Department of Theatre and Dance is performing the female version of “The Odd Couple.” Florence Unger and Olive Madison are at it again with Neil Simon's sex-change operation on that his contemporary classic “The Odd Coupe.”

The cast features Julie Remala as Olive Madison, Deborah Leonhardt as Florence Unger, Erika Nordenstrom as Vera, Varenia Nicholas as Renee, Jennifer Harrison as Sylvie, Christine Cummings as Mickey, Len Shiliz as Manolo and Efren Bojorquez as Jesus.

The designers are: Patrick Johnson, sets; Kimberly Orr, lighting; John Fisher, sound and Todd Canedy, costumes;. They will be creating the stage and atmosphere in the Arena Theatre. Tickets will be available at the Performing Arts Center box office for $7 general admission and Titan Discount $5. For more information 278-3371. Shows start this weekend.

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April 10, 1998

FRIDAY

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Free seminar will be offered in the art of managing money. The seminar is sponsored by the Office of Financial Aid, Bank of America and Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Santa Ana. This seminar is held each Wednesday, the month of April at noon in EC-32.

In celebration of the European Semester, Dat Nguyen will hold a Guitar Concert in Titan Theatre Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. The concert will include Spanish music. Also there will be a movie presentation of Belle Epogue, an award-winning film from Spain, on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

The celebration will be sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Spanish Club and Affirmative Action.

PRSSA will be holding a discussion on Nonprofit PR and the importance of volunteering in

public relations at noon on Tuesday in Titan Student Union Gabrielino room. Guest speaker Kathy Mclnermey will lead the discussion.

For more information contact Mia at 590-2260.

adults; $11 to $15 for seniors; and $7 to $9 for children. For more information, call 990-7722.

School of Business Administration & Economics and the Family Business Council Sponsors will hold a discussion entitled "Wealth Management: Keeping it in the Family." The discussion will take place Tuesday from 7:30-10:30 p.m. at The Center Club in Costa Mesa.

For more information contact Elizabeth Champion at 278-2434.

Immigration is the subject of an April talk by Dr. George J. Borjas of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

The discussion will take place April 24 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in Mackey Auditorium of the Ruby Gerentology Center. It is sponsored by the Economics Department and the Division of Political Science and Criminal Justice. For more information contact Dr. Eric J. Solberg at 278-2237.

Curtis Theatre and Prism Productions will present the Steven Sondheim musical “Sweeny ToddDemon Barber of Fleet Street,” starting Friday at 8 p.m. The musical will be held at the Curtis Theatre in the Brea Civic & Cultural Center.

Tickets range from $13 to $17 for

The Graphic Design Club is back in creative business. On the first and third Wednesday of each month formal meetings will be held.

The second and fourth Wednesday of each month informal meetings will be open to hang out and do lunch together. The club will pro-

vide networking, real world applications, ways of improving the Graphic Design Department as a whole and eventually start a student business. The club is free now but future costs for speakers and trips may arise. The meetings will be held at noon in the Visual Arts Center, room 260.

Illuminate the Night, a candlelight vigil honoring rape survivors, will be held April 22 from 5:307:30 p.m. at UCI in the Center for Women and Gender Education. The evening will include a candle lighting, music, survivor testimonies, poetry, self-defense demonstrations and food. For more information call 752-1971.

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Act students will get more support, but there is partisan disagreement about some provisions.

By Christine Tatum College Press Service

The Senate Labor and Human Relations Committee approved a bill that would extend the Higher Education Act another five years on Wednesday.

The bill, which is expected to go to the full Senate later this month, would increase the amount spent on Pell Grants and would decrease the costs of education loans to students. But its passage is not guaranteed because the Clinton Administration disagrees with some of the bill's provisions, which it says are too generous to bankers.

The maximum Pell Grant for the 1998-99 school year is set at $3,000, but the bill proposes that that amount

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be increased to $5,000 in time for the 1999-2000 academic year, and increased by an additional $200 each of the following four years.

Among the bill's other provisions: • The suspension of student-aid for people convicted of drug offenses.

• Wider eligibility standards for Pell Grants. The proposed legislation would net more students who are financially independent of their parents and more dependent students who work in addition to going to college. The bill would increase from $3,000 to $4,250, the amount of money independent students could earn and still qualify for a grant. The bill also would increase from $1,750 to $2,200, the amount of earn-

ings a dependent student could exclude from statements about his or her family's need.

• A limit on the amount of time students can receive aid. Full-time students would lose their grants if they remained in school for more than six years.

• The forgiveness of student-loan debt up to $10,000 for graduates who teach for three years in a school with a large representation of low-income families.

• Extend the amount of time lenders must give students who are more than $30,000 in debt to repay their loans. Currently, students have 10 years. The bill proposes they get 25 years instead.

• Mandate that colleges and universities disclose to the public more detailed financial information so that students and their parents can make more informed choices. Colleges failing

to provide such information would be fined up to $25,000 for each offense.

• The authorization of $10 million in grants for colleges needing to improve their facilities to better meet the needs of disabled students.

Much of Wednesday's discussion focused on another of the bill's provisions, which would lower the interest rates students would have to pay on their loans. Republicans and Democrats agree that the rates should be cut, but they do not see eye-to-eye on how to lower them.

Republicans have proposed to offset the lower interest rates by increasing the amount of in subsidies the government pays lenders to help cover their costs. But Democrats have complained that the tactic would benefit banks at the expense of taxpayers, who would have to shell out more money to pay the higher subsidies.

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great teachers. They just need to know what they're supposed to be teaching." he said.

Jim Friel, chair of the math department, said one reason he believes CSU students are failing the math proficiency test is because many of them have not taken a math course in their senior year when many of them take these exams.

He said another factor contributing to the failing scores is that class size in high schools has continued to increase and, because of this, teachers are unable to meet all the demands of their students.

The high school curriculum has changed in recent years. The math proficiency tests measure basic skills and high school teachers emphasize basic skills less than they did in the past, he said.

"Social promotion is another factor- maybe not as important but still a factor,” he said.” Teachers pass students along just because they're old enough. There is grade inflation in high school." he said.

Fran Zareh Smith, coordinator of student academic services and retention, said many students are failing the tests because many of them are high school seniors who take the math placement test in the spring before they complete Algebra II. "Southern California is one of the most diverse areas in the world.

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Lots of students do not have English as their first language. We can't always expect them to score high on the English proficiency test,” Zareh Smith said.

A Cal State Fullerton study shows that 70 percent of its English remedial students are recent immigrants.

Zareh Smith questions the validity

Local freshmen that didn’t make the grade Math Proficiency failure ratio Anaheim High: 12/19 Fullerton High: Buena Park High:

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English Proficiency failure ratio Anaheim High: 13/19

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of these proficiency tests.

"In our society, we put a lot of faith in tests. Do these tests really measure what they purport to be measuring?" she said. She suggested other ways of finding those who need remedial help, such as interviewing or reviewing portfolios, although she said they would be more expensive.

Mary Kay Crouch coordinates the developmental writing program, which prepares CSUF students for college-level writing courses.

"Students may fail the essay portion of the English proficiency test

because they may not have written all that much in high school. Some English classes in high school are more about grammar. You have to know something about grammar to write. This knowledge may help you write correct but not necessarily good."

A report in the last meeting the Board of Trustees said, the university is employing seven strategies to help prepare students for collegelevel work.

These are : * Revamping teacher training (60 percent of California's teachers are trained at Cal State campuses) *Setting clear standards and ensuring students meet high school graduation and university admission requirements * Communicating university standards to students, parents and schools *Informing high schools and community colleges about the performance of CSU students previously attending their schools *Developing early intervention programs so those who need remedial education can receive it while still in high school *Using CSU students to tutor and mentor K-12 students *Requiring students to take proficiency tests after they are admitted to CSU and before they enroll at CSU to ensure that those who need help with preparation for college-level work receive it their first semester A year-old program on campus

called PASS applies one of these strategies. Through the PASS program, 32 CSUF students tutor high school and middle school students.

According to a PASS data summary, over 93 percent of high school students who were tutored by Cal State Fullerton students improved in high school English and 74 percent improved in high school mathematics. Fewer than one-fourth of the students were passing the courses the CSUF students were tutoring them when they began the PASS program in Spring 1997. More than two-thirds of them passed the course at the end of the semester.

Alphonso Rodriguez, a junior history major, tutors English to collegebound high school students at Katella High School in Anaheim. One of his most common tasks is helping the students avoid run-on sentences. He said he sees many of his students as being neglected and many of them view him as a role model, he said.

Top Chum, a senior sociology major, also tutors English at Katella High School.

“The abilities of the students I tutor range so much. Some don't know the difference between vowels and consonants. Some can't answer questions in a full sentence. They have fallen through the cracks in school. Others just need help with vocabulary and sentence structure.”

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at www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/index.html.

Using FAFSA Express, computer users can file their applications directly to the federal processing center—a task that will shave two weeks off the wait for confirmation that snail-mail users typically endure.

In addition to applications, most scholarship and loan givers require essays, recommendation letters and transcripts.

"I missed out on one scholarship worth a few thousand dollars because the secretary hadn't gotten around to sending my transcript," Murg said. "Deadlines aren't very flexible. If you miss one, good luck." *Check out the websites of schools you'd like to attend, and do not let geography limit you.

Colleges and universities nationwide are making greater use of the Internet because they are eager to diversify their student bodies and cut costs associated with postage and data entry. Many schools are beginning to ask that students take the time to complete applications online. It's a type of one-stop shopping that has attracted students who normally would not have thought it possible to attend certain schools, said Frank Granillo, assistant director of scholarships at Arizona State University.

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here, looking through the paperwork," he said. "Now, with the Internet, it doesn't matter if you're in Alaska, Australia, Alabama or Antarctica. You have as good a chance as anyone else." * Stick with free search services.

The industry of finding scholarships and low-interest loans for students is more than two decades old and has provided varying results. The services charge a fee of $5 to $150 to supply information directly to students or resellers like colleges and universities. The business has been criticized over the years for charging students for free information.

FastWEB, the first free scholarship tracking service on the Internet, is a good way to sort through the thousands of loans and scholarships that are available and to avoid finders' fees. Its database contains more than 180,000 opportunities to score cash. By going to www.fastweb. com, students can find more than $45 million in online scholarship applications that can be sent back to money-givers with the click of a mouse.

Within 15 minutes after students complete a detailed personal profile, FastWEB sends them a list of the scholarships for which they're eligible. The service provides updates when new scholarships and grants are added to its database. Murg said she found out about many of the scholarships she won by using FastWEB. "When it's time for me to go to graduate school I'll be using them again," she said

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Katyia Mastellos, a Greek and Middle Eastern dancer, performs in the Quad Thursday, backed up by Orfa, a folk and traditional Arabic music orchestra. The performance was part of the festivities celebrating Arab/Mid East Cultural Week on campus.

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loosely enforced policy banning studying in the cafe section during busy hours. A similar policy is in force at the Westwood location near UCLA. In both stores, non-cafe seating is considered fair game any time of the week.

According to Rich Carter, community relations coordinator for Border's in Westwood, store size is the most likely explanation for the difference in policies. The impact of twenty students scattered throughout his store—

the largest on the West Coast—would be negligible.

But at the Brea bookstore, roughly the size of a supermarket, that number could be crippling on a busy Saturday night.

Some CSUF students, though, feel the rule is unfair, as they comprise a significant portion of the bookstore's business.

"I spend $1,000 a year there," said Danielle Fouquette, a graduate student. "If they don't want me to sit there, I'll spend my $1,000 somewhere else."

Kimberly Vandervort, an English student, echoed similar sentiments.

"They shouldn't have coffee shops in bookstores if they don't want people to stay there," she said.

Samuel Chiang, a CSUF alumnus who often studies at the store, said he didn't feel the students were hurting Border's business. Chiang suggested that people who at least buy a drink should be allowed to stay or given a time limit in the seating area.

O'Brien, however, said the feedback she has received has been overwhelmingly positive.

"A lot of people have called to say how much they appreciate the change," she said, adding that she has so far received no complaints, and that anyone looking for a place to study is welcome on any weeknight.

"The students have been very accommodating," she said.

SACRAMENTO - State legislators called for a probe Wednesday after California's top public universities reported lower admissions for black and Hispanic students following the end of affirmative action.

State Sen. Tom Hayden, chairman of the Senate select committee on higher education, said Tuesday's data showing drops of as much as 64 percent in black and Hispanic admissions was simply "unacceptable."

Hayden, a Democrat, said the dramatic slippage "threatens to resegregate our system of public education."

The University of California's flagship campus at Berkeley reported Tuesday that the first freshman class admitted under the conditions of Proposition 209, California's controversial state law scrapping affirmative action programs, would look very different from those which preceded it.

Overall, admissions of "underrepresented" minorities dropped by 54.7 percent—meaning just 10 percent of Berkeley's class of 2002 will be black, Hispanic or American Indian -- compared with 23 percent of this year's freshmen.

Black admissions dropped 64.3 percent, with only 191 black students offered places in Berkeley's 8,034member class.

Admissions numbers released by other U.C. campuses showed a similar trend.

Hayden said he and State Sen. Teresa Hughes, a fellow Democrat, planned to hold hearings beginning in May to address the situation, which he said could end diversity in the state's massive public university system.

"Proposition 209 has sent a message to African Americans and Latinos that they are not welcome at California's higher education institutions," Hayden said, noting that many qualified minority students would now look outside the state for quality higher education.

"This diversity drain is likely to accelerate," Hayden said.

Proponents of Proposition 209 said the dramatic drop showed how thoroughly the admissions system had been engineered to favor blacks and Hispanics, and said the overall solution lay in improving California's public schools.

In the state legislature, however, bills are being written that would seek new ways to bring minority students into the U.C. system—either by requiring percentages from each school to be admitted, or by boosting tutoring and other preparation.

State Rep. Kevin Murray, the chairman of the Black Caucus, said the university's charter could even be reexamined.

"I believe in our university system," Murray said. "But to the extent that we have some kind of ivory tower system that is not serving the needs of the entire state, then I think we should get rid of it."

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David slays yet another Goliath WOLFPACK 5, TITANS 1

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beats CSUF to run its record against ranked teams to 4-1.

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Baseball faces off against the Nevada Wolf Pack Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m at home.

Softball hosts Sac State tonight at 5 and 7 p.m. and UOP Saturday at the same times.

Track heads down to UC San Diego for an allday affair on Saturday.

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Daily Titan Staff Writer James Brink and those giant-killers from the University of Nevada might wish they could play every game against a ranked team.

The Nevada starter went the distance and gave up just one run while the Wolfpack used a three-run eighth inning to turn back Cal State Fullerton’s baseball team, 5-1, in front of 567 fans at Titan Field.

The victory improved the Wolfpack’s record to 4-1 against top-20 teams, a record that includes wins against No. 1 Stanford and two victories against Wichita State.

Now, CSUF can be added to that impressive list.

“They deserved to win this game,” Titan Head Coach George Horton said. “They simply played baseball better than we did.”

Brink (7-2) gave up six hits and walked two in the performance, as the 6-foot right-hander was able to benefit from constantly staying ahead of Titans’ hitters.

“That was the important thing,” Brink said. “I was able to always get the hitter behind in the count. I was able to make them hit my pitch instead of giving them their pitch.”

The loss also snapped a six-game

winning streak for the Titans (12-4 in the Big West, 26-12 overall), who have two games remaining in the series against Nevada (5-5, 17-15).

The Wolfpack, which has been vicitimized by rain outs, has only played seven home games in Reno and Brink (7-2) said that may have had something to do with his fine pitching.

“Your arm feels much better down here,” he said. “Pitching in the cold, your velocity isn’t as good, and you have to work harder to hit your spots.”

He only flinched once in the seventh inning. Ahead 2-0, Brink gave up a lead-off homer to Ryan Moore, which traveled an estimated 400 feet over the right-field wall. Moore’s fourth homer of the year came despite his three other strikeouts, and it cut the Wolfpack’s lead in half.

“It was a fastball. I saw it well and was able to react to it,” Moore said.

But Nevada rebounded, taking advantage of Titans starter Erasmo Ramirez in the eighth inning as he began to tire. After Matt Ortiz grounded out, Lyle Overboy singled, and Glen Carson walked.

Corkey Miller singled and took second to drive in Overboy, and Todd Price singled to extend the lead to 5-1 and chase Ramirez from the game.

The three runs turned out to be a killer for the Titans.

“Those are momentum-swingers,” Horton said. “You hope you’re able to respond to them.”

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But instead of responding, the Titans went quietly into the night. Brink bored down and retired the final six Titan batters.

“He threw real well,” Moore said.

“He hit his spots and he had a backdoor breaking ball working well.”

Ramirez, on the other hand, went 7 1/3 innings, giving up nine hits and five runs, while striking four and walking four.

CSUF had one other opportunity to score in the sixth. With one out, Reed Johnson was hit by a pitch, and Kevin Duck singaled to put runners on first and third with the go-ahead run on the plate.

But Duck tried to steal second and

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CSUF plays the numbers game Softball will try to get out of this weekend safely with four wins over Sacramento State and the University of Pacific this weekend.

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win crucial games over conference opponents at end of season.

By JEFF HOWE

Daily Titan Staff Writer Home stretch, must-win, do-or-die.

All of these apply to the last half of the season for the Cal State Fullerton softball team as it enters the longest stretch of conference play.

“The chances of going to regionals is pretty slim unless we start beating people and we haven’t shown we can do that,” said Titan Head Coach Judi Garman.

“Time is running out.”

Of the remaining opponents, only two — Loyola Marymount on April 22 and Fresno State April 25 — are not Big West Conference teams.

But first off, CSUF has to get by Sacramento State tonight and the University

of Pacific on Saturday.

“Our goal is to sweep Sacramento and hopefully UOP,” Garman said.

CSUF split against UOP on March 13 and again against Sacramento the following day.

“A team is a team, no matter how you look at them,” said Jessica Maloney.

“You just have to go at them with everything you have.”

Everything was not quite enough for the Titans recently. A sweep of UNLV Wednesday night stopped a six-game skid in which CSUF lost to two conference teams: New Mexico State and Cal State Northridge.

The upcoming contests this weekend will make a big impact in conference standings.

“The games we played that we lost against them, we didn’t play to our ability,” said Dara Marzolo. “I think we can go out there and beat them.”

After the dual wins against UNLV, the

Titans stand at 20-21, 6-10 in conference.

CSUF is ahead of Utah State (3-11), but behind UOP (8-4), CSUN (11-7), NMSU (11-7), Long Beach State (107), Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (6-5), UC Santa Barbara (5-5) and Sac State (7-11).

Of all the teams ahead of them, CSUF has yet to play LBSU and UCSB. The game against UCSB was originally scheduled Feb. 22, but rain pushed it to later this month. Head to head in the allimportant conference competition, the Titans are 1-1 versus Pacific, 0-4 against CSUN, 2-2 against NMSU, 0-2 versus Cal Poly SLO, 1-1 against Sac State and 2-0 against Utah State.

CSUF has enjoyed a resurrection of its pitching staff. After Kati Franck appeared in only three games and was redshirted with an ailing pitching shoulder, the rest of the staff adapted.

Pitchers Jana Oetgen and Donna Coombes teamed up to toss back-toback shutouts against UNLV Wednesday

night.

Coombes leads the staff with a 2.48 ERA and five shutouts. Oetgen takes her 2.90 ERA with her to the mound, along with a staff-high 53 strikeouts and 99.0 innings pitched. The third pitcher, Chrissy Hartman, has appeared in 19 games and given up 97 hits and 34 earned runs in 74.2 innings for a 3.19 ERA. Offensively, the Titans are led at the plate by second baseman Nikki Hart.

Hart, a .357 hitter, leads the squad with 23 RBI. But the big power numbers come from Brenda Iglesias who has slugged five home runs so far this season.

Shortstop Christa Saindon leads with five triples, and Hart and Christy Sears are tied with the most doubles, at eight apiece.

“I’ve been really pleased with the team,” Garman said. “They come to the ballpark ready to play and have played hard but without any breaks. Now, we are getting the breaks.”

Miller, the catcher, fired a strike to second to nail Duck. Aaron Rowand then popped out to end the inning.

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Thursday’s loss also snapped a fivegame Big West winning streak. ... CSUF has a better record on the road (12-4, .750) than at home (14-8). ... Nevada beat the Titans for the first time in 11 tries. ... Nevada’s team batting average is .299, but its ERA is 6.02. ... Catcher David Trentine is starting to settle in after coming back during spring break from a broken bone in his foot. ... Corkey Miller enjoyed his return to Southern California. The senior — who was drafted in the 20th round in 1994 out of Yucaipa High School by the Angels hopes his year (.324, 7 HR, 31 RBI) will increase his stock for the upcoming June draft. “If things keep going the way they’re going, I should be drafted high,” he said. ... Despite being the Titans top hitter, Rowand went 0-for-4.

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Daily Titan Assistant Sports Editor Specialize. It sounds so sweet to Titan track members.

After weeks of juggling several events at various meets, the Cal State Fullerton track athletes will finally get a chance to focus on their one specialty event Saturday at the UC San Diego Invitational.

“We’re just trying to give people the opportunity to specialize in their event,” Titan Head Coach John Elders said. “It should be a fairly competitive meet.”

Elders said the San Diego meet will actually be run like a meet within a meet.

In the morning and late evening, a number of events will be run in the open

section of the meet. In the middle of the day, only one or two sections of each event will be run for the invitational portion of the meet, which will feature the top competitors of the day.

Elders said several Titans have been selected to compete in the invitational section of the meet.

TraShawn Bradford, who broke the CSUF triple jump record last weekend at the Big West Challenge, will compete in the triple jump invite.

Deanna Mendibles and Loren Gualco will both compete in the high jump, and Titan basketball player Helen Kale will also jump in the same event for the first time this season.

In men’s field events in the invitational section, Jason Pfaff and Stephen Reh will high jump, Gary VanSluis will pole vault, George Evans will compete in the hammer throw and Quincy Sims will triple jump.

In running events, Stuart Gonzalez will run the 5000-meter, Omar Anderson will race in the 400m hurdles, Dave Pica will run the 1500m and Deumka Langford will run the 100m and 200m.

Elders said he is going to be resting all of the women’s top distance runners and some of the men this weekend for the Mt. San Antonio College Relays that will be held the following weekend.

Gary Charles, who has been sidelined for the past few weeks with a hamstring injury, will run the 4x400m relay this weekend. Charles is expected to break the CSUF record in the 100m this season.

“He’s doing fine,” Elders said. “He’s just a little bit out of shape.”

Sims, Anderson and Phil Sitner will also run on the relay team. Elders said he hopes the men will break the three minute, twenty second time.

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othin’ says springtime like dental floss. Not the dental version, although I understand now is a good time to pick up that habit, too.

I’m talking about that flimsy excuse for swimwear that turns up on Southland beaches about this time every year. Flosswear I call it.

Anyway, with all the sunshine we’ve had lately, coupled with the passing of Mr. Nino, I figured this would be a good time to implore you ladies to throw away your remaining stock of flosswear.

A “for instance” you ask? All right. Have you been to a beach since Baywatch debuted? While I’ll admit I can go crazy over a well-tanned hide, there are certain bodies that ought well to be covered.

I saw a woman that weighed, well, she weighed more than her swimsuit, that’s for sure. And some certain well-endowed parts of her body obeyed the laws of gravity all too well, if you catch my drift. I moved closer to the lady to be of assistance just in case one of those flotation devices popped out of place, thinking, “Holy smokes! Is that legal?”

So as I sat watching the scantily-clad women stretch on the sand I thought about some guidelines for would-be beachgoers: •If you need a mirror to see your feet, Speedos and bikinis are not necessary. Baggy, one-piece

outfits are recommended.

•The just-walked-out-of-the-Tropics look is fading fast, so while I recommend suntan lotion, I strongly discourage basking your entire body in glistening tanning oils.

• Topless women should be kicked off the beach, unless she’s with me, then it’s okay.

Bouncy, bounBut women are not the only cy, bouncy. ones responsible for vision safety That may best at the beach. Let me just say that 60-year-old men do not—repeat, describe the they do not—belong in bikinis. steamy afterMaybe it’s just me, but why noon fashion would a decaying, sagging man prevalent in the subject himself and his family to latter months the ridicule that he most certainly of Spring. will attract by his nakedness?

I’m sorry. I forgot that most of us don’t have time to forage about the beach in a desperate attempt to mate until well after the school semester ends in May. There are other excitable fashion statements on campus.

Personally, I like a little something left to the imagination, but I also like a little something to be left outside the imagination, if you know what I mean.

Take those Daisy Dukes, shorts that allow a steamy pink half-shirts. But if you can’t wear it, person’s backside to fall beneath the stitching of the clothes. Like I said before, I like a little some- you can’t wear it, and flabby equals NO. It seems awfully expensive to purchase a set thing left to the imagination, and if I can see your cheeks, there probably is not much left for me to of clothes for school and a second set of clothes to walk out of the house in so your parents won’t imagine.

Or those baby tees that tease. You’ve seen ask questions.

I’ve got a better idea: a nudist university, locatthem. Maybe you’ve even worn them. I don’t mind flat stomachs peeking out from under those ed right here in sunny Southern California. Yeah,

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y friend and I visited Tijuana over spring break, eager to sample the foreign culture that exists over there. I sampled something over there and I came to understand why there are so many problems in Mexico.

I had no big plans to go to Mexico and drink, as so many underage college and high school students do. I had no big plans to do anything other than take in some culture, possibly in the form of strip clubs.

My friend and I arrived at the border to enter Mexico only to find that hundreds of cars were all crammed trying to get in. After about an hour wait, we were finally able to get in, and then entered into what I can only describe as the Indianapolis 500 in Mexico, only not as fast or safe.

My friend, who had been to Mexico a few months before, offered to drive for me, but I told him that I could handle it. After all, how different can Mexican traffic be from American traffic?

Very different, as it turns out. In America, we have traffic rules that are usually obeyed, unless you are late for a class in which case you can legally go light speed. In Mexico, there are also traffic rules that are also usually obeyed, except for the rule about stopping at red lights, the rule about signaling before making a lane change, the rule about

driving on the curb, etc.

I don’t normally frequent strip clubs, but since, I feel proud about my driving in Mexico. I only surprisingly there is no Disneyland in Tijuana, went down the wrong way on a one way street I decided to join my friend who found that a once, and unlike America, no one gave me the fin- strip club was enough of Fantasyland for him. ger when I did that. I also learned to work on my However, except for the old man putting his defensive driving skills in Mexico. Let me explain money in the girl’s G-string, we didn’t find it that the kind of defensive driving skills needed in exciting, so we left.

Mexico. You need to have a Chicago Bulls type of The next club we entered seemed promising, defense to drive in Tijuana, not a until I gave the guy five dollars I decided to join my for the three dollar Pepsi. He Denver Nuggets type of defense, friend who found that a then palmed the five dollars and if you know what I mean.

Of course, you can only drive strip club was enough of produced a one dollar bill, sayfor so long in Mexico before it a Fantasyland for him. ing I only gave him a one. I saw starts to get to you. I pulled over him do this, but I didn’t want into a Smart and Final and let to complain to try and get my my friend take over driving, for money back, because in addiwhom I acted as another pair of tion to getting my money back eyes and ears for him.

I also could have ended up with “Look out for that car,” I a broken back. So I gave him yelled. another one. He took it and left and returned a few “Look out for that person,” I screamed. seconds later, saying that he still needed another “Look out for that, well, I don’t know what it is, dollar, because after all I had only given him two but I still wouldn’t hit it,” I exclaimed. dollars. So I gave him another dollar.

My friend and I decided to pull into a parking Then he asked for a tip. Which I gave to him, garage and decided to roam the streets of Tijuana. because, hey, I’m an idiot! So if you’re keeping I found that Tijuana was not very exciting. track, I have now paid eight dollars for a Pepsi, However, I did find that I had more friends than which is sort of like Disneyland, if you think about at any other time in my life. Everyone was calling it. My friend returned from a brief expedition me friend. Guys I had never seen before called out, involving his lap and dancing when I told him “Amigo!” I was the most popular guy there! that we should go right now. I also told him that it Of course, I was extremely popular because the would probably be a good idea to get his glasses men calling out to me wanted me to come into the back from the woman. clubs and spend money. So my friend and I went It looks like I’m out of room now, so my epic into an establishment in which women remove story will have to be continued next week. Isn’t their garments to the rhythmic sounds of music in this better than Titanic! And much cheaper too, order to satisfy the libido of several male patrons, unless you buy a Pepsi. which is a way to avoid saying I went to a strip club. I have to admit, this was probably the worst JOE FLORKOWSKI is a Daily strip club I had ever been in. Until the next one a Titan staff writer. Catch part two few minutes later.

voices: what do you think about CSUF faculty?

I have never had any problems so far.

-Adam Pick, History The teachers are pretty good.

There’s a few good teachers.

-Alessio Smith, Bus.-Marketing

They’re all the same to me.

-Sheryl Quinsat, Comm.

I wonder if they want their jobs as teachers.

-MaryLynn Pedilla, Psychology

next Friday.

I like them all. The ones I’ve met I liked. They’ve all been pretty good.

-Julie Jones Most of my experiences have been good. They expect you to teach yourself.

-Ed Melindez, Psychology

we could build a nudist hall, and what a draw this campus would have!

I figure the photojournalism department would get a boost and parents everywhere could sit tight in the knowledge that their children aren’t wearing the wrong clothes to school. With all this sunshine, I think this is the perfect time to introduce the nudist policy.

Bouncybouncybouncy. That may best describe the steamy afternoon fashion prevalent in the latter months of Spring. Until then, I guess we’re stuck with the squeaky cling of size 6 Levis on size 10 bodies.

Imagine that.

KEITH MASON is the Daily Titan

Don’t look to the Titan for answers to failed complex

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Stephen Rubin

ssociated Students (lifetime) President Heith Rothman was absolutely right when he called our highly scientific surveys grossly inaccurate. A lot more people voted down the politically suicidal proposal than our sorry poll indicated.

Who thought for a second that this thing (gym) had a chance of passing? This referendum stood the same chance of me getting a date with Teen Heroes bassist Alexis Haretakis (that means none).

From the start I seriously doubted the practibility of building a gym (a really cool one, with lots of neat stuff), on the back of the student body.

Immediately I envisioned the ‘no’ front: the working student and parent who’d rather spend $300 for his kid’s medical insurance; the intellectual who viewed the fitness center as the ultimate phallic symbol for athletics spitting academics in the eye. If anything, the referendum made it “OK” for informed Cal State Fullerton students to resent athletics (and their special treatment) for some six weeks.

Suffice to say, Rothman picked an impossible baby to sell to the student body—his attempt to leave a mark (a bloated $41 million stamp) on his three-year reign. For Rothman, anything less than getting the Daily Titan to hop into his bed would mean passing all blame for the proposal’s failure on the embattled school rag.

It was hard not to laugh when the Titan’s late-night hacks returned with the scoop that rainy March 24: “Rothman is blaming us! And so are some sports people. So did AS Finance Committee member Chris Hulme.” Who? Hulme came out of nowhere to vilify students as treasonous dupes. (Note: Hulme still finds time to serve on committee after resigning his board seat, reportedly because he was too busy).

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That night I thought, “Rothman actually crediting us with deciding the election? That’s pretty cool, remind me to return the complement.”

Then I said, “Wait a minute, he’s accusing us of undermining the election with grossly inaccurate reporting. Hey. . .that is not cool.” The president’s statements harkened back to an AS board meeting in which he trashed the paper’s copy as “unfactual.” (As in, “they didn’t kiss my ass or omit that raising student fees thingy”).

Rothman was overheard whining about a Nathan Orme piece that looked at similar structures built at other schools. “It’s so one-sided,” our leader reportedly said. Rothman did not approve of the fact that other schools built their facilities for less. I sat across from Orme as he pained tremendously to make the proposal look at least somewhat feasible. This is the same guy who, as news editor, was taunted last semester for tossing softballs at student body’s esteemed executive.

So what was it that we reported inaccurately?

It seems our biggest crime was the math. We goofed on how many years it would take to pay for this thing. So we were off by a year, a rather minor detail in the scheme of things. Nothing irks me more than the “the Titan was so damn negative, I stopped reading” comments. Spare me.

I read and edited our “Did the Titan kill the Fitness Center vote?” analysis in Thursday’s edition with unrelenting fervor. I wanted, under every “objective” synopsis, to give my two cents (hence this rant).Those stories were rated “negative” purely because of the subject’s nature. We did not have to menacingly twist a non-story (as Rothman calls them) when the Academic Senate flat out slammed the proposal.

When 87 percent of voters kill a referendum, I can rest easily at night knowing that we searched and searched but alas, we kept running into the “negative.” I felt especially vindicated when the AS Board took the courageous step in refusing to endorse something its executive office hurriedly ramrodded through the proposal process.

Did we kill the gym, er, fitness complex?

No, but I think it’s obvious who and what did.

C’mon. $300 a year? Our next damning investigation may focus on “what in the hell were they thinking?”

STEPHEN RUBIN is the Daily Titan news editor. and must include the author’s legal name, major, class standing or staff position (if any), and a phone number.

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