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Stock market to bounce
nFORECAST: Professionals predict a brief slow down of the economy, not a long-term recession By Heather Blair
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Orange County’s economy may be affected by the Sept. 11 attacks, but it may not be as bad as some think. Nervousness led many Americans to pull money out of the stock market the past few weeks, and now economists predict a recession. But Radha Bhattacharya, associate professor of economics at Cal State Fullerton, said it isn’t a recession, it’s a slow down. “Orange County is more diversified in the business market than it used to
be, and it may do better with recession than it did before,” she said. “The recession of the 90s was caused by a decrease in defense spending, and then real estate slumped. It took a long time to recover.” Since the real estate market is not expected to slow, Bhattacharya said the economy will not be affected as much. Consumers are still apprehensive about spending money like they used to. Bhattacharya said the fall of the stock market is eroding consumer confidence. “This is the biggest [fall] since the Great Depression,” Bhattacharya said.
Classes may be adjust-
nCAMPUS: To relieve overcrowding, officials consider changing the lengths and days of lecture sessions By Yvonne Klopping and Melita Salazar
Daily Titan Staff Writers To accommodate the rapidly growing number of students at Cal State Fullerton, the senate’s ad hoc scheduling committee met to discuss a class schedule improvement. Most students prefer to take 75-minute classes on Tuesday and Thursday, Dr. Keith Boyum, associate vice president for Academic Programs, said. He said this is because CSUF’s students work an average of 28 hours a week and twoday-a-week classes would compliment their work schedule. Boyum said that some faculty also prefer the 75-minute blocks, depending on the subject they are teaching. But the question is whether good learning can happen in long classes, Boyum said. “For many programs and classes, but not all, faculty think that 75 minutes is a better opportunity for teaching than 50 minutes,” Boyum said. Subjects like foreign languages, math and maybe chemistry should probably be taught in 50-minute class periods, he said. Students can learn and memorize the material better in smaller portions, because the frequency of contact is important. But among students, Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes seem not as popular because they have to come to school three times a week, he said. Anh Nguyen, a sophomore majoring in economics, takes classes every day and she said she doesn’t think that changing the current schedule would make a difference. “I’m not a very patient person,” she said. “The 50 minutes are better because you can pay attention better and don’t get sleepy.” Nevertheless, the scheduling committee wants to improve the class schedule to alleviate the parking problem and utilize less desired days and scheduled class hours. The committee is considering two different plans proposed by Barry Pasternack, professor and department chair of Information Systems and Decision Sciences, and Roberta Rikli, professor and chair of the Division of Kinesiology and Health Promotion. The “Pasternack Plan” promotes 75-minute classes on Monday and Wednesday, Wednesday and Friday, and Friday and Monday. “We’ll try to schedule classes in a variety of modes so students have an option,” Pasternack said. However, departments may also choose to keep some 50-minute classes if it benefits their instructional needs.
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“But now is the best time to buy stocks with good fundamentals and earning prospects.” Although the stock market has dropped since Sept. 11, Bhattacharya said the biggest losses will come in the tourism industry. “Orange County’s important economic activity is tourism,” Bhattacharya said. “Any industry that relies on tourism will be affected because of fears of terrorism.” Transportation, hotels, restaurants and entertainment will all be influenced by what happened. Edward Castronova, associate pro-
fessor of economics, said the best thing for students to do is to lead a normal life. “Whatever you stopped doing on Sept. 11, start doing it again,” Castronova said. “Follow your own self interest. If you want to help the economy, go get a Whopper at Burger King. If you were taking a trip, take it.” Consumer spending kept the market from deteriorating before Sept. 11, according to some economists. Castronova and Bhattacharya both agree consumers should keep spending
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Cars collide in minor accident nCOMMUNITY: While leaving campus, three vehicles were involved in rear-end crash By Heather Baer
Daily Titan Staff Writer Glass spread across Nutwood Avenue Tuesday after three cars crashed into each other while trying to leave campus. After making a left-hand turn at Commonwealth Avenue on to Nutwood Avenue heading east, a brown Honda Accord crashed into a Black Ford Mustang, which then rear-ended a silver Hyundai Accent. Audrey Holt, 19, driver of the Accord said that she did not exactly understand what happened. “It all happened so fast,” Holt said. “[The driver of the Mustang] was in front of me and he braked and I guess I just didn’t stop in time.” Neither the driver of the Accord or the Mustang was injured. However, the driver and passenger of the Accent said that they received head injuries. “We were hit from behind very hard and we both hit the back of our heads on the head rests,” passenger Eddie Richards, 19, said. “We were just moving through the intersection and came to a stop. Next thing you know we hear a
Two cars were rearended at Nutwood Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue Tuesday.
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loud sound and bam, we were hit.” Angela Hooks, 18, driver of the Accent said that there was only minor damage done to her car and that she was all right despite hitting her head. James Miesner, 24, the driver of the Mustang said that he had no injuries and the damage done to his car was also minor. “I was stopping behind [the Accent] and then I got hit from behind,” Miesner said. “Next thing I knew I was shoved into [the Accent].” Officer Gerry Sowards said that because there was only minor damage done to all cars, each driver would fill out a card with their personal information on it to give to their insurance companies “Although no official police report is filed we still write something up and write who the driver at fault is,” Sowards said. Richards said that the accident scared him and that drivers should make more of an effort to pay attention to the road. “People just need to be careful and watch what they are doing,” Richards said. “We are all just trying to get home from school
Hannah’s Pilot Project aims to help foster chil-
nORANGE COUNTY: Five CSUF human services classes participate in a program that hopes to provide a sense of normalcy By Michelle Lara
Daily Titan Staff Writer Foster children are opening the hearts of Cal State Fullerton students and the community. Susan Larsen, professor of human services, is giving her students an opportunity to experience the reality of social work while providing foster children a chance at a more normal life. Her five human service classes are taking part in a research project called Hannah’s Pilot Project. The project is for Hannah’s Children’s Home, a foster care agency that is responsible
for over 275 abused and neglected children up to age 17. There are three group homes located in Yorba Linda and many foster families throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. Larsen’s lectures in class always brought up questions from students who were eager to learn about the work she did with her foster care children. At the same time, the agency was always in need of funds for the children as well as gifts for the holidays. She decided to bring together the students learning about social work and
the children that they will eventually be working and caring for. The idea was for students to go out to businesses with donation letters and explain that they were looking for anything that their business was willing to donate for the home. They would take any item that the businesses were not able to sell. A shirt missing a button, shoes with scratches, they would not be particular. “There is nothing that we don’t need,” Larsen said. “That’s how great the need is.” Her idea began in one of her human services classes and took off from
there. It became so popular in that class that she brought the idea to her other classes. All five of her classes voted and decided to do the Hannah Pilot Project. She now has over 120 students working for the project. But what they found out was that businesses did not want to donate items that were damaged. They wanted to donate new items. “It is amazing how generous people can be,” Larsen said. Companies such as Volcom, Ruby’s, 7-Eleven, Costco, California Pizza Kitchen, Vans and Carl’s Jr. are taking
part in the donations. Items such as gift certificates, wet suits, bikes, shoes and clothes are just part of what is being donated. Hooked on Phonetics has donated five games valued at $300 a piece. Products are not the only things being donated. Sylvan Learning Center is providing tutoring lessons. Dance lessons and Pop Warner baseball lessons are also being offered. “We want to normalize the experience of childhood for the kids,” Larsen said.
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Phi Kappa Tau hosts Monte Carlo Night TITAN nFRATERNITY: Charity event proceeds will go toward Camp Titan and The Hole in the Wall Gang By Heather Baer
Daily Titan Staff Writer With the goal of raising money to benefit both Camp Titan and The Hole In The Wall Gang, Phi Kappa Tau is hosting “Monte Carlo Night at the Barn” next Saturday, Oct. 13. David Lee, vice president of Phi Kappa Tau, said Monte Carlo Night is not a new thing to the fraternity. “While talking to the fraternity alumni, they were telling me stories
about past Monte Carlo Nights and I thought it would be a good idea to bring them back and try to make it an annual event,” Lee said. The Hole In The Wall Camp was founded by Phi Kappa Tau alumnus Paul Newman for terminally ill children. The other group the Monte Carlo Night is benefiting is Camp Titan, which helps underprivileged children. Lee used to work for Camp Titan and said he is pleased that a group
that he is currently involved in can help a group he is formerly associated with. “I used to be a counselor and I, along with the rest of the fraternity, want to help Camp Titan as much as possible,” Lee said. Among the events at Monte Carlo Night are craps, roulette, black jack and raffles. “Many local businesses including H. Salt, fraternity alumni and the WolfGang Puck restaurant from
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the Block at Orange have donated prizes for the event,” Lee said. Pre-sale tickets cost $10 for students and $20 for adults while tickets bought at the event are $15 for students and $25 for adults. Lee said this event benefits all, the charities and patrons of Monte Carlo. “This is a great event because people can come and have fun while contributing to a good cause,” Lee said.
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