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Indonesians ruffled by nWORLD: Anti-U.S. demonstrators view the recent attacks on Afghanistan as an assault on all Muslims By Cynthia Pangestu
Daily Titan Staff Writer
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Bush meets with President Megawati Sukarno Putri in the Oval Office.
Bush knew that his decision to attack Afghanistan would ruffle more countries. Among those countries is Indonesia, with a population over 200 million
and of that, more than 80 percent are of Islamic faith. Around the Indonesian country, thousands of anti-U.S. demonstrators protest against the attacks on Afghanistan. What puzzles many is how an Asian country could experience a relationship with a Middle Eastern country. George Saint Laurent, a Cal State Fullerton professor of world religions said, “They have a sense that Islam and its people are a nation. They feel like they need to defend it. It’s more than a religion, it is a social reality of it’s own right.”
Angry Muslim groups see the attacks on Afghanistan as an assault to all Muslims. Siyed Abidi, professor of political science, said, “The geography is not contingent with the Muslim world. In terms of philosophy and religion, the religious sympathy is there. They are also using the ideology of resistance; to resist western philosophy and civilization.” According to CNN, several Muslim groups in Indonesia have threatened to gather and drive out U.S. citizens. They are warning Americans to leave the coun-
try or be considered the enemy, as well as fair targets. Also, the U.S. Embassy and the employees within are being threatened. Other Islamic fundamentalists threatened to kill Americans if Afghanistan is attacked, but no threats have been carried out. “Other than religious reasons, Indonesians have always had a history of hatred towards the U.S.,” Abidi said. “One thing that infuriated Indonesia is that the Indonesian government and previous president, Wahid, made a friendship with Israel.” The attacks onAfghanistan have only
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Soccer game raises nCHARITY: CSUF students score a goal for the poor and homeless in Romania at a fundraising event By Lisa Sleigh
Daily Titan Staff Writer With a whoosh, the soccer ball is in flight, soaring high over the heads of cheering teammates. The airborne ball submits to the control of a player, whose foot momentarily cradles the ball. Then, in rapid succession, it’s swiftly passed from foot to foot. Suddenly, the ball is passed to a teammate who heads toward the goal line. With great force, she kicks the ball to score, but fails. The ball starts its way back to their goal line and the process starts all over again. Even with one failed attempt, they’ll try again. Because its not just the love of the game that brings these athletes to the field. It’s the thought that they can help change the life of the people in their homeland — Romania. “There’s a lot of shoving out there,” said Lydia Mootz, a Cal State Fullerton business major. “You want to win but the ultimate goal and the ultimate purpose here is to send the money back there.” It is the Charity Cup soccer tournament that has many college students and others gathering, getting sweaty and running for the cause — a cause that aims to help supply money to the poor and needy of Romania. With deep love and appreciation for the life she now lives, Mootz sweats out on the field with hopes of touching the lives of people overseas. “When we left, it was a communist country and now we have this freedom here in America,” Mootz said. “We’re happy to be here and we are
just trying to help out the people who are still there.” According to Daniel Herden cofounder and director of operations of the tournament, the humble beginnings of its first year started in 1997 in Atlanta. A few friends wanted to raise money for a Romanian home dedicated to helping runaway teens. “We were thinking of some ideas of how to do it, and since a bunch of us love to play soccer well, we thought, ‘Why don’t we just do a soccer tournament?’” Herden said. Since its founding, the event has grown to include 40 teams in three locations across the country. The winning team in the West will go to a championship game with the winning team of the East, scheduled for May 2002. “We just wanted to do a onetime thing to help these guys out in Atlanta,” Herden said. “But then the response was so big and news spread throughout the Romanian community.” Money raised will assist poor families and orphanages of Romania. More specifically, 21 state orphanages in need of relief will be given food from a 40-cubic-yard container of food. Other organizations that will receive support this year include Habitat for Humanity, YMCA, American Red Cross, Little Samaritan Mission, Ecce Homo, Countryside and others. Reflecting back on visits to Romania, Ciprian Jivcu, a music major, remembers some children that were grateful for his help there. “I remember one girl gave me a rock, a rock symbolizing her appreciation for what we had done,” Jivcu said. “[It] really touched me because they have nothing, but still wanted to give something back.” With the U.S. dollar equal to 30,783.00 lei, the Romanian currency, Mootz says while the lei keeps evaporating, our money can have a
The Russian Heritage Festival celebrated culture with folk dancing and traditional costumes.
By Abigaile C. Siena
Russia revisited San Juan Capistrano showcased the arts of the country, from famous dolls to robust cuisine
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Daily Titan Staff Writer The sights and sounds of Russia filled the atmosphere at the seventh annual Russian Heritage Festival at the Mission San Juan Capistrano, Saturday, Oct. 13. “We celebrate it in conjunction with an art exhibition where we always feature a prominent artist,” said Jenny O’Farrel, event coordinator at the Mission. The new art exhibit, which runs until Nov. 29 in the Barracks Gallery, includes a personal collection of paintings from Soviet-era painter Leonid Steele and other Soviet-era artists. Intricate displays, ranging from traditional to contemporary Matrushka dolls and Faberge eggs, enticed visitors of the Mission to browse and shop at the Russian Marketplace, while immersing in the culture. Ukrainian eggs called Pysanka (pronounced peh-sun-ki-yeah) were also showcased at the event. “These are given as tokens of high-esteem to people at Easter time,” said Mary Snowbird Mezurecky, a docent (museum guide) of Ukrainian descent. “You don’t just make one and give it to somebody.” Mezurecky also
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mentioned that whoever owns one of these eggs is protected from lightning. The Firebird Quartet, a string folk band, featuring musicians Alexandr Agamirzov and Irina Orlova, provided music for the event. The group also performed “Lara’s Theme (Somewhere My Love)” from the soundtrack of the movie “Dr. Zhivago” and “Those Were the Days,” sung in its original Russian version with Agamirzov on vocals. The folk-rock band Limpopo closed the ceremonies with music from Eastern Europe and Western Asia. Folk dances and traditional costumes from different parts of the former Soviet Union gave the audience a glimpse of what was normally hidden from the Western World during the Cold War. The NightLight Ensemble performed local song and dance numbers from the provinces of Russia. The group consists of former Russian orphans, now adopted by American families and living in the United States. “The performers were born in and around St. Petersburg, Russia,” said Shannon Levy-Heath, a Cal State Fullerton alumna. Levy-Heath mentioned that the
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Patriotism shows in cosnHOLIDAY: Children are choosing to be firefighters and police officers over the typical blood and gore By Michelle Wang
Daily Titan Staff Writer
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Real-life hero costumes are the popular seller this year for Halloween.
Inside Halloween costume shop Party Warehouse in Brea, Tiffany Jansen shopped for a costume for her son. While she waited in the checkout line, she held a firefighter costume in her hand. “Firefighters are really looked up to now especially after the tragedy happened,” Jansen said. “It’s like the appropriate thing to do considering what hap-
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pened.” Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, many areas of the nation have been affected, including this year’s Halloween costume trend. Costume shops have removed many of the blood or murder-related costumes and replaced with real-life heroic figure costumes. Several children and parents are also buying more firefighter and police costumes and even President George W. Bush masks. According to Joe Derien, owner of Party Warehouse, customers have asked for more patriotic costumes such as the Statue of Liberty and the bald eagle plus decorations in red, white and blue colors. “The patriotic red, white and blue stuff
have really sold out, a lot of people are being very patriotic, buying a lot of firemen costumes, Derien said. “A few people want to do parodies, being Arabs with blood on them.” The phenomenon was also noticed at Halloween Club in Santa Fe Springs. Doctors, nurses, police and firefighter costumes were selling out more than the usual hot-sellers such as Superman and Batman. Over at the section of police costumes, shoppers noticeably picked through the costumes hanging on the display rack. “Before it was the animated superhero costumes that were hot-sellers and firefighter and police costumes are usually the last picks,” said Kathy Crawford,
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