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INSIDE PERSPECTIVES: A female journalist 3 nrealizes that she can make a home run career out of sports reporting

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Looking back on nearly four decades as the voice of Tony the Tiger

n SPORTS: Jodie Cox pitches no-hitter as softball comes up just short in Georgia

—see News page 4 W E D N E S D AY

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Students offered voice among trustees

nCSU: Applications for the two-year position are due Friday. It is the highest post a student can hold in the system By Theresa Salinas

Daily Titan staff writer State administrators are seeking two student trustees to represent the interests of more than 380,000 students for the next two years by bringing student

issues to the forefront and student perspectives to the legislative process. Through Friday, the California State Student Association will accept applications from students interested in serving on the California State University Board of Trustees. A committee will screen the applications, then forward a list of finalists to Gov. Gray Davis for final consideration. Selected trustees will serve from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2004. The trustee position is the highest post a student can hold in the CSU legislative system. Student trustees are voting members of the CSU board,

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and act as liaisons to the board and the state legislature. They also aid in developing statewide policies on issues such as financial aid, student fees and admission requirements. “This is the biggest opportunity a student might ever have to push an issue which they care about,” said Joan Hemphill, director of university relations for CSSA. “This is the most powerful position a student could hold.” Applicants must be CSU students in good academic standing. They should also be able to attend all CSU board meetings and CSSA meetings,

which are held at various locations throughout the state. Organizers also suggest that applicants be familiar with CSU and be passionate about student advocacy. Applicants should also have one year of experience working in any facet of student government. “It doesn’t matter how involved you are,” said Dante Gomez, director of statewide affairs for Cal State Fullerton. “You don’t have to be a club president or political science major… as long as you know about clubs or organizations, you have a chance.” Gomez said he hopes that CSUF students will apply for the trustee posi-

tion. It would give the campus more leverage, he said, and a greater pulpit from which to voice campus concerns. Gomez sat on the application screening committee during last year’s search. The most successful candidates, he said, were those plugged into the campus community and who advocated popular student causes. Those who did not fare well, he said, were students seeking to promote their own agendas. State issues that are likely to surface in 2002-2004 include a proposed

Being constructive nRETROFITTING: Renovations are almost complete after nearly three semesters worth of dust By Annaliza Ganchingco Daily Titan Staff Writer

nCAMPUS: Georges Abou Zeid, Aaron terreri and Travon Owens are CSUF’s new student leaders By Theresa Salinas

Daily Titan Staff Writer Three members were voted onto the Associated Students governing board yesterday, marking the first time this semester that all board positions have

been filled. Georges Abou Zeid, Aaron Terreri and Travon Owens were unanimously elected to the AS Board of Directors during the regular board meeting. Zeid, a senior, will represent the College of Engineering and Computer Science. The engineering major is a transfer student from Notre Dame University in Lebanon. He has served in various leadership positions. He is currently president of Cal State Fullerton’s Peace International Club. Zeid said he hopes to establish better communication between his constituents and the AS board. Terreri, a senior, will represent the College of Business and Economics. The business major also held the post in fall 2000. He was elected to a second term, but took the fall 2001 semester off to study in Mexico. Terreri stated he vows to spend student fees responsibly and to avoid wasting university resources. Owens, a freshman, will represent the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The biology major has been involved in student government since seventh grade. As a board member, he will advocate for AfricanAmerican students and underclassmen. “I’d like to give back to the school community,” Owens said. The board also took action on items related to the upcoming AS elections. Board members elected junior Suzette Escobar as Elections Commissioner for the spring 2002 semester. The communications major will work with the board to publicize AS elections, which will be held in late April. Escobar, a sales associate for Gap, Inc., has done public relations work for State Farm Insurance and Cosmopolitan magazine. The board also revised election bylaws, reducing the

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Fibrwrap Construction, Inc. is reinforcing College Park for earthquakes. They will use SCH 51, a fiberglass with Kevlar, and carbon fiber to give the structure twice its strength to withstand earthquakes.

Cal State Fullerton is still in the process of renovating several buildings around campus. The main construction sites have been the Humanities Building and the Physical Education Building. Construction began five months ago on the Physical Education Building. A large portion of the landscaping in front of the building is blocked off so that construction workers may complete their assignment without disrupting students. Temporary walkways have been installed “What’s the for students and faculty going to and from the building. Added to the Physical point? Education Building will be 41 faculty offices, a 125-seat I have not lecture hall, seminar rooms, a wellness center, a gymnasium and more classrooms. Some noticed a students feel that the construction will be beneficial. difference.” “We are getting a new building out of it,” said student Kim Runciman. “The gym will be Davina better.” Rojsirivat, Renovations being done Psychology major on the Humanities Building include handicapped accessible bathrooms and new offices on the first floor as well as an earthquake-safe structure. The total cost for renovations to the Humanities Building is $926,000. The funds are coming from a state bond issue that was passed after the Northridge earthquake. The funds do not come from the school or students, said Ray Young, Associate Dean for the College of Humanities and Social Science. The construction is in its last phases Young said seismic renovations would be finished sometime in early April. The outside work should be completed by March 8. In order to make the building more earthquake safe, a 4 to 6-foot grade beam was placed under ground. A grade beam is a heavily reinforced concrete wall used to support the standing beams of the structure. Two large pillars were also built on the western end of the building. These pillars are known as the “lobster claws.” Under each “claw” are 18-inch thick, U-shaped, shear walls.

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Interracial relationships bring color to the nDIVERSITY: What once was a cultural taboo is now an intregal part of modern American family culture By Shannon Gladys

Daily Titan Staff Reporter

COURTESY OF JIM WOLCOTT

Terra Hill, 1, curiously opens presents with her father, Mark Hill, on her first Christmas.

tuition hike and a proposed limit on the amount of time students can take to complete remedial courses. Freshman Shawna Umlah would never consider running for the trustee position, but likes the idea that a student trustee is interceding for her at the state level. “I hope they would oppose an increase in student fees,” the child development major said. “I would also like them to secure more money for student grants.” Student trustee applications are available in TSU-207. Completed packets are due at 5 p.m. on Friday at: CSSA, 401 Golden Shore, Suite 135,

Just bring up Terra’s name and a proud smile spans her grandfather’s face. Terra Hill just celebrated her first birthday on Valentine’s Day and by her grandfather’s account she is determined and curious about her surroundings. Terra also comes from biracial parents. Her mother, Cindy, is white. Her father, Mark, is black. Grandfather Jim Wolcott, 55, of Anaheim, said it wasn’t relevant what race his son-in-law was. He treated his daughter well. And, he has a beautiful granddaughter. “Cindy and Mark got together partly because we raised our children with no sense of color,”

Wolcott said. “Both of our children have dated diverse people through the years. It has never been an issue.” Society and celebrities seem to have followed suit by accepting the fact that there is an interracial nation. On April 24, 1997, Tiger Woods told Oprah Winfrey, “I’m a ‘Cablinasian,’” speaking of his multiracial background. Almost 7 million people in the United States shared the same racial category as Woods in 2000, according to the U.S. Census. This category, called “The Two or More Races Population,” refers to people who chose more than one race category during the 2000 census. The number is 2.4 percent of the entire U.S. population. In a controversial move, the U.S. Census had to add this category to include those with more than one origin because this group of people had grown so much. Ten years prior, in the 1990 census, the opportunity to choose “more than one race” was not an option. Sociology professor Michael Perez said race

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is socially created; therefore it’s become socially relevant. “The fallacy about race is that in reality we are all a mixture of something,” Perez said. “The terms multiracial and biracial are socially important. It’s how we categorize ourselves. “The census 2000 had to adapt to the changing demographics. Now there is a new emphasis on being multiracial.” It wasn’t until 1967 that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia that a ban on interracial marriage was unconstitutional. The law was overturned in Virginia and 15 other states (14 had already repealed similar laws). Still, a dozen states had the ban on interracial marriages on their books into the 1970s, though the laws were legally unenforceable. The most recent was Alabama, which removed the law from its books last November. There may be adverse emotional affects coming from mixed backgrounds. Perez said children don’t define themselves by race until they interact with public institutions and there can be psychological issues once they do.

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u p co m i n g n The Fullerton Arboretum

sprouts with excitement, as its spring gardens bloom early this year.

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