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Happy Tears of mourning fall in Iraq st 101 to Dr. Seuss Sarah Bain Gallery celebrates birthday of Cat in the Hat creator By April Miller Daily Titan Staff
The Cat in the Hat is coming to Dr. Seuss’s 101st birthday party at the Sarah Bain Gallery on Birch Street in Brea on March 2 from 2-7 p.m. Everyone is invited, especially kids. Gallery owner Sally Waranch said she waited an entire year to acquire some of his original pieces of art to display on his birthday. She said she wants to educate people about the work of Seuss, whose real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel. “Everyone [gallery owners] wants his birthday,” Waranch said. Some of the work displayed is part of a touring collection that will only be shown at this gallery until March 13. Most of his work is warehoused at the Mandeville Special Collections Library at the University of California San Diego, which houses 8,500 pieces of his collection. “Folks are surprised about his early political career,” said Joe Bray, bibliographical specialist of the Mandeville Collection. Pieces of the collection are displayed in March for Seuss’s birthday and sometimes loaned for other exhibits, he said. Access to the dr. seuss 4
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An unidentified woman grieves near the blast site in Hillah, Iraq on Tuesday. Hundreds of people visited the wounded and inspected corpses at the hospital in Hillah trying to identify friends and family who died in a suicide bombing that killed at least 120 people, the single deadliest attack of its kind since the fall of Saddam Hussein. The demonstration came as the Shiite candidate for prime minister traveled north for talks with the Kurds about a coalition government and as the number of American dead in the Iraqi war neared 1,500. Hundreds of victims’ relatives were desperate for information on loved ones. Full story on page 3.
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Lecture at Cal State Fullerton emphasizes risks of Adult ADD By Desdemona Bandini Daily Titan Staff
She knew she was not stupid. Her friends and family were always telling her how bright she was. She worked very hard in school. But no matter how long she studied or how hard she tried, she got low grades and tested poorly. She always felt a little different from everyone else, but it was hard to pinpoint why exactly. It was not until she was a senior in high school that Jessica Merel, a Cal State Fullerton freshman and musical theater major, found out that she was unlike others. It was then that she was diagnosed with Attention Deficit
Disorder. “It is frustrating. All through high school I thought I was inept when in fact I had a real problem,” Merel said. “It was such a relief to find a cure or a way to cope.” Merel said her grades in math went up by 30 percent in two weeks after she began to take medication for the disorder. “It was the ADD that kept me getting C’s when in fact I am capable of much higher grades,” she said. Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are usually diagnosed during childhood, but according to new research from Thom Hartmann in his book, “Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception,” he points out that ADD/ADHD has only recently been recognized as an adult disability after it was previously thought to be an adolescent disorder that disappears after adulthood begins.
In his book, Hartman estimates that 30 to 70 percent of children with the disorder continue to display symptoms into adulthood. Many adults with ADD/ADHD are unaware they have the disease if it was not caught during childhood, according to a group called Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In an effort to increase student awareness about psychological issues, the Theatre and Dance Department, Career Center and Counseling and Psychological Services Center are running a series of upcoming performing arts lectures. Last month, Cassandra Stringer presented the topic “Understanding ADD and ADHAD,” accompanied by a video featuring Newport Beach expert, ADD/ADHD Psychiatrist Daniel Amen, who discussed the challenges of living and working with the disease.
Stringer explained to students that the diagnosis of the disease can be made by a brain scan, an examination of childhood, academic and behavioral history, vocational testing and evaluation of interpersonal relationship skills. Adults and children alike share similar symptoms. CSUF offers students free testing for ADD/ADHD through Disabled Student Services but does not have a psychiatrist on campus who can dispense medication. An article by Eileen Bailey on the Web site About.com explains that ADD/ADHD is not a new disease, as a man who is referred to as Dr. Still first documented it in 1902 in Britain. Still coined his cases of impulsive behavior as a “defect of moral control.” He and other doctors over the past century have confirmed that ADD/ADHD 4
Cellular phones at risk for computer virus threats Mobile users are now encouraged to install software, avoid threat By Kamilla Marufy For the Daily Titan
Computer viruses have the potential to jeopardize cell phone security at the same level that personal computer malicious software did years ago. “Previously you were more secure with your phone and you did not have to worry about things like viruses and spam,” said Todd Thiemann, director of device security marketing at Trend Micro. Now, he said, with the “next generation phones” that are more like small computers, you have to be more cautious.
These viruses seem to have created a threat by targeting “smart phones” equipped with Microsoft and Symbian software, according to expert virus fighters at SimWorks. “Smart phones” are cell phones that can connect to the Internet in order to complete tasks such as Web browsing and sending and receiving e-mail. What has recently been conceived as strictly computer-related functions, such as applications like PDFs and Excel spreadsheets, are now available on smart phones. The “Warez” scene, which is when hackers ‘crack’ commercial software and put it up for free downloads, is the main threat in the Symbian world, according to experts at 3 Lib Company. This method of piracy has also become accessible through the development of “smart phones.” These sophisticated phones “are
[the] most rapid growing segment of the cell phone market” in the United States, Thiemann said. Despite the possible threats caused by these high tech phones, some cell phone users say that they are not concerned. “I don’t feel threatened because I have protected my cell phone when I first heard about the virus,” said Iliana Zamarripa, a student who relies on her cell phone every day. Thiemann, however, predicts that cell phone viruses will spread as data. He said that with the increased popularity of Centric phones, by the year 2006, cell phone viruses will cause as many problems as PC viruses today. To prevent cell phones from viruses Thiemann suggested, “Do not accept applications from people you don’t know.” People can also protect their phones
by placing Bluetooth in “hidden” mode so it is invisible to other devices. According to the Web definition for Bluetooth, it is an open standard for wireless transmission of voice and data between mobile devices Cell phone users are also encouraged to install virus software, back up cell files regularly and be cautious about downloading files from the Internet. If a virus is detected on a phone, users are recommended to delete the .prc file, known as “palm application file,” that is uncompressed and can be installed directly from a PC to a Palm during synchronization, so it does not damage the phone. Despite the fears of those who share Thiemann’s concerns, some CSUF students such as Monique Williamson, a broadcast journalism cell phone 4
impede on dieting Organization’s treats pose a challenge to New Year’s resolutions
girls who earn a patch and for troops who gain funding. These former scouts typically buy a box or two of cookies to support the scout’s effort, even if they really don’t want a $4 box of cookies or are By april Miller on a diet. Daily Titan Staff Scouts start taking orders for cookies in February. Some dieters Girl Scout cookies come around feel safe ordering because the cookonly annually and when they’re ies don’t come until March. gone, that’s it for the entire year. Now March is here and so are the That’s why so many people stock cookies. up, stashing several boxes in the “You bought them. You love freezer, thinking they won’t eat the them,” Yellin said. “But you don’t cookies for a while because they are need to eat the entire box at once frozen. because you won’t “They’re even be happy with better frozen,” said yourself.” Ninety percent Michelle Thayer, Cookies can fit of female CEOs who’s been known into any diet proand 54 percent of to stash a box or two gram, she said. women business of Thin Mints deep People should in the freezer out of exercise a little owners are former sight of her family. more so they can members. “People don’t indulge in a few Gail Ellis-Olds like to run out,” cookies. She sugGirl Scout Council Rep. Girl Scout Council gests taking extra Representative Gail boxes to work and Ellis-Olds said. They call Girl Scout share with everyone, thus getting the headquarters mid-year wanting cook- tempting cookies out of the house. ies. We have to tell them we don’t By planning ahead she said two have any either, she said. goals are met—helping scouts and Cookie sales come just weeks keeping a diet goal. after New Year’s Day, when many “Cookie sales are about business people vow to start a diet. But even skills and goal setting,” Ellis-Olds dieters can’t resist these cookies, said. because there is such a short window According to the Feb. 20 Long of opportunity to buy them. Beach Press-Telegram, “Ninety per“Everybody is motivated [to cent of female CEOs and 54 percent diet] in January,” Weight Watchers of women business owners are forWestern Regional Manager Wendy mer [Girl Scout] members.” Yellin said. “But I have a soft spot, The number of boxes of cookies because I sold cookies.” sold has tripled from 1965 when 58 Anybody who’s ever been in or milliovn boxes of cookies were sold. has had a daughter in scouts knows That’s a lot of cookies and a lot of how important selling cookies are to calories.
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