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SUMMER

Wednesday, June 22, 2005 Volume 2, Issue 3

Herbie is Back:

Lindsay Lohan tells all in a one-on-one interview.

Fox Theater:

1930’s Hollywood comes to Downtown Fullerton.

Titan Opinions: California State University, Fullerton

Disney Enterprises

Students’ summer frustrations.

KKK Member Found...

Found Guilty The Associate Press

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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

This Week

NEWS

JUNE 15- JUNE 21

TODAY: mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 73 to 80 near the coast to 82 to 88 inland.

Light winds becoming southwest 15 mph in the afternoon.

THURSDAY: mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing.

Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 73 to 80 near the coast to 81 to 88 inland.

FRIDAY: mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 70 to 76 near the coast to 77 to 85 inland.

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SATURDAY: mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 68 to 74 near the coast to 75 to 83 inland.

SUNDAY: mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 70 to 76 near the coast to 77 to 83 inland.

MONDAY: mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 70 to 77 near the coast to 78 to 86 inland.

TUESDAY: mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing.

Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 73 to 81 near the coast 80 to 87 inland.

Report courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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JUNE 22: The “L.A. County Fair” is holding open auditions at 6 p.m. for performers interested in serving as costumed characters. Call (909) 865-4506 for information.

JUNE 22 - NOV. 15: LACMA exhibit “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs.”

JUNE 28: “Hot Topics from the Jewish Perspective” lecture at Mackey Auditorium in the Ruby Gerontology Center. For times call (714) 278-2446

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ERIKA LARA/Summer Titan Staff After a week of cloudy days, and a brief tsunami warning families and friends go to Balboa beach, Saturday, to enjoy the summer heat.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A bomb killed an anti-Syrian politician Tuesday in the second such assassination in three weeks. The United States condemned it as an attack on Lebanon’s quest to break free of Syrian domination.

Former Communist Party leader George Hawi was killed by an explosion under his seat as he was being driven through west Beirut. The blast came a day after official results of parliamentary elections were announced.

Democrats block Bolton vote

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) said Tuesday he would keep pressing for a vote on embattled U.N. nominee John Bolton’s confirmation. On Monday, Democrats defeated a GOP effort to force a final vote on Bolton. The Senate voted 54-38, six shy of the total needed to advance his nomination. Critics say Bolton, who has been accused of mistreating subordinates, would hurt U.S. efforts to work with the U.N. and other countries.

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Killen Convicted for Tripple-Manslaughter The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, Miss. - Forty-one years to the day after three civil rights workers were beaten and shot to death, an 80-year-old former Ku Klux Klansman was found guilty of manslaughter, Tuesday, in a trial that marked Mississippi’s latest attempt to atone for its bloodstained, racist past.

The jury of nine whites and three blacks took less than six hours to clear Edgar Ray Killen of murder but convict him of the lesser charges in the 1964 killings that galvanized the struggle for equality and helped bring about passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Killen, a bald figure with owlish bifocals, sat impassively in his wheelchair, an oxygen tube up his nose, as he listened to the verdict.

“Forty-one years after the tragic murders ... justice finally arrives in Philadelphia, Miss,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi’s only black congressman. “Yet, the state of Mississippi must see to it that the wrongs of yesterday do not become the albatrosses of today.”

The murder charge carried up to life in prison. But Killen could still spend the rest of his life be-

hind bars; each of the three manslaughter charges is punishable by up to 20 years. Judge Marcus Gordon scheduled sentencing for Thursday.

Civil rights volunteers Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner – two white New Yorkers – and James Chaney, a black Mississippian, were intercepted by Klansmen in their station wagon on June 21, 1964. Their bodies were found 44 days later buried in an earthen dam, in a case that was dramatized in the 1988 movie “Mississippi Burning.”

Prosecutors said Killen – a part-time preacher and sawmill operator – organized the carloads of Klansmen who hunted down and killed the three young men.

Killen’s lawyers conceded he was in the KKK but said that did not make him guilty. They pointed out that prosecutors offered no witnesses or evidence that put Killen at the scene of the crime. He did not take the stand, but has long claimed he was at a wake at a funeral home when the victims were killed.

“It’s not the perfect ending in this case. I believe we proved murder and I believe he was guilty of murder,” the district attorney said. “The bottom line is they have held Edgar Ray Killen accountable for his actions.”

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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Egypt Uncovered

By LISA CHUNG Summer Titan Staff

The ancient Egyptian civilization is currently on display at the Bower’s Museum in Santa Ana, the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts outside the British Museum in London.

The exhibit, which started in April of this year and will continue through April 2007, is called “Mummies: Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.” It focuses on the history behind the mummification process and its purposes.

There are many options for visitors. One can peruse through the findings without assistance or choose to follow a group in a guided tour or an audio tour.

The first room inside of the museum houses artifacts pertaining to the gods of Egypt, with the main focus being on Osiris, the god of the netherworld, and his wife/sister Isis, who represents life. Visitors are first introduced to this story so as to better understand the Egyptian beliefs about the underworld and the reason for the mummification process.

The “Weighing of the Heart” ritual is explained along with the Egyptian’s belief that there are six components that make a person: the body, the name, the heart, the shadow, the ba and the ka. This portion of the exhibit helps those unfamiliar with the culture understand it better.

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Egyptians were placed in.

Also displayed are canopic jars, which are placed next to the body in the tomb and are used to store the liver, lungs, stomach and intestines.

There is also a small area focusing on the jewelry that the Egyptians used to adorn the deceased.

The museum offers a wide range of all things Egyptian, from the very elaborate and expensive to those used by the ordinary or poor.

In addition to the Photo Curtesy of the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art. actual displays, there is ‘Face of a Coffin’ is one of many artifacts on display.

The ba and ka are considered the a room with an informalife forces in a person, but need the tive Discovery Channel video to body as a home, which is why the view and a gift shop. mummification process focuses on Overall, the mummies exhibit preserving the human form. is an informative and interesting After learning what they need way to spend the day learning to know to fully appreciate the ar- about a unique and elaborate cultifacts, guests are led into further ture. rooms, which contain the actual For additional information visit coffins and cases that the ancient the Website at www.bowers.org.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

ENTERTAINMENT

Summer Titan

Lohan Looks to Tune up Her Act

By LAURA GORDON

involved with starting a charity for While entertainment news abused and underprivileged children. outlets are busy over-exposing celebrities, it’s easy for “There are a lot of things I want to do,” the drama-consuming public Lohan said. “We’ll to forget that some of those famous faces are still just see [what happens].

I don’t want to jinx teenagers. anything.”

Lindsay Lohan – one of the hottest starlets in Hollywood Still, Lohan’s schedule is looking – will be celebrating her 19th birthday in July, and with so pretty full. Projects much strife surrounding her she has already name these days, it’s surprissigned on for include ing Lohan is indeed still a “Just My Luck,” teenager.

“Fashionistas” and Lohan, who currently stars “A Prairie Home in Disney’s “Herbie: Fully Companion.”

Loaded,” wasn’t even born “I tend to just until after all four “Herbie” keep going and I’m movies were originally reso used to working leased. Nevertheless, with at this point that when I don’t have a bit of bug love and some anything to do, I NASCAR style, Lohan shines in the newest tale about the kind of go crazy, I feel like I need to classic Volkswagen.

Photo Courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures. work more,” Lohan And although Disney has Lohan and co-star Justin Long stand beside the famous ‘Love Bug’ while filming the recent installment of the Herbie series. been good to Lohan (she’s said. “I’ve surrounded made several movies with late-night partying and other I feel blessed and lucky and I’m and I don’t want to be that kind myself with people who make them), she is looking to expand intense behavior are thrown appreciative and I’m thankful,” of person,” Lohan said. “It’s bad sure I say ‘no’ more than ‘yes’ at the types of characters she por- around as if the girl making the Lohan said. “I’m not some crazy karma.” this point.” trays. news should somehow know bet- Tara Reid-esque party girl. I So far, as Lohan has driven For now, Lohan says she is con“I’m trying to find [roles] right ter as she lives out her teenage want to be in this for the long centrating on her work, which along the road to success, she now that are different than any- years in the public eye. run.” includes both acting and sing- has realized the importance of thing I’ve done, just to show Perhaps in an effort to make ing. Her debut album, “Speak,” taking care of herself – even But the truth is, Lohan is when it’s hard to do so. my abilities and show that I young. Youth mixed with hu- it through the long run, Lohan was released last December. can actually have some sort of manity shouldn’t automatically tries to surround herself with “Acting is mainly what I focus “You get to a point where you a stretch because most of the turn into exploitation. At least people who support her, includ- on, but at the same time I love want to please everyone and things I’ve done are still similar Lohan’s not jumping on couches ing her family and friends who singing as well. I’ll probably be that’s difficult … It’s all been a to me. They’re still younger girls during talk shows (she must be keep her grounded. starting another album even- learning experience for me and and they’re very light-hearted,” leaving that to the older celebri“I have friends who would tually,” Lohan said. “My first I’ve been learning how to take say something if I was out of album was rushed. I mean, I the time to say, ‘What does LindLohan said. “I think everyone ties). looks for that role where it’s a But whatever the drama sur- line in any way. They’d be like recorded practically every song say need? What do I need to do stretch, where you can kind of rounding her, Lohan seems ‘Lindsay, cool it.’ But you know, in my trailer on the set of “Her- for myself?’” Lohan said. “And be a bit edgier and kind of push quite genuine when expressing I watch people and I just sit bie,” so that’s why I got sick at I’m growing up.”

Well, try not to grow up too the envelope a little bit.” who she is at heart. there and I just kind of observe the time. I was running myself According to tabloids, Lohan “I’m a very honest person and what’s going on around me. I see down.” fast, Lindsay, and it’s OK to take A self-proclaimed workaholic, your time. Remember, you’re is no stranger to pushing the I feel like I’m very sincere and I it’s other people who’ve changed envelope in real life. Stories of don’t take anything for granted. and I know what that looks like Lohan hopes to find time to get only a teenager once.

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THE INSIDE BUZZ

By MAHSA KHALIHFAR Summer Titan Staff

Time for the latest scoop on the entertainment world ... Tom Cruise, after getting squirted by water at his own London Premiere of “War of the Worlds,” was all over the airwaves this week.

Furious, the actor condemned the prankster (a fake newscaster) for his stunt meant for a new show unknown to Cruise. The actor called him a “jerk,” and the men involved in the incident were arrested but later released on bail.

Cruise appeared angry and unhappy, an overhaul from just days earlier when the newly-engaged actor was on cloud nine smiling and hamming it up for cameras.

Cruise proposed to Katie Holmes last week, causing critics to declare their relationship a legitimate thing rather than a publicity stunt, as previously believed …

Stay tuned for Madonna’s new love for writing and, more specifically, her sequel to “The Eng-

lish Roses.” People Magazine reports that the original Material Girl will set out to make the sequel to the 2003 book that was on The New York Times’ Bestsellers List … Backstreet Boys released their first album, “Never Gone,” last week, after a five year hiatus and are getting their summer tour (sponsored by AOL) underway … For the first time, Coldplay topped U.S. Billboard Charts with their new album “X&Y” … Rapper Cassidy (real name Barry Reese) was sent to a mediumsecurity prison after surrendering to law enforcement officials, Friday, on charges of murder.

He will remain locked up until further hearings are set … New DVD releases include: “Casino,” “In Good Company” and “Seed of Chucky.” … New CD releases include: Sugar Ray’s “Greatest Hits” and Keyshia Cole’s “The Way It Is.” Corey Clark is also coming out with an album self-titled “Corey Clark” … Celebrity sighting: Jennifer Love Hewitt was eating at IrvineSpectrum’s Cheesecake Factory last Sunday … Well that’s it for now, stay tuned for the latest entertainment news and gossip in the next “Inside Buzz”

Concert is ‘More Adventurous’

By JOELLA SULLIVAN For the Summer Titan

Rilo Kiley played to an appreciative crowd at The Wiltern Sunday night.

The Los Angeles band, fronted by childhood actors Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett, performed songs from their new album “More Adventurous,” as well as two previous albums.

During their 90-minute set, Kiley proved why the band is becoming well known for its ability to write songs that comment about the state of our country and the state of love in a way that is both relatable and entrancing.

Openers, the Brunettes, a New Zealand band, and Canadian female soloist Feist set the stage for Rilo Kiley with their unabashedly open and unique lyrics.

Highlights included a song by the Brunettes who referenced Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen when each of the band members wore face masks of the twins.

Feist made a cell phone call to her father, on stage, as she and

the audience wished him a happy father’s day over the answering machine.

Rilo Kiley took the stage at 10:05 p.m., plunging the audience headfirst into songs with catchy melodies and introspective lyrics. In the song “It’s a Hit,” Lewis sings,

“Any chimp can play human for a day, use his opposable thumbs to iron his uniform and run for office on election day, fancy himself a real decision maker and deploy more troops than salt shakers.”

Kiley’s comment on the state of the U.S. government was anything but understated as the band took on issues important to all.

During the show, Rilo Kiley also

played the single from their new CD and recent MTV hit “Portions for Foxes.” The song’s first-person lyrics describe a dysfunctional relationship between two people who are “bad news” for each other.

Rilo Kiley ended the show with an encore that caught members of the audience by surprise, as Lewis introduced friend Debbie Gibson onto the stage.

Rilo Kiley then performed backup as Gibson sang her hit, “Lost in Your Eyes.”

For the final song of the evening, Rilo Kiley and the opening bands sang a rendition of Pete Townshend’s “Let My Love Open the Door” accompanied by Sennett’s banjo.

Rilo Kiley’s performance was enjoyed by all who were in attendance.

As the final headlining concert before opening for Coldplay this summer, Rilo Kiley has proven that they are able to entertain by transcending the typical indie rock/chick rock stereotype while still maintaining their musicianship and ideals.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

1930s Hollywood Heads to Fullerton

By NICK COOPER Summer Titan Staff

History will come to life at the second annual “Hollywood in Fullerton” fundraising event, scheduled to help the recently saved Fox Theater in Downtown Fullerton. The 1930s-inspired event will take place this Friday night, June 24, at 7:30 p.m.

“We hope to make this a part of Fullerton even after the theater opens,” said Todd Huffman, president of the Fullerton Historic Theater Foundation. “It is a way to raise money to help keep the theater operational.”

The event will be held at the Springfield Banquet and Conference Center, located across the street from the historic theater.

“The Springfield Banquet Center is a five level venue,” said event producer Ann Rebentisch.

“There will be something going on, on every level.”

The event will feature many 1930s-style performances, including a Charlie Chaplin silent auction live music performed by the ragtime-inspired Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys, an 80-year anni-

versary poster contest and other surprises throughout the night.

“Some of the surprises will pertain to the clean up and rehabilitation of the Fox Theater,” said Jon Olivan, a media representative of the theater. “There has been major preparation and clean up to the face of the building. There is a lot of painting and replacement of broken glass; just a lot of extensive work.”

Gourmet food will be served thanks to many local restaurants including the Hidalgo Café, The Olde Ship and Collette’s Catering.

The food will be set up throughout various themed stations such as the “Al Capone Zone” and the “Babe Ruth” chocolate desert fountain, Rebentisch said.

As part of the evening’s festivities, the non-profit board of directors of the foundation will announce the architectural firm they have chosen to complete the restoration of the theater, Olivan said.

The foundation will also present their first shining star award to the entertainment industry person who played the most important role in the theater.

The foundation hopes to have 350 to 400 people in attendance at the event, Huffman said.

“So far, there have been 70 advance tickets sold,” Rebentisch said. “Last year, there was only one sold the week prior to the event, so we think we’re in pretty good shape.”

Rebentisch said the highlight of the evening will be the KFOX live radio hour and variety show.

There will be guest stars such as Mae West, Laurel and Hardy, as well as excerpts from Noel Coward’s play “Private Lives.”

The radio show will also include comedic banter between the master of ceremonies and the stage manager, along with comic routines and breaking news flashes from the era.

The event hopes to raise money for the four-year repair plan for the restoration of the theater.

“We’re hoping to raise $100,000 from this event, not from ticket sales, but from the auctions,” Rebentisch said. “The live auction offers a few selective items such as dinner for eight at the Fullerton fire department or lunch with

Lyrics Like Sweet Potatoes and decided that, if you are a fan For The Summer Titan of the band already, than the girls Last week, I was dining in a new record, “The Woods,” should very fine barbeque restaurant give you a healthy dose of postgrunge, semi-psychedelic forest with a friend who was trying to get me to eat some rock. And if you’ve orange-colored, never heard SleaterKinney before, then sweet potato puree madness songs like “Wilderfrom a blender. ness” and “Entertain” should help you After I repeatedly declined decide if you are into this kind of heavy his invitation, “Washingtonian rock he was so persistent that I music.”

Singer/guitarist, eventually gave Corin Tucker, puts in and put some on my plate. The it so aptly, “Truth is truer these days/ joke’s on that fool truth is man-made/ though, because I never actually if you’re here because tasted them.

Photo courtesy of Sub-Pop by John Clark from left to right: Corin Tuck- you want to be enThere’s a les- er, Janet Weiss. amdd Carie Brownstein Carrie Brownstein, Janet Weiss, tertained/ please go son to be learned away.” Lyrics like here about the critical-darlings popular culture. Certainly, I am that could either push the listener Sleater-Kinney. One could read a semi-professional critic whose away or draw him in, depending oneself to death about how great weighty opinions should not be on whether or not you’re into that sort of thing. the Northwestern riot-girl punk ignored.

You see, I have given Sleaterband is, but after a while it’s like, “Hey, let me decide if I enjoy sweet Kinney some careful consideration

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potatoes.”

Well, when it comes to me, this may already be a moot point. It is my job to counsel you on the latest releases from the producers of

Concert Calendar Wed. 6/22/05 at 7p.m.

Bad Religion House of Blues Sunset Strip Hollywood

Fri. 6/24/05 at 8 p.m.

Spin Doctors Key Club Los Angeles

Mon. 6/27/05 at 8 p.m.

Nappy Roots Key Club Los Angeles

Thur. 6/23/05 at 7 p.m.

Warped tour Finals Key Club Los Angeles

Sat 6/25/05 at 7 p.m.

Bone Thugs N Harmony Ventura Theatre Ventura

Tues. 6/28/05 at 7:30 p.m.

Faith Evans House of Blues Anaheim Anaheim

Fri. 6/24/05 at 7 p.m.

Bo Diddley House of Blues Anaheim Anaheim

Sun 6/26/05 at 8 p.m.

Sugar Ray House of blues Anaheim

Tues. 6/28/05 at 7:30 p.m.

W.A.S.P. House of Blues Sunset Strip Hollywood

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OLIVA PORTUGAL/ Summer Titan Staff Outside of the Fox theatre. which is currently being restored, Monday.

Congressman Ed Royce, including roundtrip tickets to Washington DC, hotel accommodations and, of

course, lunch with the congressman who has always been a supporter of the Fox.”

Horoscopes SALOME’S STARS ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Still operating under a full head of self-esteem makes you want to tackle a matter you had shied away from. OK. But be sure to arm yourself with facts before you make a move.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) That smart move you recently made caught the attention of a lot of people, including some with financial deals to offer. Use your Taurean wariness to check them out thoroughly.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Shyness might keep you from asking for more information on a potentially important matter.

But your curiosity grows stronger by midweek and gives you the impetus for data-gathering.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Taking on too many tasks may not be the wise thing to do at this time. You might overspend both your physical and emotional energy reserves, and have to miss out on some upcoming events.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Try to keep your spending at an affordable level. Splurging now -- especially on credit -- could create a problem if your finances are too low for you to take advantage of a possible opportunity.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You might not approve of a colleague’s behavior over much of the week. But don’t play the judgmental Virgo card here. As always, check the facts before you assume the worst.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Coping with an old issue that has suddenly re-emerged could take a big toll on your emotional energies. Decide whether you really want to pursue the possibilities here.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) For all your skill in keeping your secrets safe, you could be unwittingly letting one slip out by the way you’re behaving in that new relationship. Are congratulations soon to be in order?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Good old-fashioned horse sense could help you get around those who unknowingly or deliberately put obstacles in your way. Ignore the confusion and follow your own lead.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) A puzzling attitude change in a colleague from friendly to chilly might stem from a longhidden resentment suddenly bubbling up. An open and honest talk should resolve the problem.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This week, many evergenerous Aquarians might find themselves feeling an acquisitive urge. If so, indulge it.

You’ve earned the right to treat yourself to wonderful things.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Expect to get a lot of advice on how to go about implementing your plans. But once you’ve sorted it all out, you’ll probably find that, once again, your way will be the best way.

Horoscopes courtesy of King Features Synd., Inc.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Editor Fights the Four-Year Itch

By JULIE KIM

Summer Titan Staff

If I don’t make it past this summer, all my cherished belongings will go to the heretofore.

My books will be handed down to my little sister because I want to foster her growing appreciation for literature.

My boyfriend can have my hiphop CDs because he taught me about the roots of the culture.

And my bills will be passed down to my parents because, well, they’re my parents.

In all seriousness, nothing is going on with me that will endanger my life.

No illness that I’m aware of, no clinical depression. But what I am suffering from, besides a case of melodrama, is what many students can empathize with: acute academia repulsiva, or “Good God, I can’t stand being in school anymore.”

I’m embarrassed to say that I don’t remember when I should’ve received my bachelor’s. All I know is that I finished high school in three years, took a two (or was it three?)-year break from college and that I’m now behind.

Long gone are my fellow high school classmates from their respective universities: UC Berkeley, UCLA, Cornell, Princeton…

But here I still am, an umpteenth-year junior pointing fingers at myself and wondering where I went wrong.

So to amend my guilt and fulfill my masochistic need to punish myself, I recently decided to become the prodigal college student: take 15 units of summer school classes; spend up to 14 hours a day cramming textbook facts into my head; drag myself to a part-time job; use class breaks to play phone tag with sources for Daily Titan articles – along with many other delights.

The summer regimen seemed overwhelming at first, but that was only because I was spoiled by those perks of life like – oh, let’s say – sleeping and talking to friends through other mediums than my MySpace inbox.

So to all of my fellow Titans suffering from mental exhaustion, zombie-like expressions and caffeine-induced agitations, I can only say one thing: stop fighting the four-year itch.

Accept the fact that more and more undergraduates aren’t getting out within the typical time frame.

Color outside the lines. Break out of the box. Enjoy your youth, and hell, maybe even take a minute to run a brush through your hair.

Sooner or later, the light will appear at the end of the college tunnel and the real world will eventually find us.

And we thought passing next week’s psychology paper was bad.

Julie Kim is a junior Journalism major contact her at Opinion@dailytitan.com

QUOTE OF THE WEEK...

“Oh you hate your job? Why didnʼt you say so? Thereʼs a support group for that. Itʼs called Everybody, and they meet at the bar.”

Drew Carey

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Is it Just Me? ...Workday Blues

By VIRGINIA TERZIAN Summer Titan Assistant News Editor

Each year, like clock-work, college students travel a combination of thousands of miles to return home for the summer, with the wise words of professors about the importance of education and a thirst for knowledge dancing in their heads. They march straight to Burger King and fill out an application for a summer job.

We spend thousands of dollars each year on a university education in order to improve ourselves, only to spend our summers working at minimum wage jobs that our high school counterparts didn’t want.

While many people picture their summers home as fun-filled and fast-phased. For many of us, it is simply a time when we must work 40 hours per week. And while we would all prefer to spend our summer money on new shoes or a trip to Palm Springs, we have no choice

but to save every red cent in preparation for lab fees and next fall’s tuition. So as tuition costs rise, financial aid plummets, causing many college students to realize that the only way to pay for school is to get a job. And isn’t it lovely how few options are available for college students during our summers off from school?

For some of us it’s the internships, the opportunity to experience our future jobs first-hand.

However, these jobs usually pay next to nothing and at times cost us more in gas then they give us in stipends. Others find themselves helping the less educated through tutoring jobs. Some find solace working at camps or theme parks playing babysitter to children while wearing unattractive outfits. While still others are reduced to the time-honored phrase, “Would you like fries with that?”

Most of us are attending college in order to find a good job when we graduate, because we don’t want to work for minimum wage for the rest of our lives. Yet here we are doing the things we hate the most in order to do the things we want to do with our lives.

But what can we do until the state, or more particularly, the “Governator” realizes that college students are people too and need money just as much as special interest groups. We are the next generation of the work force and should be treated with respect. We are the people who will take care of the baby boomers when they hit old age; we are the people whose lives are being lost in Iraq each day; we are the generation that will deal with the consequences of our “political leaders’” decisions.

The state of California is dealing with a situation where most of our businesses are leaving in pursuit of lower start-up costs and lower taxes. And with the loss of these jobs, the state loses valuable revenues. The solution: give students a break on education and give business owners a break on taxes. Only then, can businesses grow and create better jobs for California’s work force. But until then, we will be reduced to working the jobs that no one else wants each summer, and dreaming of the day when six-figure salaries replace the $6.75 per hour we get for flipping a cheese-burger.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Game Seven of NBA Finals ‘Guaran-sheed’

The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO - The identity of the next NBA champion will not be known for another two days – not until Game 7 of a suddenly suspenseful series is over.

Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton and the Detroit Pistons weren’t ready to concede their title, and Tim Duncan’s San Antonio Spurs weren’t quite good enough to earn it Tuesday night.

Behind the scoring of their guards and several clutch plays from foul-plagued Rasheed Wallace down the stretch, the defending champions displayed the resiliency they’ve become known for as they defeated San Antonio 9586 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to send the championship series will to a winner-take-all game for the first time since 1994.

Billups made five of the Pistons’ eight 3-pointers as they matched their long-range output from the first five games combined.

Billups scored 21, Hamilton had 23 and Wallace 16 for the Pistons, who played at their peak despite being on the brink of elimination.

There were 23 lead changes and seven ties in the first three quarters before Detroit built a sevenpoint lead in the fourth quarter and stayed ahead the rest of the way, handing the Spurs just their sixth home loss in 51 games at the SBC Center this season.

Now, the Pistons will have to try to become the first team in finals history to win the last two games on the road.

Once again, ball control was one of the key factors as Detroit committed just five turnovers against 19 assists.

“We’re just tough as nails,” Billups said. “Our motto is, ‘If it ain’t rough, it ain’t right.’ We always make it tough on ourselves, but we always find a way to climb out of that foxhole.”

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Ricky Romero agrees to contract with Jays Fullerton starter Ricky Romero signed a contract with the Toronto Blue Jays last Thursday that included a $2.4 million signing bonus.

Toronto came to terms with the lefthander just nine days after making him the sixth overall pick in the first round of the 2005 Amateur Draft.

SUZANNE SULLIVAN/Summer Titan Photo Editor The Samurai Bears, an independant league team from Japan, watch from the dugout of Goodwin Field during their first of three games against the Fullerton Flyers, on Tuesday.

Dogers Offensive Woes Continue in 2-1 defeat The Associated Press Woody Williams threw 6 2-3 solid innings for his first victory in nearly two months, leading the San Diego Padres to a 2-1 victory over the Dodgers on Tuesday night, Los Angeles’ season-high eighth straight loss.

Williams (3-5) allowed one run and five hits with four strikeouts and one walk for his first win since April 25 against San Francisco. The right-hander, who was on the disabled list for nearly one month with a strained left oblique, had lost his last four starts, including his first two since coming off the disabled list on June 5.

Los Angeles has scored just 16 runs in the losing streak and has been shut out twice in the last five games.

Robert Fick drove in both San Diego runs with a single in the fourth inning off Derek Lowe (58).

Lowe, who allowed two runs and eight hits in six innings, walked four while striking out five. The Dodgers starter escaped a bases-loaded jam in the third whby stiking out Mark Sweeney.

But the right-hander couldn’t get out of a jam in the fourth when San Deigo scored two runs with a walk, three singles and a sacrafice fly.

Titan invited to USA National team tryout Cal State Fullerton shortstop Blake Davis has accepted an invitation to participate in the 2005 USA Baseball National Team trials to be held June 27-30 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. The national team will be selected from a pool of 39 players with the official 20-man roster announced on July 1.

Davis hit .325 over the 2005 campaign leading the team with eight triples and 17 stolen bases.

2005 NCAA Baseball World Series Update Entering play on Wednesday, Texas, Arizona State, Baylor and University of Florida are the four teams still in contention for college baseball’s biggest prize on its biggest stage at the 2005 College World Series in Omaha Nebraska.

Texas is undefeated so far in this year’s tournament with wins over Baylor and Tulane. In an elimination game on Tuesday, Baylor came back from a 7-0 deficit in the sixth inning to eliminate Tulane and earn a rematch with the Longhorns today.

Arizona State lost to hometown favorite Nebraska in their opener, but rallied late for three runs to beat Tennessee 4-2 on Monday and defeated the Huskers 8-7 with a walk-off homerun in the eleventh inning on Tuesday to set up a third-straight elimination game against Florida.