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that they have a disease is if their partner tells them or they go to the doctor to get tested and not too many colleges students do that,” Koser said. When untreated, some STDs, such as syphilis, can be deadly. About 8,000 By ASHLEY MAJESKI cases of the disease were reported in Daily Titan Staff the United States last year, according to AP. Gonorrhea rates in the United States Mary Hermann, the director of Health have dropped to the lowest level record- Education and Promotion at CSUF, said ed since 1941. However, other sexually that the Health Center provides free transmitted diseases, such as Chlamydia STD screenings for students. and syphilis, are on the rise, especially They also hold classes three days a among gay men. week dealing with issues such as STD All three diseases are caused by bac- prevention and reproductive health. teria that is transmitted through sex Ashley Elliot, a student at Cal State and can cause a variety Long Beach, said sexually transmitted diseasof problems, including Know your partes are something that pain, blisters and future is definitely a problem reproductive problems. ner if your’re havon college campuses. According to the ing intercourse ... “Itʼs a big issue,” Associated Press, the It’s a great world, Elliot said. “One perChlamydia rate has but you’ve got to son gets it and then it risen about 6 percent be healthy. goes around.” since 2003. Syphilis, Koser said that a more rare sexually Kathy Koser Chlamydia is probably transmitted disease, has CSUF kinesiology chair the most common STD risen 81 percent since on college campuses, 2000. Though the reason for the rise is but sexually active persons should take unknown, some experts believe that precautions to protect against all STDs. While there are no ways to completeincreased risky sexual behavior and ly protect against the diseases, Koser lack of knowledge may be to blame. “The signs and symptoms are so recommends always using a condom minuscule that most people donʼt get when having intercourse. “College kids think itʼs not going to diagnosed,” said Kathy Koser, Cal State happen to them,” she said. “Know your Fullerton kinesiology chair. She said some men and women have partner if youʼre having intercourse and get tested. Itʼs a great world, but youʼve no symptoms of the diseases. “The only way someone would know got to be healthy.”
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Cadets Michael Kubota, left, watches David Wurbel clean an M16 after a hard days work which, included obstacle courses and repelling. See Introspect on pages 6 and 7.
L.A. Times photographer teaches Titans Mark Boster covered world events, now shares his experience By DANIELLE TORRICELLI Daily Titan Staff
Walking into a Newport Beach home during a society event, the Dalai Lama was just standing in the living room. For father, husband, photographer and Cal State Fullerton advanced photojournalism professor Mark Boster, seeing the Dalai Lama in
that living room was just one story to add to a lifetime of memorable experiences. And at 51 he has no plans to slow down. “Adapt or die,” Boster said is his personal motto. “You have to embrace the future … and enjoy what life throws at you,” Boster said. “Itʼs the way I live my life.” From orphans in Kosovo to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to the Super Bowl, Boster has photographed a variety of people and events. “I love photography,” Boster said. “Iʼm amazed that they pay me
to do what I do.” A 22-year Los Angeles Times photographer, Boster was part of three teams that have won the Pulitzer Prize. In 1993 he covered the Los Angeles riots; in 1994 he photographed the aftermath of the Northridge earthquake; and in 2003 he shot the Southern California wildfires. “I guess I do have one-fiftieth of the Pulitzer,” Boster said. “One of these days Iʼll get my own.” Bosterʼs college career consisted of photography and a three-year stint on the CSUF football team as a second-string lineman, which paid
approach to create awareness of the nearly 130,000 children in the United States who need a home. “[The exhibit] was … I donʼt know the word for it. Emotional,” said Steve Rajcic, Anaheim CM School Supply storeowner and a sponsor of the Heart Gallery. The photos, taken by nine professional volunteer photographers, are framed, matted and include brief summaries in the corner of each adoptable child. The summary beneath Julieʼs photo begins, “I want a nice family,” as she sits posed with her head resting on her right hand. In another photo, eight-year-old Tania sits grinning at the camera
with a tiny, white flower tucked behind her ear. “Itʼs overwhelming,” said Sally Waranch, owner of the Sarah Bain Gallery in Brea and a Heart Gallery sponsor. “You know, how can we allow this many children to be without homes? What about the holidays? What about Santa Claus? Whoʼs there to hold them when they skin their knees?” While every volunteer has a different reason for helping, Waranch said her involvement with the program was personal. She adopted a child herself. “Being an adoptive mom, it
Gallery helps family open doors, hearts to orphans Portraits of children with new parents help raise awareness By KARI HAMANAKA Daily Titan Staff
Three-year-old Yvette found a family and so did two-year-old Sergio and 15-year-old Quintin, but the portraits of more than a dozen less fortunate children up for adoption in Orange County still hang from the walls of the La Habra Childrenʼs Museum. Grassroots organizations like the Heart Gallery take an alternative
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for his tuition and books. A football injury during his junior year prompted Boster to give up football, at the doctorʼs urging, and focus primarily on photography. In 1976, Boster received a bachelorʼs degree in communications, with an emphasis in photojournalism at CSUF. Boster jumped into the journalism industry directly after college. His first job was in the city he was born and raised in, the Whittier Daily News. After two years at that newspaper, he worked at the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the Orange County
Register and then at the Los Angeles Times. Teaching wasnʼt originally part of his career plans. But when a fellow CSUF alumnus approached Boster and asked him if he was interested in teaching photography as a professional, he grabbed the opportunity. “He encourages people,” said Salvador Aguilar, who is currently enrolled in Bosterʼs class. “He teaches you to think outside the box and not shoot the typical photo.” Compared to other teachers who BOSTER 3
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The faces of about 30 children hang from various walls throughout the La Habra Children’s Museum as part of the Heart Gallery, a traveling exhibit featuring Orange County children waiting for adoption.