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The nostalgic Continental Room in Fullerton showcases Elvis impersonator Kirk Wall
Unclogging Writer’s Block Students struggling with papers can seek assistance through tutorials workshops available
Students, professors suggest improvements after lease is renewed for one-year term
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Latina sorority members and 131 were non-members. The majority of questions revolved around three main issues: womenʼs perception of the campus, the climate of the campus, and how well adjusted the women are to the campus. There are several other aspects that contribute to the adjustment of female students to college life, but for the
aving a hard time writing that term paper or essay? Help is here and the Writing Assistance Center eagerly awaits students. Cal State Fullerton students may go to McCarthy Hall room 45 to meet with a tutor and get help with writing, grammar, punctuation and much more. “Tutorials are by appointment or students may walk-in if an appointment is a no-show or there is an open time slot,” Writing Assistance Coordinator Sheryl Fontaine said. Tutors have 30 minutes per session to coach their tutees. “Some sessions will be done sooner, but we try to take up the full half hour, because youʼll never really have a perfect paper,” said Sean Gantka, graduate student and writing center tutor. “We donʼt tell them what to do, but we tell them how to do it.” Tutors try to make it clear to students that they will not correct their mistakes, but will go over studentsʼ work to help them understand ways to improve their writing skills. “We donʼt revise papers, we sit and discuss problems,” Gantka said. Gantka said that while most of the students that take advantage of the centerʼs services are English students required to visit for classes, many of these students come back after finding their tutorials helpful. Many students are unaware of the benefits of sitting down with a tutor. Not only do tutors help with writing assignments, but they also recently implemented conversational tutorials – where second language students may come to converse for 30 minutes and develop proficient skills in English conversation. Group tutorials are also held by appointment. Every semester, various workshop ideas are handpicked and held by some of the centerʼs tutors. This semester, workshops include “APA and MLA Format”, “Adding Flavor to Your Style,” “Proofreading and Editing” and more. “Each tutor usually offers one workshop a semester and there are usually 25 students per workshop,” Gantka said. Tips from tutors on how to be a “super tutee” include being on time and having a specific intention for the session, such as paper revision or ideas for writing assignments. If a student cannot make a tutorial, they must call an hour before their appointment to cancel. If a student has two “no-shows” for tutorial appoint-
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fter the announcement of the lease renewal of the Irvine campus for another year and a second building in the works, students have some ideas about what resources they would like to see come to the satellite campus. The campus currently consists of a two-story building that has 21 classrooms and two parking lots. There is a lounge with a television, library, computer lab, bookstore and café that serves coffee and snacks. The campus also has a division of student affairs, academic advising, special-event ticket sales, admissions, registration and a cashier on campus. Most of the classes currently offered are upper-division courses and even some classes televised live from the main campus. Irvine campus students listed easy parking and convenient location from work or home as the things they liked most about attend“I am no eco- ing classes at the satellite nomics major, campus. but I fail to “I think the parking see how this is way betis good busi- ter here, but ness.” thatʼs because not very Ray Gonzales many people are coming Fullerton Student here yet,” English major Lindsey Lefebure said. Communications Professor Holly Ocasio Rizzo said she misses interacting with other teachers in her field and the community on the main campus, a perk thatʼs unavailable on the smaller Irvine campus. Many students listed better and fresher food options as something they would like to see change in the future. Radio-TV-film major Ray Gonzales said often times the café is closed during breaks from classes and there is usually only one person running the register causing students to wait in a long line. “I am no economics major, but I fail to see how this is good business,” Gonzales said. Another setback students listed was the lack of variety in classes offered. The classes requested ranged form lower division to Middle Eastern studies. Criminal justice major Thomas Mognom said the lack of classes offered at the Irvine campus is the reason for his “extended educational career.” Many students were not even aware there was a library on campus or complained its hours were too short. They also had some thoughts on the Titan Student Union Lounge. SEE IRVINE = PAGE 3
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LOVING FANS TENDER: Kirk Wall. the “self-proclaimed best Elvis impersonator in Fullerton,” serenades patrons of the Continental Room in downtown Fullerton. By Dominic Kingdamo
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rior to going on stage, the man everyone is waiting for casually finishes off a bottle of Corona – his only pre-show ritual. As the anticipation in the room steadily builds, the stage curtain is finally opened to reveal a man adorned in a custom-made white jumpsuit. Itʼs Kirk Wall, “the self-proclaimed, best Elvis impersonator in Fullerton.”
Step into the dimly lit, intimate, nostalgic Continental Room in downtown Fullerton on a Wednesday night, and youʼll be treated to what might be one of the bustling areaʼs best-kept secrets. “We had one guy prior to him and he was good, but he wasnʼt as good as Kirk,” said Sean Francis, owner of the Continental Room for the past four years. “When he gets up on stage heʼs as close to Elvis as you can get.” Wall, who comes from a musical family, has been an Elvis Presley impersonator for 20 years and a professional performer in some form or another for
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Study: Latinas in Sororities Adjust Better in College By Nohemy Martinez
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Cal State Fullerton faculty member Gina Garcia introduced a new research study that found a strong correlation between women in Latina sororities and their adjustment to the college environment. Garcia, student retention and assessment coordinator at the College of Natural
Sciences and Mathematics, began researching this study as part of her graduate thesis last May at the University of Maryland. While conducting her study, Garcia found that there was a lack of research and literature studying the correlation of sororities and women. Being a member of Lambda Theta Alpha, Latin Sorority Inc. herself at the University of Maryland, Garcia began to concentrate her study strictly on Latina sororities.
What she found was that women who participated in Latina sororities “were significantly more adjusted, specifically, more adjusted socially and in relation to their commitment to the institution,” compared to women who are non-members, Garcia said. She compiled her data through a series of online questionnaires given to women in and out of Latina sororities throughout the US. Out of 314 college students who participated, 183 were
Bio Professor Dives Into Issues From the Deep Over-fishing is the biggest problem facing oceans today By Jickie Torres
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CONCERN: UCSB Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology Steve Gaines spoke to biology students about his research in marine populations as part of a seminar series.
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even longer. A classically trained opera singer, Wallʼs first experience singing was in the church choir, of which his father was the director. “[While singing] a lot of the gospel songs, I started sounding more like Elvis than my dad wanted me to sound like,” Wall said. “It was fun to make the choir laugh.” Wall was in several rockʻnʼroll garage bands as a youth before finding his
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UC Santa Barbara Professor Steve Gaines spoke to Cal State Fullerton students on Wednesday as part of a lecture series hosted by the Biology Graduate Students Club and the Southern California Ecosystems research program.
Gaines, who is also director for research at the Marine Science Institute at UCSB, addressed issues concerning perspectives on marine reserves, particularly those pertaining to population and the relationship of those protected areas with fisheries that supply the seafood worldwide. “One in five people on earth get most of their protein form the sea,” Gaines said. In the 1950s, the bulk of seafood came form areas off the California coast, the perimeter of Great Britain and the western coast of Africa, he said. According to recent data highlight-
ed in his lecture, the primary harvesting zone has grown to encompass most of the Southern Hemisphere. In fact, virtually none of the ocean has been left untouched, Gaines said. Marine reserves have yielded data that show very radical and promising results, Gaines said. Among the changes observed within a protected area, a 400 percent increase of biomass or living organisms was found. Data has also revealed a 200 percent increase in density of that biomass within the space and an increase SEE MARINE = PAGE 3
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