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ULTIMATE JIU-JITSU: Victor Phan (in black), president of CSUFʼs Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club, and club member Francisco Vega demonstrate the “crucifix,” a Jiu-Jitsu maneuver.
Jiu-Jitsu Not For Faint of Heart CSUF club helps members prepare for professional dreams By Jamie Quarles
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Weʼve all seen it and sat there obsessed with the pain, the victory and the defeat. On Spike TV, weʼve watched the Ultimate Fighting Championship, as well as other martial art competitions. On April 15, at the Arrowhead Pond, a UFC competition will take place. In these fights, styles such as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, kickboxing, wrestling as well as other forms of martial arts will be used.
Among those interested in the competition are Francisco Vega, a Cal State Fullerton student, as well as other members of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club at CSUF. Vega, who has been a big fan of UFC since he was 7 years old, started the club after one and a half years of training in the sport, which was developed by Grand Master Helio Gracie. It was the Gracie family that made Jiu-Jitsu famous, Vega said. “There wasnʼt any sport I was interested in joining here on campus, so I decided to start a new club,” said Vega, president of the club. UFC has since brought 20 members into the club. The club has been in opera-
“It’s about who wants it more and who has more heart.” Victor Phan Fullerton Student
tion for two semesters and meets every Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. in the wrestling room of the Kinesiology Building, he said. Vega said with this type of martial arts, a 130-pound fighter can take on a 230-pound competitor and win. Height, weight and gender do not matter in this sport. Club Vice President Victor Phan said, Jiu-Jitsu is for every level of fighter. Women and men can join the
By Nohemy Martinez
Daily Titan Staff Writer
A study recently published by Cal State Fullerton psychology Prof. Richard Lippa, found that women with a higher sex drive have an increase sexual attraction to both sexes. The study that was released last January in Psychological Science was conducted using 3,645 men and women. Participants answered the same questionnaire with items rating individualsʼ sex drive level, attraction to men as well as their attraction toward women. The majority of the participants were California college students with an average age 20. The survey required individuals to rate a series of statements on a seven-point scale. The following are some of the state-
ments used in the questionnaire: “I frequently think about sex,” “I am sexually attracted to men,” “If I were looking through a catalog with pictures of sexy swimsuit models, I would spend more time looking at the women than at the men.” The participants were asked to rate these statements from one through seven, one being “strongly disagree” and seven as “strongly agree.” Lippaʼs survey results revealed a strong correlation between womenʼs sex drive levels and their attraction to both sexes. In contrast, men who have a high sex drive were found to have an increase attraction only to a single sex as opposed to both. Lippa, a Stanford graduate, released the second edition of his book “Gender, Nature and Nurture.” His main area of concentration focuses on gender masculinity and femininity. “Somehow I became curious to find out how sex drive is related to the attracSEE STUDY = PAGE 3
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ike many other college graduates, when Mark Poblete graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 2002 he wasnʼt sure what he was going to do with the rest of his life. He never imagined, however, that only a few years later a life-threatening disease could rob him of ever making those decisions. Poblete, a 27-year-old former communications major, was diagnosed with stage two testicular cancer. Prior to his diagnosis, he experienced pain in his groin
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MASTER DEBATER: Javier Gamboa speaks in the Quad alongside Heather Williams on Wednesday. The two are running for presidential positions for ASI.
for a while and was urged by friends and family to get checked out. Poblete was sent to various specialists and doctors who ran numerous tests and scans on him before he was officially informed of his condition. “I knew from the reaction of every doctor that each piece of news I was getting was not good,” Poblete said. “I was definitely scared.” Despite the days of uncertainty and enduring the pain from his condition, nothing could have prepared him for the moment he first learned of the cancer. “I thought my life was going to be cut short,” Poblete said. “The news hit me hard. The first person I told was my boss, and when I told her, I started crying hard. Never in my life would I have expected this.” While other people his age
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club even if they do not know Jiu-Jitsu, he said. Jiu-Jitsu is the primary and most common fighting style for UFC fighters and martial artists because most of the fighting takes place on the ground, Vega said. Nima Ryan Moradian, former vice president of the club, said he believes about 90 percent of the fights at UFC end up with fighters wrestling on the ground. Any fighter competing in UFC needs to be trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Moradian said. Sometimes, when the club meets, instructors from the Gracie Gym come to help teach Jiu-Jitsu to the Club, Moradian
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bout 150 Cal State Fullerton students attended the Spring 2006 Associated Students Inc. presidential debates on Wednesday. There were six candidates composed of three teams on hand to answer questions on their platforms as well as questions from the students in attendance. The teams included candidates Heather Williams-P and Javier GamboaVP; Brian Richter-P and Julia JuradoVP; and Urmi Rahman-VP. Rahman had to address the issues alone because her running mate Arya Hawkins-P was in New York for his United Nations class. ASI elections commissioner Jamie Nangpi, first asked the candidates how they are going to get the word out about ASI once they are in office. Richter said by coming into the election as a non-incumbent he finds ASI to be a very elitist organization. “I believe there needs to be full stu-
dent awareness of ASI, and the only way to do that is to create an open door policy on all board meetings and to promote that policy with banners and signs on campus,” he said. Williams said it is very important for students to know what ASI is because they pay $54 toward the organization every semester that will increase over the next couple of years. “It is important for students to know about these fees and how ASI utilizes them,” she said. Williams said they plan on getting the word out about ASI through word of mouth by building a campus community and having students work together. Rahman said they want to make ASI more transparent by holding the Board of Directors accountable for spreading the word about their organization and educating the student body through class presentations. “We want them to go above and beyond their positions,” Rahman said. The second question for the candidates asked how they could get students to participate in more school activities. Williams said that there are already many ASI activities on campus, such as ASI productions and activities in the
are starting budding careers or dating, Poblete knew he was beginning a battle for his life. After discovery of the cancer, a surgery was immediately scheduled for one week later on Aug. 23, 2005 to remove one of his testicles. Once the appointment was arranged, Poblete returned home where he had to perform what he described as the hardest thing and inform his parents, Reynaldo and Nina, of his illness. “I was really scared to confront them with the news,” Poblete said. “I thought I would downplay it a little so they wouldnʼt get worried. I reassured them that I would be OK, but I didnʼt know that for sure.” Poblete said his parents were in a state of complete shock. Yet despite their crying and fear for their son, he
said they have been supportive every step of the way. Another main source of support for Poblete is his girlfriend, Rose Ashtari. Throughout the entire process Ashtari remained by his side, going to every doctorʼs appointment with him and taking care of him at home when he felt ill. “I think one of the best things I did to help Mark through the whole ordeal was that I never let him see me cry or worried,” Ashtari said. “When he wasnʼt there, I cried like a baby in my momʼs arms; but around him I was solid as a rock. I thought that if he thought I was strong, it would help him to be even stronger.” Poblete credited Ashtari with helping him through his SEE POBLETE = PAGE 3
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