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ASI Strikes Down Policy Academic Senate holds off on new language requirement, delay could cost thousands

New Club Cooking Up Animal-Friendly Cuisine By Dominic Kingdamo

Daily Titan Staff Writer

A new club in the works on campus hopes to host vegetarian cooking classes. The Bhakti Club got its name from a Hindu word meaning devotion, or path of devotion. However, Sheela Vashishtha, the

clubʼs president, said the organization isnʼt necessarily religious in nature, though itʼs rooted in ancient philosophies. “Iʼm always wanting to get more involved on campus and I thought it would be a good way to introduce something different to Cal State Fullerton,” Vashishtha said. The club originally wanted to incorporate yoga into its name

because one aspect of yoga is vegetarianism, Vashishtha said, adding that the club wants to introduce ancient Eastern philosophies and spirituality to CSUF students. Vashishtha was raised as a vegetarian herself. Vashishtha is a senior psychology major at CSUF and had the idea to start the club after brainstorming with her friend David Jenkins.

Jenkins, who is also a vegetarian, teaches a similar cooking class once a week at UC Irvine through the campusʼs Bhakti Club. “The way a vegetarian cooking class comes out of a Bhakti Club is that vegetarianism is a way that you can appreciate life more by limiting the amount of violence you have in your diet,” Jenkins said. He said he prepares a quick

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State College structure completed ahead of schedule, partially open By Cindy Tullues

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TITANS SWEEP THE FIELD

(Left) Third baseman Crystal Vieyra screams after scoring a run during Game 2 of a doubleheader against Long Beach State. The Titans beat the 49ers 16-0. (Right) CSUF pitcher Lauren Gagnier pitches against UC Davis batter at the Goodwin Field on Friday night. The Titans beat the Aggies 11-2. See full stories on Pagepage 8.

Recent data shows majority of Titan grads excel during first years in teaching field By Natalie Murillo

Daily Titan Staff Writer

The latest annual Cal State Fullerton preparation program evaluation showed that 87 percent of firstyear teachers were prepared or more than prepared to teach in many subject areas for high school levels and levels from kindergarten to eighth grade. “Weʼve still got a long way to go,” Ashley Bishop, acting dean of the College of Education. “Weʼre very pleased.” Carmen Zuniga Dunlap said the

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evaluation is compiled by the first year studentʼs evaluation of themselves and an evaluator that is selected. The evaluator could be a principal or a department chair, but it must be someone who has been observing the teacher. “Youʼre never sure what 87 percent means,” Bishop said. “All you could do is look at yourself [CSUF] and look at other universities like yourself.” Bishop added that the results do not mean that other universities arenʼt doing better than CSUF in specific categories “If you take great students and if you take great faculty and you place SEE EVALUATION = PAGE 3

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Speakers to address students during 15th annual symposium By Kirsten Alto

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tudents will show off their work in the field of language as the Linguistics Student Association hosts its 15th annual linguistics symposium all day today in the Titan Student Union. Four acclaimed speakers from universities, including UC Berkeley and UCLA, will join six graduate students from Cal State Fullerton to

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fter months of anticipation, Cal State Fullertonʼs State College parking structure opened today, adding new spaces to the campusʼs existing parking inventory. Students with a valid CSUF permit can now utilize the new parking structure, which houses approximately 1,500 parking spaces including nearly 75 surface spaces in Lot B. “I think it is fair to say that we have finally caught up,” said Mike Smith, director of design and construction for CSUF. One hundred and twenty ground level spaces are designated for short-term parking, but wonʼt be open until further notice. The six-story structure has an improved lighting system as well as interior painting to improve visibility, Joe Ferrer, CSUF director of Parking and Transportation Services said in an email interview. The $20 million structure also features two interior ramps to upper parking levels as well

as two entrances on Gym Drive and West Campus Drive. Though smaller than the Nutwood Parking Structure, the new structure provides convenient parking by the Titan Shops, Titan Student Union, Kinesiology building and future Student Recreation Center, Ferrer said. The new structure was funded by bonds that are being paid off by student and faculty parking fees, Smith said. “Everyone participates. Itʼs not just one or the other, ” he said. CSUF increased student parking fees to build the Nutwood and State College structures. “For future structures to be funded, a parking fee increase will be necessary,” Ferrer said. Despite not opening the structure on its originally scheduled date of April 3, the project was still completed three months ahead of the revised schedule. “The contractor is Bomel and they have done a fantastic job,” Smith said. “They brought it early.” The delayed opening was due to installation of the exterior, glass panels on the elevator structure, Ferrer said. “We cannot operate the elevators until they pass an inspection which could not be scheduled SEE PARKING = PAGE 3

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More Spaces, Expect to Curb Parking Woes

By Jody Cason

he Academic Senate at Cal State Fullerton voted yes on Thursday to postpone a second language graduation requirement policy for another two years, which could end up wasting thousands of dollars. “I have spent at least 20 percent of my time each day thinking about and working on this issue for the past three years,” Janet L. Eyring, chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literature, said. “I have been writing about, editing, discussing and commissioning this issue for a long time.” She said $40,000 spent in preparation of the language policy is “down the tubes.” Eyring added that she has been working on the policy since the fall of 2003, and her department is more than ready to accommodate an implementation of the policy. Associated Students Inc. Executive Vice President Heather Williams, who is a student-voting representative of the Academic Senate, said she definitely approves of the postponement because more research will enable decision makers to better analyze the impact of such a policy on CSUF students. Williams said 13 units of language study could prove too much for students to take on. “We just want to make sure this is something that we can realistically require of the students,” she said. Leon Gilbert, professor of modern languages & literatures at CSUF, said the Academic Senate has had plenty of time to do research, and they have done so. “The original policy was passed in 2002,” Gilbert said. “The [Academic] Senate has had four years to figure out the nuts and bolts of this implementation.” Gilbert said that one of the concerns of the Academic Senate is the fear that implementing a language requirement will cause the university to lose new students, as well as transfer students, to other schools that donʼt have language requirements. In spite of this fear, Gilbert said enrollment applications for next fall are already 10 percent higher than they were this time last year, despite language requirements. Tom Klammer, the dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, said there are other concerns to consider before implementing this policy. “Many components that are needed are not ready yet,” he said, adding that several classes that would be necessary if the policy were implemented have not been approved. There are also challenge exams

cooking demonstration and then brings a full vegetarian meal for everybody. Then participants may ask questions about vegetarianism and cooking in general. Cooking information is available for those who are interested, Jenkins said. Itʼs not a requirement to be a vegetarian or even to want to be

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discuss topics such as Chinese speakersʼ English syntax, child language acquisition, Spanish speakers and teaching French. “The diversity of these topics is truly amazing,” said Alan Kaye, the Cal State Fullerton chapterʼs graduate adviser, who has been involved with the association for 35 years. Colleen Davis, chapter president, said she wanted to expose others to the association, and spark interest in its work. Having a diverse range of topics enabled the symposium creators to fulfill their main goals. “We want to show the best work happening in the lin-

guistics field, and we want to make it interesting for those outside the field and get them interested in what we do,” Davis said. The club would not only like to see students already mastering the art of language, but also those who havenʼt heard much about the topic. The event speakers were encouraged to discuss topics that wouldnʼt alienate the general public. “The speakers have been specifically instructed to give talks that are accessible to the general CSUF community,” Jayson Aguilar, vice president SEE LANGUAGE = PAGE 2

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