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Titans take time off to work with Challengers Little League Page 10
Native Americans: weaving the path to federal recognition Page 7
Student Creates Tutorial Web Site Online service offers 24-hour, 7 day a week assistance in any subject, homework help By Jody Cason
College Mentors Inspire Youth Student Diversity Program hosts event providing network to high schools By Sayuri Miura
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Kandace Head took to the stage in black attire. Her voice echoed through the Titan Theatre in the Titan Student Union on Wednesday. Head, a French major, performed a song called “Were you there?” as one of the participants in Cal State Fullerton talent show.
The show was hosted by the Student Diversity Program, as part of the Mentoring Network Program for Student Success. High school students made up half of the audience and filled the theatre with their excitement and applause. The Student Diversity Program, founded by John Reid in 1994, allows students to develop better time management skills and ultimately raise their GPA. “The Mentoring Network Program for student Success is a program developed under the Student
Diversity Program that allows for college students to go to local high schools and work with students,” said Danielle Sanders, coordinator for the program. “The purpose of this event is to let the students we work with have fun,” she said. “This event is a lot of fun, and it is a great way to reward them plus to showcase some awesome students and their talents.” Four high school students from Western High School and Valencia SEE TALENT = PAGE 3
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Railroad Days Come to Town
Texas A & M graduate student Joe Pantel knows what itʼs like to need last minute help with homework. It was two days before his statistics final, and he was having difficulty understanding all of the formulas for the exam. He realized his professor did not have the necessary time needed to assist him, and it was too late to hire a tutor. Pantel felt stuck. He began to wonder how many other students were in the same predicament day after day. So he decided to take measures in his own hands by creating a Web site that would help students in their time of need. “I wanted to offer students the ability to have confidential homework help in the comfort of their home,” he said. “Iʼm still in school myself … even I have used my own Web site.” Pantelʼs Web site, GetHomeworkHelp. com, is an online tutorial service in which a student can get assistance in any subject 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are about 3,000 tutors who work on the Web site. Pantel said the tutors have at least a bachelorʼs degree with some experience in their chosen fields and 75 percent of the tutors have a masterʼs degree. Pantel said he made it easy for students to choose a tutor that will fit their individual needs. When a student clicks on a subject, the site will display all the subcategories for that subject. SEE HOMEWORK = PAGE 5
CSUF Hopes to Recycle, Reduce Waste By Cindy Tullues
Daily Titan Asst. News Editor
Although no recycling containers are visible on campus, Cal State Fullerton is actively involved in recycling and is seeking greater student involvement. Under the guidelines of AB 75 – which relates to the percentage of waste that must be recycled – CSUF currently recycles more than half of its annual waste, said Steve Dugas, manager of landscape services. “Since Jan. 1, 2004 the campus has had to divert at least 50 percent of our waste stream through source reduction, recycling and composting activities,” Dugas said. All state facilities, including universities, are required to meet recycling standards set by AB 75. UC Davis and Cal Poly Pomona are particularly active campus recyclers, and CSUF is quickly following in their
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Fullerton Railway Plaza hosts event attracting train enthusiasts worldwide By Jicke Torres
Daily Titan Staff Writer
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tʼs common knowledge that the only sure ommon and sometimes dangerous, fire way to avoid getting an STD is to Human Papilloma Virus, is a sexually transmitted disease where the carriers are abstain from sex. However, for most adults, thatʼs not a reality. unaware they have been infected. By Jamie Quarles Daily Titan Staff Writer Denise Sadler, an RN for Chino Medical Center, said the virus, more commonly known as HPV, is not usually discovered because many times symptoms donʼt exist. The virus may only be discovered in women if they have a pap smear, and it shows that there is an abnormality in the test, she said. Over 20 million people have the virus, and most of them are women, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. When men are the carriers of HPV, they usually donʼt have any symptoms or problems that present themselves, she said. Symptoms for women can include the appearance of genital warts and possibly
some pain or discharge, she said. The warts can look like cauliflower, Sadler said. For men, warts may also be present around the genital area during an outbreak, she said. Adjunct faculty member for the Nursing Department, Susanne Phillips, said women should be worried about the virus because it is a precursor to cervical cancer. Cervical cancer could occur depending on the risk factors associated with HPV strains, and high risk factors may cause cervical cancer, she said. The low risk strains may not cause any problems, Phillips said. SEE HPV = PAGE 3
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COUNSELING CENTER Services offered to reach out to stressed CSUF students
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By Lisa Chung Daily Titan Staff Writer “Safe sex” is the way Americans are choosing to live. Today an unexpected baby is, for most, not the most feared consequence of unprotected sex. The thought of contracting a painful, life-ending disease for one nightʼs pleasure has now become a new threat. The condom: a thin layer of latex that microscopic disease-carrying cells cannot permeate, most of the time. Mary Hermann, director of health education and promotion says, “Use a condom for every sex act. That means using a condom for oral, anal and vaginal sex.”
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While condoms are effective with certain STDʼs like HIV/AIDS, gonorrhea and chlamydia, there are many others that are not very well protected against by a condom. Herpes, syphilis, human papillomavirus (HPV) can all be easily contracted, even if a condom is present during intercourse. According to the Center for Disease Control, these are all “genital ulcer diseases” and can therefore be spread through skin-toskin contact, without the exchange of bodily fluids. So what can people do to
For the eighth year in a row, the Fullerton Railway Plaza Association is hosting Fullerton Railroad Days to bring together train enthusiasts worldwide to walk through vintage train cars, admire miniatures or just mingle with train fans and the local community. Fred Canfield, chairman of Fullerton Railroad Days, said he speculates this yearʼs weekend event will be the biggest yet. The festival, arguably the cityʼs largest in terms of number of attendees, usually attracts anywhere from 30,000 to 50,000 people to Fullertonʼs Santa Fe Depot. This year many more visitors are expect to attend thanks to a certain Disney visitor. The E.P. Ripley Steam Engine, the train car that carried Walt Disney himself to crowds of fans awaiting the grand opening of the park back in 1955 will be the guest of honor for Saturday. “This is the first time that the steam engine has been outside the park for any public appearance,” Canfield said. “We are very fortunate, and we feel very thrilled to have them participate.” Representatives from Disney contacted the association and expressed their interest in participating in the event. “They have people working within the organization there that have been wanting to do this for years. They are supportive of our organization,” Canfield said. This speaks to the importance and reputation of the event, which was initially started to raise awareness for the railway museum that for years, the association has been hoping the city to approve. Canfield said he thinks this yearʼs event is particularly significant because the city council approved a redesigned transit center earlier this
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OPINION Students shouldnʼt fear sex, itʼs a perfectly healthy activity
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FIRST PLACE: Josh Brown, freshman business entertainment major, raps at the talent show in the Titan Theater on Wednesday afternoon. Brown won the talent show contest.
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