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Graveyard Shifts to Die For
Train Jubilee Attracts Fans in Fullerton
Night owls flock to jobs with unconventional hours while rest of world slumbers
Disney’s Ripley Steam engine makes showing at Railroad Days
By Adam Levy
For the Daily Titan
By Jickie Torres
Itʼs 6 a.m., and the sun hasnʼt quite risen over the city of Westminster, as Mike Rogalski turns off his engine, secures his briefcase, grabs the bag containing his double western bacon cheeseburger and unlocks the door to his house. Most of his neighbors are hitting the snooze button or grabbing the newspapers out of their driveways, but Rogalski, 46, is just returning home after a 12-hour shift spent chauffeuring a parade of night owls through Orange County in his taxicab. While many of us are asleep the whole night through, over 22 million Americans are earning paychecks on the graveyard shift between the hours of midnight and 8 a.m., according to an article by ABC News. Gas station and convenience store clerks; limousine, taxi and tow truck drivers; police, paramedics and firefighters; as well as hospital workers are only a few of the many vocations that rely on employees to work the graveyard shift. Many factors contribute to the graveyard shiftʼs appeal to some people. Like the nights they feel, these jobs move at a different pace without the congestion of a busy workday. “I like driving without all of the traffic,” said Rogalski, who has logged over 15 years behind the wheel for an Orange County taxi service. “The hours of the night I work, the roads really open up.” The graveyard shift spawns a counter culture lifestyle for those who stay on the clock after the sun has set. “I prefer sleeping during the day, and I have the afternoon to spend with my kids coaching their baseball games,” Garden Grove Police Sgt. Tom Dare, 37, said. One catch of the graveyard shift is the social detachment from family and friends who keep different hours. “Itʼs hard to get together with people and participate in my churchʼs events or my childʼs school activities with the schedule,” said Wendi Distler, a 40-yearold 911 dispatcher in Brea. Itʼs in the late night hours, however, that many of a communityʼs more seedy characters come out because less people are out and about. “We tend to deal with high crime-type people at night, be it gang members, drug addicts and burglars,” Dare said. “Once its past midnight, [drivers are] usually up to something bad, be it SEE TAXI = PAGE 4
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RAILINʼ ALONG: Railroad fans flock to the Santa Fe Depot in downtown Fullerton for the eighth annual Railroad Days Festival.
Student Film Makes Debut at CSUN By Jackie Kimmel
For the Daily Titan
Nazis, Ikea-based art, and student protests were the focus at the May 3 premiere of the student film “Bauhaus: Broken Wings.” Bauhaus, best known for the Bauhaus art movement, and being the inspiration for Ikea furniture, was an art school that produced art, sculptures, furniture, and architecture around the idea of streamlines and textures. Bauhaus was a progressive
school for its time. It was not surprising that student protests occurred when the Nationalist Party took power and threatened the continued growth of school, and its teachings. “The Bauhaus philosophy was making art affordable for the masses, and it was this philosophy that the Nationalist Party and Hitler did not approve of,” said Cal State Northridge film student and “Bauhaus: Broken Wings” director Philipp Eierund. Eierund, a German internaSEE BAUHAUS = PAGE 3
Diversity Increasing on Campus By Dena Hamedani
For the Daily Titan
The minority student population at Cal State Fullerton continued to rise last semester, according to data compiled by Institutional Research and Analytical Studies. The organization, which has been analyzing trends in CSUFʼs
increasing enrollment since the fall of 2000, doesnʼt collect data. Instead the organization analyzes frozen student enrollment files and then builds the tables and statistical information, which can be viewed on the Internet. Data for this semester will be available on the Internet by the middle of May, said Charlene Carr, senior research analyst for the orga-
nization. Numbers from last semester showed white students at Cal State Fullerton made up 34 percent of the campus population, while Latinos made up 25 percent and Asians or Pacific Islanders made up 22 percent. SEE ENROLLMENT = PAGE 4
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Graphic Art on Display International student’s work satirically portrays first impressions of U.S. By Nohemy Martinez
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Marion Eisenmann is an artist who expresses her impressions of life through graphic art and illustrations. Her art explores illustrations and concept design and is displayed in the Visual Art Departmentʼs West Gallery through May 11. “I am the person who writes the story,” she said. “The characters are just waiting for their destiny.” As a Cal State Fullerton international student from Ingolstadt, Germany, Eisenmannʼs art satirically portrays her first impressions of the United States – exaggerated human behaviors, sizes and shapes. One of her featured illustrations is a departure from other samples that showcase some of Eisenmannʼs more exotic characters. The piece depicts a large woman standing behind a grocery store checkout counter, wearing big glasses and a Vons
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Resident Student Association gives campus live-ins a voice
The overcast skies above Downtown Fullerton didnʼt stop the throngs of people filing in for the Fullerton Railway Plaza Associationʼs eighth annual Railroad Days Festival over the weekend. Despite the long lines, association volunteer Jack Barich felt the day was only beginning to show its potential. “Iʼd say weʼre not as busy as weʼd maybe expected, but itʼs still early and more people usually come later,” Barich said. Lines formed all over the grounds of Santa Fe Depot, as adults and children alike waited to board vintage diesel locomotives, MetroLink passenger cars and some private train cars that were pulled into the Fullerton station. Denise Hatha and her 4-yearold son waited in line to tour Coast Rail services Caboose CSRX No. 1002, but they said they didnʼt mind the long wait. “Everyoneʼs just excited to be able to walk through trains that you would never get a chance to anywhere else,” she
said. “The kids love it, and the adults love it.” The longest line of Saturdayʼs attraction belonged to the E.P. Ripley Steam engine. Eager children and their parents waited their turn to climb aboard and pull the bell that announced Walt Disneyʼs arrival to his parkʼs opening day in 1955. It was the first time the train left Disneyland for any public appearance, and the public seized the rare opportunity. Shannon Broggie, co-founder of the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society said she was particularly proud to watch the crowds of fans enjoying the chance to climb aboard the train. “I think this is the first time the trainʼs been out, because the new president [Disney President Roger Iger] has been making some big changes,” Broggie said. “Heʼs been doing some good stuff.” Her organization is a combination of Disney fans and train enthusiasts, and they follow the history of the Disneyland trains. Her husband, Michael, was onboard the Ripley with Walt Disney on its inaugural voyage. Roger Broggie, Michaelʼs father, was a director of engineering who helped create the
MONDAY
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ARTISTIC VIEW: Marion Eisenmann stands in front of her illustration, a Pasadena hotel. apron. On the other side of the counter stands a large man with a mullet, a mermaid tattoo on his arm, a cigarette behind his ear and two 12 packs of beer in his hands. The man watches the woman as she points with her long fingernails to a sign that reads “50 percent off your next purchase of carrot juice.” David Rome, Eisenmannʼs friend, said she once offered to draw him, but he declined the offer. He later said he regretted the decision.
“I knew she had talent, but I didnʼt know she was this good,” Rome said. One of the main features in Eisenmannʼs gallery is a graphic novel “Sage Brush Cantina.” The gallery is laid out to chronologically show Eisenmannʼs process of producing artwork for a graphic novel, more commonly recognized as a comic strip. Eisenmann said the story has yet to be written, but the comic is based on the life of a dancer named Flavio, who along with a handful of characters in the graphic novel series has distinct costumes and slick hairstyles. One of the illustrations includes a crane mocking the movements of Flavio. Eisenmann explained that most dance movements derive from animals. “Dancers have always adapted to the styles of animals,” she said. Delia Guevarra, CSUF photography major, said her favorite illustration was the camp ground depicted in three styles: black and white, dark shades of blue and in color. She said she was most attracted to the black and SEE ARTIST = PAGE 3
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