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September 27, 2006
In Brief
CAMPUS CALENDAR
SPEECH: Latino Leader Speaks
CURVES IN CONCRETE
Today
ASI Candidate Packets become available in TSU room 207. Deadline to turn in packets is Oct. 10. Dollar bowling nights. Every Wednesday from 6 to 10 p.m., the TSU Underground will be providing bowling shoes and games for $1. Free one-day walking workshop at the Arboretum from noon to 1:30 p.m. To RSVP contact Jeana French, Fit4Life Program Coordinator at the Center for Successful Aging, at successaging@fullerton.edu or 714.278.7012.
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Titans men’s soccer host Big West Conference countyrival No. 23 ranked UC Irvine Anteaters at 7 p.m. at Titan Stadium. By Mark Park/For the Daily Titan
Thursday
- A student walks down the curving concrete hills of the State College Parking Structure last week. Bird’s Eye
Author Immaculee Ilibagiza, who wrote “Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust” will be at the Irvine Campus Quad at 5 p.m. for a book signing and to discuss the events she experienced in 1994. (From Page One)
BLOOD: Red Cross On Campus
Titans volleyball team opens up its Big West Conference schedule with a home game against Riverside in the Titan Gym at 7 p.m.
Friday
Titans volleyball host UC Davis in the Titan Gym at 7 p.m. in a nonconference match.
Tuesday, October 3
Titan Pride Bowling League begins. The league is open to students, faculty, staff and local community members. League matches start at 7 p.m.
responsible for setting up the equipment wherever it has a blood drive and is assisted by volunteers from the various schools. Students have different reasons to donate. Some said they feel as though they are doing something good for the community. However, Jason Darr has a deeper
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pat on the back for their contribution to society. “Come out and donate. One donation can go to help or save up to three lives,” said Buretta. Before coming in, the American Red Cross asks participants to bring a valid photo ID, eat a nutritious meal and drink plenty of water before donating.
FACULTY FOCUS
From Taiwan to CSUF By Kevin Cole
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reason behind donating. “I was in a car accident six months ago. I know the importance of the need of blood,” Darr said. “Now I’m just hoping I can help someone and return the favor.” Participants are receiving a coupon for a free small one-topping pizza from Papa John’s, a T-shirt reflecting their donation as well as a
The sizzle of tofu browning. The hum of motor scooters. The shouts from excited street vendors. Those are the sounds of Taiwan in the summer. The sounds are familiar and welcome to the ear of Nicole Webb, a Cal State Fullerton Chinese program instructor. “It is so hot, it is the worst possible time to go there,” Webb said of Taiwan. “I can’t wait to go back.” She travels to Taiwan in the summers and lives there in a room that she rents from a friend. She reads, writes and speaks fluent Mandarin as well as Taiwanese, a local dialect. She knew that to immerse herself in the language, she had to speak only Chinese and be surrounded by Chinese speakers. She said she didn’t speak English and always had Chinese friends. Even her cats have Chinese names, Xiao Hong and Xiao Huang.
Her Chinese name is Wei Wan Xin. Webb conducts her class at CSUF in Chinese. She said if students only have an hour and fifteen minutes two days each week, then they need to be able to listen to as much Chinese as they can. Otherwise they are not going to be able to learn it in such a brief time. “You have to get used to it,” she said. “As an adult it is difficult for your mouth to form certain sounds so you have to have that background.” Webb is from Columbus, Ohio, but grew up in Monterey Park, Calif., which had a large Chinese community. Webb started taking Chinese as a fun class, and then ended up majoring in it and then getting a master’s degree in it. She got her masters partly at Ohio State as well as at National Taiwan Normal University at Taipei. The summer is the only time she is free to leave the U.S. because she teaches middle school Chinese dur-
ing the year. She said a lot of us develop our speech by listening. It helps to listen to music and TV shows in Chinese, in order to pick up the language faster, she said. Her interests are mainly Chinese and Taiwanese. She likes Chinese pop music, called C-pop; rhythm and blues; rock; and hip-hop. If she wasn’t teaching Chinese here she would probably be teaching English in Taiwan, she said.
“The most prestigious award you can get is the Jaime Oaxaca award. In order to get this award is for your selflessness in the community,” she said. The award was created by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers to recognize excellence in engineering and dedication to the community. “People pay hundreds and thousands of dollars to hear Jaime, and we’re getting him for free. I was hoping we would have a bigger turnout because what he has to say is very important especially to the community,” Castellanos said. LeRoy Sanchez, co-chair of fundraising for the Chicano/Latino faculty and staff association, who is also a good friend of Oaxaca, said that his message is very important. “For those who can grasp what he is talking about at that level, and who have enough background, can understand it,” Sanchez said. Attendance at the speech was low. Of the roughly 20 there, less than half were students. His words had an impact on the few who did stay to hear Oaxaca, said Cal State Fullerton, math and science major, Ernesto Casillas. Casillas said he wanted to see what Oaxaca said about issues concerning the Latino community. “This guy is awesome. He had a lot of good things to say. He opened my mind to a lot of stuff I wasn’t aware of,” he said. Oaxaca graduated from Stanford University and is the founder of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. Both the Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers sponsored the event.