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The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Students Encouraged to ‘Flunk Arnold’ Video contest offers one-year free CSU tuition for winner

By Harmony Trevino

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

The California Faculty Association is calling all California State University students to create a 30second anti-Arnold television ad to

express how they think Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been “a total disaster for the CSU system,” as stated in their contest campaign.

The winner of the contest, “Flunk Arnold”, will receive a year’s tuition at a CSU. The ad will also run during Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show,” which airs on Comedy Central.

The association is a union consisting of more than 22,000 CSU faculty members and staff. They believe that Schwarzenegger gets an “F” for

his performance as California’s chief executive, as stated in the Flunk Arnold Web site. They criticize him for raising college tuition and fees and for cutting academic preparation and outreach programs for disadvantaged students.

Cal State Fullerton Professor of sociology, G. Nanjundappa, the association’s Fullerton Chapter President, said that the group wants “Flunk Arnold” to create a student consciousness of current CSU bud-

get issues.

“The Flunk Arnold program is to create awareness of his inability to fund the system adequately,” Nanjundappa said. It “is to get the students involved. Get them involved because it’s their education, the education of their peers and the future.”

The CSU system, which consists of 23 campuses, is the largest fouryear higher education system in the nation with more than 400,000 students. Nanjundappa said that there

is not enough money being allocated to the CSU system and fee increases for students are not fair.

“We have consistently argued that there has to be a reasonable assessment about student fee increase,” Nanjundappa said. “You cannot increase the tuition fee without making an adequate assessment of the impact on students and their family’s ability to support education, especially students coming from middle-class and lower middle-class families. He has

OC Residents Protest to North Korean Nukes Local Korean-Americans come out to protest recent test of nuclear weapon

By Adam Levy

Daily Titan News Editor alevy@dailytitan.com

More than 200 local KoreanAmericans congregated in the Korean district of Garden Grove Saturday afternoon to protest North Korea’s Oct. 9 underground testdetonation of a nuclear bomb.

The crowd was largely composed of local South Koreans, wary of the brooding threat presented by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in the wake of the past week’s events.

The event was held after Saturday’s announcement from the United Nations that it would be placing harsh sanctions on North Korea, calling the test-detonation “a clear

threat to international peace and security.”

“North Korea needs to stop the nuclear testing and give up,” said John Ahn, President of the KoreanAmerican Federation of Orange County.

“We support the U.N. and agree with their sanctioning of North Korea. That’s why we are here showing our voice – that we love peace,” Ahn said.

Throngs of protesters marched westward down Garden Grove Boulevard with signs featuring slogans such as “Stop Nuke Test,” “Stop Sunshine Policy!” and “Kim Jong Il – Wanted For Crimes Against Humanity.”

The crowd was composed of citizens, politicians and organizations representing Korean veterans as well as the Vietnamese community.

The demonstration took place in tandem with a Korean Times-spon-

sored cultural festival that featured carnival rides and a walk called the “Turtle marathon.” While emotional, the protesters kept their protests restricted to chants as Garden Grove Police looked on.

The diplomatic Ahn kept an upbeat tone while expressing his hopes that North Korean officials would resume their participation in the Six Party Talks. The talks are a summit of six world powers – North Korea, Japan, Russia, South Korea China and the United States – working to come to a compromise with North Korea on the elimination of their nuclear arsenal.

The North Korean government has continued assembly and experimentation of nuclear warheads despite being admonished by the U.N. and the aforementioned countries.

Some of the protesters were less SEE PROTEST - PAGE 2

Photos By Karl Thunman/Daily Titan

- Guarded by a large police presence, protesters marched along Garden Grove Boulevard in the Little Saigon District Saturday to protest against North Korea’s nuclear tests.

Protester number 1622 is Garden Grove Mayor Bill Dalton.

No NUKES

Driving with Porn: America’s Latest Distraction Watching X-rated films while driving can be dangerous, even fatal

By Kilmeny Duchardt For the Daily Titan news@dailytitan.com As if listening to the radio, putting on make up and conducting business on cell phones are not enough of a distraction for American drivers, driving with porn can now be added to the list.

Tracy Pope of Aiken, S.C., is facing obscenity charges after being ar-

rested for watching an X-rated DVD while driving.

At the time of the arrest, police confiscated other X-rated DVDs from Pope’s car.

“Screens are theoretically supposed to be behind the driver, so they are not tempted to view the screen,” said Cal State Fullerton Police Operations Lt. Tom Gehrls.

“Anything that takes your eyes off the road causes traffic accidents.”

A similar incident occurred Feb. 17, 2004 in Schenectady, N.Y., when 35-year-old Andre Gainey was arrested for viewing the pornographic film “Chocolate Foam” from the passenger-side visor of his Mercedes

Benz.

The film was also being played on the headrests, as police had a clear view of the subject material, according to MSNBC. “I think the situation basically suggests two questions: Is it safe to drive when you’re distracted, and is it legal to have porn in the car?” said communications law Professor William Vogeler. “Any distraction, including watching porn, is unsafe driving.”

Vogeler went on to discuss the hazards that driving with adult material presents.

“If the person is driving while distracted and then they crash, then

they are guilty of negligence,” Vogeler said.

Some motorists find that the problem is the technology itself.

“I don’t think that there should be DVD players in the car at all,” said business major Shannon Wright.

Listening to music and changing CDs while driving causes enough of a distraction for business major Micah Navarro.

“I can barely drive while eating my hamburger, let alone watching porn,” Navarro said.

If vehicle owners have difficulty discerning what qualifies as appropriate content for viewing, Vogeler suggests using the rating system as

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“I think that it’s a matter of discretion. If it is porn, violence or something with high sex content, then there could be something wrong with that,” said communications major Catherine Teo. “As long as it is not visible to other people or exposing or harming anyone else, then it would be OK. If you’re watching it in the backseat and no one can see you, then it’s not a problem.”

Gehrls said campus police haven’t had any cases of motorists driving with explicit material.

“When driving, there’s only one stick that you should be handling,” said English major Mike Harper.

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no due consideration to that.”

Nanjundappa said that funding is necessary “in terms of providing quality education to our students and to prepare them to go out there with whatever the necessary skills they need to be able to establish themselves as productive members of society.”

Ephraim Smith, vice president of Academic Affairs said that grades SEE ARNOLD - PAGE 3

ASI Paper Program Progresses USA Today and The New York Times offered at the Titan Student Union

By Michael Garcia

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Students will have access to free copies of USA Today and The New York Times as part of a 30-day free readership program beginning Oct. 16.

The newspapers will be available in the Titan Student Union until Nov. 9. This is the second time the program is being offered by Associated Students Inc. The first time was in the spring semester. The Orange County Register will not be participating in the program as it did last semester.

Heather Williams, ASI president, said USA Today has the same program with 400 colleges. The board will continue to evaluate the program and if it’s successful, the newspapers will be available to students on a daily basis.

The aim of the readership program is to provide students with a diverse selection of newspapers. Student fees will not be used to fund the program.

“ASI is going to do its own research to see what newspaper was the most popular among students.

We’re going to be not only looking at the counts of newspapers each day, but we are also going to be talking to students individually. We will be asking students to fill out surveys about what their favorite newspapers are, and if they would like to have a program on this campus,” ASI Director Paul Rumberger said.

ASI will re-evaluate and closely monitor the program, which could be implemented into the budget for the spring semester or next fall. If the program continues, ASI will provide options to the board, including which newspapers will be available and the number of newspapers available each day.

“As I understand it, newspaper readership is down among young people and the idea of both the company representing the newspaper and ASI is to encourage readership among young people,” said Dean of Students Kandy Mink Salas. “Anybody who makes it a practice of SEE ASI - PAGE 2

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In Brief

CAMPUS CALENDAR

Protest: More than 200 attend

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TUESDAY

A recital for students in the Music Department will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center. The event is free.

WEDNESDAY

Congressman Ed Royce will speak at the Citizen Diplomacy Summit in Portola Pavillion C of the Titan Student Union. The speech will cover the responsibility of individuals in shaping U.S. foreign relations. The event is free and runs from 10 a.m. to noon.

THURSDAY

Today is the registration deadline for the Nov. 4 Examination in Writing Proficiency test. The test is $20 and registration instructions can be found at www.fullerton.edu/testing.

“Seussical: The Musical” will be performed at 8 p.m. in the Little Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost $16 for full-time students with a CSUF identification. Performances are Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and again at 8 p.m., as well as Sunday at 2 p.m.

FRIDAY

The Titan Cross Country Invitational will be held at the Titan Sports Complex track from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

By Karl Thunman/Daily Titan

HANDS OFF – The sculpture titled “Arise,” created by Eric Goulder and donated to CSUF by Earl and Camilla McGrath, was dedicated Sunday. It can be seen outside the Visual Arts Building. Gallery Director Mike McGee told approximately 30 invited guests how he has seen female students carefully look around to make sure no one’s watching before touching the statue’s buttocks. If you want a touch you better hurry, bars are going up around the statue to prevent further incidents.

POLICE BLOTTER Monday 10:44 a.m. A female reported that she left her bike on campus over the weekend and when she returned, her bike was on a different rack with a different lock.

Wednesday 9:18 a.m. In the Nutwood parking structure, two males opened the

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been parked for a week in the dorm parking structure.

Saturday 12:57 a.m. There was a disturbance at the Off Campus Pub after a bill dispute. Three or four males were heard threatening to come back and shoot the bouncer. They were last seen in a red Dodge Intrepid.

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door to a car and left the area when the alarm sounded. A petty theft report was taken. The suspects left in a green car, possibly a Chevrolet Malibu.

Thursday 12:14 p.m. A person reported that a CD player and subwoofer were missing from their car. The car had

will just be more informed about the world and the things happening in the world and in our local communities.”

ASI conducted a survey last semester that asked CSUF students what the important benefits of reading a newspaper on a daily basis were.

According to the survey, 74 percent of students said the most important aspect was increased knowledge of national and international

news.

In addition, 64 percent of students said newspapers were important to their education.

“We got a lot of positive feedback from the program. One cool thing about it was that not only were students picking up their newspapers in the student union and taking them to other places in the student union, but they were also leaving them on different tables and coffee areas. So, in the alumni lounge there would be a newspaper and somebody else

would pick it up and read it,” Rumberger said.

The news was readily accessible to students because the papers were free, he said.

“It is good to get the news on the run,” senior Natalie Alvidrez said.

Alvidrez said she likes that there are newspapers because she only reads the newspaper on campus.

“I like the fact that I can read a paper that covers global issues and I can also get a bit of variety in it,” Alvidrez said.

abashed in expressing their loathing toward North Korea’s leader and his ideologies.

“We hate North Korea and Kim Jong Il,” said Korean-American Chairwoman Young Hee Lee, who led a group of women at the demonstration. “He’s a crazy guy – we need peace.”

Son Gu Chae, president of the Orange County chapter of the South Korean Veterans Association, made a “throat slash” gesture when asked about Kim. A veteran of the Korean Civil War, Chae maintained that while he doesn’t feel threatened, he has concerns because of Kim’s possession and increasing usage of nuclear weaponry.

Garden Grove municipal officials Mayor Bill Dalton and Councilman Mark Leyes were on hand to lend their support to their Korean-American constituency.

Leyes, a Cal State Fullerton alumnus, was impressed by the community’s solidarity and participation in the assembly.

“It’s hard to get people motivated about anything anymore – unfortunately it takes a threat to get people to act,” he said.

Dalton, who has held the mayoral office for nearly two years, expressed his sentiments on the protest’s importance and its local impact.

“The major fact is that nuclear testing is going on – there’s so many [Garden Grove citizens] who have family there,” Dalton said.

The councilman stated his skepticism of Kim, calling him “an unstable leader.”

“What’s the point of having [nuclear weapons] if you don’t plan on using them?” Leyes asked. “Japan is in that area and frankly, it puts the West Coast of the United States at threat – and that would be bad.”

Practicing Uncommon Methods for Cease-fire “

Columbian women practice closed-leg policy to end ongoing violence

By Dawn Milton

For the Daily Titan

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In Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata,” women decide to withhold all sexual favors until their men put an end to the Peloponnesian war. A 2006 reallife rendition of the ancient Greek comedy took place last month in Perieira, Colombia, as women crossed their legs for two weeks as an answer to the violent ways of their male counterparts.

The girlfriends and wives of some of the gang members held a sex strike, taking a vow to withhold sex until the men put down their guns, according to MSNBC.com.

“From a Freudian standpoint peo-

ple are more aggressive and primitive, so you must use another primitive motive to control this – which is sex,” said Jack Mearns, professor of Psychology.

In an ensemble effort, the women also recorded a single to rally support for their movement, with lyrics like, “I choose how, where and when I give in. Women united against violent men. Let’s close our legs,” according to MSNBC.com.

Pereira is known for being one of the most dangerous cities, with 488 murders last year.

Young males aged 14 to 25 accounted for over 90 percent of the casualties, according to MSNBC. com.

During the 10-day celibacy, only women decided when and where sexual encounters would happen, according to MSNBC.com.

“We met with the wives and girlfriends of gang members and they

From a Freudian standpoint people are more aggressive and primitive, so you must use another primitive motion to control this –

– Jack Mearns

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were worried some were not handing over their guns,” mayor’s office representative Julio Cesar Gomez said, according to the Daily Telegraph. “And that is where they came up with the idea of a vigil or a sex strike.”

“We want them to know that violence is not sexy,” said Jennifer

Bayer, the girlfriend of a gang member, according to Eursoc, a European wire service.

“I would prefer him getting angry to having to go and cry at his funeral,” said one of the women, in a report by BBC News.

According to MSNBC.com, Pereira’s security chief declared it a success and that the women had won by using “very noble weapons.”

For some Cal State Fullerton students, though, the sex strike seemed to devalue women.

“What, is that all they’re good for?” said business major Damen Perry. “The only way their men will listen is if they threaten them with sex?”

“It makes it sound like [sex] is all they’re good for,” said Alyssa Alliapoulos, an accounting major. “It doesn’t make them sound any better or like they are strong and empowered.”

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Money

The Mystery of Vending Machines Vending machines give students more than snacks and refreshments by marina zarate

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

In the famous 1977 Saturday Night Live skit titled “Olympic Café,” John Belushi acts as a hostile cook who refuses to take orders. He grunts at customers, “Uh... no Coke, Pepsi.”

Much like the Saturday Night Live skit, Cal State Fullerton is a Pepsi - only campus.

CSUF has been in a partnership with the Pepsi Company for 10 years and as of January 2006 has renewed the contract for another seven years, said Anthony Lynch, division director for campus dining services.

Lynch explained the university’s choice of continuing with Pepsi.

“Both Pepsi and Coke had the opportunity to present the university with a proposal,” he said.

“However, Pepsi provided the better of the two proposals by providing sponsorship and support for the campus.”

In return for the contract, Pepsi compensates the university and provides vending services upon request. The machines are serviced through the company at no expense to CSUF. The compensation that the university receives via Pepsi is dependent upon the percentage of sales accumulated on campus as well as how much volume of the product Pepsi provides, said Lynch.

Lynch said the monetary amount the university receives from vending services is counted as a commission because food services are the main output and the vending is contracted.

“When we call, Pepsi is out within four hours to service the machines,” Lynch said. “Whereas other institutions require 24 hours. Pepsi knows that our cus-

BY KARL THUNMAN/Daily Titan

MACHINE MONEY - Where does vending machine money go? Armando Esparanza, a Pepsi employee who works full-time restocking Cal State Fullerton’s 80 vending machines, begins his working every morning around 2:30.

tomers are the priority.”

Shaun Hong, a political science major, described the need for vending machines on campus.

“The school’s vending machines are convenient because I often forget to bring a bottle of water or a drink with me to campus,” Hong said. “But I don’t like Pepsi.”

The vending system at CSUF consists of 110 food and drink vending machines.

Auxiliary Services is in charge of all food services on campus including vending machines.

Auxiliary is a non-profit organization that collects the food service money and essentially redis-

tributes it back to the university.

“A portion of the money earned through vending goes to Auxiliary,” Lynch said. “But another percentage comes back to the students through the athletic program, food services, University Advancement, scholarship events such as Front and Center and a variety of other promotions.”

The vending system, although often associated only with the food on campus, includes pay phones and the laundry machines located in student housing.

However, pay phones are being phased out of the system.

Only five pay phones remain

billion in education including $19.1 billion allocated to higher education.

The money is intended to eliminate tuition and fee increases in the UC and CSU systems.

Nanjundappa said that the hold on tuition increases this year doesn’t guarantee fees will not go up next year.

“He used money from the state budget. He bought it out. That means it could be more next year,” Nanjundappa said. “This is politics once again. This is part of his strategy. ” Nanjundappa said he believes “Flunk Arnold” is important because the concerned voices are from the students themselves.

“The most important thing in any campaign is to hear from people who are affected by it. In this case, our students,” Nanjundappa said. “They need to hear from students from all walks of life and all campuses.”

Willie Fortes, a theatre major at CSUF, said the contest is a great idea for students.

“It’s an excellent and humorous

way to encourage creativity in students,” Fortes said in an e-mail. “At the same time it also helps kids get involved and learn about politics. A student may have never heard about Arnold’s dealings with educational finances. If they want to win the contest then they are going to naturally go out and learn about what Arnold has done. Besides that, who says no to a year paid tuition and having your video on “The Daily Show?”

Joshua Ramirez, a political science major at CSUF, said that the contest is something he would like to do.

“It is a great idea and good way to get involved,” Ramirez said.

Nanjudappa made it clear that the main purpose of the campaign is not to promote gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides either, as students are not allowed to make a pro-Angelides video.

“It’s not a political campaign. It’s campaign to make the governor aware of our needs,” he said.

The contest ends Oct. 18. Winners will be announced Oct. 30.

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K-12 and community colleges are covered while guaranteed money, while CSU systems are a low priority.

“We’re always at the end for what’s left,” Smith said. “And higher education, just by the structure of the budget of the state, always seems to be at the wrong end of the totem pole.

Therefore, higher education is always hurting for additional dollars.”

In response to the association’s antiArnold contest, Schwarzenegger campaign spokeswoman Julie Soderlund told the Associated Press that tuition and fee increases in the CSU system can be attributed to former Gov. Gray Davis, who was recalled in 2003.

“When the governor took office, he made it a priority to control tuition increases. And this year he held the line on any tuition increases at CSU and UC and at community colleges,” Soderlund said to the Associated Press.

Schwarzenegger signed a budget in June of this year that invests $55.1

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throughout the campus and Lynch said he wasn’t sure how much longer those would be available. This is because the telephone company began charging CSUF for simply having pay phones on campus, regardless of whether students used them, explained Lynch. It became a burden for the university.

Although there used to more vending machines located around campus, the construction of various buildings such as kinesiology and fine arts required the removal of many of the machines. Those vending machines have yet to be replaced.

In fact, Lynch said that ma-

chines on campus are in short supply, meaning that some of the machines need to be re-stocked up to two times a day, especially during all-night study sessions.

Vending machines are often seen as a quick alternative to substantial meals for the student on the run. Vending is also notorious for providing less-than-healthy foods.

“Vending machine food does not promote good nutritional values for students who spend all day on campus,” said Kristal Picado, a human services major and student assistant at the College of Education.

And while this might be the case, Lynch said that the vending company has tried healthier alternatives in the past with dismal results.

“Unfortunately, a lot of the healthy items such as whole fruit don’t sell as well,” he said. “But we try our best to balance out the machines by offering low-calorie food. We offer a little bit of both.”

Water is currently the No. 1 seller on campus.

CSUF also attempts to stay on top of the latest vending technology to provide students with better service.

“The machines are changed quite regularly,” Lynch said.

“We’re on the cutting edge when it comes to new equipment.”

Money also returns to the campus from vending machines in the form of disbursement sites.

These sites are available to students who have had their money taken by a vending machine.

Students can call the dining services number at (714) 278-1424 to receive the nearest location of a disbursement site.

Many of the older machines had directions to the sites. However, older machines have been replaced and that information has not yet been attached to the newer models.

Pepsi recently sponsored the Associated Students Inc. Block Party and brought the SoBe bus on campus as a means of promotion.

Dining services is currently working on a way to get vending machines up into the parking structures.

Lynch maintains that accepting contracts is a way to benefit the students, the main customers and No. 1 priority of dining services.

“We welcome any feedback that anyone might have,” Lynch said.

“Our students are the most valued customer and we are currently trying to provide more service points. Any feedback helps us to do a better job.”

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OPINION

October 16, 2006

Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.

Norodom Sihanouk Former King of Cambodia

Americans Like Playing The Blame Game

By JuliE Anne Ines Daily Titan Executive Editor jines@dailytitan.com

From the TV show “Cheaters” to rumors trumpeted in the gossip mags of married celebrities shacking up with their co-stars, it is no secret that infidelity and dishonesty are the stuff of entertainment today.

It is no wonder, then, that the cheating and dishonesty found in our sources of entertainment are reflected in the real world itself.

According to the Josephson Institute’s 2006 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth, today’s teens are overwhelmingly dishonest. The report, released as part of National Character Counts! Week, which started Sunday and runs through Thursday, reveals high rates of cheating, lying and theft.

The study found that more than one in four – 28 percent – of the 36,122 high school students surveyed said that they had stolen from a store within the past year. Twentythree percent said they stole something from a parent or other relative; 81 percent said they lied to a parent about something significant; and 39 percent said they lied to save money.

Furthermore, it found that a majority of those surveyed – 60 percent – cheated on a test during the past year. Thirty-five percent did so two or more times and one in three said they used the Internet to plagiarize an assignment.

So, where does this penchant for dishonesty come from?

The report itself doesn’t come to any conclusions about the source of these behaviors, but one can come to

conclusions just by taking a look at the nation itself.

While cheating celebrities or dishonest political officials make for good television and even more interesting “news,” they also point to a tear in America’s so-called “moral fiber.”

It seems that society’s indicator of a “good person” is one who is successful or who is in a position that is normally held to a certain standard of decency. She makes a lot of money, he’s a priest, she’s a police officer, he’s a congressman – they must have done something to be where they are today.

No one wants to be “bad” or unsuccessful, and they do anything to avoid being identified as such.

So, people get good grades or get a job position at whatever the cost, rationalizing that whatever they do

is for the end result.

The ends justify the means.

The study reinforces this by pointing out that despite high levels of dishonesty, the same teens surveyed have a high self-image of their ethics.

Most who responded, 92 percent, said they were satisfied with their personal ethics and character, and 74 percent said “when it comes to doing what is right, I am better than most people I know.”

It doesn’t seem that anyone is accountable for the mistakes they make and are more likely to point out flaws in others.

I guess, then, that it’s no surprise that we have a president who hasn’t yet admitted to his mistakes and two parties that are more likely to find a scapegoat for their flubs rather than take the blame.

By Daralyn Schoenewald Daily Titan Staff Writer

If it’s approved, it could challenge the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade that originally gave women across the country the right to terminate a pregnancy.

If this South Dakota law is challenged in the Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade could be overturned and abortions would be made illegal nationwide.

Norma McCorvey was the “Jane Roe” in Roe v. Wade and Sandra Cano of “Doe v. Bolton” went to the Supreme Court seeking to have the cases overturned since they are now anti-abortion.

So these women regret their part in these cases. But their participation gave thousands of women the right to terminate a pregnancy.

South Dakota has a long battle ahead if they really think they will be able to get Roe v. Wade overturned.

The case has been upheld before, most recently in 1992.

With two new justices on the

bench, they might just have a glimmer of a chance. However, the Supreme Court rejected the Doe appeal without comment, so it’s also entirely possible that the Court will maintain its stance on abortion law.

We all make decisions that we regret later, but taking part in a landmark case like Roe v. Wade shouldn’t be one of them.

What if civil rights activists of the 1950s and ’60s renounced their part in the civil rights movement?

They wouldn’t. They are justifiably proud of the role they played in shaping American history, just as these women should be.

They made a choice over 30 years ago to take part in a struggle that has given more than a million women the legal right to terminate a pregnancy. It is not fair to try to take that away from all women who consider abortion an option to ending an undesired or unhealthy pregnancy.

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Abortion is a hot topic that always seems to be in the news. Earlier this year, South Dakota lawmakers passed state bill HB 1215, better known there as the Women’s Health and Human Life Protection Act. The bill will ban all abortions except when the mother’s life is in danger.

Danger to the mother is not described in the bill; it only states that an abortion may be performed if it will save the life of the mother.

The state’s legislature is actually proud of the bill – they think it is a big step toward overturning the landmark case of Roe v. Wade.

The bill was signed into law by South Dakota’s governor, Mike Round.

Ultimately, the fate of the bill rests in the hands of Dakotans, who must approve it in November 2006.

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Offensive or Not

This past Friday, Steve Lyons, the baseball player-turned-announcer stuck his foot in his mouth, uttering a stereotypebased snafu on the air during the afternoon broadcast of an American League Championship Series game between the Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics.

Immersed in banter with Lou Pinella and Thom Brenneman, Pinella made an analogy of baseball momentum to finding a wallet, Lyons cavalierly responded to Pinella, who is of Cuban descent, that he “still can’t find my wallet.” Pinella then commented on how the Oakland Athletics Frank Thomas had been “en fuego,” when Lyons would bark back “I don’t understand him, and I don’t want to sit too close to him now.”

FOX wanted no part of the fallout from Lyons’ flippantly bigoted one-liners and called him out at home, issuing a statement to the media that stated “Steve Lyons has been relieved of his FOX Sports duties for making comments on air that the company found inappropriate.”

We think that Lyons – who had other incidents involving inappropriate commentary peppered throughout the sports broadcasts – deserved to be fired.

Still, we have noticed some contradictions in what can and can’t be considered offensive on a cultural level.

In sports these days, the corollary between culturally offensive statements is now the ancestral background of the source and history of the mocked culture.

A few years ago Chicago Cubs manager Dusty Baker made potentially offensive comments, with no repercussion, about how blacks and Hispanics were better equipped to play baseball because, “We were brought over here because we could work in the heat – isn’t that history?”

Lyons, an Anglo-Saxon Caucasian, was held gravely accountable for his culturally insensitive words, but would FOX have reacted the same way had Pinella thrown a barb about Lyons “waspy” look and speech?

Makes a person think.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Titan Editorial is solely the opinion of the Daily Titan editorial board and was written after the open debate between board members.

The editorial board consists of the executive editor, the managing editor, the opinion editor, the news editors, the copy chief and other editors upon appointment of the executive editor.

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Transportation 3600 3700 3800 3900

Auto Accessories/Repair Auto Insurance Miscellaneous Vehicles For sale/Rent

Travel 4000 4100 4200 4300

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October 16, 2006

SPORTS

Titan Men’s Soccer Battles Hard But Falls in Overtime Non conference loss to UC Davis leaves CSUF with 5-8-1 overall record

Women’s Soccer Gets Tie

BY JONATHAN SAAVEDRA

Titan Media Relations

The Titans came up short against the UC Davis Aggies, 2-1, in a non conference match that was even for 89:44 in regulation and spilled into overtime at Titan Stadium on Saturday.

“I thought tactically we played well,” Fullerton Head Coach Bob Ammann said. “We made two clearcut mistakes that ended up costing us, and I thought we had the better of the game, but nothing to show for it at the end of the day.”

Saturday’s match against the Aggies (7-5-2) was the fifth overtime game Cal State Fullerton (5-8-1, 14-0) has played this season.

Out of the five overtime matches of the season, the team is 1-3-1, losing its last three overtime games in a row.

Fullerton’s other two overtime losses came against UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine last month.

Both teams were scoreless in the first 82 minutes of regulation until Aggies sophomore midfielder Dylan Curtis scored from 20 yards out to give Davis the 1-0 lead. It was Curtis’ first goal of the season.

The lead lasted just 16 seconds as the Titans responded with a free kick from 32 yards out from Fullerton defender Amir Shafii to even the scoreboard again.

“He struck it well, and obviously the result was very good for us,” Ammann said of Shafii’s game-tying goal.

Prior to scoring his first goal of the season, Curtis got a shot past Titan goalkeeper Brent Douglas that was en route to the net before Shafii prevented what was sure to be an Aggies score.

Davis defender Paul Cain lifted

Cal State Fullerton outshot the visiting Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Mustangs by a 13-7 margin, but it wasn’t enough as neither team found the back of the net in a doubleovertime scoreless tie on Sunday afternoon in a Big West Conference women’s soccer match at Titan Stadium.

The Titans moved to 7-6-2 overall and 3-1-1 in Big West Conference play.

The Mustangs, playing in their fifth consecutive double overtime contest, moved to 7-5-3 overall and 1-0-3 in league action.

Fullerton junior Brianna Buffington led all players with four shots on the afternoon as the Titans also had a 5-4 advantage in shots on goal as a team.

Senior goalkeeper Karen Bardsley made four saves in tallying her sixth shutout of the year in the 110-minute effort.

Cal Poly SLO keeper Alli Tramel also had four saves for her fifth clean sheet of the year.

The two teams battled through a scoreless first half with CSUF becoming the early agressor in the offensive third.

The Titans, who outshot the Mustangs by an 8-1 margin in the first half, took the first seven shots of the half and nearly had the first goal of the match with just under 10 minutes left in the period on a bangbang exchange in the box.

The second half was much of the same with a slight reversal of roles as the Mustangs’ pressure kept the ball in the Titans’ end of the field for much of the period.

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

By KARL THUNMAN/Daily Titan HEADING FORWARD – Titan Shay Spitz battles UC Davis’ Ian Conklin and Jordan Vanderpoorten for the ball right in front of the UC Davis goal. his team in overtime with a header from a sharp cross from teammate Mariano Arrua in the 98th minute.

The game-winner was Cain’s third goal of the season.

“In overtime, I just told our guys ‘Let’s try to win it, let’s go for it,’ and they played hard and scored a nice goal there to win it,” Aggies Head

Coach Dwayne Shaffer said.

Davis’ win gave the team a season sweep over the Titans. It defeated Fullerton 4-0 on Sept. 15.

Saturday’s match marked the last time CSUF plays the Aggies as a non conference opponent.

Davis will officially join the Big West Conference in 2007.

“All we want to do is be as competitive as we can be in the Big West,” Shaffer said. “I think all the teams are pretty even in the Big West. It’s kind of like on any day who’s mentally ready to play and who gets a little bit of luck on their side, and that generally seems to be the way that the games go. Everybody’s so good.”

UC Davis is 5-1-2 against Big West Conference teams this season.

“They’ve got a lot of desire, they’ve got a lot of hard work and they’ll always be tough,” Ammann said of UC Davis joining the conference next year. “You have to come and you have to match their work rate.

They’re a hard working bunch.”

CSUF Volleyball Fails to Capitalize in a Record-Setting Night at the Titan Gym CSUF falls to 2-4 in Big West plays after loss to Cal State Northridge

BY AARON HOLTSCLAW

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

Cal State Fullerton volleyball libero Vanessa Vella set a team record for career digs with 1,395, but CSUF twice gave up comsee It ONLINE mandweb-only volleyball ing leads slideshow in their match and lost against the Cal State Northridge Matadors (21-30, 30-28, 28-30, 3129, 16-14) in a Big West Conference match Friday.

“I’m really disappointed,” Vella said about the loss. “When we had them 14-8 in the final game, it should have been over. We let it slip away.”

Sophomore Brittany Moore shared Vella’s sentiments, as the team’s somber mood was easy to see.

“Hopefully we will win next week against Long Beach State,” Moore said.

Northridge won the first game easily as there were no bright spots for the Titans, who appeared to be spectators watching the Matadors run them over.

By carlos delgado/For the Daily Titan GOOD EFFORT – The Titans’ Alex Wolnisty spikes the ball in CSUF’s loss.

Game 2 featured a slightly more motivated Titan team, which won 30-28 thanks to Vella’s nine digs and

the Matador’s seven service errors.

The Titan’s posted a negative attack percentage, but won due to poor

play on Northridge’s part.

The third game was close as the Titans attempted to pull away multiple times only for the Matadors to close the gap.

The Titans led 27-22 late in the game until Northridge tied and then took the lead 28-27.

After Moore tied it up at 28, it was all Northridge who won the next two points to win the game, taking a two games to one lead on the match.

The Titans were able to win the game in extra points 31-29. That led to a fifth and deciding game in which the teams played to 15 points instead of 30.

The Titans took control of the game early with a 14-8 lead, but Northridge went on an eight–point run like an unstoppable juggernaut.

The Titans made few errors during that last eight points but the Matadors played flawless volleyball, as the Titans were shocked.

“I thought we were going to take it in Game 4 but we didn’t,” Northridge Head Coach Jeff Stork said.

“We were fortunate to get out of here with the win after being down 14-8.”

Vella finished the match with 32 digs and three service aces. Deven Bukoski had 18 kills while junior Julie Geissert had 51 set assists.

The Titans are now 13-6 overall and 2-4 in the Big West Conference.