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DTSHORTHAND Nanjundappa honored by CSUF Cal State Fullerton will honor the memory of sociology Professor Dr. G. Nanjundappa in a ceremony Oct. 5 from 3 to 5 p.m. Nanjundappa died early Monday morning due to heart complications. Preparations will be made by the sociology department, CFA and CSUF Academic Senate. Ceremonies will take place in the George Golleher Alumni House. Any messages may be sent to Nanjundappa’s family through his brother at dmundre@yahoo. co.in
Author follows in O.J.’s footsteps WROCLAW, Poland (AP) – A court convicted an author Wednesday of directing the killing of a businessman in a crime that bore eerie similarities to a murder he described in a novel three years later. The court ruled that Krystian Bala planned the grisly killing of Dariusz Janiszewski. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The judge said it was not clear who actually killed Janiszewski and who might have aided Bala in the crime, but that the evidence overwhelmingly pointed to Bala’s involvement in the events that led to Janiszewski’s disappearance. The judge said Bala was driven by jealousy to kill Janiszewski because of Bala’s suspicions that Janiszewski had an affair with his estranged wife.
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Horton didn’t make the easiest choice By Shawn Trondsen
Daily Titan Sports Editor sports@dailytitan.com
While the ink was still drying on his $400,000 University of Oregon contract, Coach George Horton’s eyes welled with emotion as he told his players he was leaving. On Aug. 24, Oregon called Horton to gauge his interest in heading
up their new baseball program. As a courtesy, Oregon requested permission from Cal State Fullerton Athletic Director Brian Quinn before approaching Horton. “I wasn’t searching for a job,” Horton said, “but I did want to go up and take a look.” Two days later, Horton and his wife were on a private jet, owned by Nike founder Phil Knight, heading
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to Oregon for a 28-hour stay. It was Horton’s first visit to the state. Oregon showed Horton its new facilities and explained to him its excitement about restarting a program that had been dormant since 1981. The university was recently given a $100 million donation by Knight and his wife. Horton said Oregon’s recruitment pitch and its dedication to the pro-
gram were big factors in his decision. “What attracted me about them was their leadership skills, their energy and their excitement about starting this baseball program,” Horton said. Horton returned to California on Monday, Aug. 27. He spent the next few days negotiating with Oregon, talking to friends and colleagues and
discussing concerns and priorities with his wife and family. “I kept [Quinn and Associate Athletics Director Steve DiTolla] in the loop as far as what direction I was going, and how close I was getting to saying yes if [Oregon] came up to the level [of salary I was seeking],” Horton said. “All indications pointed towards me making this change.” See HORTON, Page 8
Apple unveiled new products Wednesday but not everyone is excited about the news
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nly months after Apple launched the first iPhone, the company announced Wednesday that it is cutting prices down by $200. In addition, Apple introduced updated versions of all of its iPods and unveiled a new touch-screen model, although many CSUF students are not enthusiastic about the changes. The 8GB iPhone will now run for $399, while the cheaper 4GB model will be phased out. While Apple is optimistic that the price cut will increase sales of the iPhone, analysts pointed out that it is unusual for such a recent launch and could potentially irritate customers who spent more money following the phone’s June release. All of Apple’s iPod models received upgrades in appearance and capacity. A smaller version of the iPod Nano is now available in red, silver and several shades of blue. The new Nano even plays videos, which its predecessor was not capable of doing. However, not all Cal State Fullerton students are ready or willing to upgrade their iPods. Freshman Alysha Hernandez, an English major who owns the previous version of the iPod Nano, said she prefers to keep the player she already has despite the new features. “I’m really happy with my iPod,” Hernandez said. “It seems pointless to upgrade just for that.” Despite an increase in file space, the older iPod Classic has also become thinner. The new Classic is no longer available in the 30GB model but will still be sold in the 60GB model and a new 160GB version. While her old version See iPods, Page 5
Small business professionals consult with CSUF students A semester-long process for a flat fee proves to be beneficial to companies By Sylvia masuda
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Cal State Fullerton’s rapidly growing entrepreneurship program demands from its students the rigorous, semesterly task of analyzing nearby emerging businesses and their inner workings, working one-on-one with employees or the owners themselves. The end product is a student-authored series of proposals geared to strengthen the company. But tinkering is far from what the entrepreneurship majors of Cal State Fullerton’s College of Business and Economics do. The proof is in requests from businesses based in cities as far as Oakland and San Diego, a slew of awards piled up from a 30-year run of student consulting and happy customers who repeatedly request for more students
to analyze other aspects of their business. CSUF’s Small Business Institute, operating in the Center for Entrepreneurship in LH-321-A, recruits companies who are interested in student consultations. So far, the institute has served more than 1,400 small businesses in the Orange County area, Samantha Rawski, administrative assistant for the center, said. For consultation, businesses pay a flat fee that runs from a little less than $1,000 to no more than $3,000. Consider that a bargain; Rawski knows from personal knowledge that some consulting firms charge by the minute. In four of the undergraduate entrepreneurship concentration courses and in some of the graduate courses, professors divvy up the companies among groups of five or six students. These businesses become the group’s semester projects. They have one semester to analyze the company based on what kind of evaluation it asked for (in market-
ing, accounting or leadership, for example), complete with a potentially hefty case report, several meetings with company employees and, at the end of the 16 weeks, a professional presentation of a business plan that explores suggestions on how the company can improve itself. “Some people say, ‘I don’t want undergraduate students working on this,’” Rawski said. “They want the graduate students. But it’s not just inexperienced students doing this. They have their professors to look to, some of whom own their own consulting firms. They have mentors who have owned a small business. They have plenty of resources to go to. They’re really not on their own on this.” Despite being able to turn to their professors and mentors for help, the position students are placed in can be a little unnerving. “It was very shaky because you don’t know what to tell someone professional who’s running his own business,” said Darya Salout, a recently-graduated business major with a concentration in entrepreneurship.
“You’re just a student and they’re throwing you in there and saying, ‘Go do it.’” Salout launched Osian Bar and Lounge in the spring semester of 2007 with her sister, Sadaf, and two other classmates. The Salout sisters were raised with business in their blood. Their family owns Darya restaurant, which has two locations in Orange and West Los Angeles. Osian makes its home inside of the Orange storefront, and now that she’s out of college, she can devote five days a week to her family’s enterprise. “We felt like we were taking our own steps,” Salout said. “We didn’t exactly feel like we had someone right behind us. But you don’t need a babysitter to learn these things. If we made a mistake, we’d have to learn from it. It was the most stressful time of my college career.” An aspect of the program Sadaf said she believes is especially valuable is the art of writing a solid business plan. “What I took away from the program is the business plan,” she said.
“It’s always good to have a basic outline of what you have to do and this program is definitely what you need to start with. I would definitely recommend it.” These semester long brushes with emerging companies can turn into job opportunities. Some business owners have been so impressed by the work the students did, they’ve invited them to work for their company as an intern, or, in some cases, a paid employee. “It does give these kids the experience,” Rawski said. “This is a real life thing, this is a real life business, that’s a real life person. It’s not fantasyland.” The entrepreneurship concentration thrusts students into the thick of working with tangible dollars and professional business people are what makes the program so different from other university business disciplines, Rawski said. “We really are a unique program,” Rawski said. “We’re unique in the fact that we do student consulting, See CONSULTATIONS, Page 3