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Silent Protest – The Association for Inter Cultural Aw a r e n e s s will hold a silent protest in the quad from 11:30 to noon in response to the nooses hung during last week’s Rally Against Hate.

Paintball enthusiasts go head-to-head

Speak Out Loud – The Association for Intercultural Aw a r e n e s s will host an open mic session from noon to 1 p.m. in the quad to allow people to voice their feelings about last week’s noose incident.

Campuswide Dialogue – The Association for Intercultural Aw a r e n e s s will hold a dialogue in TSU Pavillion B for campus members to discuss last week’s noose incident.

Dollar Bowling – Bowling games and shoe rentals are offered for $1 to all students with a valid Titan Card, from 6 to 10 p.m.

Photos By Cameron Pemstein/Daily Titan Photo Editor

The Orange County Fairgrounds Grandstand Arena

is home to the Giant Paintball Park four days a week.

The sport that began as a way for cattlemen to mark their cows, has quickly gained popularity since its recreational creation in the early ’80s.

“Paintball is a pretty safe sport. There hasn’t been any serious injuries since the park opened,” said paintball enthusiast Ralo Lopez. “It’s the adrenaline rush. People do it ‘just for kicks.’ ”

–For more on the paintball park, see Page six.

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Above - “The best place to get hit with paint is the face mask, because you don’t feel it,” says April Kelly from Blizzard. Top - The Giant Paintball Park is open every Thursday through Sunday.

Approval of CSU budget may mean higher fees sideration of a budget request that includes a potential fee hike unless California State University trust- there is extra funding. ees have tentatively approved a budGaramendi, who is also a memget for next year that could mean ber of the UC governing board, is higher student fees. proposing capping fees there, too.

Trustees haven’t taken a formal As at CSU, UC leaders are not vote on fees and won’t until next expected to formally vote on fees year. until next year.

But a budget proposal for 2008University administrators will get 09 approved by the board’s finance a clearer picture of the funding outcommittee Tueslook in January, day includes the when Gov. Arnold possibility of a Schwar zenegger fee hike unless presents his budthe state provides get to legislators. more funding.

However, early The approval forecasts are that came over the the state is facing objections of Lt. – John Garamendi, a deficit of at least Gov. John GaLt. Governor $6 billion. ramendi, who is CSU Chancelalso a trustee. He lor Charles Reed urged the board, said Tuesday that meeting in Long CSU’s proposed Beach, not to leave the door open budget is the responsible way to for a fee hike. go.

“It’s time for trustees and this “I only think it’s fair for students institution to take a different tact.” to get early warning,” he said. he said. “Instead of assuming that The committee, whose actions student fees will continue to be in- were scheduled to go before the creased.” full board for ratification WednesLeaders of the state’s other public day, approved a proposed budget of university system, the University of about $4.7 billion.

California, were scheduled to take Last year’s budget was $4.47 bila similar step Wednesday with conSee BUDGET, Page 2

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HUNTSVILLE, Ark. (AP) – A high school teacher killed a raccoon with a nail gun after discovering the planned subject of a skinning demonstration was alive.

Superintendent Alvin Lievsay said a student’s parent promised to bring in a raccoon for the exercise, but surprised teacher Jerick Hutchinson by bringing the animal in a live trap.

Lievsay said Hutchinson, “who used to work in a slaughter house,” took the animal outside to the back of his truck Friday and shot it with the nail gun. Lievsay said no students witnessed the raccoon’s death.

“It wasn’t like he held a nail gun against the head of a cute little animal in front of the class,” Lievsay said.

Lievsay said officials at Huntsville High School later talked with Hutchinson and told him not to kill animals on school grounds. The superintendent said Hutchinson, one of two agriculture teachers at the school about 30 miles east of Fayetteville, also would provide more detailed lesson plans in the future.

“He does a great job. The kids love him,” Lievsay said.

By DIANE LOVELESS/For the Daily Titan Steven Madain came in first at the pie-eating contest held by Family Assessment Counseling and Education Services [F.A.C.E.S], a nonprofit place in Fullerton for children caught in the middle of divorce.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS Iran hands over nuclear warhead blueprints to UN

November 14, 2007

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VIENNA, Austria (AP) – Iran has met a key demand of the U.N. nuclear agency by delivering blueprints that show how to mold uranium metal into the shape of warheads, diplomats said Tuesday, in an apparent concession meant to stave off the threat of new U.N. sanctions. But the diplomats said Tehran has failed to meet other requests made by the International Atomic Energy Agency in its attempts to end nearly two decades of nuclear secrecy on the part of the Islamic Republic. The diplomats spoke to The Associated Press as IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei put the finishing touches on his latest report to the agency’s 35-nation board of governors, for consideration during a meeting that begins on Nov. 22, Thanksgiving Day. The confidential report, expected to be distributed to agency members this Wednesday or Thursday, is likely to show substantial but not full compliance by Iran with its pledges to come clean on past activities – and confirm at the same time that Tehran continues to enrich uranium in defiance of the U.N. Security Council.

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NATIONAL NEWS Colorado officials looking to give fertilized eggs rights DENVER (AP) – The Colorado Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for an anti-abortion group to collect signatures for a ballot measure that would define a fertilized egg as a person. The court approved the language of the proposal, rejecting a challenge from abortion-rights supporters who argued it was misleading and dealt with more than one subject in violation of the state constitution. If approved by voters, the measure would give fertilized eggs the state constitutional protections of inalienable rights, justice and due process. Kathryn Wittneben, of NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado, and others said the measure would have would hamper in-vitro fertilization and stem cell research and would effectively ban birth control. Proponents of the measure disagree. Kristi Burton, 20, of Colorado for Equal Rights, said the initiative would simply define a human. Colorado for Equal Rights must collect 76,000 signatures to get the measure on the ballot. Supporters have six months to gather the necessary signatures – a deadline that began with the collection of the first signatures Tuesday, said Rich Coolidge, a spokesman for the secretary of state.

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The request includes $322.7 million more than last year, as laid out in a long-term agreement reached earlier with the governor.

In addition, the CSUs are asking for $155.2 million above the agreed-on figure to pay for enrollment growth and other priorities.

The budget includes $73 million that could come out of extra state funding or through raising student fees about 10 percent. Trustees said they will decide on fees no later than the March board meeting.

CSU, the nation’s largest fouryear system with 450,000 students, now charges undergraduates about $3,400 a year. An increase would be highly unpopular since CSU fees have gone up steadily in recent years.

CSU officials note their fees are still among the lowest in the nation.

However, administrators have come under fire for their spending priorities.

A state audit released last week criticized pay and perks given to executives of the 23-campus system, and urged the system’s trustees to change their procedures and make future compensation decisions public.

For more information, go to the CSUs’ official budget Web site at: http://www.calstate.edu/Budget/

Writing coach provides students a helping hand CSUF professor Henry Mendoza helps refine students’ writing methods

By DULCE CASTELLANOS

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

More than half of the semester is gone and some students may be scrambling for ways to improve their grades. For communications majors, writing coach Henry Mendoza is now available.

The professor has been part of the Cal State Fullerton family since the spring of 2006 and has been the writing coach for the past month. He is eager and willing to help students with simple problems like creating ideas to improving a detailed term project.

“I hope to reach out to as many students as possible,” Mendoza said.

“The coach is in and ready for business.”

Mendoza said he considered himself a resource, not an editor. He said he strives to point out students’ needs and deficiencies to help improve their overall writing. He has certain guidelines for writing, which he would like his students to follow and understand. For example, he said he wants students to understand

that there are several ways to tell a know more colleges are giving spestory and how to find the approach cialized help. that will work best. One of his goals Mendoza advises all students is to identify writing problems and who want to become better writers make them clear to writers so they to simply read more. And not just will be able to fix them. books. He said students need to exMendoza sympathizes with stu- pand their reading to newspapers, dents whose first language is not periodicals and magazines. He said English. these sources will provide the reader “It’s tough. Journalism is not an with analytical reference they usually easy field to develop cannot attain from and master so, if television or the Inthere is a language ternet. barrier, go to the re“I get dizzy sources that specialsometimes from ize in that,” he said. the two and a half Students with second shot I see language barrion TV. How can I ers have found the – Henry Mendoza , understand the imcoach’s advice helpCSUF professor ages if I’m trying to ful. listen to the audio.

“I feel more It’s just too fast,” confident with my Mendoza said. writing now that He claims this the coach has taught me American speed in media can become a probexpressions because I was using Chi- lem for students when writing. Mennese expressions. I also know how to doza saw a clear example of this with revise for myself,” said Lejia Zhang, a a previous student. communications major.

“This student would think in Other professors have informed headlines, not complete sentences.

Mendoza of the great need for stu- He could come up with a headline in dents to use such resources and how a nanosecond, but to write a lead or much they would like for students to a paragraph, he had trouble,” Mentake advantage of them. doza said.

Mario Mendez, a freshman, said Mendoza has an extensive career he had never used a resource like in journalism that began at CSUF. the writing center, but is relieved to He has been a writer and desk edi-

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I hope to reach out to as many students as possible.

tor for several papers, including the Press-Enterprise, the San Bernardino Sun, the Oakland Tribune and the Los Angeles Times. He held several positions at ABC, CBS and KBAKTV. He taught journalism classes at the University of Southern California and was chairman of the founding committee of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Mendoza also teaches two communications classes.

Mendoza’s universal advice for writers is to just get started. He considers writers procrastinators because they keep waiting for inspiration. He suggested writing about subjects in which the writer is knowledgeable.

Although writers will often have to write about many topics, he advises them to do as much research as possible; that way the writer will understand the topic and be able to show the small and big picture.

“There are very few gifted writers – individuals who sit down and produce wonderful prose or copy immediately. Mostly, there are writers who edit themselves well. They can objectively examine and analyze their own work and edit [it] to make it better,” he said.

Mendoza is available at College Park 462 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. He is willing to set additional appointments.

Support still needed for wildfire victims Organizations are looking for outside help in order to care for fire victims

By RAE NGUYEN

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Cal State Fullerton junior Jackie Anderson wants to help families who were displaced by the recent Southern California wildfires. She knows how upsetting it could be to lose a home full of memories and valuable items.

After all, her parents were evacuees of the 2003 Grand Prix Fire.

“It’s hard to start at the beginning again,” Anderson said Though she is unable to give a lot of money, Anderson knows anything helps. She has donated money to the American Red Cross San Diego’s Chapter, and canned goods and blankets to Giving Children Hope’s Southland Wildfire Relief for victims of the Southern California blazes.

The American Red Cross – a nonprofit humanitarian organization – has been a beacon of hope to

many victims caught in natural and from people who wanted to volundomestic disasters. Public Informa- teer. Anderson has made inquiries to tion Officer Peyton Roberts of the donate her time but has not figured Red Cross’ San Diego chapter was how to do so with her busy schedule, touched by the compassion of many which already includes a full-time Californians who wanted to help the job and school. victims of the fire.

“I wish I can do more to give back “Red Cross has to the people who been overwhelmed have helped my by the generous dofamily,” Anderson nations given for the said.

San Diego commuThough volunnity,” Roberts said. teers are much ap“This shows we can preciated, tangible make a difference, donations fall short no matter how little – Jackie Anderson, of what is needed the gesture. It goes a CSUF student for those who have long way.” lost everything in Though donathe fires. tions given have met Still, the incencosts for the wildfire tive to volunteer is response at $15 million, monetary much more gratifying for the soul contributions are still appreciated and to those grateful for the help, and will remain in “pledge” form, said Jenise Steverding, associate diwhich will insure the availability for rector of marketing and developfuture disasters. ment for Giving Children Hope.

Giving Children Hope – part“When you participate to make nered with the Salvation Army, Hope a difference in someone’s life, it’s a Force International and Mariners rewarding process whether it’s buyChurch – has received many calls ing items needed, financial contri-

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I wish I can do more to give back to the people who have helped my family.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Prosecutors said Tuesday they will not charge a boy who admitted to starting a 38,000-acre fire last month that destroyed 21 homes in northern Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said there was no evidence of intent by the 10-year-old who accidentally ignited the brush outside his home by playing with matches. No other information about the investigation would be released because the case involves a minor, officials said. The Buckweed blaze was among more than a dozen major wildfires that blackened over 800 square miles from Los Angeles to the Mexican border. About a week after the fires were ignited, sheriff’s department officials announced that they had interviewed the boy, who lived with his family in a trailer home in Santa Clarita, and that he acknowledged starting the blaze. Officials presented the case to the district attorney’s office, but law experts had said prosecutors would have trouble getting a conviction against the boy because it would be difficult to prove intent to cause harm.

By DIANE LOVELESS/For the Daily Titan Students who participated in Snow Day got to experience what it is like to play in the snow during the wintertime. Snow Day was an event put together on campus for free by Associated Students, Inc.

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butions or volunteering your time,” Steverding said. “We actually want you to do all three and be integrated in the process.”

The international faith-based, nonprofit establishment responds to emergency disaster relief around the world, offering food, clothing and medical attention to those less fortunate. The organization has played a vital role in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and is now involved with the Storm Noel relief effort in the Dominican Republic.

Giving Children Hope is still taking monetary or gift donations for much-needed household and personal items that include hygiene items, nonperishable foods and babyrelated items, including formula and diapers.

To volunteer or donate to: Red Cross Orange County Chapter (714) 481-5300 or www.oc-redcross.org San Diego Chapter (858) 3091200 or www.sdarc.org Los Angeles Chapter (310) 4452685 or www.redcrossla.org Giving Children Hope (714) 5234454 or www.gchope.org

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PHOTOS By HEATHER PERRY/For the Daily Titan [Above] Z Ranch Organics’ booth offers crisp greens, gleaming eggplants and crunchy asparagus for a variety of shoppers. [Left] Brie Zigler, 25, serves organic peach vendor, Ricardo Salazar, a cup of Sumatra organic coffee.

Orange County Farmers Market offers a quaint alternative

By HEATHER PERRY

For the Daily Titan

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John Ford, 55, a honey vendor, was sick of hearing buzzing. He packed up his truck with his honey and headed for the Orange County Farmers Market for a charming day with his family of farmers and Orange County shoppers.

The Orange County Farmers Market in Costa Mesa attracts scores of different shoppers looking for everything from seaweed salad to edible bee pollen.

Although this is an appealing aspect, it is not the reason why the most loyal of customers keep coming back for more.

“You can buy a bag of apples at the supermarket and you might get a really good deal, but those apples could be cold-stored up to a year,” said Trish Harrison, 54, a Certified Farmers Markets manager. “They might look pretty, they might be

polished, they might be waxed, but you bite into them and you’re like ‘Ugh!’ Out here, they are straight off the tree; they don’t look perfect and they are not the same size, but you taste them and you think ‘Wow, I would pay so much more for this.’

It’s the best-kept secret.”

At the O.C. Farmers Market, most, if not all, of the fruits and vegetable are organic – meaning no pesticides or growth enhancers were used in the produce.

“When people say ‘organic,’ do [they] know what that means?” said Brie Ziegler, 25, an organic coffee vendor for Angel’s Brew. “Check everything out – sample everything first, be prepared to ask questions and get to know what they are selling. Don’t just buy it because it’s cheaper. Buy it because it’s better.”

Despite its petite set-up of tents, the O.C. Farmers Market has what Harrison calls a family atmosphere and extremely accessible parking.

“That’s usually the kiss of death for most farmers markets – if they don’t have adequate parking. We have more than adequate parking,” Harrison said. “There’s so much more that a farmers market is than

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The economic costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are estimated to total $1.6 trillion – roughly double the amount the White House has requested thus far, according to a new report by Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.

The report, released Tuesday, attempted to put a price tag on the two conflicts, including “hidden” costs such as interest payments on

the money borrowed to pay for the wars, lost investment, the expense of long-term health care for injured veterans and the cost of oil market disruptions.

The $1.6 trillion figure, for the period from 2002 to 2008, translates into a cost of $20,900 for a family of four, the report said.

The Bush administration has requested $804 billion for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined, the report stated.

For the Iraq war only, total eco-

from them],” Ziegler said. “If you come to a farmers market, you don’t like businesses like Starbucks anymore because you don’t like what Starbucks represents.”

Although the market may have a lot of pluses, there are other aspects that dampen the fun.

“This is a small market that is not profiting me, but I have to support and protect the local farmers market,” Ford “At least – Brie Zigler, said. this is kind of Organic coffee like a day off. I vendor can relax.”

Although competition is an issue, Harrison said the customers remain loyal.

“It’s a totally different subculture within a culture; farmers are by far the most honest, loyal, hard-working people you will ever want to meet,” Harrison said. “I’m married to a farmer.”

The farmers market in Cota Mesa is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

We have competition with the supermarkets, because it’s easier and seems cheaper.

PHOTO By HEATHER PERRY/For the Daily Titan The Orange County Farmer’s Market in Costa Mesa attracts customers looking for a more personal experience compared to shopping at traditional supermarkets.

just fresh fruits and vegetables, too.

People know each other on a firstname basis. I don’t know how many people go to Vons or Ralph’s and know the checkers’ names.”

Chris Hannigan, 25, musician and songwriter played hits like “Hound Dog” by Elvis and songs by Green Day on his guitar for shop-

pers’ children who danced about in euphoria.

He said he had played at coffee shops, but something about playing at the farmers market is different.

“I do this because of what the farmers market stands for,” Hannigan said. “I have to support the farmers.”

Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan tax family finances The Associated Press

Coming to the O.C. Farmer’s Market also ensures an education.

Just ask a vendor about his or her craft, and story after story is sure to ensue.

“Each honey has a different taste because of the nectar. Some people think it is sugar when they see grains in their honey when it’s actually a high percentage of glucose causing more granulation,” Ford said. “You can have the bees pollinate the buckwheat flower, avocado flower or sage flower and get different flavors of honey.”

Not only do the farmers have a reputation for being knowledgeable, but when people think of a farmer in this modern era, they think of how they must compete with big businesses.

“We have competition with the supermarkets because it’s easier and seems cheaper [to buy from food

nomic costs were estimated at $1.3 trillion for the period from 2002 to 2008. That would cost a family of four $16,500, the report said.

Future economic costs would be even greater.

The report estimated that both wars would cost $3.5 trillion between 2003 and 2017. Under that scenario, it would cost a family of four $46,400, the report said.

The report, from the committee’s Democratic majority, was not vetted with Republican members.

Democratic leaders in Congress, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., seized on the report to criticize Bush’s war strategy. The White House countered that the report was politically motivated.

The report comes as the House and Senate planned to vote this week on another effort by Democrats to set a deadline for withdrawing troops from Iraq as a condition for providing another $50 billion for the war.

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A family atmosphere, unique foods and warm vendors all come together

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We don’t want to be ‘fed’ Dishonesty in politics is not a new concept, but showing a lack of integrity this early in a presidential campaign is.

Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, a 19year-old sophomore at Grinell, said Hillary Clinton’s staff assigned her a question to ask the senator during a campaign event.

Gallo-Chasanoff went on to say that giving anyone a specific question to ask is dishonest and the experience has given her a negative outlook on politics.

According to CNN.com, the event reportedly took place after a staffer turned down Gallo-Chasanoff’s original question for one already approved for college students. The student went on to say she was not the only one who was “fed” questions.

While Clinton is probably more capable than anyone to handle unexpected questions and spontaneity, the Clinton camp felt that approving questions would give her an edge. This is also the same team of geniuses that had Clinton fake an accent wherever she traveled to bond with the locals.

The school newspaper quickly picked up the story and CNN jumped all over it. There’s only one thing that overrides our generation’s tendency to be apathetic – when someone tells us what to do, what to think or what to ask.

But the bigger issue here is the perceived notion that voters our

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age won’t have an impact on the election.

There’s still a very long race ahead and if this is any indication of the campaign practices we’re going to be dealing with, we won’t be going out on a limb saying that this will be the lowest youth voter turnout ever. Candidates, listen to us very carefully. Be humorous (or even just likable) and don’t tell us what to do.

That’s the only way you’re going to reach our generation. If you do that, we can’t promise you anything, but we’ll at least think about voting for you.

Candidates of the 2008 election should not underestimate the impact that young voters can have on the election.

Maybe you candidates should consider the possibility that we’re not entirely apathetic. It might be that you’re all terrible choices and we don’t feel like rewarding any of you with our charity. Is it really that impossible to seem appealing to both senior citizens and college students? Or are you too lazy to be a decent person?

Let’s see if we understand: you want to be a leader of the free world, but you don’t want to have to answer questions that college students come up with because it won’t give you an edge? Really?

No, you’re right. It’s totally not your fault that we aren’t voting.

Keep up the good work.

Any feedback, positive or negative, is encouraged, as we strive to keep an open dialogue with our readership. The Daily Titan reserves the right to edit letters for length, grammar and spelling. Direct all comments, questions or concerns along with your full name and major to Executive Editor Ian Hamilton at ihamilton@dailytitan.com

November 14, 2007

The corporate takeover

The disappearing ‘mom-n-pop’ diners

By Sylvia Masuda

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

From Glendale to Downey, Garden Grove to Diamond Bar, it’s easy to find a busy intersection containing a Chipotle, Hollywood Video, Burger King or Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Just look at Chapman Avenue and State College Boulevard.

Los Angeles Times staff writer Steve Hymon predicted Los Angeles’ residents will evolve into a “bethonged populace stumbling from franchised burrito to lattes and back.”

He said where the city used to be a metropolis thriving with downhome flavor in the form of momand-pop restaurants and stores, is now a megacorp wasteland coated with impersonality. Franchises, he said, are erasing the city’s character.

But they are not.

There’s no denying that franchises don’t bear the warm, cozy setting of a rusty, rickety coffee shop or a fam-

ily-owned fast food joint. Hymon, however, exaggerated the outcome of franchises in Los Angeles. Like his example, Sherman Oaks’ legendary Wiener Factory, some small retail companies will close its doors, and that’s a shame. But the city will march on, doggedly gripping to its flavor. It just takes some digging to find that special touch.

L.A. and O.C. Weekly still do their annual “Best Of ” issues, and cover-to-cover, it seems as if they have no problems finding suggestions for unique eats and entertainment, sidestepping bigwig franchises all the way.

Los Angeles still contains streets and blocks full of eclecticism.

Do not forget about Old Pasadena or Olvera Street. Over time, they have blended into the fibers of the city so well it’s not hard to overlook them.

Although places like Melrose Boulevard are lined with some corporate retail stores, in between those stores are one-of-a-kind boutiques

and restaurants.

The city isn’t just about places to buy food and miscellanea, either.

Los Angeles is scattered with a variety of landmarks unlikely to be torn down. Mann’s Chinese Theatre, the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Santa Monica Pier all have a stamp on Southern California.

The Dodgers. The Lakers. The Ducks. Unless they pull a Raiders and move elsewhere, they, too, represent Los Angeles.

There is another side to the supposed overrun of corporations. Sadly to some, the franchise is the flavor of Los Angeles.

It’s not that the city has been run into the ground by snappy-logoed corporations for so long that we’ve forgotten what real Los Angeles is like.

It’s that Los Angeles has won the reputation of being the marker of

money-grubbers, of socialites and washed-out actors driving drunk and high, of silicone and papparazi and leathery orange-tanned skin.

Who represents the big bucks? Starbucks. Where do rich young stars go for a snack fix? Pinkberry.

Those outside of the state, of the city, even, don’t know Los Angeles for Pink’s Hot Dogs or Mel’s Diner.

Hollywood, people say, is fake, superficial, too perfect – the opposite of realness, earthiness and independent salons and stores.

Franchises are here to stay. They serve a purpose. These economic powerhouses build our infrastructure. But they are no threat to the “local flavor,” as the Times reported.

Despicable as it is to find two Starbucks on opposite sides of the same street, do not fret. Los Angeles will survive the rise of the franchise giants.

Clocking in to hypocrisy: torn at work

By Rob Weaver

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

This week I agreed to write about how our culture is declining steadily at the hands of corporate influence.

Most specifically, I was supposed to focus on restaurant chains, and how they continue to infect the urban sprawl where we live, knocking mom-and-pop establishments out of business.

While mulling over what angle to take in my argument, (and stalling much to my frustration) it dawned on me that I am a hypocrite.

As I attend school, I’ve worked as a waiter at a restaurant chain for the last five years. Every weekend I work at this restaurant, which will remain nameless, that serves a decidedly ancient demographic. We specialize in baking pies, and that’s all I’m going to say.

In the five years I’ve worked for this very small, Orange Countybased restaurant chain, I’ve witnessed a slow transition of this establishment from a mostly family owned and operated enterprise, to an evermore corporate, machinelike, money-idolizing institution. I don’t doubt that the intentions of

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And it almost makes me forget that I am part of a dishonest, money-worshiping machine.

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those who started the restaurant were good, and probably still are today.

At the human level, I couldn’t respect my co-workers more. I would say I even love some of them more than my own family. But we are all

cogs in a wheel spinning towards an unattainable goal, where the money brought in will never be enough.

Though a corporation is usually a publicly traded company with a board of shareholders, and the place I work at is still run by only one family and their cronies, the place of my employment certainly follows the corporate model of cutting labor costs. In other words, limiting, or altogether eliminating jobs.

For example: three years ago the district manager came to my boss and told him that now instead of having See HYPOCRISY, Page 5

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OPINION

November 14, 2007

Hip-Hop Club under attack

By Patrick chavis

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

Hip-Hop Congress, a club at Cal State Fullerton, has started to sign a petition because the university does not seem to take them seriously. I’m not surprised because hip-hop has always been in danger of being taken away from the man.

Hip-Hop Congress has been a club at CSUF since the fall of 2004. In its charter it says its purpose is to design, produce and initiate positive projects that shall benefit the student body and community using hip-hop as a vehicle to create change. Recently, the club has come under tough scrutiny by the school because according to a few, the hiphop club must prove its worth.

“We requested to do our quad sessions every Thursday. We wanted to start heavy requirement because our core members are leaving and we wanted to have a strong presence to talk about hip-hop,” co-chair of Hip-Hop Congress Hideki Fukusumi said. Presidents of Hip-Hop Congress Daniel Samarin and Fukusumi met with Associate Dean of Student Life Esiquio Uballe to discuss the reasons the club was limited to only a few Thursdays in the semester.

According to Fukusumi, Uballe does not see the educational value of the Hip-hop Congress being out there in the Amphitheater.

“He had received complaints that the music was degrading, sexually and racially,” Uballe said. Without any hard evidence Uballe was also concerned that the college of the arts would complain about the music.

Samarin and Fukusumi were asked by Uballe to prove that the program benefits the students on campus.

“In order to please the requests of Dr. Uballe were trying to incorporate different aspects of hip-hop into the hour session,” Samarin said.

“We’re going to have trivia and give out prizes, so there’s an educational portion where we ask people questions about the history of hip-hop.”

While the meaning of clubs is to educate and enlighten, I feel that it is unfair that out of the many clubs at CSUF, only one has to prove it’s worth to our community.

“We are going to try and establish our need on campus,” Fukusumi said.

Hip-hop has always been the target of structuralist institutions and harsh scrutiny by the media since its inception. No other medium of music has been asked to prove itself as an art form when styles of similar origins like techno and electronica were often left alone. Hip-hop has become a political debate that never seems to end and everyone wants to get their 50 cents in even me. Pundits with no real news like Bill O’Reilly attacks hip-hop with no basis against it. O’Reilly spoke against rapper NAS, because he talked about guns in his songs.

O’Reilly was not wrong about the fact that guns were

The Higher Ground Stop playing the gender card Aleksandra Wojtalewicz When the election campaigns first began, I was excited to see new faces, that of an African-American and of a woman, among the WASP presidential hopefuls.

Although I do not agree wholeheartedly with either Barrack Obama or Hillary Clinton, I took a strong liking to Clinton, who, as a woman, got involved in the campaign game with a solid and strong entry. She proved that women can be in the “boys club,” as she has often mentioned, and that women, too, can be tough politicians and human.

Yet to my dismay, last Friday, Clinton’s campaign personnel admitted that a staffer spoke to potential questioners prior to an energy event held in Iowa. I was disappointed that Clinton would stoop to such a level as to plant questions among voters so she can prepare an eloquent response beforehand.

Unfortunately, national and world events do not stop and presidential candidates need to be able to respond to situations and questions on the spot.

Politics is a dirty game and I’m sure Clinton is not the first or last politician and candidate to partake in such behavior. Sen. John Edwards, Clinton’s party rival, criticized Clinton and said that planting questions is “what George Bush does.” Hence, my disappointment.

Over the past couple weeks, Clinton has also been attacked for not giving concrete answers about her platform and using the “gender card” when under fire from her campaign rivals.

Clinton said that she was forced to “compete in an all-boys club” of politics. Unfortunately, that is what politics have turned to, which is why it was so refreshing for me to see her running for the presidential

position.

The competition is tough, and because she is a woman, she needs to fight to win twice as hard. It’s not fair, but, unfortunately, it is the reality.

Clinton stated that “if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. I’m very much at home in the kitchen.” Yet, her recent actions have, in a way, shown otherwise.

She stated that the other candidates were picking on her and singling her out.

The reason behind why the candidates were singling her out should not matter. What matters is how she handles herself in that situation.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Clinton has shown that she is a strong woman leader not only during the campaign but as a Senator. So, she should not hide behind her gender to win sympathy.

She has proven before that she has more intelligence than that.

As a woman, I think it is insulting when women justify their mistakes or signs of weakness on their gender. I’ve never heard a man tell his opponents, “You are picking on me because I am a man,” when he is

under fire.

I haven’t heard Obama justify his weak answers because he was under scrutinizing pressure because he is black. Even Republican candidate Mitt Romney, as of yet, has not responded to critiques by blaming it on the fact that he’s Mormon.

Clinton proved that she has the intelligence to go far and compete in the presidential race. Although every candidate never gives clear stands and hesitates when need be, Clinton needs to take the critiques to heart and learn from them. Planting questions, no matter what candidate does it, shows that the candidate is unprepared, indecisive and dishonest.

There are already many people who won’t vote for Clinton because of the solemn fact that she is a woman — so why further the stereotype of the frail woman by hiding behind your gender and being involved in dishonest measures?

There’s still time until election day.

So, Hillary, rise out from behind the gender card and continue showing that you’ve got what it takes. You’re a woman. Lets hear you (continue to) roar.

in the song, but he forgot to actually listen to the lyrics.

If he had listened, he would have realized the song he insulted, “Shoot em up,” is actually a story about a murderer and how his lifestyle of killing and destruction, leads to his undoing.

I think people forget that hip-hop is art and it doesn’t really need to be taken that seriously. Actually, for all intensive purposes for anyone that listens to Linkin Park but can’t accept, that they might like rap a little bit, remember it’s just art. I think if we start out by seeing hip-hop as art, rhythmic poetry. Then maybe fewer people will feel isolated from the culture. When people feel isolated, people get mad, people say and do thing they don’t really mean.

Later on this year, Stanely Crouch, a popular African American Music critic mostly known for his criticism of Jazz, called rappers clowns who can’t make up there own decisions. Crouch truly believed that rappers aren’t taking responsibility for their actions and Crouch is right. Rappers do not take responsibility for the actions created by their music and they shouldn’t have to.

There’s also nothing wrong with what Crouch said, but he is being narrow-minded and because of that instead of looking for a solution, the conversation between him and rappers becomes circular. Crouch doesn’t want to look at the big picture and rappers don’t want to admit that their music might affect their listeners. Once we can understand that both sides of the argument have a point, we can move on.

The general problems of hip-hop are so wide spreading that it even affects our campus. Administrators as well as other people, still cannot seem to accept hip-hop as art, or in this case, as an educational medium. When realistically, education is a key point in changing hip-hop. Therefore, hip-hop is a reflection of society and education is what keeps our society moving. Education has a strong responsibility to change and mold those minds that speak about the world over beat machines.

Hip-hop is not boring or lazy, it does something and should no be taken so lightly. Hip-hop makes people dance; at times, lyrically, the music speaks volumes about the world around us. Hip-hop creates, art, inspires creativity and in another person’s hands, hip-hop is a lot more then what I’m spouting right now. Take away hip-hop you’ve got a colorless world, a colorless CSUF campus and substance without a heart, like a drummer without a beat. So for everyone, who thinks they’ve found the next great beat play it for me, please.

“Hip-hop is not what you see on TV or what you hear on the radio. If want to hear and see real hip-hop you will come and involve yourself with Hip-Hop Congress, Samarin said.

HYPOCRISY: Serving fake smiles from Page 4

two bakers to do all of the arduous pre-dawn work that is expected of them, he should only schedule one.

In order to make this possible, many of the fresh baked items we used to make from scratch are now made at only one of the chain locations, then freezed, and shipped to the others.

This drastically affected the quality and taste of the food.

But, hey at least we saved a few bucks for the big whigs.

When I first started as a waiter, we had a bus person all day to clean the tables instantly after a party left.

Now, in order to cut costs, there is only a bus person for the busiest part of my shift. This means after six or seven hours on my feet, serving five tables at a time (and sometimes more when the manager on duty jumps the gun and sends home one of the servers, again, to cut labor costs), I am expected to remove all

the dishes, wipe off all traces of human excrement from the tables and booths and then turn around with a smile on my face so I can sling some pie for the old folks. I’ll admit, I’m not very good at hiding my dismay from my customers anymore.

There is no doubt in my mind that this has cheapened the experience of the customer where I work. This is a result of the people who run the place where I work following the model of the ubiquitous chains out there. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

There are some examples where restaurant businesses achieved success without fleecing their customers and pulling the rug out from under their employees. Starbucks is about as much of a household name as you can get, and they are usually in the top ten of the Fortune 500, and are one of the best companies to work for. In-N-Out Burger starts their employees at $9.50 per hour, and

their managers get a comfortable living wage, the quality of their food has not faltered in the least and you can almost always count on a pleasant experience there.

Within a short walking distance from Cal State Fullerton on Placentia Ave. lies Pepe’s, a small restaurant chain that has yet to follow the corporate model, at least not to the point of affecting the customer and it’s employees yet. Pepe’s is always busy with loyal clientele when I go, and the staff all seem proud to work there.

Yet, I am a hypocrite. Every weekend I put on a fake smile through clenched teeth and sling over-priced pies, and “freshly baked” items to impatient, old people because I make tips, and that makes me forget how much I hate my job.

And it almost makes me forget that I am part of a dishonest, money-worshipping machine.

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November 14, 2007

Marking their targets

By Rae Nguyen

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Husband and wife Ralo Lopez and Kristen Kleist of Tustin both share a passion. It isn’t a football team, knitting or cats, but an adrenaline rush from being in a field, ready to fire at the offensive team while avoiding being shot.

Paintball is the sport that draws curious adventurers to Giant Paintball Park in Costa Mesa every Thursday through Sunday. Lopez and Kleist are employees at the combat-style activity park.

With nearly 300 players since it first launched in late October, Giant Paintball is one of the subsidiaries of SC Village in Chino and Hollywood Sports in Bellflower. They all cater to paintball fans.

Originally, paintball started off as a way for cattlemen to mark their cows, but gained popularity in the early ‘80s.

Lopez, Giant Paintball’s public relations officer said growing attendance streams in the busy weekends with 20 to 30 new players every week.

“It’s cool to see this sport is picking up, piquing interest in fans and anyone who wants to try this,” Lopez said.

J.C. Ruffalo of Newport Beach brought his family to the park to try out the sport since the family had never done anything as a group.

“It’s a big family affair,” said Ruffalo, laughing. “It’s a way to get revenge on my dad for all 19 years of my life.”

Located at the Orange County Fairgrounds, Giant Paintball is at the

Grandstand Arena where Speedway Motorcycle Racing normally holds its events.

The duration of the event runs until the second week of April, giving trigger-happy enthusiasts a chance to test their skills. With two scenario fields – a smaller arena with artificial obstacles including abandoned cars, large boulders and one speedball field – the areas mimic a tournament-style playing space with inflatable cushions.

This allows any player to experience the battlefield without actually getting hurt.

“Paintball is a pretty safe sport.

There hasn’t been any serious injuries since the park opened,” Lopez said.

“It’s the adrenaline rush. People do it just for kicks.”

Since this is mainly a male-dominated sport, Kleist, one of the on-site managers, encourages any woman who want to get down and dirty to join.

“Paintball is for women who enjoy aggressive sports. Here, women and men have equal footing when paintballs whiz by at that high velocity,” Kleist said. “It won’t matter if you’re male or female. You try not to get hit.”

To protect itself from liability lawsuits, the park requires each player to sign a waiver after watching a fiveminute safety video at the safety training kiosk. Anyone under 10 years old is not allowed to participate in the activity.

Safety is constantly stressed at Giant Paintball Park. Signs are posted at every turn with two important rules:

One, never take off the goggle system in the field; and two, always cover the marker with the sleeve or a “marker condom” to avoid accidental firing.

The goggle system consists of a protective mask, durable enough to take a direct hit from a paintball traveling 300 feet per second, Lopez said.

The marker, or paintball gun, has an aluminum tank with compressed gas at 3,000 psi (pounds per square inch).

The hopper on top of the barrel can hold about 180 rounds of paint pellets. At nearly 10 pounds, the marker is considered a dangerous weapon if not handled properly.

Due to insurance liability issues, a velocity shot from rented markers allowed at Giant Paintball is at 275 to 280 feet per second, which is considered lower than what other paintball venues allow.

“It’s a difference from a welt to a scar,” Lopez said.

Markers can fire up to 30 balls per second. There is a stationed safety area where a chronograph machine reads the speed of the paintball. This ensures the marker is working correctly and will not malfunction during game play.

Players often get dehydrated after hours of play. Ruffalo wolfs down a cherry shaved ice sold nearby.

“That took a lot out of me. I need to re-fuel for the next round,” Ruffalo said. An hour later, the multi-colored mosaic that is Ruffalo and his family decides to go home after shaking LoPhotos By Cameron Pemstein/Daily Titan Photo Editor pez’s hand and thanking him for the Above- Sometimes only a pink band can identify who is on your team. Shao Zhang from Pandemic gets his only identification. personal attention.

Left- Paintball participants avoid being shot by hiding behind wooden structures.

November 14, 2007

C.C. Sabathia wins Cy Young; Lackey third The Associated Press C.C. Sabathia beat Josh Beckett at last – albeit a few weeks later than he hoped.

Sabathia won the AL Cy Young Award on Tuesday, topping Boston’s ace and two other worthy contenders by a comfortable margin to become the first Cleveland Indians pitcher in 35 years to earn the honor.

Sabathia received 19 of 28 firstplace votes and finished with 119 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Beckett, who outpitched Sabathia twice in the playoffs, was second with eight first-place votes and 86 points.

“I did look at a few numbers,” Sabathia said on a conference call from his California home. “I definitely thought that Beckett – it could have went either way. I’m just happy and thankful that it went my way.”

It might have gone the other way if October results counted. Voting took place before the postseason, when Sabathia struggled as Beckett put together a string of dominant outings to help Boston win the World Series.

The Red Sox right-hander trounced Sabathia two times in the AL championship series and went 4-0 with a 1.20 ERA in four postseason starts, striking out 35 and walking two. Sabathia was 1-2 with an 8.80 ERA and 13 walks in three playoff outings.

“The first two I can definitely say I was trying to do too much,” Sabathia said. “Just trying to make perfect pitches.”

John Lackey of the Los Angeles Angels got the other first-place vote and came in third.

Cleveland’s Fausto Carmona was fourth.

Sabathia went 19-7 with a 3.21 ERA and 209 strikeouts, pitching a major league-high 241 innings.

Beckett (20-7) became the only big leaguer to win 20 games since 2005, compiling a 3.27 ERA in 200 2-3 innings. Lackey led the AL in ERA at 3.01, going 19-9 and tossing 224 innings. Carmona was 19-8 with a 3.06 ERA. “I was excited. My family and everybody were around,” Sabathia said.

“I was surprised. Beckett had a great year and an even better postseason.”

The only other Cleveland pitcher to win the award was Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry in 1972. Now that he’s got one of his own, Sabathia plans to display the trophy prominently.

“I’m sitting in my office right now, I’m looking for a spot. I’ll probably put it right here,” he said.

Sabathia is the first black pitcher to win a Cy Young Award since Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets in 1985 – and the first in the AL since Oakland’s Vida Blue in 1971.

“That’s awesome to be mentioned with him,” said Sabathia, adding that he recently attended a meeting designed to foster ideas on how to generate more interest in baseball among black kids.

While the top four Cy Young candidates had similar statistics, Sabathia’s stamina apparently set him apart. After being sidelined by injuries the previous two seasons, the 6-foot-7, 290-pound left-hander stayed healthy all year and made 34 starts to Beckett’s 30. That helped account for their wide gap in innings pitched.

“I can’t really say I was tired in the postseason,” Sabathia said. “My arm felt fine. ... The velocity was there.”

The 27-year-old Sabathia also walked only 37 batters, giving him a remarkable strikeout-to-walk ratio that took pressure off his defense all season. Beckett had 194 strikeouts and 40 walks.

“I think just keeping down the walks,” Sabathia said. “Being able to go deep in the games, I think was the biggest deal in helping me win this.”

Sabathia is entering the final season of his contract with the Indians, who are preparing to offer him a long-term deal this winter.

Beckett gets $100,000 for finishing second, and his 2010 base salary increases $100,000 to $12.1 million.

Lackey earns $75,000 for coming in third, and his 2009 base salary goes up $500,000 to $10 million.

AL and NL Manager of the Year will be announced Wednesday and then the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday, with San Diego ace Jake Peavy considered the favorite.

Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia and Milwaukee third baseman Ryan Braun won the Rookie of the Year awards Monday.

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Titan volleyball looks for rhythm Titans find themselves as spoilers with two straight wins last week

Think Different. Think Simon.

Simon Liang

For now, Kobe will still wear the Purple and Gold

by Siamak Djahanshahi Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

The Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team came away with a victory against the UC Irvine Anteaters at Crawford Court on Nov. 7, and repeated the feat the next night against UC Riverside at the Student Recreation Center.

In the match against UCI, the Titans won game one 30-27, game three 30-23 and game four 31-29.

The match consisted of 17 tie scores and five lead changes.

“I was thrilled with the game one victory. I knew that that was going to be important playing away,” said Head Coach Carolyn Zimmerman.

“And it’s always tough to play away, so you definitely want to see your team battling.”

The Titans gave up game two 2030 in which the Anteaters dominated the first half of the set, but the Titans picked it up and finished strong. The momentum they gained at the end of the second game carried over into games three and four, where the Titans put the nail in the coffin.

“Game two certainly was a disappointment, however we were down 20-5 and climbed back to a 20-30 finish on that one which was key,” Zimmerman said. “Had we lied down, I think that momentum could have carried over and been a problem for us. I think for us the biggest issue is that we didn’t play like the underdog.”

Brittany Moore showed her dominance once again by leading the Titan attack with 22 kills and eight blocks. Alex Wolnisty had 12 kills while Jennifer Francisco had 13 kills and a .429 hitting percentage.

Moore said she felt good about her team’s performance and they had a lot of team chemistry on the court.

She said they were going to go out there with nothing to lose and be extra aggressive the entire match, knowing they were in the way of the Anteaters tournament hopes.

photos by karl thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor Alex Wolnisty attemps a kill against UC Riverside on Nov. 8.

“[We were] just going to be super aggressive, and just play our game, and we did and we won,” Moore said.

When the Titans were down 20-5 in the second game, a timeout was called. Moore said they knew being in a hole meant they had to go out and play extra aggressive.

“You can’t play scared, you’re behind so you just got to play aggressive – swing at every ball. You can’t go out and tip, because they’re not doing that, they’re swinging at our heads,” Moore said. “We came back, we lost, but we lost 30-20. We came back from that hole so it felt kind of good. And we just tried to use that momentum in game three and game four.”

This match was important for the Titans since they lost three matches in a row previously, and were trying to find a successful rhythm.

This win snapped the Anteat-

Britney Moore rallies her teammates in a match against UC Riverside on Nov. 8.

ers’ three-game winning streak and could possibly affect their post season hopes.

On Nov. 8, the following night, the Titans won their second straight match at UC Riverside.

The Titans lost game one 23-30, but won three straight games to take the match. They won game two 3018, game three 30-19 and game four 30-17.

CSUF is now 13-13 overall with a 7-7 conference record.

The team’s win on Thursday night was a school record for most victories in the conference.

The Titans next matches are Thursday against Cal State Northridge, and Friday against Long Beach State.

Both games will be held at the Titan Gym.

What a start to the NBA season!

It is now week three, with definitely more drama to come.

The Lakers versus the Rockets on the first night was simply exciting. It was unfortunate the Lakers came out on the short end, because they came back with a 13-0 run after a large deficit.

I was ready to turn off the tube with about three minutes left.

Good thing I didn’t because the rest of the game was exhilarating.

A lead is never safe when the other team has a fella named Kobe Bryant suiting up for it.

The two wins versus Phoenix and Utah were solid wins that measured the strength of the Purple and Gold. Those two teams could each be possibly holding up the trophy next June.

The second loss to the Hornets exposed the Lakers’ biggest weakness: stopping penetration. The Hornets’ Chris Paul had a careerhigh 21 assists because all he did was drive in and kick it out to the shooters.

I’ve been fairly impressed with the Lakers’ play this season. The big guys up front are actually catching the ball!

Ronny Turiaf has about two dunks a game and pumps his chest after each one. He has shown critics this season that he is not only an energetic guy but a contributor to the Lakers’ success.

Andrew Bynum is finally becoming the go-to guy on the block. He has led the Lakers in rebounds in the first three of five games. Although he is playing a reserve role right now, he is going to be a starter in no time.

When Kwame Brown and Chris Mihm are healthy, they can be great defenders and block some

shots. When Bynum becomes more comfortable as a starter, I see Kwame and Chris coming in off the bench for defensive help.

I was extremely glad to see Lamar Odom back against the Timberwolves. He was driving and dunking all over the place, showing the world why he is one of the most versatile players in the game.

I really think this is the year Odom brings it all together and becomes more aggressive and consistent. If he stays away from the injury-bug that has plagued him, the Lakers can be a team to be reckoned with.

Luke Walton’s role as the sixth man suits him better, because he is not starter material. However, the Lakers do need his smart decisionmaking and pinpoint passing off the bench.

The bench has been solid this season. Bynum has anchored the middle while Brian Cook and Vladimir Radmanovic have knocked down some key outside shots.

The Lakers are off to a pretty good start, so does that mean Kobe stays in Los Angeles?

Who knows?

Bulls’ General Manager Jim Paxson said they were out of the race for Bryant before the season started, but Chicago has been off to a worse-than-predicted start.

I want Kobe to stay in L.A. because he is the image of Purple and Gold, just like Jordan was the symbol of the Bulls’ red and white.

It would be weird to see him put on another city’s jersey.

For now, Kobe stays in L.A., but anything can happen at any time so don’t be shocked if a blockbuster deal involving the best player in the NBA does occur this season.

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SPORTS

November 14, 2007

CSUF women’s soccer faces UCLA in first round The Titans will look to upset the No. 1 seeded Bruins on Friday Courtesy of Cal State Fullerton Sports Information For the second consecutive year and the third time in its four NCAA Tournament apperances, the Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team will head to Westwood, Calif., for this weekend’s first and second round matches hosted by UCLA. The Titans, who finished 12-7-2 overall and 6-2 in the Big West Conference during the regular season, will meet the host Bruins in the first round on Friday at 5:30 p.m. San Diego and Oklahoma State will lock horns in the other first-round match up at Drake Stadium at 8 p.m. with the winners meeting in Sunday’s second round at 1 p.m.

Tickets for the first and second rounds are $9 for adults and $7 for youth/students.

CSUF travelled to Westwood in 2006, defeating LMU in the first round by a 3-0 score before falling to UCLA, 3-1, in the second round.

The Titans and Bruins also met in the first round back in 2001 in a match won by UCLA, 3-0, as CSUF was making its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.

The Titans have never defeated the Bruins in the 10-game history of the series, including an 0-6 record in Westwood.

CSUF is 4-7 all-time against San Diego, including a 1-0 loss in the Titans’ regular season finale this year at Titan Stadium.

CSUF and Oklahoma State have never met in women’s soccer.

Coming off of their third consecutive Big West Conference Tournament title and a share of their fourth Big West regular season crown, the Titans bring a 3-3 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament with them to Westwood.

They own a 1-3 mark against the tournament field as all four of the top 25 teams The Titans faced in the regular season made the final field of 64.

The winner of Sunday’s second round match will meet the winner of the four-team “regional” hosted by national No. 4 seed Virginia that also includes Loyola (Md.), Georgetown and William & Mary.

Head Coach Brown and Titans receive recognition for 2007 Courtesy of Cal State Fullerton Sports Information

By Karl Thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor Senior Stacey Thompson (right) and junior Jenae Gibbens (left) carry the Big West Tournament trophy to their teammates.

Three Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer players earned individual honors and seven players total were named to the All-Big West Conference teams for 2007 according to a vote of the league’s coaches released Tuesday afternoon.

Joining the individual award winners is first-year Head Coach Demian Brown, who was named the Big West Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Titans to a share of the league’s regular season title, the conference tournament title, and an NCAA berth for the third consecutive year.

Brown became the first first-time, first-year head coach in the history of the Big West to lead their program to both the regular season and tournament titles and only the second-ever to win the league’s regular season title in their first season.

CSUF came away with two of the league’s top individual defensive honors as junior Shayla Sabin (San Clemente, Calif.) was named the league’s Goalkeeper of the Year and junior Jenae Gibbens (San Diego, Calif.) was named Defensive Player of the Year.

For the fourth year in a row, a Titan has taken home top goalkeeper honors as Sabin joins former teammate Karen Bardsley, who won the award for three straight seasons from 2004-06.

Sabin, who earned all-conference honors for the first time in her career, finished the season with a 9-5-2 record in net to go with a 0.77 goals against average and seven shutouts in 16 starts.

Sabin ranked third in the league in goals against average and save percentage while standing tied for fourth in shutouts.

Gibbens, who was also named to the all-conference first team after earning second-team honors in 2006, became the third straight Titan defender to win Defensive Player of the Year honors, joining Marlene Sandoval (2005) and Erica Janke (2006). Gibbens led a Titan defense that held 10 opponents to fewer than 10 shots per game and also got into the mix offensively, ranking tied for third on the team with four goals and assisting to two more for 10 points.

Senior Stacey Thompson (Saugus, Calif.), who earned her first career all-conference honor, was named the league’s Midfielder of the Year,

joining former Titan great Kellie Cox (2004) as winners of the award.

Thompson ranks second on the team with 13 points this season, scoring four goals and netting a team-high five assists. She ranks tied for sixth in the league in points, tied for third in assists, and tied for the league lead with three game-winning goals.

Joining the trio on the first team were seniors Brianna Buffington (San Diego, Calif.) and Lauren Cram (La Mirada, Calif.), who each earned their first all-conference honors. Cram led the team with six goals and 14 points while ranking among the league’s top 10 in five different categories. Buffington ranks tied for sixth in the league in goals scored and is third on the team with 11 points.

The All-Big West Second Team featured a pair of Titans as senior Nicole Scheid (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and junior Casey Schostag (Valley Center, Calif.) each earned their first career honors. Scheid finished second on the team with four assists – three of those leading to game-winning goals. Schostag finished the season with three assists and was a member of a stingy Titan defense that allowed only 20 goals and amassed a 0.90 goals against average.

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Index Announcements 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100

Campus Events/Services Campus Organizations Greeks Legal Notices Lost and Found Miscellaneous Personals Pregnancy Research Subjects Sperm/ Egg Donors Tickets Offered / wanted

Merchandise 2200 2300 2400 2500 2600 2700 2800 2900 3000 3100 3200 3300 3400 3500

Appliances Art/Painting/Collectibles Books Computers/Software Electronics Furniture Garage/Yard Sales Health Products Miscellaneous Musical Instruments Office Equipment Pets Rentals Sports Equipment

Transportation 3600 3700 3800 3900

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

Travel 4000 4100 4200 4300

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PART TIME Work at private lake w/boating in Yorba Linda. Boathouse positions available. Will train. Must be customer service oriented, motivated, w/CA Drivers license. $8.00/hour. Minutes from CSUF. Shifts available: Sundays 7am – 3:30pm and 12pm-7:30pm. East Lake Village, 5325 Village Center Drive. 779-0657. Applications required. Ask for Jeff or Susan.

Attn: Fine Art Grad Students

Are you depressed for more than two weeks?

The University of California, Irvine and the University of California, San Diego Psychiatry Departments are recruiting patients for a study of sleep deprivation as a potential treatment for depression. We will also study how other changes of the sleeping time might affect depressed mood.

Subjects will be compensated for their time and inconvenience. If you are interested, please call us at (949) 824-3362.

Beautiful Brand New Condo for Lease in Garden Grove! Two blocks from Disneyland and UCI Medical Center. 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath. Amenities including Pool, Jacuzzi, Recreation Center and Fitness Gym. Top floor with view. $2200 per month. Near all freeways. Reva1978@aol.com 714-396-2876

www.felicewear.com Student Discount take 15% off any online purchase! Use code 8186.

Valid only online. Offer expires on November 30,2007!

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Sell All Your Used Books!

Email book title, author, edition, condition, isbn to jaeangela@ gmail.com. I will offer CASH $$$ (310) 347-6675.

5500 Professional Services Fiscal audits of the Associated Students and Titan Students Union for the year ending 6/30/07 may be reviewed in TSU-218 during business hours.

Graduate student available for evening and weekend private tutoring in English, Reading, EWP, History and Research Skills. Call (714) 726-4132.

Math, Science, English, and Education majors to tutor younger students (k-8). Call (714) 5778540

6100 Business Opportunities 53 Full & Part-Time Jobs Sodexho to manage employee food service at DISNEYLAND starting now. We will coordinate with your school schedule, offering days, afternoons, evenings and weekends. Full-Time (over 30 hrs/wk) Benefits: Free Parking, Disneyland park pass for all employees. Sodexho (www.sodexho.com) is a global food service company in over 80 countries. For immediate consideration, call 714524-4529.

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6200 Career Opportunities P/T Hotel bellman/guest services wanted. Full/Part time positions available incl. weekends.

Starting wage $10/hr + tips and extras. Award winning family hotel across from Disneyland.

Applicants must be CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERTS, upbeat, outgoing & active. Apply in person 9am - 5pm any day of the week.

Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, 1380 S. Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92802. www.hojoanaheim.com.

Financial Services Company Expanding. Seeking serious people wanting to work full/part time.

Make extra income. No experience needed. Will train. Call Kim (714) 244-411 Earn $800-$3200 a month to drive brand new cars with ads placed on them. www.adcarclub.com.

Real Estate Investor Seeks Students Earn a potential $15k-$20k month while we coach and mentor you Jeffery (951) 813-2554 set4lifeinvestments@yahoo.com

Administration Assistant Needed

Real Estate Development/Pre School Management Company located in Fullerton. This office needs a candidate proficient in Word & Excel.College level classes in Business or Accounting.

Part time position, flexible hours.

Good pay package.

Call 714-323-9632

6400 Child Care Offered/Wanted Sitters Wanted! $10 or more per hour. Register free for jobs near campus or home. www.student-sitters.com.

Pre School Teacher/ Tutor Needed Preferably with ECE units Full-time or Part-time position.

Flexible hours and a good pay package. Pre School located in Fullerton & Tustin.

Pls. Call 562-631-4788

PART/TIME Private Gym Receptionist Looking for a customer service oriented and motivated individual.

Shifts available: 11am-4:30pm $8/hour. Applications required and available at 5325 Village Center Drive, Yorba Linda. Just minutes from CSUF. Questions - please contact Susan or Jeff at 714-779-0657.

Gamestakes.com a leading entertainment website is seeking 1 agent per university. No sellingHuge income potential! Email now:playersU@gamestakes.com

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Aries (March 21 - April 19) You’ll find a penny when you are out for a walk.

Surprisingly, it will be the key to a wonderful change in your life. The trick is just to figure out what you can do with a penny, these days.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20) You are being followed by fierce warriers of the Nez Perce tribe. You know - those guys with the little frameless glasses on the chains around their necks? Not surprisingly, many of the Nez Perce became fierce librarians.

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Gemini (May 21 - June 20) Beware! The Celestial Jade Emperor may bani sh you to the Big Grumpy Place if you don’t start paying more attention to the four Winds.

Obviously, this is a metaphor, somehow involv ing Cleveland.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22) Good day to learn a new trick for dealing with people who come by your home to try to sell you something. Open the door v..e..r..y slowly, and squint at them. Then resume sharpening a large kitchen knife, while they are talking at you.

Leo (July 23 - August 22) Nothing unusual today. Unless you count that episode with the iguana...

Virgo (August 23 - September 22) Through a casual remark in an elevator, you will realise that both you and your fellow pas senger have seen John Cleese’s information al film called How To Irritate People. By the time you reach the 10th floor, you will both be severely vexed with one another.

Libra (September 22 - October 22) You’ve been a little down lately, and it’s time to snap out of it! You’ve got to smell the roses while there’s time, since you’re not going to live forever. Which is good, since you’re already seeing hair in funny places...

Scorpio (October 23 - November 21) Remember that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Normally that’s not a big deal, but since your accounting department just changed its name to “The Mongol Horde”, you might take notice.

Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21) Excellent day to walk around wearing a white lab coat and carrying a clipboard.

Capricorn (December 22 - January 20) You will win 12,000 cases of peanut brittle today, on a call-in game show. That’s a LOT of peanut brittle, as it turns out.

Aquarius (January 21 - February 18) In a daring intellectual coup, you will translate a collection of Zen koans from Chinese directly into Jive, in an attempt to combine the best ele ments of philosophical thought and emotion.

You will title the collection “Yo Mama By The River.”

Pisces (February 19 - March 20) You will find happiness. It will look a lot like tranquility, only a bit fluffier.

Previous Puzzle HOW TO PLAY: Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9: and each set of boxes must contain the numbers 1 to 9.

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CSUF Grand Central Art Center located in downtown Santa Anna’s Artist Village has one studio apartments for rent ($700.00 per month) that will be available the second week of october. Included in the rent are all the utilities (excluding phone), monthly parking pass, internet access, and a studio space. Please contact Tracey Gayer at (714) 567-7238.

Attractive 1 lvl manufactured home on its own land. Tennis courts and pool inlcuded. $289,950. Can arrange financing.

1 mile from campus. Call 714777-8700 or 714-420-5930.

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