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Daily Titan
Monday March 3, 2008
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
DTSHORTHAND Campus Life: Cal State Fullerton will celebrate some of its outstanding women alumnae leaders at a special panel presentation on Wednesday. CSUF Women Leading the Way will feature five alumnae who will share their thoughts on women and leadership. This free event is open to the public and is part of the CSUF 50th Anniversary Celebration and Women’s History Month. The event will be held from 4:00 to 5:30 at the Titan Student Union Pavilions A and B. Speakers will talk about their experiences as women leaders in their chosen fields.
OC Roller Girls take on Orange County Teams battle to determine the toughest skaters By Tanya Obermeyer
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Soldier wins lotto, but will still serve in Iraq
On Yahoo video viewers can watch and listen a touching story about the two-time Iraq war vet who recently won $1 million in the lotto, but is still keeping his promise to return to Iraq and serve in the war. Sgt. Wayne Leyde stopped at a 7-11 to get beef jerky when he picked up the winning lotto ticket in Spokane, Washington. Even though Leyde is ecstatic about the money he recently won, he says he’s volunterring to go back, regardless of his financial situation, because he made a promise to his fellow soldiers overseas.
Correction:
In Thurs., February 28 edition, an error was made. In the article “Meeting between Israelis and Palestinians heats up at CSUF” it was incorrectly stated that Palestine is a sovereign state. Palestine is currently under Israel military occupation. The Daily Titan appologizes for this error.
A Hairy Situation WEST BEND, Wis. - A restaurant cook is out of a job and facing a felony charge after being accused of hiding hairs in a ribeye because a customer complained the first steak served to him was overcooked. Kevin Hansen, who dined at the steakhouse with friends and family Saturday, said he ordered a 16-ounce ribeye cooked medium rare, with a warm, red center. Hansen went to police Sunday to complain of hair in the second steak. Kropp, 24, of West Bend, was charged Wednesday with a felony of placing foreign objects in edibles, carrying up to 3 1/2 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Kropp admitted to police he put a few of his facial hairs on the steak, saying he was angry the customer sent the other steak back and thought he was “just trying to get free stuff,” according to the complaint.
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By Damon Casarez/Daily Titan Staff Photographer An O.C. Roller Girl, far left, takes her opponent from the Block Steady Crew down with her as she falls at their match at the O.C. Fairgrounds on March 1st.
The “Get Lucky” Roller Derby Extravaganza, Saturday at the OC Fairground and Expo Center involved the Inland Empire Derby Divas, Angel City Derby Girls and the Los Angeles Derby Dolls all in matches against the opposing OC Roller Girls. The OC Roller Girls was founded as an organization aimed at giving back to the community through various charity organizations. According to the organizations Web site, “We believe in the value of the individual, the strength of the team, and the power of the female spirit.” The team has been involved with YWCA, Revlon Run/ Walk For Women, Breast Cancer Angels and many more.
MESA day brings out spirited competition Titan
rewards program wraps up
By CINDY ROBLES
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Junior high school Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA) Day Prelims attracted 400 students from Orange County to Cal State Fullerton Thursday. Students competed in the areas of math, engineering and science. Many of the competitions required the students to create their projects prior to the day of the event. They had to pre-qualify at their schools before moving on and competing. Students were kept busy and were also given the opportunity to go on a campus tour and complete a scavenger hunt. Answers to the scavenger hunt were located in and around the Engineering and Computer Science Quad area. They had to find the answers to questions such as “Who is the Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science?” and “What is the room number of the MESA Office?” “They have to get 75 percent of the answers correct so we can provide them with a ticket, which will go into a raffle at the end of the day,” said Brenda Gamez, a volunteer from University Outreach. The MESA program at CSUF currently serves about 1,200 students in junior high and high school. The number has more than doubled in the last five years. “We’re growing every year. We’re serving more students,” said Vonna Hammerschmitt, MESA program director, who has been here for 23 years and has been involved with the MESA program ever since. The program has been in California for 35 years. It is located at 18 other sites in California, which include CSUs, UCs and private institutions. The CSUF MESA program serves 19 junior high schools and high schools in Anaheim, Fullerton, Santa Ana, Placentia, Costa Mesa and Whittier. MESA competitions are determined by a state-derived committee.
ASI looks to review how it works in order to extend the plan next year By Kristin Hutchinson For the Daily Titan
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By CINDY ROBLES/Daily Titan Staff Writer Tim Lancey, a mechanical engineering professor, and LeRoy Sanchez, civil engineering lab technician, judging manila folder bridges.
People submit ideas, which are reviewed by the committee. MESA students from all over the state participate in the same competitions. Competitions of the day ranged from Web design, math competitions and model building, to speech competitions. All have rules and regulations students have to follow. They can be disqualified for not following the rules or sometimes even for not labeling their projects correctly. One of the event’s competitions was “Stick Together,” which required students to design and construct model bridges made from no more than 200 craft sticks and water-soluble Elmer’s-type white glue. The winning bridge must be able to carry the maximum load while using the least amount of craft sticks. Civil Engineer Lab Technician LeRoy Sanchez said past bridges have been able to carry up to 200
pounds. “It all has to do with workmanship, design concept and construction. And they have to follow the rules. They have to have certain length requirements, height requirements and width requirements,” said Sanchez, who has been judging the competition for the past five years. “When they look like a bridge, they actually function like a bridge.” For the Web design competition, students had to create a Web page and were judged on page layout and design, content and technical aspects. “EggXpress” drew the largest crowd outside of the Humanities building. Students had to design and create a package that would keep as many eggs possible from breaking after being thrown from the top of the Humanities building. One of the competitions students did not have to pre-qualify for was “Foil Floaters.” The object of this competition
was to build a boat out of a sheet of aluminum foil and see how many marbles they can get to float. At the end of the day, students that placed first, second and third place in their categories were awarded medals. Winners at Thursday’s event will move on to compete at regionals, which will be held at UC Irvine. The date will be announced later this month. Director of University Outreach Dawn V. Valencia was one of the volunteers at the event. She worked for the MESA program statewide for eight years before coming to CSUF four years ago. “This actually gives them an opportunity to have hands-on experience with math and science,” said Valencia. “That’s what makes it real and exciting and fun. So if we want to encourage and increase the number of mathematicians, scientists and engineers, these are the kinds of events we need to have.”
The Titan Rewards Program, in which students received free items for supporting their fellow Titans, is wrapping up with the Titan women’s basketball game on Saturday. The pilot program, which Associated Students Inc. started, began Jan. 23. It rewards students with points for attending men’s and women’s home basketball games in order to boost game attendance. ASI Chief Communications Officer Juliana Santos said they would be reviewing the program after the basketball season ends, and will hopefully extend it to next year. “The ideal goal would be to offer a free semester of tuition in the future for the person who attends the most games,” said Chief Communications Officer for ASI Juliana Santos. “We also hope to be open to every university athletic event.” Santos said the program has been in the development stages for the last two to three years. It was designed as an incentive to promote school spirit and attendance for our outstanding sports teams and programs. Anyone with a Titan Card is eligible for the reward points, which do not extend into the playoff season. Many marketing experts said the Titan Rewards Program is similar to a loyalty or promotions program. CSUF marketing experts agreed the program will be effective if the See REWARDS, Page 2