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Wednesday March 19, 2008

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DTSHORTHAND Women’s History: Today - A discussion called “Women’s Ways of Leading: Challenging Patriarchy, Promoting Social Change” will be presented by Donna J. Nicol, a lecturer in women’s studies. The noon talk will be held in Room 205 of University Hall. March 20 - “Women & Men Leaders: Take Care, Take Charge”will be hosted by Barbara McDowell, director of the Women’s Center. The noon talk will be held in Room 205 of University Hall. March 20 - Check the “Battle of the Bands” featuring SlowMo Erotic, Hadassah Hill and Eva Bronosaurus at 7 p.m. in the Titan Student Union Pub.

The future is now at Cal State Fullerton

Titans’ NCAA tourney game to air on KDOC Orange County’s KDOC TV station will air the NCAA first round game between the Cal State Fullerton basketball team and Wisconsin. The coverage will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Bush defends war WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush says he has no doubts about launching the unpopular war in Iraq despite the “high cost in lives and treasure,” arguing that retreat now would embolden Iran to provide al-Qaida with money for weapons of mass destruction to attack the United States. Bush is to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq on Wednesday with a speech at the Pentagon. At least 3,990 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the war in 2003. It has cost taxpayers about $500 billion and estimates of the final tab run far higher. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard University public finance expert Linda Bilmes have estimated the eventual cost at $3 trillion when all the expenses, including longterm care for veterans, are calculated. Democrats offered a different view from Bush’s. “On this grim milestone, it is worth remembering how we got into this situation, and thinking about how best we can get out,” said Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. “The tasks that remain in Iraq – to bring an end to sectarian conflict, to devise a way to share political power and to create a functioning government that is capable of providing for the needs of the Iraqi people – are tasks that only the Iraqis can complete.” In his remarks, Bush repeated his oft-stated determination to prosecute the war into the unforeseen future. “The successes we are seeing in Iraq are undeniable, yet some in Washington still call for retreat,” the president said. “War critics can no longer credibly argue that we are losing in Iraq, so now they argue the war costs too much. In recent months, we have heard exaggerated estimates of the costs of this war.

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By DANIEL SUZUKI/Daily Titan Staff Photographer State-of-the-art treadmills are available for use in the new recreation center at Cal State Fullerton. To help pay for the $40 million facility, the TSU fee was increased from $84 to $134.

The new recreational facility is the showcase of how ASI spends student fees served for the Children’s Center, CSUF athBy ADAM ELMAHREK letics and the student recreation center in the BY THE NUMBERS TSU. Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

The rest is non-directed and allocated by the ASI Board of Directors and the ASI Finance Committee through a rigorous budget process, Sanchez said. It all boils down to a few ways in which ASI spends student money: through services and events initiated arbitrarily by ASI, through relationships with inter-club councils (who reThe amount taken from the $134 TSU fee every student pays each quest student money for club-sponsored events semester, used to pay off $26 million in bonds going toward the and activities) and on students and staff profescost of the Fullerton recreation center sionals employed by ASI. Rumberger said some of the events thrown by ASI include concerts every Wednesday outside the Becker Amphitheatre and bands playing every Thursday in the pub in the TSU UnCombined fees paid for by Cal State Fullerton students toward derground. enriching campus life Rumberger said ASI also recently initiated The Titan Rewards Program to get students more involved in Titan Pride events, which will help them create a campus community for students. The idea was to increase student involveThe cost to build the new Cal State Fullerton recreation center ment and school spirit, which can be particularly challenging at a commuter school. SOURCE: Associated Students Inc. In the Titan Rewards Program, students earn points for attending events such as basketball for allocating all of these funds. body responsible for overseeing a budget of games, which they can redeem for Titan gear, This means students who made up the $6.3 million, said Paul Rumberger, the ASI such as T-shirts and hats. turnout for last semester’s ASI elections, a Vice President of Finance.

Cal State Fullerton students make an investments toward the new recreation center every time they pay their ASI and TSU fees.

The new student recreation center cost $40 million to build – and Cal State Fullerton students are still paying for it. The CSUF Associated Students Inc. funded the sprawling 95,000-square-foot recreational facility, requesting $26 million in revenue bonds from the CSU chancellor and funding the remainder of the $40 million project through the TSU fee, where $50 of the TSU fee every student pays is being used to pay the revenue bonds. Fred Sanchez, ASI Executive Director, said every semester students pay an ASI fee of $74 and a TSU fee of $134, all of which go to enriching campus life for students. The fees total $208 per semester, and if a student plans on attending CSUF for four years, he or she will have paid $1,664 to ASI by the time he or she graduates. That is assuming fees don’t increase. Sanchez said the ASI fee completed a two-semester long incremental raise, from $54 to $74, three semesters ago. There was also a recent TSU fee increase. The TSU fee was $84 before CSUF made plans to build the TSU Recreation Center. To pay off the new facility, the fee was increased to $134. The ASI Board of Directors is responsible total of 577, voted into power a legislative

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Sociology Week focuses on health Presidential Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez is scheduled to appear on campus today By JULIETTE FUNES

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez will be at Cal State Fullerton today to speak about the federal children’s health insurance bill as part of Sociology Week. Sanchez will be in the Titan Student Union pavilion at noon discussing health inequalities. Various panelists will lecture throughout the day. Sociology Week is being presented by the campus chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta, an international sociology honor society. This year AKD chose health inequalities as its theme because “disparities of health in the United States is still the unresolved issue of the 20th century,” Jorge Fontdevila, assistant professor of sociology, said. The social forces that create health inequalities will be discussed, Fontdevila, who serves as the adviser of AKD, said. “Health is one of the most im-

portant aspects of our lives, so it’s important to understand health from a sociological point of view,” Fontdevila said. Several other workshops will also be held in the TSU. Martin Salas, the director of health and prevention services at Orange County AIDS Services Foundation, will talk at 1:15 in Pavillion C about the social implications of HIV and AIDs in Orange County. A Kaplan graduate school workshop will be held for interested students in TSU Hetebrink at 3 p.m. New faculty members to the sociology department will also have presentations in Hetebrink. Patricia Literte, associate professor of sociology, will discuss the relations between African-Americans and Latinos in Southern California at 5 p.m. The research on restorative juvenile justice will be presented at 5:30 p.m. by Assistant Professor of Sociology William Wood. Roberta Espinoza, assistant professor of sociology, will discuss academic success in higher education at 6 p.m. Edythe Krampe, the graduate coordinator for the sociology depart-

debates canceled By PAUL ARANDA

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By BETH STIRNAMAN/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Mary Hermann from the CSUF Health and Counseling Center speaks to students.

ment, will conduct a workshop at 7 p.m. for undergraduates interested in pursuing further education in the sociology graduate program at CSUF. Monday marked the beginning of Sociology Week. Several socio-

logical issues related to health and inequalities were discussed in the TSU. Debbie Darling, the career specialist for humanities and social science and government, presented See SOCIOLOGY, Page 2

The Cal State Fullerton Associated Students Inc. presidential election hit a slight detour when the CSUF ASI Lobby Corps committee cancelled what would have been the first debate for the three candidates. The committee, which has launched a series of monthly town hall meetings this year, hoped to use the next meeting as a debate. The first town hall meeting was conducted last month and covered the presidential primaries. This month, the ASI presidential elections are scheduled for Mar 27-28. The debate was scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday night in the TSU Pavilions even though the committee was already scheduled to be in Sacramento the weekend prior to advocate state lawmakers on student issues. For the full story, go to www.dailytitan.com.


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