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Thursday October 2, 2008

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Associated Students Inc. is sponsoring “an informative debate on Proposition 7,” in the Titan Student Union, Pavillion A on Monday, Oct. 6 from 5-8 p.m.

If passed, Proposition 7 will require utility providers, including government-owned utilities, to generate 20 percent of their power from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable only to private electrical corporations, among other new regulations.

Debating will be energy expert S. David Freeman and a representative from Southern California Ediison.

Ex-employees caught on video having sex CHICAGO (MCT) – Two former security employees at the Neiman Marcus department store in Northbrook, Ill., who were fired last year for engaging in sex at work filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging they were illegally videotaped.

Steven Chalem and Veronica Miranda, identified in the lawsuit as residents of Evanston, Ill., allege they were secretly videotaped by a manager while employed as loss prevention investigators at the store in 2007. They describe themselves as “close friends” who worked together for several years.

The suit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, alleges that the manager installed a hidden camera in the office and began recording them and other employees.

The suit alleges the manager shared the videotape with several other people and on a nationwide online database of security personnel.

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Business’ feel the pinch Fixing

quake mistakes

In the midst of economic troubles, some students cannot find work

By Jonathan Montgomery Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

The economic downturn is taking its toll on the job market, leaving some undergrads and graduates of Cal State Fullerton with employment problems.

Jesse Urias, a manager at Pac Sun, a skate and surf clothing store, said not only has the economy affected his business, but he can see slowdown all across the mall.

“Usually we have to get rid of a few people, but this summer we got rid of more than usual,” he said.

Pac Sun tries to hire students because the campus is close in proximity and they are able to work weekends because of their school schedules, Urias said.

Vanessa Cisneros, 22, a manager at Anchor Blue and alumna of CSUF, has seen similar effects.

She mentioned that there is an obvious difference in traffic in the store, and when looking at sales there is a definite decrease in comparison to numbers last year.

She said they haven’t been able to hire as many employees at the store, which sells casual clothing for youth, and, did not hire at all during this last summer. Current employee hours also have been cut.

CSUF geological studies professor is committed to creating quake-safe school

By Jesica Eastman

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

By Don Nguyen/Daily Titan Staff Photographer CSUF alumna Vanessa Cisneros, 22, folds clothes at Anchor Blue during their clearance sale. Cisneros has been working with Anchor Blue for over 4 years and is enrolled at Azusa Pacific University. She is working on a masters degree in psychology.

Urias agreed with Cisneros’s assessment.

“People are slowly starting to return their items and buy cheaper items,” Urias said.

Beyond business sales, customer traffic within the store has slowed and employment opportunities

Economic woes trouble students Some consider pursuing their masters degree in place of finding a job

struggling students back.

“I work at the financial aid office,” she said. “A lot of students haven’t received their Pell grants yet.”

Lee added that though the need for financial aid was a state issue, it still had national relevance.

And while home values have been tanking, unemployment has been on the rise. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. unemployment rate stands above 6 percent.

The collapse of the economy remains a fear among students as they worry whether jobs will be available once they complete their degrees.

Health science major Linzi Henry, 21, said she wonders whether she will be able to follow her medical aspirations after graduation, given this financial environment.

“Will my degree mean anything?” she said.

Similarly, accounting major Gene Moon, 27, doubts that the bailout plan will revitalize the job market.

“If the economy continues to go down, then people would have to find other options to make money and support themselves,” he said.

As Congress seeks to find a solution, the presidential candidates have attempted stay above the fray. Both Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain support the federal rescue bill and have called for more bipartisanship in Washington, according to MSNBC.com.

Though the country’s economic forecast remains bleak, many students, including Talamantes, are hopeful that the problems can be solved.

“As Americans we have endured hardships,” he said. “I hope we can come together if there are tough times ahead.

By Christian Brown

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

While Wall Street continues in a downward spiral and ailing banks await a federal rescue plan from Congress, Cal State Fullerton students question whether the current economic crisis will affect financial aid and future job opportunities.

On Tuesday, as Congress continued to debate about whether or not to pass a $700 billion package to ease stock market woes, students responded.

Many college students are apprehensive about whether or not the rescue plan will assist them.

“It’s ridiculous that we’re going to give them all this money,” English student Nicholas Talamantes, 21, said. “I’m curious how it will affect us.”

For many students, the economic crisis is more relevant than ever as the number of students applying for government financial aid during the 2008-09 academic year increased by 17 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This academic year, the number of Free Applications for Federal Student Aid submitted by students at CSUF increased by more than 3000 applications, Deborah McCracken, CSUF’s director of the Financial Aid Department told the Daily Titan last month.

Communications major Grace Lee, 21, said the rescue plan might set

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If our economy continues to regress, as selfish as it sounds. I am so close to graduation that I am actually scared about finding job. That would be my biggest concern. When I am finished, should I just go on to grad school because I can’t find a job?

Grace Lee, 21 Communications/entertainment & tourism major

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have diminished.

However, even with economic turmoil there is still hope at Brea Mall, with some stores continuing to make their sales and hire for open positions.

Ashley Johnson, 22, another CSUF graduate and manager of

Express, a store that sells global fashion for modern men and women, said store sales have actually have picked up since last year.

Currently the store is hiring as the store moves into its holiday season.

See BREA, Page 2

‘False alarm’

By todd barnes/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Rumors of a possible scam artist on campus ran wild Wednesday after a representative from College Works Painting tried to recruit on campus without authorization from the Career Center. Sean Gil, associate director of the Career Center, called police about the unauthorized on-campus recruitment, after receiving a complaint from communications Professor Gail Love. Police spoke with the recruiter, CSUF business marketing major Matt Jameson.

The 21-year-old student said he thought the company was registered with the Career Center and plans to go to the center to rectify what he deemed “a big misunderstanding.”

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I guess with the whole bailout thing, it’s kind of a little ridiculous they are going to give them all this money. I think that just giving out money will only create future problems. We have a big deficit as it is.

Nicholas Talamentes, 21 English major

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DTSHORTHAND

Tiffany Delallata, a freshman at Cal State Fullerton, was hurt during the Chino Hills earthquake last summer when panicked students pushed and shoved themselves down the main stairwell trying to evacuate the eight-story Humanities Building.

“The stairwell was crowded, everyone was screaming and pushing, and that’s when I got hit,” Delallata said.

As the CSUF campus prepares to be a part of the largest earthquake drill in the Southern California’s history, students and faculty are taking note on how the campus can improve.

“It is important for everyone on campus to know what to do and what not to do during an earthquake,” David Bowman, geological studies professor, said. “There are a lot of people in these buildings, and running out of a building is the absolute worst thing to do.”

The magnitude 5.4 quake shook Chino Hills mid-morning this past summer and left many students and faculty uncertain of where to go and what to do.

Students may have reacted that way because we are conditioned to think that the building will collapse, Bowman said.

“We see images of Turkey and China after earthquakes, but we are not in Turkey and China,” he said.

“We have building codes for a reason and the buildings on campus are designed to stay standing long enough for everyone to evacuate.”

Bowman did mention that campus buildings have facades that will probably fall off in the event of a large-scale quake, which is another reason students should not run out of the building.

In 2003, Paso Robles had a magnitude 6.6 earthquake. Two people died when they ran out of a building built in 1892 and were killed by debris falling from the city’s landmark clock tower, according to www.cnn. com.

“It’s a tragic object lesson, you just never run out of a building,” Bowman said.

Bowman, who recently addressed the Academic Senate regarding earthquake preparedness, is on a quest to educate students and faculty on earthquake safety and dispel common myths regarding earthquakes.

“There was a real problem with students running to stand in doorways during the Chino Hills earthquake,” he said. “It is a common myth to stand in a doorway, but earthquakes shake from side to side, which cause doors to slam shut and hurt you.”

Conrad Johnson, a criminal justice studies major was working the circulation desk in the library when the earthquake hit. Johnson said he was told by his supervisor, who is also the building marshal, to get under the doorway until the shaking stopped.

Every building on campus has a building marshal who is responsible for coordinating the building evacuation, helping students to an assigned designated area, and making sure students don’t go back into the building, said Scott Bourdon, associate director of the Environmental Health and Instructional Safety Department.

“Where do you go?” Philip Norton, a political science grad student who, during the earthquake, received a text message to evacuate the campus, asked. “I would think that the campus would want students to stay on campus.”

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IN OTHER NEWS brea: working more than two jobs Bush promises U.N. urgent action on financial crisis

UNITED NATIONS (MCT) – President Bush tried Tuesday to calm growing global fears over the United States’ worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, telling world leaders he’s confident that Congress will pass a $700 billion bailout package for Wall Street.

“I know that many of you here are watching,” Bush said in his final address to the annual U.N. General Assembly. “I can assure you that my administration and the Congress are working to pass legislation” to deal with the crisis.

“I’m confident that we will act in the urgent time frame required.”

Earlier, in a meeting with new Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Bush called congressional objections to the administration’s proposals part of the “natural give and take” between the branches of government.

The U.S. financial crisis, which has affected markets around the world, overshadowed the yearly gathering of world leaders. Representatives of developing countries, who already are grappling with a food crisis that’s seen the cost of basic commodities soar, expressed particular worry and in some cases anger.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy went further than Bush, calling for a summit of world leaders to deal with the crisis before year’s end.

NATIONAL

Election officials are confused about who can vote

WASHINGTON (MCT) –States have barred 5.3 million Americans from voting because they have criminal records, but many of them have been wrongfully disenfranchised by county election officials who are confused or ill-informed about varying state laws on felons’ voting rights, two civil-rights groups reported Wednesday.

Half of the election officials interviewed in Colorado and more than a third of those contacted in New York didn’t know that people on probation could vote, said a report by New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union. The report was based on interviews with hundreds of local election officials from 2003 to 2008.

It said that half of those interviewed in Arizona didn’t know that state law provided a process for restoring the voting rights of people with more than one conviction. A third of the election officials interviewed in Ohio did know that individuals who committed misdemeanors could vote, and a third of those surveyed in New York, New Jersey and Washington state said they’d require special documentation from felons, even though it was not required by law, the report said.

STATE

Obama’s rise has people examin themselves

SEATTLE (MCT) – Rachel Clad’s parents are a black woman from Detroit and a white man from California who met in the Peace Corps in Africa.

Clad, 26, was born in New Zealand and spent her early years in far-flung parts of the world before her family settled into a middle-class lifestyle in Washington, D.C. She’ll tell you she’s multiracial.

“People look at me and see African-American,” she said. “In my mind, that’s not who I am. I’m both and I’d like to be seen as both.”

Aaron Hazard’s mother was a French-Canadian white woman who met his African-American father at a dance in Boston in the 1930s, at a time when such unions were forbidden.

When he signed up for service during the Vietnam era, the Army listed him as white, although Hazard has never referred to himself as anything other than black.

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Neal also noticed a smaller job fair this year.

Oddly, the CSUF Career Center “It ain’t the depression of the has not seen a dramatic increase in 1920s,” Neal said, adding that she job hunters. is optimistic about the economy.

Laura Neal, the Industry SpeNeal said that not that many cialist of Arts, students know Entertainment about the Caand Communicareer Center, tions at the Career but feels they Center said there are making are still a healthy progress reachamount of jobs out ing more of there.

– Laura Neal, them.

Supply and de- Industry Speacialist of Arts In August mand are out of 2007, 31,245 whack, she said, students visbut there are also many individual ited the Career Center’s online data factors that affect employment. base.

Neal believes some students may This year there are approximately not realize the struggles of landing 39,245, including alumni, grad stuthat first job straight out of college. dents, and undergrads.

She said what some graduates The Career Center is located in may experience is “no different than Langdorf Hall room 208 and has someone going through a midlife walk-in counseling Monday-Friday, crisis.”

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INTERNATIONAL

By don nguyen/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Anchor Blue, located in Brea Mall is currently doing a 75 percent clearance sale on Oct. 1.

quake: preparing safe csuf buildings From Page 1 Recently, the campus completed a $7 million Fire and Life Safety Update Project that started in June 2005. The project supplied every classroom on campus with evacuation signs showing students where to gather in the event of a largescale earthquake, Bourdon said.

“Students need to try and remember to grab personal items because they won’t be allowed back into the building after the quake,” he said.

After the Chino Hills quake, students were allowed back into some buildings to get their personal be-

longings and then they had to leave the campus, Bourdon said.

Another safety issue is that many students and faculty during the Chino Hills quake did not “Drop, Cover and Hold,” as recommended

by CSUF’s Environmental Health and Structural Safety Web site (http://ehis.fullerton.edu).

“If I was to go through another quake, I would have stayed away from the big crowd and get under the desk sooner,” Delallata said.

Bowman said that the right thing to do in the event of an earthquake is to get under a desk as quickly as possible.

“The building is not going to

collapse, and if the inconceivable does happen, a doorway is not going to save you,” he said.

Bowman’s campaign is also focusing on dispelling the “Triangle of Life” myth, which is the theory that it is better to not get under a desk but sit right next to the desk, in order to be protected in case the building collapses.

“This myth is only true if you live in an adobe house,” Bowman said. “It is wrong on every single level. The real danger is not the building collapsing but bookcases flying, books coming off the shelves and pictures flying off the wall, that’s why you need to get under a

desk.”

Kristin Beals, an assistant psychology professor who was on the eighth floor of the Humanities building during the quake, said that she has learned from the Chino Hills quake and is better prepared for the next one. Her bookcase, which fell down during the quake, has since been bolted to the wall.

Bowman’s hope is that through the earthquake drill, students will be prepared to do the right thing by taking individual action and staying calm.

“If Katrina hasn’t taught us anything, it is to be responsible,” Bowman said.

Obama opens small margin over McCain WASHINGTON (MCT) – Barack Obama leads John McCain nationally by a margin of 46 percent to 42 percent, opening his biggest edge since the campaign entered the fall stretch after the two major party conventions, according to a new Ipsos-McClatchy poll.

Obama’s four-point lead marks steady if small gains the Illinois Democrat has made in the poll since Labor Day. Over four weekly surveys, he has gone from being down by one point to tied, up by one point and now up by four.

One key reason for his gain over the past week could be Friday’s kickoff debate between the two major party candidates. A separate Ipsos-McClatchy online poll of undecided voters, taken Monday, found that a majority thought that Obama did better in the 90-minute face-off by a margin of nearly 3-2. The online survey isn’t a random sample of the population and has no statistical margin of error; its value is that it’s illustrative of public attitudes, much like a focus group, although it’s not scientific.

Despite Obama’s gains, the race remains close, and neither candidate has won over a majority of registered voters.

The telephone survey of registered voters found 46 percent supporting Obama, 42 percent for McCain, 2 percent for independent candidate Ralph Nader and 1 percent for Libertarian candidate Bob Barr.

Another 9 percent were undecided.

Nearly one in 10 voters with a candidate preference say they could still change their minds, underscoring the stakes for the vice presidential debate on Thursday night and the two remaining presidential debates on Oct. 7 and Oct 15. Each will be televised nationally at 9 p.m. EDT. Despite the turmoil on Wall Street and the nation and the collapse of several major banks, a solid majority of registered voters expressed confidence in the security of their bank accounts.

The poll found 70 percent confident in the security of their checking accounts or money market accounts and 27 percent not confident. Similarly, it found 72 percent confident in the safety of their savings accounts.

A smaller but still solid majority of 60 percent said they were confident in the ability of the federal government to cover the costs of federal deposit insurance in the case of bank failures. Better than one out of three, 36 percent,

said they didn’t have confidence in the federal government’s bank insurance, despite the fact that no

American has ever lost money in an account insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

The FDIC insures accounts up to $100,000 in banks that buy the insurance.

Features

October 2, 2008

Outdoor art gives campus character features@dailytitan.com

The Cal State Fullerton campus has managed to gather an immense outdoor sculpture collection made from many different materials thanks to several donations, buyers and campus sculptors.

From abstract pieces such as the “Water Wall,” located at the east entrance of the Visual Arts Center, to the “Fallen David” located north of the Education Classroom Building, these works of art allow for visual enjoyment and inspiration among its students.

The most obvious piece on campus is the “Fallen David.” A replica of Michelangelo’s David, this piece originated from the Forest Lawn Memorial Parks in Cypress.

In October of 1987, the Whittier Narrows Earthquake toppled the sculpture, leaving it in pieces, hence the name “Fallen David.”

Weighing ten tons, this sculpture is made out of the same marble, Italian Carrara, and originates from the same quarry as Michelangelo’s “David,” according to the inscription on its plaque.

“The first time I saw it, I thought

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It is a way to shut out and quiet your mind in the middle of the hustle and bustle.

Protesters under fire for occupying campus grove SANTA CRUZ (MCT) – The hardest part of tree-sitting at the University of California-Santa Cruz isn’t the cold, the rain, or the fierce winds that rattle your perch.

What’s tough is what’s happening on the ground: Threatened suspensions. Arrests. And the challenge of communicating from 70 feet up, while wearing a ski mask to hide your identity to students who are largely unaware of your mission to squelch campus growth. It’s no sylvan sanctuary. Protesters awake to the roar of buses climbing Science Hill, carrying students to overcrowded classrooms and too few labs _ the soundtrack of a campus bursting at the seams.

“It’s noisy,” said a protester who would identify himself only as “Owl,” speaking from a small redwood in a parking lot that is the future site of a new Biomedical Sciences Building, part of the university’s overall expansion plan. “It feels much more like a forest at night,” he said.

The protest represents the latest collision of eco-idealism with the ambitions of a major research university, which hopes to add 4,500 students and 3.8 million square feet of new construction by 2020.

Like other UCs, the university is mandated to provide education for

California’s skyrocketing number of eligible high school graduates. But elected officials in the quirky, leftleaning city say such growth will tax resources and forever change their tiny Utopia by the Sea. Like their treetop brethren at the University of California-Berkeley, who for a year have been sitting in the way of a $125 million sports training center, the University of California-Santa Cruz protesters have put down roots.

It has been 92 days since they hoisted up platforms in the dark and climbed out onto limbs, wrapped in layers of wool, fleece and what they assert is their right to free speech. The university says they are not students.

Early on in the campaign, incidents of graffiti, vandalism and false fire alarms angered some would-be supporters. But a recent crackdown by school officials may sway popular opinion again. Seven protesters face criminal charges for disobeying police officers. As many as 30 face civil sanctions, including a popular professor who was sued by the university after delivering warm Miso soup.

A 19-year-old freshman who did not climb a tree but supported the demonstrators has been threatened with a two-month suspension.

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By Michael thiele/Daily Titan Photo Editor The ‘Sea Bee’ can be located north of the library.

By Michael thiele/Daily Titan Photo Editor This art piece can be found on the south side of Science Laboratory Center.

By Michael thiele/Daily Titan Photo Editor The ‘Fallen David’ is a well known piece around campus. It is located north of the Education Classroom Building.

Wildlife sanctuary bounces back from flood, fire with donations CSUF’s Tucker preserve in Modjeska Canyon returns to peaceful state with help of staff.

By Breanna Moore

Daily Titan Staff Writer features@dailytitan.com

What began as a mere drizzle, quickly turned into a sizable threat to the Cal State Fullerton’s Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary last May when a flash flood filled the newly dug ponds with mud, ruining much of the hard work that had gone into digging the ponds.

Fire damage had made the area much more susceptible to flooding, Karon Cornell, the director for the sanctuary, said.

Cornell said that Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary employees – who are trained to watch the weather closely and recognize certain warning signs – had been keeping an eye on the storm, and when the water began to run down the road, they evacuated a field trip of about 64 children.

Though the sanctuary had started out with only about a quarter-inch of water in the now-dry river bed that runs through the sanctuary, a sudden gush of water collected from all of the surrounding canyons rushed through the area and flooded it.

The water was gone within an hour, Cornell said. But the flood had left its mark.

Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary is owned by CSUF’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

Nestled in the hills of Modjeska Canyon, it is often knocked over by disasters such as fires and floods, but through the generosity of donors and the perseverance and resource-

fulness of workers, the sanctuary al- being quiet and peaceful by both ways seems to land on its feet.

Cornell and Hoese as well.

Tucker, which is coming up on In fact, it’s hard to tell at first that its 40th anniversary of ownership by the area has ever suffered hardship.

CSUF, is a 12-acre nature preserve.

However, within the last year It has a small museum set up for alone, Tucker has suffered from both children, several picnic areas, ponds, a wildfire and a flood. a sensory garden and a bird watchIn October of 2007, the sanctuary ing porch. was a victim of the infamous SouthThe sanctuary serves, primarily, as ern California wildfires. a place for people and families to reIn May, they suffered the flash connect with and experience nature. flood previously described. And The sanctuthough these inary personnel cidents may seem work closely with random, they are CSUF to faciliactually natural tate research projincidentals of ects for students their location. and professors Hoese, who is of the College of doing research on Natural Science plant regrowth in – William Hoese, the fire-damaged and Mathematics, CSUF biology Cornell said. areas with CSUF professor Workers also undergraduate conduct field trip student Vanessa tours for many Lopez, said that of the nearby schools, from the el- the fires occur because of the natuementary to the college level. rally dry climate of Southern CaliIt would be “great” if everyone fornia. could visit, said William Hoese, a Hoese said that without a lot of CSUF biology professor and fre- rainfall, the plants in that area are quent visitor to Tucker. very dry. “(In) Orange County, there’s lots Coupled with the strong, dry Sanof suburban landscape and not a lot ta Ana winds, and maybe a spark of of open areas,” Hoese said. some sort, wildfires are inevitable.

“And if people went out to Tuck“As a part of that, (the) fire that er, people could see what this place occurs in Southern California is acwas like before it was so populated.” tually, sort of, one of the natural proMark Mendez, who works at the cesses that goes on,” Hoese said. sanctuary, said that one of his fa“That’s one of the reasons why vorite things about Tucker is the we’re studying what’s going on out fact that it is a bit of what Orange there.”

County used to be like when he was Though only a small percentage a child in the 1960s. of Tucker was burnt, Cornell said, “It’s a nice, quiet little pocket in help from the outside poured in. the middle of this urban environTucker received donations in the ment,” Mendez said. form of cash, checks, products and It is a place that was described as services – they even received a dona-

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(In) Orange County, there’s lots of suburan landscape and not a lot of open areas.

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By Jackie Connor

Daily Titan Staff Writer

it was out of place because the rest of years. the campus is simple geometry,” Eric Students who feel so inclined Bangert, 22, an English major, said. may sit on the bleacher-like seating It took two years to move the and stare into a blank white wall, sculpture’s pieces from the memorial while the sound of water trickling to the campus. down the roof drowns out the noise When completed, it was show- around campus. cased on the front page of the Los “It’s a way to shut out and quiet Angeles Times, according to Profes- your mind in the middle of the hussor of Sculpture Jim Jenkins. tle and bustle,” Jenkins said.

Though this Inspired by a replica was toppiece of jewelry, pled, it is still conRay Hein created sidered art that is the “Water Wall” accessible to more in 1970, which is than the eye. located by the east “This is one entrance to the Viof my favorite sual Arts Center. pieces,” Jenkins “The color is said. “It’s cool for – Jim Jenkins, caused by patina some one who is which is a chemiSculpting Professor visually impaired cal reaction in the to be able to make metal,” Jenkins a physical connecsaid. tion.”

Since its installation, water has Another interesting piece, known dripped down the sculpture and as the “Wall Gazing Gallery” is lo- into a pool, causing the surface of cated in the central courtyard of the the metal to oxidize into a turquoise Visual Arts Center. color.

The structure was created in 1984 “The piece caught my attention

by Professor Richard Turner of when I first came to visit the camChapman University. pus,” Ashley Rinehart, 19, said. “It A wooden bleacher stands half-in- was very calming to study it.” half-out of a pond while water rains Many more intriguing pieces are down from the corrugated metal roof located through out the campus and of the bleacher and into the pond. are worth a study.

The simplicity of the structure deFor more information on the 32 rives its meaning from the Buddhist sculptures, check out “Cal State Fulstory about Bodhidharma, a saint lerton Outdoor Sculptures Collecwho gazed unwaveringly at a blank tion,” a free publication describing wall in a deep meditation for seven every sculpture on campus.

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Innovative and inventive sculptures are scattered throughout the CSUF campus

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tion from one outdoor wildlife group of about 2,300 pounds of birdseed.

“Its amazing how many people really love to help you,” Cornell said.

Because the sanctuary is only partially funded by the state, Cornell said that Tucker does rely on other means of funding.

Sometimes this comes in the form of a donation, other times it comes in the form of one of the grants they regularly apply for, Cornell said.

Either way, it is important for those working at Tucker to be resourceful.

“You have to have several skills,” Cornell said. “And you have to be very good at making a lot out of a little. (We) do a lot of our own work here.”

Still, the going isn’t always easy.

Cornell said that, though she hopes not, this year could be a tight year financially.

Issues like the economy make people more wary about donating money.

But, Cornell said, “We still need to feed the birds.”

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A snake of slow moving cars weaved its way through Chinatown on it’s way to Los Angeles Historic State Park, as thousands of concertgoers braved sweltering heat, dusty cyclones and long lines to get their final festival fix of the summer.

But for many who attended the 3rd annual gathering of We The People in Downtown L.A., this wrangling of eclectic music and art was more than just a weekend sonic binge.

It offered a chance for urban youth to converge with local artists and political activists vying to capture the curiosity of young voters in an effort to impact the polls on election day.

And the all-star roster of headlining acts like Les Claypool, RZA, Tom Morello, Dilated Peoples and Suicidal Tendencies definitely helped their cause.

Though things started out a bit behind schedule, We The People roared late into the night, culminating in an event straddling the line between political rally and a musical circus on steroids.

From the boot stomping folk rock of Morello’s solo project, The Night Watchman, to the jarring bass hits orchestrated by hip hop legends EPMD, this relatively young L.A. event managed to pluck a mix of artists with their own unique way of bringing the masses together.

“Seeing all the people come together for the same cause and unite for the same purpose and enjoying different types of music is my favorite part of this event,” said Gina Cimmarusti, 28.

The mission of the festival, according to their Web site (www.wethep-

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eoplefestival.com) is demonstrating the conscious side of hip-hop, reggae and punk rock as a tool to demolish racial boundaries, while presenting a platform for the raw uncensored social views of the “Jam Band” scene.

Political emcee and activist Jeb Middlebrook, aka “Jus Rhyme,” 29, is also a subscriber to the mantras of the festival.

He is currently a member of AWARE LA (Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere-Los Angeles), a local organization dedicated to multicultural solidarity.

You may remember his name from his days as a contestant on VH1’s “The White Rapper Show” in 2007.

“I think you need to have the diversity of what the world is on stage to make that real,” Middlebrook said. “You can’t just have one race

of people saying they’re gonna break down racial division.”

Inside the gated fields of L.A. Historic park, We The People blanketed a huge portion of the 32-acre venue.

Gentle slopes and winding pathways led several thousand guests to three stages occupied by over 30 live acts.

Opening bands took the stage with abandon as people filtered onto the sprawling grass fields. With a stretch of graffiti-covered freeway and lurching traffic in the background, L.A. psych-rockers West Indian Girl wielded a sound that soared with splashy guitar lines and swells of unbridled emotion.

Despite being one of the newer bands on the schedule, pint-sized vocalist Mariqueen Maandig’s vocal thrust packed all the power of a seasoned soul singer on songs like

“What Are You Afraid Of.” In Coachella-like fashion, We The People offered a generous mix of local and legendary acts that kept fans darting from stage to stage as crisscrossing trains on the Gold Line rails roared like yellow dragons past the festival.

In the midst of an endless bombardment of sights and sounds, some vendors, like graffiti artist Tony B Conscious, were able to sell a positive message along with some eye catching art saturated in messages of cultural awareness, social commentary and of course, portraits of Sen. Barack Obama.

“They say that all art is propaganda, but not all propaganda is art,” he said. “I am trying to free your mind with a spray paint can. I am trying to literally tell these kids who feel

that they need to have their name up somewhere that they could be like Basquiat.”

If the success of a festival can be determined by one thing, We The People proved that it should be it’s capacity to take a group of strangers and give them an experience that outweighs the amount of time spent on the car ride to the crowded parking lot, the price of the ticket or any number of mini crises that arise in crowded field on a hot summer day.

It’s also the ability to make even world-traveled, experimental hiphop artist Bus Driver take notice as he stepped off stage and looked out into the crowd of people swarming the grounds.

“It feels like a mutated picnic,” he said with a grin, “like an overgrown, genetically altered picnic. It’s nice.”

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For most music lovers, one can never go wrong with a film that supplies a generous helping of great tunes to back up the plot.

These music-themed films are even more compelling when the music is from bands still trying to get their big break in the ultra-competitive music industry.

But rarely does a film genre like this manage to squeeze in a genuine message between all the melodies.

“Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” co-starring Michael Cera (“Superbad” and “Arrested Development”) and Kat Dennings (“The 40 Year Old Virgin”) in her first starring film role, accomplishes this feat but not before employing raunchy humor similar to last year’s “Superbad.”

Cera plays Nick, a straight, timid teenager in an all-gay band. The movie opens with his character reeling over his break-up with his manipulative girlfriend.

Dennings, meanwhile, plays an outgoing, college-bound student who is the daughter of a well-known music studio owner.

Nick and Norah, both having lit-

tle luck with romantic relationships, are brought together by their similar music tastes.

The relationship between Nick and Norah builds upon their first encounter in which Norah asks Nick to be his boyfriend for five minutes.

Somehow this translates into a crazy night of looking for a drunken friend, giving taxi rides to a frisky couple and seeking out a band named “Fluffy” on the streets of New York.

Hilarious moments are interspersed throughout the film while Nick and Norah are forced to decide whether they want to stay with their old relationships or move on together and be a couple.

“Nick & Norah” is an entertaining film that provides great music and comedy, but also a legitimate message. It is refreshing to hear the musical talents of up-and-coming bands like Shout Out Louds, Mark Mothersbaugh and Vampire Weekend set the tone of the movie throughout.

Cera, who has developed a knack for playing the shy, sensible type, anchors many of the film’s funniest moments.

Ever catch yourself wondering about the mysterious world of gnomes? Well, you’re not alone.

We’ve all seen those weird little statues in front of a person’s house before, or maybe in some tacky antique shop. But have you really stopped to think what the original purpose of them was? Do they possess some hidden meaning?

Writer/artist Dave Dwonch has taken these questions into account and has attempted to use his idea to show the historical relevance of gnomes in society.

His short graphic comic “Gnome” suggests that gnomes have more meaning in society than as a simple yard decoration. His tale portrays these bearded little buggers as Earth’s greatest protectors until one of their own placed a curse upon them, ultimately petrifying them into their form today.

The story is based in a small town where an old hermit named Lewis Rutfield is trying to destroy the town and all its’ people using a magic spell.

While attempting this, he opens up a portal unleashing an octopus look-

ing creature, called “The Bargaradoom” that ultimately kills him.

With the death of the town’s social outcast, it only seemed natural to bring another outcast into the scene.

And that is what Dwonch did bringing in Andy, the dead guy’s nephew.

Along with him, a young blonde girl, Marybelle, is introduced.

The two of them become closer than friends and Marybelle buys Andy a gift, which is the gnome.

Andy becomes aware the gnome is alive and the last living of its kind.

The two of them team up to fight the evil-being that killed his uncle while Andy becomes more of an individual, in a nutshell.

The storyline could’ve been a lot better and maybe even just been based on the gnome itself. Too much time was spent on Andy and his desolate social issues.

Overall, the theory that Dwonch sets forth about what is a gnome and its importance helps answer some questions.

For one, when a gnome is present make sure not to smash it, because it may one day protect you.

Self proclaimed “whiz kid” Joel Zimmerman, aka Deadmau5 (pronounced deadmouse), is scheduled to release his new album on Nov. 4.

The word “whiz” is a little much, but he takes another big step forward from his first and second albums, with this new, cleaner-sounding effort.

“Random Album Title” is a purposefully minimalist mix of trance and progressive house.

So minimal, though, that it starts out boring. The troughs are slow and dark, putting a damper on the hard heavy bass beats. But eventually, the energy of the album kicks in with the distorted electronic voice, and the interesting salsa-esque beats, which hold one’s interest.

As the album progresses, it becomes much more danceable, but those deep hypnotic troughs remain, which means too much down time.

Some of the beats are too familiar, and the dated video game sound abounds in “Slip.”

But then comes “Brazil”, the highpoint of the album. It begins with a soulful beat and moves into a rising

and falling melodic hookline. It is the kind of simple beauty that will make you close your eyes and smile.

It will make your skin tingle.

From there, the album moves faster, intensifying again with “I Remember,” which is the collaborative work of Deadmau5 and Kaskade.

This is probably the most mainstream-sounding song on the album.

The catchy lyrics don’t make much sense, but the ethereal voice is beautiful.

“Not Exactly” is another track that will have you aching to dance.

“Arguru” follows, beginning with euphoric piano samplings, and then building up to the funky culmination of the album.

If you close your eyes while listening to the final track, “So There I Was,” you’ll imagine your favorite place. The track title seems to indicate that this was intentional. If so, than Deadmau5 may be a bit of a “whiz kid” after all.

As a whole, the album is more of a chill, after-party soundtrack than a typical blast of hyper-upbeat rave music.

Event features a fashion show, music talent, and up and coming artists

Mostly because I thought wide belts were out this season; to see them at a fashion show only confuses me. Fashion, art and music are all innovative talents that often go hand and hand.

That was definitely the case for Project ETHOS, an organization that brought all three mediums to the Avalon in Hollywood with Pop Universe, a fashion show that featured fresh new musical talent and

up-and-coming artists.

The first ETHOS project began in August 2005, when designer Heidi Luerra collaborated with event planner Jason Peskin and promotion company Sean Healy Presents to create a fashion show that would not only unveil Luerra’s creations but also incorporate other forms of artwork in the same venue.

“The idea (of project Ethos) is to bring together new and young artists,” said Meredith Strong, a public relations representative for Brown and Dutch, “We want to help merge indie and new pop culture.”

Walking past the red carpet, through the front doors of the Avalon, I suddenly become aware of enormity of the evening.

Scantily dressed women in what can only be described as glorified bathing suits greet me as I pass the entrance. Overhead the DJ plays a mash up of Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” and the Killers’ “Somebody Told Me,” an interesting combination I would have never paired.

The first floor of the Avalon, I notice, is dedicated to the fashion; the five foot high runway, the VIP area, buyers discussing what fashions

they’ll encounter this evening.

The second level displays the artwork; artwork ranging from feminist “message art” to pencil sketches to portraits of the Mona Lisa on Kim Kardashian’s butt.

“I am very moved with women and social issues in my artwork,” upand-coming artist Vanessa Beckrum said. “I create what speaks to me.”

Browsing through the various styles of art work on the upper level, I come across an artist with a series of multi colored pieces.

As I look closer to try and distinguish what technique he used, a man in a black fedora hands me a flier.

“Here, you can have one of these,” he said. “I like color, I like beauty,” he added randomly.

Despite a proper introduction I figure this is the artist.

His handout reads, “Robert Joseph Ball, Fantasy artist & illustrator.”

“Can you believe I used to be scared of color,” Ball asked.

“Really, why?” I ask, suddenly realizing that I’m dressed head to toe in black.

“I don’t know,” he says, “But one day I figured I’d jump in. It’s only

color.”

As designer after designer unveiled the latest fashion trends, the looks seemed to get more and more outrageous.

First a minimal set of jeans and t-shirts, then a lacey cocktail dress, then orange overalls and finally a pink futuristic space suit.

Names, I had never heard of before were now etched into my memory; SYC FUK, Sun Leem, Shireen Jamehdor and Jason Lee. The night was full of creative forces, artists of all walks of life coming together to create a world of their own. As artists mingle upstairs the patrons downstairs wait in anticipation to tear up the dance floor to LMFAO, an L.A. duo that specializes in hip hop/electro-inspired beats.

As designer after designer unveiled the latest fashion trends, the looks seemed to get more and more outrageous.

“This has been a great experience,” said Derek Ortega, 27, a recent Cal State Fullerton graduate and PR intern for the event.

“I didn’t know what I was getting myself into, but after (tonight) it felt special to organize this art show.”

By Daniel Batalla/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Groovaholics dance team opens the runway show at Project Ethos’ Pop Universe in Hollywood Sept. 26..

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As I walk through the doors of the Avalon, the sea of glitter skirts and wide belts is overwhelming.

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Save energy with Prop. 7 Proposition 7 is an initiative that will require California utility companies to acquire half of their energy from renewable sources by the year 2025. To make this possible, investor-owned utility companies such as Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will have to increase their production rate of solar, wind and other renewable energy rates by four times as much as they are now.

According to smartvoter.org, companies must also increase their renewable energy sources 50 percent by 2025 to reach the goals that Proposition 7 requires, according to the state attorney general’s summary of the proposition.

This means companies will have to replace fossil fuel-generated energy with solar, geothermal, wind, biomass and small hydroelectric power.

Proposition 7 will also eliminate “dirty trucks and buses,” with trucks powered by natural gas or electricity, according to a proProposition 7 argument posted by officials of the American Lung Association, the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association and the California Nurses Association, at http://vote98.sos ca.gov.

Their argument also cited former EPA air quality chiefs Mary Nichols and Bill Rosenberg, who said the proposition will reduce air pollution and thus reduce the chances of elderly people, children and basically everyone from getting lung disease and asthma.

Arguments against Proposition 7 said the measure is poorly written and it could possibly hurt the cause of renewable energy.

Those opposed also say it will stop the production of energy

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and the goals of Proposition 7 will not be reached.

There may also be a controversy because the former CEO of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, S. David Freeman, will be speaking campus debate Oct. 6. Freeman has been a part of the utility companies for a long time and he knows the in and outs of these types of companies.

This debate could cause problems because Freeman is wellversed on the subject and may say things many consumers do not know about their utility company.

According to Mike Dennis, field organizer of Yes on 7, environmental groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council also oppose Proposition 7 because SCE has close ties to this group.

Ironically, the co-founder of the NRDC, John Bryson, is also the CEO of Edison International, which is probably why NRDC opposes Propostion 7.

The NRDC has done great things like opposing offshore drilling, but not supporting Proposition 7 is contradicting their standards and mission.

Proposition 7 is the right way to go because clean air will be restored. We might even be able to see miles away with clear visibility. We will be able to breathe in clean air which could increase health and lead to a better enviornment for everyone.

It is absurd that a group that defends natural resources does not want to use energy that is renewable.

Clean air could mean an increase in quality of life for everyone. Proposition 7 will protect our lives.

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 Daily Titan Opinion Editor Austen Montero at opinion@dailytitan.com.

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Debates are about smarts not bloodshed

You know what the problem with this past presidential debate was?

No blood was shed. None.

All of the post-debate commentators, be they on CNN, NPR or MSNBC, had similar, if not less extreme opinions. There was no moment when Sen. John McCain or Sen. Barack Obama really got fired up at each other.

Let’s face it, Obama would have won – hands down. The man is younger, stronger and taller. McCain is an old veteran and a former prisoner of war. He’s seasoned, but he’s no Rambo. They guy has no fight left in him. He can’t even tie his own shoes because of old war wounds.

The fight would have been boring and brief, no way to improve ratings.

It was good that they kept it civil.

This means, however, that neither got angry enough to lunge at his opponent with kill-crazy lust in his eyes. What has America come to?

I suppose my real problem is how obvious people are about how they secretly wanted an on-stage fight, be it verbal or physical. There seems to be a prevailing belief that an impor-

tant quality of a leader is the desire to destroy an enemy whenever he gets the chance. While it may be necessary in wartime situations, I’m not sure we need to cheapen the legitimacy of a debate with expectations of Jerry Springer-esque debacles.

I’m sick of hearing political pundits (as they like to be called, strangely) cry for more “fire” or “rancor.”

Maureen Dowd, a New York Times writer and all-around loudmouthed liberal, wrote of Obama: “It’s not a lecture hall; it’s a joust. It’s not how cerebral you are. It’s how visceral you are. You need memorable, sharp, forceful and witty lines.”

Basically, Dowd wants good sound-bytes to rile up the Good Morning America crowd. The strong language should be reserved for the press. These are leaders we are talking about.

You can say what you want from your corner of the ring, but when a political leader confronts his opponent in an academic setting – which is what a debate really is – he needs to be smart and cool.

I don’t want a president who can

be pushed into alarming outbursts.

These aren’t Roman gladiators, nor are these heavyweight boxers. The setting last Friday was that of a civil debate, yet even the moderator seemed to want to incite a twoman riot with comments like “say it directly to him,” which are pretty much fighting words for anyone over 50.

“I’m just determined to get you all to talk to each other,” moderator Jim Lehrer said to a sputtering McCain.

This couldn’t be further from the truth. If people wanted a talk, they wouldn’t be demanding for “fiery” speech.

Everyone knows that when two opinionated people get into an argument neither listens to each other and the arguments grow increasingly more ridiculous.

To be fair, this debate wasn’t a strictly academic one. If that were the case, fewer people would have watched the whole thing – viewers would have either fallen asleep or switched the channel in disgust.

The point of academic and senate debates is to find the merits and

truth of an argument, or so said Jon Bruschke, coach of the awardwinning Cal State Fullerton debate team.

“In (lofty debates) they would be concerned with what is the truth of any given subject,” he said. “It would be more centered around information and evidence. In some debates it matters a lot. In some, not so much.”

Perhaps I’m too “academic,” but I think presidential debates are too watered down to appeal to specific voting groups. That’s the way the system works, though, and I would rather people watch it than stay uninformed.

Personally, I got what I wanted: two informed people getting to talk to each other in person and not at each other via television advertisements and news reports. We got to hear them disagree in real-time and with intellectual weight.

Go to a boxing match or spend an evening in a redneck bar if you want to see arguing and a good fight.

I prefer my presidents in control – and intelligent.

Tonight's Vice Presidential showdown is a must-see By daniel XU

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Do you watch reality television, follow celebrity gossip, and watch late-night talk shows? How about boxing matches?

If you answer “yes” to any or both of these questions, then watch tonight’s vice presidential debate.

The politics and issues remain the purpose of the debate, of course. As always, the debate moderator’s questions will be tough and the candidates’ responses will be closely scrutinized.

In the spotlight, however, stands Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, whose dramatic rise and fall since her nomination has captured the imagination of a nation – just like someone auditioning for “American Idol.” Some people await heated exchanges between the intelligent and the wise, but most just wonder how big a fool Palin will make of herself again in front of the camera.

The good news for Palin is that a formal debate rarely raises embarrassing personal questions. That’s not to say political veteran Sen. Joe Biden won’t toss out a few such

gambits. Sen. John McCain’s campaign may have successfully turned the premarital pregnancy of Palin’s daughter into a no-no subject, but the ethics investigation on whether or not Palin abused her power as the governor of Alaska is still very much on the table.

It will not be a complete surprise if Palin resorts to acting as a victim, although given the McCain campaign’s aggressive style, she might just have a few tricks to counter this kind of political gossip.

The bad news is that neither the fatherly and protective John McCain, nor his politically correct campaign, will be there to answer questions in Palin’s stead. The questions won’t be softballs pitched by news anchors Charlie Gibson or Katie Couric. The debate moderator, Gwen Ifill, has written a book documenting the historic monument of Barack Obama’s political success. And Joe Biden, her Democrat counterpart, certainly intends to exploit any “gotcha” moment she so dreads.

Even without counting the political arguments and potential personal attacks, drama floats in the flesh and bones of this debate. Similar to the race between the two presidential

candidates on the top of their tickets, Biden and Palin’s contest is a story about the struggle of the antiestablishment, the unconventional, and the underdog.

Here, appearances can be quite deceiving. Biden, with 36 years in the Senate, will advocate for Sen. Barack Obama’s call for change.

Palin, standing against regulation by big government, will cite God as the influence on executive decisions such the invasion of Iraq. She may also seem like the underdog against Biden, but Biden has been the one pushed down to a footnote after Palin rose to the national scene.

Biden may still miss center stage tonight as crowds expect entertainment from Palin. Her reactions to Couric’s foreign policy questions are being compared to her beauty pageant colleague’s infamous nonanswer to why children couldn’t find the U.S. on a map.

Yet, not even Emmy-winner Tina Fey can mimic Palin’s anxious and shaky demeanor so vividly displayed in front of Couric and the nationwide audience. Fake news anchors Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert should be afraid for their jobs if Palin keeps demonstrating her natural

comedic talents.

Even so, her confidence and charisma may return in this different setting. When her Republican convention speech invigorated the campaign in ways McCain himself never did, her boldness hinted with tidbits like “the Palin-McCain administration.”

Since then, anticipation for her debate with Biden has rivaled that of heavyweight boxing championship between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson. Political spinners on both sides take on roles of sportscasters fending off criticism toward Biden’s consistency and skepticism for Palin’s competence.

Fortunately, no ear will be bitten off tonight. Not after Palin’s few interviews shed her magical charm like a clock hitting midnight. Many predict an easy victory for Biden, but Biden himself isn’t taking the debate lightly. After all, Palin’s success so far has been built on the political graves of every adversary who underestimated her.

Whatever the result, tonight’s debate will mark one of the biggest presidential campaign failures or the most unlikely political comebacks of all time.

You do not want to miss it.

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brought to you by humorscope.com Aries (March 21 - April 19) This is going to be a fairly peculiar day, for you.

You’ll end up taking a bus downtown. Two neatly dressed but somewhat short and embittered women will push a cart up and down the aisle in the bus, dispensing packets of honey-roasted peanuts, and miniscule quantities of Diet Coke in plastic glasses.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20) Paper airplane day, today. Have as much fun as you can stand -- tomorrow will be ugly.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20) Excellent day to do something new with bean curd.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22) Good day to bring home a bag or two of live bugs.

Leo (July 23 - August 22) You will be afire with enthusiasm today! Unfortunately, someone will put you out.

Virgo (August 23 - September 22) In a rather bizarre and unfortunate turn of events today, your lips will go ballistic. Shortly thereafter, your Ziggy Marley accent will kick in. You will be comforted to know that those are simply the first two signs of a “spaz attack”, which is more common than most people realize, and usually non-fatal.

Libra (September 23 - October 22) Excellent time to show the world that plaid and stripes do too mix. (Tip #12 of Arnold Pinknobble’s “How To Get Noticed.”)

Scorpio (October 23 - November 21) Someone nearby will read something out loud to you soon, which you might consider fairly obvious - such as “Blows to the head are a common cause of brain damage.” The best reply to this is “Huh?” Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21) You will discover what Shakespeare actually meant, when he wrote “Hey nonny, nonny”, in Much Ado About Nothing. It turns out that it was simply in-field chatter that somehow made it into the play, and that Shakespeare not only enjoyed softball, but was a reasonably good shortstop.

Capricorn (December 22 - January 20) Due to forces beyond comprehension, you will begin talking with a Texas accent. Eventually, you’ll come out with audio tapes to teach this to others, which you will call “Bubba-Bonics”.

Aquarius (January 21 - February 18) Today you will discover that you are capable of “channelling”, when you start spouting ancient sumerian curses at a short little dweeb who cuts you off in traffic. You will start taking notes in cuneiform.

Pisces (February 19 - March 20) Good time to become involved in a secret plot to overthrow someone or something. Personally, I think your best bet is to start small. You can pick up some tips in “Overthrowing Things For Fun And Profit” by Kwan No, M.D., Ph.D.

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October 2, 2008

Heart-breaking finish Women’s soccer team allows two goals in final minutes, drops game to Hawaii, 3-2

By Melissa Caster

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

The Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team lost 3–2 against visiting University of Hawaii after Rainbow Wahine’s Nicole Mikula netted the game winner in the 89th minute, stealing the victory Tuesday at Titan Stadium.

The Titans (5-5-1) held their lead until the 87th minute when the Rainbow Wahine (4-4-3) tied it up with a cross from in close.

The ball went just over the head of Titan goalkeeper Margaret Dupes and was deflected into the Titans’ net off a Fullerton player, making it 2-2.

The game winning point by Mikula came soon after, off a free kick.

“We went into the game hoping to get a good training session in. At this point in the season we’re really preparing for the conference play, which starts Friday. Obviously we wish the game would have ended better for us, we made a couple mistakes there at the very end that cost us dearly,” Head Coach Demian Brown said.

Hawaii made their mark early in the match with a goal by Mari Punzal in the 11th minute. The goal was Punzal’s second of the season off a pass from Taryn Fukuroku to make it 1–0.

The Titans fought back with a goal by defender Tamara Dewey, her first for the season, tying the match in the 29th minute.

“It felt good to start the game that way,” Dewey said.

Senior Jenae Gibbons set up the score by finding the head of Dewey behind the Hawaii defenders. Gibbons threw it to Dewey who headed it past goalkeeper Kori Lu, sending the fans into a roar of cheers. The crowd of 452 remained energetic from start to finish.

“We just changed our position for Jenae’s long throw, so we’ve been practicing all weekend. I really want-

ed to score, it was my first time up there, so I found a way and got it done,” Dewey said.

With five minutes left in the first half, freshman forward Arion Ingram put the Titans ahead 2–1.

The goal was Ingrams’ first of her college career off a deflection by Gibbons.

“It felt really good. It’s been a little rough for me, that being my first goal was great,” Ingram said.

Brown said he was happy with his freshmen players who had the opportunity to step in and play.

He said he felt the game was a great experience for them and gave him an idea of the direction he should go in to prepare his team for their first conference on Friday.

“I’m extremely happy for Arion.

I’ve known her for quite some time through her club. I think that was one of her first of many goals she’ll score for this program,” Brown said.

Ingram positioned herself directly in front of the net. When she got the ball she sent it right through the legs of the Rainbow Wahine’s goalkeeper.

“My coaches just tell me to hit it on the ground. That’s where hands aren’t, so that’s where I hit it,” Ingram said.

The Titans outshot Rainbow Wahine 11–5 in the first half. Lu made two saves for Rainbow Wahine and Dupes made one for the Titans.

Both teams continued to battle in the second half as neither let the other score.

The match ended with the Titans having a total of 19 shots to Rainbow Wahine’s nine, and both teams each had three corner kicks.

The Titans will spend the rest of the week preparing for Friday’s Big West Conference match against Cal Poly Pomona at Titan Stadium at 7 p.m.

By ALLEN D. WILSON/Daily Titan Staff Photographer The women’s soccer team walks off the field after its 3-2 loss to Hawaii on Tuesday.

By Kristy Harris/For the Daily Titan Kina Wahina, right, of the OC Roller Girls vies for the lead against the opponents jammer at the “Battle on the Base” at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Base on Sept. 27. The Roller Girls next match is Suburban Assault in Corona on Nov. 7.

By Rafael A. Delgado/For the Daily Titan The OC Housewives and the Inland Empire Derby Divas battle at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Base on Sept. 27.

By Kristy Harris/For the Daily Titan B-Train, left, from the OC Orange Crushers battles for position with the jammer from the LA Derby Dolls.

Think Different. Think Simon.

Raiders’ ‘Commitment to Excellence’ seems like a bad joke Simon Liang

Sports Columnist

sports@dailytitan.com

The Raiders’ “Commitment to Excellence” has been nearly nonexistent since their last trip to the Super Bowl in 2002.

Owner and general manager Al Davis is a big part of the blame due to his old school style and hands-on approach that does not sit well with many people.

His latest controversy has been the firing of former Head Coach Lane Kiffin. He was hired in 2007 and the team went 4-12. It was a bad move from the start, with Kiffin having no professional football experience, and at 32 he was the youngest to coach an NFL game.

Speaking of bad coaching moves, Davis brought back former Raiders

coach Art Shell in 2006 for a dismal year when the Raiders were 2-14.

They haven’t done too well in the draft either, getting offensive tackle Robert Gallery with the second overall pick in the 2004 draft. They passed on Pro-Bowlers Larry Fitzgerald and Philip Rivers to get Gallery.

However, the solid pick of running back Darren McFadden in last year’s draft was their best move in many years. He will be a terrific back for many years like Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson.

Quarterback JaMarcus Russell has all the physical tools to be a great QB, but he is still raw in the skills department and his decision making is shaky at times.

This backfield will be intact for the next couple of years and it is oozing with potential but they cannot do it themselves. The Raiders are

strapped in the money department, having committed $128 million to Russell and McFadden.

With the coaching circus soon to be spinning out of control, it won’t help this young team prosper with the constant changes. Davis needs to hire a proven coach with a winning record who can get to these young guns and bring some stability.

Does the name John Madden ring a bell? Yes, we all know him from the video game. Most forget that he was actually the coach of the Raiders from 1969-1978.

Under Madden, the Silver and Black won six division titles during the 1970s while winning Super Bowl XI in 1976. During his tenure, Madden never had a losing season.

They were in the playoff hunt year after year. That’s what you call consistency. That’s what needs to happen in Oakland.

This year’s Raiders have shown flashes of brilliance by almost beating the Buffalo Bills and San Diego Chargers. But of course they weren’t able to pull out the victory because you know, they are the Raiders.

In the game against the Bills, they gave up 17 points in the fourth quarter. Last Sunday against the Chargers they abandoned ship by allowing 25 points in the fourth quarter after leading 15-0 after the first half.

Those results show that the potential is there, but they are just not ready to take it to the next level.

The Raiders currently sit at the bottom of the AFC West. The season is young but the forecast doesn’t look bright. Kiffin is reminiscent of a young Mike Shanahan, who was also 1-3 in his second year as head coach.

Shanahan got the boot and became one of the best offensive minds in the game, winning two Super Bowls.

Could the same fate happen for Kiffin? Only time will tell.

A long line of bad moves have put this once respectable franchise in a big hole.

They have a tough task ahead: reviving Raider Nation.