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Daily Titan

Wednesday October 8, 2008

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

DTSHORTHAND Campus Life The Titan men’s soccer team will take on the UC Davis Aggies in a Big West Conference matchup at Titan Stadium today at 7 p.m. Cal State Fullerton students are admitted for free with their student identification card. Adult tickets are $7, seniors and children will be admitted for $5. Without a parking permit, parking will cost $5. For more information contact the Titan athletic ticket office at 714-278-CSUF, or send an e-mail to athletictixs@fullerton.edu.

Obama’s lead widens to 7 points in latest poll NASHVILLE, Tenn. (MCT) – Barack Obama has opened his biggest lead over John McCain of the fall campaign, according to a new Ipsos/McClatchy poll that puts him ahead nationwide by 7 percentage points. Obama’s gain appears to come from two key factors. First, voters are ever more anxious about the faltering economy and trust Obama by a 15-point margin over McCain to steer it. Second, their confidence that McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin, is qualified to step into the presidency if necessary has fallen sharply. The net effect is seen in the nationwide support for all the major candidates: Obama, the Democratic nominee, had the support of 47 percent of registered voters. McCain, the Republican candidate, had the support of 40 percent. Independent candidate Ralph Nader had 3 percent. Libertarian candidate Bob Barr had 1 percent. With less than a month before Election Day, 9 percent remained undecided or uncommitted, and nearly one in 10 supporters of the two top candidates said they still could change their minds. The poll of 858 registered voters was taken Oct. 2-6 and had an error margin of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.

Face-off number 2 A panel discussion that was held after the debate gave Cal State Fullerton students, staff and faculty the opportunity to discuss the issues

Students will be able to choose between sessions, online classes also offered

By Allison Griggs and Christiana Matyasik Daily Titan Staff Writers news@dailytitan.com

The Titan Student Pavilion was crowded with enthusiastic members of the Cal State Fullerton community who gathered to view the second presidential

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The pictures of Tuffy the Titan dressed up as Uncle Sam in the pavilion were

posted by the Lobby Corps to add to the patriotic theme.

Following the free pizza and a 90-minute debate, students stayed to

engage in a round table discussion that allowed them to question a

panel of five experts.

This was the third debate panel discussion that CSUF’s Associated

Students, Inc. and the Office of Public Affairs and Government Relations

sponsored this election season. The panel of experts consisted of three CSUF professors,

Stephen Stambough and Scott Spitzer of Political Science and Chuck Moore, director of En

-rollment Services at CSUF’s Irvine Campus. The remainder of the panel was made up of a dem

-ocrat representative and Obama supporter, Steve Young, and republican McCain advocate Kevin Muldoon.

“I thought McCain won because he was direct with the people and he spoke to the audience,” Mul

-doon said following the debate.

Young felt that there was no winner. He pointed out that Obama supporters will still favor Obama and McCain supporters will ultimately vote for McCain.

“We each bring with us our own political bias,” he said. “It has to do with where you’re

coming from.”

Radio-TV-Film major, Francis Szyskowski, said that the economy, health care and

education are his primary national concerns. He felt that Obama presented himself well in the

debate, while McCain came off overly aggressive.

“To me, that’s not a good sign of what a president needs to do,” Szyskowski said. “A pres

-ident needs to stay calm.”

First time voter and accounting major, Joy Chan, enjoyed hearing both sides of the debate.

“They show good perspective from both sides,” Chan said. Energy, health care and

retirement are her top concerns going into the election.

CSUF students cheered as Obama listed energy, health care and education as his main priorities to tackle as a president. Students also applauded McCain as he discussed making the US more energy efficient by increasing offshore drilling.

The Lobby Corps and ASI will be sponsoring another viewing and panel discussion of the third presidential debate aired from Hofstra University in New York. The event here will be

held Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. in the TSU Pub.

By JOEL ROSARIO (Left) Will tee yang (right)/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Students, staff and faculty join together in the Titan Student Union to watch the second presidential debate Tuesday. A panel discussion was held after the event.

Oh my gourd, pumpkins go airborne On Nov. 1, teams will compete to see who can launch theirs furthest By Ashley Landsman

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

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debate between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain Tuesday.

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Winter courses available

Pumpkins will be launched into the air, splat, squish and paint Titan Stadium orange, on Nov. 1, thanks to the Discovery Science Center, in partnership with the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the Future Scientists and Engineers of America. Teams are encouraged to create launching devices that can hurl pumpkins into the air to see who can shoot their pumpkin the farthest. The day-after-Halloween event is

free to attend and a great way to get rid of leftover gourds, Julie Smith, public relations manager of the Discovery Science Center, said. She said two members of the winning team will be awarded internships with an undetermined engineering company. The two team members who receive the internships must be decided amongst the winning team, she added. There will also be some silly surprises and pumpkin pies awarded to runners-up. “The whole point of Future Scientists and Engineers of America is to encourage trial and error and that’s what we’re doing,” Smith said. “We’re currently looking for students to participate; they don’t have to be engineering students.” The gourds will be launched at

up to five vertical targets placed across the field. According to the rules, any device that can sling, throw or launch a pumpkin into the air is permitted as long as it is deemed safe by a safety committee. Anyone can enter the competition, but high school and college students in particular are advised to enter. The Discovery Science Center encourages teams of students, club members, and even friends to enter the pumpkin-flinging tournament. The catapult challenge, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., is designed to invigorate the next generation of scientists and engineers, as well as create a new use for leftover pumpkins. The five-hour-long festivities will also include music, a carved-pumpkin contest and lots of other amuse-

ments for the whole family. Robin Rawal, assistant to the dean of engineering and computer science, hopes this will be the start of an annual pumpkin launching event at CSUF. “We have several students who have already submitted their paperwork to us,” said Rawal. Students in the Department of Engineering and Computer Science are excited for the festivities. Luis Lobato, 21, civil engineering major, said he is considering entering the competition. “You can put all your theory and learning from class and apply it,” Lobato said. “It would be a really good competition for anyone that enters it.” The deadline for entering the inaugural pumpkin throwing contest is Oct. 20.

Cal State Fullerton is kicking off its second year of double sessions on campus for students during winter intersession. Session A, running Dec. 22 to Jan. 23, features over 120 classes available for students that are mostly offered as online classes. Session B, made up primarily of on-campus classes with some online classes offered, will be from Jan. 5-23. “This is the second year we’re starting after fall (semester) final exams,” Karen McKinley, director of intersession, said. “The reason why we started doing that last year is that in Spring 2008, the university changed the calendar so that commencement in the spring would end Memorial Day weekend, which made spring session start a week earlier, taking away from intersession.” For Session A, online classes offered will include anthropology, geology, kinesiology and sociology, to name a few. Not every class available during the regular fall and spring semesters are available during winter intersession. Class availability is determined by the popularity of a class, along with the cooperation of faculty who will teach during their short break in between semesters. The task of choosing classes for intersession is in the hands of the University of Extended Education along with department heads and faculty. “Extended Education would love the whole campus to schedule intersession classes and we work really hard with department chairs to do so,” McKinley said, “but we understand that there are other colleges that don’t feel that strongly about it because they want the time off just like students.” Unlike regular fall and spring session, winter intersession is selfsupported and does not receive any help from the state whatsoever. For that reason, winter intersession is available to start right after fall semester final examinations instead of having to wait for semester grades to be submitted. “I’ve taken classes during the summer, not winter intersession,” Mario Jimenez, a fifth-year senior majoring in electrical engineer, said. “I think it’s good because you can get classes out of the way in a matter of weeks instead of it taking the whole summer.” Though it can be very convenient for students to take classes during intersession, it also costs the students much more than a regular semester. Student fees for regular semester may cost up to $1,829 for seven or more units. For intersession, the price per unit is $225. “The classes students take in intersession would have the same amount of hours and same amount of classes you would have in regular semester,” Jane Payne, director of Student Services, said. “You pay a bit more but you can take the class through us and it’s also a great way for students to bring up their grades.” Students who would like to take classes during intersession are limited to a 3-unit maximum in terms of their workload. If a student would require a workload of over 3 units, he or she must submit a special request to the Board of Directors. Course information for winter intersession will be available online in mid-October. Course information along with general information on dates and deadlines for winter intersession are available on http://intersession.fullerton.edu/.


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