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The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

DTSHORTHAND Campus Life The Career Center and the Public Relations Student Society of America with the support of the Entertainment & Tourism club is hosting an event today in the Titan Student Union Theater.

This event gives the opportunity for students and faculty to meet and question representatives from NBC and General Electric.

This will give students the inside scoop about companies and gain a valuable perspective.

For more information contact Laura Neal from the Career Center at (714) 278-3791

Electronic trading has added to volatility PHILADELPHIA (MCT) – More than anything else, raw fear has been driving the huge declines in stock prices over recent weeks.

But also adding fuel to the Wall Street bonfire has been the proliferation of online trading and electronic trading, which have accentuated the hair-trigger reactivity in the markets, according to market experts.

“Before, you had to call a broker; now, you can see the pain” on laptops or television screens, said Bruce Rader, assistant professor of finance at Temple University’s Fox School of Business.

“So you are sitting here and you are down and you see that immediately. So I tend to think it makes people more reactive.”

Said James Jablonski, professor of finance at Villanova University: “It is easier for the individual investor to see the news and react to that immediately.”

Rader said signs of growth in online and electronic trading were widespread. On commodity exchanges alone, electronic trading has grown from near single digits in the mid-to-late 1990s to 90 percent today, he said. The actual number of traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange also appears to have declined as traders instead do their work on personal computers.

When markets turn sour, the impulse to check on account values is all the more powerful.

Last debate riles up CSUF New outdoor setting attracts hundreds in student attendance

By Daniel Xu and Allison Griggs Daily Titan Staff Writers news@dailytitan.com

Roaring cheers and applause thundered throughout the large audience of last night’s presidential debate at the Becker Amphitheatre as Sen. Barack Obama committed to raising education funding and assisting college students with paying tuition.

The third and final confrontation between Obama and Sen. John McCain was shown on a big screen in front of the Titan Student Union, where hundreds of students filled chairs, benches, and the lawns across the area.

“People passing by stopped to see what was going on,” TSU Building Manager Felicia Silva said. “Bringing (the debate showing) outside brought more people.”

The topic of education riled up the entire audience near the end of the 90-minute debate. In terms of the debate’s effectiveness on the election, however, other issues took the spotlight.

Before the debate, political analysts across the country said this debate was a “must win” for McCain, but few people at Cal State Fullerton thought the republican candidate accomplished anything

significant.

“McCain did what he needed to do,” Professor of Political Science Matthew Jarvis said. “But it may not have been enough to pull him up in the polls.”

Jarvis was one of the four members on CSUF’s post-debate panel.

McCain came out swinging. In one of the only moments where audiences responded to the republican presidential nominee without a negative tone, McCain clearly attempted to distance himself from President George W. Bush.

“I’m not President Bush,” McCain said to Obama. “If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have done it four years ago.”

Panelist and political science Professor Stephen Stambough thought it was too late for McCain to change the image that the Obama campaign has painted him with.

“If McCain was going to come out and ‘take the gloves off,’” Stambough said, “he should have done that about ten months ago.”

Associated Students Inc. Chief Governmental Officer Leo Otero moderated the ASI Lobby Corpssponsored event. Otero also introduced the other two panelists: Professor of political science Jack Bedell and representative of the Young Democrat Party of Orange County, Sean Estrada.

One issue dominating the debate was the economy, and “Joe the plumber” stood center stage. Both presidential candidates looked into See DEBATE, Page 2

Debate photos By Will Tee Yang For The Daily Titan

Students, staff and faculty gather at Becker Amphitheatre on Wednesday night to view the third and final presidential debate between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. As the election draws near, Cal State Fullerton students are being encouraged to participate in voting and let their voices be heard.

Leo Otero, Associated Students Inc. chief governmental officer, spoke to students at the event.

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A group of twenty plus women come together to create a dance that is eye pleasing.

Synchronized dancers practiced for more than ten years because these dancers are deaf. This dance took so many years because it took extra time for the performers to perfect it. This group is called the Chinese Disabled Performing Arts Troupe.

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Students share dialogue, desserts The influence of gender and race in the coming election gets discussed

By Damon Lowney

For The Daily Titan news@dailytitan.com

With the presidential elections coming up on Nov. 4, roughly 80 students attended the Desserts and Dialogue meeting at the Titan Student Union yesterday to discuss how they thought race and gender are affecting the battle for the presidency.

After the initial reaction to race, people are looking at the issues, one student said about Barack Obama’s progression through the presidential campaign.

Although he is a black candidate and he has made much progress in his campaign for presidency, another student said that people will vote for Obama because of the issues.

Many students expressed that candidate age will influence their vote on Election Day. Remarks about Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain’s age and health were common and a few students worry that if McCain becomes president and dies in office, Republican Vice President Candidate Sarah Palin would take over the presidency.

When the discussion came to gender, remarks about Palin turned sour.

Many students thought that she was unqualified for the second highest office in the U.S. Reasons given to justify this opinion included her performance in interviews.

The group seemed to agree that race and gender will not be the biggest deciding factors for voters on Election Day. Roger Dittmann, a retired Cal State Fullerton professor emeritus of physics, advocated voting outside the box. He said he would vote for a black woman, if the chance came.

SIDS kills thousands of infants annually, its causes are still unknown

By Edgar Rascon

Daily Titan Staff Writer

By Don Nguyen/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Students enjoyed free desserts while discussing political issues in the TSU, early Wednesday evening.

“As a society, we don’t address race and gender issues overtly,” said Terri Flynn, a political science professor at CSUF, during a telephone interview after the discussion. She thinks that race and gender prejudices are more of a subconscious issue today.

To illustrate her point, she used the rescue operations during Hurricane Katrina as an example.

Flynn, who is a former New Orleans resident, said that because the See DIALOGUE, Page 2

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Katie Adams was just doing what her newly formed motherly instinct was telling her to do. The 20-yearold mother of David Patrick quietly crept into his bedroom late one night only to find her 3-month-old not breathing and unresponsive.

Adams’ cousin, Nikki Adams, received the call around 4 a.m.

“I must have ran at least five stop lights on my way to Katie’s,” Adams said. “When I got there, my dad was standing outside, and I remember him just shaking his head no.”

According to First Candle, a national nonprofit organization, Sud-

den Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, was the third-leading cause of death for infants from one month to one year old, claiming over 2,000 lives per year, according to the First Candle Web site.

The shock, sadness and feelings of hurt are compounded with the overriding sense of injustice. In many cases, SIDS strikes the healthiest babies. Patrick had his 3-month checkup visit three days prior to his death, and his doctor told Katie she had a perfectly healthy baby boy.

“It’s just not natural to have to bury your child,” Katie said. “But if something good can come out of it, that is why we are doing this.”

According to a Newsweek article, SIDS is only determined as the cause of death after a thorough investigation. This includes a complete autopsy that looks for signs of asphyxiation and an examination of the See SIDS, Page 2

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away from us,” Adams said.

She began to look for answers online, which eventually led her to First Candle.

“It’s surprising how many people don’t know how prevalent it really is,” Adams said.

Whipple added that along with the lack of awareness with SIDS, there is also a negative stigma attached to it.

“There is a lot of unknown with SIDS,” Whipple said. “And people fear the unknown, so when something like this happens they look to assign blame. Unfortunately, a lot of that blame ends up on the parents, and that just isn’t right.”

On June 24, 2008, the one year anniversary of Patrick’s death, Adams decided they needed to do something to help bring awareness to this cause and also honor the memory of her nephew.

With the help of First Candle, they decided to hold an event and called it “The 1st Annual David Patrick Memorial Benefit for First Candle.”

The event will be held in October every year because the month is SIDS, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness month.

They started by printing up fliers about the event and passing them out in Downtown Fullerton. The response from the city was overwhelming.

“The community has been amazing, people have poured in their support and help for this event,” Adams said.

The event this year was held at the Twisted Vine in Downtown Fullerton. The evening featured live jazz music, a silent auction and a raffle.

Residents donated prizes such as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and

Anaheim Ducks tickets, as well as help spread word of the event.

“We are going to do this every year until we don’t have to anymore,” Adams said.

Being the first year of the event, Adams said she was thankful and satisfied with the turnout.

She is already making plans for next year’s event, possibly having a more family-themed event such as a costume party.

All the proceeds benefit First Candle to fund medical research, public and professional education, and family support.

Katie said their goal was not only to raise money for research, but also to spread awareness so that no one else has to experience what she has been through.

“The more we know about SIDS, the more babies will be saved,” she said.

identify with,” Brandon Barbosa, a communications major, said. “My dad’s a plumber and he’s not suffering like they made Joe out to be.”

Child and adolescent development major Natalia Castro agreed.

“I just thought it was a stupid saying or character that they used to try to identify with the middle class,” Castro said.

This debate brought abortion to

the stage and it served McCain well.

“McCain’s position on abortion was actually one of the few topics that it sounded like he knew what he was talking about, I thought he made Obama’s position sound silly regarding only the moral issues of abortion laws,” Castro said. “But being a mother of a three-year-old has probably changed my perception of things.”

The debate moderator also grabbed audience attention when he asked McCain and Obama to speak the words in their attack ads to each other’s face. Neither complied. College Republican Chair Kelly Kim said it was hardly a surprise.

“Of course they are not going to seem negative on this stage,” she said. “No one expected them to act rude.”

GUANGZHOU, China (MCT) – Global financial turmoil has sent galeforce winds across some factory floors in China, and barely a breeze across others. The differing fates of factory owners such as David Xu and James Jiang illustrate why China Inc. displays some resilience in the face of the global crisis.

Xu’s factory makes television sets of such low quality that they can’t sell in the United States and Europe. So he markets them in the Middle East, and sales are brisk.

“We don’t feel much,” Xu said of the financial turmoil. “I’m not worried.”

It’s a different story for Jiang. His factory makes low-cost musical keyboards for hobbyists and students. They sell in Target’s Australian stores and Fred’s Inc., a discount store chain in America’s Southeast and Midwest. Orders now only trickle in.

“Nobody has money,” Jiang grumbled. “I think the orders may drop in half.”

Over the past few years, China has opened up vast new markets. Today, only half of its exports go to the United States, the European Union and Japan.

death scene, including items used by the infant and a review of their clinical history.

“I was surprised and actually thankful for the thoroughness of the investigation by the police,” Jennifer Whipple, Nikki Adams sister, said.

Even still, the cause of death is stated as “undetermined,” on the death certificate. This pretty much sums up what is known about the mysterious syndrome – not much.

Adams saw that her cousin was in no shape to make the final arrangements for Patrick and therefore took it upon herself to ensure that Katie’s wishes were taken care of.

“It was around that time that I started to get really mad at the lack of answers on what took David

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WASHINGTON (MCT) – Vice President Dick Cheney went to the hospital Wednesday after experiencing an abnormal heartbeat and was scheduled to have an outpatient procedure to “restore his normal rhythm,” his office said.

Cheney, 67, was to go to George Washington University Hospital to have a cardiology procedure for the second time in less than a year. The condition forced him to cancel his attendance Wednesday at a campaign event for Marty Ozinga, an Illinois Republican who’s running for a seat in the House of Representatives, Cheney’s office said in a three-paragraph statement.

His office said that after experiencing a problem, the vice president went to the White House physician, who found that Cheney was having a recurrence of atrial fibrillation, an abnormal rhythm involving the upper chambers of the heart. Cheney suffered the same condition in November 2007, and doctors administered an electric shock then. Cheney has had four heart attacks, the first at age 37. He has had quadruple bypass surgery and two angioplasties, and a pacemaker was implanted in his chest in 2001. The device was replaced last year.

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Some tips to save on energy costs from gadgets

SAN JOSE (MCT) – We all love our gadgets and love having more and more of them but technophilia has a downside: Running all those gadgets takes energy.

As consumers have stocked their homes with big-screen TVs, computers, cell phones and increasing numbers of other consumer electronics and tech products in recent years, those products have been sucking up more and more power.

Consumers not only have more gadgets but, in many cases, the new tech products use more power than comparable ones used in the past.

“We’re consuming more electricity per home because of all these additional devices,” said Bernadette Del Chiaro, who works on clean energy issues for Environment California, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group.

“They use way more electricity than you think.”

For individual consumers, that means higher electric bills. For society as a whole, it means increased generation of greenhouse gases.

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From Page 1 the camera to present tax plans to who they thought represented the average American.

Many in the crowd laughed at the imaginary individual. Few seemed to think positively of the stereotype.

“This character (Joe the plumber) didn’t really give me anything to

Dialogue: students address the issues From Page 1 majority of the New Orleans population was black, the rescue effort was sluggish. She added, had there been more “white people” in the most effected areas, the rescue effort would have arrived more quickly.

The Desserts and Dialogue event has been going on for about two years and has been an informal affair, with about 10 to 15 students per meeting, said Katrina Lacerna, student coordinator for the program.

In the future, the program coordinators hope to expand its reach

and increase attendance.

According to the program’s mission statement, Desserts and Dialogue “provides a forum to explore issues that concern Cal State Fullerton’s diverse student body.” Any student is allowed to participate and meetings will be held throughout the semester.

To get more information about Desserts and Dialogue students can visit the Multicultural Leadership Center in Room 234 of the Titan Student Union.

Students can also call 714-2787366 or reach the MLC by e-mail at multiculturalcenter@fullerton. edu.

Key leader for al-Qaida in Iraq killed BAGHDAD (MCT) – A suspected terrorist killed by American troops in a raid earlier this month has been identified as al-Qaida in Iraq’s No. 2 leader, the U.S. military said Wednesday.

Abu Qaswarah, also known as Abu Sara, died Oct. 5 in the northern city of Mosul during a firefight between suspected al-Qaida members and American soldiers raiding a building where they believed Qaswarah was hiding.

Qaswarah, a native of Morocco, trained in Afghanistan and rose to become al-Qaida in Iraq’s top northern commander, a U.S. military statement said.

American officials described him as a charismatic leader who managed to rally al-Qaida’s northern network despite recent security gains across Iraq. Qaswarah was especially adept at recruiting and inspiring new fighters from abroad, the military said.

He is believed to have overseen a failed attempt to destroy the Mosul Civic Center last month.

Military officials said his death deals a major blow to al-Qaida’s operations in northern Iraq, an area that has seen a recent uptick in violence, particularly against the area’s Christian population.

“Abu Qaswarah is another example of how al-Qaida in Iraq has been

forced to rely on foreign terrorists to carry out their vicious attacks on the Iraqi people as well as coalition and Iraqi forces,” said Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll, a U.S. military spokesman.

“The Iraqi people do not want them here, and coalition and Iraqi forces will continue to work together to weed them out of the country.”

Qaswarah had been a senior alQaida emir since June 2007, military officials said, adding that he had “historic ties to al-Qaida in Iraq founder Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and senior al-Qaida leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” He reportedly has killed foreign recruits who came to Iraq and later tried to return

home.

Violence has dropped dramatically across the country in recent months, but attacks still are occurring. Though military officials have said many of al-Qaida’s top leaders are either dead or in custody, they also have warned that the terrorist network could be regrouping in Iraq.

“We have been eager since 2007 to target the brains of al-Qaida, and this is a good step,” said Mohammed al-Askari, a spokesman for the Iraqi Defense Ministry. “We believe this will minimize their actions because they are losing communication and organization.”

Keeping others going has company surging DETROIT (MCT) – When the plug was pulled on southeastern Michigan five years ago, sending the area into a historic power outage, things kept humming at a Southfield, Mich., company.

Secure-24 did what it promised to do kept the computers going and clients’ data and business operations protected despite the massive power interruption of the summer of 2003.

Now the 8-year-old data security company has moved up the prestigious Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies, jumping from 320 in 2007 to 165 in 2008. With a 3-year sales growth rate of 1,412.7 percent, the company was listed as the magazine’s No. 1 company in Michigan.

What it does is technical, but crucial to companies, said Matthias Horch, cofounder and CEO. Secure-24 hosts and manages the software systems and computer applications crucial to clients’ operations. Clients don’t have to worry that systems will fail, security will be breached or data will be lost.

It also offers a 24-hour help desk and monitors the systems to detect problems even before the company does, Horch said.

The data centers are equipped with tight security, with futuristic fingerprint detection for access, 2-foot-thick concrete walls and separate cooling and heating systems.

Secure-24’s buildings, including the

headquarters in a Southfield industrial park, have little signage to reduce visibility, and the data center portions don’t have any windows to reduce points of entry.

It operates on a “needed plus one” philosophy, Horch said every vital component is available at least in duplicate, sometimes more. The company has a 1,000-kilowatt generator that can continue operations for up to three days without any additional fuel supplies but Secure-24

has thought of that, too, and has a contract for fuel delivery in case of a disaster.

“This building should withstand a tornado,” said Horch.

But Horch quickly adds that a tornado is unlikely. That’s why he and his partner, Volker Straub, both natives of southwestern Germany, decided to start the company in Michigan.

Michigan is among the states with the fewest natural disasters,

said Horch.

“There is also great basic infrastructure and a great culture in Michigan,” Horch said. “We are committed to this region. We want to give young talent a chance here.”

The company’s 200 customers, located worldwide, include auto suppliers, a chemical company with nine manufacturing plants and multiple government agencies. It also provides digital media applications for 50 Fortune 500 companies.

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Hanson’s tour wraps in SoCal Spanish master

comes to CSUF Main Art Gallery

The group of brothers will come to Orange County next month after taking part in a global philanthropic effort

By Mayra Arriaga

Goya’s ‘Los Caprichos’ etchings, traveling around the nation, stops on campus

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It has been said, that to understand what another person is going through in life, one must “walk a mile in their shoes.”

It is a saying that Hanson took literally on its current “Take the Walk Around The World Tour.” But the band has a twist. In order to understand how a child lives in Africa, Hanson tells its fans to walk one mile barefoot.

Before every concert on its tour, the band walks that mile with their fans to show the significance a pair of shoes has on a child.

October is National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month, but for the members of Hanson, who are bringing their AIDS/HIV awareness one-mile walk to Anaheim and Los Angeles next month, the campaign for AIDS awareness is a year-round issue.

Cal State Fullerton communications major Grace Yu, 21, will be joining other local students in the upcoming Anaheim walk.

“I will walk one mile barefoot in Anaheim because I know I will make a difference and I think it’s a unique way to bring awareness to AIDS/ HIV,” Yu said.

It all started with a trip Hanson made to Africa two years ago.

The band traveled to Africa to record a few songs with a children’s choir for its most recent album, “The Walk,” which was released last year.

After seeing children suffering from AIDS/HIV and extreme poverty in Africa, Hanson decided to take a stance on the current devastating situation. “We had a moment where we said that we could be part of a shift or that there has to be a way

Pop group Hanson, is raising awareness for HIV/AIDS on a world tour .

that we can make an impact on the issues of AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa,” Taylor Hanson said. Most famously known for their 1997 catchy hit song, “MMMBop,” Taylor, Isaac and Zac Hanson will continue to walk until they reach their goal of 24,902 miles, the circumference of the earth. So far, Hanson has walked 90 miles barefoot with a total of 7,352 miles walked with fans who organize their own hometown walks. Last year the Hanson brothers paired up with Tom’s Shoes, a shoe retailer, for their mission. For every pair of shoes sold, one pair would go to a child in Africa. Last November, Tom’s Shoes and Hanson traveled to Africa to deliver 50,000 pairs of shoes to impoverished children around the country.

When Hanson released its album, “The Walk,” all the money made from the song “Great Divide” downloaded through iTunes went to an AIDS/HIV research hospital in Soweto, Africa.

“After we recorded ‘Great Divide’, we realized that this song had a purpose ... it was a charity single,” Isaac said.

On this year’s tour, when a fan walks one mile barefoot, $1 is donated to Africa on the walker’s behalf by the band. For each dollar that is donated, the walker decides which cause the money will go to.

There are five causes a fan can contribute to: funding research and treatment of AIDS, building schools, drilling clean water wells, donating shoes and providing short messaging service credits to support access to medical care. “The work they’ve been doing for the children in Africa really makes them stand out from other bands; besides promoting AIDS awareness, the walk also gives fans a chance to hang out with the band,” said Marianna Flores, a fan who participated in one of the band’s walks.

According to the UNAIDS 2008 Report on the global AIDS epi-

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demic, “During 2007 alone, an estimated 1.5 million adults died from HIV leaving about 11.6 million orphaned children as a result of AIDS in Africa. Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 15 million Africans have died from AIDS.” Two-thirds of all people living with HIV are found in sub-Saharan Africa, although this region contains little more than 10 percent of the world’s population.

Inter Press Service News Agency reports that it is expected that patients affected by HIV and AIDS will soon account for 60 to 70 percent of hospital expenditures in South Africa.

Hanson will host three one-mile walks in Southern California; Nov. 14 at House of Blues in Los Angeles and Nov. 15 at House of Blues in Anaheim. The world tour will conclude on Nov. 16 in San Diego, with what will be the 110th barefoot mile for Hanson. The band is expected to go on tour again next year.

to campus. It’s a good time to be a visual arts student.”

The Visual Arts Department and Cal State Fullerton’s Exhibition Design program teamed with Landau Traveling Exhibitions from Los Angeles to bring “Los Caprichos” to

By Brittney Lange Fullerton.

Daily Titan Staff Writer Lilia Lamas, a CSUF exhibition features@dailytitan.com design graduate student who was An artist creating work during a very involved with the exhibit’s detime of economic crisis and oppres- sign, said, “I’m very excited about sion may sound like the world that this exhibit coming to CSUF bemany of today’s artists are living in cause Francisco Goya was a very but 200 years ago, under the same influential artist that depicted in kind of stresses, Francisco Goya his work the negative affects of a created his “Los Caprichos” works, society in crisis. This is usually what which will be on display in the people prefer to turn a blind eye to Main Art Gallery starting Nov. 1. but he shows us the dark side of hu“Francisco mans.”

Goya: Los CaGoya’s “Los prichos, Early Caprichos” work First Edition” is depicts monan international ster-like fiends, traveling exhibit prostitutes and that displays a animals acting series of 80 of like human arisGoya’s etchings tocracy. published in “The series 1799. is pretty grim,” The exhibit Mike McGee, also shows seven the Main Art other artworks Gallery Director

by Goya, works at CSUF, said.

by Edward Hage“It’s indicting of dorn, who was inmankind and it’s – Christos Pablico, indicting of leadspired by Goya’s works, and eight ership.

Photocommunications major additional piecThere is just es by Enrique something timeChagoya, a modless about the ern artist who series and I think started etching in the late ‘90s. it’s going to be appreciated on a lot Senior photocommunications of levels.” major Christos Pablico said, “Goya’s The opening reception will be work is a marker of great change held on Nov. 1 in the Main Art Galduring his time and his work is fan- lery and will be on display through tastic! I’m glad his work is coming Dec. 12.

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Goya’s work is a marker of great change during his time and his work is fantastic! I’m glad his work is coming to campus. I’ts a good time to be a visual arts student.

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Wild fires break out in Yorba Linda

By Brad Goldman/For the Daily Titan A 10-acre fire broke out at 3:54 p.m., in the hills overlooking the 91 and 241 freeways in Corona. Traffic was backed up for most of the afternoon commute, as on lookers watched from their cars. Water dropping helicopter and super scoopers, from the U.S. Forest Service and Corona Fire Department made repeated drops to control the flames. As a precaution guest from the nearby Star Ranch, were evacuated. As of sunset the fire was 100 percent contained, and hand crews were stationed to watch for flareups overnight, the fire is expected to be completely out by noon on Thursday.

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in cities all over Mexico.

In Tijuana, Mexico, San Diego’s sister city to the south, murders have become so brazen and common that recent reports on National Public Radio have said that morgues in the city are nearly filled to capacity. Unclaimed bodies are shifted to different morgues to keep the city’s morgue prepared for new influxes of corpses.

With 400 murders in Tijuana so far this year, kidnappings on the rise and assassinations of law enforcement personnel, the future looks grim for Mexico’s sixth most populous city.

Here we hardly see any meaningful reports of drug violence on TV. Most of the coverage about this topic comes through stalwart reporters on both sides of the border who risk their lives to bring the horrible cycle of violence to light.

The issue has even garnered the attention of an entire team of reporters from the Los Angeles Times. This leads many of us here to consider whether waging a war on drugs is really worth the time.

All of this effort, all of the blood shed, all of the disappearances of people in Mexico; is the single pronged effort worth the work?

Simply put: No. The issue of the drug trade is too complicated to hammer out in a single article, but there are a few steps that are worth taking up.

Demand for the drugs needs to be reduced, but how?

Well, if you’re a person who already engages in illegal activity by smoking, snorting or swallowing illegal substances, then why not locate a dealer who produces their illegal

substances locally? Boycott foreign drugs.

This is not an endorsement of illegal activity, but it is recognition of the ills of society and a way of addressing an ongoing problem. Officials in Sacramento are currently addressing this issue in a ballot measure this November.

Proposition 5 will not be a cureall for how to deal with criminals arrested for drug-related crime, but the measure at least brings forth the beginnings of a dialogue about treatment over punishment.

The Daily Titan support ongoing efforts of drug enforcement officials and officers on the front lines against violent offenders on both sides of the border, but we also recognize the need for new tactics.

Issues like the ongoing drug war tend to fall by the wayside in an election year, but we should take events like those occurring in Mexico, and events that occur here in the shadows, into consideration when we think about our personal decisions.

Legislation that would directly impact drug enforcement efforts on both sides of the border will help.

Still, the violence that is sweeping our neighbors to the south is fueled by internal conflict and corruption in Mexico, and American demand is really at the heart of the problem.

More blood will be shed, more people will be dissolved in barrels of acid, and more honest police officers like Soriano will lose their lives, and for these reasons we should rethink our approach to fighting the war on drugs.

‘Fringe’ is the hottest thing on fall line-up Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

On one Thursday night, I was desperately seeking something to watch on television. I had missed game one of the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Philidelphia Phillies and I was a day away from Saturday morning College Game Day on ESPN. As a result, I decided to watch Kath & Kim, a new show airing on NBC. The show is supposed to be about a dysfunctional relationship between a mother and daughter played by Molly Shannon (Saturday Night Live) and Selma Blair (Hellboy 2.)

Blair’s character moves back home because married life is too much for her to handle, while Shannon’s character finds herself juggling her daughter’s problems and a new relationship.

Even though the show is based on an Australian comedy phenomenon, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a similar plot in a past.

It could have been “All-American Girl” with comedian Margaret Cho, “Cybill” with Cybill Sheppard, or a few years ago “Living with Fran” with Fran Drescher, whose character deals with a son moving back home

and her teen daughter while dating a young man.

I think the only real reason I watched the show is because it was discussed in my TV programming class. The whole purpose of the class is to watch TV, and the fall line-up is part of it. I mean, who wouldn’t like to watch a hot new show?

Nevertheless, one disappointment of fall season was The CW’s “90210,” which had the most anticipated premiere, with hot new actors and appearances from original cast members such as Jennie Garth and Shannon Doherty.

The show turned out to be a bore.

Within minutes, my thumb decided to change the channel before the first commercial break. I remember having the same reaction when I watched the premiere of “Laguna Beach.”

I’m an old soul and I prefer to watch re-runs of the original. And of course, it would be thought because it is a spin-off it’s fresh and the story lines are better. However, the writers totally over wrote the drama.

Some might say I’m being too harsh, but I’m not. I even gave the show a second chance and I was still discontent. Even though “90210” had the highest rating (4.91 million viewers) for the CW Network,

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A vote to ban marriage altogether Daily Titan Staff Writer

Turmoil in Mexico prompts drug war re-evaluation The effects of drug abuse and addiction can normally be seen on any dirty street corner in most, if not all, major metropolitan cities.

As a result of this common scene, the effects of drugs on American society are usually pushed into the back of our minds. While Americans bury their heads in the sand concerning the drug trade, police officials on both sides of the border struggle to keep deadly substances out of the hands of American consumers.

In Mexico, especially during the last two months, the effects of the drug trade have exploded into open warfare between rival drug lords, corrupt officials, large cartel figureheads and the last few honest law enforcers.

Yes, there are a few honest ones left, but their numbers are dwindling fast.

In an in-depth feature article published Sept. 7, Los Angeles Times reporter Richard Marosi tells the story of how the now deceased Mexico Deputy Commander of the Tecate Police Department, Juan Jose Soriano, battled against corruption in his small border town 40 miles east of San Diego.

Soriano was killed in his home on Dec. 4, 2008 when gunmen broke into his bedroom and shot him 45 times as he slept. He was killed just hours after he had assisted U.S. authorities with the effort to shut down a drug smuggling tunnel in his hometown. The tunnel stretched 1,300 feet across the border into the U.S. In the past few weeks, Mexican officials have mobilized 40,000 soldiers to help against rising violence

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I don’t predict a 10-year run.

The highlight of the fall premieres was Fox’s “Fringe,” a science fiction drama. The show has an FBI agent (Anna Torv) team up with two scientists (Joshua Jackson and John Noble) to explain unexplained chemical outbreaks.

It’s intriguing – the characters are likable. Torv plays a tough agent who bluffs threats at Jackson, a stubborn scientist forced to work with his estranged father (Noble) who was released from an insane asylum.

When all the characters are together, the dialogue is funny even though the topic is serious. Any show starring Joshua Jackson (The Mighty Ducks and “Dawson’s Creek”) I sense will see success.

The show gives a viewer a sense of a mini-movie feel. Producer J.J. Abrams (“Alias” and “Lost”) is good at making sure the action sequences have some intensity, like with an explosion in the premiere that held my attention.

And I should mention, Fox aired less commercials for “Fringe’s” premiere than any other network.

I’m busy and I’m sure you are too.

All we want is a moment of entertainment to help us relax, and maybe “Fringe” can provide that for us.

In May of this year, the California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that people have a fundamental “right to marry” and that gender restrictions violate the state constitution’s equal protection guarantee.

Despite this ruling, an amendment to change the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage has been proposed on the November ballot.

Enter Proposition 8.

I like to think outside the box when it comes to problem solving, and instead of squabbling over who should be allowed to marry, I think we should consider getting rid of marriage altogether.

Now before you get up in arms, or immediately dismiss the idea, take time to examine what I’m saying.

Marriage is something that has become part of our legal system.

It still, obviously, has tremendous meaning in religion and in our culture, but somewhere along the way marriage became an issue for the courts.

To be recognized legally as a married couple, you must get a marriage certificate from the court. You essentially enter into a contract, but marriage wasn’t always this way.

Once upon a time, the parents of the marrying couple sat down and negotiated. Who had land to offer, who had property to give – these were things that families sorted out.

Society and the culture found ways to work out marriage. There was no courthouse, no application, and no judge.

Because marriage has become a part of the legal system, we have run into these equality/morality/religious issues.

We’ve blurred the line of the spiritual aspect of marriage with that of something that must be regulated by the government. We cannot find the break between the civil and spiritual dimension of the union of two people.

So think about it. Remove “marriage” from the legal system and instead allow individuals to decide for themselves how to organize their lives.

People would have to be accountable for making their own decisions.

Couples would either have to work harder at staying together or figure out on their own how to deal with separation.

It is not impossible to think that as adult human beings we can take responsibility for our actions. Marriage will still exist in the religious, spiritual and cultural sense.

And I’m not naive in my thinking.

I understand there are legal aspects to consider like insurance benefits, taxes, etc.

That’s why we need to change our way of thinking about it.

Mary Lyndon Shanley, a Vassar College political science professor, puts it well.

“When both a civil and a religious status go by the name ‘marriage,’ it becomes difficult for people to sort out what aspects of the relationship are appropriate concerns of the state,” Shanley said.

Yes, it is appropriate for certain benefits to be regulated by our legal system, but marriage is not solely made up of what the government provides to married couples.

The government does not determine your eternal love for someone.

You do not agree to “for better or worse or 'til death do us part” because the government says you must – that’s evident from the climbing divorce rate.

Instead, religious communities and traditions are who and what bestow value to a marriage. The individual’s spiritual, moral and/or ethical thoughts that define marriage are what determine the meaning of people’s life together.

There’s no need for “marriage” in the legal system. Change the nomenclature and perhaps we can all be happy.

Reality Politics

By Joshua Burton Daily Titan Columnist

Former Clinton supporters go red I like getting my friends drunk and setting the leftists and rightwingers against each other. Emotion and staunch partisanship go a long way towards my daily amusement.

Imagine my glee when I heard about Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. John McCain having a fundraiser on Tuesday with about a thousand former Sen. Hillary Clinton supporters in attendance.

“Well that must have been an interesting fight,” I thought.

I was wrong. The former Clintonites were there as newly-minted McCain supporters.

That’s right, one thousand people were willing to switch camps because they are bitter about Clinton being slighted in both the presidential nomination and the vice-presidential selection.

Now they side with a party diametrically opposed to much of what Clinton supported.

Despite their rhetoric, I do not think their reasoning supports such a drastic change.

When Sen. Barack Obama first won the Democratic nomination, the angry blogs, YouTube videos and Web sites popped up like rabid Whack-a-Mole targets.

Much like that arcade game, these people were easily defeated but have proven impossible to keep down.

The disturbing part about this movement is the anger that keeps them going.

I was hoping they would cool down as fall approached, but obviously I was wrong as McCain wracked in about $500,000 in the fundraiser.

They were certainly angry long enough to convince lifelong psychologist, democrat and feminist, Lynette Long.

You wouldn’t know by reading

much of the previous work she has done that she would be a McCain supporter – her stance on women, the environment, and President George W. Bush would make you think otherwise.

Yet on Sept. 6 she released an article on her blog in support of the McCain-Palin ticket.

This came after months of unfaltering support of Clinton.

As many bad things as she had to say about Obama, she had good things to say of Clinton.

Her opinions aren’t unreasonable.

There are many good reasons people have for supporting Clinton, abortion being among them.

Obama’s views on the matter have been tacit at best.

My major confusion comes from the sudden about-face these intelligent and opinionated people have made to fall in line with their former moral enemies.

The only reason I see is due to anger.

“I can’t vote for my party and it’s candidates which have demonstrated a blatant disrespect for women and a fundamental lack of integrity or I can vote for the Republican Party ticket which has heard our concerns,” Long wrote in her blog.

How has the Republican Party heard their concerns?

If their concerns were heard and even remotely accepted, Long, and a plethora of other feminists, would have been wearing red and riding elephants long before now.

It seems just as republicans want to use Palin to wrangle directionless voters, the sore Clintonites want to use her as a poster-woman for the feminist cause.

If Palin were truly an equal, she wouldn’t have gotten there solely based on her gender, which I believe is so.

So why reward an enemy who

they have fought so hard against in the past?

“The Democratic Party cannot be rewarded for its pervasive disrespect of women. Sometimes you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet. Sometimes you have to tear down a house before you can rebuild it,” Long wrote in her blog.

This, I have a problem with.

Long is obviously of reasonably sound mind, but what doesn’t seem very sound is the argument that moving to the opposite party will teach the Democrats a lesson.

The fight between Obama and Clinton was bad.

It was too messy to have them represent each other within a unified campaign.

Even Obama and Sen. Joe Biden have come under fire for being so contentious in the primaries.

Biden has been asked by reporters to explain his support of Obama when mere months ago he was decrying how inexperienced the man was.

His responses have always been humorous and evasive.

The conditions within an Obama-Clinton ticket would have been even worse.

Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention should have solidified the ranks, but obviously some people wanted to be divisive, as if all that she stood for ended with her loss.

There is no excuse for giving up a fight just because a general falls.

The Clinton movement needed to pick up the flag and march stalwartly on.

United, the Democratic Party can stand, but divided it could fall – taking their “change” with it.

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Live Wire October Thursday 16 Gym Class Heroes with The Roots and Estelle The Grove Anaheim

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Friday Anberlin with Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Straylight Run, There For Tomorrow Glass House Pomona

Friday 17 The Alchemist with DJ Quik Sutra Lounge Costa Mesa

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Saturday The Academy Is... with We The Kings House of Blues Anaheim

Saturday Brad Paisley with Jewel, Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Irvine

Sunday Fear with Agent Orange and Dr. Know The Grove Anaheim

Monday Pinkback with Mr. 20 Tube and The Flying Objects Echoplex Los Angele

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Bar food revisited: Downtown Fullerton’s tasty alternatives

By Allen d. wilson

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Throw together some lousy tacos on Tuesdays for a buck, a beer for twice that, some night spots and advertise that as a complete package.

Okay, maybe a few bars can pull that one off, but that doesn't mean their chow complements their drink selection.

First thoughts at the words "bar food" might invoke items like chicken fingers or pickled eggs. But it doesn't have to be like that. A few local bars in downtown Fullerton specialize in serving up some appetizers that are out of the ordinary.

Twisted Vine One wall racked with beer on the right, the other with wine. The selection at this wine bar can be intimidating, but the friendly sommeliers are there to coach you through.

Order the caprese skewers for some raw Italian flavor. No need to grab a fork for this spin on a traditional salad – the tomatoes and mozzarella cheese with basil in a vinaigrette is easy to bite off the skewer.

A few friends will have no problem delving into a cheese platter either, where the meat and cheese is presented in a small and large format.

Included is an apricot puree, surprisingly sweet, but the stuff strikes a power chord with the piave vecchio cheese.

All is priced around the $10 range, but the flavors are well worth the fare here. If you go for the food, you will probably stay for the beer and wine, reasonably priced by the glass starting at $6.

127 W. Commonwealth Ave. Fullerton.

(714) 871-1200 www.twistedvinewines.com Weekends closing time is 1 a.m.,

By Allen D. wilson/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Downtown Fullerton offers a new take on traditional bar food. Above: Caprese skewers at The Twisted Vine offer an exotic take on bar food that’s beer batter free.

depending on the crowd. Weekdays closing is 11 p.m., also tentative.

Monday opens at 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday opens at 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday opens at noon.

Lizarran Tapas Restaurant These guys also figured out that group dining works well anytime you're not sharing a hamburger or spaghetti dish. Lizarran, a Spanish restaurant chain, opened the Fullerton location in June, the first in the U.S. Like seafood? Pass around Pulpo a "Feira" (slices of octopus over cottage potatoes). If that's too risky

for your party, go with chips over anchovies in vinegar with anchovystuffed olives.

But pronouncing some of these pintxos, or toothpicked foods (try saying Chips de Patatas con Boquerones y Salsa Lizarran,) proves harder than paying for them. Order them at the bar and you'll be charged $1.75 for each toothpick at your table, strictly an honor system.

310 N. Harbor Blvd. Fullerton.

(714) 879-9009 www.lizarrantapas.com Opens at 11:30 a.m. daily. Closes at 10 p.m. Sunday through Thurs-

day, and 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Envy Ultra Lounge Dancing is king at the Envy Ultra Lounge, but there is a kitchen somewhere in the quaint neon-lit enclave.

Beer-battered asparagus is a great starter, but go for lobster ravioli if you're looking for a meal. The crescent-shaped booths are something out of a Miami nightclub.

Be careful not to arrive after midnight if you want to eat, though. In that case, stick with a creation from the martini menu, like chocolate

mintini or peach martini.

The emphasis at Envy is on the ingredients flavoring the beverages, so traveling to the beach or Los Angeles isn't the only way to get a good martini.

The best part of this bar: bring your student ID and get half off of everything on the menu from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

120A W. Wilshire Ave. Fullerton.

(714) 525-8051 www.envyultralounge.com Tuesday through Saturday, 5 p.m. to midnight.

Bar closes before 2 a.m.

The Academy Is ... on ‘Bill and Trav’s Bogus Journey Tour’ We caught up with The Academy Is ... and spoke to Adam Siska in Austin, Texas in a telephone interview in to get insight on their latest record The Academy Is... has hopped on their latest tour, with We the Kings, titled Bill and Trav’s Bogus Journey Tour, a tribute to the popular slacker dude 80’s film, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

The pop-rock group from Chicago is traveling across the country promoting songs from their newest album “Fast Times at Barrington High.”

The group includes frontman William Beckett, guitarists Michael Carden and Adrian LaTrace Jr, Adam Siska on bass and drummer Mike DelPrincipe.

The Academy Is... will be playing at the House of Blues in Ana-

heim this Saturday along with We the Kings, Carolina Liar, and Hey Monday.

Daily Titan: Well thanks for your time and I suppose we’ll get down to business so you can get ready for your show. Can you tell me about your newest album?

Adam Siska: It’s called “Fast Times at Barrington High,” (and) it came out Aug. 19. We’re really proud of it.

It was a lot of fun for us to make and definitely brought us closer together as a band and brought us a step further as song writers and musicians.

That seems to be the goal for every record we make - to take a step forward.

DT: You guys are really keeping busy. Can you tell me how this record is different than some of your past records?

Siska: I think every record we make is going to be different than the last one. We’re huge fans of music and really passionate about music, so naturally over the course of two years our tastes are evolving.

On this one I think we wanted to go back to the approach of initially writing with acoustic guitar to assign the basic melody or the basic core structure of a song, and then just try and develop it from there. Because when you find a vocal melody that works over an acoustic guitar that’s really flattering, you know you can build a wall of sound around that.

We did that for about half the songs; some of the other songs we just started playing and William (Beckett) sang along. There really is no set formula for how we write. We like to just take a song for what it is and just go with the flow.

DT: There were a lot of collaborators with you on this album. Can you tell me how that worked out?

Siska: Mason (Musso), who plays guitar with Metro Station, came by the studio to visit our producer who is a friend of his, and he heard us playing the song “Crowded Room”

and he just spoke up and said, “Hey that would be cool if you guys did something like this in the last chorus,” and we said we think “it would be better if you did that.” Also on that song we had Gabe [Saporta] from Cobra Starship, an old friend of ours, as well as Ryland [Blackinton] and Alex [Suarez] from Cobra Starship doing harmonies on a couple other songs.

The Cobra guys live within walking distance from our studio, so they were stopping by a lot. They all have really great voices.

The most important collaboration, I thought, was on the song “After the Last Midtown Show.” Andrew McMahon from Jack’s Mannequin came in and played some piano. It was definitely my favorite song on the album.

DT: Your album sold 35,000 copies in the first week debuting at No. 17 on Billboard’s Top 200. Did that surprise you at all?

Siska: You know that’s amazing.

You can never put too much hope into what your album is going to sell because there are so many factors that go into that these days. You may have sold 35,000 records, but in actuality, 100,000 people downloaded it for free. So it’s hard to really see record sales as a gauge to a certain level of success.

But when you have a good debut like that its very rewarding to see that the fans went out and bought the hard copy and supported you and everyone who has put hard work into the album.

DT: Do you think that a lot of people might have downloaded it and then went and bought it after listening?

Siska: I hope so. I’m not antidownloading music by any means.

I would just like to encourage fans to buy music just because it’s more fulfilling as a listener.

I still buy CD’s because I just think it’s more of a hands on way to experience music. When you download music online it just goes onto

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your hard drive and it just seems so secretive, like the equivalent of downloading internet porn.

DT: Can you update me on the “Bill and Trav’s Bogus Journey Tour?”

DT: Hey man, don’t diss internet porn.

Siska: On this tour we are having a lot of fun with “We the Kings.”

They are real nice people and they like music a lot, and we have just been having a good time with them on the tour.

We are big fans of the Bill and Ted series and we felt that this tour was similar to their journey because we knew it was going to get kind of crazy at times, and also pretty bogus at times, so we just aimed towards that excellent film.

Siska: Music is meant to be something that you hold onto. When a band that I like comes out with a new record, I’ll go buy it, take it out, read the lyric booklet, listen to it on the car ride home. That makes the first time listening to that record that much more enjoyable.

DT: Could you explain the significance of the cover art on this album?

Siska: The photo was taken by Courtney Beckett, who is the little sister of our singer William. We got together one afternoon at our friend’s house and we had this idea.

We thought this red couch had a really vibrant appeal to it and we wanted to capture a moment at a party; the awkwardness of a guy who’s trying to put the moves on this girl.

The body language in the photo speaks pretty loudly. I think that you can tell by the way the guy’s leg is curved that there is some tension.

DT: Any last words for your fans at Cal State Fullerton?

Siska: We came their last year and it was an amazing show for us.

It was the first time we played in six months up to that point.

We had been just working on a record and to come down and playing a show at Cal State was incredible for us, and the crowd was really receptive and really nice to us, and we met a lot of cool people from the school.

It was just a lot of fun so request us to come back, we’d love to see all you guys again.

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Hey Monday, a five-piece from West Palm Beach, Fla., released their debut album “Hold On Tight” on Oct. 7.

What does this mean for rock ‘n’ roll? It means that teeny boppers have another band to sing along to while mom or dad drives them to school, and more venues filled with multi-colored hair half-covering the faces of the audience while their parents stand along the back wall.

But that doesn’t mean they aren’t talented.

Radio play is in their future, but they probably won’t get half the spins that Pink and Rihanna are getting.

Lead singer Cassadee Pope holds her own in the ever-expanding world of female vocalists, but fails to stand out among the crowd.

Although arguably cuter than most of the female singers in the scene, her voice lacks the power and range that could propel her to super stardom.

While most singers are powerful

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with their natural voices, Pope seems to be stuggling. With more practice, though, she may climb the ranks.

The same goes for the rest of the band – they haven’t gone above and beyond the rest of the male-quartetbacking-a-pretty-girl bands.

There are a few standout tracks on the album, namely the punchy “Homecoming,” their first single, and “Josie,” a little ditty about that one girl who just can’t get enough booze at parties.

All in all, they are a generic girlfronted pop-punk band just trying to stand out in a sea of cookie-cutter bands.

The plus side? Generic sells, so you can expect to see them do well for now, but their sophomore album – at least two years in the future – will determine their staying power.

For now, they will continue sounding like Avril Lavigne and Paramore’s Hayley Williams ... switching places ... and then doing impressions of the other.

The Dirty Heads are an upand-coming band from Huntington Beach and they just released a new album entitled “Any Port in a Storm.”

The Dirty Heads sound blends reggae, funk and hip-hop in a way that is reminiscent of Sublime or Pepper, but with a twist. Their songs take you anywhere from banging your head and pounding the steering wheel to quietly remembering on a stretch of sand in their beloved hometown.

This new album is their first release with their new label, Universal, and it takes songs from their EP and adds four new tracks that only enhance the picture of this truly original band.

Their single “Stand Tall” has been getting airplay on KROQ’s “Locals Only” show on Sundays and was also included on the motion picture soundtrack for “Surf ’s Up,” a film about penguins that surf.

Like their new song, “Hip Hop

Misfits,” describes so aptly, “We are the hip-hop misfits - straight from the Pacific. Yes, we gettin’ lifted. Yes, we are the gifted.”

If this new album and increasing radio airplay have anything to say about it, the Dirty Heads wont be a secret for much longer.

The band had played with 311, Matisyahu, The B Foundation, and The Aggrolites - just to name a few and there seems to be no end in sight to this band’s energy and passion for music.

They are a band that is all about the celebration of life, youth and, yes, drinking heavily. They do it all in style though, and they are an amazing live band.

These boys are not something that should be taken lightly - buy the album only if you are prepared to make some serious room for them in your iPod. Even for those who do not always embrace any form of hiphop, The Dirty Heads are the exception to that rule.

Gustavo Arellano, author of the syndicated column, “Ask a Mexican!” for O.C. Weekly makes no historical discoveries in his second book, “Orange County: A Personal History.” Instead, the book brings to light the vast inaccuracies in the accepted history of Orange County.

While our own Cal State Fullerton history department tries to stuff nine books down the throats of students for one California history class, this one tasted much better.

What can be expected from Orange County’s very outspoken advocate for undocumented immigrants?

The unabashed criticism of the social elite leaves you rolling with laughter, but every reader can identify with one group or another that comes under his lens of scrutiny.

Arellano’s signature straightforward satire serves as a medium to tell a narrative of his life, alternated with easily digestible lessons on Orange County.

Not many writers could pull off

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using racial epithets while remaining true to a message of tolerance. On the relatively small number of black people residing in Orange County, Arrellano said blacks “know better” than to believe they may be welcome there.

While cynicism runs throughout the book, Arellano’s humility emerges in accounts of his own embarrassments. One particular story involves his awkwardness with women, even after graduate school.

“What did we do until three in the morn? Sat at a table and talked – I might’ve touched her shoulder,” he said.

He is also quick to indict his alma mater, Chapman University, for honoring Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger with an honorary doctorate.

For a book that merges elements of history and humor, “Orange County: A Personal History” gains traction early, keeping the reader entertained while serving up some insightful observations about life behind the “Orange Curtain.”

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Former football coaches say team would prevail Long-time NFL and CSUF coach Steve Mariucci reflects on lessons taught by Gene Murphy and discusses possibility of team returning to campus sports@dailytitan.com

To today’s student body, the Cal State Fullerton football program is nothing but a relic of the past, but to the coaches and players that were a part of the program, it was something truly unique.

It was a program that not only produced giant Canadian Football League all-stars, but also prolific NFL coaches. Gene Murphy, an athletic consultant at Fullerton College, was the last man to coach the Titans.

It has been 16 years since he last coached the Titans, and his influence and persona still resonate loudly with his former players and coaches.

Steve Mariucci, an analyst for the NFL Network, is one of Murphy’s most successful pupils to make a name for himself in professional football. Mariucci, who coached the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions, set an NFL mark for consecutive wins by a rookie head coach with an 11-game winning streak in 1997.

The former NFL coach had helped guide CSUF from 1980-1982.

When Murphy was a coach at the University of North Dakota, he recruited Mariucci as a player.

“I actually recruited Steve out of high school as a quarterback,” Murphy said. “I knew he was coaching at Northern Michigan after his playing days. When I took the job out here (CSUF) I needed a quarterbacks coach. He was in graduate school at the time. I called him to come out here and take a look at the place.”

Mariucci started coaching the Titan quarterbacks at a very young age and Murphy could see that he had a superior coach on his staff.

“First thing about Steve is that he was so darn smart. His intelligence far surpassed that of an average 22-year-old. He had a very high football IQ,” Murphy said.

The one thing that Murphy saw in Mariucci was his ability to talk

with the people, adding that “Steve ball players,” Mariucci said. was a great communicator.”

South Florida reinstated their Mariucci has fond memories of football program in 1997, five years Murphy and CSUF, and was upset after CSUF dropped theirs. Last year when the program was discontinued South Florida was ranked No. 2 in in 1992. the nation at one point in the season “I was sad to see the program and received their first bowl bid in dropped when it was. Gene Murphy its school’s history, receiving a $1.9 was there for quite a long time and million payout for their participathrough success, he eventually built tion in the Brut Sun Bowl. a stadium on campus,” Mariucci The schools that have reinstated said. “That was a lot of work and their football program’s have all gone fundraising for him. He did a lot the route of starting at the lower diof work to get a legitimate Division vision, and once the program has 1-A program over there.” solidified itself, the jump to division With the program being discon- 1-A is made. If the Titans ever get tinued before the college football to the Div. 1-A level, the Los Angevideo game craze and big ESPN les Stadium project could be a procontracts that were handed to any- spective place to play Titan home one with a Division 1-A program, games. it leaves some to wonder; how big “It would be an enormous recruitcould this program be had it never ing tool for the Titans to play there been canceled?

(Los Angeles Football Stadium). It Mariucci said he thinks the Titans would be terrific, it’s not on camcould have seen some success in the pus, but it’s not far off from campus past 16 years. either,” Mariucci said. “It’s not un“Occasionally you could have a common for a college team to play top-25 team there. There were a lot with a professional team.” of other teams around before that As far as being the next Titans don’t have football any more,” Mari- coach, Mariucci said he has never ucci said. thought about the situation, but said Long Beach State, Pacific, Cal the head coach position at CSUF Poly Pomona and UC Riverside all would be appealing to anyone. had fully function“I’m happy ing football prowhere I’m at with grams that have the NFL Network. all been dropped.

I would be interWith so many ested in helping schools in Califorthe program in nia dropping their anyway I could, programs, the opwhether it be portunity for the fundraising or in some other capacTitans to have ity. It would be an quality players is out there.

– Steve Mariucci, attractive job for anyone, to coach ”You could field Former NFL coach at a major univera competitive team because there are a sity in Southern lot of athletes in Southern California California, it would be a terrific opthat would be interested in playing portunity for any coach,” Mariucci for the Titans. That’s why teams like said.

Florida International, South Florida Former Titans running back Danand Central Florida can become ny Pasquil is a part of the committee good football programs is because of that organizes the yearly reunion of their close proximity to good foot- former Titan players and coaches.

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I have fond memories of Cal State Fullerton. It was the best move of all my coaching moves in my career.

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By Raj Modha

Daily Titan Staff Writer

Photo Courtesy of Gene Murphy Former Cal State Fullerton football coaches Steve Mariucci, left, and Gene Murphy pose for a picture at the Detroit Lions training camp facility in 2003, Mariucci’s first season as the Lions’ head coach.

Pasquil said that Mariucci is an annual visitor to the reunion, noting that the former NFL coach has been a staunch supporter for many years.

He added Mariucci’s endorsement of the program shouldn’t be taken lightly.

“Yes, it’s a huge deal that we have a coach of his magnitude endorsing the program that has qualified experience in football,” Pasquil said.

“Steve, especially because he used to be a coach here, knows the Southern California area and for him to endorse the program it says a lot about bringing the program back.”

Pasquil is also a member of the Bring Back Titan Football Committee. The committee has secured the endorsement from one of the nations top college football programs.

USC Head Coach Pete Carroll recently endorsed bringing the football program back on bringbackti-

tanfootball.com.

The list of successful people coming from Murphy’s past coaching staffs is remarkable. These days coaches are measured by their wins and losses. If one was to assert an opinion from just the wins and losses on Murphy’s coaching record, they would be hard pressed to find the tremendous effect this man has had not only on his players, but his coaches that still think very fondly of the man many years later.

“I learned more from Gene Murphy about how to treat people, to get people together for a certain cause, maybe more than anyone in my career. I have fond memories of Cal State Fullerton,” Mariucci said. “It was the best move of all my coaching moves in my career.”

While Mariucci may be the most well-known of Murphy’s coaching tree, he certainly isn’t the only one.

There are four former CSUF coaches, coaching in the NFL. The newly anointed head coach of the Oakland Raiders, Tom Cable, Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger, Raiders defensive line coach Don Johnson, and Houston Texans defensive coordinator Rob Smith, have all coached under Murphy.

Pasquil said Murphy possesses certain qualities that have been the formula for his success.

“It’s his ability to see and develop talent. Whether it be with coaches or players, it’s that ability that makes him stand alone,” Pasquil said.

Murphy agreed that CSUF can have a successful program if the school is willing to do so.

“The school needs a total commitment, if they are going to do this,” Murphy said. “Not a band-aid, they need to go all-in.”

Think Different. Think Simon.

Baylor was a scapegoat and deserved better from Clippers

By Simon Liang

Daily Titan Columnist sports@dailytitan.com

In his heyday, Elgin Baylor was known as “the man with a thousand moves.”

In his prime he was nearly unstoppable, winning NBA Rookie of the Year in the 1958-59 season and becoming an eleven-time NBA AllStar. He still holds the record for most points scored in an NBA Finals game with 61 points.

Baylor was an undersized forward at 6-foot-5-inches and still managed to grab 19.8 rebounds a game in the 1960-1961 season. He was a franchise player who saved a stumbling Lakers franchise.

Although he never won a championship in Los Angeles, he did take the Lake Show to the NBA Finals eight times. It was bad luck that he ran into the Beasts of the East – Bill Russell’s Boston Celtics. The Celtics

won eight straight NBA championships, a feat that will likely never be done again.

I feel sorry for the guy. For a decade he had a great running mate in Jerry West. Two Hall-of-fame players on one squad were sure to be as formidable as any duo in the league.

The result: No rings.

Then, in the tail end of Baylor’s career, the Lakers added Wilt Chamberlain. That was like the nail in the coffin. Just ship the championship trophy to Los Angeles. It was a lineup that featured three of the best players the NBA has ever seen. The result: No rings.

The next part is even worse. Right after he retired the Lakers went on a 33-game winning streak and went on to win their first championship in the Southland.

In 1986, the Los Angeles Clippers hired Baylor to be the team’s vice president and general manager of basketball operations.

Photo Courtesy of MCT Campus After letting go Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has handed over the GM duties over to Head Coach Mike Dunleavy, above.

When you think of basketball in Los Angeles, you think of the Lakers, am I right? I’m sorry, but the Clippers have always been an afterthought and it’ll stay that way as long as they call Staples Center home.

Donald Sterling, the owner of the Clippers, has not made this burden any easier. He has been notorious for being a cheapskate and not willing to dish out the dough for big-time talent.

He has made it such an unpleasant place to play that the players they draft often leave when their rookie contracts expire or express discomfort playing for the organization.

Forward Danny Ferry was the second overall pick in the 1989 NBA Draft and refused to even suit up for the Clippers. They had no other choice but to trade him along with Reggie Williams, who was their fourth overall pick in 1987.

Their biggest draft blunder came in 1998 when with the first overall selection they drafted Michael Olowokandi. He is regarded as one of the biggest busts in NBA history.

Beloved forward Elton Brand even spurned the Clippers this past offseason to join the Philadelphia 76ers.

Who saw that coming? I sure did.

Who wants to play for the Clippers anyways? Oh ya, Baron Davis, but he’ll be forcing his way out of town before you know it.

Sure, you can blame the GM for all the draft mistakes, but it was Sterling who was pulling all the strings.

This was his team, and Baylor was just the puppet. Toward the end of Baylor’s tenure, Head Coach Mike Dunleavy basically took over the reins and Baylor was just there to fend for himself.

It is just displeasing to see him being run out of town at the end of his 22–year career with the Clippers. He states a “dispute” was the reason for the messy divorce.

One thing is for sure, as long as Donald Sterling is around, the Los Angeles Clippers will be close to irrelevant.