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Cyber-bullying is a cyber crime Technology services expert says that harassment takes on many different forms

The Latin American Studies Student Association is hosting “Noches Caribeñas,” or Caribbean nights, today from 7-10 p.m. in Pavilion C of the Titan Student Union.

The event will offer a free salsa lesson, free Cuban food, free refreshments and a live band from Cuba.

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Cyber-bullying presents a major challenge in the age of information and it was the topic of a discussion hosted by The Women’s Center on Wednesday in University Hall.

Elahe Amani, the director of technology services for Student Affairs, was invited to speak in front of attendees relating to issues regarding cyber-bullying.

Amani defined cyber-bullying, a

Best Buy wants to ‘green’ your wallet MINNEAPOLIS (MCT) – Best Buy, the country’s biggest seller of consumer electronics, now is pushing renewable energy to its customers.

In a partnership with Renewable Choice Energy of Boulder, Colo., the retailer started selling clean energy credits earlier this week through a $10 plastic card it’s calling “Green Your Phone.”

The cards were expected to be available in all 1,000 stores on Wednesday.

The payment is a sort of atonement for the electricity associated with using a cell phone. But you don’t need to buy a phone (or anything else in the store for that matter) in order to buy a card.

In this case, the “Green Your Phone” cards are loaded with 500 kilowatts of certified renewable energy credits – the amount of electricity it takes to manufacture and use two mobile phones for two years. When shoppers buy the card, it guarantees that 500 kilowatts of electricity get added to the nation’s power grid through wind power or some other form of renewable energy.

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The Hunger Coalition is raising homelessness awareness on campus with a “Tent City” exhibit at the Cal State Fullerton Quad until 5 p.m. today. The exhibit, which is part of Homelessness Awareness Week, features informative displays about poverty in America.

Volunteers wear cardboard signs displaying various facts about homelessness and also guide stu-

dents toward the tents.

“We just want to provide information that contradicts the stereotypes people have about homelessness,” said 22-year-old sociology major Julissa Prado, Hunger Coalition project director. “We want to show the hidden faces of homelessness.”

The maze-like tent exhibit features walk-through displays. In

Protest to give back to the community First national “A day without a gay” scheduled for Dec. 10, Prop. 8 detractors plan to skip work

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cording to http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/what_is_cyberbullying_exactly.html, “The methods used are limited only by the child’s imagination and access to technology.”

Amani stated that school administrations are acknowledging the problem and learning how to handle it. She stressed that education is the most important way to avoid forms of cyber-crimes.

“The more we’re educated, the better prepared we are to face the challenges and learn from them,” Amani said. “And as a responsible citizen, we should pass the information along to other people.”

A homeless city on campus

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the person’s reputation. “Outing” is sharing secrets to other people, while “trickery” involves talking someone into revealing secrets and then sharing them online.

Cyber-stalking is another form of cyber-crime and is defined as repeated harassment and denigration that creates significant fear, according to Amani. The motive is usually control.

As of 2006, there were 200,000 cyber crimes reported, Amani said.

Through a series of PowerPoint slides, she showed statistics, which revealed that 52 percent of 18 to 29year-olds have experienced cyberstalking.

Cyber-bullying generally involves minors targeting other minors. Ac-

By John synco/Daily Titan Web Editor Psychology major Aaron Case, 19, reads information regarding homeless stereotypes in the criminal section of Tent City in the Quad on Wednesday. Tent City is an installation used to educate people on the myths of homelessness during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. “I don’t like some of the (unconstitutional) situations I’m reading about,” Case said. “This section affected me the most.”

Daily Titan Staff Writer

These workers did not consider the physics involved with moving hundreds of Target shopping carts.

Because the employees forgot to secure the truck’s tailgate, now they have to reload the entire collection of shopping carts.

form of cyber-crime, as being cruel to others by sending or posting harmful material or engaging in other forms of social aggression using the Internet and other technology.

Because blogs and countless forms of social networks are so popular and growing globally, it is becoming more common to encounter some form of cyber-bullying.

Cyber-bullying takes on many different forms, according to Amani.

There is “flaming,” which are online fights using aggressive language. Harassment is sending nasty, mean and insulting messages. Denigration is “dissing” someone online by sending or posting gossip and rumors.

Impersonation is assuming the identity of someone to purposely damage

2007, 35.9 million Americans were under the poverty rate, a staggering 12.5 percent of the American population, according to the the Web site studentsagainsthunger.org.

In Orange County there are an estimated 35,000 people who are homeless, according to the 2006 Orange County needs assessment.

One of the facts highlighted

tion 8, on the California ballot this year, made gay marriage illegal in the state. A roar of outrage and concern took hold of the gay community and others against the proposition.

In response to the approval of Proposition 8, protests, marches, demonstrations and boycotts of See POSITIVE PROTEST, Page 2

unemployment. “There are homeless people with degrees who can’t get a job because of the economy or a mental illness. It’s hard to hold down a job when someone is on medications that have serious side effects like drowsiness.”

Another part of the exhibit featured America’s “meanest cities,” See TENT CITY, Page 3

By Shruti Patel/For The Daily Titan Aimee Nelson asked a panel of educators for advice regarding graduate school. The panel included, (from left to right) Andrew Osbourne, Anny Lee, Veronica Vargas, Jamie Brown and Jennifer Ponder.

Education panel talks jobs

By Dhawani Parekh and Cesar Gonzalez

The gay community is encouraged to skip work and call in “gay” on Dec. 10. The first-ever “Day Without a Gay” encourages homosexuals and their allies to donate their time to get involved with nonprofit organizations and community centers, or any place services may be donated for a good cause.

The voters’ passing of Proposi-

in the exhibit is that over half of homeless people across America have a full-time job. However, their jobs often do not cover the cost of living and therefore is one of the main factors contributing to homelessness.

“You can’t assume they don’t have a job,” Prado said, adding that homeless people who do not have a job often have serious reasons for

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Students interested in becoming educators learned about the education field at Education Night on Tuesday night in the Titan Student Union Pavilions. They learned about the economy’s effect on education, the requirements that students need

Teaching professionals advise students on the future of the industry, answer questions and review resumes to fulfill, how to network, how to prepare for the field and what to have on a resume. The event, sponsored by the College Of Education, included two panel discussions.

There were about 50 students in the audience, but that number did

not prevent interaction between students and speakers. The first hour featured the student panel, in which students from various College of Education credential and See ED PANEL, Page 3

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IN OTHER NEWS positive protest: ‘day without a gay’ INTERNATIONAL

Filipino veterans of World War II upset by U.S.

For three months during World War II, Telesforo Yague Sr. and his fellow Filipino guerrillas traveled from village to village in the Philippines hiding an injured American pilot.

The pilot’s plane had crashed in the mountains, and they wanted to keep him safe from occupying Japanese soldiers. So as the Japanese military were killing Filipinos for aiding Americans, the soldiers put the pilot in a hayfilled cart pulled by a water buffalo.

“They thought we were just farmers,” said Yague, now 86 and living in Chicago. “We were able to save him. That guy should be very thankful.”

Yague is one of 250,000 Filipino soldiers who pledged loyalty to the United States during World War II when President Franklin Roosevelt tapped the Philippines, then a U.S. territory to serve under the U.S. Army. About 18,000 Filipino veterans from the war, are still alive. About 6,000 live in the U.S., and 100 live in the Chicago area.

Filipino veterans now in their 80s and 90s brim with pride when talking about their service to the U.S. But decades after they served, many feel disappointed, frustrated and, in some cases, betrayed by the U.S. In September, the House rejected a bill that would give full military benefits to Filipino veterans in the U.S. and overseas. Until that vote, Filipinos thought the bill had a chance because the Senate had approved it in April.

NATIONAL

Ted Stevens concedes in Alaska Senate race

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (MCT) – Sen. Ted Stevens conceded the election for U.S. Senate to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich on Wednesday, bringing to an end his 40 years as the dominant force in Alaska politics and the longest-serving Republican in Senate history.

Stevens’ office issued a written statement congratulating Begich, a Democrat who ran as a change candidate in the face of federal ethics charges against the man many Alaskans call “Uncle Ted.” “Given the number of ballots that remain to be counted,” Stevens’ statement said, “it is apparent the election has been decided and Mayor Begich has been elected.

“My family and I wish to thank the thousands of Alaskans who stood by us and who supported my re-election. It was a tough fight that would not have been possible without the help of so many Alaskans people who I am honored to call my friends. I will always remember their thoughts, prayers, and encouragement.”

STATE

Protestors want to take it to Supreme Court

SAN JOSE (MCT) – There is scant common ground when it comes to Proposition 8, but all sides in the fight over the future of gay marriage in California now seem to agree on one thing – the state Supreme Court needs to step in and resolve a series of legal challenges that are growing by the day.

On Monday, California Attorney General Jerry Brown formally jumped into the legal fray, urging the Supreme Court to move swiftly to decide the legality of Proposition 8. In court briefs, Brown also argued that it would be a mistake for the high court to put the same-sex marriage ban on hold while the legal challenges unfold because of the “uncertainty” it would generate across California.

In a brief filed with the Supreme Court, Brown steered clear of taking a position on the validity of the voter-approved ballot measure, which restored California’s ban on gay marriages.

Instead, the attorney general argued that the justices must agree to review legal challenges to Proposition 8 to “provide certainty and finality in this matter.”

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businesses who backed the measure and demonstrations gained more momentum.

Kim Noice, a liberal studies major, voted yes on Proposition 8. She said the idea behind “Day without a gay” sounds, to her, like a peaceful way to protest and a better way to get a point across than a riot or march. Noice said she thinks marriage should be between a man and a woman and the sacrament of marriage should stay a “holy thing.”

“We live in a democracy, people voted and they (homosexuals) kind of need to let it go,” Noice said.

“They do have rights, they can get domestic partnerships.”

The Rev. Lillian Lobb, of Christ Chapel of Laguna (which supports gay residents), said she thinks the

people who voted yes on Proposition 8 believing that gays should not be allowed to legally marry because “marriage should be a holy and spiritual union” are forgetting about all the straight people who have “quickie” Las Vegas weddings. She wonders what makes those weddings “holy or spiritual.”

Lobb said she is appalled at the lies spewed by the “Yes on 8” campaign. She pointed out that people who are in domestic partnerships do not have the same rights as married couples. For example, she said a domestic partnership is not recognized by federal law, and domestic partners are not eligible for service member benefits, Medicare or COBRA health insurance.

Lobb said what the “Yes on 8” campaign did was lie about children being forced to learn about gay mar-

riage in their schools and churches being forced to marry gay couples, even if it is not in their beliefs.

“They mislead so many people,” she said. “They terrorized the public by creating fear.”

Aaron Hartzler and Sean Hetherington were incensed when they realized their right to be married to eachother was taken away. The two men, who live together in Los Angeles, decided they could not stay furious forever.

When they heard gossip of a “gay boycott” and a day home from work Dec. 10, the couple decided to start their own grassroots effort to spread the message that the day should be spent trying to show the world that the gay population is loving and compassionate.

Hartzler and Hetherington created a Web site, daywithoutagay.org,

aimed at giving their cause exposure.

Volunteer opportunities can be posted on the site.

They want Dec. 10 to be a day to give back and raise awareness about civil rights. Hartzler created the vibrant logo – a rainbow fist holding a receiver – and designed the Web page. Hetherington takes care of the “nuts and bolts” by taking interviews, contacting people and trying to get the word out.

“If we’re going to take this day off, why not go back to the community?”

Hetherington said.

Hetherington said he doesn’t want people to feel they have to miss an important test or risk getting fired.

He said supporters can volunteer their time on their lunch break or even on another day and urges they post volunteer opportunities on the “Day Without a Gay” Web site.

Cop Blotter: Several suicide calls WEDNESDAY – Nov. 12 1:44 p.m. – At the College Park Building, police responded to an attempted suicide. It was reported that an individual was on the top floor of College Park Building. Police couldn’t give any specifics or details about what actually occurred.

2:49 p.m. – In the State College Boulevard parking structure, police responded to a property vandalism call. It was reported that on the north wall by the staircase graffiti was visible.

7:40 p.m. – In the Titan Student Union, a petty theft was reported. It was reported that a wallet that was turned into the TSU given back to its owner was missing $100.

8:33 p.m. – In the State College Boulevard parking structure, police responded to a property vandalism call.

11:54 p.m. – At the Cypress student housing complex, police responded to a medical aid call. It was reported that an individual was unconscious due to an asthma attack.

THURSDAY – Nov. 13 11:04 a.m. – Police responded to a suspicious vehicle call at North State College Boulevard and Nutwood Avenue. Upon arrival everything checked out OK. 12:28 p.m. – In the student housing complex area, police responded to a blue phone emergency call.

Upon arrival everything checked out OK. 12:31 p.m. – At the Oak student housing complex, police responded to an attempted suicide. Police couldn’t give any specifics or details to what actually occurred.

1:20 p.m. – In Lot A, police responded to a suspicious person’s call.

It was reported that a female and male were wandering around with one individual pushing a shopping cart.

1:08 p.m. – In Lot S, police responded to a suspicious vehicle call.

Upon arrival police cited the individual of the vehicle.

2:29 p.m. – At Dan Black Hall, police responded to a property vandalism call. It was reported that graffiti was visible in the second floor men’s restroom.

1:30 p.m. – At Mihaylo Hall, police responded to a blue phone emergency call.

3:01 p.m. – In the Titan Student Union, police responded to a suspicious person’s call. Upon arrival police warned the individual.

4:22 p.m. – In Lot E, police responded to a suspicious person’s call.

Upon arrival everything checked out OK. FRIDAY – Nov. 14 9:45 a.m. – At the Library South Building, a grand theft was reported to have occurred. Police couldn’t give any specifics or details as to what was stolen.

2:50 p.m. – In the Nutwood parking structure, police responded to a suspicious vehicle call. Upon arrival everything checked out OK. 4:29 p.m. – In the Nutwood parking structure, a grand theft was reported to have occurred. Police couldn’t give any specifics or details as to what was stolen.

6:22 p.m. – At the University Police building, a grand theft was reported to have occurred. The call was cancelled however.

6:30 p.m. – Police responded to a traffic accident, which occurred at the CA-57 freeway and Nutwood Avenue. Injuries were reported to have occurred.

7:12 p.m. – Police responded to a traffic accident, which occurred on Folino Drive and Nutwood Avenue.

No injuries were reported to have occurred.

10:52 p.m. – Police responded to another accident, which occurred on Yorba Linda Boulevard and the CA57 freeway.

SATURDAY – Nov. 15 11:04 a.m. – In the Nutwood parking structure, police responded to a blue phone emergency call.

2:36 p.m. - Police responded to a blue phone emergency call at the Kinesiology building.

4:05 p.m. – Police responded to a stolen vehicle call which occurred in Lot A. A student told police that he believed his car had been stolen.

7:26 p.m. – In the Titan Student Union, police responded to a blue phone emergency call. It was reported that a 5-year-old activated a blue phone.

SUNDAY – Nov. 16 1:51 p.m. – In the Library, police responded to a disturbance call. It was reported that a male in his 40s was making racially disturbing comments from the second floor bridge.

Upon arrival police were unable to locate the individual.

10:38 p.m. – On the Titan Walk, police responded to a suspicious person’s call. It was reported that a possible theft had occurred at the Groove Footwear tent. The extent of loss was unknown.

MONDAY – Nov. 17 4:03 a.m. – In the Visual Arts building, police responded to a property vandalism call. It was reported that graffiti was visible in the second floor men’s restroom.

7:17 p.m. – In the Kinesiology building, police responded to a suspicious person’s call. It was reported that about 20 males could be seen scaling the bleachers trying to get into the 2nd level of the gym. Upon arrival police warned the individuals for not having authorization to get into the area.

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ed panel: experts and students discuss credential program From Page 1

graduate programs shared their experiences. The second hour featured the educator panel, where teachers, administrators and district experts shared their views about jobs in education. During the last hour, students had the opportunity to get their resumes reviewed and interact one-on-one with the different speakers.

“This event is a resource fair where students who want to become teachers, credentialed or be in the graduate program are informed and educated about it,” Kayleigh Atwater, a student volunteer, said.

Members of the student panel shared their experiences as education majors with other students.

The recurring themes that came from the speakers were the importance of mental preparation for the courses and also to know oneself and one’s limits.

By preparing, students will be ready to face any difficulties in their way, but they must also remember to have fun. Student Ruth Reinker told the audience to never say, “I could do it later,” and to always stay on top of things since there will be a lot of work that will be piling up.

Attendees also asked the panel what advice they could give about being a teacher.

“Do whatever it takes for each individual student,” Jennifer Ponder, assistant professor of elementary education at Cal State Fullerton, said.

Veronica Franco, a third-grade teacher at Heroes Elementary School in Santa Ana, said to dedicate a lot of time and try to find ways to improve yourself as a teacher. Andrew Osborn, an assistant principal at James A. Whitaker Elementary School in Buena Park, said to act professional when being interviewed. Jamie Brown, executive director of human resources at the Orange Unified School District, said that people never get a second chance to make a first impression.

“It is nice to hear from the student panel and it gives me a chance to prepare by hearing their stories,” said Teresa Sorenson, a multiple subject credential major. “I will be done in December. It is scary to know that the need for teachers is not very big and the job market is tight and small.”

Many students were eager to know about the job situation and how to get hired. Brown said that a lot of it depends on how you market yourself

and about making a good first impression. Ponder said that it is about being honest with yourself and what you are capable of accomplishing.

Osborn told students that in an interview, resumes and portfolios are looked at, but not much emphasis is placed on it because, in the end, “we hire people not portfolios.”

LaDonna Guzman said that earning her teaching credential would be like a dream come true. She is three weeks away from earning the credential. Guzman has worked seven days a week for the past three years without a day off. She plans to keep working hard like she has been and wants to go for her master’s degree, and possibly a doctorate to have more marketability.

“This is only the second event and we hope to do it annually as a fall event. I am curious for the survey as to students reaction,” said Aimee Nelson, associate dean for student affairs. “We want to be a resource to students and we are open to do what we can to help the students succeed.”

The event was sponsored by the Associated Students Inc., College of Education Inter-Club Council, Career Center and the College of Education.

By shruti patel/For the Daily Titan Graduate students on a panel were asked questions about what would be helpful to students graduating and thinking about applying for graduate school. The panel included, (from left to right) Anny Lee, Mary Bogan, Kristen Panocio, Ruth Reinker and Melody Resendez.

Cyber–bullying: virtual harrassment causes concern From Page 1

Amani handed out sheets with ways to protect one’s safety online.

One way is to keep primary e-mail addresses private and fill out as little information about oneself as possible when signing up for any accounts.

If there is a case of cyber-bullying happening, Amani stresses not to defend yourself.

The handout states that while it is a normal response to want to be defensive, a reaction from you is precisely what the harasser wants.

The stalker is fishing for someone to hook onto and harass.

“One thing I didn’t know before this discussion was that police and law enforcement encourage victims to avoid communication with the harasser,” Marissa Semas, a human communication major, said.

However, Amani’s handout said that victims should make contact once to tell the harasser, “do not

tent city: awareness week From Page 1

26 to four, as well as a ban on feeding more than 150 people at a time places that have without a perstrict ordinances mit. against the home“These people less. might be walkThree of these ing among us, cities included San working with Francisco, Santa us, in our class– Julissa Prado, rooms,” Prado Monica and Los Director Angeles. said. “But we The exhibit might not notice pointed out that Santa Monica that they’re homeless because they passed an ordinance in 2002 reduc- don’t fit the stereotype.” ing outdoor feeding locations from Although some homeless people

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stick out among society, there are those whose troubles are the same, but their appearance is not.

Part of the exhibit also features what a homeless person might look like, including descriptions such as “unfitting and low quality clothes, unhappy, leathered/tanned skin,” among many other descriptions.

“The tent helps people let go of the stereotype,” said human services major Stephanie Brown, 25, a Hunger Coalition project director. “So far we’ve had over 250 people go through the tent, so we’re happy.”

CSU will limit enrollment WALNUT CREEK (MCT) – Turning away qualified students could be the only way to preserve quality, California State University leaders said Wednesday.

At their meeting in Long Beach, Cal State trustees said the decision to limit enrollment unprecedented in California could help turnaround budget cuts that have left students without enough classes to complete degrees quickly.

“This policy, if anything, is overdue to send the proper message to Sacramento, that we cannot continue to do more with less,” said Trustee Craig Smith.

The university could lose as much as $600 million from this year’s and next year’s state budgets.

Cal State Chancellor Charles Reed has said the 23-campus system simply can’t handle its 460,000 students and will need to cut enrollment by about 10,000 next year.

The policy will allow each campus to turn away students who in the past would have qualified for admission.

Although the change will not affect most community college transfers and local students, some out-ofarea freshmen could be out of luck, and even transfers could be asked to complete more community college courses before arriving.

Campus presidents were overwhelmingly supportive of the move, which came as California prepares for what could be its largest group of graduating high-school seniors.

Colleges increasingly have had trouble handling demand without adequate funding, said Stephen Weber, San Diego State’s president.

“What we have been involved in is literally academic fraud,” he said.”We have brought people and have not been able to provide the (courses) they need.

“That fraud catches up to us.”

Students and faculty also voiced support, saying the university should do whatever is necessary to preserve the value of a Cal State degree.

In the past, a handful of popular campuses Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, San Diego State and Cal

State Long Beach have been declared “impacted,” enabling them to limit enrollment.

The system as a whole has never taken that step, guaranteeing admission to all students who meet entry requirements.

The first step in limiting enrollment will be to close admissions at most campuses by early December.

Some, including Cal State East Bay, will remain open until March 1.

Several trustees and campus presidents urged more use of online courses to ease enrollment burdens.

Fewer than 2 percent of the system’s classes are taught on the Internet, a disappointed Reed told the board.

Some also urged the board to make the early admission deadlines do not unduly harm minority and poor students.

“It is the low-income students who make their decisions later on,” said Mildred Garcia, president of Cal State Dominguez Hills. “We are delighted that the March 1 deadline is there, because it’s important for the students in our community.”

contact me in any way in the future,” according to Working to Halt On-line Abuse, an online resource for victims of cyber–stalking.

Another stalking intervention is to save all forms of communications, according to Amani. She states that one should complain to the appropriate party.

For instance, if it is happening via e-mail, one should notify the sender’s Internet service provider or e-mail service, according to Amani.

Octavia Gallard, a human services major, found the discussion informative.

“It was great because I found out things that I didn’t know about

cyber-bullying,” said Gallard. “It’s going to help me within my major because it’s becoming more common.”

For more information about cyber bullying visit their Web site http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/ what_is_cyberbullying_exactly. html.

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November 20, 2008

Sonic Boom Six bring music with an identity Going against commercialism in music, Sonic Boom Six mixes reggae, hip hop, ska and punk for the restless youth

By David Ponce

Daily Titan Staff Writer features@dailytitan.com

Hailing from Manchester England, a historical music mecca, Sonic Boom Six mixes reggae, jungle, ska and punk in an attempt to revive an underground scene for the masses.

It has been said that a new wave of ska is currently on the horizon originating from Europe, and it is evident that Sonic Boom Six is the leader. Adding the lyrical ideologies of street music to soulful reggae from Jamaica and the aggression of punk, few bands can transition so smoothly with such intensity and authenticity. Their latest release, Arcade Perfect, released through their own imprint, Rebel Alliance, shows the originality and range the band has to offer.

Currently touring the U.S., Sonic Boom Six is ready to bring their message to new fans as well as existing ones. With hopes of bringing music with an identity, they are ready to take on any challenges our big intimidating country might offer.

On a break from shopping on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles and trying to work off some of the Mexican food in his stomach, bassist Barney Boom spoke his mind about the band, fashion and the state of music.

Daily Titan: Your U.S. tour

started at the end of October. How is that going for you guys so far?

Barney Boom: It’s been really really good. We’ve been lucky enough to play Hollywood with Voodoo Glow Skulls, Boston with Big D & the Kids Table, and New York with The Toasters. We’ve played with bands that are very important and very influential to us in their hometowns. So it couldn’t be better.

We’ve done shows by ourselves in places we’ve been before last March and it’s cool that we have a small amount of people that know the words and sing-a-long. It’s exceeded what we’ve expected already and we’ve only been here over a week.

DT: This is true especially on the West Coast where there is a huge scene still prevailing.

BB: Absolutely. Voodoo Glow Skulls is a band I’ve played with in my old band back in ’98. That was over ten years ago and they were a massive influence on us at the time.

To us that music was new because so many elements, mainly the aggression and energy that American hardcore and punk music had that weren’t there in terms of The Specials and UK bands. A band like that gave us all new ideas and that’s where you got all these new bands coming out.

DT: You guys played with them last night, right?

BB: Yeah. It was their 20th anniversary and it seems like full circle really. They’ve been really supportive of us and very positive about what we do. Because we are bringing new ideas and are bringing stuff that is unique to where we’re from back into it.

DT: Yeah it’s great when you can bridge that gap. Kind of like a gen-

eration gap where newer fans are starting to come in.

BB: Yeah you saw that last night where the range of age was amazing. It was literally 16-year-old kids and then there were guys in their 30s and 40s. Music has got its own message and it’s real. It doesn’t matter what happens in fashion because people are always going to be attracted to it. The kids are in it for the real reason and that’s real street music with an identity.

DT: With the whole state of music it seems like everything is becoming commercialized to where the youth are getting restless.

BB: We are talking about things moving in circles and that’s what happened. When you look at the pop-emo bands, which I’m not dissin’, but on a lyrical content to the fashion aspect, it’s not as aggressive.

It’s not as underground and to me it’s not that exciting. Hopefully the kids will get restless and we will see a change.

DT: I know that your last release Arcade Perfect was released through your own label. What was the reasoning behind that?

BB: We wanted to be able to build our own career and do something that’s unique. We are up for working with all labels but it’s got to be under an understanding that we are who we are. We are own entities with our own ideas. We can walk hand in hand, side by side with these shifting changes but we are always going to be what we are.

And that represents something. Doing our own label was an extension of that whole philosophy. We don’t want anyone to answer to. Any advice would be great but this is the way our band is. We are looking to sign bands in the future, bands who share the same philosophy as us with hopes to expand our label.

DT: Going back to touring, what is a place in the U.S. that left an im-

pression?

BB: Well we’ve been to New York and Boston a few times, they’ve been absolutely great. I’m very drawn to Hollywood. It was great last night and if we come back and it was as good as it was last night then we will all say Hollywood. It’s such a huge country and it’s a bit intimidating but we are relishing it.

It’s all been awesome up until now.

I do have to say that I do love the Mexican food. In the UK it’s hard to get it.

DT: Mexican food is pretty damn good I must say. How do the fans take the mixing of different genres in your music?

BB: There are two ways of looking at it. We do mix all the different genres up but there is always a bedrock of punk there. In a weird way we see ourselves as a melodic punk band on top of all the genres. In all of those styles there is an underground side of it. We just decided to unite all the underground side of it but also do it with a commercial, pop sheen.

DT: How much are the band and your music affected by the history of the Manchester scene?

BB: In terms of Manchester, we are hugely affected by it but we aren’t affected by the side of Manchester that everybody else sees or perceives it to be if that makes sense. We are influenced by the underground, modern sort of it. It is definitely a huge part of what we are. In terms of the Stone Roses or Happy Mondays and Oasis, they are bands that we all like, but it is something we’ve always avoided. We only play punk gigs in Manchester. We grew up on the punk scene here full stop.

DT: Well I don’t want to keep you from your shopping or touring the city any longer. Hope you enjoy that Mexican food.

BB: Awesome. It’s been a pleasure.

Photo courtsy of sonicboomsix.co.uk U.K. band, Sonic Boom Six members; Neil ‘Madfish’ McMinn, Barney Boom, Ben C, and Laila K , bring back the underground feel with their mixture of reggae, punk, ska, hip hop and jungle.

Finding a dive bar to call home

By Morgan McLaughlin Daily Titan Staff Writer features@dailytitan.com

It certainly is easy to say what a dive bar is not. Fancy chairs and booths, nice lighting, expensive drinks, bouncers the size of a semi truck. Bars like this are a dime a dozen, especially in a college town. But to find a great dive bar is to find a place you can call home. The leather seats are torn, the lights are dim, the people are unpretentious, the bartenders serve attitude alongside the cheap drinks and the jukebox blares in the corner. If you’re lucky you might just get to endure some bad karaoke, or try your hand at a touch-screen game. A dive bar might not be the best place to troll for a date, but it is a great place to unwind, be yourself and get to know the bar regulars.

A dive bar can mean a place of relaxation, free from pretense and insincerity.

“I go to dive bars because the people there are more friendly and more real, they do not put up facades,” Pat DeVaney, a RadioTelevision-Film major, said.

Dive bars also give you something new to consider other than the overpriced regular club scene.

“I believe dive bars are better than clubs because the bartenders are much more personable and welcoming than in a club where they do not seem to care about you or making you wait for a half hour to get one weak jack and coke,” DeVaney said. “The prices in dive bars are also much more reasonable than any other sort of drinking establishment.”

Not unlike the bar in “Cheers,” where, as the song went, “everybody knows your name,” a dive bar can be a place to find new friends.

“I think dive bars have a feeling of family, where all the people know each other and the bartender knows what you drink,” said Gin Tasulis, one of the evening bartenders at Sunset Lounge in Fullerton. He described dive bars as being more of a local neighborhood hangout in contrast to

regular bars or clubs.

“There is a sense of family at these places,” said Chris Hruby, karaoke host at TJ’s Locker Room and Sunset Lounge. “When a new person comes along they may have that feeling as if they’re intruding, so in their opinion it is a dive, but for others it’s something just as comforting as home.”

Here are a few places you may not know of (or for some of you bar flies, you may know well). All of these places have their own individual charm but they all have cold beer and cheap fun.

TJ’s Locker Room 1164 E. Yorba Linda Blvd.

Placentia, CA 92870 (714) 996-0929 Features: Full Bar, billiards, darts, Thursday karaoke, jukebox, nearby fast food.

Bananas Bar & Grill 601 S. Raymond Ave. Fullerton, CA 92831 (714) 871-7390 Features: Full Bar, billiards, darts, Saturday karaoke, jukebox, breakfast & lunch food, across the street from California Girls.

Fender Avenue Bar & Grill 2466 Fender Ave., Suite A Fullerton, CA 92831 (714) 441-0777 Features: beer, wine, televised sports, Friday & Saturday live music, food, plenty of parking.

Sunset Lounge 1043 W. Orangethorpe Ave. Fullerton, CA 92833 (714) 525-0311 Features: Full Bar, billiards (free Monday nights), darts (free Monday nights, league Tuesday nights), jukebox, Wednesday— Saturday karaoke, happy hour specials.

Shady Nook Sports Bar 151 S. Kraemer Blvd., Suite C2 Brea, CA 92821 (714) 672-9440 Features: beer, televised sports, billiards (free Wednesday nights), darts, jukebox, under new management.

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The sights of Sound Downtown Santa Ana’s Artist Village was flooded with over 50 local artists and musicians showing off their talent for a one day festival hosted by Koos Art Center by nate jackson, skyler blair and jackie connor Daily Titan Staff Writers detour@dailytitan.com

My Hollow Drum at The Crosby: Off the beaten path of Santa Ana’s central happenings at Sound Downtown, The Crosby hosted a swath of D.J.’s and hipsters. As the crowd gathered around coffee tables in the cramped venue, a collective of DJs known as My Hollow Drum huddled in a dark corner behind a pair of turntables spinning hip-hop and electronica.

“We’re all really in the left field of things,” said Cal State Fullerton student. Kofi Sefa-Boakye, one of the DJs of the group.

Blank Blue at The Gypsy Den: In the dim light of Santa Ana’s art-kid hangout, The Gypsy Den, there’s nothing like a dose of slowweaving psychedelics courtesy of the band Blank Blue. Paired with vocalist/keyboardist Niki Randa, most of the band’s dreamy song structures conjure up a mix of hippie rockers, Jefferson Airplane Cal State Fullerton psychology major Nehal Shahin, 22, had never even heard of the band before they got on stage, but by the end of the set, Blank Blue acquired a brand new fan.

“They had a psychedelic, bluesrock quality. It surprised me how enjoyable they were,” Shahin said.

L$R. Clique at Grand Central Art Center: People sat on the fountain by the Grand Central Arts Center watching abstract and urban artists spray paint a work of art. Security gave the guys from L$R.clique a visit and it wasn’t to stop them from making graffiti on the large white canvas but rather to ask them to turn down the hip-hop music they were tagging to. Guess you win some and lose some.

Artists Huloe One and Drol turned down the beats and continued on the mural contributing their own styles during the festival to finish with a collective piece. “[We] started as fans of graffiti,” Drol explained, “driven by our own personal ambitions.”

By Kristy harris and nate jackson/For the Daily Titan Top: Graffiti artist adds some color to a mural outside Grand Central Art Center. Bottom left: Experimental rockers Blank Blue play at The Gypsy Den. Bottom right: The Sparrow Love Crew walking around and talking to the crowd after a performance.

Sparrow Love Crew at Proof Bar: The four MCs and DJ comprising Sparrow Love Crew got the party started with fans throwing their hands in the air at Proof Bar to their self-described blend of ghettotech, hip-hop party jams.

MC Kid Wizard described the feeling at their show best saying it’s, “Like an old school hip-hop block party where everyone is invited. Party first, ask questions later.”

SLC hails from Long Beach and has been together for about five years and in that time received OC Weekly’s Best of Hip Hop 2008 after they released their debut EP Burgertime.

All four MCs – Devoux, Diggory, Kid Wizard and Mikey Brixx – owned the stage at Proof.

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For The 88’s third album, “Not Only... But Also,” the Los Angelesbased trio sticks to what they know best and what has worked for them: A disc with catchy and radio-friendly power-pop filled goodness.

This is the band’s first album released under a major studio, Island/ Def Jam Records, but the transition to the new label hasn’t changed the music. They’ve also worked with Matt Wallace, who produced much of Maroon 5’s “Songs about Jane” and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, two producers who know a thing or two about hits. Songs like the opening track, “Go Go Go,” with its instantly gratifying, upbeat melodies, are perfectly suited for many outlets in the mainstream music business, like commercials and movie trailers.

Although Keith Slettedahl is a limited vocalist, he gives himself great melodic hooks to work with, and the enthusiasm in his voice goes a long way in carrying the band’s best sugary tracks like “Coming Home.”

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That track was previously released on The 88’s sophomore album “Over and Over” but it has been reworked and rerecorded with great success.

“Love You Anytime” draws quite nicely on sixties British pop sounds, while “Sons and Daughters” is a fun nod to glam Bowie-styled rock.

It’s only when The 88 try to slow it down that they miss their mark.

“No One Here” and “Save Your Breath,” the two ballads on the record, stick out like two sore thumbs that don’t do much to showcase The 88’s trademark sound. The songs will please fans who have enjoyed the bands previous albums, “Kind of Light” and “Over and Over,” while also pushing the band onward and upward. The 88 write to their strengths, but they can also appeal to new listeners.

What works best for the band is that they can seamlessly blend their brand of whimsical pop with a slightly edgier sound inspired by Brit-rock.

REVIEWS TV

By David carrillo

Daily Titan Executive Editor detour@dailytitan.com

After a year-long hiatus due to the Writers Guild of America strike, the critically acclaimed “24” TV series is back and better than ever. The allnew season kicks with a two-hour special, “24: Redemption,” that is set to air Sunday, Nov. 23 on Fox. The special opens with children being transported in the back of a truck by soldiers in the fictional country Sangala. They are escorted into a military camp, trained with weapons, and at nightfall, a soldier gives a speech about standing up and fighting for their country. He then hands a young boy a sword and tells him to use it on a blindfolded man.

The boy, with a terrified look on his face, thinks for a moment and then screams as he strikes his victim.

Since the last time we saw Jack Bauer he has been on the run from the American government. They have subpoenaed him to testify on his actions while working at CTU and he does not want to go back. Currently he is helping a friend, Carl Benton,

who has left a life similar to Bauer’s past to run a children’s school.

Unfortunately for Benton and Bauer, a rebel uprising breaks out and results in soldiers capturing children and forcing them to fight.

Bauer, an altruist at heart, finds himself entangled in their problems and tries to protect the children from being forced into the rebel army.

“24: Redemption” has a thrilling plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It has drama, action and conflict, with more than one moment where decisions are made that effect the lives of everyone involved.

Bauer is his usual James Bond-like self, avoiding fire from machine guns and rocket launchers while taking down enemies with expert precision and marksmanship.

Toss into the mix the inauguration of the first woman president in the U.S. and the possibility that an American may have played a role in the military coup and you have the recipe for must-see TV.

VIDEO GAMES

By Jessica Terrell

Daily Titan News Editor detour@dailytitan.com

No matter how strange or bizarre the mini-games in the new “Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party” are, there is something to be said for a game that utilizes so many of the Wii system’s incredible gaming capabilities.

The newly-released game is a spinoff of “Raymans Raving Rabbids,” a game in which insane rabbit-like creatures take over the earth. In “TV Party,” Rabbids have taken over Rayman’s television set, which of course means that most of the mini-games have a TV theme.

The most challenging games, at least to this balance-challenged reviewer, involve sitting on the Wii Balance Board and racing down a snowy mountain by slightly shifting from side-to-side. But potential buyers shouldn’t worry about becoming Wii-potatoes; most of the short games on the “TV Party” don’t involve sitting down.

“TV Party” is broken down into a series of hours, much like television programming. Each hour offers

an eclectic mix of games to choose from. In the zombie shooting game, players are not defending against zombies, but chickens who are destroying the set of a horror film.

In another game, players appear to be snowboarding, but are actually riding an upside-down donkey or horse. Another game involves dressing a Rabbid in the most humorous way possible.

From the babbling language of the Rabbids to riding flipped animals, some of the games are so weird-forthe-sake-of-being-weird that they fall slightly short of providing a truly exciting gaming experience. Because the game plays off so many television themes, it is easy to think of “TV Party” in broadcast terms.

Like cable, “TV Party” offers a lot of options. Some of those options are awful, others are really cool. Despite containing a number of stale games, “TV Party” offers so many options that it is hard not to find something (at least briefly) amusing.

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Titan Editorial As children we were always learning, growing and deciphering the world around us. We needed guidance and leadership from our elders to help us understand nearly everything.

If that guidance is skipped for even one day, the results can be detrimental.

Take for example the 8-yearold Arizona boy who is now being charged with premeditated double murder, according to CNN. The boy is being accused of shooting Vincent Romero, his 29-year-old father, and Tim Romans, 39, a man who rented a room in their house.

In a video aired on CNN, two female police officers interrogated the third-grader, who sat in a large chair in the corner of a room. The two police officers positioned themselves on either side of him – a scary situation for an 8-year-old. Neither the boys mother nor a lawyer present. According to the report, the boy was never read his Miranda rights, which is the first problem.

The second problem presents itself in regards to the Miranda rights. If the boy had been read his rights, do the police officers really think he would have the cognitive understanding to either

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deny or accept his right to an attorney?

This is where a mother needed to be present in order to represent her son, whether he committed the crime or not.

The last, and biggest, problem with the interrogation is that, upon review, it seems the boy was coerced into a confession. In the first part of the video he tells one story, and by the end, after leading questions and accusations he changed his story, saying he did in fact shoot his father.

“In fact” may be the wrong word to use here, as the boy’s “confession” was riddled with “I think,” too many times to count.

He, along with his mother, should be re-questioned with attorneys present to be sure there will be no false accusations.

There is no telling right now if the boy did shoot the two men – it is possible, and even if he did do it, can we yet say that it was premeditated?

The interrogation must be heavily reviewed, as authorities did not follow proper protocol on this one.

Children need adults to guide them, not lead them into decisions they are not mature enough to make.

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Regarding the church’s choice of cash flow My sisters, my brothers – let’s get religious. If you don’t think religion matters to politics, you are sorely mistaken. We live in a society where politicians have to appeal to “the evangelical vote” and protests erupt outside of politically-active churches.

Religion matters. Just ask any of the more than 3,000 people who rallied outside of the Los Angeles California Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Westwood on Nov. 6.

They targeted a Mormon temple because of the estimated $8.4 million (according to the Los Angeles Times) in donations and physical support individual members gave in support of Proposition 8.

Many people are demanding that the Mormon church be stripped of its tax-exempt status due to its overwhelming support of the proposition. However, I think ideas like this and online petitions like mormonsstoleourrights.com are forgetting one inalienable right: the freedom of speech.

It is true, the Church of Latter-day Saints proclaimed in a TV broadcast from Utah that Californian Mormons should aid Proposition 8. This address was delivered by the Quo-

rum of Twelve Apostles, the second highest group in the church’s order.

This fact is public and undeniable.

Religious leaders are supposed to instruct their flock in the ways of their religion. If remaining silent causes them to become a “stumbling block” for others on the road to salvation, then why is anyone surprised when they speak up?

What’s more, the Mormon church itself gave no money to the campaign for Proposition 8, merely its endorsement.

I can already hear your fingers banging angrily on your keyboards, so let me address the something before you finish that angry e-mail.

Prudence would advise a good church official to be meek in how to support something like the gay marriage ban. The Church of Latter-day Saints would have benefited most from a broadcast free of political leanings.

A good lesson on what they consider family values and the importance of heterosexual marriage would have sent the same message.

Instead, they opted to explicitly support Proposition 8.

This was probably a bad idea, but I personally don’t think that they

should be punished.

They did cut it close, though.

What does bother me is the fact that at least two nonprofit organizations directly contributed to the Proposition 8 campaign and somehow still retain their tax-exempt status.

With the Mormons martyring themselves in the public spotlight, the Knights of Columbus and Focus on the Family get to slip backstage unnoticed.

The Knights, a Catholic charitable organization, contributed $1 million in support of a gay marriage ban all the way back in August, and the evangelical group Focus on the Family donated over half a million dollars as well.

That’s a lot of money rolling around. It seems some religious organizations have no compunctions about spending money on political action. I say if they want to join the fray like the rest of us, then let them pay taxes like the rest of us.

Being tax-exempt isn’t something that is given. Organizations need to apply for it and get approved by the government. By doing this, they give up much of their freedom of speech.

They do this in order to conduct

charitable or religious work unencumbered by taxation.

This goes back to the whole “taxation without representation” slogan that Americans love to live by.

That said, if the Knights of Columbus, Focus on the Family, or even the Church of Latter-day Saints want to be represented in the public sphere, then they need to relinquish that coveted tax-free status.

I didn’t mind seeing “Yes on 8” signs in front of churches. I don’t mind churches endorsing political causes. However, once they stop spending money on feeding the poor and helping the widowed, I start to get annoyed.

It seems simple to me. We should start taxing a nonprofit once they start spending money on public policy – something outside of their self-appointed mandate.

If a church really feels strongly enough to start donating to a political cause, then they shouldn’t have a problem paying federal taxes.

After all, isn’t it written, “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s?”

In this case, Caesar is Benjamin Franklin, and the government should start seeing lots of his bills when certain groups start overstepping their bounds.

All of my pictures, my doggies, jewelry, and as many of my shoes and clothes that could fit into my 4Runner.

I would take my external hard drive because it has all my pictures and videos and pretty much everything I need from my computer.

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There is more to Barack Obama than black

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By Jake Kilroy Daily Titan Guest Columnist

Drink beer, eat chocolate and make fake book covers Somehow, my destruction often comes in the form of beer and chocolate.

I'd like to get in shape, but I continue to drink beer and eat chocolate. I'd like to be good at guitar, but I continue to drink beer and eat chocolate. I'd like write more fiction, but I continue to drink beer and eat chocolate.

I’d like to dance, but … well, alas, I was born with two left feet … and a mouth and body that loves to drink beer and eat chocolate.

I’d like to own a laser of some sort, but, let’s face it, it’d only be a matter of time before I spilled beer and chocolate on it.

These haunting realizations of half-joy versus half-misery versus half-insanity (I failed math) come in spurts.

To cope with these “spreepiphanies” (an angelic combination of “spree” and “epiphanies”) that return every so often, I run every day for a week, I practice guitar for a few afternoons, and I write a good short story one rainy evening.

And then I don’t do anything productive for three weeks. Instead of merely cleaning my room (something, at least), I binge-watch episodes of Futurama and reorder my books so Harry Potter doesn't have to spend a season sitting next to Dan Brown (adult-writing for kids versus kids-writing for adults).

I would do nearly meaningless and almost motionless tasks until I

fell asleep.

And then I would fail.

And then I would accept it.

And then I would rationalize.

"Maybe I don't have a drinking problem. Maybe the drink has a me problem," I always tell myself every few months. "Hey, there's protein in candy."

Moronic effort after moronic effort, I discover small projects that I usually exploit as something bigger, maybe educational (as I always have before).

Playing Scrabble becomes a lesson in language, playing “Call of Duty” becomes a crash course in history, and putting up a poster becomes me finding my inner interior designer.

Laziness isn’t a virtue, but neither is m a r t y rd o m .

And I figure yuppiedom is a mixture of the two.

So enthralled with my own dizzying apathy for everything, I caught myself staring out the window at a job I actually like and postponing work so I could mindlessly jump from one Wikipedia page to another (“Wow, no way, Alec Guinness foresaw James Dean’s death”).

And then I learned that I had Photoshop on my computer one day, and it became all I could do with my day. Everything seemed clearer. And I was making … something.

Now, I’m no artist. I’m not. The only reason I could ever even call myself an artist is because the art

community is so bloated that they praised Joan Miró and his stupid dot paintings. (Random exciting side note: Art critics are so weak. Art critics are the mailmen of love letters. They can certainly deliver them, but they surely couldn’t write them.)

Ugh. Anyway, I had Photoshop on my computer and I spent the day mutilating any photograph I could find online or on my desktop.

I turned one picture of me into a fake book cover. I laughed about it and went to lunch. Eating my leftovers from Pho 99, I could only think of making more. I returned from lunch and did so.

I was finally putting effort into something!

And it was the most senseless hobby a person could possibly have.

It was worse than stamp-collecting in an era of electronic mail.

But I had no intention of stopping. By the end of the day, I had made seven fake book covers. The next day, a co-worker noticed and I made her one.

Then I made several others for fellow employees. Then I started making fake book covers for friends. This all started about three weeks ago and I’m already at 70-something.

At the suggestion of a co-worker, I dropped $10 and turned the inane addiction/hobby into a legitimate Web site: www.fakebookcovers.com Now, art is what you call it and any hobby of fractured, fragile creativity (in any size) has truth to it, no matter how much someone will tell you it’s stupid.

Be productive and you’ll never have any reason to regret. For the most part, anyway. I don’t know.

You’re listening to a guy who spends his free time making fake book covers instead of writing books.

But hey, at least now I can justify drinking beer and eating chocolate.

Half white. Half black. Which half is more important?

The color of President-elect Barack Obama's skin has been the subject of much discussion over the past year or so.

And now that he's won the presidency, there is a lot of talk about the "historic nature" of his win.

Critics have been questioning for months whether the United States is ready for a black president. Well, apparently, it is.

And though headlines all over the U.S. mentioned the "racial barriers" that we've "overcome" in this election, I don't believe that it was something many everyday Americans thought about when they were deciding who to cast their ballots for. I know that for me, at least, that is the case. The historic nature of his win does only seem to matter to rest of the world.

The U.S. has widely been viewed as a racist and nationalist country, and to the rest of the world, this seems to be proof that the U.S. has adopted a more global approach to their thinking. They see Obama's campaign for change as proof of this.

In a sense, Obama's victory is seen as a world victory. Desiree Winston, blogging for the United Kingdom's "The Voice," said last week that "It seems Mr. Obama has not only become America’s President, he is also the world’s President."

Nations from all over the world have been seen celebrating Obama's victory.

News site AfricaNews.com reported Kenyans pouring into the streets of Nairobi waving U.S. flags and singing "Obama praise songs" in celebration of his victory. In fact, the Kenyan president declared a national holiday for the victory.

In Japan, residents of the town named Obama danced in the streets upon hearing of the president-elect's victory.

Mangalorean.com, a news site based in Mangalore, India, reported that Kenyan Indians were also "ecstatic" about an Obama victory.

Zarina Patel, an editor for the Kenyan Indian publication Awaaz Magazine said, "Everybody is absolutely delighted as this is a victory not just for us but a global triumph."

You see, it doesn't seem to matter

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that Obama is only half-black. Since the color of his skin is a few shades darker than ivory, he is aligned with that spectrum of color.

Usually when people are merely looking at a person, they don't tend to see the mix of ethnicities. They can only judge off of what they see.

And when people look at Obama, what they see is African-American.

Historically speaking, the U.S. has a reputation of treating African Americans in this country as the little guy. And the U.S. also has a reputation for kicking down the little guy.

So in a sense, Obama's victory can be seen in other countries as the little guy defeating the big guy. It's like the story of David and Goliath.

And it's easy to see why many countries enjoy this idea. After all, if an underdog black senator from Illinois who had a single white mother and a black immigrant father can become president of one of the most powerful nations in the world, then there could be hope for change in the rest of the world.

However, Keith Richburg of the United Kingdom's The Observer wrote that the U.S. still faces an outdated view of itself from the world.

The U.S., he reports, is still viewed as being horribly racist.

Richburg said that during conversations with foreigners, many of them scoff at the idea of more and more African Americans earning Ph.D.s or holding the post of CEO at major corporations like American Express or Kmart.

In fact, Richburg writes that many respond to these facts with statistics of their own, like the statistics out there about the number of African Americans in prison.

One man in Hong Kong supposedly asked why, then, do all black people in the U.S. live in ghettos? I would hazard a guess that he's never seen "The Cosby Show."

On the flip side of the coin, there are some people who are treating this news with such shock because they, themselves, are racist. Richburg points to many Asian countries as guilty of this.

The headline for the Information Times in Shanghai was "Dark Horse Enters White House." The headline for the Philippine Daily Inquirer was "Black in White House."

Richburg even said," When I lived in the Philippines, one of the common insults Filipinos made about

each other centered on whether they were 'too dark.'"

In the end, Americans voted for Obama. Or, at least, the majority of Americans did. And we focused on the issues.

Obama proved himself capable by keeping his cool, out-fundraising his opponent and out-strategizing him as well. He promised action that America felt they needed.

Plans like an economic turnaround, health care and a solution to the crises in Iraq. He also made an oath to give us less tangible things like hope and change.

And by the end of the campaign – to many people in the United States – Obama's race had almost become a non-issue. It still is a non-issue.

But not being directly affected by our political issues, the world is forced to view the elections through the lenses they understand, and those most obvious to them.

So while we have been able to fully grasp the changes that the U.S. has slowly and quietly (and not-soquietly) undergone since the civil rights movements of the 1960s, the world hasn't been paying attention.

They have been busy focusing on the foreign policies we've introduced, the wars we've started, the people we've tried to “save,” and the economy we've destroyed. They haven't been focused on our interracial relations because it's not often big news.

But, as the saying goes, no news is good news.

In the U.S., and across the world, the election of President-elect Barack Obama is big news for reasons far beyond the racial lines it crosses.

But it is also big news because for many people in other countries, this is the first news they've gotten that truly proves how far the people of the Unites States have moved along on that particular front.

It proves that we're making progress. And that progress can be seen as global progress. It makes sense that a big deal will be made of it, whether it is important or not, because internationally, this is some of the first tangible progress we've had to share with the world.

So yes, he's half-black and he's half-white. But he's all-American.

And in the end, he's serving all of America, and that's the important part for us to focus on.

From here on out, the world can only latch on.

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November 20, 2008

Title defense begins CSUF men’s basketball team looks to take advantage of rare early-season home game against cross-street rival

By Michal Olszewski

Daily Titan Sports Editor

molszewski@dailytitan.com

Photo By David carrillo/ Daily Titan Executive Editor

The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team returns to campus following a road trip to Hawaii to take on Hope International University tonight for its first home game of the season at Titan Gym. The Titans (1-1) split their two games, dropping one to Texas State and defeating Hawaii, and will look to take advantage of a rare home game in their early schedule.

“It’s a big game,” senior preseason All-Conference pick Josh Akognon said. “Just to able to come back home in the first game as the champions and see the crowd ... I hope they’re hyped up for (tonight).”

The Titans are coming off one of their most successful seasons in school history with a record of 24-9 and reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 30 years. Hope International had a 1-26 record last season while playing in the Golden State Athletic Conference.

Hope International Head Coach Greg Pappas said that while his team does not have the same recruiting power as a Division I program, he sees a few similarities in the teams.

“We’re trying to adjust to a young team just like they are,” he said. “We just want to come in and protect the basketball and get shots on every possession.”

On the Titans road trip, Akognon moved up in the CSUF record books by scoring 41 points against Hawaii, which was the second-most in a game in school history. Sacramento Kings guard Bobby Brown holds the record with 47 points against BethuneCookman in 2006.

However, Titan Head Coach

Bob Burton said the outburst from Akognon cannot be depended on every game and other players need to step up for the Titans to have a chance in defending their Big West title.

The team has only two players returning from last year’s active roster and lost six of its top rotation players with Akognon and senior Marcio Lassiter being the only returnees.

With the huge turnover in players, Burton said the team needs to settle down and improve in nearly all facets of the game to have a chance.

“It’s been feast or famine so far,” Burton said. “We were bad against Texas State – it was very discouraging – and we were good at times against Hawaii. Right now if we’re going to win we have to get this defense straightened out.”

The team will have to figure things out quickly if they intend to be a force in the Big West. With a tough early-season schedule against teams such as Wake Forest, Louisiana State and Portland State, the Titans will have to establish an identity against three likely NCAA Tournament teams.

“We’re training a lot harder right now because we don’t have as much senior leadership as last season,” Akognon said. “We look good. The first game was shaky, but I felt we bounced back and we have to keep that going into the next few games.”

Burton added that he feels the team has underperformed so far and expects more out of his starters and bench.

The Titans will next travel north to take on reigning Big Sky Champions Portland State in Portland before returning to take part in the 76 Classic on Thanksgiving at the Anaheim Convention Center.

The new starting five for Cal State Fullerton #1 Josh Akognon

Outstanding Player of the Big West Conference Tournament in 2008 after leading the champion Titans in scoring. Reigning Big West leader in 3-point baskets as well as free-throw percentage and he was the No. 3 scorer at 20.2 points per game.

#22 Jacques Streeter Named starting point guard for the home opener and is one of only two true freshmen in the program after coming from Findlay Prep. Scored 15 points and added nine assists in the Titans win over Hawaii.

#0 Aaron Thompson Two-time first-team All-South Coast Conference South Division selection and two-time Most Valuable Player for the Cerritos College Falcons in 2006 and 2008. Scored 15 points and added seven rebounds in the loss to Texas State.

#24 Gerard Anderson Selected as Lindy’s College Basketball Preseason Big West “Newcomer of the Year” after being a starter for two years at Saddleback College. Anderson scored 20 points in the second half in the loss to Texas State.

#42 Papa Guisse Originally from Senegal, he was a member of the national runner-sup last season at Salt Lake Community College while averaging 7.2 points and 6.6 rebounds and and was named to the second-team All-Scenic West Athletic Conference.

Photos By Don Nguyen/Daily Titan Staff Photographer