Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013

Volume 94, Issue 49

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Titans still winless at Titan Gym this season

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Witness testimony in the trial of two former Fullerton police officers charged in the death of schizophrenic homeless man Kelly Thomas continued Wednesday.

Dawn Scruggs, a crime scene investigator, said former officer Manuel Ramos, 39, and former Cpl. Jay Cicinelli, 41, were “tired” when she took photos of them and their injuries after the violent confrontation on July 5, 2011, according to KPCC. She testified that Ramos told her the incident had been “the

The Titans have lost to the Toreros in their last seven contests and drop to 1-6 BRYAN CIFUENTES For the Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team fell behind early and were unable to pull off the upset win against the University of San Diego Wednesday night at Titan Gym, losing 65-42.

The loss drops the Titans’ record to 1-6, and the Toreros continued their unbeaten streak and the best start in their program’s history, improving to 8-0.

The two teams have not met in three years, but CSUF has lost the last seven meetings, including the loss last night.

The Toreros jumped in front early behind Malina Hood and her hot three-point shooting in the first half. She finished with 17 points at the half and 19 for the game. Guard Amy Kame also contributed 17 points.

Size, or lack thereof, was an obvious disadvantage for the Titans throughout the match.

“The reality of the situation for us is size is probably going to be a factor for us, every game for us,” Head Coach Daron Park said. “But it is still not an excuse; we have gone against size in previous matchups this year and competed a lot better. So it is a factor, but it is something we have to better prepare ourselves to neutralize so it isn’t as noticeable.”

The Titans’ slow start was attributed to the lack of rebounds and unforced turnovers, leading the Titans to shoot 11 less shots in the first half. CSUF committed 12 turnovers in the half, while the Toreros had five.

“We’re tremendously disappointed in all phases tonight and felt we were outplayed from the opening tip, both on the offensive and defensive end,” Park said. “San Diego is a very good team and they are something we are striving to become.”

Park showed his frustration with the officiating and his team’s overall performance. A referee penalized him with a technical foul with four minutes remaining in the half.

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Junior forward Kathleen Iwuoha goes up for a contested shot.

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fight of his life,” at the scene.

Capt. Ron Stancyk, a veteran Fullerton Fire Department paramedic, transported Thomas to the hospital that night. He testified that no one at the scene told him to treat Thomas.

Stancyk said Thomas flatlined halfway to the hospital and was intubated to clear his airway.

Thomas was taken to UC Irvine Medical Center, where he died five days later.

Ramos has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. Cicinelli has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and use of excessive force.

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Experts help students to do their civic duty

Titans chill out

Ice rink in the Quad gives students a break from studying JESSICA PINEDA / Daily Titan gest rink possible with their limited budget.

A DJ booth was set up next to the rink Daily Titan and jazz music filled the air nearby. Special acoustic performances included Who’s ClayA real-life winter wonderland graced the ton and Zach Churchill, who currently attend Quad Wednesday when the Associated Stu- Cal State Fullerton. dents Inc. Production (ASIP) crew scurried When planning, McBride announced to her to make an event of the season. team that they needed to find performers for The Quad was turned into an ice skating the event. rink, students donned skates and took them “One of my team members knew Who’s to the ice. The event brought holiday cheer Clayton and she contacted them and somewith its reminder that the holidays are here, one else contacted Zach, so (it was) just netas students all over campus prepare for final working,” McBride said. exams just around the corner.

With the 30-by-75 ice rink, students This year’s ice skating event, Timade their way to the ice. tans on Ice, was a change to Though a few individuals strugASIP’s tradition of bringgled, and others fell f lat on the ice, ing chilly winter fun many enjoyed themselves as they not usually enjoyed in stopped to pose for pictures sunny Southern Calion the ice. fornia. ASIP has put on Children ran around Snow Day every Deas they attended the cember since 2004, event with their parbut for the first ents. Special refreshtime, Titans On ments included hot Ice has made its chocolate provided way to the Quad. by the Gastronome.

“We just re“Some people vamped it this have different hobyear, completely bies, and I like to redid the event throw events. and wanted to Just bringing bring an ice everyone toskating rink in gether, thats place of sledwhat I love to ding,” Starlena do,” Hernandez McBride, 21, said. union and special McBride described programming coordiher desire for the event nator, said. to become somewhere McBride said she where students could and Adrian Hernancome to meet up with dez, another coorditheir friends between nator, came up with or after classes to the idea. The idea to bond. The event served change the event this as the first time for year was to make things many who have never bigger and better and ice skated in their life incorporate more stubeforehand. dent organizations.

“It’s pretty difficult,” With an estimated said first-time ice skat700 attendees both er Christina Quezada, coordinators and stu19, a political science dents were happy as the major.

JESSICA PINEDA / Daily Titan event led the way to the Quezada attended closing of a semester. the event with a few of Though the event was planned all semester, her friends, who were also on the ice with her. it wasn’t approved by the board of directors Though she struggled, she learned that using until a month ago. This gave McBride and her the point of the skate helps to keep from fallteam minimal time to prepare to get the big- ing and provides more balance.

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Outrageous executive pay exacerbates income inequality

Nearly 300 take part in town hall forum to discover local politics MATTHEW MEDINA

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Cal State Fullerton political science professors held a town hall-style meeting with nearly 300 students Wednesday to encourage them to be active citizens in their local communities.

Adjunct professor Karalee Watson assigned a major group project to her POSC 100 students, and the groups presented their work to an expert assigned to their group.

“I’m sure at times you thought I was absolutely crazy,” Watson told the students.

“But I hope after tonight, you really see the value in the research that you did, the questions that you had.”

Watson, along with associate professors Pamela Fiber-Ostrow, Ph.D., and Scott Spitzer, Ph.D., organized the event in association with the American Democracy Project, an initiative among public universities to grow students’ passion for civic engagement.

This was the first semester Watson has assigned this project. She chose POSC 100 students for this assignment so she could reach a wider au-

dience of young people, most of whom are presumably not political science majors, and encourage them to be engaged, politically involved citizens.

Fiber-Ostrow, a representative of the American Democracy Project, said one of the goals of the meetings is to teach students how to express ideas and concerns regarding public policy issues with their peers and people in the broader community.

The town hall meetings exemplify a “high-impact practice,” an assignment designed to make students more active and emphasize hands-on learning. These were a major goal in President Mildred García’s University Strategic Plan.

Politically active citizens, local volunteers and other community leaders took part in the event. Many experts are colleagues and partners from Watson’s work in local government and as a staff member for congressional representatives.

The experts served as moderators for each group, while students presented their findings and talked among themselves to help move toward solutions and improvements to the current situation. Their projects focused on homeless residents, local elections and transportation issues.

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McKensie Mason, a childhood and adolescent development major, listens in on a conversation between students Wednesday night.

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Steven J. Stambough, Ph.D., chair of the political science department, told students politics would affect their lives no matter what they do, and the project was intended to help them prepare for that.

“Regardless of what your major is, when you finish up with a degree from Fullerton, you’re going to be ready to go out in the community,” he said.

Marcos Antonio Almaraz, a 22-year-old civil engineering major, said he was enrolled in a political science course a few semesters ago but dropped the class because he did not find it interesting and disliked the curriculum, which focused on essays and papers.

“In a way, it makes me like political science,” Almaraz said. “It’s more applied, more hands-on, instead of just saying, ‘oh, this is what they do (in politics), write a paper on it.’”

Almaraz said he enjoyed the discussion, which helped him

understand issues that communities face when attempting to help their homeless residents.

He was aware that homelessness was a problem, but did not understand the complexity surrounding the issue before working on this project.

“When you build homeless shelters, (people say) ‘oh yeah, let’s build them, but not in my backyard,’” he said.

Jane Rands, a computer scientist who frequents Fullerton City Council meetings and other political events, said she was glad she joined the event.

“The opportunity to sit down with some of the best and brightest young people, it’s a very uplifting experience,” she said.

Rands said one of the students in her group was homeless for about a year when he was 8 years old, living in a car with his mother and brother.

“It was really good to hear firsthand (from his experience with homelessness) and to see him now successfully in the university, it’s amazing,” she said.

Joy Balemi, a graduate student studying political science and one of Watson’s graduate assistants, said she would have liked to work on a project like this while she was an undergraduate student.

“Coordinating 300 people can get complicated, but I really think that the project is going to be beneficial to get the students to understand how government affects them and how they can be involved,” she said.

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The town hall meetings do not take place on a concrete schedule, but Stambough expressed an interest in continuing the meetings and other events to spark student involvement.

DTBRIEFS Meningitis outbreak at UCSB ALLY FITZGERALD An undergraduate student at UC Santa Barbara had his feet amputated after contracting meningitis last month, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Three additional students have also been diagnosed with the disease in what is being called an outbreak.

Freshman Aaron Loy was a member of the UCSB men’s lacrosse team, and received recognition as an All-CIF player twice while attending high school. University officials are encouraging students to avoid social gatherings, and fraternities and sororities have been advised not to have parties.

Princeton University is also experiencing a similar meningitis outbreak, an occurrence health experts have said is rare.

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Daniel Love, a history major, talks to classmates about local issues during the American Democracy Project forum.

Cal State Fullerton has sold the land beneath 15 homes in its 42-unit townhome development at University Heights to individual owners for $1 each in what the owners are calling a David vs. Goliath victory, according to the Orange County Register.

In exchange for the sale of the land beneath units, purchased at the onset of the of the housing market crash in 2007, the university has received permission from the city to sell the remainder of the units to a non-education entity.

The agreement was approved by the Fullerton City Council after a contentious debate that began in spring 2013.

University officials said they expect the school’s losses on the project to reach $4.6 million.

Obama addresses economy ELLIOT LAM

Speaking at the Center for American Progress, President Barack Obama said economic inequality is no longer an issue solely affecting minorities, according to the White House.

He argued that healthcare, stricter enforcement of anti-discrimination laws and immigration reform were necessary to increase upward mobility for all Americans.

President Obama blamed businesses for sending jobs overseas, lobbying policymakers to weaken the strength of unions and keeping wages stagnant.

Obama said government has played a pivotal role in moving families into the middle class, citing landmark legislation passed in the 20th century.

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4,000-square-foot training facility opens New facility expands workout locations for campus athletes PATTON TRAN

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OLLI instructor Michael Shelton leads vocals during the Musical Performances Christmas Program Tuesday at the Ruby Gerontology Center.

OLLI rings in the season Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Orchestra jingles all the way VALERIE SCHREPFERMAN Daily Titan

The Christmas spirit swept through Mackey Auditorium Tuesday,when a group of nimble-fingered seniors serenaded a group of over 100 guests with holiday tunes, playing recorders, guitars and even accordions.

Hosted by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), the program strives to inspire its participants to take part in stimulating activities such as educational lectures, computer education, social activities and even travel opportunities.

Gerontologists who have studied retirement feel intellectual challenge, exercise and socialization are the three primary elements for successful retirement.

The show featured the OLLI Orchestra and Intermediate Recorder Ensemble as well as group acts that were more than happy to share their holiday cheer.

Archie Mills, the classical guitar instructor for the orchestra, became involved with OLLI five years ago after a long hiatus from playing music.

“What I set out to do initially was to

provide an environment where people who have played (guitars) years ago and let talent go static … rebuild and have fun with something they enjoyed,” he said.

The military retiree, who began playing guitar in 1962, arrived on the Fullerton campus with intentions to inspire and teach individuals through music after his wife told him to go “find something to do.”

Now with six participants in his class, Mills emphasizes the fact that classical guitar players are still scarce.

The guitar orchestra group performs pieces mainly from the 15th and 16th century.

“That was the music that we learned on when we were 30 years old,” Mills said.

“Which is more than a few days ago.”

Over the past four months the ensemble has been rehearsing three separate pieces: “Bourree”; “Minuet”; and “Blue Christmas.”

Mills takes pride in the fact that he has mentored and helped members of the OLLI organization get active again in classical guitar. Mills hopes to see the orchestra’s numbers expand.

The past two years have proven beneficial for the OLLI music organization, said Elizabeth Redmon, coordinator of the OLLI Instrumental Recital.

She said the arrival and involvement of a couple fine musicians has blossomed the

program.

Marge Osborne, founder of the OLLI Chorale group and OLLI Orchestra, has developed the program over the past couple of years. Her work toward expanding the group led to the involvement in the Department of Music.

Ellie Monroe introduced several classes in music appreciation into the OLLI program. Monroe recently started a class where participants are taught to read music by learning how to play the recorder.

The Intermediate Recorder Ensemble opened the show Tuesday with classic Christmas tunes such as “O’ Holy Night” and “Silent Night.”

“Our instrumentalists just run the gamut from those who are just starting, those, like me, who played a long time ago and are just coming back to it, and then those who have continued–this has been either their career as teachers or professional musicians,” Redmon said.

Since 1988, OLLI has called the Ruby Gerontology Center home. The first building on campus financed by donations rather than state funds is located on 2.3 acres of land adjacent to the residence halls and takes pride in their involvement on campus.

The OLLI Instrumental Recital will take place in the RGC Tuesday from 1-3 p.m.

The holidays came early for the athletic teams at Cal State Fullerton this year with the opening of a new athletic training facility on campus.

The athletics department has been working on opening the 4,000-square-foot gym, located in the northwest corner of the Kinesiology and Health Science Building, for the past two years.

But the gift doesn’t come without cost. Equipment and flooring in the facility cost around $200,000, said Isaac Salazar, director of strength and conditioning.

As a comparison, he explained that facilities at some top-tier schools can cost between $5 million to $10 million, but those are created to house football teams.

This facility, on the other hand, is designed to house about 40 athletes. It could accommodate the entire baseball team, for example.

The new facility will play a part in how student athletes can train.

Isaac Salazar said new space benefits the men’s soccer team when workouts run long.

“Now we can shift men’s soccer to one side of the facility and they still have the same amount equipment to utilize,” he said.

Previously, teams were forced to warm up outside, delaying their workout.

The facility was designed in a way that allows multiple teams to function within the space.

Free weights line the right wall, and 16 lifting platforms are in the center of the facility.

On the left are offices, lockers, refrigerators and a warmup area. The facility is mirrored with the same equipment on either side of the building, allowing two teams to train simultaneously in the same space.

A TV screen is mounted on the wall which is connected to a computer in the office so that footage can be played or information can be displayed.

In the back, athletes and

coaches can review footage in private video rooms.

The new location benefit students like Emanuel Martinez, 20, who is a shotputter on the track team. “It’s convenient for us because we don’t have to walk all the way down to the soccer field,” Martinez said.

The equipment barbells and weights are from Eleiko. “It was the same bars and plates that were used in the 2012 London (Olympic) Games and they are known for highest quality equipment worldwide and at the professional level and world class level,” Salazar said.

Salazar saw that schools like Penn State and the University of Texas installed special athletic floors made by Play Floors, and CSUF has done the same.

“We looked at all the top install for BCS programs, wanted to compare and be at that level,” Salazar said.

Hammer Strength weight racks are painted in orange and blue. “The new gym shows Fullerton pride,” Martinez said.

The new facility also helps staff by providing closer access to students while training.

Salazar’s office is located inside the facility, which gives him a view of the of most of the weight room. This puts weight training coaches closer to the core sports and the ability to connect with athletes to dial in their weight training.

The staff is also equipped with apps like Dartfish and Coach’s Eye that record, break down and analyze the movements of the players during exercises. Athletes create their own accounts to track progress of their movements.

Since the weight room is in the Kinesiology and Health Science Building, the central location also benefits the interns and volunteers, who previously had to make a trek to a facility located near Titan Stadium.

They have six to eight volunteers and interns at the facility currently and others can receive credits and work experience.

The staff is still planning for the future of the new lifting facility. Salazar has plans to add resistance workout equipment.

These will range from bands to compressed air resistance machines to give different ways to stimulate athletes’ progress.

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State of the art equipment is available for student use in the Kinesiology building.

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The OLLI guitar orchestra performs “Blue Christmas” Tuesday at the Ruby Gerontology Center to a packed auditorium.

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CEOs should invest in pay equality Switzerland failed to pass a law that would reduce its economic disparity PATRICIA LOPEZ-LAGUNA Daily Titan

It’s safe to assume that a CEO of any company is usually the one getting the biggest paycheck, but in Switzerland, those paychecks are taking on epic proportions.

Switzerland is voting on a law that would limit a CEO’s pay to be no more than 12 times that of the company’s lowest-paid worker. Twenty-five years ago, Swiss CEOs made six times more than the average worker.

Now, they earn more than 40 times as much.

The movement is being led by the youth wing of the Social Democratic Party. They needed to obtain 100,000 signatures from voters in order to turn the measure into a national referendum. In order for the measure to succeed, it would need to win a majority in all 26 of the country’s cantons as well as the popular vote nationally.

The Swiss have taken the lead in ensuring their country doesn’t go down the same road as their capitalist counterparts who are less benevolent. As income inequality continues to grow each year in the United States, policymakers in Washington, D.C. should pay attention to the situation in Switzerland before the middle class disappears. Perhaps the Swiss grew increasingly concerned with income inequality after they noticed what was happening stateside.

If passed, Switzerland would be following in the footsteps

of France, who has already set a law limiting CEOs of French state firms to be no more than 20 times what the lowest-paid employee earns. Recent data from the United Nations shows that the Swiss also have the highest gross average monthly wage in Europe, at about $7,766.

Capping executive pay within a company would not only help alleviate the imbalance between an executive and his workers, but would also send a strong message to society that income inequality will not be tolerated.

An alternative solution being proposed is for the minimum wage to be raised. Although this would bring more income to lower-paid workers, it is likely that the salaries of CEOs would also increase, which ends up doing nothing to solve the crisis of income inequality. Tying executive pay to the lowest-paid employee is a far more balanced approach.

There are claims of this plan being socialist, but the plan itself is not calling for all workers to be paid the same. It is simply making salary differences fairer by ensuring that both the executive and his workers are getting rewarded for the company’s productivity.

If an executive’s workers are largely responsible for the success and well-being of his or her company, it would be nothing more than capitalistic to compensate these workers for the work that they have put in to the company’s success. At some point, it ceases to become hyperbole when you ask an executive if he or she really needs that sixth yacht.

It is admirable for a country to be concerned with sustainable wages within its workforce.

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Switzerland should be able to pass laws that will benefit the entire community and be used as an example for other countries to do the same.

After working for four years, the young activists were able to obtain the necessary signatures

to get the measure on the ballot. With support from Swiss labor unions and the country’s two largest left-of-center political parties, activists pushed for the initiative’s approval. Unfortunately, the law did not get the votes needed on the election in

Nov. 24. It failed with only 35 percent of voters supporting it.

There are about 8 million people living in Switzerland, but 400,000 workers don’t make a sufficient amount to live on. It is unsettling to live in a country where the monthly

salary of a CEO is an exponential amount of what the average worker makes in a year. Switzerland’s 1-to-12 initiative, as it is being called, should be given another chance to become a law and benefit the country in numerous ways.

Annual Pay of Executives Vs. Average Workers CEO Pay & Benefits

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52,537 Source: Bloomberg MIKE TRUJILLO / Daily Titan

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Sonam Mirpuri, 22, danced to Hindi film music mash up.

Bollywood dancer inspired by music The life and experiences of a Bollywood dancer stem from childhood SONAM MIRPURI Daily Titan

Five, six, seven, eight, chanak, chanak, chan. Din chabak chin, chabak chin …

One of my fondest memories is when I was 3 years old, watching Hum Aapke Hain Koun…! (Who am I to you?) with my parents and sister.

Loving the music, I began dancing and haven’t stopped since.

Ever since I was little, I remember dancing and have always loved every minute of it.

Hindi film music and the dances associated with it have been a fond part of my life since as long as I can remember.

I have always been listening to Hindi film music, which has resulted in my passion of dancing to it.

The Hindi-language film industry, more popularly known as Bollywood, is based out of Mumbai, India. Bollywood is the Hindi version of Hollywood.

My passion began from the movies I watched when I was younger. In 1989, a movie titled, Maine Pyar Kiya (I fell in love) was released. The movie had a song called, “Dil Deewana” (Crazy Heart), which captured my heart from the first time I heard it.

Another favorite song of mine, “Maye Ni Maye” (O’ Mother), was featured in the film Hum Aapke Hain Koun…!

The love I have for Bollywood movies and the dancing associated with it originated from those particular songs.

Among all of the previous and current Bollywood actors and actresses, I have always looked up to Madhuri Dixit and Shahid Kapoor as inspirational dancers.

In my opinion, Dixit has always been an exceptional dancer. The love I have for the song “Maye Ni Maye” stems from my love for Dixit.

From all the other actresses, Dixit is one of a few that is a trained dancer and comparatively a better dancer than the other actresses of her time.

Unfortunately, she is not acting in movies as often as she used to, but she does sporadically make special appearances in songs and movies.

Recently, I have looked at Kapoor for inspiration because he is an exceptional dancer as well.

Dixit, like Kapoor, is a trained dancer. Prior to starting his Bollywood career, he was a background dancer for songs in movies and advertisements.

My experience as a Bollywood dancer is extremely personal to me because I usually

choreograph my own dances.

Therefore, my steps are subjective to how I interpret the lyrics and tempo of the songs.

Every choreographer interprets a song differently.

When choosing songs to dance to there are many different options. The choreographer can either do one song completely or take multiple songs and remix them into one song.

Additionally, the selected songs could be put in any order.

The choreographers are usually the ones that choose the songs unless the participants have special requests.

I have performed more solo dances than I have performed group dances.

The only time I have participated in group dances was in high school when the Indian club would perform at culture show assemblies.

When performing with a group there are many possible challenges.

As a solo dancer there have been multiple times that I have forgotten my steps or messed up a step and just kept going without anyone realizing.

The advantage to being a solo dancer is that no one in the audience will notice that the performer has made a mistake.

Dances can be performed for almost any reason.

When I was younger, I consistently took dance classes.

After my many years of taking dance classes I realized that I have a preference for choreographing my own dances because of the difference in opinion for the steps based on the lyrics of the song.

After years of taking dance classes and being complicated on my dancing skills, I decided to start teaching younger children on how to dance for fun.

As difficult as it was to teach young children how to dance it was more rewarding to see the expression on their faces when they finally figured out a difficult step.

Unfortunately, due to other responsibilities that come with growing up, dancing to Bollywood music has changed from a significant part of my life to become more of just a hobby.

I dance and perform whenever I get the chance because it’s something I enjoy doing.

I mainly perform when someone I know and love is having an event such as a birthday party or getting married.

Even though it has been about 20 years since I have been dancing, I still get butterflies in my stomach before the beginning of every performance.

Someday, I aspire to be able to choreograph and participate in a huge group dance with many different transitions and formations.

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Naturally, a game about cooking meth would be addicting.

But for Cal State Fullerton student Austin Oblouk and his partner Zuri Mach’s, hitting 2 million players within weeks of their game’s Oct. 1 launch was surprising.

Dr. Meth, created by Oblouk, takes a twist on the hit game Cookie Clicker and pushes it down a darker path more in step with hit TV series Breaking Bad. The 21-year-old computer science major didn’t stop with meth as the team of two publicly released another game, MrMine, on Thanksgiving Day. As of Wednesday, 1 million people visited MrMine, with 200,000 visiting daily.

As of now, there isn’t a way for the team to profit from the game, but along with adding in a way to monetize MrMine, the game’s content will also be expanded.

MrMine currently has about a day and a halfs worth of gameplay in it, but Oblouk wants to expand the length to a week.

Oblouk doesn’t foresee developing games in his future.

In fact, even after Dr. Meth hit almost 1 million users online, Oblouk still doesn’t think professional game development is in his future.

Game development is too competitive, said Oblouk who believes there are too many people trying to break into the industry. However, if his unreleased game turns out to be a hit he may reconsider his website emphasized major.

The goal of Cookie Clicker, the game that Dr. Meth is heavily influenced from, is to click on a cookie to produce cookies, which can be directly used to buy items that make cookies even faster.

Dr. Meth instead has players cooking and selling meth to buy upgrades and items that make the journey to become a drug kingpin easier.

Oblouk said after seeing Cookie Clicker and watching Breaking Bad he knew he had to take elements from both and combine the two together.

While the game may be simple, it appeals to basic human tendencies.

“I think it’s that people’s brains are rigged in a way that when they see exponential growth they just get hooked on it,” Oblouk said.

Clicking Bad is another Cookie Clicker derived game with Breaking Bad references that came out after Dr. Meth, but due to their heavier advertising, most people think Clicking Bad came first, Oblouk said. While Clicking Bad is more popular in the United States, Dr. Meth has

been more popular in Europe and Russia, Oblouk said.

Oblouk said it’s strange that it’s such a big hit overseas as Dr. Meth doesn’t have support for languages other than English.

There are even popular video casts of his game from a German speaking YouTuber, GermanLetsPlay, with some videos having more than 75,000 views.

MrMine is a similar style of game developed by Oblouk and Mach, but has a lot more complex mechanics built into it, which Oblouk said he hopes will keep players invested in it a little longer.

Oblouk and Mach had trouble making progress in developing MrMine because sometimes they would get distracted playing it.

“When you can’t make it because you’re so addicted to playing it, then you have something,” Oblouk said.

Regardless of its addictiveness, Oblouk isn’t sure if it will reach the same level of popularity as Dr. Meth, because it doesn’t have a pop culture tie in behind it. Oblouk plans to make an achievement for Dr. Meth that will be rewarded to players who play the MrMine.

People have already beaten Dr. Meth and have been asking for more, Oblouk said.

“I don’t know how these people finish it,” Oblouk said. “There is no way they can be hacking it, it’s just little kids who must leave their computer on all day.”

Dr. Meth turns a profit for its creators by giving players the ability to donate money to unlock an achievement in the game. So far the game has made $6,700 through donations, but after server fees and paying his partner, Oblouk has made roughly $2,800.

The game continues to make some money even though the player base is gradually shrinking. What used to be nearly a million active users is now down to 270,000 before Thanksgiving break.

After about a week’s worth of work, with a few all-nighters thrown in, the basic first version of Dr. Meth was released to the public. A few subsequent weeks later were spent fine tuning and adding visual components and fixing bugs, Oblouk said.

Making a game is a lot more dynamic and challenging than a website, Mach said, who was the artist for Dr. Meth. Mach is a childhood friend and has worked with Oblouk on various websites.

More games will probably be in the future for the team, Mach said. But after MrMine gets patched up, Mach said he wants to work on a website that will hopefully make a lot more money than these games have.

Oblouk has been making money off online ventures for a while now. Back when the Internet currency, Bitcoins, were new, he pooled some in with

ONLINE GAMES Dr. Meth: •

As of Thanksgiving break there were a total of 3 million players

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There are 270,000 active users.

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As of Dec. 4 there were over 1 million online players.

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There are currently 200,000 active users.

friends and sold them back when they were worth considerably more.

He also created a website that had people fill out surveys, which the survey company would pay Oblouk back for each survey people completed.

His website creation has been successful enough to move out of his house and pay for school without ever having a “real” job.

Mach said the only job Oblouk would consider is a programing job at Google, that’s why he is more motivated to make money off these sites.

“He never wants a job, a real job, besides this,” Mach said.

“He for sure is the entrepreneur out of the two of us.”

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Austin Oblouk, a computer science major, co-created the hit online game Dr. Meth inspired by Breaking Bad.

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Mercedes Zazueta, 22, a sociology major, said that she was able to cope with her breakup by focusing on school, work and her family and friends.

“Most girls get a song, I got a movie,” Kendall Unbehand said of a short film she influenced.

Unbehand, a 20-year-old radio-TV-film major, is the inspiration for the short film, Ten Thousand Hours.

Written and directed by Joe Sill, Ten Thousand Hours is influenced by aspects of the personal relationship shared between Unbehand and Sill, it follows a young male architect who takes a fall when his attachment to a building design spirals him into a state of obsession.

Ending a relationship is often not an easy event in one’s life. Advice in retaliation to breakups have a common theme. Going out with friends or signing up for a gym pass are constructive ways an individual can overcome the hardship of losing a romantic partner.

During a break in an amorous relationship, some would suggest that added empowerment of independence is an essential facet in recovery.

Removing all reminders of the previous relationship is a routine activity for many individuals.

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Unbehand’s relationship saw its close two years ago after the couple recognized they were no longer priorities in each other’s lives.

“He put me on the backburner, and after that happened, I did the same,” Unbehand said.

A year after the relationship failed, Unbehand discovered Sill had released his senior thesis film. The 21-minute short closely follows the relationship they had developed, and highlighted the story of a man forced to choose between his career and love life.

“I was pretty pissed off he was digging up old feelings and displaying them for his entire graduating class, his friends and family to see,” Unbehand said.

Although the intimate exposure was a harsh blow, Unbehand does not regret the relationship she developed with the director and writer.

“Every relationship you learn more about yourself, the other person, their needs, your needs,” Unbehand said. “That way it’s a growing process so when the next guy comes around, you know what will work in a relationship and what will not.”

After the film’s release, Unbehand made a pledge to her best friend, and herself, to thrive at least six months being single.

“No boys, no crushes, no dates, nothing,” she said.

Instead, Unbehand focused the time she had on the betterment of her personal life.

The summer following her breakup, Unbehand was spent time at a nature center where she worked. In addition to the hikes she took part in at work, Unbehand also spent time exploring an additional average of three times a week.

“I made a point of becoming extremely independent and gained more confidence in myself,” she said.

Mercedes Zazueta, a 22-year-old sociology major, practiced similar methods after her intermittent relationship of three years came to an end.

Keeping herself preoccupied as a full-time student and also working 40 hours a week at her job, Zazueta made time with her family and friends who supported and kept her distracted in the months following the split.

DYLAN LUJANO / Daily Titan “It took me a long time to feel normal again without her,” Zazueta said. “Sleeping alone was sometimes the hardest because I was so used to her and falling asleep on her shoulder.”

Zazueta still struggles with the dissolved relationship between her and her ex-girlfriend.

“She was someone I pictured marrying, having kids with and even dying next to,” Zazueta said.

Everyone mourns differently. Some people lash out, become depressed, or completely deny the relationship is really over.

One of the worst kinds of self-deprecating behavior after a breakup is a concept known as the “double bad” tendency. You experience a negative emotion and then make yourself feel worse for experiencing it.

Considering reasons why the relationship didn’t work is often one of the most painful parts during the aftermath of a breakup.

Guilt, pain and low self-esteem are typical effects a relationship may have on any individual.

Although this segment of recovery tends to take an indicative toll, it is an influential component in self-growth and understanding.

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Sophomore guard Hailey King blows by two Torero defenders on her way to the basket in the 65-42 loss.

San Diego gradually extended their lead from there, and the Titans could not overcome the Toreros’ paint presence and barrage from downtown. However, CSUF was able to hold the Toreros to only 23 points in the second half.

After falling behind by 21 in the first half, the Titans came out with newfound energy and defensive intensity in the second half. Still, because of turnovers, they were never able to get closer than 18 points with 12 minutes remaining in the game.

The Titans showed some life when senior guard Alex Thomas got fouled during a layup on a fast break. Junior guard Chante Miles, who leads the Big West Conference in assists, set Thomas up for her opportunity.

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Park said he believed his team really took his halftime message to heart, and it showed right from the start.

“You got to draw a line in the sand at some point, and you got to say we are going to fight for this and believe this to be true and right, and it seemed like we started the second half a little bit more intent on doing that,” Park said.

Junior forward Kathleen Iwuoha led the team with 11 points off the bench, coming through when the team needed points the most.

Miles finished with 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting, including her sole three-point attempt. Freshman guard Samantha Logan also had a solid game, narrowly missing out on her third consecutive double-double, finishing with eight points and eight rebounds.

The Titans have a challenge ahead Sunday. They will face the

No. 20 team in the nation, Iowa State.

“Iowa State is better at every position, they are ranked in the top 20 in the country, they are going to play in front of 8,000 fans; it is not realistic to say we can match up with them at any position,” Park said. “But with that being said, I love these opportunities and we’re going to move heaven and earth to show those kids ways that we can at least try to be successful, and it’s going to help us build for the future.”

CSUF has a full season ahead of them, and even though they are not off to their ideal start, the coaching staff believes they have a good team that will continue to get better.

“We are implementing a standard here and we will continue to persevere and learn from this and move on,” Park said.

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