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LOCAL | Disaster preparedness

FEMA spreads awareness of latent disasters

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Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez visited CSUF’s Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana last week to see the artwork CSUF students have produced.

Loretta Sanchez moves on

Congresswoman Sanchez is expected to represent another district, 46, due to strict redistricting laws NEREIDA MORENO Daily Titan

After serving eight terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez will no longer serve California’s 47th district, which encompassed Cal State Fullerton.

Redistricting has forced incumbent Ed Royce to run in the newly-created 39th Congressional district, which, as of November, includes most of Fullerton, including CSUF. A former Republican, Sanchez made history in 1996 when she won the 46th District race against six-term Republican Robert Dornan. Running as a moderate Democrat, she was the first Latina ever to be elected to Congress from the historically Republicanleaning Orange County. In a 1998 rematch, she easily defeated Dornan and has not faced serious opposition since.

“(Sanchez) challenged (Dornan) and she was able to beat him,” said Matthew G. Jarvis, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science at CSUF. “Latinos really turned out to vote. By 2000, they made up 30 percent of the electorate,” he said.

A recognized leader on military issues and national security issues, Sanchez is the third highest ranking Democrat and the most senior female member on the Armed Services Committee.

On the Strategic Forces subcommittee, Sanchez oversees U.S. armed forces weapons, ballistic missile defense, space programs, and Department of Energy national security programs. She is also a senior member of the subcommittees on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi recently appointed Sanchez to the Board of Visitors of the United States

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Sanchez said she is a supporter of the widely-known CSUF art program.

Military Academy. This has made her the second highest ranked and most senior female member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, where she has served since the com-

mittee’s institution and has tackled both intelligence and counterterrorism issues.

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LOCAL | Transport center

FITNESS | Yoga benefits

Transportation hub to alleviate traffic

Bend, breathe, and balance to prevent breaking: Benefits of yoga

Anaheim City Council approves plans for massive transport center

Spiritual, mental, and physical value are what some people are looking for

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Yoga has been around for centuries, self-enlightenment being the ultimate goal. As with any form of exercise, yoga has the potential to benefit students greatly in both their health and studies.

“Yoga approaches the body in many different ways,” said Samantha Gallo, a Hatha yoga instructor at Cal State Fullerton. “In the physical body, we become that much more flexible.”

Gallo teaches the beginner and intermediate Hatha yoga courses at CSUF. “Hatha Yoga is a practice that balances out the duality in our systems,” Gallo said. “We do it through both a physical or forceful way where we’re cleansing the body with postures or with breath, or we can also relax the body with postures or breath.”

Practicing yoga not only benefits the body, but the mind as well.

“We also have the ability to just energize ourselves or to relax our minds,” she said. “Sometimes we have our bodies that are fatigued from a long

This September marks the ninth annual National Preparedness Month, sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The overall goal is to create awareness for citizens in the event of floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters, which are either natural or man-made.

Citizens are encouraged this month by FEMA to acknowledge ways to prevent incidents, prepare one’s house and family for disasters and to have a clear response time for dangerous situations.

FEMA’s goal is to not only educate citizens on the possibility of a disaster, but to also work toward having families ready for when a disaster happens instead of being caught in the middle of danger. “(FEMA) has done a lot of research and studies show that only 60 percent of Americans say that preparation for a natural or man-made disaster is very important to them,” said Mary Simms, spokeswoman for FEMA region nine.

“The number of people that actually say they have taken steps to be prepared is only 17 percent. So that’s why it’s so important to encourage emergency preparedness,” she said.

FEMA’s website details many different types of natural disasters, even secondary dangers such as fire hazards that could take place during or after a tornado and electrical hazards that can happen during a flood.

In Southern California, the hot topic for natural disasters is earthquakes.

The threat of a massive earthquake that could cause many deaths and vast amounts of property damage has been predicted by scientists for years. FEMA has made preparations in the event of an earthquake of extraordinary size.

“Basically, the Southern San Andreas fault has generated earthquakes of around seven or eight magnitude on average every 150 years,” Simms said.

“A portion of fault is something that we have looked at and the agency has catastrophic plans in place for the Southern California faults, for the San Francisco bay area, Hayward fault and also the Cascadia Zone fault in Northern California,” she said.

Simms said that the fault lines are based on scientific modeling and that the predictions of a big quake are actually overdue. He said they are currently working in conjunction with local, state and federal agents to ensure a response plan is in place.

In the event of a natural disaster, essential supplies are needed for survival as FEMA and other emergency response teams work toward assisting citizens.

Public Information Officer for the Menlo Park branch of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Susan Garcia, recommended that citizens have a supply of water and food available and to also secure heavy items that could fall or block a fire exit.

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Students practicing the high lunge, one of the more common and popular yoga poses.

day of work and we do certain poses that can help to basically make you that much stronger or make you that much more alert.”

For students who put in a full day of classes, yoga can be beneficial.

“They (students) would be able to have that much more of a focused attention on what they’re doing,” Gallo said. “Their bodies would feel that much better in terms of being able to sit in a chair all day.”

Gallo said hunching over the computer for an extended period can become taxing on the body. “(Yoga) can definitely help them with their school

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studies, that they don’t feel like that they’re basically hunched and crouched all the time,” she said.

The task of balancing academics with other responsibilities can be stressful for students and yoga can teach them to better deal with those tasks.

“It (yoga) also teaches them how to manage their stress that much better,” Gallo said.

“Maybe it’s through more mindful discipline, about studying and making sure that they do things with a certain amount of time so that they don’t procrastinate.”

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Anaheim City Council approved a $127 million contract to build a transportation hub in the area of southeast Anaheim on Katella Avenue and South Douglass Road.

The motion for the contract was approved Aug. 28, and was unanimous with Mayor Tom Tait abstaining from the vote due to his contacts with the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC).

According to the official website, the hub is to be built by Clark Construction Group and is meant to usher in the future of transportation for commuters and tourists while also creating jobs to stimulate the local economy as well as alleviate traffic on the 57 Freeway.

City Council member Lori Galloway voted in favor of the contract and has supported the ARTIC project on the grounds that ARTIC has been a plan for Anaheim for 10 years. Before

the vote was finalized, Galloway said that ARTIC would be an advantage for commuters and tourists.

“This is a dynamic, dynamic development that we’ve been working over 10 years for,” said Galloway. “It is of regional importance, not just for the city of Anaheim but to anyone who travels to and through. It will connect — it will provide deeper, stronger connectivity to and from this region.”

An estimated 5,000 individuals will be employed for the initial construction of the project. There will be potential for more jobs once the ARTIC center is completed.

City council member Gail E. Eastman said the amount of jobs that would be created would be a major benefit to local workers who have supported the ARTIC project since its inception.

“This is a project that (will) break ground at a really critical time when a lot of people are out of work,” Eastman said. “This will provide some with jobs to some of our trades-people who have spoken before (to the city council) multiple times and supported this project.”

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 TUESDAY

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Today marks the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks that rocked the United States on an average Tuesday morning. The memory and the sacrifices made by all to rebuild and repair the damage done are honored here.

At least 2,819 people died in the coordinated attacks. It is reported that an estimated 3,051 children lost at least one parent. In addition, about 1,609 people lost a spouse or partner in the attacks. It was reported that 422,000 New

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Yorkers suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of 9/11.

The Daily Titan wishes the families and all those affected well, and sincerely hope that in the 11 years since the attacks, healing and pride has been restored.

We remember.

DISASTER: Mistakes can lead to injury CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

“Water is very important to have on hand; you would always have water. You need to be prepared for at least three days… The things you can do before an earthquake happens is look for and identify the hazards in your home or work space and start to fix them,” Garcia said.

Experts say that the misconceptions of what should be done during an earthquake can also lead to injury.

While some are aware of how to protect one’s self during a disaster, others are unaware that panicking

and running into an open area is not always the best idea.

“At the very present, people need to understand what to do during an earthquake, not to try to run outside but to get under something sturdy like a desk or table and ride out the earthquake as opposed to run to safety,” said David Oglesby, Ph.D., professor of geophysics at the University of Riverside.

People are encouraged to Visitready.gov or Fema. gov for more information on National Preparedness Month or helpful advice on dealing with natural or man-made disasters.

Mixing black and white for the gold

Three local coffeehouses prepare to compete to be considered America’s best ERIC FARRELL Daily Titan

Three Southern California coffeehouses look to represent our region in the inaugural “America’s Best Coffeehouse Competition” at Coffee Fest Seattle later this month.

The three-day competition will be held Sept. 21-23 and will feature eight coffeehouses from the Western U.S., including Klatch Coffee from San Dimas, Tierra Mia Coffee Co. from Huntington Park, and Brew Coffee Bar from Santa Monica.

The competition will include coffeehouse teams of three employees, each filling roles such as barista, bar back and greeter/cashier.

“Initially, we were nominated and evaluated based on information they had asked about our company,” said Klatch Coffee owner Mike Perry. “Then they sent a secret shopper out to our store to check the quality of our drinks, the friendliness of the cashier and things like whether our windows and tables were clean…

Everything from ambience to quality to service.”

David Heilbrunn, the show manager for Coffee Fest and president of Lifestyle Events Inc., said there were 47 criteria that the secret shoppers graded the coffeehouses on. A popular vote was also held among the coffeehouses, where customers went online to show their support by voting on their favorite locations at the Coffee Fest website.

The coffeehouses were then narrowed down to the current eight semifinalists who are set to compete in Seattle later this month. According to a Coffee Fest press release, Klatch Coffee was ranked number one, with Tierra Mia Coffee Co. ranked third.

While Coffee Fest has been an annual trade show since 1998, the best coffeehouse competition is a

Ribbons mark suicide prevention Cal State Fullerton has placed turquoise ribbons all over campus this week to mark National Suicide Prevention Week.

According to the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at CSUF, almost 85 percent of CSUF students have reported feeling overwhelmed.

The office has connected feelings of being overwhelmed as an preliminary indicator of suicidal thoughts.

In addition, they have reported that suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students.

CAPS urges students that “the important thing to remember is that suicide is preventable!”

CAPS office is fully free and confidential. Their office is located in the Student Health and Counseling Center located on the north side of campus.

Students feeling overwhelmed are encouraged to contact CAPS at (657) 278-3040 or visit Fullerton.edu/shcc.

Brief by DAVID HOOD

Emergency drills to take place Cal State Fullerton is holding two emergency evacuation drills this week. The first of these drills occurred at 7:10 p.m. on Monday night, with another scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 10:10 a.m.

Students are encouraged to be aware of evacuation areas and building exits prior to the drill, but to otherwise continue normal activities. Once the evacuation alarm sounds or an announcement is made, students must follow standard evacuation procedures.

Said procedures include remembering to grab personal belongings and moving to the nearest available exit in a calm and orderly manner. Students are asked to move to designated evacuation zones at least 50 feet away from any buildings or structures–although a 150-foot buffer is advised in case of a real emergency.

It is important to note the Quad is not considered a safe evacuation area.

For further information on evacuation procedures, visit the Campus Evacuation Preparedness site at Prepare.fullerton.edu.

Brief by RICARDO GONZALEZ

South Korea sends aid north ELEONOR SEGURA / Daily Titan Holly Perry general store manager of Klatch Coffee in San Dimas, Calif., makes a latte. Klatch Coffee is among the three California coffeehouses competing for the America’s Best Coffeehouse trophy.

new addition that is unique from past events.

It’s a team competition that evaluates not just a barista, but an entire coffee operation, Heilbrunn said.

“We wanted to create something that we felt the coffee shop owners would embrace. This looks at the entire retail establishment,” he said.

Klatch Coffee already has a high pedigree in the coffee world. They won the “Roaster of the Year” award in 2009, given by Roast Magazine.

They also won the title of “World’s Best Espresso” as well at the World Barista Championship in Tokyo a few years ago, Perry said.

The winning coffeehouse will receive $2,500 plus the “America’s Best Coffeehouse Competition” trophy.

“We are very, very excited. Just to be in the top eight is a huge honor,” Perry said.

CEO Joy Park of Brew Coffee Bar in Santa Monica agreed.

“This is something that I think is really going to solidify us even more, and moving forward, we

hope to win,” Park said.

Park, whose coffee shop opened nine months ago, added that her baristas have even been coming in to work on their off-days in preparation of the event.

“I feel blessed because I have a group of people that naturally care and work hard, and they’re just really great to our customers. Without them, we would not be where we are right now,” she said.

Coffee Fest has held annual festivals since 1992, and retail trade shows since 1998. It has shows in Seattle, New York and Chicago. In addition to the trade show, Coffee Fest holds competitions for best latte art and, new to this year, the inaugural additions of both the “America’s Best Coffeehouse Competition” and the “America’s Best Espresso Competition.”

For more information on Klatch Coffee, visit Klatchroasting.com.

Tierra Mia Coffee Co. can be found at Tierramiacoffee.com. Brew Coffee Bar can be found at Brewcoffeebar.com.

All three have multiple locations.

Reclusive North Korea has agreed to take aid from South Korea in the wake of a devastating tropical cyclone, the South Korean government said Monday.

According to CNN, a North Korean state news agency reported that at least 48 people were killed and 21,000 were left homeless by cyclone Bolaven.

The United Nations World Food Programme called for emergency help. South Korea offered aid to North Korea through the Korean Red Cross last week, CNN reported.

Officially, the two countries are still at war and their relationship is still very rocky. South Korea stopped aiding the North after Yeongpyeong Island was shelled

by North artillery in November 2010, which killed two South Korean marines and two civilians.

Last year, the South offered the North instant noodles and biscuits, but was rejected when the North asked for rice and cement, according to Yonhap News Agency.

Brief by IAN WHEELER

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Sanchez is also a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group in the House of Representatives whose members identify themselves as moderate Democrats. Despite the Blue Dog’s different views on economic and social conservatism, they claim to promote positions within the House that bridge the gap between right-wing and leftwing politics.

The California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CCRC) revised the district lines in time for the June 2012 primaries in accordance with Proposition 20. The bill defines district lines to ensure effective and fair representation. By doing so, the communities in the districts would be grouped with people that share common social and economic interests.

The CCRS’s final report altered

District 47, which currently includes Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove and parts of Fullerton.

Royce is the current U.S. Representative for California’s 40th Congressional district, serving in Congress since 1993 as a member of the Republican Party. His current district covers northern Orange County, including portions of Stanton, Cypress, Buena Park, Fullerton, Anaheim, Placentia and Orange.

Royce will be running against Democratic challenger Jay Chen for District 39, which will include Fullerton, Placentia, Yorba Linda, Chino Hills, Diamond Bar and Rowland Heights.

Chen, an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and Harvard graduate, is the underdog in the upcoming election to Royce, who is a veteran in Congress.

Because CSUF falls within the 39th district, Chen said he wants to

ensure that college remains affordable by “making sure we bring down student loan interest rates.”

“It is unacceptable that we put a burden our future generations (and) work force with so much debt,” he said.

Royce could not be reached for comment at the time of this report.

Sanchez will be up for re-election in November, along with the rest of Congress. She is running against Jerry Hayden, a Republican from Garden Grove.

“What she’s gotten redistricted into looks pretty safe now too,” Jarvis said.

Jarvis said the fact that Sanchez was able to withstand the Republican waves of 2008 and 2010 is a good indication that she will do well in the upcoming election.

“Loretta Sanchez will be representing people in Congress for the foreseeable future,” he said.

Selling back made easy

Bookstore app allows students to quote prices to sell books back to the bookstore SIMA SARRAF Daily Titan

A new smartphone app, launched June 26, has the ability to quote the buyback cost for textbooks in real time.

With the app, students can scan the barcode on a book using a smartphone’s camera or manually enter the book’s ISBN number to generate the buyback price. The app generates the price, but the textbook must still be physically taken to the bookstore for the actual transaction.

Chris Sinkinson, creator and developer of the app, said he knows too well how frustrating the buyback process of textbooks can be.

“I worked with the local Campus Bookstore at Queens University to develop the smartphone app that allowed students to scan the book barcodes and get an instant buyback price,” Sinkinson said. “The app was an instant hit!”

Sinkinson founded Bookstore 2.0, the company that developed the app. Originally created for his own university, it has grown and is now being used at 37 schools in the United States and Canada, including Cal State Fullerton.

Kimberly Ball, Titan Shops director, worked with Sinkinson to customize the app specifically for CSUF. She believes the app will help simplify the buyback process that all students go through.

“It will save students time by looking up prices before coming to Titan Shops so they know what books they may want to sell back based on prices offered,” Ball said.

Ball even explained that if there were to be a mistake with the buyback quote, then the bookstore would honor the higher price for students.

“The app is linked up to the database we use to purchase books, so the prices quoted on the app should match the prices offered in the store,” Ball said. “Should there be a discrepancy, we would honor whatever sell price is higher.”

Bookstore 2.0 released the original version of the app April 2011, but the CSUF version did not come out un-

A screenshot shows the main page of the app.

til two months later. As a result, user feedback during peak buyback season during finals week was missed.

CSUF senior Timmy Tilleman said the idea sounds wonderful and could understand the frustration that many students feel after waiting in line and not having books that are worth anything anymore.

“It’s the worst feeling ever,” Tilleman said. “Not getting a reasonable return is bad, but not getting anything back for a book is a hard pill to swallow,” Tilleman said it would be even more helpful if the app had a feature that could let students know what textbooks were in stock at the bookstore.

Sinkinson said that the app has only begun in its development.

“The initial app has only scratched the surface of how bookstores can add value for students. We will be working with our bookstore partners, including Titan Shops, on the next generation of the app over the coming months,” Sinkinson said.

Courtesy of ARTICinfo.com Concept art shows what the ARTIC transportation hub will look like when completed in 2014.

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Once completed, the center is expected to serve an estimated 10,330 people daily with Metrolink, OCTA and local buses, taxis and several other alternative transit modes.

The ARTIC is meant to benefit Anaheim by supporting the growth of tourism as well as creating a fast and efficient modes of transportation for local and non local commuters.

“It’s designed as a regional transportation hub,” said Anaheim public information officer Ruth Ruiz. “So you’ll get the number of commuters that would use the station, that currently use public transportation, that will be able to utilize the station ARTIC once it is built and the numbers are quite large. It shows that there’s a need for a transportation station such as ARTIC,” she said.

The center is also meant to offer Anaheim citizens a reliable mode of transportation to lessen the amount of cars on the road. “(ARTIC is) working toward sustainability and getting vehicles off the road,” said Anaheim public works director Natalie Meeks. “So, to the extent that this project can increase transit ridership and take those vehicles off the road and have a positive impact on our air quality.”

The design plans for ARTIC have also been certified

ARTIC Hub Contract in Anaheim

$127 million Contract to build the ARTIC Hub.

10,330

People expected to use the Hub daily.

5,000

People employed for the project.

50%

Estimated reduction in energy consumption.

as LEED Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council, an example of the highest form of environmentally safe structures.

“To that end, transit is a sustainable effort the building is designed to be LEED Platinum certified, that’s the highest level of sustainability for the building itself,” Meeks said.

LEED Platinum objectives include lowering carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse gases.

ARTICinfo.com outlines the numerous goals such as using reclaimed water systems and drought-tolerant materials and reducing energy consumption up to 50 percent by building with new and innovative materials.

The ARTIC station will have a groundbreaking this September and is expected to open sometime in 2014.

Trading spots with a buddy Site launched by CSUF alumnus aims to stop students’ parking pains IRMA WONG Daily Titan

Getting to class on time can be difficult when all parking space availability signs read “FULL.” Students at Cal State Fullerton have long shared the feeling of frustration when it comes to finding a parking spot.

CSUF alumnus Dhaval Bhatt, 23, has made great efforts since last semester to help solve this problem by launching a website called MyParkingBuddy.com.

My Parking Buddy links students together by matching their schedules and allowing them to share contact information to meet and trade off parking spots.

The site is said to help save both the amount of time and gas it would take if they were to drive around looking for a parking space.

Inspiration for My Parking Buddy came from Bhatt’s personal parking experiences. Bhatt had his own parking buddy two years ago and thought it would be a useful idea for other students.

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CSUF alumnus Dhaval Bhatt, 23, creator of MyParkingBuddy.com.

“Being parking buddies with Dhaval was definitely successful,” said Bhatt’s parking buddy, Tanya Sanchez, 20, a kinesiology major.

“My class would end at 11:15 a.m. and I would leave around 11:20 a.m.

He arrived at that time since his class was at 11:30 a.m. and it worked out perfectly fine.”

Bhatt hopes that his newly revamped website can be a great resource for student commuters to use daily.

Initially Bhatt managed his website with a manual database. Over the summer, he was able to make his site more efficient.

The site now runs on an algorithm, which makes the parking buddy selection 10 times faster than the manual system he previously used.

Communication and security improvements have also been made.

Bhatt had an internal message center installed that will allow students to send and receive messages from their parking buddy.

Users must also pass security requirements to ensure safety.

“Users can select a male, female, or random buddy based on their comfort or security level,” Bhatt said.

It took Bhatt about nine months to get the site up and running with the help of three of his friends and his cousin, an experienced programmer.

Bhatt thinks all CSUF commuters should use his site.

“Everyone should be open to trying new things, especially one that maximizes your happiness and creates efficiency,” he said.

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Should illegal immigrants be able to get driver’s licenses?

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 TUESDAY

Courtesy of MCT

Demonstrators at Department of Motor Vehicles in Seaside, California, hold up signs protesting the repeal of a law that would have allowed undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses.

Licenses will make our roads safer and increase accountability

Granting licenses only encourages illegal immigration

PRO: ERIC FARRELL

CON: BEVI EDLUND

Unlicensed drivers are uninsured drivers. They’re also unsafe drivers. Giving illegal immigrants the chance to earn their driver’s license can increase road safety, cut down on the number of hit-and-runs, and allow a higher degree of accountability to these previously illegal drivers.

A study called “Unlicensed to Kill” by the AAA Foundation originally found that between 1993 and 1997, one in five fatal car crashes involved an unlicensed or improperly licensed driver.

The study was updated in 2003 and again in 2008. According to the study, between 2001 and 2005 an average of 8,030 drivers who were definitely or possibly driving with an invalid license or no license were involved in 7,679 fatal crashes, or 19.9 percent of all fatal crashes. This resulted in the deaths of 8,801 people.

That’s 20.5 percent of all deaths occurring in motor vehicle traffic crashes.

Unlicensed drivers also have a high hit-and-run chance as well.

The same study stated that 41.1 percent of all hit-and-run drivers were driving illegally.

When it comes to road safety in

relation to this proposed bill, it all comes down to a numbers game: Those who drive without licenses are more prone to getting into accidents, and our sizeable population of illegal citizens are assumed to represent a percentage of those unlicensed drivers.

Simply put, licensing drivers puts them through a number of tests that determine whether they can safely operate a vehicle.

Granted, the above statistics from the “Unlicensed to Kill” study did not make any sort of connection between the number of fatal crashes involving drivers without licensing and their inability to operate a car. The correlation, simply by sheer numbers, has to be there: Both the Pew Hispanic Center and the Department of Homeland Security estimated that about 2.5 million illegal immigrants lived in California in 2009.

It’s safe to assume that a large portion of those illegal immigrants are operating vehicles without a license. A 2010 New York Times article reported that 200,000 illegal immigrants in Georgia are driving to work daily. The statistics from

the Department of Homeland Security indicate that California has five times the illegal immigrants than Georgia does.

According to the DMV website, you cannot drive legally without car insurance in California. Thus, if an illegal immigrant obtains their driver’s license lawfully, they will have no choice but to either obtain car insurance or continue to drive unlawfully. Either way, their accountability is increased from being a registered driver in the DMV’s system.

This new bill won’t simply allow anyone to cross our borders and instantly apply for a driver’s license, either. The DHS would “defer immigration enforcement actions against immigrants here illegally for two years if they could establish that they came to the U.S. before age 16, have lived here at least five years, are in school or have graduated from high school,” according to an Aug. 31 article in the Orange County Register.

In other words, these are the very same people that we are already sharing the streets with. We should want them to have the same driver’s training that we have.

A California bill that currently awaits approval from Gov. Jerry Brown, AB-2189, will grant some undocumented immigrants, including young adults, a chance to obtain a driver’s license.

This means some 400,000 people living in California who qualify for federal deferred-action status will become eligible for this opportunity.

Yet by definition they are still considered illegal immigrants.

If someone is illegally in the United States they should not have the right to obtain a driver’s license. Illegal immigrants should not get the same benefits as those here legally.

Having a Social Security number or the right documents is a privilege, as is obtaining a driver’s license.

It should not be considered a right.

It seems strange that America, which is such a law-driven country, is turning a blind eye by granting undocumented immigrants the right to have a driver’s license.

Proponents of the bill will say allowing undocumented immigrants to drive will make roads safer; immigrants can legally take a driver’s test, have insurance, etc.

But there are many undocumented immigrants that cannot fluently speak or read English. Having someone on the road who cannot read road signs or communicate with other drivers is just as dangerous.

There are also undocumented immigrants who are college students struggling to find ways to get to school. According to an Orange County Register article on Aug. 31, these students say it can take hours to get to school, and if they could legally drive it would be much easier.

It is unfortunate that illegal immigrants are taking the burden their parents created by bringing them here illegally. However, struggling to get to school or anywhere else they need to be should be more of an incentive to become documented.

If these students want a driver’s license, it should make them want to work harder to become legal citizens.

It’s understood that immigrants are trying to better their lives, but by allowing those who are undocumented to drive there will be more

wear and tear on the roads. This will cost taxpayers more money, which illegal immigrants aren’t paying into.

Allowing illegal immigrants to obtain a driver’s license is an award for illegal behavior. The state and country are already overpopulated.

MSNBC reported that, as of early 2010, California has the highest number of undocumented immigrants in the country at about 2.6 million.

Allowing some undocumented immigrants to get a driver’s license just makes California more appealing for illegal immigrants. It seems as though California is making it easier for illegal immigrants to stay in this country.

When it comes to allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses it is just a bad idea.

In a sense it’s almost like the saying, “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?”

Instead, in this circumstance it’s “why get legal citizenship if you can get driver’s licenses from the government?”

It is not a question we should be asking.

Student debt becomes an ever-growing concern

Government subsidies actually drive up college prices and student debts DANIEL BARBEAU For the Daily Titan

The facts and statistics are dire.

The average undergraduate from the class of 2010 holds almost $25,000 in student debt while the average member of the class of 1990 graduated with about $5,000 in debt. Student loan debt recently ballooned Americans’ credit card and auto debt to a collective $1 trillion dollars. University president salaries are rising and tuition is skyrocketing, not to mention those exorbitant parking fees.

For the 2001-02 school year, annual CSU undergraduate tuition was $1,428, while for 2011-12 that same tuition was $5,472. That amounts to a 283 percent increase in ten years with another 9 percent increase starting in fall of 2012.

Nearly every year during the last decade has seen tuition increased by a minimum of ten percent.

Explanations outlined by the CSU stress reductions in state funding, which is undeniable, despite total state expenditures rising from $103 billion in 2001-02 to $129 billion in 2011-12.

So besides an obvious misallocation of resources by the state government what else can explain rising tuition rates?

Has the state reduced CSU operating subsidies by 283 percent over the last ten years, forcing a tuition

increase by an equal amount?

Short answer: No. In fact, the state has reduced subsidies to the CSU by 18 percent, while system-wide full time enrollment increased by about 5 percent, according to the CSU. However, by multiplying the undergraduate tuition and enrollment rates together and then adding in state funding, the CSU pulled in around $3.06 billion in 2001. Ten years later that number increased to $3.96 billion.

Apparently what the CSU has lost in state funding during the last decade has been made up almost three times over in undergraduate tuition. Even when there were steady increases in the system’s state subsidies from the 2004-2008 school years, tuition still rose annually anywhere from 8 percent to 14 percent in all but one year.

So what is truly propelling this surge in cost for college if state budget cuts are only partly to blame?

Despite vehement denials, higher education is not immune from the laws of supply and demand.

Much like how dirt cheap credit from federally-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rocketed housing prices to prerecession stratospheric levels, government subsidized Stafford loans also help drive college prices sky high. When the government artificially inflates demand through easy credit, colleges naturally react by raising prices.

Of course college administrators do not realize they are reacting to

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market forces. Typically, products’ prices fall while quality increases through market driven competition for customers. However, when the government massively manipulates the market, the results become inverted.

Undoubtedly there will soon be calls for state or federal legislators to freeze tuition hikes, which in another economic context would be known as price controls. This will inevitably lead to government induced rationing and shortages as colleges respond to tuition freezes

What the CSU has lost in state funding... has been made up almost three times over. by lowering enrollments in order to stay solvent, since each student will become a net drain on resources.

Analogous situations occur in Third World countries when egocentric dictators unleash their own economic wisdom, resulting in unstoppable inflation, price controls, and barren grocery stores.

While popular, recent congressional action to continue subsidizing student loans at 3.4 percent from a previous 6.8 percent will only exacerbate the problem of rising tuition. Making credit even easier will only encourage more students to take on more debt which will allow administrators to raise tuition further, which will force more students to take on even more low interest debt, a vicious cycle that only makes a college degree ever more unaffordable.

Once again our altruistic elected representatives have hurt those very people who they set out to help.

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Titan interns succeed at the national level

Scholars embody excellence

The program offers students an opportunity to work for 10 weeks at various political organizations

Selected students are provided with necessary tools to thrive academically

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The aspiring nurse, the enduring athlete, the math whiz, the theatre arts aficionado and the musical genius all have something in common: They comprise a diverse group with excellence in academics and community service as part of the President’s Scholars Program.

Students, strictly incoming freshmen and military veterans who are transfer students, are the foundation of the program.

Established in 1979, the President’s Scholars Program is the oldest scholar program in the CSU, founded by President Don Shields.

Shields had an interest in interacting with students and helping them pave the way to become leaders of the school and their community by establishing relationships and adhering to the principle of giving back.

The program provides a scholarship for incoming freshman students, which includes full tuition and fees, a book stipend, a laptop computer for each scholar’s personal use throughout the duration of the program, priority registration, complimentary parking permits, as well as other opportunities.

As a requirement, each individual in the program must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5 and above.

To make sure this academic requirement is met, students meet on a weekly basis, attend academic advising and are offered tutoring and mentorship.

Their director of three years, Deanna Merino-Contino, is thrilled to be a part of this program.

Contino said the true benefit of the program lies within the students who take it upon themselves to create an experience beyond the classroom studies.

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Courtesy of Matt Gush The President’s Scholars Program assists individuals with the common goal of making a difference in their community by creating a pathway to success.

“The benefits are the opportunity to really take advantage of your college experience, to get connected with faculty and meet the leadership on campus,” MerinoContino said.

The President’s Scholars Program is funded by donations.

“People who really believe in the program donate, as well as alumni, and our faculty and staff,” Merino-Contino said.

Each year hundreds of incoming freshman submit their applications in a highly competitive application process which begins in October and ends the second week of January.

Applicants must have a minimum of a 3.75 GPA, above average Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores and demonstrate contributions to community service in high school.

The candidates are selected for review based on their high school academics, extracurricular involvement and communication skills, by a 20-member committee. The highest ranked are then reviewed and interviewed.

Final acceptance is based on three components: the President’s Scholars application index, application evaluation and personal interview.

Each year the amount of students that are accepted into the program varies.

The dependability on donations to fund the program determines the budget and also how many students they can take.

“We have a current number of 66 students in the program and we were able to bring in 17 (students) this year; 14 fresh-

men and 3 transfer veterans,” Contino said.

Kaylin Deeth, 18, freshman kinesiology major, admires the help and friendship the President’s Scholar Program has offered her.

“I have two mentors who are older students and they help me greatly. Most importantly, I’ve made friends and I’m not alone,” Deeth said. “Our freshman class is really unique because we have been hanging out more than any of the other classes before us. We’ve actually gone to dinners and planned out stuff every week and we love hanging out.”

Not only does the program encourage their scholars to be academically involved but also encourages them to be involved in other clubs and organizations to expand their college experience.

Freshman business major Chris Harraka is one of many in the scholars program that is actively involved in other clubs on campus.

“I’m currently involved in the American Marketing Association, the Business Honors Program, the University Honors Program, the Business Honors Society and I’m currently rushing for the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity,” Harraka said.

President and four-year veteran of the President’s Scholars Program Reina Acosta said her role as president of the program is rewarding.

“It is what you make it. If you don’t participate and you don’t come to things and don’t try it’ll just be money to you,” Acosta said. “You’re only hurting yourself by not getting involved. The program is rich in opportunities.”

The D.C. Internship Program at Cal State Fullerton prepares students of various majors to enter the workforce with a competitive edge and vital connections within their chosen fields.

“The goal of the program is to provide interesting educational and career building opportunities for as many CSU students as possible,” said Stephen Stambough, Ph.D., director of the program and a graduate advisor in political science for CSUF. “It is best suited for those who want to pursue interests in any area of policy, history, culture and obviously politics in a great politically and culturally diverse city,” Stambough said.

Stambough founded the program in the summer of 2006 with the hope of helping students broaden their scope.

“I realized that many students were unnecessarily limiting their options and I wanted to help set up a program that would expand their horizons and enhance their futures,” Stambough said.

His goals appeared to have taken off, as those that helped lead and enroll in the program can attest.

“Dr. Stambough is a hard working individual who genuinely cares for the success of his students,” said Eduardo Calderon, 23, president of the DC Student Club and a graduate student in the CSUF Master of Public Administration program for urban management. “Under his leadership, the program has grown to include many more students than the first class and has even made it available to students from other CSU campuses.”

The DC Student Club website states that the program is meant to connect former D.C. interns with prospective ones. It also prepares the latter to start their internship experience on the right foot.

“The club is designed to assist students in networking with other individuals in order to better facilitate their transition from (Orange County) to D.C.,” Calderon said. “The club also assists members in acquiring internships, alternative living arrangements and overall helps potential interns learn about life in D.C. before they arrive there.”

Amy Largarticha, 23, a higher education M.S.

graduate student, was a part of the DC Internship program in the summer of 2011. She did internships in Washington D.C. for both the National Organization for Women and Out for Work.

Out for Work is an organization that provides career resources and opportunities to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students nationwide. The National Organization for Women is the largest collection of feminist activists in the United States.

“I found out about the D.C. Internships Program through the College of Humanities and Social Sciences website,” Largarticha said. “I applied for the program and was accepted in February of 2011. Securing an internship–or two, in my case– was a tedious process. However, Dr. Stambough ... was a great resource for me in my search for an internship site.”

Largarticha’s said her worries when leaving for her trip were simple and practical.

“Before leaving for D.C., I was really worried about bringing the right type of clothes for work.

D.C. Scholars alumni will tell you that California standards for ‘business casual’ are very different from D.C. standards of ‘business casual.’ Having said that, the humidity doesn’t pair well with slacks and a blazer,” Largarticha said.

Her return home roughly ten weeks later brought on introspection as well as longing for the California sand to nestle between her toes once again.

“I returned home with a better understanding of myself as a working professional,” Largarticha said. “Participating in the D.C. Scholars Program allowed me to get a 10-week taste of what it is like to work alongside important figures that influence policy and advocate for underrepresented populations.”

Students like Largarticha and Calderon are a fitting legacy of the program, and Stambough said he could not be prouder of the direction it has taken.

“I see the success every time I visit former students who now work in D.C. and who are so appreciative of what the program provided them that they give back in time, mentoring and even money to help our current and future students,” Stambough said.

Students interested in the D.C. Internship Program can visit Dcinterns.fullerton.edu for more details.

Program sends students abroad The study abroad office offers the opportunity for international experiences JONATHAN WINSLOW Daily Titan

Imagine, for a moment, having the opportunity to stay in a country that you have always wanted to visit. You can explore a rich culture, scope out famous landmarks, and enjoy fine cuisine every day, all for an entire year.

This is not a picture out of a dream vacation, but a snapshot of an international study program. Cal State Fullerton, like many other campuses, offers a wide variety of study abroad programs. These programs allow students a chance to sate their wanderlust while still furthering their education.

Two such students are Courtney Ellis, 21, and her sister Samantha, 19. The Ellis sisters are both kinesiology majors, and want a chance to study sports in an area where they are more appreciated.

“Since I’m studying sports, I want to go somewhere where sports are huge,” Courtney said.

The Ellis sisters also said that they want to be able to experience a different culture as they learn. They expressed interest in the fact that exams in Germany serve mainly to assure that students have a grasp on the material after it has all been presented, rather than constantly gauging their comprehension as new material is brought up.

“There’s so many options out there that students can find what they’re looking for.”

KATHRYN MORRISSEY Study abroad adviser The study abroad office at CSUF helps hundreds of students just like the Ellis sisters every year.

“I think I’ve helped approximately 1500-1700 students,” said Kathryn Morrissey, study abroad adviser.

Morrissey said that the number of students making use of the study abroad program has risen in recent years, despite economic constraints.

The Fullerton program offers 24 destinations for students, although if they wish, they are free to opt for another country that is not offered as part of the actual program. The only real limitations are countries with travel warnings, in which case approval may need to be gained before the student is given a green light.

The most popular locations for students in the program include Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, and France.

Recently, Asian countries, such as Korea, have become popular.

Though students should enjoy their time in another country, they should remember that they’re there to learn, not just to go on vacation.

“Just like here, we don’t necessarily keep track of students,” Morrissey said.

Having said this, Morrissey did point out that letter grades transfer back home, so a failed class while abroad is equivalent to a failed class at CSUF.

Study abroad programs at CSUF do not just serve as a medium for outgoing students, they also manage incoming students visiting from other countries.

One such student is Abdullah Alenazi, 20, who is here from Saudi Arabia working towards his engineering degree.

“If you have a certificate from here, it’s different than our country,” Alenazi said, noting that in Saudi Arabia, having a U.S. degree is something of a big deal.

The CSUF study abroad office assists students like Alenazi by helping them with registration and immigration, often a complicated process, as well as by helping them find housing.

Study abroad programs allow students to see the world while still making progress towards their degree.

“There’s so many options out there that students can find what they’re looking for,” Morrissey said.

Whether students have a hunger for Italian cuisine and a passion for engineering, or a taste for French culture and an interest in the arts, the study abroad program offers students a unique medium to follow their education through.

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Participants can work up a sweat with a non-impact cardio workout kmown as Titan Cycle. The SRC offers a wide range of fitness classes.

SRC offering free drop-in classes Fitness classes offered at Student Recreation Center Monday through Friday RAYMOND MENDOZA Daily Titan

If working out alone seems too intimidating and a friendly environment is vital in an exercise regimen, the drop-in fitness classes at the Cal State Fullerton Student Recreation Center are a welcoming environment for all Titans.

The drop-in fitness classes are free to members of the SRC and are available Monday through Sunday.

The fitness segments last an hour and offer a wide array of classes with various difficulties. All courses are lead by instructors to encourage maximum participation and a healthy workout, while also creating a welcoming setting for members.

Alain Bourgault, group exercise and rock wall coordinator, coordinates the schedule for the drop-in fitness classes and is also a yoga instructor for the SRC. Bourgault has noticed a good amount of participation in the drop-in classes, especially from the flow yoga and Zumba classes.

Bourgault has been working for CSUF for the past five years and is one of two instructors for the yoga drop-in classes. In addition to working for the SRC, Bourgault is also a Cal State Fullerton alumnus, receiving his undergraduate and graduate degrees in 2000 and 2005 respectively.

“I think the most popular classes tend to be the yoga and Zumba classes, hands down.” Bourgault said. “The spin classes are pretty popular too even though we don’t have them in the most popular time slots. The program has done really well and it’s a great service and tool for people that want to get into shape and have support.

I think the drop-in fitness classes generally tend to be a chance for people to have social interaction and camaraderie as they are exer-

cising their guts, butts and thighs.”

April Park, 21, child and adolescent development major, started taking drop-in fitness classes during the spring 2012 semester and is also currently taking Zumba, cardio kickboxing and a cycling class.

“I started taking the classes last semester, Zumba and kickboxing, and it was really good,” Park said. “I liked both the classes and I dropped 30 pounds because of the classes so it was really good. Since there are more people doing it; it’s kind of more motivating. I can’t work out by myself because it gets boring.”

Student feedback is not completely positive however. Amy Adams, 21, a pre-medical student, said that the instructors in some of the drop-in classes are not loud or encouraging enough.

“The instructor could speak more in the cycle class... the teacher wasn’t really talking,” Adams said. “Speaking up, being louder and explaining more about what’s going on and more motivation is good for the class dynamic.”

Cardio-kickboxing instructor Nam Xiong is starting her first semester at the SRC drop-in classes and has noticed a large number of students in her classes. Xiong is aware of the importance that a steady workout regimen can mean for a person, especially when it comes to a healthier lifestyle, stress relief and better sleeping patterns.

“Every session is a full class, the students are very dedicated and they stayed the whole class,” Xiong said. “As the semester gets busy, it’s very important that they exercise of a regular basis because it relieves stress... when they actually incorporate exercise into their daily program it will motivate them to eat healthy, to sleep well, try to do healthy stuff and it’s going to help them in the long run.”

The SRC has over 40 hours of drop-in classes available each week and 11 different classes to choose from, ranging from pilates to cardio kickboxing.

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A 15-page term paper on the human heart is due tomorrow, and you’ve spent a weekend of partying and procrastinating on this assignment. It’s fine because you do your best work under pressure, and you’re confident that you can conquer this beast by the morning. But first you need to satisfy your appetite. Make a stop at the McDonald’s drive-thru for a 20-piece because Subway is out of the way. Welcome to the life of a college student.

Living a healthy lifestyle can be a challenge for students and faculty especially when there are exams, papers, presentations and homework to worry about. Making the right choices for your body may not be as important when you are trying to excercise your mind.

Introducing Tuesday Titan Fitness, a new section of The Daily Titan that aims to bring attention to the mind, body, and soul of individuals in the Cal State Fullerton community. In this section, new diet and workout programs will be explored, fitness stories will be shared, and health tips will be given--all for the sole purpose of informing and encouraging the CSUF masses to look at (and hopefully take control of ) their own health and fitness.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 35.7 percent of U.S. adults are obese, one of the highest rates in the world. Though California has a much lower prevalence with a self-reported obesity rate of 23.8 percent, it is still important

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to understand the importance of living a healthy life.

The Titan Fitness section will aim to promote health on campus by touching on various subjects such as trendy diet or workout plans, personal stories on achieving health and fitness and investigating the various avenues people take in order to attain their fitness goal.

One of the more exciting contributions to this section will come from student Irma Wong who will be taking on the P90X system. P90X is a 90 day fitness system that

promises ripped muscles for “three easy payments of $39.95.” The world is obviously buying into the system as P90X has sold $420 million worth of DVDs since 2005.

Wong will brave the system throughout the semester and write a weekly log on her progress, hurdles she has to overcome, and assessment of the system.

So Titans, here’s to hoping for a more informed today and a healthier tomorrow.

JUSTIN ENRIQUEZ Daily Titan Sports Editor

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Saldiam Barillas, 22, a kinesiology major, has taken yoga for years. He initially joined for the physical benefits, but has grown to understand and appreciate the mental rewards as well.

“Every single aspect of yoga for me has already deepened my emotion, spiritual and mental ties together,” Barillas said. “To me it’s still growing, it’s still getting better, so I make it an effort to at least practice four times a week.”

Students who are new to yoga are already seeing the benefits after the first two weeks of the course.

“I played sports growing up, so I never really achieved the flexibility I always wanted, and I was told that this (yoga) is where I could find it,” said Humberto Gutierrez, 20, a kinesiology major. “Now that I’m here, I do see the benefits.”

Other students are returning to yoga after a long hiatus.

“I took (yoga) about almost ten years ago, and I really enjoyed the flexibility, the strength and the fitness it gave me when I first started working out,” said Meagan Senkbeil, 31, a communication disorder major.

She said the added oxygen makes her feel more calm.

“Yoga is a holistic practice,” said Patrick Freeman, another Hatha yoga instructor at CSUF. “It also has benefits on the emotions and the mind.”

Freeman said practicing yoga has proved to yield health benefits.

“Students who’ve had trouble sleeping, have been able to sleep better, anxiety has been lessened,” Freeman said. “Some students are able to get off medication that they’ve been on prescribed by their doctors for anxiety because they’ve learned how to handle that through doing yoga and calm their anxiety in that way.”

Stress can be a student’s worst enemy, and Freeman believes yoga can be a great way to manage that.

“Meditation is helping focus the mind and relieve stress and also connect you with a higher sense of self,” Freeman said.

Freeman also said breathing is a very important aspect of the practice.

The proper way to breathe, called belly breathing, gives people more energy and focus, as well as alleviates stress and negative emotions.

“Students who’ve had trouble sleeping, have been able to sleep better...”

PATRICK FREEMAN Yoga instructor “This is such a fast-paced society, students are under such pressures, many of them work as well as go to school, they’re under a heavy academic load, there’s financial pressures in our society today,” Freeman said. “The yoga, especially the meditation part, can help balance that out.”

Freeman encourages more students to give yoga a chance.

“Everyone can do yoga,” he said.

“Don’t feel that you have to be real flexible to do yoga, or you have to have this ideal body type.

Freeman believes that yoga is for everyone and that anyone willing to give it a chance will be able to see results.

“If you can breathe, you can do yoga,” Freeman said. “And you will get some benefits out of it.”

As Seen on DT IRMA WONG

A student takes her first step on the road to physical fitness The formula to losing weight isn’t a big mystery. Working out and making healthy meal choices are usually the right solution to the equation. The concept sounds simple, but it can be a difficult lifestyle to maintain.

I have struggled to lose weight since I was a child. Now at 21, I have yet to encounter major success.

As a senior at Cal State Fullerton, I have a very busy schedule.

I am a full-time student, work 30 hours a week at my part-time job, and stay involved on campus. In addition, the driving I have to do on a daily basis is exhausting.

Because of my hectic schedule, I usually pack a quick lunch or eat out. I also find it hard to commit to a daily exercise regimen because once I get home I just want to stay where I feel most comfortable.

However, for the past three weeks I’ve pushed myself to go to the gym and put aside my complaints of being too tired. I have committed myself to working out five evenings a week.

In my hour workouts I focus more on cardio by going on the elliptical and stair master for a total of 45 minutes. The remaining 15 minutes I try a variety of weight training stations. To be honest, I really don’t know which ones are best for me, but they all make me feel “the burn.”

Doing the same thing everyday has grown to be a bit monotonous.

I have yet to see the outcome that I’m looking for, specifically when it comes to the energy I have throughout the day.

This is probably due to the fact that I created my own routine with exercises that might not produce the results I want.

It is easy for me to get discouraged when I do not see dramatic enough changes after weeks of work, which has inspired me to try something else.

According to the TV infomercial I see almost everyday before bed,

I can achieve my fitness goals at home with P90X, one of the most well-known fitness programs.

I have not tried the program, but after reading through the website and doing some background research, I think it could be right for me.

The core of the P90X system includes 12 exercise DVDs. In addition, there is a nutrition plan, dumbbells, resistance bands and a pull-up bar.

According to the P90X website, the science behind its success is muscle confusion which “uses targeted training phases so your body keeps adapting and growing.”

“I have struggled to lose weight since I was a child.”

The workout uses short training exercises to initialize fat burning and challenge your muscles.

It promises to leave no room for the dreaded plateau effect I’ve encountered countless times.

Infomercial products are not typically things I am interested in, especially with the reputation that “as seen on TV” products have.

I expect to see changes by dedicating an hour everyday to this program.

Hopefully, completing the P90X regimen over the course of 90 days will help me lose the extra weight.

To make sure I can reach my fitness goal, I will log my results, keep an hour free to complete a workout every day, and pack all my lunches the night before so partaking in unhealthy fast food can be limited.

It would be rewarding to lose about 20 pounds at the end of this experience. But most importantly, I will be personally testing the legitimacy of the P90X system.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Keep checking things off your lists, with the help of a friend. Dexterity fixes the problem. Review your financial situation, and stick to your own strict rules. Keep communicating.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Consider all possibilities and advance the assignment. Use your words. It all works out, perhaps too easily. Don’t fall asleep on your laurels. Write or phone home.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Now is a great time to start a new chapter. Write your story with great gusto. Don’t force things. You’ll get a real workout. Don’t forget to give attention to your sweetheart.

How To Play: Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9: and each set of boxes must contain the numbers 1 to 9.