Daily Titan: Thursday, May 13, 2010

May 13, 2010

Vol. 87 Issue 52

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THURSDAY

Find out how Tuffy plays school yard games at:

Music, art, fashion mix at O.C. Art Institute

“Rock the Runway” brings together creative minds.

SOUND-OFF, Page 6

www.dailytitan.com/tuffygames

Track and Field has high hopes for Big West Championship SPORTS, Page 10

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Alumna falls to her death

Jane Marie Kalscheur, 52, fell from the State College Parking Structure to her death May12, leaving behind a son and husband

Senior throws down Big West competiton

photo By nick marley/Daily Titan Photo Editor Senior thrower Jameena Hunt has been mastering her form in discus and hammer throw, ranking second in the Big West.

By Fred Bloom

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

photo By christa connelly/Daily Titan Photo Editor photo courtesy kalscheuer family Left: The scene of the incident: State College parking structure on the Northwest end of campus. Right: Jane and Cary Kalscheuer pose for a photo at the CSUF Arboretum earlier this year.

By Laura Barron-Lopez

Daily Titan News Editor

And Adrian Gaitan

Daily Titan Copy Editor news@dailytitan.com

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Jane began suffering from depression and anxiety this past year, making two suicide attempts since March.

“She was diagnosed with depression. She was anxious and also she was going through menopause,” Cary said. “We went to a number of different doctors to treat the depression and the menopause.”

Her regression became evident as her depression worsened in the past six months, amplifying within the last three months, causing her to take an estrogen supplement, anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications, according to Cary.

See KALSCHEUER, Page 2

This week at the Becker

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See HUNT, Page 10

Poker tournament names champion

photo By Johnny le/For the Daily Titan Chanrontlana Tran spins the dealer button during the final table round of the Poker Tournament at the TSU.

By Cort Tafoya

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

photos By johnny le/For the Daily Titan

The Furious Few

A Cal State Fullerton alumna, and mother to a CSUF student, committed suicide on Wednesday, her husband told the Daily Titan.

The deceased was identified as Jane Marie Kalscheuer, 52, a resident of Covina. Kalscheuer fell to her death from the roof of the six-story State College parking structure, according to CSUF Police Lt. John Brockie.

Lead Grounds Worker Mark Panozzo witnessed the incident.

“I saw almost like a blur from the sad ... I’m in shock.”

Her husband, Cary Kalscheuer, 49, fourth or fifth floor, and I thought someone was throwing something also a CSUF alumnus, shared some over the side,” Panozzo said. “And, as thoughts on his wife.

“She’ll alI looked up, there ways be loved were tennis shoes and rememattached to it. And bered for her as she was coming Watch an eye witness report and a contribution down, it was respokesperson for the authorities to our famally hard because you’re thinking, speak at: ily and young ‘Can I help?’ ” www.dailytitan.com/Kalscheuer c h i l d r e n , ” Cary said.

Panozzo said he Jane reand others ran up ceived her to see if she was breathing, but from what he could bachelor’s degree in communicative disorders in the early ’80s from CSUF tell, she was unresponsive.

“It’s definitely something I will and recently worked at Vincent Chilnever forget,” Panozzo said. “It’s so drens’ Center in West Covina.

Jameena Hunt’s Titan career is coming to an end, but the senior track thrower is trying not to think of all the free time she will have on her hands in order to focus on the upcoming Big West Championships.

“I’ve been practicing this whole year for this meet. The last three years, I felt like I could have won conference,” Hunt said. “This whole year I’ve been focusing on practicing how I compete so I’ll just go to the competition and perform like I know how to.”

Hunt, originally from San Diego, has come full circle during her four years at Cal State Fullerton. Her first two years were marred by unsuccessful performances at tournaments.

Hunt admitted that she was terrible with competition.

“Pressure,” Hunt said. “Pressure of the coaches, pressure of your family, pressure of everything.”

Hunt is now ranked second in the conference in discus and hammer throw. The fact that she has been able to conquer the mental aspect of the game only makes her coaches appreciate her more.

Sound-Off, Page 6

On Wednesday, a poker Tournament of Champions was hosted in the Titan Bowl and Billiards section of the Titan Student Union. David Curry, a 27-year-old economics major, won first place after beating Alex Luengo. This was Curry’s second Tournament of Champions victory in two years.

Since the semester began, weekly poker tournaments have been sponsored by Associated Students Inc. and the TSU. The top-20 players from these tournaments received entry into the Tournament of Champions.

The final table of the Tournament of Champions was composed of eight men and one woman. Students Chan Tran, Brandon Brown, Mark Andres, Philip Hooton, Cesar Gonzalez, Ralph Balbin, Benson Luu, Justin Allen, Curry and Luengo were the final nine players in the tournament.

Curry was the chip leader, with 7,500 when the final table began. The first elimination was a showdown between Hooton and Luu. See POKER, Page 2

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May 13, 2010

Kalscheuer: Family mourns their loss

IN OTHER NEWS

INTERNATIONAL

Dutch boy survives airliner crash in Libya LIBYA – A Dutch boy was believed to be the sole survivor Wednesday after a passenger jet bound from South Africa crashed after dawn with 104 people aboard while attempting to land in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, according to Libyan and Dutch officials.

The Afriqiyah Airways Airbus 330 was making a final approach to Tripoli International Airport at 6:10 a.m. on a flight from Johannesburg that was scheduled to continue on to Gatwick Airport in London. The Royal Dutch Tourism Board said that 61 of the victims were with two tour groups from the Netherlands.

Libya’s Transport Minister Mohammed Zidan said a 10-year-old boy with a Dutch passport was from taken from the crash site. “The child is in good condition and is in the hospital undergoing checks,” the minister said at a news conference at the airport. The boy reportedly underwent surgery for breaks in both legs.

NATIONAL

Foreclosures reach ‘plateau’ in April, report finds LOS ANGELES – The United States. foreclosure crisis has started to “plateau,” with the number of U.S. homes in some stage of the process declining 9 percent in April from the month before, according to RealtyTrac.

Homes receiving some kind of foreclosure filing in April – a notice of default, scheduled auction or bank repossession – declined 2 percent from April 2009, the first year-over-year drop since the Irvine, company began publishing its monthly report in January 2005.

One in every 387 homes received a foreclosure filing last month, RealtyTrac said.

STATE

City Council votes to ban travel to Arizona

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council, protesting Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigration, Wednesday voted to ban most city travel to Arizona and future contracts with companies in that state.

During a morning-long debate on the resolution, council members compared Arizona’s action to Nazi Germany and the beginning of the Holocaust, as well as the internment and deportation of Japanese Americans during World War II. The new Arizona law, which will take effect July 23, requires police to check the immigration papers of people they suspect lack legal status, which critics say will lead to racial profiling.

“Los Angeles; the second-largest city in this country; an immigrant city; an international city. It needs to have its voice heard,” said Councilman Ed Reyes, one of the resolution’s sponsors. “As an American, I cannot go to Arizona today without a passport. If I come across an officer who’s having a bad day and feels that the picture on my ID is not me, I can be ... deported, no questions asked. That is not American.”

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Photo By johnny le/For the Daily Titan David Curry pushes his chips as he calls ‘all-in’ on a hand during the Final Table round of a Poker Tournament at the Titan Student Union.

Poker: Student wins the final round From Page 1

Luu went all-in with pocket 10s, and was called by Hooton's pocket Queens.

With just a 20 percent chance of winning, Luu failed to improve his hand and was eliminated, coming in at ninth place.

The next big hand came when Brown went all-in with a KingQueen suited.

Curry, who had an Ace-Jack, and Gonzalez, who had Jack-7, called him.

Curry paired his Ace and both of the other players were eliminated.

“My strategy was to play anything that felt reasonable,” said Gonzalez, who entered the final table with the least amount of chips. “I had no idea how to play when I entered my first tournament, but I talked to some people and started playing on Pokerstars.net and got better."

Shortly after that, Hootin, Balbin and Curry engaged in the biggest pot of the evening.

Curry called Hootin’s all-in after a 9-8-6 flop with his Ace-King and was way ahead of Hootin’s AceJack. However, it was Balbin who tripled up with a pair of 2s.

A few hands later, Balbin limped into the big blind with Jack-9 and Curry raised with a pair of pocket Jacks. The flop came Jack-5-3, giving Balbin top pair and Curry top set.

Curry open shoved all-in and was immediately called by Balbin who,

drawing dead, was eliminated.

With three players left, Curry eliminated Tran, the only female who made the final table.

Tran was roughly a 75 percent favorite after going all in with a Queen-9 against Curry’s 9-10, but Curry made a straight.

“It’s usually all guys that play,” Jane Ccaihuari, the student manager at the TSU said.

This left Luengo as the final player standing in the way of Curry’s second championship.

Curry had all the chips in play, with the exception of about 5,000, and an overwhelming chip lead.

After six hands, Curry pushed all-in with a Jack-8 suited before the flop and hit a pair of Jacks to beat Luengo’s Queen-7.

Ccaihuari said that the tournaments are, “a good way for students to meet each other."

“There are a lot of highs and lows. There are so many tournaments leading up to it. You never know how it’s going to play out,” Curry said.

“I don’t necessarily feel pride, because there’s always an element of luck when you play poker,” he added. Curry said he plans to play in the poker tournaments next semester, and hopes to keep his new winning streak alive.

“Now I have to go back-toback and see if I can win a third one.”

sure she’s going to be missed in the teaching community, and she’ll obvi“This isn’t a complete shock to ously be missed by her family.”

Michael Kalscheuer, a 22-year-old me because of the prior attempts.

This is the third attempt. She tried human services major and son of the on March 17, then again on April deceased, shared his mother’s gift of 7 and then today. Each time, we touching people’s lives through her struggled to try to treat her condi- humor. tion. It was very difficult for the en“She would always have a kind tire family,” Cary said. spirit toward any personality her chilHer two prior attempts at sui- dren (students) had, and the stories cide were with pills. Due to these she would tell would always represent attempts, Cary felt he could not a child beautifully. It’s too bad that dewatch her at their Covina home and pression took over such a wonderful brought her to her parents’ house in person,” Michael said.

Fullerton during the work week.

Cary touched on his late wife’s de“She felt the pills failed and she pression, stressing the severity of the wanted a illness. more sure “Living way of endwith my wife, ing her life. I I know how think she saw different she in the parking was when structure, apshe became parently; that depressed. I opportunity, think family and I’m a litmembers need tle surprised to get help; she ended up the right kind getting out of help,” Cary of the house. said. “(DepresI hoped she sion is) a seriwould be ous condition watched, and and shouldn’t I can’t blame be taken lightmy in-laws ly. I thought for not being we were doable to watch ing everything her 24/7. we could to In any case, help her, but it she left their wasn’t enough. house and We didn’t do walked over Photo courtesy Kalscheuer Family enough.” to Cal State Michael Jane Marie Kalscheuer Fullerton reminisced sometime between 10 a.m. and 11 about his mother and the affects of a.m.,” Cary said. her illness.

Jane’s family sought help for her “But, more than anything, I do from a psychiatrist, a psychologist want her to be remembered as a wonfor counseling, a neurologist and an derful person. This depression really endocrinologist for hormone thera- overrides the person she really is. She py, even treating her with “so-called really brought cheer to people lives,” new medicine.”

Michael said, through tears. “I con“We tried to do everything in our sidered her a best friend, in addition power to help her, and, unfortunate- to a mother, and I’ll miss her so much. ly, she had a serious depressed day. It It’s hard to fathom living a happy life changed her personality; it changed without her.” who she was,” Cary said. “And alCary further expressed his apolothough she did change, everybody gies and his hopes that the incident loved her.” doesn’t tarnish the University and Jane affected many lives after re- overshadow the good it’s done for his ceiving her bachelor’s from CSUF, family. she went on to receive her teaching “I’m really sorry she did this at Cal credentials for special education, as State Fullerton, because there were so well as an early child development many good memories there, and we certificate from Cal Poly Pomona. still have people that interact with the “It’s just very unfortunate. She was University,” Cary explained. a very outgoing person, and had a Michael expressed what he would special talent in working with young say if given the chance to say one last children,” Cary said. “(Jane) helped thing to his mother. hundreds of kids and families deal“I would say that I really, sincerely ing with learning disabilities, speech still love her,” Michael sobbed. “I’ll reproblems and autistic children. I’m ally miss her.”

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May 13, 2010

CSUF: A history of tragedy

BY Ericka Santos

CSUF 50th Anniversary Staff Writer

This article is a list of people who have died on or near campus.

May 24, 1967 – Sandra LeAnn Sty, 19.

On June 23, the Los Angeles Times reported Dr. Henry Horton Holder, 42, a prominent San Bernardino physician, was charged with one count of murder and five counts of abortion in connection with the death of Sty. Abortion was illegal at the time.

July 12, 1976 – Seven victims of library shooting.

A CSUF custodian, Edward C. Allaway, 37, went on a five-minute shooting rampage through the basement and first floor of the Pollak Library, killing seven people with a .22 caliber rifle.

Victims included: -Seth Fessenden, 72, Fullerton professor emeritus of speech communications.

Also one of the university’s founding faculty members.

-Frank Teplansky, 51, graphic artist in the Instructional Media Center (IMC).

-Donald Karges, 41, custodian.

-Paul Herzberg, 41, photographer in the IMC. -Bruce Jacobson, 32, employed in the audio section of the IMC. -Stephen Becker, 32,Pollak library assistant, and son of Dr. Ernest Becker, director of placement at the university.

-Deborah Paulsen, 25, Pollak library assistant.

April 1, 1977 – Richard Drapkin, 31.

A CSUF equipment technician for the Instructional Media Center and alumnus jumped from the 5th floor of the Humanities Building.

Drapkin was reportedly

deeply affected by the deaths of his former coworkers in the library shooting of the previous year. One student said that she heard Drapkin yell, “Look out below,” before he jumped to his death.

April 20, 1979 – Susan F. McNelly, 24.

McNelly jumped to her death from the 8th floor of the Humanities Building.

She was a CSUF Children’s Center intern and a former child development student.

This was McNelly’s second attempt at suicide.

She was reportedly dealing with postpartum depression following the birth of her first child.

March 27, 1982 – Thomas Michael Hinegardner, 26.

The L.A. Times reported that Hinegardner, a Metropolitan State Hospital mental patient, jumped to his death from the Humanities Building.

March 1984 – Gordon Franklin McMahon, 36.

Gordon, a former sociology student, committed suicide.

No details were reported.

Oct. 14, 1984 – Edward Lee Cooperman, 48.

The former CSUF physics professor was found shot to death in his 6th floor office in the Science Building.

Cooperman was reportedly killed by CSUF student Minh Van Lam. October 1985 – Luom Thi Pham, 20.

A freshman biochemistry student, Pham jumped from the top of the Humanities Building.

A University custodian found her body.

March 16, 1987 – Gregory Hannah, 40.

The CSUF faculty member was found dead after apparently killing himself two nights before via drug

overdose.

Sept. 21, 1987 – Steven Bradley English, 27.

The CSUF senior geology student went missing on Sept.

17. He was found four days later in El Cerrito, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

April 7, 1988 – Staff Sgt. Richard William Bottjer, 30 Bottjer was killed after a brawl with a group of Marines and CSUF football players.

Quarterback Carlos Siragusa, 21, and wide receiver John Gibbs, 22, were suspended indefinitely pending court outcome.

Fliers were distributed on campus denouncing Siragusa and Gibbs as murderers. The O.C. Register reported on April 22, 1988, that the District Attorney’s Office decided not to press criminal charges and said Bottjer’s death was “excusable homicide.”

photo By david lewis/Daily Titan Staff Photographer in 1979 Saving a life was the only concern as campus police rushed to Susan McNelly, who jumped from the eighth floor of the Humanities Building.

October 1990 – Daniel Austin Eggleston, 18.

A freshman at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Eggleston left a note for his parents in his car before jumping through a glass window in the Education Classroom Building at CSUF and fell seven stories to his death.

Sept. 16, 1998 – Danming “Peter” Huang, 29.

Huang, a CSUF foreign exchange graduate student, was found dead in a ditch alongside the 57 Freeway two weeks after he went missing.

His death was determined a suicide by overdose of prescription medication.

January 2007 – Michael Scott Zyram, 43.

Zyram fell to his death in an apparent suicide from the top level of the CSUF Nutwood parking structure.

Photo from the daily titan archives Edward Charles Allaway, center, is being led into the Orange County courthouse two days after he went on a shooting rampage that killed seven people at Cal State Fullerton on July 12, 1976.

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May 13, 2010

The power of PowerPoint

Is the Cal State Fullerton $250 per unit course repeat fee necessary?

By Brain Zbysenski

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

In fall 2010, there will be a new fee charged to students who repeat a class for a third time or more. So, for students who failed a class twice, every time they enroll in that course again, they will have to come up with a $250 fee per unit. While I and most students are not happy with all the increases in tuition and fees that have been applied recently, this one makes a lot of sense.

The charge will be $250 per unit, so if it’s a common 3-unit class, that’s $750 for one class for one student. According to yesterday’s article in the Daily Titan about this very subject, 897 students repeated a course three times or more. That’s at least $672,750 alone. Especially in today’s economy, any bit of funds would be greatly appreciated for our school system.

To sway away from the financial aspect of it all, it will also stress how important these classes are to complete. Students will

take their instruction much more seriously to avoid having to pay these fees.

Ultimately, I believe students will not only get things done more efficiently, but they will retain the information better as they will really study the material since they will not be as relaxed as they used to be without the $250-per-unit charge hanging over their heads.

It will encourage currently enrolled students to graduate on time and will also create more flow of more new students coming into the system. As more students graduate, there will be more room for freshman to come in and start the cycle all over again.

However, the fee will not be charged for “repeatable courses,” noted in the Cal State Fullerton University Catalog as repeatable credit unless the repeat limit has been met.

For those who are scared of this new rule, remember, it is for taking a class for the third time or more.

So for those who are on track, one failure will not break your bank.

The system understands that things happen.

It’s time for students to get away from the social networking websites they spend so much time on in classes and at home, and it’s time for students to stop ditching every other week, because anything beyond one repeated class will now come with its financial downfalls. $250 may seem harsh, but it is your future at stake, not just a grade in a class.

By Brenna Phillips

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

Starting in the fall 2010 semester, Cal State Fullerton will be implementing a new fee of $250 per unit for any student that is repeating a course for the third time or more.

Since the average class is three units, students will end up paying about $750 extra, which is a lot considering that tuition at CSUF has increased more than 50 percent over the last five years.

Many people may feel that if the student doesn’t want to pay an extra $750 for a class then they should get it right the first time.

However, not all students who repeat classes more than two times are lazy or not trying hard enough. In fact, most of the courses that are repeated three or more times are “mathembedded,” which means they are probably more difficult than the average class.

Engineering and chemistry courses are examples of classes that would be “math embedded,”

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and it is common for students to have to take these courses several times because the difficulty level is much higher than Math 110.

These students should not be punished because they are taking challenging courses that they may not get a complete grasp of the first two times around.

The mass email sent out by the Admissions and Records department to inform students of the new repeated course fee is slightly ambiguous when it comes to how soon the fee must be paid. It seems that the university is practically threatening students with dropping their entire course load that they have enrolled in if they don’t pay the extra fee “immediately.”

Considering how difficult it is for students to get the classes they need, it seems unfair to take away all their classes if they are not able to pay that much money right away. Realistically, the university needs to be more flexible with how fees can be paid.

CSUF students have already put up with drastic tuition increases, furlough days and impacted classes since the California budget crisis began affecting our campus. Some students may not even make that amount in a month, and this extra fee will inevitably end up on a credit card or be added to their pile of student loans. Instead of trying to solve CSUF’s budget problems by tacking on more fees to student tuition, the university should be figuring out where it can cut back on unnecessary expenses.

Letters to the Editor:

Photo Courtesy MCT Jay Phelan, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California at Los Angeles.

By Skylar Smith

Daily Titan Opinion Editor opinion@dailytitan.com

When Dennis Austin and Thomas Rudkin created the program PowerPoint, how did they present their idea to Microsoft? How did they convince several executives including the king of Silicon Valley himself, Bill Gates, to invest in their idea without the use of graphs, bulletpointed slides, witty pop-up noises and embedded video? I am convinced they did so using time travel, because no one can present anything in business, government or education without the miracle tool that is PowerPoint.

PowerPoint has become so popular that it’s practically the art form of the corporate world, and the only way of convincing people to accept new ideas. Unfortunately, the creation of elaborate PowerPoints is as good as a silver-tongued car salesman; all style, no truth.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I believe PowerPoint is useful. Professors would have a harder time presenting lectures without it and students would be less interested. PowerPoints can be great supplemental tools when giving a speech or attempting to get a promotion. However, when the PowerPoint is being used to teach, alongside a lecture, it can be distract-

ing, no matter the situation.

John Sweller, of the University of New South Wales faculty of education, developed the “cognitive load theory.” In an article by the Sydney Morning Herald, Sweller said “It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form. But it is not effective to speak the same words that are written, because it is putting too much load on the mind and decreases your ability to understand what is being presented.”

It would be the same as someone saying out loud the text of this article while you are reading it.

People have come to believe that if they will be convincing at all in a lecture or presentation, they need a good PowerPoint. When in reality, all they need is a good lecture plan, and quality speech writing and speaking skills.

In 1987, when PowerPoint (originally called Presenter) was pitched to Microsoft executives, Austin and Rudkin probably didn’t use interactive slides and attention grabbing sound bites. They probably didn’t read the same text that appeared on the projected image either.

Instead, they probably used a convincing speech, a lot of data and research to back up their idea, and a well thought-out product to stand behind.

Any feedback, positive or negative, is encouraged, as we strive to keep an open dialogue with our readership. The Daily Titan reserves the right to edit letters for length, grammar and spelling. Direct all comments, questions or concerns along with your full name and major to the Daily Titan Opinion Desk at opinion@dailytitan.com.

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May 13, 2010

Shades of Green

Spoiler alert! No, seriously

“Made from 100% all-natural opinion”

Of pillows, hair and top hats

by April Ehrlich

Daily Titan Features Editor opinion@dailytitan.com

With over 4 million gallons of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, and as the people who initiated offshore drilling decades ago are scrambling to clean up their mess, I can’t help but stand back and laugh.

Technology has always been on our side, save for the event of an oil spill, so now we’re welcoming any homespun ideas submitted by average American citizens, aka geniuses.

Can’t get the oil to stop spewing?

Let’s put a cork in it. Someone has already suggested sewing pillows together to line beaches and soak up the oil as it comes ashore. Did I mention the hair idea? Dozens of salons are collecting hair trimmings to stuff into old stockings and create makeshift oil-absorbers called booms.

At this point, the most promising tactic is either dropping a giant box into the ocean (with an additional “top hat”) or shooting the sea up with a chemical dispersant that would supposedly soak up all oilrelated pollutants. Of course, these chemicals have been “largely untested,” because why would our government waste any time or money testing out an oil spill back-up plan?

We’re already far in debt as it is. And, whatever, the ocean is big enough to take a few hits.

We never even considered testing any back-up plans until just a few days ago when we dropped thousands of gallons of some chemical into the ocean with little knowledge of its environmental impact. To this, we are have some slight reassurance: “We’re just really getting started.

You can imagine it’s something we’ve never thought about,” said Charlie Henry, a scientific support coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, accord-

ing to the Huffington Post.

So as Nemo and Dory are enduring acid trips off chemical dispersants, the oil will just magically disappear into thin air.

And the question remains: Why haven’t we used any available technology and preventative measures?

“We will stop the leaks, but it’s not like the technology is just lying around,” said National Academy of Engineering member Kenneth Arnold, according to USA Today. “It has to be built.”

Okay, so the preventive measures simply never existed in the first place.

Well, that’s reassuring.

At least now we can say we learned our lesson, right? We are currently implementing new laws that ensure proper preparedness for the next time when millions of gallons of oil flood into the ocean. At that point we should actually have available technology and back-up plans.

Of course, we said something along those lines after the Exxon blowout just a few decades ago. We initiated the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and provided a cap to a company’s liability for economic losses resulting from spills, hoping that “human error” would be something taken more seriously. What a great preparatory event. The U.S. is obviously very good at learning lessons.

Sen. Benjamin Cardin put perfectly in the Baltimore Sun: “The catastrophic oil spill ravaging the Gulf of Mexico and bearing down on coastal states is another reminder: America’s current energy policy is a disaster. We need to break our dangerous addiction to oil and promote safe and clean sources of power and fuel – and we need to begin today.”

There is nothing more helpless than this pathetic situation, and as I am sure someone’s mother used to say, “There’s no use in crying over spilled milk.”

Photo courtesy flickr.com/jeffisageek

by Jeremiah Magan

Daily Titan Managing Editor opinion@dailytitan.com

Photo Courtesy MCt A resident in northwest Bradenton, Fla. shares their feelings about BP, the company that oversaw the drilling, as the environmental disaster unfolds in the Gulf of Mexico.

There are only a few unofficial rules that need to be followed when writing a film review: 1. Don’t give a scene-by-scene description of the film.

2. Don’t discuss how you would have made the film better.

3. If the film is based on an established franchise, don’t spend the entire article complaining about what was different from the original intellectual property.

4. Don’t let everyone know you’re a failed filmmaker by talking about lighting techniques (no one cares).

5. Tell people whether or not they should see the film, and why.

6. Don’t give away the ending for people who have not seen the film (the only rule that truly matters).

Reviews are a funny thing – on one hand, you’re reading an individual’s interpretation of someone else’s artistic expression.

Considering how art can be interpreted differently by different people, their word may hold little value. One person’s steaming pile of yesterday-corn could be someone else’s buttery today-corn.

On the other hand, reading a trusted reviewer’s opinion could save you money and the two hours you would never get back (Example: see “Clash of the Titans” ... or don’t).

Reviewers can be a moviegoer’s best friend, but, more often than not, they are your worst enemy. For every good film critic that explains with authority what is good and what is bad about a film, there are 3,000 bloggers who have no idea what they are talking about and focus solely on one unimportant aspect, such as which actress had nicer breasts or where the shifty-eyed dog went after the car crash.

These bloggers, calling themselves legitimate journalists and critics, break the one and only cardinal rule of writing a review by giving away the ending or major plot twists.

These writers should at least have the common courtesy to write “Spoiler Alert” at the top of the article so people know not to continue reading if they don’t want to know the ending.

This has become such a prevalent problem that Marvel Studios had to pull its signature “secret ending” from the pre-screenings of “Iron Man 2,” just so people wouldn’t spoil the always-anticipated epilogue.

While the opinions of some mainstream reviewers and critics may not be reliable, like ABC 7’s George Pennacchio, who has never seen a movie he didn’t love, and some bloggers are able to provide insight not found elsewhere, at least the professionals know better than to go on the evening news and tell the world that (SPOILER ALERT!) Darth Vader is actually Luke Skywalker’s father.

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May 15, 2010

Music, art and fashion fuse at Rock the Runway event Soundoff@dailytitan.com

There was a creative explosion in the parking lot of the Art Institute of Orange County as it showcased its student’s creative visions and inspired others to express their own at the school’s third annual Rock the Runway event.

“The event started out as a way to launch the school’s fashion program,” said Karys Foster, the assistant director of admissions at AI, “but has turned into an artistic inspiration for the community.”

The event presented multiple forms of art to guests, including screen printing, graffiti, graphic design, music and even cosmetology. The triangle-shaped stage was headlined by Danish indie group The Raveonettes, and opened by the new Irvine hip-hop sensation BLOK. The school invited four distinguished designers, Maggie Barry, Sterling Capricio, Andrie Savtchenko and Michael Costello, to showcase their unique collections.

These designers kicked off the runway show, inviting the audience to experience their imaginative works of art.

The main event was the student fashion show competition, in which students designed and created an avant garde look based on an iconic designer that inspires them.

Each student got to present their look on the runway and have it judged by a panel of three notable personalities in the fashion world: Mila Hermanovski from Project Runway, Luis Barajas from Flaunt magazine and Dina Cerchione from the Deal or No Deal wardrobe stylist team.

This competition started out as a class assignment for fashion design students at AI, but quickly turned into much more for those brave enough to enter the competition.

“Entering this competition was like adding a sixth class,” said Jessica Pinney, one of the student participants and fashion design major at AI. “I had a lot of sleepless nights, stress and drama.”

Pinney drew her inspiration from late-designer Alexander McQueen, designing a pantsuit out of vinyl.

At the beginning of the event, Pinney admitted to being nervous.

“After working on my design for so long,” Pinney said. “It’s hard to tell if it’s still good.”

To Pinney, the journey meant much more than the prize - a substantial scholarship. Learning about what it takes to be involved in a fashion show

and proving that she has the determination to follow through was reward enough.

And while the students the fashion portion of the event, the school had to search for outside help to provide the rock.

One of the two musical groups that graced the main stage was the hip-hop group known as BLOK. With unimaginable energy, these three siblings, Damien B, Jesse St. John and Gianna Gianna, threw themselves into dancing fits while streaming lyrics to strong electronic beats.

“We just express ourselves on stage,” said Damien B, organizer of the group’s beats. “It’s very organic.”

The group is on the cusp of greatness as they just received, the best hip-hop group award at the Orange County Music Awards this past March.

A strategy that seemed to work as the crowd of people in front of the stage began dancing as Gianna Gianna shook the heads of BLOK fans, a reaction no doubt effected by the cans of Monster being passed out like water throughout the event.

Participants of the event had the opportunity to create their own T-

shirts.

Nomad, a collective art compound and print studio, brought materials for screen printing and showcased graphics forthe Rock the Runway event.

For $20, anyone could purchase a shirt and customize it to their liking.

Each customer got to choose two different graphics, their color and their placement.

“I like doing live printing,” said Damon Robison, LA artist/designer and founder of Nomad. “I get to expose people to the process and get exposure for my business.”

There were endless opportunities for guests to experience art in live and active ways, whether it was confidently entering the graphic design competition or simply sitting down and letting Paul Mitchell students dye and design hair.

“Essentially, we are highlighting all of the programs at the Art Institute,” Foster said. “The event serves as an opportunity to bring everyone together and encourage creativity.”

The night was ended with a performance by The Raveonettes with upbeat but mellow tracks, completing a hectic day full of creativity.

Photo by Johnny yee/For the Daily Titan Daniel Aguilaron drums, left, and Fransisco Fernandez on guitar/vocals right, make up Ferocious Few. The duo was the most recent band to perform at ASI’s Wednsday Concerts at the Becker, and the show was the last for the semester

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bands such a Lynard Skynard, Jesus spired by many different bands. and Mary Chain, Holly Golightly, Some include normal rockabilly Soundoff@dailytitan.com Hott Tub, Alejandro Escovedo and favorites like Johnny Cash and many others. The band members Richie Valens, but the group also Rockabilly sounds filled the were excited to be at Cal State Ful- listens to, and are inspired by, Bone Thugs ‘n’ Becker Amphitheatre on Wednes- lerton.

“I like playHarmony, Tupac, day as San Francisco-based band Bob Dylan, Pink The Ferocious Few performed at ing at colleges . because I think Floyd, The Rollnoon. ing Stones and Sponsored by ASI Productions, people are soakMotorhead. the band’s show started off somber, ing in informaThe band startas the twosome dedicated the per- tion, and ... ed out as a fourformance to the friends and family it’s more of an piece set, then a of the woman who allegedly com- open forum of three-piece and mitted suicide approximately an thought than a bar,” Fernandez now two, accordhour before the performance.

– Fransisco Fernandez ing to Fernandez, After the first song, the pace said. “It’s good Ferocious Few people but they are still quickened, and more students and when enjoying themfaculty came to watch. Francisco are stressed out finals selves. They have Fernandez, the lead vocalist and during guitarist, had an incredible voice, week to have some way of coming played at the South by Southwest and Daniel Aguilar, the drummer, out, listening to some music and fo- music festival in Austin, Texas for cus on something other than their the past two years and really enjoy had undeniable energy. textbooks.” touring.

“I really liked them,” The band The name of the band got Bursaid Alec Burglin, a 19played over glin to watch the show. year-old political sci10 songs in “I thought the name was really ence major. “I thought an hour, and funny,” Burglin said. “There are they were really good.”

To see Ferocious Few the more they only two of them but it sounds Ferocious Few are perform, go to: played, the like (from the name) there are supunlike any band that more people posed to be more. But (the band has played at CSUF, came. But the members) were very personable something that Katie Becker was and nice and, on top of that, they Holland, the Wednesstill unusually had great sound.” day Concert coordiempty.

Fernandez created the band’s nator for ASIP, takes “We usu- name, and said he was “inspired to pride in. ally get much change the world.”

“We always try to more people,” “I wanted to play music to help get different bands and www.dailytitan.com/feroHolland said. change the world,” Fernandez said. genres and we haven’t ciousfew “It’s like this “And it takes a ferocious few to had something like because it’s change it.” (them) before,” HolThe Ferocious Few released an alland said. “They were really great. the end of the semester and finals week.” bum on April 13 called Juices, and I really liked (their music).”

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May 15, 2010

Love You Moon shines in TSU Pub

CSUF grad student creates unique blend of harmonies

By Melissa Hoon

Daily Titan Asst. Opinion Editor Soundoff@dailytitan.com

For fans of: Tori Amos, Antony and the Johnsons, Joanna Newsom

Photos by Christa Connelly/Daily Titan Photo Editor Despite being sick for the first time in four years, Matt Embree of Rx Bandits performed for a packed crowd in the TSU Pub Underground Thursday afternoon, May 6. Embree kicked off the show explaining his current situation and how he was afraid he was going to have to cancel his CSUF performance due to illness. Since he was feeling better, the show went on as the crowd enjoyed his songs made of looping various instruments together and guitar with vocals.

It’s arguable that real, authentic talent comes a dime a dozen these days.

But when you hear Joy Shannon’s music, you’ll know you’ve found a diamond in the rough.

Artistically, there doesn’t seem to be much the 27-year-old Cal State Fullerton American studies graduate student can’t do. She’s a vocalist and plays the cello, piano and Celtic harp, and leads two bands, Long Beach-based Beauty Marks and United Kingdombased Offering. She also teaches art history, print making, painting and drawing at the Orange County High School of the Arts.

Shannon has played music most of her life. She knew she wanted to be a musician when she heard U2’s “The Joshua Tree” playing from her next door neighbor’s house.

“I remember hearing the passion in (U2’s) music and I thought to myself, ‘Whatever that is, I want to do that,’” Shannon said. “I had no idea of it being a career. My child’s brain didn’t think about careers. I just knew I had to express that type of passion through sound.”

Shannon was determined to follow her dream, and at 22 years old, landed a job doing wardrobe backstage for U2 during their Vertigo tour.

Shannon said her family background helps her write her music, which she describes as melodic, dark, intimate, uplifting and emotional.

“I come from a pretty rough background of abuse, so I have used music as a way to express the voice I didn’t have as a child to heal,” Shannon said.

“My philosophy is that my songs gift themselves to me and I use everything I have experienced in my life, and my technical musical skills, to be able to express the song as well as I can. Songs have been the way I have been able to channel the intense emotions of my life into something non-destructive.”

Shannon’s positive outlook on life is reflected in her bands and the way they play their music.

“I am all about peace in my life, my relationships and my band, so I keep it all positive,” Shannon said. “Countless times (during performances), I

Photo Courtesy Joy Shannon CSUF American Studies graduate student Joy Shannon is making her mark on the music scene with bands The Beauty Marks and Offering.

have looked back to watch (my band members) playing music in the moment, following my lead, and I realize I am living my childhood dream.

That’s my favorite part of being a musician and songwriter. I love seeing my songs played by other musicians who add their own flare and I love seeing us all play in the moment with no thoughts of the past or future.”

Sean Wallace, 20, Beauty Marks’ guitarist, said Shannon’s attitude and talent have helped his own talent expand.

“I used to be kind of a metal head, but Joy changed my taste in music to more of a dramatic indie rock with an Eastern-style influence,” Wallace said. “I have a sense of freedom (when playing with Shannon). That’s the best part about playing with the band – it’s a pleasure to play with such a diversity of band members because we can learn a lot from each other.”

Shannon is a print maker, and often displays her artwork at venues during her performances. Her artwork illustrates her songs by depicting emotions that are personified by the human body, and often expresses the female form and shows how loss, pain and tragedy are dealt with and overcome.

Although many of her songs and artwork are dark, her fans agree that positivity is still evident.

“Joy is an in-depth performer who has the whole package and is great at storytelling in her multidimensional

I, Of Helix: Local metal band to play first show at Chain Reaction

By Nick Fortes

Daily Titan Staff Writer Soundoff@dailytitan.com

For fans of: August Burns Red, Impending Doom, As I Lay Dying Local up-and-coming band I, Of Helix are looking to make it big in the local metal community and take their act to a national stage.

Formed from old project 13 Killings, I, Of Helix is a progressive metal band that is looking to make themselves known, even though the project is just starting.

“We started as 13 Killings, but after that band broke up, three of us stayed together to start this new project and we brought in a new singer and lead guitarist,” said bass-

ist Ramone Valerio, 21, of Tustin.

Along with Valerio, four others make up the newly formed band: lead vocalist Nate Mead, 18, of Yorba Linda; lead guitarist and singer Myles Byrum, 19, of Yorba Linda; rhythm guitarist Mason Brammer, 19, of Orange; and drummer James Strang, 23, of Orange.

And although the old project was something they hoped would make it big, this new project has become something that they are really proud of.

“We want people to feel like they’re not listening to generic music, so they feel that our musicianship has really furthered their thought process when it comes to listening to music,” Strang said.

Although I, Of Helix is a metal band, they also take elements from

all kinds of rock and metal music to bring their unique sound to the stages of Southern California.

“It’s definitely metal. Some people say death metal, but it’s also really progressive too,” Valerio said.

“We have a lot of unique riffs, solos and drums especially, but also bass and singing harmonies as well.”

“We compare our music to bands like Between the Buried and Me, August Burns Red, Protest the Hero and just any heavy metal band,” Brammer said.

I, Of Helix has been in the makings since last November and, after tons of practice and a small house show in Orange, they are ready to make their debut this month at Chain Reaction in Anaheim on May 19, but they see their future going much further than playing

Photo courtesy Kyle Foley .I, Of Helix is, from left: Mason Brammer, Ramone Valerio, Nate Mead, Myles Byrum, and James Strang. The band will perform at Chain Reaction May 19.

small venues and local bars.

“I’d say we want to make it big, but at the same time, keep it fun and remember what it is to play an instrument and not just play for someone, because the feeling you get inside when you accomplish a certain riff or rhythm or poly syn-

chronization with the band just makes it feel that much better,” Strang said.

For more information about I, Of Helix you can visit them on myspace at www.myspace.com/iofhelix, where they have videos and band information.

songs. Even dramatic songs bring a sense of positivity,” said fan Annakate Mohler, 29, of Long Beach.

“She is a great frontwoman with an amazing stage presence, even though she’s behind her huge harp. She has a stunning voice that hits deep, resonate notes, then to high notes in the stratosphere.”

Currently, Shannon is preparing for two album releases. Offering’s Orphan Kisses is available on iTunes, and Beauty Mark’s The Black Madonna will be released this summer.

“For me to get onstage and sing lyrics about who I am was the scariest thing I have ever done and I keep doing it. In the last few years, I have gained more confidence and support for my music, which has felt like a dream because my very life defies everything I was told as a child growing up in an abusive home,” Shannon said. “To follow my dream, I had to defy the messages of not being good enough or talented from my childhood and say I am good enough to live the life I have always wanted to live.”

Shannon’s introverted childhood contrasts starkly to the popularity she has achieved with her music.

“There is nothing to not like about Joy’s music. I’ve seen her music evolve from the beginning and she has found her niche now,” Mohler said.

“She writes and records so much that I don’t know how she keeps up with herself.”

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May 13, 2010

AM Taxi – We Don’t Stand a Chance

By Fred bloom

Daily Titan Staff Writer Soundoff@dailytitan.com

For fans of: This is Me Smiling, Ace Enders, Wax On Radio AM Taxi is not optimistic regarding the current state of the music industry and their place within it Their debut album, which is set to release on June 8, is titled We Don’t Stand a Chance.

Despite their pessimism, the album is packed with potential hits, and the band could be on their way to achieving commercial success.

AM Taxi consists of lead singer and guitarist John Krier, Jason Schultejann on bass, drummer Chris Smith, John Schmitt on guitar and Luke Schmitt on the keyboard. Krier is from the former group Lucky Boys Confusion, and most other members are also parts of failed bands.

The group first started working

together with the encouragement of Sublime producer Mike Happoldt. After releasing two EPs, the band caught the attention of major label Virgin Records.

The album contains eight tracks that originally appeared on the EPs and three completely new songs produced by Mike McCarthy, who has worked with Spoon, Dead Confederate and ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead.

On We Don’t Stand a Chance, the Chicago-based band shows that they are not afraid to try various styles.

The best part of the album is that each style is well-executed, from classic punk to modern poprock.

The band finds inspiration from groups such as The Clash, The Replacements and The Police, and their influences can be heard on the album.

Sting would be proud of “Dead Street,” which chronicles the rigors of life on the road.

Damien Jurado – Saint Bartlett

By Michael Arellano

Daily Titan Staff Writer Soundoff@dailytitan.com

For fans of: David Bazan, Dolorean, Phosphorescent, Great Lake Swimmers

Listeners are bound to begin bobbing their heads up and down during the upbeat “Shake, Rattle and Stall,” another track that is perfect to play on a summer road trip.

“Charissa” and “Woodpecker” are more classic rock originals that are sure to please audiences.

Songwriter Krier pours his heart out on the fast-paced track “The Mistake” and shows off his storytelling abilities on “Champagne Toast” and “Tanner Boyle vs the 7th Grade.”

Krier is already drawing comparisons to rock legend Bruce Springsteen, and AM Taxi’s impending rise to mainstream stardom will be aided by their performance at this summer’s Vans’ Warped Tour, with dates running from June 24 through August 15.

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A true byproduct of Seattle’s indie rock scene, Damien Jurado is an artist with an acoustic guitar to play and a solemn story to tell.

Jurado recorded his first fulllength album in 1997 and, since his start, has recorded a total of 10 albums.

His most recent CD, Saint Bartlett, has a different sound than his previous albums. The sound of his songs seem to be more processed on this recording, which could be because of his collaboration with fellow Secretly Canadian artist Richard Swift.

Most of the songs on this album are very monotone, and became boring after a minute or two.

However, his soothing guitar melodies and the comforting tone of his voice makes these tracks mellow and almost narcotic.

I imagine myself listening to him in the middle of a sunny day lying out in a field, contemplating life. The tracks sound as if they belong on the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack.

And, while I was looking forward to hearing some of his more folk-inspired songs, I was left wanting as no tracks seemed to fit the bill.

Most of the lyrics talked about losing love between family, friends and hometown feelings. These lyr-

ics had a tendency to be depressing at times but oddly hopeful at the same time, like all of life’s pains and sorrows have some greater meaning or silver lining.

While I would describe the album as a whole as dull, there were some note-worthy tracks that helped to save face for Jurado.

The last track of the album, “With Lightning in Your Hands,” has an interesting melody and strong lyrics. It talks about enduring life’s storms, and gifts that await those who succeed. He is accompanied in the chorus by a group of male voices which gives the melody some grounding, and even though it’s only 2 minutes and 21 seconds long, it left its mark on me.

Another note-worthy song is “Arkansas.” With the only upbeat rhythm on the album, it offers insight into the kind of music Jurado is capable of creating. With a

piano, drums and some other kind of percussion instrument, the song offers a range of sounds to its listener. The vocals are great and accompanied by a female voice.

Though the CD didn’t meet its expectations, it still shows Jurado’s musical ability. He plays the guitar well and has a way of stringing lyrics together that paint a complete picture. His songs have a way of relating with people on a deeper level, maybe because, at one time or another, we have all felt the sting of loss that his songs so eloquently describe.

Photo Courtesy Secretly Canadian ‘Saint Barlett’ is the most recent release from singer-songwriter Damien Jurado.

The Besnard Lakes –The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night

By Gina baxter

Daily Titan Staff Writer Soundoff@dailytitan.com

For fans of: Field Music, Midlake, Owen Pallett, Local Natives If you’re ransacking your CD case looking for a new band to mellow you out before finals, try listening to The Besnard Lakes. The simple melodies and easy vocals are reminiscent of a young Coldplay without the obnoxious factor, or a more mature and experimental version of The Shins.

With a melodic introduction in the first two tracks that sets you up for an enjoyable listening experience, The Besnard Lakes have created a masterpiece with this record that outshines any of their musical peers.

The Canadian band, formed by husband and wife Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, has perfected their sound in their third album, The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night.

With a few pop highlights mixed into a synthesized background, tracks like “Albatross” sparkle. Goreas’ soft voice lends an ethereal quality to the song, with a background chorus that only strengthens the harmony in her singing. Goreas works in perfect sync with her husband’s playing to bring a soft, dreamlike aspect to the tracks.

The ninth track on the album, “Light Up the Night,” is perhaps one of the brightest spots in the record. Bare-boned guitars set a gentle, soothing rhythm for Lasek to join, and his voice doesn’t disappoint. You can almost hear the waves crashing behind you as you listen to the track,

and are instantly refreshed and ready for the build in tempo toward the end of the song. The spunky riffs at the end of the track only prove that this band has the skills to continue making quality music for as long as they feel like it.

The Besnard Lakes’ album is an independent filmmaker’s dream soundtrack come to life.

Whether you’re taking a road trip back home or just mellowing out on a Sunday afternoon, this record is what you want to listen to from beginning to end, rather than spending another hour listening to Top 40 hits on repeat.

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Titans dash for championships Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

Titan track has high expectations for the 2010 Big West Track and Field Championships, which take place May 14-15 at Cal State Northridge.

The Titans are hoping to improve upon their performance from last season.

Last year, the men’s team finished last and the women’s team placed fourth out of the eight schools in the conference. A repeat would be a disappointment for this year’s team.

“We have high expectations,” said track coach John Elders. “I’m not one to make predictions, so we’ll try hard and let the results take care of themselves.”

While the coaching staff tries to stay level-headed, participants are excited to show off their hard work and are setting their sights as high as possible.

“Our expectations are to win, Coaches are equally excited, but meaning come in first place,” said for a different reason. junior sprinter Ciara Short. “We’ve They are looking forward to watchbeen training really hard and I know ing the culmination of the past year’s that I’m prepared.” work take shape on the field at the Competitors have been training highest level of competition. in anticipation of “We’ve got a this event all year great group of long. kids that have The raised inbeen working retensity could put ally hard,” Elders more pressure on said. “We want athletes, hindering to see the fruit of their performance their work on the – John Elders field.” and cause them to head coach become nervous.

The team is It has happened trying to ignore to senior thrower the heightened and team captain Jameena Hunt in expectations and focus on what needs the past. However, Hunt and her to be taken care of on the field. teammates have developed ways to For the Titans, acheiving superior handle the pressure. results is not as important as giving “I could have done better in the 100 percent effort to put themselves past,” Hunt said. “I’ll try not to get in the best chance to compete. too excited, and imagine it’s just like “We want to compete like we are practice.” capable of performing,” Elders said.

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“We just want to go to the meet and perform as hard as we can.”

The competition got underway with the first leg last weekend, consisting of the decathlon and heptathlon. CSUN’s Robert Robinson and UC Santa Barbara’s Barbara Nwamba claimed the titles, earning early points for their teams. Now, the true competition begins for the Titans.

Short is the favorite in three events (100, 200, 400 meters).

No runner in Big West history has won all three events in a single championship and only one Titan – Kandace Wilson in 2007 in the 400 meters – has won any of the three events at the Big West Championships.

Hunt is currently second in the conference in discus and hammer throw, just inches behind first place.

She placed first in the women’s discus throw at last year’s competition.

Junior Lauren Williams is expected to defend her title in the 100-meter hurdles.

Baseball splashes Waves

By Nicholas fortes

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

The No. 10 Cal State Fullerton Titan baseball team overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Pepperdine Waves for the second time this season, winning 10-7, their 12th come-from-behind win of the season and their 13th win in 14 games.

Fullerton (31-14,15-3) led at the start, scoring two runs in the first inning when Junior shortstop Christian Colon was balked home for the first run and redshirt freshman right fielder Carlos Lopez doubled home junior center fielder Gary Brown.

With the Titans down 6-4 in the top of the eighth inning, freshman third baseman Richie Pedroza and Colon hit back-to-back two-run singles to give the Titans an 8-6 lead.

Sophomore David Hurlbut needed to record one out to earn the win on Wednesday afternoon, getting the final out of the seventh inning before the eighth inning Titan rally to move him to 2-0 on the year.

The Titans scored two more runs in the top of the ninth inning to take their lead to 10-6, but a late rally by the Waves gave the Titans a scare. Freshman shortstop Zach Vincej hit a solo home run, followed by a single, and a fielding error by Pedroza brought senior Ryan Heroy to the plate as the tying-run, but sophomore Nick Ramirez struck him out to end the game.

Ramirez went two-for-four at the plate and scored three runs, while pitching the final six outs of the game, four of them strikeouts, to earn his seventh save of the year.

Titans play at Long Beach State, Friday at 6:30 p.m.

HUNT: CAPTAIN BUILDS LEGACY From Page 1 “The big thing about Jameena is the transformation she’s made starting her junior year,” Titan Track Head Coach John Elders said. “Her first two-and-a-half seasons she showed a lot of potential in practice, but didn’t do well in big tournaments. The last two years, her mental aspect has really improved.”

Hunt credits her experience on the team and taking courses in sports psychology as ways that she has improved her performance.

“I think with experience, I’ve grown wiser,” Hunt said. “My professor always said ‘You can only control the controllables’ so you can only control what you do.”

Based on her family background, Hunt was destined to a life of sports.

Her father played football and her mother played tennis at San Diego State.

Her two older siblings never played at the collegiate level but were active in swimming and basketball.

Originally, Hunt joined track and field to pass the time after basketball season.

She lettered in basketball all four years at Morse High in San Diego.

She started throwing shotput during her sophomore year, eventually discovering that discus was her best event. However, she still has a soft spot in her heart for basketball.

“I was a power forward in high school. Whenever we got to the big teams, I was just a little too short,” Hunt said.

Lucky for the Titans, Hunt found her calling. She holds five CSUF records, including outdoor records of 48’ 10 3/4” for shotput, 173’ 9” for discus, and 185’ 1” for the hammer throw. Despite enjoying the ability to say she is a record holder, Hunt says that breaking school records is never a goal for her.

“When I came here, I looked at the marks and I was pretty sure I could get to some of them,” Hunt said.

“The school record is not really that big of a deal to me. When I go into a

meet, I just try to break my personal record.”

Hunt said she chose to attend CSUF because she wanted to experience life away from home, but still know that home is not far away.

The kinesiology major hopes to get into a sports management program at Cal State Long Beach and eventually work in the field of athletics.

The last two years she has been team captain, a role that she takes very seriously.

“It’s fun to talk to the younger athletes. A lot of them are so nervous about competing on a collegiate level,” Hunt said. “I’m kind of like the momma on the team because I can tell them what I’ve learned from my sports psychology and taking it one day at a time.”

Team captains are selected by the coaches.

According to the coaching staff, Hunt was a natural fit as a captain.

“She was chosen because she is just a natural leader and all about being a Titan,” Elders said. “She’s a good stu-

dent, she works hard at practice, she’s coachable and she’s a good teammate.

You’d like to have 30 of her on the team.”

The selection paid off, because Hunt has made an impact on her teammates, mostly through leading by example.

“Everyone looks up to her because she has improved so much,” said junior sprinter and Hunt’s roommate Ciara Short. “She’s a great role model.”

Elders said that Hunt has definitely left a great legacy at CSUF. Before her, the womens’ throws program had not experienced much success. Hunt just hopes that her hard work rubs off on her teammates and they carry on the legacy she has built.

“I’m a quiet leader. I’m not the one to lead the chants but it’s more like how I handle myself in competition,” Hunt said. “I get the work done and I try not to complain while doing it and I would hope that I would have a team that is the same. No excuses, just get the work done.”

Photo Courtesy mattbrown.com Senior thrower established character and now leads by example for her teammates.