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February 7, 2011Vol. 89 Issue 3

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Q&A with ASI PresidentJoe Lopez opens up about ASI and his role at CSUF............................................ 3

Dada Life rocks SutraSwedish electro duo Dada Life performs to a packed crowd ............................................... 5 Cultural Stand-up

CSUF Entertainment and Tourism Club hosts a fundraiser event by presenting comedians in a night full of laughter ......................................................................................... 3

Discoverfest showcases CSUF clubsGroups and organizations from around the campus come to-gether to promote themselves.

Your ASI Presi-dent, Joe Lopez, sits down with us and answers a few questions.Read and watch the full interview at dailytitan.com/joe-lopez

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WHAT’S INSIDE

NEWSRedesign of courtyard and Alumni Lounge discussed........................................2

OPINIONA look into the pros and cons of internships........................................4

DETOURHomegrown talent Social Distortion release new album........................................6

SPORTS Green Bay packs in a punch for the Super Bowl........................................8

Students explore extra curricular activities

As the spring semester swings into high gear, so did Cal State Fullerton’s student clubs and or-ganizations at Discoverfest, held in the central Quad during last week’s “Titan Week of Welcome.”

Designed to increase student in-volvement on campus, about 160 clubs set up shop to show thou-sands of students what they had to offer. Coordinated by Student Life and New Student Programs, the event also showcased the resources available at CSUF.

“We want (students) to get in-volved on campus because research does show that if students are in-volved in any type of activities on campus, they have a higher success rate than students who don’t,” said Annabelle Cariaga, coordinator of New Student Programs.

The fact that many of CSUF’s students also commute to and from campus makes Discoverfest all the more important, Cariaga said.

“I would say that there’s defi-nitely a challenge to get some students to participate in oppor-tunities on campus because we are such a commuter campus,” Caria-ga said. “We’re trying to get away from that, and that is one of the reasons we have events like this, so we can encourage more involve-ment for everybody.”

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Students gathered in the central Quad to join and sign up for clubs on campus

MARITZA VELAZQUEZDaily Titan

Students showed off their Titan pride at Cal State Fullerton’s fourth annual Homecoming during the Titan Tailgate and CSUF Titans versus UC Riverside Highlanders basketball game in front of the Titan Gym on Saturday, Feb. 5, at 3 p.m.

The first 275 students in attendance at the Titan Tailgate received free Homecoming 2011 T-shirts as well as a free In-N-Out meal funded by the Associated Students Inc., which was served until 5:45 p.m. to the students with their campus-wide ID numbers. Pre-registra-tion was encouraged, though it was not man-

datory.The 2011 Homecoming tailgate event of-

fered students a day filled with recreational activities including: a basketball toss, campus tours, photo booth, face painting, caricature artist, balloon entertainment, RockStar energy drink booth and performances by the CSUF Varsity Band, Dance Team and Spirit Squad.

The basketball toss proved to be a popular activity, as students lined up in front of the gi-ant inflatable ball in hopes of winning a quick shooting game before the tip-off at 6:05 p.m.

“Free shirts, free food and basketball—It’s a good day,” said Harry Meussner, 20, a psychol-ogy major.

Meussner and his friends were among the first 275 students in attendance and expressed a lot of enthusiasm over the highly anticipated

Homecoming basketball game.Students in orange Homecoming 2011 T-

shirts crowded the front of the Titan Gym and cheerfully danced as the Varsity Band played. They were later joined by the Salsa Club who also performed at the tailgate.

Campus tours were offered every half hour from 3 p.m. until 5:15 p.m.

Tuffy and the GEICO Gecko were both present and maintained a good following of students who continued to ask to have their photos taken with the famous mascots.

“[It’s] pretty cool to have this kind of event at our school at least once a year,” said Micah Seabrook, 20, a psychology major.

See HOMECOMING, page 2

Pre-game festivities took place in front of the TItan Gym for Homecoming 2011

Highlanders slam Titans at buzzer

The concrete canvas outside the gymnasium was painted almost com-pletely orange by the attire of over 2,000 students. However, the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team lost Homecoming night to UC River-side 70-69 after a rigorous battle that ended when the Titans were unable to convert with 3.8 seconds remaining after a dunk by Highlander junior for-ward Kevin Bradshaw.

Although the loss was demoral-izing, the evening was a testimony of

CSUF’s four-game home win streak ends with a dunk in closing seconds

See HOME, page 8

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Titan junior forward Andre Hardy mows through a crowd of Highlanders to get to the hoop at Titan Gym Saturday, Feb. 5.

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Titan pride.The Homecoming evening began

with a tailgate party featuring a spirit-ed varsity band, a dazzling dance team and cheer squad, an In-N-Out feast and other clubs and sponsors.

The Alumni Association, Associat-ed Students Inc., Titan Tusk Force and other clubs helped put on the tailgate party. Students swarmed the registra-tion line to receive free Titan gear and a free In-N-Out meal.

ESPN set up a basketball tent with two “pop-a-shot” baskets inside. GEI-CO, another sponsor of the home-coming game, set up its notorious

gecko next to the Titan varsity band. The Titan spirit carried into the

Titan Gym and remained strong throughout the game.

However, Titan junior guard Perry Webster could not get a shot off, but instead lost the ball as time ran out.

The Titans were unable to drown out Highlander junior guard Phil Mar-tin’s 26 points and eight rebounds.

Martin set the pace for his 20-point first half by making the first basket of the night with Bradshaw on the assist. It was answered swiftly with a three-pointer sunk by senior guard Devon Peltier.

The Titans played a tough defense in the paint during the first half when redshirt junior forward Orane Chin came up with a steal and made a sen-sational block that stopped the hot Riverside offense with 5:44 left in the first half.

The Titans took a 10-9 lead when redshirt senior forward Jer’Vaughn Johnson sank both free throws.

After another short 5-0 burst from the Titans, they became silent for near-ly six minutes while Martin heated up beyond the arc and stringed three three-pointers in less than two min-utes, giving the Highlanders a 29-22 lead with seven minutes remaining in the first half.

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Agustin Pradillo grills up some burgers on the bed of his truck while his friends enjoy drinks and chips before the big game in the parking lot outsisde the Titan Gym. JOHNNY LE / Daily Titan

HOMECOMING TAILGATE

Campuscheers for bowl

The party was dead Sunday after-noon as the Super Bowl party, hosted by Associated Students Inc. and the Titan Student Union, began. Only a handful of people were present to watch the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers battle it out on the field.

Inflatable toy footballs and rally sticks lay dejected and deflating on the numerous empty seats in the TSU Underground. Three large-screen tele-visions and free Round Table pizza were advertised to entice students to venture downstairs to enjoy the game. However, many people came simply for the free pizza and then left, but several people stayed and watched the entire game.

“The party was just supposed to be a place where people can come down and have a good time,” said Joshua Porter, a TSU employee. “The Super Bowl party was supposed to go along with other events, like the free billiards tournament and free bowling.”

As the first two quarters of the game advanced, several people trickled in and out of the TSU to enjoy the game with friends. Yet, the large turnout an-ticipated for the game never came.

“Last year we had a party for the Su-per Bowl,” said alumni Paolo Andres, “but this year no one hosted a party, so we ended up coming here instead. We knew that Fullerton would have seats and free pizza.”

Interest in the game seemed low. A few actual football fans were scattered around, but it seemed that most peo-ple were there just to enjoy the tradi-tion of the Super Bowl, not to actually watch the game.

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Titans come together to cheer on their favorite Super Bowl team

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Spot Shot Competition 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Stu-dent Rec Center

Adult CPR/AED classes in the Student Rec Center from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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HOMECOMING: Titan tailgate celebration attracts hundreds of students

Courtney Steiner (above) jumps in the air for a frisbee while playing with her friends outside of the Titan Gym. Dozens of students participated in Homecoming game activities prior to the game.

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Meussner and his friends were among the first 275 students in atten-dance and expressed a lot of enthusi-asm over the highly anticipated Home-coming basketball game.

Students in Homecoming 2011 T-shirts crowded the front of the Titan Gym and danced as the Varsity Band played. They were later joined by the Salsa Club who also performed at the tailgate. Campus tours were offered ev-ery half hour.

Tuffy and the GEICO Gecko were both present and maintained a good following of students who continued to ask to have their photos taken with the famous mascots.

“(It’s) pretty cool to have this kind of event at our school at least once a year,” said Micah Seabrook, 20, a psy-chology major.

In addition to Saturday’s key events, Titan Tusk Force organized various functions throughout the week leading up to the big game.

Homecoming events began on Monday with the Titan Tusk Force Carnival and continued into the week with events like the Dorm Social, Win-A-Date Fundraiser, Titan Tailgate for the men’s basketball game versus UC Irvine on Thursday, Bowling and Bil-liards Rally and a Homecoming dance.

“Homecoming is one of those CSUF events students and alumni should not miss. It is planned in col-

laboration with several groups on cam-pus including Titan Tusk Force, the Alumni Association and CSUF Athlet-ics,” said Joe Lopez, ASI president and CEO. “Titan Tusk Force, the pride and spirit program of ASI, plans events

all week that lead up to the big game on Saturday. This year’s Homecoming included a student tailgate, In-N-Out truck, commemorative T-shirts, face painting, and of course the main event, the men’s basketball game.”

Unfortunately, the men’s basketball team suffered a tough loss in an ex-tremely close game against the High-landers with a final score of 69-70. Still, Homecoming 2011 proved to be a successful event.

The University Affairs Com-mittee voted last Wednesday to implement non-staggered terms for ASI Board of Directors as well as annual elections that will be held in the spring.

These changes will greatly affect the dynamic of the board and al-low for greater funding and lon-ger campaign periods in the spring election.

“We’re taking steps forward in creating a more consistent leader-ship environment for the Board of Directors,” said Derek Tally, a se-nior sociology major and student-at-large on the committee.

Prior to this decision, board members were elected in the fall and spring to serve year-long terms.

This meant that some members would stay on the board through an election and others would leave. With non-staggered terms that are decided in May, an en-tirely new board is elected at the same time. According to Tally, this will create better cohesion and in-creased productivity throughout ASI leadership.

ASI to alter election format University Affairs Committee decides on new consistent voting terms

And with such a wide variety of groups, students had many choices. The range included clubs based on religion, culture, leadership, com-munity service and more. Nearly 40 university departments were also represented, Cariaga said.

Representatives handed out pam-phlets and answered questions from behind their booths, decked out with photos of their members and other visual aids.

The loud, upbeat music, courtesy of Titan Radio, is what initially at-tracted Mihiri Weerasinghe, 20, to the campus Quad for the event,

DISCOVERFEST: 160 campus clubs set up shop in the Quad

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“This is important because we’re a university; this is it. I want to have a good experience, meet people and make some good friends,” said Weerasinghe.

Ivan Rouselle, of the Student Leadership Institute, said there were plenty of opportunities for students to advance their careers and educa-tion with resources available to them on campus.

The organization helps develop global leadership skills and promotes cultural diversity, said Rouselle.

“Everybody is here for the stu-dents. (Everyone is) here to benefit them,” Rouselle said.

The new board will enter office in June, allowing them the entire summer to train and get ready for their position. There is, however, one problem that could arise.

“An outgoing board cannot vote on the future leadership of the board,” said Aissa Canchola, ASI board chair.

The board was able to circum-vent this issue by allowing the outgoing board to appoint a tem-

porary chair and vice chair. These appointees will act as chair and vice chair until the first meeting in June when the board votes on these positions.

This single election system also allows for greater funding and lon-ger campaigns.

Tally hopes that this extra time will give ASI candidates the op-portunity to build a personal con-nection with students, something that he hasn’t seen in the four years that he has been at Cal State Fullerton.

“We’re looking to extend the campaign time to two weeks lon-ger,” Tally said. “I’m really looking forward to see how it plays out during this coming election.”

Another major issue that will be discussed at next week’s University Affairs meeting is the use of per-sonal laptops in on-campus voting stations.

These voting stations are usu-ally manned by supporters of cer-tain candidates. Many argue that this creates an unfair voting envi-ronment.

The board is looking into the possibility of off-campus voting from the student portal. Accord-ing to Megan Martinez, chief ad-ministrative officer and double major in child development and sociology, this would allow more students to vote and create a better voting environment.

“It was one of our biggest com-plaints from last year,” said Marti-nez. Some students don’t have the time to vote on campus or they don’t have class on one of the two voting days.

This change would allow stu-dents to submit their ballot from the comfort of their home and at their own convenience.

Along with voting issues, the committee also researches major issues that apply to students such as parking and on-campus dining.

“We just want to make sure that we capture what the students want,” Tally said.

The issue of off-campus vot-ing is scheduled to be discussed at the committee’s next meeting on Wednesday, Feb 9.

Derek Tally, ASI student-at-large on the University Affairs Committee, discusses changes in the committee’s bylaws, elections and board election procedures.

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Earth, Wind and Fire will be playing for Cal State Fullerton’s annual Front and Center concert on Feb. 19.

According to the CSUF web-site, the concert is put on to in-crease the university’s visibility in Orange County as well as provide funds for academic enrichment and student scholarships.

Earth, Wind and Fire, a funk and R&B rock group, is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Their hits include “Let’s Groove,” “Boogieland” and “September.” Jubilant Sykes, a CSUF music graduate of ‘79 and winner of the 2010 Grammy for “Best Classical Recording,” will be hosting the event. Student performers from the university’s College of the Arts will also be performing.

Front and Center has been conducting annually since 1996 and is a major fundraiser for CSUF.

Brief By Anders Howmann

Earth, Wind and Fire Play for CSUF

The Obama campaign team has hastily begun preparation for the 2012 elections by contacting major donors in hopes of creating a strong support team.

According to Matea Gold of the Los Angeles Times, Re-publican finance lawyers expect Obama supporters to be able to raise $1 billion in contributions for his campaign.

While the Obama campaign will continue to focus on main-taining his popularity within the Los Angeles community, espe-cially with his main Hollywood fundraisers who contributed sig-nificantly in 2008, they will also work on regaining acceptance in New York City.

“Obama’s aides are also look-ing to shore up their standing in New York City, which delivered $42 million to Obama in 2008,” said Gold.

“Some of his Wall Street sup-porters were later furious when Obama castigated the industry as reluctant to reform and called them ‘fat cat bankers,’”Gold said.

It is not expected that those who contributed in 2008 will do so again. According to Gold, Peter Buttenweiser, Philadel-phia education consultant and strong Obama supporter, said, “My sense is they will need to work very hard and almost start from scratch in recruiting those people.”

Brief by Sabrina Park

Obama Prepares for Campaign Trail

After widespread rallies and riots in Cairo last week that at-tracted some 100,000 protesters on Friday, Egypt’s ruling party leaders, including the president’s son, Gamal Mubarak, resigned Saturday, but the regime holds.

The Associated Press reported that President Hosni Mubarak is insisting that he remain at his post until his term ends in Sep-tember.

Protesters vowed to keep up their campaign until the 82-year-old president steps down from his 30-year reign.

Reports on NPR are calling Egypt’s uprising a “peaceful pro-test,” following and inspired by Tunisia’s 29-day revolution.

NPR reporter Eleanor Beard-sly said the transition from dic-tatorship to democracy “won’t be easy or quick. And things are still pretty chaotic.”

The protesters are making headway, however. According to the LA Times, Egypt’s Vice Presi-dent Omar Suleiman agreed to meet with opposition leaders to set up a national committee for public reform.

Representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamic political group, joined the talks on Sun-day. According to the LA Times, this is a sign that Egypt is on new political ground. This group was formerly outlawed and labeled a terrorist organization by the Egyptian government.

There is continued speculation about what the protests in Egypt will mean for the partnership between Egypt and the United States.

Brief by Flor Edwards

Mubarak’s regime Persists in Egypt

ASIP Film: Jackass 3 4, 7 & 10 p.m., Titan Theatre

Bowling Singles Tournament6 p.m., Titan Bowl and Bil-liards Underground

Students seek information from the various clubs and organizations offered on campus.WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan

ASI/CampusDT: What is your role as Associat-

ed Students Inc. president and CEO?JL: I have many roles, the most

important being the voice and repre-sentative of the 35,000 plus students here on campus. I meet with Presi-dent Gordon monthly and can call a meeting with him whenever I need to discuss an issue, making sure any student concerns that come across my desk are communicated to him. I appointed the various leaders of our ASI program and keep up with them regularly, leading the organization in-ternally.

DT: What does ASI do for stu-dents of Cal State Fullerton?

JL: Each college has a college-based council and the different clubs that fall into that college can receive ASI funds. We operate the Titan Student Union, the Student Rec Center and the brand spanking new Children’s Center. [ASI makes sure] we are com-municating and having our voice be heard here on campus, but also off campus.

DT: How can the students of CSUF get more school spirit?

JL: Attending those athletic games is a great way to boost school spirit, but also getting involved on campus. There are so many students here that come to their classes and head right back to the parking structure to go back home. I want to challenge every-one to get involved in a club or orga-nization. There’s over 300 clubs and organizations and definitely some-thing for everyone.

DT: If a student wanted to send in their comment, suggestion or concern

about the school or ASI, how could they reach you?

JL: On the ASI homepage, there’s a little box on the right-hand side that says “Tell ASI what matters to you.” Click on that, a little box pops up, type in your dealio and click submit and that all comes right to me.

DT: How many of the people on the executive staff are Greek?

JL: Five out of the six of us have been involved in Greek organizations.

Personal Life DT: Did your involvement in the

Greek community have any influence in your winning the presidential elec-tion?

JL: The Greek community provid-ed a lot of support in our campaign. It’s a very supportive community. We have various programs and projects that we work on throughout the year and collaborate on.

DT: What personal goals did you have when you first entered this posi-tion?

JL: This semester we want to focus on advocacy and making sure that students are informed about what’s going on in the state of California and with the budget crisis and how it’s affecting higher education, the Cal State system, and our own Cal State Fullerton campus.

DT: What are your plans to make Cal State Fullerton a better school?

JL: We can’t lose sight of what’s happening here on campus. We are looking at renovating the Titan Stu-dent Union and how we can improve services in the TSU.

DT: What other leadership roles have you had?

JL: Various leadership roles and of-ficer positions within Sigma Nu fra-ternity. With ASI Productions, I was the union and special programming coordinator. I was the administrative

director for ASI Productions. Last year I was the ASI executive vice presi-dent. I was involved with Camp Titan for four years, serving as a counselor for one year and then a staff member for three years.

DT: What is your day-to-day life as ASI president?

JL: It really is a large combination of meetings. In between meetings, working on different projects that we have, various campaigns and events. I meet with our ASI executive director and different student leaders within ASI. I represent students on several committees in the university. Lots of meetings, lots of projects.

DT: Do you have an annual salary as ASI president?

JL: The ASI president and most of the student leaders within ASI receive a scholarship, either monthly or se-mesterly.

DT: What do you do with that scholarship?

JL: With the busy role that I have, I do not have time to work outside of ASI. That helps with paying for the various costs we all have as students: transportation, room and board, tu-ition, books, and all that fun stuff, food.

DT: How much is the annual scholarship that you receive?

JL: The annual scholarship is lo-cated in the ASI Budget.

According to the ASI budget, Lopez’s scholarship is $18,700 annually.

DT: What are your personal plans for the future?

JL: I’m graduating this May. I’m very excited about that. I’m look-ing into doing a little traveling to Europe and hopefully teaching Eng-lish abroad. Going with the flow, see where it all takes me.

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The president speaks Outgoing ASI President Joe Lopez sits down with the Daily Titan to dis-

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The ASI Board of Directors meet-ing on Tuesday, Feb. 1, painted a dark outlook for CSUs due to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget. Two sepa-rate presentations outlined the diffi-culties facing the 23 campuses.

Miles Nevin, executive director of the California State Student Associa-tion, spoke to the board and said the half-billion dollar cuts were a best-case scenario. The CSSA will work to keep the cuts from increasing and protect financial aid, said Nevin.

Greg Washington, chief govern-ment officer of ASI, provided an in-depth look at the changes in CSU funding. Levels of funding would be reduced to the same level as the 1999-2000 California budget, despite 70,000 less students system-wide, said Washington. Along with the 18 percent cut in funding, the governor’s proposed budget calls for a 10 per-cent fee increase.

The proposed budget is contingent on tax extensions being passed in June. If the voters do not approve the extensions, the CSUs could face cuts nearing one billion dollars.

“We aren’t really sure how the bud-

get cuts could affect financial aid,” said Washington.

Cal State Fullerton is one of five universities where students contrib-ute more toward their education than the state funds, according to Wash-ington. This is because the university enrolls more students than the state provides funding for, according to Diana Guerin, chair of the Academic Senate. Guerin also stated that CSUF was the most efficient campus.

The only way to account for the cut in funding is to reduce expens-es through actions such as layoffs and furloughs, or increase revenue through fee increases, according to Guerin.

“It will impact students who want to be admitted next fall or transfer in spring 2012,” said Guerin of the ef-fects of the budget cuts.

She believes it will lead to lower enrollment in the fall semester and the denial of transfer students next spring. The university allowed trans-fer applicants for spring 2011 after denying transfers for spring 2010. She also thinks class offerings will be reduced.

“We don’t want students’ inability to get classes to be the reason they can’t graduate on time,” Guerin said.

Because ASI receives its funding from enrollment fees, reduced enroll-ment would lead to lower revenue. This could limit ASI’s ability to pro-vide funding for many student orga-nizations.

Washington announced the Pris-oners vs. Students campaign, in

which students will appear in mug shots.

“We want to raise awareness of the gap between prisons and higher education,” Washington said of the effort. “Higher education is the life-blood of the state and prisons are something that doesn’t return that investment.”

The public speakers included a re-port on the activities of the College of Education Inter-Club Council. Kris-tina Hohmann, a senior child devel-opment major and chair of the Col-lege of Education Inter-club Council, represented the COE ICC during the meeting.

“There is usually good discussion,” said Hohman. “They’ll take into ac-count what you say.”

Every organization funded by ASI is required to report to the board twice a semester, according to Hohman. The organizations must obtain ASI approval for increases in their budget.

“The worst they’ll say is no, and then we’re back at square one,” Hohman said.

Other new business included unanimous approval of a contract for a culture show hosted by the Iranian Student Association, Indian Student Association, Middle Eastern Student Society and the Pakistani Student As-sociation. Contracts over $3,000 re-quire ASI approval.

A resolution urging the Academic Senate to create a standard meeting schedule for its committees was also passed unanimously.

In a new and creative fundraiser, the Entertainment and Tourism Club hosted five headliner comedians Fri-day in the Titan Student Union for a cultural awareness comedy show.

Made up of mainly business and communication majors, the ETC has been working hard since November, meeting weekly and heavily promot-ing in order to have Friday’s final product.

“We just worked together to put the show on,” said Jezyrose Mada-rang, an entertainment and tourism major. “It was a lot of stress, but it all worked out in the end. We decided to do a comedy show because you do not usually see it as a fundraiser. It just felt like more fun.”

The club learned how to put to-gether a large scale professional show. They marketed the show through promotions both on campus and online. Sponsors, such as NBC, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim donated money, raffle prizes and food to the event.

A lot of help was provided by the host of the show, comedian Ernesto Gritzewsky, known by his stage name

“Ernie G.” Ernie G is no stranger to Cal State Fullerton; he helped the MEChA Club organize a very suc-cessful comedy show back in 2007 and was happy to return to CSUF to put on another successful show. It was Ernie G who was instrumental in getting all of the performers to come out at a fraction of their nor-mal charge to help the club.

“The bottom line is, I want to train the students in producing a live event so that they can make money for their organization and bring top-quality professional stand-up come-dians to Cal State Fullerton at a frac-tion of what it would usually cost,” said Ernie G.

Kicking the event off Friday, there was a VIP event where those who had purchased higher priced tickets could come and indulge in a buffet dinner before the show.

The show started a little later than planned, but it was worth the wait. Ernie G came onstage with intense energy and started off the cultural comedy show by explaining that he was Mexican, American, Puerto Ri-can, Russian, French, Catholic and Jewish. He went on to explain that he represents this country, before starting on his short routine and then bringing out each headliner.

The theme of the show was “Cul-tural Comedy Chaos.” Each comedi-an represented a different culture and had stand-up routines that discussed issues like race, sexual preference, age, social status, education, weight and gender. However, even though

the issues discussed were serious, nothing was sacred on the stage. Na-tive American JR Redwater, Japanese American Paul Ogata, African Amer-ican Loni Love and Persian American Max Amini came to the stage one by one to do stand-up bits that poked at their own heritage, but had no problem poking fun at everyone else, including members of the audience.

“We figured that a culture theme was a good theme to go with,” said Taylor Somera, club president. “Our school is very diverse, and so is the surrounding community. We just figured it would be a good thing to promote.”

The show seemed to go off with-out a hitch. From start to finish the

audience was laughing at the differ-ent comedians and cheering out for whatever question was posed to the crowd. Each comedian was given thunderous applause as they exited the stage and the next entertainer was called up.

“The club put a lot of effort into producing this event, as well as mar-keting the event through the univer-sity and the community,” said Pro-fessor Henry Puente, club adviser. “I do believe that this event will be a smashing success.”

Of the 400 tickets available, more than 300 were sold. A raffle con-cluded the night’s events, and in the end, the Entertainment and Tourism Club had a very successful fundraiser.

Creativity and fundraising collide at the TSU The Entertainment

and Tourism Club hosts a comedy show for cultural awareness

KATHLEEN ROSELLDaily Titan

Ernie G brings down the house with his comedy stylings. The comedian hosted the event which was attended by more than 300 people.

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The Titan Student Centers Com-mittee on Planning continued talks in their Feb. 2 meeting to completely re-design the downstairs courtyard of the Titan Student Union, redecorate the Alumni Lounge and revise their bud-get in the process. The new semester’s budget will decrease $182,000 from their original yearly proposal, while plans to redesign parts of the TSU aren’t projected to take shape until sometime next year.

The project to rebuild and recon-struct the TSU courtyard is still in the initial idea process, but if all goes ac-cording to plan the courtyard will be-come a sleek rendition of a contempo-rary garden, equipped with palm trees, overhanging shades and a stone fire pit. The landscape, which hasn’t been updated in over 35 years, is starting to show age with the four dominant trees starting to break out of their contain-ers.

“This is an opportunity to recon-ceive the whole idea,” said Kurt Borst-ing, the TSC board director, who hopes to make the courtyard a more

Advocating for stu-dents in the wake of a budget crisis is on the top of ASI’s agenda

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Committee plans courtyard redesign Titan Student Cen-

ters Committee on Planning discusses TSU renovations

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A project is being proposed by the TSC to modernize the seating area of TSU’s Garden Cafe.LUCIO VILLA / Daily Titan

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popular gathering place for students on campus.

Projected designs include four cov-ered arbors to provide shade during the day and lighting at night, as well as long booths against the walls, such as the ones found in the TSU food court, to provide for both large and intimate groups of students. They hope the central fire pit with surrounding chairs will create a gathering place after dark. The entire redesign is projected to cost over a half million dollars.

Committee Chair Megan Morri-son, who has a part in every decision made by the TSC Governing Board on Planning, has been constructing the courtyard idea for quite some time, and said, “I’m really excited to see the future projects of the TSU be-gin to take shape. I think the courtyard improvement will be a great enhance-ment for students to enjoy.”

The Alumni Lounge won’t be un-dergoing any major reconstruction, however many enhancements are

projected to make the room more of a tribute to Cal State Fullerton alumni. Ideas include new cabinets to show-case alumni memorabilia, such as let-terman jackets and an old school seal, floor to ceiling display cases that show what former Titans have gone on to accomplish and a timeline of the uni-versity.

“This is the first impression people get when they go on campus tours of the school,” Borsting said. “Imagine if they come in and see an astronaut that was a former Titan. They’d sure want to come here.”

As none of these plans are set in stone for the redecoration of the TSU, the governing board hopes to hear in-put from students on what they would like to see happen to the courtyard and Alumni Lounge.

“I encourage students to come to these meetings to gain an insight on how their student fees are being used,” said Christian Urcia, committee vice chair.

Joe Lopez sits in his office in the Titan Student Union where he serves as president and CEO of Associated Students Inc. JOHNNY LE / Daily Titan

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Fullertoon: Show your School Spirit BY SEAN LEFLERWorking for free to get a degree?

Shouldn’t higher learning serve a higher purpose? Is the sum of the knowledge gained in school only to be used to make a profit or to secure... well, security?

Isn’t it odd that we think past our days in college as days when we will have a “real job” and make “real money,” while college students and graduates in other countries want to make a “real dif-ference?”

The last week and a half in Egypt should serve as a yardstick to measure ourselves against, and let me tell you, they have set the bar high.

Words like “unprecedented,” which appeared in an Associated Press story about the protests, are being used in an attempt to de-scribe a sight that has no historical equivalent for the region.

Meanwhile, the country that was described by President Ron-ald Reagan as a “shining city upon a hill whose beacon light guides freedom-loving people every-where” no longer understands how its democracy works.

The protests in Egypt, much like those in Iran last year, are being driven, if not led, by their college educated youth. These college grad-uates and students seem to have a better grasp on what a democracy is than we do, and democracy doesn’t even exist in their countries.

In the 2008 presidential elec-tion, Barack Obama campaigned on a platform of “change,” a plat-form that was geared as much to-ward the public as a whole as it was to America’s college youth. And it worked. College students came out in full force and Obama’s picture and slogans were on more T-shirts than Lady Gaga has crazy outfits.

Now, almost two years after Obama’s inauguration and just months after a midterm election that saw the American public take away the majority held by the Democrats in Congress, where is

the change that we say we want? More importantly, why can’t we enact the change that the Egyp-tians are fighting so hard for?

The answer is simple: We com-pletely forgot what the Founding Fathers made so clear.

The men who wrote the Consti-tution were some of the smartest men to ever walk the face of the Earth.

They didn’t bury the founda-tion of our democracy where only Indiana Jones and the guy from “National Treasure” could find it. It isn’t a Freemason secret, shroud-ed in exclusivity and ritual.

“We the people of the United States of America.” These nine words are the first words in the

Constitution, which along with the Declaration of Independence are the most important documents in our country’s history.

Nine simple words are the foun-dation for everything this nation stands for and everything the Egyptians are fighting for.

You can argue about the right to bear arms or how far the First Amendment really protects free-dom of speech, but those nine words are unmistakable.

Where are the people of the United States today?

Why aren’t we standing united to make a difference and enact real change for ourselves and our future?

“Protesters jammed in shoulder-to-shoulder, farmers and unem-ployed university graduates, wom-en in conservative headscarves and women in high heels, men in suits and working-class men in scuffed shoes.” The scene described here is from the same Associated Press article that called the protests “un-precedented.”

Can you picture the same scene on the streets of America? Or at the gates of the White House or in front of the Capitol? I sure can’t.

This is my proposal: Take that higher learning that we are all burning the midnight oil to achieve and use it to guarantee se-curity, but security for the future.

Let’s find our way back to the days when “We the people” actu-ally meant something, when we took control of our government because we were the government.

The world now more than ever is looking for the “shining city upon a hill.”

The only question is: Will we be the ones to show the way or will we only speak loud enough to maintain the status quo?

“We the people” used to mean something Egyptian crisis

sheds a powerful po-litical light on Middle East frailty and Ameri-can apathy

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Internships. I know. You’re taking 12 units or more, you work 30-plus hours a week, you have to maintain some sort of social life while you’re still in your prime and you just found out your major requires you to intern before graduation. Ugh.

Cal State Fullerton, as well as other universities, requires some majors to undergo an internship that involves non-paid work in your field of study during a semester in order to graduate. Yes, you read that right—some majors. And you’re probably saying this isn’t fair. I agree.

All majors should require stu-dents to intern before graduation. I’m not saying this because I’m some enraged student who wants to inflict the same amount of pain I have to endure to graduate, but because it’s a great experience.

The Career Center at CSUF lists reasons why internships are ben-eficial to students on their website by saying that while working as an intern you get to see the same chal-lenges that a full-time employee faces.

“You will experience what it is like to work in a professional envi-ronment, learn the company culture and interact with other career pro-fessionals,” states the Career Center website.

Working in a professional envi-ronment broadens your knowledge; it allows you to apply what you’ve learned in the classroom and more.

As a student, you can only take so many pop quizzes and write so many papers to drill information into your brain, but when you actu-ally take the concepts you’ve learned and apply them to the professional world, you’re able to get a feel for that dream job you’ve been working so hard for.

This allows you to develop new skills and find an area of interest in

your degree as well. Some degrees can be broad; by getting yourself out there, you’re able to find what aspect of the job you enjoy most and be-come an expert in that area.

Another advantage of interning is professional networking. This is ex-tremely helpful for students because when you’re handed that diploma, you won’t be left sitting in the dark at 2 a.m. clicking through Craig-sLlist.org after graduation (unless you’re looking for something other than a job).

You will know people who know people. They will know things like where there may be job openings or whether or not another internship is available.

The connections you make are also great references to acquire let-ters of recommendation, and they may even offer you a job after gradu-ation. You never know.

Interning also builds your ré-sumé, so when you’re finished with school, you aren’t handing employ-ers a piece of paper stating your job history as an attendant at Chuck E. Cheese and that your area of exper-tise is building bottle rockets. While it may be interesting to some, it’s not going to land you a marketing job.

Interning will give you relevant experience and ultimately it will in-crease your worth after graduation.

Of course, there’s also that chance that through an internship you may find a complete distaste toward your major after all. This is actually a good thing.

What’s college if you don’t change your major at least six times, right? That is, unless you’re one of those gifted ones who was born with a paintbrush in your hand.

Interning is a great crutch in the professional world. It may not land you a job working for the White House right away, but it’s going to help you get there eventually.

I know working for free sucks, but ultimately it pays off, and if your major doesn’t require you to intern, consider it and thank me later.

JESSICA DRUCKDaily Titan

Universities should require students to intern in accordance to their major

Welcome to Cal State Fullerton, the commuter school. Currently 73.7 percent of students drive alone to campus on an average commute of 13.7 miles per day.

Up to 5 percent never come to the Fullerton campus, being en-rolled in online-only courses or only attend the Irvine Satellite Campus.

One third of all students are only on campus one or two days a week.

But all of this is changing. By next fall, new residence halls

will provide housing for 1,062 more students, and by 2015, when CSUF’s “College Town” plan comes to fruition and the acquisition of the Hope International University property is complete, CSUF will be much more than a mere commuter campus; it will be a true college town.

These are the physical changes that CSUF is pushing for in an effort to create the culture of camaraderie and connectivity that truly define a college campus and its students.

On the other hand, we are already seeing similar changes in CSUF stu-dent mentality.

Attendance at sports games has been constantly growing, and ASI Productions Spring Concert events have been regularly selling out.

Voter turnout at ASI elections has gone up too, but still only pulls in around 10 percent of the student body to the voting booths.

Slowly but surely, students are getting more involved on campus – and no wonder, because this school regularly does amazing things.

Mihaylo College of Business and Economics has been listed among

U.S. News and World Report’s best business programs.

Our athletes place well in nation-al level sporting events, students rep-resent the school by winning major scholarships or high profile intern-ships and CSUF alumni have even made it to space.

The campus itself is an amazing place, with a myriad of distractions and entertainments for students to while away the time.

There is free (or cheap) bowling, billiards and a bar in the Titan Stu-dent Union Underground.

The Student Recreation Center is as fancy and well-equipped as any 24-Hour Fitness and free to all stu-dents; there’s even a pool.

The campus has a Student Health Center which provides free or cheap health care to students, even acu-

puncture or massage therapy. If you don’t have any friends from

CSUF, go to some campus events and meet some.

This Valentine’s Day, go to a speed-dating mixer, or check out ASI’s Karaoke in the TSU Under-ground Pub on Monday afternoons.

Make sure you vote in this years ASI Elections.

College is a literal once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It’s time more CSUF students stepped up and got involved.

Don’t walk away from your col-lege years with nothing more than half-forgotten memories of inebri-ated parties. Walk away remember-ing some of the best years of your life in a place that will always be special to you, your alma mater, Cal State Fullerton.

LETTERS TO THE EDITORThe Daily Titan welcomes letters to the editor. All letters must include the sender’s first and last name. Students must include their majors, and other writers must include their affiliation to the university, if applicable. The Daily Titan reserves the right to edit letters for length, grammar and spelling. Send letters to Isa Ghani, the Editor-in-Chief, at DTEditorInChief@gmail.com.

DAiLY TiTAN EDiToRiAL: have Some pride, get involved

“These college graduates and students seem to have a better grasp on what a democracy is than we do, and democracy doesn’t even exist in their countries.”

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Upcoming shows

Tuesday February 8Cradle of Filth at Club Nokia

Wednesday February 9Friendly Fires at the Roxy

Friday February 11

Lindstrom at the Vanguard

Friday February 11Big Boi and Cee-Lo Green at Club Nokia

saTurday February 12The Decemberists at the Wiltern

Friday February 11Aquabats at the Music Box

saTurday February 12

KRS-One at the Roxy

saTurday February 12Snoop Dogg at Pomona Fox Theater

saTurday February 12Parkway Drive at the Glasshouse

saTurday February 12Smith Westerns at Detroit Bar

The music cut. The lights dropped. The anticipation built.

When the first bars of Dada Life’s remix of the Kaskade track “Dynasty” blared through the speakers just before midnight, the club exploded. This set the tone for the rest of Dada Life’s set at Sutra Bar in Costa Mesa Thursday.

The Swedish electro duo, com-prised of Ollie Corneer and Ste-fan Engblom, remained extremely animated throughout their two-hour set, igniting the crowd. The duo performed in front of an LED screen shuffling through an array

of visualizers, along with lasers and lights to add to the atmo-sphere.

The club was packed with an-ticipation for the duo, who ranked No. 89 on DJ Mag’s Top 100 for 2010. The list is the electronic music industries’ standard ranking for DJs worldwide.

The dance floor was packed before Dada Life took the stage and remained jammed throughout their set.

The duo kept things banging with a list of electro favorites, such as a remix of the 2008 MGMT hit “Kids.” Two scantily-clad dancers danced on platforms flanking the dance floor.

Just before 1 a.m., the crowd erupted to Afrojack’s “Replica.” Afterward, Dada Life went to a darker electro style before drop-

ping a few tracks of dubstep. They played Daft Punk’s classic “One More Time” before giving way to their own mix of Benny Benassi’s “Satisfaction.”

With the crowed jumping, they played their own track “Unleash the Dada” to close out the night. As the house lights came on just before 2 a.m., the crowd mixed in chants of “Dada Life” and “One more song,” refusing to believe the night was coming to an end.

Dada Life is known for their excitement and energy, and they did not disappoint. They kept the pulse of the crowd and knew when to rev up the energy or bring the mood down. Dada Life plays in Southern California often and is a must-see for any electro fan. As the duo’s song says, “Unleash the Dada.”

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Side conversations and homework occupied several of the spectators’ at-tention more than the game. The in-flatable toys were picked up and played with as the game continued.

“The party is okay,” said Eli Cundiff, a business grad student. “I mean, the party is what it is. They have TVs and pizza, so it was still good. The turnout was not very good, but the party was not advertised that much.”

Although interest in the game lagged, the intense game between the Packers and the Steelers did not go un-noticed. Sparse clapping and a few out-bursts of “Get it!” were heard from the dispersed crowd. For each touchdown during the night there were cheers.

However, the most energy was

shown when the commercials came on. The attention sharpened and hardy chuckling could be heard, along with commentary about the hilarity of each commercial.

The halftime show attracted the most viewers, but after the show peo-ple returned to their other interests.

The second half started with the Steelers fighting to catch up to the lead that the Packers had acquired in the first half. But even with the intensity on the field, the newly opened billiards tournament attracted more of the par-ty attendees than the game.

As the last quarter started, all those who remained in the Underground returned to their seats to cheer as the Packers fought their way to their third Super Bowl title. The party had been small, but those who attended had en-joyed the experience.

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Students sat back and relaxed during the Super Bowl Party hosted by Associated Students Inc. in the TSU. Students cheered for their favorites, supporting either the Green Bay Packers or the Pittsburgh Steelers. KATHLEEN ROSELL / Daily Titan

Alumni Paolo Andres and some friends root for the Green Bay Packers who won the XLV Super Bowl. SCORE: 31-25.KATHLEEN ROSELL / Daily TitanJust Deal With It starring

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Fans of Social Distortion have been waiting nearly seven years for newly recorded material from the Fullerton-based punk band. Mike Ness, the primary songwriter and singer/guitarist of the group, is well known for taking his time releasing Social D’s albums. Their seventh

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tv series

Portland is a city that is home to an abundance of rose gardens. Subcultures like punk began here, and it has been praised as one of the “greenest” cities in the world.

These are not topics that are nec-essarily dramatic enough to host a television show. Well, thanks to Fred Armisen they are and thus is born the newest television gem, Portlandia.

Portlandia is a six-part original series that began airing on IFC at the end of January. The show was created, written by and stars Ar-misen from Saturday Night Live and Carrie Brownstein, formerly of the

defunct band Sleater-Kinney. The series centers on life in the city of Portlandia, the duo’s hysterically odd version of Portland, its people, places and things.

Every Friday night audiences are introduced to another facet of life in fictional Portlandia.

In the first episode, we learn that Portland is much like the ‘90s. Tribal tattoos, nose piercings and grunge bands thrive here and a neat little song is sung to prove that “the dream of the ‘90s is alive in Port-land.”

After the initial musical number, the episode segues into two fictional characters played by Brownstein and Armisen, who are at a vegan restaurant in downtown Portland having dinner.

The couple is skeptical about eat-ing their so-called organic chicken and ask their server about how the chicken was raised.

Hilarity ensues when the couple go to great lengths to ensure that their dinner was treated humanely and ethically by visiting the actual farm their chicken dinner was raised on.

In the second episode, Armisen and Brownstein, playing them-selves, meet the mayor of Portland who asks them to write a song about their city. The couple struggle to write a song that could draw tour-ists to their beloved city.

There are native plants, long-term parking, cheap food and cars. There are many angry, hip cyclists who yell at cars who come close to hit-ting them. There are pushy, feminist retail bookstore owners who hang onto every customer who enters, but who refuse to sell anything. And in Portland, you can “put a bird on anything and call it art.”

When the song is completed, they go to the mayor’s office with

a recorded CD, but cannot play it. The office doesn’t have a CD player or the technology to download the song to a computer. The duo resort to having to play the music live, like true Oregon natives.

In each episode, the show fea-tures many skits in between while shifting back to the main storyline of each episode. The show is shot in a non-linear fashion and is similar to another defunct television show, The State, where jokes from previous skits would spill into subsequent scenes.

The strength of Portlandia is its witty and absurd humor. Both Ar-misen and Brownstein prove them-selves capable of creating enough memorable characters to sustain the short series. It’s a shame to see the ‘90s pass us again after the series’ end. Although, we know where to tune in if we wish to resurrect this cool era.

Comedic Portlandia ignites ‘90s revival

Trumpeter Frank Cano and his Latin Jazz Band delivered a hot mix of the very best Latin grooves Wednesday at the Becker Amphi-theater.

Tight, swinging Afro-Cuban rhythms with fluid jazz harmonies echoed from the stage, alluring stu-dents and faculty.

Joining Cano onstage was fa-mously known England native Benn Clatworthy on the saxophone and flute, Larry Vasquez on the stand-up bass, Jeff Goodkind on the piano and Cuba native Jorge Carbonell on the drums.

The group has been together for three years, having formed after free-lancing individually and performing together continuously with other jazz ensembles.

Cano has performed with legend-ary congueros Francisco Aguabella, Roberto Torres, Ralfi Pagan, Tony Orlando and Jose Feliciano.

“I was freelancing with other groups, and I decided to get togeth-er with the people I rehearsed with frequently,” said Cano. “After we got together, I started to put my focus on the band.”

Cano still continues to freelance as a trumpeter for other groups.

The ensemble heated up the windy afternoon, appealing to both jazz and Latin fans alike with origi-nal compositions written by Cano.

Each song featured a solo by one of the members. From the drums to the flute, each improvisation was ex-ecuted with beautiful melodies that cascaded over soulful rhythms and solid grooves.

“I’m really happy that ASI has them performing because I really en-joy this type of music,” said Caroline Sagal, 26, RTVF major.

She, along with many other audi-ence members, felt the performance

was a good change to the Becker line-up.

“ASI should have more of these bands perform,” Sagal said.

Classic jazz arrangements were also featured during the perfor-mance.

“A Night in Tunisia” by Dizzy Gil-lespie, a well-known song amongst avid fans of jazz, immediately drew faculty out of the nearby music de-partment. Carbonell and Vasquez started off the song by locking the rhythms of their instruments in a solid groove while Cano and Clat-worthy played the melody flawlessly as a duet.

The ensemble not only played Latin tunes, but also found them-selves embodying the music, shift-ing their bodies back and forth, and translating the music with their body language. Some attendees couldn’t help but dance along.

“I like the songs that had someone singing in it because it gave it more rhythm and sounded like something you could get up and dance to,” said Yasmine Mata, 20, a business major.

Cano’s latest album, A Beautiful Day/Un Lindo Dia, has been well received in the U.S., Latin America and Europe for its sensational inter-pretation and embodiment of the true spirit of Latin jazz.

Members involved and heard on the album are a different group of individuals who Cano records with, known as the Bando Brother Group, who have worked with prominent Latin jazz artists such as Pancho Sanchez.

Cano is currently planning his next visit to the recording studio to embark on his next album.

“The music is already written, we just have to start the recording pro-cess,” Cano said.

The album is expected to be re-leased later this year. Cano said fans could also expect new sounds with another anticipated album that will take more of a smooth jazz ap-proach.

Frank Cano’s new album will be sure not to disapoint.

“The performance was a very joy-ful experience,” said Sagal.

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album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, was finally released Jan. 18.

Having been around since the late ‘70s, Social D has gone through numerous stylistic changes, morph-ing from punk to rockabilly, inten-sifying into rock, then backtracking an era toward rock ‘n’ roll, and now incorporating key blues and coun-try elements in their newest album.

The music in Hard Times is light, with more color than in any of the band’s previous albums. Longtime fans are probably used to a stripped-down ambush of sound with little

more than hard guitars, a simple chord progression and a compact, yet poignant set of lyrics sung by Ness’ patented growl.

But some unusual additions ex-ist in the music this time around. Lyrically, Ness is much less down-and-out and much more get-up-and-fight. It’s dressed up and gar-nished with such elements as a short monologue in the middle of “Bakersfield,” classic rock-style backup singers in both “California (Hustle and Flow)” and “Can’t Take It With You” and a piano part in “Still Alive.”

Many of the “new” songs have been played live for a long time. To those hardcore fans that have fre-quented Social D’s practically non-stop touring shows over the years, the musical changes incorporated into Hard Times should not be un-expected.

By itself, Hard Times is just good. First-time listeners of the band may find the new album a little plain and sometimes overly sentimental. Those who have only enjoyed Social D’s hit songs played over the radio might be a bit disappointed with Hard Times, as their style is simply not as hardened as it once was.

In the proper context, however, it’s a sensible addition to the band’s discography. What makes it real honest music is that Ness’ personal growth can be traced by listening to the entirety of his musical career.

No doubt, Social D has likely lost purist fans between albums, but Hard Times is definitely a step forward for the band’s sound. It’s the sound of a person who sees and thinks the same things as always, but from a refined perspective that can only come from growing older and wiser.

Keep in mind that Ness is not a child anymore. The themes and sounds expressed through Hard Times are appropriate for a person who has genuinely grown in matu-rity. Imagine an alternate universe in which a forty-eight-year-old Ness is still firebombing society and the establishment at a blistering tempo.

From a recording standpoint, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes is a step into new waters for Social D. The band tried new things with their sound; a lot of it worked, while some things fell just short. Its real strength is that it exists as evidence that the band is indeed still alive, making transitions and evolving.

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“The Mechanic” just about does everything an action movie should do: explosions, a few one-liners, a plot that strings along the action, a few jabs at humor and some sense of bad-assery. Basically, “The Me-chanic” does all that; which is to say, it does nothing new and what it does do it doesn’t do well.

Jason Statham plays the role of Arthur Bishop, a “mechanic.” As a mechanic, he’s an assassin-for-hire, purposely detach-ing himself from the complexities of a social life so that he remains focused, objective and unsympathetic when on the job.

This changes quickly enough when he’s ordered to gun down one of the few people he trusts, Harry McKenna. McKenna’s son, Steve (Ben Foster, “3:10 to Yuma”), goes to Bishop hoping to seek some kind of catharsis for the emotional tur-moil he’s going through. Bishop takes him under his wing, while Steve has no knowledge that Bishop was his father’s killer.

It’s an interesting setup with a lot of ways where “The Mechanic” could have tested Bishop’s stoic de-meanor, but instead it goes the easy route with training montages and an endless string of action sequenc-es. These aren’t even particularly good either; the camera can barely keep a steady frame of the action

and with the insane amount of cuts and edits, it all simply becomes an incomprehensible blur of fists fly-ing and muzzle fire.

And because the film is so con-cerned with the action, there’s never truly a moment where Bishop nor Steve really develop into interest-ing characters. The very few inter-actions between them amount to a sentence or two of dialogue, with a few expletives thrown in to try add-ing some flavor to the script. It’s a missed opportunity.

The two leads, Statham and Fos-ter, do what they can with what

they’re given. Hard looks with eye-brows crooked in a way that implies hostility is gener-ally the expression they have with them throughout the entirety of the film. Statham de-livers in the sense that he’s just do-ing the bad-ass persona he’s been doing for the past decade, while Fos-ter does a good job of showing a bit of the emotional in-stability his char-

acter should have. It’s just too bad that the script doesn’t give them an opportunity to really bounce off each other for some killer-to-killer chemistry.

“The Mechanic” is an apt title for this film. The film is put together in a way that just feels mechanic. All the parts function enough so that it’s competent, but none of it is particularly good. It’s a flat film that lacks soul or a defining char-acteristic that differentiates itself from the other mass of action films. Save those eight dollars and go get yourself a sandwich, go watch a bet-ter movie or just something; it’ll be better than sitting through this.

CHRISTOPHER PARKDaily Titan

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Aries (March 21-April 19) Tensions between you and associates muddle a dynamic where awareness can be achieved. State your positions clearly using basic facts.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) If you depend on luck, you actually get great results in the romance department. Take it all in stride. You’ve earned the good fortune.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) Stress in the workplace is compounded by differences in opinion between males and females. Diffuse the situation by listening for what’s missing.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) At least you’re aware today of what others believe they want. You may not agree, but try to fulfill their desires anyway. You learn something by day’s end.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Don’t plan to conquer the world today. If you can manage your own mind, you’ve made progress. Cleaning up your household environment also helps.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) People pair up to accomplish diverse tasks. The cleanup crew needs extra help in the form of supplies and manpower. Make order a priority.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Who’s that masked man who just walked in? You need to know in order to make a quick decision. Ask pointed questions before taking action.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) One group member is firing on all cylinders. Keeping up may require more effort than you’re willing to expend. Speak up if you get tired.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Whatever happens in a social setting returns home with you. Then you see the good fortune attached to what seemed quite unpleas-ant.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Something you already knew deep inside gets confirmed now with documented fact. Try not to lord it over skeptics. You know who they are.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) There’s trouble with a public appearance when the star fails to arrive on time. There’s not much you can do about that. Start without them.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You feel especially lucky when your partner falls in step with longtime friends and their plans. Personal conversation inspires a new start.

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The Cal State Fullerton women’s gymnastics team finished strong against Boise State on Feb. 4.

Reaching a season-high in com-parison to their season average of 187.650, the Titans gained a team total score of 189.175.

The Titans posted season highs on vault with a 48.025 and floor with a 48.100.

Senior Shelly Cooper placed third all-around with a score of 38.025 and senior, Alaina Baker took second place with a total all-around score of 38.850.

Gymnasts Raise Their Bar Higher

Brief by Jessica Mc Coy

On Feb. 5, the Cal State Fuller-ton women’s track and field team traveled to Northern Arizona Uni-versity. With record-breaking times and top-place finishes, the Titans continue to have a strong start to their season.

Senior Ciara Short won both of her individual events, breaking her own school records. In the 200-me-ter, Short ran a time of 24.06, beat-ing her school record of 24.10. Short also broke her 400-meter re-cord of 54.66, with a time of 53.89. Freshman Katie Wilson ran a per-sonal best of 56.63 to place third in the event.

In the 60-meter hurdles, senior Lauren Williams won with a time of 8.68 seconds.

Track Hurdles Through Records

Brief by Michellee Cooper

The Ultimate Fighting Cham-pionship presented UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort from the Man-dalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev. on Saturday, Feb. 5.

In the main event, UFC mid-dleweight champion Anderson Silva knocked out former light-heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort with a front kick to the face in the first round.

Bragging Rights with a Punch

Brief by Brad Salah

HOMECOMING: Titans fall with seconds remaining

The 16-0 run by the Highlanders was painful for the Titans but they continued to battle their way offen-sively.

The weight of the offense for the Titans during the first half fell be-tween Johnson and Peltier, both with eight points.

During the first half, the Titans were also having difficulty securing rebounds under the basket.

“We got to come up with loose balls,” said Johnson.

Johnson had 11 points and six re-bounds at the end of the night and played a total of 23 minutes. He knows that allowing the Highland-ers to grab 13 offensive rebounds cost the Titans in the long haul.

CSUF was able to cut the High-lander lead to one, 37-36, when Webster made a pair of free throws to

keep the Titans perfect from the free throw line at the end of the first half.

Martin returned at the second half, attacking the paint and drew the foul, sending him to the line to sink two free throws. Johnson returned on the other end with the ball, spun into the paint and rolled in a layup to give the Titans the first points of the second half.

Junior forward Andre Hardy knocked down a jumper with 17:01 remaining to earn the Titans’ first lead since 9:07 remaining in the first half.

However, the Highlanders were relentless and fought neck and neck with the Titans until the last second.

Bradshaw scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half, his last two scored with 3.8 seconds remaining.

After the final inbound pass, the Titans were unable to get a shot off and lost by a single point to the High-landers.

Titan Head Coach Bob Burton reflected painfully at the Titans’ 22 personal fouls and 19 turnovers.

“I was really amazed we were in a position to win the game with the juggling of foul situations,” said Bur-ton.

Johnson and Hardy were in foul trouble the entire game, totaling nine personal fouls. Burton does not deny the hard work put in by the Titans, but the fouls and turnovers greatly contributed to their loss.

Junior forward Sedric Martin felt the weight of the loss.

“It was a heartbreaking loss and I wish we could have won it,” said Martin. “But we just got to come back Monday and get everything straight.”

The Titans have a few more games to play before the season is over. Their next game is at the Titan Gym on Thursday at 7:05 p.m. against Cal State Northridge.

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Titan junior forward Andre Hardy, averaging 11.6 points per game, could only watch his team fall to the Highlanders Saturday, 70-69.MARK SAMALA / Daily Titan

Packers come out for ‘Super’ Steel

Super Bowl XLV showcased two of the most storied franchises in National Football League history when the Green Bay Packers faced off against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

After the Steelers’ second punt, Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodg-ers led his offense 80 yards down the field, capping the drive with a 29-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jordy Nelson.

Backed up against his own goal line after a penalty on the kickoff, Pitts-burgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw an interception to Green Bay safety Nick Collins, who returned the ball for a touchdown, giving the Pack-ers a 14-0 lead in just 26 seconds.

Early in the second quarter the Steelers’ kicker Shaun Suisham pushed a field goal through the uprights, bring-ing the score to 14-3. On Pittsburgh’s next possession, Roethlisberger threw his second interception, which led to a touchdown as Rodgers completed a 21-yard pass to Greg Jennings.

With time winding down in the half, the Steelers looked to swing the momentum in their favor as they marched down the field and Roeth-lisberger connected with Hines Ward, putting the halftime score at 21-10.

Green Bay’s defense was reeling after the half with injuries to Sam Shields

and Charles Woodson; Woodson wouldn’t return to the game, and Pitts-burgh was able to capitalize.

A 15-yard facemask penalty set up running back Rashard Mendenhall’s only touchdown, bringing the score to 21-17 before the defenses took over for the rest of the quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quar-ter, Green Bay linebacker Clay Mat-thews caused Mendenhall to fumble, leading to the Steelers’ third turnover of the game. Like the previous two turnovers, the Packers were able to cap-italize as Rodgers connected again with Jennings, increasing their lead to 11.

Steelers’ Head Coach Mike Tomlin decided to go for a two-point conver-sion after a Mike Wallace touchdown, which successfully brought the score to 28-25.

Green Bay answered back after Jen-nings caught a 31-yard pass on third-and-10, giving the Packers a first and goal from the eight yard line. Green Bay settled for a field goal to give them a 31-25 lead.

Down by six, Pittsburgh had to score a touchdown to keep the game alive. On fourth-and-five, Roethlis-berger’s pass sailed over the head of his intended receiver, giving Green Bay the ball on downs.

After Rodgers took a knee twice, the clock expired and Green Bay brought home their fourth Vince Lombardi trophy in franchise history. Quarter-back Aaron Rodgers took home the game’s Most Valuable Player.

BRAD SALAHDaily Titan

Green Bay Packer Charles Woodson stretches out to make a play on the ball.Courtesy of MCT