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October 26, 2010Vol. 88 Issue 31

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Different teams around campus suffer horrendous monetary blows off field

CSUF’s Legacies Program uses murals to spread message of unity

See BUDGET CUTS, page 8

Economy affects futureof sports at CSUF

Irvine campus mural gives peace a chance

WHAT’S INSIDE

NEWSUnit overload is no longer possible........................................2

OPINIONAthletic programs can boost resumés........................................4

DETOURQueen Mary brings best scares for Halloween........................................5 See IRVINE, page 3

ATHLETICS BUDGET CRISIS

High school athletes’ futures in jeopardy

Sweat slips down their face and pools on the mat below. Their arms twist and turn to find their opponent’s weakness. They pound carbohydrates and chug water in hopes of moving up a weight class, or else go on a diet to move down a weight class. They practice for hours a day, working, hoping, that one day this dedication will pay off. All they want is a chance. A scholarship. These are high school wrestlers. Thanks to budget cuts, their sport is in danger.

Students relying on athletics to go to college are losing scholar-ship opportunities as programs are cut, thinning their college choices. There are only 95 Division-I wrestling teams in the country and only seven four-year wres-tling pro-grams in C a l i -

fornia.Cutbacks have been ongoing

for several years, so it’s not just the current economy affecting the sport. Title IX plays a part in the cuts, but a bigger reason is that it’s not a revenue-generating sport.

Sports like football and bas-ketball, big moneymakers, get far more scholarships than wrestling, though wrestling has a high graduation rate.

STEPHANI BEEStaff Writer

See YOUTH, page 8

Future of CSUF athleticsSAMANTHA DABBSStaff Writer

At this time, Cal State Fullerton has 17 sports that are headed by the Department of Athletics.

Four of those athletic teams have to raise their own funds for their programs.

Director of Athletics Brian Quinn said that an agreement was made by university administration that - wrestling, gymnastics, women’s golf and some of men’s golf ’s funds have to be raised by each of the teams.

It is a difficult time in athletics all across the country; sports are being dropped every-where because of budget cuts, Quinn said.

CSUF’s wrestling and gymnastics pro-grams are both trying to raise funds, two years in advance by March 1, if they do not meet the deadline - they too will be dropped.

Quinn said that when he looks at the athletes’ faces from those programs, it is really hard.

“I think that it is really difficult, I just hope and pray that they can survive somehow,” Quinn said. “Unfortunate-ly, when you sit in this chair, you’re the one who has to do it; there isn’t any-one else.”

Titan gymnastics Head Coach Jill Hicks said that it is always dif-ferent on the other end. They have tried to stay positive and see the president and athletic director’s side of things because of how tough the economy is right now.

Trying times for Cal State Fullerton’s sports departments

See ATHLETICS, page 8

SAMANTHA DABBS&MICHELLE COOPERStaff Writers

must be raised to compete in the next two seasons.

$450,000Wrestling

Titan wrestling is the only Division I program in Southern California.

By the numbers

must be raised for 2011-12 and 2012-13 season by March 1.

Gymnastics

A $75,000 donation was made to the team just before their deadline last season.

$560,000

Pros and Cons: New IRA fee referendum

Facts about the IRA referendum, according to the IRA referendum information bro-chure:

* The purpose of the Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) Fee is to provide support for essential educational experience and activi-ties that aid and supplement the fundamental educational mission of the university. * It will increase tuition by $10 per semester.* 64 percent of funds will be dedicated to cur-riculum related programs and 36 percent will be dedicated to athletic IRA programs. * Voting will be Oct. 27 and 28.

Cons:

Out of the entire IRA referen-dum information brochure only one line is about athletics, stating that 36 percent of the funds

raised by the IRA fee referendum will be dedi-cated to Cal State Fullerton Athletics.

This referendum will give the athletic de-partment, depending on enrollment, about $150,000, said Brian Quinn, Director of Ath-letics.

Titan wrestling Head Coach Dan Hicks said that the IRA referendum will only help a little with athletics. The referendum is really more for Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) to raise more money for their projects, he said.

The last time athletics tried to get money from the students was during the Campus Life and Athletics-Student Fee Referendum last spring. Dan Hicks said that this couple-million dollar referendum could have gotten the ath-letic department out of the hole. After all, he said, it failed by only 17 votes with only 2,200

students who voted. Dan Hicks said that he

can see how people may think by passing the IRA referendum it would be helping wrestling and gymnastics raise money to stay at CSUF, but it won’t.

The money from the IRA won’t directly help fund wrestling, gymnastics, men’s golf or women’s golf - these programs are mandated by the university to be self-funded.

Dan Hicks said that he sees the IRA refer-endum as a problem for all the sports. If this referendum gets passed it is like “pocket change,” for the athletic de-partment.

“Here’s the problem, if you do that referendum, and you tax the students more,” Hicks said, “Can you come back next year and do one for athletics politically?”

See IRA, page 8

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The goal of graduating in four years is looking unattainable for many Cal State Fullerton students.

A large group of students believe the unit caps and values for particular majors, such as theatre and engineer-ing, are contributing to their inability to graduate on time.

Many times students rely on Ad-vanced Placement (AP) credit, sum-mer school and intersession in order to finish.

Some faculty, however, argue that a well-planned educational career can remedy this situation.

Anthony Miller provided a student’s perspective.

As a theatre major, Miller has a 16 -unit cap like most students.

While working to pay for his edu-cation and having a heavy class load, Miller is not pleased with the progress he has made toward his major.

“For theatre majors, we cannot graduate in four years with a 16-unit cap without taking classes at commu-

nity college, intersession or summer school,” Miller said.

Craig Prendiville, a 19-year-old en-gineering major, is in a similar situa-tion.

Prendiville was aware that it would take him more than four years to grad-uate when he enrolled at CSUF and his fears were not alleviated during his orientation.

“I pretty much knew that it would take me five years,” Prendiville said. “The school wouldn’t even put me in the Finish-in-Four program.”

Jason Takahashi, a 21-year-old com-munications and mathematics double major, has also experienced issues with the unit cap.

Takahashi has requested classes that exceed the cap twice and is currently taking a 17-unit course load this se-mester. Without these extra classes, and a number of advanced placement credits, he wouldn’t graduate in four years.

“Without the extra units it would have been very difficult to finish both of my majors in four years,” Takahashi said.

David Wooding, a 19-year-old pre-business major, hinges on AP credit to graduate in four years, which is only available to those who attended high schools that offered transferable AP credit courses.

“I will finish my major in four years because I have a lot of AP credit,” Wooding said. “It would be tough if I

didn’t.” Raman Unnikrishnan, the dean of

the College of Engineering and Com-puter Science, doesn’t believe the unit cap or unit value is an issue.

While engineering students are sub-ject to many courses that are one or two credits each, Unnikrishnan believes that it is more prudent for students to focus on their class choice rather than units.

Unnikrishnan said the engineer-ing program is vertically integrated, meaning courses are taken in a specific progression. This structure ensures that all prerequisites are met for the next course. The program is focused on lab-oratory work, making the three-unit lecture structure uncommon in their curriculum.

“Lab-intensive programs vary in credits from lecture courses, and the different components mean variation in credit,” Unnikrishnan said. “So that doesn’t prevent students from graduat-ing on time.”

Unnikrishnan provided a flow chart showing the progression that students should take in order to graduate. If stu-dents are ready to take calculus in their freshman year, they should be able to complete the program in four years.

For some students, like Prendville, who is currently enrolled in pre-calcu-lus, this plan isn’t possible.

Although every student’s situation is different, the 16-unit cap affects all students at CSUF.

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INTERNATIoNALAfghan president confirms large cash payments by Iran

New fuel-efficiency rules proposed for trucks, buses

Obama tells Latinos he can’t do immigration reform aloneLOS ANGELES — In an effort to energize Latino voters, President Ba-

rack obama defended his administration’s efforts to work for a comprehen-sive immigration plan, while adding that he was frustrated by the failures of Congress to deal with the issue.

In an interview with Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo, recorded when obama was in Los Angeles last week, the president blamed Republicans for refusing to work on the needed legislation. As he has in the past, obama noted that 11 Republican senators voted for immigration reform four years ago but walked away from the issue in this midterm-election year.

“The fact that we have not got it done is something that frustrates me, and I know that it frustrates many people in the community,” obama said, ac-cording to a transcript of the show, “Piolin por la Manana.”

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AfGhANIStAN — Afghanistan President hamid Karzai on Monday acknowledged that his office regularly received large cash sums from Iranian officials but insisted there was nothing untoward about the payments.

The New York Times, in an article in Monday’s editions, described the pe-riodic transfer of bulging sacks of currency to a senior Karzai aide and strongly suggested that the money was meant to curry favor on behalf of the Tehran government in policy matters.

At a news conference in the capital, the Afghan leader acknowledged receiv-ing semi-regular cash payments totaling around $2 million annually from Iran but said the sums were meant to defray governmental operating costs.

WAShINGtON — The obama administration on Monday pro-posed the first efficiency standards for trucks and buses and said it would reduce the nation’s use of oil, cut emissions of heat-trapping gases and save money on fuel. In some cases truck drivers would re-coup the cost of the improvements in a year at the pump, officials said.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said authorities will listen to public comments and revise the rule before a final version is ready. She also said that efforts in Congress to cut off her agency’s authority in climate control could eliminate the national bus and truck fuel-efficiency standards as well as ones issued earlier for cars and light-duty vehicles.

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In honor of National Breast Can-cer Awareness Month, the Student health and Counseling Center is teaming up with Susan G. Komen for the Cure and parking its mobile information center in front of the engineering and science building oct. 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The tour is called “Komen on the Go” and the pink vehicle trav-els across the country every year to share information about breast health and to encourage people to join the breast cancer movement. The vehicle makes stops at public universities, community festivals and neighborhood festivals.

When stepping inside the vehi-cle, expect to find computer kiosks with information on the breast can-cer movement, breast health aware-ness tips and an eight-foot “graffiti wall” where people can share stories about loved ones or show support for the cause.

Mobile cancer information center

Brief by Mi tran

Cal State Fullerton’s College of Business and Economics will be hosting the 16th annual “Dean’s Economic Forecast Conference Luncheon” oct. 28.

This year’s conference will be fo-cusing on “Recovery and Reform: Perspective from Industry Titans” and will teach students how current economic fads will influence busi-nesses in the future.

The event will feature keynote speaker Dean Anil Puri along with guest speaker Richard Davis, CEo of U.S. Bancorp. The confer-ence will also include other CSUF speakers.

The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the hyatt Regency Irvine and will run until 1:30 p.m.

Conference for economic trends

Brief by Carolina Velazquez

Starting this month, the Career Center is hosting several events to assist students in their internship and job searches.

As part of the “Take 5: Put Your Education to Work” pro-gram, five job search workshops will be held through the end of the semester to give students sev-eral opportunities to attend each event.

Each workshop is held in Lh-210G. Students may also register for individual sessions online.

Recession Survival: hot tips for a Cold Economy

Nov. 3: 2 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. and Dec. 1: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

how to Write the Perfect Re-sume

oct. 26: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Nov. 18: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Dec. 1: 4 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.

Interviewing for a Real JobNov. 19: 2p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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Marketing Your Leadership and transferable Skills

oct. 28: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Nov. 1: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Powerful first Impressions That Lead to Career Success

oct. 27: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 17: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Dec. 2: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Workshops ease job search process

Brief by Alexandra Andersen

Associated Students Inc. will be holding “Pizza with the ASI Board of Director Candidates” today from noon to 1 p.m. at the Becker Am-phitheater.

Students will have the opportu-nity to get to know candidates who are running for Board of Director positions in the upcoming ASI elec-tions.

Students will also vote on the proposed IRA fee increase.

Along with free pizza, students are free to ask the candidates ques-tions about why they would be the best to represent their respective colleges.

A total of 14 candidates, plus any last minute write-in candidates, will be at the event.

ASI elections will be held on campus oct. 27 and 28. Students will be able to vote at various polling stations located around campus.

Elections and pizza with ASI candidates

Brief by Sophia Islas

Credit limit stalls graduationUnit cap on courses and majors affects students’ educational progress

JOHN SOLLITTO&ANDERS HOWMANNFor the Daily Titan

The unit cap is different for each major and can add more than a year onto a student’s estimated graduation date. MARK SAMALA / Daily Titan

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Irvine campus holds Art Miles Mural Project

Anti-human trafficking law signed by Governor

In an effort to put an end to human trafficking, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenneger signed into legisla-tion the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, Senate Bill 657, which targets the business practices of agriculture, mining, garment and several other industries who use slave labor.

Beginning January 2012, the anti-human trafficking law requires man-ufacturers and retailers to develop, maintain and implement a policy, setting forth its efforts to comply with state and federal law regarding the eradication of slavery and human trafficking from its supply chain.

Sen. Darrel Steinberg proposed the bill, which was also backed by

the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST), and the Alli-ance to Stop Slavery and End Traf-ficking,

Senate Bill 657 will introduce an opportunity for California consum-ers and businesses to halt the import and sale of goods influenced by slave labor.

While this marks California’s first major step at tackling and banning human trafficking, many students have voiced concerns over whether the law is going to effectively initiate a change.

Student organization Project Peo-ple Against Trafficking and Human Exploitation continually advocates and provides a campus voice for the controversial issue.

Project PATHE member Chirag Bhakta has voiced concerns over the law and said that while it’s good that the government has addressed this issue, what is needed now is just a government mandated policy.

“It’s significant in name only,” Bhakta said. “There is still no gov-ernment-enforced body there to

regulate the trafficking. Businesses can still create their own policies and rules.”

Bhakta acknowledges the state’s effort as a very short step toward ending human trafficking and more of a public relations move.

With California being the tenth largest economy in the world, Gov. Schwarzenneger and many anti-slav-ery advocates are also seeing this as a step toward ending the flow of slave labor throughout the world.

Criminal justice major Gerald Diaz said it’s a good effort however on the international level it requires much more cooperation from for-eign governments and businesses.

“Slave labor is cultural and not ev-ery culture considers it slavery,” Diaz said. “We have to first educate these countries so they understand that slave labor is a not a valid form of labor to American businesses.”

Addressing the anti-human traf-ficking movement, CAST execu-tive director Kay Buck, who also co-sponsored the bill, has said that awareness on the issue has created

a need for transparency in business practices, which will be implement-ed in the new law.

South Orange County community gathers for United Nations Day

MARYANNE SHULTSStaff Writer

250 pairs of flip-flops and canvas shoes, painted by children as part of the Shoes for Life Project, were arranged on the grass to resemble a peace symbol. Each pair of shoes was will be distributed to needy children as part of the Art Miles Shoes of Hope Project. Personal notes were written on the shoes as well.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY CODY ELLIS / For the Daily Titan

More than 140 people from Cal State Fullerton, along with the south Orange County community, celebrat-ed United Nations Day by creating murals that advocate global peace.

CSUF Irvine campus’ Legacies Program teamed with Mission Viejo to bring the United Nations Art Miles Mural Project to the south county community.

“Our Legacies Program has teamed up for this unifying day of art to give our Irvine Campus students the op-portunity to contribute to the world-wide mural creation effort,” Marsha Daughetee, CSUF Irvine campus as-sistant dean for student affairs wrote in a press release.

Daughetee said this is a way of encouraging involvement and volun-teerism within our community.

The Art Miles Mural Project con-sists of more than 5,000 murals painted by children and adults from countries all over the world.

The volunteers gathered at Oso Viejo Community Park’s Village Green on Sunday for the Art Miles Fun Walk and Paint-a-Thon, part of the U.N. Art Miles Mural Project to paint 12 murals. Multicultural mu-sical entertainment helped set the background tone.

Each 5-by-12-foot canvas mural represented one of the 12 themes of the project. CSUF art students de-signed the murals based on subjects such as diversity, fairy tales, indig-enous people, environment, sports, women, heroes, music and senior citizens.

The Art Miles event is part of United Nations Decade of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence among Children and will be filmed for Unity Foundation, the U.N. broadcasting arm that reaches over 200 million people worldwide.

Kathryn Morrissey, adviser of CSUF’s Study Aboard Program,

brought a group who worked togeth-er on one of the murals.

Morrissey said the artists designed the mural on a regular-sized piece of paper and, using projection equip-ment, traced it onto the larger can-vas with pencil so that it could be painted.

At the senior-themed mural table, Mission Viejo resident Pat Prickett, 72, was painting smiley faces, peace signs and other ‘60s-themed icons. Prickett donates her time to portray the face-painting clown, Peppermint Patty. She attended art school in San Francisco during the ‘60s, and dur-ing the liberal time period, ended up working in the field of commercial art.

“I enjoy the little things in life–this is one of those good times,” Prickett said. “It will be fun to tell my grand-kids I helped the United Nations.”

Prickett also said the CSUF art stu-dents were lucky to have the chance to teach the value of art to children because when she was in college, no such opportunities were offered to her.

Holding a paper plate full of bright red paint, filling in a pencil outline of the word “Honor,” Catherine Pruitt, the assistant coordinator of CSUF’s Veteran’s Student Services said the Hero theme mural began as a collab-orative effort of two CSUF students who are veterans, along with Joseph Chang, the veteran’s student services coordinator.

The mural included various images of U.S. Military heroes, including representations of the Marine Corps’ Iwo Jima Memorial, an olive-green tank, a grey battleship on a rough sea and an American flag.

The husband and wife team of artists Fouad and Joanne Tawfilis founded the murals project 12 years ago. Joanne Tawfilis was working in Bosnia with the Women of Sre-brenica project. Most of the womens’ husbands and sons were murdered in an act of genocide. She said it got depressing because the women would tell their stories and cry all day long.

Someone suggested she work in an orphanage to cheer herself up. The children wanted to make a big painting, and she found some cotton sheets in a linen closet of the former

hospital.“Those children were from three

entities, Serbs, Croatians and Mus-lims. Here are these kids, some of their parents had killed each other,” Joanne Tawfilis said. “Together they decided to paint a mural called ‘Yes-terday, Today and Tomorrow.’ They went through this consensus building of who was going to paint and what colors they would use. That’s peace building and reconciliation.”

After the Tawfilis returned to their home in Austria, they opened an art gallery. Living in a multicultural neighborhood, the gallery allowed them to share the art therapy of mu-ral painting.

Before long, the idea of Art Miles began with a simple math problem. With 440 murals and 12 themes, there would be 5,280 murals. That is the number of feet in one mile.

What began as a simple art project is now a worldwide effort.

“Just as they did in Bosnia… this is a real statement by young people that says we can all get along. We don’t have to love each other, but we can respect and understand each other,” Joanne Tawfilis said. “Preju-dice and bigotry is taught to children. They aren’t born to discriminate. (Art Miles) is just trying to get back to ba-sics: one global world.”

Not only were people busy paint-ing murals at the paint-a-thon, in the grass, 250 pairs of shoes were displayed in the formation of a large peace sign. Each pair of donated flip-flops or canvas sneakers was painted by children and will be distributed to needy children as part of the Art Miles Shoes of Hope project. Once painted, the child painter writes a personal note and inserts it into one of the shoes.

For more information, visit www.ArtMiles.org or www.MilesOfMusic.org.

Artist and community member Pat Prickett works on the senior-theme mural, painting some of the well-known icons from the 1960s. The Art Miles project where these were being painted is apart of United Nations Decade of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence among children.

Senate Bill 657 will tar-get businesses that use slave labor

STEPHANIE RAYGOZAAsst. News Editor

Members of Veteran’s Student Services designed the military theme mural. Catherine Pruitt, the program’s assistant coordinator, along with Cal State Fullerton students fill in the outlines with paint. One of the images painted depicted the Marine Corps Iwo Jima memorial along with various other military images.

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Cal State Fullerton students need athletics more than they think

imagine, you finally get the degree you’ve been working for from Cal State Fullerton. Now you apply for a job in hopes of taking one step closer toward your future.

You want that dream home. You want the car. That’s why you’ve worked so hard, right?

Newsflash – jobs are scarce, and many other grads are applying for the same position. The problem is that they may have a “UCLA” or “USC” label on their resumes. Does their de-gree have a higher value than yours at CSUF? No, you may be thinking - Fullerton is highly regarded in many programs throughout the state and the country.

Well, that’s true to an extent but for the most part the bigger names are going to win the employer over. This is why athletics have the capacity to change the value of your degree. Their programs are not better than the ones we have here. But their athletic pro-grams makes their educational pro-grams seem more valuable. That is why you cannot deny the power of college sports.

Look at schools like Louisiana State University, UCLA and University of North Carolina. They are known for their athletic programs rather than the

education they can provide. Unless you attend an iVY League school, like harvard or Yale, employers aren’t going to recognize the highly-ranked educa-tional programs at your college. Think about it. You don’t know UCLA be-cause of their business program, their arts program or their baking program (if they had one). You know them be-cause their athletes win national cham-pionships.

This is why CSUF students need our athletic programs to succeed. We need them more than we think we do, and we take them for granted every time we walk on this campus. Athletics is the key to us succeeding in the fu-ture. it’s disgusting every time someone wears a USC, UCLA or any other col-lege sweater on our campus. Take pride in who we are Titans!

We have an athletics program that needs our support! An Athletics pro-gram that has great potential but they need our help to win! We need to help them help the CSUF label that comes with our degrees. By helping them suc-ceed, we help ourselves succeed. Part of being a Titan is that we don’t pay for our label with high tuition rates. We’re not spoon-fed and spoiled with labels.

Our education is first hand and we are proud under dogs! Best of all: we CAN beat these pay-for-label schools. Too many students at CSUF com-mute, go to class then leave. We should be attending athletic events, and sup-

porting our fellow Titans! After all, they are in control of what our degree is worth. Titan Gym has a max capac-ity of about 4,000. how is the place not packed during every Titan basket-ball game if the Cal State Fullerton stu-dent population is about 35,600? That is only about 10 percent of the entire CSUF population.

CSUF athletics history is rich and proud. it truly goes under appreciated here. Our Baseball program is one of the best in the country with four Na-tional Championships and 16 College World Series appearances. There are only six other schools that have made more appearances.

We’ve also been rich in producing MLB players. Former Titan All-Amer-ican Christian Colon went fourth overall in the 2010 MLB Draft, and let us not forget Phil Nevin, one of the best players to play in the MLB. Our softball team won the 1986 National Championship. head Coach Michelle Gromacki, coached the best females in the country this past summer for the National Softball team, something UCLA and USC softball coaches didn’t get the chance to do.

Then there is Titan Basketball; Up-setting UCLA 68-65 in our second game of the season last year, dunking sensation Gerard Anderson placing both first AND second place in hoops Manifesto.com’s dunk of the year con-test. Let us not forget the greatest Titan

in the history of the program: Bruce Bowen. Bowen was a three-time NBA Champion with the San Antonio Spurs and one of the few players in the league who could guard, pester and fluster su-per stars like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.

We need to ammend for the mis-take a couple years ago when we didn’t pass the first Athletics referendum. A new irA referendum will be voted on by CSUF students Oct. 27 and 28. it will help stabilize the budget problems the athletics program is currently deal-ing with. The money will help to bring in talented recruits that could build up Titan Athletics. Think about it - if they win, so do you.

Can you imagine your future em-ployer saying, “You go to Cal State Ful-lerton? You guys won the recent college world series.” Sorry Mr. Guy-From-UCLA, you lost your job to a Titan. That could be the power of CSUF ath-letics. We should have passed the ath-letics referendum a couple years ago.

Because we didn’t, we are likely to lose our wrestling and gymnastics pro-grams. Do the right thing Titans. Pass the irA referendum. Let’s make up for the mistake we made years ago in shooting down the last one.

Our Titans don’t just play to win. They play for you and your school. And while you’re at it, go out to some games. Titan Athletics needs your sup-port. And ASi pays for it. Go Titans!

DEREK OPINAMultimedia Coordinator

Prop. 23 not just for hippies

Due to an upcoming proposition on November’s ballot, the viability and competitiveness of America’s economy is being threatened by postponing a piece of legislation known as Assembly Bill 32.

The goal of California AB32 is to set a standard for the 1990 greenhouse gas emission levels by reducing 15 percent of today’s emissions by the year 2020.

After being signed in 2006, AB32 has led venture capitalists and government agencies to estab-lish career-training opportunities for community and trade college students.

This opportunity allows stu-dents to participate in an emerging economy that has been dominated by China over the last decade.

Jobs such as solar panel installer and wind turbine mechanic have already been lined up for the grad-uating class at Los Angeles Trade Tech College and other commu-nity colleges all over California.

if Proposition 23 passes, 500,000 jobs currently being cre-ated will be cut, not to mention the existing jobs that will be put out of business because of deregu-lation.

Supporters of Prop. 23 state the need for postpon-ing AB32 is based on our economic de-pression.

California is currently at 12 percent, and propo-nents suggest to wait until u n e m p l o y -ment is below 5.5 percent before we continue with AB32.

But supporters of the proposi-tion don’t mention the economic increase in jobs related to AB32 since being signed in 2006.

By postponing greenhouse gas regulations, supporters are actu-ally causing the unemployment rate to increase.

AB32 is structured so that the reduction of greenhouse gases does not occur immediately, but instead is very sensitive to the impact it may cause on the economy.

After reading the Scoping Plan adopted by the Air resources Board, you will understand that the timetable established in AB32 allows businesses to shift from fos-sil fuels to sustainable energy in a gradual manner.

As an environmental studies major, i disagree entirely with the structure of AB32 because it post-pones any significant reductions until 2050.

But if we continue at our cur-

rent rate of emission, it is believed that we will be reaching a tipping point in climate fluctuation within the first half of the 21st century.

Any progress on reducing car-bon emission is a benefit to our overall health on long-term sur-

vival.Due to the

recent Citi-zens United case ruling in the Supreme Court, cor-p o r a t i o n s are now able to support any political c a m p a i g n without dis-closing the source of funds.

As with this proposition, mil-lions of dollars are being funded by large Texas oil corporations in-cluding Valero and Tesoro.

After being attacked by Gov. Ar-nold Schwarzenegger on this mea-sure, Greg Goff, chief executive of Tesoro, rebutted by threatening to remove jobs from California.

By proposing to postpone AB32, large corporations hope to use fear to convince Californians that our health and well-being is not worth them paying more taxes.

Using tactics mentioned above, Tesoro and Valero, the only two visible contributors to Prop. 23, wish to strong-arm their oppo-nents by threatening to increase prices of refined oil.

But in reality, the regulations proposed by AB32 are absorbed by the bottomline of these large corporations, as oil is a specula-tive economy and is not accurately represented by its price value.

One reason why consumers be-lieve oil is cheap is because our

government subsidizes the oil in-dustry including:

–reduced corporate income taxes

–Low sales taxes on gasoline–Funding of programs that

primarily benefit the oil industry

–Environmental costs caused by air pollution

These benefits are Federal and would still exist as they have dur-ing four years in congruency with California’s AB32.

Without appropriate reason, these companies as well as Tea Par-ty supporters, threaten to remove one million jobs from California if we do not pass their proposition.

Throughout the first decade in the 21st century, China has been leading in the production of solar panels and wind turbines due to government subsidies.

AB32 is our chance as Cali-fornians to establish a model for economic recovery based on this emerging market.

As Americans progress into the 21st century, innovative technol-ogy and sustainable development will be the key to establishing a competitive economy.

With AB32, we can replace threatened jobs within the clean energy sector through education and training.

i believe through our resistance to Prop. 23, California will recover from our recession if we continue to invest in reducing carbon emis-sions.

This emergent economy is ripe with opportunity for inventors, entrepreneurs and educators, as our country has been and will continue to be established on in-novation.

Take a second and think about the consequences of voting in fa-vor of passing Prop.23.

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CHAD UEMERA / For the Daily Titan

“ i believe through our resistance to Prop. 23, California will recover from our recession if we continue to invest in reducing carbon emissions.

“

An economic perspective of Assembly Bill 32

BRIAN MADDOCKFor the Daily Titan

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The so-called haunted Queen Mary in Long Beach hosts Dark Harbor, a fright festival that runs through Oct. 31. Dark Harbor hosts six mazes and is packed with monsters and ghouls. Dark Harbor is cheaper than Knott’s Scary Farm and is said to be less crowded.

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Dark Harbor beats Knott’s Scary Farm

Face paint, fake blood and spine-chilling screams are common this time of year. From fake cobwebs to strobe lights, Halloween is the per-fect celebration to get freaky.

Ever since Knott’s Berry Farm be-gan turning their theme park into zombie land at nightfall during Hal-loween time, theme parks, hotels and ships alike have been following suit.

The Queen Mary in Long Beach is rumored to be haunted in many parts of the permanently-docked ship. But why is it that for the past 15 years this ship has kept its fright nights such a huge secret? Because it kicks Knott’s Scary Farm’s butt.

This year the Queen Mary is host-ing its 15th annual fright fest, the theme, Dark Harbor. According to the Queen Mary’s website, Dark Harbor claims to be able to “scare 45,000 times per hour with over 160 monsters doing all the scaring.”

Dark Harbor is open Thursday,

Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from 7 p.m. until midnight through Oct. 31. Admission is $35. Knott’s Scary Farm costs $56 and increases as Halloween gets closer.

My family and I recently went to Dark Harbor. As we pulled into the parking lot, we saw pyrotech-nics shooting into the air and heard screams echoing into the night. I was pumped.

As we made our way through the pitch-dark entrance of fog, screams echoed from all directions. Mon-sters descended on us and snarled in our ears, pounded on the wooden wall frames and limped creepily to-wards us.

Once out of the scare zone, there are food stands, souvenir shops and a beer garden equipped with a band. But I was there to hit up the five elaborate mazes.

The first maze is Village of the Damned and is located off the ship in an abandoned house. It was unique, seeing as it was in an actual house, but it was not my favorite, especially because I almost toppled

down the unmarked stairs.The second maze, The Cage, was

my favorite. It’s also located off the ship in the Long Beach Dome. It’s huge. The event’s website claims, “As you walk around YOU WILL GET LOST in the endless corridors of chain link and mirrors, so choose your path wisely. Finding your way out is like winning the lottery, en-ter the wrong path and you’ll scream your lungs out.” My family and I got lost, and I am not going to spoil the best part, which involves some-thing so unexpected and so unique it will haunt you for days after.

The next three mazes – Sub-merged, Hellfire and Containment – were located on the ship.

“Hellfire is for sure the scariest,” said Anthony, a Dark Harbor em-ployee. “The thing that people don’t realize is that all the mazes on the ship are located in places that are truly haunted… most of the places these mazes take you are not allowed to be accessed by the public.”

Containment was good, but for-gettable compared to Hellfire and

The Cage. The most notable part of Submerged was getting the opportu-nity to visit the haunted swimming pool, which people rarely get the chance to visit.

Hellfire was by far the best on-board maze. It takes you to the bottom of the ship where the crew used to power the ship with coal. It

takes you across a metal-suspended bridge, where you can look down at the bottom of the ship. It’s amazing until something core-shocking hap-pens (again, I won’t spoil it).

Hands down, the Queen Mary is the place to go to get scared for a cheap price. The perks of going to an obscure fright-fest like the Queen

Mary are that you can go through all the mazes, there are no lines and the employees and monsters are great. Sunday night is the least crowded, but even if you go on a Saturday night, there will probably only be half the people as there would be at Knott’s Scary Farm. Take my word for it and go get scared.

ALLY BORDASStaff Writer

Album: It’s Still Like a Secret by El Ten Eleven

Classic book: Lolita by Vladimir Nobokov

El Ten Eleven consists of only two musicians – bassist Kristian Dunn and drummer Tim Fogarty. This is surpris-ing when you listen to the dense tracks of their latest album, It’s Still Like A Secret. The album’s instrumental tracks feel lush from the two performers, and are in sync with each other like a me-chanical line dance.

Dunn chases back and forth on his effects, jamming riffs on his 1977 DB630 double-neck bass and guitar combo.

The band’s repeating tracks and heavy fo-cus on rhythm make It’s Still Like A Secret sound like a leg- bouncing dance soundtrack in songs like “Indian Win-ter.” The track “The Sycophants Are Coming! The Sycophants Are Com-ing!” is a road-trip friendly tune. The band has an electronic feel reminiscent to Radiohead or the Postal Service, but unlike those bands, El Ten Eleven is organic in their music creation, with Dunn and Fogarty solely building note

by note until there is a layered sound. The band does not use laptops or

major recording equipment for their performance – rather, Dunn employs the use of his pedals to provide their sound. The band relied on their fans to help them finish their mixes for It’s Still Like a Secret.

Dunn and Fogarty asked fans on their website “to donate money to this project and in return, you can get some seriously awesome collectible goodies and fun activities.”

These “goodies” included signed copies of the al-bum, lunches with the band and a he-licopter ride pro-vided by Dunn, who is a trained pilot.

The duo was not lacking in their business sav-vy when they sug-

gested on their website that for $100, fans could “punch Tim in the face (but you have to wear a boxing glove). To be filmed and put on YouTube, of course.”

The band is currently on tour across the United States. They performed at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles Oct. 13 and will perform at the Soda Bar in San Diego Oct. 23.

LUKE CHERNEYStaff Writer

There was a constant longing for frail honey-hued shoulders, a silky supple bare back and an innocence that can only be found peeking be-fore womanhood.

In Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel, Lolita, he creates Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged European intellectual whose obsession was: “Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing 4 feet 10 in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita.”

Humbert sees an image of what he calls his perfect lover in the shape of 12-year-old Dolores Haze. He was a man, maddened by an impossible and twisted love.

He meets Lolita in his first move to the United States where he takes a room in the house of her widowed mother, Charlotte Haze. His pedo-phile urges drive him to marry her dreadful mother just to be closer to Lolita. Her mother eventually is led to her death and now for Humbert, there was nothing to come between him and his little Lolita.

They hit the road to travel through the U.S. Here, Lolita slowly unrav-els to being just as deranged and un-balanced as her lover himself.

The madness began during Hum-bert’s peaceful upbringing in the Riviera. It was the death his first love Annabel Leigh who was 12 when Humbert was 13. Followed by a failed marriage with an adult woman and a succession of odd

jobs, Humbert tries to consummate that lost adolescent love with what he calls nymphets, a term he uses for soul shattering, charming young girls.

Nabokov unveils Humbert as a pathetic monster who slowly pays the price for his sins through wretch-ed madness and total loathsomeness. Nabokov gives no sympathy for this annoyingly self-absorbed and narcissistic man who was a slave to his urges, but his self-love makes it laughable.

“To think that between a Ham-burger and Humburger, she would – invariably, with icy precision – plump for the former. There is nothing more atrociously cruel than an adored child,” Humbert said.

Those who can’t see past Hum-bert’s strange obsession with rip-ened nymphets would probably be repulsed by Lolita’s notorious plot. It is a vulgar and scandalous subject matter and has been controversial for decades.

Nabokov’s love for the English language is present in all aspects of the novel. Lolita is not the easiest read, not only because it’s a child molester’s story, but the fact that there is so much symbolism and complexity. You must read between the lines.

Humbert finds a balance between the act of cruel and the beautiful. What drives Lolita is Nabokov’s love for a perfect choice of words. He evokes human comedy that is precise, aloof and full of trickery through the narration and wordplay of Humbert.

Humbert seduces you with his words and his worldview, but then you remember he is referring to a young girl, which in the end leaves you feeling a little queasy.

OLIVIA BOUNVONGXAYStaff Writer

The waterfall at Julia Pfieffer Burns State Park in Big Sur is one of the sites Beat Generation author and poet Jack Kerouac may have seen during his time in Big Sur.

Courtesy Ryan Driscoll

Big Sur by Jack Kerouac

Classic book:

On a path to destruction, the only thing left for Jack Duloz to do was make a choice: keep living the drunken life of waking to a foreign place, surrounded by piles of empty beer bottles, not remembering how or what happened – or making a change.

With the realization that some-thing different needed to happen in his life, Duluoz, the main character in Beat Generation author Jack Ker-ouac’s 1962 novel, Big Sur, decided, “One fast move or I’m gone.” He hopped on a bus and headed for a cabin in Big Sur. It was there that he found himself both frightened and inspired by the world of nature around him.

Kerouac does not hold back as he describes the events of his drunken deliriousness and intense nightmares Duloz, based on Kerouac himself, has from his alcohol consumption. Kerouac describes a dark point in his life where he hit rock bottom, not knowing what to do or where to turn. Kerouac takes a realistic approach to his novel; he does not sugar-coat anything and describes the events in Duloz’s life factually, without leaving any details out. Al-though this novel represents a low point for Duloz, it shows he is hu-man, just like everyone else.

After getting off the bus, Duloz takes a long walk up to Big Sur. Once nightfall comes, he cannot see a thing and has to cross a bridge by faith, hoping he makes it to his destination safely. When he is in the darkness, what he expects is not re-ality, and what he does not expect

becomes his fate. When he gets to a resting place after conquering the obscurity, he gets down to the sea and writes what he hears. While in this place of nature, Duloz is finally able to achieve peace of mind, away from the parties, women and alco-hol.

Along his journey, Duloz en-counters “signposts” that symbol-ize something is wrong. He takes this as a path of more destruction and determines it is time to return home, after being in the peace of the wilderness for three weeks. On his journey home, he tries to hitchhike but could not find anyone to pick him up. Miles into his journey, he gets blood blisters on his feet to the point where he can barely walk. He finally finds someone who is willing to drive him to the bus stop. When he returns home, he receives a let-ter from his mother acknowledging the death of his cat. This cat is no ordinary cat, but more like a little brother to him. He took this death to heart and in order to cope with the pain, he reverts back to alcohol.

Throughout his life journey, Du-loz encounters more problems, while still dealing with his addiction. He reverts back to alcohol as a way to try to escape the harsh realities of life and the things he cannot change or control.

Kerouac writes about slipping in and out of delirium, suffering from the shakes, paranoia and spiritual hallucinations. Duloz undergoes a different experience at Big Sur. When he wakes up the next morn-ing from his distraught night, he has a new optimistic outlook on life and says, “I still can’t understand it… something good will come out of all things yet.”

MICHELLEE COOPERStaff Writer

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Fall Dance Theatre will run through Oct. 31 in the Little Theatre. Seven mini-performances will be performed and have been created by students, including set design, choreography and dancing. Six of the performances made their debut at the Fall Dance Theatre.

Courtesy of Department of Theatre and Dance

Fall Dance Theatre inspires

From laughter to sorrow, dance can take you on a journey through emotions you might not have ex-pected, and Cal State Fullerton’s Fall Dance Theatre did just that.

The dance performance opened Thursday night to a packed house and will run through Oct. 31 in the Little Theatre.

Seven mini-performances make up what is the Dance Department’s pride and joy for the semester. Some have been working on the show be-fore the semester began. Every aspect of the sets, costumes and dancing are comprised of Dance Department students. All the dances, except one, choreographed by guest artist Colin Connor, made their theatrical de-buts.

“It’s all original work. It’s created from scratch,” said Gladys Kares, Dance Department Coordinator.

The individual dances could not have been more diverse. Some creat-ed tangible situations like “Smooth Criminals,” in which seven dances play out a scene of old-time gang-sters, while others were simple ex-pressions of how beautiful dance can be.

The set design and costumes strongly enhanced each performance. Some were as simple as the impactful

use of a spotlight. In “Who I Was,” a beautifully uncomplicated piece, the designers used the lighting and a smoky air effect to create strong emotion.

From the beginning of the piece to the end, the audience is carried through feelings of confinement, love and passion, but most impor-tantly, it is enjoyable to watch the liquefied movements of the dancers. The costumes were Grecian wrap dresses that moved gracefully. The dark purples and blues of the dresses strongly contrasted the dancers’ skin tones, making them glow as they moved in and out of the shadows.

There were moments when you could hear a pin drop, and moments when the audience burst into laugh-ter. The second performance, “Dark-est Before Dawn,” had the audience practically holding their breath. The dance was set to music by Corvus Corax, and evoked a feeling of long-ing and torture.

The choreography incorporated highly technical ballet moves and showcased each dancer’s advanced training. The set design and costume design worked together wonderfully; both had over exaggerated fluid-ity. The silk costumes enhanced the movements and made the dancer’s look as though they had more body parts then they could possibly have.

The change of environment from

one performance to the next kept the show refreshing. Each piece added something that had not been there before.

The time and love that was need-ed to create this eclectic performance was apparent in every aspect of the show. Each individual department would not have been a success with-out the others’ contributions. The dancing would not have as much impact without the use of the cos-tumes, lighting, music and set de-sign. Moreover, all the others would have suffered if the dancing had not lived up to its challenges, and the opening night went off without a hitch.

“It went fabulously well,” Kares said.

Getting out of your element, breaking away from television or the video games, and watching a group of people pour their hearts into a performance is rewarding.

Dancing, above all others arts, is a physical manifestation of months of hard work.

In every muscle and every over- pronounced movement of the danc-ers onstage, you can see the efforts of all the people who worked so hard to produce such a creative piece of work.

Visit Fullerton.edu/Arts or call (657) 278-3371 for more informa-tion.

HEATHER RESTStaff Writer

Alumnus prepares for Sundance Festival

Cal State Fullerton alumnus and former Daily Titan staff writer Vin-cent Cabrera, along with his long-time friend, Fred D’Amelia have come together with one goal in mind – the Sundance Film Festival.

A Sudden Sleep of Evil, is the duo’s first feature film. They have worked on several other shorts including Fruit, which took home the title of Best Short Film at the Santa Ana International Film Festival in 2007. Cabrera and D’Amerlia make up the production company GasMaskFilms, which uses Cabrera’s innovative per-spective on film and D’Amelia’s abil-ity to make those creations a reality.

The result of their works make them a force to watch out for in the film industry.

“We are like a two-headed mon-ster – two guys doing the work of 20,” Cabrera said.

The premier was held Oct. 24 at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana for an audience of cast, crew, family and friends.

Cabrera wrote the first draft of the movie in two days. Since then, he and D’Amelia have put their hearts into the two hour film for over a year. They submitted it to Sundance in early October and are anxiously waiting for the results.

The piece combines beautiful cinematography, creative selection of music, superb acting and out-standing editing. The story line and character development gave the film incredible depth. It has every ingredient an indie-film-lover en-joys, from a gritty vintage look, to a tortured protagonist, to love, lust, drugs and murder. The back stories of the characters give the audience a relationship with each, emotionally investing viewers in their well being, especially the main character Ra-mon, played by Anthony Martinez, who you come to love before you are forced to hate.

Music plays such a crucial roll in cinema, making or breaking a film. In A Sudden Sleep of Evil, sound played an essential part. From the reoccurring distorted violins that were used when Ramon experienced deep loneliness, to the repetitive base drum that imitated a heart beat, all of the sounds beautifully evoked the necessary emotion needed for that moment.

After watching the film, the audi-ence expressed an extremely positive reaction.

“I really liked it. I thought it was great. I really liked the opening and how they closed it off. His birth as an evil person and his end as an evil person,” said Felix Bacon, 23, a screenwriting major at Cal State Northridge.

Cabrera graduated from CSUF in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, but he always new he wanted to make films. On the Daily Titan staff, he utilized his advanced

multimedia skills. D’Amelia gradu-ated from Cal State Long Beach with a bachelor’s degree in film and electronic arts. When they met as co-workers, the two of them had an instant chemistry for film making.

“I was trying to find someone to create with. (Cabrera) and I don’t care about getting rich. We just want to make movies,” D’Amelia said.

While the goal is not the money, both film makers hope that people will see their potential from this film, and their previous work, and give them the budget to make mov-ies without financial limitations. They made A Sudden Sleep of Evil with personal ambition, and the cre-ative and innovative work will hope-fully payoff.

“We are really proud of how it came out. Good or bad, we are stuck with it now,” D’Amelia said.

Watch the trailer at ASudden-SleepOfEvil.com.

GasMaskFilms premiered A Sudden Sleep of Evil at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana Oct. 24.

Courtesy of GasMaskFilms

HEATHER RESTStaff Writer

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Between 1999 and 2002—the most recent data available—wrestling had a graduation rate of 72 percent, while basketball had a 64-percent rate and football a 65.5-percent rate in Div. I and Div. II combined. Cutting a program with a high graduation rate, Coach Joshua Resnick of Estancia High School feels schools are doing themselves a disservice.

“They’re cutting scholarships for people who will definitely become alumni and will definitely give back

later,” Resnick said. “It kind of shoots themselves in the foot.”

High school coaches have been dis-cussing the cuts with their teams and are helping their wrestlers get into col-lege.

“It is our responsibility to represent the sport of wrestling around campus and our neighborhoods,” said Coach Jorge Carrizosa of Troy High School. “They need to take every opportunity they get and run with it because they never know when time is going to run out.”

Resnick points out other college op-tions for his students, turning to the NAIA (National Association of Inter-collegiate Athletics), Div. II and Div. III schools, and even military academies.

Coach Robbie Gaze of Savanna High School and his team raise about $15,000 per year. “If upper manage-ment or administration would stay out of it, so to speak, I think it would be a lot easier for college as well as high school programs to be able to do what’s needed to make their programs flour-ish,” Gaze said.

“You’re kind of underneath au-thority, and if they don’t see hope then it is really hard,” Jill Hicks said.

Wrestling Head Coach Dan Hicks said that other teams are starting to feel the economic situation affecting their scholarships and recruiting.

“It kind of feels like we are on our own,” Dan Hicks said. “Some (teams) are wondering how they are going to make it with less money.”

A Metaphor:According to Dan Hicks, it’s like

being on the Titanic:

Some have buckets emptying out the water like crazy; some are on life boats - where they have retirement not too far away and they have secure posi-tions.

The ship itself - it’s still going down. When a ship this big goes down,

it creates a vortex - pulling things to-wards it and people start swimming away as fast as possible not wanting to get sucked in.

Some Problems:Athletics has slowly been sinking

over the years, the department has been falling further and further behind because the tuition goes up almost ev-

ery year about 10 to 15 percent, Dan Hicks said.

Part of the reason athletics is not emphasized is that - it doesn’t have to be, Dan Hicks said.

How to Fix it:Generating interest and getting fac-

ulty on board is really important, Jill Hicks said.

“Now, I think this university is get-ting to a point to where they need to put their money into athletics,” Jill Hicks said. “They need to show that they support it because it’s going to be a tough thing to keep the rest of the sports, even if we’re not here.”

“They shut down the last athletic referendum and it would have basi-cally done the same things as this one,” said Amber Scott, sophomore track and field sprinter.

As the IRA states a portion of the money will go to athletics, but a lot of it goes to the students and to re-serves, Scott said.

Pros:Through this new referendum of

$10, ASI hopes to help out many programs.

“(The fee) shouldn’t break the bank, if you think about $10 a se-mester, goodness gracious, you go to a movie and it’s $11,” Quinn said.

The packet states states that a YES vote on the IRA Fee referendum will ensure that we are able to keep and expand current programs.

Senior Associate Athletics Direc-tor and Media Relations Mel Franks said $150,000 will be going to ath-letics.

Quinn said this referendum will help with not only the athletic de-

partment funding, but students as well.

“Students desperately need this (money) for clubs and activities because they are running out of re-served funds,” Quinn said.

ASI Chief Governmental Officer Gregory Washington said this new referendum will be used to increase the instruction-related activities.

Washington said the IRA referen-dum funds will directly impact the classrooms where we are facing a time of huge budget cuts.

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Cal State Fullerton graduate Arjun Cardoza started the sailing club in the fall 2008 semester. The club has had a rough time being consistently recog-nized by CSUF students and faculty, so everyone who is a part of the club is working really hard this year to recruit new members and raise funds.

The club holds team meetings every Wednesday at 6 p.m. The team gets the opportunity to learn about every facet of sailing. Alyssa Twitchell, 21, senior economics major, is the club vice president and also represents the sailing team on the Sports Club Inter-Club Council.

“As the representative, I attend a meeting every Friday with other CSUF club representatives. It is here where we decide which clubs get funding al-located,” Twitchell said.

The club dues are around $100 per semester. Stephanie Dao, 20, a junior communications major in charge of all public relations for the club said, “We get some funding from the sports federation at the weekly meetings, but we are always scrapping for money at fundraisers.”

Dave Cooley, president of the club, said that the sailing team has taken a huge blow from the budget cuts.

“We just elected our new fundraiser chair a few weeks ago so we have not gotten a chance to fundraise yet this semester,” Cooley said.

After the scare of the Cal State Fullerton wrestling program termination at the beginning of the year, the team was given another chance to raise their funds. Now, $450,000 has to be raised for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons, by March 1.

This is double what the team originally had to raise, said Dan Hicks Titan Head Coach.

“They raised the bar very high,” Hicks said. “We don’t know for sure why that is, other than they just don’t want to have to keep dealing with us.”

Last year the team raised their money by hosting and working events, this year they are at a point where they need to figure out how to make double, Hicks said. A year and a half ago, when Hicks first started dealing with this, he said that he does not believe in a no-win scenario.

“I told some of the younger guys, don’t waste this year, train hard, go to open tournaments, go and win those tournaments,” Hicks said. “You’re advertising for yourself, so if we don’t make it we’re going to help you find another place to go. The new guys still want to stay here though.”

Dominic Borelli, 165-pound redshirt freshman, said that it’s really tough because even though they made it to a Division I program.

“It’s a slap in the face from the school,” Borelli said. “We have to go even harder now to prove ourselves like we had to do in high school.”

The high school players who are looking to come here in the future, said Andre Gonzalez,125-pound senior team captain. “We expect nothing less than to meet our deadline,” Gonzalez said.

Budget cuts have been felt everywhere at Cal State Fullerton, and club sports are no exception. While some clubs may feel stifled from lack of funding, the men’s rugby club has taken strides to ensure they survive the budget crisis.

Students who are interested in any club sport must now pay $35 per semes-ter to play. This fee is new this year as it goes directly to the Student Organiza-tion Resource Center, which helps to run student programs.

“I’d rather we do away with funds. We pay more for the fees than we get from the funds. We have to use the limited resources we have very well,” said Head Coach Phil Grieve.

The budget crisis is also affecting rugby at other schools. Cal Berkeley had to demote its varsity rugby team, who won 25 national championships, to a club sport. Still, rugby players at CSUF are determined to keep the sport alive.

“It’s difficult, but at the same time the treasurer and myself have to find quality purchases. We had a good base from the past president,” said Dylan Mahr, men’s rugby team president, senior and kinesiology major.

The men’s rugby club has about 50 members and operates with a budget of under $15,000. Paul Rudman, 44, of Orange was one of the founding mem-bers of the men’s rugby team in 1985.

With strong support from their male counterparts, the women’s rugby club is off to a good start for their second season. Although the club started just last spring, the team of 23 players has been doing well despite budget cuts within sports clubs.

“Every club is probably struggling just enough to get by,” said Monzer-ratt Patino, women’s rugby treasurer and sophomore kinesiology major.

As a result of the budget cuts, players now have to pay a mandatory $35 per semester to become a member. The women’s team holds fund-raisers alongside the men’s team. Both teams recently participated in the Irvine Lake Mud Run, the biggest fundraiser of the year.

“We all have to pay for things out of pocket and it can range from $100 to $250. We play against far away teams and it’s not as easy to go play at schools if we don’t have funding,” said Milagro Medrano women’s rugby recruiting officer and psychology major.

The team’s budget is around $2,000. The price of just one quality ball is about $150.

“It’s hard when I’m from a country where rugby is king. Both teams have to be careful about funding. They all do a good job of funds, but it’s tough,” said Head Coach Phil Grieve, who hails from New Zealand.

With Cal State Fullerton lacrosse becoming one of the more popular sports on campus, more information is beginning to emerge about their stability.

According to J.R. Grubert, who plays and serves as the team’s marketing coordinator, the team has a yearly operating budget of around $60,000. Much of that is funded from the players themselves, who pay team fees.

“We have helmets that are provided for us,” Grubert said. “But everything else is us. Whether it’s uniforms, nets, balls, whatever.”

Though the difficulties of raising money could be detrimental, Grubert cit-ed the positives in being on the team and growing close with his teammates.

“We do it because we love playing,” Grubert said. “We’re all so close to one another. We’re all brothers.”

Titan Head Coach Kyle Morrison said some items are just too big of a cost, but that the program is always working to get the necessary equipment.

“It doesn’t hinder who we are as a team,” Morrison said. “We still come out here, practice and play, and try to improve as a team.”

“Last year alone we made around $25,000 profit,” Grubert said.Rachel Hausman, a lacrosse supporter and CSUF graduate, attended the

past two casino nights.“It’s like Vegas in Fullerton,” Hausman said.

When it comes to the financial game, the Cal State Fullerton Titan hockey club strives to make every penny work to be more than satisfied off the ice.

Trevor Rabone, Communications Director of CSUF Titan hockey, talked about the club’s fundraising.

“We offer a number of different sponsorship opportunities,” Rabone said. “No matter how big and small it is, just try to collect something to stay afloat.”

Brian Evans, former president of the club and current board member, com-mented on the economy’s effect on the hockey team.

“It’s a big challenge for us this year, the fact that the economy did take a turn, and companies are a little more hesitant to sponsor,” Evans said. Evans said it costs the club a little over $1,000 to play a home game.

Clare Holmes, General Manager of Titan hockey, mentioned other fund-raising methods.

“The guys also do car washes, and they’ve worked at concert events during the summer, doing concessions,” Holmes said.

“It’s sort of the nature of the beast, that we have to fundraise ourselves,” Rabone said. “It’s the price we pay for really wanting to play hockey and repre-senting our school, but I really believe it’s worth it.”

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Golden Bears cut cord with five NCAA programs

Devastation: to reduce to chaos, dis-order or helplessness. For the five ath-letic programs that were recently cut at UC Berkeley, devastation is the only word they can use to describe their feel-ings right now.

“I am devastated, my ladies are devastated,” said Cal’s Head Gymnas-tics Coach Cari DuBois. “How does anyone respond when something you have done your entire life and are passionate about is taken away from them?”

Because of economic hardships, a committee was put together in July to come up with a plan to figure out the next steps to take in regards to the Cal athletic department. In an article published Sept. 28, information was released that, “UC Berkeley will elimi-nate its baseball, men’s and women’s gymnastics and women’s lacrosse teams after this year and will stop fully fund-ing the national-champion men’s rug-by team.”

According to the Contra Costa Times, this move by the Berkley ath-letic department is a desperate attempt for the school to save $4 million in the 2011-12 school years. The athletic deficit stands at $13 million and by cutting these teams, the school hopes to see a significant drop to $5 million in 2014.

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press saying the decision will affect 163 athletes, and 13 coaches will lose their jobs. “Clearly, this is a painful outcome after months of deliberation, analysis and the examination of every viable alternative,” Birgeneau said.

In July, the committee gave a 15-page report stating that they did not recommend dropping any sports. “I knew the chancellor had the final say, but I could not believe he would put a committee together and then go against what they suggested,” DuBois said.

“I understand the athletic depart-ment and chancellor are in a difficult

position and this has not been easy for anyone, but I do not agree with their decision,” DuBois said.

Senior Associate Athletics Director and Media Relations Mel Franks said the athletic cuts at Cal are just an ex-ample of the economic times.

“(Cal) has a $14 million athletic def-icit and the committee says $5 million is acceptable, so they have a $9 million problem. (CSUF’s) athletic program doesn’t have that much money so we have a different situation,” Franks said.

According to the UC Berkeley Inter-collegiate Athletics FAQ sheet, the final decision included a number of key fac-tors based on the financial impact, and

the ability to comply with Title IX and the principles of gender equity.

“The economy is the main reason sports are being dropped in the state of California,” DuBois said. “You see every area struggling to survive and re-ceive some, even if it is a small amount of money to support their program and cause.”

Franks said because CSUF is in a budget crisis, both the wrestling and gymnastics teams are on the chopping block.

In order to keep these programs going, they have to raise an allotted amount of money by March.

“We have ongoing fundraising here and as the saying goes, they have to ‘fish or cut bait,’” Franks said. “Gym-nastics was able to raise their funds (for the 2010-11 season) and wres-tling almost met their goal, so we’ll see what happens.”

CSUF track and field freshman Malek Walls said measures should be taken before they cut programs.

“Kids feed off of having the ability and the talents to be able to compete and participate in their desired sport,”

Walls said. “So by cutting sports is only demoralizing and limiting student-athletes to certain sports that they can participate in.”

DuBois says that Titan wrestling and gymnastics should make the most of everyday as it were the last.

“Don’t take anything for granted, be proactive - stay positive, fundraise and encourage the community to show their support through attendance, donations, and letters. Fundraising is the biggest factor,” DuBois said. “The economy is the biggest concern, focus on the things you can control, do not expend negative energy on the things that are out of your control.”

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Titan Track and field athlete

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Cal State Fullerton gymnastics decides on a plan of action, for their March 1 deadline, to raise $560,000 for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.

This year, Titan Head Coach Jill Hicks will go to large donors to ask for donations. She will talk to people who have the potential to donate larger amounts, and “hopefully” be able to write a check for the whole amount; but that doesn’t exclude the people who are willing to donate smaller amounts though, all donations are welcome, Hicks said.

“I always think that there’s hope,” Hicks said. “It has been really challeng-ing in some ways, but I’ve always lived very true to myself.”

Hicks said that the team didn’t make the deadline for the 2010-11, until a $75,000 donation was made.

Gymnast Mika Medina, a 4-foot-11-inch junior, said that the situation is asking for a lot of time and energy, but the team is hoping to get the funds in on time.

“I’m not sure how we’re going to do it,” Medina said. “Our coach keeps telling us to focus on school and on doing our part, and she will do her best to figure out how we can be here in the future.”

The only other college gymnastics program in Southern California is at UCLA, who won the national championship last year, Hicks said.

Vanessa Klass, a 4-foot-11-inch junior, said that her goal in high school was always to compete in college. “It’s just really discouraging because UCLA (the only other Southern California school with a gymnastics program) is one of the top 10 schools, so it’s harder for most kids to go there,” Klass said.

Athletic departments and programs across the country are feeling the strain of state budget cuts and no amount of stretching will allow them to walk away without a sprained ankle. However for the golf program at Cal State Fullerton, it has managed to protect itself from stumbling into budget potholes.

Men’s and women’s golf has completely sustained itself through private funding and donations.

“Golf was started at a rough time and it’s a unique situation that came together at a difficult time,” said Pearl Sinn-Bonanni women’s golf Head Coach.

Men’s golf Head Coach Jason Drotter recalls how the golf department couldn’t start because of the lack of funding at the time. “Financially we were not in position to start. A team of donors stepped up and volun-teered to give their support.”

Even as the golf committee continuously works on a year-round overall budget and future projection, they still face road bumps along the way.

When it comes to fundraising, the teams ask for direct donations and work closely with friends and any potential business partners.

Sinn-Bonanni has confidence in both teams as they continue going strong for their second year with fresh recruits.

“As a team we just want to see a steady improvement from last year,” said senior golfer Nick Ellis on behalf of the program. “We hope we can contend for the win in the Big West Conference Championships.”