Placentia, Fullerton’s neighbor to the east, may finally be feeling the bur-den of past financial troubles.

City Administrator Troy Butzlaff told the Orange County Register the city of Placentia is collectively work-ing hard to recover from years of deficit-spending. The city spent $23.2 million between 2010 and 2011 and had a negative fund balance of about $294,000, according to a recent audit.

Fortunately for Placentia, the city spent less than it took in last year which resulted in a saving of surplus funds, Butzlaff said.

The city has set aside $500,000 in an emergency account—that amount, however, makes up only 2 percent of what the city usually spends in one year.

Until the economy improves, Placentia will have to improve gen-eral fund balances, Butzlaff told the Register.

“We are going to have razor-thin general fund reserves, and we have to be careful not to incur unanticipated costs,” he said.

Placentia has been largely affected financially by its police department. The Register reported that the Placen-tia Police Officers Association sued the city in 2011 because the city was in violation of the police contract, which involves the use of part-time officers and officer raises. Experts said Placen-tia pays its police department roughly $217 per resident of the city—an esti-mated $11.1 million each year.

Outsourcing with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department could save the city of Placentia a chunk of change, but Mayor Jeremy Yamaguchi, a Cal State Fullerton alumnus, is not interested in the switch.

“Having control over our own po-lice department, and the community policing it does, is more valuable to us than what we might get by getting a bid from the sheriff’s department,” Ya-maguchi told the Register. “It’s not just a cash-flow issue. All the factors need to be taken into account.”

Placentia resident Jason Grenon agreed with Yamaguchi.

“The problem with using the sher-riff’s department (for outsourcing) is they have such a big territory that they don’t police your area as well,” said Gre-non. “If you were going to try to save money at all you would try to maybe share someone else’s fire department.”

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After a scenic tour around California, including flyovers of San Francisco and Sacramento, the space shuttle Endeavour finally came to rest at Los Angeles International Airport Friday. Carried by a Boeing 747 and escorted by two fighter jets, Endeavour flew low past several Southern California landmarks packed with spectators, including the Griffith Park Observatory and Disneyland. The air show halted traffic on the 105 Freeway as motorists stopped completely to watch Endeavour land. The shuttle will remain at LAX until Oct. 12, when it will begin its trek across city streets to its final destination, the California Science Center, just south of Downtown Los Angeles.

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Gold medalist and BMX flatland extraordinaire Terry Adams visited Cal State Fullerton in a cam-pus tour sponsored by Red Bull to get the personal brand of Terry Adams as a professional extreme sports athlete and to meet students who are inter-ested in (or impressed with) his sport.

BMX flatland is described by Adams as the more elegant side of BMX. There are no ramps and no rails, just the rider and his bike.

“It’s breakdancing on a bike almost,” said Ad-ams, who recently celebrated his 29th birthday. “It’s more of the art side of BMX and I’ve been do-ing that since I was 12.”

He started his bike-dancing waltz when he was 12, but his passion for BMX was kindled about two years earlier, when he began racing and doing basic jumps off ramps. Later when he discovered flatland, he said, he never looked back.

Since 2002, Adams has appeared at four X Games competitions and won a gold medal in 2005. In 2005 and 2008, he won the Number One Rider Award (NORA) in flatland, BMX’s most prestigious award.

“It was a good way to show off his sport,” said Red Bull CSUF student brand manager Kendall Unbehand, who was impressed with Adams’ per-formance. “He made the BMX tricks look super easy, which I think was the most impressive thing.”

Unbehand said it is very rare for an athlete to promote not only the brand, but themselves as well. She said that Adams is an ideal person to mar-ket because he is passionate about both the Red Bull brand and his sport.

Adams said that his campus tour is not meant to

be an organized show, but more of a way for him to “pedal around and do his thing.” Students, he said, are encouraged to approach him to watch, ask questions, and meet him.

“It’s really cool because it’s not something you’d normally see on campus,” Adams said. “What’s cool—the students who do walk up or who do hear about me being here is different from a traditional sports athlete.”

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The initial burden of Placentia’s financial troubles may have begun in the early 2000s when OnTrac, a multimillion-dollar project designed to relieve traffic congestion in Or-ange County, cleaned out millions of investments and borrowed dollars.

OnTrac was cancelled in 2006, leaving the city of Placentia with a debt of about $30 million in 2007, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Following the OnTrac fallout, Placentia faced declining sales tax revenues and fallen property tax rev-enues, along with the deficit of rede-velopment dollars.

“Based on prior tax amounts col-lected, city management does not anticipate that sufficient funds will be available to repay the debt upon maturity and anticipates refinanc-ing the debt at maturity,” the city audit stated.

According to last year’s audit, Placentia has lost 28 percent of its employees since 2003, from a cut down of 150 staff members to 108.

The city has also seen CalPERS pay-ments go down.

In 2009, Placentia paid $1.7 mil-lion to its public safety employees and $400,655 to other employees, while in 2011 that number was de-

creased to $1.6 million to public safety employees and $363,613 to other employees.

“The city continues to aggres-sively pursue economic development which will provide additional sales

and property tax revenues in coming years coupled with continuation of evaluating operating expenditures,” the city audit stated.

Placentia plans to implement a multi-year plan to achieve a sustain-able budget, including making deci-sions that may impact current city programs and services.

According to the audit, Placentia is also working with the neighbor-ing cities of North Orange County to combine services and find alter-natives to save city costs in any ap-plicable areas.

CSUF students are largely un-concerned with Placentia’s finan-cial woes.

“I’ve lived in Placentia for 3 years and I didn’t think the city had finan-cial problems,” said Sean Tanaka, 21, a business major. “They do a good job of covering it.”

Rosa Cazares, 19, a fine arts ma-jor, said she had been planning to move to Placentia.

“Their financial problems don’t bother me as long as they keep the city safe,” said Cazares.

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Recognizing the obstructionism hampering the federal government, young and ambitious Demo-cratic candidate Jay Chen spoke to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Cal State Fullerton, Thursday, about changing the political atmosphere in Congress.

Chen, 33, faces a tough task this November as he attempts to knock the Republican incumbent Ed Royce from a congressional seat he has held since 1992. Citing his own polls from last Decem-ber as reason for optimism, Chen said his campaign has an eight-point advantage in the newly redrawn 39th district, contradicting the district’s voting reg-istration numbers of 32 percent Democrat and 40 percent Republican.

“I think times are changing… people who would call themselves Republican in the past no longer feel like they have a place in this party, in-cluding Ronald Reagan, if he was still alive,” said Chen. “The party is moving too far right.”

Royce did not attend the public forum. Chair of the OLLI-CSUF collaboration committee Ron Osajima said Royce was invited to speak, but phone calls were never returned.

Royce’s campaign has piled up $3 million for his re-election bid, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Chen was fervent in his remarks about the cur-rent congressman’s voting record in which Chen said Royce supports deregulation, voting to cut fed-eral pell grant fundings and voting against bonuses for military veterans.

“It’s a real shame that he couldn’t be here today to also present his view. I might drag a chair up here and start talking to the chair,” Chen said, mocking the infamous Clint Eastwood speech at the recent

Republican National Convention.Chen, a Hacienda Heights native and self-de-

scribed progressive, was elected in 2007 to the Ha-cienda school board. He and three other members faced a controversial recall election in 2011 because they approved an initiative to bring in funds to ex-pand a Chinese language learning class.

The activists claimed the board was trying to implement Chinese communist notions into their curriculum by accepting money from the Chinese government to fund the school’s pro-gram, Chen said.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart caught wind of the recall efforts in 2010 and joked about the program’s efforts to teach the mandarin language to students, citing that the board was trying to brain-wash them with communism.

Chen appeared on the show as a stunned board member, trying to figure out why anyone would not want to let kids learn about Chinese culture.

Chen, who is fluent in Spanish and Mandarin, said learning more than one language is an impor-tant aspect for a young developing mind.

His parents immigrated to America from Taiwan because his father received a scholarship to study at the University of Pennsylvania.

Chen was born in Michigan and grew up in the Midwest before his family made it to what he calls their “promised land,” Los Angeles.

Regarding immigration, Chen supports a federal guest workers program to address the labor needs in jobs that Americans do not want to fill. He also feels that without a program, immigrants are being exploited with low pay and little worker’s rights.

He also supports the Dream Act, which would automatically make children who were brought to the country illegally, American citizens.

Chen said the U.S. shouldn’t be like Japan in their stringent immigration policy.

Grant Hovey, a retired special agent for the IRS and UCLA graduate, decided to support the Chen campaign when his community in La Habra was pushed into the 39th district with the recent realignment.

Hovey noted Chen’s optimism in changing the partisan bickering in Congress.

“They are dogmatic, especially when it comes to taxes,” said Hovey.

The Tea Party and members of the Republican Party, which Royce has been affiliated with, also signed a pledge to never increase taxes, causing stalemate in Congress in regards to economic legis-lation and deficit reduction measures.

“There is no way you can properly govern this district by just being completely one sided, voting always on one side of the issue,” Chen said. “I’m going to have my set of principles, but I’m going to always listen to what people are saying.”

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Fullerton gets DUI checkpoint fundsFullerton City Council voted

4-1 to accept two state grants totaling nearly $200,000 to be used for drunk driving enforce-ment, including $50,000 to set up DUI checkpoints, which the council originally rejected in Au-gust.

According to the Orange County Register, the council voted in August to accept a grant of $146,222 for enforcement programs that include saturation patrols, which statistically yield better results as far as catching drunk drivers.

Others maintain that check-points serve as a show of force by educating potential offenders.

Councilman Travis Kiger has said that such checkpoints are unreasonable searches that vio-late Fourth Amendment rights and are merely a tool used by police unions to garner overtime pay for police.

California Office of Traffic Safety officials said the coun-cil would have to accept both grants or not get any funding at all. After dozens from the com-munity affected by drunk driv-ing accidents criticized the initial decision, Mayor Sharon Quirk-Silva brought the issue back to the council’s attention Tuesday, when it was approved.

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Brown signs three health billsGov. Jerry Brown signed a

slew of health-related bills Sat-urday, including a bill that allows for non-surgical abortions to be conducted by a limited amount of nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives and physician assistants.

According to the Los Ange-les Times, the bill, SB623, is a two year-extension of a study program that was introduced by Christine Kehoe in order to increase access to abortions for women who live in rural areas where physician care may not be available.

The bill was supported by Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and the American Civil Liberties Union and opposed by the California Right to Life Com-mittee.

Brown also signed a bill that makes it easier for women to acquire birth control and another that would improve breast can-cer screenings. SB1558 man-dates that women be informed if dense breast tissue is detected since it can hide cancerous cells. SB2348 allows a certified nurse-midwife, a nurse practitioner or a physician assistant to write birth control prescriptions to patients.

SB1558 and SB2348 will go into effect April 1, 2013 and Jan. 1, 2013, respectively.

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Pakistani seeks bounty for insultsPakistan government minister

Ghulam Ahmad Bilour offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who kills the person responsible for making the anti-Islam film, accord-ing to CNN.

Bilour invited the Taliban and al-Qaida to carry out the assas-sination.

Bilour confirmed that he was only speaking on his own personal account and not government’s at a news conference Saturday.

“I am a Muslim first, then a government representative,” said Bilour.

A spokesman for Bilour’s politi-cal party, Sen. Zahid Khan, said the minister’s action does not represent the Awami National Party.

U.S. officials say the man behind the anti-Islam film is Los Angeles native Nakoula Basseley Nakoula.

Nakoula and his family have left California and are now in hiding due to the worldwide protest in re-sponse to his film.

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He said extreme sport athletes are more approachable and al-though they may be famous, they are more accessible.

“You can pretty much tweet any of these guys and they will tweet you back immediately... And everyone is pretty down to Earth,” he said.

Adams is on a college campus tour performing at about 18 col-leges in Southern California, said Loren Piretra, Red Bull field mar-keting specialist.

Among others, he visited Van-guard University in Costa Mesa and will finish his circuit Oct. 4.

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Terry Adam’s accomplishments

Four X Games appearances, including a gold medal in 2005

Ride BMX magazine’s 2005 & 2008 NORA Cup Winner (Num-ber One Rider Award)

Eleven first place awards in competitions around the world, in places such as Japan, Mexico, Germany, and the US

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LEFT TOP: Endeavour takes the first flyover Los Angeles International Airport before taking its last stop

LEFT BOTTOM: At Disneyland, people congregate during the flyover of California landmarks.

RIGHT: Over 2,000 people gather at Imperial Avenue in El Segundo to catch a glimpse of the Endeavour Space Shuttle.

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While other nations are feuding over movie trailers and corrupt governments, China and Japan are battling it out over several pri-vately-owned islands near the the coast of Taiwan.

It’s an unnecessary triangle of protests as the three countries all claim to have ownership of the un-inhabited islands—referred to as Senkaku by the Japanese and Di-aoyu by the Chinese—and are mak-ing moves to fight for their rights.

Since Japan announced last week its interest in purchasing three of the islands that are already private-ly owned by its own citizens, Chi-na and Taiwan have shown their thoughts on the matter by sending vessels out to the islands.

China, which claims to have owned the islands for centuries, has demonstrated its fury through destructive protests in nearly 100 cities that have resulted in burned buildings and the harassment of Japanese citizens. Angry protesters have overturned Japanese cars and have chucked water bottles at the Japanese Embassy. Windows have been shattered and flags have been burned. According to the Los An-geles Times, one Japanese man in Shanghai was hit by a bowl of hot noodles.

Now that’s when you know things have gotten out of hand.

The way China is handling the situation is quite embarrass-ing to say the least. Elsewhere in the world, nations are at war over gruesome murders and govern-ment corruption. China and Ja-pan are feuding over none of the above; they just want control over some uninhabited and mostly ir-relevant islands.

What’s even more embarrassing and a tad bit idiotic is the protests

themselves. China’s people are looting, burning and terrorizing Japanese buildings such as restau-rants, factories and car dealerships.

Well that makes sense, until the realization sets in that these facili-ties are generally run by China’s own working citizens.

However, what actually makes sense is the reason why these pro-tests have been continuing for a decent length of time without any resolve or interference from the Chinese government. Accord-ing to the Los Angeles Times, the government has “allowed and en-couraged anti-Japan and anti-U.S. demonstrations in the past, partic-ularly when such gatherings could help bolster its political or foreign policy objectives.”

China is going through some tough times and is in the middle of transitioning to new leadership. How coincidental that a feud of this nature would suddenly arise and take its peoples’ minds off these realities and onto Japan.

Jessica Chein Weiss, an assistant professor of political science at Yale University, is currently writ-ing a book about Chinese foreign policy and and national protests. She told the LA Times that it would be a mistake to complete-

ly disregard the protests as being manufactured by the Chinese gov-ernment.

Another coincidence: Sept. 18 marked the anniversary of China’s “day of humiliation,” the day that signaled the start of Japan’s planned invasion into China in 1931. The 81st anniversary definitely didn’t help the protests and, according to the New York Times, “brought a fresh wave of protests venting anger over the colonial past.”

China’s government may have seen the protests as fun and games in the beginning and an extra source of relief for their current government-related tensions, but stakes are high, and stepping too far over the line could cost them.

Many Japanese stocks have al-ready plummeted as well as Chi-nese shares that are closely related. Declining tourism is a given and some 18,000 airline tickets be-tween the two countries have al-ready been cancelled.

Perhaps the countries will take a step back and ponder the out-comes. Unless an agreement be-tween the feuding countries is reached soon, these somewhat civil protests will backfire and turn into something far more tragic than the loss of a couple islands.

American doctrine throughout history constitutes liberty as the freedom to make choices so long as those choices don’t break the law.

Anywhere in the country if I decide to chew on blocks of trans-fat purchased from a restaurant or chug a gallon-sized cup of sugar bought from a concession stand, then I should be able to do just that—regardless of the health con-sequences.

Unless, of course, I find myself in America’s largest city.

This month, New York City’s Board of Health voted 8-0—with one vote abstaining—to take away an American liberty by banning sugary drink sizes over 16 ounces from being served in restaurants. The ban hardly affects anyone, and is little more than just an an-noyance; people can still purchase more than one soda under 16 ounces to compensate. On top of that, supermarkets and other ven-dors are unaffected.

All health consciousness aside, the Declaration of Independence was written to declare regulations like this un-American.

Although the ban, proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is lim-ited to New York City, the metro-politan urbanites tend to start trends when progressing to new levels of health-concerned regulations for its citizens. For example, the city was one of the first to force restaurants to include the calorie count of items on its menu. The Big Apple was also the first to limit restaurants in the amount of trans fat added to pre-pared food.

Soon after, California followed suit.However, this choice of what a

person consumes should be left for the people to decide.

The Declaration of Independence shouted out to the world and to the oppressive monarchy overseas dur-ing the American Revolution about

America’s demand for what Thomas Jefferson wrote are “certain unalien-able Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Hap-piness.” He left that arduous task of defining “Happiness” for courts and society to interpret.

But in this case, New York City and Mayor Bloomberg have gone too far in asserting their values about how humans should live, and residents of New York City might be growing weary of the local govern-ment interference.

A New York Times poll on Aug. 22 concluded that 60 percent of the city residents oppose Mayor Bloomberg’s sugary drinks ban. In a democracy that majority number could spell bad news for the party that supports this ban.

Obesity rates are high in Amer-ica. The health research cited on every news network makes this abundantly clear. Yet this un-popular action from the city does nothing to stop the people who are obese from calorie consump-tion. The problem doesn’t lie with American citizens choosing to par-

take in extra soda. The dilemma lingers in the country’s unwilling-ness to get up and move around.

Now that our country’s econo-my relies heavily on stationary ser-vice jobs, the responsibility to stay healthy lies with the people. The na-tion should stay active, but only if they feel like it.

Imposing a minor ban on soda opens up a public debate about the nation’s health, but it also opens up a debate about government over-stepping its authority onto citizens’ lives. Instead, if the mayor still feels obligated to tell Americans how to live, he should impose a tax on soda companies and, for that matter, on any food with a calorie count that sucks up a person’s daily calorie in-take with one meal.

With a tax, the city could use the funds gained to pay for the supposed medical costs that obese people pass on to society. A tax doesn’t tell the community how to live, but it does make it a little costlier to live un-healthy, instead of passing on the debt in medical costs or forcing un-necessary regulations.

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We are what we tweetTwo weeks ago, I discussed the downright daunting

scale of social media’s influence in today’s society.More than that I hoped to stress the human and, per-

haps unsurprisingly, social aspects of these digital meet-ing grounds and the need to use them to make significant connections with one another. Heck, Pew Research says 66 percent of all Internet-using adults in the U.S. use some kind of social networking site, so the odds are defi-nitely on the side of those looking for companionship.

“Wait,” you might exclaim. “How am I supposed to feel secure making connections with people online with the copious scammers and spammers trouncing all over my social media sites?”

I must admit, this is an extremely difficult fear to ease.Many would think it better not to ease it. For instance,

this year the FBI released a rather menacing-looking doc-ument titled “Internet Social Media Risks” that overviews the damage “dishonest characters” can do to us simply by exploiting our humanity and naivety; everything from identity theft and brand hijacking to harassment, spam and malware can befall us through nefarious methods like “spoofing” and “phreaking”.

Silly sounding, yes, but not without merit. The FBI also reports 300,000 reports of online crimes in 2011 alone (a 3.4 percent increase from the previous year).

Yet, a lot of these issues come from a collective error—communication online works inherently differently than communication in-person.

Though the methods used for deception online can be relatively complex, what needs to happen in order for us to move social media into a true social forum is to stop acting like our online interactions adhere to special rules that eliminate the basic template of human interaction. We need to trust and distrust our cyber comrades the same we would if they were literally sitting across the table from us.

That means coming to grips with our online identity being our true identity. This may be the hardest concept to wrap our heads around. After all, on Facebook or Twit-

ter, we’re expected to only present the best of ourselves. We’re expected to bend our image to make ourselves at-tractive to the collective online consciousness.

But I ask; when we leave our homes every day, are we not attempting to present the best possible version of our-selves to the world at large? How is this considered a more “real” alternative to online social interaction?

Furthermore, in 2009 psychologist Sam Gosling of the University of Texas performed a study where he observed the Facebook pages of 236 college-aged persons from the United States and Germany. He compared these subjects’ behavior against a comprehensive questionnaire each filled out, and in turn asked the subjects to rate the profiles of fellow subjects they did not know personally.

Gosling found that, “online social networking profiles convey rather accurate images of profile owners,” and concluded, “online social networks... are instead just an-other medium for engaging in genuine social interactions, much like the telephone.”

In other words, it’s all right to be yourself because pretty much everyone else is.

Of course, it’s important to note that social media is generally a public forum. Just as it’s considered inappro-priate—sometimes downright dangerous—to spew forth unkind rhetoric in a public place, so should one use cau-tion with what is said on social media. In fact, just last Fri-day Twitter handed over records of three months worth of tweets to a judge overseeing the criminal case of Occupy protester Malcolm Harris.

“Wait,” you might exclaim, “All you’ve given me is a whole bunch of new, conflicting ideals and now I’m even less sure how I should feel about interacting with others through social media.”

To that I say that much as in real life, all we can do is be ourselves and judge the honesty of others through the same scope we’ve built up over years of living on this planet. Social media should not change the way we think about being social, but simply the way that we carry it out.

Struggle for islands a petty feudChina and Japan need to find a peaceful resolution before their fight escalates

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Protests have erupted in almost 100 Chinese cities over Japanese interest in three inhabited islands off the coast of Tapei, Taiwan.

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A rising star in the world of folk/punk music, Frank Turner has had a very busy year. His musical engage-ments included a performance at the House of Blues Anaheim on Sept. 20 as well as the opening ceremony for the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games.

Although Turner claims he is relatively low on the success totem pole in his home country of England, he has fans around the world including award-win-ning film producer and director Danny Boyle.

Boyle has directed and produced Slumdog Million-aire, Days Later and 127 Hours among others.

Boyle was the artistic director for Isles of Wonder, the opening ceremony of the summer Olympics.

Boyle personally invited Turner to perform during the opening ceremony, which Turner was surprised by, to say the least.

“I felt surreal, that’s probably the best word for it. I got a call from Danny Boyle, who is an amazing di-rector and artist,” said Turner. “And it turns out he’s a fan of my music which is remarkable to hear, I mean, it was a surprise to me, and I said ‘yes’ right away.”

With such a big stage and big step in his career, the 30-year-old musician didn’t let it go to his head.

Turner continued with his scheduled tour, which brought him to the House of Blues. He has appeared at the venue many times but this time instead of be-ing the supporting act, Turner was headlining.

Although the folk/punk music scene does not re-ceive a lot of mainstream media attention, it’s heavy in followers. This explains why fans were waiting to get in when the doors opened at 7 p.m.

Several fans traveled many miles to see Turner, which is one of the main differences he notes between concertgoers in England and the U.S.

Riley Marts, 19, came from Seattle to see Turner at the House of Blues. Although he was originally supposed to attend the show with his sister, her work schedule didn’t allow it so he went alone.

“He’s one of the few people who can get the crowd going with just an acoustic guitar,” said Marts.

While the hall of crowded fans (who had come from far and wide) clapped, sang and danced along with the two opening acts, Jenny Owen Youngs and Larry and His Flask, Turner did not step on stage until nearly 10 p.m.

The energy and excitement was unmistakable in

the red shine of people’s faces and the damp cluster of mosh-pit troopers.

Frank opened with a crowd favorite, “If Ever I Stray,” from 2011’s England Keep My Bones album. He followed this with “The Road” from 2009’s Poetry Of The Deed.

The crowd did not miss one beat, one step or one word. The set list varied between old, new and un-heard songs.

The crowd went absolutely crazy during some of his most anthem-esque songs like “Long Live The Queen,” which was well planned by Turner.

“On the one hand something that’s important to me is that kind of access,” Turner said. “Trying to break down the barrier between the performer and the audience.”

Turner encouraged and often demanded that his audience let loose, have fun and sing along with him. The audience didn’t let him down.

Turner will continue his life on tour and next month will begin recording his next album in Bur-bank, Calif., which is due out in early 2013.

Although Turner is weary in discussing the album at any length, he admits that it is turning into a bit of a “breakup” album.

“When I’m still working on something I kind of want to just close my eyes and let it be whatever it wants to be,” Turner said. “I don’t want to start pick-ing it apart before it’s even been put together.”

Many fans are waiting for this, especially after be-ing treated to a few sneak-peeks in the show.

A phenomenon that Turner has only recently be-come comfortable with is the flattering act of his fans tattooing his lyrics on themselves.

Perhaps more amusing is that Turner will sometimes write these lyrics in less than conventional ways. He is often seen running out of the shower screaming “Pen! Pen! Somebody get me a f****ing pen!”

“Inspirations hits wherever it hits,” Turner said. Most fans don’t know or care where the lyrics were

born as long as Turner takes the stage and they get to be a part of it, if only for a little while.

Turner says that among the various tokens from fans his favorites include an engraved St. Christopher pendant as well as the Pittsburgh Steelers season flag from the 2005 season.

He keeps every memento and calls himself a hoard-er even though he has no place that he calls home at the moment.

Through touring, traveling and dedicating most

Writing out the first draft of her poems on a notepad with a num-ber two pencil, Marilyn Chin, ac-claimed Asian-American poet and novelist, said there’s something magical about graphite rubbing on paper.

For Chin, the art of crafting a story or poem is more than just the emotional elements poured into words. The physical compo-nents like a pencil or paper help her to convey an artistic message.

The award-winning writer spoke to Cal State Fullerton students about her novel Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen. Chin even gave writing ad-vice for students that struggle to put words down on paper.

“The muse may touch your shoulder at any time, so keep that pad ready,” said Chin.

Chin conceded that usually the next day, after the experience with the muse, she discovers her work is “crap” and revises the draft 40 to 50 times.

Though the art of writing has its rewards, it also comes at a price.

The solitary confinement of writing makes for a lonely life-style. Consequently, Chin said

that she spends a lot of time alone. Born in Hong Kong and grow-

ing up in Portland, Ore., Chin’s Eastern influence co-mingles with her western upbringing.

She is not shamed at pointing out the differences between the two cultures and openly speaks about the influence of capitalism and Western culture.

Central themes that frequent her novels and poems are sexuality, transformation and assimilation.

“It’s fun (to write about) the fish heads and snakes and all kinds of weird stuff,” Chin said about the far out fantasy themes that in-fluence her writings.

Dealing with sensitive topics such as racism and sexism, there is a fine line a storyteller can walk when writing about the subjects with humor.

“She’s not afraid to poke fun at any-one and you laugh at it, but she wants you to think about why you’re laugh-ing,” said Katie Snyder, an English ma-jor and graduate student.

During the meet and greet, pro-fessors, faculty and students sat around a table to discuss Chin’s work. They touched on her themes and influences.

One particular person found her work lightening the mood of tradi-

tionally scarier poems. “I read part of the Women War-

rior… I liked how you lightened it. It was downright creepy to read at night so I had to stop,” said TJ Reynolds, an English major. “I don’t want to hear about a sitting ghost sucking your energy from you. And you manage to bring the same magic back to giggle about it and not give me nightmares.”

Though being a professional poet and writer has led her to trav-el around the world, Chin does have a regular day job.

She teaches at San Diego State in the English and comparative lit-erature department.

Chin graduated from the Uni-versity of Iowa with an M.F.A. Her degree landed her jobs to translate Chinese poetry into English.

The translation process can sometimes lead to feelings or emo-tions of being lost in translation, Chin said. She added this can cause Chinese poems to sound bland in English.

Growing up, Chin’s sister read books from authors such as Charles Dickens.

Staring at the thickness of those novels, such books repelled Chin and paved an easy path for her to start reading the shorter forms of poetry.

From the 2012 Summer Olympics to Anaheim SIMA SARRAF

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The Before Watchmen series contin-ues with the adventure and early life of Laurie “Silk Spectre II” Jupiter.

Unfortunately for the ongoing se-ries, Silk Spectre lacks the substance of the original Watchmen and largely falls flat even compared to the rest of the prequel series.

The plot revolves around Laurie Jupiter’s high school years as she runs away from her domineering mother who was the original Silk Spectre, Sally Jupiter.

Laurie puts a flower in her hair and joins her draft-dodging boyfriend on a trip to San Francisco amid the hip-pie era of peace, love and drugs.

Writer Darwyn Cooke’s plot is bare bones at best during the first two issues of the series, yet it does manage to gain some momentum during the third issue.

Some notable moments include a somewhat tender moment between Laurie Jupiter and (26-year-old spoil-er alert) her father: the sociopathic crime fighter, Edward “The Come-dian” Blake.

The scene shows Laurie sleeping af-

ter a long day of fighting drug dealers. The Comedian watches his daugh-

ter peacefully for a moment before lighting up a cigar and disappearing into the night.

Fans of Watchmen might be shocked to find out that the Come-dian’s signature smiley face pin once actually belonged to Laurie.

The brutal, normally unsympa-thetic Comedian stole it from her as a keepsake of his daughter.

Even readers who disliked the Silk Spectre series will likely find this moment to be touching and a little strange since it gives no depth to the title character, but instead paints The Comedian in a better light.

Artist Amanda Conner is clearly stealing the show because her artwork overshadows Cooke’s writing. Con-ner takes a cartoony approach to the Silk Spectre storyline as she makes the characters seem youthful and vibrant.

This was done skillfully by giving Laurie colorful skin tones and mak-ing her eyes very large and colorful. Almost as if the character has a better outlook on life in her younger days.

The cartoon-esque art direction is a perfect juxtaposition to the grimy real life situations of the Watchmen universe as well as the drug-addled life of a San Franciscan in the ‘60s.

Whether this was intentional or not, it gave a level of depth to the comic that showed Laurie’s youth was

hopeful even when she has to deal with murderers and rapists.

It was a perfect idea to showcase a cartoony look since it fits Laurie’s personality and age as well as the hip-pie era feel.

Conner’s work is best, while not only drawing the life of Laurie Jupi-ter, but it also lies in the artwork of Laurie’s daydreams.

Her day dreams started off ob-vious and goofy with Laurie im-aging her mother as a devil in a dune buggy, but then the dreams mature as Laurie matures.

The best example of Laurie’s vivid imagination is her daydream of visit-ing her boyfriend in a hospital as he recovers from overdosing on a dan-gerous new drug.

As she watches over him and feels responsible for his condition, she imagines herself as a sorrowful medi-eval lady overlooking the body of her wounded lover.

The image is only one panel long, but it succeeds in showing a level of concern and culture that shows a keen intellect and passionate mind.

The Silk Spectre series is far from perfect, but is managing to redeem itself little by little.

Fans of the series and collectors are likely to pick up the series, but for an average reader, there isn’t much to write home about.

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of his life to his craft, Turner has learned to be an activist about his life. He believes in the ability to make your own luck in life and seize the opportuni-ties around you.

“You can make the world pay attention,” Turner said. And that’s exactly what he’s doing. As someone

who is very self-critical, Turner wants to improve as a songwriter and do what he does in better and more interesting ways.

“I’ll keep hammering away,” Turner added. The crowded hall of fans will hammer with him. De-

voted in their hearts as well as in their tattooed skin. Fans at the House of Blues chanted with Turner, in

unison with every last word of his closing song. “I won’t sit down, and I won’t shut up and most of

all I will not grow up.”

Frank Turner took the stage at the House of Blues Anaheim after his supporting acts, Jenny Owen Youngs and Larry and His Flask, kept the crowded hall of fans charged and waiting for his performance.

The 30-year-old musician and his back up band, The Sleeping Souls, performed in the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Isles of Wonder. Turner was personally invited to perform by Danny Boyle, who was the artistic director of the production.

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Marilyn Chin (center) spoke to Cal State Fullerton students about her novel Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen. Central themes of her novels and poems include sexuality, transformation and assimilation.

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Award-winning poet visits CSUF

Coming off a dominating 2-0 shutout victory of the Air Force Academy, the Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer team looked to keep on the winning track against a struggling University of San Diego squad. The Titans played stellar in all facets of the game and were able to come away with a 2-1 overtime victory.

Head Coach Bob Ammann was proud of the way his team was able to fight all game despite a late penalty.

“From the start we fought and battled,” said Ammann. “We want-ed this more and I think the score line is indicative of that.”

The Titans dominated posses-sion in the first half all game. They took care of the ball and limited any opportunities for the Toreros.

The closest USD would get to scoring was a corner kick that was almost headed into the back of the net in the 24th minute.

The Titans established their of-fensive tempo and had an early scoring opportunity to put their imprint on the game. Within the first 15 minutes, senior forward Jes-se Escalante, the reigning Big West Conference Player of the Week, was in front of goal with the goalkeeper out of position. Escalante’s shot was blocked however, as Torero defend-er headed the ball out of the box.

In the 23rd minute, the Titans broke the game open with a goal by senior midfielder Gerzon Blan-co. The play started with a beauti-ful step-over move by sophomore midfielder Ian Ramos that got him into the box. He then passed off to

junior midfielder Ritchie Gonzalez who fed Blanco for the 1-0 lead.

The second half saw the Titans play much more defense. USD put much more pressure on the CSUF defense and were establishing their rhythm offensively.

Escalante had another opportu-nity to score on a breakaway in the 64th minute. The Torero defender made a great play, as he was able to block Escalante’s shot from hitting the back of the net.

The Toreros were able to equalize in the 85th minute of the second half thanks to a penalty kick by se-nior midfielder Dan Delgado.

Blanco said once the Toreros scored, the Titans were still focused on getting the victory.

“We didn’t really think anything

of it,” said Blanco. “That always happens in soccer… you get scored on and you just keep fighting to find the other goal to win the game.”

With just under four minutes remaining in the first overtime pe-riod, Escalante curled a goal into the back of the net to give CSUF the victory. Senior defender Bobby Reiss felt very confident going into the overtime.

“I said ‘Guys we’re on this side and that’s the goal that we’re going to score the game winner on,’” said Re-iss. “And that’s exactly what we did.”

The Titans are now 4-6 on the season and will take on a Cal Poly San Luis Obispo team that is 5-1 in their last six games. Ammann has all the confidence in the ability of his team to come out with a win against the Cal Poly SLO Mustangs.

“We’re confident, we feel great about ourselves, and we’re looking forward to starting out here in the Big West Conference,” Ammann said.

CSUF plays the Mustangs on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Titan Sta-dium. For more information, visit: FullertonTitans.com.

The Titans looked good in their first of four straight home games de-feating the Air Force Academy 2-0.

The Falcons had the first two quality chances in the match, both coming in the first 14 minutes of the match.

Cal State Fullerton’s defense set-tled after that, and the offense was able to get on the board at the end of the first-half when Anthony Ro-sales converted a header off a corner kick from Mario Alvarez with only eight seconds left in the first half to spot Fullerton a 1-0 lead.

That would prove to be all they would need as junior goalkeeper Robbie Hannon, playing in place of redshirt freshman Adam Zepeda who was out due to a red card against Syracuse on Sept. 16, was able to stop all four shots the Fal-cons had on goal.

The goal was a huge momentum boost for the Titan offense as they have been outscored in their first eight matches 9-2 in the first half.

Reigning Big West Conference offensive player of the week, Jesse Escalante, would add an insurance marker late in the second half blast-ing home a rebound off a shot from Julian Okai.

It was Escalante’s team-leading fifth goal of the season. He also leads the team with 11 points on the year.

“I am not going to let the fact that I have scored a lot of goals re-cently get to my head. It’s a team game and we had some struggles early on, but we just kept pushing our offensive attack and finally we were able to get some quality scor-

ing chances,” said Escalante.With the win it was the first time

this season the Titans were able to post back-to-back wins. It was also the first shutout for the Titans of the season and the second straight time shutting out Air Force.

The last time the Titans shut out a team was in 2008 against the Fal-cons in Colorado. They improved their all-time record against the AFA to 4-2-1 with the win.

Things will be different in the Big West Conference this year. The conference will now feature a new school for soccer: Sacramento State.

There will be two four-team divi-sions. The North Division will con-sist of Sacramento State, UC Davis, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Santa Barbara, while the South Di-vision will feature CSUF, UC Ir-vine, UC Riverside and Cal State Northridge.

In the new look, each team

will play a home-and-home series against the other three schools in their division. They will also play one game against the schools in the opposite division.

With the changes being made to the conference this season, Head Coach Bob Ammann feels his team is focused and ready to go, as they will host the first two conference games at home next Friday against Cal Poly SLO before facing UCSB two days later.

“We need to go out and take care of teams in conference play. With this new alignment, it will definitely open things up more and if we play to our capabilities then we should put ourselves in a good position come the end of conference play,” said Ammann.

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Titan men victorious versus USD

Titans roll through Air Force to get third win

Men’s soccer capture third win in a row due to a goal by Escalante in overtime

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In their first shut out of the season, the men’s soccer team blanks Air Force, 2-0

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Senior midfielder Gerzon Blanco controls the ball against the University of San Diego Toreros. Blanco had a goal in the 2-1 win on Sunday night.

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Redshirt freshman Dyllan Stevens controls the ball against a Torero defender attempting a tackle. Stevens has played every game this season and has attempted 16 shots with 3 of them being on goal.

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TOP: Colin Okirie, freshman midfielder, fights for the ball against an Air Force Falcon player. Okirie has taken 11 shots, with 5 on goal.

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BOTTOM: Redshirt sophomore Anthony Rosales points upward in celebration of the goal he scored in the 45th minute en route to the win.

“...Finally we were able to get some quality scoring chances.”

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Men’s baseball schedule

SEPTEMBER26: First Day of Fall Ball

OCTOBER4: Scrimmage @ 5:30 p.m.5: Scrimmage @ 4:30 p.m.6: Scrimmage @ 12:30 p.m.11: Scrimmage @ 4:30 p.m.12: Scrimmage @ 4:30 p.m.13: Scrimmage @ 12:30 p.m.18: Scrimmage @ TBA20: Scrimmage @ UNLV (14 Inn.) @ 1 p.m.21: Scrimmage @ UNLV (14 Inn.) @ noon

1: Scrimmage @ 2 p.m.3: (ALL DAY) Family Fun at Goodwin Field 9 - 10: 30 a.m. - Kids’ Clinic 2 p.m. - Scrimmage vs. the Gauchos (14 Inn.)6: Scrimmage @ TBA8: Scrimmage @ TBA9: Scrimmage @ TBA - Final Day of Fall Ball

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The Cal State Fullerton men’s baseball team will return to the diamond and start fall ball Wednesday. All scrimmages are open to the public and take place at Goodwin Field and will run through Nov. 9. The Titans will also participate in scrimmages against UNLV and UC Santa Barbara in addition to hosting a Family Fun Day on Nov. 3. The Titans’ season begins in spring. For more information visit: FullertonTitans.com.

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After a disappointing loss in their Big West opener to Cal State Northridge, the Cal State Fuller-ton women’s volleyball team (6-9, 0-2) looked to orchestrate an upset and get back on the winning track against the No. 7 ranked Univer-sity of Hawaii on Saturday night.

Unfortunately for the Titans, the Rainbow Wahine were able to escape Titan Gym with a 3-2 vic-tory, clinching the fifth and decid-ing set.

Although the Titans have now lost five consecutive matches, Head Coach Carolyn Zimmer-man was proud of the effort her team put forth in front of a packed house inside Titan Gym.

“Ultimately, the girls on this team know what they have to do, it’s about executing,” said Zim-merman. “We really felt like we could do this and we played that way. Unfortunately, we didn’t get the win but we did get better.”

In front of a season-high crowd of 805, the Titans erased a two-set deficit by winning games three and four before Hawaii took game five.

The first set was completely dominated by the Wahine. The Titans looked disorganized and intimidated by the aggressive, forceful play of Hawaii. CSUF was down 14-4 early before ultimately losing the set 25-12.

The second set proved more of the same. Hawaii was hitting on all cylinders, going up ww21-12. They would go on to win the final set 25-15.

Titan junior outside hitter Bre Moreland felt the team was not being aggressive enough in the first two sets.

“They were pushing us and we weren’t pushing back at all,” said Moreland. “We weren’t taking care of the little things and they defi-nitely took advantage of that.”

As lopsided as the beginning of the game was, the last three sets were as competitive as they come. CSUF was trailing 14-11 in the third set before going up 18-15.

After that mark, Hawaii never retook the lead and lost 28-26.

The Titans kept playing well into set four, scoring the first six points of the set. The Wahine would come back and tie the set 24-24.

The Hawaii supporters thought they were on the verge of victory until CSUF went on a run and eventually won the fourth set 27-25.

Hawaii went on to win the fifth set, 15-12, and thus narrowly es-caping an upset.

The momentum did swing on the Titans’ side in the latter part of the match.

Senior setter Gabrielle Dewber-ry sensed it but wished the team could’ve been more efficient to start the game.

“We had the momentum but we didn’t use it to our advantage in the beginning,” said Dewberry.

Moreland and senior outside hitter Kayla Neto once again led the Titans. The pair recorded identical marks in kills (14) and digs (13).

The Titans now have their sights set on the University of the Pacific. Zimmerman knows com-ing away with a victory will be no easy task against that squad.

“They’re rocking and winning a lot of games,” said Zimmerman. “They’re going to do what they do and we’re going to attempt to go in there and upset them.”

CSUF plays at the University of the Pacific on Friday.

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TOP LEFT: Senior outside hitter Kayla Neto attempts a block on Hawaii’s junior outside hitter Kaela Goodman. Neto had 14 kills and 13 digs, achieving her sixth double-double of the year.

TOP RIGHT: Bre Moreland, junior outside hitter, attempts a spike on the Rainbow Wahine. She acheived her seventh double-double and has the second most kills and digs on the CSUF team.

RIGHT: Senior setter Gabrielle Dewberry gets close to the ground and attempts a dig. She racked up 4 kills and 20 digs in the match against Hawaii and leads the Titans with 239 digs.

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The Titans pushed the No. 7 ranked Rainbow Wahine to limit in Saturday’s game

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Volleyball loses to Hawaii in heartbreaker, 3-2

Volleyball tamed by Matadors

The Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team (6-9, 0-2) dropped their first game of Big West Con-ference play against the Cal State Northridge Matadors (10-4, 1-1), 3-1 (21-25, 25-11, 25-15, 25-21). The home game for CSUF took place at Titan Gym on Friday night.

The match was the first of 18 in-conference matches the Titans will have to play until the season ends. This was also the first time CSUF opened up Big West Conference play against the Matadors since 2001. Each match will be as impor-tant as the next because of their ef-fect in Big West Conference stand-ings and overall record.

The Titans came out strong as they took the first set of the match, 25-21. In that set, they had 13 kills and a hitting percentage of .231. The Matadors were able to muster up 14 kills and a .194 hitting per-centage, but it wasn’t enough as they were outmatched by the home team.

However, the Matadors made some adjustments after losing that first set and won the next three decisively.

In the second set of the match, CSUN was unrelenting with 18 kills, only one hitting error, and a top-notch hitting percentage of .405 resulting in a 25-11 set win.

The third set was much of the same as the Matadors had 12 kills and a hitting percentage of .286 and held the Titans to a lowly hitting percentage of .044. The Titans had nine attack errors that contributed to the loss in the third set.

The fourth and final set was a bit more competitive, but CSUN pulled out the victory with a 25-21 win. The Matadors had 15 kills and a .140 hitting percentage, mostly due to the nine attack errors in the set. However, this bested the Titans who had 11 kills and a hitting per-centage of .105.

CSUN dominated through the entire match with a .256 hitting

percentage compared to CSUF’s .108. The Matadors also had 13 blocks, 81 digs, and six aces in the match. The Titans had 7 blocks, 65 digs, and four aces. CSUN’s con-sistent play throughout the match proved to be the difference and gave them the 3-1 win.

Junior outside hitter Mahina Hai-na led the Matadors to victory with 14 kills on 37 swings, her seventh double-figure kill total of the sea-son. Another junior outside hitter, Britney Graff, followed close behind achieving her third double-double of the season with 12 kills and 11 digs. Fullerton native, sophomore middle blocker, Casey Hinger also contributed with 13 kills.

The mark of consistency for the Titans this season has been junior outside hitter Bre Moreland and senior outside hitter Kayla Neto. Both once again had strong games for the Titans. Moreland recorded a double-double with a match high 17 kills and 13 kills. The double-double was her sixth of the year and leads the team in that category. Neto also had a double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs,

her fifth of the year.Other contributions came from

senior defensive specialist Gabrielle Dewberry with 16 digs and junior middle-blocker Leah Best, who had a team-high four block assists.

With the victory CSUN has won their last three meetings with the Titans and leads the all-time series 24-11.

The Titans have now dropped their last four consecutive match-ups and the competition only got tougher as they welcomed the No. 7 ranked University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine to Titan Gym on Saturday.

The Rainbow Wahine defeated the Matadors in five sets on Thurs-day, 3-2 (25-22, 16-25, 25 -17, 17-25, 17-19). The loss ended CSUN’s three game win streak and handed them their first loss in Big West Conference play.

Hawaii also swept UC Riverside on Friday, 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 15-19). They hope to end their Cali-fornia road trip undefeated with a victory against the Titans on Satur-day evening.

Women’s volleyball team lose to CSUN in opening Big West Conference play

JUSTIN ENRIQUEZDaily Titan

Kayla Neto, outside hitter, serves the ball in a game against the Cal State Northridge Matadors. She had 13 kills and 11 digs in the game.

ALEX CALISH / For the Daily Titan