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New Interim Athletics Director Dr. Stephan Walk calls Princeton, Il-linois, a rural town with a population of 7,300, his hometown. He brings to Cal State Fullerton the mentality of coming from a small place and still trying to accomplish big things.
Walk said he first gained an inter-est in kinesiology when he identified strongly with his high school basketball coach. He was a good, but not a great
player and his coach would hold meet-ings at the end of each competitive sea-son and ask what could be improved on or done better, he said.
“I went in to him with two-pages of notes and presented a bunch of things to him. At the end of that conversation he said ‘Steve, have you ever thought about being a coach?’” Walk said.
He went on to Illinois State Uni-versity as a first generation college student. Interested in youth sports, he received undergraduate degrees in physical education and recreation and parks administration.
From there he went on to Michigan State University to study at the Insti-
tute for the Study of Youth Sports and was there seven years to complete both his master’s and Ph.D. programs. As he was finishing up his master’s degree he realized that he was interested in the social aspects of sports, he said.
“I think everyone’s education is a combination of them trying to figure out their own biographies and develop interest that they have. Some of my own experiences in sport were not pos-itive, and I was trying to figure out how it is that I retained my interest in the sport world even though I didn’t fully benefit from the sport experience. So that is how I got interested in sociol-ogy,” Walk said.
He came to Cal State Fullerton in
1994 as a professor of kinesiology. His love for the institution is the reason he hasn’t left for 18 years, he said.
“The thing I love about Cal State Fullerton is we’re a humble institu-tion and we’re small, we have resource issues, but we don’t let that stand in our way of achievement. I love the kind of ‘giant killer’ mentality that we have,” Walk said.
Since Walk himself was a first gen-eration college student and attended state universities he said he has an affinity toward them. He loves the challenges state universities offer to a faculty member.
Newly elected Cal State Fullerton President Mildred Garcia delivered her first convocation address Tues-day morning to outline her strategic plan for the university to the public.
Garcia, who became president of CSUF in June, was previously the president at Cal State Dominguez Hills and was the first Latina presi-dent in the CSU.
Prior to her presidency at Domin-guez Hills, Garcia served seven years as president at Berkeley College in New York and New Jersey, and held positions at Arizona State Univer-sity, Montclair State University and Hostos Community College in New York.
Before beginning her speech, Gar-cia took a moment to remember Sept. 11 victims from New York, 14 of whom were students at her cam-pus, she said.
The plan
At the convocation, Garcia re-vealed a few answers from a survey sent to students and faculty members
in June and introduced three propos-als for her strategic plan on campus: first, setting future horizons; second, ensuring student success; third, pro-moting Titan Pride with Friendrais-ing and Fundraising.
The facilitator in completing the strategic plan is Jolene Koester, Ph.D., president emeritus of CSU Northridge, who has served since 2007 as a faculty member in the in-stitute for new presidents.
“Our goal is to develop and com-plete a strategic plan using a univer-sity-wide process,” Garcia said.
“We will use the assisting strategic plan draft as a foundation to develop a refined plan that guides and directs our decision making and budget allo-cations along with the articulation and support of a strategic position for the university’s future and finish by spring 2013. In order to do this, we must be-gin immediately,” she said.
Garcia said she will convene a newly constituted strategic plan steering committee with doctors Bob Meade and Jenny Faust as co-chairs and Irene Matz, Ph.D., as the on-site coordinator.
Garcia said she wanted to make CSUF the premier comprehensive public univer-sity in the state and, later, the nation.
Graduation as a priority
“As the largest CSU in the system, with a diverse student body and a faculty and staff second to none, we can be that model comprehensive premier institution that others look to,” Garcia said. “For me, and for so many who provided comments on the survey, graduation is not only
about your numbers, it is also about the learning that occurs.”
According to the most recent graduation report, she said, the overall 6-year graduation rate for full-time non-transfer students has declined from 51 percent in 2010 to 50 percent in 2011.
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New Interim Athletics Director talks ‘giant killing’
After working for Cal State Fullerton’s main campus for three and a half years, Van Muse, Ph.D., said he hopes to communicate the advantages of Irvine Campus as its new associate dean.
All CSUF students have the option of using both cam-puses to allow them more flexibility in their schedules.
The new associate dean met with the Daily Titan to dis-cuss in-depth what advantages and resources students have available at the Irvine Campus.
Stephen Walk, Ph.D., heads into his first term as Athletics Director.ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan
Stephan Walk looking to accomplish a lot with limited funds provided
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Newly elected President Garcia released a survey this summer to students and faculty. Her office received more than 2,000 responses to the questions.ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan
Van Muse, Ph.D., the new associate dean at the Irvine Campus of Cal State Fullerton, talks with the Daily Titan
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Student tracks parking statsComputer science student collects data on parking, most commuters not surprised by findings
NURAN ALTEIRFor the Daily Titan
A Cal State Fullerton computer science master’s student wrote a program that accurately tracks parking statistics on all CSUF parking structures.
Brian Frick, 24, collected and graphed data from the campus’ parking space monitoring system found online. The statistics look at parking spaces in Nutwood, Eastside and State College parking structures — leaving the parking nature of College Park, Lot A, G and S unknown.
“I think it (the results) was interesting,” Frick said. “It’s something that a lot of us have probably wanted to know, but I don’t think it changes much for us.”
After collecting the data for one week, Frick then graphed the data in two ways: by day and by struc-ture. The findings were published on the CSUF sub-Reddit page.
Students trying to park in the structures Sept. 4-6 found virtually no parking spaces between 9-10 a.m., the statistics suggested. The same graph showed fewer than 200 parking spots are available in the structures, save Nutwood, until 2 p.m.
“(The results) were kind of what I expected. I didn’t expect to see anything unusual,” Frick said.
The high demand for parking is reflective of class schedule, said Joe Ferrer, director of Parking and Transportation Services.
According to the admissions office, more classes are offered Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Additionally, the lack of parking spaces is indica-tive of how busy the first four weeks of school can be.
Some students, however, have attributed the lack of parking to the amount of parking passes sold.
“(Parking and Transportation) sells so many parking permits that there’s not enough spots,” said Cameron Brownlee, 21, a health science major.
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Students, faculty, staff and members of the local community gather in the Kathryn T. McCarty Grand Foyer to meet the president and discuss her speech and her vision for the university.
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‘Friendraising — Fundraising’
Garcia said it is necessary to define what differentiates CSUF from other CSU campuses to brand and market the university — not to increase stu-dent numbers, but to “tap and boast” what the campus is and attain a higher profile in the community.
She also plans to raise pub-lic awareness on how integral the campus can be to the community through research-based community service in order to provide expertise to businesses, government and non-profit organizations through a well-educated workforce.
“We need to demonstrate to our elected officials and external stakehold-ers the indispensable role of Cal State Fullerton in the area of economic de-velopment, intellectual capital and workforce that we provide to Orange County and the state,” she said.
Many faculty, staff and alumni share that the campus has not marketed it-self to its full potential, — something that a survey participant mentioned, she said.
Garcia said she plans on incorporat-ing Associated Students Inc. and other
groups to promote Titan Pride.“It’s everybody — it’s students, fac-
ulty, staff, alums, business, non-profit organizations — letting the world know all the great work that’s going on,” she said.
Koester said he will be visiting vari-ous groups on campus prior to a town hall meeting scheduled for Oct. 12.
Expectations
Dean of Students Lea M. Jarnagin said she expects Garcia to recognize that students will play a critical role in the branding of CSUF.
“She spoke about this effort — re-ally, for the first time publicly — so, I would imagine that moving forward from here (that) there are a number of initiatives that will be developed to be very strategic,” Jarnagin said. “Several initiatives, I would think, would be developed over the next — I would as-sume — semester or two.”
Jarnagin said she could not imag-ine Garcia and the rest of the admin-istration not involving students in the process. She questioned how students will be involved but was confident that Garcia would find a way.
Former CSUF President Milton Gordon attended the speech and said
he was pleased with what she had to say and the direction Garcia wants to take. When asked how he thought she would succeed him. He said he didn’t know how Garcia would perform, but that her speech was “wonderful.”
Berenecea Eanes, vice president for student affairs, said Garcia’s speech was inspiring and that she has what it takes to endure these difficult times of budget cuts and other challenges fac-ing CSUF.
“I think the sign of a true leader is to be able to manage good times, hard times, times that are not easy to interpret by many and I feel she’s well equipped, has all the experi-ence and all the skills necessary,”
Eanes said. “I’m very proud to serve on her team.”
Garcia said the total number of new faculty, staff and is the largest fall en-rollment in CSUF history — 37,678 students, according to data from re-search done by institutional research and analytical studies.
Garcia also spoke about the im-pact Proposition 30 would have on the CSU and CSUF if it fails to pass in November. She said $250 million would be cut from the CSU, $20 mil-lion would be cut from CSUF and that there would be an additional $4 mil-lion in healthcare costs.
Garcia also announced the search for a vice president for academic af-
fairs as Steven N. Murray, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Math-ematics, has been acting vice president since July 1.
Vice president for Information Technology and member in the presi-dent’s cabinet Amir Dabirian has been working to fill in the position, even putting out nationwide advertise-ments and reaching out for help from a search firm.
“We have over 30 qualified individ-uals, and we narrowed it down to 10 and now we’re narrowing it down to three candidates,” Dabirian said about the candidates who have already ap-plied and will be brought onto campus later this month.
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Experts to teach fire safety
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), a group of volunteers organized by the Fullerton Fire Department, will be conducting a training session on home and work fire safety in recognition of October’s “Fire Prevention Month.”
The public session will be held at the City of Fullerton Maintenance Yard at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10.
Topics being covered include basic prevention, home and workplace safety and how to use a fire extinguisher.
The purpose of the 20-hour CERT program is to train citizens in preparing for emergency situations. During the program, volunteers will train in such things as disaster preparedness, basic first aid, and search and rescue methods.
According to a model developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, CERT trainees will be able to provide immediate assistance to disaster victims and teach volunteers organizational abilities to assist Fire, Police and Maintenance Services departments.
Upon completion of training, CERT volunteers are required to attend a minimum of two training sessions per year.
The City of Fullerton Maintenance Yard is located at 1580 W. Commonwealth Ave.
Brief by GARRET YIM
Prisoner dies in Guantanamo
A young Yemeni who was imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay has died of causes unknown.
Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif was originally captured at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in December 2001, and was among the first prisoners to be brought to Guantanamo. He spent more than a decade imprisoned.
In 2004, the Pentagon came to the conclusion that Latif had not participated in terrorist training and was cleared for release three years later.
Like many other Yemenis, Latif could not be sent back to his home country for fear for his safety due to political turmoil. Other nations declined to take him as well.
In 2010, Latif won his habeas corpus challenge when U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. rejected the government’s grounds for his imprisonment.
The Justice Department ultimately appealed Kennedy’s ruling, arguing for more compliance by officials.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case, despite a federal appeals court in Washington ruling 2-1, claiming that Kennedy should have respected the government’s position.
Latif is the ninth prisoner to die at the detention center since its opening in January 2002. His death now leaves the inmate population at 167.
Brief by GARRET YIM
DTBRIEFS
A Constitution Day panel put on by Cal State Fullerton’s Division of Politics, Administration and Justice is to be held at the Becker Amphi-theater Thursday.
The panel, “Contemporary Chal-lenges and the U.S. Constitution,” will be from noon to 1 p.m. Along with a voter registration booth, there will be three short discussions on issues relat-ing to the Constitution and the 2012 presidential election, followed by a question and answer session.
“The Constitution, even though it’s over 200 years old, still remains as the center of American politics, it’s still incredibly relevant,” said Scott Spitzer, assistant political science professor, who is moderating the event.
The Constitution Day panel will examine these contemporary topics. The discussions include the “U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the
Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)” by Pam Fiber-Ostrow, Ph.D., an as-sociate political science professor; “U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision on SB 1070 (Arizona’s controversial im-migration law)” by Robert Castro, Ph.D., an associate political science professor; and “The 2012 Elections and the Constitution” by Matthew Jarvis, Ph.D, also an assistant politi-cal science professor.
Constitution Day celebrates the adoption of the Constitution as well as those who have become U.S. citizens. It is celebrated annually Sept. 17, the day in 1787 when the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution.
“I want students to understand first of all the Constitution is the rules of the game, how many players can be on the field at any given moment, what are their positions, and what are they allowed to do when they’re on the field,” said Fiber-Ostrow, who will speak about Obamacare.
For example, she said Article I of
the Constitution, which deals with Congress’ power and limitations and defines Congress as a bicameral legislature with a lower House of Representatives and a higher Senate, remains relevant.
“I think it’s extremely important for students to understand the difference between whether or not Congress has the power, and whether or not they should be doing something,” Fiber-Ostrow said.
Associated Students Inc., who is co-sponsoring the event along with the Office of Government Relations and the Division of Politics, Administra-tion and Justice, will have a voter mo-bilization before the panel. Beginning at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, students can register to vote and get voter materials, Spitzer said.
The event will have free refresh-ments and Constitution booklets that include the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, said Frances Teves, director of state rela-tions and advocacy for the Office of Government Relations.
CSUF’s keynote Constitution Day event, focusing on the effects of capi-tal punishment, will examine Propo-sition 34 and the Eighth Amend-ment of the Constitution. The panel, “The Cost of Death: Is the price of capital punishment worth the conse-quences?” will be Wednesday, Sept. 19 from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Titan Student Union pavilions.
One of the event’s speakers, Gil Garcetti, a former Los Angeles dis-trict attorney, authored Proposi-tion 34. The proposition, up on the November ballot, will eliminate the death penalty in California and re-place it with life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Spitzer, who puts the Preamble and the idea of separation of powers as his favorite parts of the Constitu-tion, said the Constitution is “uni-versally revered” among politicians and still remains at the forefront in American politics.
“Everybody kind of agrees that this is our amazing blueprint for govern-ment and it’s working,” he said.
Spotlight on the Constitution
President Mildred Garcia addresses a crowd of more than 100 people on campus in Meng Hall.ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan
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According to a Daily Titan ar-ticle, the number of parking passes sold doubled the number of park-ing spaces available in 2011.
Recently, less permits have been purchased over the years, Ferrer said. This was due, in part, to an increase in tuition cost and price of parking permits, he said.
The numbers show there are ample spots before 8 a.m. and after 4 p.m. on most weekdays. Looking at the graph illustrating parking spaces by day, the num-ber of parking spaces available in-creases in pockets. As less classes are offered, more parking spots are available as the day goes on.
Students most likely had the hardest time finding parking at the State College Parking Struc-ture from 9 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, accord-ing to the findings. It did not ap-
pear there was any problem find-ing parking on Friday.
Frick said he plans to collect data again during the sixth or sev-enth week of school to cross-refer-ence his earlier data.
“I predict that the graphs for the parking structures will be almost the same as they are now,” Frick said, “and (the lots) they don’t count and you can’t make graphs of, like Lot A and Lot G, you’ll actually be able to park in those on week six and seven. I don’t think there’s going to be any change in the structures themselves.”
Parking Solutions
Despite the problems some stu-dents face with parking, Ferrer said the employees at Parking and Transportation Services have been working toward making parking at school less stressful.
This semester, for example, as-
sisted parking is back. An external company was hired to assist driv-ers with parking their cars behind others vehicles, otherwise known as “stacked parking.”
“We want to accommodate stu-dents on campus so we can be re-spectful to our relationship with the city,” Ferrer said, referring to students who park in the neigh-borhoods.
Along with stacked parking, Park-ing and Transportation Services also provides OCTA U-Pass for students. Ferrer estimated 2,000 to 3,000 stu-dents have requested a U-Pass this se-mester alone.
Additionally, Parking and Trans-portation Services encourages car sharing, carpooling and is looking into improving bike facilities on campus.
“It sounds contradictory — we’re trying to sell parking spaces, but we’re also promoting other modes of transportation,” Ferrer said.
DT: Where were you born?
Muse: I was born in Athens, Ohio. My fa-ther was a faculty member at Ohio University when I was born there. But we didn’t stay at Athens for too long. He received an offer to start the business school at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. So we moved there when I was one-and-a-half years old.
My father moved up in hired administra-tion after he started the business school when I was in middle school and junior high. He went on to become dean at University of Ne-braska in Omaha. Then worked for health education and welfare in Washington. Then went on to be the business school dean in Texas A&M University. He eventually be-came the president of the University of Ak-ron. Then went, oddly enough, to Ohio University, back to where I was born, for my undergraduate degree.
DT: Walk me through your educational background. What colleges you went to, what degrees you earned and so on.
Muse: My bachelors is in English from Ohio University with a creative writing em-phasis but with another emphasis in 20th century American authors. Once I received my bachelors, I started looking at grad schools and went to Auburn University in Alabama for a masters in English, again with a creative writing influence and actually even did a cre-ative thesis in poetry, then had an emphasis in 20th century American authors, particularly Harlem renaissance and beat poets.
Upon getting my master’s in English, I really liked what I was doing. I did a lot of teaching freshman composition and I really liked being in the classroom, but I would see a lot of my colleagues getting their doctorates in English and going off into the job circuit and coming away with three-year appoint-ments — becoming what is called the “gypsy” scholar — which has become kind of a nor-mal thing for students with advanced degrees with humanities.
While I was going to pursue my Ph.D. in English, the prospect of having a job that paid $20,000 a year and having to move my family every three years didn’t really seem to be a wise decision. I wanted to stay in higher
education because I really liked being in the university atmosphere, so I chose to pursue my doctorate in higher education administra-tion, which turned out to be the best decision for me. While I really liked teaching and re-ally liked being in the classroom, the prospect of being alone for eight hours a day doing re-search didn’t fit with my talents. My talents are in administration and working together as a team and working in a larger unit develop-ing and running services and operations.
So when I got my doctorate in hired admin-istration, I worked for Auburn as an admis-sions adviser and quickly became an assistant director for marketing, web technology and publications while still advising students — particularly transfer students. Worked there for five years before moving to Michigan where I was the director of web technology and pub-lications for a small private liberal arts college called Olivet college in central Michigan.
After that, I got a director of center for new media position at Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Kalamazoo, Michi-gan. I was at KBCC for five years before de-ciding to come to California. When I first came here, I was the dean of academic af-fairs for the Art Institute of Hollywood, overseeing all of the academic operations. Student services, faculty instruction, etc. I really liked the job, but I live in Yorba Linda, and it was a two-and-a-half hour commute, so I was away from my family too much. There were times where I wouldn’t see my daughters except on the weekend, so I knew I would have to make a decision that would bring me closer to home.
So I competed for and got a job as director of MBA programs in Mihalyo College of Busi-ness at Cal State Fullerton. I was in that po-sition for three-and-a-half years. Developed a full time MBA program, revised and complete-ly developed the MBA for working profession-als program, started working on an executive MBA program. Made a lot of improvements in growth and development for that as well as other graduate programs in Mihaylo and when this position (on Irvine campus) opened up, I saw it as the great opportunity.
I have been working with Susan Cooper and others at the Irvine Campus since I started at Mihaylo because we have the MBA for work-ing professionals program here at Irvine. So Susan and I have worked together for years and had a great working relationship. I really liked
the small campus environment, which remind-ed me of my time at Kalamazoo and saw it as a really good challenge for me professionally. I have always looked for opportunities to de-velop, create, and grow programs and services so I decided to throw my hat in the ring and be selected.
DT: That’s quite the resume. What does your dad think about it? He must be very proud.
Muse: He is. My dad and I have a wonderful relationship. He is currently retired but didn’t stay retired for too long. He is a senior fellow with the Kettering Foundation in Dayton, Ohio, he also does consulting with NCAA’s, particularly up on complaints for institutions and is very active within his fraternity and education foundation. I really had no choice in terms of what my industry was. I grew up on college campuses. I was giving faculty mem-bers tours of our house when I was five years old. I really grew up in the academic world. So when it came time to choose a profession, I re-ally had no hesitancy. I really wanted to work within the academic industry. Even though I didn’t plan on following in my father’s foot-steps, it really kind of worked out the way and that was something I am proud about and has made so much difference in my life.
DT: So education is definitely in the blood.
Muse: Yes.
DT: What has it been like working for this campus?
Muse: The Irvine campus really is a won-derful unit. It’s remarkable the kind of the change in students when they walk onto the campus for the first time. There is a look of surprise and even joy from the standpoint that they could find a parking place easily. There is a small environment. They can find people that will answer questions. The same faculty members they will see on Fullerton campus, the same classes they have on the Fullerton campus. A pleasing modern professional en-vironment with a library, a lounge, a book-store, a fitness facility. It’s nice to be on that campus where you do actually have the abil-ity to make a difference in a person’s life and have some of the resources to guide students and help provide them with the guidance and support they need to be able to graduate and move into the workforce, or wherever their ideas or dreams take them.
DT: So it has all of the education with-
out the noise.Muse: Since we are a smaller campus and
we do have a pretty nice footprint, parking is easier, but at the same time as we continue to grow, some of the same strategies that the Ful-lerton students use will come into play. Pick-ing good times to get here, making sure they don’t try to arrive three minutes before class and still expect to get a good parking spot. But having a smaller atmosphere means that some of the elements that are a really daunting to students in a large atmosphere aren’t there. At the same time the resources of Cal State Uni-versity schools, UC, basically public schools in the state of California are truly challenging. Our challenge is to provide the best experi-ences we can with the reduced resources we have. We go the extra mile to provide services, guidance and even just a friendly smile.
DT: What do you think of the staff here?
Muse: They’re great to work with. Really intelligent, committed, dedicated people who know their jobs and execute them on a daily ba-sis. I wouldn’t hesitate to say my job is easy, but having the professional staff that’s so dedicated and so smart about what they do makes my job supervising those operations easier so I can focus attention in other ways from the standpoint of increasing efficiency, developing new programs, affecting budgeting and better planning.
DT: Is there any message you would love to get out to students?
Muse: Well, what happens when students discover Irvine campus even though we do a lot of outreach to let people know that is that they discover that there are elements here that make their lives better. That make their lives easier and every student I talk with says now that I am here I want to stay here. Now know that Irvine campus is here, I want to take all of my classes here. And the benefit of having a multi campus environment is it gives students the flexibility to take classes at Fullerton, to take classes at Irvine and whether they are pursuing a full program or a partial program or taking a class or two because it is a better choice for them, they have those options. But the message is, when students discover the Ir-vine campus they don’t want to leave. It’s great for us at Cal State Fullerton because it helps to provide an experience that is unique to the Irvine campus but supportive of the overall Cal State system mission.
STATS: Parking by the numbersAccording to Brian Fick’s study, parking is nearly nonexistent in CSUF’s parking structures and lots between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Before 8 a.m. and after 4 p.m. however, the study showed high availability in most lots.
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Muse says that students are suprised by the convenience of the Irvine campus.RAE ROMERO / Daily Titan
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As a devout cynic many things both-er me. Tofu, frat guys, singing compe-titions and reporters with perfect non-regional accents until they pronounce their ethnic last names come to mind.
Above all else is a phenomenon I’ve only encountered in the Eastside Parking Structure here at school.
It is the drivers who sit by the elevator, waiting for someone they can follow to a parking spot.
I don’t blame the school for the parking situation. They have done all they can to improve it by add-ing two new parking structures to the proposed Campus Master Plan, which is currently pending Envi-ronmental Impact Report approval, according to the school website. I’d even congratulate the campus plan-ners for their continued hard work in this most infuriating area.
I blame you. Yes, you reading this have prob-
ably waited at the elevator, clogged traffic, or created blind corners that respectful motorists can barely get around, and added to the malaise that is parking at school.
I can’t count the number of acci-dents I’ve narrowly avoided because of the line of cars at the elevator.
Honking your horn only produces one of two Pavlovian responses: the middle finger or the old wave-around.
“Go around me, you jerk!” they say.No, you keep moving! Your car
isn’t supposed to be parked until it’s in a parking spot!
And then, when a person does debark the elevator but goes a dif-ferent direction than the person waiting they don’t chalk it up to bad luck. Rather they make three-point, sometimes five-point, turns in a very tight area to follow the pedestrian.
“Who cares if there are other peo-ple trying to get a spot? It’s all about me!” they must say to themselves.
Safety issues aside, there is a cer-tain sense of entitlement these peo-ple seem to have. Nearly every time I drive around one of these cars and get lucky enough to find someone leaving campus, the person waiting thinks I cut him or her off!
In fact, I recently had a brush-in with one such entitled motorist.
I went around a gigantic truck, merely trying to ascend to the next level of the structure when something beautiful happened. Someone just ahead of me was putting her stuff in her car, a sure sign she was leaving.
Eureka!A spot at last. Blinker: On. Victory: Mine. Right as the young lady opened
her door, the driver of the truck pulled up next to me, motioning me to roll down my window.
“Hey. Did you see me waiting?” he asked, scratching his chin in some demonstration of machismo.
“I’m sorry,” I replied. “Did you mean to ask if I saw you clogging traffic and making everybody else’s life a living hell?”
“Whatever, dude,” he said. Yeah. Whatever.Maybe next time he has the incli-
nation to cheat at parking, he’ll re-member that little guy in the silver Ford Focus. Maybe he’ll remember how I put him in his place.
Or, more likely, he’ll think I was a jerk who wasn’t worth his time and that he has half a mind to kick my butt if he ever sees me again. Then he will put his lifted Chevro-let Silverado in park and wait it out like he always does.
Change can happen, and it starts with you.
Spread the word that we, the re-spectful few who put extra miles on our engines, refuse to clog traffic and know the pain of seeing another car’s blinker will not cave into the tempta-tion of waiting at the elevator.
We will drive on.And you can join us. Together,
without the help of school officials, we can make parking at school a little less painful.
OPINIONPAGE 4THE DAILY TITAN
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012WEDNESDAY
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In nine weeks, this nation will take part in one of Western Civiliza-tion’s oldest and greatest traditions: the election. United States citizens will stand and be counted, contrib-uting their voices to the choir shout-ing, “This is the vision of this nation’s future that I want to see!”
In California, eleven propositions are being sent out to be made, by those who vote, into law. In the in-terest of having an educated and pas-sionate citizenry, each initiative to be introduced will be represented with an eye to both the past and future of this state, so as to allow every voter to make a clear and deliberate decision supporting what they want to see.
One of these propositions, Gov. Jerry Brown’s “Sales and Income Tax Increase” (Proposition 30), looks to increase the state’s sales tax and expand the top of the income tax brackets for the next seven years.
Neither of these are unreason-able goals; those who make less than $250,000 will barely feel the one-fourth cent increase to their sales and use tax. Hardly three years ago Gov. Schwarzenegger increased the tax by twice that, and the following two years saw economic growth in the state nearly recovering from its -0.4 percent shrink in 2009.
This increase ended in 2011 and the gross domestic product of Cali-fornia continues to rise, even with a heavier sales and use Tax. The in-crease is such a small impact with such large benefit that there is no real reason, barring the ideological, why it should be withheld.
At this moment, the highest tax bracket for taxpayers in California are those earning over $1 million, giving 9.3 percent of their earnings to the state.
The next highest earners make less than $50,000, contributing 8 percent of their earnings to Cali-fornia’s costs. The new brackets in Proposition 30 create new markers at $250,000, $300,000 and $500,000.
These brackets will be taxed at 10.3 percent, 11.3 percent and 12.3 percent respectively. Millionaires will be called on to provide 13.3 percent of their earnings in keeping the state government running.
These boosts will affect less than 3 percent of taxpayers, and the increased earnings will allow the budget to keep up with esca-lating costs in education and in-troducing new students to the sys-tem with state grants.
This is not to act as if nothing in the education system needs to change. Opponents to Proposition 30insist that this bill will do nothing to trim the growing fat within the state colleges.
Cal State Fullerton itself has near-ly doubled its budget since 2001, but this bill isn’t about fixing the issues that are apparent; this bill is about making sure that what’s there is still available to the students that need it.
When you’re trying to fix some-thing, you need to see what’s still working, and the school can’t make things work unless they have the funding.
Legislators who are worried about the growing cost of education, both to the state and the individual, shouldn’t wait for tax increases to de-cry that things need to be fixed.
The impacts of Proposition 30 are minor, and having a legislated 7-year life should calm all fears of a perma-nent bleeding of the wealthier classes.
Giving a little more of oneself for the better of the community is the very core of being a citizen.
But attempting to refuse a small dent in some decade-long financial expectation is ignoring those who will become the backbone of this state’s economy in less than a de-cade’s time.
It’s a very shortsighted cry of in-justice while pressing long term economic misfortune on those who are consistently underrepresented in voter turnout.
Korean pop star PSY has personified yet an-other Asian stereotype, although it seems will-fully so. “Gangnam Style,” with its over 146 mil-lion YouTube hits, has created an international pop sensation.
The song’s message is not as deeply satirical as many think.
Actually, it is blatantly obvious, highly self-referential and misogynistic. But Western per-ceptions have missed the mark.
Recently, an article in The Atlantic titled “Gangnam Style, Dissected,” sought to root out the true meaning behind “Gangnam Style.” Gangnam is one of the most affluent districts of Seoul, South Korea, which is dominated by Western-minded wealth.
Writer Max Fisher, happily applauded PSY for his use of satire in the song for supposedly blind-siding the Korean music market.
Adrian Hong, Korean-American consultant, mentioned to Fisher that “Korea has not had a long history of nuanced satire,” and that it’s “just not really done in mainstream Korean pop music.”
To people like Fisher and Hong, satire in Ko-rean music can be easy to overlook amongst the 18 legs of pop-girl group Girls’ Generation, but songwriters like Seo Taiji have infused politics in their music since the early ‘90s.
Satire is also historical to Korean culture. It’s had its place in hyangga poetry dating back to 57 B.C. The nuances of traditional Pansori music also represented aspects of Korean moral shame and awareness of oneself.
PSY represents these historical factors on the surface, but he’s not exactly an activist against the 1 percent like many believe. In fact, he is the 1 percent.
PSY was the black sheep of an extremely wealthy family; “Gangnam Style” personified. He is a rich, misogynist playboy. In the song he speaks of “doenjang-nyeo,” or vain, consumptive women. But this term isn’t as much about sham-ing consumerism as it is about telling women to stay in their place. PSY is satirical, yet privileged. Uncanny, but aware.
Fisher notes PSY’s education at both Boston University and Berklee College of Music as a major influence in his artistic voice. He falsely implies that satire is a Western creation, saying PSY learned “American music’s penchant for social commentary” and possibly “a new per-spective on his home country.”
The outlook is patronizing and rife with na-tionalism. It holds American pop culture as the definitive outlook.
Fisher’s interpretation of “Gangnam Style” is far from racist, but apply the attitude of “we get it, but they don’t.” Ideas like that have sparked condescending racist agenda in the past.
Fisher’s view is harmful.“Gangnam Style” may as well be a wolf in
sheep’s clothing. A seemingly unthreatening Korean-Pop song with mass appeal, disguised both as satire of its home country, and an in-terpretation of the adherence to Western-brand consumerism. To embrace “Gangnam Style” is to mock yourself as an American.
But sadly, the West cannot remove itself from viewing Asian culture in a one-dimensional per-ception of comedic relief. PSY has created an-other Asian stereotype.
The West mostly welcomes PSY as a joke, not a pop hero; their enjoyment of “Gangnam Style” often as part of a larger racist sentimentality hid-den under the veil of entertainment promoting
the proliferation of Asian stereotypes.It’s not to say “Gangnam Style” isn’t legiti-
mately enjoyable to some. It is pop music, after all.
But some are entertained simply because we represent PSY as a Korean clown. Some, like Fisher, interpret. But his words are indicative of a Western perspective.
“Gangnam Style” is just one small side of Ko-rea that is not definitive of its music or culture. With K-Pop now being seen as marketable, it may be hard for many to maintain rationality. People want to be a part of “hip” Korea.
PSY may see through his own eyes, but the world sees Korea through PSY.
A simple proposition this November 6th
Giving ... for the better of the community is the core of being a citizen.
PSY’s pop-hit is misunderstoodThe Korean star’s recent release “Gangnam Style” may have taken the world by storm, but some don’t get it
GARRETT YIMDaily Titan
Pop-star PSY has made waves both in South Korea and the U.S. with “Gangnam Style.”
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Traffic jams like this one are commonplace in the parking structures on campus, and are compounded when students line up to get spots and wait by the elevators and stairs, despite rules against this.
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The parking problem: We can change itThe school isn’t to blame when it comes to parking; you’re part of the problem
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The Zig Zags are a three-man rock ‘n’ roll band performing Wednesday at the Becker Amphitheater. Jed Ma-heu (guitar/vocals), Bobby Martin (drums/vocals) and Patrick McCar-thy (bass/vocals) created the band two years ago.
Maheu and Martin came up with the band name after staring at their feet and noticing that they were both wearing Zig Zagshoes. When they first started the band, they only used to wear Zig Zags and A.P.C. jeans.
“Kiss used to say that they played Gibson guitars cause they wanted the best,” Maheu said. “We wear A.P.C. jeans because we want the best.”
Martin and Maheu started the band and then asked McCarthy to join after he recorded them in the stu-dio. Maheu had to learn how to play the drums in order to be in the band.
“I just learned how to play togeth-er as he was figuring out the drums,” Maheu said. “I think it helped us tap into something when you start your first band.”
The three guys decided to form a band because they were all out of work at the time and wanted some-thing to do.
The band is not signed to a record label yet, but hopes to be signed to Vertigo Records. Until then, the Zig Zags license their songs to different labels that distribute their music.
“We’ve put our records on Mexican Summer, Tubesteak Tuesday Records and Light in the Attic,” Martin said.
They have a five-song demo on their Bandcamp.com website. Maheu said all band members write lyrics for the different songs.
“Ideally the person singing the song writes the lyrics,” Maheu said. “It’s easier for them to figure out the melody but I end up writing some stuff out of boredom.”
Maheu added that inspiration for his lyrics came from movies and peo-ple he has remembered as a teenager.
“I think when you’re a teenager
you think everything has a much deeper meaning,” Maheu said. “Prob-ably bulls*** but it seems to be stuff that sticks in your mind.”
Many bands from The Descendents to Slayer to Creedence Clearwater Re-vival have influenced the Zig Zags.
“Everyone in the band likes a lot of music and we all grew up buying records and going to tons of shows,” Maheu said.
The three band members are from blue-collar backgrounds and all work full-time jobs. Maheu said their band does not use Kick-starter to release their records.
“If anyone else does that kinda s*** that’s fine for them,” Maheu said. “But it’s important to us to do as much of this s*** on our own as we can.”
As far as guitar goes, Maheu said he likes when the sound is a little off. Greg Sage of the Wipers and Greg Ginn of Black Flag are two guitarists that have influenced his own style of playing.
Even though McCarthy plays mul-tiple instruments, he plays the bass for the Zig Zags. Jaco Pastorius, an American jazz musician and electric bass player influenced him the most.
The band agreed that their most memorable gig was a backyard show in El Monte where 200 attendees were rockin’ out with them.
“People were having fun and there was a huge pit,” Martin said.
The Zig Zags plan to have a full-length record out by spring 2013, and afterwards they will tour California.
Cal State Fullerton students can attend the free concert at the Beck-er Amphitheater today from noon to 1 p.m.
Batman Live kicked off its North American tour Wednesday through Sunday at the Honda Center in Anaheim.
The show was scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. but did not start until 8 p.m. The audience seemed anxious for the show to begin. Some fans were even dressed up as their favorite Batman character.
Once the show started the arena exploded with excitement. The audi-ence gloried at the huge stage and the 100-foot bat-shaped light-emitting diode (LED) video wall backdrop.
The stage was set as a perfect 3-D Gotham City landscape with moody dark red skies and roving search-lights. Enigmatic zeppelins travelled towards the audience and then into the distance to demonstrate the sense of depth in the scene and dra-ma in the night.
The show itself recounts the tale of how Batman came to be and how Robin became his sidekick. For those that don’t know the tale, it in-volves quite a bit of circus.
The show combines the mad clownish nature of the Joker and Harley Quinn characters, which adds to the storyline, the entertain-ment and the philosophy of the show. The audience was also able to see the crazy and colorful “Circus of Life” theme.
Though the show seems like it would be geared toward the younger audience members, fans that grew up with the Batman series of the seventies, will love the lurid look of the Batman Live show because of the “Circus of Life” feel.
Fans that are used to the more grey and unyielding Batman may miss the darkness of modern inter-pretations. However, there’s enough to keep most happy such as the Bat-cave and Batmobile scenes sure to
“rock your world.” In keeping with the setting, larger
than life performances were required and delivered.
Particular mention goes to Mark Frost, who played the magnificently-mad Joker and Poppy Tierney who plays his barking bunny-boiler of a partner in crime, Harley Quinn.
The Riddler and the Penguin were also stand-out performances and were very true to the DC originals.
Catwoman captured the audience with her feline duplicity and people will remember half of Two-Face’s performance for quite some time. His evil alter ego was fantastic.
Nick Court did a fantastic job playing the role of Batman. How-ever, the Batman suit was a little too bulky round the middle, short of leg and quite frankly worryingly-low on the crotch for the iconic super hero.
Nevertheless, with his sidekick Robin (Dick Grayson), played by Kamran Darabi-Ford, the duo pulled off some amazing fight scenes.
The iconic dynamic duo gave great action performances that in-cluded tricky wire work.
Some audience members became so excited when Bruce Wayne re-vealed his identity to Robin, saying “I am Batman” that they shouted out “Hell yeah!”
This broke the intended moment and created a much better one.
The captivating soundscape, amazing acrobatics and carnival at-mosphere helped the show create the ultimate Batman experience for fans all around.
Even the incredible Batmobile was designed by racecar driver Pro-fessor Gordon Murray.
Batman Live is a unique and in-novative theatrical show.
It is an arena spectacular that combines daredevil stunt work, il-lusions and cutting-edge design to bring the adventures of Batman and Robin live on stage for the first time DC history.
Batman Live will continue its tour at the Staples Center from Sept. 27-30. It is definitely worth checking out.
BATMAN LIVE
Batman and Robin battle the villians of Gotham City (Sue Lagarde/ Daily Titan)
SHOW: Batman’s circus of life
The live-action adventure brought the battles of Gotham’s streets to the arena that included a variety of tricky wire-work for the actors.
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Zig Zags to rock the Becker away
The Zig Zags performed a cover of a Betty Davis song with Iggy Pop for Light In The Attic Records’ 10 Year Anniversary 7” series.
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“We all grew up buying records and going to tons of shows.”
JED MAHEUGuitarist/vocalist for Zig Zags
SPORTSPAGE 6THE DAILY TITAN
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011WEDNESDAY
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“Had I never had the opportunity to attend a state university, I never would have achieved and I would have been doing what I was doing in 1980 to 1981 which is washing cars for a living. And I know that story is retold thousands of times at state universities, it’s not retold thousands of times at Stanford….I’d rather be part of that story,” Walk said.
Walk has served as the chair of the Department of Kinesiology since 2007. Lee Brown, Ed.D, professor of kinesiology, said it’s great working with Walk.
“He’s a guy who places his stu-dents and his faculty first. So the Department of Kinesiology is clearly a priority for him and helping us to be the best program in the state of California,” Brown said.
He also served on Academic Sen-ate since 2008 on the Senate Execu-tive Committee where Walk served as vice chair under Jack Bedell, Ph.D, Chair of the Academic Senate. Bedell said Walk has immense integrity, a great sense of humor, a great back-ground, is very pro-student, and has high standards for honesty, clarity, and that the program could be the best it could be despite difficult fi-nancial situations.
On July 9, President Mildred Gar-cia appointed Walk as the Interim Athletics Director to the University. Bedell said that he is sad that Walk had to leave the Academic Senate in order to take the position but he strongly supports the appointment.
“I think it’s a logical choice, some-body who knows all sides of athletics and has been a supporter of athlet-ics and has been very involved in our conference... That’s a definite asset, somebody who is so plugged in. Plus he also brings a faculty perspective to the table, which is a little bit different so that’s a plus,” Bedell said.
Walk said that he is very excited and honored especially in a transi-tionary period in the department and the rest of the institution. Cit-ing the National Championship won by the baseball team in 2004 when they were up against seven schools with larger budgets, he said that he loves the department’s “gi-ant killer” mentality.
“This is what we do here. What I love is the fact that we can take our student-athletes, mostly from Cali-fornia, mostly from Orange County, and we can compete with anybody,” Walk said.
The position Walk was named to is an interim position so there will be a search to find a permanent replacement. When asked by col-leagues on whether he would still be applying for the position, his reply is that he hopes to be significantly outpaced by others who are more qualified for the job.
“On the other hand, I am very interested in seeing this department and this program succeed and I want to do whatever is necessary to keep us moving forward and to achieve some successes that are still out there if possible. If I’m the right person to do that then I’m open to the possibil-ity,” Walk said.
Walk’s appointment to the Inter-im Athletic Director position comes at a challenging time in the Athlet-ics Department, as men’s basketball coach Bob Burton resigned in June and former Titans softball coach Michelle Gromacki filed a lawsuit against the institution.
“You put all those things together and it strikes people as turmoil and what I would say is that a lot of things happen independently of each other, they happen to happen at the same time. So the urge to tie them together and see them as a crisis or turmoil is tempting, but I don’t think that it is entirely warranted in this case,” Walk said.
Walk replaced Brian Quinn, who had been Athletics Director since 2002, and is transitioning to leading fundraising efforts for the athletic program. Walk said that Quinn is very respected nationally and that he always has had a great relationship with him.
Under Quinn, the athletic pro-gram saw much success including a 2004 baseball National Cham-pionship and multiple National Championships for the dance team. Walk recognizes that there will be pressure in trying to fill those shoes and said that he has every intention of living up to or exceeding that standard.
Walk also said that competition in the Big West Conference itself would be increasing with the addi-tion of San Diego State this year and the University of Hawaii last year.
“They both have football budgets. Their competitive profiles are much higher, much more visible programs in terms of TV, particularly San Di-ego State. They create challenges for us. Are we going to rise to that chal-lenge? I think we can compete with those institutions in every sport, some are going to be more challeng-ing than others but we can compete with them,” Walk said.
He said these are exciting times in the conference, but Cal State Ful-lerton is going to have to keep pace with the other institutions in the conference despite having budget issues. Four programs have already been cut from the athletics depart-ment: wrestling, gymnastics, and both fencing programs equating to about 100 student-athletes.
“We in this department have tak-en our fair share of program hits and done our fair share of budget cutting. We’re operating at bare bones, that’s not a complaint, that’s a description
of reality. That’s what it is and we’re not unlike other athletic programs across the state and other places cut sports as well,” Walk said.
Walk said that he has two goals in mind as he takes this position. The first is to find out if intercollegiate athletics is as central to the mission of the institution as he believes it is, and how to get members of the com-munity to believe in it.
“We need people to agree and be driven by the same sets of ideas about athletics in terms of the overall uni-versity mission… We need that ‘buy-in’ from all the relevant folks; our alums, our students, our administra-tion, our faculty, all of those groups need to come together and have the same ideas in mind when they’re thinking about intercollegiate athlet-ics,” Walk said.
His second goal is to promote more department unity, pointing out that members of the Athletics De-partment are in five different build-ings on campus.
“It’s really difficult to have a sense of common purpose and good com-munication networks when you have socio-geographic separation like that. And it’s a large department, so any-time you attempt to put the entire group in one place it’s just logistically challenging,” Walk said.
Walk said his passion comes from his own experience as a first-generation college student. Being intimidated by the university envi-ronment, wondering if he could ac-tually compete with other students with a different background than him, then realizing at one point that he could compete with and beat them.
“All those things that I had in my head that made them superior to me, those are all imaginary. And once you liberate yourself from those sorts of restrictions on your imagination and the way you dream about what your life could become then the possibili-ties are endless,” Walk said.
He said he’s passionate about this same thing for the university and loves being a part of those “giant kill-ing” stories at the institution.
“Same thing with Cal State Ful-lerton, we can compete and we could beat them, and I love beating them,” Walk said.
This Just InJUSTIN ENRIQUEZ
I’ve downed my fourth cup of coffee, crunched all the numbers, and studied to the point of ex-haustion. Then Sunday morning had to come along and ruin the hours of painstaking work and re-search that I have put in the past couple weeks. It’s fantasy football season again.
No, this isn’t just the beginning of the NFL season. It’s far more important, the beginning of my conquest to be the best owner in the league. I want the praise of all my friends. I want the congratu-latory text messages and posts on the league message board. Num-ber one is the only option, noth-ing less. Much like the Raiders’ slogan, this franchise also has a “commitment to excellence.”
I did not make good on this commitment, however, as I was defeated by a far less experienced foe. Personally, I would call it be-ginner’s luck but Michael Vick threw four interceptions, Hakeem Nicks did not have a good game, and my team had a myriad of other problems. To add insult to injury, my backup quarterback, rookie Robert Griffin III, had one of the most impressive debuts in recent memory. Griffin was the story of the weekend and there he sat on my bench while racking up the fantasy points.
Some might think that being this wrapped up into fantasy foot-ball is completely absurd, but 24.3 million Americans might disagree. I believe it’s everything right in re-gards to professional sports. Hav-ing an additional investment in players, teams, and even coaches makes for an intensified emotion-al connection to the NFL or any other professional league.
This weekend I would yell at the television screen when one of my players dropped a pass or threw an interception. It is another reason to experience the agony or elation of an event you have no actual part of. Fantasy creates incentive to watch the world’s top athletes at the peak of their careers perform as you have more invested in each game.
Another great thing about fan-tasy football is that everything can change in a matter of days. Play-ers have bad games, injuries or just happen to play top-notch compe-tition. With a couple adjustments on the roster, it could be a com-pletely different team.
Sports fans are some of the most fickle people in the world but their love and passion for a certain sport can get in the way of logical think-ing. I often hear people say things like, “If I ran that team I would do it so much differently,” or “Even I would have caught that pass.”
Fantasy sports are a way for these people to put their money where their mouth is, literally. In fantasy leagues, you let your players and your team management skills do the talking. There is added mo-tivation for beating a loudmouth owner and boy does it feel good defeating the blabbermouth of the league.
It isn’t actually owning an NFL team, but it is the closest thing any fan will have to it.
I believe that the biggest rea-son that fantasy sports are such a great thing is the camaraderie that comes along with it. People usu-ally participate in these leagues with friends and family, and the result of this is a community that bonds over the shared experience of a sport.
My league drafted at a restau-rant where we all made our picks, gave our feedback on those picks and caught up on how everyone was doing over dinner and drinks. Many people participating in leagues gather together every Sun-day to watch the games. It’s a way for friends to bond over something as simple as a football game.
So good luck to all my fellow Titans participating in fantasy leagues, and remember it’s up to you to write the narrative of where your team goes from here.
“We can compete and we can beat them, and I love beating them.”
STEPHAN WALKInterim Athletics Director
The week one fantasy hangover
WALK: Interim ADCONTINUED FROM PAGE 2
Men’s golf earn fourth place
Dakota Duerr (2)
Combined score
Player (Seed) Round 1
316
79
88
83
78
76
Round 2
300
83
77
74
76
73
Round 3
286
87
69
72
74
71
Total
902
249
234
229
220
220
Ryan Tetrault (4)
Corey Gard (3)
Mark Anguiano (1)
Michael Choe (5)
Hoping for a hot start to their 2012 season, the Cal State Fullerton men’s golf team placed fourth in their first tournament of the year, the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate at the Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman, Wash.
After 36 holes Monday, the Titans shot 40-over par with a score of 616 and were in seventh place.
Fullerton’s Dakota Duerr, coming off U.S. Amateur play in Colorado last month, was tied for 11th place after his first 18 holes but found himself in sixth place after the second round.
The Titans offered a stronger showing Tuesday, shooting two-under par. They finished 38-over par with a total score of 902 for the tournament.
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Across1 With 70-Across,
what you’d likely have if you said this puzzle’s four longest answers
5 Concerning9 Frequent settler
13 Online “Seems to me ...”
14 Mother of Judah15 After-school treat16 Weeded
carelessly?19 __ glance20 Dote on21 Stop from
spreading23 Short25 Arctic diver27 Jurist in ’90s
news28 Editor’s rejection
of a tribute?33 Basketball Hall of
Famer Robertson34 Like Olympic
pools35 Maker of Golf
Street shoes38 Instruction on a
cap41 Some NFL
linemen42 Type of vb.44 1950s war site46 Provoke Olympic
winners?50 Channel for a
spree51 __ chi52 Ward and others55 Disapproving
utterances57 Unpleasant laugh61 “Either you do it,
__ will!”62 Purchased, then
altered?65 Mystique66 Word with cast
and shadow67 Fictional sailor68 MapQuest data:
Abbr.69 Sussex stable
area70 See 1-Across
DowN1 Drummer’s pair of
cymbals2 Frustrate the
director, perhaps3 Informal bridge
opening4 Pentagon org.5 Inventing middle
name6 Feel7 Rain delay sight8 “We’ll just see
about that!”9 “I’m such an
idiot!”10 “Topaz” novelist11 Conscious12 Simultaneously17 Summer
Olympics equipment
18 Hard to debate22 They might swing24 Chased away26 __-El:
Superman’s birth name
29 Canadian Thanksgiving mo.
30 Raven relative31 Slezak with six
Daytime Emmys32 Leave
35 Figure on the ice36 Placekicker’s
target37 Produce
prolifically39 Answer to a prob.40 Ad starter?43 Clock-setting std. 45Almost half a
glass?47 Per48 Microscopic alga
49 ESPN effect53 Staggering54 Went (with)56 “Why not”58 Give59 Wasn’t guessing60 Country runners:
Abbr.63 Hot air64 Corner key
8/31/12
Tuesday’s Puzzle Solved
Aries (March 21-April 19) Do something you’ve always wanted to do. Then make happy plans, and create time for romance. A female adds the right touch. Gather information because you don’t have all the facts yet.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) You can tell if it’s true love, but you may want keep your feelings to yourself, for now. Inspiration is all around. Friends are charming and charmed.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) It’s a beautiful moment to relish. What you have to say is important, so say it. You have a gift with words. Leave them want-ing more. A social event provides surprises.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) It’s easy to find the resources. A little research goes a long way. Keep a secret. An old friend will repay a favor or a debt. The outcome is beneficial.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Brilliance comes at you with lighting speed. Capture as much as you can, taking good notes so you’ll remember. Let what you’re learn-ing sink in. Make time for love, too. Keep a secret.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Being graceful and grate-ful comes in handy, especially now. You learn a different way of getting things done. Get out-doors. Let go of the things that don’t serve you.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Fall in love all over again. Dip your oars into social waters, and row with gusto. Take advantage of your psychic senses. Creative work pays well. Postpone an outing.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Put your heart into it, as well as your other muscles. It will take inspiration and perspiration ... and it will be worth it. Sudoku or some other math game can keep your brain exercised.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Work interferes with playtime. Do it for love, not money, and don’t be afraid to ask for what you’re worth. An upgrade may be necessary. The overall outcome is positive.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Ask and you shall receive. Consider what you’re asking for. Think over a friend’s suggestion very carefully. Seek harmony in romance. The odds are in your favor.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Partnering is essential for two more days. Negotiate a little bit more to refine the plan. Relaxation helps. Accept an invitation from a special person.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Entering two days of steady work effort. Profit from meticulous service and charm. It’s a winning combination. You can find the resources to manifest a dream.
