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Vol. 87 Issue 51 May 12, 2010 Review: Iron Man 2 Marvel franchise strikes box office gold with action-packed comic book sequel DETOUR, Page 7 Breaking the News: WEDNESDAY Students continue to suffer the effects of budget cuts with increased tuition OPINION, Page 8 Multimedia Man on the street: Find out how other students feel about the repeat course fee at: www.dailytitan.com/repeatfee The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Unlikely indie Hispanic graduate rates rise actor plays Cal State Fullerton named no. 1 in the state and 5th in the nation for Hispanic graduates by The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine Marvel villain White Black (3.48%) 2,341 American Indian 36% 3% Alaska Native G 25 RAPHI American Indian Hispanic (28.13%) Asian/Pacific > 1% 30.59% Islander C Alaska Native B Y BIAN (0.54%) Unknown 1,444 22% C 0.41% White (31.66%) 665 A DE LA ROSA 30.89% 10% Hispanic Two or more 1,634 races - 25% / Non-Resident Asian/Pacific Non-Resident D Black aily Non-Hispanic Alien (4.44%) Islander (21.73%) 195 Alien T 1.41% itan 4.62% 21.02% 3% 276 D 4% esign E Fall 2009 Ethnic Distribution Ethnic Distribution of 2008-09 ditor * (First day of classes 8/24/2009) Bachelorʼs Degree Recipients (6,580 degress) * Beginning in fall 2009 applicants were able to identify themselves as multi-racial. 106 of the 503 students claiming two or more races reported Black plus another race (0.3 percent of the University total.) PHOTO COURTESY DAVID SHAKBONE BY VICTORIA GRACIANO Actor Sam Rockwell attends the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival in canos and Chicanas at CSUF, she explained that the there were very few Chicanos. Manhattan, N.Y. Daily Titan Staff Writer goal is to change the mindset of people who believe “My elementary music teacher was my mentor [email protected] that Hispanics are the exception and to replace it growing up, and I still keep in touch with him,” BY BRITTNY ULATE with, “being the rule” that all succeed. Zapata said. She is the oldest of five siblings and is Daily Titan Detour Editor Cal State Fullerton was honored by The Hispanic “We need to do a better job of attracting more His- proud to be a role model for her younger brothers [email protected] Outlook in Higher Education Magazine for award- panics to the schools,” Suarez said. and sisters. “They’ll see through me,” she said. ing the highest number of degrees to Hispanic stu- CSUF reported that Hispanics consist of 29 per- Zapata is proud to announce that she will revive Veteran actor Sam Rockwell, whose early film credits dents out of any university in California. CSUF cent of the overall population of 32,611 students. the Chicano/Chicana Student Studies Association include a role in The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as was first in the state and fifth in the nation, moving This statistic should be higher, said Suarez, consider- club, (Chochassa). She, along with other Chicano the head thug, to more mature films including Choke up from last year’s second and sixth place rankings. ing CSUF’s location in Southern California, which is studies majors, will reinstate the Chochassa club to and Frost/Nixon in 2008, took time from promoting CSUF has finished either first or second in the state considered a predominantly Hispanic community. give others the opportunity to meet people and be his latest role in the blockbuster hit Iron Man 2 as Tony since 2005. While going to school, Suarez said her mother was influenced by accomplished members. Stark/Iron Man’s nemesis Justin Hammer, to take part The 2009 rankings were published in the maga- always very encouraging and was a great role model. “I took advantage of financial aid,” Zapata said in in a conference call with college journalists and answer zine’s “Top 100 Colleges for Hispanics,” containing She laughs when she remembers that her mother regards to how she managed to pay for school. Za- some of their questions. Rockwell, who has flown under data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Na- always knew where she was, “I am going to the li- pata is a senior and will be graduating next spring, the Hollywood radar, provides an insightful look into the tional Center for Education Statistics. brary,” Suarez would tell her mother. Suarez grew up and is the first to graduate in her family and believes production of Iron Man 2 and teases as to what might “This is great recognition, but we have more work in a home where school came first and encourages all she is setting the standard, at least in her home, that be coming up in theaters over the next few months. ahead of us,” said Elizabeth Suarez, the Chicana and parents to be role models. if she succeeds they can all succeed. Is it freeing for you, as an actor, to get to create Chicano Resource Center Coordinator. Suarez, who For CSUF student Imelda Zapata, a Chicano stud- CSUF Vice President of Academic Affairs Ephraim your own version of the character because he’s so dif- expects the number of awarded degrees to keep grow- ies major, growing up was a bit more challenging. Smith anticipates the percentage of graduating His- ferent in the comics? He’s a lot older and he’s British. ing, strongly believes that a change must be made. “My family is not familiar in how the college educa- panics to go up with every up coming semester. Yes. Yes, it was – I mean, it was very – I mean, you While growing up, Suarez was told she was, “the tion system works,” Zapata said. “I think this spring we can expect that percentage know, Favreau really let me kind of just be myself and exception.” Now that she is a coordinator for Chi- Zapata grew up in Venice Beach, where she says to rise,” Smith said. do my thing, you know. We were never going to try to do the ascot British accent thing. See IRON, Page 5 Chancellor Reed New fees for keeps quiet on repeat classes Palin contract BY BRIAN ZBYSENSKI AND BRENNA PHILLIPS BY GINA BAXTER California State University, Daily Titan Staff Writers Daily Titan Staff Writer especially involving the foun- [email protected] AND dations and other auxilia- DONALD C. STEFANOVICH ries,” said California Faculty Starting in the fall 2010 semester, students who retake Daily Titan News Editor Association President Lillian Cal State Fullerton courses a third time or more will be [email protected] Taiz in a statement Tuesday. charged a new fee. “But even we are stunned to In an e-mail in late April from the Admissions and Re- The controversy surround- learn that CSU Chancellor cords Service Center, students who have to repeat a course ing Sarah Palin’s speech Charles Reed himself made three consecutive times will be assessed a $250 charge per at Cal State Stanislaus has the decision to cover up the unit in addition to the normal tuition fees. erupted into a full-blown amount of the speaker fee be- “It was federal stimulus money that was used to allow political scandal spurring At- ing paid to Sarah Palin by the us to offer additional courses in the spring to make it pos- torney General Jerry Brown CSU Stanislaus Foundation. sible for more students to get the classes that they needed,” to launch a formal investiga- The chancellor’s intimate in- said Paula Selleck, senior communications officer of public tion and a lawsuit to be filed volvement in avoiding public affairs. “Part of the budget reductions meant that we had to in Superior Court by Cali- information requests made PHOTO COURTESY MCT reduce the number of courses offered. This looks like one fornians Aware, a watchdog under state law because of his Sarah Palin gives her gobernatorial resignation speech during a ceremony at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks, Alaska, more way to try and make it possible for students who need group targeting government fear of negative publicity is a on Sunday, July 26, 2009. the courses to get them.” transparency. shocking demonstration of In the 2009 Fall semester, there were 897 seats occupied The latest wave of allega- poor judgment and question- not required by the Cali- vises Reed not release the fig- violation of the public records by students who were taking the classes for the third time or tions comes surrounding e- able leadership.” fornia Public Records Act ures as they will “Only serve act by CSU officials, and now more, Selleck said. Most of the classes were math related. mails released by Cal State Last month, San Francisco to divulge the information. as the financial headline for there is proof that Chancel- “Students pay less than one-third of the full cost of their Stanislaus revealing that its Sen. Leland Yee requested in- Furthermore, University of- a new round of stories rather lor Reed was complicit in it,” education and tax payers and donors pay the rest,” Selleck Chancellor Charles Reed or- formation regarding Palin’s ficials claimed that the docu- than the intended purpose of said Yee in a statement Tues- said. “The question is, at what point should the state be dered the secrecy of Palin’s speaking fee for the universi- ments Sen. Yee requested did clearing the air and making day. “Chancellor Reed and paying for students who repeat courses?” speaking contract, includ- ty, only to be denied by uni- not exist. the stories go away.” President Shirvani were more In addition to making more courses available to stu- ing the fee she is receiving, versity officials, who stated In the newly released In his response to Swain concerned with covering up dents, this new fee may encourage students to work harder to supposedly avoid media that the Washington Speak- e-mails between Chancel- and other CSU officials, an embarrassing story than in passing their courses.