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New Runner Page Photo courtesy of collider.com Matt Ortega/The Runner Mark Nessia/The Runner Zombieland receives 4 out of 5 stars. Story on page 3. The Art of Death runs Oct. 1 through Nov. 8. Story and Women’s volleyball team beats CSU Northridge. Story pictures on Page 5. on Page 6. October 7, 2009 One copy per person of each edition is Vol. 35, No. 3 www.csub.edu/runner FREE free. Additional copies 50 cents each. Club funding workshop By Nick Robison prior to an event or activity. Staff Writer Proposals greater than [email protected] $1,000 must be submitted at least three weeks prior to the Are you in a campus club, event or activity. Failure to sorority or fraternity? have the proposal approved If you are, make sure to prior to the event could result attend the finance workshop in the student/club/organiza- on Oct. 7. tion incurring personal The finance workshop is expense if the event is held being held by Associated without prior approval. Students Inc. to provide All applications must be information to campus typed. Utilize the form tem- organizations on how to plate, available at the ASi obtain funds for events. website at There are many stipula- www.csub.edu/asi. Not all tions when applying for events/activities or all com- funds for an organization, so ponents of an event may here are some key points receive funding from ASi. The maximum allocation to Funds will be allocated on any student/club/organiza- Photo courtesy of Joseph Gomez a case-by-case basis and pro- tion per quarter is $1,000, ASi Luau sparks different reactions from attendees. See story on page 3. posals of $0-$1,000 must be and the total allocation per submitted at least two weeks [Cont. on Page 4] Barbecue for Birds helps FACT By Melissa Villagomez Staff Writer [email protected] On Sat. Oct. 3, FACT (Facility for Animal Care and Treatment) held its 27th annual Barbecue for the Birds and an Open House to raise funds for the facility. Racella De Guia/The Runner The main feature of the Sophomore Juana Juarez donates blood during the Sept. 30 Houchin Blood Drive. Open House was the tour of the facility, where many birds are kept on display in large cages. Tour guides (who are either students or Giving life to save life volunteers) lead groups through the mini-forest, and Melissa Villagomez/The Runner educated visitors about the The red-tailed hawk is just one of the many species of By Racella De Guia picture ID. Everyone who registered had to birds housed there. FACT birds at FACT. Staff Writer go through a screening before allowing them specializes in the rehabilita- [email protected] to donate blood. Children also had a chance an auction. tion of non-game bird There were certain requirements that had to to get involved by participat- Birds make their way to species, specifically birds of The Houchin Community Blood Drive was be attained in order for an individual to ing in a scavenger hunt and FACT either by being prey. held on Sept. 30 in the Student Union at donate blood. One had to be at least 17 years make “natural” notebooks brought in by professionals, Many different species of California State University, Bakersfield. of age, fill out a questionnaire, and go out of recycled paper. or private citizens. birds are housed there, The Houchin Community Blood Bank is a through a screening process. “This event is important It is important to note that including barn owls, great non-profit service organization that receives More then 60 people registered to donate because it is our fundraiser when it comes to orphaned horned owls, red-tailed blood from volunteer blood donors with blood. for the year,” said Marlene birds, it is critical that every hawks and even a golden motives of helping residents of Kern County. “We come every two months to Cal State Benton, who is FACT’s coor- effort be made to get it back eagle named Holly, who has Houchin Community Blood Bank is the because we always have several people dinator. into its nest, or where its par- been living in captivity for only blood bank in Kern County. donate blood,” Randy Greenlee, safety offi- FACT is run by volunteers ent can find it. 14 years due to being They also provide blood to private cancer cer of Houchin Community Blood Drive. “ and CSUB biology students, It is a myth that parent-birds imprinted, and unable to sup- patients and blood disease treatment facili- It is typical for 50 to 100 students, and non- who take care of the every- will reject their hatchlings port herself in the wild. ties, dialysis centers and home health agen- students to donate blood.” day tasks of feeding and infa human touches him or During the tours, one of the cies specializing in home transfusion medi- CSUB sophomore Juana Juarez said, “It’s cleaning out the cages of her. animals in residence was cine. great to donate blood because I know that it’s rehabilitating animals. It is “The main purpose [of brought out so people could The Houchin blood drive started at 10 a.m. helping people out.” funded in a large part by FACT] is to raise public edu- get an up-close look. and ended at 5 p.m. Several CSUB students, [Cont. on Page 4] donations, and the events cation and public under- Tour guides also bring out and non-students lined up to register in order that take place during the standing of birds of prey,” owl pellets to teach the pub- to donate blood. annual barbecue: a dinner said Benton. lic about what owls eat. First time donors were asked to provide a sale, FACT merchandise and [Cont. on Page 4] 2 Opinions October 7, 2009 RUNNER ON THE STREET By Aroldo Orantes and Matt Ortega, Staff Writers This week, The Runner asked, “What band would you like to see perform at the Spring concert?” Cory Jolie Brouttier, Niki Maramo, Ali Zanial, Bannerman, Senior, Liberal Super Senior, Senior, Biology Freshman, Art Studies PEAK “Maroon 5, Dave “Pitbull.” “Lil Wayne, if you “Jack Johnson.” Matthews Band or can do that.” Incubus.” THE RUNNER Volume XXXV, Issue 3 The Runner California State University, Bakersfield 9001 Stockdale Hwy. Bakersfield, California 93311-1099 Telephone 661.654.2165 Fax 661.654.6905 E-mail [email protected] editorialstaff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ashley Sizemore [email protected] MANAGING EDITOR Hillary Haenes [email protected] ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Left Photo: Courtesy of peaceandfreedom.org. Right Photo: Courtesy of kmph.images.worldnow.com P atrick Arvizu Three young candidates are running for local government: (above left) Lucilla Esguerra of Los Angeles, (above right) [email protected] Christopher McCowan of Fresno and CSUB’s Sean Battle. SPORTS EDITOR Manny Beltran [email protected] A new generation of government BROADCAST EDITOR C elia Kelly [email protected] By Derek Bato least come close, it would definitely send what life is like here on the bottom any- OPINIONS EDITOR Jeff Eagan Staff Writer a message to the government that more. That bottom has changed signifi- [email protected] [email protected] President Obama’s win was not a fluke, cantly since the days of greasers or even PHOTO EDITOR Mark Nessia and change really is coming. later, the days of disco. [email protected] Last year’s presidential campaign was an Responding to what he thinks young We should not expect a youth revolution, amazing thing, not only for the incredible people should do to make an impact, and change will not come quickly. Each ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR Melissa Villagomez turnout on election day, but for the resid- Battle said, “Vote. Actively seek out what person who gets involved does make a [email protected] ual impact it would have as well. your options are. Dive in, until you know difference, though. The political candidates of last year seem what’s out there, you don’t know where A strong and loud enough voice from a COPY EDITOR sJuan Torre to have inspired a new wave of people to you fit in. I don’t think there’s an age limit new person rising from the poor commu- A DVISER John Emig take up government positions, such as 19- for that.” nities will reach the ears of those in [email protected] year-old Christopher McCowan, from In that response, Battle perhaps laid out power and it will stick. Many would say Fresno, who is running for the cause of one of the most important things about the massive turnout of race and age for the newsroomstaff Phillip Barnett, Derek Bato, JC Bumpers, Racella our state water; 20-year-old Lucilla our lives as Americans and our political Obama election was a once in a lifetime De Guia, Victor Garcia, Taylor Gombos, Scott Esguerra, from Los Angeles, running for system. There are so many platforms to thing, but it does not have to be so. Joseph, Lydia Reyes, Nick Robison, Spencer Schluter, Aroldo Orantes, Matt Ortega gay rights and “kababayans” (Filipinos); stand for, and even more diverse types of We at the university can still have our ABOUT and even a fellow student here on campus, people to represent. rallies and protests, but know that the The Runner is a laboratory newspaper published 39-year-old Sean Battle, who is running Where do you fit in? most serious impression we can have as weekly, in conjunction with the Department of for the people of his community.
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