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C A LIFORNI A S T A T E U N I V E R S IT Y , FULLERTON INSIDE 3 n NEWS: Audiobooks revive students’ interest in literature of varying genres 7 n SPORTS: Titans hold on to 7-6 victory Museum revels in last night against Biola University everything TV —see Detour page 5 VOLU M E 72, I SSUE 41 THURSDAY M AY 3, 2001 College Study focus- mentors es on military nANALYSIS: Jocelyn Pacleb’s doctoral research examines the Filipino migration to the inspire United States in the 1960s and 1970s BY SAMANTHA GONZAGA Philippines’ colonial ties to Spain and Daily Titan Asst. News Editor the United States. As she went down the timeline — from the island’s Amelia spent most of her child- Spanish influence to the prolifera- hood not knowing her father’s face. tion of American bases as a Pacific youth When she and her mother Erlinda stronghold — she touched upon the immigrated to the United States and factors that prompted many young n reunited with her father, Herman men to migrate to the United States EVENT: Students of all ages from the Philippines, the girl’s territo- between the 1960s and 1970s. A com- perform during the Student rial instinct took over. In her native bination of dismal job opportunities Ilocano dialect she forbade him from and slow economy had many look to Diversity Program’s annual getting close to her mother, who to enlistment as a means to earn money. her was the only parent she knew. “I find it so key in understanding talent show Wednesday Valencia, a wife of a Filipino U.S. the colonial connection in military Navy steward, also found herself history,” Pacleb said. “The Navy’s BY HEATHER BLAIR operating under dual roles in her hus- role has affected the way the economy Daily Titan Staff Writer band’s absence. was shaped, and the way families “You’ve just got to do it,” she told were impacted.” The seats were half-filled in the Titan Jocelyn Pacleb — as did Erlinda’s Indeed — a majority of the Filipinos Theater when the “Hot Girls” came on stage to family — whose research delves into who left in the 1960s were men, but perform to Destiny’s Child’s song “Survivor.” a little-explored aspect of Filipino the 1970s saw a rise in the number of Each of the five girls was dressed in their own and Filipino-American history: the women and children who followed. casual attire, but their moves were in unison. impact of American militarism on In addition to weathering the racial The teen-agers from Valencia High School in immigration. segregation the men faced – they Placentia performed as part of a talent show Pacleb, who is conducting her doc- served as “stewards,” a position a sponsored by the Student Diversity Program at toral research at UC Irvine, teach- veteran told Pacleb was comparable Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday. es a Cal State Fullerton course on to that of a maid– the women had yet After the clapping calmed down for the the Filipino-American experience. to deal with another separation. “Hot Girls,” Master of the Ceremonies Layal Finding common roots with the resi- “A man can be gone for a long Harsouni shared a spoken word poem she had dents of San Diego, Pacleb’s study time and leave his wife to look after written that same morning. DAVID RIVerA/Daily Titan weaves several histories together his children,” Pacleb said. “But, also, The Student Diversity Program, which was The group “Sweetness” came from Moreno Valley to perform at Wednesday’s show. to bring light to shifts in familial every three years, they move as they founded by John Reid, has sponsored these relationships. A special emphasis is are reassigned to a new post. talent shows as part of the Mentoring Network relax and express themselves.” still in school. placed on the women to eliminate the “For children, this means re-estab- Program for Black Student Success. For the Since this is a stressful time of year for She said people kept telling her she would perception that Asian women who lishing friendships; and for women past four years, the shows have been a part of many students, Reid said the talent show has not make it, but she has. She currently attends came to the United States did so as this means seeing their chances of CSUF. Reid said they used to fund two shows acted as a great stress reliever. the university and is getting a 4.0 GPA. mail-order brides. finding financial chances vanish.” a year, but because funding cut backs, they “Students can have fun here,” he said. Her message to the students was to stay in “The literature on Asian wives is Those who did find jobs often had have recently limited it to one yearly event. After the spoken word performance, school and achieve their own goals every step that [marriage] is interracial,” Pacleb to settle for positions that were not The show is open to all kinds of talent, but Sunshine Lawson gave a motivating speech to of the way. said. “In dismantling the theory that consistent with the college degrees the students of the participating high schools the audience. She spoke of her past as a teen- The talent show gave many different stu- they married European-American men they received. Most of the Filipino and colleges must audition to be included. age mother raising two children and one on the dents a chance to perform. One woman per- addresses the number who came here immigrants had either finished col- Reid said they have had issues with profanity way when she enrolled at a nearby community formed a blues-style song acappela. to follow Filipino husbands recruited lege or had come close to completing before, and they don’t want that to happen college. After her quest for knowledge started, The second half of the show concluded by the American Navy.” it. again. it was suddenly interrupted when Lawson was with the college portion. Two bands and five Pacleb’s speech “But Sometimes But in spite of that, an advantage “We’ve tried to overcome the problems in shot in the head in front of her three children. You Got to Do It: Labor of Filipino- presented itself to the women. They the past,” Reid said. “We have quality enter- Lawson survived. She is now blind, but she is SHOW/ 4 American Navy Wives” yesterday were able to form support networks, tainment, and it gives the students a chance to began with a brief introduction to the RESEARCH/ 2 Life-size porcelain collection premieres at Getty Museum n view until July 15. difficulties in making and firing the por- DEBUT: The work in Surprisingly large are the porcelain celain. Now entirely white, the sculptures the exhibition spans animals from “A Royal Menagerie,” a originally were to be painted in their collection of 14 figures created in the natural colors, but doing so proved tech- the century, demon- 18th century for Augustus the Strong of nically impossible. Dresden. Rarely has such a large group of Of the 14 different animals featured, strating the artistic dis- these life-size sculptures traveled outside the exhibition includes a lion and lioness, tance traveled for art of Germany. The dramatic sculptures of a monkey with its young, a long-necked birds and exotic wildlife were designed heron catching a fish in its beak and a by two artists with diverse artistic per- peacock, the tallest in the group. BY DIONE BLEDSOE sonalities, Johann Gottlieb Kirchner and “From design to manufacture, their Special to the Titan Johann Joachim Kaendler. successful completion was a tour de “Heroic is perhaps the best word to force, making it arguably the most signif- Beginning on May 1, the J. Paul Getty sum up the entire effort of creating these icant commission of porcelain executed Museum premiered two distinct exhibits. porcelain creatures,” said Gillian Wilson, at that time in Europe,” Wilson said. “A Royal Menagerie: Porcelain Animals longtime curator of decorative arts. The other exhibit opening, “To Create from Dresden” and “To Create a Living The unusual size of the figures, some Courtesy OF THE J. PAul Getty Museum Art: 19th-Century Drawings” are on exceeding 4 feet tall, presented great MUSEUM/ 4 “A Royal Menagerie: Porcelain Animals from Dresden” features 14 large figures including “Lion.” TitAN Media coverage affects military ideals during conflict e x t r a s nCAMPUS: Speaker to complete in Marine Corps Officer ments has served to change the pub- front line started pouring into peo- tide of public sentiment about the online Candidates School, Quang Pham lic’s attitude about war, Pham said. ple’s living rooms, an instant court of Vietnam War. explains his position knows about the military. As a guest “You are the beneficiary of news public opinion was created, and war “People were disgusted, and the speaker at corporations, universities, in real time, via the Internet. That’s became increasingly scrutinized,” soldier who pulled the trigger came n Check out on the influence of and military functions, and a frequent something that we didn’t always Pham said. home in disgrace, but the image is the Daily Titan businesses and politi- contributor to several major newspa- have,” Pham said. “The old World “If you showed battlefield images only one part of what took place. online this year pers, Pham understands the media’s War II footage you watch on the from World War II before 1945, the What people didn’t see is that the cians during war role in modern wars.

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