Vol. 87 Issue 23 March 18, 2010 Senior heavyweight on the road to NCAA Wrestling Championships SPORTS, Page 10 Demonstration addresses THURSDAY national gay rights violations NEWS, Page 2 Manchester Orchestra performs at The Troubadour SOUND-OFF, Page 8 Sound-off: What defines music? SOUND-OFF, Page 6 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton CSU honors internment victims LMFAO to play BY TANYA GHAHREMANI Daily Titan Staff Writer [email protected] Spring Concert BY MELISSA In the spring of 1942, hundreds MALDONADO of thousands of Japanese Americans Daily Titan Staff were removed from their homes Writer and forced into internment camps. news@dailytitan. Among those who faced this injus- com tice, many were students who had to leave their studies. The Associ- The Nisei Diploma Project is a ated Students collaborative effort of all the current Inc. production CSU campuses that had Japanese- staff has con- American students who were re- firmed that the moved and forced into internment Grammy-nom- camps during World War II. While inated electro- Cal State Fullerton was not open at pop group the time, six other CSU campuses LMFAO will be were – Fresno, Pomona, San Diego, headlining this San Francisco, San Jose and San Luis year’s Spring Obispo. Through the project, those Concert, sched- removed and forced into internment uled for Friday, camps will receive Honorary Bach- April 16. elor of Humane Letters degrees. E i g h t According to the project’s Web months of site, the CSU system hopes to at planning and PHoto coURTESY RENE MCLEAN least ease the pain of the incarcera- o p e n - e n d e d tion the students faced, and welcome student surveys showed the band was favored alongside the students back into the CSU. Lil’ Wayne, Kanye West and No Doubt. “We’ve been planning the event since July,” said junior When Beverly DiDomenico PHoto coURTESY FLICKR.coM/FREDMIKERUDY Michelle Carnero, Spring Concert coordinator. Carne- heard about the project, she was Japanese children were forcibly evacuated and moved to internment camps while their homes were burned down by the U.S. Navy during WWII. overjoyed. ro’s first task was to discover which artists students cared Both of her parents were removed six campuses included began plan- cans began shortly after the bombing camp – I didn’t know what they were to see perform on campus. Campus-conducted surveys from their studies and placed in in- ning their ceremonies soon after and of Pearl Harbor in 1941. talking about. I didn’t find out about showed that LMFAO was in the top 10. ternment camps during the spring started to figure out how to locate the It was during that time that ap- the relocation camp until I was tak- “Afterwards, the majority of the year is spent get- of 1942, and neither students. proximately 110,000 Japanese Ameri- ing American history in high school,” ting the biggest artist we possibly can within our bud- were able to complete Unfortunately, cans on the West Coast were interned DiDomenico said. get ($100,500 of the ASI budget has been allocated to their education later. The CSU system many of the stu- – all under the justification of ‘na- Her mother, now 88, didn’t tell the concert) and reminding people to save the date and “I know if the war hopes to at least ease dents who were tional security.’ DiDomenico much about the intern- just letting people know that the concert is coming up,” hadn’t happened they “the pain of the incar- removed from “It was an injustice upon people,” ment. Carnero said. After the original headliner, hip-hop art- would have finished their studies are Bentley said. “She really wouldn’t talk about it ist Drake, unexpectedly backed out, the chart topping, school,” DiDomenico ceration the students“ now deceased. DiDomenico’s parents were each (when I asked),” DiDomenico said. campus-friendly group became a favorable alternate. said. faced, and welcome “Should we placed in different camps – her moth- “It was the worst time of her life.” “When booking a band, we contact an artist’s agent Gov. Arnold the students back have done it years er, Ellen Kuyama-Matsumoto, in Pos- Joy Sato’s parents were both in- and ask for availability and interest and if they agree. Schwarzenegger signed into the CSU. ago? Of course,” ton War Relocation Center, and her terned in 1942 as well. Then Thomas Kocina, the ASI program director, and the bill calling for the Bentley said. “It’s father, Shigeki Matsumoto, in Gila “They said that they felt safe there. I will bring it to the Finance Committee to get it ap- project last summer. late, but it’s still a River War Relocation Center. They were all together.” proved. According to Colleen Bentley, who worthwhile program we put together.” “When I was young, my relatives has been working on the project, the The internment of Japanese Ameri- would get together and talk about See NISEI, Page 2 See LMFAO, Page 3 Titan baseball aces take the mound BY FRED BLOOM ligion, is the oldest of the three. Daily Titan Staff Writer He made 14 starts as a freshman [email protected] in 2008, going 5-5 with a 4.11 ERA. He was even better in 2009, posting Cal State Fullerton sophomore a 2.69 ERA good enough for 2nd in right-hander Tyler Pill, sophomore the Big West Conference and 23rd right-hander Noe Ramirez and ju- nationally. nior righty Daniel Renken are three He was able to retain his position of the most highly-touted starting as ace of the staff, but not without pitchers in college baseball. pressure from the two rookie stand- The three have managed to bal- outs. ance personal aspirations with un- They all watch each other closely derstanding and distinguish the dif- when on the mound and hopes to ference between competition and top that performance in his next competitiveness. start. Sacrificing individual goals for “We want to compete against each team accomplishments led to the de- other’s starts,” Pill said. “It’s just com- velopment close relationships. petitive nature. For them to do well “We all love to joke around. We’re pushes me even harder to do well.” like brothers,” Ramirez said. “We The early success of the freshmen help each other out. We’re always was a pleasant surprise for the Titans there for each other. It’s that way but veteran Renken maintained his with the whole team but there’s just a role. special bond between us three.” However, he admitted adding Pill and Ramirez were both named more star pitchers brought new ele- Freshman All-Americans following ments to the staff off the field. stellar rookie seasons and shared Big “We’re not out there to put more West Freshman Pitcher of the Year pressure on each other. We’re out honors last year. there to make sure we get better,” Ramirez was 9-2 with a 3.33 ERA. Renken said, adding that they do feel Pill set CSUF freshman records in the need to outperform one another. wins, shutouts, and winning percent- “The pressure we do put on each age. other is good pressure.” He went 11-3 with a 4.06 ERA. PHoto BY NICK MARLEY/Daily Titan Photo Editor Renken, majoring in comparative re- Sophomore right-hander Tyler Pill pitches in to Arizona State Sun Devils. See TITAN TRIO, Page 10 Multimedia Eyebrow threading is a OCTA bus service reductions have growing trend. Orange County bus riders facing Check out the news story at: drastic changes. Find out more at: www.dailytitan.com/eyebrowthreading www.dailytitan.com/OCTAbusreduction 2 2 March 18, 2010 IN OTHER NEWS INTERNATIONAL Students support gay rights BY ANDREW KWOK Pakistan indicts 5 Americans on terror charges Daily Titan Staff Writer [email protected] ISLAMABAD – A Pakistani court Wednesday indicted five young Amer- icans from the Washington, D.C. area on charges of plotting terrorist attacks in Pakistan. Members of gay rights organiza- The men have been held in the eastern city of Sargodha since their arrests tions from Cal State Fullerton and in December. If convicted, they could be sentenced to life in prison. Cal Poly Pomona united Wednesday, The five men, ages 18 - 24, are United States citizens of Pakistani, African March 17, to rally against Itawamba and Egyptian descent. They lived within blocks of one another in Alexan- Agricultural High School’s prom can- dria, Va. cellation in Fulton, Miss., and West- Police say the men left their homes in late November and flew to Paki- boro Baptist Church’s upcoming stan with the hope of waging jihad, or holy war, against American forces in protest at Dutchtown High School in Afghanistan. Dutchtown, La.. Khalid Khawaja, one of the lawyers representing the men, said they were The American Civil Liberties also charged with plotting attacks in Afghanistan. Union filed a lawsuit against Itawam- ba High School for canceling prom due to a female student’s request to attend with a female date and wear a NATIONAL tuxedo, according to CNN. Jobs bill headed to Obama’s desk Kamah Wilson, a member of CSUF’s Queer Straight Alliance, WASHINGTON – The Senate Wednesday passed by a 68-29 margin organized the protest as soon as she a $17.6 billion measure intended to spur hiring nationwide, sending the heard about the prom cancellation at bill to the White House for the president’s expected signature. Itawamba High School. Once the bill becomes law, it would mark the first significant piece of “I think after I got over the emo- job-creation legislation to pass since President Barack Obama and the tional part, that’s when I was think- Democratic Congress earlier this year declared that they would “pivot” ing, ‘Don’t just be emotional,’” Wil- son said.