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C AL IF OR NI A S T A T E U NIV ERS IT Y , F ULLER T O N INSIDE 3n NEWS: Cal State Fullerton hosted a Town Hall meeting on race and ethnic Women’s volleyball issues loses two matches 4 n OPINION: Online courses have some over the weekend benefits, however they can not replace —see Sports page 5 the college experience VO LUME 71, I SSUE 23 TUESDAY O CTO BER 17, 2000 Arborfest proves fun for the community nEVENT: Children eagerly pointed at the Features fancy clothing as they struggled to included the Ugly Bug eat melting chocolate-covered ice cream bars from Clark’s Ice Cream Fair and Desserts. With chocolate mustaches, the chil- BY CINDY ARMIJO dren found the time to make candles Daily Titan Staff Writer out of beeswax, aid in the process of butter making and run tirelessly The Oktoberfest at Old World through a Scarecrow maze. Village in Huntington Beach wasn’t If that wasn’t enough to send the ice the only festive indulgence last week- cream eaters to nap in their parent’s end. arms, there were still the bugs. Despite the beer, hearty bratwurst The children proved that there is and sauerkraut sandwiches, Arborfest always time for bugs. offered more than German food and The Ugly Bug Fair displayed a entertainment. variety of booths, including Dr. Sue’s Janet Van Diest, a director at the Traveling Insect and Arthropod Zoo. Arboretum, explained the event was Marlene Brady, a volunteer at Dr. more than just a fund-raiser. It was Sue’s booth, held out a woven plate. a chance for the community to get Onlookers peered at the plate, which involved with the facility. held two hissing cockroaches, one live “This [Arborfest] is for fall family and one dead. Brave fingers stroked fun and celebration,” Van Diest said. the top of the living two-inch long crit- Fun and celebration covered virtu- ter, which felt like leather. ally every inch of the 26-acre garden. “Do you want to know how they Families from neighboring commu- make their noise?” Brady asked two nities gathered Saturday and Sunday, curious children. With wide eyes, for the 15th annual Arborfest and Fall children listened as Brady explained TEnniLLE HOPPER/Daily Titan Plant Sale, hosted by the Arboretum. (left to right) Carl Gottlieb, actor and producer and John Landis film director discuss current censorship issues. that the insect has vent-like structures Small hand-pulled red wagons on the sides of its body. hauled everything from young chil- When the cockroach feels threat- dren, to tropical and exotic plants. ened, Brady said the bug pushes Organ music filled the air, causing a its body toward the ground and air few people to dance to the tunes. escapes from the vents, creating a hiss- Protecting our right to Ron Wolf, one of many featured ing sound. organ players, performed a song from The cockroaches weren’t the only nMEDIA: The California suppressed at a rate of 75 percent in Guy Green, John Landis and Carl duced during the late ‘60s, and made the classic movie “My Fair Lady,” things that could create a hissing California, activists, attorneys and a Gottlieb provided an animated dis- humorous but topical observations starring Audrey Hepburn. sound. First Amendment slew of other dignitaries met Saturday course on the past, present and future about the burgeoning civil rights Listeners didn’t have to rent the There was an old-fashioned spin- at the event hosted by the California of censorship. movement and Vietnam War. movie to get a glimpse of Hepburn’s ning wheel being run by the hands and Coalition held its First Amendment Coalition to dis- “The United States was and is, at “It seems recklessly innocent what attire in the film. feet of Mary Frances Eves of Buena cuss roadblocks they’ve encountered present, the only country in the world we were doing,” Gottlieb said. “But Women, clad in complete Victorian annual conference at and unearth solutions to this growing that has no formal censorship sys- it was enough to stimulate local sta- attire, including fancy hats and para- ARBORFEST/3 CSUF problem. tem of television and film in place,” tion owners to turn off their transmit- sols, strutted about the festival. At Friday evening’s kickoff to the Landis said, who directed such films ters during parts of the show they BY CINDY BERTEA assembly, a panel of screenwriters as “Animal House” and “The Blues didn’t like.” Daily Titan Staff Writer and directors discussed censorship in Brothers.” Saturday’s events included work- film and television. Despite the lack of such a system, shops by local reporters, attorneys What you don’t know can hurt CFAC Executive Director Kent he and fellow panelists agreed that and CSUF professors. Also fea- you. Pollock stressed the importance of television and studio executives do tured were speeches by California The harm in question, the limit- the First Amendment to attendees intervene if they deem the content of Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald ing of First Amendment freedom Friday evening. a work too controversial. George and Lowell Bergman, a for- to reporters and citizens alike, was “As you stay here for the confer- As a writer for “The Smothers mer producer of CBS’s “60 Minutes” the theme of last weekend’s First ence, I want you to keep in mind Brothers Comedy Hour,” Gottlieb and the inspiration for the film “The Amendment Assembly held at Cal what a cherished right it is,” he said. remembered that CBS brass would State Fullerton. “It is important not only for newspa- preview the shows before airing to With access to public information pers, but for everyone.” check content. The show was pro- CFAC/ 3 Vice president says modesty nPERSONALITY: President Linda Luna’s Luna was first learning the Cachuela, Luna sees her leadership Luna ego. ropes at AS, she quickly style as inclusive and although she sees her position as Instead, she remains gained his respect with her handles each situation differently, she modest. ability to put aside her ego. prefers not to micromanage her staff. inclusive and prefers “I consider myself really Sacks said that Luna worked “I like to give people their profes- lucky to be in this position,” hard to learn exactly what sional freedom,” she said. “By doing not to micro-manage she said. “I’m working with other AS members’ responsi- this, I empower myself. I’d never get really great people and this bilities were and how she fit anything done if I was always worried her staff is such a learning experi- into the overall scheme. about what the rest of the staff was ence for me.” “Linda really impressed doing.” BY MARLAYNA SLAUGHTERBECK Fellow students on the me with how willing she was Director of Public Relations Adeline Daily Titan Staff Writer AS executive staff are quick Linda Luna to learn from other people, Kim said that Luna is a team player to point out that humility is and how dedicated she was who is dedicated and hardworking. Being part of the only team of an obvious element in Luna’s char- to researching things she wasn’t sure Kim added that Luna also knows how women elected to head the Associated acter. about,” Sacks said. “She was genu- to kick back and relax. Students in Cal State Fullerton’s his- Director of Statewide Affairs Elliot inely interested in what I did.” TRISHA INSHEiwAT/DAILY Titan tory might easily over-inflate Vice Sacks said that in the beginning when Like AS President Mary Grace LUNA/ 3 Marlene Brady displays a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. Money raised for domestic vio- TitAN e x t r a s nCHARITY: The mile walk titled “The Carnation Jessica Love, a one-year member Alpha Chi Challenge” was the first of its kind for of Alpha Chi Omega, said she particu- Omega’s walk to sup- the sorority. The sorority members larly liked Sunday’s event because of were sponsored by community sup- its variety. port victims raised porters who donated a minimum $15 “It’s not just the members from our n Check out more than $2,000 for each walker. However, many of chapter,” she said. the Daily the sorority members got up to $100 Most of the Southern Californian Titan online this BY KELLY MEAD in sponsor money. chapters, including UC Riverside and Daily Titan Staff Writer Overall, the sorority collected more UC Santa Barbara, were present for year at http:// than $2,400 for Sunday’s event. Alpha the event. dailytitan.fullerton.edu One hundred and twenty-five Alpha Chi Omega members are expect- Love said that many of the charities Chi Omega’s gathered in front of the ing more pledge forms to come in and the events that the sorority partici- New features and Marriott Hotel and Tennis Club in throughout this week from sponsors pates in only include members from sections will be Newport Beach Sunday morning. who hadn’t yet paid for the national their Fullerton chapter. available this year! The women met at 10:30 a.m. to event. Botvinick, who organized “The WEI-chin HSU/Special to the Daily Titan raise money for the Alpha Chi Omega “Everywhere across the United Carnation Challenge,” said that the Foundation and Human Options. States, Alpha Chi [members] are walk- event was planned because they Volunteers walking at the “Walk Against Domestic Violence” upcoming The sorority’s charity, Human ing today,” said Alpha Chi Omega thought the new idea would bring in said that the Alpha Chi Omega spring eight Alpha Chi Omega chapters in Options, is a non-profit shelter that National Officer Marie Botvinick.