CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON INSIDE Men’s basketball begins next week 3 n NEWS: Propositions 35 and 38 bring up controversial topics with new coach and some old 5 n DETOUR: A review of Pearl Jam’s faces Saturday performance at the Glen Helen —see Sports page 9 Blockbuster Pavillion VOLUME 71, I SSUE 33 THURSDAY N OVEMBER 2, 2000 Women debate on propositions n borrows money to loan to Cal-Vets, POLITICS: The par- to purchase homes, farms and mobile ticipants discussed homes. The loans are principle and interest free.- various issues and Both will vote yes. The way people view legislators candidates may sway the vote for Proposition 33 legislature.- BY PEGGY GOMEZ “If someone serves six years in the Daily Titan Staff Writer Assembly or eight years in the Senate,” questioned Sutphen, “is that enough to “The world is more complicated receive retirement benefits?” than we make it sound,” said Professor Again, both agree yes.- Barbara Stone. “Every vote is based on whether The Women’s Center/Adult Re- you choose to look at state legislatures entry coordinated a discussion on as state employees or volunteers,” Wednesday with two women and their Stone said. views of the upcoming Nov. 7 elec- Two nays for Proposition 34. tion. “The first amendment protects your Stone, a Republican, and Sandra right to spend your money the way Sutphen, a Democrat, spoke casually you choose to spend it,” Stone said. “If to a group of students, staff and faculty you cut off donations to campaigns the on the presidential election and the donations will go to parties, if you cut propositions. donations to parties the money will be “These women have an undying spent as expenditures.” respect for one another,” said Barbara The first nay, on a proposition from McDowell, director of the Women’s the women. Center. “I would like to see public financ- “They are dedicated to their pro- ing on campaigns,” Sutphen said. fessions as well as their friendship, Proposition 35, public works con- allowing them to have a balanced plat- tracts, “You can’t tell from the ads form to discuss the issues candidly,” trISHA InsHEIWAT/Daily Titan what this is about,” said Stone. “It’s Mcdowell said. about Caltrans.” Chris Zimmerman and his friend, Pi Kappa Phi members, perform in the haunted house open to the public on Halloween. One point the professors agreed This measure is asking whether the on was choosing Ralph Nader or Pat state should hire enough architects and Buchanan as an alternate option for engineers to do its own work, or should the presidential vote. Either of these the state hire outside enterprises.- Greeks frighten local residents two candidates would be adequate if Yea, for Stone and nay for an individual believes Al Gore and Sutphen.- nHOLIDAY: Pi Kappa that would serve as an adequate Ureta said that the Kappa Phi two years ago and it turned out George Bush have retreated to the “Martin Sheen’s son had to go to thank you for putting up with haunted house was good. so well that they decided to do it same corporate interests.- jail three times, before he made the Phi’s first Halloween them all year long. “[Vanessa] was scared,” she again this year. “Anyone who thinks there is no permanent decision to get off drugs, They settled on having a free said. Mark Anthony Talag, a senior difference between the two candidates and going to jail would not have haunted house was haunted house on Halloween Eric Jolivette, a co-social chair and Pi Kappa Phi member, played absolutely has no feel for partisan helped him,” Sutphen said. showcased two years night for the neighborhood kids. for Kappa Phi, said there were the part of the mad scientist in practice,” Stone said. “I hate to tell Both women agree that the war on The house was complete with a between 40 to 50 members on the house and said that he was you, but either George Bush or Al drugs has failed, but will not vote alike ago maze, an executioner’s chair, a hand at various times during the perfect for the job. Gore is going to be president.” on Proposition 36, drugs. mad scientist’s laboratory and a days leading up to Halloween Talag already had the doctor’s The ladies will vote alike on four of “The folks that are behind this BY CAMILLE JONES mortician’s room. night to help construct the haunt- uniform and as a child psychol- eight propositions. Daily Titan Staff Writer believe we should decriminalize Troy High School student, ed house and maze. ogy major he said he “knows “We never admit publicly that we drugs,” Stone said. Jessica Ureta, brought her little It was the second year that the how to scare the kids, but not to agree,” Sutphen said. “Regardless of This proposition says if you are on a Pi Kappa Phi wanted to do sister Vanessa to the haunted fraternity had a haunted house, how people choose to vote, Proposition HAUNT/ 6 first or second possession conviction, something for their neighbors house. Jolivette said. They first had one 32 will pass,” Stone said. not part of the three strikes, at your The Veterans’ Bond Act of 2000, is an extension of the act where the state ELECTIONS/ 3 First Wushu course in the state makes campus debut during spring semester nFITNESS: The Mondays and Wednesdays at 10a.m. Dapeng Chen, who teaches class- Wushu is also considered an art to 10:50 a.m. es on motor reflexes, will teach form and has been known to cure class will be offered Wushu will be a kinesiology the class, while Chen will be his illnesses. course and the class became pos- assistant. Chen said he came here as a on Mondays and sible because of a student named Wushu has a 5000-year history, freshman in the fall of ‘98 and Phillip Chen. and is also known as Kung Fu. wanted to share and promote the Wednesdays at 10 Chen, a 22-year-old junior broad- Chen described Kung Fu as a skill Chinese culture. The U.S. National a.m. cast journalism major, is a member learned over a period of time while Team, of which he is a member, has of the national Wushu team and was Wushu is the real name for Chinese eight members — four females and BY JAMES MOYA also hailed Wushu Athlete of the martial arts. The sport utilizes both four males — and will soon become Daily Titan Staff Writer Year for 2000. brains and brawn. an Olympic sport in the year 2008. Chen is the one who has made Based on Chinese philosophy, Chen began a Wushu team on Wushu is a type of martial art that this class become a reality. Wushu consists of various forms of campus. He was looking through most people have never heard of. “I’ve been doing it for six or fighting like fist fights and weapon the syllabus last year and saw all Wu means martial and shu means seven years and wanted to start a fights. It also includes defense acts the other classes in kinesiology, like art. Beginning next semester, it will club on campus so that I could get like kicking, punching, throwing, fencing and gymnastics and came CourtesY OF THE U.S. NATIonAL teAM be a new course students can take on involved with school,” Chen said. holding, chopping and thrusting. WUSHU/ 4 Phillip Chen and Anita Lopez are members of a martial arts team. Titan Few students participate in mentoring program e x t r a s n the chance to team up with busi- makes a huge difference.” required to meet twice a month with because they can tell you what they SERVICES: At least ness professionals, out of the 6,445 Boyd graduated last year and their mentor. Mentors can provide went through and what to avoid,” online 15 students are cur- undergraduates, 25 students have works in pharmaceutical sales. He’s resume advice, exposure to industry Natividad said. participated in this mentor program. been a part of Business Week, the and introduce a networking base. He became a mentor to give back rently in the business Ray Murio, assistant dean of stu- Business Inter-Club Council and the Local business leaders and alumni to the school and share firsthand n Check out mentor program dent services in the business college, American Marketing Association. are mentors. experience as a recent graduate. the Daily Titan said that a lot of research shows that “There’s a graduation picture Murio has been a mentor for a Mentees are matched with men- mentor programs have a high reten- on the seventh floor of Langsdorf high school student and is excited tors based on their career interests online this BY JAMIE K. AYALA tion rate and students use more than Hall showing a bunch of black hats. about heading the connection. and goals. year at http:// Daily Titan Staff Writer one formally or informally. That’s what we look like to employ- “These people can be someone In the past, five to six mentors dailytitan.fullerton.edu. That isn’t the case with this pro- ers, but when you participate, that to identify with or bounce ideas off have been from Enterprise Rent-a- Not many business students gram though. gives you a red hat in the midst of,” Murio said. Car. Check out the Daily take advantage of the free advice “People don’t see the importance of the black mass,” Boyd said.