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Vol. 90 Issue 31 October 25, 2011 Watch the Health fair’s Daily Titan benefits News in 3 Health fairs are held across Southern California. They inform the public about health issues, offer advice and even perform free health screenings. These fairs are starting to see more people as a result of less people having health insurance. dailytitan.com/ Scan to view ONLINE Get up- Scan to view healthfairf11 EXCLUSIVES to-date dailytitan.com/ coverage on dtn3102511/ top campus news stories. dailytitan.com The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton ‘Yes, sir. Hooah!’ Instead of hitting the books, students in the ROTC program trained at Camp Pendleton ALVIN KIM Daily Titan While most students were at home preparing for midterms, Cal State Fullerton Army ROTC students put their bodies to the test in their annual three-day field training exercises (FTX) this weekend at Camp Pendleton. Cadets were put to the test both physically and mentally as they performed various challenges, including rappelling a tower, marching with heavy packs and finishing an obstacle course, all with less than five hours of sleep each night. “Our objective for the fall FTX is to create realistic training that has difficult, but attainable standards,” said Master Sgt. Coates, senior military instructor for CSUF Army ROTC. ALVIN KIM / Daily Titan See ROTC, page 3 A cadet captain stands in wait as platoons come by the mandatory water-break checkpoint. CSUF Army ROTC cadets spent the weekend at Camp Pendleton despite having midterms to study for. Competing for Halloween sustainability Haunt horror Green Campus internship program conducts friendly, month-long energy competition amongst Knott’s Scary Farm skilled creatures invade the Calico residence halls and Cal State Long Beach scares up some Mine Ride as you fight their attacks. guests with its annual Halloween Haunt has the largest ANDERS HOWMANN Fullerton and Long Beach. attendance for any annual event Daily Titan Pine and Holly both won due Halloween event among the amusement/theme to large reductions in electricity park industry. More than 8 million Students living in the Pine and and water usage, respectively. YURIKO OKANO people have experienced this Holly residence halls were the Pine residents decreased their Daily Titan nightmare since then. winners this week of the residence electricity usage by 8 percent and Michael Perry, a Japanese major, hall energy competition. Holly residents decreased their Halloween is coming in less than has been to Knott’s Scary Farm The competition is run by Green water consumption by 27 percent, a week, but what to do? Are you many times. Most of the time, he Campus, a student-led internship said Keyur Ajmera, financial looking for the scariest party for visits Knott’s Scary Farm with his program focused on encouraging coordinator for Green Campus. Halloween? You may be in luck... if friends, around 5 to 10 people. and implementing sustainable The party was hosted in Pine WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan you dare. “My favorite part was to go into energy practices on campus. and residents from both dorms The winners of this week’s residence hall competition, Pine and Holly, were Knott’s Scary Farm is the world’s the various mazes that they offered. The energy competition is were invited. awarded with sundaes in the Pine activity room Monday night. first Halloween theme-park event, Every year they changed many of based on which building can In order to encourage energy dating to 1973. This year marks the them, and each maze is themed. reduce either its electricity or reductions, resident advisers and take shorter showers, wash their with a laugh. 39th Halloween Haunt at Knott’s There were spider-themed walk- CO2 usage the most. The winner Green Campus interns have been clothes in cold water and open Adriene Buchacek, 18, a Scary Farm as it features seven throughs, where in one room, a is decided each week and receives urging students to adjust their their windows when the weather resident of Pine, said he has been shows, four scare zones and 1,000 gigantic spider would descend on a small party, which is put on by daily routines. Doug Moody, is hot. doing just that. monsters roaming the park. us suddenly from the ceiling, which Green Campus. The residence hall team manager for Green Campus, “When the temperature outside Thirteen mazes, each with a was pretty creepy,” said Perry. competition is part of a month- recommends students turn off the is more like how you want it to be See ENERGY, page 2 haunting theme ranging from The scariest moment in Knott’s long battle between Cal States lights when they leave their room, inside, open a window,” he said zombies to an insane asylum, Scary Farm for Perry was in “Uncle provide endless scares. Halloween Bobo’s Big Top of the Bizarre in 3D Haunt will introduce two new Maze.” mazes this year: Delirium, which CSUF business school named in Princeton Review parallels the dark recesses of the Students talk about what factors helped them choose the university they ended up going to mind, and Invasion Beneath, where See HAUNT, page 6 RYAN UTTER For the Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton’s Mihaylo College of Business and Economics has been included in The Princeton Review’s 2012 issue of the “Best 294 Business Schools.” CSUF runs the largest accredited (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) MBA program in California and the third largest in the United States. Fullerton’s business school has been in the publication for six consecutive years. The Princeton Review uses the surveys of students attending universities or colleges that have a qualified MBA program. Along with these Arboretum surveys are statistical information about each Farm Stand institution, which include student population, campus life, admission requirements and the The Arboretum hosts its Scan to view ONLINE Farm Stand sales the first student/teacher ratio. WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan EXCLUSIVES and third Saturday of The information provided by students and The Mihaylo College of Business and Economics runs the largest accredited MBA program in California and the third largest dailytitan.com/ every month. The Farm farmstandf11 administrators make up 11 ranking lists which in the United States. CSUF has been included in the Princeton Review as a top business school for six consecutive years. Stand sales begin at 10 have categories such as best professors, best a.m. and go until 3 p.m. campus facilities, most competitive students and terms of overall quality. They are meant to be used greatest opportunity for women, to name a few. as a tool for assessing what school is the best fit for See BUSINESS, page 2 None of these lists claim to rank the schools in each individual student. Contact Us at [email protected] dailytitan.com October 25, 2011 2 NEWS Filipino club is one of the largest at CSUF DTSHORTHAND Film Festival to RACHEL MASOCOL experience,” Villanueva said. Villanueva describes the event as Daily Titan Sports Coordinator Director Nap “a night where we showcase a play Be Held at CSUF Paholio said PASA is much more than usually held at the La Mirada The- Cal State Fullerton’s Inter- While Cal State Fullerton is pri- just an average student association. atre. There are cultural and mod- Tribal Student Council and marily a commuter school, there is “We’re not just a club, we’re a fam- ern dances such as tinikling.” MEChA de CSUF are hosting a large number of students associ- ily too, and the atmosphere is friend- Tinikling is a popular tradition- their annual film and intercul- ated with one particular organiza- ly and welcoming,” said Paholio. al Filipino dance which involves tural video festival this weekend. tion on campus. Every semester, PASA has big two people tapping and slid- Beginning Sunday and end- With more than 158 members events that many people partici- ing bamboo poles on the ground ing Monday, the film festival is and 23 committee members, the pate in. In the fall, the club’s larg- while dancers synchronize their based on the theme “Mirando Pilipino-American Student Associ- est event is the Friendship Games. feet with it. PCN is scheduled for Desde Nuestra Raiz: Looking ation, known as PASA, is one of the “It’s a day where Filipino clubs April 6, 2012. From Our Roots.” Over 30 vid- most noticeable clubs on campus. from all over California, Nevada Aside from the large events, eos will be featured at the fes- tival. PASA President Celine Villan- and Arizona come to our campus PASA usually gathers on campus The festival will run from 8 ueva describes the association as a and we play fun picnic games that in the Titan Student Union. a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday and from friendly and mixed club. we created. Everyone hangs out, “Fireside Lounge is our unoffi- 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 7 “It is primarily a Filipino club, meets new people and competes cial home away from home,” said p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday. The but it’s very diverse and we are in the games,” Villanueva said. Crystal Rivera, the community/ festival will take place in the Ti- very welcoming,” she said. “The Friendship Games, which was advocacy/cultural chair director. tan Student Union. main purpose is to celebrate the held Saturday, has grown to be Huy Dao, 22, a member of the Admission is $10 for general culture of the Philippines. We the biggest PASA event with 42 club, said he enjoys PASA. public, $5 for seniors and free teach members to be more aware schools registered to participate “You learn about the culture for students with a valid student of what’s going on in the Philip- this year.

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