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C A LIFO R NI A S T A T E U NIVE RS IT Y , F U LLE R TON The Get Up Kids get out of the van and INSIDE on to the bus —see Detour 3 n NEWS: VSA helps Rock-and-Vote in Irvine page 6 7 nSPORTS: Women’s soccer team faces Long Beach State tonight VO LUME 69, I SSUE 21 THURSDAY O CTO BER 14, 1999 Davis signs bill requiring faculty fees nLAW: Legislation Although the CFA is rejoicing in the victory, the CSU disagreed requiring all school with the decision. “It is not fair,” said Ken Swisher, employees to pay CSU public affairs. “The CSU was union fees has angered opposed to the bill because it did not offer an up front vote. But the some and pleased oth- bill was passed and it is now law.” Other CSUF faculty members ers also expressed their discontent over the approval of the bill. BY MAGDALENA PADILLA Staff Writer “I am against the bill because it forces faculty to support policies that are not necessarily in the best Gov. Gray Davis signed the Fair interest of the university,” said Share bill on Sunday, requiring Gayle Brunelle, professor of his- CSU and UC-represented employ- tory. “Before the bill was passed, ees to pay union fees regardless of faculty had the option of walking whether they join a union or agree away if they didn’t agree with with its agenda. the union. That option no longer SABRinA ColemAN/Daily Titan The new law, which goes into exists.” The Queen Mary lures people into its haunted folklore with its Shipwreck ‘99 Halloween attraction. effect in January 2000, is causing Another controversial factor of an uproar between the opposing the new law deals with an exemp- and supporting organizations. tion clause that states that UC It will provide a new source of faculty eligible for membership in monetary support for the California the Academic Senate do not have Faculty Association, the California to pay the union fees. This clause Queen Mary haunts patrons State Employees Association and angered tenured faculty on the other CSU unions. CSU campuses. Legends of “walking dead”, along with several scary mazes, It is the CFA’s position that if “How can they be exempt from a non-member benefits from the the fee?” Overbeck said. “Aren’t set the theme for Shipwreck ‘99 negotiations and the representation tenured faculty in the CSU system of the union, they should pay their just as professional as UC tenured fair share of the expenses. BY KARI WIRTZ faculty?” “Noises are a big thing,” Hathaway said. in front of the Queen Mary and was run over. “This is a historic event,” said Staff Writer “People also say they see things, like the woman Three hundred Curacao crew members died.” Also exempt from the fee are G. Nanjundappa, CFA president faculty members who belong to in white. People say they see her dancing in a In the 1980s psychics wanted to investigate the for the Cal State Fullerton Chapter. With palm readers, mysterious mazes, and a white gown.” haunting from this accident. They placed a tape a bona fide religion, body or sect “The new law will make the CFA that have historically been opposed haunted history, the Queen Mary is becoming a Some of the hauntings on the Queen Mary are player where the accident had occurred, in the stronger and much more effective well known Halloween attraction. attributed to the “Legend of the Gray Ghost”. stern of the ship. The recorder was left overnight. to joining or financially support- in negotiating contracts and pro- ing public employee organizations, Queen Mary is holding its fifth annual During World War II the Queen Mary was When the tape was played back the next morning, tecting faculty rights.” Halloween attraction, Shipwreck ‘99. painted a camouflage gray and carried G.I.’s to the psychics heard loud noises. further limiting the exemptions of Others disagreed with the new the majority of the faculty. “I think there are people who love to be afraid,” Europe. Because of the ships speed it often trav- In addition to this accident, 41 passengers and law, angered at having to support said Monica Hathaway, Queen Mary’s public rela- eled alone. Once the ship was near land it slowed 16 crew members have died on the Queen Mary A great number of faculty are a union whose policies they might not members and so many feel that tions coordinator. “We are unique because we are and other boats came to escort the Queen Mary for during its lifetime. not necessarily agree with. rumored to be haunted.” protection purposes. Smith said there was no way to verify if these their voices are not being heard “The biggest factor here is coer- by the union and therefore opt not Many rumors surround the 60-year-old ship “As a form of protection the boats traveled apparitions are of those who have died on the ship. cion,” said Wayne Overbeck, pro- being haunted by the passengers who met an in a zigzag pattern,” said Ron Smith, the Queen “Our records are sketchy. They are from a scrap to join it. There is an estimated fessor of Communications. “This 12,500 non-union members who untimely death while aboard Queen Mary. Mary’s historian. “The H.M.S. Curacao crossed QUEEN MARY / 8 is a political climate in which you can’t speak against the union.” FAIR SHARE / 8 RAs keep watchful eye on campus dorms nCAMPUS: Resident Varela, a 20-year-old sophomore majority of the residents, the issues we step in,” Varela explained. and psychology major at Cal State that come up most frequently are inde- Andrea Chan, an ex-resident advi- advisors duties include Fullerton, is just one of 11 resident pendence from parents, boyfriend/girl- sor, said, “The good thing about advisors on staff at the Jewel Cobb friend situations and roommate con- Jasmine is that she doesn’t take sides. counseling, planning Plummer Residence Hall on campus. flicts. She stands her ground.” social events, and Her day begins at seven every morn- “I never realized you go through Varela said the most difficult aspect ing regardless of the number of hours such a transition from high school of her job is balancing the challenge of enforcing dorm rules she was able to snatch the previous to college until I became an R.A.,” acting as a friend but also as an author- night. Duty calls. Varela said. ity figure. Her obligations range from counsel- Freshmen have to learn how to “Most of [the advisors] have lived ing, planning get-togethers they call live with other roommates away from on campus for a while and we have BY LARUE V. BABER Staff Writer “socials,” making rounds and enforc- mom and dad while dealing with all friends here,” she said, “and it’s hard ing the rules to attending work-shops the other issues of college life, she to give your friends write-ups. “But, I and various meetings. said. still have to do what I have to do and At 3:45 a.m. Jasmine Varela wakes As for daily routines, Eugene “We try to counsel our residents on just deal with the aftermath later.” to pounding fists on her door. Wiping Shang, the director of housing, said, academics and personal problems,” Shang, the housing director, agreed the sleep from her eyes, she staggers “No day is ever the same.” Advisors Varela said. The biggest problem con- that being a friend and authority figure to the door, fumbles with the knob and have their basic assigned duties and tinues to be roommate conflicts. is difficult in the beginning. peers outside. Another resident has schedules, but residents’ needs vary “Usually we try to let [the residents “But it gets easier,” he said. “It gets locked himself out of his room. As TRISHA INSHeiwAT/Daily Titan daily, he said. with the conflict] take care of it them- to the point where the advisor puts Resident advisor Jasmine Varela tapes a banner to the pavement in part of her duty as a resident advisor, Because freshmen make up the selves, but if they can’t, that’s when she must unlock his door. RESIDENT / 2 the dormitories. Faculty enter the technological age with computerized teaching meth- nTECHNOLOGY: Over his or her website, offer chat ses- FDC’s commitment to training ogy consultant at FDC, said that aside bers except for investing one to tance to students in using a faculty sions, and administer exams all faculty members on the instruc- from the workshops provided each two hours of training in order to web site, and a handout is available for 300 professors have with the click of a mouse. tional technology is a major part month, the staff helps faculty on a get started. The consultants create students to help them navigate through The center provides support to of their success. one-on-one basis either in person or the course sites and teach profes- CourseInfo. But the center leaves the developed web sites, all faculty for a variety of things Each month, FDC offers a online depending on the question he sors how to update them. responsibility of using the sites to the integrating classroom including teaching and learning, series of workshops on such topics or she has. While interest in online cours- students. use of instructional technologies, as “Designing a Great Syllabi,” The purpose of the extensive train- es grows, the center is aware “All they need is access to a and online education and research.

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