Vol. 87 Issue 19 March 11, 2010 Men’s basketball advance to quarterfinals With an 84-76 win over No. 8 Matadors, the Titans move up in the Big West Conference Tournament SPORTS, Page 10 3-D televisions are in development, but it may just be a fad THURSDAY OPINION, Page 5 Student among few to receive scholarship NEWS, Page 3 Women’s basketball stomp Anteaters in 89-76 win SPORTS, Page 10 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Center assessed one year later PHOTO BY NICK MARLEY/Daily Titan Photo Editor The Titan Pride Center aims to inform about CSUF events. BY RENEE VASQUEZ For the Daily Titan PHOTO BY LEONARD SURYAJAYA/For the Daily Titan [email protected] George Edward Smock interacts with some agetated students in front of McCarthy Hall, where he and others argue their beliefs mid-day Wednesday. Every year, students pay a portion of their tuition to Associate Students Inc. to fund projects that will, in the- ory, benefit the student body. Case in point, the recently constructed Titan Pride Center. This project was devel- oped by several student leaders and is run by the Leader Evangelist riles students and Program Development department of ASI. The cen- ter opened in the Titan Student Union in early April of BY ALMA SANCHEZ The students were not passive listeners. what religion is all about,” said Hebba Douglas Williams, who was holding last year and has been trying to reach out to the student Daily Titan Staff Writer Many encompassed Smock, asking him Abed, junior psychology major. a sign that read “It’s easy to be an atheist population that has overlooked ASI’s marketing efforts. [email protected] questions and challenging his statements. In contrast to the beliefs of Hebba when you don’t think about where every- The center was initially proposed to be an informa- “I know each religion kind of has its Abed, Smock commented on a religion thing came from,” pulled Zakaria to the tional center for student organizations, much like the Crowds of students gathered in the own beliefs of exactly what happened other than his own. side to answer her question one-on-one. Student Organization Resource Center (SORC) in the quad area next to McCarthy Hall and the when Jesus was crucified,” said Valentina “The Allah of the Quran is not a trinity; Zakaria’s account of her discussion with TSU. Drew Wiley, the administrative coordinator of the Humanities building Wednesday to listen Zakaria, who asked the Allah of the Bible Williams was not a pleasant one. TPC, explained. to George Edward Smock express his reli- Smock a question is a trinity,” Smock In contrast, Williams said he welcomes “Our vision for the center is to connect students to gious beliefs to anyone who would listen. about Christians jus- It’s easy to be an said. “The Quran questions raised and even encourages peo- their college experience, by providing sort of an interme- “I’m teaching the Bible out here,” re- tifying their sins with atheist when you don’t doesn’t teach love ple to speak up, but said there are people diary for how students can get involved.” sponded Smock to a group of infuriated the defense that Jesus “ your enemy.” act like adolescents and try to make you Wiley also went on to explain why SORC isn’t the students within the crowd that were ques- died for their sins, re- think about where Abed was visibly look bad. “ same project. tioning him for trying to impose his beliefs sulting in ultimate for- everything came from. irritated by the al- Regardless of the preaching that oc- “It’s a little bit too far out of their way,” he said. Wiley on the students of Cal State Fullerton. giveness. legations Smock was curred in the quad, Zakaria’s opinion re- believes that putting the center out in the open, like the “He goes around the country preaching Zakaria was fer- – Douglas Williams making against the mained unchanged. lobby of the TSU would help students become motivated to college students about his beliefs,” said vently challenging Evangelist Quran. “He (Smock) was very loud, so it to participate. Brook de Bie, a radio-tv-film major, who, Smocks beliefs, and “You should read caught my attention, and I love listening in conjunction with other students, was brought up various the Quran again,” to religious things. I find it very interest- See TITAN PRIDE CENTER, Page 2 filming a documentary about Smock. religious topics to counterattack Smock’s Abed said. ing that when you talk to different people, De Bie said that the documentary was point of views. Students continued to push question af- everyone has a complete different under- based on a day in the life of Smock, who Religion remains a heated discussion ter question, demanding logical responses standing … and each person is out there started preaching on campus before noon among many, and the students of CSUF of Smock. defending their own faith,” Zakaria said. and finished around 4 p.m. are no exception. “If the Bible states thou shalt not eat “The Christianity religion in my perspec- The Grove hosts “He just wants to get people to come “Regardless of what religion you are, swine, then why do believers of the bible tive … is the most out of context, manip- back to Christianity,” de Bie said. we’re all here to be good people, and that’s still do it?” Zakaria asked. ulated religion there is.” OC Music Awards Normandie storms Becker Amphitheatre BY OSCAR ROMERO The trio blends together a dark sound Daily Titan Staff Writer with melodic background vocals and and [email protected] harmonious lyrical flow. Contrasting the harmonious flow, Echo ASI Productions’ concerts presented will distort her voice in a rough and raspy PHOTO BY MARK SAMALA/For the Daily Titan Normandie as they enthusiastically per- element to the vocals. Much of their lyri- Gianna Gianna of “Blok,” nominated for Best Hip-Hop, formed at the Becker Amphitheater at Cal cal content involves dark themes and slow performs at the OC Music Awards. State Fullerton Wednesday. tempos. Their sound bears some resem- More than 60 students watched as the blance to the hard rock group Queens BY JAMES GOBEE band put on a zealous performance on the of the Stone Age – an experimental rock Daily Titan Staff Writer concrete stage. sound with guitar effects and crashing [email protected] “The music, the energy, awesome voice, drums. awesome vibe. I love this band,” said Bet- The band credits some their influences Not even rain could stop the 9th annual Orange sy Cruz, a CSUF alumna and elementary to musical acts like Blonde Redhead, My County Music Awards March 6 at the Grove in Ana- teacher who at- Bloody Valentine heim. tended the show. and Siouxsie and 106.7 KROQ DJ Psycho Mike dressed to the nines as Normandie is Multimedia the Banshees. Many he hosted the evening. Psycho Mike started the evening based out of Los of the songs were admitting that he is not an OC native, though he does Angeles and have Watch Normandie play and hear driven by the drums get his hair cut here. been together for the band speak for yourself at: and vocal with gui- “I was honestly really flattered to be asked to host this years OC Music Awards because I know how important a little over a year dailytitan.com/beckernormandie tar and effects add- and a half. ing to the gloomy the OC music scene is to modern rock and everything,” The group is sound. Psycho Mike said. composed of lead The band also in- Dusty Rhodes and the River Band were the big win- singer Aimee Echo alongside guitarist Ja- corporated percussion instruments such as ners, taking home three awards for Best Country/Amer- mie Miller and drummer Chelsea Davis. the tambourine and the cowbell. icana, Best Rock and Best Live Band. Echo and Miller previously played in a “Art, rocky with eclectic splashes of After winning Best Rock, the band seemed stunned band known as The Start. Eventually, they other stuff,” Davis said. to beat out other bands like Thrice, who’s music is much PHOTO BY CHRISTA CONNELLY/Daily Titan Photo Editor harder. Normandie singer Aimee Echo (left) and drummer Chelsea Davis (right) are two both left and teamed up with fellow band- members of the most recent band to play to CSUF students at the Becker Amphitheatre. mate Davis to create Normandie. See BECKER, Page 7 See MUSIC AWARDS, Page 6 2 March 11, 2010 IN OTHER NEWS INTERNATIONAL Mihaylo hosts Shell, Vitol suspend gasoline sales to Iran IRAN – Oil major Royal Dutch Shell and oil-trading giant Vitol have business workshops suspended gasoline sales to Iran, as policy makers explore fresh options in an BY JULIANA CAMPBELL sues on the table before the person gets effort to curb the country’s nuclear program. more involved with the company. PHOTO BY STEPHEN MCGLADE/For The Daily Titan Daily Titan Staff Writer Royal Dutch Shell spokesman Rainer Winzenried told MarketWatch that [email protected] Hill Brothers Chemical and CEO the oil major is not exporting gasoline to Iran. He declined to say how Cal State Fullerton Students met with WASC members at an open forum Wednesday. President Ron Hill mentioned his much gasoline Shell has typically sold to Iran, or how long ago the company company has connections with sub- stopped selling gasoline to the country. From March 8-10, Mihaylo College stance abuse programs and he has BP, Reliance Industries and others have stopped selling fuel to Iran prior Students voice students and small business owners at- witnessed all sorts of addictions such to Shell’s move.