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SPORTS: Vince Young proves Madden game cover is PAGE 3 NEWS not a curse, it’s a scientific formula, page 12 CSUF student is FEATURES:Sea-faring student makes sailing his passion symbol of courage through involvement in scouts, page 5 Since 1960 Volume 85, Issue 29 Thursday October 18, 2007 DailyThe Student Voice of California StateTitan University, Fullerton DTSHORTHAND Registration looms for proficiency test The deadline to register for the Ghost town adventures Nov. 3 EWP test ends at 5 p.m. today. A standby basis is offered to students if there are no more Out to the desert available seats. Students are re- quired to pass the EWP test be- fore graduating. Special accommodations will looking for a thrill be made for students with dis- abilities or if Saturday conflicts with a religious holiday. Registration is $20, payable at the time of application. For more information, contact the Testing Center at 714-278-3838. Squirrely surrogate cares for rodents SAN CARLOS, Calif. (AP) – Some people might think Mary Nacey’s devotion to her fos- ter pets is a little nutty, but she says mothering abandoned baby squirrels is a privilege. As a volunteer with the Penin- sula Humane Society’s Wildlife Care Center, Nacey has cared for nearly 150 squirrels, bottle-feed- ing them in her home, naming them and undoing the damage they exert on her flowerpots. “They’re God’s creatures,” Nac- ey said. “They were put here for a purpose. They’re so much like us with different personalities.” Nacey said that even though the job is time-consuming, she would rather stay home and watch the squirrels grow than go BY ROB WEAVER/Daily Titan Staff Writer out for dinner or a movie. When The town of Bodie, which is now a ghost town was once home to more than 10,000 residents. the babies go, she misses them. “They’re just like little Walt BY ROB WEAVER never really goes away, even in the North, a brief confluence with the the CD is so new that I don’t know lent mining town of Bodie, Calif. Disney characters,” she said. Daily Titan Staff Writer middle of the night. 58, back on 14, 395 North, after most of the words. in the late 1800s. My destination is “They’re each so unique.” [email protected] I pull my gray knit cap lower to Mono Lake turn on 270 East, drive I hate traffic and feeling suffo- Bodie, now a desolate, remote and cover my chilled ears, and I sit in 10 miles, continue three miles on a cated by a crowd. haunted ghost town. grab my keys and run. My eyes my car as it idles in a line to buy gas dirt road. 380 miles, one way. That’s why I’ve been looking for- A chill flows down my spine. Soccer’s a sport where are still heavy with sleep. at an already swarming Arco station But first I have to contemplate ward to this trip. The silence. The Finally out of Los Angeles Coun- you need somebody else Out the door around a quar- on the corner by my house. suicide in Southland traffic. emptiness. The actual sound of my ty, Joshua trees pop up and wave “to train with. Since we Iter to 7 a.m., I’m Gulping go-juice from an ob- Even before 7 a.m. the freeways own thoughts. along the desert scape just past greeted by the low, noxious lime green thermos, I feed are jammed like Dick Cheney’s ar- I remember the line I read the Mojave, and my road trip medita- had each other ... it made rumbling pulse my car the cheap stuff and as my teries. I want to eat my face. night before. tion begins. “ FIRst it easy for us. of the Southland car thaws and the windows struggle Playing Band of Horses’ new “Goodbye God. I’m going to My passenger window becomes – Gabriel Farfan, commute. For ERson to regain their transparency, I recall CD calms the road-raging beast in Bodie.” These infamous words were a slide-show of nature’s beauty, as Men’s soccer player on training someone who’s P the directions in my mind. my chest, and helps to loosen my written by a little girl who moved the landscape changes more than with his twin lived in rural climates, the sound The 605, to the 60, the 5, 14 clenched teeth. I sing along, but to the notoriously lawless and vio- See Sports, page 14 See BODIE, Page 8 YOUTUBE: IDAHO’S PHANTOM POOPER Speaker causes controversy CSUF biology professors “It takes away the capital to invest ing. He mentioned that they should in a more efficient society,” Michaels do their research right.” display angst over global said. “For all their good intentions, The association did their part warming presentation they haven’t realized that they’ve de- in researching for the lecture. Be- layed the efficient future.” fore inviting Michaels to speak, the BY SYLVIA MASUDA Michaels’ reluctance to fund group checked his credentials online Daily Titan Staff Writer global warming prevention efforts is to verify his validity. [email protected] a problem in itself, said Nilay Patel, “You know a person is popular a cell biology assistant professor. when you Google him and you find Controversy erupted in the Cal “He is saying, ‘Let’s just wait un- 3 million hits,” Motwani said. “Our KROQ’s “Kevin and Bean Show” State Fullerton science community til the problem comes,’” Patel said. aim was not to discredit anyone’s re- reported yesterday that a “phan- over Tuesday’s global warming lec- “The idea is that the problem will be search.” tom pooper” is on the loose in ture in the Titan Theatre. so big that we won’t be able to do Michaels made reference to any Idaho. According to this Idaho Research professor and clima- anything about it. Are future sci- skepticism about his work at the be- newscast, someone has been leav- tologist Patrick Michaels presented ginning of his presentation. ing his or her little presents under “Reducing the Effects of Global “Distrust what you read on the COURTESY OF ARMY ROTC a freeway overpass and when the Warming in Southern California,” You know a person Internet about people,” he addressed wind picks up, hungry patrons at a presentation which explained why the audience. “Do the best that you ROTC color guard team cadets include: Jeff Griswold, Andy Adams, David Wurbel a nearby Denny’s get a big whiff. is popular when you [ROTC color guard captain], Sean Summerall and Jordon Fankhauser. global warming is not an imminent “ can in objectively analyzing infor- According to reports, the phan- problem. Google him and you mation rather than reading what tom is also into art – he likes to The Economics Association orga- somebody else said.” fingerpaint with his leavings. find 3 million hits. Michaels has also been under fire nized the event. “ Duration: 2:23 Over the years, science organiza- by the science community for ac- ROTC cadets strut their – Jitendra Motwani, tions have criticized Michaels for cepting money from energy compa- Economic Association nies which, they believe, affect his exaggerating his credentials and for president pushing what they feel is a political stance on global warming. stuff as part of color guard agenda. His credibility was destroyed WEATHER for some when they found out the CSUF science professors said his different—being in color guard,” entists going to be able to come up climatologist was receiving large It is a chance for those in articles published in science journals Fankhauser said. “It beats doing lab with solutions to deal with the ava- amounts of money from energy TODAY TOMorrow “Science” and “Nature” are actually the ROTC to pursue an (practical) on a Friday.” letters to the editor. lanche?” companies, according to a 2006 is- elective and earn points The unofficial 14-member group Michaels’ lecture featured graphs The presentation had no difficul- sue of “Nature.” would make appearances to salute at and data to support his belief that ties in stirring up opposition. Dur- Michaels said that he was funded High: 78 BY RAE NGUYEN opening or closing ceremonies but High: 82 although global warming is a real ing the question-and-answer period by energy companies years ago, but Daily Titan Staff Writer never actually participated in the fes- Low: 57 Low: 58 concept, its negative effects are not at the end of the presentation, some this is no longer the case. [email protected] tivities until last Sunday when guest Sunny as urgent as many claim. audience members brought up Mi- However, there are others who Keith Brion conducted with the Partly Cloudy In particular, he backed his infor- chaels’ overstatements. stand behind Michaels. Cadet Jordan Fankhauser wanted university’s wind symphony for “A mation by challenging several ideas Despite the accusations, Michaels “I think he gave good data,” to embark on something out of the Gala Sousa,” at Cal State Fullerton’s Al Gore discussed in the former vice and his viewpoints attracted plenty business major Seth Romero said. everyday norm. A new hobby to take Performing Arts Center in the Meng president’s book. of support. “People tried to discredit him but on, only it would be an elective and Concert Hall. For example, Michaels said he “Those questions were already I think that’s irrelevant. Michaels is that he can earn session points to pos- The concert was a tribute to re- CONTACT US considers the Kyoto Protocol coun- thought of beforehand,” said Jitendra probably right.

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