Girl Power Losing My Religion DailyTITAN Profile on a fitness diva and a girl Dave Bruemmer discusses the cre- www.dailytitan.comO fighter INTROSPECT, p. 8 ation of the universe OPINION, p. 5 S ursday Volume 84, Issue 46 May 3, 2007 DT S V C ST U, F Healthy A ʻFinalʼ Food Coachella Festival Heats Up Tip For Needed the Year BY CARLA BOUBES BY JENNIFER CHURCH Daily Titan Staff Writer Daily Titan Staff Writer [email protected] [email protected] With a vast selection of restaurants Many students are bracing them- available on campus, Cal State Ful- selves for the looming finals week as lerton students have a lot to choose papers and projects are due and time from. is quickly running out. Preparation Fast-food diners, such as Carl’s Jr. and study tactics can make or break and Busy Bee Asian Food, offer stu- final grades. While Cal State Fuller- dents on the go a quick and inexpen- ton students collectively agree that sive meal. However, among the many time management is the key, they restaurants available to the hungry have varying studying strategies that student body, students looking for a work best for them. healthy meal have to search a little “For science and calculus classes, harder. the biggest part of [studying] is mem- “Usually I get the sandwiches,” orizing,” said electrical engineering said pre-medicine student Michelle major Bruno Ferreira. Suazo, 25. “Whatever is not fried.” e 20-year-old junior said his Suazo said she believes the current professors tipped him and his class- selection of choices could improve in mates off with the advice at the start terms of their nutrition value, and of the semester. Ferreira said he tries she has gone as far as dropping com- to study for exams at least a week in ments in the suggestion box request- advance. ing a salad bar in the Titan Student Along with time management, pri- Union with a good variety of fruits oritizing is key, Ferreira said. and vegetables. “I try to be smart about which class “I think they could improve much is easiest, such as Political Science, more,” Suazo said. “By having things and study the least for it,” Ferreira that are not fried or vegetables that said. “It takes me four hours to get are not cooked in oil.” it straight … When I study, I write it With a master’s degree in public BY KARL THUNMAN/Daily Titan Photo Editor down, I say it out loud and I hear it. health, professor Dara Vazin knows a at helps me remember things.” thing or two about nutrition. Vazin HUGE CROWDS - Soaring temperatures and desert dust couldn’t deter fans from trekking to the Coachella Valley. Check out fesitval coverage of Collaboration can also be an effec- Rage Against the Machine and the rest of the experience in The Buzz. said students should make conscious tive tool in studying. choices in terms of what they want “I study with friends,” said biology to feed their bodies to avoid future major Iris Lee. “When I don’t know health risks. something, I just ask and someone Jennifer Cheng, a business and else always has the answers.” marketing major, said she likes to eat e 18-year-old freshman said she well but at times finds herself limited CSUF Supports Sex Crime Victims studies up to two weeks before finals, due to her college student budget. BY MICHELLE RAMOS Vanderlinden said. but she doesn’t have a particular strat- “Healthy food can cost more,” Daily Titan Staff Writer Tears filled the eyes of some people egy. Cheng said. [email protected] as they walked by and read the words “I read the book and I review the Cheng, 19, said she usually heads carefully drawn on a small green T- vocabulary,” Lee said. “Usually I al- to Busy Bee Asian Food for a healthy shirt, “Daddy, I forgive you.” ready get nervous even though I’ve and inexpensive meal of rice and veg- Over 300 T-shirts billowed in the “[I feel] heartbreak, makes me been studying for an exam so I stay etables. breeze ursday afternoon, acting teary-eyed. I think it lets people know up late, and wake up early to read my “Weigh off the cost in the long as the voices of the many victims of that it does happen,” said Mary Bar- notes.” term,” Vazin said. “It is probably less rape, sexual molestation and domes- rett, a 25-year-old American studies Studying in groups can sometimes expensive to eat healthy in the long tic violence. major. takes the load off the daunting task term in terms of your overall quality e rainbow of T-shirts that hung A table was set up for anyone to of reviewing, but it isn’t useful for ev- of health in life.” in the Quad told the story of each come forward and decorate their own eryone. According to Vazin, students victim. e words “I trusted him, T-shirt and tell their own story of “I study by myself because I’m who eat poorly are more likely to be that doesn’t mean I wanted it!” left survival. According to the Women’s too social,” said history major Edgar stressed out, feel rundown and their students unable to dodge the harsh Studies Student Association, last year Gomez. “I get distracted studying in minds do not work as clearly. Some reality that these crimes are happen- many victims created their own T- groups because I just forget about the long-term risks of a poor diet can ing in Orange County and on college shirts to add to the others. task at hand.” include diabetes, cancer and heart campuses. BY JAZZY GRAZA/Daily Titan Staff Photographer is year only a couple of individ- e 20-year-old sophomore said disease. e many colors and shirts sym- BY CANDLELIGHT - Students gathered Thursday night to reach out to uals were brave enough to step for- he uses study guides to review. Go- “ey are upgrading some of the bolized each different crime. women who have dealt with abuse at Take Back the Night. ward, which may lead some to believe mez said he finds that writing notes cafeteria shops,” said Vazin, who con- “Pink, red and orange mean rape, that crime is going down. However, as he reads over chapters help him siders the Langsdorf Express to be an the yellow are domestic violence, the Some “dirty laundry” was dis- “Violence, especially sexual vio- that is not the case. retain information. He then makes excellent place for a healthy meal. white ones are if anyone’s been killed played at the 6th Annual CSUF lence, is pushed into the closet and Sexual assault is a problem on col- additional bullet points and types it Langsdorf Express located in and the green means child sexual Orange County Clothesline Project, we don’t want to talk about it, and so lege campuses nationwide. According out in his computer. Langsdorf Hall offers a healthy al- violence,” said Nicole Vanderlinden, sponsored by Community Service it’s a good way to bring it on cam- ternative for students looking for member of Women’s Studies Student Programs’ Sexual Assault Victim Ser- pus so that we can recognize that a nutritious meal. e wraps and Association and ird Wave Feminist vices in conjunction with CSUF’s it’s happening and try to figure out SEE SUPPORT - PAGE 3 SEE FINALS - PAGE 4 sandwiches are made from Healthy Group. ird Wave Feminist Group. what’s going to be best to change it,” Choice deli meats, and e Nutwood Cafe in College Park recently intro- duced the Organic To Go meals. e food retailer uses organic ingredients Examining the Differences and Similarities of War throughout its menu of pre-made BY TOM MADDEN, FATIMA RAHMATULLAH, harsh to the average American, it’s sandwiches, yogurt and salads. SARAH MOSQUEDA, AND JENNIFER CHURCH a reality that comes to the minds In response, many fast-food res- For the Daily Titan There’s no end in and hearts of reservists and soldiers taurants are now including healthy [email protected] “ like Le who sit anxiously waiting for alternatives to their menu. Carl’s Jr. sight to our involve- their call of duty. has added salads and sandwiches, and Tiffany Le isn’t old enough to re- ment in Iraq, this war Like Matthewson, Le, a Marine the restaurant’s Web site has a nutri- member the Vietnam War, but Don- could be going on for Corps reservist and public relations tional calculator that helps diners de- ald Matthewson, a Cal State Fuller- major, counts numerous similarities termine the amount of calories they ton political science professor, is. another 10 years. “ between the Vietnam War and the are consuming. Matthewson served in the Viet- – D M war in Iraq. Le said she believes in Vazin also suggested to students nam War as a high-ranking captain CSUF Poly. Sci. professor both wars, the U.S. assigned itself looking for a healthy meal to look for with presidential clearances from the responsibility of both policeman restaurants off-campus. 1967 to 1971. and peacemaker, something she calls While the convenience of a ham- While they are different in age, “a recipe for disaster.” burger might seem more appetizing race and sex, Tiffany Le might have Le may be deployed to Iraq. “It’s kind of like watching two there most likely is something a bit more in common with Matthewson “What people need to realize dogs fight,” said the 22-year-old ju- healthier on the same menu, accord- than she realizes.