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JONATHAN GIBBY / Graphics Editor Mixed student reactions Candidates’ stance Choices for California WILLIAM CHEN ed with opinions and rarely discuss to upcoming elections For the Daily Titan both the pros and cons of each side. on higher education CaliforniaChoices.org seeks to fornia out of debt,” Halasz said. objectively present the ballot Students weigh in on The most prominent propositions Jerry Brown The midterm elections are quick- measures in a way that is for all students interviewed were Gubernatorial hopefuls Jerry Brown was governor of ly arriving in less than two weeks, understandable to the political choices despite Proposition 19, which would legal- California in 1974 and re-elect- but many students are still perplexed average citizen, in- young voter apathy ize marijuana, and Proposition 23, positions on key issues ed in 1978, which is experience about the benefits and consequences cluding students. which would overturn the Global in election discussed he will rely on to help Califor- of each proposition. FRANCINE RIOS Warming Solutions Act of 2006 un- nia’s economic crisis. CaliforniaChoices.org resolves to See WEB, Staff Writer til California’s unemployment rate CYNTHIA RODRIGUEZ Raphael Sonenshein, CSUF’s cut through this thick cloud. page 3 reaches 5.5 percent for a year’s time, For the Daily Titan department head of political sci- Students are generally caught in according to the Huffington Post. ence, said this will be beneficial a whirl of confusion when attempt- While a recent Pew research poll “I’m going to vote ‘no’ on 19, just for him considering “he has seen ing to make an informed decision. showed that young voter apathy is because of the fact that I don’t want California’s education sys- this all before.” Many propositions are introduced up, a finding which could influence to be around a bunch of stoned peo- tem is envied across the na- During a debate, Capital Pub- to students by corresponding the impending California midterm ple,” Halasz said. “Medical reasons tion, but with the cuts in State lic Radio’s Marianne Russ asked support groups through ad- election, it seems that Cal State Ful- are OK, but we all know that it will budget and fee increases, the if Brown would roll back all vertisements or campaign lerton students are divided between really lead to people taking advan- once-envied system is slowly funding cuts to higher education stickers. those who care and those who do tage of it.” crumbling. on CSU, UC and community Arguments for not. Liz Gonzalez, an undeclared ma- There are six candidates run- colleges. Brown said he wouldn’t or against prop- The poll, which was taken in jor, is also against Prop. 19. ning for governor; the top two during his first year because it ositions are September, found that 53 percent “I’m voting ‘no’ on Prop. 19 be- contenders are Democratic would be unrealistic and would usually of voters over age 30 have given a cause I don’t like drugs; it’s not really candidate Jerry Brown and Re- only cause the deficit to rise. load- great deal of thought to the 2010 something I’m into,” Gonzalez said. publican candidate Meg Whit- Anthony Giordano, 18, midterm elections, while only 31 Louise Jones, a 35-year-old nurs- man. an undeclared freshman, said percent of voters under the age of 30 ing major, said that although she is The class cuts and fee rais- Brown’s realistic approach is a have taken elections into account. ineligible to vote, she would vote for es started when Gov. Arnold “smart move.” Nolan Halasz, an 18-year-old ki- Prop. 19 if she could. Schwarzenegger cut funding “It makes sense. You can’t nesiology major, plans to vote and “I think it should be legalized,” to 110 community colleges, fix everything in a day,” has very strong ideas behind his de- Jones said. “It’s a good source of 23 CSUs and 10 UC campuses Giordano said. cisions. funding, and it will be good for the to close the $19 billion deficit “For governor, I’m leaning to- environment. But they have to legal- caused by declining tax rev- See RACE, page 2 wards Jerry Brown,” said Halasz, ize marijuana intelligently and with enue. who also proclaimed his affiliation regulations.” Depending on who is voted with the Republican Party. Most students also seem to be in, a difference could be made “He seems like the better candi- against Prop. 23 because they be- in how funds will be distrib- date, and he has already done this lieve the environment should be uted in California. More than before, and he did a good job while protected. 30,000 Cal State Fullerton stu- he was in office. I think he will be dents have the ability to make a a positive influence for getting Cali- See STUDENTS, page 3 difference through their vote.

Contact Us at [email protected] dailytitan.com October 21, 2010 2 ELECTION IN OTHER NEWS Race to Washington heats up INTERNATIONAL Boxer supports ex- Barbara Boxer (D) and panding American Israel pushes Palestinians to recognize Jewish character manufacturing and in- Carly Fiorina (R) run frastructure, ending tax JERUSALEM– It sounds at first like a familiar Mideast tussle: Israel de- for California Senate breaks for companies mands recognition, Arabs refuse to give it. that outsource jobs, But Israel’s recent push to be recognized as a “Jewish” state is actually a new CHRIS POTRYKUS cutting taxes for the twist on an old struggle, and one that is rapidly turning into the latest stum- Staff Writer middle class and keep- bling block to faltering peace talks. Israel defines itself as a Jewish state in its ing a closer eye on Wall Declaration of Independence. U.S. Presidents Obama and George W. Bush Street financial specula- have embraced the term, which was used in the 1947 U.N. resolution calling Commercials, mailers, picket tion. for the establishment of two states, one Jewish and the other Palestinian Arab. signs, pre-recorded phone calls and Energy But lately, Israel has started pressing Palestinians, who recognized Israel’s right live television debates are prevalent Fiorina’s stance to exist in 1993, to go one step further. in society as the time draws closer on energy states that to Nov. 2. With the midterm elec- America needs to invest tions fast approaching, candidates in clean energy and that are scrambling to get votes. “we also need to contin- NATIONAL In the race for the Califor- ue exploring for oil and Spanish foreign minister is replaced nia U.S. Senate seat, incumbent natural gas in order to Democrat Barbara Boxer is facing reduce our dependence MIAMI — Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, often criti- a stiff challenge from GOP can- on foreign oil and uti- Courtesy MCT cized as too friendly with Havana, was replaced Wednesday with a Latin Amer- didate Carly Fiorina. With many lize the natural gas for Carly Fiorina, left, is tthe GOP candidate for the Senate and Barbara Boxer, right. is the Democrat candidate. ica expert who has praised Cuban dissidents and met with exiles. polarizing issues at hand, from gay energy purposes.” Trinidad Jimenez, 48, who was minister of health, was secretary of state for marriage to border policy to health Fiorina “ardently op- relations with Latin America from 2006-09 and before that was head of inter- care, it’s easy to get lost in the hype. poses” Boxer’s cap-and-trade bill, authored the Clean Energy Bill, rights and the reduction of interest national relations for the ruling Socialist Workers Party. So, here are four issues broken which according to the New York established the cap-and-trade pro- on student loans. Her new post may not mean much of a change in Spain’s policy of engage- down by both candidates straight Times, is intended to reduce green- gram, with Senator John Kerry. Immigration ment with Cuba, said Joaquin Roy, a Spaniard who heads a European studies off their respective websites, which house gases and curb global warm- Education Fiorina desires to secure the bor- center at the University of Miami. are vital in the forthcoming elec- ing. Fiorina supports President Ba- ders and develop an effective visa “We presume that the attitude and movements may be different. How dif- rack Obama’s Race to the Top pro- and temporary work program for ferent? We’ll have to see,” Roy said. “But basically I don’t believe that there will tion: Jobs, education, energy and Fiorina states on her website that be much change.” immigration. according to research by the Heri- gram, which provides performance- seasonal workers. Jobs tage Foundation, a cap-and-trade based incentives and rewards, Boxer is in support of compre- Fiorina believes fewer taxes and bill would cost more than $2,800 equitable distribution of quality hensive immigration reform policy regulations will create growth for per year. teachers to help underperforming that includes a path to citizenship STATE small businesses. She wants to ex- As the chair of the Environment school and data systems that help and tougher border control. She New York City schools to release ‘value-added’ scores tend the Bush tax cuts, provide and Public Works Committee, parents and teachers track their also co-sponsored the DREAM incentives for businesses that re- Boxer opposes additional oil drill- children’s learning. Act, which provided a path to citi- LOS ANGELES — The New YorkC ity school system announced Wednes- locate from overseas and back to ing and seeks to make the Arctic Boxer has introduced legisla- zenship either through higher edu- day that its plans to release “value-added” scores for more than 12,000 teach- American soil, approve free trade National Wildlife Refuge perma- tion that would provide tax relief cation or military service. ers, a significant development in the national debate over teacher evaluations agreements with South Korea and nently protected from drilling. She for college costs and increase the For more information on these that the city’s teachers union has vowed to fight. Colombia and protect intellectual also seeks to make California the maximum for Pell Grants. She also candidate’s websites at Barbara- Officials with the New York City Department of Education, the nation’s property laws. “hub of clean energy.” Boxer co- supports a student-borrower bill of Boxer.com and CarlyForCA.com. largest school district, said they were responding to requests from various media groups for the scores, which link student improvement on standard- ized tests to individual teachers. The news organizations filed public records requests for individual teacher scores, which have been calculated since 2008, Midterm Election after the Los Angeles Times began publishing a series of articles in August based on the newspaper’s own “value-added” analysis of seven years of stan- dardized test scores obtained from the Los Angeles Unified School District. Issues Unemployment Whitman: Spark job growth For the Record now by quickly enacting targeted tax cuts that are affordable and It is the policy of the Daily Titan to correct any inaccurate informa- immediately impact key sectors tion printed in the publication as soon as the error is discovered. Any of our economy to create new incorrect information printed on the front page will result in a correction jobs. printed on the front page. Any incorrect information printed on any other page will be corrected on page 2. Errors on the Opinion page will Brown: Most new jobs should be corrected on that page. Corrections also will be noted on the online and will be created in the private version of the Daily Titan. sector, but government can play Please contact Editor-in-Chief Isa Ghani at 657-278-5815 or at an important role in establish- ing a favorable climate for job [email protected] with issues about this policy or to report any creation. errors. Budget Whitman: To inject a level of certainty into the budget Daily Titan process, Whitman will propose a strict spending limit based on Editorial the state’s gross domestic prod- uct. This budget reform will lock Editor-in-Chief Isa Ghani spending in at a rate that will Managing Editor Rachel David not increase unless the state’s News Director Laura Barron-Lopez economy is growing with it. News Editor Michelle Wiebach News Editor Juanita Vasquez Brown: Will ensure that News Assistants Keith Cousins, Stephanie Raygoza money is spent carefully and that Features Editor Carolina Velazquez state government is operated as Features Assistant Katie Evans efficiently as possible. Brown has Detour Editor Melissa Hoon always taken a no nonsense and Detour Assistant Anna Gleason MARK SAMALA & LUCIO VILLA / Photo Editor & Asst. Photo Editor Meg Whitman, left, is the Rebuplican candidate for governor. Jerry Brown, right, is the Democrat candidate for governor. frugal approach to taxpayers’ Opinion Editor Gabrielle Abutom money. Opinion Assistant Serena Whitecotton Sports Editor Gilbert Gutierrez III Sports Assistant Aaron Gilliam Immigration Copy Editor Kelsey Laney Copy Editor Kiran Kazalbash RACE: GOVERNOR CANDIDATES Whitman: The first step in Content Editor Brian Zbysenski federal immigration reform must Photo Editor Mark Samala ... Continued from page 1 may go down, but Giordano pre- Whitman wants to cut fee in- be a stronger commitment to se- Photo Assistants Johnny Le, Lucio Villa, fers classes taught in classrooms. creases by reforming pension and cure the border from the steady Heather Monteleone Although Brown would like to “I’m more of a visual learner. It welfare programs. California has influx of illegal immigration. Graphics Editor Jonathan Gibby “roll back the fees,” he said that helps when someone explains it to 32 percent of the welfare cases, This is both a national security Graphics Assistant Jennifer Chung would only be possible if the uni- me,” Giordano said. which she says is five times the issue and the first priority in Multimedia Editor Ashley Prager versities are more efficient, -con Saral took an online class before cases New York has and California resolving the challenges of illegal Multimedia Editor Oscar Romero sidering the state wouldn’t have and said online students tend to be only has twice the population. immigration. Whitman believes Multimedia Assistants Alexandra Andersen, Philip Cabrera, money to afford the additional “less motivated,” not to mention Instead of having Californians the federal government should Deyja Charles funding. the occasional glitches with test living off of welfare, Whitman complete the construction of Multimedia Coordinator Derek Opina When he was governor, the state taking. wants to put them back to work the border fence and ensure that Online Editor Andrew Meshot adequate resources and man- Adviser Jason Shepard committed three to four times more by creating new jobs. She plans on power are deployed to secure the to higher education than it did to Meg Whitman doing this by pin pointing tax cuts Mexican border. Main Line (657) 278-3373 Editorial Fax (657) 278-2702 prisons. Now, it devotes the same Meg Whitman received a mas- that will readily impact important News Line (657) 278-4415 E-mail: [email protected] amount. Brown wants to stop giv- ter’s degree in Business Admin- sectors of the economy. Whit- Brown: “As state attorney ing state support to jails, without istration from Harvard Business man will bring tax relief once the general and chief upholder of Advertising putting the public in danger, and School and in eight years worked state starts growing financially and the law, I can’t support licenses, giving it to colleges. As attorney her way up to vice presidency of spending is cut. With the savings, but I would do everything in my Director of Advertising Adrian Gaitan general he put that into practice the consulting firm, Bain & Co. she will reduce college fees by put- power to promote immigration Production Assistant Sidney Cumbie by refusing an $8 billion prison Whitman worked for several other ting $1 billion into colleges. reform.” Production Assistant Jennifer Razo National Sales Executives & Katie Hennessey, hospital expansion. By continuing successful companies, however, she She plans on letting chancellors Promotions Directors Kassia Azimioara to find ways to cut costs, he plans is better known as eBay Inc.’s for- decide what to do with the $1 bil- Proposition 8 Classifieds Manager Taylor Tunno to put the saved funds into higher mer CEO. Whitman plans to bring lion since they would know how it Webmaster Daniel Gonzalez education. her business expertise into running would best benefit their colleges. Whitman: “I believe the Account Executive Liz Hernandez Giordano said the jail expan- the state. Giordano disagrees and said it California State Supreme Court Account Executive Amber VanOrman sion is the “lesser of two evils” and Sonenshein said it is “always ap- would be best if students decided made the right decision. Last Account Executive Maricris Tsigarida would much rather have funds go pealing” when a candidate plans where the funds should go. November, the people of Cali- Account Executive André Mosley toward raised tuition fees. to bring their business knowledge Saral said the deans have decid- fornia passed Proposition 8, and Account Executive Gilbert Gonzalez today the Court upheld their “In a perfect world you wouldn’t into government. ed enough. decision. This simple, yet power- Account Executive Daniel Zamilpa III have to cut anything,” Giordano “Sometimes it works really well, “The deans decided that fur- Account Executive Josh Linden ful fact is the foundation of our Distribution Santana Ramos said. such as Mayor Bloomberg of NYC. loughs were needed,” Saral said. democracy. Regardless of one’s Business Manager/Adviser Robert Sage But not everyone believes this But there are a lot of differences,” “That was really bad.” position on the measure, this Main Line (657) 278-3373 Advertising Fax (657) 278-2702 approach is the best. Sonenshein said. “Government The other four candidates are: ruling gives people confidence Advertising (657) 278-4411 E-mail: [email protected] Vaishali Saral, 24, a computer requires a lot of compromise. You Carlos Alvarez with the Peace and that their vote matters and can science graduate student, does not can’t just give orders.” Freedom Party, Chelene Nightin- make a difference.” The Daily Titan is a student publication, printed every Monday through Thursday. The think it is right. Saral said it is good that Whit- gale with the American Indepen- Daily Titan operates independently of Associated Students, College of Communications, “Hospitals are primary needs,” man doesn’t have a political back- dent Party, Dale Ogden with the Brown: As California’s Attor- CSUF administration and the CSUF System. The Daily Titan has functioned as a public Saral said. “They are necessary even ground and could “help education Libertarian Party and Laura Wells ney General, I believe the Court forum since inception. Unless implied by the advertising party or otherwise stated, should strike down Proposition advertising in the Daily Titan is inserted by commercial activities or ventures identified if they are for jails.” and manage the funds.” with the Green Party. 8 for remarkably similar reasons in the advertisements themselves and not by the university. Such printing is not to be Brown also said that by putting Giordano has similar thoughts. To learn more about what Brown -- because it unconstitutionally construed as written or implied sponsorship, endorsement or investigation of such com- more focus on online learning and “California is kind of start- and Whitman plan to do if elected discriminates against same-sex mercial enterprises. The Daily Titan allocates one issue to each student for free. extended education programs, the ing from the ground up, and she into office, visit their website at couples and deprives them of the Copyright ©2010 Daily Titan availability of higher education will helped eBay from the ground up,” JerryBrown.org or MegWhitman. fundamental right to marry. rise and costs will be reduced. Fees Giordano said. com.

Contact Us at [email protected]@gmail.com October 21, 2010 dailytitan.com ELECTION 3 With hot-button issues like marijuana legal- ization and the suspen- Proposition Breakdown sion of global warming Information gathered by: Stephanie Raygoza efforts dominating the What it means for What your vote on the What it means for ballot, many students California: measure means: students: can easily forget about the several other initia- Changes California Law to Law would allow anyone 21 years and older to possess, cultivate Grow and possess your tives that will affect the legalize marijuana allowing it or transport marijuana for personal use. State and local govern- to be regulated and taxed ments could authorize, regulate and tax commercial marijuana- own weed in California. state come Nov. 2. Here Proposition 19 related activities under certain conditions. is a breakdown of some of the propositions that Redistricting of Congressio- The responsibility to determine the boundaries of Califor- Citizens will draw the nal Districts nia’s districts in the U.S. House of Representatives would be will be in the hands moved to the Citizens Redistricting Commission, a commis- Legislative districts. of voters along with Proposition sion established by Proposition 11 in 2008. 20 changes that will come into effect if they pass. Establishes an annual vehicle An $18 annual surcharge would be added to the amount paid State parks will be well- surcharge to fund state parks when registering a motor vehicle. It would provide funding for state parks and wildlife programs. Would also grant free admis- kept and safe. Proposition sion to all state parks and wildlife conservation parks. 21 STUDENTS: Prohibits state from borrowing The state’s authority to use or redirect state fuel tax and local More money for trans- SHOWING or taking transportation, rede- property tax revenues would be significantly restricted. The velopment or local government proposition would prohibit the state from delaying distribution portation projects, less Proposition projects and services funds of tax revenues even during times of severe fiscal hardship. for education. UP TO THE 22 POLLS Suspends implementation of The state law requiring major sources of emission to report Green house rules sus- Air Pollution Control Law and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warm- ... Continued from page 1 (Assembly Bill 32) ing would be suspended and remain suspended until the state pended until unemploy- Proposition unemployment rate drops to 5.5 percent or lower for one year. ment goes down. “I think it’s important to preserve 23 the Earth and keep it clean,” said Ashley Adams, 18, who is excited to Repeals recent legislation that Increased state revenues of about $1.3 billion each year The state gets billions of be voting for the first time. would allow businesses to by 2012-13 from higher taxes paid by some businesses. While Adams has her mind set on lower their tax liability Smaller increases in 2010-11 and 2011-12. dollars, about half goes Prop. 23, this first-time voter is still Proposition 24 to schools. deciding on her pick for governor. “I think I’m leaning toward Jerry Brown,” Adams said. “I don’t think Changes legislative vote re- Vote requirement to send the annual budget bill to the governor It will help pass the bud- the campaign ads have been the best, quirements to pass budget and would be lowered from two-thirds to a simple majority of each but I agree with his political style.” budget related legislation house of the Legislature. If not passed, the vote would remain get on time. But as the Pew pole suggests, there Proposition 25 the same at two-thirds vote of each house of the Legislature. are those who do not care about the upcoming election. “I have a hard time wanting to vote Requires that certain state and The definition of taxes would be broadened to include payments More votes required for because I don’t like politicians,” said local fees be approved by two- considered to be fees or charges. In turn, more state and local new taxes and fees. Mariann Howland, an art major. “I thirds vote proposals to increase revenues would require approval by two- don’t like politicians and I don’t like Proposition thirds of each house of the Legislature or by local voters. 26 what goes on in politics.” Despite her feelings toward the political process, Howland said that Eliminates a 14-member The responsibility to determine the boundaries of State Leg- Legislature in charge of she plans to research propositions redistricting commission islature and Board of Equalization districts would be returned to the Legislature and remove the commission established in districting. and candidates to make an informed Proposition Proposition 11 from performing this function. decision. 27 “I don’t feel like my vote will mat- Information courtesy of VoterGuide.sos.ca.gov ter, but I still plan on voting,” How- land said. A lack of readily available informa- tion could also be a cause of young WEBSITE: USING THE voter indifference. “If the process wasn’t so confusing, WEB AS A VOTING TOOL I think I’d be more likely to vote,” said Logan Valdez, an international ... Continued from page 1 is commended with a “yes” and op- business major. “If I knew when and posed with a “no.” He believes the web- where to vote, I probably would be The website provides an unbiased site will help iron out these folds. more interested.” analysis of the ballot measures on trial. “Websites that inform can help us get However, Valdez also acknowl- It includes background information, to what people actually want, which is edged that there is some personal re- pro and con websites, newspaper articles the goal of a democracy,” Jarvis said. “If sponsibility when it comes to voting. and editorials, opinion polls, political you can reduce the amount of mistake “I would like to care more about endorsements and financial contribu- votes, people voting for a candidate or voting,” Valdez said. “But I haven’t tion records. The website also provides a proposition that they don’t like, you cared enough to look into the elec- links of support groups on each side of help the system reflect what people do tion on my own. But I should care the propositions. want.” more.” Unless a student diligently researches Jarvis sympathizes with students Overall, most students interviewed all the propositions and stances of each because of their busy schedule and be- felt that the main reason for young candidate, they generally need a clear lieves they will only be motivated to voter absence is due to the lack of re- and concise aid to help them in their vote if they have the time. alization that what is voted on now voting. Shantell Guadalupe Guerra,18, could affect the current student pop- Matthew Jarvis, an assistant profes- works part-time while attending school. ulation later down the road. sor in the Department of Political Sci- Because of her tight schedule, she is at- “Some people haven’t had the real- ence, is teaching a campaign and elec- tracted to the idea of one website with ity shock of college yet,” Halasz said. tions course. He noticed that although accurate and unbiased descriptions. “We don’t realize that this stuff affects his classmates are well-informed about “It’s accessible on the web and I have our future, and we need to start mak- the midterm elections, that is not al- Internet on my phone,” Guerra said. ing an impact right now.” ways reflective of the majority of college “So it’s easy because while I’m waiting Students showed concern about students. for my class to start I could easily go their apathetic peers. “Surveys consistently show that and review some candidates.” “It’s a bad thing that young people people are woefully uninformed about Manuel Cervantes, an undeclared don’t vote,” Gonzalez said. “That’s the government,” Jarvis said. “So in a freshman, also appreciates the quiet why tuition and stuff keeps going up, system where what people want is what presentation of the facts of each ballot because students don’t realize that we ends up getting done, you’re asking a measure. This is a relief from his en- could make a difference.” decent percentage of people who quite counters with heated political debates Howland best stated this point. honestly don’t know enough to make and name-callings he sees on the news. “I don’t have any real sense of how an informed decision.” “They attack each other and it gets these things are going to affect me,” Jarvis is concerned about people you in the mindset where you don’t Howland said. “Older people say that mistakenly voting for something they know who to pick,” Cervantes said. we need to start worrying about our didn’t support. He recalls reading about “So, you’re confused about who’s lying retirement now, but right now, that’s Proposition 8 voters confused on what and who’s trying to manipulate you.” the furthest thing from my mind.”

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Don Johnnie William Doug Jesse Barry Patrick Gregory Bankhead Atkinson Martin Chaffee La Tour Levinson McKinkley Sebourn (Marty) Age: 78 Age: 44 Burbank Age: 66 Age: 30 Age: 58 Age: 59 Age: 37 Party: Non-partisan Party: Non-partisan Party: Non-partisan Party: Non-partisan Party: Non-partisan Party: Non-partisan Party: Non-partisan Occupation: Occupation: Occupation: Occupation: Occupation: Occupation: Occupation: Age: 46 Retired Council Member/ Educator/Art Gallery Financial Consultant/ Campus Security Party: Non-partisan Attorney Chief of Police Land Surveyor/Educator Mayor Auditor Experience: None Occupation: Experience: Owner Experience: Experience: Experience: Family Vice-Chair Fullerton Experience: Experience: Headed the Fullerton Survey/Mapping Sci- Business Attorney Planning Commission, Fullerton City Council, Promises: Founder of Downtown Manager with Ernst Police Department ences Program Facilita- Experience: Present “Support law en- and Young Big Four 1988-Present Director, Execu- Fullerton Art Walk from 1993-2009 tor, 2008-Present forcement to enforce tive Council, CSUF Accounting Firm all federal, state and Promises: School of Business and Promises: Promises: Promises: local laws.” “I promise to be a Promises: “I promise to con- Economics Center for fiscal watchdog.” “I will represent ev- Promises: “No new taxes and a “Voting to improve tinue to provide Entrepreneurship eryone in Fullerton, “I promise to be a passion, energy and the city’s infrastruc- a level of public not just those with watchdog with the integrity to deliver ture.” safety to keep Promises: money. I will be an people’s money.” what I promise.” Fullerton safe and honest servant of “Pensions reforms secure.” the people.” and revitalizing our business climate.”

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THUMBS THUMBS Should gay couples be allowed to adopt? UP DOWN adoption system, no matter who is tempt to repeal the law failed in raising them. Democratic Assembly the Senate last fall. John Lennon Miley Cyrus member Linda Rosenthal, who en- While in the gubernatorial dorsed the bill, could not have stated race, candidate Meg Whitman this point any better. said, “I was opposed to Prop. 8. “The fact that Governor Patterson I think that term marriage needs signed this bill into law is a terrific to be between a man and a wom- victory for children who are lucky an. But I was in favor of the very enough to have two people who are progressive civil union laws that committed to raising them with the we have in California.” full protection of the law,” she said The point is this, while many in an interview aired on WAMC ra- feel strongly that LGBT groups dio. “... This is great for all children need to be given the same rights FRANCINE RIOS LUKE CHERNEY Courtesy of MCT Courtesy of Flickr Staff Writer who are languishing in homes, in Staff Writer as heterosexuals, it certainly orphanages and in foster care who seems like the group has moved MICHELLE WIEBACH KIRAN KAZALBASH don’t have two parents who want to too fast for many Americans, in- News Editor Copy Editor have them in their home.” cluding those in power. Governor David Patterson Love is love, and as long as the We currently live in a time of When any group advances too reached a decision last month to al- couple gives the child an example of great social upheaval. With the fast for the rest of the popula- John Lennon is known as the most Miley Cyrus’ recent quest to evolve low unmarried couples, including a healthy relationship based on re- military’s recent stance towards tion, it seems like there will be popular member of the most influ- from a tween queen to a sex symbol is gay couples, to jointly adopt chil- spect, trust and care for one another, “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” and the some resistance. Whether it is ential British rock band to tour the outrageous and down right appalling. dren. Aside from opening adoption I don’t think it matters whether or refusal for California courts through bullying or protesting Earth, the Beatles. Lennon wrote and The under-age billionaire, who has to both straight and gay unmarried not someone comes from a home to throw out Proposition 8 al- or violence, it is a feeble attempt co-wrote more than 100 songs and lat- been attempting to shed her good-girl couples, the law made three im- with one dad or two. together, some might say that to restore the status quo. er went on to a successful solo career, Disney image for the last few months, provements to the adoption process Michael McManus, the founder many people need to catch up to Now I am not saying don’t where he released eight albums. released a new music video last week in New York. First, adoption has and president of Marriage Savers, the social changes that have oc- adopt, but rather to think and be As a peace activist and anti-war for her song “Who Owns My Heart” been transformed from a prolonged tried to counter this point. curred over the last twenty years aware before a child is placed in believer, Lennon would probably be off of her album Cant Be Tamed. process involving multiple attorneys “I think this is a terrible mis- regarding LGBT groups. a situation surrounded by sides writing and singing songs about how The first 30 seconds of the video is and thousands of dollars spent by take to allow unmarried partners to In case you haven’t been fol- that do not necessarily agree the war must end. He believed that a good indication of how raunchy and both parties, into a much more sim- adopt a child, especially unmarried lowing, a Riverside county court with the LGBT platform. people should come together and live inappropriate the rest of it will be. In plified process that will only require gay partners,” McManus said in an District judge ordered a ban Think about what the welfare in peace. He used his honeymoon one scene she is shown lying in her one attorney to represent both par- interview aired on WAMC radio. “A on the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” of the child, and their surround- with wife, Yoko Ono, as a bed-in for underwear blindfolded on a bed and ties and therefore reduce adoption child deserves to be brought up by policy, declaring it applied to all ings. Will this adoption be in peace, where they sat in bed in their seconds later she is in a club dancing, costs. Also, the actual terms of the a married mother and father. Both soldiers, local and abroad. Many the best interest of the child, in hotel room for two weeks. He was or should I say giving a lap dance to adoption statute were changed from genders are needed for that child have been asking how she could a country where elected officials inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall several guys and groping and grinding “husband and wife” to “married to get a hollistic view of what the have the authority and jurisdic- are still declaring the LGBT po- of Fame in 1994 and in 2008 Rolling on some ladies while strobe lights are couple,” making it gender-neutral. human race is about, and if they’re tion to make such a far-reaching sition as immoral or at least not Stone magazine ranked him the fifth flashing. Immediately after the release But, the law’s third and most brought up by two homosexuals or decision. normal? greatest singer of all time. Nearly three of her video the Parents Television important change is that the well- two lesbians, that child will never Although many officials in the Where military leaders still decades after his death, John Lennon Council released a statement condemn- being of the adopted child will be have a clear understanding of what a government were for getting rid feel that our soldiers could not lives on. His birthday (Oct. 9) brought ing her overly sexualized video and the overseen for that child’s lifetime. normal relationship is between men of the 17-year-old policy, some possibly cope with the idea that out reissues of his solo albums, films message it will send to fans. There are The insurance benefits from both and women,” he concluded. felt that a court action was not their fellow officer is gay. That and concerts. Lennon was responsible millions of little girls out there who try partners are guaranteed to the child, A heterosexual couple can often the way to do it. does not sound like a safe place for almost half of the songs recorded to emulate everything she does. even in the event of the couple’s be more dysfunctional than any gay Defense Secretary Robert M. to raise a child. by the Beatles. His songwriting and I don’t understand the logic behind split. This illustrates one of the most or lesbian couple is thought to be. Gates said in a LA Times article, But more importantly be singing was raw, pure and real. By her drastic change of character. I un- valid points I have ever come across If McManus fears what influences “I feel strongly this is an action aware of the people in power: using his personal experiences, inner derstand that she’s a teenager struggling in the argument for gay couple’s a gay coupe could have on a child, that needs to be taken by the of all the people who refused to demons and emotions, Lennon’s songs with growing up in the spotlight but adoption rights: forget the so-called then I think it’s interesting that he Congress and that it is an action help, or felt that it was someone illustrated how he felt and gave them a she needs to realize that she has a lot of “morality” that is in question with doesn’t discuss what fears he may that requires careful prepara- else’s job or jurisdiction and let humanistic feeling. Lennon’s death in responsibility. Her fan base hasn’t even regards to gay and lesbian couples have of what a man who beats his tion, and a lot of training. It has the hot potato fall. 1980 affected millions, but he lives on grown up yet! Why is she now decid- raising children, it’s really the chil- wife might do to a child, or a rich enormous consequences for our America is rapidly changing. through his music and will influence ing to abandon the very people who are dren themselves that we should be mother who leaves her child in day troops.” But if her citizens are thought- generations to come. His songs might the sole reason she is rich and famous. focusing on. This new law provides care all day while she shops for a new Obama has said that he will ful, aware and active, she should even inspire young peace activists to Miley you deserve this week’s thumbs for the well-being of children in the Louis purse. work to repeal the law, but an at- be up to speed in no time. start their own revolution and let peo- down for being a selfish, greedy and ple know that all you need is love. skanky little 17-year-old.

For the record Articles written for the Daily Titan by columnists, other Cal State Fullerton stu- dents, or guests do not necessarily reflect the view of the Daily Titan or Daily Titan Editorial Board. Politicians and their religious beliefs ALLY BORDAS be no closer to gaining a seat in politicians and their re- Staff Writer the Senate as Mike the “Situation” ligious beliefs. from Jersey Shore is. No Christine Look at Christine O’Donnell, O’Donnell, I do not When you step into a position she admitted to being a witch at want to hear about your of power, you have to be prepared one point in her life and now she first date to a satanical to lay your life out on a silver plat- is constantly mocked for it. bloodbath or whatever ter for others to observe and pick I mean who can take a reformed creepy ceremony you apart. witch seriously? so willingly took part Whether or not you have Con- Save it for Halloween. in (yes, I am aware of stitutional rights, the First Amend- “Most voters (70 percent) want the fact that the media ment is a bitch and American citi- the president to be a person of most likely blows all zens are greedily awaiting to hear faith. But half of the electorate of this out of propor- about the latest political scandal. expresses unease with politicians, tion). Just look at celebrities: protec- presidential contenders and others Just like we have tion of privacy? who talk too much about their re- our First Amendment I think not. ligious beliefs,” according to an ar- rights as boring average “That fact that an atheist ticle written by the Research Cen- citizens, I guess I can- couldn’t get elected dog catcher ter for the People and the Press. not deny the fact that in the United States of America is I think it’s true – it would our politicians have no secret,” stated writer Jonathan be awkward to have a hardcore their rights too. Malesic, ABC Religion and Ethics preacher waltzing into the Senate The Constitution article. trying to heal you. states “no religious test If politicians ran around with Everyone in the United States shall be imposed on any Courtesy of Flickr their religious beliefs stamped has the right to express their reli- public official,” according across their forehead, they would gion in their own personal or pub- to an article written by In public testimony he said, lic way. Debate the Opposing Views. “after the last tree is felled, Christ But religion always seems to be So, technically, we may never will come back.” a touchy subject with people: know which god or devil any of See, obsessed with his religion. Muslims get profiled as terror- our politicians may secretly wor- And also what about Bush? ists (Islamophobia), born-again ship (they can just lie to us). Does anyone remember Bush Christians speak in tongues, Sci- What I want to know from re- stating that the reason he was pres- entologists are secretly “crazy,” ligious politicians is what role will ident was because God appointed Catholics sit on their pedestals, faith play during his or her job as him? Warlocks and Wiccans are just a national politician. I mean he told America that emo people on drugs and Rasta- What are the boundaries be- God wanted him and only him. farians are, obviously, lovers of the tween government and religion? Talk about narcissistic. natural herb. Since religion can dominate All I am saying is that we have So do politicians really want to a person’s psyche and lifestyle, I to be careful. have to fight off these religious think it is only fair we have these We do not want our politicians stereotypes every single time they questions answered. being affected by their religious step into the spotlight? Debate the Opposing Views also beliefs to the point that they for- I don’t think so. told readers to take a closer look at get how our country was really But then again, I would want past politicians to see how fanati- formed: by revolution, war and to know if the president, for ex- cal they are about their religion. oppression (with a hint of faith). ample, is secretly worshipping the It may say something about Religion comes second to our devil at night. them. Constitution. Just like I would want to know The article said, “James Watt, It seems like some people have if the first lady was a Bible hug- President Reagan’s first Secretary forgotten that. ger. of the Interior, told the U.S. Con- And most importantly, Debate Since I am an American citizen gress that protecting natural re- the Opposing Views reminds us with kick-ass First Amendment sources was unimportant in light to remember that our politicians rights, I feel like I should have the of the imminent return of Jesus “don’t drop their religious beliefs right to know something about Christ himself. at the White House door.”

dailytitan.com/opinion dailytitan.com October 21, 2010 6 DETOUR Trio Solisti tickles keys

HEATHER REST part of the Masters Class program. Staff Writer “It is a mini fall festival with Trio Solists as the finale,” Madsen said. Madsen is an acclaimed inter- The Trio Solisti is part of an excit- national composer, performer and ing week in music at Cal State Ful- scholar. She originally wrote a piece lerton. of music for the flute section that The critically acclaimed perform- was premiered in January with a film ing group, consisting of violinist created by IMAX filmmaker Greg Maria Bachmann, cellist Alexis Pia MacGillivray. Trio Solisti commis- Gerlach and pianist Jon Klibonoff sioned a re-worked version for them will perform their work at CSUF’s to perform along with a shorter ver- Meng Theatre Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. sion of the IMAX film, which will be “They are hailed as one of the best featured in Friday’s performance. piano trios in the world right now,” MacGillivray is a leading producer said Pamela Madsen, music profes- and director in the giant-screen film sor and performance coordinator. industry. He has shot more 70mm This special presentation is the fi- film than anyone in cinema history. nal performance to wrap up a week His goal is to produce 10 films on in music celebration. Wednesday the giant screen that help promote night International Alliance for ocean and fresh water conservation. Women in Music (IAWM) held its He has earned two Academy 2010 annual concert, and tonight at Award nominations for the six of 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall the Com- those films that have already been posers Forum will feature new works released. for violin, cello and piano by CSUF “It is a 13-minute film. I com- student composers. posed the music, which is live, while Steven Homestead, 29, a music this film is playing in the - back SHANE WESTOVER / Staff Photographer composition graduate student, has ground,” Madsen said. “It has a very two pieces of music being performed beautiful texture with images of the She Screams Remedy plays for a full TSU Pub crowd. The band was originally set to play the Becker Amphitheater, but the threat of rain forced them to move. They were able to at the Composers Forum. oceans of the world.” make the most of their setting, giving students a show that brought together a unique sound and atmosphere. She Screams Remedy’s album is available for purchase on iTunes. “It takes the piece from being on The trio will play five pieces of paper or on a computer and puts music, including “Reflections of the it into the real world, and in doing Sea,” Madsen’s composed work. that it helps to see what works and The trio has performed all over Becker: She Screams Remedy what doesn’t,” Homestead said. the world, including Lincoln Cen- Student composer Brian Morales, ter’s Great Performers Series, the 22, will have three pieces of his work Wolf Trap Center for the Perform- ALYSSA WEJEBE said Javier Navarro, 18, an ASI ‘Travesty’ to the subtle growls of ence on MySpace, Facebook, You- performed by students in the Master ing Arts in Vienna, Virginia, as well Staff Writer Wednesday Concert Coordinator. ‘Without a Sound,’ and the almost Tube and Twitter. Class program (which allows stu- the internationally renowned Tuscan “It just sounds like they’re a more ambient ‘Allegoria,’ there’s a bit of In an interview with Evigshed. dents to interact with professional Sun Festival in Cortona, Italy. dynamic, modern rock band.” everything on here.” com, Gammon said She Screams performers by having their music They are the founding ensemble The flashing lights shifted from Many people enjoyed the catchy The band played the song “Trav- Remedy started in 2006, but she played by the performers) at the of Telluride Music Fest in Telleride, blue to red as the alternative rock tunes of the band and the fact that esty” off their 2008 album Self Ti- didn’t join the band until 2008, Composers Forum. Colo., where they will celebrate their band She Screams Remedy played they were unique in nature but still tled. Other songs from the album when she found the bands Craigslist “For me it’s a little different – I ninth season in 2011. in the Titan Student Union Pub similar to many popular bands to- include “Measures and Marks,” “Al- ad looking for vocalists in Orange already hear the music in my head, “They play well. I know they work yesterday afternoon. With overcast day. legoria” and “It’s on Sale for a Good County. They created their band but it’s nice to hear it when it’s all with Phillip Glass, so they are pretty weather threatening rain, the out- “They remind me a lot of Par- Reason.” name in 2006 while Koch was at- finished,” Morales said. high up there,” Morales said. door Becker Amphitheater stayed amore,” said Andrea Gee, 18, an ASI She Screams Remedy finished the tending USC. His friend Anthony Additionally, at 5:30 p.m. today They have performed with count- vacant as students escaped the cold volunteer. “I really enjoyed seeing a show with “A Formal Apology,” one Abbey helped him come up with the three student violinists, four student and gathered in the underground to female vocalist, as the lead singer, a of their new songs. They also auto- name. less acclaimed musicians and com- listen to the Anaheim-based band. head of the band.” graphed posters ASI had made for “She (Screams Remedy) is repre- ensemble trios and three student posers and The New Yorkermagazine She Screams Remedy consists of The band has been receiving the event. sentative of the music and how it, at composers will have their music crowned them “The most exciting band members Krysten Gammon numerous positive reviews on the Tiffany Morgan, 20, an ASI times, feels like the only cure. This played and critique by Trio Solisti as piano trio in America.” (lead vocals), Trevor Koch (gui- sound and style of their music. Wednesday Concert Coordinator, meaning has morphed over the last tar, vocals), Antony Agnostinacci “This is a very listenable sort of said she thought She Screams Rem- two years into a new meaning for Album: (drums), Tim Berman (keyboard, rock music that hooks you in and edy was a loud band that would’ve me,” Gammon said. “We embody Dream the Dream guitar), and Chris Cisneros (bass). doesn’t let go until they’ve finished,” attracted more attention outside. the idea that music, art, knowledge by Stan Bush “They are not just average rock… according to TheMixElectric.com. The band has taken full advantage and literature are calling out to be a they (have) kind of an eerie sound,” “From the first riff of opening track of the social media, with their pres- remedy of sorts.” JENNA WEST keep his ‘80s sound. Staff Writer Minus the glam hair and leather pants, Bush did not fail to include Film: RED the electrifying sound of the guitar Multimedia Watch your back, Brett Michaels as well as his lyrics of love and en- – you’re not the only one trying to While the chemistry between couragement. LUKE CHERNEY keep ‘80s rock alive. “The sky is the limit. You can do Staff Writer Ross and Moses is interesting, the real standout is John Malkovich in “Never hold back / Don’t give up” whatever you put your heart into. his funniest role since Being John is just one line of many uplifting People never really realize what they RED, a film released Oct. 15, pro- Malkovich. Malkovich has the per- lyrics from Stan Bush’s new album can achieve,” Bush said. vided me with the most fun I’ve had sona of Wile E. Coyote, but with a Dream the Dream. Unfortunately for Bush, tracks at the movies in a while. This caper devilish edge and paranoia. Helen “I’m still kind of trapped in the from Dream the Dream may not is a fast-paced thriller with plenty of Mirren takes aim as a Martha Stew- ‘80s with a modern edge. Although make it to the top of U.S. music action and laughs to spare. Director art-style homemaker who wields a ‘80s rock went away, I kept doing charts due to the dominating trends Robert Schwentke (The Time Trav- heavy machine gun just as easily as what I do best and found an audi- of electronic pop, R&B and indie. eler’s Wife) created a universe that baking cookies. ence overseas,” Bush said. However, German and English shows how much fun a great cast RED stands for Retired Extreme- Bush is most famous for his song, pop culture has been drawn to Bush’s can have when they bubble with ly Dangerous, which became quite “The Touch,” featured in Transform- ‘80s niche. chemistry. evident after a few minutes of the She Screams Remedy plays at TSU Pub ers: The Movie (1986), and it was also “I would like to get my music out Bruce Willis stars as retired special film’s opening, when Moses disposes released in 2009’s Guitar Hero. to a wider audience and focus more agent Frank Moses, a tough field of- of the would-be assassins with expert In 1997 Bush won an Emmy in the U.S. My dream is to make Anaheim-based band She Scan to view ficer who is getting older and is look- efficiency. Award for “Best Original Song” for a comfortable living doing what I ing to break the routine of his now Screams Remedy played the Originally a comic, RED was pub- TSU Pub for the weekly Becker “‘Til I was Loved By You.” love,” Bush said. “Believe in yourself quieter life. As his pension checks lished during 2003 and 2004 by DC concert after overcast weather His album In This Life won “Al- and make your own reality.” roll in, he realizes he just may need Comics, created by writer Warren threatened to rain-out the per- bum of the Year” in 2007, which In the near future, Bush will work to settle down and make a connec- Ellis and artist Cully Hamner. formance. caused him to set high standards for on new songs for the new Transform- tion with someone. “The film has the same DNA. It Dream the Dream. ers video game, tour in Australia and Mary Louise Parker plays Sarah retains bits that are very clearly from dailytitan.com/ssr It only took Bush a year and a attend the Botcon Transformer con- Ross, the phone operator for the pen- the book, as well as, of course, the half to meet his own standards and vention. sion service that Moses cannot resist overall plotline. But it is, yes, lighter, regularly calling. As the two spend and funnier,” said Ellis, according to hours talking about trashy Cold War his website. “And if anyone has a real novels and horticulture, neither real- problem with that, I say to you once izes they’ve been under surveillance again: Helen Mirren with a sniper by a covert organization. But when rifle. I mean, if you don’t want to a hit squad attacks Moses’ suburban see a film with Helen Mirren with house, he knows he must help Ross a sniper rifle, I’m not sure I want to and find the reason for the attacks. know you.”

Courtesy of MCT John Malkovich (left), Morgan Freeman (middle) and Bruce Willis (right) star in the new adult comedy RED, in which they play retired special agents.

Contact Us at [email protected] October 21, 2010 dailytitan.com DETOUR 7 Album: Speak Now by Taylor Swift

RACHEL SALAS just finish it. I’ve been through a lot Bow down to Lady Gaga of things that I have been dying to Staff Writer write about and talk about. There ANNA GLEASON f***ing hate pants,” Gaga said in the were a lot of things that I wanted Asst. Detour Editor article. Cue the sweet innocent, fairytale to say in the moment but couldn’t, The article illustrates how Gaga lyrics about love and romance. Our and this album is my opportunity to is many things, and shy isn’t one of favorite country star, Taylor Swift, do that,” Swift told the Hollywood In today’s music industry it’s hard them. She says what’s on her mind is back in full effect with her third Reporter. for an artist to make an impact on no matter who it will offend. Pop album, Speak Now, to be released audiences. It seems so many talent- Swift kicked off the album over culture hasn’t been lucky enough to Oct. 25. The album is a follow-up to ed, and even more not so talented, the summer with her first single have someone like this for a while. 2008’s Fearless. musicians come and go in an in- “Mine,” which debuted at number Just recently she aired a campaign The blond, curly-haired 20-year- stant. What happened to the days of one on Billboard Hot Digital Songs to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” old country singer-songwriter co- Elvis and Frank Sinatra – musicians Chart. policy. It seems too many people to- produced her latest album with col- who really had an impact on not just The video for “Mine” was filmed day get behind causes because they laborator, Nathan Chapman. Speak what people listened to, but also on are “popular.” Not Gaga, she says in Portland, Maine, and Swift told pop culture? Now consists of 14 new songs about what’s on her mind, and if she is be- her fans the song is about “my ten- In the past few years, one artist believing, heartbreak and finding hind something, it’s because she is dency to run from love – every direct has exploded onto the scene, chang- true love conveyed in Swift’s charm- sincere. example of love that I’ve had in front ing how we look at pop culture and ing way. Some tracks include live Lady Gaga understands her fans. of me has ended in goodbye and musicians. strings and a full orchestra. She knows she has a large gay fol- has ended in breakups and things Lady Gaga, the 5’1 singer-song- This young lady has graduated lowing, and she appreciates what her from high school and used to write like that. So I think I’ve developed writer, burst onto the scene with her this pattern of sort of running away first album The Fame in 2008. From fans do for her. about boys on the football team and Not only has she changed pop her days on the bleachers. Now, how- when it comes time to fall in love. the first moment her video was re- This song is sort of about finding the leased, it was clear she was no one- culture in terms of how we think ever, she’s tapped in to real life adult exception to that,” Swift told The hit wonder. about things, but she changed the dilemmas. The album’s title track, Courtesy of MCT Hollywood Reporter. Reminiscent of such artists as Ma- way we look at them. “Speak Now” tells the tale about her Swift has sold an estimated 1.5 donna and Elton John, Lady Gaga is Even if you don’t like Lady Gaga, The vivacious singer performs to impress. Gaga is known for her spectacular stage shows, love about to marry someone else at continuously changing her appear- you probably wonder what crazy in which fans can expect something outrageous and different at every show. the altar. million albums in the first week of ance and her music, and just as those thing she is going to do next. What “Don’t say yes, run away now / release, and will continue to grow pop icons helped shape pop culture, will she look like at this award show? flamboyant and unafraid. When formerly bad footsteps. I’ll meet you when you’re out of the based on the popularity of the first so too has Lady Gaga. What will she do in this perfor- Madonna first came onto the scene, “I do not want my fans to ever church at the backdoor,” she sings in single. Gaga fans have known for a while mance? What is she going to wear? it was hard to find a girl wearing emulate that or be that way,” Gaga the chorus. “Don’t wait or say a sin- Swift’s musical success has been she is special. Dubbed her “little The woman came to MTV’s 2010 bows in their hair, lace gloves and said in the article. “I don’t want my gle vow / Your time is running out remarkable. Her previous album Video Music Awards wearing a meat monsters,” fans of Gaga are loyal un- black bracelets. Now you see girls fans to think they have to be that and they said speak now.” Fearless sold 5.9 million copies in the dress! How many people can pull United States, according to Nielsen til the end, and for good reason. wearing bows made out of hair like way to be great. It’s in the past. It was Swift wrote Speak Now entirely on According to Rolling Stone maga- that off? Gaga and people unafraid to wear SoundScan, and she was and the a low point, and it led to disaster.” her own in two years. zine, Lady Gaga burst onto the scene The fact that she can get this many something outrageous. Even celebri- “I didn’t have any co-writers and second best selling artist in 2009, Unlike most young celebrities who when music was dangerously bland, people interested in her, whether ties like Paris Hilton have been seen it didn’t really happen on purpose,” behind Michael Jackson. people consider to be train wrecks, helping to rescue it from the abyss. they like her or not, is quite a feat. wearing the Gaga hair bow. Swift said. “I’d get my best ideas at 3 Looks like we’ll be seeing a lot She’s a precocious young woman The last major artist to pull that off In Vanity Fair, she recently talked Gaga is viewed as someone to be ad- a.m. in Arkansas when I didn’t have more of America’s favorite country who would rather wear nothing than was Madonna, and she’s still doing about her past drug use and how mired, someone to look up to and any co-writers around, so I would sweetheart. be forced to wear pants. it today. Lady Gaga is the Madonna she won’t write about it because she someone who is helping change the “I feel freer in underwear, and I of our generation, only much more doesn’t want her fans to follow in her bland into the fabulous. Waiting for the Bieber Fever cure with him is because they know a golden goose when they see one. Bieber is their chance to regain a younger audience, and if selling their soul to the devil will get them album sales, artists will work with anyone. Seriously, if it would sell records in this horrible economy, artists would probably make a record with a piece of toast that people though they had seen Jesus in. Courtesy of MCT Singing songs with titles such as, Country sweetheart Taylor Swift will release her third studio album “Speak Now” later “Somebody to Love,” “One Less this month. Swift spent two years writing her newest album without any co-writers. Lonely Girl” and “Never Let You Go,” have Bieber repetitively sing- ing about finding love and making some girl very happy. He’s 16 – what does he know about love? No one, The rising trend to and I mean no one, should be sing- ing about things they know nothing about. To add insult to injury, when he re-release albums does sing about such subjects, he’s not even being original. What hap- pened to the good old days of boy CAROLINA VELAZQUEZ 1989 album Disintegration earlier bands? At least they had enough Features Editor this year, it was reissued in a deluxe Courtesy of MCT members to distract fans from the three-CD system. This re-release fact that their songs weren’t good. contained a batch of previously un- Biebers’ glorious locks of hair and his child-like innocence make him irresistible to the world’s pre-teen girls. Crashing onto the music With Bieber you have to focus on Since the advancement of re- released tracks and included a book- scene only a few years ago, Justin Bieber has already put pen to paper to release his biography which will be on shelves this month. one whiny kid. cording technology, there has been let with 20 pages full of unseen pho- There is hope – people are- re a constant trend of reissuing classic tos of the band. ANNA GLEASON rob and frankly, it’s ridiculous. I mention the hair, those gorgeous taliating. Just recently, a fan threw a albums. Although many of these re-releas- Asst. Detour Editor What little talent he does have flowing locks that any woman would water bottle at Bieber while he was Everyone knows that these re- es are available on one or several CD aside, this kid is really only famous be jealous of? onstage, pummeling him with the released albums have immensely im- packages, a few also come in vinyl. for his hair. His-high pitched voice As we all know, going through accuracy of championship archer. proved the sound quality when com- Jazz musician John Coltrane’s re- Justin Bieber, the 16-year-old Ca- is only going to last until he goes puberty sucks, and when it hits Jus- Another reason why Bieber doesn’t pared to the original vinyl recording, released many of his famous albums nadian wunderkin who has stolen through puberty, and with how fem- tin Bieber, it’s going to hit hard. No deserve to be famous is the kid can’t but there is more to reissuing an al- on a modern heavyweight 180-gram the hearts and souls of the world’s inine he is, one might guess puberty more soft and smooth baby face, even make a celebrity getaway. Note bum than you think. vinyl, such as his 1962 album Col- tweens, seems to be taking over the is a while off. no more sweet angelic voice and no to Justin, a Segway doesn’t go very Considering that the earliest way trane Sings the Blues, seeing that these universe. For those who have still not heard more Pantene Pro-V hair. I hate to fast, people can outrun it. We will to record music on vinyl has become heavyweights are known for having Bieber side stepped his way onto anything by Bieber, consider your- burst the bubble, but Bieber is go- give him the benefit of the doubt almost obsolete, high resolution au- better audiophile than regular (120- the scene in 2008 after being dis- selves lucky. The first time you hear ing to change, and it’s not going to though – since he can’t drive, he dio discs like Super Audio Compact gram) vinyl records. Even though covered by Scooter Braun, who him sing, the thought, “Hey, this be pretty. Once this epic battle with probably doesn’t realize that a car is a Disc, better known as SA-CD, al- these thick records last longer and stumbled upon Bieber’s videos on chick isn’t bad,” will probably cross Mother Nature begins, it will hit him much better escape plan. lows for classic music to still be en- include stereo sound, there are not YouTube. your mind. It isn’t until you see the like a Mac truck – stubble, shaggy I’m afraid we will be stuck with joyed, but now with a more modern many additions that are included in sound. In 2009, Bieber’s first single, “One face and body that accompany the locks and, yes, a deep, mature voice Bieber for a while, or at least until the reissue, which isn’t necessarily a SA-CD albums supply a better Time,” was released worldwide, thus voice that you will have a “WTF that will make him sound more like underage girls begin to realize they bad thing. sound quality not only in the form starting the tsunami known as “Bie- moment.” a heavy metal singer than a preteen are more into boys with tattoos and Bruce Springsteen is in the pro- Of course, actually seeing Bieber pop sensation. piercings than the nice boy who of high fidelity, but also in the form ber fever.” cess of re-releasing his 1978 album really won’t help you believe he’s Yes, Justin Bieber has worked with walks elderly people across the street of surround sound and can require Known best, not for his dancing Darkness on the Edge of Town, which or singing, but his Prince Charming- a boy, but instead, a soft, feminine plenty of established artists, such as and serenades them with loves songs to be played on a SA-CD player. is to include at least 10 outtakes. like flowing locks, Bieber has solidi- young woman with a voice that was Usher, which isn’t helping get rid of he wrote about how his classmate Most of the time reissues are re- “We put 10 or so outtakes on the fied his place as a TigerBeat hearth- meant for the church choir. And did him. The only reason artists work looked in algebra that day. leased on a hybrid disc, which is a SA-CD disc that can also be played (1998) Tracks box set and we (have on a regular CD player. since) found 10 more,” Steven Van Many classic artists have jumped Zandt, E-Street guitarist, said, ac- on the bandwagon for releasing reis- cording to Rolling Stone. “I’m not sues and are oftentimes released on a sure how many we’ll put on (the hybrid disc. Pink Floyd, David Bow- Darkness reissue). We’ll go back and ie and The Rolling Stones are among (Bruce) might finish a lyric on one the many musicians who have previ- or two, or finish a harmony on one ously and famously re-released their or two.” original albums on a hybrid. Despite all this new technology, “The hybrid SA-CD technology some music lovers might genuinely allows us to give the Pink Floyd fan prefer the low fidelity and gritty a highly value-added product,” Tony sounds of an old vinyl record. Wadsworth, Chairman and CEO of American studies major Nick EMI Recorded Music UK said on Catt admits that purchasing classic SA-CD.net. “Both as a fully sur- reissues doesn’t really interest him. round sound capable disc on SACD “I would much rather buy reissues players and as a newly remastered from bands like The Vipers. There CD for CD players.” are a lot of punk reissues out there Nowadays, reissues often include that are hard to come by,” Catt said. modifications and additions that However the 23-year-old vinyl were not included in the original au- shopper doesn’t dismiss the rise of dio format used in vinyl. Lost tracks, classic re-released albums. live performances and audio remas- “Some reissues and the original tering are some of the many obvious record might appeal to collectors,” perks included in the reissue. Catt said. Every collector has their When The Cure re-released their own niche.”

dailytitan.com/detour dailytitan.com October 21, 2010 8 SPORTS Steroids too common in MLB Titan Spotlight: Erin Saddler VALERIE SANTANA Athletics slugger- Mark McGwire’s times better than he did last season For the Daily Titan locker in 1996 which led to the and looking more muscular, I can’t implement of a widespread drug- help but assume that he is taking testing policy in the MLB. some kind of performance-enhanc- In an era where many professional McGwire recently admitted that ing drug,” Mota said. athletes have been suspected of us- he did in fact use performance-en- According to BaseballSteroidEra. ing performance-enhancing drugs, hancing drugs throughout his career, com, a total of 129 baseball players it’s hard for fans to distinguish those which helped him in the race with have been suspected of using some with natural skills from those who Chicago Cubs Sammy Sosa to beat type of PED and of those suspected, use drugs, such as steroids, to en- the single-season home run record 16 have admitted to the use with 27 hance their talents. with a total of 70 in 1998. being suspended and 34 being im- Steroid and human-growth hor- Once word got out of possible ste- plicated of usage. mone use in Major League Baseball, roid use in baseball, the media ran During the reign of McGwire, in particular, has gained much atten- with it and fans became aware that a Sosa and Barry Bonds fans were tion over the years with many home sport in which they knew and loved glued to their television sets and run records being broken. as “America’s pastime,” was now tar- packing stadiums featuring these The first player to admit publicly nished. With the public recogniz- sluggers to see history being made. that he used steroids was third base- ing that anabolic steroids and other As soon as statements were made man Ken Caminiti in 2002, which PEDs were involved with all of these regarding these stars and their pos- opened the gate for investigations records being broken, their view of sible steroid use, many fans began on several other professional base- the game changed completely. to question if the home runs were ball players. In a June 2002 article in Cal State Fullerton business stu- produced and enhanced due to the Sports Illustrated, Caminiti stated, dent Ruben Mota follows baseball drugs. “It’s no secret what’s going on in closely and since the period of ste- Barry Bonds had always been a baseball. At least half of the guys are roid allegations began, he has been fairly averaged-built athlete but as using steroids.” suspicious of some players who have he came into his mid 30s, he had be- Years prior to Caminiti’s com- gotten a lot bigger in a short amount come more lean and powerful. ments, a bottle of a nutrient supple- of time. CSUF kinesiology major Adrian ment was found in then- Oakland “When I see a player doing 10 Vera, noticed this change as well and became aware that Bonds had gotten better in his later years. “With Bonds being a middle-aged man, it was incredibly suspicious how he got so big in a matter of a AARON GILLIAM / Asst. Sports Editor few years,” Vera said. “Yeah, guys get Erin Saddler currently places second in the Big West with kills, averaging 4.4 per set this season. bigger with age but not the way he was growing and the way he would AARON GILLIAM while I was still in high school. I and Assistant Coach Raimi Mitchell crush the ball. It was exciting to watch Asst. Sports Editor would always be amazed on how on Saddler’s humility. but I knew he had to be juicing up.” athletic she was and how great of Saddler knows that because of her Although many fans are aware of a player she was. So I find that be- “new” title, opposing coaches will the use of steroids throughout baseball, Titan women’s volleyball star ing compared to Brittany is a great most likely change their game strate- it doesn’t make them less of a fan. senior outside hitter Erin Sad- compliment within itself,” Saddler gies to try and stop her but she isn’t American studies professor and dler was named Big West Con- said. too concerned with the new “target baseball enthusiast, Matthew Haskins, ference Player of the Week for When asked about what it felt like on her back.” explains that in the beginning he hated the second consecutive week in to win the award multiple times Sad- “I don’t really feel (the) pressure, PED useage in baseball because of the October. This was Saddler’s third dler said, “I feel honored, but while because we have other offensive play- likes of Bonds and his hatred towards honor of the season and fifth of we are in the middle of the season, I ers that our setter can go to. I’m still the Giants. But he came to realize how her career, tying her with former don’t think of pursuing the award, I going to work hard to do my part, prevalent enhancement drug use has teammate Brittany Moore for the just think about playing, and doing and I know that my teammates are been so he has mellowed out on the most Player of the Week honors my job on the team. So to be awarded going to work hard to put balls away issue. in the Cal State Fullerton volley- player of the week makes me aware too,” Saddler said. “I love baseball and am willing to ball program. of how I am succeeding in doing my Her teammates all appreciate her put up with a lot because of that love. Saddler, who is currently sec- job. And it also shows that our team hard work especially junior setter An- It would take a lot more than some ond in the Big West for kills with is doing a good job too.” drea Ragan, who leads the conference juiced players to make me quit base- 320 this season, gladly accepts “She knows it’s not about her it’s in assists. ball,” Haskins said. the comparison to Moore, whose about the team and what she’s doing “She’s really a key player for our Steroids may give baseball players retired jersey (10) hangs in Titan for the team that gets her those ac- team, she is really reliable, I can count a bad reputation and make spectators gym. colades and it’s just awesome, to see on her getting a kill and when I set suspicious of their talents but fans are “Because Brittany (Moore) is a player that’s so humble about get- her (up) I have a lot of confidence going to stand by their sport and ap- two years older than me, I was ting those amazing awards,” said Ti- that she can get the job done,” Ragan Courtesy of MCT preciate the game for what it has be- able to watch her play at CSUF tan Director of Volleyball Operations said. Under use of PEDs, Mark McGwire hit his 61st home run against Chicago Cubs in 1998. come. Titans’ controversial game ends streak ELLIOT COOK chez put it home. our 18 (yard box) like that and ex- head who then collected it,” Rosales Staff Writer The Titans pushed the tempo and pect to win. If we played the entire said. tied the game with a beautiful cross game like we did our last 10 min- Rosales received a yellow card on from freshman midfielder Ritchie utes, there’s no doubt we would win the play. The Titans still weren’t done The Cal State Fullerton men’s soc- Gonzalez to junior forward Nick easily,” Venegas said. attacking where there was more con- cer team can’t seem to put together Posthuma who finished the goal. The ending of the game proved to troversy. Within the UCR box, CSUF a full 90 minutes. Playing UC Riv- Four minutes later, the game com- be very dramatic. Posthuma missed hit a ball that looked as if it went off a erside on Wednesday the Titans lost pletely changed. Junior goalkeeper on an empty-net goal, but brought the UCR defender’s hand, but the ref and 3-2. The Titans gave the game in one Trevor Whiddon came out to grab Titans within 3-2 when he scored with assistant ref didn’t believe so. Redshirt very important minute in the second a ball, but the ball bounced off him 10 to play off a Venegas free kick. sophomore defender Jesse Escalante half after being down 1-0 at half. and into the foot of a UCR attacker, The Titans had lots of pressure on believed it was a handball and the ref’s In the first half the Titans had two freshman forward Ruben Valencia UCR’s defense, and even had an ap- missed it. great chances, one in the third min- who finished it. 34 seconds later, Va- parent goal that was not allowed by “The defender definitely handed it. ute with a shot just wide, and then lencia struck again when Whiddon the referee. He said the ball didn’t When you see a defender handball it, later in the half when junior mid- failed to clear the ball and got beat cross the line, even though freshman you always hear it and see his hand go fielder Kevin Venegas made a couple on a two-on-one attack. forward Anthony Rosales knew it up. Both of those happened,” Escal- of brilliant moves and barely missed. Venegas knew this was a huge did. ante said. UCR scored with 16 minutes left to change in the game. “The ball went over the line, I The Titans are now 5-7-2 and 3-3 ALAYNA DURAN / Staff Photographer play in the half off a defensive give “We gave them two very easy kicked it and saw it go over the line in league. They next play at UC Irvine Redshirt sophomore midfielder Nick Swart gets tied up tracking down the ball. away, and senior forward Arnie San- goals. We can’t give up the ball in in the air. I hit the ball off the goalies Saturday at 7 p.m.

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