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Halloween Abound OPINION: Trick-or-treating is for kids ... it’s time to SPORTS PAGE 8 grow up this Halloween, page 5 Fencing club duels in FEATURES: This Halloween, visit one of the most alumni tournament haunted OC cities – Fullerton, page 3 Since 1960 Volume 85, Issue 36 Wednesday October 31, 2007 DailyThe Student Voice of California StateTitan University, Fullerton DTSHORTHAND Huntington Beach Daunting and delightful events for band plays the Pub CSUF students seeking tricks or treats Local band “A Kiss Could Be Halloween BY JADE LEHAR AND CHRISTY ORGeta cause Mickey and the rest of the Deadly” will perform at the TSU Pub on Thursday. Daily Titan Staff Writers gang go to sleep at 8 p.m. The performance runs from [email protected] Cheapskate thrill seekers can noon to 1 p.m. as part of the visit the Haunted Maze, built by Pub’s ongoing concert series. It’s finally Halloween, and attrac- a group of neighbors who com- Lead by vocalist Lauren, the ELEBRATIONS tions in the spooks and scares are bined their houses for a scary five-piece band combines punk, C experience. This year’s mazes in- aplenty for thrill-seeking students. rock and new wave to create Fullerton locals looking to avoid clude “death row,” “executioner’s their sound, which has started to movie theaters can check out a the- chamber” and “cranky clowns.” garner attention from rock crit- atrical performance of “Night of the The maze runs from 6 to 10 p.m ics. Last year, the band was one Living Dead” at the Maverick The- on Halloween. The location is at of three winners of Alternative ater. The show started Monday and 5925 Los Nietos, Buena Park. Press’s “Almost Famous” contest. end its run today. The show starts at A Halloween alternative for For more information on fu- Abound the faint-hearted is the Fall 8 p.m. Tickets are $18. ture performances, visit myspace. Make the trek to Yorba Linda and Festival held at Foothill Fam- com/akisscouldbedeadly. experience Haunt Hotel and Grave- ily Church in Foothill Ranch. yard. Open from 6 to 9 p.m on Hal- Games include paintball, a me- loween, admission is free. The Haunt chanical surfboard, a bounce 0wner in tears over Hotel and Graveyard is located at house, arcade games, food and 5905 Via Del Tecolote. more. The free event is held at pet pig’s big potbelly For horror movie buffs, the 19432 Bake Parkway from 5:30 WINONA, Minn. (AP) – A Haunted Graveyard and Maze of to 8:30 p.m. woman wants abuse charges filed Terror is a covered outdoor maze Celebrate Halloween at the against an acquaintance who was featuring scenes from such films as beach by heading down to Main pet-sitting for her potbellied pig “Psycho,” “Arachnophobia,” “Beetle- Street in Huntington Beach for and allowed the animal to get juice” and others. Open from dusk the Halloween Celebration. The fat. until 10 p.m., this Santa Ana- fun will include trick-or-treat- Michelle Schmitz said her pig, based maze is located at ing, rides, a costume contest, Alaina Templeton, weighed 50 808 La Vergn Way. a moon bounce and arts and pounds when Schmitz left her Kids and kids at crafts. This event is free. with a co-worker who offered to heart can head to Mazes are abundant Hal- care for the animal in February. Disneyland for loween night with the Block at Nine months later, the pig Halloween- Orange’s The Haunted Cellar. weighed 150 pounds and it took Time, where Admission is $9 to $15 and held veterinarians 4½ hours to surgi- Disneyland until 10 p.m located across from cally remove the animal’s collar, characters the Vans Skate Park. the Winona Daily News reported. w e a r Don a costume at the “Night Officers are investigating whether H a l - of the Living Dead” Masquer- Alaina was abused by the sitter’s loween ade Party at the Bowers Mu- neglect and overfeeding. c o s - seum. For $50, event-goers gulp When she tried to recover the tumes, mummy martinis while watch- pig in April, Schmitz said the co- partic- ing “The Mummy” on a large worker wouldn’t return her calls. i p a t e screen. She said she didn’t know where in Hal- For a less expensive event, the woman lived and that when loween head to the Sutra Lounge in she finally found the woman’s activities Costa Mesa, where $20 to $40 farm Saturday, she discovered and other can purchase admission to the Alaina’s neck had grown around g h o s t l y 4th annual Lalita XS Halloween her collar and that the pig had fun. Admis- Ball. Champagne is comple- trouble breathing. sion is $53 to mentary from 7 to 9 p.m. Wear The pig now wears bandages $63 and parking a costume and dance the night and is healing from a pressure is $11. Be prepared away to DJ Melo-D of the Beat wound and neck infection. to go to sleep early be- Junkies. Schmitz said she cried for three days after she discovered her pet’s weight problem. “That pig is my life,” said Schmitz, who has a tattoo of Alaina’s name. A conservationist movement Signs promoting condom CSUF groups gather to YOUTUBE: ‘PROOF’ organize an awareness fair giveaway raise concerns OF GHOSTS, DEMONS today to educate students BY ELENI REED with administration Daily Titan Staff Writer [email protected] CSUF health center said they are not affiliated We had several Cal State Fullerton’s Project Earth complaints about has been expanding its horizons re- with the campus signage “ cently. A fundraising bowling night the figures that were was held as a kick-off to Project BY KARL ZYNDA obviously intended Earth’s Environmental Awareness Daily Titan Staff Writer “ This video is a compilation of Resource Fair which will be held to- [email protected] to show a sex act. older and more recent clips of day on the Titan Walk. BY ELENI REED/Daily Titan Staff Writer – Robert Palmer, what some believe are supernatu- Director James McKenney, 19, A poster illustrates how common items can be recycled to help the environment. The removal of signs promoting a vice president for ral beings. These clips are offered said Project Earth typically seeks vol- condom giveaway in November was student affairs as “proof” of the existence of unteers to do manual labor, such as and other things to do to protect the Student Union arrived to bowl, but requested after at least one complaint ghosts, spirits and demons. Most weed and garden in local parks. environment. were unaware there was an event tak- Monday to Robert Palmer, the vice the Health Center associated with of the clips are shaky, blurry or The resource fair will provide the “We were more interested in stay- ing place. president for student affairs. that particular advertisement.” The condom giveaway, scheduled otherwise unclear, increasing the campus community with valuable ing here and looking for a group that One female was disappointed be- Wang echoed these sentiments. for Wednesday, Nov. 14, is a com- “I don’t want the Student Health already unlikely potential for any information regarding how everyone needed help,” said Michaela Carreon, cause she had just paid to eat upstairs, bined effort of the Daily Titan and and Counseling Center name to be of the videographer’s claims to be can protect and conserve the envi- 22, public relations coordinator. but still donated to the foundation. ronment. She said the ultimate goal was to Her and her friends were on a the Student Health and Counseling associated with an icon that could real. One clip, however, features a Center to promote safe sex among create controversy,” Wang said. Japanese girl looking into a mir- McKenney said there are a lot of get volunteers to sign up with Proj- break from their group meeting, people on campus who don’t have ect Earth for upcoming events and to Queer Straight Alliance, taking place Cal State Fullerton students. It is Mary Hermann, director of health ror. But when she looks away, the scheduled during National AIDS education, expressed concerns with reflection does not change and the time to research ways to help the raise funds and awareness. upstairs. environment. A booth was stationed with vari- Mark Lee, 23, music major, was Awareness Week. the unauthorized use of the name of the image continues to stare. The sign that was found offensive “[We want them] to look out with ous tips on how to recycle everyday winning. He enjoyed the price of the the center. Duration: 9:46 is part of the promotion for the event. “When I had spoken to Stephanie the resources they have. We will be items, such as cell phones, oil filters event, although he and his friends ar- It depicts drawings of a condom and in our conversations, I just told her there with information on how to do and ink cartridges. rived by chance. WEATHER one pair of heterosexual stick figures that we had an issue with the Student small things,” McKenney said. Project Earth director Shayna “We are just a bunch of friends Wednesday’s event will include utilizing a missionary position – an Health and Counseling Center name Horwitz, 22, expressed knowledge as coming down, bowling and having almost identical promotion for the various nonprofit organizations, such being used on the posters,” she said. to why everyone should recycle. some fun,” Lee said. event can be found on page 5 of this Stephanie Birditt, director of ad- TODAY TOMorroW as The Sierra Club, Orange County “We want to recycle to reduce Ben Lopez, 19, a music major, edition.
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