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California State University, Fullerton www.dailytitan.comTHE DTUESDAY,AILY APRIL 4, 2006T ITANVolume 82, Issue 27 OPINION SPORTS Ladies and gentlemen, please UCLA fans disappointed as welcome Jeff Kliiiimaaaaa Florida takes NCAA title Page 4 Page 5 Has It Been Eight Minutes Yet? Singles get together for quickies, only if each person is interested in the same thing. For example, if a man is interested in a dates that last only eight minutes, second date with one of the women he dated, with up to 12 people in a night he will only get contact information for the woman is interested in a second date. By Jamie Quarles The event at the Shark Club drew many Daily Titan Staff Writer participants, all divided into two age groups. The first age group was for women within or near 24 to 38, and men 24 to 40. The second rab a scorecard, a nametag and a age group was designed to have women 30 to drink to prepare for this unique 48 and men 34 to 48. experience. Speed dating is the Jamie Quarles/Daily Titan Still, 8minute Dating does not require new and popular way to meet people to show proof of their ages, so the age people and possibly find the love FULL DATE AHEAD: Participants in the groups will vary. ofG your life. speed-dating event get to know one another. One 40-year-old participant said he had In Costa Mesa on March 31, a speed-dating tried speed dating before in the older group, event with 8minutedating.com took place at with his or her date for about eight minutes, but he didnʼt have any success. This time, the Shark Club. The club is a dimly lit venue then they switch. After that, the next eight- he signed up for the younger age group with with a large fish tank in its center. In the tank minute date begins. hope that he would find a few matches. was a small shark, swimming slowly and At the end of each mini-date, each par- During the event, most people followed the rhythmically in the water. ticipant secretly rates each of his or her dates rotation well and chatted and laughed with Kim Hackworth, one of the two event hosts on a scorecard. The scoring is done in three their dates. On the other hand, a few people for the night, said speed dating allows people categories: second date, friendship, business. wandered around looking bored and con- to go on mini-dates with 8 to 12 people a Second date is marked if a person is inter- fused, and others tried to liven up their night night. Speed dating, she said, works like ested in seeing that person again. Friendship with a few alcoholic beverages. this: is marked if a person only wants friendship, Diana Lozano, 25, one of the 8minute People interested in trying the event regis- and business is marked if participants would Dating participants in the younger group, said ter online to save a spot for the event. They like a business relationship. Participants can she found a few potential matches. She said register for an event based on the location and mark as many of the boxes as they want or she had never tried speed dating but had a the age group they fit into or are interested in mark none. good time and would try it again. dating. When they get to the event, they are After all of the dates, each dater takes the Another participant, Grace Hunter, 37, said given a nametag, and are seated according to scorecard home and logs online to put in the a seating chart. scores. A match is made and contact informa- When the dating begins, each person talks tion for each participant will be exchanged SEE SPEED DATE = PAGE 2 Extra! Extra! Sentencing Set for Man Three Papers Convicted of Attack Student was sexually assaulted CSUF student. Iofi went unnoticed until The Associated Press the woman was getting out of the truck and injured in CSUF Performing and saw him, Gehrls said. THE DANCE ENDS Now Free Arts Building in 2004 “She became aware of his presence UCLA Head Coach Ben Howland walks off the court with as she exited the truck, and she called Jordan Harmar after the Bruinsʼ 73-57 loss to Florida in the New York Times, O.C. Register, USA campus police around 8 a.m. and told By Cristina Rodriguez NCAA Tournament national championship basketball game Today available on campus. But will Daily Titan Staff Writer them that he was on campus,” he said. “Mr. Iofi wandered around campus and in Indianapolis on Monday. Daily Titan become extraneous? wound up in the TSU Underground and A man convicted of attacking a female got a coffee. He eventually wandered Structure’s Opening Delayed By Stacy Serna student on the Cal State Fullerton cam- into the Performing Arts Building.” Daily Titan Staff Writer pus could spend the rest of his life in a Gehrls said several students noticed By Cindy Tullues “In addition, we cannot operate the mental institution. him, yet no one felt he posed a threat, so Daily Titan Asst. News Editor elevators until they pass an inspection, William Iofi was determined to be University Police was not called. which could not be scheduled until Free national newspapers filled the Titan Student insane in February and is set to be sen- In the meantime, police were search- after the glass panels are installed.” Union and Langsdorf Hall on Monday, as Associated tenced Friday. He is at Orange County ing for Iofi. After months of anticipation, the However, students with a valid Students Inc. and the TSU began a pilot program Jail undergoing psychiatric evaluations, “Iofi eventually corners the victim and opening of Cal State Fullertonʼs new CSUF parking permit can now park designed to boost readership among college students. according to a court official at the North charges at her, knocking her to the floor,” State College Parking Structure locat- in surface lot B and lot R surrounding Through the Collegiate Reader Program, which Justice Center in Fullerton. he said. ed in lot B has been delayed till April the six-story structure. was designed by Penn State in 1997, USA Today The 2004 attack was not a first offense “He again starts to kiss her and lick 17. Despite the two-week delay, con- coordinates with newspapers across the nation to pro- for Iofi, police said. He had reportedly her face.” “The delay is the elevator struc- struction is still approximately three vide free newspapers to college students. been harassing his neighbors. “He bit her, chipping two or three teeth ture and specifically the installation months ahead of schedule, said Mike Nationally, 400 universities are involved in the On the morning of the attack, Sept. and was moving his hands all about her of the exterior glass panels,” said Smith, director of design and con- program. 14, 2004, Iofi climbed into the bed of Joe Ferrer, director of Parking and struction at CSUF. “The program had been offered before, but the stu- his neighborʼs pick-up truck. Iofi didnʼt Transportation Services in an e-mail Students can look forward to 1,400 dents were not as open to the idea,” said Diane Steele, know the person driving the truck was a SEE ATTACK = PAGE 3 interview. new spaces, Ferrer said. a senior account manager for collegiate programs of USA Today. ASI President Mona Mohammadi chose three pub- lications: USA Today, the Orange County Register Keeping Under the Influence in Check and The New York Times. “I talked to students and picked publications that I Fullerton police begin plan to As a CSUF alumnus – he graduated Student learns that drinking “It wasnʼt like I was drunk some- thought the students would enjoy,” Mohammadi said. curb drunken driving, other in 2001 – he knows that the rush for and driving can cost hours in where and was like, ʻHey, guys, Iʼm out “I wanted to pursue the program because it encour- parking or an impending test more often of here,ʼ ” Kenneth said. ages students to read newspapers and gets them road-rule violations in city than not motivates speeding. extra classes, thousands in fines He drove about a block down from involved in world news.” Not surprisingly, Clanin noted that the the party and realized he was in no But others worry that the program may lower read- By Julie Anne Ines No. 1 excuse studentsʼ give for speed- By Lauren Padilla position to drive. He pulled over and ership of campus publications. Daily Titan Staff Writer ing, which is also the No. 1 reason for Daily Titan Staff Writer called everyone he knew to find a local “Iʼm skeptical about the whole thing,” Wendell accidents in California, is running late. place to spend the night. He was unsuc- Crow, chair of the communications department, said. But Clanin soon may hear this excuse cessful. He decided to get back on the “I believe that students should read newspapers ullerton Police Department less frequently if the Fullerton Police n a Saturday night in August freeway but only made it another exit beyond The Daily Titan, but why would you want to Senior Officer Scot Clanin Departmentʼs Reduce Aggressive and of 2005, Kenneth, a Cal down before he felt his head spinning. subsidize it?” knows the cityʼs streets. Impaired Drivers program, of which he State Fullerton political He knew that he wouldnʼt make it to Steele and Mohammadi recognize the potential With six years of experi- is a part, is successful.