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Vol. 88 Issue 15 September 28, 2010 WHAT’S INSIDE Fencing lunges OPINION New Trend: Women into action standing up for themselves ........................................4 Medieval club crosses swords on campus See STUDENTS, page 2 DETOUR Titan Radio at Titan Tusk Force on Wednesday Shadow Festival draws ........................................6 crowd with horrific entertainment SPORTS Month-long festival hosts a variety of plays and musical Women’s basketball annual performances Race for the Cure See FULLERTON, page 6 ........................................8 dailytitan.com The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton LinkedIn links up job seekers Social networking website aids a variety of professionals MICHELLE WIEBACH HEAT News Editor The Career Center launches its online presence this semester, us- ing the social networking website LinkedIn.com to help students find jobs. “We are meeting students where they are,” said Debbie Darling, a WAVE Career Center industry specialist for humanities and social science. Darling hopes to connect with stu- dents via social networking sites 112° like Twitter and LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a professional social Heat by the numbers networking website designed to help connect its 75 million users to • Downtown Los Angeles hit 113 degrees yesterday, job opportunities and field-specific breaking the old all-time record of 112 degrees set on resources. Recruiters and hiring June 26, 1990. managers use the website to find candidates and make connections with prospective employees. • Fullerton recorded a high of 112 degrees yesterday, Jim Case, director of the Career breaking the previous record of 108 degrees in 2004 Center, hopes LinkedIn will work as a platform to connect the 49,000 • The hottest ever temperature was in El Azizia, Libya, users that list Cal State Fullerton as where temperatures reached 136 degrees in 1922. their school with students seeking jobs and internships. “(LinkedIn is) a huge database of • The pool at the recreation center is open Monday potential opportunity for students,” through Thursday from 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and is Case said. “Students can build an the perfect way to cool off in between classes. online network that goes beyond people on campus.” On LinkedIn, users can create a • Lack of water can lead to dehydration, especially in profile that lists experience, educa- extreme heat. Drink up! JANELLE CONNER / Staff Photographer tional background, specialties and current job positions. Daniel Wade and Dillon Mosier relax in the pool during Information gathered by: Keith Cousins mid-afternoon temperature of 112 at the SRC Building. See LINKEDIN, page 2 Ping-Pong playoffs Table tennis rallies players during tournament JESSICA RUBIO For The Daily Titan Just below the Titan Student Union Underground, table ten- MARK SAMALA / Photo Editor nis players practice their skills and participate in a tournament every Students gather during a CALPIRG campaign to spread awareness about environmental protection, global warming and social problems, amongst other things. other Thursday at 4 p.m., seeking the best competitor. Any Cal State Fullerton student is welcomed to participate in the tournament Students unite against whether they bring their own pad- dle or not. Before the tournament begins, Proposition 23 issue players warm up by scrimmaging against each other and unload- STEPHANIE RAYGOZA Gaya and other group members ing their paddles from cushioned Asst. News Editor are leading an aggressive campaign cases. push to get 10,000 students to pledge For table tennis participant, Paul to vote no on Prop. 23. The group Do, warming up before the game is Student organizers, part of an en- has already garnered a thousand crucial. Do, 23, a business mar- vironmental protection group, kicked pledges.“When people fill out these keting major, started playing table off a campaign Monday to bring pledges they’re more likely to go out tennis in 2003 when his dad intro- awareness and influence students to and vote,” said pledge coordinator duced him to the game. Do plays OLIVIA BOUNVONGXAY / Staff Writer vote against Proposition 23. Kylie Kellas. table tennis in the Underground Festival patrons felt what it was like to make wine the traditional way as they stepped on and squished grapes at Uncorked Led by campus organizer Adam If passed, Prop. 23 would suspend when he has time because he likes Gaya, the meeting’s main focus was the Global Warming Act of 2006, AB the skills involved and just “having to inform students about what the 32, until California’s unemployment fun.” Food and wine festival at Arboretum California Public Interest Research rate drops to 5.5 percent or lower for When the clock strikes four, the Group is and about the group on four consecutive quarters. Under AB game is on. OLIVIA BOUNVONGXAY champagne while the heat lingered into the night. campus. 32, the state is required to cut green- As soon as the paddle strikes the Staff Writer The Arboretum was covered to its entirety with “Education is going to be key and house gas emission levels to1990 lev- ball, this fast-paced game takes full white linen tents. students play a big role in the decid- els by 2020 with cuts slated to begin force. Each was steaming with aromas of their finest cui- ing factor of whether this law passes,” in 2012. The table tennis tournament can Wine glasses were filled to the brim at the Fullerton sines, A-list wines and spiced cigars. Gaya said. CALPIRG is an indepen- The proposition was placed on the be compared to the game of volley- Uncorked Food and Wine Festival, held in Cal State Chocolate-covered strawberries, pulled pork slid- dent, statewide student organization November ballot by Texas oil compa- ball, said Underground employee Fullerton’s Arboretum Saturday evening. ers and lobster bisque were just a taste of the samples that encourages and organizes college nies Valero Energy and Tesoro Corp. Alexis Robinson, a 23-year-old so- Hanging lanterns led the pathway to the food and given out by local restaurants, like The Twisted Vine students to work and help solve issues and have invested nearly $5.6 million ciology major. wine tasting celebration presented by the Fullerton and Slide Bar. such as environmental protection, to the campaign. South Rotary Club. Family, friends and locals cooled consumer protection and social prob- See TENNIS, page 3 down with iced white wines, rosés and sparkling See ARBORETUM, page 6 lems within their college. See GLOBAL, page 3 Contact Us at [email protected] dailytitan.com September 28, 2010 2 NEWS IN OTHER NEWS INTERNATIONAL Students spar in new club British owner of Segway dies riding his own vehicle Six-week fencing course gains popularity and LONDON – A British businessman whose company makes the popular Segway upright “personal transporter” died when he rode one of the ma- returns this semester chines over a cliff and into a river, it was confirmed Monday. Police in West Yorkshire, northern England, said the body of 62 year-old MI TRAN Jimi Heselden was found in the river Wharfe, at Boston Spa, near Weth- Staff Writer erby, Sunday. It appeared that Heselden had driven over a cliff into the river, reports said. Heselden, who became a multimillionaire, was chairman of Hesco History aficionados or people in- Bastion Ltd. in Leeds, a leading manufacturer of protective barriers. terested in learning about ancient He bought U.S.-based Segway Inc. late last year. Segway was started by fencing techniques can check out the inventor Dean Kamen in 1999 after he developed the electric two-wheeled, self-balancing scooters. emerging Medieval Swordsmanship Hesco Bastion confirmed in a statement that Heselden had died in a Club and class meetings Wednesday “tragic accident” near his home in West Yorkshire. nights at Cal State Fullerton. What turned out to be a six-week course taught at the Student Rec- reation Center, soon turned into a NATIONAL club. Students who took the class Obama again sounds call for longer school year felt that the amount of time being offered was not enough for all the WASHINGTON – With the public education system in crisis, President material being covered, they were Obama called Monday for purging underperforming teachers and lengthen- eager to learn more. ing the school year so that the United States keeps pace with other advanced “We can only cover so much in countries. six weeks, so the student club was He said more spending is needed to update textbooks, facilities and equip- a natural choice,” said Jason Taylor, ment, but added that money without reform would not solve the problems of the instructor for the class and club. education. “You can’t defend a status quo in which a third of our kids are dropping out,” The MSC is affiliated with the Obama said in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show. “You can’t defend the Historical European Martial Arts status quo when you’ve got 2,000 schools across the county that are dropout Alliance (HEMA), a nonprofit orga- factories where more than half of the kids are dropping out.” nization dedicated to the study and research of European martial arts. The MSC is also a part of Kron STATE Martial Arts, a group within the al- SHANE WESTOVER / Staff Photographer liance that provides instruction and Justin Beck, 23, fights a fellow club member during the sword fighting class. Serious students are encouraged to buy their own swords. Disneyland allows worker to wear religious scarf organizational assistance to the club. Alex Chmielewski, a first year political science student, found out society and martial heritage during advanced students use blunt steel else.” ANAHEIM – Disneyland has agreed to allow a company intern to wear the medieval time period. The class swords. Taylor thinks it’s the expanse his- her religious headscarf at work, according to a Muslim rights group that about the club during Discoverfest.