News Sports West Nile discovered in Administration fails Santa Ana, fatal disease to defend traditional alarms community 3 rights to celebrate 6 California State University, Fullerton DAILY TITAN Wednesday, March 2, 2005 www.dailytitan.com Volume 80, Issue 12 Happy Tears of mourning fall in Iraq 101st to Dr. Seuss Sarah Bain Gallery celebrates birthday of Cat in the Hat creator By APRIL MILLER Daily Titan Staff The Cat in the Hat is coming to Dr. Seuss’s 101st birthday party at the Sarah Bain Gallery on Birch Street in Brea on March 2 from 2-7 p.m. Everyone is invited, especially kids. Gallery owner Sally Waranch said she waited an entire year to acquire some of his original pieces of art to display on his birthday. She said she wants to educate people about the work of Seuss, whose real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel. “Everyone [gallery owners] wants his birthday,” Waranch said. Some of the work displayed is part of a touring collection that will only be shown at this gallery until March 13. Most of his work is warehoused at the Mandeville Special Collections Library at the University of California San Diego, which houses 8,500 pieces of his collection. “Folks are surprised about his early political career,” said Joe Bray, biblio- graphical specialist of the Mandeville Collection. Pieces of the collection The Associated Press are displayed in March for Seuss’s An unidentified woman grieves near the blast site in Hillah, Iraq on Tuesday. Hundreds of people visited the wounded and inspected corpses at the hospital in Hillah trying to birthday and sometimes loaned for identify friends and family who died in a suicide bombing that killed at least 120 people, the single deadliest attack of its kind since the fall of Saddam Hussein. The demonstra- other exhibits, he said. Access to the tion came as the Shiite candidate for prime minister traveled north for talks with the Kurds about a coalition government and as the number of American dead in the Iraqi war neared 1,500. Hundreds of victims’ relatives were desperate for information on loved ones. Full story on page 3. DR. SEUss 4 Speaker addresses Attention Deficit Disorder Girl Scout cookies Disorder. In his book, Hartman estimates Stringer explained to students that Lecture at Cal State “It is frustrating. All through high that 30 to 70 percent of children the diagnosis of the disease can be Fullerton emphasizes school I thought I was inept when in with the disorder continue to dis- made by a brain scan, an examination impede on dieting fact I had a real problem,” Merel said. play symptoms into adulthood. Many of childhood, academic and behav- risks of Adult ADD “It was such a relief to find a cure or adults with ADD/ADHD are unaware ioral history, vocational testing and a way to cope.” Merel said her grades they have the disease if it was not evaluation of interpersonal relation- girls who earn a patch and for troops By DESDEMONA BANDINI in math went up by 30 percent in two caught during childhood, according ship skills. Adults and children alike Organization’s treats who gain funding. Daily Titan Staff weeks after she began to take medi- to a group called Children and Adults share similar symptoms. CSUF offers pose a challenge to These former scouts typically buy cation for the disorder. with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity students free testing for ADD/ADHD a box or two of cookies to support She knew she was not stupid. “It was the ADD that kept me get- Disorder. through Disabled Student Services New Year’s resolutions the scout’s effort, even if they really Her friends and family were always ting C’s when in fact I am capable of In an effort to increase student but does not have a psychiatrist on don’t want a $4 box of cookies or are By APRIL MILLER telling her how bright she was. She much higher grades,” she said. awareness about psychological issues, campus who can dispense medica- Daily Titan Staff on a diet. worked very hard in school. But no Attention Deficit Disorder and the Theatre and Dance Department, tion. Scouts start taking orders for matter how long she studied or how Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Career Center and Counseling and An article by Eileen Bailey on the cookies in February. Some dieters hard she tried, she got low grades and Disorder are usually diagnosed dur- Psychological Services Center are Web site About.com explains that Girl Scout cookies come around feel safe ordering because the cook- tested poorly. She always felt a little ing childhood, but according to new running a series of upcoming per- ADD/ADHD is not a new disease, as only annually and when they’re ies don’t come until March. different from everyone else, but it research from Thom Hartmann in his forming arts lectures. Last month, a man who is referred to as Dr. Still gone, that’s it for the entire year. Now March is here and so are the was hard to pinpoint why exactly. book, “Attention Deficit Disorder: A Cassandra Stringer presented the topic first documented it in 1902 in Britain. That’s why so many people stock cookies. It was not until she was a senior in Different Perception,” he points out “Understanding ADD and ADHAD,” Still coined his cases of impulsive up, stashing several boxes in the “You bought them. You love high school that Jessica Merel, a Cal that ADD/ADHD has only recently accompanied by a video featuring behavior as a “defect of moral con- freezer, thinking they won’t eat the them,” Yellin said. “But you don’t State Fullerton freshman and musical been recognized as an adult disability Newport Beach expert, ADD/ADHD trol.” He and other doctors over cookies for a while because they are need to eat the entire box at once theater major, found out that she was after it was previously thought to be Psychiatrist Daniel Amen, who dis- the past century have confirmed that frozen. because you won’t unlike others. It was then that she an adolescent disorder that disap- cussed the challenges of living and “They’re even “ be happy with was diagnosed with Attention Deficit pears after adulthood begins. working with the disease. ADD/ADHD 4 better frozen,” said Ninety percent yourself.” Michelle Thayer, of female CEOs Cookies can fit who’s been known into any diet pro- to stash a box or two and 54 percent of gram, she said. Cellular phones at risk for computer virus threats of Thin Mints deep women business People should Mobile users are now These viruses seem to have created [the] most rapid growing segment of by placing Bluetooth in “hidden” in the freezer out of owners are former exercise a little a threat by targeting “smart phones” the cell phone market” in the United mode so it is invisible to other devic- sight of her family. members. more so they can encouraged to install equipped with Microsoft and Symbian States, Thiemann said. es. According to the Web definition “People don’t Gail Ellis-Olds indulge in a few software, according to expert virus Despite the possible threats caused for Bluetooth, it is an open standard like to run out,” Girl Scout Council Rep. cookies. She sug- software, avoid threat fighters at SimWorks. by these high tech phones, some cell for wireless transmission of voice and Girl Scout Council gests taking extra “Smart phones” are cell phones that phone users say that they are not data between mobile devices Representative Gail boxes to work and By KamILLA MARUFY ” For the Daily Titan can connect to the Internet in order to concerned. Cell phone users are also encour- Ellis-Olds said. They call Girl Scout share with everyone, thus getting the complete tasks such as Web browsing “I don’t feel threatened because I aged to install virus software, back headquarters mid-year wanting cook- tempting cookies out of the house. and sending and receiving e-mail. have protected my cell phone when I up cell files regularly and be cau- ies. We have to tell them we don’t By planning ahead she said two Computer viruses have the poten- What has recently been conceived first heard about the virus,” said Iliana tious about downloading files from have any either, she said. goals are met—helping scouts and tial to jeopardize cell phone security as strictly computer-related functions, Zamarripa, a student who relies on the Internet. If a virus is detected on Cookie sales come just weeks keeping a diet goal. at the same level that personal com- such as applications like PDFs and her cell phone every day. a phone, users are recommended to after New Year’s Day, when many “Cookie sales are about business puter malicious software did years Excel spreadsheets, are now available Thiemann, however, predicts that delete the .prc file, known as “palm people vow to start a diet. But even skills and goal setting,” Ellis-Olds ago. on smart phones. cell phone viruses will spread as data. application file,” that is uncompressed dieters can’t resist these cookies, said. “Previously you were more secure The “Warez” scene, which is when He said that with the increased popu- and can be installed directly from a because there is such a short window According to the Feb. 20 Long with your phone and you did not have hackers ‘crack’ commercial software larity of Centric phones, by the year PC to a Palm during synchronization, of opportunity to buy them.