Vol. 90 Issue 7 September 13, 2011 Watch the 9/11 memorial Daily Titan slideshow News in 3 The Nixon Library hosts fragments and a memorial in honor of the 10-year anniversary. Get up-to- Scan to view ONLINE View more Scan to view EXCLUSIVES date cover- photographs of dailytitan.com age on top the fragments campus brought by a news stories motorcade from New York. dailytitan.com The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Preview performing arts’ talent A guide to the fall season of theatre and dance performances JAMES BEAN Daily Titan Just steps away from your after- noon chemistry class, the Cal State Fullerton Department of Theatre and Dance works day and night to bring stories to life in its eclectic set of on-campus theaters. This season is packed with familiar and not-so- familiar stories that the actors, de- signers, writers and directors want to share with the world. Dead Man’s Cell Phone The first story on the roster is Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl. The play follows a woman named Jean who is eating at a café when a man’s cell phone interrupts her lunch. In a fit of fury, she confronts the man only to discover that he is dead. She an- swers his cell phone and finds herself swept into the man’s former life. “(The title) is kind of literal,” said Abby Hankins, a junior musical theater major. “The more you’re (in technology), the less you’re here in our world.” See THEATER, page 6 Veteran math professor awarded for excellence After 36 years, Martin Bonsangue knows how to make students’ experience with math positive LUKE CHERNEY teacher asking us what two plus two was, and I Daily Titan answered four and she was trying to psych the class out. And she said, ‘Is it?’ I remember think- Martin “Marty” Bonsangue, this year’s recipi- ing, as a five year old, ‘Yeah, it’s four, with no ent of Cal State Fullerton’s Outstanding Profes- question about it,’” he said. “Numbers always sor Award, hopes to change how people view kind of felt comfortable to me.” math for the better. The Outstanding Professor Award is the high- “Everyone has a math story,” said Bonsangue. est award CSUF gives to teachers. According to “Everyone has a turning point with math, for Mark Filowitz, associate dean of the College of good or not so good.” Natural Sciences and Mathematics, the award is Bonsangue has been teaching at CSUF since not just about teaching. It encompasses involve- 1992, but he started teaching junior high school ment in CSUF’s research and service programs math and music at La Puente Unified in 1976. Courtesy of Robert Tran ANIBAL ORTIZ / Daily Titan as well. “After 36 years in the biz, anyone under 40 is a Bonsangue receives CSUF’s Outstanding Professor Daniel R. Hughes, a former police chief of the Surprise Police Department in Arizona, answers “That says you’ve excelled in all three areas,” kid to me,” he said jokingly. Award from President Milton Gordon. questions in an open forum regarding safety, faculty relations and student education. said Filowitz. “It’s great to be recognized in one Bonsangue said his love of math began at an aspect, but this is the overall aspect. It’s pretty early age. special. There’s only one on campus every year.” See MATH, page 2 “I remember being in kindergarten, with the Weighing candidates Day-long interviews continue in search of a Minimal art show Soccer new University Police chief after a summer break preview ANIBAL ORTIZ Safety, he said, that includes polic- paints the town red Daily Titan ing the community and working with outside agencies. CSUF Exit Gallery welcomes Rachel A handful of individuals attended Hughes also said he believes officers an open forum Monday to ask a can- Lipnisky’s colorful “Chroma” art exhibit offer an educational aspect as well as didate for the police chief position serving as safety personnel. trigger memories, seduce, agitate, questions about safety. RACHEL MASOCOL “I think that police officers should The forum was held in the Emer- Daily Titan exhaust, relieve.” And that was only be role models,” Hughes said. gency Operations Center at the Uni- a taste of how the audience felt as The college campus is the “perfect Skillfull artist Rebecca Lipnisky versity Police station at CSUF at 3 they marveled at her artwork. place” for students to learn ethical opened her gallery titled “Chro- p.m. and was part of a day-long pro- As the art crowd was awed by traits, Hughes said during the open ma” at the Cal State Fullerton Exit cess that interviews a candidate for her large canvases, many were Scan to view forum. Gallery Friday. Showcasing nine the open police chief position. It is a amazed by her sensational artistry. ONLINE With soccer season in full swing, While there were no students pres- art pieces spanning over a year, the EXCLUSIVES continuation of a search that started in “The hidden colors reveal new the Titans are looking to build upon ent at the open forum Monday, stu- work was emotional and minimal, dailytitan.com the spring semester, following former dimensions of emotion,” said Sa- the success of last season and make dents and the public are welcome a combination that would make police Chief Judi King’s retirement. mantha Dowd, 24, an art major it to the NCAA tournament. A big to listen and ask questions at future sense if you ever met Lipnisky her- Major topics discussed during the and president of the Fullerton part of their success depends on events. self. open forum included faculty labor University Artists Club. senior goalkeeper Trevor Whiddon. Jennifer Faust, Ph.D., associate vice As she was dressed in all black relations, safety, security, community Lipnisky’s labors of love are all president for Academic Affairs, said and wearing horn-rimmed glass- relations and student education. about the explorations of color, there are people who really care about es, she revealed to the audience “(The education of the students) is harmony, shape and tension be- the process and know the importance that her work was all about color. the reason we are all here,” said can- tween juxtaposing hues. A fine art of meeting with candidates. Lipnisky’s paintings were vivid, us- didate Daniel R. Hughes during the student who is expected to gradu- Sinking past the horizon “I think that, symbolically, having ing different colors ranging from open forum. ate in spring 2012, Lipnisky ar- Sailing Club struggles to stay afloat at CSUF the forum helps,” said Faust, not dis- red, blue, yellow, green and black. Hughes appeared to have done ticulated how color animates life. couraged by the small crowd. Annie Compean, 21, an art ma- some research and included why he How could anyone live in black CHARLOTTE KNIGHT determined to find a driven student Hughes has worked in law enforce- jor, was impressed by Lipnisky’s wanted to join the CSUF community. and white when there is vitality in Daily Titan with a love for sailing who will carry ment for more than 34 years. He work, and said, “Her paintings are “It’s an exceptional school,” Hughes color? Joe Devera, 28, an alumnus on the legacy. served about 25 years as an assistant soulful and reflective.” said. “I look at the school as progres- from CSUF, was highly impressed What could a sports club with its Arjun Cardoza, a CSUF alumnus chief of police in Springfield, Ill. and The usage of color on her can- sive. I want to be somewhere where it with Lipnisky’s passion toward color. own venue less than 15 miles away, who has been sailing since he was 8, about eight years as the chief of police vases was apparent and not over- is going to be progressive.” “It’s a difficult thing in the art easily accessible equipment and a started the club in 2008 and served in Surprise, Ariz. done. She was precise and detailed During the open forum, Hughes world to convey a high degree of knowledgeable adviser who is not as president until his graduation in Hughes received his bachelor’s in la- with every section of her paint- talked about the importance of com- human emotion and complexity in asking for monetary compensation 2010. bor relations from the University of Il- ings. Lipnisky’s uncomplicated municating with not only the CSUF such an efficient manner,” said De- possibly be missing? The Titan Sailing Club was part linois, Springfield, and his M.A. in law fondness toward color led her to community, but the outside commu- vera. “And Rebecca’s show suc- Club members. of the SC-ICC for three years and enforcement and justice administra- open a brilliant show. nity as well. ceeds in that regard.” This year, the Titan Sailing Club had 20 members at one time, but tion from Western Illinois University. In her artist statement, she be- “Public safety is not just arrest- was cut from Cal State Fullerton’s The next open forum is scheduled lieved that “color holds the power ing people, it’s crime prevention,” Sports Clubs InterClub Council; to take place in the Emergency Opera- to evoke emotions, elicit sensations, See ART, page 5 See SAILING, page 3 Hughes said. however, the founding members are tions Center at 3 p.m. Friday. 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