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Vol. 87 Issue 53 May 17, 2010 Multimedia Everyone needs to know how to prepare for an earthquake - watch this handy guide at www.dailytitan.com/earthquakeprep Fibromyalgia Day: Participants raise awareness of the Grad Guide devastating effects of fibromyalgia. included NEWS, Page 2 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Garbage collects in Pacific Titans sweep Experts estimate that thousands of marine mammals are killed each year from trash accumulating in the ocean. The Beach in 26-run weekend PHOTO BY CAMILLE TARAZON/Daily Titan Staff Writer Junior infielder Christian Colon hits a homerun in the second inning, bringing in Richie Pedroza and Casey Watkins on Friday night’s baseball game against the Dirtbags of Long Beach. BY NICHOLAS FORTES Daily Titan Staff Writer [email protected] Cal State Fullerton Titan baseball swept their confer- ence rivals, the Dirtbags of Cal State Long Beach, this past weekend winning 12-2, 8-0 and 6-4; clinching an automatic playoff appearance with UC Irvine’s Sunday loss to UC Santa Barbara. “It means a lot. We don’t want to have to share it with anyone, we’re proud of what we’ve accomplished but we still have a lot of baseball to go,” Titan Head Coach Dave Serrano. “I congratulated the team on at GRAPHIC COURTESY MCT least being co-champs and having an automatic berth Diagram of the Pacific Ocean showing where the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a slow-moving zone that allows floating debris to accumulate, resides; includes ocean currents. San Jose Mercury News 2009 winning the two out of three (over UCI), but we want to win it by ourselves so we will continue to work hard BY MELISSA MALDONADO States to the patch in about six years; debris from East decades later, greatgarbagepatch.com estimates that the as a team.” Daily Titan Staff Writer Asia makes it in less than a year. ratio of plastic to sea animals is 6:1. Algalita Marine Re- [email protected] “You have currents that tend to pool things up,” said search Foundation said that in its six expeditions to the See BASEBALL, Page 16 Steve Murray, dean of the college of natural sciences patch, not one sample was free of plastic. In the Pacific Ocean, between the coast of Southern and mathematics. “They create areas where things don’t “The trash originates on land but I would suggest California and the islands of Hawaii, exists a clockwise move a whole lot in and out. What you’re seeing is that that there is quite a bit of stuff that falls off boats and vortex created by multiple currents, trapping and ac- a lot of stuff is being accumulated. There is a patch in vessels, and in some cases dumped either as waste or as cumulating millions of tons of trash, plastic and other the North Atlantic as well.” stuff that accidentally spills,” Murray said. Leader works non-degradable debris that is killing over a million sea- The Great Garbage Patch was predicted in 1988 Mary Crowley, who founded the Ocean Voyages In- birds and 100,000 marine mammals yearly, according when several Alaska-based researchers gathered mea- stitute in 1979, told Science Magazine that the institute to the United Nations. surements of plastics in the Pacific. Research illustrated is experimenting with collection devices that will hold This immobile “toilet bowl” is known as the Great that ocean currents were constructing stable waters trash until boats come to pick it up. The group is plan- for students Pacific Garbage Patch and is estimated to be between where accumulation could occur. Plastic accounts for ning extensive clean up efforts next year. the size of Texas and the continental United States. the majority of material collected in this accidental Currents carry debris from the west coast of the United dump, including bottles and sandwich bags. Now, two See GARBAGE, Page 2 Titan Fitness finds campus champion BY VICTORIA GRACIANO Cal State Fullerton, who was named the Daily Titan Staff Writer grand finale winner. Hillario was awarded [email protected] with 10 free summer workout sessions with a professional trainer and a basket PHOTO BY RON FU/Daily Titan Staff Photographer The Titan Fitness Challenge finale that included workout gear from dumb- Thomas Kocina wraps a gift in the kitchen of the Golleher award ceremony took place Thursday bell weight sets, to a circuit trainer tram- Alumni House on Dec. 12, 2009 for theTitan Toy Drive. evening on the Recreation Center lawn. A poline. Hawaiian BBQ dinner menu and refresh- The program taught members how to ments were provided to all attendees. develop good eating habits and realistic BY LAUREN MCCANN This was the second year the Recre- body weight and image goals. The contes- Daily Titan Staff Writer ation Center hosted the event and the co- tants had to write down in a journal every [email protected] ordinators promise to keep the program single thing they ate for the last 10 weeks, going to encourage students to maintain in addition to keeping up with at least 50 From the Wednesday Becker concerts to the Titan Fit- a healthy lifestyle. appointments with counselors, the health ness Challenge to the annual Spring Concert, Associated Only 24 applications were selected department and a nutritionist. Students Inc. Productions Administrative Director Thomas for a 10-week competition that included “Sad faces were drawn where rules Kocina, 20, a humble Fullerton native, works behind the weekly prizes and a grand finale winner. were broken, but they continued on,” said scenes to ensure a rewarding atmosphere on campus for Cal Associated Students Inc., Counseling Darany Hoang, from the Student Health State Fullerton students. and Psychological Services (CAPS), Stu- and Counseling Center. PHOTO BY IVAN GRACIANO/Daily Titan Staff Photographer “I really want to get the word out there to students that dent Health Services and Student Rec- “I lost a total of 39 pounds,” Hillario Fitness Challenge finale winner April Hillario recieved first place in the competition. we are trying to meet the students needs. I want students to reation Center all sponsored the campus said. “It was a lot of hard work, but the enjoy college,” Kocina said. reality show program. key was to stick to it.” role in providing nutrition counseling, couraged the contestants to stay focused As a CSUF freshman Kocina saw an opportunity to get “The competition was composed of six Second place winner Hector Garcia, and ASI provided all the prizes during and enthusiastic. involved on campus. He immediately became a volunteer categories: BMI and weight loss, circum- an aide to the Education Department the competition. Liang told the crowd she was really during his first semester for the Street Team. For his soph- ference measurements, nutrition, number at CSUF, said now that the program “It was a very intense 10 weeks,” Ho- proud of the SRC’s trainers and staff, and omore year, Kocina wanted to be more directly involved, of laps ran in 12 minutes, strength and has ended it does take pressure off, but ang said during the ceremony. “It was jokingly told the attendees that if they which led him to the position of the Union Special Pro- flexibility,” said Alison Witter, the Titan he insisted that he would keep going really about all that you’ve discovered want to get their “butt kicked” to come gram Coordinator. He was involved with Titan Tusk Force, Recreation Fitness Coordinator. “The because he loved feeling energized and about yourself.” see a trainer at the SRC. whose mission is to develop a strong sense of campus unity, competition was based on percentages to healthier overall. Psychologist Ya-Shu Liang ended the “Self esteem and self confidence can’t pride and identity, through the Lobby Corps sector, Snow make it fair to everyone,” Witter said. “We all took something from this, we ceremony with an inspirational speech. be measured,” Liang said. “All the con- Day, All Night Study and Titan Fitness Challenge. “I am amazed,” said April Hillario, are all winners,” Garcia said. Liang spoke about the dedication the testants should be really proud of what 24, an economics graduate student at The Health Center played a big individuals had, and how the trainers en- they’ve accomplished.” See KOCINA, Page 2 2 May 17, 2010 IN OTHER NEWS GARBAGE: BUILDUP INTERNATIONAL Researcher out of Iranian jail, home in Paris HURTS MARINE LIFE BEIRUT, LEBANON – A French researcher held in Iran since the days af- From Page 1 hazardous material from her lifestyle. ter Iran’s disputed 2009 presidential elections returned home to Paris on Sunday “I just cut water bottles from my daily morning, just days after France defied Washington by refusing to extradite an “The only way to really reduce use completely. I use a reusable jug ev- alleged Iranian arms smuggler to the United States. plastic waste in the environment is to erywhere I go. I also only use glassware Clotilde Reiss, a 24-year-old lecturer and student of Persian language and Ira- reduce it at the source,” said environ- for leftovers and I use reusable canvas nian history, had been held in Tehran since last July on espionage charges after mental studies graduate student Sarice bags when I go to the grocery store. It allegedly taking pictures and sending accounts of the mass demonstrations and Friedman, who wrote her thesis on the doesn’t sound like a lot, but a little goes violent official crackdown that followed the disputed June 12 reelection of Presi- distribution of plastic in California. a long way.” PHOTO BY KATIE ROSSOMANO/Daily Titan Staff Writer dent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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