Baseball’s Bad Boy Customer Service DailyTITAN Milton Bradley isn’t playing Are young customers gtting poor www.dailytitan.comOnline games this year SPORTS, p. 8 service? OPINION, p. 4 Since 1960 Tuesday Volume 84, Issue 32 April 10, 2007 DailyThe Student Voice of California StateTitan University, Fullerton Council Sponsors Building Cultural Powwow Musical Metaphors Sparks Student organization Majana said. She added that some come from as far as Ohio. co-hosts event to raise Dancing and drumming contests Debates community awareness were held throughout the pow- BY JOHN SAKATA wow. The dancers were separated Daily Titan Staff Writer by age, with competitions for tiny- BY COLLEEN BARRETT [email protected] tots, teens and adults. Dance con- Daily Titan Staff Writer test winners took home $500 cash [email protected] prizes. In a war of bitter words and accu- The powwow featured a variety sations, Mihaylo Hall has emerged as The Titan Student Union was of American Indian dance styles. the latest arena pitting the ongoing filled with singing, drumming and Among the styles were the “Men’s feud between the Sprinkler Fitters dancing over the weekend as the Northern Traditional,” the oldest 709 union, and Simplex Grinnell, a Inter-Tribal Student Council, an form of American Indian dancing; non-union fire sprinkler installation American Indian club at Cal State and the “Men’s Fancy,” which fea- company. Fullerton, hosted their annual tures colorful outfits, young danc- At center stage is the installa- spring powwow Friday and Satur- ers and is the most athletic of the tion of the College of Business and day. powwow dances. The “Women’s Economic building’s fire sprinkler The Association for Inter-Cul- Traditional Dance” is a proud and system. Sprinkler Fitters has ac- tural Awareness co-sponsored the dignified dance with simple move- cused Simplex Grinnell of unlawful event, which was open to the public ments. The “Fancy Shawl,” one of practices that include paying its em- free-of-charge. the newest dances, symbolizes the ployees below prevailing wage and “It’s for the native community, life of a butterfly as the women swirl a history of sub-quality service and the Cal State Fullerton community their shawls around the arena. mismanagement by directors. and for awareness,” council Presi- Council Vice President Leya Hale “I believe they deliver a sub-qual- dent Ryan Ussery said. “It’s a gath- has helped host the powwow for the ity job and Simplex Grinnell is an ering. It’s an opportunity for the past five years, and held a special immoral company,” said Chris Han- community to gather.” women’s northern traditional dance nan, vice president for Sprinkler Fit- The powwow kicked off Friday contest. Hale’s father, Benjamin, ters 709. at 6 p.m. with a traditional Gourd served as emcee at the powwow and Michael Smith, director of the Dance and Grand Entry. The Grand spoke of his daughter’s interest in Office of Design and Construction, Entry is a parade that signals the her American Indian roots. denied these allegations. After meet- start of each session of the powwow. “In order to have a good life in ing with Hannan, Smith said he The parade allows the dancers to this society you must have an edu- spoke with Turner Construction, the show off their colorful regalia while cation. Those degrees open many group that subcontracted the job to announcing that they are ready to doors,” Benjamin Hale said. “But BY REBECCA HARTNESS/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Simplex Grinnell, and was assured dance. knowledge of your people, your BIDDING ADIEU - Nathan (Ryan Nearhoff, 23) and Lynn (Ashley Kane, 21) share one of many emotional moments at the Simplex Grinnell employees were Following the Grand Entry was culture and your traditions will give piano as their characters journey through their rollercoaster relationship during, Al Fine, which runs Friday through Sunday. getting the state-required wages and the posting of flags. The Flag Song you that little edge that will put you performing its work serviceably. is the American Indian national an- one step ahead.” “They can certainly give their them and is dedicated to American During inter-tribal dancing ses- opinion and they have the right to Indian war veterans. sions, when the dance arena was bring attention to their union cause Most of the tribes represented at open for audience participation, Plays Showcase Student Talent but I don’t think they do anybody a the powwow were from northern drummers competed for $300 cash Ryan Nearhoff, 23, a musical favor by giving out misinformation,” and southern California, but tribes prizes. The competitors represented Smith said. from Nevada, Arizona and New One act shows stretch theater major, as Nathan, plays two parts: Nathan in reality and Tom Reser, supervisor of the fire Mexico attended as well, council actors’ creativity at The beauty of this little sprinkler installation, said the charg- “ Lynn’s subconscious projection Public Relations Officer Mariana SEE POWWOW - PAGE 2 theater is that ... it forces Grand Central Theater of Nathan. Nearhoff also plays es made by Sprinkler Fitters were er- a focus on the acting. Thoms, the male role in “Fire- roneous. “I totally disagree with their ac- BY CAITLYN COLLINS You learn how to make works & Duraflame,” acting as three different characters in one cusations and I think some of the Daily Titan Staff Writer less work better. “ night. things that they say are outright – Rita Renee slanderous,” Reser said. In a less-known, off-campus Director “The first show is a more ‘me’ than the second one. My biggest Smith said Simplex Grinnell was theater, two student-written not hired by CSUF, but subcontract- plays “Al Fine” and “Fireworks struggle is to define the differ- ences in both characters so that ed by Turner Construction. The uni- & Duraflame” opened on Fri- versity did not hire the non-union day, April 6. people aren’t watching the same guy twice,” nearhoff said. Simplex Grinnell. Companies sub- The small Grand Central The- themes. They both share a passion mit blind bids for construction ser- ater can be found in the Santa for music. Most of the scenes cen- Nearhoff identified his favorite part of the shows as “originating a vices and the lowest bid is accepted. Ana Artists’ District and was ter around the piano as the young “We hire general contractors, we almost full for the debut of the woman, Lynn, tries to remember a part that’s never been played be- fore.” don’t hire subcontractors,” Smith two single-act plays. semester-long love affair. said. “The contractors we hire typi- “Al Fine” by Caitlin Neiman, “[The show is] right out of my “I was very impressed with Ryan Nearhoff’s ability to play cally have union and non-union chronicles the love relationship journal,” said Ashley Kane, 21, a mu- subcontractors, even on the same between an American piano stu- sical theater major who plays Lynn. BY BETH STIRNAMAN/For the Daily Titan job. We don’t have a law that says we dent and an international stu- “He’s helping me remember like an have to hire union. We don’t have a STANDING PROUD - Dennison Brown stands proud at the Inter-Tribal Council dent through classical musical angel and devil on my shoulders.” SEE PLAY - PAGE 2 Powwow in the Titan Student Union Friday. law that says we have to hire non- union. We hire qualified subcon- tractors that want to do the work.” Smith said if a company had been paying employees below prevailing Handmade Puppets on Display in Art Center wages, the university would step in and release the contract. Daughter of legendary it’s so exciting!” Everywhere” were mounted on the Most of the films contained ma- The Henson International Festi- Simplex Grinnell is owned by Henson, a puppeteer herself, does gallery’s wall. “Finger Puppets Ev- ture subject matter. Puppets were val of Puppet Theater was the larg- Tyco, an expatriate company posi- puppeteer pulls strings at not show her work in the Handmade erywhere” consists of live action caught in adult situations involving est event for puppeteers, Heit said. tioned in the Bahamas. Companies first-ever exhibition Puppet Dreams, but said her goal is spots featuring Heit’s handmade sex and violence. The film “Project Founded by the Jim Henson Foun- move to offshore islands to avoid to promote the handful of artists in- finger puppets throughout the 10- Huxley” ended with the monkey dation in 1992, the festival was held paying heftier taxes. Hannan be- volved in the exhibit. second film. digging a scalpel into the lab assis- in New York City every two years lieves that it is unfair to award a gov- BY CARLA BOUBES Henson uses Web sites such as The exhibition drew quite a tant’s foot. and ran until 2000. ernment contract to a company that Daily Titan Staff Writer YouTube and the search engine crowd. People would slowly walk Since the puppet community is Following in her father’s foot- has moved overseas to avoid paying [email protected] Google to discover new talent and through, fascinated by the spec- so small the films are easily over- steps, Henson organized the Or- same taxes as other companies. people also send her links to videos tacle. looked according to Henson. The lando Puppet Festival in 2005. “There is state money going into Cal State Fullerton’s Grand Cen- of independent puppet films. “It’s really interesting,” said art- films are not eligible for animation The festival is held every fall for a school building projects and it’s tral Art Center hosted the first-ever “The puppet community is small,” goer Lauren Isaac.