Titan Baseball Rising Student Loans DailyTITAN Wes Roemer pitches good game Loan companies benefit grossly at www.dailytitan.comO but is swept by UCR SPORTS, p. 8 students’ expense OPINION, p. 5 S Tuesday Volume 84, Issue 44 May 1, 2007 DT S V C ST U, F Center PART TWO OF FOUR CSUF Offers Runs for Charity Meeting BY GRACE LEE Daily Titan Staff Writer Places [email protected] BY JACQUELYN RODRIGUEZ More than 5,000 people joined For the Daily Titan together to participate in the fifth [email protected] annual Donate Life Run/Walk at Cal State Fullerton Saturday. e University Conference Cen- Balloons and doves were released ter at the Titan Student Union offers to honor 800 donor families prior to a pavilion, theater, dining, catering, the event. meeting rooms and outdoor set- Kathleen and Craig Hostert tings. founded the Donate Life Run/ e Conference Center provides Walk. space for any occasion from ban- After Kathleen donated one of quets to seminars and workshops to her kidneys to her husband in 1998, weddings. the Hostert’s were inspired to start “We will do all events,” said Jeff an event that would bring awareness Fehrn, conference and meeting ser- to the community about organ and vices manager. “Come into our door tissue donation. and we will accommodate you.” “My husband was on dialysis for Students may not know the TSU two years and I was able give him a offers a center for group events. kidney transplant in 1998–and we “I knew about the TSU, but not just felt like we left so many thou- about the conference center,” said sands of people waiting behind, Jackie Klabacha, 24, criminal justice some of them were waiting for trans- major. “If I know anyone that has plants, so we both decided to start an event to plan, I’ll mention our this event,” said Kathleen Hostert, school.” BY REBECCA HARTNESS/Daily Titan Photo Editor event director of Donate Life Run/ However some students are aware Walk. LISTENING INTENTLY - Students listen and take notes while speakers present information about urban farming during one of the many e Donate Life Run/Walk is of the center. workshops at the Social Justice Summit at Cal State Fullerton on April 21. “I just went there for a confer- not only the largest donation-based ence, I was impressed, it’s nice and event, but it has also partnered up big,” said Jordan Jenison, junior, lin- with different organizations like guistic major. OneLegacy which is a non-profit or- e Portola Pavilion is the larg- ganization dedicated to saving lives est room available. It offers banquet CSUF Political Groups Examined through organ and tissue donation. space for 600 and seating for 1, “Donate Life is a national educa- BY STACY CLEMENTS, SAMUEL JIMENEZ, president, though he said he meant what is going on so we can make re- able eating utensils and to get all 200 that makes the room ideal for tional campaign that we use to in- AND SEAN MCCORMICK to start the group and pass the torch. sponsible decisions when we vote.” buildings on campus to the high- receptions and lectures, according vite the community about organ and e club’s leadership has yet to Samuels said she hopes to draw a est level of eco-friendliness. to the University Conference Cen- Daily Titan Staff Writers tissues donations,” said Sabrina Ho, change hands. larger crowd than her usual five, but Murals, paintings and posters ter pamphlet. e Titan eatre is Asian community development co- College campuses are typically Most of the club’s communication she said there are many more stu- decorate the walls of the M.E.Ch. equipped with a large video screen, ordinator for OneLegacy. scrutinized as the nesting place is via the Internet. Live meetings are dents on the mailing list. A office. built-in stage and seating for 174. If More than 95,000 people are for left-wing politics, but like rare, but the College Democrats’ Samuels said her biggest fear of M.E.Ch.A. starts its meetings a smaller space is needed, the center waiting to get an organ donation in many stereotypes, reality tells a blue hearts still beat through their the future is apathy. She fears that every Friday afternoon gathered has 21 meetings rooms to choose Southern California, Ho said. different story. Cal State Fuller- political discussions that appear to people will do the wrong thing even around a table with a traditional from, ranging in capacity from 13 to Some 250 volunteers from schools ton’s politically aware students be centered on when they know “Unity Clap” that originated 88 people. and churches all over Southern Cali- and their diverse political groups the war in Iraq. what the right from the farm workers move- If a more intimate setting is de- fornia devoted their time to the Do- dispel the myth and emerge as a “I didn’t thing to do is. ment in the late 1960s. sired, the outdoor garden patio and nate Life Run/Walk. microcosm of the nation. think we had a “Too many “Our purpose is multifunc- courtyard are available. e garden Our purpose is “It’s been great volunteering. I’ve good reason to “ people have the tional,” chairperson Armando e element each of these includes heaters, fountains, ambient multifunctional. been registering people and putting groups share is their expectation go there,” Jones NIMBY – Not Urquiza, said. “Higher education lighting and sculptures. them where they’re supposed to be. that students will be more politi- said. “We had Higher education is In My Back Yard is the primary goal.” Dining for events is also offered. It’s fun,” said Crystal Magallanes, cally aware and informed so they more merits for – approach, but e group supports immigrant e Conference Center partners the primary goal. 14, a volunteer. Afghanistan than it’s everybody’s rights and was outraged at the can make responsible decisions “ with Cal State Fullerton Campus One of the donors being honored at the ballot box. Iraq.” problem,” she College Republicans bake sale Dining for catering. Campus Din- – A U at the event was Erin Choe, Vic- What divides them is their e Cam- said. March 14 on the Titan walk. ing works directly with the customer M.E.Ch.A. chairperson tor and Jennifer Choe’s 5-year-old definition of what is a respon- pus Greens say e Greens e College Republicans to provide a specific menu for any daughter who died in a tragic swim- sible decision. they’re for grass- focus mainly on handed out anti-illegal immigra- event. An informal option is also ming pool drowning. Upon her Eric Jones, a senior psychology roots democracy grassroots de- tion pamphlets and had baked available and box lunches, continen- death, her coronary tissue was taken major, reconstructed the College and participatory mocracy, civil goodies on sale except for the tal breakfasts and coffee service are to give someone else life. Democrats during the fall 2006 democracy – but rights, workers’ brownies that had a sign that informal options. e Donate Life Run/Walk has semester after a period of being they hope to hijack the bipartisan rights and anti-war participation. read “Free Brownies if you are an For those who have made a long attracted more people every year ac- on-again and off-again. system. e group advocates nonviolence illegal immigrant.” trip for a conference, campus accom- cording to Craig Hostert, co-found- “ e purpose of the College “We suffer as a nation when we and idolizes Gandhi and Martin Lu- M.E.Ch.A stood across from modations are located at the Ful- er and event director. Democrats is to get people aware only have two channels. It’s not just ther King Jr. the bake sale in bold opposition lerton Marriot Hotel that is within “We hope it continues to grow about politics and to boost dem- black and white,” said Charlotte On campus the group hopes to walking distance of the conference and we hope that the word gets out,” ocratic activity,” Jones said. Samuels, the group’s president. “As persuade officials to exclusively use center. Each room is equipped with a SEE CLUBS - PAGE 3 Craig Hostert said. Jones assumed the role of citizens we need to be more aware of post-consumer paper, biodegrad- television with cable/satellite, Inter- net access, and voicemail. e hotel also offers complimentary parking, on-site restaurant, outdoor pool, fit- ness room and laundry valet. Wushu Club Strikes Campus While the Conference Center provides for on-campus events, off- BY MICHELLE RAMOS “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” cardio and flexibility,” Chen said. campus organizations can schedule Daily Titan Staff Writer and “Drunken Master.” CSUF offers the only college meetings at the center. [email protected] Seasoned Wushu athletes per- Wushu class in the nation, and Da- “What attracts people to come formed choreographed routines such wei Sha, a retired professional Wushu here is that we are here to provide Armed with straight swords, sa- as “drunken straight sword”, animal competitor coaches the class. Sha, services,” Fehrn said. “It’s a gather- bers and spears, members of Cal State imitations, and “Southern fist.” Be- who began the sport at the age of five, ing place on campus to just come Fullerton Wushu Club flew through ginning Wushu students of kinesiol- knows the benefits that Wushu can right over but also it’s good location the air in the Quad at their first ma- ogy 153 also demonstrated a series of bring to a student’s life.