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Vol. 87 Issue 52 May 13, 2010 Multimedia Watch the coverage of the Starbucks Titanblend event at: www.dailytitan.com/titanblend Find out how Tuffy plays school yard games at: www.dailytitan.com/tuffygames THURSDAY Music, art, fashion mix at O.C. Art Institute Track and Field “Rock the Runway” brings together has high hopes creative minds. for Big West SOUND-OFF, Page 6 Championship SPORTS, Page 10 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Alumna falls to her death Senior throws Jane Marie Kalscheur, 52, fell from the State College Parking Structure to her death May12, leaving behind a son and husband down Big West competiton PHOTO BY NICK MARLEY/Daily Titan Photo Editor Senior thrower Jameena Hunt has been mastering her form in discus and hammer throw, ranking second in the Big West. BY FRED BLOOM Daily Titan Staff Writer [email protected] Jameena Hunt’s Titan career is coming to an end, but the senior track thrower is trying not to think of all the free time PHOTO BY CHRISTA CONNELLY/Daily Titan Photo Editor PHOTO COURTESY KALSCHEUER FAMILY she will have on her hands in order to focus on the upcom- Left: The scene of the incident: State College parking structure on the Northwest end of campus. Right: Jane and Cary Kalscheuer pose for a photo at the CSUF Arboretum earlier this year. ing Big West Championships. “I’ve been practicing this whole year for this meet. The BY LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ “I saw almost like a blur from the sad ... I’m in shock.” Jane began suffering from de- last three years, I felt like I could have won conference,” Daily Titan News Editor fourth or fifth floor, and I thought Her husband, Cary Kalscheuer, 49, pression and anxiety this past year, Hunt said. “This whole year I’ve been focusing on practicing AND someone was throwing something also a CSUF alumnus, shared some making two suicide attempts since how I compete so I’ll just go to the competition and perform ADRIAN GAITAN over the side,” Panozzo said. “And, as thoughts on his wife. March. like I know how to.” Daily Titan Copy Editor I looked up, there “She’ll al- “She was diagnosed with depres- Hunt, originally from San Diego, has come full circle dur- [email protected] were tennis shoes ways be loved sion. She was anxious and also she ing her four years at Cal State Fullerton. Her first two years attached to it. And and remem- was going through menopause,” Cary were marred by unsuccessful performances at tournaments. A Cal State Fullerton alumna, and as she was coming Multimedia bered for her said. “We went to a number of dif- Hunt admitted that she was terrible with competition. mother to a CSUF student, commit- down, it was re- Watch an eye witness report and a contribution ferent doctors to treat the depression “Pressure,” Hunt said. “Pressure of the coaches, pressure ted suicide on Wednesday, her hus- ally hard because spokesperson for the authorities to our fam- and the menopause.” of your family, pressure of everything.” band told the Daily Titan. you’re thinking, speak at: ily and young Her regression became evident as Hunt is now ranked second in the conference in discus The deceased was identified as Jane ‘Can I help?’ ” www.dailytitan.com/Kalscheuer c h i l d r e n , ” her depression worsened in the past and hammer throw. The fact that she has been able to con- Marie Kalscheuer, 52, a resident of Panozzo said he Cary said. six months, amplifying within the quer the mental aspect of the game only makes her coaches Covina. Kalscheuer fell to her death and others ran up Jane re- last three months, causing her to take appreciate her more. from the roof of the six-story State to see if she was ceived her an estrogen supplement, anti-depres- See HUNT, Page 10 College parking structure, according breathing, but from what he could bachelor’s degree in communicative sants and anti-anxiety medications, to CSUF Police Lt. John Brockie. tell, she was unresponsive. disorders in the early ’80s from CSUF according to Cary. Lead Grounds Worker Mark Pa- “It’s definitely something I will and recently worked at Vincent Chil- nozzo witnessed the incident. never forget,” Panozzo said. “It’s so drens’ Center in West Covina. See KALSCHEUER, Page 2 Poker tournament This week at the Becker names champion PHOTO BY JOHNNY LE/For the Daily Titan Chanrontlana Tran spins the dealer button during the final table round of the Poker Tournament at the TSU. BY CORT TAFOYA Daily Titan Staff Writer [email protected] On Wednesday, a poker Tournament of Champions was hosted in the Titan Bowl and Billiards section of the Ti- tan Student Union. David Curry, a 27-year-old economics itan T major, won first place after beating Alex Luengo. This was aily The Furious Few D Curry’s second Tournament of Champions victory in two years. Since the semester began, weekly poker tournaments /For the have been sponsored by Associated Students Inc. and the TSU. The top-20 players from these tournaments received entry into the Tournament of Champions. The final table of the Tournament of Champions was BY JOHNNY LE S composed of eight men and one woman. Students Chan Tran, Brandon Brown, Mark Andres, Philip Hooton, Cesar PHOTO Gonzalez, Ralph Balbin, Benson Luu, Justin Allen, Curry and Luengo were the final nine players in the tournament. Curry was the chip leader, with 7,500 when the final table began. The first elimination was a showdown between Hooton and Luu. Multimedia www.dailytitan.com/speakerjunkies Sound-Off, Page 6 See POKER, Page 2 2 May 13, 2010 IN OTHER NEWS KALSCHEUER: FAMILY INTERNATIONAL Dutch boy survives airliner crash in Libya MOURNS THEIR LOSS From Page 1 sure she’s going to be missed in the LIBYA – A Dutch boy was believed to be the sole survivor Wednesday after a teaching community, and she’ll obvi- passenger jet bound from South Africa crashed after dawn with 104 people aboard “This isn’t a complete shock to ously be missed by her family.” while attempting to land in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, according to Libyan and me because of the prior attempts. Michael Kalscheuer, a 22-year-old Dutch officials. This is the third attempt. She tried human services major and son of the The Afriqiyah Airways Airbus 330 was making a final approach toT ripoli In- on March 17, then again on April deceased, shared his mother’s gift of ternational Airport at 6:10 a.m. on a flight from Johannesburg that was scheduled 7 and then today. Each time, we touching people’s lives through her to continue on to Gatwick Airport in London. TheR oyal Dutch Tourism Board struggled to try to treat her condi- humor. said that 61 of the victims were with two tour groups from the Netherlands. tion. It was very difficult for the en- “She would always have a kind Libya’s Transport Minister Mohammed Zidan said a 10-year-old boy with a tire family,” Cary said. spirit toward any personality her chil- Dutch passport was from taken from the crash site. “The child is in good condi- Her two prior attempts at sui- dren (students) had, and the stories tion and is in the hospital undergoing checks,” the minister said at a news confer- PHOTO BY JOHNNY LE/For the Daily Titan cide were with pills. Due to these she would tell would always represent ence at the airport. The boy reportedly underwent surgery for breaks in both legs. David Curry pushes his chips as he calls ‘all-in’ on a hand during the Final Table attempts, Cary felt he could not a child beautifully. It’s too bad that de- round of a Poker Tournament at the Titan Student Union. watch her at their Covina home and pression took over such a wonderful brought her to her parents’ house in person,” Michael said. Fullerton during the work week. Cary touched on his late wife’s de- “She felt the pills failed and she pression, stressing the severity of the NATIONAL wanted a illness. Foreclosures reach ‘plateau’ in April, report finds POKER: STUDENT WINS more sure “ L i v i n g way of end- with my wife, LOS ANGELES – The United States. foreclosure crisis has started to “pla- ing her life. I I know how THE FINAL ROUND think she saw different she teau,” with the number of U.S. homes in some stage of the process declining 9 percent in April from the month before, according to RealtyTrac. From Page 1 drawing dead, was eliminated. in the parking was when Homes receiving some kind of foreclosure filing in April – a notice of default, With three players left, Curry structure, ap- she became scheduled auction or bank repossession – declined 2 percent from April 2009, eliminated Tran, the only female parently; that depressed. I Luu went all-in with pocket 10s, opportunity, think family the first year-over-year drop since the Irvine, company began publishing its who made the final table. and was called by Hooton's pocket and I’m a lit- members need monthly report in January 2005. Tran was roughly a 75 percent Queens. tle surprised to get help; One in every 387 homes received a foreclosure filing last month, RealtyTrac With just a 20 percent chance of favorite after going all in with a said. she ended up the right kind winning, Luu failed to improve his Queen-9 against Curry’s 9-10, getting out of help,” Cary hand and was eliminated, coming but Curry made a straight.