Military Recruitment Methods Questioned

California State University, Fullerton www.dailytitan.comTHE DWEDNESDAY,AILY MARCH 1, 2006T ITANVolume 82, Issue 12 OPINION SPORTS College funding slighted CSUF Equestrian Club team because students donʼt care ponies up this weekend Page 4 Page 6 Students Military Recruitment Methods Questioned Some say mails the entire student body on Brink in general, not just one specific ROTC enlistments group. target Latinos “There is no downright effort of New A to recruit from a specific eth- By Jaime Cárdenas nicity or gender,” Medina said. Daily Titan Staff Writer “I would like there to be more diversity. The Army ROTC should reflect the population of ith enlistment its area.” numbers on With 72 students enrolled Student analyzes a the decline in the program this semester, scientific theory relating as the War and 50 already committed for to oxidative stress on Terrorism commission upon graduation, continuesW the U.S. Army has Medina says the program does By Nohemy Martinez stepped up its efforts to recruit reflect the campusʼs diversity. Daily Titan Staff Writer Latinos to join the military. Cal Medina didnʼt have a break- State Fullerton ROTC recruiter down of the enrolled studentsʼ Capt. Robert Medina, howev- racial or ethnic background. er, says specific targeting of Medina suggested students he College of Latinos, or of any other eth- whoʼve received e-mails from Natural Sciences and nic group, is not happening on the ROTC and wish to stop Mathematics is provid- campus. Still, some students receiving them should update ing Cal State Fullerton and faculty feel otherwise. their profiles on Titan Online T students like Kira Most of the controversy is or at admissions and change Lindwall an opportunity to intro- revolving around mass e-mails “their access category to one duce new information to the sci- that Medina sent to students. of the more restricted levels.” entific community through indi- Gabriel Cuevas, a Spanish A reply to his e-mail wonʼt do vidual research on theories previ- major, said the surnames on the it, he said. ously untested. e-mailʼs recipient list were all “I get the mass e-mails and Lindwall, 21, a senior study- of Latino origin. I see the names. I know what it ing chemistry and biochemistry, Medina and ROTC officers means, but I just delete them,” is one of more than 300 students Songha Lee/Daily Titan at other schools have access said Cuevas, who was in the in a program that prepares stu- to studentsʼ e-mail address- Navy Reserves and is now pres- dents to work in scientific fields. MARCHING IN THE NIGHT: ROTC cadets jog from early morning to the break of dawn during a weekend train- es, telephone numbers and ident of CSUFʼs Asociación de Under the close supervision of ing exercise fall semester. home addresses due the 1996 Alumnos y Ex-Alumnos de CSUF faculty members, Lindwall Solomon Amendment which Español. “I did my time, and is analyzing a scientific theory Medina said, “allows recruit- Iʼm done with that.” relating to the study of oxidative ers fair and adequate access” After graduating high school stress. E-Books Offer Alternative to a studentʼs personal contact in 1997, Cuevas joined the Oxidative stress, Lindwall said, information. Navy to pay for college, but causes damage to cells when large Titan Shops offers digital “I find it completely inap- he regrets enlisting. He wish- amounts of oxygen are retained to make sure the person who bought onto a computer, students can high- propriate,” said Chicano es heʼd found out about other within the cells. Oxidative stress textbooks to students the card is the one who uses it,” said light certain words or phrases on the Studies Professor Alexandro ways to pay for college. occurs daily, but the majority of at a cheaper price Omar Iftikhar, management informa- screen and print out pages and chap- Gradilla, who is currently at “They know our weakness. encounters are due to air pollution, tion systems director at CSUF. ters. Except for the restrictions of one the beginning stages of a study They know that we donʼt have radiation and pesticidesʼ contami- By Elizabeth Simoes Students finish the activation publisher, students have the ability that shows the decline of male money, or at least [they] think nating the oxygen one breathes, Daily Titan Staff Writer process at home by providing the to print out the whole book and the Latinos at schools. “The mili- we donʼt,” he said. Lindwall said. She added that skew number, card number, receipt printing is unlimited. tary doing this campaign will Gradilla also feels the col- oxidative stress attacks enzymes code and scratch-off code on the Iftikhar said students would have only worsen the disappearance lege can do more to educate containing iron sulfur clusters. To combat the rising cost of text- card. Once the activation process is to be more organized when using of Latino males on campus.” “Oxidative stress has been books for students, a new money sav- complete, students can download the e-books. Medina, who is of Filipino- linked to various diseases includ- ing option has hit the marketplace. book on up to five different comput- “If you know you have to bring a American descent, said he e- SEE ROTC = PAGE 2 ing Parkinsonʼs disease and Students can bypass buying hard- ers. chapter to class, you have to print it Alzheimerʼs disease,” Lindwall cover and paperback books altogeth- “Students can download it on their out ahead of time,” he said. said. er with e-books, a new form of digital PC to use at home and their laptop to Despite the new electronic form, Stock Market Lindwallʼs research includes technology in which entire books can use at school,” Iftikhar said. some students like to stick to what testing microscopic worms known be downloaded onto a computer and Students bought a total of 10 e- they are accustomed to. as Caenorhabditis elegans, or C. viewed on the screen. books in Titan Shops last semester. “Students prefer textbooks in elegans. Forty percent of C. ele- E-books were sold for the first time The number rose to 97 this semester. hand,” said Sabrina Rogers, kinesiol- Simulation Pays gansʼs genetic material is similar at Cal State Fullerton last semester. While the digital books are 45 per- ogy major and warehouse associate to humans. Lindwall exposes the Students can find an e-book initially cent cheaper than their paper coun- at Titan Shops. “You can print a Stock simulation sum, according to the Web worms to different environmental as a card sold on the shelf alongside terparts, some cons have developed chapter at a time, but most students provides real world site. settings and monitors their life regular textbooks. When the student regarding the change, Iftikhar said. donʼt want to print out a whole book The simulation began span. buys the card at the register, it is acti- “I think the biggest issue is prac- on their printer.” financing experience Monday and will run through In addition to studying the vated online through a central server ticality,” Iftikhar said. “With the e- early May. Stock Market aging and egg production of C. in Titan Shops. book you canʼt carry it with you.” By Jessica Escorsia Simulation coordinator Barbara elegans, Lindwall is also expos- “There are a couple of safeguards Once the e-book is downloaded SEE E-BOOKS = PAGE 2 Daily Titan Staff Writer Sideri said 437 teams are cur- ing the worms to levels of man- rently signed up and a few ganese metal. Part of Lindwallʼs more are expected to join this study is to analyze the effect of For the 11th consecutive week. manganese on C. elegans and Buildings Awarded for Design year, the Center for Economic “Itʼs a hands-on way to see examine whether it reduces the Education will offer a stock what itʼs like to buy stock and harmful effects of pollution. CSUF buildings are market simulation to let stu- trade it,” Sideri said. Lindwall said the correlation and Kassabaum Inc. designed Steven ity, security, safety, innovation and dents get involved in something She said there are two major between oxidative stress and awarded for their G. Mihaylo Hall – future home of the sense of place. Once all guidelines they might not be too familiar U.S. companies that provide manganese performing as an anti- architectural designs College of Business and Economics. are checked off the jury decides, out with: Trading $100,000 on the the trade processing system, oxidant is still a study that needs The magazine allows entries in of several entries, which designs will open market. “Stocktrak” from Georgia and to be further researched because By Lisa Maiorana the spring and welcomes architec- be identified in the magazine. The simulation runs every the “Stock Market Game” from C. elegans, although 40 percent Daily Titan Staff Writer tural firms, schools and universities “It is truly a high honor to be semester, and is designed to New York. CSUF has com- compatible, carry a 60 percent to submit a project. selected at the national level and to promote interest in economics mitted to using “Stocktrak” variation. An independent jury comprised of have your work shared with oth- and current events, according because it has proven to be a The complexity of the research both architects and university facility ers as outstanding,” architect Brian to the Web site. reliable platform, Sideri said. is what attracted Lindwall to the al State Fullertonʼs personnel review all projects, said Dougherty said. Teachers are able to sign up The simulation produces field of science. Arboretum Visitors Molly Roudebush, senior marketing In addition to being acknowledged students from middle school to more high school teams than “I have a passion for science, Center and Steven G.

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