California State University, Fullerton AILY ITAN Thursday, October 6, 2005D www.dailytitan.comT Volume 81, Issue 21 The Buzz Introspect Study, travel ‘A time to love’ overseas: Wonder on life, new album Euro-style See Insert Page 5 Inside This Issue CSUF Titans Sports Titans travel ‘plants mourn tough road seed’ at recent forum death CSU system national leader in diversity Former staff member among universities succumbs to cancer, campus memorializes By DANICA HART Daily Titan Staff By RORY JURNECKA Daily Titan Staff The Associated Press While the Cal State University Vietnam refugee, Le Thi My (left), reunites with her family at LAX on Sept. 26 after being stateless in a system leads the country in being Philippine Refugee camp. CSU programs aim to help ease trasition for the Vietnamese community. The warm, the most diverse in higher educa- blustery Santa CSUF men’s soccer tion, its main focus Wednesday Ana winds beat down in was on the Vietnamese commu- are blowing Big West opener by nity. the Cal State With the growing population of Refugees finding hope Fullerton flag UC Santa Barbara the Vietnamese community, the at half-staff this 8 CSU system and the Vietnamese U.S. opens up for English at Cal State Fullerton. of Saigon,” he said. week in memo- American community leaders She is also on the board of direc- In 1977 to 1979, tens of thou- riam of Carlene have been working hand-in-hand 229 Vietnamese tors at St. Anselms Cross-culture sands left by boat. Then, in 1982 Nelson, a for- to help promote education. Community Center. the Orderly Departure Program mer university Opinion Cal State Fullerton hosted a immigrants to land “St. Anselms will be involved allowed the refugees to leave staff member, Carlene Nelson Vietnamese community forum at By MARIE O’NEIL with the funding for the refu- by commercial airplane, a much who passed Campus professor the Garden Grove Community Daily Titan Staff gees to become settled in the safer way to travel. away last Monday from complications raps on need for Meeting Center to discuss ways United States and getting them Last, in 1988, the Amerasian due to cancer. that the CSU system and the com- things like a social security card,” Homecoming Act was creat- Nelson, a 24-year-veteran of the strong writing skills munity can partner together to After what was probably one Crouch said. “This will help them ed bringing more than 25,000 universityʼs Information Technology in, out of classroom meet the communityʼs needs. of the longest journeys of their get started. The center will also Amerasians and their immediate team, retired from her position shortly The CSU system is currently lives, 229 Vietnamese refugees help the refugees to meet again family members. after her most recent cancer diagnosis. 4 the most diverse higher education landed on U.S. soil to be reunited with their relatives and families According to a national sur- Friends and colleagues of Nelson system in the country, with more with their families and settle in from around the nation.” vey conducted by Ohio State expressed sadness and surprise by the than 53 percent minority students, the United States. There were four major waves University, they altogether num- news, despite their knowledge of her CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed They were in a state of uncer- of refugees before this new wave ber 77,000. illness. Surf Report said. tainty, refugee camps in the of Vietnam refugees moving from And now the refugees from Doctorsʼ diagnosed Nelson with “This fall at California State Philippines for 16 years, where the Philippines to the U. S., said the Philippines have come to the cancer about two months ago. Huntington University, Fullerton, we have they were stateless — not con- Jeffrey Brody, professor of com- United States. “We were talking to her family and 1-3 ft. ankle- to over 2,000 Vietnamese students sidered Vietnamese or Filipino munications at CSUF and expert They arrived Monday night then within three days, four days, she waist-high and enrolled at our university. And citizens. on Vietnamese related topics. – Sept. 26 – at LAX, and were was gone,” said Kerry Boyer, an IT fair conditions. since 1991, Cal State Fullerton “I think itʼs about time that “The first wave left in l975, welcomed with tears and joy, network analyst at CSUF. they got here,” said Mary Kay when about 140,000 Vietnamese Boyer, whose office was next door VIETNAMESE 3 Crouch, associate professor of people fled Vietnam after the fall REFUGEES 3 San Clemente NELSON 3 1-3 ft. ankle- to waist-high and fair conditions. Reporter turns into monster for maze Compiled from surfline.com they have to be actors. Deciding to sibility that the actors/monsters will chosen for the event. Student auditions to go through the process, I took my be photographed or recorded for “The coordinators assign you a haunt scary theme curiosity to the Fright Fair Haunted media purposes; and, a schedule of role on whom you will become and Weather House and Haunted Trail auditions hours the actor can work. where you will be placed,” Sheaks park for Halloween at Pierce College in Woodland After the application process said. “The owners have a vision and Hills. comes the hardest part, the audi- I donʼt want to reinvent it, my job is Thursday, Oct. 6 By LISAJOYCE VERGARA Sunny Daily Titan Staff Along with a Haunted House tion. to portray it.” themed “Factory of Nightmares,” Greg Sheaks, a West Hills resi- Michael Kean, a Canoga Park 87º/59º a Haunted Trail, and a kid-friendly dent, was one of the first ready resident, has been an actor for 13 With October under way, peo- Haunted Corn Maze will be ready to tryout. Sheaks did his “Hereʼs years, performing haunts of this Friday, Oct. 7 ple are preparing for Halloween to spook those who dare. Johnny” impression from the type. He has performed at the Fright Mostly Sunny and its upcoming events. I arrived at the audition dressed Jack Nicholson horror flick “The Fair for the past five years. Knottʼs Scary Farm, the Queen as a vampire – my plastic fangs not Shining.” Kean had experience with these 82º/58º Maryʼs Shipwrecked and Magic fitting right so I did without them. “This is my first year doing this types of haunts and I did not. He Mountainʼs Fright Fest, will hold The process was simple: an appli- type of event and it sounds like fun,” gave me tips on what to do and Saturday, Oct. 8 big events to celebrate the coming cation, including actor informa- Sheaks said. “During the auditions expect. GABRIEL FENOY/Daily Titan of Halloween. tion and history; a medical release I just applied and had to act crazy, “For the audition, you have to be Lisajoyce Vergara auditions for the Partly Cloudy I have wondered how those mon- form incase of injury on the job; a which is a normal thing.” 2005 Fright Fest as the vampiress 75º/55º sters in the park are selected and if media release form, with the pos- He passed the audition and was HALLOWEEN 2 Ayana, Queen of the Damned. Sunday, Oct. 9 Sunny 76º/56º Ethnic workshops to stop violence health concerns related to Asian American With October being Domestic Violence Monday, Oct. 10 Four-part program aimed women and their families is important. Awareness month organizations such as the Sunny to help prevent assault Linking health issues such as domestic vio- National Asian Womenʼs Health Organization 80º/55º lence and assault to how cultural roles and promote the prevention of domestic violence directed towards women stereotypes can sometimes hinder the learn- and assault through workshops and lectures. Compiled from The Weather Channel ing process is their top priority. Cal State Fullertonʼs Womenʼs Center also By KARI HAMANAKA Daily Titan Staff While Kobayashi said that failure to report participates in a similar education campaign. U.S. military or be informed of domestic violence and This is the third semester that the center assault among Asian Americans is no differ- offered a violence prevention program to deaths in Iraq Gender roles and stereotypes portraying ent than with other ethnicities, she said that Asian American females. (March 2003-Oct. 5, 2005) Asian American women as passive and quiet, culture does play a role in how problems are The program is funded by the National may create barriers for violence education solved. Asian Womenʼs Health Organization, which 1,943 JAMIE FLANAGAN/Daily Titan and prevention, Executive Director of the “In Asian families, thereʼs a tendency to also sponsors the same informational series Last Wednesdayʼs death toll Sue Passalacquat teaches a four week course National Asian Womenʼs Health Organization not talk about personal problems,” Kobayashi at Long Beach State and Fresno State in an 1,927 designed to make participants culturally sensitive Afton Kobayshi said. said. “These are things thought of as shame- effort to target college-age females. The Associated Press advocates in decreasing domestic violence in For the organization, a non-profit group ful and things that donʼt happen in a normal Asian American communities. based in San Francisco, education about family, let alone in an Asian family.” VIOLENCE 3 2 Thursday, October 6, 2005 www.dailytitan.com [email protected] • (714) 278-4415 Fasting for faith Calendar OCT. 6, 2005 News Today to Oct 16: The Orange County Performing Arts Center IN RIEF presents “Evita.” Tickets may be B purchased by calling CenterTix at (714) 556-2787 or online at www. World ocpac.com. Today to Oct. 9: The California Iraqi parliament reverses election rules International Auto Show will be held at the Anaheim Convention BAGHDAD, Iraq – Under U.S.