California State University, Fullerton www.dailytitan.comTHE DWEEKAILY OF MAY 22 – 25, 2006TITANVolume 82, Issue 54 INTROSPECT SPORTS Prayer and religion: An With 1-0 win Sunday, Titans examination of worship, faith baseball clinches playoff spot Page 18 Page 13 Grad Devoted to Speakers God’s Call Settle on Christen Nguyen Topics says God called her to a life of service. One keynote speaker A trip to Vietnam, will stress friendships, continuing education her homeland that she fled as a child, By Cristina Rodriguez Daily Titan Staff Writer spurred her to consider a Community and sacrifice are religious vocation. two core concepts that Cal State Fullerton commencement speak- Phil Gordon/Daily Titan ers Bill Campbell and Rueben FAITH AND EDUCATION: By Julie Anne Ines Martinez look forward to discuss- Sister Christen Nguyen tells of Daily Titan Staff Writer ing. how her parents escaped Vietnam Campbell, Orange County and came to America. Supervisor, plans to address three topics. “My sons told me to keep it wenty-six-year-old nor calls attention to the unem- short. I will probably discuss con- Christen Nguyen sits bellished piece of jewelry. Only tinuing education, giving back to on a chair in the Titan when asked about it does she take the community and the impor- Student Union, her the ring off her finger with little tance of friendships,” he said. hands grasping a bot- ceremony to reveal the message “Those are my key points in dis- Ttled Starbucks Frappuccino. As inscribed on the inside of the cussing how to have a successful her hand moves to twist the cap band: Jesus Christ Crucified. life.” back on after taking a sip, there Nguyen is not married or Success is nothing new to the is a noticeable sparkle on her left engaged. supervisor, who was first elect- hand ring finger: a simple, narrow She is a nun. She received the ed to the office of the Third silver band. ring from a fellow “classmate” District in January of 2003, which Some young women her age of hers who took her vows at the includes Anaheim, Brea, Irvine, would giggle shyly when asked same time. Orange, Tustin, Villa Park, and about a ring on that hand, on that She is not required to wear Yorba Linda. finger, remembering the boyfriend the ring. She just wears it to “By virtue of serving on the or fiance who gave it to them as remind herself that she is “not board I attend quite a number of a promise of undying devotion, available anymore” as she makes meetings and social gatherings,” or the husband who gave it to her way across campus – past he said. them as a commitment to a life couples holding hands or past fli- Campbell recently welcomed together. President Bush during his recent Nguyen – a CSUF junior psy- trip to Orange County. chology major – neither giggles SEE NGUYEN= PAGE 5 Campbell is a California native and received his bachelorʼs degree Phil Gordon/Daily Titan in electrical engineering from Loyola Marymont University. WARMING UP TO YOGA Boys & Girls Club Has Bikram yoga master Joe Vogt practices yoga manuevers in a room heated to 105 degrees in Downtown Fullerton. He believes improved stress management is a benefit Big Ideas for Its Home SEE SPEAKERS = PAGE 3 of regular yoga execise. See full story on Page 6. If all goes to plan, club’s will be approximately 25,000 facilities will be rebuilt at square feet. The club will be getting Great Park’s Future Comes into View a site near current location $2.5 million for the sale of its current site but still needs to raise With groundbreakings In January the board of direc- By Dominic Kingdamo another $2.5 million to fund the tors selected the Ken Smith Daily Titan Staff Writer new structure. planned for the summer, Landscape Architecture design “Weʼll be launching a develop- disputed land takes shape team. The world-renowned New ment campaign on July 1, and York-based firm, headed by Big plans are in the making for weʼre working on getting a few By Sara Havlena architect Ken Smith, has several the Placentia-Yorba Linda Boys sponsors in addition to hopefully Daily Titan Staff Writer famous designs, including the & Girls Club. If things go accord- getting help from the commu- East Pines Master Plan in New ingly, the land the current facility nity,” Chappell said. York, and Third Street Light Rail resides on will be sold to a private The Boys & Girls Club organi- After the closing of the El Project in San Francisco, accord- contractor and a new, state-of-the- zation has been helping to serve Toro Marine Corps Air Station, ing to the Great Parkʼs Web site. art facility will be built less than a disadvantaged youth throughout Orange County residents have Development of the parkʼs mile away by December 2007. the United States for the past 100 been battling over what to do design, borders, monuments, The current club is at the cor- years. with the 4,700 acres of land. roads and look are underway. ner of Crowther and Bradford “From our humble beginnings The Orange County Central The plan should be ready over avenues. The new location is set more than a century ago, this Park and Nature Preserve the summer, and a final presen- to be just a few blocks north at great movement has guided mil- Initiative was passed on March tation of the plan in November, Kraemer Memorial Park, which lions of young people and trans- 5, 2002, which meant the land Irvina Kanarek/Daily Titan Burgess said. sits at the corner of Chapman and forming countless lives,” said Jim would be zoned for a park, not Burgess said tentative ground Bradford avenues. Caufield, senior vice-president of an airport. CONSTRUCTION: Cones and signs divert traffic on a street near breaking ceremonies are set for “The current building has been Boys & Girls Clubs of America An online auction was held and the Great Park. Roads are being widened to accomodate future guests. this summer, with construction there since 1962, and while it was in a press release. “Boys & Girls the land was eventually purchased beginning in the fall following a good location at the time, there Clubs are, and must continue to by a residential and community give the city of Irvine 1,300 acres tors went through an international the city of Irvineʼs approval of now are lots of commercial build- be, one of the most unique and developer, Lennar Communities, for a park and the rest could competition to select a designer Lennarʼs development plans. But ings in the area,” said Nathan effective systems of informal for $649.5 million, according to be developed for residential and for the park. The board wanted construction to widen the roads Chappell, chief professional offi- guidance ever devised.” the Orange County Great Parkʼs commercial uses. That, of course, to have the community involved leading into the park has already cer of the club. “The new location The current Placentia-Yorba Web site. is a much greater financial deal in picking the winner. The board begun. would have lots of green space for Linda facility offers tutoring Lennar owns 3,700 acres, and than developing the whole thing encouraged residents and organi- The key features of Smithʼs kids to run around in.” services, batting cages, arts and the government kept 1,000 acres as a park, said Marsha Burgess, zations to pitch ideas and held an design include a canyon with a The current building is approx- crafts, a drama stage, a climbing for permanent open space. Part manager of public affairs for the online poll in which the public imately 17,000 square feet, of the purchase agreement states Orange County Great Park. viewed and voted on the designs, Chappell said, and the new build- that the buyer of the base would The Great Park board of direc- Burgess said. SEE GREAT PARK = PAGE 8 ing, which will cost $5 million, SEE CLUB = PAGE 5 SPORTS OPINION INSIDE WEATHER ATHLETIC SUPPORTERS PROPOSITION 82 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Students donʼt make up much Supporters and studies havenʼt of the baseball teamʼs fan base made a case for raising taxes Showers Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny Sunny PAGE 13 PAGE 22 High: 69 Low: 56 High: 77 Low: 61 High: 78 Low: 62 High: 76 Low: 61 2 WEEK OF MAY 22 – 25, 2006 NEWS [email protected] OTHERIN NEWS N’OUT ABOUT WORLD ON CAMPUS Hamas, Fatah Tensions Rise THIS WEEK: Final Examinations! GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Palestinian police thwarted an attack Sunday on a security commander – the second ally of MONDAY: Free sandwiches and President Mahmoud Abbas targeted in two days – as the rivalry goodies at the peanut butter study between his moderate Fatah Party and the Hamas militant group jam at the TSU Pub at midnight. threatened to explode. Abbas called on both sides to do everything possible to avoid violence and said he would open talks with Hamas later this MONDAY THRU FRIDAY: week to end the dangerous power struggle. 24 hour study night at the Titan Iraqi Leader Vows Security Student Union. BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqʼs new prime minister promised SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: Sunday to use “maximum force” if necessary to end the brutal Commencement celebrating the insurgent and sectarian violence wracking the country, while a scholastic success of graduating suicide bomber killed more than a dozen people at a restaurant in downtown Baghdad. students. CSUF proudly presents Although he focused on the need to end bloodshed, Nouri al- the graduating class of 2006.