News Sports Letter to the editor: Titans use 4-1 win in Bookstore stocks up on alumni game as final tuneup frustration, not texbooks 3 before season opener 6 California State University, Fullerton DAILY TITAN Wednesday, March 9, 2005 www.dailytitan.com Volume 80, Issue 16 Downtown area The air up there Horton draws students gets an Recent redevelopment The city of Fullerton plans on expand- ing the downtown district by adding adds additional appeal more restaurants and other attractions. “Roscoe’s Famous Deli opened up award to Fullerton hot spot three weeks ago at 116 W. Commonwealth COURTNEY SALAS Ave. This is the second restaurant Daily Titan Staff opened up by Jack Franklyn, the owner of the neighboring Heroes Restaurant,” After a long day of school or work, said Kay Miller, the economic devel- downtown Fullerton provides a great opment manager of Fullerton. “Both again escape for Cal State Fullerton students. are in the hot new SOCO [South of With great restaurants and bars just Commonwealth] District.” Greg Haidl defense attor- minutes away from school, downtown For those who prefer more of an ethnic Fullerton has become the ideal hangout scene, Miller said that Branagan’s Irish neys aim to avoid another spot in northern Orange County for Pub and the Roman Cucina recently CSUF and other local college students. opened up on north Harbor Boulevard. mistrial “I like the fact that there is a place She added that an Indian cuisine restau- By SHANNON HEWKIN around here where the bars are close rant is scheduled to open within the next Daily Titan Staff together and there is a close interaction few months in the old Williams Building, between Cal State Fullerton students,” where the Imperial Ballroom and The Titan baseball Head Coach George Horton said Scott DeLong, a senior business Rail Restaurant are also located. Miller never thought of himself as a business major. DeLong, along with other stu- also said a Japanese restaurant Mitsui manager, let alone one who would win an dents, likes the fact that Shabu will soon open award. students can park in one “ on Wilshire. “Well, it seems kind of strange to me,” he spot and go to six or It’s nice to see Miller said that said. “I don’t see myself as a businessperson, seven different places in Fullerton finally SOCO, on the east I see myself as a baseball coach.” one night. establishing an side of Harbor, will It was clear, however, that the Orange “Downtown Fullerton welcome the opening Coast chapter of the Society for Advancement has a lot of local area where all the of Slidebar Rock ‘n of Management thought differently when it appeal,” DeLong said. local colleges can Roll Café where the awarded Horton the Orange County Manager “You have people of all interact. former Hub Café was of the Year award Tuesday night at the ages in Fullerton, not located. This is anoth- Marriott Hotel in Fullerton. just college students, so Scott DeLong er business enterprise “Certainly with the team’s accomplish- Fullerton Student people tend to be nicer by Sean Francis, city ments last year there’s a lot of people that because of this.” ” planning commission- wanted to recognize us and me,” he said. Before downtown er and the owner of “I [just] find it a little overwhelming and Fullerton earned its current status, the Continental Room in downtown. uncharacteristic. On one hand, I think I do CSUF students often traveled to local “This area [SOCO] will be undergo- a good job as a baseball coach, but to be in beach cities to interact with other col- ing a renovation this year to make it that elite category with these other Orange lege students. more pedestrian-friendly and to boldly County managers of the year, I’m not sure I “There are a lot of schools, especially identify the area with neon-lit entry belong there, being a baseball coach.” on the East Coast, where the college stu- arches,” Miller said. “The allies will Past recipients of this award include dents have their own area to hang out,” have pavers and landscaping treatments; California State University Fullerton DeLong said. “I would like to see Cal utilities will be underground.” President Milton Gordon in 1998, Chapman State Fullerton have this because I’m With the vegan diet gaining popu- University President James Doti in 1992, and, sick of going to Newport or Huntington larity within our society, Miller said most recently Farouk Abdelwahed, associate all the time.” downtown Fullerton is opening Sidney’s professor in the Department of Business and As downtown Fullerton is becoming Café, which will have a vegan menu and Economics. more popular, the city of Fullerton is an outdoor dining area that offers a Horton said he felt honored and humbled, working to create an even more enjoy- water dish for your pooch. This trendy if not out of place, among the other recipi- able atmosphere for local residents and restaurant will be located on Wilshire. ents. college students. Around the corner, Miller said that Cliff Doubek, Horton fan and member of “With Cal State Fullerton being Lollicup, a café and juice bar, will open the international board of directors for the a commuter school, it’s nice to see on Wilshire to provide a more mellow society, said that the coach was a fitting can- Fullerton finally establishing an area scene for local residents. In addition, a didate for the award. ELIZABETH ZULUAGA/Daily Titan where all the local colleges can inter- smoothie shop and pizzeria will open BJ Vandrovec, a business major, grits his teeth as he launches toward victory at a promotional “We recognize all types of people, not just act,” DeLong said. “We have never had in the new Pinnacle development on event in the Quad on Tuesday. Vandrovec is a member of the CSUF pole-vaulting team. people in typical business fields,” Doubek a distinct area where students can go to said. “The thing I like about Horton is that before this.” DOWNTOWN 4 he’s down to earth.” Pamela Jones, director of Development for Athletics, agrees. “He’s a quiet leader,” she said. “He focus- CSU campuses determine unique schedules es on the education of the whole person. He makes sure that the players don’t just leave Students find difficulty The trip he and his Cal State Long Beach Colleges, WASC, is a national accrediting students aren’t.” as outstanding athletes. He makes them out- girlfriend had planned was for President’s body that approves the academics and cre- Holidays are reassigned throughout each standing men as well.” coordinating vacations due Day weekend, which Long Beach observed dentials of universities situated in the west, school year to accommodate the mandatory Horton’s résumé is impressive. He was by closing their campus, but Northridge did such as those in California and Hawaii. This number of instructional and academic work- a member of the first CSUF team to go to to different holidays not. organization determines the number of days days, Hopkins-Parham said. the College World Series in 1975 as well as By STEFANIE FRANKLIN “CSUs all have different schedules because a California university must offer instruc- If a holiday falls within a semester that head coach in 2004 when the Titans won the Daily Titan Staff it is left up to each CSU’s faculty and presi- tion. In a typical school year, a university already has a set number of non-instruction Series. dent,” said Clara Potes-Fellow, CSU spokes- must have 147 “instructional days” and at days, it can be moved to recesses or holiday He captured the Big West Conference Students and faculty may notice that all person. “They vote on the schedules that best least 170 “academic work days,” said Davida breaks where they are observed, but don’t Coach of the Year three times, and is a mem- their Cal State system peers don’t observe the suit each campus’ needs.” Hopkins-Parham, CSUF executive assistant in provide an additional day off. Typically, said ber of the California Community College same school year schedules. While holiday schedules vary between Academic Affairs. Hopkins-Parham, holidays are observed on Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame “I just figured that since my girlfriend CSUs, so do spring and winter recesses, final “Instructional days are normal school days the actual day of or near that date, as long as in large part because of his 226-53 record at and I both went to Cal States, we’d get the exam dates, commencements and semester scheduled with the purpose of student instruc- they don’t interfere with the university’s abil- Cerritos College. same holidays off,” said Matt Humberstone, beginnings and endings. These are scheduled tion, and don‘t include exam weeks,” she ity to meet the minimum number of required A good support system and exceptional an engineering physics junior at Cal State around a set number of school days each col- said. “Academic work days are instructional school days. coaches are the keys to the continued success Northridge. “It’s not that big of a deal, but it lege must adhere to. days, but also include any additional time that of the CSUF team, Horton said. gets in the way of vacation planning.” The Western Associate for Schools and faculty and staff must be on campus when CSU BREAKS 4 “I can’t do it all myself,” he said. “For us Bloodmobile rolls onto El Toro campus, collects donations American Red Cross Blood said she was pleased with the number of the American Red Cross, said she has been One popular excuse used by those who Cope said.