Vol. 87 Issue 3 February 8, 2010 MONDAY Who Dat?!PAGE 8 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton ‘They killed my dream’ DT Highlights Performing arts majors protested the decision to decrease Cal State Fullerton’s world acclaimed Classical Guitar Program Miss Fullerton crown passed in annual pageant PHOTO BY ALISON MUNSON/Daily Titan Staff Writer Gabby Marco wins a $500 scholarship and the Miss Fullerton crown. A new Miss Fullerton was crowned Saturday night as part of an annual scholarship program. Gabby Marco, 18, received the crown from last year’s winner, Hayley Toler. The event was hosted by Laura Holliman, Miss Fullerton 2007 and Lexy Romano, Miss Fullerton 2008. A backstage interview, on-stage questioning, lifestyle and fitness, and a beauty pageant decided who would take the crown. PHOTO BY NICK MARLEY /Daily Titan Staff Photographer Held before a packed Fullerton College Theatre, the con- Classical guitar major Stephen Laughlin protests the recent decision to reduce the number of classical guitar majors Thursday in the Quad with fellow performing arts students. tests solicited roaring applause from family and friends. The 2010 Miss Fullerton Princesses also performed a cho- reographed dance to “Grease Lightning” on a stage decorated BY ZAM ANWAR maximum of eight to ten students from of them were rallying to protect not just “This is devastating to one of the in the 1950s theme, “Let’s Go to the Hop.” Daily Titan News Editor a maximum of 25 to 30, cut the guitar the future of the program, but also the fu- school’s very strong programs, and it is a [email protected] pedagogy and fingerboard theory classes, ture of incoming students. great tragedy for the many students whose Full Story on NEWS, Page 2 consider to merge guitar chamber ensem- Grimes has been developing the classi- educational goals were centered around Students enrolled in Cal State Ful- bles into guitar orchestra and put guitar cal guitar program for over 30 years. He our guitar program,” Grimes said. lerton’s Classical Guitar Program held a orchestra and guitar workshop on the said that the music department’s budget He went on to note that he did not demonstration Thursday in front of the chair’s load. had to be cut substantially because of the question the motives of the music faculty Titans fail to move up Performing Arts Center in response to Students at the demonstration dis- university’s reduced fund allocation from in choosing to cut the guitar program, a recently passed motion that will scale played colorful posters, called out to by- the state. Since part-time instructors who as other choices would surely have been in Big West standings back the acclaimed program. standers and handed out leaflets in an are paid out of the part-time portion of the equally difficult. He added that since he Professor David Grimes, director of attempt to create awareness and gain sup- department’s budget do all of the current cannot request the department to revoke The Cal State guitar studies, said that the proposal, port. guitar teaching, Grimes said this meant its decision, the next step would be to lay Fullerton men’s passed by full-time faculty in the music The 20-some-odd students, joined by the guitar area did not have direct repre- the groundwork for a fundraising cam- basketball team department, would eliminate core gui- a few faculty members and a couple of sentation in the faculty meetings where defeated Long tar classes, reduce the guitar studio to a graduates of the program, said that most the budget cuts were being discussed. See GUITAR, Page 3 Beach State 81- 75 in an overtime thriller Thursday at Walter Pyra- mid. The Titans 50-year-old frat swept the 49ers - who were the pre-season No.1 team in the Big West - in a hard oldest in county fought game that was televised na- BY MELISSA MALDONADO ephant races in ’63, which made tionally on ES- Daily Titan News Editor the Associated Press’ top-10 sto- PNU. [email protected] ries of 1962 and the OC Register’s Senior guard “Most Memorable Millennium Aaron Thomp- It was the era of the Kennedy Moments.” son took over in presidency, non-violent racial pro- By 1965, the “Sigs” had been the extra period tests, psychedelic rock music and approached by numerous national by scoring 10 possible U.S. involvement in the houses who expressed interest in points. Vietnam War. At the same time, colonizing at the campus. After However, af- a little campus in Orange County intense reviews, the men unani- ter their confi- welcomed its first fraternity. mously voted to join Phi Kappa dence boosting In 1960, the fraternity obtained Tau based on their similar prin- win, they gave a a charter from Orange County ciples, diversities and values. lackluster effort State College, now Cal State Ful- Toward the end of the decade, against UC Riv- PHOTO BY CHAD UEMERA/For the Daily Titan lerton, administration and called the men bought the famous barn erside Saturday themselves Sigma Phi Omega. Redshirt junior center Bryce Webster goes from another fraternity, Phi Sigma at Titan Gym. up for a dunk against Long Beach State. The men quickly became active Kappa, a product of a recent di- The last place in campus activities, including vision within the chapter. Events Highlanders did not have much to lose and they came varsity sports, toga parties and such as the Mud Bowl, Roaring out with more energy than the Titans. pioneered the ’20s party and Sweetheart Ball UCR led wire-to-wire and CSUF could never gain first el- attracted people from all any momentum. over Southern Califor- As big of a win as LBSU was, the loss against UCR See BARN, Page 4 was just as big. PHOTO BY NICK MARLEY /Daily Titan Staff Photographer 11 % The Barn, a CSUF landmark, is located on the corner of Yorba Linda Blvd. and State College Blvd. Full Story on SPORTS, Page 8 Do you depend on public transpor- Index tation to get to work or school? MULTIMEDIA News ............................ page 2,3 25% Campus Life ..................... page 4 Miss Fullerton 2010 Opinion ............................ page 5 64% Classifieds ........................ page 7 NO - 64% - Sports .......................... page 6, 8 For the full multimedia experi- YES - 25% - ence of the 2010 Miss Fullerton Today’s Weather WEATHER Pageant, visit DailyTitan.com/ High: 63° Occasionally - 11% - MissFullerton2010 Low: 45° Sunny COURTESY FLICKR/JENNIFER DONELY 2 February 8, 2010 IN OTHER NEWS INTERNATIONAL Miss Fullerton crowned BY ALISON MUNSON Iran’s president orders hike in nuclear enrichment Daily Titan Staff Writer [email protected] ROME AND BEIRUT - In a possible move to deflect attention from Iran’s political woes, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday ordered the The Fullerton College Theatre nation’s atomic energy agency to begin enriching uranium from 3.5 percent sparkled Saturday night as the eighth to 20 percent purity to serve as fuel for a Tehran medical reactor. annual Miss Fullerton Scholarship The West accuses Iran of dragging its feet in responding to a U.N.-backed Program was underway. proposal to exchange the bulk of its enriched uranium supply for reactor fuel Eleven contestants went to beauty- plates for the Tehran medical reactor. pageant war in a whirlwind of compe- Tehran accuses the West of refusing to negotiate in good faith or to ad- tition and grace, eight of which were dress Iranian concerns about details of the deal. students or alumnae of Cal State Ful- With talks faltering, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in lerton. Rome Sunday, that Washington and its allies would consider new sanctions Gabby Marco, 18, was announced to pressure Iran into curbing aspects of its nuclear program. Miss Fullerton 2010. The former Miss Fullerton 2009, Hayley Toler, is also a member of the CSUF community. “I was literally shocked,” said Mar- NATIONAL co. “I lost all feeling in my face at one Is a presidential run for possible for Palin? point.” Marco, who had previous experi- ence in pageantry as a child, is a dance WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin said Sunday she might run for president in major and hopes to use the $500 2012 if she decides it’s good for her family and country. scholarship to “get a better education BY ALISON MUNSON/Daily Titan Staff Writer Fresh from a speech to conservative activists at a “tea party” gathering in and to further it, maybe double ma- Miss Fullerton 2010 Gabby Marco (center) and Miss Fullerton’s O/S Teen (fourth from left) on stage with fellow contestants. Nashville, the former Alaska governor said President Barack Obama could jor.” be defeated in 2012, that she’s boning up on foreign and national policy and Hosted by Laura Holliman, Miss ballet performance at one point in the confidence. the Miss Fullerton competition is pri- that she would run if it felt right. Fullerton 2007 and Lexy Romano, evening. This category made up 15 percent marily a scholarship program, accord- “I would,” she said on Fox News, where she’s a paid contributor. “I would Miss Fullerton 2008, the competition The competition was made up of of the total score. ing to Hikawa. if I believed that that is the right thing to do for our country and for the Palin was inundated with the audience’s four categories with specific judging The Fullerton Theatre shook as the Local sponsors such as small busi- family. Certainly, I would do so.” roar of approval, rivaling that of a criteria. audience roared during the swimsuit nesses and private donors provide the “I think that it would be absurd to not consider what it is that I can poten- professional sports game.