CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON INSIDE 3 n NEWS: Working Wardrobes continues to give women a second chance on life Jeremy Toback opens CSUF 7 n SPORTS: NFL players do their part and prepare to return to a changed game concert Pub series —see Detour page 4 Volume 73, Issue 9 THURSDAY September 20, 2001 CSUF substance abuse lower than nSTUDY: According Health and Counseling Center Tom come here to eat, not to drink. and make them have a good experi- the message. ber of students when you consid- Sloan. “I think there’s a pretty healthy “They should know better what ence,” Mink said. Aside from the Social Norms pro- er that there are 29,000 students at to two of Harvard’s attitude about drinking.” and how much they drink before or The idea of SNMRP in contrast to gram, CSUF has many resources CSUF,” he said. CSUF is below the national aver- after class,” Pinto said. those “scare tactics,” is to correct the available to students to educate them- CAPS and the Student Leadership surveys, students con- age, according to two recent sur- A student who didn’t want to be misperception that all college students selves about alcohol and drugs. Institute offer peer education pro- veys by the Harvard School of named said that he comes to the Pub drink. Emphasizing the percentage of Students who think they have a grams workshops on substance abuse. sume alcohol and take Public Health College Alcohol Study once in a while before 6 p.m. to have non-or light-drinking students instead drinking or drug problem can go A computer-based interactive pro- drugs less frequently and the recently introduced Social a beer. of the small percentage who drink a to Counseling and Psychological gram called Alcohol 101 is available Norms Marketing Research Project “The place is usually dead,” he lot does this. Sloan said it’s important Services (CAPS) and speak with a on CD-Rom in the Computer Lab. By Yvonne Klopping (SNMRP). said. to emphasize the positive. counselor. Laura Chandeler, director of Health Daily Titan Staff Writer According to SNMRP, 79 percent Kandy Mink, associate vice presi- There are posters all over campus “A lot of times students don’t know Education and Promotion, said the of CSUF students have three or less dent of Student Affairs, said that many stating that 79 percent of students counselors exist and that they can just program was recently made available National surveys on alcohol and drinks when they go out and party. students go to college with the idea have three drinks or less and the TSU walk in,” Sloan said. to all students. Alcohol 101 used to be drug abuse on university campuses The Pub in the Titan Student Union that a lot of drinking is going on. bulletin board conveys that same According to Sloan, approximately only available for groups like fraterni- show that Cal State Fullerton students is the only place on campus that Mink said that traditionally “scare message. 600 students took advantage of CAPS ties and sororities. Now students can drink less than students on other cam- serves beer and wine to students tactics” are used, like videos or post- Mink said that one year after the last year, which includes such things go to the Computer Lab and watch it puses. 21 and older. Pub employee Noemi ers that showed a smashed car as the media campaign, students will be as family problems or the break-up independently. A lot of faculty also “This is a conservative campus,” Pinto said that the Pub is never really result of drunk driving. surveyed again. This time they will with a boyfriend or girlfriend. said Executive Director of the Student crowded and that students usually “We want to help students stay safe be asked if they have actually seen “This is a surprisingly small num- SURVEY/ 8 New ECS dean aims for suc- n skills to go along with a changing CAMPUS: Raman environment. If this is achieved, the Unnikrishnan hopes program is more gratifying for the professors and the students are better that a revamped equipped for work in the real world. Unnikrishnan said he would like to program will prepare share the process of forming a strate- students for new jobs gic plan with the faculty. In order to maintain this plan, having a comple- By Danny Serpa mentary existence is important of the Daily Titan Staff Writer university mission, he said. All visions should be made within agreement of the school. The new dean of the Engineering “ We want to make sure that we and Computer Science Department don’t do things outside of what CSUF, plans to follow a devised set of com- the school’s president and vice presi- mon values that will enable the ECS dent, have in mind.” program to be competitive, visible and Unnikrishnan intends for the valuable to the community. department to carry out quality work, Effective Aug.1, Raman which will contribute to the students’ Unnikrishnan, former chair and pro- education and professionalism. fessor of electrical engineering at “Having a quality organization adds Rochester Institute of Technology in value to CSUF. It’s a win, win situ- New York, and the department staff ation. There aren’t too many regions have developed new approaches that with technological corridors like we will assure success for both ECS stu- have,” he said. “ECS at CSUF should dents and professors. be competitive against other state The common values he attributes schools, perhaps even the UC’s. That to a successful ECS department begin is my goal.” ADAM BYRNES/Daily Titan with having a student-centered envi- The last value Unnikrishnan men- Alan L. Saltzstein moderated Wednesday’s discussion, which covered the causes and effects of terrorism. ronment. This will prepare them for tions is that CSUF should follow the success at school and in the profes- national norms in both the curriculum sional world. and professional practice. He says that “ There’s no reason to be here if we the ECS department is a “facilities Forum looks at world terror- don’t add value to the students. Values dependent field that becomes absolute will make complicated issues seem rapidly.” n see on the screens and read in pub- ervations and concerns over hasty, away, and finding ways to prevent simple,” he said. Orange County is the one of the PANEL: Speakers lication. trigger-happy retaliation. similar events in the future. He mentions the multi-disciplinary largest counties in the state with more voiced reservations for About 100 students, instruc- Dr. Donald Matthewson, profes- “Before we go on a crusade against value as a continuum of the profes- than three million people. He describes tors and community members par- sor of political science and a former terrorism, we have to be clear on sional approach. Students are learning the area as a “ technological hub” that rash and hasty ticipated in yesterday’s “Politics, Air Force intelligence officer, said what terrorism is,” Matthewson said. the necessary skills that will not only offers many opportunities for the right Administration and Justice” collo- that the Twin Towers represented the “We must tell people in the adminis- help them in engineering and com- candidates. He said he would like the military action quium in the Titan Student Union, 17th century enlightenment to him. tration that we must be clear on what puter science, but all areas of study at candidates to be well-prepared CSUF where four experts on terrorism dis- “The Twin Towers were a com- our objectives are.” Cal State Fullerton. students. By Magda Liszewska cussed the causes and possible solu- bination of commercial society and Dr. Karl Kahrs, professor of polit- “ It makes disciplinary valuable,” “ Orange County is the technologi- tions to the problem. The event was civic society working together,” he ical science, pointed out that the Daily Titan Managing Editor Unnikrishnan said. cal corridor of the nation. There is a organized by the Political Science said. “We can’t, in pursuing policy, concept of terrorism seems to be in The ECS is a moving target that is array of high-tech advantage in this Student Association and co-spon- violate principles our country stands the process of changing. always changing and professors and huge population base,” he said. Despite the non-stop media cov- sored by Pi Sigma Alpha Political on,” Matthewson said. “Terrorists don’t want a lot of students must be able to execute tasks Unnikrishnan says he would like to erage of the Sept. 11 attack on New Science Honor Society. Following that notion, the dis- people dead, they want a lot of in a fast environment, he said. increase enrollment at the ECS depart- York and Washington, many people The speakers agreed that last cussion focused on attempting to people watching,“ he said. It is necessary for the faculty and look for further explanations and week’s attacks call for a powerful understand the causes of the tragedy, Kahrs said it bothered him that the students to have the necessary DEAN/ 3 opportunities to discuss what they response, but expressed their res- without getting emotionally carried TERRORISM/8 “See you at the Pole” brings TITAN e x t r a s the faithful, religious togeth- online nGATHERING: than before, he said. tion between the attack on America and “We prayed for the victims families, the national day of student prayer. n Check out the A ritual that started 11 our nation, the president, even the terror- “God called us to pray especially in Daily Titan ist,” Park said.