C A LIFOR N I A S T A T E U N IV E R S IT Y , F U L L E RTO N INSIDE Fans and musicians trek to Indio for the Coachella n 2 NEWS: “Live with Regis and Kelly” Music and Arts Festival search for a college co-host —see Perspectives page 3 5 n SPORTS: Baseball heads out for mid- week tussle with the Bruins tonight VOLU M E 72, I SSUE 44 WEDNESDAY M AY 9, 2001 Film star, alumnus to be honored by nCOMMENCEMENT: degrees at this year’s commencement He was named as one of vice president of Academic ing committee, which holds fundrais- ary degree in the arts. As an actor, ceremonies on May 25 and 26. “Fortune Magazine’s” top Affairs. “He is something ers for campus scholarships, and he Cage has been in countless films, Executive Gareth C.C. Both are being recognized for their 125 thinkers in the world and that we all, both as profes- has represented the California State many of which are embedded into contributions to society. is now the managing part- sionals and students, can University Foundation in Hong Kong popular culture such as “Fast Times at Chang and Nicolas “We are making a very careful choice ner of GC3 and Associates look up to.” as a member of its Regional Advisory Ridgemont High,” “Valley Girl” and as to whom we choose to honor,” said International LLC, a private Chang has been honored board. “Moonstruck.” Cage will receive doc- Paula Selleck, spokesperson from Cal investment and consulting twice before by CSUF. He “For all of his remarkable achieve- “He has integrity — and takes risks torate degrees State Fullerton’s Public Affairs office. company. was awarded the Alumni ments and for the distinction he has to become better and to continue to The honor has been given to just six Chang is also the execu- Association’s Distinguished brought to CSUF as one of its truly learn,” Gordon said. people in the past 42 years. tive chairman of Click2Asia. Alumni Award for Career outstanding alumni, it is appropriate Cage is best known for his role BY KATHLEEN GUTIERREZ Chang is a 1965 CSUF graduate. com; chairman/CEO of Achievement in 1979 and to recognize him now,” said CSUF in the film “Leaving Las Vegas,” in Daily Titan Staff Writer CAGE He will be receiving his honorary doc- PingPong.com and a board was recognized in 1995 at President Milton A. Gordon. which he won an Academy Award for torate in science because he worked as member of Apple Computer, Vision & Visionaries as a Chang will be addressing graduates Best Actor. Academy Award winning actor a university lecturer after graduation Inc. distinguished CSUF alumnus. on May 26 and Cage will give his “We think his accomplishments are Nicolas Cage and alumnus Gareth and quickly made himself known in “He has had a tremendous busi- He is also one of three founders of speech on May 25. C.C. Chang will receive honorary the world of business. ness career,” said Ephraim Smith, the CSUF Front and Center organiz- Cage will be receiving his honor- GRADUATION/ 6 Band rocks the Becker Drivers nPERFORMANCE: since 1994. to feel They have two albums off Emo band Jimmy independent label Wooden Blue records. Eat World played to They later signed with Capitol records and released their album, the burn an enthusiastic audi- “Static Prevails” in 1996. ence last Friday In 1999, they released the nECONOMY: album, “Clarity.” BY KATHLEEN GUTIERREZ The band’s music is called California, like the rest Daily Titan Staff Writer Emo, a derivative of the word “Emotional.” of the nation, is pre- Cal State Fullerton fans of Other bands that fall into this dicted to experience Jimmy Eat World gobbled up the category are The Getup Kids, chance to get a glimpse of the Sunny Real Estate, and Fugazi. a record high in gas Emo band last Friday at Becker “Emo” is a term often used to Amphitheater. BY ALEX DOUVAS categorize the post-grunge, more Daily Titan Staff Writer The crowd was unusually large; visceral form of punk music. flowing out past the main walk- Its sound is much slower and ways that surround the amphithe- softer than what may commonly Memorial Day is a few weeks away, ater, and only continued to grow be considered punk rock. and with the official start of the sum- once the band began to play. Jimmy Eat World will be mak- mer travel season comes the dreaded “I saw them live at the Glass ing a month-long tour of Japan anticipation of gas prices shattering House before and they didn’t let and Germany this June and will the three dollar barrier. me down [today],” said art major venture out on the Van’s Warped Three dollars. For one gallon. Clayton Snow. “It’s the most Tour this July with groups like Prices at the pump are soaring, packed I’ve ever seen.” 311, Newfound Glory, AFI, the hitting record highs all across the Jimmy Eat World had a main- Vandals, and the Rollins Band. country, with the average retail price stream hit a few years back with The event was sponsored by of a gallon of gasoline hitting $1.74 “Lucky Denver Mint,” a song that the Associated Students and has on May 7, according to the American was featured on the soundtrack been the most successful outdoor Petroleum Institute. of “Never Been Kissed,” starring concert this semester. Drivers in Los Angeles, San Drew Barrymore. MAYRA BELtrAN/Daily Titan Francisco and Chicago are already The group has been together Jimmy Eat World’s appearance drew an audience, the most successful live concert this semester. feeling the heat of the summer driving season with gas prices rounding the two dollar mark. “It’s lame,” complained Jami Willis, who just filled up at a Chevron station The big professor on cam- in Yorba Linda, where the price for regular unleaded jumped to $1.89. “If it gets up to three dollars, I don’t nINSTRUCTOR: Scott Associate sociology Professor where, as he puts it, “There wasn’t a want to be driving at all this summer. Michael Perez says that Schaffer is hell of a lot to do.” That will be $120 a month just for gas. Schaffer reminisces proficient, bright, and devoted to his “My friends and I passed the time That is insane.” research. drinking Thunderbird and Colt 45,” he Willis, like most of America, said and opens a window Tammy Renee, a student of said. “When we weren’t doing that, she wishes she could stop driving but to a life full of humor Schaffer’s, enjoys his lighter side. we were contract toilet paper artists.” will likely keep on paying, no matter “He tells the best jokes and stories,” Schaffer’s classmates would pay how bad it gets. “I have to. It’s not like and good times she says. “He is the coolest professor him and his friends $20 to toilet paper we have a great public transportation I’ve ever had.” the houses of people they disliked. system, and you have to get places.” Scott Schaffer’s BY PAUL WRIGHT Schaffer said growing up in a small, His favorite job though, the house Special to the Titan The rise in gas prices, according to students know rural town motivated him to succeed, of a cheerleader, was more of a per- a recent Federal Trade Commission the sociology and forced him to develop a sense of sonal nature. report, is due to a decline in world pro- One minute he’s asking a colleague humor. While he was walking home one professor for out for a pint and the next he’s dis- duction of crude oil and still increas- his jokes and “I always wanted to do bigger and rainy day during his junior year of high ing demand by U.S. consumers. cussing dialectical materialism with better things than my neighbors and school, May had driven her cherry red stories students attending his office hours. Susan Hahn, a spokesperson for the parents had,” he said. “I also had to Mustang through a puddle, splash- American Petroleum Institute (API), Cal State Fullerton sociology pro- cope with living in a town full of retir- ing him with fecal-infested sewer fessor Scott Schaffer, 30, is a guy who said that the price increases began in ees. The only way I could entertain water and ruining his brand new Dead March of 1999, when the Organization LorrAINE DOMIN- knows how to have a good time and a myself was to look for the comedy in Kennedy’s T-shirt. GUEZ dedicated professional. He is respect- for Petroleum Exporting Companies Daily Titan it all.” ed by peers and students alike. Schaffer grew up in Hemet, Calif. SOCIOLOGY/ 6 GASOLINE/ 4 Older students find new dilemmas second time TitAN nEDUCATION: More and more adults are reason, older students are returning to CSUF. The study found 9,530 of the dents — almost 80,000 more than in school in increasing numbers through- registered 24,521 students during the 1996 — were 25 or older.- Specifically, e x t r a s re-entering college, a decision that brings about out the country. 1997-1998 academic year were at least 47 percent were age 25-44, 13 percent 25-years-old. This represented more age 45-59, and six percent were 60 and online complications and personal satisfaction Just The Facts, Ma’am: than a third of the students attending older.- Cal State Fullerton.