Vol. 90 Issue 9 September 15, 2011 New parking features Watch the on campus Daily Titan News in 3 CSUF students have always battled to find parking, but new features have been put in place to ease the parking problem. Get up-to- Scan to view Watch a video Scan to view ONLINE date cover- that details what EXCLUSIVES the new park- dailytitan.com age on top ing features on campus campus are at news stories dailytitan.com /2011/09/15/ parking/ dailytitan.com The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Illegal in Fullerton Many cities skip law enforcement costs by creating ordinances against clinics STEVEN YUAN classified as a Schedule I con- Daily Titan trolled substance by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The legality of medical This implies that marijuana marijuana in cities across still has a high potential for California is a foggy subject abuse and is not currently and local governments are accepted for use in medical struggling to decide how dis- treatment. pensaries should be managed. Technically, dispensaries While some cities have no should be able to operate le- ordinances banning the busi- gally as long as they’re non- ness of medical marijuana profit. However, many cities dispensaries, Fullerton and have avoided the additional other cities have taken mea- costs of law enforcement, sures to keep these pot-dis- zoning regulations and over- tributing cooperatives away. all community impact. In ef- Ever since the Compas- fect, many cities have enacted sionate Use Act of 1996 and ordinances that prohibit the Medical Marijuana Program business of medical marijua- Act were passed, cooperative na dispensaries. In February networks of medical marijua- 2008, Fullerton’s City Coun- na distribution have grown cil overturned the decision to immensely. allow dispensaries in town in Currently, marijuana has a 4-1 vote. been legalized in various states for medicinal purposes, See WEED, page 2 but ironically, the drug is still WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan Students find other ways of getting medical marijuana even though dispensaries, collectives and cooperatives have been banned in the city of Fullerton since 2008. For example, some dispensaries will deliver to clients who live in cities with the ban. Food for thought at Multicultural Taste event Soccer ranked 24th AICA hosts its biggest event, serving up a smorgasbord of dishes from around the world After being on the road most of the year, the Titans are still undefeated and looking for more SUSANA COBO pose of the event is to spread awareness Daily Titan of different cultures through cuisine. RICK GOMEZ game-winner in the season opener and This year, AICA is featuring cel- Daily Titan also tacked on another versus UNLV. ebratory dishes, cuisine that would be AICA (The Association for Inter- Freshman defenders Mark Vasquez Cultural Awareness) held a Multicul- served during holidays and birthday Two tournament titles, a tie against and Fermin Villalba have also contrib- tural Taste event in the Quad where celebrations. Students learned what students learned about various cul- the food represents in each culture. the defending national champions and uted either from the bench or in start- tures by sampling cuisine. Club as- Not only is the event feeding students’ an undefeated record. ing roles. sociations served food and delicacies, and faculty’s bellies, but also their curi- The Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer Defensively, the back line has re- representing numerous countries in osity. At the stands, they hovered over team could not have asked for a better mained stout, led by senior goalkeeper Latin America, Asia and the Middle the crowd of students wondering if way to begin the season. Trevor Whiddon. Whiddon has al- East. their culture was represented. The Titans are on a short three- ready put up three shutouts and 19 Trivia questions, prize giveaways Tiffany Hsueh, 19, an international game winning streak, sporting an un- saves in the first five games, including and cultural music supplemented business major, served wagashi dango defeated record of 4-0-1 with the only stellar performances against Hope In- from the Japanese Culture Club. This the theme. Shakira, Elvis Crespo and draw coming to nationally ranked No. ternational and Akron where he was vegetarian dessert is similar to mochi, sounds of Bachata represented re- 4 Akron. The most impressive part of under heavy pressure most of the game. gions of the Latino community. Pun- a Japanese rice cake. The colors of the this record is that four of the five games He was named to the all-tourna- jabi MC represented regions of India. wagashi dango are traditionally pre- Traditional Japanese and Cambodian sented in pastel colors, reflecting the have been away. ment team last weekend at the UNLV music, representing parts of Asia, seasonal colors of spring during cherry Much of that success has come from Nike Invitational. sauntered into students’ ears. blossom-viewing season. SUSANA COBO / Daily Titan a balance of solid defense and an at- This is the start the team will need According to Rozely Barbero, 22, Students got a sip of Jarritos, a popular beverage in Latin America, as it was placed atop tacking midfield that seems unstop- as it inches closer to conference play, administrative chair of AICA, this is See AICA, page 5 a traditional and festive Mexican blanket to spread intercultural awareness at the event. pable. where it’s not going to be easy. Both the biggest event for AICA. The pur- Led by senior midfielder Kevin UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara are Venegas and junior midfielder Oscar nationally ranked No. 5 and No. 6, Aguero, the Titans continue to create respectively. Nursing professor awarded for excellence countless scoring opportunities in their The quick start will keep the Titans first five games. from falling behind in overall record JESSICA ESCORSIA almost 11 years as an assistant professor for the school appreciates us and what we do,” said Rut- Venegas leads the team with 20 while building their confidence as Daily Titan School of Nursing at Cal State Fullerton, Elaine kowski. shots total with 3 goals, and Aguero they compete against the conference. As a child, nurse costumes were her top choice Rutkowski was awarded the DAISY Faculty The DAISY (diseases attacking the immune is right behind him with 14 shots and If they want any chance of com- during Halloween. Many long nights were spent Award in a luncheon ceremony at the CSUF Ir- system) Award for extraordinary nurses was cre- one goal. peting within the conference, they engaged in her collection of Cherry Ames books, vine Campus Aug. 19. ated after Patrick Barnes, 33, died from the au- Head Coach Bob Ammann has also can’t repeat the debacle they had early a series based on a mystery-solving nurse. “I would never do anything else but teach. toimmune disease ITP (idiopathic thrombocyto- brought in some freshmen to comple- last season. CSUF had two draws and Now, after 34 years in the nursing field and Getting this award really just validated that the penic purpura) in 1999. The Barnes family was ment the experienced Titan squad. three straight losses before overwhelmed by the excellent nursing care their Freshman forward Ian Ramos has son received while he was in the hospital. After a been a surprising contributor in his See SOCCER, page 8 decade of presenting the DAISY Award to nurses young career as a Titan. He scored the in the hospital setting, the family decided to rec- ognize faculty members in the education system who inspire and teach practices of excellent ser- vice and care to nursing students. Lolita Hortono, office manager for the School of Nursing and one of the committee members who selected Rutkowski, said the CSUF School of Nursing became part of the DAISY founda- tion’s recognition program because they wanted to honor teachers who have done an exceptional job in their field. “She’s a wonderful teacher. One thing that I can emphasize is that she leads by example and students see that,” said Hortono. During the 2010 commencement ceremony for the School of Nursing, Rutkowski was announced the winner of the DAISY Faculty Award. ALVIN KIM / Daily Titan WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan Assistant Professor Elaine Rutkowski received the DAISY Faculty Award for her inspirational teaching and character. See DAISY, page 3 Junior midfielder Oscar Aguero looks to shoot against Hope International. Contact Us at [email protected] dailytitan.com September 15, 2011 2 NEWS WEED: Medical marijuana users face dilemma in Fullerton DTSHORTHAND Engineering vert distribution of medical marijuana. said they’re not hard to obtain. ...Continued from page 1 Joshua Serrano, 23, a marketing “My friend just said that his back major, lives in Placentia and knows of was hurting and my other buddy just Workshops to distribution networks other than dis- said he couldn’t sleep and they were Don Bankhead, a Cal State Fuller- Embrace Diversity mobile apps pensaries. able to acquire cards,” he said. ton alumnus and Fullerton’s current “I’ve got friends that smoke. A cou- Because various cities have enacted mayor pro-tem, served on the Fuller- EMBRACE, a collaboration be- College tries to shift with industry demand ple of them get it from clinics, but a different policies concerning dispensa- ton City Council in 2008. Based on tween the Student Leadership Insti- majority of them just buy off pot deal- ries, there is a lot of confusion on how all the tech companies are hiring his own marijuana research, his vote tute and the Multicultural Leader- LUKE CHERNEY ers or other friends. It’s definitely not to deal with medical marijuana. While Daily Titan students with programming skills against the dispensaries was justified by ship Center, will host six workshops hard to come by if you really want it,” proliferation of dispensaries may in- in mobile apps,” Barua said.