Rock Band 3, the latest installment in Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.’s popular rhythm-based video game series, brings new features that promise to rev-olutionize the genre.

Chief among them is the introduction of “Pro Instruments” game, peripherals that replicate actual instrumental processes.

These peripherals can be used as instruments out-side of the game.

Rock Band 3 teaches the player hand placement and proper chord progression throughout the four difficulty levels of the game. By the time a player reaches the expert level, they have learned to play the selected song in its entirety.

The techniques and notes learned are all trans-ferable to an actual guitar, bass, drums and keyboards.

Fans have eagerly awaited Rock Band 3’s arrival and are intrigued by the new developments.

“I play guitar occasion-ally, and I generally use websites to find tabs,” said Clayton Wong, an undeclared freshman. “Rock Band 3 provides a new way to learn songs, so I’m pretty excited.”

The game’s developers have placed themselves in an intriguing position. While their product’s existence is still grounded in enter ta inment, they’ve re-i n t r o -

duced it as an educational opportunity. And it couldn’t have come at a better time.

California’s economic difficulties have compro-mised music education programs all across the state.

Last year, Cal State Fullerton’s Classical Guitar Program was downsized because of a lack of fund-ing, displacing many prospective students.

“I always joke with my students,” said Brian Mo-rales, a 22-year-old music student. “I tell them music is just like Guitar Hero, but harder.”

California’s latest budget shows a marginal increase in higher education spending but nothing substan-tial enough to fortify the state’s art programs.

Morales insists that music education problems ex-tend past the state.

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October 28, 2010Vol. 88 Issue 33

Transfer made easy for studentsKAREN DICKINSONStaff Writer

Fullerton College is one of the hundreds of community colleges affected by the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act approved in September by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, increasing ease of school transfer for students.

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President Barack Obama called community colleges the “unsung he-roes” of the nation’s education system at the first White House summit on community college Oct. 5.

Community colleges are sometimes scrutinized and seen in a negative light because of their nature.

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Band combines country roots, classic rock and punk genres at the Fullerton stop on their 12-year tour

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Cal State or other universities are bet-ter,” said Brittney Beaman, 17-year-old Fullerton Union High School senior. “Two of my friends are going to Fuller-ton College, but most think that if they go, they’ll be stuck there for years.”

On Sept. 29, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger approved the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, making a smoother transition for stu-dents to transfer from a community college to a CSU or UC. Whether this will solve the transfer problem is yet to be seen. Some students take more than

two years to transfer because of inner- institutional problems rather than lack of motivation or skill.

The transfer process becomes con-fusing when students move to univer-sities where course numbers and pre-requisites are different than those at the community college.

(STAR) Act eliminates the excess units many community college stu-dents felt obligated to take, which of-ten didn’t transfer to universities.

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Actors urge youth to vote in elections

Actors Kal Penn and Kerry Washington urged young people to vote in the Nov. 2 elections. The actors, along with Kamala Harris, the democratic nominee for Cali-fornia attorney general, stressed the importance of the youth vote and the power of student-led po-litical movements.

“Every important and major movement can be tracked in this country to its young people and students,” said Harris, who is cur-rently San Francisco’s district at-torney. “We want to encourage stu-dents to understand their power.”

If elected, Harris would be the first black attorney general in Cali-fornia.

Harris stressed the imminence and importance of current issues on the ballot. Environmental is-sues, gay marriage and health care are topics Harris said the younger generation can solve.

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Rock Band 3 gets educational

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Titan forward Nick Posthuma and UC Davis midfielder Jason Santos struggle for position as the ball approaches. Posthuma scored the winning goal for the Titans in overtime.

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The Cal State Fullerton men’s soc-cer team might have earned their big-gest win of the year Wednesday night at Titan Stadium, defeating UC Davis 2-1 in overtime.

Both teams were tied for third in the Big West Conference, and this was a huge result for the Titans.

Only the top four teams make it to the Big West tournament, and with this being the two teams only meet-ing, it was a must win. Junior mid-fielder Kevin Venegas knew this.

“It was definitely a must-win. This was our season on the line, and we re-sponded well. It wasn’t our best game of the season, but our effort was great tonight. After this weekend, when we showed no effort, and to come out like this tonight says a lot about the team,” Venegas said.

The first half had little to no action with neither team dominating posses-sion. The Titan’s best chance of the

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first half came off a Venegas corner kick that caught a Titan’s head and went just wide of the frame.

UC Davis had no real threats on goal in the first period, but had three shots on goal compared to the Titans’ one goal. The Titans had three cor-ners as well.

The second half was much more exciting, as the Titans struck early at the 57 minute mark with a goal by junior midfielder Michael Denny. The play was setup by a fabulous run by senior forward Celso Alvarez who sent a wonderful through ball to Den-ny, hitting it off the keeper, sending it back to Denny, who put it in the back of the net.

UC Davis answered 11 minutes later with a goal of their own. Fresh-man midfielder Alex Aguiar shot a rocket from 25 yards out that went into the back of the net to tie the game up at 1-1.

The Titans have had some contro-versy lately, and this game did as well.

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“Understanding the importance of the race and the imminence of all of these issues in terms of impact on our lives,” harris said. “What we want to do is encourage students to organize as they have done before.”

harris, Penn and Washington want to dispel the myth that the number of students that voted in the 2008 presidential election was not a fluke.

“It drives me crazy because every-one is doubting our voice,” Wash-ington said, who plays Kelly in the upcoming movie For Colored Girls. “We have to show up to the polls to make sure that our numbers are heard, that people know that we still care, that we understand that a representational democracy can only represent us when our voices are heard.”

In 2007, a large student popula-tion was responsible for the grass-roots movement of the obama cam-paign.

“This signifies that young people were moving the country forward,” Penn said, who left his role as dr. Kutner on Fox’s drama, House, M.D.,

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to join the obama administration as a political activist.

Penn and harris joined cam-paigners in des Moines, Iowa, and went door-to-door to ask people to vote for Ba-rack obama, a then un-known sena-tor from Il-linois.

“everything from city college students, high school students, uni-versity students, graduate students … people who have never been in-volved in a campaign, a lot of whom

have never voted, joined the obama campaign,” harris said. “What was happening was just a part of the

creation of a movement.”

h a r r i s hopes stu-dents will channel a similar move-ment in the u p c o m i n g state elections by using so-cial media to

promote candidates and spread infor-mation regarding propositions.

“do not underestimate the power of what you guys can do in your own community as students,” harris said.

Patent combats sexting New Apple technology will filter texts for explicit words and photos

ALVAN UNGFor the Daily Titan

Apple’s latest patent award aims to combat sexting, and it’s generating a buzz, according to Apple Insider.

The United States Patent and trade-mark office website outlines a patent awarded to Apple for a “text-based communication control for personal communication device.”

This technology can be used by phone administrators to control com-munications in many ways, such as limiting Wi-Fi access points, correcting spelling and grammar and most nota-bly, filter texts for explicit words.

cNN.com, as well as several other websites, states that this patent’s pur-pose is to combat sexting, or the act of sending sexually explicit messages or pictures with a phone. Apple’s new technology can catch and filter abbrevi-ations and words that other filters miss, although it does not filter pictures, ac-cording to cNN.

chelsea Lee, a biology major, said sexting is a complicated issue because sending sexually explicit messages is a personal choice.

“When people choose to send out these kinds of messages, they run the risk of marking themselves as vulnera-ble targets, prone to molestation or rape - something that cannot be controlled by Apple’s new technology,” Lee said.

“This technology is an ineffective attempt at combating sexting, because it cannot filter pictures,” Lee said. “If it doesn’t do pictures, it won’t change anything.”

Jonathan Machado, an undeclared major, said that sexting is a personal matter that can be consented to and that many who engage in sexting will go off and harass others.

With Apple’s new text-based communication controls, texts will be filtered for explicit words .AARON GILLIAM / daily titan

Machado believes that this is why sexting has become a big issue and that Apple’s new technology will have no impact on sexting because “people can just come up with new words and ways to go around (the filter).”

“It won’t do anything if it can’t fil-ter pictures,” Machado said. “If Apple’s technology gains the ability to do so down the road, it could become a pri-vacy concern.”

Machado said that there is no fool-proof solution when it comes to other measures that could be taken to combat sexting.

“(A word filter) won’t have any ef-fect,” Machado said. “We need to educate people and tell them that it’s a personal matter.”

Machado said people who engage in

sexting will continue to do it as long as they remain uneducated about its con-sequences - particularly the fact that sex-ting is a felony if minors are involved.

Nick chapman, a kinesiology ma-jor, said people shouldn’t care so much about sexting.

“People should be able to (send these kinds of messages) if they want,” chapman said. “But if it starts causing drama, we should look at it.”

Apple’s new technology will be inef-fective because it cannot address explicit pictures, chapman said.

In place of an anti-sexting mea-sure, he suggests that younger chil-dren shouldn’t even be allowed to have phones.

Apple’s website does not make men-tion of the new technology.

Actor Kal Penn left his role in Fox’s drama, house, M.d. to join the Obama administration. Penn was a speaker at Obama’s speech at USC last week.

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INterNAtIoNALDeath toll from Indonesian tsunami rises to 272

Biggest public-works project in nation derails

Clovis woman in spanking case wins — againFRESNO — A clovis woman is entitled to the $1.4 million that her

former employer and its insurance carriers agreed to pay her to settle her sexual-harassment lawsuit, a Fresno county Superior court jury ruled tuesday.

the verdict gives Janet orlando more ammunition in her fight to get some of the damages that another jury awarded her in 2006 for enduring spankings at Alarm one Inc., where she worked as a sales-person.

Alarm one and its insurance carriers have declined to pay, saying that the settlement contract depended on finding a bank willing to finance the deal. they say that didn’t happen.

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INDONESIA — rescue workers were searching for hundreds of missing people in tsunami-ravaged villages on Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands Wednesday as the death toll rose to 272, officials said.

As many as 4,000 villagers were homeless and staying at temporary shelters after the quake-triggered waves hit their houses, said Febri, an official at the disaster Management Agency in Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province.

Febri, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, put the death toll at 272 and said a search was continuing for 412 missing.

NEW JERSEY— The nation’s biggest public-works project, a new rail tunnel under the hudson river, was canceled Wednesday when the governor of New Jersey announced that his state didn’t have the money to pay its share of the almost $9 billion cost.

Gov. christopher christie, a republican, who came into office last year promising fiscal restraint, said New Jersey couldn’t afford the construction overruns. he previously rejected any gasoline tax increase to pay for the proj-ect.

“In the end, my decision does not change,” christie said at a news confer-ence. “I cannot place upon the citizens of New Jersey an open-ended letter of credit, and that’s what this project represents.”

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Student’s attending the cal State Fullerton Irvine campus will have something to look forward to next spring semester - a shiny new cam-pus.

The satellite campus will relocate about four miles southwest of the current location on the former el toro Marine corps Air Station.

The move from the current loca-tion was prompted to make way for the development of the Great Park Neighborhood housing project.

The new location will be centered near two major freeways. Both the 405 and 5 Freeways will have easy access to the new campus. The new campus will also offer more transit opportunities with many bus ser-vices.

Irvine campus to move in spring

Brief by Anna Gleason

The Women’s center has start-ed its holiday care package drive for troops in Afghanistan and will be accepting donations through dec. 2. The drive is being coor-dinated by the Student Veterans Association, Veterans Student Services and the human Services Student Association.

The center is accepting person-al items such as body wash, de-odorant and socks. Food, snacks and miscellaneous items such as books, batteries and calling cards will also be accepted for dona-tions.

Fliers located throughout cam-pus include a list of suggested items to donate. drop-off loca-tions are in Uh-205 and ec-479.

Holiday care package drive

Brief by Stephanie Raygoza

did you know cal State Fuller-ton offers discounted acupuncture treatments to all registered stu-dents?

each Friday the alternative medicine treatments are conducted for a mere $5 dollars. The ancient practice is said to aid in stress reduc-tion, insomnia, back and joint pain, headaches, anxiety, weight control, sinus problems, depression and even PMS.

Appointments can be scheduled by phone or through the titan Por-tal. The initial visit lasts an hour and follow-up appointments are 30 minutes. It is recommended to book appointments in advance as they are only offered once a week.

Acupuncture on campus Fridays

Brief by Alexandra Andersen

The Muslim Student Association is hosting a variety of lectures with guest speakers from all over orange county to educate people about Muslim culture.

MSA has a variety of pamphlets for students to understand its rich culture and will also hold several meetings throughout the semester.

The organization will feature a special guest speaker when they meet tuesday in the Legislative chambers room at 5:30 p.m.

MSA welcomes all students in-terested in learning more about their beliefs. It will have its fall ori-entation Thursday, Sept. 23 at the heterbrink in the tSU at 5 p.m.

For more information, visit the MSA Facebook page or e-mail them at msa@fullerton.edu

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“The number one issue since 1984 is getting all the two and four-year schools to adopt a common number system so that students can transfer with the right courses,” said Chuck Moore, Cal State Fullerton director of Enrollment Management.

Moore said there is a lack of effective guidance at some community colleges. The transfer system should be simple to navigate for students who have set their educational goals. The course number system should line up with that of UCs and CSUs, but problems arise when they do not and the counseling system doesn’t make collateral courses articu-lated to students.

“I didn’t listen to my counselors,” said Brett McMahon, a 23-year-old Cerritos Community College transfer student. “I helped myself to graduate by looking at the courses I needed to take to get out of there.”

Other reasons some community col-lege students find it difficult to transfer to universities is due to the lack of pre-college education, motivation, money or time.

“It took me 20 years to transfer be-cause I had kids and a divorce to deal with,” said Barbara Saur, from the CSUF Center for Careers and Teach-ing. “All types of students are at com-munity college. I know someone who got into Harvard and their parents wouldn’t pay so they are now at a com-munity college.”

Moore said higher education starts before college and that in order for students to transfer to the university of their choice, they should be ready coming out of high school rather than trying to catch up in community col-lege. Students that are prepared for higher education through high school programs are going to be more suc-cessful at transferring from community colleges.

Moore said the reason many black students do not transfer is because of math impediments. As a result, Moore has created “Legacy Round Table,” a program for high school students to take summer math courses at the com-munity colleges.

Students Moore works with have an 80 percent transfer rate by attend-ing Mount Sac, Chaffey, Fontana or Moreno Valley community colleges before graduating high school.

According to the California Post-secondary Education Commission, in 2006, 60.9 percent of California

community college transfers graduate from UC Berkeley in four years and 84 percent do in five years. Thirty-eight percent of those who transfer to UC Riverside graduate in four years and 61.6 percent do in five years.

According to the Collegiate As-sessment of Academic Proficiency, as of October 2010, com-munity col-lege transfers g r a d u a t e from CSUF at a rate of 50 percent. The rate at which they graduate has its gaps.

Only 15 percent grad-uate in four years, 38.6 do within five years and 49.9 percent graduate in six years. Cal State Long Beach commu-nity college transfers graduate in four years at 9.7 percent, five years at 32.8 percent and six years at 46.8 percent.

“I think community colleges are ab-solutely an effective institution. They allow better access for all students who get a college degree and are affordable because of cost, academic performance and community college faculty are of

the highest quality in California,” said Amy Cox-Petersen from CSUF’s De-partment of Elementary and Bilingual Education. “Sometimes when you’re 18, you don’t know what you want to do, but if you know early, you get out early.”

The community college system is one of Cali-fornia’s top investments and it is a matter of how they are utilized or misused by students that deter-mines who transfers out, drops out and at what

rate.Tom Clammer, emeritus dean and

professor of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, agrees with Cox-Petersen.

“We definitely need a strong and effective community college system to ensure we can meet the growing need for highly educated citizens,” Clammer said.

Some students think community colleges can better serve students if the

stigma of attending them is eliminat-ed. It starts with the attitude that sur-rounds community colleges.

“(Community college) was a lot eas-ier than CSUF, and the professors were more laid back. It kind of felt like high school,” said Miranda Charlnoes, who left for a semester to complete general education courses.

Cox-Petersen, Moore and Saur feel students have to be aware of the pur-pose community colleges serve in order to succeed, transfer and graduate in a timely manner.

The STAR Act will help focus stu-dents in the transition from commu-nity college to universities. It will not solve the entire issue that keeps some at community colleges for years or until they get impatient and drop out because of lack of money, time and/or motivation.

“I think people who actually under-stand the system don’t really understand what they are learning. You do com-plete lower division coursework. A lot of people think they are for people that can’t get into a four-year university,” Saur said. “We have to encourage the population to be more accepting of it.”

Saur said career education is becom-ing more popular in order to make ed-ucation more vocational and that this will help the system as a whole.

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With spring registration begin-ning this week, students will have the chance to test out MyEdu.com, a free program that allows them to research courses, view course grades and read reviews on faculty.

“Students (can) use MyEdu dur-ing registration to build the best class schedule by comparing professor re-views and grade records from past se-mesters,” said Chris Chilek, one of the company’s founders, in a press release introducing MyEdu to educational in-stitutions in California.

Unlike RateMyProfessors.com, My-Edu offers more objective overviews of professors and the classes they teach.

Students can not only search through student reviews of professors, but can also see grade disbursements from previous semesters.

This is made possible because for each course MyEdu compiles official grade records from previous semesters. These records are then displayed visu-ally through a bar graph students can scroll over to see percentages for grades “A” through “F.”

“It takes a certain person to post their opinions about their professor online. It’s very subjective,” said Can-dace Foote, a sociology major, about sites like RateMyProfessors. “Though it’s interesting to see the grades profes-sors give,” she added.

In addition to accurate grade read-ings, students can also build schedules using a specialized “Schedule Plan-ner.”

This planner creates schedules that work with what students want, their work schedules and other commit-ments. MyEdu also links up with Facebook, so students can share their schedules through the social network-ing site.

“I think a site (like MyEdu) would be helpful to students because they can see how professors graded their students,” said Arav Kahanna, a fi-nance major. “As long as the grades are shown anonymously, I would use a site like this.”

Initially, the program required a small fee to use but has since changed its policies to allow students to gain “100 percent free access.”

“Anyone could write whatever they want on sites like RateMyProfessors,” said Alanah Kruger, a sociology major. “(MyEdu) seems more accurate be-cause a lot of students use those kind of sites to write bad things about pro-fessors who gave them bad grades.”

According to a press release from MyEdu, the company was founded in 2008 and houses the largest warehouse of professor, course, degree and college information in the United States.

The resources that the site provides have helped over 2 million students graduate from college.

To enroll in the services and learn more, visit MyEdu.com.

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“Americans have no idea of how our musical education is still in its in-fancy compared to places like Europe,” Morales said. “Music education starts before you can talk in places like Ger-many or France. Most Europeans can read music because they are introduced to it at a young age. In America, as has been the case for centuries, the arts take a beating.”

Department of Music Chair Marc R. Dickey sees reason for optimism in Rock Band 3.

“Although I have never tried Rock Band or similar video games, what is forecast for Rock Band 3 not only sounds like a lot of fun, but it could lead to some real musical learning on a limited scale,” Dickey said. He said that although video games could not replace formal training, basic skills could be de-veloped.

As uncertainty surrounds California’s music education programs, it’s promis-ing to know that the desire to educate is not diminished. Dickey poses a caveat: In the game’s small advancements lies a need for a more permanent solution.

“Music education should not be just for families who can afford it,” Dickey said. “It should be for every kid in Orange County, in California, in America.”

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Career Center helps create job résumés

The internship and holiday job-hunting seasons are in full swing, and college students everywhere are polishing up their cover letters and résumés to help put their best foot forward. With spring registration looming, Cal State Fullerton is no exception.

Many students, however, still don’t know what it is that grabs a potential employer’s attention and what makes them quickly duck for cover.

“You can’t crank out a quick list of what you have done and expect it to be ef-fective,” said Laura Neil, a CSUF Ca-reer Center specialist, in reference to the number one mistake she sees on student re-sumes. Neil is one of six CSUF Career Center specialists and has worked here for almost ten years.Her specialization lies in the arts and entertainment industry, which makes her a good go-to for students interested in that field.

“That’s why we are always urging students to start their job or intern-ship search early. It may take two weeks to get a really good résumé done, polished and ready to send,” Neil said.

The Career Center is the premiere destination for students who need direction in their quest for employ-ment, the perfect semester intern-ship and need help writing résumé and cover letters.

“The Career Center has an em-ployer relations team that has cre-ated customized recruitment plans to meet the hiring needs of many top employers,” said Maria Valdivia-Pellkofer, the center’s specialist for business majors.

Valdivia-Pellkofer, who has worked at the center for 25 years, said the center works with employ-ers that represent a wide range of industries including Disney, Ernst and Young, Boeing, PepsiCo, South-ern California Edison and Morgan Stanley.

Students have a tendency to re-peat the information they included in the résumé on their cover letters, Valdivia-Pellkofer said.

“The cover letter is a great op-portunity to expand on the facts provided in the resume and ‘tell your story,’” Valdivia-Pellkofer said. “Don’t be afraid to show your enthu-siasm for the position and how you can benefit the company.”

When it comes to one’s major, Neil suggested students tailor their resumes to their particular industry of choice.

“Accounting firms, for example, are firm in their belief that a GPA must be pre-sented on the résumé; whereas, in the enter-t a i n m e n t industry, I usually ad-vise students to list it only if it’s a 3.5 or

higher,” Neil said. Neil said that computer science

and information systems students who want internships should plan on having a clear and detailed list of exactly what software, hardware, op-erating systems, languages and plat-forms they are familiar with.

“Résumés for performers should list their performance experience first, separating film from theater, from television, etc. and using a co-lumnar format. Graphic designers’ résumés should be samples of their work,” Neil said.

Some students, however, don’t use the Career Center for help with their résumé and cover letter writing the way they should.

“I tend to go to my parents for help with my résumé,” said Taylor Quinn, a 20-year-old psychology major. “I’ve never been to the Career Center be-cause I never thought I needed it.”

The Career Center is open Mon-day through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cal State Fullerton guides students in the internship and job search process

FRANCINE RIOSStaff Writer

It’s hard not to admire a person who shares themselves completely. She will tell you that she shares too much, but it is the people that do not hide behind their insecuri-ties that are leaders for people that are afraid.

Genelle Belmas, associate pro-fessor of communications, con-siders herself an open book; she has never been ashamed to share the details of her battle with her weight, or the particulars of the extreme procedure that almost killed her and saved her life.

After undergoing gastric bypass surgery one year ago, Belmas has now lost over 145 pounds. She has dropped from a size 5X to an XL or sometimes a large, but the sur-gery was only the beginning to liv-ing a healthy lifestyle.

The limited space in the stom-ach forces patients to be crucially selective about what they eat; it is imperative that they get the proper nutrition in first because it’s pos-sible nothing else will fit.

“For people that are obese, I would say do everything else be-fore this. I would still not say just do it on a whim,” Belmas said. “Do everything you can before this because it is really hard, but if you have made this decision, don’t listen to the naysayers because it

probably saved my life.”The road to where she is today

was not simple; after the surgery, Belmas returned to the hospital on three different emergency visits. It was apparent to her and her family that something was wrong when any substance, including water, would come back up. She was ad-mitted and immediately hooked up to IV’s to compensate for the extreme dehydration.

On all three occasions, her doc-tors inserted a tiny balloon down her throat to re-open the hole leading to her new stomach, which was repeatedly closing.

Since January, Belmas has suf-fered no more medical prob-lems, but to this day she can’t look at scrambled eggs or Sun Chips.

“It was pret-ty tough,” said a communica-tions professor Beth Evans. “There were some initial side ef-fects and complications, it was tough as a friend to watch her go through that.”

The actual bypass procedure de-taches both intestinal tracts from the stomach and re-attaches them to what is referred to as a “gastric pouch,” or the new stomach.

After the surgery, the pouch is the size of a shot glass and for weeks patients are limited to con-suming liquids and soft foods.

“If you and I had this interview in December, I would have said what the fuck was I thinking,”

Belmas said.Belmas admits to never being a

tiny girl; she said that the years af-ter graduate school were the hard-est. Her “freshman 15,” she jokes, was more like a “freshman 50.” Her racial background gave her the Scandinavian bones to carry the extra weight and she compli-ments herself as a wonderful cook and entertainer for all her friends.

Belmas attributes her slightly addictive personality and her love for food to her continuous weight gain.

After years of nurturing her aca-demic side, she had failed to take care of her physical side. She even-

tually reached a life threat-ening weight of over 300 pounds.

“I would drink a lot and eat a lot. I did not need to be 200 pounds overweight ,” Belmas said.

She earned her bachelor’s degree at The University of Wisconsin in journalism and political science, her master’s degree at the Universi-ty of Wisconsin in political science and her Ph. D. at the University of Minnesota in mass communica-tions.

She is currently the concentration coordinator for the communication department at Cal State Fullerton and an expert in the First Amend-ment and freedom of speech.

Virginia Belmas, Belmas’ moth-er, shared feelings of regret for en-couraging her daughter to finish

her plate as a little girl. She, as well as her daughter’s husband, became increasingly concerned with the weight gain.

Both of them were initially weary about the surgery Belmas would go through, but without a doubt, they gave her the support she needed ev-ery step of the way. Virginia, as well as Belmas’ father, flew to California to be with their daughter after her surgery.

“Her decision to have the surgery was not a surprise,” Virginia said. “She had talked about it on and off for a few years, and although it wouldn’t have been my first choice for weight loss, I felt that her weight was at a point that it was dangerous to her health.”

Looking back, the problems have been extinguished by all the accomplishments and things that some people take for granted have been her greatest payoff.

“I had to buy all new clothes; the only thing I can still wear are my socks,” Belmas said.“What I have gained from what I have given up, the trade-off has been worth it. The trade-off is worth not being able to stuff your face with cheesecake, even though I love cheesecake.”

Belmas is a gem; she has a way of transforming huge concepts of law into obtainable daily ideas, keep-ing her students thoroughly excited about learning.

But it is through her honesty and straightforward attitude that she teaches everyone around her to take life by the horns.

While her physical silhouette is shrinking daily, it is Belmas’ un-changed brain and heart that makes her an extraordinary human being.

Communications professor Genelle Belmas, who struggled with obesity for most of her life, decided to go through the drastic weight-loss surgery and dropped about four dress sizes.LUCIO VILLA / Daily Titan

Genelle Belmas had gastric bypass surgery and drops 145 pounds

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“Going Green” is the new fad, replacing the desire to adopt in-ternational babies that were aban-doned at birth.

As Americans, we are obsessed with what movie stars in Holly-wood are wearing, eating, shop-ping for and adopting. So when A-list superstars start wearing clothing made from potato sacks, meat and trash bags in order to save the earth, Lord knows that People magazine will inform the average American citizen about where to shop to achieve a similar look.

But is this really necessary? There are plenty of other ways to go about erasing your carbon footprint than sporting a meat-sewn outfit to prove that killing animals is “bad taste.”

Our government pushes and pushes its citizens to find small ways to stop the ozone layer from depleting. Some of their ideas: change your light bulbs, turn the lights off as much as you can, shower in five minutes or less, RE-CYCLE, RECYCLE, RECYCLE and buy a Toyota Prius to save on gas.

What the hell are we supposed to do when oil companies storm in and ruin it all? What happens when China keeps crushing all of our efforts? Cough cough, this is a waste of our money. And our

money is precious nowadays. According to an article written

in the Los Angeles Times, “China isn’t green at all; as the Chinese themselves say, referring to the ever-present smog in their mega-cities, it’s gray. Air pollution is get-ting steadily worse, and water pol-lution is a major crisis as well.”

Well since China and the U.S. are two of the world’s mega pow-ers, won’t things affect both of these super powerful nations si-multaneously? When China yells “screw going green,” the U.S. re-sponds with a “keep trying to go green because the government can use the extra cash.”

And don’t expect China to be changing their ways anytime soon.

“We cannot blindly accept that protecting the climate is human-ity’s common interest; national interests should come first,” Yu Qingtai, China’s chief climate negotiator, said in a speech last month, according to the LA Times article. “The country has to devel-op … and if that increases emis-sions, I say, ‘So what?’ The people have a right to a better life.”

Then there’s Proposition 23, which will suspend the Global Warming Act formed in 2006.

If Prop. 23 passes, then the government will have to suspend the 2006 act until unemployment goes down to 5.5 percent. It also requires all programs with “green” initiatives to stop until further no-tice. All of the effort that Califor-nians have been putting into the idea of “going green” is a waste of time and money if this proposi-tion passes.

Here is the main point of this argument: you are wasting your money. Everyone and their grandmothers know that wasting money is not good.

Save your money! Or, if you are as broke as me, save it to buy some spaghetti.

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FOR THE RECORd

Global warming is here to stay.

It’s not getting any better, and we’re all pretty much screwed if we don’t take drastic measures and make a change.

The United States should do all it can to not just protect our country but to protect our planet.

It doesn’t matter if China isn’t doing their part in the eco- movement; we should do whatever we can to improve the environment.

China is known for being one of the worst polluters in the world.

Water and air pollution plagues cities and villages be-cause of the huge industrial factories that require massive amounts of coal for energy.

According to China’s Minis-try of Health, cancer from the pollution is the leading cause of death for people living in those cities and villages.

A lot of the pollution is being generated from factories that manufacture cheap and pol-lutant products to sell to other countries.

It doesn’t help that China’s economy has improved and is at an all-time high.

The Chinese economic boom will only lead to more careless-ness and greed as the demand

Should the United States continue to go green?

For those who’ve been watching the news about the recent suicides of four gay teens who were relentlessly teased and bullied by their peers, I hope you are saddened and angry.

Trying to hold back tears, TV talk-show host Ellen deGeneres posted a emotional call-to-action video to her viewers on her website. Subse-quently, her digital plea has spread like wildfire across the Internet via blogs and social media like Face-book, YouTube and Twitter. When Ellen speaks, people listen.

In the video, deGeneres says these recent deaths, “need to be a wake-up call to everyone that teenage bully-ing and teasing is an epidemic in this country and the death rate is climb-ing.” She adds, “One life lost in this senseless way is tragedy; four lives lost is a crisis.”

deGeneres is a lesbian. However, most don’t place that fact on the front burner when they think “El-len.” Most see a funny, altruistic woman with smiling, bright blue eyes. I admire her courage to speak out about her own sexual orienta-tion, but more so, to remind us that the LGBT community deserves to be treated with the same respect and love as any person would want for himself or herself.

Thumbs Up to you Ellen deGe-neres. You rock my world. See Ellen’s video at Ellen.WarnerBros.com.

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Ellen DeGeneres Yoko Ono

In light of what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday, his wife, Yoko Ono, celebrated by singing “Happy Birthday” among his friends and family.

While this may seem like a re-spectful gesture, only those who have witnessed it (or viewed it on YouTube) can say for sure.

For those who may have heard this while listening to the radio in your car, this may explain why you could have sworn you heard tires squealing on your way to work.

Since Ono has recently been making news by creating noise at the Museum of Modern Art and shrieking her way through a per-formance with Lady Gaga, Ono deserves a major thumbs down.

Some consider her commotion “melodic” for the lack of a better term.

However, I would have to agree with BuzzFeed.com when they de-scribe her singing as a “disturbing public orgasm.”

All I can say is that since Hal-loween is right around the corner, I hope her unconventional sounds don’t wake the dead.

No pun intended, John.This should be seen as a source

of motivation for every person who walks this planet. Anyone can make it big, even if you don’t have the talent to do so.

MIMI TRANStaff Writer

ALLY BORDASStaff Writer

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MARYANNE SHULTSStaff Writer

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Baseball has long been considered to be America’s pastime, but with the focus on the game itself taking a back seat to overzealous, money-hungry players and the big business owners who are paying them, the future of the sport looks rather grim.

With some players earning well over 100 million dollars for these multi-year contracts, we (the loyal fans) are the ones paying these high- profile athletes their outrageous sala-ries. Ticket prices have thus increased dramatically in the last decade.

Once you do get into the stadium, fans find no comfort in paying an arm and a leg for amenities such as hot dogs and Cracker Jacks, items essential to the true baseball experi-ence. Alcoholic beverages are another story, where you will be lucky to find a stadium where you can spend less than $10 for a single beer. Outra-geous.

As the economy continues to struggle, fans are now questioning whether or not going to a game is a realistic possibility.

The Los Angeles dodgers, whose owners Frank and Jaime McCourt are amidst a bitter divorce settlement, have been selling almost 2,000 fewer

tickets per game in 2010 compared to the previous year.

According to figures concerning the dodgers’ ticket sales, prices in 2018 will be twice of what they were in 2007. This upcoming season, the average cost of a seat at dodgers’ Sta-dium will be $44.68 compared to the $27.40 average of 2007.

The average ticket price in 2010 was $26.74, up a minuscule 1.5 per-cent. But, when ticket prices go up 1.5 percent per year for many years, it begins to add up.

The Minnesota Twins opened their new stadium, Target Field, this year and saw their ticket prices increase by 45 percent from 2009.

during the Yankees’ playoff home games, it cost you $40 to park your car at the stadium, nearly double the $23 it cost you in the regular season.

In 2009, the inaugural season of the new Yankees Stadium, the aver-age ticket price was $72, with front-row seats putting you back a mere $2,625! I know those Yankees fans are die-hard, but at what point do you draw the line and just watch the game from the luxury of your living room?

The newly labeled “Steroid Era” has also put a damper on what was once believed to be an honest sport.

With more and more current and former players admitting to have

used performance-enhancing drugs, fans feel as if they have been cheated on by these role models and idols which they adored. The suspensions the players must serve if they test positive for a banned substance offer little closure to the millions of fans that which they have let down.

Both of these factors have brought forth a “dark age” to the game of baseball. With no foreseeable end to the price increases in sight, fans will continue to support their beloved teams in and out of the stadiums.

Whether or not Major League Baseball will be able to pull itself out of the hole it has dug for itself, re-mains in question.

JAMESON SWAINFor the Daily Titan

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for products grow and local busi-ness and factory owners start mak-ing products resulting in the use of major amounts of energy (which would emit greenhouse gases) just to produce more revenue.

Earlier this month at the United Nations Climate Change Confer-ence in Tianjin, China, officials from the country said that they thought other developed countries like the U.S. have not done much when it comes to trying to change the current state of our climate.

According to an article from AltTransport.com, China also said that they refuse to cut emissions because they are afraid it might hurt their economy.

Hypocrite much?Their economy is booming at

the moment and they have done even less to help the environment compared to other countries when it comes to going green.

In response to what China said, I think the U.S. and other indus-trialized countries should all band together and cut back on order-ing any products that are made in China.

We should make a treaty or con-tract with China and ask China to enforce eco-friendly regulations, production and packaging.

When that happens, we will agree to export their goods in re-turn.

Until then, the U.S shouldn’t rely on China to clean up or green up its act. We can only be respon-sible for our country’s actions.

Who would want to live in a polluted, unhealthy world?

We need to continue with our own environmental practices to ensure a better place to live.

The government should do as much as they can to administer and enforce laws to reduce carbon monoxide emissions, gasoline con-sumption and water pollution.

Going green can save our planet and our future.

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The exhibit at the Hibbleton Art Gallery allows contributing artists to share their views of how life and death is celebrated within Latin American countries. Artists were able to use a number of different mediums to convey their views on the gallery theme.

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Art shows life and deathElaborately styled papel picados

hang along the Hibbleton Art Gal-lery walls. These and other wall orna-ments effectively frame the artworks of the Fullerton gallery’s current ex-hibit, “La Muerte y El Recuerdo en Latino America” (Death and Resur-rection in Latin America).

Adorning the gallery are pictures and paintings that showed different views of how life and death are cel-ebrated in Latin American countries. There are also shrines surrounded by decorative lights. On the shrines are skulls and other miniature statues and trinkets. Mediums that range from photography, to painting to mixed-media art are used to depict how each artist represents the ex-hibit’s theme.

Serving as a guest curator for the exhibit is 40-year-old Cal State Ful-lerton alumnus, Albert Garcia. Gar-cia was put in charge of selecting the artists, artworks and the parameters of the exhibit after approaching

Hibbleton Art Gallery owner and CSUF English professor Jesse La Tour. He also contributed some of his own work.

“The pictures I have on display were part of my research and trav-els and inspired the theme. I chose the ones I felt would compliment the theme and framed them for the show,” Garcia said of the photogra-phy he presented, which was taken from graduate research done in Gua-temala.

Garcia did his undergraduate and graduate studies in anthropol-ogy and graduated in 2006. For his master’s thesis, Garcia compiled his studies from three intermittent trips to Guatemala. The thesis, “Religious Syncretism: An Anthropological Study of Maya Myth and Ritual,” revolved around the study of the indiginization of 16th-century Ca-tholicism into localized forms of religious observance and ritual, with an emphasis on the native point of view rather than the European point of view. Garcia currently works in an auxiliary office in McCarthy Hall that is part of the California Office

of Historic Preservation.“La Muerte y El Recuerdo en

Latino America” was the featured exhibit for the Hibbleton’s grand re-opening. The Hibbleton’s newer and significantly larger gallery space is located on 223 W. Santa Fe Ave. in Downtown Fullerton, a few blocks away from its previous location. The new gallery is fashioned like a ware-house with a visible wooden-struc-tured ceiling and contains many walls that help cut the exhibit into sections. The Hibbleton lies in the middle of PAS Gallery and Violet Hour Studio.

The exhibit runs through Nov. 2, but there will be a closing reception Oct. 29 that will feature live music and will serve as both a Halloween and Day of the Dead themed party.

Aside from being an art show, the gallery has an educational, almost museum-like feel to it. That was a very important idea behind it which allows people appreciate the need for exhibits that enlighten and intrigue.

SOPHIA ISLASStaff Writer

The tell-tale Poe production

Fans of gothic literature and Ed-gar Allan Poe enthusiasts alike will appreciate the comical yet chilling-at-heart retelling of some of Poe’s most famous tales being presented at the Fullerton’s Stages Theatre Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The Poe Plays takes Poe’s myste-rious poems and widely celebrated short storiess and reinterprets them to cater to a young-adult audience, while adding the right amount of suspense and spook.

Actors introduce the audience to selected and dissected works of Poe in the opening scene as a way of honoring and helping lay to rest the soul of the grim writer whose sud-den death remains a mystery.

The Poe Plays is directed by Da-vid Chorley and opens up with the classic The Tell-Tale Heart. With an eerie performance by the character, Rupert, the interpretation puts the audience into the crazy mind-set of one of Poe’s protagonists as he fights hallucinations of his victim’s beating heart.

The Cask of Amontillado, set in a graveyard with costumed college

students and bountiful pop-culture references, puts a hip and witty pun-filled twist to the story of revenge and murder.

Opting for a more science-fiction-inspired story, Poe’s most critically

acclaimed work, The Raven, is pre-sented in a new light by replacing the role of the sinister bird with a stranded starship vessel.

The lesser-known short story, Ligeia, is presented through inter-pretive dance and illustrates a tragic love triangle through the eyes of two female lovers and the man who comes between them.

The cast saves the best scare for last with The Facts In the Case of M. Valdemar. Incorporating elements of gore, blood and hypnotism, this piece keeps the audience gazing at-tentively at a projected video and leaves them with a suspenseful twist-ed ending.

Delivering memorable perfor-mances and good old-fashioned scary storytelling is what makes The Poe Plays worth seeing.

The Poe Plays is part of the Ful-lerton Shadows Theatre Festival and shows Friday and Saturday at 10 p.m. and Sunday at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his darkly mysterious works.

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STEPHANIE RAYGOZAAsst. News Editor

Classic fairy tales get a sexy twist this Halloween at the Galaxy The-atre in Santa Ana with an electric Halloween ball.

Hosted by Club20Twelve, the Twisted Fairy Tales Electric Hal-loween Ball will have three full bars, celebrity guests and DJs like Jason Blakemore, who has played at Coachella, the Nocturnal Festival and the Electric Daisy Carnival.

“I usually play electronic-dance

music events, big events as well as warehouse parties,” Blakemore said. “Twisted Fairy Tales will be off the hook! People dancing in unity with their hands in the air.”

DJ Slynkee, Miss Lisa, DJ Nitrous and Indecent Dan-O will also be at the Halloween ball.

“It’s not some underground, se-cret rave,” said Steve Rexroat, who is hosting the event.

After the death of a 15-year-old raver at the Electric Daisy Carnival in June, raves have been seen as plac-es of illicit drug use and underage il-legal activities.

“We’re hitting a niche of old-er people who want to have fun with responsible people their age,” Rexroat said.

People must be 21 or older to en-ter the Halloween ball. The party will start at 8 p.m. at the newly ren-ovated Galaxy Theatre, which OC Weekly named “Best Venue Come-back of 2009.”

“You don’t need to dress up to get in (to the event),” Rexroat said. But costumes are preferred.

The event costs $30 on Oct. 31. For more information visit Twisted-FairyTalesParty.com.

HEATHER RESTStaff Writer

Their sound philosophy is like a musical tree. It has country roots, a classical rock base and the sprouting branches of contemporary punk.

The Fallen Stars have toured the world playing their “Americana Rock” for the past 12 years, and Wednesday afternoon they stopped by to play the Becker Amphitheater.

The trio consists of married cou-ple Bobba Byrnes, guitar and vocals, Tracy Byrnes, bass and vocals, their Huntington Beach neighbor Gary O’Year on drums, and special guest appearances from Geoff Geib.

The Fallen Stars performed songs from their most current project Where the Road Bends, which is ex-pected to be finished at the end of this year, as well as songs from previ-ous albums and one AC/DC cover.

With song titles like, “Raining in Hollywood,” “Welfare Cadillac” and “Outlaws and Angels,” the band is staying true to their storytelling ways.

“The new album is a good mix of country, rock ‘n roll; now we have a couple punk songs, still in the coun-try roots kind of and of course rock roots as well,” O’Year said.

Spectators gathered in the am-phitheater to listen to the energetic mash-up band show off their stuff.

“It’s pretty fun, upbeat songs that tell a story. They seem to have a good energy,” said Thomas Moran, 18, a business major. “They seem to have a good range of influences.”

Since they are completely self-pro-duced, everything from the booking, recording and writing they retain creative control, which is a blessing and a curse.

“To try to get on KROQ or Jack FM we don’t have the money to

do something like that, but we’re number 43 on the radio charts in Germany ‘cause they just play ev-erything; they don’t care where it comes from,” Bobba said. “Having that kind of support and the fans are really awesome.”

The husband-and-wife duo has written almost all of their songs with exception of a few co-written songs from musical friends.

“We throw it all into the blender, bring it to rehearsal and see what it spits out the other side,” Bobba said.

ERIN BRADLEYStaff Writer

Bobba Byrnes (left) and wife Tracy Byrnes (right) make up two-thirds of The Fallen Stars. The band plays “American Rock” which mixes several different genres.

HEATHER REST / Staff Writer

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Ken Kesey (left), Tom Wolfe (middle left), Jack Kerouac (middle right) and Joan Didion (right) all had an impact on the literature of the 1960s. Much of their work focused on the Beat Generation and hippie movements happening during these years. Their works are renowned as defining a generation.

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Essay: Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

During spring of 1967, just before the Summer of Love, thousands of Americans flocked to San Francisco, the epicenter of the hippie move-ment that challenged everything that was understood about the world.

Psychoactive drugs, creative ex-pression, revolutionary music and political ideals swept the nation. Long-haired flower children spoke of free love, peace and the necessity of exploring realms of consciousness.

People questioned the policies of the generations before them and de-manded change.

The year itself was a time of change. Dr. Christiaan Barnard per-formed the first heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa, the U.S.S. Liberty was accidentally bombed, the first-ever Super Bowl was played and the first Earth Day was celebrated.

It was during this time that award-winning journalist Joan Didion stepped onto the scene.

Embracing the changing land-scape herself, Didion wrote about her experiences in what was called the “New Journalism” style, of ar-ticulating facts through narrative storytelling, which was popularized by Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thomp-son and Truman Copote.

Didion spent months in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco not knowing exactly what she wanted to find out, but made friends “where the social hemor-rhaging was showing up... where the missing children were gathering and calling themselves hippies.”

In her 1968 essay Slouching To-wards Bethlehem, Didion draws upon her observations of Haight-Ashbury and removes the romanticized veil that has come to represent the hip-pie movement.

She bears witness to the social phenomena of the late ‘60s and communicates her experiences as an

observer rather than a participant.The title for the essay and the

book of the same name, is taken from the last line of William But-ler Yeat’s poem The Second Coming (1919) and shares the same apoca-lyptic vision.

During Didion’s time in Haight-Ashbury she meets a 5 year old on lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

who explains that her mother had been giving her drugs for the past year and that many of her fellow classmates “turn on,” too.

Didion, who was in her 30s at the time, describes her work Slouching Towards Bethlehem as the “first time I dealt directly and flatly with the evidence of at-omization, the proof that all things fall apart.”

Throughout the essay, Didion encounters runaways who left their sta-ble lives be-hind to live in the “Gold-en Land” of California, a place they b e l i e v e d p r o m i s e d f r e e d o m , love and ac-ceptance, but

instead found themselves homeless, hungry and looking for their next drug fix.

Didion is told to offer these vaga-bonds hamburgers and Coca Colas in exchange for interviews and comes to the conclusion that their lives are now filled with aimless endeavors where the past no longer matters and the future can’t be planned.

“We were seeing the desperate attempt of a handful of patheti-cally unequipped children to create a community in a social vacuum... we had somehow neglected to tell these children the rules of the game we happened to be playing. They are less in rebellion against the society than ignorant of it,” Didion wrote.

Slouching Towards Bethlehem acts as a time capsule into the ’60s, with Didion reporting on the intrinsic pitfalls of the counterculture and al-lowing readers to catch an intimate glimpse into the lives of those en-trenched in the hippie movement. Her essay portrays a darker, more re-moved account of 1967 than could be expected from the versions of her

subjects.

ALEXANDRA ANDERSENAsst. Multimedia Editor

A mind-bending experience can be reached when reading Ken Kes-ey’s 1962 classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Set in a mental ward, the Big Nurse Ratchet wears a benign mask as she deftly and strictly controls her patients, and even their doctor. Chief Bromden (named in mocking reference to his half-Indian heritage) narrates the story, though to the world outside he seems mute, deaf and slow. His, Ratchet’s and the other patients’ worlds are shaken in the mental ward when Randle Pat-rick McMurphy, a vibrant gambler faking insanity to avoid a regular prison stint, is admitted.

Yet, despite his seemingly and i n i t i a l l y m e r c e -nary m o -

tives, McMurphy immediately starts a rebellion against Ratchet’s totali-tarian rule on the ward.

The New York Times Book Re-view called One Flew Over the Cuck-oo’s Nest “a glittering parable of good and evil... a work of genuine literary merit” – such an apt description, as the parable is a short allegory where characters and actions are symbols

for ideas.As for the good and evil part? It’s

not good versus evil on a grand scale, but insidiously, psychologically clos-er to home, and in our very society, hearts and minds.

It’s obvious who is good and who is evil with regards to Ratchet’s and McMurphy’s struggle — yet, these symbolic stand-ins for morals still

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niable air of unlikelihood and uniqueness in the literary world.

But sinister Ratchet is a vil-lain somehow more epic given the fact her battleground is a mental ward. Countering her is McMur-phy’s quintessential outlaw nature, the walking individual rebel, myth America is so enchanted with, given its long-standing fascination with other fictional and pop-culture out-laws like Bart Simpson and Tom Sawyer.

The rest of the cast makes the book shine — not least of all is the story’s narrator, Chief Bromden. In a bril-liant move, Kesey doesn’t make the narrator totally sane, though he isn’t as mentally unstable and unaware as he appears to other characters within the plot.

Kesey still employs metaphor, particularly a machine metaphor, the society’s wiring and Combine — but again, as he’s speaking in Bro-mden’s voice, what is metaphor on one level is implied to be delusion in Bromden’s mind. Kesey crafts a thoughtful, emotional whiplash novel — the story can leave you snickering and giggling one minute, feeling particularly enlightened the next and finally sickened and dis-turbed. Much of that lies in the fact that Kesey has made you genuinely care for the right characters — you want them to be successful and hap-py, and then are crushed when that doesn’t happen.

Kesey has made you genuinely fear the right characters — mainly Ratchet, when a chill goes down your spine, as you fear she has the upper hand.

A 1975 film adaptation was made with Jack Nicholson, who won an Academy Award for “Best Actor” for his role as McMurphy. The film also won Oscars for “Best Actress” (Louise Fletcher as Ratchet), “Best Directing” (Milos Forman), “Best Picture” and “Best Adapted Screen-

play” (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman).

ALYSSA WEJEBEStaff Writer

Book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

For those who haven’t experienced the ‘60s, it is perceived as a time full of radical changes. For those who were there but can’t remember, it was a time when the psychedelic scene was on the rise, drug experimenta-tion was seen around the country and wholesome youths transformed into hippies.

This is exactly what journalist and author Tom Wolfe illustrates in his 1968 book, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, categorized as liter-ary journalism. The book features author and counter-culture-figure Ken Kesey and his group, the Merry Pranksters, as they travel the United States influencing the masses to ex-periment with lysergic acid diethyl-amide (LSD).

The book begins with Wolfe and the Merry Pranksters waiting amidst the 1960s counterculture scene in San Francisco for the bail release of Kesey, who is running from the law due to drugs. From here on, Kesey and the Merry Prankster set out on

a hallucinogenic adventure (as Wolfe tags along) across the U.S. as Wolfe documents the depths of their jour-ney.

Kesey, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, is the main protag-onist in the book. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test follows Kesey’s odyssey as he notes the final stages of the Beat Generation and the formation of a new movement.

Wolfe tells of the social gatherings the Merry Pranksters encounter dur-ing their trip on the most outlandish bus, which the Pranksters dubbed, “Furthur.” The colorful bus, driven by Neal Cassady (another prominent figure in the Beat Generation and psychedelic movement, as famously portrayed in Jack Kerouac’s 1957 book On the Road) throughout the

book, is the complete embodiment of the psychedelic scene and the first of its kind.

Wolfe references many cultural icons of the Beat Generation and the hippie movement. From Kerouac to The Grateful Dead to motorcycle gang Hells Angels, whom the “Fur-thur” have an alliance with, are all portrayed in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, allowing for a better in-sight of the era.

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test takes you on an interesting journey within the hippie movement, mak-ing it one of the most memorable works written about hippies and their history.

Now don’t get confused, The Elec-tric Kool-Aid Acid Test does not advo-cate the use of LSD or any other sort of drug, but solely chronicles the ori-gins of the psychedelic movement.

This book isn’t just meant for baby boomers, but is Wolfe’s most important journalistic literature, as it reflects the counterculture shift from those of the Beat Generation to hippies, which makes it an essential read for everyone.

Literary journalism: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeCAROLINA VELAZQUEZFeatures Editor

Jack Kerouac’s book The Dharma Bums is an autobiographical novel published in 1958 that describes the life of Beat Generation writer and poet Ray Smith. The narrator is a depiction of Kerouac himself and his friend, Japhy Ryder, is a depiction of real-life poet Gary Snyder. Other characters in the book are based on Kerouac’s friends as well. Smith suf-fers from middle-class American life and feels his life is empty and in-complete. It isn’t until Smith meets Ryder that he is able to see an iconic spiritual character that Smith will soon imitate his lifestyle on.

Starting out on a trip by train, Smith meets a hobo who gives him insight into the homeless lifestyle. Along his journey, Smith rediscov-ers himself and the meaning of life through his own eyes. He meets people who become his close friends, who educate him in Buddhism.

Ryder introduces Smith to nature and hiking. With his new group of friends, Smith spends his time hang-

ing out, drinking and reciting po-etry.

As Smith and Ryder set out for a nature hike, Ryder provides all the supplies they need, including shoes, sleeping bags and food, which ap-pear to be the necessities of life.

On the ascent up the mountain, Smith talks about his disappoint-ment in life as a drunk and says Ryder’s life seems to be the right way

to go. Ryder strips down to a jock-strap and boots, representing life’s freedoms through Buddhism. Smith admires this sense of freedom and wants to attain that peace of mind.

As they climb, the elevation in-timidates Smith. Then he realizes he can’t fall off a mountain and his fear disintegrates. Smith reverts back to Buddhist teachings and realizes

it’s not about falling, but about de-scending after you have arrived at the summit.

After the hike, Smith continues to travel alone and attends a farewell party for Ryder. Smith hitchhikes home to visit his mother for Christ-mas and spends his time at home meditating in the woods. He has es-caped from his old ways of life that once consisted of drinking, partying and women.

Kerouac uses this novel as a means of self-discovery through Buddhist enlightenment, spirituality and teachings.

Throughout the story, we witness the life-changing events that take one man away from his lifestyle of drinking and partying, into the wil-derness and natural sense of tran-quility. This story of self-discovery takes a look into the life of an ordi-nary man stuck in the societal-based slums, where he feels he cannot rise above a life of boredom. His journey is not easy, as he hits bumps along the way, but once he discovers there are things in life that are out of his control, he is able to let go and live his life to the full extent.

Book: The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

MICHELLEE COOPERStaff Writer

“ During Didion’s time in Haight-Ashbury, she meets a 5 year old on lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) who explains that her mother had been giving her drugs for the past year...

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“ Kerouac uses this novel as a means of self-discovery through Buddhist enlightenment...

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“ It’s not good versus evil on a grand scale, but insidiously, psychologically closer to home...

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“ Wolfe references many cultural icons of the Beat Generation and the hippie movement...

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Eastern ConferenceMiami Heat guard Dwyane Wade (left) struggles with Boston Celtics’ Paul Pierce for the ball during the season opener in Boston, Oct. 26. The Heat and the Celtics look to be among the top contenders in the Eastern Conference.

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For the past two season’s the NBA champions have come from the Western Conference, but many are predicting that to change this year.

The Eastern Conference looks to have possibly four teams competing for a spot in the NBA Finals, but the team to beat in the East has to be the Miami Heat.

Already having superstar Dwyane Wade was enough to get them to the playoffs yearly, but now with LeBron James and Chris Bosh, this has to be the team to beat.

Even though the Heat seem to have the most talent, the Boston Celtics have been to the finals two out of the last three seasons. Even though they seem to get older every year, they do have one of the best young point guards in basketball, Rajon Rondo. Not to mention they added veterans Shaquille O’Neal and Jermaine O’Neal.

The other two contenders look to be the Orlando Magic and Chicago Bulls. The Magic went to the finals

two seasons ago and are led by big man Dwight Howard, who seems to have finally worked on his low-post game last summer.

The Bulls on the other hand have young point guard Derrick Rose, who won Rookie of the Year two seasons ago. The Bulls added big man Carlos Boozer but will have to survive without him for close to eight weeks because of a broken right hand.

The rest of the conference really has no chance.

The Atlanta Hawks re-signed shooting guard Joe Johnson this off-season but grossly overpaid for him.

The team has a ceiling of the sec-ond round and really has no chance against the big four, unless Al Hor-ford becomes an elite big man and Marvin Williams lives up to his hype coming out of college.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, the team that lost LeBron James, looks to now be rebuilding. J.J. Hickson looks to have a big year, Antawn Ja-mison is always solid, but other than that there isn’t much. Mo Williams should have a down-year at guard now that James is gone.

A team that should make a sol-id step forward are the Milwaukee Bucks. Led by big-man Andrew Bogut and sensational second-year point guard Brandon Jennings, ex-pect them to make a push at the fifth seed. If they play like they did in the second half of last season, and Jennings plays like he did earlier, this will be a fun team to watch.

The two teams that have a shot to sneak into the playoffs look to be the New York Knicks and Charlotte Bobcats. The Knicks finally should be out of the Eastern cellar, with the additions of Amar’e Stoudamire and Raymond Felton.

The Knicks will also be going after stars Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul near the trade deadline.

The Bobcats on the other hand look to be backtracking. They will need D.J. Augustin to be more of a facilitator and get his teammates like Gerald Wallace and Stephen Jackson involved.

This should be an exciting year for the East. I see the Heat and Celt-ics in the conference finals but be-lieve the Celtics’ old legs will give in. I see it going seven games.

ELLIOT COOKStaff Writer

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (right) fights for position with Utah Jazz’s Raja Bell during a preseason game, Oct. 19. The Lakers are looking to defend their back-to-back NBA championship title this season.

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Western ConferenceAs another NBA season begins,

the champions should once again come from the Western Confer-ence. For the past two seasons, the preseason favorites have been the Los Angeles Lakers, and that doesn’t change this year. They are the clear-cut favorite in the West.

The Lakers are led by the best player on the planet, Kobe Bryant, and all-world center Pau Gasol. The only way the Lakers wouldn’t make it back to the NBA Finals would be if either went down with an injury. The supporting cast is filled with big names in Lamar Odom and young big-man Andrew Bynum, who is out with an injury, but is only 23. The Lakers also brought in veterans Steve Blake and Matt Barnes.

After the Lakers is a group of teams that could easily switch spots.

I see the Dallas Mavericks coming in second, as this will likely be their last chance to compete for an NBA title chance. The Mavs finally have a solid big man in Tyson Chandler, and

are led by Dirk Nowitzki. The prob-lem is four of their rotation players (Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, Nowitzki and Shawn Marion) are all at least 32 years old. If they all stay healthy, this team could be very solid.

Coming in third will be the talk of the Western Conference Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder will be the most fun to watch in the NBA because of their one-two punch Kev-in Durant and Russell Westbrook. If they can get big-man rookie Cole Aldrich to be a force like he was in college, this team could once again be a pest to the Lakers.

The last team in the West that could possibly challenge the Lakers is the Denver Nuggets. Two seasons ago the Nuggets gave the Lakers a good scare in the playoffs, but last year had injury problems and Head Coach George Karl had health issues. The Nuggets added Al Harrington to score the ball, but will Carmelo An-thony be gone by the trade deadline? He obviously won’t sign his contract extension, but if he’s gone by Febru-ary, this team has no chance.

The San Antonio Spurs will be the fifth seed come playoff time in

the West. This team continues to get older, Tim Duncan seems to be los-ing his legs and Tony Parker might be gone by the trade deadline. If George Hill continues to improve and Tiago Splitter can play like he does in International games, they could move up.

One of the best point guards in the NBA leads my pick for the sixth seed, Utah Jazz. Deron Williams is a constant for this team, and Al Jeffer-son and Paul Millsap are nice com-pliments. After that there really isn’t much, but that should be enough to get them into the playoffs.

My last two spots are taken by the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clip-pers. The Suns lost big man Amar’e Stoudamire but surrounded Steve Nash with wings that can get out and run.

The Clippers finally have Blake Griffin back from injury, who is poised to make a run at the Rookie of the Year title. Eric Gordon is a budding star, and Baron Davis fi-nally seems motivated.

I have the Lakers playing the Mavs in the Western Conference Finals, with the Lakers winning in six.

ELLIOT COOKStaff Writer

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) Wherever you find yourself today, accept a service role. Others depend on your logi-cal recommendations. You serve yourself this way, too.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) Unless plans arise to spend time with someone special, stick close to home and get to bed early. Still, a magical night is worth yawns the next day.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) This is no time to keep secrets. Share information as well as logic. Then others understand your motives and will support what you’re up to.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) One-sided thinking creates extra stress for you and your favorite people. Review the facts to discover a previously unexplored option. Try it out.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Balance your checkbook before spending any money. This is no time to be frivo-lous. Your energy’s better spent considering your next step.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Your favorite person wants to take an entirely new direction. You’d prefer sticking to the familiar path. Either way, a map is helpful.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Apply your best effort to get more work accomplished now. An older person has a definite idea of what’s needed. It’s up to you to make it happen.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) From your perspective, an older group member causes extra trouble. If you need results now, discuss it in person for best resolution.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Repairs create a drain on your bank account. Resist the desire to redesign things and just fix what’s necessary. You’ll be glad you did.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Spend part of the day on a creative writing project. Do some Internet research to gather information to flesh out a plot or character.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) An older person makes you aware of your own creative potential. Consider their suggestions in private. Adjust the idea to fit your per-sonality.

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With eight minutes to go, Ven-egas scored the go-ahead goal, but was called offsides by a line judge. The Titan bench couldn’t believe it as it looked like Venegas was clearly on.

The game went into overtime as neither team had an opportunity to score until the Titans gained possession to-ward midfield off a UC Davis turnover. Alvarez made another long run down the field and made a nice pass to junior forward Nick Posthuma who shot a low, far post ball into the back of the net, sending the Titans home with a huge win.

“I knew they were trying to trap me offsides most of the match, so I knew if I got a ball on the side I had a chance to score,” Posthuma said.

Alvarez was huge for the Titans, with key runs in the second half.

“I ran real hard today. I knew we would have some chances if I did that, and the ball I got to Denny showed that,” Alvarez

said.The Titans are now 6-8-2 on the

season and 4-4 in conference play. They play again next Saturday, Oct. 30, against out-of-conference foe San Diego State.

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Titan defender Mark Nelson escapes from opposing UC Davis Aggie attackers during Cal State Fullerton’s 2-1 overtime win. This victory knocked UC Davis out of third place.

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Titan forward Nick Posthuma outruns an Aggie defender as the Titans took on UC Davis Wednesday, Oct. 27. Posthuma scored the winning goal for the Titans in overtime.

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Titan forward Celso Alvarez attacks the ball and dodges two Aggie defenders during the Titan’s game vs. UC Davis. Alvarez assisted on both goals in the Titans 2-1 overtime win.

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TITANS: REMAIN THIRD PLACE

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- Nick PosthumaJunior forward

I knew they were trying to trap me offsides most of the match, so I knew if I got the ball on the side I had a chance ...

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