Thursday, May 9, 2013

Ten Cal State Fullerton students are scheduled to compete against

students from the 22 other Cal State Universities in a national research competition Friday and Saturday.

The 27th annual CSU Student Research Competition will be held at Cal Poly Pomona, where students will contend by exhibiting their academic research and creative capabilities via an oral presentation to an audience

and a panel of professional experts.The competition is to be grouped

into several different categories, in-cluding education, creative arts and design, social and behavioral sci-ences and physical and mathemati-cal sciences.

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Technology combats online cheating

The Cal State University and Uni-versity of California systems are look-ing to bolster their online education programs in order to make room for the growing demand of students

enrolling in California institutions while combatting online cheating.

Private colleges, public universi-ties and corporations have widely embraced online education, investing millions of dollars to tap into the vast pool of potential students.

Next year’s CSU budget contains $10 million in online strategies in an attempt to get students through high-demand or over-crowded courses.

Although online courses have ex-

isted for more than a decade, the debate over cheating has heated up in the last year with the emer-gence of massive open online classes (MOOCs), according to a Los Ange-les Times article.

The article included that MOOCs can accommodate thousands of stu-dents in one class, making it difficult to reduce cheating.

Despite worries about online de-ception, studies show that there is not

much difference in the amount of cheating that occurs in online versus real classrooms.

A 2010 study in the Online Jour-nal of Distance Learning Adminis-tration found that 32.7 percent of online students self-reported cheat-ing at least once on a test, compared to 32.1 percent of those in on-cam-pus classes.

A Cal State Fullerton junior, who preferred to be left anonymous,

admitted to cheating on a test he had in a past class that had a large amount of students.

“I cheated in classes with a lot of students, I’d pull out a cheat sheet or take out my notes because it’s hard for a teacher to look over all the stu-dents,” the junior said. “I would think an online class with that many stu-dents would be even easier to cheat.”

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Search continues for CSUF student

ProctorU and TurnItIn are being used to reduce cheating in online courses

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Community members have ex-panded the search for a Cal State Fullerton student and Army vet-eran who has been missing for a week.

Campus officials from Univer-sity Outreach and Veterans Cer-tification have begun a campaign to search for Maribel Ramos, 36, a criminal justice major, who was last seen May 2.

A makeshift resource center has been set up in Langsdorf Hall Room 540 near University Out-reach, where Ramos works as a co-ordinator with student veterans.

The room is equipped with maps, posters and resources for people to aid the search for Ra-mos.

The civilian search effort is headed by University Outreach assistant director Delia Tijerina and veterans certification officer Brenda Estrada.

About 30 volunteers searched on Tuesday, focusing around Ra-mos’ house in Orange, according to Estrada and Tijerina. Dozens continued searching Wednesday.

Estrada said the search pairs scour possible places Ramos may have gone as well as area trails.

“Yesterday we had a group of volunteers that went out and pret-ty much targeted the area where she lives. We did bus stops, we did businesses, we pretty much went everywhere with fliers,” Estrada said.

Maribel Ramos, an Army veteran, has been missing since last Thursday

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Mariann Howland, 22, a psychology major, (center) is flanked by her advisers Jason Baker and Rachel Fenning inside the psychology observations lab. Howland is one of 10 CSUF students that will compete on Friday and Saturday.

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CAMPUS | Competition CAMPUS | Science

Students gear up for competitionSean Lema, Ph.D., discusses phenotypic plasticity of pupfish in different environments among the several pupfish species in Death Valley.


Professor researches pupfish behavior

Participants will present creative capabilities of research at national event

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The small fish species inhabits Earth’s harshest aquatic environments

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A biology professor from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo spoke on his research about the behav-ior and flexibility of pupfishes, a small sized fish species in the Death Valley region of California and Nevada, in McCarthy Hall on Wednesday.

Sean Lema, Ph.D., discussed “phenotypic plasticity,” which is the flexibility of pupfishes to show different structure in different en-vironments among the several spe-cies of pupfishes in Death Valley.

Lema said the two main goals of the pupfish research is to bet-ter understand how organisms are connected to their environment in an effort to comprehend how spe-cies change over time, while also helping to conserve the many im-periled pupfishes that evolved in deserts.

“The other thing is receptors,” said Lema. “We are trying to un-

derstand more of this system and how you can couple and decouple these different traits in evolution-ary context and in plasticity con-text, that are regulated by the same hormone by looking at different

ABT receptor regulations.”Lema said his interest in pup-

fishes developed when he would take camping trips to Death Valley

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“I have now been privileged to work on these pupfish for over 10 years and hope that I will continue to study them for many years to come,” said Lema. “It is an amazing biological system of fish

living in some of the harshest aquatic habitats in the world and in a geo-graphic region that generally receives less than two inches of rain a year.”

He said over the past few years, his lab learned that the ability for pupfish to be plastic, is the strategy behind how these fish survive in the intense condi-tions of Death Valley, being one of the hottest and driest regions in the world.

Lema said that in the Death Val-ley region of California and Nevada, pupfishes became isolated over the past 18,000 years through a series of remote aquatic habitats which ultimately vary between the conditions of salinity and temperature.

“It’s an amazing biological system of fish living in some of the harsh-

est aquatic habitats in the world, and in a geographic region that generally receives less than two inches of rain a year,” Lema said.

Lema also explained that each pop-ulation of pupfishes is therefore unique since the populations of these fish have continued to evolve through physiol-ogy and behavior.

“What makes pupfish so interesting is that they live in some of the most stressful habitats for fish such as salt marshes along the coast, small isolated streams and seeps in the desert,” Lema said. “These habitats have environ-mental conditions that are too harsh for most other fish species to survive.”

Bill Hoese, Ph.D., a biology profes-sor at CSUF, said the presentation was

interesting since most of the time peo-ple do not associate fish in the desert.

“These fish are doing these amazing plastic variable responses to their con-ditions,” said Hoese. “We think of the desert as being this hot place, but still these fish are really responding and that is really cool.”

Lema said he hopes students gained an appreciation for how intimately connected species are to the habitats they live in.

“It seems quite easy today to think of the environment as being external, and therefore separate the organism, including ourselves,” Lema said. “But that view can lead us to overlook key connections that organisms have with their environments.”

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Mariann Howland, 22, a psychol-ogy major, is one of the 10 CSUF students that will compete with her presentation titled “Expressed Emo-tion in Mothers of Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.”

“We examined the emotional qual-ity of mother-child relationships, as well as how this dynamic might in-fluence the family as a whole in this unique and complex high-risk popu-lation,” said Howland.

While conducting his research, Howland discovered that infants who were exposed to alcohol as fetuses of-ten displayed a high level of cognitive, behavioral and emotional problems. These children are also often raised in high-risk or adoptive homes, accord-ing to Howland.

Because of this, Howland believes that there is a significance in examin-ing how the mothers from this sample emotionally relate to their children.

In preparation for her project, Howland had been bringing families in for observational research visits and analyzing the results afterwards.

She received assistance from Jason Baker, Ph.D., and Rachel Fenning, Ph.D., her project advisers, both of

whom are from the Child and Ado-lescent Studies Department.

“They have allowed me to formu-late and pursue my own hypotheses within this sample, and they have assisted me with analysis and prepa-ration of the presentations,” How-land said. “They make themselves extremely available to their students and provide them with unparalleled research opportunities. They are fan-tastic mentors.”

Other students in the competition will each also have their own advis-ers assisting them with their research and presentation.

Irena Praitis, Ph.D., an English professor, is the adviser for English major Charmaine Vannimwegen’s project, “Poetry and Science.”

Vannimwegen will present a poem she wrote that analyzes the various methods people use to trace time and assign meaning to what they discover.

“Charmaine uses the concept of telling time through tree rings, a pro-cess known as dendrochronology, as a metaphor for reading other surfaces in terms of time and meaning,” said Praitis.

She has helped Vannimwegen with her project by offering encouragement, responding to her writing and provid-

ing feedback for her presentation.Binod Tiwari, Ph.D., acting chair

and associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is assist-ing Suzanne Moubayed, a civil en-gineering major, with a presentation titled, “The Effects of Soil Modifica-tion With Shredded Rubber Tires.”

Moubayed is researching how to recycle scrap tires by using them in civil engineering projects to reduce the size of building foundation and retaining walls.

“This also preserves our environ-ment. It is a unique project and very important for California,” Ti-wari said.

Tiwari said that Moubayed had been working on the project for five months and believes that she will im-press the judges.

“She is putting lots of time and ef-fort in the project. She already had published an article on this project. I am proud of her,” Tiwari said.

Tiwari is also advising Richard Hastings, a civil engineering major, whose presentation is called “Ex-perimental Modeling of Rainfall and Seismic Events to Trigger Landslides.”

Hastings competed in last year’s competition and took first place in the undergraduate Engineering &

Computer Science category.The students will be given 20

minutes to present their projects to the panel of judges, with 10 minutes dedicated to the students giving an oral presentation and five minutes of time given to respond to questions that the audience or jurors ask about their research.

The other CSUF students that are set to compete in the competi-tion are Jenny Chang, a math ma-jor; Laura Barron-Lopez, a political science major; Ashley Chui, a bio-chemistry major; Michelle Gevedon, a geology major; Kerianne Murphy, a biology major and Andrea Duran, a kinesiology major.

Students who are enrolled at any CSU campus this semester as well as alumni who graduated from the CSU at any point last year were eligible to enter the competition.

The panel will judge the students based on clarity of purpose, appro-priateness of the methodology, inter-pretation of the results, value of the research and creative activity.

A cash prize will be awarded to the winner and runner-up contestants for both the graduate and undergraduate students, based on recommendations from members of the jury.

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CSUF offers online degrees in so-ciology and business administration.

Students who enroll in this pro-gram are required to log into their course on a regular basis and en-gage in online discussions.

CSUF combats online cheating by using an online proctoring sys-tem called ProctorU.

When a student picks a date to take their tests, a proctor is sched-uled to observe the student.

Before a student starts their on-line test, a webcam is activated on the students computer for the proc-tor so they can watch and listen to the student taking the test, accord-ing to the ProctorU tutorial.

The student must take the web-cam and scan the room by moving it 360 degrees around the room. This way, the proctor can see what is on the desk, desktop screen, or elsewhere to make sure there are no opportunities to cheat, accord-

ing to the tutorial. The tutorial added that the stu-

dent is required to show picture ID so the proctor knows the right person is taking the test on the computer.

Throughout a test, proctors observe everything the student is doing during the test.

The proctors are looking to see if eyes are consistently moving away from the monitor or if students are listening to someone give them an-swers, according to the tutorial.

If the proctor is suspicious about anything, they can either freeze or cancel the test.

J.P. Goodman, a senior criminal justice major, is taking two online courses.

He has not used ProctorU yet, but he does use other anti-cheating systems.

“I have to turn all my papers into a website called Turnitin for my advanced college writing course,” said Goodman. “It tells the professor whether I plagiarized

or not by scanning the Internet to see if I copied material without giving it the proper accreditation.”

In Goodman’s online course, his professor proctors the amount of time it takes students to answer each question.

“In my introduction to comput-er applications course, my profes-sor looks for patterns in the length of time it takes us to answer the questions. He looks for anything suspicious in the length of time it took to answer each question on tests,” Goodman said.

Goodman has used Turnitin since he was in high school and said the anti-cheating website helps deter him from cheating on any of his papers.

Kryterion, an anti-cheating ser-vice, reported suspicious activity in 16 percent of tests it monitors.

Most of suspicious activity spot-ted are students answering their cell phones or somebody entering the student’s room during a test.

Some classes are completely re-vamped in an effort to discourage cheating, according to the Los An-geles Times. High-stake cumila-tive final exams are replaced with frequent, small assessments.

Kelsey Jordana, a sophomore ra-dio-TV-film major, said it is better to have more assignments or tests that are worth less rather than have fewer assignments, or test worth a large percentage of the grade.

“The pressure of finals or other big tests that can make or break your grade can sometimes drive students to make poor decisions like cheating,” Jordana said. “I believe it’s the fear of failing that drives students to cheat.”

Students can now earn degrees without ever stepping foot onto a college campus.

But, the addition of more on-line degrees comes with the re-sponsibility to make sure proper procedures are in effect to fight online cheating.

CHEATING: Proctors observe online test taking to prevent dishonesty

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According to 2010 study, 32.7 percent of online students self-reported cheating at least once on a test, compared to 32.1 percent of those in on-campus classes.

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FOR THE RECORD: The photo caption for “Family night celebrates special needs education,” states that special needs children contributed to the artwork pictured, but according to Jenny Taylor, director of the CSUF Children’s Center, the artwork was not done specifically by children with special needs.

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New numbers show that college can be a risky financial investment for some, and that it would be wise for some to skip higher educa-tion, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Further schooling remains a smart move for most people, but the analysis by the Brookings Center on Children and Families said college may not pay off for those in low-paying fields, or those who attend low-tier schools.

Unemployment for college grads is low, at 3.9 percent, but more than 200,000 employed college grads are working minimum wage jobs, which has brought down the average grad wage by 2 percent.

College graduates do generally earn more than high school grads but the value of a col-lege education varies heavily based on major and the school’s level of prestige.

The study looked at 853 schools and found that 170 of them had a negative return on investment.

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Cleveland man officially charged in 10-year abduction case

A 52-year-old man was accused of imprison-ing three women in a house for over a decade in Cleveland, Ohio, according to USA Today.

Ariel Castro faces three counts of rape and four counts of kidnapping.

The kidnappings occurred between 2002 and 2004 while the three victims—Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight—were be-tween the ages of 13 and 16 when they were abducted.

Originally the three women were were locked in chains in the basement where they were al-legedly raped, beaten and starved.

Castro has a 6-year-old daughter with Berry, which adds another kidnapping charge to his case.

The women and child were freed after a neighbor heard Berry screaming for help as Castro left the home. Two of the women were returned home to their families as Knight stayed in a hospital.

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After a high-profile trial that lasted months, a jury found Jodi Arias guilty for the murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander on Wednesday.

According to CNN, the jury found Arias guilty of first-degree murder and will meet again Thursday to for the aggravation phase of the trial that will decide whether she lives or dies.

As news broke that Arias was found guilty, CNN reported a large crowd outside of the courthouse erupted with cheers.

The penalty phase will take place to deter-mine the consequences that Arias will have to endure after the aggravation phase is over.

Alexander was murdered in 2008 and was found with multiple stabbings, a slashed throat and a gunshot wound to his forehead. Origi-nally, Arias denied murdering Alexander, but eventually confessed to the crime and called the act self-defense.

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A Cal State Fullerton professor will give a lecture Thursday to ad-dress the different personas of Albert Einstein.

The lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Langsdorf Hall Room 321.

Craig McConnell, Ph.D., an as-sociate professor of liberal studies, will present “The Nine Lives of Al-bert Einstein,” an exploration of public perceptions people had of the iconic physicist and how they have survived over time.

McConnell, who is also the di-rector of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Tech-nology and Medicine (CHPSTM), said this exploration is completed by examining various biographies about Einstein.

He said many early biographies were written with help from Einstein and other biographies were written by people who knew and worked with him. There have also been biog-raphies written by people who have had access to Einstein’s papers.

Obscure biographies dating back

to the ‘20s and ‘30s often illustrated the public’s fascination with Ein-stein’s origin and development, ac-cording to McConnell.

McConnell said most people au-tomatically recognize Einstein as a genius; it is the first word on people’s minds when his name is uttered. However, Einstein was not always looked at from this perspective.

Einstein has also been seen as a pacifist, a philosopher and a “cud-dly avuncular (person) … a guy who was nice to kids,” said McConnell.

He became interested in the subject because of his background knowledge of the history of modern physics and because of his personal interest in Einstein biographies.

The title of his lecture was in-spired by Jan Sapp’s “Nine Lives of Gregor Mendel.”

McConnell said he discovered the article during his time in graduate school.

“The first thought I had was, may-be someone ought to write some-thing like that about Einstein. And 15 years later, I decided maybe I bet-ter write something,” he said.

He said he hopes his lecture will shed light on how physicists’ person-alities affect their work.

“One of the things I think is really important about this is the way we

tell stories about Einstein shapes the way we tell stories about every other physicist in the world,” McConnell said. “I think maybe hearing this talk will make people a little more critical of the stories they hear about

science and how it gets done and who’s best suited to do it.”

This research is a new project for McConnell. He added that he hopes to eventually turn his work into an article.

Andrea Patterson, a CSUF assis-

tant professor of liberal studies, said McConnell has given talks on Ein-stein in the past in a different con-text.

She said McConnell’s other re-search interests include cosmology from the ‘50s to the ‘70s, science in literature and science in popular culture.

Patterson, who will introduce McConnell at the event, said she is looking forward to hearing what he has to say.

She said the lecture should be in-teresting for everyone and students from all majors should able to un-derstand what McConnell presents.

“I think this event and events like these sponsored by CHPSTM are so interdisciplinary that they really reach everyone … this talk in par-ticular talks about the popular im-ages, it talks about perceptions, psy-chology (and) about culture,” said Patterson.

She added that students will be able to find a way to connect with the subject matter, regardless of their majors.

“The Nine Lives of Albert Ein-stein” will be the eighth lecture in CHPSTM’s colloquium series, which has included multiple inter-disciplinary discussions throughout the year.

Craig McConnell, Ph.D., associate professor of liberal studies at CSUF, will present a lecture on Albert Einstein in Langsdorf Hall Room 321 on Thursday.Courtesy of Craig McConnell

“I think maybe hearing this talk will make people

a little more critical of the

stories they hear about science ...”CRAIG MCCONNELL, PH.D.

Liberal Studies Associate Professor

Professor explores perception of EinsteinLecture will focus on how history has remembered the famous physicist

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Search groups call in the loca-tions they travel to so that the fli-ers are efficiently placed, and the missing person posters have also been placed around campus.

Ramos was still listed as missing as of Wednesday afternoon since no crime or suspect has been iden-tified by detectives, said Orange police Sgt. Fred Lopez.

Specifics of the investigation cannot be disclosed since the search is ongoing, he added.

“They have been working day and night to try to resolve this,” Lopez said.

A Facebook page, “Find Ma-ribel Ramos,” has been set up by Ramos’ family to keep the family and community updated.

Ramos gave a presentation in Chicago on Wednesday May 1 about transitioning from military life to being a student. She worked at University Outreach on Thurs-day, going home just hours before she was last seen at her house, Es-trada said.

She was last seen at her house around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Lopez said.

Ramos, who is expected to grad-uate in May, was not present at the Veterans Appreciation Night ceremony on Saturday, where she was scheduled to give a speech on behalf of the graduating veterans.

Estrada and Tijernia said they thought it unusual that Ramos did not show up since Ramos was an-ticipating speaking at the dinner.

“She’s very responsible, it’s very uncharacteristic of her not to show up. At that point it just became concerning,” Estrada said.

As a veterans coordinator, Ra-mos works at the University Out-reach office to help fellow veterans on campus.

“She’s a leader within the veteran community on campus, and not only that, she’s a leader in the stu-dent community,” Estrada said.

A former sergeant who served in the Army for eight years and served in Afghanistan, Iraq and South Ko-rea, Ramos was also active in the campus’ Student Veterans Associa-tion group, Estrada said.

Estrada said it is important for students to know that even though Ramos has physical and psycho-logical military training, something like becoming a missing person can happen to anyone.

“I know that it wasn’t until this happened and it hit close to home that for me it made it more of an awareness,” Estrada said.

According to the university web-site, Ramos had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Tijerina said that students can share the missing person fliers to help expand the search efforts. She expects to have an expanded search through Orange on Friday.

“Don’t let this go, people can’t keep winning. There’s too much good in the world, and life is too special to miss. … We need Ma-ribel, we need her back,” Tijerina said.

Students can contact the Orange Police Department at (714) 744-7313.

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TOP: Fliers in different languages have been posted around Orange County with contact numbers for anyone that has information to the whereabouts of Maribel Ramos.

BOTTOM: Delia Tijerina, assistant director for University Outreach, points to where volunteers are searching in Orange.

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In my previous six columns, I have written about the principles, events and heroes of the gay rights movement. Now I am down to my second to last piece and I would like to honor the people in my personal life before it is all said and done.

It is not just gay rights activists that have helped me in my journey to better myself and this move-ment.

I could not have imagined the challenges that would come my way in the last decade, nor could I foresee the incredible allies that would appear to help me in those troubling times.

The concept of a “best friend” seems outdated in mainstream society. I can’t remember the last time I heard that phrase uttered without irony in the media or oth-erwise.

Yet I could never imagine call-ing Nicholas Fabrizio anything but my best friend.

On the surface we seem to only share a first name, but anyone who knows us both can see why we have worked as friends for the most of the last eight years. Sure, we had our troubles. We even cut ties a few times. It’s not surprising that his temper—which has settled in recent years—clashed with my sensitivity.

Regardless, we sensed there were some things in our friend-ship that were worth working for. They happened to be the most im-portant ingredients in any friend-ship: respect, loyalty and a sense of acceptance necessary in a world where most kinds of relationships are intrinsically fragile.

The bond of the best friend is not one of those relationships. Nicholas has taught me that, and I thank him so deeply for that.

There is a girl, who I will refer to as “Noel,” that I have fallen out of contact with in the last year. Before this, she was my great-est ally in the activist world. It is because of her that I learned the importance of peace and rationale not only in gay rights but in life in general.

I am ashamed to admit that be-fore I met her, I had hate in my veins for many opponents on and off the social politics game board. I remember sitting at a bar with Noel one night, ranting about Sarah Palin, or someone of her ilk. My friend did not lecture me or tell me off; she just casually point-ed out the destructiveness of my attitude.

I’ll admit, it was a bit humbling, and that’s hard to feel sometimes.

Whether Noel knew it or not, her subtle approach made it easier for me to accept the good word of peaceful protest into my life. This is why she is a successful figure on this campus. It is also why she will succeed at whatever she truly wants to achieve in this life.

I hope that someday our paths will cross again so I can thank her

for a gift that will last forever.I would also like to mention my

friend Victoria. I have known her for three years and even though we live on opposite sides of the country, we have grown together so much in that time.

She has cheered me on through some of the worst times of my life. Vikki has worked hard to be phys-ically and emotionally healthy, and that has inspired me to work toward the same goal. This woman also has the gift of candor when it comes to the important issues, and that will get her far in life.

It used to be very difficult to ac-knowledge the gifts given to me so close to home, even if that is where the heart is. This changed when I learned how it felt to mourn the death of someone so important to my life, who I will get to in just a moment.

I have shared a home with my sister for most of my life, so I have had the pleasure of seeing her grow into an empathetic, wise philanthropist who does work for a rape crisis hotline as well as can-cer walks and other feminist activ-ist organizations. I do not tell her enough how proud I am of her for all the effort she puts into helping others.

There are many more people I can say have been invaluable to me over the years—too many to talk about here—but there is a final person I must mourn, celebrate and bestow gratitude upon.

His name is Roy Gobrogge, and he is my mother’s late husband and my most vital father figure.

We didn’t have much in com-mon, to be honest, at least in per-sonality. He was the gruff Ohio farm boy who kept much of his insecurity to himself. He rarely complained. Roy never hesitated to do what was right for his fam-ily, biological or not.

So with a personality like that it was no surprise that he found a career as a firefighter for 45 years, many of them as a captain at Sta-tion 9 in Mission Viejo.

During his tenure as an emer-gency worker Roy worked the rub-ble of the Oklahoma City Bomb-ing in 1995. He spent days finding bodies to provide a sense of closure to the family members of the vic-tims. Before that, he worked amid the chaos of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. He and his unit were called in to contain the fires despite the mortal dangers that threatened them.

It was his duty, so he did not cower or flee as many of us would.

You would think my know-ing all of this during his lifetime would have made me feel grateful in his presence, but that’s not the truth. I did not truly know the hero under my own roof until Roy was gone.

On the morning of Jan. 23, 2012, he died of liver and pan-creatic cancers. In the weekend preceding his passing, countless people—many I did not even know—visited him at death bed and it was so apparent how loved and respected he was. It was a comfort to my family and a secret shame to my sense of good, to feel surprised by the outpouring of support we received.

When people ask me why I see such greatness in people, I think back to that weekend. I also re-member the 100 or so people that attended the celebration of life we held in his honor. One of those who spoke was a family member of a vic-

tim Roy found at the bombing. It was then that I felt the com-

plete impact of his legacy. I cannot reiterate enough how

much I regret taking such an in-credible person for granted. It has haunted me for over a year that I did not tell him exactly how I felt before he was gone. The only way I know to heal myself of this is to express gratitude for the loved ones in my life right now and urge others to do the same in their lives.

Despite my new outlook on fa-milial bonds, for quite a while now I have wondered about the point of life when everything wears away and everyone dies.

Luckily there are countless phi-losophers and compatriots of my past, present and future that have and always will ponder this ques-tion. I now believe it is in that questioning where we often find our strongest reasons for living.

One of them has been staring me in the face for years now, and it is Legacy, one of my personal virtues I covered in a previous column. A British philosopher, Bertrand Russell, could not agree more:

“The happy man feels himself a citizen of the universe, enjoying freely the spectacle that it offers and the joys that it affords, un-troubled by the thought of death because he feels himself not really separate from those who will come after him. It is in such profound instinctive union with the stream of life that the greatest joy is to be found.”

About a year ago, I felt that with Roy, even if I did not feel the full significance of it until now.

When he was alive, my hero of-ten sat at the bar in our kitchen on his days off and played solitaire on his laptop. His oddest quirk was his habit of never putting the final card down onto the last pile to win the game.

Roy did tell me once why he did not finish the rounds once he started, but I have forgotten.

One night not long after he died, I sat in his spot at the bar. I saw the kitchen and the house from his perspective. It is then that I really understood why he never put that card down. Roy never thought his work in life was finished because he never wanted it to be.

In a way he was right, because our work for the good of mankind is never done. As long as there is injustice and suffering this will re-main true. I have chosen to carry on this task of bringing peace and healing since he is no longer able to.

It is because of this I can put that final card down for his life.

His work is finished, but mine is not. That is why, despite the inevitability of decay and death, I will live for him and for the gen-erations to come.

In memoriam, celebration and gratitude.

The final card: In memoriam, celebration and gratitude

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that have helped ... in my journey to better myself and this movement.

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TITANS UNWIND IN NATURAL OASIS

The Arboretum is equipped with benches where vistors can sit, relax, unwind and enjoy the lush landscapes it has to offer.

A fresh, cool breeze makes its way through dirt trails.

The paths are aligned with bright poppies, dandelions, orchids and milkweed blos-soms. Some are surrounded by prickly cacti.

A mother duck and her ducklings are nestled at the edge of a large pond, where numerous turtles can be found swimming peacefully in the cool water.

Established in 1979 and located at the north end of campus, the Arboretum is a nature getaway right in Cal State Fullerton’s backyard.

Students settle on the nu-merous benches under the shades of redwood groves and palm trees, kicking back and unwinding on the green lawns.

They hike and stroll through the “desert oasis” and the Channel Island gar-dens.

Others taking advantage of the tranquil gardens in between their busy class schedules and workload is a common sight here, particu-larly during finals week.

And the Arboretum isn’t just for its Titan neighbors

either.Many people throughout

Orange County, as well as surrounding communities, have visited and explored the botanical gardens through-out the years.

Elementary school field trips are occasionally held at the Arboretum as well.

Young children get to take part in walking around and observing the different envi-ronments during their visit.

Children learn about the wide variety of plant species and working on activities re-lated to what they encounter.

The Arboretum staff works each day to main-tain and take care of the grounds for visitors as well as occasional events.

Yoga classes, nature pho-tography classes, cooking classes and special dinners have also been held at the Arboretum.

Overall, this 26-acre sanc-tuary has something for ev-eryone looking to unwind and be in touch with nature.

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IDENTITIES: Titan stories paint a picture of diversity

Titans shared aspects of their lives that help define their identities and bring diversity to Cal State Fullerton.LEFT COLUMN: Krista English, Nick Ballinger, Jessica Deakyne, James Hodge, Nicole Hensch (Top to bottom)RIGHT COLUMN: Sean Price, Sergio Lopez, Jennifer Maddock, Gregory Raths, Rahullah Latif (Top to bottom)


During the course of the spring 2013 semester, the features section of the Daily Titan ran a series of articles focusing on the different experiences, lives, purposes and voices of students on campus.

We chronicled the everyday life of a student mother––a 24-year-old woman balancing her family life as a mother and fiance, intern-ship as a dance teacher and full-time schedule as a student.

We heard about a student’s jour-ney to quit drinking and drugs to become straight edge.

He traded in drugs and alcohol in order to live a healthy lifestyle and overcome his heart problems.

We came upon a student work-ing his way back to a normal life after a brain injury, who with help from the Disabled Student Ser-vices program, will graduate this semester.

We heard about the adven-tures of student veterans, working through the transition from mili-tary life to school life.

We got a glimpse of the lives of graduate students about to get their degrees and heard about the challenges and successes of an

older student returning to school. An older student who, after many years working in a struggling economy, came back to CSUF as a means of accomplishing her dreams of becoming a teacher.

We talked with two students living their lives for God, one who found his purpose in life through God and another who found mo-tivation through his faith.

We spoke to a Titan running for Congress, learned about the impact Greek life has on students and heard the story of Cal State Fullerton’s new ASI president and his journey to the top.

Throughout this series we learned more about these people’s lives––about the struggles and the triumphs.

These individuals allowed us to peer into parts of their lives, and in each one of them was a les-son in strength and perseverance through adversity.

Hearing their stories allows us

all to see that you don’t have to be rich or famous to be extraordinary.

Every story helped paint a deep-er picture of the lives and experi-ences that walk on and off of the CSUF campus.

Our purpose in writing these stories was to accurately portray student life.

It was to show that sometimes student life comes in the form of college dorms, weekend parties, fi-nals and essays, but it also can be a second chance—a new chapter or adventure, the catalyst to finding one’s path or a stepping stone into the future.

What these articles represent is the perseverance of students to push through adversity.

This series tells the stories of people who truly deserve to be called Titans.

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Maria Sandoval walks across campus with a bright smile on her face, pep in her step and an aura of positive energy around her.

At first glance, most would not realize the heavy burden that rests on her shoulders.

Sandoval, a junior, spends every day either working at one of her three jobs or attending one of her five classes at Cal State Fullerton in order to obtain a bachelor’s de-gree in art education.

Sandoval said she works hard because she is paying for much of her college education on her own, with some assistance from finan-cial aid.

“I’m actually doing what I said I’ve always wanted to do,” said Sandoval.

Sandoval said her drive to suc-ceed started when she was a young girl growing up in an extremely strict and traditional Mexican family.

Growing up as the middle child with three brothers and one sister, Sandoval said her mother always tried to make her stand out.

“I felt like I was always the one that wanted to go outside that box,” she said.

Sandoval said her sister was the one who mainly inspired her to at-tend college and pushed her to go, but it was also because she wanted to impress her parents.

Before transferring to CSUF, Sandoval attended Orange Coast College and was later scouted to play soccer at Santa Ana College where she eventually received an associate degree.

The associate degree was more for her parents, she said, but ob-taining her bachelor’s degree is something she is doing more for herself.

“I love art. It’s my passion, so

getting an art degree is for me. It’s a good feeling,” Sandoval said.

In the beginning, Sandoval said she was doubtful that she could attend college because of the stag-gering costs.

The cost of tuition fees for a full-time student at CSUF is $6,188 per semester, according to the Office of Financial Aid web-site.

“My initial reaction was: ‘No, I just can’t do it,’ and that was my excuse,” Sandoval said.

Sandoval has paid $800 in art supplies for this semester. She also spent about $200 for books and $220 for parking.

She also paid the difference of what grants didn’t cover.

Sandoval’s parents help out with school by purchasing small items, such as art supplies.

“Small little things like that, it’s such a big help because it’s expen-sive,” she said.

Sandoval said she became more excited about going to college af-ter she found out that she would be getting financial aid in the form of grants.

Sandoval’s parents offered to pay for her college expenses, but she declined because she wanted do it on her own.

She said she didn’t want to live with the fact that if she started to go to school and ended up not finishing, then her parents would have wasted a lot of money.

The grants she received from financial aid have helped her pay for a good portion of her school expenses.

“I know it’s not all of it, but it’s some help … I’m truly grateful for it,” she said.

Students can fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to see if they qualify for loans, grants and scholarships.

There are 24,067 CSUF stu-dents getting some type of finan-

cial aid this semester, according to Monica Coloso, CSUF assistant director of financial aid.

Coloso said she would advise students to “complete the FAFSA and mind the deadlines … even if they don’t think that they’re going to get anything.”

She added that there is a large amount of scholarships on the fi-nancial aid website for students to look through.

“(Financial aid) makes higher education more an obtainable goal,” said Coloso.

Sandoval pays for the rest of her college expenses by working three jobs.

One of her jobs is at Victoria’s Secret as a sales associate.

Sandoval was offered a manager position there twice, but had to decline because she couldn’t work the extra hours while going to school.

Her other jobs are at the Mis-sion Art Center in Tustin and the City of Santa Ana. Both positions allow her to work with children and art.

Anthony Novella, community services supervisor for the city of Santa Ana, has been Sandoval’s manager for 10 years and knows her work ethic well.

“(She) has always been driven and if it were any other person, I might be concerned about them working multiple jobs and going to school full time,” said Novella.

Novella added that he is proud of Sandoval’s hard work.

He described her as organized, determined and an optimist.

“She keeps her schedule like a well-oiled machine without com-promising her responsibilities at work with me and the city,” he said.

Sandoval receives a lot of support from work and her family because they know how hard she works to-wards her goal of graduating.

“I’m doing it for myself, but also to push others to do it. It’s possible even if you don’t get the help that you can still work your way through school on your own,” Sandoval said.

She said she finds time for her-self during the weekends to go out with friends, hang out with family and go to Disneyland.

“It balances out my whole schedule, if not I feel like I will freak out,” Sandoval said.

Sandoval said she is considering quitting one of her jobs in order to finish school and have more free time.

However, she has to consider

how she will pay for school as well.“I don’t know if I’m going to

continue doing it like this next se-mester because it is pretty tough,” Sandoval said.

Sandoval has tried to save mon-ey, but said it is hard for her since she started paying rent at her par-ent’s house and pays her own bills.

However, paying for school has helped her learn how to budget and save money.

“It’s a learning lesson for sure,” she said.

Even though there may not be many art jobs out there right now, it hasn’t stopped Sandoval from

working towards graduating in a few years and then continuing her dream of being an art teacher.

Her advice to someone in a sim-ilar situation is to be happy, posi-tive and motivated.

Through the long days at school and work, Sandoval continues to look at the positive side of life.

“I like doing what I do, com-ing to school and working … I’m happy,” she said.

Sandoval wants to show people, especially high school graduates, that if she can do it, so can they.

“Now, I want to inspire people … there’s no excuses,” she added.

Titan juggles a full schedule and three jobs to pay for school

Maria Sandoval, art education major, is enrolled in five courses at Cal State Fullerton while working three jobs.JOHN PEKCAN / Daily Titan

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College is all about transforma-tions. Some students have physi-cal transformations, others have emotional transformations—but for some, the transformation oc-curs when a light bulb clicks in your head and you learn a little something about yourself.

As an international student, I wanted to transform my experi-ence here in the U.S. by seeing and experiencing as much as I could in what little time I had here.

My American experience so far had only included two places, both beacons of American con-sumerism: Wal-Mart and Costco.

Now I love those two places, es-pecially the free samples in Costco (hear! hear!), but I thought that perhaps it was time to move on to greener pastures, or rather sandier ones.

Since I’ve been here, the num-ber one question everyone asks me after they find out I’m an interna-tional student is if I have been to the beach.

I decided to ask my Californian flatmate for advice.

She suggested that I check out Newport Beach and Huntington Beach, so I decided to go to the shore with my other international roommate, Nicole.

Now, going to the beach is not as easy as one may think, especial-ly if you don’t have a car, like us.

We took the 57 bus at 8 a.m., and while it was tiring, it gave us a chance to see a lot more of South-ern California than we would have in a car.

It was fun to see regulars get on the bus and greet and make small talk with each other while they commuted.

It was like there was a whole

community inside that very bus. Meanwhile, the non-regulars,

or outsiders, as I like to call us, just sat by a window and stared avidly out of it, watching the intriguing flashes of grey, blue, white and green pass by us.

We had to transfer buses to get to Laguna Beach. (We found out that Newport Beach was a whole area, not just a beach—who knew?)

We went there first because my roommate had already seen Hun-tington Beach and she wanted to go somewhere new.

We reached the beach around

10:15 a.m. and opposite the bus station was a farmer’s market.

We decided to go and explore the fresh produce of the Califor-nian farmers and I enjoyed the best strawberries that I’ve ever had.

After that, we hunted around for a place to eat and we came upon Shirley’s Bagels, a small, crowded shop in Laguna Beach.

The bagels were fresh and amazing, they even had their own variety of cream cheeses.

I got a chocolate chip bagel with strawberry cream cheese to satisfy my sweet tooth, while my roommate got something a little more savory, an onion bagel with chive cream cheese.

After eating—or rather, inhal-ing—those delicious bagels, we walked towards the beach, finally.

The beach itself was fun and the water so cold and numbing that I felt like I was plunging my feet in a bucket of ice.

Huntington Beach had a whole different energy than Laguna.

While Laguna was laid back, Huntington was bustling with people.

Unfortunately, we only got to see the Huntington Beach pier and while it was nice to look over the whole beach, I didn’t really get to see the whole place.

Now that my U.S. travel reper-toire has expanded to four places, the only question left to ask is, where to next?

International student gets a taste of Southern California sunshineA first-time visit to the beach yields sun, sand and lasting memories

SASHA JAIKRISHINFor the Daily Titan

Since I’ve been here, the num-ber one question everyone

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have been to the beach.

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Laguna. While Laguna was laid back,

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Undefeated boxer Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Jr. proved his dominance once again this Saturday as he cruised to victory over Robert Guerrero.

Mayweather has established himself as the pound-for-pound king of box-ing time and time again. The sport is often referred to as the “sweet science,” and the artist formally known as “Pretty Boy Floyd” can be considered the Al-bert Einstein of it.

Though both hardcore and casual boxing fans could be witnessing one of the greatest of all time in the ring, I believe it’s possible for Mayweather to do much more to save the sport that is considered to be dying.

Mayweather may be dominant and an engaging personality, but he has only finished seven of his last nine fights, including a controversial one over Victor Ortiz.

It’s blatantly obvious that the casual fans love to see knockouts, just like they like to see fighting in the NHL and crashes in NASCAR.

It’s sad to say that Mayweather’s amazing footwork, head movement and ability to not damage isn’t enough to make fans pay to see him fight. Nothing showcases this more than the early Pay Per View (PPV) numbers from this weekend’s bout.

ESPN boxing writer Dan Rafael tweeted “No official PPV #’s yet for Floyd but 2 industry sources tell me

they look bad (under 1M). We’ll see. If true, heavy $$ losses for Showtime.”

These numbers may be more a tes-tament to Mayweather’s opposition. Though Guerrero may be a proficient boxer, he didn’t have the name or a threatening enough skill set to make this an intriguing match-up.

However, if the self proclaimed “cash cow” of boxing was who he said he was, wouldn’t his name alone sell that fight?

He was a part of the fight that pro-duced the biggest live and PPV num-bers in 2007, but let’s not forget who that fight was against. Just six years ago Sunday, the Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya fight produced a near $19 million live gate, good for the No. 1 gate in Nevada history.

Mayweather has a lot to live up to in addition to those early PPV numbers, as he signed a deal with Showtime that has been called the “richest individual athlete deal in all of sports.” The deal is for six fights and 30 months, and was a huge blow for competitor HBO whom Mayweather previously had a deal with.

Another problem with casual fan interest in Mayweather is the frequency (or infrequency) in which he fights. He only had one fight in 2012 and one this year. In fact, he has only fought six times since the De La Hoya fight, which averages out to one per year.

Casual fans take on a “what have you done for me lately” mentality, and

the infrequency in which Mayweather fights could be pushing them away.

Some believe that making the “super fight” that never happened between him and Manny Pacquiao take place will still garner much interest. However, Pacquiao was just announced to be tak-ing on Brandon Rios in Macau, China later this year.

Additionally, Pacquiao was knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez in De-cember and must get a few wins under his belt to make this a sexy fight again.

So what is my solution to this May-weather problem? An end of the year fight with undefeated Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, who just recently handed Aus-tin Trout the first loss of his career.

Though I do question if Alvarez is ready for such a drastic step up in com-petition, I’m not sure if there is a way to be any more ready for Mayweather.

The biggest reason this matchup will garner attention is because both of these fighters stand undefeated with more than 40 fights under their belts, so to speak. The marketing writes itself; two undefeated fighters enter the ring and only one comes out with an unblem-ished record, much like Mayweather’s fight with Ricky Hatton.

Also, Alvarez has quite a fan follow-ing from the Latino fight fans, and any-time you can amass pride, culture and hope into a fighter, it usually means fireworks in those marquee fights.

This Just InJUSTIN ENRIQUEZ

Mayweather worth the ‘Money’?

Dedrique Taylor and Daron Park are now the coaching future of CSUF basketball

ANDY WALLERFor the Daily Titan

While baseball has been garner-ing the most spotlight at the mo-ment on campus, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams wasted little time making splashes of their own to start a new era of Titan basketball.

It was formally announced on April 3 that Daron Park would be taking over the women’s program, while Dedrique Taylor would lead the men’s team.

Park takes over for former Head Coach Marcia Foster, who was let go after her contract expired in March. Foster lead Fullerton to a Big West Conference semifinal ap-pearance after going 11-22 (5-13 Big West) this past season, includ-ing two Big West Tournament vic-tories.

Park is just the 10th head coach in the program’s 44-year history, and the first male head coach ever in the program. He started his coaching career at the Division I level as an assistant at the Univer-sity of Utah under Head Coach Elaine Elliott.

“I felt like the more people I could surround myself around, the more prepared I could be for my first heading coaching job,” said Park. “Going to a school like Utah and coaching with the legendary Elaine Elliott helped me prepare for when I went to Maryland, which is in the ACC and one of the best basketball conferences in the country.”

From Utah he made the jump to Maryland where in his first year as interim head coach he helped guide them to a 33-4 record while helping them reach the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament. He would also guide them to another Elite Eight appearance the follow-ing year as an assistant head coach.

After a successful run at Mary-land, Park made stops as an as-sociate head coach at Louisiana Tech, UC Berkeley and USC be-fore finally being picked to lead the CSUF women’s team. Overall, Park comes in with a 219-85 re-cord in his nine years at the Divi-sion I level.

“We are going to play hard and play with energy. When I say we, I mean the players. I tried out in ninth grade and got cut from four different teams. I figured at that point I needed to instruct people on how to do things,” said Park.

While Park takes over as the new women’s coach, Athletic Di-rector Jim Donovan plucked an-other Pac-12 Conference coach with the hiring of Dedrique Taylor

for the men’s team.Named as one of the top 25 as-

sistant coaches in the nation by CollegeInsider.com in 2010, Tay-lor has spent the last seven seasons helping rebuild the Arizona State Sun Devils program, leading ASU to four 20-win seasons, including a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2008-09 with a 25-10 overall record.

He takes over for Interim Head Coach Andy Newman who led an injury-plagued Titan squad to a 14-18 (6-12 Big West) record be-fore losing in the first round of the Big West Conference Tournament to rival Long Beach State.

Taylor, a Pomona native, is also said to have strong ties in recruit-ing players in the Los Angeles Area, something that will help the Titans compete with rivals Long Beach and Cal State Northridge after former NBA coach Reggie Theus was hired as to coach the Northridge Matadors.

“We are going to play our game. Offensively, we are going to play a fast, up-tempo style. Defensively, we are going to play an aggressive man defense mixed in with a cou-ple different zone looks,” said Tay-lor. “If we execute on those things we will accomplish a lot on and off the court.”

Taylor has a strong history of recruiting and an eye for talent. During his tenure at ASU, Taylor helped bring in top talent, includ-ing Houston Rockets star James Harden.

Before coming to CSUF from ASU, Taylor also spent time UC Davis, Loyola Marymount, Port-land State and Nevada. He has been on a staff that has reached the NCAA Tournament three times (ASU 2009, Nevada in 2005 and 2006).

While Taylor has had success at

many other schools, the opportu-nity to be able to come home and get a head coaching job is a dream come true.

“I have waited a long time for this moment. Its an incredible feeling being able to return home

and coach here at Fullerton. All my friends and family are out here,” said Taylor.

It was announced last week that joining Park’s coaching staff will be Steven Fenelly of Iowa State and Taja Edwards of Ole Miss.

The men’s team also got their first recruit in the Taylor era by signing 6-foot-5 guard Sheldon Blackwell from Etiwanda High School in Rancho Cucamonga. Blackwell helped lead the Eagles to a CIF title this past season.

Former Titan standouts D.J. Seeley and Kwame Vaughn were selected to play in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament recently, and both had a strong showing. Vaughn averaged 11 points per game while Seeley averaged nearly nine.

For 60 years, the tournament invites some of the best seniors across the country to take part in a four-day, 12-game tournament.

For more information about men’s and women’s basketball, visit FullertonTitans.com.

TOP: Daron Park is introduced as the first male head coach in the history of the women’s program. He is 219-85 in his nine years at the Division 1 level.

BOTTOM: Dedrique Taylor, a Pomona, Calif. native, is introduced as head coach of the men’s program. He is the 11th coach in the program’s history.


First-time head coaches take helm of Titan basketball

“We are going to play hard and

play with energy.”DARON PARK

Women’s Basketball Head Coach

“Offensively, we are going to play a fast, up-tempo

style. ”DEDRIQUE TAYLOR

Men’s Basketball Head Coach

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Thursday, May 9, 2013