Scot Willey, a law enforcement veteran and Orange County native, is the Cal State Fullerton Police Depart-ment’s newest lieutenant.

Willey, 42, left the University Police Department at Cal State Long Beach, where he’d been working for the last 12 years. He was promoted from detective to de-tective sergeant and has three years of experience as a lieutenant for the department.

The opportunity to work at CSUF arrived when Lt. Landers retired in the spring of 2010. Willey left CSULB to be closer to his wife and children. The com-mute from Orange County to Long Beach became too stressful, he said.

“It was a fantastic place to work, but after 12 years the commute was too much. I’ve always been looking for an opening here and I told the folks at Long Beach that at some point I’ve got to go back to my area,” Willey said.

Willey actually applied to work for CSUF and CSULB at the same time 12 years ago, but CSULB called him back first.

Working alongside Willey is Lt. John Brockie, who oversees the administrative side of the department, like investigations, community services and detectives. Lt. Willey now oversees the operations side, which encom-passes patrol operations and special events.

“We stayed in touch throughout our careers because our career advancement was very similar,” said Brockie. “Lt. Willey has a similar philosophy to myself, Chief Judi King and our department as a whole. He loves Or-ange County and is very outgoing and proactive just like we are.”

Brockie had already been working for the CSUF po-lice when he met Willey, who was looking for work at a police department–a way out from working with the Orange County Marshal’s Department.

“I’d done ridealongs in different cities, but nobody was really happy about where they worked. I met John Brockie and some folks from here and they loved it and loved the department. That’s what I was looking for,” Willey said.

Willey said working with the CSUF police is pretty similar to CSULB, with the exception of some slightly different processes and being a lot closer to home.

“The officers here are just as proactive as the ones at Long Beach. It’s just learning the different set of gangs and things to be concerned with here as opposed to what there was in Long Beach,” Willey said.

In regards to crime, Willey said property crimes are a little more prevalent at CSUF than at CSULB, especial-ly vehicular burglary, but only because CSULB installed a camera system that decreased the property crimes by about 75 percent.

“If I was a criminal and looking to break into cars, you know, a university has just an abundance of treats for me to take. We have to know what’s around us, so we work with the local gang officers from other agencies and try to learn as much information as we can,” Willey said.

CSULB police Chief Fernando Solorzano is proud of the contribution Willey made to law enforcement at the university.

“Scot was a leader within this organization and was well respected by his peers and those who reported to him. He was very innovative and the type of leader that provided direction and guidance to his direct reports,” said Solorzano.

A press release sent from Cal State Fullerton’s Office of Environmental Health and Instructional Safety states that asbestos is present in many build-ings on campus.

According to the report, asbestos has been positively identified in the Titan Shops bookstore, the Comput-er Science Building, the Education Classroom Building, the Engineering

Building, the Humanities Building, Langsdorf Hall, the Kinesiology and Health Science Building, Pollak Li-brary, McCarthy Hall, the Performing Arts Center, the Physical Plant Trade-shop Building, the Public Safety Build-ing, the Student Health Center and the Visual Arts Building. Campus struc-tures built after 1990 do not contain asbestos.

“This notification is just what’s been found or what’s assumed or what should be checked,” said Scott Bour-don, director of Environmental Health and Instructional Safety. “The stuff that tested negative we don’t necessar-ily have (on this report). We have thick binders full of asbestos sample reports, a lot of which are negative.”

According to the United States De-partment of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), asbestos is recognized as a health haz-ard.

Breathing asbestos fibers can cause a buildup of scar-like tissue in the lungs called asbestosis and results in loss of lung function that often progresses to disability and death.

Asbestos can also cause lung cancer and other diseases such as mesothelio-ma of the pleura, which is a fatal ma-lignant tumor of the membrane lining the cavity of the lung and/or stomach.

“If you spend a lot of time in that environment obviously some of the as-bestos could be inhaled, but it’s a very small amount,” said Darren Nelson,

21, a health science major. “If you go in to remove it, it’s going to be more dangerous.”

The CSUF Environmental Health and Safety Department website states, “It is important to remember that the presence of asbestos in a building, un-disturbed, does not present any health hazard. It is the inhalation of asbestos fibers that causes health problems.”

“It’s an airborne hazard, so if the particles are floating around in the air, then that’s the problem,” Bourdon said. “But if you have floor tile that’s in good shape, then that’s not going to expose anybody.”

Free hot chocolate, slides made out of fake snow, pizza and live music were some of the highlights during Snow Day Thurs-day.

The event, organized by Associated Stu-dents Inc., was held in the Quad to kick off the first day of December.

Snow Day volunteers and coordinators welcomed students to join the simple fun.

Attendees who chose to ride the slide had to follow certain precautions called “sledding rules.” The rules were to sign a waiver, wear a wristband and have fun. Once the waiver was signed, one could sled as many times as he or she pleased.

Marina Urena, 18, a business major, was a first-time volunteer at the event for ASI

and took part in the festivities by riding the slide.

“It’s really fun, the line isn’t long so it goes by really fast … If I wasn’t working I’d probably be going on it again,” said Urena.

While the main attraction was the slide, she explained Snow Day was not just about the snow.

“It’s not just about this, it’s about pro-moting College Town,” she said. “This is your school too, so you should come out and join.”

The 60-acre College Town plan was also being promoted. Bordered by Nutwood Av-enue, Chapman Avenue and State College Boulevard, a university and city planning group is proposing to create a special district that will consist of shopping and dining envi-ronments, liveable streets and even job oppor-tunities for students, along with much more.

As a child, she took refuge in the dark basement, while bombs dropped onto the world above her. The continuous beat-ing of pounding thumps coupled with the buzzing sound of the bomber planes could hardly echo her overbearing fear. Every night, the planes flew. Every night, the bombs dropped. Every night, she hid waiting for the horror to end.

Those nights in the basement serve as

a powerful memory of the war-circum-stance childhood of Elke O’Haire, 72, a sociology major at Cal State Fullerton. Her tumultuous experiences as a war child growing up in World War II-era in Germany, including countless days taking cover from British Spitfire fighter planes, still affect her.

Sometimes O’Haire’s childhood expe-riences come back to haunt her, but she fights back valiantly. She does this by em-bracing those around her with an uplift-ing spirit.

On campus, the lively O’Haire is nev-er seen without a smile. She charmingly strolls through the campus halls with her

rolling backpack eager to learn. Her dis-tinct German accent radiates without hes-itation as she never fears asking questions in the classroom.

“I’m the kind of German that really spreads love and care,” said O’Haire.

Her livening presence is unmistakably her own.

O’Haire is viewed by many of her classmates as inspiring, outspoken and fun to be around.

“It’s inspiring to know that she’s still trying to achieve things in her life. She still has that go-get-them attitude consid-ering what she’s been through,” said Paul Terry, 43, a sociology major who sits next

to her in class. “She makes class fun and entertaining for me.”

Her husband of almost 30 years, Jim O’Haire, 62, said her demeanor in the classroom is exactly how she is at home.

“She is tenacious, like a pitbull,” said Jim laughingly. “If she has something she wants to say, get out of her way. You’re not going to stop her.”

O’Haire has endured a long journey since those days hiding in the basement. The journey has given her an undying en-thusiasm to enrich her life and those in it.

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Nov. 16 was recently branded as “American Censorship Day” by those who oppose current legislation in the House of Representatives and Senate that moves to, for the first time in his-tory, try to control the Internet.

According to the text of HR 3261, also known as the Stop Online Pi-racy Act (or SOPA) by the House of Represen-tatives, the bill aims to “eliminate the financial incentive to steal intellec-tual property online” by making it possible to stop advertisers from giving money to domain names that host illegal material under copyright laws.

The bill moves further to state that if the website still does not comply with attempts to take down the in-fringing material, the Internet Service Provider (such as Time Warner or AT&T) would be able (or in some circumstances, required by law) to block users from visiting the websites.

Some have noted the bill blurs the line between protecting intellectual property and allowing censorship. This is mostly because the bill fails to

distinguish how a domain can claim responsibility for content posted by its own users.

“We’ve regulated media before,” said Scott Spitzer, a Cal State Fuller-ton political science professor. “Gen-eral regulation of private media is considered constitutional, censorship is not.”

The bill makes no mention of cen-soring content that is not expressly “a computer program, a musical work, a motion picture or other audiovisual work or a sound recording, if, at the time of unauthorized distribution or public performance.”

In other words, the legislation does not specifically target websites for censorship.

Still though, the attempt on be-half of the government to regulate what will be viewed by Americans on the Internet has some students con-cerned.

“I think they’re going to open up a huge can of worms,” said Alysen Ladanyi, a junior production design major. “Our generation is so brilliant with the Internet, and we’re used to

having an unlimited cache of places to go and things to do. If that goes away, we’re not going to just say, ‘Oh, that’s gone now,’ we’re going to want it back.”

Joseph Costillo, a junior philoso-phy major, seems more concerned with what the bill could lead to.

“They’re doing it for a good rea-son,” said Costillo. “But it is a slippery slope. Who knows, in other countries the Internet is censored and people only see what their governments want them to see. I think the American people won’t let that happen.”

According to Matthew Jarvis, a CSUF political science professor, there is also the possibility the House has drawn up this bill without even intending to pass it. As an example, Jarvis cited a faux attempt to reinstate the military draft in 2004, which lost in a landslide. The bill

wasn’t drawn to pass, it was drawn to make a statement, he said.

“Congress didn’t want it, but ev-eryone wanted to take a stand,” said Jarvis. When briefed on the content of HR 3261, Jarvis seemed to think that the bill may fall along the same lines. “Congress at work is Congress behind the scenes,” Jarvis said. “My guess is, Congress is looking into it.”

HR 3261 had committee hearings Nov. 16. Currently, there is no date set to vote on the bill.

In order to give students a quiet but fun place to prepare for what can be a stressful week of finals, the Titan Student Union will keep its doors open 24 hours a day for two weeks from Sunday to Dec. 16.

Areas in the TSU that will re-main open for 24 hours include all open areas, computer labs and study rooms.

Restaurants in the food court will also remain open for extended hours. Also, part of this semester’s 24-hour All-Night Study will fea-ture special promotions and give-aways throughout the night start-ing at 7 p.m. Dec. 12.

Lissette Lopez, a sophomore and clerical assistant for the ASI’s Marketing Department, said a party cart will make daily rounds throughout campus, providing students with free snacks and study supplies.

Inflatable pillows, T-shirts, drawstring bags, water bottles and Scantrons will all be part of the special giveaways that will take place in the TSU Pavilion B dur-ing finals week.

The Titan Tusk Force will have Tuffy in the TSU main lobby Dec. 13 for students to take a break, a photo and enjoy some hot cocoa.

For those students looking for a more relaxing experience dur-ing a timeout from studying, ASI Productions has hired masseuses to

pamper students with free massag-es Dec. 14 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Lopez assures students that al-though there will be several events and activities going on during All-Night Study, careful planning has been made to allow the least amount of distractions for stu-dents coming to study.

“We do have a lot of things tak-ing place, but most of the activi-ties are late in the night and should take up no more than an hour,” said Lopez.

Lydia Palacios, office coordina-tor for the Children’s Center, said the Children’s Center is collabo-rating with ASI to extend its hours during the All-Night Study week for the first time ever.

The Children’s Center will also keep its doors open until 10 p.m. for students who use the center and need to stay on campus to study a few extra hours.

“Our regular staff will be here to work with the kids in their class-rooms. They will have activities for them, they will watch movies or play games in the classrooms,” said Palacios.

The Children’s Center will have three computers and a study area so parents can remain close to their children while they study.

Although Lopez will work a few shifts during All-Night Study weeks, she is not concerned about managing her own study time and preparing for her own finals.

Lopez explains that students

working in the TSU during both weeks have strategically planned their schedules. They will not be working before their own finals and will not work more than five hours per day.

Also, because there will be more students on campus during the late hours of the night, Lopez said they have worked with University Po-lice to maintain the safety of the students while on campus.

“I’m sure there will be extra se-curity on campus and as always the campus does offer escorts,” Lopez said.

The Student Recreation Center is also collaborating with ASI and the TSU to give students another means to relieve stress by working out.

The SRC will also remain open for 24 hours and will have desig-nated quiet areas for studying be-tween 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

“A good workout is one of the best stress relievers. The increased oxygen and blood flow helps clear the mind and energize the body. The endorphins released help im-prove mood and give a more posi-tive outlook,” said SRC Director Andrea Willer.

Willer said the Martial Arts Stu-dio will also be converted into an area for students to take a quick power nap between study sessions.

“We are hoping the students utilize the SRC for a quick stress break or shower,” Willer said.

The Irvine Campus will also carry out its own All-Night Study.

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According to ESPN, a 29-year-old man became the first plaintiff to file suit against former Penn State football de-fensive coordinator Jerry San-dusky.

The man, identified only as John Doe, accuses Sandusky of molesting him over 100 times and threatened to harm his family if he did not keep quiet.

The lawsuit claims Sandusky abused the boy from 1992 until 1996. The attacks were said to have taken place at Sandusky’s home, the Penn State locker room and on bowl game trips.

“I am hurting and have been for a long time because of what happened, but feel now even more tormented that I have learned of so many other kids (who) were abused after me,” the man said in a statement re-leased by his lawyer.

The man claims he knew San-dusky through his charity, The Second Mile Foundation, but was not one of the original eight victims listed in the grand jury report released earlier this month.

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According to ContactMusic.com, one of the most famous family bands in pop music is set to release their own beer in early 2012.

Hanson will release an IPA toward the beginning of next year and it will be named the MmmHop, a reference to their first single “MmmBop.”

The trio of brothers–Zac, Taylor and Isaac–are releasing the beer in an attempt to create a “greater experience” for their fans. They previously released a Hanson board game and record player alongside their latest re-lease Shout It Out, so they’re fa-miliar with providing fans with original and unique forms of merchandise.

The Hanson brothers were all under the legal drinking age when they entered the music business with their debut album Middle of Nowhere. Hanson be-came an overnight success with their single “MmmBop,” which reached the top of the Billboard charts and led to sold-out ven-ues across the country.

More than 13 years have passed and the brothers have changed their sound into some-thing one might listen to while drinking an IPA.

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Even though it may take decades to finish, the representatives wanted stu-dents’ input on the project.

In order to receive the free pizza, students had to fill out a survey or just answer a few questions on what they would like to see in College Town.

Christina Sumariyanto, a freshman and first-time attendee of Snow Day, answered a few questions and was thanked with a slice of pizza. While in line for the hot chocolate with a friend, she said she would recommend

other students to attend Snow Day in the future.

“I think it’s good for students who feel like they need hot chocolate, be-cause I haven’t had it in a while,” said Sumariyanto.

Students and some faculty stopped by between classes either just to sip on hot chocolate, listen to the live music or ride the slide, some on multiple oc-casions.

ASI usually holds a concert se-ries in the TSU Underground pub every Thursday, but the live music was moved outdoors to complement the event.

“It is just nice to enjoy the snow for once, locally,” said Joanne Caculatin, 20, a kinesiology major.

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Freshmen Rachel Tobian (left) and Susan Ta (right), both 18, sled down the artificial snow bank at ASI’s Snow Day.ANIBAL ORTIZ / Daily Titan

Study all night longThe Titan Student Union will be open 24 hours a day from Sunday to Dec. 16. Students will be able to access computer labs, study rooms and take part in various events. Restaurants in the food court will extend their hours.

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After a confrontation with four Fullerton police officers in July, Kelly Thomas, a homeless man with a history of paranoid schizo-phrenia, died after falling into a five-day coma.

Thomas’ dreams and aspirations of becoming a fireman and owning a house changed by the time he was 21 because he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and could no longer care for himself. Thomas was still Ron and Cathy Thomas’ son, but he was an adult.

They could no longer control when he took his medications and forced him to live with them or in a specialized facility. Thomas then made his way onto the streets of the Fullerton and Yorba Linda communities.

From just a glance, the 37-year-old Thomas with long, red hair may look like a regular homeless man on the street. But to the ones who knew him, Kelly was much more than that.

According to his family, Thomas had a love for playing Beatles songs on the guitar and aspired to be a fireman. His love for music stuck with him even while he was on the streets.

Between the years of 2003 and 2004, Thomas was known to visit a Yorba Linda burger joint called EZ Take-Out Burger almost every day. The restaurant has since shut down, but it used to be a hangout spot for Thomas.

Nick Varkatvas, a former EZ Take-Out Burger employee, said Thomas used to come by the fast-food restaurant looking for food and asking employees about their music interests.

Since most of the EZ Take-Out Burger employees listened to old-school heavy metal, Thomas found a common interest and bond with the workers.

“He would stick his head into the place and say, ‘What are you guys listening to? Black Sabbath?’” said Varkatvas.

Sometimes Varkatvas would give Thomas food in exchange for sweeping the restaurant’s parking lot.

“He was always asking for food,” Varkatvas said.

Varkatvas also noticed Thomas was getting picked up and cared for by family members for weeks at a time.

“I know he was getting picked up by his family. He would be homeless for a certain amount of time and he would come by our place all the time,” Varkatvas said.

He would see Thomas out in front of the nearby Albertsons and

EZ Take-Out Burger every day and then Thomas was nowhere to be found for a couple weeks. Varkat-vas said the next time you would see him again, Thomas would be fully shaved, have his hair cut and have clean clothes.

Employees at the Yorba Linda Albertsons also noticed times when he would be cleaned up and shaved. But most remember Kelly as a friendly man.

Sherry Mocias and Kelsey Pe-truk, Starbucks employees inside the Albertsons, said he was always smiling and never grumpy.

Thomas would even buy food with his own money.

“He was just really nice,” said Mocias. “He would just come in sometimes, he would buy his cof-fee and then go buy his chicken.”

Petruk remembers Thomas’ hap-py face as he bought his coffee and headed out for the day.

“He was always very friendly,” said Petruk. “He was so mild-tem-pered.”

Mocias said he frequented the nearby Mobil station as well. But unfortunately, some people who did not know Thomas reported his loitering to the police and had him arrested from time to time. But Mocias and Petruk said being homeless and a free spirit was how Thomas wanted to live.

“That was his life. That’s what he wanted to do,” Mocias said. “You can’t judge a person; that’s the way he wanted to live.”

Thomas was also spotted hang-ing around St. Martin De Porres

Catholic Church in Yorba Linda. Liz Diggin, a parishioner and worker at St. Martin’s, remembers Thomas quite similarly to the em-ployees at Albertsons: quiet and peaceful.

“He was never a threat, just al-ways up here just hanging around, very quiet,” said Diggin. “He didn’t speak too often so you would talk to him and a lot of times he didn’t speak back. But this one time he did and said, ‘I used to go to church when I was little.’”

Diggin often found Thomas flip-ping through pages in the church prayer book, sitting in hallways or sleeping on a church pew. Kelly visited St. Martin’s mainly in the summer months for a few weeks at a time, and then he would disap-pear.

“He always came up at the end of June, it was like clockwork,” Diggin said. “And he did mention one time that he used to stay down in Fullerton and sometimes he would go to his grandma’s house.”

But when Thomas wasn’t fortu-nate enough to go back home or to his grandma’s house, Diggin some-times bought him a new backpack, canned foods and other things he might need from time to time.

“He would eat the stuff we gave him but then drop it on the floor,” she chuckled.

Diggin’s two daughters also felt they had a close connection with Thomas, as they would see him wandering around town and buy him meals from Jack in the Box.

The two daughters would even give their mom updates of Thom-as’ whereabouts. When Diggin and her daughters discovered he had died in July, the three were devas-tated, tearful and felt like they had lost a friend.

“Never once did we ever feel threatened by him,” Diggin said. “He wasn’t very much of a conver-sationalist, but I think he listened to you and then when he felt com-fortable with you then he would talk a little bit.”

Kelly Thomas made his way around town and created relation-ships with anyone who was willing to look past his sometimes scruffy face and look into his heart.

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ASBESTOS: The fiber is present in various buildings on campus, but does not currently pose a threat

“(CSUF is) probably doing as much as they can,” said Sherry Leist, 18, a biology major. “It’s not a problem until they disturb it, so if they have to remove it then they would close the building down.”

“It’s something that does have to be dealt with,” Nelson said. “It’s just a matter of picking a time to minimize the risks of the people

that are going to be around the building.”

According to OSHA, asbestos is a group of naturally occurring minerals that are resistant to heat and corrosion. Asbestos has been used in products such as insulation for pipes, floor tiles, building materials and in vehicle brakes and clutches.

More information about asbestos can be found at the Environmental Health and Safety Office, T-1475.

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Compiled from Nov. 24 to Nov. 30 police logs.

Courtesy of University Police. This list does not represent all police events that have taken place at CSUF.

1Nov. 25 (3:32 a.m.) Traffic StopGarnet Lane/N. Placentia Avenue - Arrest Made.

2Nov. 27 (3:41 p.m.) Suspicious Person in Vehicle

Eastside Parking Struture - Officer initiated activity.

3Nov. 28 (2:30 p.m.) Suspicious VehicleLot E - Officer initiated activity.

6Nov. 29 (4:17 p.m.) Petty TheftGastronome - Officer initiated activity.

4Nov. 28 (2:35 p.m.) Petty Theft

University Police - Report taken.

7Nov. 30 (8:59 a.m.) Petty TheftUniversity Police - Lost iPad, campus issued.

5Nov. 28 (5:14 p.m.) Suspicious VehicleState College ParkingStructure - Arrest Made.

8Nov. 30 (6:00 p.m.) TrafficAccident with InjuriesLot A - Report taken.

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A homeless man diagnosed with schizophrenia is known today as the man who was beaten by police officers. However, he was also known as the man who frequently visited EZ Take-Out Burger, Albertsons and St. Martin De Porres Catholic Church in Yorba Linda.

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Kelly Thomas was not completely homelessJESSICA RUBIODaily Titan

Yorba Linda community members remember Thomas as kind, gentle

December is upon us, barely now justifying the sounds of Christmas music on the radio waves and the full holiday regalia on display at every corner.

The dust has finally settled from the wreckage that is Black Friday, and with that comes the anxiety that you might have missed some people on your list, but all the best deals are as far behind you as your aunt’s green-bean dip she only makes once a year (as if by some evil sorcery she only remem-bers the recipe one week before Thanksgiving).

The anxiety only builds when you realize the few gifts you have left to buy are flying off shelves; time has just become a factor as the words “while supplies last” echo in your head. If you wait until your next paycheck arrives, you’ll be too late. You could end up in a Clint Eastwood-style showdown with a fellow shopper over the last Xbox.

Problem is, you don’t know if this is a fair fight or if the punk down the aisle is packing heat (and by that I mean pepper spray). So tell me, do you feel lucky?

You know using a credit card in this situation is not an option. This is hardly an emergency, nor should you be OK with the idea of paying interest on your gifts with the cash you’ll receive for Christmas.

Seriously, how depressing is it to get your credit card bill in the mail a week or two after the new

year begins? It’s almost as sad as when you got those progress re-ports from school in the mail just a week before Christmas.

With credit a no-go, it seems your options are limited, begging the question, what was shopping like before credit cards? Could you imagine having no knowledge of phrases like “charge it” or “annual percentage rate”? Believe it or not, there was an alternative to cash be-fore credit cards.

Before the advent of revolving debt, if you so desperately wanted something at a department store but hadn’t enough cash, layaway was your answer.

Layaway allowed customers to set aside an item and pay for it over time. Basically, it was credit in reverse. You pay first, then get your toy. What a thought!

Shoppers were forced to exhibit patience, diligence and appre-ciation by waiting until they had enough money to actually afford an item before taking it home.

As business legends go, Mr. J.C. Penny himself was adamantly against the acceptance of credit cards in his namesake store. It wasn’t until he handed over the reigns of the retailer to his succes-sor in the late 1940s that the com-pany began considering the use of credit cards.

Mr. Penny–whose middle name of Cash was cunningly appropriate for his stance on personal financ-

es–knew credit would ultimately put his customers in a bad spot. Considering the total U.S. con-sumer revolving debt including credit cards is over $793.1 billion as of May, I’d say Mr. Penny’s sus-picions of credit were right.

If you bring the topic of lay-away up to people old enough to remember Reaganomics, you’ll likely see their faces go slack as they drift away to far off places from their youth.

Many houses were loaded with layaway furniture and appliances, and many children were clothed in layaway threads for decades in America.

Layaway, in all its fiscally respon-sible glory, was as commonplace to shoppers then as Visa is today.

Flash forward a few decades and some crushing recessions later and we’re starting to see a resurgence of the American classic.

As shoppers move away from unrestrained credit card usage, more retailers are offering layaway.

Alas, because we know a busi-ness is in business to make a profit, there comes with layaway a few ca-veats to consider.

First and foremost, your prod-uct. Make sure the item is put aside from the general public when you put it on layaway. You don’t want to make four weeks of payments to find out a month lat-er the object of your obsession was sold yesterday.

You’ll also want to make sure

there are no confusing time limits on how long your item can be on layaway.

Also worth noting, if your item isn’t coming directly from the store but will be ordered especially for you, when will you get it? Does the item get shipped to the store for holding as soon as it’s on lay-away, or does it get shipped to you when you finish paying it off?

Next, keep in mind you’re en-tering into a contractual agree-ment with the store.

You will have a payment amount and due date. You might have to consider the consequences of missing a payment, such as fees or forfeiting your item. Although, unlike defaulting on your car loan, you don’t yet have an asset for creditors to come seize.

Now, the money. You’re saving yourself from the hassle of inter-est payments by going layaway, so don’t mess things up by incurring any of the dozens of fees the store may have hidden from you in fine print. Cancellation fees, service fees, restocking fees and what to do if you change your mind mid-way through payments are things to consider.

Be sure you really want the item because your payments may be non-refundable, only convertible to store credit if you back out of your layaway plans.

Funny month, December is. Which other sequence of 25 days puts so many millions of Ameri-cans on a buying spree?

A spree which brings about the extremes of the emotions for savings on products which really represent a haircut to the surplus charged by companies over their true costs to produce.

But considering this economy is time and again expanded with the tidal force that is consumer spending, we press forward in De-cember while anticipating the ebb enclosed in January statements.

Americans don’t like the men-tion of God in politics because al-though they may agree with what is being said, the word God brings up many issues.

There has always been conflict on religious matters where there have been deaths, battles and wars over which religion should be dominant in a society. So even a non-politically savvy person like me can see using religion as a plat-form for an aspiring presidential candidate is not the wisest move.

“I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians,” said Michele

Bachmann to supporters in a Los Angeles Times article. “We’ve had an earthquake; we’ve had a hurri-cane. He said, ‘Are you going to start listening to me here? Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we’ve got to rein in the spending.’”

Not only is she barking up the wrong tree, but let’s say she was right.

She is still not making any ra-tional sense because if God was causing these natural disasters in hopes of capturing the govern-ment’s attention after its outra-geous spending, then why would he destroy structures, places and landscapes when knowing the

costs of rebuilding adds to govern-ment spending? Nobody wants to hear about a vengeful God.

A politician that uses God as a platform in his or her political agenda is not only brainless, con-sidering that there are many dif-ferent religions in this country, but also screws up the chances of obtaining a majority of votes by bringing up such a controversial topic.

Politicians have always skirted away from controversial topics to avoid losing voters, and yet Bach-mann has stumbled into the big-gest controversial issue yet with-out, it seems, thinking about the aftermath.

Americans want someone in office who is accountable, can make decisions and take charge when need be, not someone who when things get tough and tragedy strikes will leave matters to God when it is well within our reach to change and improve the situa-tions.

When natural disasters like hur-ricanes strike our nation, people don’t want to hear it was God’s way of punishing them. They want to be reassured their govern-ment will take care of them.

“Of course she was saying it in jest,” said Alice Stewart, spokes-woman for Bachmann’s campaign, in a statement sent to some me-dia outlets. Even if she was saying it in a joking manner, it is still

highly inconsiderate of her to say something like that in front of our country, in front of people who may have been affected in any way by an earthquake or hurricane.

Separation of church and state was established for a reason. To run a well-oiled government there needs to be clear lines between government and religion.

A combination of both didn’t work in the past with Spain and the Spanish Inquisition, so she should learn from history and keep her beliefs out of her way of governing.

Yes, Americans want their presi-dents to have a religion to estab-lish a set of beliefs, but they don’t want them to be completely influ-enced by them.

In the article “How do Ameri-cans really feel about God?” it was stated, “It wasn’t divine interven-tion that ousted George W. Bush from office.

“It was millions of Americans–some Christians, some Jews, some Muslims, some confused–who wanted an ethical, not necessarily a religious, president.”

If Bachmann continues with her approach she will sabotage her chances at becoming a potential Re-publican candidate for presidency.

Republicans want a strong, se-cure candidate to represent their party, not a wild card who will leave voters questioning her po-litical views.

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December 5, 2011

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“Because your money matters”

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Layaway the holiday

‘Factor’-ing in humiliation

Ceri Rees, a 54-year-old retired factory worker, had auditioned for X Factor three times.

The judges on the show had turned her down each year after seeing her sing.

She auditioned again this year because, as she said on the epi-sode that aired, “(Simon) has al-ways told me I couldn’t sing. This is why I’ve come back, to prove I can sing.”

When it was her time, she walked on the stage with thou-sands of spectators eager to see her talent. After missing her cue sever-al times to “I Dreamed a Dream,” she finally sang a few words.

It became clear she was com-pletely tone deaf. Interestingly, the judges gave her another shot to sing a song by Whitney Houston.

As she sang again–without any improvements–to 80 seconds of “I Will Always Love You,” the judges and the audience laughed.

They even applauded her after she finished. When it was time to give her feedback, the judges turned her away, leaving her clear-ly upset and perhaps surprised.

But the point is not that she couldn’t sing, but rather that she was the object of humiliation, possibly for ratings.

There is more to the story that makes it quiet discomforting. Ac-cording to UK’s Daily Mail, a friend of Rees told them, “They pursued her. They’ve been ringing her up year after year asking her to come back. They were telling her she was great, sending her back-ing tapes, offering to put her up in a hotel and giving her free train tickets.”

Wanting to help her friend by saving her from national disgrace, Roberts tried preventing Rees from returning to the show but was unsuccessful.

“She was being told Simon Cowell loved her and wanted to see her on the show again,” Rob-erts told The Daily Mail. “The producers were saying how much the judges missed her. They are preying on a very vulnerable lady and it’s not right.”

Ya-shu Liang, a licensed psy-chologist at Cal State Fullerton, said, “I think facing a personal rejection on national TV possibly will affect your self-esteem. They have this big dream of being a star, but the dream is being crushed.”

But what about the more seri-ous, long-term problems?

Through rejections on the X Factor, can contestants become victims of depression or other

forms of mental disorder?Helen Condas, a private prac-

tice psychotherapist, said, “The simple answer is no in my profes-sional opinion; however, the per-son’s response to any situation is related to their own makeup.”

She added, “It can be interpret-ed as a journey regardless of the outcome or seen as nothing but black and white.”

“If someone is already vulner-able because of their genetic load-ing, stress has an impact on all aspects of functioning, physical and emotional. There are certain people where the stress involved in such an intense competition could absolutely push over the edge.”

Sharon Delgado, a marriage, family and child counselor, added, “They would have to have a pre-existing mental health problem or emotional problem beforehand.”

All three mental professionals agree what Rees went through was cruel.

“All it takes is one straw to break the camel’s back,” Condas said. “I think that there needs to be social responsibility and awareness by screening and appropriate support system to support the contestants versus just flat-out humiliation or perceived rejection. Because very often the outcome of the contest is not just about the person; it has to do with a lot of factors.”

As of October, mental health charity Rethink Mental Illness has been working with Rees, helping her cope with how the experience on the reality-television show had affected her.

Mark Davies, its director of communications, said, “We hope that we can work with X Factor to ensure that this never happens again. We are confident that they will be receptive.”

However, Delgado also makes another point, saying, “It’s not only the show. It’s people like me that watch it. It is society too and it is using somebody. We as a soci-ety are allowing that.”

BAHAR SHARAREHFor the Daily Titan

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Talking away her chances for president

Republican candidate Michele Bachmann wasn’t shy to let the public know what her religious views are. It may have been better, though, if she kept her mouth shut.

Courtesy of MCT

When it was her time, she walked on

the stage with thousands of spectators eager to see her talent. After missing her cue several times to “I Dreamed a Dream,” she finally sang a few words. It became clear she was completely tone deaf.

Before the advent of revolving debt, if

you so desperately wanted something at a department store but hadn’t enough cash, layaway was your answer.

With her hand in mine we eagerly stepped onto the train, the doors shut quickly behind us and we soon felt the Metrolink train jerk. We started to make our way through Orange County before we were even able to find a seat. After searching through two cars, we finally found a pair of seats facing another couple. They didn’t seem too friendly, but they were kind enough to let us sit on their foot rest.

We sat there looking out the window in excitement. We weren’t seeing anything new; we were leaving our hometown for a day to spend it in a city we have been to multiple times. But this time it was different; we wanted to see Los Angeles in a way we haven’t before. We took the train out of OC and we were destined to experienced LA on foot.

Mass public transit is an unfamiliar means of transportation to me and probably to most of us living in Southern California. Traveling via car is the much preferred way for getting around for SoCal residents. So when we think about a train taking us to our next family day trip or our spontaneous date, there’s that little extra bit of excitement.

Way of travel really changes the experience of a trip. Even though the destination is a place you have been multiple times before, getting there by train creates a whole new environment you will be available to soak in.

Experiencing the thrill of flight in your seat on a jet or the refreshing sea breeze from the deck of a cruise ship are both unforgettable sensations. Seeing your surroundings zip by through your cabin window, constantly changing in front of you, is a memory that will be etched in your mind for some time.

As we made our way through Orange County and into LA County, I was able to catch a glimpse of all the cities in between home and our

destination. Even though I’ve driven through a lot of those streets, it was different.

When we got to Los Angeles Union Station, it was a perfect 78 degrees and the warm weather felt comforting after making our way through the chilly terminal.

We finally arrived at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and found ourselves lost in the canvases, photographs and sculptures that filled the wings of the museum. After making our way through the entire building, I found the works I admired most were of the most simplistic style–just blotches of black, abstract oils on white canvas that left my curious imagination without rest.

After exposing our minds to some of today’s finest arts, we traveled to a spot that has been gaining popularity over the past few years after appearing in the film 500 Days of Summer.

Angels Knoll houses the iconic bench and view of the city from the movie that many wait in line to take a picture with.

This relaxing hillside park gives visitors the chance to rest from the busy streets of downtown LA and just enjoy the view.

Hunger had taken over and Little Tokyo was just a few blocks away. We figured we could satisfy ourselves with some sushi. We soon found ourselves in the middle of Little Tokyo in the Japanese Village Plaza. In the plaza, the familiar blue-roofed Japanese architecture first caught my eye, but my attention swiftly shifted to a sign for $4.90 spicy tuna rolls – we stepped straight into that restaurant.

After stuffing ourselves with authentic Japanese food, a final stroll around Little Tokyo was the last thing we did before heading back to Union Station.

The beauty of the setting sun and deep, orange sky added that end-of-the-day point. We walked with her arm around my waist and mine over her shoulder, enjoying the scenes of the city. “I wish the last train home didn’t leave so early,” I thought to myself.

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FEATURES 5

December 5, 2011

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Red and green, blue and white fill the mall’s décor for the upcoming holidays. People of all ages swarm department stores, shopping for loved ones and trying to get the best sale prices. Cold chills burn your lungs and cause red noses and rosy cheeks. Leaves falling, window shopping and credit card maxing, all leading up to the holidays that occur during the month of December.

Christmas and Hanukkah, one right after the other, combine religion and culture that have been celebrated from generation to generation.

As generations continue the celebration of these two major holidays, they seem to blend as cultures intermarry and combine

traditions from both parents.

Jacqueline Fagelson, 19, a Cal State Fullerton child and adolescence major, experiences these two holidays every year. Her family uses Hanukkah to celebrate the Jewish culture as well as a time to reconnect with her family.

“Christmas is just more of a holiday to get together with family,” she said.

Yet, she is able to celebrate

both with her family. They enjoy celebrating both of the holiday cultures and traditions during these two times of the year.

“If people refuse to celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah, it’s just because it’s not part of their culture or family,” she said in support of her parents’ decision to recognize both holidays.

Fagelson recognizes that her parents bring both sides of religion but believes most Jewish families celebrate only Hanukkah because that is their way of life, strongly supporting their religion.

These two major holidays are blurred because some believe “Hanukkah and Christmas are so Americanized to a point where neither of them are really celebrating what they were intended for,” said Fagelson’s cousin, Zac Fagelson, 18.

He sees that the two celebrations aren’t what they are supposed to be celebrating, realizing now that it’s mostly about presents or personal gain.

The celebration of these cultural days has begun to depend solely on the family’s emphasis on religion and how they use the culture in their family life. Christmas is celebrated by most religions and cultural groups. However, some are completely against the idea of blending these two different religious holidays.

“I believe that Christmas and Hanukkah are supposed to be separate,” said Elizabeth Walters, 19, a biology major. “These two holidays are categorized separately depending on your faith or religion and they shouldn’t be blended due to the fact that a family has two parents of different cultural and religious backgrounds.”

While many different beliefs determine how people see these holidays, the bottom line is that these are special times to be with family. Family is a prominent value these different, yet similar holidays emphasize.

Whether it’s eight nights of Hanukkah or one night of Christmas, both emphasize what the season is really about: love. The love a family has for one another, for a significant other, for a stranger, these are just aspects of the holiday season to come.

So whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or both, remember the reason behind it all, for that is what makes these holidays special.

O’ HAIRE: WWII survivor goes back to school for B.A.

The Basement Elke O’Haire was born April 14, 1939 in the land for-

merly known as East Prussia (now modern-day Poland and Russia), which belonged to Germany at the time. Much of her early childhood was spent in the midst of World War II and her adolescent years rooted in the Ger-man, post-war era.

O’Haire’s father served in the Schutzstaffel, the black-uniformed elite corps of the Nazi Party. He was killed on the battle lines in Russia when she was 2 years old. After her father’s death, the German military relocated O’Haire and her mother to an undisclosed location in Northern Germany.

They were moved to a building complex constructed in the middle of the countryside surrounded by scattered small villages and forests. O’Haire and her mother occupied a second-floor apartment. The sur-rounding area was subject to fre-quent bombings by the Allied forces.

As a child, O’Haire said she didn’t understand why the bombings were occurring, as they had “lived in the middle of nowhere.”

“I couldn’t figure out why I was so shell-shocked. I was down in the basement every single night with bombs flying over us and being dropped,” O’Haire said.

It wasn’t until later she discovered through research there was a nearby German underground ammunitions factory the allies were targeting.

With no father, no siblings and her mother elsewhere, she often made the long journey down the winding stair-case to the basement alone.

“Menschen Rechte”

When World War II came to an end, a different type of internal war began in Germany. It was a war bounded by the hands of recovery for both the country and O’Haire.

“The Germans were crippled mentally, physically and emotionally,” O’Haire said.

After the war, O’Haire moved out of the complex and lived in various villages and towns before settling in the major city of Bremen, where she lived until she was 18. Her mother remarried and had two children when O’Haire was 8 years old.

Post-war Germany proved to be a character-shaping period for O’Haire. With her mother frequently getting sick, she had to take care of her siblings while enduring frequent bouts of starvation due to food shortages.

She describes it as a very unsettling time. “They (my siblings) didn’t grow up there like I did; we

have two totally different stories,” O’Haire said. “I grew up with abuse and the anti-Nazi attitude in Germany. There wasn’t anything good that I experienced there.”

While growing up around attitudes of anger, despair and bitterness, O’Haire frequently heard the German term, “menschen rechte,” which meant “human rights.” The term struck a chord with O’Haire who has integrated it into her way of life.

“As a child, I made up my mind that I would give ‘menschen rechte’ to everybody and anybody at all times,”

O’Haire said. “I’m a loving kind of German, that’s just who I am.”

Dealing with PTSD

O’Haire eventually left Ger-many and lived in several countries throughout her life before settling in Southern California. She has been married twice and has two children from her first marriage. Though she has moved on in her life, the weight of her experiences as a child still bears down on her.

Through those harrowing experiences, O’Haire de-veloped post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after long exposure to any events that result in psychological trauma.

O’Haire said her PTSD can be triggered by events such as the continuous clicking sound of a pen, the booms of fireworks or the backfire of a car, which trig-gers the noises of bullet popping or explosions she heard as a child.

She has no drug treatment for her PTSD. She copes with her stress disorder by avoiding situations that can trigger the stress and by placing herself in situations where she feels most comfortable. O’Haire takes all her exams at CSUF’s Office of Disabled Students because the stressful conditions of taking a test can also trigger it.

“I am running it, it is not running me,” O’Haire said. When not on campus, O’Haire works at a care facil-

ity in Corona, taking care of the elderly. After O’Haire completes her bachelor’s degree, she plans to apply for the master’s program in gerontology at CSUF.

No longer surrounded by the basement confines, the world gladly welcomes her.

...Continued from page 1

Christmahanakwanzika, oh my!

Hanukkah, Santa Claus, the story of Jesus Christ: holiday traditions collide in America and many families are celebrating both

KRISTIN WISEMANFor the Daily Titan

A family welcomes friends and family to celebrate Hanukkah with them, regardless of religion.JESSICA DRUCK / Daily Titan

Hanukkah and Christmas are so

Americanized to a point where neither of them are really celebrating what they were intended for.

Zac FagelsonFamily Member

It’s inspiring to know that she’s trying to

achieve things in her life. She still has that go-get-them attitude considering what she’s been through.

Paul TerrySociology Major

Commuters walk through Union Station in Los Angeles. The station is a hub for commuters and tourists who can purchase round-trip tickets from Fullerton for $13.

JARYD LUCERO / Daily Titan

Train travel: OC to LA

Metrolink provides a scenic and cheap alternative to driving

JARYD LUCERODaily Titan

No upset here. Senior forward Kayla Standish scored a season-high 26 points and added 11 re-bounds for No. 24 Gonzaga in a 73-60 win against Cal State Ful-lerton’s women’s basketball team in Titan Gym Friday night.

Standish, a member of Team USA and a probable first-round draft choice in the WNBA, was nearly unstoppable in the second half, shooting 9 for 11 with 20 points.

The opening half was a cagey af-fair. Both teams had trouble scor-ing and keeping possession, com-mitting 11 turnovers each in the half. CSUF was dreadful offen-sively, shooting 13 percent. Gon-zaga fared a little better, shooting 31 percent.

“Warmup we were hitting them and I have no clue what the prob-lem was,” said Titan freshman Jas-mine Grayson. “We just have to work through that. We can’t really control if we hit them or not.”

The difference in the game was Gonzaga’s size and length. The Bulldogs started three tall for-wards–Kelly Bowen, Katelan Red-mon and Standish–and it started to pay dividends when CSUF for-wards Grayson and Lauren Bush-ong got into early foul trouble, leaving freshman forward Natalie Williams to deal with the three.

The small CSUF team did very well on the boards, grabbing 11 offensive rebounds in the half, but it couldn’t score despite getting open looks along the perimeter.

“We had good shots, too. They just weren’t dropping. We were shooting for 13 percent. It’s not

like we were taking bad shots. We took a couple that we should have kicked out and got a lot of offen-sive rebounds. They just weren’t dropping,” said CSUF Head Coach Marcia Foster on her team’s first-half shooting.

The Titans were feisty on the defensive end, making Gonzaga’s 28-15 first-half lead still in reach.

The second half was a little more interesting.

The Titans found their scoring touch and equaled their first-half total, 46-34, with 11:36 left af-ter a put-back layup by Williams. Freshman substitute Tailer Butler’s three-pointer put CSUF within 10 points on the next possession.

Senior guard Megan Richard-son’s transition layup cut the lead to nine, 49-40, with 10:21 re-maining.

“(We) came back and played tough in the second half. (We) hung in there and our post play-ers really stepped up today,” said Richardson of the Titans’ second-half resurgence.

But Standish and the Bulldogs wouldn’t let the Titans get any closer.

Standish took over the game and didn’t miss. She went to work on the Titans and scored 12 points in just under 10 minutes to secure the 73-60 victory. The Bulldogs shot an impressive 60 percent in the second half as well.

CSUF shot better in the sec-ond half, shooting 41 percent and bringing its overall shooting per-centage to 27 percent.

“We just missed some shots that we normally make. Our shooting wasn’t very on tonight. We had re-ally good looks. We played hard. We just didn’t make our shots,” said CSUF’s Richardson on the team’s shooting woes.

Foster was impressed with the way her team battled against a top quality side. “That’s a good team. That’s a top-25 team for a reason. I think we did alright inside. As big as they were we were still bat-tling. I’m pleased with that.”

In the game, senior Lauren Chow scored her 1,000th point as a Titan. She is the 21st player to achieve that mark.

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It was a tale of two different offensive showings for the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team after going 1-1 on its recent Midwest road trip and it now has an overall record of 4-3. The Titans had lost two in a row going into the trip.

The Titans’ first game of the trip ended in a loss to the Wichita State Shockers (4-2), 60-75. The game was played before 10,269 fans at the Charles Koch arena in Wichita.

Wichita State’s junior forward Carl Hall dominated the paint with 19 points and a team-high eight rebounds.

The Titans had three players in double figures. Se-nior forward Omondi Amoke finished the night with a team-high 19 points and four rebounds. Junior guard Kwame Vaughn had 11 points and the Titans’ leading scorer, junior D.J. Seeley, finished with 11 points and a team-high five rebounds. The three accounted for 40 of the Titans’ 60 points.

The Titans pushed ahead from a slow start to begin the game and managed to finish the first half shooting 8 of 13 from the court to enter the break trailing 30-26.

However, things changed quickly once the second half began. Hall made seven quick points in the first three minutes.

With Hall having established himself in the interior, the Shockers easily found open shooters from behind the arc, and making 4 of 5 three-pointers in the second half.

The Titans were heavily hurt by turnovers. They had 23 total takeovers in the game which resulted in 30 points off turnovers for the Shockers.

The Titans’ offense struggled for most of the game, es-pecially in the second half where they were outscored 34-45. They only connected on 4 of 18 (22.2 percent) from the three-point line for the game. The loss gave them their third consecutive loss.

The attendance marked the 109th home game in a row with more than 10,000 fans in attendance for Wichita State.

The second game of the Midwest trip ended on a good note for the Titans as they snapped their three-game los-ing streak with a 79-57 nonconference victory versus the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars. The victory was their second road win of the season.

Unlike the first game, the Titans pulled away early in the game, jumping out to a 20-5 lead in the first seven minutes, and never surrendered the lead the rest of the game.

The Cougars trimmed the Titans’ lead down to three points with 6:38 left in the first half, but the Ti-tans responded with an 8-4 run to bring the halftime score to 37-30.

The Titans outplayed the Cougars in the second half, resulting in a 42-27 point advantage. A 7-0 scoring spurt about midway through the second half opened an 11-point lead at 52-41 with 12:50 left in the half. The Cougars never got closer than nine points after that.

Seeley led the Titans with 25 points while three team-mates also were in double figures. Amoke dominated the boards with a game-high 12 rebounds which helped pace the Titan win. Vaughn had 15 points and senior forward Andre Hardy added a season-high 10 points. Sophomore guard Isiah Umipig finished with 18 points.

The Titans finished the game shooting 50 percent (25 of 50) from the floor and a season-best 79 percent (19 of 24) at the free-throw line. The Titans also made 10 of 21 three-point field goal attempts, including four each by Seeley and Umipig.

Cougar junior forward Mark Yelovich, who scored 32 points against the Titans in a 2009-10 game, had a team-high 14 points.

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Senior guard Megan Richardson (number 23) could not help lead the Titans to an upset over No. 24 Gonzaga Saturday. The Titans fell 73-60 on their home court.

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A Titan forward fires a wrist shot on net against UCLA Friday. Cal State Fullerton’s offensive surge continued against the Bruins. The Titans added seven goals in the victory. During their four game win streak, the Titans have scored 21 goals. ROBERT HUSKEY / For the Daily Titan

With physical play, the Cal State Fullerton hockey team extends its win streak to four games Friday night. By beating the UCLA Bruins 7-3, the Ti-tans beat the Bruins in back-to-back games.

The Titans gained control of the game quickly with a goal under

three minutes from Justin Montele-one, which was followed by another by Alec Censullo six minutes later. The Bruins would calm the situation down with a first-period timeout that was followed by a goal two minutes later.

The Titans would take control of the game quickly in the second period with hard hits and three unanswered goals. With consecutive goals from

Jake Yarter, Anthony Webb and Jacob Brummet, the Titans pulled away be-fore allowing a UCLA goal.

Brummett would score his second goal of the game late in the second pe-riod, followed quickly by a Bruin goal. With the end of the second period be-ing 6-3, the game turned physical.

Brummett, a defenseman for the Titans, enjoyed the physical play. “I love it. In one shift we had eight or

nine hits,” he said.Elan Dunaev, who scored the final

goal for the Titans to cap a 7-3 victory over the rival Bruins, was happy with the way the team played. “UCLA is a big rival of ours and we came out playing good. It was a big win for us,” said Dunaev.

Censulllo, who had two assists as well as a goal, hopes to carry the mo-mentum and physical play over to the

game Saturday against LMU. When asked about beating UCLA in back-to-back games, he thought the win would give them momentum.

“It is pretty big, carrying a four-game winning streak going into LMU tomorrow,” he said.

The Titans look to carry the mo-mentum through the holiday break and hopefully use it finish the second half of the season strong.

Titans streak past Bruins 7-3ROBERT HUSKEYFor the Daily Titan