Xavier University

There'll be no question where Milt Gordon's loyalty lies come Saturday's first Cal State Fullerton football game of the season. Though the Titans will face the Cossacks from Sonoma State University, where Gordon just finished four years as vice president, Fullerton's new president will sport Titan blue and orange at Saturday's 1 p.m. game at Santa Ana Stadium. "I'm a Titan, full-blooded and eager!"

In a continuing effort to recruit members of the black community into the Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced a scholarship for black men wanting to study at Xavier University in New Orleans before going on to a seminary. The archdiocese set up the St. Charles Lwanga Los Angeles Vocations Scholarship for students who eventually plan to attend St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, Father Dick Martini said.

John T. Scott, a New Orleans artist best known for large-scale abstract sculptures, has died. He was 67. Scott, a longtime art professor at Xavier University in New Orleans who received the prestigious John D. MacArthur Fellowship -- commonly called the "genius grant" -- in 1992, died Sept. 1 at Methodist Hospital in Houston after a long fight against pulmonary fibrosis. The New Orleans Museum of Art held a retrospective of Scott's work in 2005, shortly before Hurricane Katrina hit the city.

The most stared-at person when the Clippers open training camp today at Cal Poly Pomona will not be Norm Nixon in his comeback attempt, Benoit Benjamin, or any of the ballyhooed rookies. It will be George Bell. That's as in 7-foot 8-inch, 302-pound George Bell, Biola University class of 1982, who has been out of basketball for 3 years, when he last played with the semipro L.A. Magicians.

Ned Wulk, 83, who built a 406-272 win-loss record in the 25 years he coached the Arizona State Sun Devils basketball team, died Saturday after a lengthy illness in Tempe, Ariz. During his 1958-82 tenure, which included moving games from a tiny gym into the newly built Wells Fargo Arena in 1974, Wulk scored 17 winning seasons and coached his team into nine NCAA tournament appearances.

Bill Cosby's first appearance in Cincinnati in five years wasn't for telling jokes but to implore parents to be involved in all aspects of their children's lives. "If you're not doing that, then you should be ashamed of yourself," Cosby said Thursday as the moderator for discussions on parenting, education and social responsibility at Xavier University. The 68-year-old comedian's appearance was part of the nationwide tour "A Call Out With Cosby."

Aaron Bell, 82, a bassist who played with Duke Ellington and other musical greats, died Monday in New York City. The cause of death was not reported. Bell was Ellington's bassist from 1960 to 1962 and later worked with Ellington as an arranger. He also recorded with Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Miles Davis and Sammy Davis Jr., among others. A native of Muskogee, Okla., Bell served in the military during World War II and was assigned to play in a Navy band in Indiana.

Rohr Industries announced Monday that chairman and chief executive Harry W. Todd will resign effective Jan. 1. The Rohr board of directors has named Robert H. Goldsmith, Rohr's president and chief operating officer, to succeed Todd. Todd, 67, joined Rohr in 1980 as chief operating officer and president. He became chairman and chief executive in 1982. Before joining Rohr, Todd spent 30 years at Rockwell International in management and engineering positions.

If you overhear someone say, "Man, that's a cold shirt," it doesn't mean the shirt wouldn't keep you warm. He's saying it looks good, cool. Slang evolves at a furious pace, with key words dropping in and out of favor quickly, sometimes within seasons. Obviously, it's usually the "cool" people--from teens to musicians to students--who coin such terms. But how do words get incorporated into slang?

Frederick Dumas, a school administrator who in the 1960s was the first director of Operation Head Start in Los Angeles County and who co-founded an organization to push for equal treatment of minority teachers and students in Los Angeles schools, has died. He was 92. Dumas died Dec. 15 of complications related to Alzheimer's disease and old age at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center, said his daughter Diann Dumas.