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O c t o ber 13, 2000
Anderson on the Road to Recovery Facility issues raised
nSTUDENT: Former CSUF basketball player Rodney Anderson recovers from being shot seven months ago
nCAMPUS: Officials discussed the steady increase in size of the university
By Fermin Leal
Daily Titan Executive Editor When Martha Anderson heard the gunshots, she wanted to run. She was sitting on her front porch after dinner with her husband and daughters when she heard the commotion. Rodney was out there. He was just going to say hi to some friends before returning to school. He had a big game, the last game of the season, against New Mexico State on Saturday. It took all of Joseph’s strength to keep his wife from the line of fire. Her baby was out there and she needed to protect him. She ripped away from her husband, turned around and ran to the alley behind the house. Living in a neighborhood where gunfire was common, Martha and her son always had an understanding to meet there just to make sure that everything was OK. If everything was all right, Rodney would meet her in the alley. She hoped he would meet her in the alley. But he never made it there. Minutes later, her daughter Theressa ran into the house. “Mama, it’s Rodney. He’s been hit.” Rodney had been gunned down in a drive-by shooting, down the street from where his family sat at their porch after finishing dinner. It was an eerily quiet evening in Rodney’s south Los Angeles neighborhood before the incident happened. He was just talking with a couple of buddies from high school when he was hit. He remembers getting shot. He was then lying on the sidewalk — not feeling a thing. The next thing he knew, he was in an ambulance with paramedics frantically cutting off his clothes to find
By Samantha Gonzaga Daily Titan Staff Writer
dors from different theme parks such as Magic Mountain, Disneyland, Sea World, Lego Land, Knott’s Berry Farm and Universal Studios. “The entertainment was really good,” said psychology major Laurence Hem. “Lucy was cool.” Amy Tokuhiro, a business administration management major, said that since CSUF is a commuter campus it makes it harder for students to get to know the different functions of the school’s organizations and clubs offered. “The event enables students to expand their knowledge about AS and allow them to get involved,” she said. “It’s an awesome effort for AS to be well known and recruit students.” TSU Information and Service Coordinator M. Pamela Skawin said only certain vendors were invited.
The Facilities Master Development Plan, which addressed the enrollment growth at Cal State Fullerton, was held Thursday in the Pollak Library. The kick-off meeting was the first of many that will be held to discuss the issue of the overcrowding in Cal State Fullerton. The audience, which was comprised of faculty, students and members of the architectural firm A.C. Martin Partners, sat in a classroom set-up in room 130 of the library. President Milton Gordon opened the meeting with a speech, one that urged to those present to feel free to participate in the decision-making process. “Make sure you voice your opinion as you see fit,” Gordon said. “We want feedback, feel free to be able to make a recommendation. “The best we can offer you right now are thoughts and feelings,” he added. “Input is vital and necessary, but a decision needs to be made.” Vice President of Facilities Management Jay Bond also introduced the speaker who would be driving the remainder of the meeting, Richard W. Thompson. Before giving the floor to Thompson, Bond reiterated the importance of a collective participation guiding the progression of the master plan; not just to remedy current problems, but also those that may crop up in the future. “It is important to take a long-range perspective on this,” Bond said. Thompson, director of urban planning and design for A.C Martin Partners, then took the floor. His firm has had experience with other college universities. They have helped with the renovations of campuses like Cal Tech, UC Irvine and Cal State University Chico. As the student population nears capacity, the need to take action seemed all the more urgent. The projected number of students who will be attending CSUF in the next 10 to 20 years show a 4 percent increase from the current 28,381 headcount. Thompson laid out several scenarios for the university’s future via computerized layouts. Expansion seemed to be one of the preferable options to take in order to accommodate the educational and facility needs of both students and faculty members. “We intend to follow through the University mission and its goals,” Thompson said. “We’ll bring in our experiences. We have an issue of growth, one that that is close to surpassing the limit this campus could have.” Parking was one of the major topics of discussion. There are 6,957 spaces available for students out of the total 9,001. Thompson said one parking space is
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Rodney Anderson’s mother Martha and sister Glenda help with his recovery at their south Los Angeles home. where the shots entered his body. He was scared, but it probably wasn’t that serious. He would be up and around in a few days. No big deal. When he arrived at the hospital, the surgeon asked him if he wanted to go to sleep. He said yes. When he awoke a day later, his life had changed forever. He couldn’t move his arms and legs. He could barely
even move his head at all. It’s been seven months and Rodney is still recovering from the bullets that pierced his forearm and back, and severed his spinal cord. Last Friday, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department filed charges against 24-year-old Curtis Vaughn of Hawthorne, in connection with Rodney’s shooting. Vaughn, already in custody for parole violations in
an unrelated case, was described by police as a known gang member. Detective Louie Aguilera said Vaughn was the suspected shooter and the search is still continuing for the driver. Authorities described the shooting as random and there was no apparent reason as to why Rodney was targeted. “Only the weak-minded go into gangs,” Rodney said, describing
the suspect before the charges were filed. Gangs and gang violence are common in the neighborhood where Rodney spent most of his life. Rodney and his friends, however, were never in a gang. He said he never followed that path. Rodney’s life revolved around basketball. Martha said that Rodney
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Students enjoy AS block nEVENT: Participants enjoy the company of Lucy Ricardo, Bugs Bunny and Shamu By Barbara Lake
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Dancers dressed as “Lucy Ricardo” and “Shorty the Dead Guy” perform in front of the Dixie Land Trio band.
Lucy Ricardo, Bugs Bunny and Shamu the killer whale all made an appearance at the Titan Student Union, Thursday. Students filled the walkway of the TSU, Becker Amphitheater and Performing Arts lawn, carrying free bags filled with fliers containing information on AS activities, and goodies at the block party. The party began at 7:30 a.m. with free coffee and Krispy Kreme donuts in front of the Information Desk at the TSU.
Then from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. students got to be part of the party exposition that included free prize and food giveaways, rock wall climbing, outdoor bowling, flag football and musical performances. AS President Mary Grace Cachuela said the block party was a good way of promoting and letting students become aware of the different programs offered. “Students don’t know we are more than just a governing body,” she said. “This is a great way to draw students to our part of campus and enhance the student experience and life to make it better.” Informational booths included Council Travel, AS recreation sports, AS Productions, the Games and Recreation Center, the Children’s Center, the TSU Board, Graphic Services,AS Government, Camp Titan and AS Human Resources. Another set of booths included ven-
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nCAMPUS: Sixty percent of the student population is female
By Emily Roberts
Daily Titan Staff Writer Women are slowly taking over Cal State Fullerton. In 1978 the number of female students was equal to the number of male students for the first time. Now in 2000, female students account
for 60 percent of the campus population. This means that for every male student there are 1.5 female students or 50 percent more female students. “The college going rate of women has increased in this generation,” said James Blackburn, director of Admissions and Records. “The war years were the last time we saw a female majority and that quickly changed when the war ended.” This female majority is not just a CSUF trend but a trend across the nation. According to the Fall Enrollment survey published in November 1999 by the U.S. Department of Education, females
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The presence of women at Cal State Fullerton is growing at an increased rate. Three out of every five students is female — the largest percentage accounted for 56.1 percent of under- ever. Only one department has more males than graduate and 56.8 percent of graduate female students. students in all degree-granting institutions in 1997. This majority held true across all ethnic groups including Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and American-Indians. Black women held the highest majority at 62.3 percent of black undergraduate students and 67.5 percent of graduate students. The percent of women showed a 1.2 percent growth from 1996 in all four-year public institutions such as CSUF, while
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Graphic by Craig Hashimoto