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Teen arrested after rampage nVIOLENCE: High school shooting spree in San Diego suburb leaves two dead and 13 wounded
nCHARITY: The Children’s Center raises money to improve the safety and quality of the playgrounds
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Titan Staff Writer Neither dark clouds nor the threat of storms stopped the Children’s Center tikes from riding their bikes to raise money during the annual TrikeA-Thon. The Children’s Center held its annual fund-raiser Saturday in parking Lot A to raise money for safety and landscape improvements. ‑ Four-year-old Kelsey Reed stopped after 24 laps to have a lemonade and dry cereal snack. ‑She said, “to get toys,” when asked what the money raised will be used for. “[The Trike-A-Thon is] actually fun,” said senior Pi Kappa Phi member, Jeremy Portnoff as he was trying to tag the big kids to mark their laps. ‑“It brings back those childhood memories,” he said. According to Betsy Gibbs, Children’s Center coordinator, the money will be used specifically to improve and make the center safer. “The deterioration has reached a point of being so bad the improvements just need to be done,” she said. The infant room has been without a play yard since early this semester because it was torn down to rebuild a safer replacement. ‑The project is expected to cost the center $4000. “It is not going so good,” Gibbs said. ‑“We have to go a whole other route than I’d thought, and it’s going
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One-year-old Annaliese Clauze and 2-year-old Alexander Reid prepare for the Trike-a-thon.
to cost a lot more than I thought.” The big yard underwent a $5000 asphalt replacement last August that was paid for out of the Operations Fund. ‑ According to Lydia Palacios, Children’s Center office manager, about $1500 in donations were accepted by the center to have a guardrail built that would protect the children’s yard from oncoming cars that could break through the fence. ‑ The guardrail protects the yard facing State College
Boulevard and wraps around the center. ‑An additional $1500 were used for the project out of the Yard and Safety fund. ‑‑‑‑ Four-year-old Miles Robertson thinks a Super Soaker would be a cool toy to purchase for the center, maybe to water the plants. “I’m gonna let them [the center] have the money,” said Robertson about the money he was raising while
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A 15-year-old freshman shot 15 people, killing two at Santana High School in Santee, Calif., Monday morning. One student died at the scene while the other, a 15-year-old male, died a short time later at a hospital. Among those wounded were a student teacher and a campus guard. Upon hearing the news of the shooting, some students reacted with disgust, surprise and others with sadness at yesterday’s incident. Ahmad Mohd, a Cal State Fullerton management information systems major cringed and shook his head at when he heard the news. “I think this is terrible– students killing students,” Mohd said. “What is happening to the values taught to these students?” With recent events such as the student deaths in Santa Barbara, the death of a 6-year-old in Michigan and the mass killings in Columbine, Colo., many students said they are puzzled why so many children are killing children. “This is sad,” said TV/film major Sherry Johnson. “This makes me scared for my children– by the time I do have children —because the problem might be worse. I would be afraid to send them to class because they might get killed.” Sociology Professor Michael Perez said that expression of violence is rooted in history. “There is a cultural emphasis on violence. Violence is always a theme,”
Perez said. “If you go back to the Salem witch hunts or mob lynchings, you can see that it has always been around. But more attention and more intensity about these killings are put in the media now.” One of the main problems, students said, is that there is not enough enforcement of gun control legislation. Another problem is the legislation itself. “The legislation is very lax on handgun control,” said Mark Michaud, a computer science major. “There is very little restriction regarding about what should be done to control guns.” One student remarked on the fact that in Europe, guns are illegal to own. “Gun crimes are lower because you can’t have a collection of guns,” said Andrew Kimani, engineering major. “Overseas, people solve their problems with fist fights. Over here they use guns. I think it’s an unfair advantage because they do not a have a second chance to fight back.” Chief of Police Judi King said that because Cal State Fullerton is an open campus, people should be aware of their surroundings. “If someone seem out of place or out of character, we [the police] are here as a resource,” King said. “Even if the person does look like he or she belongs, there is something to the person that draws attention, and we can pick up things that are not right. There is something that sends off an alarm and one should listen to that.” According to the National School Safety Center, some signs that people should watch out for are tantrums and uncontrollable angry outbursts; habitual violent threats when angry; depression and significant mood swings; or threatened or attempted suicide. King added an abnormal fixation on weapons should also be cause for alarm. “Usually this is their way of striking back by expressing themselves vio-
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High school student arrested in Lot nCRIME: Officers discover burglary tools in the trunk of the car after questioning the minor for driving without a By Lorraine Dominguez Daily Titan Photo Editor
Campus police arrested a student from Lakewood High School Friday afternoon after a series of events that took place in Lot E.
Cal State Fullerton student Rocio Valencia said a carload of young men backed into her in the parking lot. After leaving the scene she followed them until they pulled over into row six of Lot E. Upon confronting them, Valencia said she discovered that six of them were packed into the compact car. “They begged me not to call the cops on them,” she said. After a few minutes of dialogue Valencia and her passenger, Marybel Barrios, saw a campus police car drive by and decided to call him over. Officer C. Jones said all six males in the car were from Lakewood High School and all had
conflicting stories of why they were on the CSUF campus. “One of them gave us a name of a student they were supposedly visiting on campus and it turned out to be false information,” he said. “We checked and there was no student enrolled by that name.” Upon further investigation, Officer Jones said that they discovered “burglary tools” in the trunk of the car. Although no stolen items were found, the driver of the car was arrested for driving without a license. The car was impounded and the five other juveniles were released because none of them were licensed to drive.
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Lakewood High School students wait as police search their vehicle.
Mother of racial profiling victim fights for nEVENT: Kadiatou Diallo speaks out against police targeting of minorities at WSU
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Daily Titan Copy Editor He was a shy, quiet man who loved to read. He spoke five languages including Spanish, English and Portuguese. He loved sports, like soccer and basketball, and wanted to meet a professional player. He dreamed of attending college. From his native land of Guinea in Africa, he moved to the United States and settled in New York. To make money, he worked in an electronics store on 14th Street in Manhattan. Because he lived in the Bronx, it was a 40-minute ride on the subway each day. He spoke to his family three times a week. He saved his money until earned more than $9,000. On Jan. 31, 1999, he spoke to his mother and said he would pay his way through school. He was achieving his dreams. But on Feb. 4, 1999, Amadou Diallo’s dream of attending college shattered. He spoke to a roommate about paying the electric bill and left his home shortly after. While standing outside his home, four police officers drove up wearing civilian clothing. One police officer said Amadou
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Professor Jody Armar speaks at Western State University. resembled a serial rapist. They approached him Service. It was later found that Amadou was drawing their guns. He retreated into a vestibule unarmed, carrying only a wallet, keys and a inside his home. Claiming Amadou reached for pager. a weapon, the police opened fire 41 times, spray“Amadou was the part of the family whose ing him with 19 bullets. He was declared dead spirit touched everyone. I cannot convey the nine minutes later by the Emergency Medical sorrow and agony I felt the night I found out http://dailytitan.fullerton.edu
my son died,” said his mother Kadiatou Diallo, in a speech last Wednesday at Western State University about her deceased son. “They said his death was a mistake, it was unavoidable. But the only reason he was shot was because he had the profile of a black man. These officers stereotyped and profiled an innocent young man.” “I couldn’t stop crying,” said Cerelina Espeña, a first-year law student at WSU. “Hearing her speech, you got to see him [Amadou] as a person. It was horrible what was done to him.” Like Espeña, students and members of the community heard Diallo speak about her son along with other panelists, like Lawyer Milton C. Grimes, USC Law Professor Jody Armour and Investigator Paul Parker, speak on the topic of racial profiling at the university. Stories of targeted victims evoked emotion from everyone. “I first heard about racial profiling in my law class,” said Kevin Fulton, treasurer for the university’s Black Law Student Association, which hosted the event. “I was shocked that people were actually justifying it. So I thought it would be a good idea to host this symposium since many of us are going to be lawyers.” What is defined as targeted policing efforts against minority groups, racial profiling has now become the subject of controversy. Racial profil-
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BRIEFS National Science Foundation Funds New Scholarships for Cal Sate Fullerton Students Students majoring in computer science, engineering and math have the chance to apply for scholarships of $3,125 a year for up to two years. The Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarship (CSEMS) is a new program being offered by the National Science Foundation. It targets full-time students who will achieve junior, senior or graduate status by August 2001. Applicants have to meet certain requirements in order for them to be eligible. Recipients of the CSMES will receive benefits such as access to job-placement opportunities, tutoring, summer employment and professional development opportunities. The CSMES deadline in on March 12. Students interested can get application forms from the following offices: University Hall 231, the Mathematics Department at McCarthy Hall 154, and the Dean’s Office in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at CS 502. For additional inquiries, call Student Affairs at (714) 278-2407.
End of Space Lecture Series Presented by Cal State Fullerton’s Continuing Learning Experience The culmination of a fourpart series on America’s space activities will take place at the Mackey Auditorium in the Ruby
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Gerontology Center on Thursday, March 15. Scientists from Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be at hand to discuss the developments in the nation’s space program. Their lectures have ranged from the new mapping and identification of asteroids and other object between Earth and Mars; to the possibility of other life in planets orbiting other suns. The final lecture will touch upon the next NASA mission to Mars, and the search for clues of life. The lecture is free. It begins at 10 a.m. and concludes at noon. For more information, contact CLE at (714) 278-2446.
Eifman Ballet’s West Coast Premier Slated at Orange County’s Performing Arts Center Costa Mesa’s Orange County Performing Arts Center will be the starting point of Boris Eifman’s “Russian Hamlet: The Son of Catherine the Great.” Only four performances are scheduled over the course of three days, from March 16 through 18 – 8 p.m. evening shows on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday and Sunday. The ballet is Eifman’s historical interpretation of the relationship between Russia’s Catherine the Great and her son Paul. The music of Beethoven and Mahler will serve as the foil for the ballet performance. “Russian Hamlet” will be held in the Segerstrom Hall. Tickets start at $20 and can be purchased from The Center Box Office; online at www.ocpac. com, and by phone through Ticketmaster outlets. For more information, call (714) 556-2787.
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CAL EN DAR EN TS C ALEN DAR OF OF EV EVENTS Campus A 24-hour study hall is now available in the Titan Student Union at the West Food Court. It is open Monday through Thursday. Tuesday Serenades will be presented today at noon in the TSU Garden Café. An outdoor concert will be presented in the Becker Amphitheater on Wednesday, March 7 at noon. A mandatory manager’s
meeting for the Men’s 5-on-5 Basketball League is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7 at 4 p.m. in P.E. 162. The Student Leadership Institute Workshops are scheduled through April 20. A Guitar Gala Concert is scheduled for Saturday, March 10 at 8 p.m. in the Little Theatre. Tickets are $8. Discounts available. The Pacific Symphony Institute Orchestra will perform on Sunday, March 11 at 5 p.m. in the Little Theatre. Tickets are
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Community The musical “Jerry’s Girls,” will be performed on Saturday, March 10 at 8 p.m. in the Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton. Tickets are available at the CSUF Performing Arts Center Box Office for $20 and $25. Discounts available. For more information call (714) 278-2434.
The Brother’s of St. Patrick is hosting its annual Saint Patrick’s Family Festival on Sunday, March 11 on the grounds of The Brother’s of St. Patrick (between the 22 and the 405 freeways at 7820 Bolsa Ave. in Midway City). Tickets are $10 at the gate. A St. Patrick’s Day concert with the Irish-American Group Solas will perform at the Irvine Barclay Theatre on Saturday, March 17 at 8 p.m. For more information call (949) 854-4607.
CAL EN DARLOTTER OF EV EN TS COP B Monday, Feb. 26 At 10:21 a.m. a suspicious man that is not an employee or student was reported in the Humanities Building. He is in the area on a regular basis, asks a lot of questions and demands answers. Recently he forced himself into a faculty office.
p.m. A girl said that she bought a subscription from the man a few months ago and never received the magazines even though her check was cashed the same day.
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A male reported that he could not find his black Honda in Lot E at 11:42 a.m.
A man had a seizure at 11:44 a.m. at Shipping and Receiving. The man was reported conscience and medical aid was sent.
A burglary from a green Honda that was parked on the second floor of the parking structure was reported at 4:25 p.m.
A male wearing a gray Ralph Lauren sweatshirt was trying to sell magazine subscriptions in the Titan Student Union breezeway outside Starbucks at 2:53
A man in his 60s was soliciting on the third floor of the library by handing out cards stating that he was deaf and needed money. He was taken to the station at 12:26 p.m. and
released at 1:43 p.m. At the north end of the Fullervale lot a red Chevrolet was stopped and two people were arrested for possession of non-narcotic drugs at 4:15 p.m. They were taken to Orange County Jail at 5 p.m.
Friday, March 2 A drunken driver in a Toyota Camry was pulled over at 1:03 a.m. Orange County Tow was called. At 10:04 a.m. at black Acura was stopped going west on Nutwood Avenue The driver had a suspended license and Fullerton Tow was called.
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Saturday, March 3 A mom reported her daughter missing at 6:30 a.m. The girl was last seen at 8:30 p.m. when she was leaving for the Latino Business Student Association. The girl came home at 7:42 a.m. She had fallen asleep at a friend’s house. A possible burglary was reported outside the Humanities building by the vending machines. Four males wearing jeans, T-shirts, and riding skateboards were suspect. The officer took three of the suspects back to the station at 9:44 p.m.
Possession of burglary tools was reported at 11:10 a.m. in
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CSUF Legal Clinic expands resourcnLAW: Students receive free consultation from specialized lawyers who volunteer their time to the accredited program By Heather Blair
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LuAnn Chu, is one of the interns in the Legal Aid Clinic.
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ing gained more publication during the 1980s in the times of the crackcocaine in the inner-city neighborhoods. “I think that a lot of this stems from fear of that they have to control certain groups to gain certain privileges,” said Efuru Flowers, a film producer. “I have never been a victim of racial profiling myself, but my husband, father and cousins have experienced it, so I know it’s real.” Sgt. Joe Klein, of the Fullerton Police Department, said that the term racial profiling is very difficult to explain. “This is almost a political term, I have a hard time responding to it,” Klein said. “If the actions are legal or lawful officers can stop, detain or arrest any one. But I think it is terribly wrong for a peace officer to arbitrarily enforce activity based on personal bias or prejudice.” But Grimes, who is best known for his representation of Rodney King, compares the “Bogeyman” to racial profiling. He used the beating of Rodney King as an analogy. “The ‘Bogeyman’was the officers who beat Rodney King,” Grimes said. “A two-hundred dollar camera caught the ‘Bogeyman’ but the ‘Bogeyman’ got away, since the cops were acquitted.” According to the American Civil Liberties Union, the Stockton Journal reported that of 8,190 vehicles stopped over a three-month period, 449 conducted searches either of the vehicle or the occupant. Of those searched, about 8 percent were African-Americans; nearly 9 percent were Latinos; slightly more than 3 percent were Asian were searched; and 3 percent were
Caucasian. In the Turnpike of New Jersey, statistics from the New York Times show that in 1994 and 1995, African -American drivers are stopped 46.2 percent of the time by police though they only make up 13.5 percent of the drivers. WSU Law Professor Brent Romney said that although technically racial profiling is wrong, in reality it is understandable. “Technically there is no defense,” Romney said. “But realistically, when an officer sees a high crime area and it is predominantly black or Latino or another minority group, they subconsciously create a correlation between the two and it reinforces the stereotype. The police officer is human but how a police man can allow that to happen is all the more to fix the problem of stereotyping.” Parker investigates racial profiling for the Police Complaint Center, a nonprofit organization. He conducts undercover work using a hidden camera, microphone and documents the material on the Internet. He remembers one incident when he was in Beverly Hills and an officer pulled him over for not having a front license plate. “They kept me on the curb for more than a half-hour surrounded by eight to 10 police men,” Parker said. “I was given a ticket and the judge just dismissed it.” Diallo and several of the panelists said different tactics could be used to help stop police profiling. They included officers taking a sensitivity training course, and officers living in the community or the city they are serving so they could get to know the residents of the neighborhood; and even having community members visit officers during training and telling stories and interacting with them. Klein, who has served at the
In a one-desk office on the second floor of the Titan Student Union building, political science interns are constantly waiting for phone calls from students who need help from Cal State Fullerton’s College Legal Clinic. The student-run, non-profit organization was founded 30 years ago when students were getting arrested for protesting the Vietnam War. Soon after the clinic started, they adjusted their practice to meet the needs of more people, not just protesters. With a new semester underway, the clinic is looking to increase their resources by adding a web-site that will be accessible through CSUF’s home page on the Internet. Shannon Harrold, director of Fullerton Police Department for 27 years, said because of such a diverse community, peace officers should be respectful and sensitive to all cultures. “Just because a few officers act disrespectfully does not mean all police officers act the same way,” Klein said. “That in fact is also a discriminatory statement.” He added that officers should also interact with the community while in training. “Everyone deserves equal service,” he said. “I know places that put an officer through sesitivity and cultural diversity, as a part of in-service training, and it should continue.” Armour said a technique that can work is teaching police officers that racial profiling is immorally wrong. “Many officers don’t see themselves as bad people. It’s technically wrong but it’s really right,” Armour said. “Tutoring them in a different way, appealing to them in a higher way might help them.” He added that discrimination is everywhere and in everyone. “Not only bad apples discriminate— all people discriminate —all the time,” Armour said. “Racial discrimination is a public health problem, but with many, it is subtle. Many don’t realize they are doing it or they use rationalization for doing it.” Amirah Muhammad, a Torrance resident, who heard about the forum on the radio, said she disagreed with Armour’s theory. “I think that many of these men are not going to change their values based on what they believe,” Muhammad said. Grimes, who has been practicing law for 25 years, said there is a code of silence with cops. “Not all cops are bad, but the good cops are protecting the bad cops,”
the clinic, said she hopes to have the web-site available to students within the near future. “Many students don’t even know we are here,” Harrold said. “The main thing we are trying to work on right now is getting our name out into the community.” Associated Students oversees the funding for the clinic, and Dr. H. Poorkaj, founder and chairman of the board of trustees, said funds have recently been cut. There are only two paid positions, the director and the assistant director, but even that is on the minimal side. Poorkaj said the students do it because they love it. “We know [Harrold] can go and get a job at a burger place making minimum wage and getting a free meal but she works here because she loves it, and because she is getting experience.” Harrold, 21, took over as director in June of 2001, and plans to stay on as director until she graduates. “I think the board liked the fact that when they hired me I could dedicate my time to the clinic for two years, because the first year is usually spent learning the process,” she said. There are two offices to the clinic: Grimes said. “The officer who does this must be held accountable.” Klein said that in situations in which a police officer must make a split-second decision, the use of force should be judged a certain way. “When judging use of force incidents, judgement shall be made with 20/20 hindsight vision,” Klein said. “The peace officers are expected to make split-second decisions under dynamic and quick-changing situations. They shall be judged as how the average the police officers act in a similar situation.” Klein said that when officers see a subject making a gesture or action and that they interpret as life threatening, they must act in under a millisecond. “If 10 officers are together and the subject makes a movement that an officer must interpret as life threatening, you can’t assume that one will shoot and the other nine are going to stand there with their hands in their pockets. It’s not how we’re trained.” But Diallo said she disagrees. In February 2000, the four officers were found not guilty after a three -week trial. Federal charges were never brought against them. Diallo recently filed a civil-lawsuit and that is cur-
one on campus and one located on Chapman Avenue in Fullerton. The organization works for the community in addition to the students of CSUF. For a fee of $15 a year, or free if you are a student, anyone can have a consultation with a lawyer, or get a referral to a pre-screened lawyer. The clinic has a panel of over 40 lawyers that volunteer their time and energy to helping the legal clinic. Some of the lawyers specialize in one area, while others specialize in anything from bankruptcy to divorce. “It costs between $200-$300 for a normal consultation with a lawyer,” Harrold said. “That’s why students should take advantage of this opportunity to meet with a lawyer for free.” Consultations last anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes, and Harrold said lawyers will either tell people how to solve the problem on their own, or that they do need a lawyer. Lovely Qureshi, an intern that has been involved in the program for about one year, said because the lawyers know that students don’t have a lot of money, they are usually willing to work on a sliding scale, which is a type of payment plan.
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Kadiatou Diallo listens as panelists speak out against racial profiling. rently pending. She said that she will not rest until her son receives justice. She recently set up a foundation in her son’s name, which allows scholarship support for African students to study in the United States, and she also visits different campuses to give speeches about her son. “When my son was killed, it was
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The clinic also keeps a log of all clients who come in to visit the office, and give their clients evaluations to fill out before they leave. “We usually get really high ratings on the evaluations,” Qureshi said. “People are usually happy when they see that we are free.” Poorkaj said there must be something good about this service, because other college campuses come to CSUF and ask them for help. The California State Bar Association accredits the clinic as a legal referral service. Dr. Bert Buzan, the pre-law internship coordinator and faculty advisor for the legal clinic, said that as far as he knows, the clinic is the only student-run, multi-campus legal referral service across the nation. Poorkaj added that they are the only State Bar certified clinic as well. “We have higher standards to uphold because we are certified,” Buzan said. “We have to meet the standards of the State Bar and meet the criteria for non-profit status as well.”
like my whole world was ending,” Diallo said. “I am never going to give up. My son lost his voice, so now I’m his voice and I will continue to do so people can remember him in a positive way.”
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Mixed feelings over free downnMUSIC: While some view it as copyright infringement, free music files prove cost effective for many students By Elana Pruitt
Daily Titan Staff Writer With the million-dollar MP3 company Napster being charged with copyright infringement, the controversy over downloading free music off the Internet remains a constant debate of ethics. In a recent written survey of 30 Cal State Fullerton students, ranging from ages 18 to 30 with diverse majors, 43 percent said they get their music from downloading free music while 73 percent said they saw nothing wrong with it.
“I think everyone should be allowed to enjoy music,” said Sue Moshfegh, a 20-year-old psychology major. “I also think that taping music off the radio is piracy if Napster is considered piracy.” With musical interests varying from rap, hip-hop, country, indie, alternative, rock and jazz, all students who participated in the survey favored the use of compact discs over audiotapes and vinyl records. Based on U.S. population statistics in the 1999 Consumer Profile of the Recording Industry Association of America, 44.5 percent bought their music from wholesale record stores, while only 2.4 percent chose the Internet as their avenue for consumption. The students who viewed free downloading as a positive tool for both the public and the artists, freely expressed their sentiments. “It’s a way of getting exposed to more music,” Jackie Reyes, 19, said.
“I feel that it’s more beneficial to the artist or the band that is trying to get more fan base.” Publicity, the ability of random sampling, and saving money as college students were the top three reasons for finding justice in the forum for free music. On the other hand, 57 percent said that Napster and other free downloading sites are exploiting the right to obtain music online. “It’s taking money away from the artists that are trying to make a living,” Nikeen Clemmons, 20, said. As a major in architecture who favors R&B and rap, Clemmons still admitted to getting some of her music from free downloads. MP3, the technology behind downloading music, is a “digital audio file that has been shrunken down while still maintaining original sound quality,” according to MP3.com. Because these files can download in just a few minutes, temptation
rests in the easy accessibility. They are simple file formats that are similar to CDs, and can be used illegally. Also, there is no single owner of MP3s, which means it is the company’s choice to use them legally or illegally, according to the Web site. Short for MPEG Audio Layer 3, it “refers to the Moving Pictures Experts Group, an organization that sets international standards for digital formats for audio and video. The file shrinking technology itself was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, according to MP3.com. In the survey, there were also mixed feelings concerning the Napster lawsuit, as well as the gravity of the subject, in general. “If a band, like Metallica, doesn’t want to give music away for free,” an anonymous student said, “then there should be some sort of fee people would have to pay to hear it.”
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Daily Titan Staff Writer Cal State Fullerton is now giving out a new Titan Excellence Award each month to staff members that have given outstanding service to help improve CSUF. “At Cal State Fullerton, we are proud of the valuable contributions our hard working, dedicated staff make to the University,” said Milton A. Gordon, President of the University. Suzanne Tappe, a staff member from the Management Science Department, said with a laugh, “I was elated, surprised and thrilled [to receive this award.]” Tappe was given the Titan Excellence Award in October and said that she feels gratified because her co-workers respect her hard work.
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This award is given to employees are based on the population of the that have gone “above and beyond department. their job description”, said Donna The process of winning the award Pallete, a member of employee begins with a nomination from a training and development. certain department. The nominator These people fills out a form have demondetailing the constrated creativity, tributions that a shown initiative, specific employworked as leadee has made. The ers or as a part supervisor and of a team, prothe administrator moted the uniof the department versity image in must also approve the community the nomination. and made other Next, a comspecial contribumittee evaluates tions to CSUF. all of the nomiThis new nees for each program was month creating a launched in list for President August of Gordon to sign. 2000 and “has M i c h a e l had an excelHofeldt, a memlent response,” ber of public Pallete said. affairs, is one of —Milton A. Gordon, these individuShe added that University President als. “I was pretty each department throughout the thrilled to be recuniversity has two chances through- ognized since I have been on the out the year to select people to campus for such a short time,” he nominate. As many as 64 members said. can be nominated each month, but Hofeldt will be a member of the number of actual awards given CSUF’s staff for two years in March,
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but has 18 previous years of experience in public affairs. He has been a part of CSUF’s goal of raising the university to a higher level. Hofeldt has been marketing the school to attract the best and brightest incoming students. He has also been part of the team that developed a book of outreach materials and worked on the campaign celebrating the university’s 40th anniversary. “I’m the new kid on the block and it was nice to have that recognition,” Hofeldt said. He added that he has never seen an award such as the Titan Excellence Award in any of his past jobs. Pallete said recipients of the award are given a certificate for framing, a letter from the head of their department and President Gordon, a photograph and biography posted on the CSUF Web site, an article that is featured in Compendium magazine and a gift certificate to a theatrical or sporting event. The next committee meeting will take place on March 8, and employee training and development hopes to have announced awards for the month of March during the week of the 26th, Pallete said.
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lently in a retaliatory way for what they feel are the wrongs that have happened to them,” King said. Perez added that with today’s society, many people are desensitized to violence. He added that there is not as much parental supervision. “Families are faced with more challenges today, especially with childhood socialization,” Perez said. He continued, saying that there
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are other influences as well. “The media does play a role in penetrating with video games and virtual television,” Perez said. “With virtual reality, children witness a frozen picture and the violence looks real.” Though many shootings continue to happen, students said they do feel safe walking around campus and their neighborhoods. “Realistically, a shooting can happen anywhere. Our campus is no different from any place else,” said Shahrzad Ezzati, a business accounting major. “But you can’t walk around being scared.”
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Amidst the excitement, Alexander Reid, 2, checks his helmet for the upcoming Trike-a-thon race.
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riding his two-wheel bike. Presently, with all of the improvements that have been done and, are scheduled to be done the center’s yard and safety budget is in the negative. ‑ When the budgets were created, the initial request was to allot $600 to the fund, but $1500 has already been spent. “This is why we need to raise
as much as we can to get these things done,” Gibbs said. Generally the garden and safety fund is used for two purposes. The children are encouraged to explore nature at the center. ‑They plant seeds, and help maintain the gardens and plants in each of their play yards. ‑‑“This is so cute watching the little babies go around,” said Carolyn Clifton as she watched her grandson Alexander Reed ride around the track. In all, the 40 children that partici-
pated completed about 900 laps. ‑The preliminary estimation has determined that the children will have raised about $1000 for the center. ‑ “The parents are so thankful to the students for all of the money they invest in the center that they try to raise some money to show their appreciation,” Gibbs said.
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Cloning humans raises numerous questions n With the advancement of technology and the breach of uncertain territories, scientist have yet to answer questions of ethics and morality By Vu Nguyen When scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced that they had cloned a sheep in 1997, I thought to myself, “Great.” We have come so far as a society to be able to clone an animal through technology. I never really thought much of ethics or morality of genetic testing until news came out of the United Kingdom last year. Three years after the work at Roslin, the English Parliament had finally approved research of human cloning. Although using embryo cloning as a method of experimentation isn’t permitted past 14 days — English law requires clones be destroyed within two weeks — American and Italian researchers are now actually
attempting to clone full grown human beings. Last weekend I heard that a couple is actively trying to have their baby cloned. The child apparently died at a very early age and the parents desperately wanted a replica. This is a very scary thought to me. People shouldn’t be able to choose to regenerate a human being. This issue raises a lot of questions. When does science feel that it has a responsibility to humanity? Most of these scientists are worried more about the “can we?” than with the “should we?” I am surprised more scientists researching cloning do not worry about this topic. When I think of human cloning for the strict purpose of reproduction, I think of hateful Nazi rhetoric and the breeding of the “perfect” Aryan. I think of a world that has scientists and doctors creating humans with preferred looks and traits. I think of a world convoluted in uniform beauty.
Another issue that arises with genetic testing is how easily science can be manipulated for unintended purposes. It isn’t that far off to imagine a government cloning human beings for the intention of building flawless fighting machines to send off to war. Moral dilemmas about medical science is not a new subject, but scientists who are actively working on human cloning have to stop to ask themselves of its validity when technology is still in its infant stage. The scientists who are proposing cloning for the sake of reproductive purposes for infertile couples must be careful of their good intentions. Is science prepared for any unforeseen complications of these growing clones? Should clones be considered human beings? Should clones have the same rights as humans who are born the traditional way? Or should clones just be used specifically for tissue and organ donation?
Grades don’t represent selfBy Jamie K. Ayala What’s in an academic letter grade? Sure, there is some measurement of achieved knowledge, but it does not encompass selfworth, ability or characteris-
tic. Students constantly equate themselves needlessly with the grades they earn. The A students know that they are intelligent, but set such high standards for themselves that they beat themselves up if they fail to meet them. The B students believe that they are average and that is all they will ever be. As for the C, D and F students, they may feel worthless, at the bottom of every list and helpless. Interpretations and reactions to grades vary from one extreme to the next. Self-esteem develops from this five-letter system at an early age and becomes the reflection of the larger society. Author of Stress Management for Wellness,
Walt Schafer, writes that this is based on “The belief that competition is intrinsically good, rewards should be scarce in supply, accomplishment should be attained only after an open contest and considerable hard work, one’s future – indeed, worth – should be ranked according to achievement, and selfimage should reflect one’s accomplishment.” Do progress reports sound familiar? Instead of useful recommendations, elementary teachers prescribed grades based more on behavior than progress. Let’s not undermine the importance of grades. They’re needed for scholarships, eligibility in some campus organizations, and first-time employment applications. But they aren’t the means of achieving success in either of those arenas. The great thinker, Albert Einstein, received poor grades in school. Secretary of Defense Colon Powell was told that he wouldn’t get very far in life because of unsatisfactory letters. Whose got the last laugh now? An admirable professor of mine even admitted nearly flunking out of college. But that didn’t stop him from trying again and going on to graduate studies.
Until this semester, did I realize that it’s not the grade that you receive after completing a course that’s significant, it’s what is actually learned that is valuable. “Many students focus on the point value of grades versus learning — process versus outcome, look at how much perceived stress this causes,” said Professor of Stress Management Tim Hamel. For the first time I’ve checked the pressure of getting the better grade at the door and I am focusing on learning. The result — relief and the inquiry to absorb all that I can. — Jamie K. Ayala is the Daily Titan Opinion Editor and can be reached via e-mail at dailytitan@yahoo.com.
Modern science is just not prepared for these dilemmas. Human cloning is a very important subject that science needs to address. Former President Bill Clinton’s unwillingness to use any federal funding to research the benefits and disadvantages of human cloning puts the United States behind the rest of the scientific community. England understands its importance and that is why they are pioneers in the science. Until these issues are dealt with and technology has prepared itself for an onslaught of human replicas, clones should stay in the laboratories and petri dishes for years to come. — Nguyen is the Daily Titan Managing Editor To respond to this editorial send e-mail with name, major and phone number to dailytitan@yahoo.com
Tuesday, March 6, 2001
Titans’ season revived by win
Idaho prevails in final contest
nBIG WEST: Senior Ike Harmon leads CSUF to win and seventh seed in conference tournament
nBASKETBALL: Even with the loss Titans will continue season as the 8th seed in the Big West Tournament
By Mark Villarroel
Daily Titan Staff Writer
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Daily Titan Staff Writer In the final game of the regular season, the CSUF women’s basketball team lost to Idaho 79-63 at home on Saturday. The victory was the Vandals first road win of the season and avenged an earlier season loss to CSUF, which was the Titans lone victory of the season. Titan freshman standout Tamara Quinn was the games leading scorer with 20 points in the losing effort. Quinn also contributed five rebounds. CSUF had trouble stopping seventh ranked Idaho and five Vandals scored in double figures and two Vandals had double-doubles. Idaho forward Darci Pemberton scored 12 and pulled down 12 rebounds. Pemberton also dished out five assists and had two steals in a well-rounded performance on both ends of the court. Teammate Suzy Goss added a career-high 13 points and 10 boards, notching her first career double-double. The Titans held the lead at the end of the first half by six, but couldn’t maintain during the final 20 minutes. In the second half, Idaho held a slim one-point margin before going on a 15-5 run to ice CSUF. Idaho dominated the glass, out-rebounding the Titans 51-44 for the game. Nikki Lee was the leading Titan on the boards with six. Heather Hansen and Allison Parks pulled down five rebounds a piece for CSUF. Parks also contributed seven points. Titan guard Lindsay Sotero chipped in eight points, three rebounds and three assists. Vandal guard Tasha Rico scored 12, hauling in four rebounds and adding four assists. Idaho center Laura Bloom just missed becoming the third Vandal with a doubledouble, scoring 10 and grabbing nine rebounds. Julie Wynstra also scored in double digits for Idaho off of the bench. The victory improves Idaho’s record to 7-20 overall and 4-10 in conference play. The Vandals will take on Cal State Long Beach on March 7 in the Big West Conference tournament. Despite CSUF’s dismal 1-26 overall and 1-13 conference record, the Titans will take part in the Big West tournament but will tangle with fourtime Big West Conference champions UC Santa Barbara in the opening round. The opening contest is tonight against top-seed UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, tomorrow at 6 p.m.
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Ike Harmon rattles the rim for two of his 14 points as UCR’s Jason Pekins stands dazed and amazed.
With their postseason fate dependent on a game played thousands of miles away, the Cal State Fullerton Titans managed to focus on their immediate task as they defeated UC Riverside 70-59 in a non-conference victory. Cal State Fullerton shares a threeway tie between Cal Poly SLO and Idaho with each team displaying a 3-13 record in conference play. UC Irvine’s close overtime victory over Idaho which occurred in Moscow, stabilizes Fullerton’s position in the post season tournament. Fullerton has earned the No.7 seed by way of their 3-1 record over the two other teams. “Were playing better than we have all season,” said Coach Donny Daniels. “Our guys played hard, with a sense of urgency.” The game began with momentum sitting on the side of the Titans, as they would find their offensive rhythm early. Midway in the first half the Titans mounted a scoring run that would break the game open, outscoring the opposition 19-2. Turnovers forced by the defensive pressure of the Titans, resulted in thunderous dunks and fast break points which rattled the crowd of over a thousand spectators. The Highlanders tried to compensate for the deficit by using
their full court press, but it would prove not to be enough in the closing minutes of the game. One of the major factors that resulted in the Titans’ victory was the field goal shooting percentage. Fullerton shot the ball well, ending the night at 49 percent while Riverside had trouble finding their offense, shooting 36 percent from the floor. The night was not only overshadowed by the Titans win, but shared the spotlight with the farewell ceremony of two graduating seniors Forwards, Ike Harmon and Matt Caldwell final performance at home exemplified the effort and work put into their memorable careers. “Getting to the tournament gives our team new life,” Harmon said. “Lately we have competed with the top teams which should help us later down the stretch.” Both players would finish the night strong, Harmon led the team with 14 points and 10 rebounds while Caldwell contributed nine points and seven boards. “Both Caldwell and Harmon played with a lot of emotion,” Daniels said. “It’s nice for them to go out with a win at their last home game.” Guard Kevin Richardson also contributed to the Titan cause with 10 points and five assists. At the opposite end of the court, UC Riverside’s Ted Bell ended the game with 16 points. The Highlanders finished their season at 8-17 and will join the Big West Conference next season. The Big West Conference tournament begins on March 8 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Fullerton is scheduled to play the No.2 seed, Utah State.
CSUF and 49ers slug it out at Kia Bash nBASEBALL: CSUF drops game to conference rival, but wins four-team tournament By Damian Calhoun
Daily Titan Asst. Sports Editor
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Senior first baseman Aaron Rifkin rediscovers his staunch stroke in the Kia Baseball Bash, belting two homers over the weekend.
The game wasn’t on the Big West Conference regular season schedule and the outcome wouldn’t have any affect on the champion of the Kia Baseball Bash, but that did not stop the Cal State Fullerton Titans and the Long Beach State 49ers from going to war. The 49ers (6-6) entered the game having lost their first two games of the tournament, but they jumped on CSUF starter Nick Lovato (0-3) for eight runs in two and one-thirds innings, knocking him out of the game. Long Beach State sent 10 batters to the plate and scored six runs in the third inning. The outing was Lovato’s first since Feb. 16. The left hander struggled with his control, walking four, a fact that CSUF Head Coach George Horton blames on the constant interruption of the Titans’ schedule due to the rainouts. “We’ve relied too much on Smitty (Jon Smith), Kirk (Saarloos) and Chief (Chad Cordero) and with the rainouts,
that hasn’t allowed the other guys, like Lovato a normal opportunity to pitch,” Horton said. Trailing 8-1, CSUF battled back with five runs in the bottom half of the inning. Back-to-back RBI doubles by shortstop Mike Rouse and Matt Belfanti cut the score to 8-6. Long Beach increased its lead to 127, but the Titans battled back again. In the bottom of the eighth, senior first baseman Aaron Rifkin’s second home run of the game, a three-run opposite field blast to left cut the deficit to 12-11. Rifkin went 3 for 5 and scored four runs adding a much-needed dimension, power from the 4-hole, to the Titan offense that showed signs of emerging this weekend. For the second consecutive season, Rifkin was mired in a season-opening slump, but he hit .333 for the tournament and has raised his season average to .241. “I knew that it was just a matter of time that before I started swinging the bat the way that I knew that I could,” Rifkin said. “My confidence is fine. The coaches stuck with me even when I was struggling.” Friday night, CSUF pounded out 10 runs on 15 hits in a 10-6 win over a Tennessee and on Saturday, they used two infield singles, a hit by pitch and Jason Corapci’s line single through
the right side of the infield to defeat Wichita State 3-1. Along with Tennessee, CSUF also finished the Kia Bash with 2-1 records and on the strength of the Titans’ headto-head victory over the Volunteers, CSUF were named champions of the Kia Bash. During the weekend tournament, the Titans (8-8) showed life of becoming a balanced team, combining an offensive attack with the stellar work of the pitching staff this season. “When we fell behind 8-1, I told the team that it was time to pick up the pitchers,” Horton said. “Knowing that we fought back and battled, shows that we are rounding into a good offensive team. But the loss doesn’t taste any better,” Horton added. Despite Rifkin’s long-ball heroics, Long Beach (6-6) added an insurance run in the top of the ninth when Cole Craig scored on a passed ball to increase the lead to 13-11. “This is what this series is all about,” Long Beach State Head Coach Dave Snow said. “We jumped out and they battled back, that is what these games have been about since I have been apart of this rivalry.” Cal State Fullerton has rescheduled one of the two games that were rained out last month against Arizona State for Monday, April 9 at 3 p.m. at
A ‘Worth’-y weekend for the nSOFTBALL: Jenny Topping and Jodie Cox are the thunder and lightening as the Titans stormed through the Worth Invitational with a 5-1 record By Caesar Contreras
Daily Titan Staff Writer Almost perfect. That’s how the weekend can be summed up for the Cal State Fullerton softball team, who won five of six games in the Worth Softball Invitational held over the weekend at the Titan Softball Complex. With the wins, the 10th ranked Titans now improve to 19-6 overall on the season. But while CSUF enjoyed a strong showing, it was the accomplishments of the nationally-ranked California Golden Bears and CSUF’s Big West rival, the University of Pacific that stole the show. Both teams won six-of-six games at the Worth tournament with the fourth ranked Golden Bears handing CSUF its only loss of the weekend. “We did have a good weekend, but we did lose to Cal and it would
have been nice to take a win from the fourth ranked team in the nation,” Titan Head Coach Michelle Gromacki said. On Saturday, in one of the best games of the Invitational, the Titans and Bears battled through seven scoreless innings. Titan right-hander Gina Oaks and Cal’s Jocelyn Forrest found themselves in a pitcher’s duel that lasted eight innings until a throwing error by Titan catcher Jenny Topping and a bloop single by shortstop Paige Bowie gave Forrest all the support she needed for a 2-0 win. Oaks (8-4) went the full eight innings and only allowed four hits while striking out seven. But the sophomore was outdone by Forrest (9-0) who allowed only two hits while striking out seven in eight innings of work. Despite the Cal setback, the Titans played a strong weekend of softball
and were led by the tandem of sophomores Jenny Topping and Jodie Cox. Both players had standout weekends as both claimed Big West Player of the Week honors. With Topping winning field player honors while Cox won pitcher honors, it was the second time this season that both players won the award. Topping had a monster weekend as she led all players in the Invitational with a .467 batting average, two home runs, seven runs batted in, seven hits and a 1.067 slugging percentage. For the season, Topping is hitting .413 with six home runs, 28 RBI, nine doubles and 20 runs. On the mound, Cox picked up three wins over the weekend against San Jose State (2-1), Minnesota (2-0) and Harvard (5-0). The left-hander threw her firstever perfect game in the 2-0 win over Minnesota on Saturday and finished the tournament by allowing only one run in 19 innings. The sophomore improved her season stats to a 9-2 record with a 2.32 earned run average and four shutouts. CSUF’s also posted wins of 6-0
over Oregon and a 9-1 mercy rulewin over Portland State on Sunday. “We got the wins that we needed,” Cox said. Cox was also pleased that the team finally got to return home after being on the road for much of February. “It was nice to have some games at home and get that home field advantage back,” Cox added. Gromacki was impressed with her team’s showing on Sunday when they beat Harvard 5-0 and Portland State 9-1. She’s hopeful her team will take that approach into tonight’s game at the Titans Softball Complex against the 2-12 Colorado State Rams. “The best part of the weekend was Sunday,” Gromacki said. “We’ve been winning games but have not been playing well, it was important to see that and we have to feed off our Sunday showing against Colorado State.” CSUF has already played the Rams twice this season and have defeated them both times by scores of 14-1 and 7-0. Tonight’s game will be played at 7:00 p.m. at the Titan Softball
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CSUF hurler Gina Oaks is one-third of the treacherous Titan trio who left batters in dismay over the weekend at the Worth Invitational.