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Hostage slayings 1,000 down, 4,001 to go in Iraq total 29 New beheading cases add to number of deaths since April By RAWYA RAGEH The Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A Turkish contractor and an Iraqi Kurdish translator were beheaded on a video posted Monday, and a statement said they had been taken captive by the Ansar al-Sunnah Army – the same group that killed 12 Nepalese hostages. The killing of Turkish contractor Maher Kemal brought to 29 the number of foreign hostages slain in Iraq since a wave of kidnappings began in April. Also Monday, the Arabic language television station Al-Arabiya broadcast a video showing three hooded gunmen threatening to behead another Turkish hostage within three days unless the Americans release all Iraqi prisoners and all Turks leave Iraq. The statement that accompanied the video of Kemalʼs killing said he was working for the Americans at a base north of Baghdad and was abducted Friday on the main highway between the capital and the northern city of Mosul. The videotape warned foreigners against coming to Iraq “to make cheap, earthly profits in the service of the Crusaders in their war on Islam.” On the tape, Luqman Hussein, the Iraqi Kurd, said he worked as a translator for American forces in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi and had accompanied American soldiers on raids against suspected militants. Hussein, who came from the northern city of Dahuk, said he was
captured while traveling Friday from Ramadi to Baghdad. Numerous Iraqis working for the Americans, including translators, drivers and even laundry employees, have been killed by insurgents for allegedly collaborating with foreign troops. Insurgents in Iraq have kidnapped more than 150 foreigners in their campaign to drive out coalition forces. Most have been kidnapped for ransom and freed unharmed. The Ansar al-Sunnah Army also claimed responsibility for beheading an Iraqi hostage earlier this month, saying the man was an Iraqi contractor at the U.S. military base of Taji, north of Baghdad. It vowed to hunt down others helping the U.S. military. In addition, Ansar al-Sunnah claimed credit for the Feb. 1 twin suicide bombings that killed 109 people at the offices of two Kurdish political parties in Irbil. The tape broadcast by Al-Arabiya television showed three hooded gunmen standing behind a seated hostage said to be a Turkish truck driver. One of the gunmen identified the kidnappers as members of Tawhid and Jihad, Iraqʼs most feared terror group, which has been responsible for beheading several foreign hostages. However, the tape did not feature the groupʼs banner, which has always appeared in Tawhid and Jihad video statements. The gunmen were also dressed differently than those in Tawhid and Jihad videos. “We of the group of Tawhid and Jihad announce ... that we will cut off the head of this hostage if our demands are not met,” the speaker said as the hostageʼs eyes darted
By JASON KEHLER For the Daily Titan
This yearʼs elections are approaching and along with the presidential vote, there is also a list of propositions on the ballot, one being Proposition 68, otherwise known as the Gaming Revenue Act. This proposition, if passed, allows the governor to renegotiate existing compacts with Native American tribes concerning gaming at their casinos. The current compacts allow the tribes to hold a monopoly on slot machines in the state of California. The requested renegotiation specifically asks the tribes to agree to give the state 25 percent of their net gains. This money will be paid to a trust fund that would be spent toward local governments, primarily for child protective, police and firefighting services. The tribes would continue to hold their monopoly on slot machines if they agree to the changes within 90 days. However, if they disagree, they would lose their monopoly allowing for 11 existing card clubs and five existing horse tracks to have slot machines, which would be redefined as gaming devices. Should these 16 institutions be allowed to have slot machines, they would be collectively limited to 30,000 such machines. Furthermore,
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Courtney Patterson and Philip Vasquez want studentsʼ votes. In fact, they want 5,001 of them. Associated Students Inc. and the California State Students Association
are working together to register 5,001 Cal State Fullerton students before the registration deadline on Oct. 18, 2004. Patterson, ASI director of statewide affairs, said the CSUF Votes campaign is a registration, education and mobilization campaign. Patterson said the 5,001 registered votes they plan to get do not include students who are already registered. The goal of CSUF Votes is to get people who are not currently regis-
tered to sign up and vote, she said. “Weʼre currently just over 1,000, which is not good,” Patterson said. “But weʼre still optimistic.” Vasquez, ASI president, said ASI allocated $1,000 toward registering voters, but he would rather spend the money on educating students. “We are trying to institutionalize voter registration so that the school takes the responsibility of getting the students to vote,” Vasquez said. Patterson and Vasquez said people
should not only register, but they should educate themselves on voting issues and candidates. “Weʼd really like to spend the money doing educational events so that students can learn what the difference is between a Republican and VOTES 2
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Gaming proposition seeks to tax tribes Supporters, opponents discuss economical effects of Proposition 68
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Actor Christopher Reeve is shown in a scene from the film “Superman” in this 1978 handout photo. Reeve, the star of the “Superman” movies whose near-fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research, died Sunday.
American superhero remains cultural icon around world The Associated Press
they would have to pay 30 percent of their net gains to the state to provide for the same services that the tribes would pay toward. One advertisement describes how Indians are making a substantial amount of money yet donʼt have to pay taxes. Now they would so have to pay so it is considered a “fair share for California.” Another degrades the proposition, commenting on how it would put casinos next to schools and create more traffic and crime. “The ads only talk about the role of money,” said Stephen Stambough, a political science professor at Cal State Fullerton. “They donʼt talk about the trigger method that allows for slot machines in card clubs.” The proposition would also impose a ban on the opening of new card clubs, and would prohibit the location of tribal casinos on newly or recently acquired lands. The positive arguments toward this proposition are that it would generate money for the state to help repair the debt. Tribal gaming casinos are estimated to make approximately $6 to $8 billion a year. If the proposition is passed, the state could make approximately $1 billion annually from either the tribal casinos or the 16 non-tribal gambling institutions. “The money still goes to California,” GAMING 3
NEW YORK — One could bend steel from the moment he arrived; the other insisted, over and over, that “nothing is impossible.” One took to the skies heroically and effortlessly; the other was grounded tragically, and battled to stand up again. The oddly intersecting worlds of an American myth and an American celebrity — Superman and the man
who brought him to life for millions of people, Christopher Reeve — reveal how a nation consumed with creating fresh heroes finds its role models. “Christopher Reeve became a cultural icon himself,” said M. Thomas Inge, a popular culture historian and author of “Comics as Culture.” American heroes are usually rugged individuals linked to the Horatio Alger archetype — plain folks from humble, often rural beginnings who react gracefully to the hands they are dealt or achieve the impossible against the odds. But Superman was extraordinary
from infancy, the survivor of a doomed world, and he didnʼt have to overcome any odds. His vulnerability wasnʼt self-doubt or human intransigence, but a glowing green rock. “What else is there left for Superman to do that hasnʼt been done?” Reeve said in 1983 after donning the cape for a third movie. But the actor who played the superhero would find a new purpose 12 years, a horse-riding accident and two fractured vertebrae later. In comic books, itʼs the Batmans and the Spider-Mans who adhere to the American citizen-soldier notion — reluctant superheroes pressed
into service by the murder of parents or the happenstance bite of a radioactive insect. Theyʼre selfdoubting and intense — but ultimately they prevail. Real American life has long coughed up similar, if less melodramatic, hero tales. Abe Lincoln emerged from the Kentucky woods determined to become a statesman. A frail, deaf kid named Thomas Edison willed himself into being a genius inventor. And in the media age, Pfc. Jessica Lynch, a smalltown West Virginia girl, returned from her terrifying Iraq hostage REEVE 3
Schwarzenegger opposes health care funding Proposition 67ʼs phone surcharge would raise $500 million a year The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Monday his opposition to three measures on the November ballot including Proposition 67, which would raise $500 million a year for hospitals, clinics and emergency medical services through a surcharge on telephone service. Already the governor has come out strongly opposed to two gambling initiatives and a measure that would require employers to provide health care benefits. Now the governor is also oppos-
ing Proposition 61, which would authorize $750 million in bonds for improvements at childrenʼs hospitals and Proposition 63, which would impose new taxes on anyone with a net income of more than $1 million to benefit the mental health programs. While the governor has complained that some of the measures on the November ballot are the creations of special interest, he noted the three initiatives he announced his opposition to on Monday have some merit. “What we have here are three initiatives that are not special interest shams but unfortunately are poor public policy for California at this time,” he said in a statement. “I commend the proponents for their good motives, but unfortunately
California needs more than good intentions right now.” The decision of the popular GOP will no doubt hurt the chances of supporters of the three measures, even though all propositions 61 and 63 are doing relatively well in the polls. Proposition 67 is losing in recent polls. Proposition 67 is supported by a coalition of health care groups including the California Medical Association, Planned Parenthood and the American College of Emergency Physicians. Backers argue the surcharge is needed to help off set the cost clinics, hospitals and doctors face in treating the working poor who often do not have insurance. The leading opponents of the proposal are telecommunications
companies and groups representing senior citizens. They say there is a problem with funding emergency room services but putting the burden on a class of consumers is not fair. Schwarzenegger said he is concerned about imposing new taxes or borrowing more money when the economy remains uncertain. Some critics note that Schwarzeneggerʼs choices have against lined up with his supporters in the business community. “Heʼs a compassionate conservative,” said Steve Maviglio, Democratic consultant, “cut from the same cloth as George W. Bush.”
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Some Iraqi insurgents turn in weapons BAGHDAD, Iraq — Shiite fighters in tracksuits and sneakers unloaded cars full of machine guns, mortars and land mines Monday as a five-day, weapons-for-cash disarmament program kicked off in Baghdadʼs Sadr City district — a sign of progress in the center of Shiite resistance in Iraq. A lasting peace in the sprawling slum would allow U.S. and Iraqi forces to focus on the mounting Sunni insurgency. Underscoring the threat, two American soldiers were killed in a rocket attack in southern Baghdad, and a third U.S. soldier died when a suicide driver exploded a car bomb in front of a U.S. convoy in the northern city of Mosul.
Nation Congress OKs corporate tax-cut bill WASHINGTON — The Senate shipped President Bush a wide-ranging $136 billion corporate tax-cut bill and a disaster aid package on Monday, letting lawmakers head home for the finale of the presidential and congressional campaigns. Florida, a vote-rich prize that both parties covet, will be chief beneficiary of the $14.5 billion disaster measure as the state rebuilds from a battering by four recent hurricanes. Included is $2.9 billion for farmers beset by drought, floods or other emergencies, with some money headed to other electoral battleground states like Ohio and Wisconsin.
Bush, Kerry campaign in the west SANTA FE, N.M. — Bracing for their final debate, Sen. Kerry accused President Bush of favoring “friends in the oil industry” over consumers strapped with rising fuel bills on Monday while Bush said his challenger so misunderstood the war on terror that he thought it could be reduced to “a nuisance” akin to prostitution or illegal gambling. Both candidates campaigned in the West ahead of their third presidential debate, which will take place Wednesday night at Arizona State University in Tempe. Kerry focused on domestic issues — the subject of that debate — and criticized Bush and the Republican-led Congress for not doing more to reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil.
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Viewership low for second debate LOS ANGELES — The second Bush-Kerry presidential debate drew a smaller audience than the first but viewer interest remained high, according to ratings figures released Monday. An estimated 46.7 million viewers watched last Fridayʼs contest between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry, compared to the 62.5 million that saw the Sept. 30 debate. By comparison, the second debate in 2000 between Bush and former Vice President Al Gore drew 37.6 million viewers. NBC, with 12.3 million, was the most-watched network, followed by ABC with an audience of 10.3 million, CBS with 8.1 million and Fox with 3.8 million. A third and final debate between Bush and Kerry, focusing on domestic issues, is scheduled for Wednesday. CBS newsman Bob Schieffer will moderate. Compiled from The Associated Press
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Newcomer Bruce Erickson joined the Cal State Fullerton faculty in August as vice president of university communications and marketing. Erickson previously worked at Wichita State University and Cal State Northridge, but he said he feels Fullerton is just the right fit for him. Q: Where did you go to college? A: I earned both my bachelorʼs and masterʼs degrees in journalism at the University of Kansas. Q: As the newly appointed vice
president of university communications and marketing what do your responsibilities entail? A: I work with a wonderful team of creative communicators — designers, writers, editors, a Web site developer — and our job is to help the university communicate, mainly to prospective students, donors and prospective donors, graduates and former students, elected officials and others who have a stake or interest in learning more about Cal State Fullerton. We have excellent faculty and students and alumni who are making great contributions to society; that is something else we want people to know about. Q: Why did you choose to work at CSUF? A: It was a perfect match between what the university wanted to achieve and my skills, abilities, knowledge and experiences. It is a very gratifying experience to help communicate about the teaching, research, creative activity and public service that this university produces.
The Orange County Museum of Art will be hosting the 2004 California Biennial from today until Oct. 31. The event is billed as the premier exhibition of Californiaʼs best young artists. This yearʼs collection is the biggest and most ambitious to date, utilizing the museums galleries as well as its new indoor and outdoor public spaces. With so much to see and so many eager young artists aiming to please, the event is a must-see for art-nuts of all calibers and persuasions. The ongoing event will feature several new commissions as well as a performance series. The museum is located at 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach. Tickets prices vary. For more information, call (949) 759-1122. All events are free and on campus unless otherwise indicated. If you would like to have a specific entry put in the calendar section, please send an e-mail to news@dailytitan. com.
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a Democrat,” Vasquez said. He also said it was necessary for students to know the core beliefs behind each party so students donʼt base their decision on what theyʼve heard from others or seen on the news. On Thursday, ASI and the CSSA have organized a statewide day of action although the CSUF Votes campaign will be in effect throughout the week. “We have Bush and Kerry people, Sierra Club, the League of Womanʼs Voters and groups representing the propositions coming to school to talk to the students in the Quad from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. speaking about whatever organization or issue they are representing,” Patterson said. Vasquez and Senator Joe Dunn will also speak about how the election will affect higher education issues. “Students donʼt have a voice and they donʼt exercise their rights,” Patterson said. Vasquez said registering students to vote and educating them are only part of the campaign because if students are registered and educated they need to mobilize and go to the polls on Election Day. Patterson said the early voter mobile would be on campus Oct. 26 and the Alumni House will be the polling place on Nov. 2. CSSA Chair Manolo Platin said that if students were able to get to the polls, the collective voice of the 18 to 25 demographic would be heard. “In the last election approximately 38 percent of people our age voted,” Manolo said. “If we all voted, we would have some clout with our legislature with things that matter like fee increases.”
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Internet influences November elections Media panelists discuss how blogs affect voter decisions By AMANDA PENNINGTON For the Daily Titan
The Internet seems to be playing a major role as a venue for the public to soak up information and post opinions about the upcoming election. Jehmu Greene, president of the Rock the Vote Foundation, said online voter registration is one major effect the Internet is having on the election. “With this spreading of online voter registration, I think, across the Internet, we have seen at Rock the Vote our voter [registration] numbers triple from any other presidential election cycle,” Greene said. A total of 1.4 million voters have registered in Orange County as of September, according to the countyʼs Registrar of Voters. The Rock the Vote Foundation reports on its Web site that it helped register one million new voters thus far. Joe Ochoa, a senior majoring in U.S. history and Chicano studies at California State Fullerton, said he is wary of information posted on the Internet. Ochoa, 23, said he still realizes that it is a major avenue of communication among students. “Itʼs an environment that collegeaged kids are used to,” Ochoa said. The Media Center, a non-profit division of the American Press Institute, hosted a “Web cast” Oct. 5, discussing the effects that this new participatory media is having on the election this year. The live online event, “We Media: The Impact of Participatory Media on Election 2004,” was moderated by Jason McCabe Calacanis, co-founder of Weblogs, Inc. The five panelists said they agreed that the prevalence of
Web logs, or blogs, is creating major changes in the world of newsgathering and reporting. Blogs are Web sites where one or more authors post their writings for the public to see. “I do hope that bloggers holding us accountable will make us better,” said Dan Froomkin, a columnist for WashingtonPost.com and a panel member. This seemed to be a consensus within the panel, especially in the wake of a blogger pointing out Dan Ratherʼs mistake in broadcasting documents regarding President Bushʼs National Guard service without checking validity. Nancy Snow, an author and professor of communications at CSUF, said she believes the ability for citizens to speak out on the Internet may help people to be more informed. “The overall assessment is that itʼs healthy for society,” said Snow, who is also an advocate for alternative media. “Itʼs healthier to have more voices out there.” Retha Hill, a panelist and chief editorial officer of Bet.com, said she thinks the mediaʼs overemphasis on the bottom line creates public doubt. “People do not trust the major news media to the extent that they did back in the ʼ50s and ʼ60s,” Hill said. Stephen Bromberg, a panelist representing FOXNews.com, had a different opinion. Bromberg said he believes there might be the same level of trust or distrust in the major media organizations, but pointed out because there are more journalists in more media venues, there is more opportunity to voice distrust. Phillip Gianos, a political science professor at CSUF and an expert in politics and media, said he believes that the prevalence of the Internet marks a departure from traditional media. However, he said he expects to see these companies marry traditional media with the developing Web media.
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ordeal to instant celebrity. It doesnʼt hurt their reputations if they perish before their time. “This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die,” Will Rogers once said. Reeve fit that more common mold — someone who had to rebuild from the ground up, whose contributions are forever linked to the hand he was dealt and how he dealt with it. But shaking the back-story of popculture heroism that the Superman movies infused in him — “escaping the cape” — was never easy. “He didnʼt really have a choice of how he wanted to portray his ordeal,” said M.G. Dunn, a sociologist at Roanoke College in Virginia. “A lot of people would expect him to make the connection between someone who is playing a superhero and someone who has to deal with a superhuman tragedy,” Dunn said. “People are going to want to know how Superman feels in this situation.” It wasnʼt just Reeveʼs fighting
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said Shelly Sullivan, spokesperson for the Yes on 68 campaign. “That was the premise all along because California is in a financial crisis.” Sullivan added that if the tribes failed to agree to the renegotiated compacts, then it would make sense for the 16 existing card clubs and horse tracks to be allowed to have slot machines. However, the negative arguments toward the proposition are
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from one side to another. “We have long warned them not to enter the land of Islam and land of Jihad, the land of Iraq.”
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back that captured imaginations, though. It was his unyielding, deeply stubborn attitude that the body could heal with the right therapy and treatment, that things deemed medically impossible could be achieved through force of will. Not everyone appreciated the approach — some said it raised patientsʼ expectations cruelly — but the heroic flavor of his quest resonated. He didnʼt exactly discourage it, either, with his public advocacy, his paralysis foundation and his intense expressions of determination. “I want people to know that I kept at it,” he said in 1997. The blurred lines of heroism and tragedy werenʼt new for “Superman.” George Reeves, TVʼs Man of Steel in the 1950s, shot himself in the head in 1959. The headlines were less subtle then: “Superman dead.” The quest for Superman-like heroes shows no sign of abating. A new movie is in the works, and on the Web site for the WB show “Smallville,” mass cultureʼs latest take on the myth, fans immediately exhorted Tom Welling, who plays the young Clark Kent, to take up the mantle of Reeve, his sometime
guest star. “Tom Welling has now the responsibility to follow the path that he marked,” one fan wrote. And from another: “Tom, you have the torch — take it.” These days, a decade after DC Comics published a graphic novel called “The Death of Superman,” Clark Kentʼs alter ego is still around and more human than ever. He deals with insecurities, failed relationships and his place in the world. He grapples with his dual identity. He wonders whether things would be better off without him. And a new comics series, “Identity Crisis,” depicts the characters of the DC universe as all too human. In it, Superman, man from Krypton and American hero, even cries. “Who is a hero?” author Peter H. Gibbon wonders in his 2002 book, “A Call to Heroism: Renewing Americaʼs Vision of Greatness.” To answer his question, he quotes a Russian proverb: “He who hangs on for one minute more.” That fits Superman throughout his seven-decade history. And, for the eight years until his death Monday, it fit Reeve, too.
that it would bring “Vegas-sized casinos” to suburban areas near schools. “Proposition 68 is on the ballot simply to bring the people running the campaign profits from slot machines in the casinos,” said Scott Macdonald, communications director for No on 68, Californians Against the Deceptive Gambling Proposition. “Itʼs a marketing scam to get casinos into urban and suburban areas.” The casinos could also bring in more traffic and crime. One of the largest views against the proposition is that it is more geared to bring in
casinos rather than to collect revenue for the state. “None of the money collected from the casinos goes to the state budget,” Macdonald said. “It is set to go to fire and police services so they can hire new personnel.” Macdonald also said that the money is to be used solely for the hiring process. However, hiring is only half the cost, they also have to pay for new cars, guns and radios among other things. This, Macdonald said, would create a new burden on police and fire departmentsʼ budgets.
The video showed the hostageʼs passport but the name could not be determined. On Sunday, Al-Jazeera television said 10 employees of the Turkish construction company VISNAN have been freed by kidnappers. They were said to have been held by another `
group, the Salafist Brigades of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. The Ankara-based VINSAN company could not confirm the release. An employee, speaking on condition of anonymity, said only that efforts to have their employees released were continuing “positively.”
Scholarship deadline approaches Applications for funding from ASI are due Oct. 22 By NIYAZ PIRANI Daily Titan Staff
The deadline for ASI scholarship applications is quickly approaching. The last day that students can apply to receive up to $1,000 from Associated Students Inc. will be Friday, Oct. 22 at 5 p.m. Applications must be turned in to Room 207 in the Titan Student Union. In addition to six scholarships that have cash rewards, 35 book loan scholarships are also available. All scholarships have specific criteria that students must satisfy in order to be eligible. Applicants must also submit answers to a series of questions and a 300-word essay to be considered for a scholarship. ASI scholarships are geared toward all types of students including athletes, graduate students, students who participate in community service and students in leadership. Book loan scholarships are available to students that have completed their first semester at Cal State Fullerton, have a 2.5 GPA or above and display scholastic achievement. Mona Mohammadi, ASI executive vice president, said that a large number of students have already taken the opportunity to apply. Interviews will be held from Dec. 6 to Dec. 10 and recipients will be notified over intersession. Students can pick up their checks from the ASI office and will be recognized at the first Board of Directors meeting of the spring semester. “Itʼs a really easy process to apply,” Mohammadi said. “Itʼs worth the time and the effort.”