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Schwarzeneggerʼs move is at odds with state Republicans By PAUL ELIAS The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger broke with the state Republican Party on Monday and endorsed Proposition 71, a $3 billion bond measure that would fund human embryonic stem cell research. Schwarzenegger endorsed the measure while answering reportersʼ questions at Point Lobos State Reserve in Monterey County, where he was presented with a plan to pro-
Reservists may be discharged for refusing mission The Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. military said Monday no decision had been made on whether to discipline Army reservists who refused a supply mission last week, despite statements from their relatives that the soldiers would be discharged. “It is too early in the process to tell if any disciplinary actions will be initiated,” Maj. Richard Spiegel, spokesman for the 13th Corps Support Command in Balad, said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. Families of some soldiers involved said Monday the commanders did not act on complaints that the convoy was hauling contaminated fuel or that their vehicles were in poor working order and were not sufficiently protected with armor. Spiegel said no decision will be made on discipline until the investigation is completed and recommendations are made. “I could not speculate as to why soldiers would be telling people that they are going to be discharged,” he said. The Army announced last week it was investigating up to 19 members of a platoon from the 343rd Quartermaster Company, based in Rock Hill, S.C., after they refused to transport supplies from Tallil air base near Nasiriyah to Taji north of Baghdad. On Monday, Ricky Shealey of Quinton, Ala., father of one of the soldiers involved, told CBSʼ “The Early Show” that his son, Spc. Scott Shealey, “is being told he is going to be processed out of the Army with a general” discharge. Shealey said his son “is very depressed about this.” A general discharge is considered a disciplinary action that would lead soldiers to risk losing most – if not all – of their veteransʼ benefits. However, the commanding general of the 13th Corps Support Command, Brig. Gen. James Chambers, told reporters in Baghdad on Sunday that two investigations were under way and that 18 soldiers were involved. He also said none was under arrest and it was too early to tell whether the soldiers would be disciplined. Shealey said his son refused to go on the mission because the fuel they were to haul was tainted and he feared it would be put in a helicopter that would later crash. “The command just totally ignored them when they told them the fuel was contaminated and they was still going to send them out on this mission with contaminated fuel,” Shealey told CBS. “The command was completely aware of the situation and I think itʼs a command issue and not a soldier issue.” Teresa Hill of Dothan, Ala., the mother of Spc. Amber McClenny, told NBCʼs “Today” show: “It was about the fuel. It was the brokendown trucks. Unarmored vehicles.” Chambers denied the fuel was contaminated. He said the Army is adding steel MILITARY 3
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tect Californiaʼs coastline. “Iʼm very much interested in stem cell research,” he said. The endorsement was highly sought by the Yes on 71 campaign, but comes at some political risk for the governor. During last yearʼs recall election, Schwarzenegger campaigned against California going deeper in debt. But he then promoted a $15 billion bond deal that voters approved in March. If Proposition 71 is passed, it will provide California researchers with nearly $300 million annually for 10 years but cost a total of $6 billion to pay back over 20 years. The endorsement will also put him at odds with the state Republican
Party, which officially opposes Proposition 71, and perhaps even the Bush administration — which has limited funding of the research. On the other hand, Schwarzenegger has said he supports the technology. His father-in-law, Sargent Shriver, is in the early grips of Alzheimerʼs disease, which Proposition 71 supporters say could someday be treated by stem cells. Stem cells are created in the first days after conception and are the building blocks of life. Some researchers hope to turn stem cells into replacement tissue to treat a variety of disease and injury. But many social conservatives oppose the research because it involves destroying microscopic embryos.
Titan Shops imposes new fines for bookstore thefts Shoplifters caught stealing will pay up to $500 per incident OANA PURCAR/Daily Titan Photo Editor
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Birth control ring offers alternative to present methods Latest revolution in contraception releases hormones directly
one, etonogestrel and estrogen) over a three-week time period. The hormone release is activated by contact with the vagina. The walls of the vagina hold the ring in place while absorbing the horBy DESDEMONA BANDINI mones and distributing them into For the Daily Titan the bloodstream. Studies completed by the manufacturer, Organon, The FDA approved the first birth resulted in 99 percent effectiveness control pill in 1960, revolutionizing when used as directed. The ring has family planning. Forty-four years half the estrogen of commonly used later, the first competition to rival oral contraceptives, with fewer side the pillʼs effectiveness and ease of effects and less hormonal ups and use was introduced in the form of a downs. One drawback once a week patch, of the ring is that known as ORTHO some women are EVRA. I tried the ring not comfortable ABC News and I didn’t touching themrecently reporthave any side ed that the patch selves to insert effects. The low poses high risks to and remove the hormone dose women under 35, ring. Side effects is much better. with 17 known are minimized due deaths and 62 lifeto the lower horMichelle Cathorall threatening commone dose that is Fullerton student plications, includreleased through ing blood clots, the vagina but directly related to can include vagithe patch. What nal infections and few people might irritation, vaginal know is that there is another birth discharge, headache, weight gain, control option that might be easier to and nausea similar to the pill. use while also being safe and appar“A birth control ring? That sounds ently just as effective as the pill or a little scary,” said Desiree Garnica, the patch. This option is the once-a- a Cal State Fullerton student. “I month etonogestrel/ethinyl estradiol guess itʼs good if it is a new option, vaginal contraceptive ring called the but I never heard of it.” NuvaRing. Garnica is not alone. Few women The ring is the latest revolution in seem aware of the NuvaRing as contraception and it is the only form an option. Newport Beach gyneof birth control that works by slow- cologist, Dr. Charles Moniak, said ly releasing hormones through the “the NuvaRingʼs manufacturer — vagina. The ring is made of a non- Organon — lacks the advertising biodegradable, flexible, transparent, budget of birth control giants like colorless two-inch long ring that NUVARING 3 time-releases hormones (progester-
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The Cal State Fullerton Titan Shops bookstore recently implemented a new policy as a means to deter theft and keep product prices down. Last Monday, Titan Shops started a restitution program, which is basically a compensation program. California civil code permits companies to fine those caught stealing from their businesses instead of prosecuting them and going through criminal proceedings. When someone is prosecuted it goes on their permanent record and the school is notified of their offense, said Chuck Kissel, Titan Shops customer service manager. As of last Monday, that probably wonʼt happen anymore. Under the new restitution program the person caught stealing is detained by a customer service officer, or CSO, and then turned over to university police.
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Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Shops recently implemented a new policy that favors fines over criminal prosecutions in shoplifting cases. Instead of being prosecuted, the person caught stealing will be released and later receive a letter by mail about their previous detention, Kissel said. In the letter, they will be notified of a fee that they must pay the bookstore in exchange for the incident being kept off of their permanent record. “Restitution for detaining will
usually be between $100 and $200 but can be up to $500,” Kissel said. He explained that when items are stolen the store loses money and in order to compensate, stores raise merchandise prices. “We didnʼt want to raise textbook prices, so this is a way of allocatTHEFT 3
Britain considering U.S. request to redeploy ground forces in Iraq Decision could move American troops to battle in Fallujah The Associated Press
LONDON — Britain is considering a request by the United States to redeploy a small number of British troops in Iraq to free up American soldiers for anti-terror operations, the defense minister told lawmakers Monday. Geoff Hoon stressed that no decision had been made and added that, contrary to media reports, Washington had not asked for British soldiers to be sent to Baghdad or Fallujah. In a statement to the House of Commons, Hoon said Britain would deploy a reconnaissance team Tuesday to the area where British troops are required. Britainʼs chief of defense staff was expected to make a recommendation within
days, Hoon said. Britain received the U.S. request “for assistance” on Oct. 10, Hoon said. That request involved U.K. land forces operating outside the British-controlled sector in southern Iraq. “The U.S. request is for a limited number of U.K. ground forces to be made available to relieve U.S. forces to allow them in turn to participate in further operations elsewhere in Iraq to maintain the continuing pressure on terrorists,” Hoon said. “We are obviously considering this request,” he said, adding that issues such as the timing of any redeployment, the length of the potential operation, command and control arrangements and which regiment to send had yet to be worked out. He also rejected claims by opposition lawmakers that any redeployment would be a political gesture designed to bolster President Bush ahead of the Nov. 2 election in the
United States. “I want to make clear that the request is a military request,” Hoon told lawmakers. Several newspapers have reported that Britain is considering sending its reserve force — the 650-member First Battalion Black Watch — from the southern port city of Basra to Baghdad to free up American troops to participate in an expected allout offensive on Fallujah, a city 40 miles west of the capital that is considered the toughest stronghold of insurgents. Negotiations aimed at restoring government control in Fallujah without requiring a ground assault have faltered. Britain has 9,000 troops in Iraq operating around the port city of Basra in the relatively peaceful south. Sending British soldiers further north into the U.S.-controlled sector, where there are more attacks by insurgents, carries a risk of higher casualties.
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Few glitches reported in early Fla. voting WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Voters began casting ballots Monday in the state synonymous with the election fiasco of 2000, but only a few glitches were reported on a day that marked the start of early voting in several states. Thirty-two states allow residents to vote at the polls before Election Day, and Texas, Colorado and Arkansas also began the process Monday along with Florida. Several other battleground states have already begun early voting, including Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and New Mexico.
Ron Reihelʼs “California: Twilight Viewing” art exhibit of resin sculptures runs until Oct. 24 in Grand Central Art Center: Project Room. The exhibit is located at 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays; and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. For more information, call (714) 567-7233.
Seniors urged to relax over flu vaccine TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Monday that enough flu vaccine will be available for most people who need it and told seniors to stop standing in long lines to get a shot. “We want people to relax,” Thompson said at a news conference. “The flu season is not here.”
Democrats signing up more new voters The Democrats appear to be gaining the upper hand in the battle to sign up new voters in the all-important swing states, an Associated Press analysis suggests. The AP analysis of the most up-to-date figures from across the country found that, in every state where complete data is available, the Democrats have registered more new voters than Republicans. They have the edge in Arizona, Iowa, New Mexico, Nevada and New Hampshire.
High court rejects abortion-cancer link WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court declined Monday to resurrect a lawsuit by three California women who say Planned Parenthood withholds information linking abortions to breast cancer. The court, without comment, let stand a decision by the California Supreme Court dismissing the suit and ordering the women to pay more than $77,000 in attorneysʼ fees. The lawsuit charged that Planned Parenthood clinics repeatedly dismissed research suggesting links between abortions and breast cancer. It asked a judge to order the clinics to provide the information during counseling. Planned Parenthood has called the lawsuit frivolous and a scare tactic by anti-abortion groups. The lawsuit names Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside counties and the national Planned Parenthood organization based in New York City.
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L.A. mayor plans new look for LAX LOS ANGELES — Mayor James K. Hahnʼs sweeping, nearly $10 billion modernization plan for Los Angeles International Airport goes before the City Council this week. The vote is expected to be close over the proposal, a decade and $130 million in the making. And opponents — including county government and several Southern California cities — are prepared to fight it in court if the council approves the plan. The proposal was apparently doomed until Hahn ally Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski proposed adopting the plan but yellow-lining the most controversial aspects — tearing down terminals and building an offsite arrival-departure center — for final approval later. Opponents said Miscikowskiʼs plan violates state environmental laws. Compiled from The Associated Press
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Ashley Bishop is the first dean of the new College of Education, which was established this semester. Earning his doctorate at Arizona State University, he taught at Indiana State University before coming to Cal State Fullerton, where he has been teaching for 28 years. With over 40 years of teaching experience, Bishop said he has vowed to change studentsʼ lives. Q: What is the worst job youʼve ever had? A: I guess the worst job I ever had was being a busboy at a steakhouse. It just wasnʼt appealing to me. I volunteered to wash dishes rather than to bus tables. I just didnʼt enjoy cleaning tables. Q: Do you have anything pub-
lished or do you plan on publishing anything? A: The latest book I published is called “Ready for Reading: A Handbook for Parents and Preschoolers,” which was published with two other faculty members. Iʼm writing another book for parents, taking a real look at phonics. Iʼm writing another book on strategies that develop higher level thinking skills in the primary grade. Q: Whatʼs it like being the first dean of the College of Education? A: Itʼs really kind of exciting. Cal State Fullerton is really a place I enjoy coming to work. I really look forward to coming to work because I enjoy the people I am working with, I really enjoy the staff, I certainly enjoy the students and I enjoy teaching. So to be the first dean of the new College of Education is really an honor and something I enjoy and appreciate very much. Q: What are your goals for the college? A: Cal State Fullerton is a large institution. I want to make the College of Education a more intimate experience for students. The first time they think of themselves as being a
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ORTHO EVRA.” “The NuvaRing cannot compete with the mass marketing of patch yet,” said Moniak. Moniak said he hopes to see more marketing put behind the product in the future. Thirty years between innovative birth control progress has left some women ready for options. “I did not like the hormonal effects and moodiness I got while using the pill at all,” said Michelle Cathorall, a CSUF health science major. “I tried the ring and I like it. It works great and I didnʼt have any side effects. The low hormone dose is much better.” Physicians look forward to providing more options in birth control for the patients as well. “My patients love the product and its ease of use. Word of mouth is getting out and more patients are beginning to request the NuvaRing. It is inserted in the vagina and left in for three weeks then removed during the first week to allow the menstrua-
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ing expenses to those who steal,” Kissel said. “We are trying to maintain competitive prices with a civil approach.” Cpl. Nigel Williams works for the Campus Police Department and deals with those who steal from Titan Shops. He also oversees all CSOs, who detain those caught stealing and hold them in custody until university police arrive. CSOs are students who dress in civilian clothing and watch for suspicious behavior. Williams said he thinks this restitution process is going to work because those caught stealing are going to have to pay $100 to $200 for something that most likely isnʼt worth that amount. “This is just something in addition, it isnʼt going to change how we enforce,” Williams said. He feels that psychologically this
tion cycle,” said Dr. Carole JordanHarris, of Los Angeles, who is one of the doctors that participated in the NuvaRingʼs clinical trials. “It is effective immediately once inserted. Few women and their partners have reporting feeling the ring or any discomfort from using the ring. A new ring is inserted after menstruation ceases.” Organon is not new in the birth control market. The company created the first low-dose hormone Desogen for birth control pills that was copied and reproduced by other larger pharmaceutical companies with bigger budgets, explained Dr. JordanHarris. In the U.S., Organon focuses on three critical areas of womenʼs health: contraception, fertility and hormone replacement therapy. Janet Emery, a nurse at CSUFʼs Student Health and Counseling Center, said the ring has been offered on campus for one year and is sold for $3 per ring. A ring will last for about one month. A low-cost pap smear and a gynecological exam are required to get the ring at the health center. might have a factor on those who plan to steal because they will have to pay a fee when they could have just paid for the merchandise in the first place. The bookstore currently has about two to three incidents a month. “There is a little more activity during the first two weeks of each semester,” Kissel said. There is a three-month training period for CSOs and in that time they learn about loss prevention, and how to use radios and surveillance cameras, Williams said. “Thereʼs not as much respect as an officer would get,” said Eva Ku, a senior sociology major and CSO, in regards to how CSOs are treated by those they detain. Ku said that once the officer shows up, the thief realizes just how serious the situation is. Most of the time those caught stealing are not CSUF students, Kissel said, adding that “most students are honest.”
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Rainfall helps firefighters control Sierra Nevada blazes from progression Arsonist suspected of igniting 2,000-acres in Yosemite National Park The Associated Press
KYBURZ, Calif. – The seasonʼs first major rainstorm has helped firefighters gain control over wildfires burning across the Sierra Nevada Mountains, including a 2,000-acre blaze ignited by a suspected arsonist in Yosemite National Park. The Power Fire, which spread to 16,800 acres near Highway 88 between Bear River Reservoir and Salt Springs Reservoir, was about 80 percent contained by noon
Monday, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Heavy rain helped contain the fire, but also prevented fire crews from working, said CDF spokeswoman Donna Winkelman. A section of Highway 88 that was closed Saturday has been reopened, but drivers were warned of “extremely hazardous conditions” due to poor visibility, Winkelman said. The Fredʼs Fire, which burned about 7,700 acres in the Kyburz area of the Eldorado National Forest, was fully contained by Sunday night, according to the CDF. But Highway 50, which links Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe,
remained closed between Pollock Pines and Myers due to safety concerns. CDF officials issued a flash flood warning in anticipation of up to three inches of rainfall by Tuesday. Park rangers in Yosemite National Park said Sunday they believe that a body found Saturday belonged to the arsonist who ignited the 2,000-acre blaze in the Hetch Hetchy basin. The body has not been positively identified, but authorities believe it belongs to Richard Celebrini. The 32-year-old former stock market day trader is suspected of killing his wife and two daughters in their Brentwood home before traveling to Yosemite and setting the fire with a
handheld blow torch. Autopsy results have not been released, but it appears the suspected arsonist died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, park spokesman Scott Gediman said Sunday. On Friday, visitors told park rangers they saw a man lighting fires and brandishing a gun on a hiking trail near the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, which provides drinking water to more than 2.4 million residents in San Francisco Bay area. The fire burned in remote, rugged wilderness in the northwest portion of the park, where no structures or roads were threatened. Steady rainfall snuffed out most of the fire by Sunday, Gediman said.
Disneyland revamps jungle cruise, tea cups Anaheim theme park restores magic for 50th anniversary The Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Planning to take a spin on Disneylandʼs venerable Jungle Cruise ride? Then rest easy, the hippos are back under control. For more than 40 years the mechanical hippos would lunge threateningly out of the water at
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armor plating on unarmored vehicles and upgrading maintenance. Some of the soldiers told family members they refused the assignment because they lacked proper equipment and protection. The mission was later carried out
every boat that toured Disneylandʼs ersatz Amazon River, only to be repulsed by skippers firing their sidearms. Then, in 2001, political correctness appeared to accomplish what the hippos never could. The skippers were disarmed. “When I was working there, the kids would start holding their ears when you started into hippo territory,” recalled former Jungle Cruise skipper Rip Ribble. “Itʼs a shame that in this day and age because of gang activity and political correctness and animal rights, people took
offense to shooting at the hippo. But really, it was all make-believe.” Now Disneyland has rearmed the skippers, one of several actions officials say are aimed at “restoring the magic” as the park approaches its 50th birthday next year. The horses pulling carriages down Main Street USA are being given their name tags back, and plans are under way to put the gut-wrenching twists and turns back into the Mad Tea Party rideʼs teacups. Park employees in New Orleans Square are also getting more colorful cos-
tumes. Giving the Jungle Cruise skippers their guns back is what seems to have delighted visitors the most, however. “At least once a week somebody would get off the boat and say, `Hey, what happened to the guns?ʼ” said Ribbleʼs daughter, Sherri, one of the rideʼs operators. Now, she says, people burst into applause when she opens fire. One youngster even thanked Ribble for saving her from the hippos.
by other soldiers from the 343rd, which has at least 120 soldiers, the military said. Chambers has since ordered the 343rd to undergo a “safety-maintenance stand down,” during which it will conduct no further missions as its vehicles are inspected, the military said. The platoon has troops from Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi,
North Carolina and South Carolina. The issue of lack of appropriate equipment has been a long-standing complaint by low-level soldiers and higher U.S. command. Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq from mid-2003 until this summer, sent a letter to the Pentagon in December 2003 complaining that supplies were short and this was adversely affect-
ing the ability of troops to fight, The Washington Post reported Monday. Sanchez, who has returned to an assignment in Germany, told top Army officials in the Dec. 4 letter there was a severe lack of key parts for equipment vital to the mission, and the problem was so severe that “I cannot continue to support sustained combat operations with rates this low,” the newspaper said.