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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.