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A man suspected of breaking into womenʼs cars at the Arboretum was in court Monday to face charges of burglary and possession of stolen property. Suspect Sierra Windy Isaia, a Placentia resident, was arrested Oct. 10 after he allegedly broke into a car in the Arboretum parking lot. He is being held at the Central Orange County Jail in Santa Ana. “He has numerous charges against him so heʼs looking at some time in prison,” said Robert Botzheim, investigations officer working on the case. “He admitted he broke into the
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SACRAMENTO — A riveting, tight presidential race and 16 California ballot propositions ranging from gambling to reforming “three-strikes” sentencing laws is driving a “dramatic” record-breaking hike in voter registrations for the Nov. 2 election, statewide elections officials reported Tuesday. The California secretary of stateʼs office reported up to 40,000 new registrations daily across California in the final two weeks before Mondayʼs deadline to register. County registrars, still scrambling to enter thousands of new registrations into computer databases, said the final count will likely far exceed the stateʼs previous record of 15.7 million registrants for the November 2000 presidential election. “I think in this one you have the issue of whatʼs going on nationally and internationally, as well as what happened in the 2000 election,” said Elma Rosas, spokeswoman for the Santa Clara County registrarʼs office. “This is definitely democracy.” Californians will pick a president and U.S. senator, choose 53 congressional representatives and 100 state lawmakers, while also eyeing special new taxes for emergency rooms, a $3 billion bond for stem cell research and new rules making it harder to sue businesses. Locally, theyʼll pick hundreds of officials to run schools, cities and counties, and decide initiatives ranging from a public safety tax in Los Angeles County to high-rise towers on the bay shore of Redwood City. County registrars said theyʼve never seen such a frenzied surge of people wanting to vote, with thousands of registrations arriving from Californians on military duty overseas and thousands more from partisan voting drives and so-called “bounty hunters” paid to register voters. Many voters endured long lines and rain to register for a dead-
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car on campus and stole the purse, but he denied breaking into any other cars.” Botzheim said he believes Isaia, who was out on parole after serving time for previous burglary charges, is responsible for breaking into womenʼs cars and stealing purses in Fullerton, Brea and Garden Grove. According to campus police, Isaiaʼs tactic was to look for women who did not have purses with them when leaving their vehicles. “Weʼve been trying to catch this guy for a while,” Botzheim said. “Heʼs very sneaky. He just takes 15 seconds at most. He sees the purse, smashes the window and heʼs gone.” In the police report, Kerri Hand, the officer who responded to the call, said the woman said her purse was stolen from her vehicle while she was in the Arboretum planning her wedding.
“I noticed that the right rear window was smashed and glass was in the rear area of the vehicle and on the ground,” Burglary suspect Hand said. “The Sierra Windy Isaia right window had possible pry marks from a tool that may have been used to break the window.” According to the report, Hand received information that Isaia used the womanʼs stolen credit card to purchase an item, upon which Botzheim took over the case. After tracking Isaia through use of the credit card, Botzheim performed a records check and obtained a search warrant to Isaiaʼs residence. Police THEFT 3
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Construction workers level out the concrete poured onto the roof of the new Performing Arts Center on Tuesday morning.
ROTC experiences hands-on training Cadets travel to camp for extensive program and simulations By CASEY RITTENHOUSE Daily Titan Staff
A weekend getaway to picturesque San Luis Obispo, Calif., would be ideal to some travelers. But putting a M-16 in someoneʼs hand and trying to make them navigate through a dark forest at nightfall may have those same travelers looking elsewhere for a vacation. Cal State Fullertonʼs ROTC will be put in that situation this weekend and it is expected to be far from an ordinary retreat. Sixty-five ROTC students will be
lodging at Camp San Luis Obispo, a place that trains National Guard volunteers and is located almost four hours north of Orange County. The trip is designed to help the ROTC build their leadership abilities, as well as learn about the elements students may face in actual combat, Master Sgt. Takacs said. While at the camp, students will be participating in various activities. “First training is land navigation, both day and night, which entails the use of a map and compass to find their specified location,” Takacs said. ROTC students have been preparing in classes, learning how to read ROTC 3
Students, as well as educators, are now able to access even more information they need to cast an educated vote in the upcoming election. CollegeVote.org, which launched in April, is the first Web site that concentrates on answering voting questions for college students and educators. The Web site is intended for faculty, administrators and students to help individuals on and off campus gain a greater understanding of, and appreciation for, the electoral process. Kathy Goodman, primary founder of the site, said CollegeVote. org is different from other existing sites devoted to students and voting because it has annotated links to models for campus programs that support electoral participation and curricular resources that can be used in the classroom. The Web site also encourages students to participate in voting events like hosting a “debate watch” or traveling to different states to help recruit non-votersʼ participation in the elections, she said. Goodman said she wanted to cre-
ate a non-partisan Web site so one party did not have a louder voice than the other. The non-profit Web site not only informs people of upcoming events, but also has a question is raised on how one vote section where studentsʼ questions can make a difference and after can be answered, she said. the question it states: “In 1948, Joel Torrez, a human services Lyndon B. Johnson, our 36th presimajor at Cal State Fullerton, said dent, became a U.S. Senator by a CollegeVote.org was the first politi- one-vote margin.” cal Web site he has surfed. Paul Peretz, a political science “I think itʼs pretty cool because it professor at CSUF, said the Web shows how students can be misled site is for a worthy cause. He also by statistics,” he said. said that even though it has poor Torrez, who works with graphics, the Web site is helpful REACT (Resources to Engage in and has useful information. Advocating Civic On the site, Transformation) Goodman, along on campus, also with her fellow ... if colleges said the Web site graduate coland universities answers many leagues Noreen commit to questions that OʼConner and educating about the typical voter Daniel Singh, democracy and might have on states: “This the electoral elections. is the personal process, more C o l l e g e Vo t e . project of three students will org informs those graduate stuvote ... who are unfamildents who share iar about the cana vision that links www.collegevote.com didates and the college education different parties. and democracy. It even has links We believe that if to other Web sites colleges and unithat might have different informa- versities commit to educating about tion that could be useful, Goodman democracy and the electoral prosaid. One of them, Rock the Vote, cess, more students will vote and is a strong supporter of the new become involved in politics, thus Web Site. creating a country where justice On the Web siteʼs main page, a and equality abound.”
away and go to class,” Flores said. Students said they also notice a difference in parking at El Toro versus CSUFʼs main campus. Jason Clark, a junior who has taken classes at both campuses, said he prefers the parking at El Toro. “I can leave my house later because my class is right across the street,” Clark said. Many of the students who attend El Toro live in either Central or South Orange County and said they would rather not deal with the longer drive and frequent traffic during the commute to Fullerton. Junior Katie Barentine said she favors El Toro because it is much closer to her home in Rancho Santa Margarita. “It only takes me 20 minutes to get
to school this semester,” Barentine said. “Last year it took like an hour to get to Fullerton because there was always traffic.” Another distinction of El Toro is that only upper-division, credential and graduate-level courses are offered, Flores said. Since many of the classes are at night, the campus gives the typical 9-to-5 employees an opportunity to earn their degree without interfering too much with their work schedule. “We are able to serve two populations here,” Flores said. “There is an obvious older age group.” Flores added that the Student Affairs Department puts on community events to try to give the campus a more relaxing atmosphere. This semester, he said, they plan to use
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Easy access, better parking helps El Toro campus grow in popularity Other CSUF location offers some students a shorter commute By DENNIS OLSON For the Daily Titan
Horrendous traffic, a lack of available parking spots and a long walk across campus are just some of the inconveniences that a Cal State Fullerton student faces commuting on a daily basis. However, just 20 miles south there is a campus where many of those inconveniences donʼt exist. Since its inception in 2002, CSUFʼs El Toro campus has continued to grow in popularity among students due to the relatively low
number of students, the smallness of the campus and its location in Irvine just off the 5 Freeway. In fact, the campus has become so popular among the over 3,500 students who attend that the number of classes offered has been expanded to 265 this fall. The former Marine base consists of one two-story building with 21 classrooms that were formerly the Western State Wing Command Headquarters. However, other than the requirement to show identification at the entrance guard shack and certain areas being off-limits, there arenʼt any obvious reminders of the closed base. While having only 21 classrooms, El Toro still offers its students the
amenities of a library, computer lab, café and study lounge, just like on the Fullerton campus. Robert Flores, the assistant coordinator of student affairs at El Toro, said the convenience of being able to take care of school-related errands without any difficulty is an advantage for El Toro students. “Convenience is a really big plus,” Flores said. “Students are able to get a lot of one-on-one attention and communication.” Another major difference for students who attend the El Toro campus is the availability of close, convenient parking. It is just a short walk to any classroom from one of the four parking lots that border the campus. “Students are able to park right
the central courtyard to have block parties, give out free food and even give massages to students during the stressful time of finals week. Since the campus has become so popular in its first two years, there has been much speculation of expansion on the 275 acres that remain vacant on the former Marine base. The unoccupied land will be auctioned off in the near future and, Flores said, CSUF representatives are currently meeting with contractors to discuss increasing the size of the campus. Flores said he firmly believes the campus will continue to develop. “In another year or so we should have another building and there is so much room for growth, we definitely plan on being here,” he said.
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CARE aid worker in Iraq abducted
TSU Food Advisory Committee meeting in TSU 233 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. You are what you eat.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Gunmen seized the head of CARE Internationalʼs operations in Iraq — a woman who has worked on behalf of Iraqis for three decades — as the British government on Tuesday weighed a politically volatile American request to transfer soldiers to dangerous areas near the capital. Elsewhere Tuesday, a mortar attack killed at least four Iraqi National Guard soldiers and wounded 80 at a base north of Baghdad. An American contractor also died when mortar shells crashed onto a U.S. base in the Iraqi capital. And three car bombs exploded in the northern city of Mosul, killing two Iraqi civilians and wounding three.
Hey-ho, letʼs go. Bowling Mania in TSU Games and Recreation from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Faculty-student poetry reading at 7:15 p.m. in TSU Pavilion A. All are welcome to read their creative work or just listen and enjoy. Free refreshments, sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society.
Rabbis call on soldiers to refuse orders JERUSALEM — Israelʼs army chief of staff on Tuesday condemned a call from scores of rabbis on observant soldiers to refuse to obey orders to evacuate Jewish settlements under next yearʼs planned Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip. The statement by Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon, broadcast on local media, reflected army officialsʼ growing concern that a significant number of soldiers would heed the rabbisʼ call, causing a crisis in the army.
“How To Get Angry With Your Partner and Not Destroy the Relationship,” lecture at noon in UH 205. Presented by Sue Passalacqua of the Womenʼs Center and David S. Shepard, assistant professor of counseling. Sponsored by the Womenʼs Center and Adult Reentry. For more information, call (714) 278 -3928.
Nation Social Security to rise 2.7 percent in 2005 WASHINGTON — More than 47 million Americans will get a 2.7 percent increase in their Social Security checks starting in January, meaning an additional $25 per month for the typical retiree. But almost half of that gain will be gobbled up by a record increase in Medicare premiums. The cost of living adjustment, or COLA, announced Tuesday by the Social Security Administration will be the largest percentage gain since a 3.5 percent increase in 2001. The increase last January was 2.1 percent.
FDA searches for more flu shots WASHINGTON — Federal health officials said Tuesday that 2.6 million additional doses of flu vaccine will be available in January, far fewer than the 48 million lost to contamination at a British manufacturing plant. The shipment also arrives after the date the government recommends for vulnerable Americans to have had their shots.
Local Proposal for buried power lines rejected MISSION VIEJO, Calif. — Homeowners rejected a $10.8 million special assessment to bury Southern California Edison power lines. More than 5,000 residents in north Mission Viejo were asked whether they wanted to form a special assessment district to pay for underground utility lines behind their back yards. Eighty-two percent of those casting ballots rejected the proposal. About 2,700 property owners cast ballots. Votes were weighted based on the assessment amount for each property. Property assessments ranged from $154 to $3,083 over 20 years and were determined by the impact the power line had on each propertyʼs view. Edison will install new H-frame towers along the companyʼs easement, replacing existing smaller towers, to stretch power lines 3.1 miles from a new Lake Forest substation to the Chiquita substation in Mission Viejo. Compiled from The Associated Press
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1860: Willie Park shoots a 164 at Prestwick Club in the first British Golf Open. 1986: U.S. Senate approves immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens and offered amnesty to illegal immigrants who entered prior to 1982. 1989: A 6.9 earthquake in San Francisco cancels third game of World Series, kills 67.
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line coming 15 days before the election. Los Angeles County reported 43,687 registrations Monday, reaching 3.9 million with thousands still to process. Registrar Conny McCormack called it “significantly greater activity” than four years ago.
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1982: Automaker John DeLorean is arrested on cocaine charges, but is found not guilty. 1983: Senate establishes a federal holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. 1987: Black Monday — the Dow Jones goes down 508.32.
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1820: Spain sells part of Florida to U.S. for the paltry sum of $5 million. 1864: Abraham Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday. 1975: Supreme Court ruled that teachers could spank their pupils after giving them a warning. 1990: Three members of the controversial rap group, 2 Live Crew, are acquitted on obscenity charges in Florida. State elections officials said theyʼll have a final tally late this week or early next week. Carol Dahmen, spokeswoman for Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, declined to speculate whether the numbers might set a state record, saying registrations still need to be combed for fraud. County registrars also cautioned that up to two-thirds of registrants are often reregistering with a new address. Stanislaus County authorities,
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1492: Columbus discovers America (Oct. 12, 1492 Julian calendar). 1967: Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm Pentagon. 1994: North Korea signs pact to end its nuclear projects.
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1962: JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis. 1964: French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel Prize. 1969: Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death.
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1978: CBS raises LP prices to $8.98. 1981: U.S. national debt hits $1 trillion. 1983: Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 U.S. personnel in Beirut. still processing the last-minute rush Tuesday, reported 10,000 more registrations for this yearʼs election than the November 2000 presidential contest. Nearly 800 were from military members stationed in other states and overseas, said Registrar Lee Lundrigan. Lundrigan and others also reported dramatic rises in absentee voting for this yearʼs election. Stanislaus County, Lundrigan said, has 55,264 permanent absen-
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tee voters this year compared to 1,500 in the November 2000 presidential election. Rosas said 140,000 Santa Clara County residents will vote absentee, “the highest number weʼve ever had.” As in previous years, Democrats still hold the edge in registrations. In September, Democrats represented 43.2 percent of voters. Republicans represented 35 percent, while 17 percent declined to state a party affiliation.
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Depression looms over college students, help available Campus counseling center provides aid for overlooked illness By NICK ALLEN Daily Titan Staff
Rain has been falling in Southern California, filling the sky with dark clouds and casting a gloom over the usually sunny Orange County area. But regardless of rain, some days are still gloomy for many Americans. Every year, nearly 18.8 million American adults suffer from some form of depression, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Among those suffering from depression are college students, who are susceptible to depression due to their demanding, fast-paced lives. College students often face stressful situations that can make them more prone to depression, said Virginia Mintzlaff, a part-time psychology professor at Cal State Fullerton. “During final examinations there is a lot of anxiety on campus,” Mintzlaff said. “A personʼs first semester in college has a lot of anxiety. They donʼt know what to expect. There are a lot of expectations placed on them [that] maybe
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then served the search warrant and detained the suspect. They found a flat-tip screwdriver, stolen mail from another victimʼs address and a glass methamphetamine pipe in Isaiaʼs car. During the booking process, four calling cards were discovered and traced to other burglary victims, Botzheim said. “They were the only things that had not been canceled, and he apparently liked getting into chat lines,” Botzheim said. “We interviewed the guy, and after some faulty informa-
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Nearly 18.8 million American adults suffer from some form of depression annually, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. they place on themselves.” Students might not recognize that they are suffering from symptoms of depression. “Sometimes if they donʼt know about the diagnosis of depression, [students] may say ʻmy parents said Iʼm too lazy,ʼ but actually they just have a lack of energy to do anything,” said Dr. Norma Ouyang, a clinical psychologist for Counseling and Psychological Services on campus. There are many symptoms of
depression that cover a wide range of emotional feelings. They can include sadness, anxiety, empty or decreased feelings, sleep disturbances, difficulty concentrating or making decisions, and thoughts of suicide. There are different ways people become depressed, but there is no concrete answer to where depression originates. While situational depression is more comprehensible, it is not clear who is more prone to becoming depressed.
tion he admitted to it.” Greg Dyment, director of the Arboretum, said he is familiar with on-campus vehicle theft. “Theft is rare within the Arboretum, but cars have been broken into in the parking lot,” he said. Dyment said vehicle theft in the parking lot of the Arboretum “occurs in spurts.” “Iʼve been told that when the burglaries werenʼt happening … it was assumed that person was on holiday or arrested,” he said. “If thatʼs the guy, I hope they got him and put him away for a long time.” His case has been forwarded to the district attorneyʼs office for filing.
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maps and plot the coordinates of their desired destination. The camp has areas for obstacle courses where cadets will have to go over and under large logs and avoid barbed wire. Other tasks will give team leaders the opportunity to build on what they have already learned in their classes on campus. “They may come to an obstacle [which consists of] a body of water and there they will find certain equipment,” Capt. Scott Murphy said. “A barrel or wood will be at
“Many experts believe that there is a genetic predisposition toward many mental disorders, including depression, but having the predisposition does not necessarily mean you will succumb to it,” Mintzlaff said. “Things in life happen and itʼll trigger that. Itʼs how the person deals with it.” Ouyang agrees. “It could be genetic. If you have a family history of depression, itʼs more likely [to occur],” Ouyang said. “If you accumulate some stress to some level, you could become depressed also.” One misconception people have about depression is that it equates with being suicidal. However, Mintzlaff said there are milder forms of depression that are more common and, if left untreated, can lead to chronic depression. “There are lots of people who have dysthymic disorder,” Mintzlaff said. “Itʼs kind of a low grade depression. Life is just plodding along rather than enjoying life.” According to the NIMH, chronically depressed individuals may suffer from a combination of symptoms that interfere with their ability to work, study, sleep and enjoy pleasurable activities. While some individuals may feel
like there is no resolution that can help them feel joy again, there are solutions to getting well. Treatment can be conducted without the help of a doctor if the individualʼs case is not severe. “Itʼs real important for a depressed person to exercise,” Ouyang said. “A half an hour a day helps a lot. When you exercise, your body creates a serotonin. In addition, some may like to write [in] a journal and some people may like to sing.” Such was the case of one Cal State Fullerton student who lost her father to a brain tumor at the age of 15. During a time when becoming a teenager was complicated enough, she also had to endure a pain that was almost unimaginable. Although she was not diagnosed with depression, she is an example of how one person overcomes tragedy through positive influences. “When it happened, I was in shock,” said the 20-year-old, who requested anonymity. “At the time I was in denial about it. The hardest thing about it was how I was going to tell my friends.” While some might think a young teen would turn to drugs and alcohol, she found other ways of coping. “I tried to think of better times,”
she said. “I made art projects and I made scrapbooks of him.” To help ease her pain, the college sophomore also needed a change of scenery as she moved from her home in Pennsylvania to California. “It was like starting on a clean slate and not to be constantly reminded about my dad,” she said. While exercise and other activities can help those with milder forms of depression, individuals who suffer from more severe cases should seek medical treatment. “Research indicates … that very often medication and psychotherapy are the best solution,” Mintzlaff said. “Medication is not always necessary, but I believe if youʼre on medication you should always be receiving therapy. Sometimes therapy alone is enough.” Both Mintzlaff and Ouyang said that strong support from family and friends helps in the treatment of depression. For CSUF students who need and seek medical attention on campus, Counseling and Psychological Services offers treatment and other services. “We have individual counseling, group counseling here and if they need medication we refer them to the health center,” Ouyang said.
the shore and the team has to devise a raft to get across without anyone getting wet.” Activities like this will prepare the junior and senior members for their summer retreat to Fort Lewis, Wash. “The focus is to get cadets out and show them the training theyʼll see in the summerʼs confidence courses, which will assess their abilities,” Murphy said. Repelling from a 40-foot cliff is another exercise that cadets will perform. The participants hike up to the top of the rock and are harnessed by a rope, eventually having to scale their way down to the bottom.
Joshua England, a senior radioTV-film major, said he has done the repelling from the rock before and found it exhilarating. “Repelling is really cool because it is an actual rock you have to [repel] from,” England said. “Other places just have a huge piece of granite, like a rock climbing wall.” England went to Camp San Luis Obispo last year and said training is never dull. “I enjoyed it,” he said. “Itʼs not too strict and we were very busy.” One event did hold Englandʼs attention the most at while at the camp. “The most challenging event
was the land navigation,” he said. “Operating in the dark can make a lot of people nervous. Itʼs hard to trust your own senses sometimes.” Cadets will partake in a Saturday night bonfire and barbecue and afterward will learn to properly clean guns used over the weekend at paper target practices. Takacs said he hopes the trip will strengthen ROTC members by having them discover what his students are really capable of. “[The cadets] will be more competent in their abilities to be leaders,” Takacs said. “Leadership skills will help them make good decisions on their own.”