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If you need to study so much that your diet for finals week is Starbucks and No-Doze, the Titan Student Union will be open for AllNight Study for the remainder of the semester. For more information, call (714) 278-4219.
U.S., Iraqi troops launch offensive in Alb
Take a break from finals study with the Rec Sports Exam Jam. The event offers giveaways, games and music and will take place from 9 p.m. to midnight in the Titan Gym.
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Seven Iraqi battalions backed by U.S. forces launched an offensive in the capital on Sunday in an effort to stanch the violence that has killed more than 550 people in less than a month, targeting insurgents who have attacked the dangerous road to Baghdadʼs airport and Abu Ghraib prison.
Monday Karaoke will be in the Titan Student Union Undergroundʼs Pub from noon to 1:30 p.m. Call (714) 278-2144 for more information. If youʼre not a songbird, strap on some used shoes and knock ʻem down at the TSU Undergroundʼs Family Bowling Night between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Laura Bush heckled as she wades into JERUSALEM – Laura Bush waded into Middle East tensions on Sunday during chaotic visits to sacred religious sites, where crowds and hecklers grew so rowdy that armed guards had to restrain them. Americaʼs first lady said what she witnessed showed that passions are running high among Palestinians and Israelis. “The United States will do what they can in this process,” she said, urging both sides to work for peace.
Guantanamo prisoners tell their stories LONDON – Some boast they were Taliban fighters. Others – an invalid, a chicken farmer, a nomad, a name-dropper – claim they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time – plucked from Afghanistan, Pakistan or other countries and flown to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The testimony of detainees at the U.S. prison camp is part of nearly 2,000 pages of documents the U.S. government released to The Associated Press, under a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The records tell the story of a fraction of 558 tribunals and frustration on both sides.
American forces kill 12 rebels KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. air strikes and ground troops killed 12 insurgents who had attacked a coalition patrol in eastern Afghanistanʼs border region in the latest wave of fighting with Taliban-led rebels, the U.S. military said Sunday.
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Tuesday Free Blliards in the TSU Underground wonʼt put a dent in the wallet between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. SHANNON ANCHALEECHAMAIKORN/Daily Titan Photo Editor
Graduate art student, Ryan Ross, rides the “Sculpture Hog” around the art department to relieve some end-of-the-semester-stress on
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Some senators want to do away with alt WASHINGTON – The alternative minimum tax was intended to apply to wealthy tax dodgers, but has ensnared an increasing number of middleincome Americans. A bipartisan group of senators wants to eliminate the tax despite the big hit it would mean on government revenue.
Newsweek changes anonymous source NEW YORK – Newsweek adopted new policies for the use of anonymous sources, a week after retracting a report that investigators found evidence the Quran was desecrated by interrogators at the U.S. naval prison at Guantanamo Bay. In a letter to readers appearing in Mondayʼs edition, Newsweek Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Richard Smith apologized for the report and said the magazine will raise standards for anonymous sourcing. “We got an important story wrong, and honor requires us to admit our mistake and redouble our efforts to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again,” he wrote.
Local San Diego pension fund scandal biting SAN DIEGO – Sandi Lehan bought her first home in December, but she worries sheʼll soon be unable to afford it. A new union contract proposed as the city struggles with a costly pension scandal could cut her police officerʼs pay as much as $500 a month, she says. The nationʼs seventh-largest city has fallen on hard times. Its unfunded pension liability has swelled to $1.37 Reports compiled from The Associated Press
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Police responded to a traffic accident on the 57 Freeway at Yorba Linda Boulevard. It was reported that a woman was possibly trapped in her car and going in and out of consciousness. Paramedics were on the way to assist.
5/15 14:27
Police received a call reporting a suspicious person who called the help desk of the Titan Student Union. The woman at the help desk said she received two suspicious calls. The first call was a man asking her if she wanted to have sex. The second call was a person screaming. Police were unable to locate the caller.
5/16 19:26
A call was made seeking medical aid for a man in the Kinesiology and Health Science Building who dropped a bench press on his chest. The caller said that the man was breathing and conscious. An officer responded with assistance.
5/17 13:25
A suspicious person was reported in the Quad. According to the report, a Christian speaker was offending
Wednesday Today is Bowling Mania in the TSU Underground from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Every Wednesday of the
semester students can test their color coordination by knocking down different combinations of colored pins and win prizes. Participants must have a valid CSUF student ID. Thursday Round up the gang and head on down to the Titan Student Union Underground. Itʼs free bowling for you and your friends between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. with a valid student ID. Donʼt forget to dust off your dadʼs old bowling shoes or be prepared to pay the $2.50 price to rent some shoes from the TSU. If youʼre looking to get back in to shape, but feel like you donʼt have the time, Fitness and Wellness Programs in the Kinesiology and Health Services Center might be the answer. Pilates will be in KHS 264 from 7 a.m. to 7:50 a.m., “Cardiography” in KHS 266 from 12:10 p.m. to 12:55 p.m., “Cardio Funk” in KHS 203 or Yoga in KHS 264 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., “Kickboxing” in KHS 203 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and “Total Conditioning” in KHS 264 between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. 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.
University Police log for the week of May 7-May 13 people. Everything checked out OK.
5/17 14:53
Grand theft from the Humanities Building was reported. A computer was stolen from an office.
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A suspicious man in the Titan Student Union told police he was being harassed because he was asked to leave for no reason. The TSU Information Desk reported to police that the man had been removed from the TSU once before for masturbating. The last time he was removed, University Police was not contacted; he was removed by a member of the TSU staff. Police gave the man a verbal warning.
5/17 23:24
A missing person call was cancelled after a woman who had not returned home from a class that had ended almost an hour and a half before was found to be OK.
5/17 23:37
The Mobile Station on Associated Road and Yorba Linda Boulevard called police to report a suspicious
man who was riding on the hood of a car. It was reported that there were five men involved. Police responded and gave a verbal warning to the suspects.
men who were seen running through the Sports Complex after a community service officer saw the suspects attempting to steal a bag of soccer balls.
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A person called police seeking medical aid after leaving their car and feeling a piercing pain in the lower half of their back after coughing. The person said they were barley able to move their lower body. Police responded and assisted in the situation.
5/19 10:14
A report was taken of petty theft involving a person whose wallet was taken from their backpack two days prior. The theft took place in a room in the Kinesiology and Health Sciences Building. The walletʼs value was estimated at $25, and since the theft, $200 was charged on the personʼs Visa check card and a total of $500 dollars in charges had been attempted.
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Police were unable to locate two
A grand theft occurred in the Humanities Building. It was reported that three IMac computers had been stolen the night before. Each computer had an estimated worth of $2000 each.
5/20 19:47
A report was taken of grand theft from the bicycle rack outside of the Carlʼs Jr. on campus. A silver mountain bike was stolen from the rack on May 16. The bike was chained up and last seen at 1 p.m. on Monday.
5/21 14:10
A suspicious person was reported from the Police Department. It was reported that a woman was irate over a parking ticket. She requested the personal information of the parking officer who issued the ticket so that she could contact him about the citation. Everything checked out OK.
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Mentoring network offers educational opportunity Fullerton hosts annual talent show, entertains high school audience By JESSICA ESCORSIA Daily Titan Staff
Cal State Fullertonʼs Mentoring Network for Student Success works every year to improve the graduation rates of ethnic minorities from high school and post-secondary education. Under the direction of MNPSS Program Director John Reid, students visit high schools around Orange County and speak about the importance of higher education. MNPSS invites high school students in the program to visit Fullerton and to get a chance to interact with college students. MNPSS held its annual spring talent show last week in the TSU Theatre for the fifth consecutive year. Students were invited from Buena Park and Western High School, as well as fellow Titans, to come out and entertain with a chance to win some cash prizes. “We want to integrate students with college students and let them get a feel for college,” said Autumn Lowe, spring talent show coordinator. Entertainment began at 10 a.m.
with two high school students participating in the high school portion of the talent show. In between the high school portion and the college portion of the talent show, everyone attending was provided with a free lunch. As students waited patiently for over two hours to see the college portion, the Master of Ceremonies, referred to as Dʼsean, was forced to stall the majority of the time and tell some jokes of his own to keep the audience entertained. “I wish we would have had more students participating and joining in,” Lowe said. Eight Fullerton students were scheduled to perform at the talent show, as well as a special performance by alumna Deya Felming, to close the event. From guitar players to singers, rappers, comics and poets, students attending seemed to show their enjoyment with loud cheers and positive comments about the participants throughout the talent show. For the fourth consecutive year, Kersaundra Hall, a fourth year business major, amazed both the audience and judges with her guitar playing and singing talent, and took first place winning $150. “I like to encourage other people through my music,” she said. Reid, one of the judges, awarded Hall the cash prize and said the audience was very lucky to have
witnessed her talent because he felt she would become someone very important in music someday. Four judges, including faculty and staff members, judged participants and awarded cash prizes to the top four places. First place won $150, second place $100, third place $75 and fourth place was given a $50 gift certificate to Borders. A raffle was held and everyone attending had a chance to win prizes from gift certificates to CDs. “I hope that [high school students] see that college can also be fun besides academic – because they tend to think of college as boring,” Lowe said. Lowe said numbers show that 40 percent of high school students in the program continue on to college and 100 percent say they become more motivated to attend college. MNPSS holds four major events every year and invite high school students to campus events. The talent show is held twice a year, once during the fall and once during the spring. Two events previously held this year were “Against the Odds,” where a former Titan and National Football League player gave a motivational speech to students, and “College Day,” where faculty came out, talked to students and gave them a glimpse into what a college course is all about.
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Once a year the tanks where the water and refridgerant come into contact are closed for maintainance. The two tanks are utilized to house the hot and cold water that is made each night. A half-mile of piping runs from McCarthy Hall and spreads out among the campus in order to keep the classroom temperatures regulated.
Mysterious structure keeps campus cool CSUF houses unique water plant that helps control temperature By LAUREN HARGROVE Daily Titan Staff
There is a half-mile of tunnels that branch out from McCarthy Hall and spread out underneath Cal State Fullerton. These tunnels house the pipes that deliver both the hot and cold water used in heating and cooling the campus. CSUF is unique among CSU campuses, said Craig Newton, chief engineer and utility manager at the physical plant. CSUF thermal energy storage is known as TES, Newton said. TES saves the university approximately 20 percent on its total energy bill, when compared the gas boiler system used approximately 15 years ago, he said. TES works through the collection of water in storage tanks. The water is then run through electric chillers to cool it, Newton said. “The byproduct is waste heat,” he said. This waste heat is then used to create the hot water used in heating the campus. Fullerton is
currently the only CSU campus taking advantage of the electric chillers during the process. The two large water tanks behind McCarthy Hall were, for many students and former students, a mystery. “I always wondered what those were for, I assumed it was part of the science department,” said Brent Bass, a CSUF alumnus. The tanks are used to store the hot and cold water made each night. Almost 2.5 million gallons of cold water are held in the larger of the two tanks, Newton said. Meanwhile the other tank that houses the hot water holds nearly half a million gallons of water. Because of the mild climate in Southern California, the campus uses less hot water than cold. The only drawback to creating hot water with TES is that hot water is usually between 180 to 200 degrees, while CSUFʼs is only 140 degrees, he said. For instance, on day when the temperature is between 80 and 90 degrees, the campus will use 85 to 90 percent of the cold water and perhaps only 1/10 of the hot water, he said. The water used in heating and cooling the campus is in closedloop, like a car radiator. Water
used in the process is re-circulated throughout the system. Like a swimming pool, the water inside in the cold-water tank becomes stratified, meaning that there are various layers of temperatures. The coldest water can be found at the bottom of the tank, where the warmer water would be found at the top. The TES system at CSUF is almost fully automated, although at night the system is controlled by humans and not by a computer. The night shift workers estimate the amount of hot and cool water needed for the next day, based on weather reports, time of year and variety of other factors. At approximately 10 p.m., the cooling and heating is shut down across the campus, which allows the electric chillers to recharge for the next day. Some sensitive students and faculty may notice the time when the system shuts down for the evening. “I have night classes and sometimes it seems like it gets stuffy at night,” said Shauna Sims, a graduate student at CSUF. At night, when the system is shut down to recharge, fans kick on to circulate the outside air throughout the buildings.
FR: NP, SR: ML By Courtney Salas Daily Titan Staff Titan Youth Sports Camp Word Count: 798 This summer, Fullerton residents will have the opportunity to send their children to a recreational youth sports camp hosted by Cal State Fullerton Rec Sports, a program of the Titan Student Union. Rec Sports will offer three different youth programs, Titan Youth Sports Camp, Learn to Swim and Titan Youth Gymnastics Camp, during the summer to children in kindergarten through eighth grade, said Jessica Smillie, Titan Youth Sports Camp Director. “In the summertime it is slow for Rec Sports so this is a good opportunity to reach out to the community and financially support the recreational programs on campus,� Smillie said.
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CSUF graduates contemplate what to do next Seniors look to explore different options after leaving college life By COURTNEY SALAS Daily Titan Staff
As graduation quickly approaches, some seniors are finding those around them asking the question, “What do you plan on doing after graduation?” Although some students dread this very question, there are some students who have an answer.
“I donʼt really hate when adults ask me this question because now I have an answer to give them,” said Kelly Hutchinson, a business senior. “I plan on taking a much needed vacation. This has been a horrific semester with the loss of my grandmother, totaling my car and my grandfather getting in a car accident as well. I canʼt take too long of one because I start summer school on June 6.” Hutchinson said she will take some sort of vacation, find a fulltime job and move on with her life. “I am used to answering this question. I get it from everyone, not just
adults. The most common question I get is, ʻWhy did it take you so long?ʼ” said Alicia Limon, another business senior. Limon said she will continue her education at Cal State Fullerton after graduation. “I actually plan on staying in school for one more year to earn my degree in finance and American studies,” Limon said. Some seniors hope to find jobs through the internships they are taking this semester. “I plan on continuing with my internship, hoping to get offered a job there,” said Matt Winkler, a busi-
ness senior. “I am nervous because who knows when you can find a real job? Thereʼs always that anxiety.” Hutchinson said she has also experienced some anxiety about what the future holds for her. “I guess Iʼm more worrisome that I wonʼt find a job right away and be stuck working at a job I absolutely hate for longer than I want to,” Hutchinson said. “However, I just want to stay motivated and not lose that, so I am more excited to just move on now.” Limon, on the other hand, has different feelings about the future. “I donʼt feel as if I am ready
to ʻgrow upʼ and work in the real world,” Limon said. “I still feel like a kid that should be living at home.” All three seniors said finishing college has been a different experience with different emotions than the transition from high school to college was. “I just feel more grown up because I am not scared or unaware of the world around me. I feel more accomplished because I have struggled so hard over my college education versus my high school one, which in my opinion was a waste of time. I know I am prepared to
accomplish my goals, whereas when I graduated high school I knew I couldnʼt have any goals because I knew I wouldnʼt be able to accomplish them,” Hutchinson said. Limon, like Hutchinson, said she worked much harder for this diploma, than her high school diploma and said itʼs long overdue. “High school didnʼt feel as much of an accomplishment as graduating college because just about everyone graduates high school and not everyone graduates college,” Limon said. “I may say the same thing about college when I get my masterʼs [degree] … get back to me in five years.”
Orange County Democrats seek to dominate Republicans
Wylie Aitken, Frank Barbaro strive to keep their local party alive By LOU DELGADO For the Daily Titan
Anyone whoʼs even remotely interested in politics and lives in Orange County knows that Democrats have historically been an endangered species. Two men have been working to make sure that is not the case in the future. Meet Wylie Aitken and Frank Barbaro. Both men are powerful attorneys and political mavericks who care very much about changing the political landscape of Orange County politics – the land where once Republicans ruled supreme. Both men grew up in Garden Grove and attended Garden Grove High School in the early 1960s and were close friends. After high
school, Aitken attended Cal State Fullerton, then called Orange State, and later attended Marquette Law School in 1965. At Marquette, he was a St. Thomas More scholar and the assistant editor of the Marquette Law Review. At the age of 13, Barbaro was president of the Garden Grove City Stamp Club and at age 14 he had his own radio show. In the mornings, on radio station KEZY, he reached out to obtain employment for young people in Orange County. After high school, Barbaro decided to head to USC where he won a debating scholarship. While attending USC, Barbaro served as Associated Menʼs Student President and directed all special events at the university including concerts, half time shows and the Rose Parade. Barbaro was also the recipient of the Warner Brothers Grant and the Bauer Fellowship for Law School. After earning his baccalaureate,
he enrolled at USC Law School. in making sure that Congresswoman Today he is one of the stateʼs finest Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) attorneys. Recently, Barbaro was was first elected back in 1996 and selected by Los Angeles Magazine again in 1998. Aitken was her as one of 100 “super lawyers” in the campaign chair and attorney when state. Both Barbaro and Aitken kept she defeated Bob Dornan. Dornan alleged voting in close contact and irregularities and decided to make a sued Sanchez. difference by enterYou can and must ing the political Aitken served as get active ... the list arena. her lead attorney of what is at stake Today, Aitken is and won the suit. is too huge to even a nationally recogOne of the ways contemplate. nized trial attorney both men are making a difference and founding partner Frank Barbaro is in how Orange of Aitken, Aitken & OC Democtraic Party Chair County is provCohn, a law firm in ing a very reliable Santa Ana. He was source of campaign the youngest president of the State Trial Bar and is funds across the nation. Politicians widely respected. come in to Orange County on a “Wylieʼs reputation as a first class regular basis “to pick our pockets,” trial lawyer is nothing short of leg- said Barbaro. endary,” attorney David Robinson The last presidential election said. cycle brought presidential hopefuls Activist Aitken was instrumental Howard Dean, Dennis Kucinich,
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John Edwards and John Kerry. All flew into Orange County in search of what one time speaker of the California Assembly in the 1960s dubbed the “motherʼs milk of politics.” Aitken truly believes more Democrats will be elected to state and national offices in the coming years. “With a significant majority of Americans having a strong feeling the country is heading in the wrong direction, I expect Democratic gains in Congress in 2006 and the White House with the right candidate in 2008. If it doesnʼt happen, then we have failed the American people,” he said. Aitken is also chair of the Democratic Foundation of Orange County, a membership-driven Political Action Committee that develops the financial resources to support local candidates and getout-the-vote efforts. Developing financial resources is most important to Aitken. “Two great Orange County Democrats, Dick OʼNeill and Howard Adler, persuaded me that the Democrats had to at least bring
some parity to fund raising if the Democrats were to compete in ʻOC.ʼ Though I grew up with grass roots politics, I wanted to help good candidates get the resources they needed. A perfect example, a young, then unknown, lady named Loretta Sanchez,” said Aitken. Barbaro is chair of the Orange County Democratic Party and has been since 2001. His main job is to muster largescale human resources and find the financial wherewithal to win elections. He also headed John Kerryʼs campaign in Orange County in 2004. Barbaro believes there is an important role for students at Cal State Fullerton interested in local Democratic politics. “You can and must get active. Itʼs your life, your air, your education, your environment, your judicial system, your obligation to pay off the massive debts that the Republicans have accumulated, and your acceptance in foreign countries around the world if you choose to travel or study abroad. The list of what is at stake is too huge to even contemplate,” Barbaro said.