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On July 12, 1976, Edward Charles Allaway walked into the library at CSUF and shot nine people, killing seven. This is the story of his gruesome crime By Nicole M. Smith
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hough Edward Charles Allaway believes he is cured of the mental illness that led him to kill and that he should be placed in an outpatient program, Allaway said he has given up his quest for release and he will instead live out the rest of his days in the custody of the state. The one-time Cal State Fullerton custodian was sentenced to life in a mental institution after he gunned down nine people, killing seven of them, with a .22-
caliber rifle in what is now the Pollak library. From a phone in his social workerʼs office, he spoke calmly and deliberately, choosing his words with great care so as to fully describe his current living arrangements at Patton State Hospital in San Bernadino County. “It sucks,” Allaway, now 67, said. “Patton is becoming more of an institution than a medical facility.” The aging Allaway, who once joked to reporters about how great the food
was at his hospital, is a little more somber now, expressing continued remorse for the pain his actions have caused. He understands why so many people harbor ill feelings toward him, he said, and why those people fight to keep him locked up for good. “Thereʼs nothing I can say anymore,” Allaway said. “Itʼs heavy on my shoulders, but I canʼt keep hammering away SEE ALLAWAY = PAGE 7
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Blood Drive Doubles in Success Rate
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Estimated 120 lives saved from last week’s donations, students eager to help people in need By Mike Garcia
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Many Cal State Fullerton students donated blood at the American Red Cross Blood Drive, which was coordinated by the Volunteer and Service Center. Guinevere Endter, community relationʼs representative for the Red Cross, said her job was to educate students on why they should donate blood. She has been a part of the blood drive at CSUF since fall 2005. Endter said the production of the blood drive, which occurred last Wednesday and Thursday, has doubled since the first time she was involved at CSUF. She said the Red Cross receives 60 units of blood from donors, and about 120 lives are saved from this contribution. “CSUF has supported us in this effort very strongly,” Endter said. She said she tries to tell people that disasters can occur at any given time, and they should not wait until a major disaster strikes to donate blood. “It takes about 40 people to save your life if you are seriously injured in a car accident,” Endter said. “Many people think that just because they donated blood 10 years ago that it will last, but in actuality it only lasts 42 days.” “You canʼt manufacture blood, that is why it is so valuable. Two percent of Southern California donates blood.” Endter said. “Forty percent of blood comes from the Mid-West.” CSUF student Joseph Ramos Alog said he wanted to donate blood, because his brother motivated him by telling him that it is a good and fulfilling experience. “Iʼve never donated blood before. If SEE BLOOD DRIVE = PAGE 6
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IN THE WAITING LINE: Students waited in front of the the American Red Cross blood mobile last Thursday to give blood.
Gaming enthusiasts converged on the Los Angeles Convention Center last week for the 12th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo. New innovations, such as details of the much-anticipated Playstation 3, were revealed at the event. See full story on page 5.
Under the protection of a giant tent, and surrounded by family and friends, the Cal State Fullerton Irvine Campus 2006 graduates celebrated with a recognition ceremony. The event, titled “Great Connections,” was held Friday in the Irvine Campus Courtyard, and recognized 77 graduating students in a number of majors. About 200 people, including Irvine City Councilman Steven Choi, gathered to celebrate the studentsʼ achievement. Having a grad reception for the satellite students began when the campus was located at Saddleback Community College, but this ceremony goes down in history as the first graduating class under the campusʼ new name. “This is sort of a sign that the Irvine campus has matured,” communications professor and presenter Holly OcasioRizzo said. “This is a mark of pride that we are really proud of the grads.” Students were given complimentary bottles of water with the Irvine Campus logo and took graduate photos to appear on the campusʼs Web site. Female students received a necklace donated by Cookie Lee Jewelry and males received a commemorative alumni key chain. Susan Shipstead, a member of the graduation committee and presenter said the event was important because “we are a small campus with a family sense.” As people entered the reception, they were greeted by the music of a threeSEE CEREMONY= PAGE 7
Avian Flu Preparedness at Height of Scare Influenza expert says migration of infected birds should be at top of U.S. contamination concerns
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far as current trends and infections, [so] I just watch whatʼs going on,” he said. “I also travel to Thailand every summer to do research. Itʼs been over there since 1997, when they first discovered it.” The current strain of the bird flu is called H5N1 and is limited to 10 countries at the moment, according to the World Health Organization. Of the 208 confirmed cases of infection, 115 have died – a percentage Merrill says is disheartening, but is miniscule compared to historical bird flus of the past that have claimed millions. SEE EXPERT = PAGE 8
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al State Fullertonʼs resident expert on the way disease and health conditions affect entire populations might not be exactly what comes to mind when the word “epidemiology” is conjured up. Sporting an ear piercing, an Identity Boardshop T-shirt and a ring that looks like a tiny metal dragon has permanently latched on to his right hand, Vincent Merrill, an assistant professor in the Kinesiology and Health Science Department, has been keeping his eye on the Avian influenza – or bird flu – since it first started to make headlines. “Iʼve been following it since it became an issue – probably since 2003. Itʼs part of epidemiology as
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he chance of a pandemic disease outbreak in the near future is unlikely but should be prepared for, said Mary Hermann, director of health education and promotion at Cal State Fullerton. “Weʼre not at a point that people need to be scared,” she said. But added, “I think concern is warranted.” CSUF recently created the Avian Influenza Prevention Planning Committee to investigate possible responses to an outbreak of a pandemic disease on or near campus, Hermann said. The committee will present its plan before the president today, said Tom Whitfield, a member of the
committee in an e-mail interview. Some of the issues the committee is addressing are the minimum number of staff required to maintain school operations, which operations are essential, and how students living on campus are to be treated. The committee hasnʼt released any of its proposed plans yet, Hermann said, but it is likely that students wouldnʼt be allowed to come to campus if a large outbreak occurred at CSUF. The Avian flu committee is named for a strain called H5N1, which is a common but virulent disease in birds. It only rarely infects humans SEE OUTBREAK = PAGE 4
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ON CAMPUS THURSDAY: The State of the Student Address from noon to 1 p.m. in the Quad. Listen to ASI President Mona Mohammadi speak about what ASI accomplished with student fees.
Suicide Car Bombers Kill 14
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A pair of suicide car bombers killed 14 people Sunday in the biggest insurgent assault in months on the main road to Baghdadʼs airport, and other attacks killed a dozen more Iraqis and two American soldiers elsewhere in the capital. A weekend of stepped-up violence across Iraq, which included six attacks on small Shiite Muslim shrines and the bombing deaths of two British soldiers near recently restive Basra late Saturday, came as politicians again failed to agree on a new Cabinet.
THURSDAY: The band Bird Monster performs from noon to 1 p.m. in the Becker Amphitheatre. FRIDAY: Last day of classes. FRIDAY thru SUNDAY: Titan baseball takes on Cal Poly at 7 p.m. on Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Free for students.
33 Prison Riots Break Out SAO PAULO, Brazil – A notorious criminal gang unleashed a second wave of attacks against police Sunday, bringing to at least 52 the number of people killed in what one official said was the deadliest assault of its kind in Brazilʼs history. Meanwhile, another 33 related prison rebellions also broke out on Sunday, bringing the number of uprisings across Sao Paulo state to 51 – more than one-third of Brazilʼs 144 prisons. Inmates were holding 244 prison guards hostage.
NEXT WEEK: Semester examinations.
OFF CAMPUS WEDNESDAY thru SUNDAY: The Annual Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival in Downtown Fullerton. It will host hot rods and other classic cars exhibits along with classic movies, silent auctions, dinner, dancing and more. For more information visit http://www.muckenthalermotorcarfestival.com.
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Nominee Faces Hearing WASHINGTON – The fate of President Bushʼs CIA nominee could hinge on how he justifies domestic eavesdropping programs that some lawmakers contend are illegal and started without congressional approval. Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden should expect sharp questioning about programs he oversaw while directing the National Security Agency as the Senate Intelligence Committee begins hearings Thursday.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY: Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort presents the “Movies on the Beach” film series with a sunset showings of “Dumbo” on Friday and Will Ferrellʼs “Kicking and Screaming” on Saturday. For more information visit www.newportdunes.com
Enron Corp Founder to Talk HOUSTON – The jury in the federal fraud and conspiracy trial of Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay and former Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling is about to stop listening and start talking. But before the panel retires to deliberate, lawyers on both sides of the trial that emerged from one of the biggest corporate scandals in U.S. history have one last shot at persuading jurors to decide the case their way.
Poseidon Sinks at Theaters LOS ANGELES – It was bottoms up for “Poseidon,” as the cruise ship disaster remake failed to topple “Mission: Impossible III” from a second week atop the nationʼs box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. “Mission: Impossible III” clung to No. 1 with a $24.5 million take during an anemic North America box office weekend that saw the Tom Cruise action film drop 49 percent from its opening weekend. Reports compiled from The Associated Press
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BLOTTER MONDAY: At 9:08 a.m., a caller from the Nutwood Parking Structure reported that a male subject had approached them in a threatening manner. Although the subject had verbally threatened the caller, he did not engage in any physical contact. Four other males were sitting in a vehicle. University Police verbally cited the subject.
A petty theft from a vehicle in Lot E was reported at 10:09 a.m. The caller said there was glass all over the ground and they did not notice what had been taken from the vehicle. University Police assisted the individual. A verbal dispute was reported in the Quad at 1:03 p.m. A male was holding a large sign and yelling at students as they passed by. No further assistance was necessary. TUESDAY: At 3:30 a.m., someone from the Physical Plant stopped a male subject who had just toilet papered the Fallen David statue.
Two cases of graffiti were reported. The first case was reported at 8:42 a.m. from the first floor menʼs restroom of the Performing Arts Building. The second case was reported at 10:36 a.m. from the second floor menʼs restroom in Langsdorf Hall. University Police took reports for both occurrences. WEDNESDAY: Graffiti was reported in a Langsdorf Hall menʼs restroom. University Police took a report. A petty theft from a vehicle in Lot E was reported at 6:06 p.m. University Police took a report.
SUNDAY: Libertarian Party of Orange County meeting from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Karl Strauss Brewing Co. in Costa Mesa. Speakers for the party will include Orange County Treasurer John Moorlach and Orange County Supervisor Chris Norby. Free. SATURDAY: The 2006 Doheny Blues Festival takes place at 11 a.m. The annual weekend-long blues festival features headliners B.B. King (Sun.) and Etta James (Sat.), along with James Hunter; Los Lobos; John Hiatt & the Mississippi North AllStars; James Harman Band; Charlies Musselwhite; Tommy Castro Band; Blue Mama; G Love & Special Sauce; The Electric Kings; Tower of Power; Henry Butler; Lilʼ Ed & the Blues Imperials; The Mannish Boys; and others. Call (949) 3607800 for more information. If you would like to submit an event to Out nʼ About please e-mail news@dailytitan.com
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Fitness Lab To Stay Open Late Center changes hours to help students cope with added stress for finals By Jessica Escorsia
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s the semester winds down to its last two weeks, pressure will start to affect students in the form of stress. Many students may feel overwhelmed, because they need to pass exams or finish projects to pass their classes. “Stress is inevitable for those students who donʼt know how to manage themselves at the beginning of the semester,” said David Chen, assistant professor for the Kinesiology Department. As a means to help students cope with the stress that comes along with the end of each semester, the Fitness Lab on campus will extend its hours starting today. “Exercise is a great way to reduce stress, but everyone thinks that studying more will have better results” said Alison Wittwer, assistant director of Rec Sports. Ana Bogus, a Fitness Lab attendant, said the center usually sees 180 to 210 students each day and feels the number will increase to 200 students a day once the hours are extended. However, Wittwer said she feels the number may not increase that much. Although she said itʼs a great opportunity to stay fresh and not cram she said, “itʼs very hard to convince a stressed out student that exercise is good for the body.” Every semester the center extends its hours during finals to go along with the Titan Student Union all-night study program. The purpose is to provide students with a way to let off some stress with exercise. Stress can cause both physical and emotional problems. Some of them include: headaches, sleeplessness, fatigue, nausea, depression, nervous-
ness and mood swing, according to the American Psychiatric Association Web site. All of which can affect a studentʼs performance when trying to study for an exam or when taking a final. “A person usually needs eight hours of sleep. But when you workout and youʼre physically strong you donʼt have to sleep as much,” Chen said. He also added that besides a lack of sleep, irregular eating habits are a problem for students during finals, and working out can help provide energy. This week the center will be open Monday through Sunday with its regular morning hours, but evening hours will be from 2 p.m. to midnight. During finals week the center will be open in the morning and then from 4 p.m.to midnight with the exception of Friday. Saturday, Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day weekend, the lab will be closed. “Students can come in and work out for half an hour and then go study again. It will help them focus better,” Bogus said. Chen also said when a person has a good energy level they are capable of handling more work. “I think itʼs a very good idea to extend the hours if [students] have some extra tension,” he said. Wittwer said it was important to not only work out during these stressful times but to also maintain regular social and physical outlets. She added that students tend to become very irregular in everything they do from eating habits to their social lives. “Students do the opposite. They think craming is better,” she said. Along with the extended Fitness Lab hours, the Titan Gym will be open until midnight for finals week. Basketball, volleyball and badmittan will be available for students to participate in if they would rather workout in a team environment. “Itʼs a great opportunity to do something fun,” Wittwer said.
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A MINI AʻFAIRʼ: (Left) Sophomore Lote Tupou, left, poses for caricaturist Wally Straton; (below left) psychic Trissia Baughman provides reading for students; (below) artist Deborah Salcedo, right, carefully sprays a dice pattern that freshman Vanessa Billatoro has selected.
CSUF Mini Fair Draws Crowd ASI hosts event featuring sketch artist, tattoo artist, fortune teller, entertainers By Laura Burrows
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Associated Students Inc.ʼs mini fair gave students a chance to unwind between classes Thursday as a troop of entertainers took over the Quad. The “Mini Great CSUF Fair” employed a sketch artist, two airbrush tattoo artists, a shadow card reader-fortune teller, and a balloon entertainer. Student event coordinators Nikki Nguyen and Megan Boxberger of the Titan Student Union special programming task force organized the event in conjunction with the “Magic and Variety Entertainment” company. The event was financed with the money derived from student tuition that is allocated to ASI Productions. “We put on big and small events for the students because they deserve quality entertainment, and because they have already paid for it in their tuition,” Nguyen said. Information about the events can be found on the ASI Web site
at www.asi.fullerton.edu The event concluded the TSUʼs special programming events for the year, excluding the allnight study activities that begin on May 15. Those students who attended the fair had the opportunity to be drawn by CSUF alumnus Wally Straton. The caricature artist graduated with a major in theater arts and a minor in art in 1969. Straton now works as an independent contractor in the private and corporate entertainment business under the guise of “Comedy Magic and Caricatures by Wally.” Fortuneteller and career psychic Trissia Baughman was the most distinguishable entertainer at the fair. Clad dressed in vibrant peasant clothes and gaudy gold jewelry and outshined her fellow performers who wore everyday apparel. Her faux-crystal ball and innumerable “shadow cards” enticed over 30 students to gaze deep into the future. Baughman said she has been a career entertainer for “many, many years,” and got into the business after she earned a graduate degree in theater from Cal State Los Angeles.
The remaining performers were a familial entertainment unit. Deborah Salceto who works as a psychic, tarot card reader, balloon artist and face painter worked side by side with her mother, Ivy Gomez, to provide airbrush tattoos. Meanwhile Salcetoʼs husband, Damian Tong, performed various amusements with balloon art. The Pasadena based family works as party and corporate entertainers throughout the year. Tong said the business fluctuates between seasons, and the main lag time for this kind of entertainment is just after the new year. Business has picked up considerably for the family with the onset of summer. Tong has made a career out of independent entertainment con-
tracting for over 10 years. He said in his profession people have to be multitalented to make a living. He is not only a balloon artist, but a magician and painter as well. “To be successful you have to be good at more than one thing,” Tong said. “You canʼt just be a magician, for instance, you have to be able to offer a variety of skills to get jobs.” Gomez teaches art at the Metropolitan State Hospital in Newark, N.J. She teaches art as an outlet for suicidal teenage boys and girls. “Art is a therapeutic tool that helps the children release tension; it helps them harness their negative energy and turn it into positive energy,” Gomez said.
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OUTBREAK FROM PAGE 1 – only some 200 cases have been confirmed since 2003 – but the roughly 50 percent fatality rate concerns many experts, according to the World Health Organization. “The fear is that it will mutate in such a way that it will easily infect people and easily spread from person to person,” said Hildy Meyers, a doctor with the Orange County Health Department. Orange County has its own set of guidelines in the case of a pandemic. However, theyʼre not geared toward stopping the spread of the disease, she said. “Something on that order, weʼre
not going to be able to stop or prevent,” Meyers said. The difficulty in controlling the spread of a flu virus lies in the rate at which it travels. A flu virus can move from one person to another and then to a third before the first patient shows symptoms, Meyers said. Rather than try to stop that movement, the department is focused on early prevention to slow the virusʼ spread to buy some time for a vaccine to be manufactured, Meyers said. Doctors and health workers are supposed to contact the department if a patient exhibits the fluʼs symptoms and has recently traveled from one of many hotspots around the world. The list of these hotspots is large,
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and includes China, Indonesia, the Middle East, Africa and parts of Europe, Meyers said. The person will then be put into isolation while the presence of the disease is confirmed, Meyers said. “Right now, the virus is not easily transmitted from person to person,” she said. Still, anyone who has been in contact with the carrier may be asked to stay at home or to take antivirals, Meyers said. To prepare for a possible pandemic outbreak, treat it like any other disaster. Keep enough canned goods and potable water for two weeks, and expect public events to be canceled to help contain the virus, she said. “Itʼs a little like earthquake preparedness,” Meyers said.
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Games Take Center Stage The Electronic Entertainment Expo unveiled the new Playstation 3, which will hit stores Nov. 17, as well as Nintendo’s Wii, also to be released later this year Story & Photos by Orion Tippens/For the Daily Titan
VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE: Crowds gather around video game stations at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3. Over 5,000 flat screens featured new forms of visual entertainment.
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ast week, the Electronic Entertainment Expo show delivered the future of video games to Southern California. The largest nationwide tradeshow dedicated to interactive entertainment held its 12th annual exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Attendees played thousands of never before seen games and products including next generation consoles Playstation 3, and the Nintendo Wii. Over 5,000 flat screens of all shapes and sizes showed an array of visual entertainment. In addition, live entertainment, spokesmodels and extravagant booth displays awed spectators. “We love E3. Itʼs about making connections, furthering relationships and being visible,” said Nick Geist, account manager of Game Developer magazine. Sony unveiled new details on the long awaited Playstation 3 (PS3). This next generation console will have better processors, a pre-installed hard disk drive with Internet downloading options and high definition TV compatibility. The PS3 plays all previous Playstation games, Blu-ray discs, DVDs, and downloaded content. The new controller for PS3 employs a high precision wireless technology enabling a use motion within its parameters. “PS3 is the platform weʼre waiting for. It will do a lot of good stuff for us,” said Josh Bardos, video game engineer for Vivendi, a
“It’s about making connections, furthering relationships and being visible” Nick Geist Game Developer magazine
software company that will release Fear and Time Shift for the PS3. Sony announced the international launch date for the PS3: Nov. 17, 2006. The PS3 will be available with two options and two prices – the 60-gigabyte system at $599, and the 20-gigabyte system at $499. Launch titles will include Metal Gear Solid 4, Warhawk, Formula One, and EA Sports Fight Night Round 3. However, the true show stealer was Nintendoʼs latest surprise, the Wii. The Wii console system promises advanced processors, Internet capabilities, wireless options and a hard drive with expandable inter-
5 nal flash memory. The Wii can also share content with the Nintendo DS handheld system. Wii will have access not only to the first three generations of Nintendo games, but games from past competitors Sega Genesis and Turbo Graphx 16. The Wiiʼs most well known feature is its revolutionary controller. By using the Wii “Numchuk” controller and the Wii remote, gamers experience a whole new dimension of excitement. Using its three-axis motion sensor, players can use this as a virtual tennis racket, sword, fishing reel, baseball bat and much more. The Wii Remote also includes a speaker, expansion port, and a pointer. The controller includes an analog control stick and two buttons. Up to four Wii Remotes can be connected at once using wireless Bluetooth technology. “I look forward to the Wii. The controller shows Nintendo creativity,” said Tim Gold, CSUF radio-TV-film major and Nintendo enthusiast. Nintendo says the Wii will be available in retail stores within the fourth quarter of 2006 and priced affordably for the mass market. Launch titles for the Wii will include Super Mario Galaxy, Tony Hawkʼs Downhill Jam, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Madden NFL, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The Entertainment Software Association reports video games sales drew in $8.2 billion in 2004.
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FROM PAGE 1 everything goes well, I will do this more often,” Alog said. CSUF student Alma Sanchez chose to donate blood as a part of her class assignment, which required her to experience something new. She is then required to write a paper about her new experience. She said she was a little nervous about the whole experience because she is afraid of needles. “I would definitely do this again, because it saves life,” Sanchez said. Biology major Sean Bors said he had a good experience donating blood. “My buddy and I were walking by, and we just decided to donate blood,” Bors said. “Iʼve been wanting to do this for a while, but I never got around to doing it,” Bors said he is trying to go into pre-med, which is one of the reasons that motivated him to donate blood. The next blood drive on campus is scheduled for June 25th.
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ll Cal State Fullerton Titan Pride Bowling League members are created equal despite the membership of students, faculty, staff and people outside the college community. The league began on March 7, 2006 and lasts for nine weeks. The league meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Titan Student Union Underground. All members have to be at least 18 to join, and the cost is $13.25 a week. The entire league costs approximately $120. Contrary to what many people think, the members of the league view bowling as a sport, not just
Pavillion, but this year students were able to enjoy a fun-filled night under clear conditions. “Itʼs such a different movie-going experience,” By Jessica Escorsia Wittwer said when comparDaily Titan Staff Writer ing it to the screenings at the TSU Theatre. tudents filled India McDaniel, a junior the Titan pool at biology major, worked as a the Kinesiology lifeguard during the event and Health along with a few others there Science Building that night. Wednesday night for the “It was pretty fun. There second “Dive in Movie” on was a lot more people than a 12-foot screen, hosted by last year,” she said. Wittwer Rec Sports. said she went around camFree pizza and drinks were pus previously and asked stuprovided to movie-goers who dents to pitch some ideas for movies. socialized and Along with swam under the everyone elseʼs stars. “Itʼs a good “It’s hard not to feedback, she felt with the way to take a have fun when semester combreak from the ing to a close pressures of there’s free and finals just being a student,” food.” around the corsaid Alison ner, a comedy Wittwer, assistant director of would be best Rec Sports. to get students India With a valid distracted from McDaniel Titan Card stufinals and all dents were able the studying. to enjoy an “We want stuFullerton Student dents to know evening watching the film that they have “Without a things on campus that they Paddle,” featuring Seth Green. can enjoy,” she said. Wittwer said last year With this yearʼs success, they hosted the first “Dive the “Dive in Movie” will be in Movie” but the attendance an event Rec Sports hosts was better this semester. every spring semester from About 30 students attend- now on, and Wittwer feels its ed the screening and also a great experience for those took part in giveaways that who prefer the outdoors. included posters from the She also wants students featured film along with to be aware of all the activities that are available around DVDʼs. Rec Sports also gave out campus. McDaniel enjoyed the Rec Sports gear as well as a goody bag filled with pop- experience but said she hopes corn and candy. even more students will come Last yearʼs “Dive in out next spring. Movie” was rained out “Itʼs hard not to have fun and had to be moved to a when thereʼs free food,” she Titan Student Union Portola said.
Rec Sports hosts event providing free pizza, drinks for movie-goers
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GIVING LIFE: Senior Joseph Ngo gave blood last Thursday at the American Red Cross blood mobile. This the seventh time the computer science major has given blood.
Bowling League Open to Everyone Eight teams meet every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Titan Student Union Underground
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in Germany in 300 A.D, according an activity. Daniel Johnson, a CSUF electri- to Wikipedia.org. cal engineering major, has been a Some debate has circulated over member of the bowling league for whether bowling should be conover two years and is very involved sidered a sport. Some believe itʼs in the league. Bowling takes his because bowling requires hand-eye mind off stress and schoolwork, coordination and the ability to propel an object toward a target, as he said. in golf, baseball, His interest in basketball and the league started when he noticed a “It is a good outlet, and hockey. Joy Wilson, flier posted on the it gets me out of the who is the Bowling wall in the TSU. house.” Recreation coor“I wanted to Brad Craig dinator and a his[be] more active tory major at at Cal State Fullerton Student CSUF said the Fullerton,” he league has grown said. The league provides an activ- immensely in the three years she ity for him to get involved with has been the coordinator. on a weekly basis. “The leagueʼs “There are eight teams this popularity has grown over the past semester, the most since I have year,” he said. been coordinator,” Wilson said. Bowling has been around for Brad Craig became a league centuries, and historians have dis- member after his friend Dennis covered forms of bowling as early Gaschen, from the Communications as 3200 B.C. in Egypt, although Department, asked him to join the some argue it was discovered later league. Craig explained that the
league needed someone to fill a spot, so Gaschen asked him to join the league. “It is a good outlet, and it gets me out of the house,” he said. He said he never bowled before he joined the league, and has had an enjoyable experience playing in the league. “It is really fun, and there is some incentive to it too,” he said. Gaschen, has been part of the league for four years now. Gaschen also said the league promotes camaraderie among people from all ethnic backgrounds, levels of education and different social classes. “We promote great sportsmanship amongst players here,” he said. The handicap system is calculated mathematically so nobody can cheat and say itʼs different from what it really is, and players have a chance at beating their handicap on any given night, he said. “Because of the handicap system, everyone is equal,” he said.
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GRADUATING CLASS: Graduates of the College of Communications are acknowledged at the 2006 Graduation Recongnition Reception on Friday. on in the years ahead.” Next, Assistant Dean of FROM PAGE 1 Students Marsha Daughetee introduced the Irvine Campus Shea Homes Scholarship winpiece guitar group, Triada. The ners: Maria Chumbita and Cecily courtyard was decorated with blue Jacobsen. Also, the students and orange flower arrangements graduating with Honors Summa and a tree made out balloons in Cum Laude, Aamna Ali, Maria the center of the tent. The flowers Hatzigeorgalis, Marisa Hopper were put together by graduating and Cecily Jacobsen. communications student SyedFinally, the rest of the graduates were announced and given Shahbaz Saadullah. Irvine Campus director George bamboo shoots, tied with ribbon Giacumakis kicked off the event in the school colors, to represent by welcoming everyone and tell- good luck. Each college had a ing students they “are part of presenter that read the graduates a greater historical community” favorite memory from the Irvine being the first class to graduate Campus as they received their under the new title. “diploma.” He went on to speak about the “Not only did you graduate, you importance of the satellite cam- made it through construction trafpus to those students who live in fic,” College of Humanities and south Orange County. Social Science presenter Cathy Giacumakis then introduced VanRiette said. speaker CSUF Executive Vice After the ceremony, a reception was held in the Titan Student President Judith Anderson. Anderson called the graduat- Union Lounge where students ing class pioneers, and challenged received were adorned with conthe students to be pioneers in gratulatory hugs and took pictures their own fields and “embrace the with family and friends. Appetizers known and the unknown, and the and punch were served as people opportunity you have to make a mingled and reminisced. “We had a great turn out of difference.” “I hope each of you leave here students and faculty and stuwith the belief in the power of dents liked the personal touch,” an individual to make a differ- Assistant Coordinator of Student ence and know that you have Affairs Robert Flores said. “Next that power within you,” Anderson year we might need to have it in said. “You must apply that to the the parking lot because of more journeys you will be embarking students.”
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at it over and over. It gets mentally frustrating.” Since then, heʼs been transported all over California from the maximum security facilities of Atascadero State Hospital to the minimal security facilities of Patton State Hospital where he currently resides. Because he is a mental patient and not a prisoner, he is eligible to apply for release every year, Allaway said. Being released would mean Allaway would participate in an outpatient program and live in a halfway house. Adversaries to his release say granting his placement in an outpatient program means granting his freedom. “I am absolutely convinced Edward Charles Allaway is a danger to society,” Republican State Assemblyman Todd Spitzer said. Spitzer became involved with the case in 2001 when it looked as if Allaway might be released. An Orange County Supervisor at the time, Spitzer advocated on behalf of the families of the victims, including Patricia Almazan the daughter of graphic artist Frank Teplansky who was shot three times that day. Almazan said the defense attorneys tried to equate Allawayʼs killing spree to an epileptic driver who experienced a seizure and accidentally drove onto a curb and ran over a large group of people. Because his is he was found criminally insane, no one from the families of the victims may speak out against Allaway during his release hearings, Almazan said, which is upsetting. Spitzer gave a voice to the voiceless, Almazan said. He used his political clout to make the public aware of the case and see to it that Allaway stay locked up. The details surrounding Allawayʼs checkered past and the circumstances that led to the shootings have muddied with time. Itʼs clear, however, that Allaway had a history of mental illness before he ever set foot on campus. Former Los Angeles Times reporter Evan Maxwell covered
“This was a crime, but it was a crime involving a sad and flawed human being. People couldn’t believe what was happening. That’s what made people uneasy.” Evan Maxwell Former L.A. Times Reporter
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TAKEN: Edward Allaway was arrested shortly after his shooting spree.
law enforcement at the time of the shootings, which took place on July 12, 1976. He was assigned to fly back to Allawayʼs hometown of Royal Oak, Mich. to interview Allawayʼs parents, he said in a phone interview from his home in Sedona, Ariz. “It was a sad and pathetic situation,” Maxwell said. “I could see the family was of such modest means, unsophisticated means.” Maxwell visited Allawayʼs parents at their apartment built just above a grocery store in a “not high-class” suburb of Detroit. He spent several hours talking with the family, but noticed they didnʼt seem surprised about the shootings. They didnʼt doubt that Allaway could have done such a thing, Maxwell said, recalling the absolute devastation on Allawayʼs motherʼs face when she spoke about seeing her son in the courtroom on the day of his arraignment. “This was a crime, but it was a crime involving a sad and flawed human being,” Maxwell said. “People couldnʼt believe what was happening. Thatʼs what made people uneasy.” Allaway moved from Michigan to Southern California in early 1973, days before his first first wife, Carol, divorced him. In Michigan, Allaway experienced many of the same symptoms that would lead to the library shootings. He received shock therapy treatments during a month-long stay in a mental institution.
Later diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, Allaway became convinced that his wife was sleeping around and posing for pornographic pictures. She remarried within days of the divorce being finalized, the Orange County Register reported. Allaway met his second wife, Bonnie, a few months after moving to Orange County. Shortly after, the couple embarked on a crosscountry camping trip, looking for jobs wherever they could find them when their money ran out. Eventually they returned to Orange County, and Allawayʼs sister, Shirley Sabo, who was a secretary in the universityʼs sociology department at the time, landed Allaway a custodial job in the library. At home though, Allawayʼs life began to unravel. He accused Bonnie, too, of sleeping around with other men and appearing in pornographic films that employees at the library were producing. Allaway came to Fullerton with a chip on his shoulder, other custodians in the library have said. Most the time he was a quiet man who kept to himself, but on occasion he would lash out against his coworkers. “The money was good, the work wasnʼt that hard, but there was just no way a white person could work there,” Allaway told the Register after three years of incarceration in a mental institution. Some accused Allaway of being
7 overtly racist. Black custodians complained that Allaway would become quite surly if they tried to show him a certain way to do something, the Register reported. Allaway was also upset when the university hired a MexicanAmerican from the outside as lead custodian instead of hiring his friend, Donald Karges, who was among the seven victims killed that day. During the criminal trial, Bonnie attested to Allawayʼs prejudice behavior against blacks and Mexican-Americans. She also attested to Allawayʼs jealous streak, which led him to threaten his wife with a penknife, saying heʼd cut her face if she ever cheated on him. Allaway and Bonnie divorced shortly after the shootings, and he hasnʼt heard from her since, he said. He spends his days attending meetings and group therapy sessions at Patton, located about 50 miles from CSUF. He said heʼs made friends in custody, but itʼs difficult because many of them are allowed to leave while Allaway must stay behind. Itʼs hard to say good-bye, he said. The law grants mental patients certain rights, Allaway said, and those rights have not been granted to him because of the seriousness of his crime. He added, though, that when an individual is mentally ill as he was at the time of the shootings, itʼs difficult to discern between reality and fantasy. “Thereʼs no reason and rhyme,” Allaway said. “Things donʼt come out normal because theyʼre not.” The day of the killings and in the months leading up to them, Allaway was in a different time zone, he said. He didnʼt realize he was sick, and he didnʼt seek the professional help he needed. Though he contends the professional help he has received has cured him, Allawayʼs release is unlikely because his mental history makes it impossible to predict if heʼd relapse under the stressful conditions. “Itʼs not about what he is today,” Assemblyman Spitzer said. “Iʼm concerned about the fact that heʼs a mass murderer, and mass murderers have no business being back in society.”
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Merrill said the Spanish Bird Flu of 1918 went worldwide and killed as many as 50 million people – more than 500,000 in the U.S. The H5N1 flu seems to be a particularly virulent strain, but Merrill said that itʼs true nature wonʼt be known until the disease mutates into a form where it can be transferred from human-tohuman, and not only from birdto-human, as it does in its current form. “I donʼt know if itʼs any more dangerous – thatʼs yet to be seen – because, it hasnʼt crossed over, and hasnʼt mutated to that humanto-human contact. With viruses, or bacteria for that matter, itʼs an interesting balance for these diseases, because if theyʼre too virulent, too deadly, then theyʼll end up wiping themselves out,” he said. “If you think of them as a smart organism – although theyʼre not – their main goal is to procreate and pass on their genome. So if they kill the organism [theyʼre feeding off of] too fast, theyʼre not going to be passed on. So itʼs a natural evolution that as these spread to human-to-human contact, the deadliness of it would be reduced.” The possibility of getting the disease in the U.S. at the moment is very slim – most of the cases are in Asian countries and most of those in Vietnam. But, as Merrill says, the danger for U.S. citizens doesnʼt come from worries about chickens from those countries ending up on American plates, which is impossible with the bans placed on exporting poultry from countries with known cases of bird flu, but from migration of the birds themselves. “Itʼs not the problem of bringing it in from Asia thatʼs the issue. Itʼs natural bird migration patterns. The Center for Disease Control and the U.S. Department of Health Services predict that by the end of the year, because of natural bird migration patterns,
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FLU FOLLOWER: Vincent Merrill, kiniseology and health science department assistant professor, has been following the Avian flu pandemic since it started making headlines. weʼll be finding cases of bird flu in poultry within the United States. Probably in California, with birds coming down from Alaska,” he said. Merrill described bird migration as north-south in a sort of oval pattern. Those ovals overlap with other bird species that travel in patterns that could eventually lead them into Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, then into South America. If that were to happen, Merrill guesses that drastic measures would be taken immediately to mitigate the damage that could be caused by such an outbreak. “If it were discovered that there was Avian flu cases in the chicken and poultry population in the United States, youʼll see what theyʼve been doing in Asia happen here – which is mass culling of a herd,” he said. “If thereʼs one chicken infected in a poultry farm in Chino or wherever that poultry farm might be, what theyʼre going to do, likely, is kill all the chickens in the area and bury them.” Merrill said scientists in world health groups have a good lead on the current strain within the bird population, but that making a vaccine for that virus is less useful because the virus will have mutated into a new virus in order to be transferred from human-to-
human. “Once they mutate into humanto-human contact, itʼs not likely to change all that much. Right now, itʼs not human-to-human contact and the leading scientists believe that it would take at least two to three minor mutations to get to the point of easily transpired human-to-human contact,” he said. “The problem is, we know what it is now, but we donʼt know how itʼs going to mutate in the future to become human-to-human communicable. So, although we can develop a vaccine on the disease now, it would really only work in birds.” Merrill said if the virus were to hit the U.S., weʼd have a good chance to keep the flu in check, but warned it would seem as though the entire country is sick all at once – and it very nearly would be. “I would say that, overall, our ability to keep people alive would be increased because of our medical infrastructure compared to many of the other countries. But weʼre still looking at a huge overload on our medical health system,” he said. “The latest government prediction says that if it were to hit at the elevation of, say, the Spanish Flu, we could have 40 percent of our workforce out at one time.”
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Titans Take ‘06 Big West Title Fullerton softball ends two-year drought with sweep of UC Riverside
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NICE SNAG: Titan third baseman Crystal Vieyra catches a bunted ball during the first game of Fridayʼs doubleheader against the UC Riverside Highlanders. Vieyra ended up forcing a double play at first.
The team celebrated by dumping water on the coaches and seniors. Senior Marissa Marzan was the winning pitcher for the Titans. She threw a complete game, giving up By andy stowers only one run on three hits. Daily Titan Staff Writer “Coach Gromacki told me today was all business and to save my crying, because it was not my last game,” Marzan said. Throughout the game, Marzan After watching Long Beach was able to pitch her way out of State take the Big West Conference jams. With the help of the Titan crown the past two years, the Cal defense, she State Fullerton stranded nine softball team “We are confident Highlander took it back on base runners. Saturday afterand ready to go in the noon with a “I focused playoffs.” convincing 6on each pitch, 1 victory over just trying to Katie Gollhardt the visiting get the batters Titan First Baseman UC Riverside to pop up or Highlanders. ground out,” With the Big Marzan said. West title wrapped up, the Titans “It feels great to win league, I won receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships. The win also gave the Titan seniors a vicSEE SOFTBALL = PAGE 10 tory on Senior Day.
Pill is Necessary Medicine for Conference Victory The red-shirt junior first baseman has worked hard to master his position By christen d’alessandro
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As the Cal State Fullerton baseball teamʼs season is winding down, it will look to first baseman Brett Pill for his defensive and offensive abilities to help take them to post season play. Recruited from Covina High School, Pill, 21, red-shirted his first year as a Titan. “It was kind of the best thing for me just so I could learn the system, and I wasnʼt really fully developed yet,” Pill said about why he red-
shirted. Although Pill wasnʼt able to crack the lineup his first season, there were high hopes for him and his potential on the team. “We saw his talent as a hitter during his red-shirt year, and we were very excited about his future,” Head Coach George Horton said. Pill was originally picked up by Fullerton as a pitcher, but he played a little bit of shortstop in high school as well. Because of his versatility he has developed into a solid first baseman. “It helps that I used to play short and other positions because Iʼm more mobile than most first basemen,” Pill said. Pill is in the top 10 in the Big West Conference with a fielding percentage of .991 on the season and only four errors.
He has accumulated 429 putouts, leading the team and second in the conference in that fielding category. “Heʼs gone from being an adequate first baseman to an excellent first baseman,” Horton said. “Heʼs a big reason why our fielding percentage is so high.” Infield Coach Jason Gill said itʼs Pillʼs work ethic that has helped him improve so much. Pill said his transition to first base was pretty easy since all he has to do at first is catch the ball. With his 6-foot-5-inch frame, heʼs developed into a well-rounded and successful first baseman. “Heʼs way more consistent on the routine ground ball, his setup to the baseball is a lot better and his first step has always been pretty good, but I think he puts more of an emphasis on that now,” Gill
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Track Titans Finish at Their Best Both the Cal State Fullerton menʼs and womenʼs track and field teams enjoyed their best Div. I finishes ever Saturday at the Big West Conference Championship at Cal State Northridge as the men finished third and the women were fourth. The men scored a school record 116.5 points to trail only champion Long Beach State (195.5) and Cal Poly SAn Luis Obispo (160.5). The 4x400 relay team wrapped up the third-place finish as the Titans finished fourth, just behind CSUN but ahead of UC Santa Barabara. The women scored a school record 107 points to trail champion CSUN (207), UCSB (165.5) and Long Beach State (152). Matt Turner was the individual star, completing the meet with points in five events. He added to last weekʼs sixth in the decathlon and Fridayʼs win in the long jump by placing third in the high jump and 110 hurdles and fourth in the triple jump. He totaled 30 points himself - more than the entire Titans team a year ago. Eight men and six women will advance to the NCAA Regional meet in Provo, Utah, in two weeks by virtue of either meeting qualifying marks or winning events this weekend such as Marques Barosso in the menʼs 200, Destany Cearley in the womenʼs 400 hurdles with a new school record and Aaron Williams in the long jump on Friday.
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BIG TARGET: Itʼs hard to miss Titan junior Brett Pill at first base. He awaits a pick-off throw as the runner tries to dive back to the bag. said. “I think he just understands the position better, and he gets better everyday.”
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Tailgates and Bus Trip Planned The Diamond Club will be staging tailgate parties outside Goodwin Field prior to the two final regular season games of the season on Saturday and Sunday, May 20 and 21, prior to the games vs. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The precise location is the small parking area near the steps up to the soccer stadium. The party starts at 3 p.m. on Saturday and at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. The Diamond Club also is sponsoring a bus trip to USC on Tuesday, May 23. The bus leaves at 3:30 p.m. from the Off Campus Pub, located on Nutwood Avenue across from the CSUF campus. Cost is $33 per person and it includes a game ticket, raffle prizes and refreshments. The bus can accommodate 42 persons. Contact Larry Young (714- 334-4779) for details. Information provided by CSUF Sports Media Relations www.Fullertontitans.com
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Pill came up with a big hit in the 2004 championship game against Texas in the College World Series. He had a pinch-hit triple to spark a three-run inning, which in-turn was what won the game for Fullerton. After that season he has continued to get clutch hits Gill also said Pill can dig the ball out of the dirt in key situations. pretty well. “He does take his best at bats when it means the Not only can Pill play defense, most,” Horton said. but he also gets the job done at the Pill has high hopes of making the plate. big leagues and has a great chance “He’s gone from being Heʼs hitting .320 while leading adequate first baseman to do just that. the team and tied for first in conferHe was drafted in the 45th round to an excellent first ence with 16 doubles. of the MLB Amateur Draft by the He shares the team lead with New York Yankees last season. baseman.” Titan center fielder Brandon Tripp Since Pill is a red-shirt junior, George Horton and tied for ninth in conference in heʼs able to play one more season Titan Head Coach runs batted in with 33. with the Titans if he chooses to do so. He also shares the team lead with “Itʼs always been my dream shortstop Blake Davis and seventh in conference with a .439 on base percentage while to play professionally,” Pill said. “But I definitely wouldnʼt hesitate to come back.” also leading the team in walks. As the team comes off their bye week, they remain Last season, Pill finished up as the team leader in batting average, hits, RBIs and runs scored. He also in first place in conference with an overall record of tied for second in home runs with 10. He made the 36-12 and 12-3 in conference. The Titans will travel to San Diego State Tuesday All-Big West Conference second team. “We think he can hit almost any pitch thatʼs a night and then will host a three-game conference series next weekend against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. strike,” Horton said. FROM PAGE 12
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my freshman year and now to win my senior year is exciting.” Marzan finishes her senior season with a 12-8 record in 129
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OH YEAH: Shortstop Candice Baker walks home on a home run by Katie Gollhardt.
innings pitched. She was second in the Big West in ERA with 1.73 The Highlanders got on the board first with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first inning by Highlandersʼ shortstop Kristie Martinez to deep right field. The Titans answered in the bottom of the second inning. A leadoff single by Titan Ashley Van Boxmeer was followed by a sacrifice bunt that moved her into scoring position. Crystal Vieyra came up next and hit a ground ball to the shortstop that was booted into left field, allowing Van Boxmeer to score. The Titans broke the game open in their half of the fifth. With one out, the Titan rally started on a single by rightfielder Courtney Martinez. First baseman Katie Gollhardt came up next and blasted a double off the left field fence. The Highlanders intentionally walked Van Boxmeer to load the bases. On the next pitch Kiki Munoz was struck in the leg by a pitch and brought home the eventual game-winning run. Titans Vieyra and Jenna Wheeler hit back-to-back singles to extend the rally and make the score 4-1 heading into the sixth.
The Titans got some insurance runs in the bottom half of the sixth to make the final score 6-1. “The breakthrough fifth inning was the key to our win today,” Gollhardt said, “We are confident and ready to go to the playoffs.” The Titans begin regional double-elimination play next weekend at Fresno Regionals. Their first game will be this Friday night against Fresno State. at 6 p.m. The Titans have made an appearance in NCAA Regional for the 22nd time overall, according to the Big West Conference official website. Fullerton has won or shared the title eight times since 1986, the most for any team in Big West Conference history. The Titans finished out the regular season with a record of 36-22 and 14-4 in Big West play. From 2000-2003, CSUF had captured the Big West for four straight seasons. “The Big West title is here to stay,” Titan Head Coach Michelle Gromacki said, “We have a young group and Iʼm happy for them. I expected them to win it and now I hope they have the confidence to expect the same.”
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Dodgers Stump Bonds’Pursuit for 714 Home Runs The Associated Press
Barry Bondsʼ pursuit of the Babe is headed to Houston. The San Francisco sluggerʼs homerless stretch reached six games Sunday and he remained stalled at 713 and one from tying Babe Ruth as the Giants concluded a seven-game homestand with a 63 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. All those kayaks in McCovey Cove hoping for a historic souvenir left empty-handed from this homestand. Bonds, who worked out and received treatment after the game,
uttered all of 20 words before hurrying off to catch the team bus for the airport and he shook his head to answer four questions. Any reaction to hearing that his skipper thought he was slow in his final at-bat? Bonds shakes his head no. Does he need a day off? No. Is he frustrated? Another no. Is he disappointed he didnʼt homer at home? Yes. “Iʼm late guys. I gotta go. The bus leaves in five minutes,” he said. While manager Felipe Alou said Bonds would likely play only two of the three games at Houston, Bonds wasnʼt sure he would need a break.
“I donʼt know, as many as I can,” Bonds said. The Dodgers broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth on a two-base throwing error by reliever Steve Kline (1-1) in which the ball went off Omar Vizquelʼs glove and into shallow left as the shortstop covered third, allowing two runs to score. Bonds went 0-for-2 with two walks. He drew his 17th intentional walk of the season in the first, grounded out to the pitcher to end the third in a six-pitch atbat, walked again in the sixth and popped out to third in the eighth before Jason Ellison replaced him in left field to start the ninth.
Clippers Bounce Back in Tie Series in 114-107 Game 4 Win The Associated Press
Sam Cassell loves playing in the fourth quarter, and wants the ball when the game is on the line. After spending only 35 seconds on the court in the final period of Game 3 in the Western Conference semifinals, the 36-year-old point guard knew heʼd get an opportunity in Game 4. He got his shot, all right, and buried the Phoenix Suns. Cassell made two 3-pointers down the stretch, including the clincher with 27 seconds left, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Suns 114-107 on Sunday night to even the best-of-seven series 2-2. Game 5 is Tuesday night in Phoenix. Cassell played only 35 seconds in the final period two nights earlier, when the Suns edged the Clippers 94-91. Coach Mike Dunleavy has said repeatedly since then that he didnʼt
second-guess that decision, and Cassell concurred. “Iʼm going to be a head coach in this league some day. Coaching is a feel,” Cassell said. “I donʼt blame Coach Dunleavy. I knew in Game 4 I was going to be in the fourth quarter a lot. I didnʼt even worry about Game 3.” Cassell began the final period on the bench, but returned with 7:19 to play. Cassell, who entered the postseason with more playoff experience than the rest of his teammates combined, finished with 28 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. He scored only six points in Game 3, when he was usually guarded by the taller Shawn Marion. It didnʼt seem to matter who defended Cassell in this game, especially in the second half, when he scored 18 points. Three-pointers by Vladimir Radmanovic and Cassell gave the Clippers what appeared to be a safe 106-93 lead with 5:54 remaining.
The Suns then scored 12 straight points to move within one before Elton Brand made an 18-foot jumper with 56 seconds remaining and, after Tim Thomas missed a 3pointer, Cassell hit his big shot. “Last year, we would have lost at the end,” said Brand, who had 30 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. “Sam brings swagger, Sam brought swagger tonight. We need to have it every game.” The Clippers won without starting center Chris Kaman, sidelined because of a sore right shoulder. Kaman, injured in Game 3, suited up and was available, according to a team spokesman, but never left the bench. But the Clippers won anyway. “Sam Cassell hit the big shots down the stretch,” Suns Coach Mike DʼAntoni said. “Sam can get off on anybody. Samʼs been around for a long time.” Phoenix star Steve Nash was held to eight points and 11 assists. He shot 3-of-11, and didnʼt make a field goal after halftime.
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mid mass protests for immigrant rights and the conservative public calling for tougher border protection policies, Washington politicians seem paralyzed by the sense that whatever they do will be wrong. The U.S. – Mexico border has become the literal line in the sand that separates the “haves” from the “have-nots,” and those on the favorable side of the line are eager to keep the other out. Such a polarizing issue is sure to alienate any number of voters, despite the line of action taken. The result has been to do nothing. There has been a lot of tough talk but very little action. What are politicians to do in such a precarious situation? Get the one man whose approval rating couldnʼt possibly tumble any lower to devise a solution.Today, President Bush is expected to announce a bold plan that would bolster security along the U.S. – Mexico border. He is expected to propose using National Guard troops to give support to U.S. Border Patrol agents while the Border Patrol focuses its energy on swelling its ranks. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley assures the doubtful American public the troops will be used as a stopgap measure and their presence doesnʼt mean militarization of the U.S. – Mexico border. Troops will be used to support the Border Patrolʼs logistics and intelligence ambitions, while Border Patrol agents will be primarily responsible for the physical guarding of the border. The fact that there are National
Guard troops serving their second, third and fourth tours through Iraq and Afghanistan seem of little concern to the Bush Administration, who is using the measure to placate congressional border-worried Republicans and members of the public who are calling for more strenuous security measures along the border. There was no definite troop count given, however experts expect the number of National Guard troops deployed to the border to be between 1,000 and 10,000. Bushʼs plan is only temporary, though. And while the plan seems a reasonable route to appease the publicʼs anti-illegal immigrant cry, it drastically misses the point. What Bush should be doing is using his influence to put pressure on the Mexican government to do something to help their own people. Money sent home from the United States provides an amazing amount of income for Mexico. Mexico also makes a lot of money from American companies who set up factories in Mexico. But instead of allowing American companies to go south and exploit Mexican workers in a fashion that American workers wouldnʼt stand for, the U.S. should work with Mexico and U.S. companies who move south of the border to ensure longterm economic well-being of the Mexicans they employ. Maybe this would help keep Mexicoʼs economic refugees from becoming a rallying cry for the American “haves” desperate to keep out the miscreant “havenots.”
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Animals Are People Too By Jessica Horn
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Mohatma Gandhi, one of the greatest voices for compassion and peace once said, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” National Be Kind to Animals Week has inspired animal welfare organizations around the nation to keep these words in mind, and organizations are working harder than ever for their four-legged (or other-legged) friends. Be Kind to Animals Week was established in 1915 by the American Humane Association and their leader, William O. Stillman. The association was founded in 1877 in a time when people did not pay much attention to animals, aside from using them for food and clothing. This group came together to speak for the voiceless across the nation. The association and their members created three goals for the week including: Encouraging the clergy to spread the word of kindness to animals on Humane Sunday (the first day of the Be Kind week), visiting local schools to promote and develop humane education, and finally, to make known the great works that animal humane societies across the nation were accomplishing. The week turned out to be a great success, with word getting around and newspaper columns churning out lots of articles about animals and their helpers around the nation. All kinds of animal care agencies and welfare organizations look forward to Be Kind To Animals Week the whole year, when animals are nationally celebrated. The day is even recognized by the 103rd Congress, making it the oldest week of its kind in the nation.
Along with Be Kind to Animals currently in shelters were given Week is National Pet Week, cre- homes, every man, woman and ated in 1981 by the American child would have approximately Veterinary Medical Association. nine animals. Each year National Pet Week Okay, Iʼm done, but you get the has a theme. This yearʼs theme: gist – thereʼs simply no need for Fitness Unleashed, promoting keeping pet stores in business to responsible pet ownership, cel- buy “purebred” dogs when mixed ebrating the human-animal bond, breeds are still as kick-ass as any and promoting public awareness purebred (plus 1-in-4 shelter dogs of veterinary medicine. actually are purebred!). Be Kind to Animals Week is As Bob Barker always says, more than National Pet Week; “Spay and neuter your pets!” much more in fact. Many of you are probably not Being kind to animals means aware of the fact that Barker, in all types of species, from com- recent years, donated $1 million panion pets such as dogs and cats to Georgetown University to offer to the animals on your dinner animal rights law studies, but plate, such as chickens and cows. also similar donation amounts to I know many of you are prob- Harvard, UCLA, Stanford, Duke, ably not vegetarians like I am, Northwestern and Columbia. so I donʼt expect you to forego I donʼt want to get into my eating meat preachy state for the week with animal rights – although Iʼm issues, because “...being sawed into while I know that is a sure PETA is fully conscience does not asking this of big turnoff, so you, in which Iʼll just give an sound partcularly polite case, you will overview and to me.” make sure hope that maybe to pile extra ONE person in Jessica Horn meat on your this crowd will be plate – but it more interested Daily Titan Staff Writer doesnʼt take to look up more much to stop information. and recognize Being kind to the animals that must give up animals means not wearing them, their lives for you to survive. because fur and mink traps are Iʼm restraining as hard as I can horrible and cruel. Not to menfrom standing on my soapbox, but tion that any one of you wearing I can almost feel myself about to real animal fur caused a living animal to get an electric prod up step up. There are so many ways in the backend, something that Iʼm which we could make the world sure not one of us – well maybe a kinder place towards animals, the really kinky – would want to starting with the obvious: reduc- experience. ing pet overpopulation. People who attend circuses If you saw my puppy mill arti- because they like the elephants cle, Iʼll spare you the pet store should know that those elephants lecture all over again, but will are often beaten with bull hooks to offer up a few facts: Every two perform, but some places recently seconds, a dog or cat is killed outlawed the use of bull hooks in a US shelter; two unaltered on animals. Finally, the governcats and their unaltered offspring ment is catching on that itʼs not can produce 20,000 cats within so nice. Those who own rabbits or love two years. If all cats and dogs
the little cuddly jumpers should know that animal testing involves the Draize Test which includes dropping chemicals into bunny eyes, as well as cutting open a live monkey. Not so nice. I know many of you canʼt give up your meat, like my family who still sometimes encourage me to eat some chicken after four years, and thatʼs understandable. Itʼs hard to be a vegetarian. But one look at the crates or conditions that animals in factory farms live with, and it reminds me all over why I do (or donʼt do) what I do. Not being able to turn around, being parted with your babies and being sawed into while still fully conscience does not sound particularly polite to me. There are so many ways in which people can help animals, from spaying and neutering your pets (donʼt get me started on breeders!!) to buying synthetic leathers or fur. Many animal rights activists are firm believers in the axiom that ever day we take actions that affect all walks of life, both presently and for the future. All life is interconnected, and when a butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazon, a breeze blows in China, as the saying goes. I truly believe the words of Leonardo da Vinci: “The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.” Whether you are an animal person or not, I hope you will be kind to them, not just on a specially designated week, but every week. As Gandhi once said, “I hold that the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man.” With the hundreds of animal protection agencies sprouting up in Orange County alone, it is no doubt that kindness to animals is spreading far and wide.