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Wednesday September 13, 2006
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Student Says He Drowned His Son By ADAM LEVY & JOEY T. ENGLISH Daily Titan Staff news@dailytitan.com
Gideon Walter Omondi, a 35year-old Cal State Fullerton student, appeared Tuesday afternoon in the Orange County Superior Court, North Justice Center Fullerton courthouse for his first arraignment hearing on charges of first-degree murder. The mechanical engineering major turned himself in to the Fullerton Police Department Sunday night after he had allegedly drowned his 4-year-old son Richard in the bathtub of their Fullerton apartment. The short and stocky Omondi, clad in an orange jumpsuit, appeared calm from behind the caged links of the court holding cell. He accepted Judge Roger B. Robbins’ offer of a public defender as his legal representation and was held without bail upon continuance of the arraignment, which is set for Sept. 29. Orange County Senior Deputy District Attorney Steve McGreevey detailed the district attorney’s early outlook on the Omondi case on the courthouse steps following the proceeding. Omondi “is going to be charged with first-degree murder,” McGreevey said. “He is eligible for the death penalty.” The homicide prosecutor intimated that the Omondi case is going to be handled under special circumstances known as “lying-inwait,” which refer to heavier penalties on premeditated acts of crime. Fullerton Police Lieutenant John Petropulos explained the chain of
events that led to the arrest and arraignment of the CSUF student. “He came into the front desk [of the Police Department] on 9:30 Sunday night and told the desk officer that he had killed his son,” Petropulos said. “He just came in a matter-of-fact tone and told the officer what he had done – we don’t usually get that.” Petropulos described the procedures then taken by the police department following O m o n d i ’s startling revelation. The onduty officers “asked him a few qualifying questions, then got into the apartment and located his son tucked away into the bed. [Omondi’s son] was officially pronounced dead at the [Placentia-Linda] hospital.” Placentia- Linda hospital officials would not comment on the case. Petropulos divulged the next sequence of events, which consisted of the investigation of the apartment and autopsy performed on Richard Omondi following the incident. “From what he told us, he drowned his son – the evidence doesn’t dispute that,” Petropulos said. “For all intents and purposes, it looks like a murder.” Omondi married his wife Helen in his native Kenya, and then arrived in the states on a student visa. He had been living with his brother at the Tribeca Apartments in Fullerton since March of 2006, according to one of Omondi’s downstairs neighbors who spoke with the Daily Titan under condition of anonymity. SEE COURT - PAGE 2
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Arrest Stuns University Professors, Students smiling with joy, Kreiner said. “He was beaming with happiness that he got his family together.” Kreiner said. “They were going to make a good life here.” Omondi was a very hardworking and organized student By laura lujan & Harmony trevino who was very accurate in his work Daily Titan Staff and was held in high esteem by his news@dailytitan.com peers, Kreiner said. Gideon Walter Omondi’s Cal “He was very kind, helpful and State Fullerton academic adviser always willing to assist others,” he and final design project professor said. knew Omondi as a man who loved Kreiner said he was unaware his family, especially his 4-year-old of any mental problems Omondi son, Richard Omondi. may have had. Mechanical “He never engineering seemed to display professor Jesa He was beaming with any anger over Kreiner said anything,” he said. that he was happiness that he got Around campus, h e a r t b r o k e n his family together. professors and to hear of the They were going to students alike were arrest. make a good life here. also stunned by O m o n d i ’s – Jesa Kreiner the news. arrest “came to George I. Mechanical Engineering Professor me as a shock Cohn, a professor because I knew of electrical he adored and engineering at worshipped his CSUF, expressed son,” Kreiner said. “He talked his sympathy. about his son with so much pride “I think it’s a shame that that and so much joy.” kind of things happens,” said Kreiner recalled Omondi coming Cohn. “It’s just a sign that there is into his office one day and sharing something very unbalanced.” his grief over being separated from Cohn did not believe that the his family. Omondi had moved pressure of being an engineering to America, while his family had student was a factor, and said that stayed behind in Africa. people who opt for engineering do “When he came, he was very so because they like the subject. lonesome for his wife and his Pasha Abousaeedi, an electrical son,” said Kreiner. “He brought in engineering student at CSUF, was pictures of them and was hoping in shock to hear the news. he could bring them.” When he finally did bring his family over, Omondi walked SEE REACTION - PAGE 3 into Kreiner’s office, thrilled and
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im Gomez still remembers where he was and what he was doing when he heard Tupac Shakur had been
shot. He was 11 years old at the time, and the Cal State Fullerton English major was riding on a YMCA bus with friends when the news came across the radio that Tupac had been gunned down on the streets of Las Vegas. “We were all stunned,” Gomez said. Tupac was loved and admired by his fans while criticized by politicians and others over his lyrics and actions. Ten years after his death, people still don’t seem to know if the rappers influence was a positive or a negative one. And some can’t even figure out if he is dead or not. “He was morally schizophrenic,”
Gomez said about Tupac. “He’d be rapping about … disrespecting women and then his next song would be ‘Brenda’s Got a Baby.’” Tupac’s wide range of social topics was puzzling to some people. Was Tupac the sensitive, socially conscious artist who went to performance school in Baltimore, performing songs such as the female-empowerment shout-out “Keep ya Head Up”? Or was he the rapper brandishing guns and glamorizing “Thug Life” with violent, misogynistic lyrics? asked David Menconi of The News and Observer in a 10-year obituary for Tupac published recently. Tupac’s life and music are emblematic of rap and the lifestyle associated with the genre. His own life was so tumultuous that it is easy to ignore his musical accomplishments altogether. However, it was his lyrics and musical style that made him famous, and many consider Tupac to be among the very best, according to Web site hotshotdigital’s tribute to Tupac. Hearing Tupac’s messages allows people to connect with another culture, even if they never lived it. It helps them to understand it, Gomez
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Cal State Fullerton had a banner year in 2005, and is looking forward to more of the same this academic year, said CSUF President Milton Gordon in his speech at the 2006 University Convocation. Convocation is something of a State of the Union speech for the campus. In his speech, Gordon stressed “the importance of pulling together and cherishing our differences,” and said that civility is essential to both the democratic and academic societies. The immediate future for CSUF includes the school’s 50th anniversary in 2007. Gordon has earmarked $400,000 to implement ideas, and has already scheduled a robotic elephant race. The real elephants Gordon
brought in 1991 caused too many complaints, he said. Among the highlights of the 2005 to 2006 academic year were several strong finishes for Titan athletics. Women’s soccer had the strongest finish of any Big West team ever, and Baseball reached the semis of the College World Series. Academically, the college was able to fill 93 tenure-track positions as part of CSUF’s plan to hire 100 new faculty members a year from 2005 to 2010. “I estimated ... that if we got 80, we’d be successful,” Gordon said with a laugh. CSUF’s nursing master’s degree has attracted several students, and the education doctorate program should be accepting applicants in 2007, Gordon said. Gordon said that fundraising was particularly successful, with a 248 percent increase in donations since 2001. The college received more than $16 million dollars in the 2005 to 2006 academic year. The university’s goal for next year is a 7.5 percent increase in donations.
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said. “ T h e people who know him, know him well,” Gomez said. “The people who don’t really know about him should sit down and watch a movie like ‘Tupac: Resurrection’ and read his poetry. Then maybe they’ll get an idea of what this is all about.” One message has even made its way to the battlefield. A recent poll by Rolling Stone magazine listed Tupac’s 1996 song “Hit ‘Em Up” as No. 4 on a list of the top 10 songs that U.S. troops listen to while in Iraq. Tupac has sold over 73 million albums worldwide, more after death than while alive, and according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is the top-selling rapper of all time. Tupac released so much new material after his death that Gomez decided “He’s Alive” would be the quote he used in his yearbook.
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Whether Tupac is dead or not has been the source of many conspiracy theories. “It’s hard to imagine that a guy rapped that much,” said Gomez, who stopped believing Tupac was alive after 2003. “I think it’s intriguing, the conspiracy theories and the fact he’s released more albums since death than while alive.” The theories surrounding Tupac’s death are popular among fans. Besides the fact that so many songs and videos were released after his death, the most common rumors include the theory that the government had him assassinated and “The Seven Day Theory.” The theories started after his Makaveli “Don Killuminati: The Seven Day Theory” album was released just two months after his death. Tupac created the alias “Makaveli.” The name is an allusion to the political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli who said, “A prince who wishes to achieve great things must learn to deceive.” SEE TUPAC - PAGE 3
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Cal State Fullerton’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Alliance met to address attacks on two women by a CSUF male student at Monday’s Associated Students Inc. board meeting. The alliance wanted the ASI to help create awareness for hate crimes on campus following an incident in July where a CSUF fraternity member allegedly attacked two females he thought were lesbians. One of the victims was a CSUF student. “Are we really safe?” asked David Kilgo, former chair of the alliance, at the meeting. “Are we safe walking around holding the hands of our partners? Or are we going to be targeted? Are we going to be attacked?” Kilgo said the gay community previously felt safe at CSUF but, after learning of the incident last week, feelings have changed. “People are scared, people are not going to their classes,” he said. The community’s concern rose when the incident became known through The OC Weekly. The publication wrote that Gaston Alejandro Gastelum, after screaming anti-gay slurs, punched a 20-yearold female on the face, throat and chest. The pair were not gay, reported The OC Weekly. “Victim one had redness in her left cheek and victim two had a lump on her forehead and the left side of her head,” officer Ema John wrote in the police report. According to the warrant, victim two was Rheavell Caba, who was
a CSUF student at the time of the incident. It is unknown whether Caba still attends the university. Gastelum is a member of Delta Chi fraternity. He is currently out on $20,000 bail and will be arraigned Sept. 19 at 8:30 a.m. “We want to work with ASI, we would like your help in dealing with this issue,” Kilgo told board members. “We would like you to support us in our effort to create awareness.” Other concerns for the alliance are the fact that Gastelum was allowed to be part of the fraternity despite having a violent history, including misdemeanors, as well the university’s failure to notify the student body of the incident, Kilgo said. “In the future, make an effort to inform us when things like this happen because it looks really bad,” Kilgo said, referring to the fact that The OC Weekly, instead of the university, was the first to report the incident. Citing an open investigation and the fact that the incident and arrest occurred off-campus, senior communications officer for public affairs Paula Selleck said that everyone, including the university leadership, is just now learning about the incident. “The university’s stand is to let the criminal justice system take its course,” said Selleck, who also learned of the incident through the same publication. Kilgo also spoke on the lack of civil responsibility demonstrated by the bystanders who witnessed the women being attacked and failed to both stop the attack and call the police to report the incident. According to the article, a male and three females accompanied Gastelum at the time of the incident. “I just don’t understand the mentality that would allow you to stand there and watch another
human being being thrown into a garage door while they are yelling ‘die queer,’” Kilgo said. “All that stuff, that’s not OK and we’ve been taught that’s not OK.” In helping resolve the issue, Kilgo suggested gathering the communities and clubs on campus to address the issue as a threat to all student body members, emphasizing that the alliance is not targeting Gastelum but rather the hate crime itself. “We are not going to be quiet about this and we are not going to lay down,” Kilgo said. “We are going to do all that we can to protect ourselves in a nonviolent way. It is all of us against hate.” Dean of Students Kandi Mink Salas told the group during the meeting, “It is extremely important for the university for all to feel safe to go to school here. I want to make it very clear to you that if any of you ever feel unsafe please report it immediately.” Salas added that she would work with the alliance and all other interested groups to provide information regarding hate crimes. The alliance is planning a demonstration to create awareness of hate crimes on Oct. 4 at the quad. It will be hosting a questionand-answer forum this Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Gabrielino conference room at the TSU. ASI president Heather Williams became teary-eyed as she recalled learning about the incident for the first time. “I don’t think there is a protocol for this,” said Williams. “So hopefully by us working with you and with the campus, we can make this campus go back to feeling safe as we have before.” The ASI agreed to be present at the Oct. 4 demonstration in order to help make a statement against hate crimes. “This is not us versus any particular person,” Williams said. “This is all of us against hate.”
While battling his wife in the midst of a bitter divorce and custody dispute for the past 18 months, allegations had been raised that Omondi was an abusive husband. “She was here the night of the incident,” Petropulos said of Omondi’s estranged wife. “She was very upset, as any parent would be.” His neighbor painted the picture of a caring father and considerate neighbor. She recalled his apologetic nature when the 4-year-old would drop his Legos and toy cars onto her patio. “I was shocked,” said the neighbor. “He was very nice and would [even] help other neighbors carry their groceries [into] their apartments.” The nature of this crime shocked not only distraught neighbors, but also experienced members of the legal and law enforcement branches assigned to this case. “I have never seen a case like this,” said McGreevy. “This is one of the most tragic crimes I’ve seen in 25 years,” said Petropulos. “But again, when you talk about the gravity [involved] when a parent killed a child, [it’s] hard to handle emotionally,” he said.
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Black Students Brought Together By Low Campus Representation Cultural barriers still exist within the university community By ADAM LEVY Daily Titan News Editor alevy@dailytitan.com
An invisible divide exists on the Cal State Fullerton campus. Blacks and whites seem to keep a harmonious distance from one another. Black students endure an array of stereotype-based snafus at the hands of students and sometimes even faculty. Some white students seem keen to pass by a group of blacks, careful not to make eye contact while checking to see if they still have their valuables. And while it may not be the toxic racial atmosphere reminiscent of films such as “Higher Learning” or “Crash,” there is still a force field of uncertainty arising between the groups from cultural barriers here on CSUF soil. Whites and blacks “really don’t mix, I never see them together,” said Sarah Wall, a 20-year-old psychology major who is white. Take a walk on the campus any weekday morning and you’ll see it for yourself. As thousands of students shuttle about from class to class, a few dozen black students congregate in an area adjacent to the quad, socializing, laughing and enjoying the day amongst their brethren. Though the black student enrollment at CSUF stands at an anemic 3 percent, there is a strong sense of unity and brotherhood amongst those in that bracket all the same. “Blacks hang out together because it gives us a sense of community,” said Kiara Perkins, a 23-year-old Counseling graduate student who is black. Stacey Ellis, coordinator of the African American Resource Center, explained that many CSUF blacks take the “strength in numbers” mentality to dealing with the culture
shock of being outnumbered. “Because the percentage of African-Americans is so low, it does make us closer,” she said. “[African-Americans] hang out together for support, they feel that they fit in better,” said 18-year-old psychology major Chauntel Riser, who is black. Some white students, while cognizant of the sense of black unity, see it as a self-imposed sentence of isolation from the rest of the campus. “It seems like they have cliques. I just saw three black girls walking around at lunch today and they didn’t seem to want to talk to anyone,” said Lacy Reinbold, an 18-year-old Theatre Arts major who is white. “I think they’re kind of segregated, they feel more comfortable that way,” said Danielle Quinlan, a 19-year-old business major who is white. Steven Jones, a 24-year-old history major and representative of the Sigma Nu fraternity, detailed his tribulations in the efforts to expand upon his organization’s base during the recruitment effort out in the quad during the second week of the semester. “I don’t think it’s from a lack of trying, I try to recruit people of all races – a lot of black people don’t want to talk to me,” he said. Cultural trends play a part of this as well, as a boisterous huddle of blacks decked out in G-unit, Ecko and Rocawear tend to stick out like a sore thumb amidst a pool of Paris Hilton wannabes and pseudodepressed emo kids. “One sorority handed out their brochures to everyone, but seemed to look right past me,” said Jae Jefferson, a 23-year-old health science major who is black. “We might be looked upon as a lower class on this campus, like we live on the street.” “People in Orange County don’t have a lot of interaction with African-American students,” Ellis said, referencing black stereotypes
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UNITED THEY STAND - Business majors Jerome Cook (left) and Reginald Broughton (middle) hang in the quad with psychology major Dominique Lawson. popularized on TV. “I’m not knocking the other cities, like ‘oh they’re ghetto,’ but Fullerton has a different status – it has a different type of lifestyle,” said 21-year-old finance major Kristi Kurtz, who is white. “Our college seems too quiet,” said Brittney Simington, a 20-yearold business marketing major who is black. “Most African-Americans are looking for more action on campus.” Jay Tolbert, a 22-yearold Kinesiology major who is black, detailed the day to day misconceptions he faces from others who judge what they see on the outside. “It’s all about perception, because we dress and look a certain way,” Tolbert said. “People from urban areas are now coming here, and we have different lifestyles, but we all have the same ambitions. People ask me all the time if I am from Compton on Crenshaw.” Of course, it is a stereotype in
itself to assume that the majority of CSUF’s black constituency resembles Diddy’s entourage. Some black students, contemptuously labeled “Oreos” for being physically black but culturally white, brandish styles and dialect more consistent with the Orange County surf culture. And that is a point of contention with black students who disapprove of what they interpret to be the abandonment of their own culture. “My first week here I overheard some white girl talking and I had to do a double take – it was a black girl,” said 21-year-old Afro-studies major Dinah Clark, who is black. “This one girl I know will deny her blackness to the fullest – she tells people she’s Cherokee Indian,” said 19-year-old Finance major Ayodele Coker, who is black. “I see them riding their skateboards, trying to be accepted somewhere they’re never gonna be fully accepted,” Jefferson said. Courtney Oaties, a black 17-yearold business major, said she has
been accused of being “white on the inside” because of her dialect, friends and fashions. The Hollisterclad freshman explained how her hometown has played a great part in molding such attributes. “In Duarte, where I grew up, it was predominantly white – that’s all I know,” Oaties said. “People have given me that term [Oreo] all of my life. The way I talk is not very slangy, and people think it’s weird, especially people of color.” Christina Gathers, a black 22-
year-old psychology major, spoke of her Walnut upbringing and her college-educated parents who placed a high premium on education. Her culturally indistinguishable tone of voice has been a sticking point of consternation from other blacks. “It doesn’t take a genius to know that I’m different than the other black people,” said Gathers. “It’s not as if I’m trying to act a certain way, it’s more about the atmosphere I grew up in. I was around whites more than any other race.” Gathers was unapologetic for the perceived social miscues blacks have pinned on her. “I don’t feel like I necessarily have to explain myself to others,” she said. Embedded within the heart of these issues are the preconceptions both blacks and whites bring with them to campus along with their backpacks and Titan cards. CSUF is a multicultural tapestry of many colors, bringing its student body together through learning and education – a premier forum for minds to be opened. While sequestering oneself with people of the same background is the safe approach, obtuse thinking along racial lines deprives people the chance to enrich their collegiate experiences by networking with people of all backgrounds. “We need to reduce the ignorance for blacks and whites and increase interactions with others,” Gethaiga said. “Blacks don’t keep anyone out, they’re more inclusive.”
Cell Phones Used to Direct Criminal Activity From Prison Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Cell phones, complete with a charger and data chips, were found in the body cavities of four inmates at a maximumsecurity prison, and they had used the phones to direct criminal activities on the street, officials said Wednesday. The discovery was made Tuesday at the prison in Zacatecoluca, in central El Salvador, after suspicious officials took X-rays of the inmates, federal corrections
chief Jaime Villanova said. The names of the prisoners, all members of the dangerous Mara Salvatrucha gang, were not released in order to avoid jeopardizing an ongoing investigation that began a month ago, he said. Capt. Juan Ramon Arevalo, director of the Zacatras prison, said the gang members had hidden the cell phones, wrapped in plastic bags, in their anuses. The phones were relatively small – about as long as an adult forefinger. Authorities also found nine
cell phone chips, each slightly larger than a fingernail, and one charger. “Each one had a cellular with a number of chips,” Arevalo said, adding that one also had hidden a charger in his anal cavity. The smuggled phones were found during an investigation at prisons throughout the country amid complaints from business owners of extortion by gang members. The prisoners had changed phone chips frequently to avoid being traced, Arevalo said.
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From Makaveli came “The Seven Day Theory,” in which the number seven kept popping up. Tupac was gunned down exactly seven months after “All Eyez On Me” was released. He was shot on Sept. 7 and survived seven days before he died. He was 25-years-old at the time of his death, two and five add up to seven. Even his time of death, 4:03, adds up to seven. Many called it a coincidence, but others saw it as a plan to fake his death and eventually return. The image of Tupac as a Christfigure on a cross on the album also led to speculation of a staged death, and that he was planning for his resurrection in the future. On the cover of “The Seven Day Theory,” there is a picture of Tupac being crucified. This fits with the idea that Tupac “died” so he could be reincarnated as Makaveli. The fact that many of his songs alluded to his death also furthered theories. In most of his songs he talks about being buried, but was then cremated. According to the Thug Life Army Web site, many took “The Seven Day Theory” and the Christ figure as a sign and anticipated his return from “the dead,” in 2003, seven years after his death. Incidentally,
to fans and believers in the theory, there still has been no sign of him. “It was kind of a joke thing, but, I mean, there was always that idea of, what if he does come back?” Gomez said. “But at this point, it’s been 10 years. I don’t think it’s going to happen.” Even popular comedian Dave Chappelle has had his fun with the fact that Tupac is still releasing countless albums a decade after his death. In July of this year, Chappelle did a skit called “Tupac Lives” on his self-titled show, where a “new” Tupac song is being played in a nightclub. The lyrics are “ahead of their time.” There are references to Blackberry pagers, Eminem and “Grand Theft Auto,” all of which came along years after Tupac died. The skit is funny, but also unnerving because it seems so true, Menconi said. Tupac died 10 years ago today and the case has never been solved. There is evidence, however, that contradict some of the theories. According to the Web site “Hit ‘Em Up,” the album was called “The Seven Day Theory” because it only took a week to record, not because of a larger plan. “In a sense he’s always going to be alive,” Gomez said. “Through generations and generations.”
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“You would think that engineers would be more on point with what they have to do,” Abousaeedi said. “As an engineer you have to have a stable mind.” “[Engineering] is a lot of stress and pressure, but he must’ve had some other pressure coming from other places,” Abousaeedi said. “He probably just came to a breaking point. I’m just shocked.” Civil engineer student Sokchan Hout was also surprised to hear of the murder allegedly committed by her fellow student. “Why would he want to do that?” Hout asked in disbelief. A staff member from the mechanical engineering department had no comment, but was visibly shaken from the news. Omondi was in the midst of a divorce from his wife and a child custody battle. The 35-year-old was enrolled for the fall 2006 semester and was in his senior year. He had been a student at CSUF since the spring 2003 semester.
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Stop us if you’ve heard this event to create awareness of hate one before: a frat guy walking crimes on Oct. 4 at the Quad. down an alley sees two girls ASI is going to be present and so walking together and thinks they will we – and so should you. are lesbians so he beats them In a campus this diverse, with up. so many different cultures and Was this act ignorance, lifestyles clashing, we should not drunkenness or just good-old be afraid to be who we are and hate? stand together – whether we I know, who would have are gay, lesbian, bisexual, Mexican, thought. This is 2006, that black, Chinese, Filipino, White would never happen, right? or anything else. Allegedly, it did happen. If people have to apologize A member of the for being who they Delta Chi fraternity are, then we are in If people have to house, according big trouble. The to a police report, apologize for being alliance is not punched a CSUF who they are, in the merely pro-gay, or student he thought year 2006, then we against anti-gay was a lesbian on her are in big trouble. bashing. Its message face and head. She is much deeper. was not gay. It is about antiMembers and hate crimes. supporters of the Lesbian, Gay The truth is, no matter who and Bisexual Alliance don’t feel or what you are, you could safe on campus anymore – and if be a victim of a hate crime if we were gay, we wouldn’t either. intolerance is tolerated. On Monday, at an ASI board As a diverse community, but meeting, the alliance asked for more importantly as people, ASI to support it in spreading we should all be against awareness to stop hate crimes. hate crimes and take a stand Almost without blinking, the against them unless of course ASI agreed and we agree too. you’re a racist, ignorant “Party The alliance is planning an Boy.” EDITOR’S NOTE: The Titan Editorial is solely the opinion of the Daily Titan editorial board and was written after the open debate between board members. The editorial board consists of the executive editor, the managing editor, the opinion editor, the news editors, the copy chief and other editors upon appointment of the executive editor.
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Unnecessary Annual Consumerism By Sheena Desai
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
Do we really need all these materialistic things for back to school? I believe that the problem lies in the hype being made by marketers and agencies. This hype urges parents to spend a great deal of money at the end of every summer. Sure, parents will be fine with spending money on things that are essential for their children to prepare for the new school year. However, it is not fair for parents to have to buy the same things they bought the previous years. For example, yearly must have are new clothes that bring one up to par with the latest fashion trend. Despite their good condition, old clothes are given to Goodwill. It’s like throwing away pens and
pencils that still have enough ink to last a year. Items such as these add up and result in the parent spending a good portion of their income on retailers who focus on back-to-school sales. U.S. Census Bureau press releases reported that $6.6 billion was spent on clothing for the family at retail stores in Aug. 2005. Only during the holiday season were sales equal to, or higher than, the sales at these clothing stores. In California, we can get by with a few sweaters for one part of the year and light shirts for the other part. It is understandable to buy new
clothes when living in places like Canada or parts of Europe where the weather is harsh and clothes get extensive wearand-tear from rain and snow. BY SAFIYA JACKSON When it comes to materials needed for school, if a student is not enrolled in any classes such as art or music, then there is no need to get fancy and buy additional school supplies. A key factor that plays into most parents’ lives is their profession and how much economic security they can provide their family. When people have several children and a job that doesn’t pay enough for them to afford too many luxuries, it becomes difficult to keep
the children happy about going back to school. This is another reason why I believe the hype that is made about going back to school is harmful. Nowadays, there are many expenses in our everyday lifestyles that add up and take a major chunk out of annual income. Especially with gasoline prices skyrocketing in the last year, the provider of the family has it pretty tough already and should not have to stress about the buildup of backto-school expenses. These agencies and marketers will keep doing their job, which is luring children into wanting specific things for going back to school. However, parents should stay focused and not give into this hype. If a parent gives into such hype, it will only end up costing them and spoiling their kids rotten.
Financial Aid Makes Upper Education Impossible By Rachel DOuglass
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
Welcome to the land of the free, the land of opportunity and equality. Here in this amazing country the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness are ideals that most Americans hold dear. These ideals unfortunately seem to conflict with liberty in attaining a university education in the state of California. Freedom - rather or ‘free’ is a term lacking at the California State University level. Across the country, inflation is causing the cost of education to increase. Trying to get money for school shares a close resemblance to bashing your head against a brick wall. I see the system as unfair, unmanageable and unrealistic. The system is meant to aid students, in theory, but as a financial aid recipient I find it to be unstable
and downright confusing. The struggle to find student funding raises some understated questions. Why is it so difficult to find money for school? Who is getting the money, who is giving it and who is deciding who can receive it? The answers are not as cut and dry as the questions. To understand how financial aid distribution works, you must understand the bureaucracy of the system first. Supposedly, understanding the system comes in the form of a 41page pamphlet that you can pick up in the office of financial aid. If only it were that easy. According to the pamphlet “Funding Education Beyond High School,” everything from student household size to parental earnings affects the outcome of the award. In seeking financial aid, there are several rules to follow. When tax time comes around, file. Don’t
think just file, and make sure the parental units file. If the dog made an income he better file too, just to be on the safe side. Once the filing process is complete grab a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, more commonly known as FAFSA. Being a visual person, I suggest filling out the paper form rather than the Internet version, because making one mistake can, as it did for me, plunge you into financial aid purgatory. After filing the FAFSA, the waiting process begins. Do not, however, as I mistakenly did, think that once you have submitted your file that it is complete and being processed. No, this process requires you to be proactive. It has become the student’s responsibility to keep up on the application. If all goes well, the application will be processed without a hitch, but just filling out an application does not guarantee that aid will be
received. Although the FAFSA and the office of financial aid claim to take all things into consideration, it seems that the numbers are more important than each particular case. I my case, I am the daughter of a widow who is a mother of five. She works hard for not much pay. She gets by, but barely. My mom can’t afford to put us all through school, so it is up to the state to decide if we can afford school or not. It should be the state that provides funding for this type of student. School should be encouraged, awarded even, not made impossible. The system would be more realistic if, instead of focusing on bureaucracy, it focused on humanity. It would be fairer to make decisions on a case-by-case basis. Of course in a perfect world students would have access to free education and not have to fight to pay for it.
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Cross Country Looks to Catch Their Stride Titans travel to San Diego this Saturday for Aztec invitational BY SEAN MCCORMICK
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
The Cal State Fullerton cross country team hopes to run into a few people – then pass them at this Saturday’s Aztec Invitational. In their season opening meet at Carbon Canyon in Brea, the Titans finished fourth overall and third among colleges. Concordia University in Irvine took the event with four runners in the 19 top spots. Loyola Marymount finished in second place. Among the men, CSUF runner Jordan Horn placed third in collegiate and fifth overall with a time of 25:36.10. CSUF’s other top runner Damien Nieves finished 12th overall in the men’s 8k race. “Our main challenge is to close the gap in time between Jordan and Damien,” Head Coach John Elders said. Fifth-year-senior Daniel Alvarez (27:16) agreed with Elders. “I want to get closer and closer to close the gap between our first and second guy,” Alvarez said. After the men’s 8k race the women ran their 5k race. “The women have a nice pack. I see the possibility of moving the woman’s gap,” Elders said. CSUF’s top finisher in the women’s race was Luz Valdez, who finished seventh in the collegiate division with a time of 18:55.60. “We still have a lot of work ahead of us,” Titan sophomore runner Mandy Eichmann said. Last Saturday’s meet at Brea’s Carbon Canyon Park was too crowded, Elders said. “The meet has gotten too big and 400 plus runners were there. I like
By carlos delgado/For the Daily Titan GETTING READY – Titan runners Daniel Alvarez [front] and Damien Nieves warm up before Fullerton’s opener. “The next race will be better because we will see more people from our conference,” Alvarez said. to keep events to 150 to 175 athletes per race,” he said. “A lot of our guys got stuck behind slower runners and
it was harder for the younger players to position themselves.” The CSUF invitational is open to
collegiate and private cross country clubs, so the competition might have been diluted overall.
“A lot of junior colleges were there,” Alvarez said. The meet has become bigger for many junior colleges than for the CSUF runners, Elders said. Not many of the men’s or women’s cross-country competitive rivals were at the meet at the Titans’ season opener. “Long Beach State ran their ‘Bteam,’” Eichmann said. Elders said he believes last Saturday’s meet was still a positive start to the season, giving him and his coaches an opportunity to watch his runners compete against other teams. “You never know how things will play out. You see your team in practice and it’s another thing to see them in at a meet,” Elders said. This Saturday’s meet in San Diego will offer the CSUF cross country team more competition in both the men’s and women’s race, something for the Titans to look forward to. The men are looking to see how they stack up against Long Beach State men’s “A-team,” Elders said. “There is definitely more competition at the Aztec Invitational for the women with bigger schools competing. There is going to be quality competition,” Elders said. The cross country team is looking on doing some things. Going into the meet, the women are aiming to improve their times and their standings said Eichmann, who ran a 19:40 5k at the Carbon Canyon race. Alvarez thinks that the team will benefit from challenging the high level of talent this weekend. “The next race will be better because we will see more people from our conference,” Alvarez said. Aside from the larger schools, Elders said the terrain at Balboa Park will present its own set of challenges. “The course is more challenging than our course because it has more hills. Every course is different. Some run fast and some don’t,” Elders said.
Abreu Comes Up Big For Yankees Yankees outfielder picks up six RBIs as Matsui returns from injury Associated Press Bobby Abreu finished off the Devil Rays all by himself in the first inning. Abreu hit a three-run homer and a three-run double in a nine-run first and finished with a career-high seven RBIs on Tuesday night in the New York Yankees’ 12-4 laugher over Tampa Bay. Abreu became the first Yankees player with six RBIs in an inning since Gil McDougald in the ninth on May 3, 1951, at the St. Louis Browns, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. He was also the first major leaguer with six RBIs in the first since Oakland’s Matt Stairs had a grand slam and a two-run single against the California Angels on July 5, 1996. In his first game since breaking his left wrist on May 11, Hideki Matsui was 4-for-4 with four singles and a walk, tying his major league high for hits in a game. Mike Mussina (14-6) pitched 6 13 shutout innings to win for the first time in six starts, and the Yankees lowered their magic number to nine for clinching their ninth straight AL East title. New York (87-56) won its fourth straight and moved 31 games over .500 for the first time this season. The Devil Rays (56-86) dropped 30 games under .500 for the first time this year. Mussina, pitching on six days’ rest after a stint on the disabled list caused by a strained right groin, allowed five hits, struck out five and walked none.