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Monday April 9, 2007
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
ASI Presidency Undetermined By Kristina Junio
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
The results of the Associated Students, Inc. spring presidential race prompted a run-off election between the two highest voted pairs because none of the candidates won by a majority, as required by the bylaws. The run-off election will be between ASI President Heather Williams, who is running for re-election with Curtis Schlaufman as her executive vice president, and ASI Execu-
Title IX Provides Equality Law, long used to fund women’s sports, designed to create gender equity By Leyla Alahmad
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It is the 35th anniversary for Title IX, a federal law enacted in 1972 requiring gender equality in educational institutions. Although Title IX is best known for requiring gender equality in athletics, it was initially intended for gender equality across the entire educational realm. Title IX states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” Steve DiTolla, associate athletics director at Cal State Fullerton, said, “The basic principle behind Title IX is to provide equal opportunity for student athletes to participate in athletics.” An article in the Daily Titan on September 23, 1981, almost 10 years after the law was enacted, discussed the possible elimination of the law by the Reagan administration. According to the 1981 article, even if Title IX were to have been eliminated, the fight for fairness would not have stopped. Today, however, the law is still active and required by schools falling under certain categories. “Gender equity in athletic institutions is required for schools that receive federal aid and schools that participate in the NCAA. Since CSUF falls under both those categories, then the school does abide by Title IX,” DiTolla said. “We at CSUF feel very strongly that we abide by the government laws set forth in Title IX.” Allison Rich, senior associate SEE TITLE IX - PAGE 3
tive Vice President Javier Gamboa, who is running for president with Linda Vasquez as his executive vice president. Over 40 people gathered in the Legislative Chambers of the Titan Student Union to hear the election results Thursday night. Gamboa and Vasquez had 1,202 votes while Williams and Schlaufman had 1,132 votes. Kerry Belvill and Cassandra Rehm had 218 votes and would not be participating in the run-off. “In order to win, according to the bylaws, you have to have 50 percent of the votes plus one individual vote,” said Becky Meza, ASI commissioner. “Obviously neither team had 50 percent of the votes.” This year 2,579 students voted, “Which has definitely been the high-
est number we’ve had in the last two years,” Meza said. “This has been the craziest election I’ve ever seen and I’ve been involved with each one for the last three years,” said CSUF student Angela Meyers, who was campaigning for Williams and Schlaufman. After the polls closed, Williams said she was feeling pretty good. “Last year I was out talking to a lot of people, but this year I did not hold back what so ever, every person who walked by I talked to and a lot of people said they voted,” Williams said. “I think the quality of all the candidates this semester drove a lot of students out to vote,” Gamboa SEE ASI - PAGE 3
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waiting for it - Heather Williams and Curtis Kaufman await the results for who will become the next ASI president and vice president Thursday. The election ended in a run-off and another vote will be held later next week.
Demonstration in Los Angeles to Protest Immigration Law Legislation affecting undocumented workers targeted by 15,000 By Peter prengaman Associated Press
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Thousands of people marched through downtown on Saturday, demanding a way for the country’s estimated 12 million illegal immigrants to become citizens and condemning President Bush’s latest proposal. Carrying signs saying “Amnesty Now,” about 15,000 people danced to Mexican ranchera music and passed large American flags over their heads. Organizers said many illegal immigrants were angry about a White House plan that would grant them work visas but require them to return home and pay thousands of
dollars to become U.S. residents. and need it now.” “Charging that much, Bush is The march passed through one going to be even more expensive of most heavily Hispanic districts than the coyotes,” said protester in downtown, collecting people Armando Garcia, 50, referring to who had come to do their weekend smugglers who transport people shopping. At City Hall, protesters across the Mexican border. “He will listened to a number of immigrant become the No. 1 rights speakers. coyote.” Advocates say Garcia said he If they kick me out, many of the area’s was in the U.S. who is going to take illegal immigrants legally but has sevfeel betrayed by eral brothers here care of my daughters? President Bush, illegally. who they had long The government? I Alfredo Gonza- don’t think so. considered an ally. lez, 33, an illegal “People are re– Alfredo Gonzalez immigrant from ally upset,” said Illegal Immigrant from Mexico Mexico, marched Juan Jose Gutierwith his wife and rez, president of daughters, ages 6 Los Angeles-based and 8. He said he Latino Movement fears the stepped-up immigration USA, one of several organizers of raids occurring across the country. the rally. “If they kick me out, who is go“For years, the president spoke in ing to take care of my daughters? no uncertain terms about supportThe government? I don’t think so,” ing immigration reform ... then this he said. “We need full legalization kind of plan comes out and people
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are so frustrated,” he said. The White House’s draft plan, leaked last week, calls for a new “Z” visa that would allow illegal immigrant workers to apply for threeyear work permits. They would be renewable indefinitely, but would cost $3,500 each time. To get a permit and become legal permanent residents, illegal immigrants would have to return to their home country, apply at a U.S. embassy or consulate to re-enter legally and pay a $10,000 fine. The proposal has been sharply criticized by Hispanic advocacy groups, Democrats, the Roman Catholic Church and unions that have many immigrants in their ranks. They argue the costs of work permits and the green card application, which could total more than $20,000, are prohibitive. The plan is far more conservative than the one passed by the Senate last year with bipartisan backing and support from President Bush.
That plan would have allowed many of the country’s illegal immigrants to stay in the United States, work and apply to become legal residents after learning English, pay small fines and back taxes and clear a background check. Many Senate conservatives opposed that plan, and it failed to gain traction in the then Republican-controlled House, which at the end of 2005 passed the punitive immigration reform bill that angered immigrant communities and led to massive protests. “Last year, we were fighting for legalization, and this year we are fighting for legalization and against all these raids,” said Maria Lopez, 50, an illegal immigrant who works as a seamstress and sends $200 a month home to family in Mexico. “We have no way to come up with that much money, and Bush knows that,” she said. “He is doing this on purpose so we don’t ever become legal residents.”
Tanning Beds Provide Alternatives to Sunlight For less-dangerous bronze skin, sun worshippers can head to an ultraviolet bed BY Natalie DeFay
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As the winter season draws to a close, the pressure to be tan is on the minds of many beach-goers at Cal State Fullerton. The images portrayed by the media often glorify a bronzed body. According to the Food and Drug Administration, 38,000 cases and 7,300 deaths linked to tanning, including malignant melanoma and other related skin cancers, are anticipated this year in America. Even so, there is a large portion of the population that will continue to tan outdoors and indoors either temporarily or on a regular basis. Bart Siggson, owner of Exotic Tan in Brea, said that tanning salons will typically hit their peak of business in the springtime because of vacationers, and that there is always a rush of high school students coming in before prom. However, many tan all
year long simply because they don’t like to look pasty. Business Major Derek Hrubeniuk is well aware of the risks involved with tanning beds as he has experienced some burning before, yet he tans in the regular beds once every couple of weeks. “I only go in because I’m really fair skinned,” he explained. “In the wintertime I get really white and I don’t like it.” As many people want to hit the beach looking as good as possible, it is easy to see why many will ignore the risks and dangers involved with exposure to the harmful ultraviolet rays projected in most tanning beds. Still, there are dangers associated with artificial tanning, as well as with tanning in the natural sunlight. The FDA warns that the ultraviolet rays delivered in both methods are harmful to skin, opening the window of opportunity for many forms of skin cancer and damaging sunburn to take a large toll on the body. Yet tanning in beds does not pose as great a risk as natural tanning. Siggson said there are three keys to absorbing the safest indoor, ultra-
easy tan - Luke Hanna, 21, lies in a tanning bed at Exotic Tans in Brea. violet-initiated tan possible. These keys are tanning in moderation, starting off with a shorter length of tanning time, and using indoor tanning lotion. The lotion is different from sunscreen because it contains no SPF, yet it moisturizes the skin,
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allowing it to hold color for a longer period of time after tanning. Siggson also highly recommended the use of high-pressure beds. These are beds of the most advanced technology that filter out 99.2 percent of all harmful ultravio-
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let B rays, which are the shorter rays that immediately burn your skin and lead to aggressive skin cancers. The ultraviolet A rays emitted by the high pressure beds enhance the coloring agent in the human body; tanning will happen slower, yet with longer-lasting color and less damage done to bather’s skin, Siggson said. The bulbs in these high-pressure beds cost approximately $110 a piece, whereas the regular bulbs merely cost around $15. Siggson said people should be careful when investing in the use of a high-pressure bed; he said another local Fullerton tanning salon claims to offer these expensive beds, but actually uses the regular bulbs. “Check and make sure that you are getting what you pay for,” Siggson said. “If the bulbs appear to be fluorescent, then you aren’t getting a high pressure bed. High pressure will also have a bluish screen which takes part in the filtering process.” Studies on the Web site Tanning-Advisor.com have shown that tanning indoors in a salon is less harmful than tanning outside in the natural sunlight.
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