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Thursday April 26, 2007
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
CSUF Remembers Victims of Virginia Tech By ALEKSANDRA WOJTALEWICZ
ally. “I drove from home just to come to this,” said kinesiology The flickering glow of candlelight major Danielle Silva, 26. The vigil began with a prayer, illuminated the mournful faces of students as they paid their respects followed by speeches by President to the victims of the Virginia Tech Milton Gordon, Dean of Stushooting at a vigil held Wednesday dents Kandy Mink Salas and ASI night at Cal State Fullerton’s Memo- President Heather Williams. President Gordon thanked rial Grove. students for responding to Vir“I came to pay respects to the vicginia Tech’s students. He also tims and their families since it was assured students that although a such a tragedy,” tragedy like said business the Virginia major Phi nguyTech shooting en, 21. can occur at It’s one of our realities Among the CSUF, camseven trees at that we have to live pus emergenMemorial Grove, with day by day. cy response which commemhas been imorate the victims proved. of CSUF’s 1976 “It’s one of library shooting, – Milton Gordon our realities 32 ribbons in Cal State Fullerton President that we have Virginia Tech’s to live with school colors-day by day,” maroon and orGordon said. ange--reflecting Salas reminded students “to the “Expressions of Hope” theme of honor those students” by recomthe event. “I could not think of a more fit- mitting to their studies, since the ting place for a memorial,” CSUF victims of the shooting were trying to earn degrees. President Milton Gordon said. She also urged students to More than 200 students gathered at the vigil. Some came in a group with friends, with their fraternity or SEE Vigil- PagE 5 sorority and others came individuDaily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
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By KARL THUNMAN/Daily Titan Photo Editor
SILENT PRAYER - Students gathered in Memorial Grove Wednesday to remember the victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy. Some 200 students lit
candes while listening to a poem read by one of the orgainzers of the event.
Vietnam Veteran Shares Concerns for American Soldiers By JENNy HOUSER
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Kenn Miller tied his bootlaces. It had taken him 30 minutes this morning just to pull the boots on. His legs were stiff and sore, he said, from the cold weather. He gripped his cane and stood up slowly. “This is what happens when you get old,” he said laughing. He pulled a green hat over his thinning gray hair. His skin was wrinkled from years of stress but he still smiled through his scruffy beard. He limped heavily when he walked, but his eyes gleamed as if he was still 20 years old. “This is what happens when you
get old.” no, this is what happens when you’ve spent three tours of combat sneaking around the jungles and mountains of Vietnam. Sometime— nobody knows exactly when because of American politics and ancient hatreds in the Middle East—tens of thousands of Americans will be dealing with the same demons that confront Miller every day. They will be the former soldiers, Marines and sailors washed up on American soil after the U.S. government declares victory in Iraq and Afghanistan and brings them home. Because of forces far beyond their control, these military veterans will walk the same psychological and physical trail blazed by more than 2 million Americans who served during America’s decade-long involvement in the Vietnam War. These returning veterans could do a lot worse than to listen to the lessons that Miller and his fellow Viet-
nam vets might be willing to share. In 2002, Miller was shopping It might be instructive for them to in Santa Barbara with his wife and hear a previous generation’s personal daughter. Waiting patiently inside after-action reports on how they a store while the women shopped, coped— or didn’t— with the after- Miller heard shouting from outside. math of an unpopular war. He stepped out to see 2,000 protestMiller knows the brutal realities ers carrying signs, yelling and bangof war. He also knows what it’s like ing cymbals. to come back “They were home and face people my age a critical public. and were anti-war After 30 years, people,” he said. Any time Americans Miller is again were re-livscrew up, it makes big “They witnessing how ing their youth. news. When America popular support They were people in wartime can just waiting for a does something right, diminish. chance to do this it doesn’t. “The United all over again.” – Kenn Miller States is not In 1962, Miller Retired American Soldier worthy of its joined the Army military,” he and was soon desaid, shaking ployed to Vietnam. his head. “Any He was a U.S. time Americans screw up, it makes Army long-range reconnaissance pabig news. When America does some- trol, trained and highly skilled in capthing right, it doesn’t.” turing the enemy without ever being
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Retired patrolman discusses issues facing soldiers in Part 1 of 2
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It was hard to miss the Internship and Job Fair in the Quad Wednesday, as hundreds of students hoped to score an internship or job before summer begins. According to the Career Center, over 262 employers were on campus to talk to students about the opportunities they were offering. Career Center director Jim Case said that yesterday’s event was the largest on-campus event in South-
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ern California. “There are similar events on other campuses, but our event is the largest in this area and it continues to grow each semester,” Case said. Some of the more well-known companies that attended the fair included 24 Hour Fitness, ABC7, Capital Group Companies, Inc., Disneyland Resort, Enterprise, Girls and Boys Town of Southern California, JC Penny, Old navy, and Union Pacific Railroad accordSEE Fair - PagE 5
By SHAELAN BOWERS
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By DANIEL SUZUKI/For the Daily Titan
FIghTINg woRdS - Payam Shahfari, a CSUF student, points out reasons why the U.S. should not prolong the war in Iraq to Sgt. Roberto Ruiz at the Intership and Job Fair Wednesday.
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ing back from Vietnam were people who made the mistake of not staying in the Army for 20 years,” Miller said. “You have trouble dealing with everything. You can’t really respect the experience, and they’re out to get you. I mean there was a real prejudice against GIs then.” While attending the University of Michigan, Miller sat in the back of the room with fellow veterans in a film course called “Vietnam and the Artist.” The lecture hall was filled with 300 people and the four vets sat together. The lecture usually ended with the professor insulting the veterans. “It was an endless litany of how horrible we were. We’d all sit together and [the professor] would make references like, ‘We have our little fascist cluster over here. notice how they are all sitting in the right?’” SEE VETEraN - PagE 5
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seen or heard. He was a ghost among the trees and rice paddies. With his CAR15 rifle in hand, the sergeant became known as the Warlord. 30 years and two published novels later, he is still known as the Warlord. Miller sat next to his friend and fellow Vietnam vet, retired Green Beret Col. Paul Longgrear. The two old soldiers shared war stories and joked about their time spent in the jungle. Their lightheartedness quickly turned serious. “You stayed in after the war, didn’t you, Paul? Those who stayed in the service did better. I wish I had,” Miller said. Longgrear made the military his career after Vietnam. After 26 years of service, he had earned the Bronze Star, three Purple Hearts and two Vietnamese government awards for valor. Miller left the Army and went back to school. “The people who suffered com-
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is possible. The web site secondlife.com which had a virtual map of only 64 acres when it opened to the public in 2003 now has over 65,000 acres and almost 6 million residents. In this world people can create an avatar that resembles their looks and can roam around performing tasks, and getting involved in fun activities just as they could in the “real” world. With a continuing goal of trying to truly make this a second life for its residents; the Web site has many SEE VirTUal - PagE 3
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