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Tuesday October 23, 2007
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
DTSHORTHAND . Sexual assault discussion today
‘Everything else is going to burn’
The Women’s Center will host a discussion on sexual assault Tuesday, beginning at noon until 1 p.m. Professor Sue Passalacqua discusses social attitudes how prevailing preconceptions contribute to acts of rape. Myths and misconceptions dominate the subject of rape, Passalacqua argues, and the discussion will shed some light on the subject. Admission is free. The discussion will be in UH Room 205. For more information, call (714) 278-3651 or e-mail supassalacqua@fullerton.edu.
Boy turns mom in for driving drunk
WASHINGTON (AP) – An 8year-old boy riding in a car with his mom called 911 several times to report that she wasn’t “acting normal,” leading to her arrest for investigation of drunken driving and other charges, authorities said. Paulette Lynn Spears, 33, was arrested Saturday after she drove to a fire station and said she had a medical problem. “He said ‘I don’t know where we are, and Mom’s not acting normal,’” sheriff’s Sgt. Randon M. Walker said. At one point, Spears took a cellular telephone from the boy, told the dispatcher not to worry and hung up, Walker said. The boy called back, and again his mother cut short the call, Walker said. “The mother kept interrupting the 8-year-old,” he said. “It happened at least twice.” At one point, Walker said, Spears apparently bit the boy’s hand to get the telephone away from him. The boy and a 5-year-old child were placed with an aunt. As of Monday, Spears remained in jail for investigation of drunken driving, two counts of reckless endangerment and assault of a child. Records show she has at least one conviction for drunken driving.
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An elementry school and animal center containing a few animals are in the path of the blaze as winds push the Santiago Fire over a ridge.
Thousands flee southland fires By Karl Zynda and Jake Kilroy Daily Titan Staff Writers news@dailytitan.com
By CAMERON PEMSTEIN/Daily Titan Photo Editor Chay Peterson, 46, films the fire from a safe distance as it crests a hill.
More than 250,000 people have been evacuated from homes in the wake of dozens of wild fires that have charred thousands of acres in Southern California. The fires – strengthened by high temperatures, dry conditions, and unusually strong Santa Ana winds – are consuming dry brush and trees as well as structures from the high desert to Malibu and San Diego County.
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No one is above the law – this was the message delivered by Carl Bernstein in the Richard Nixon Library and Museum Monday afternoon. Bernstein, legendary for his news reporting with partner Bob Woodward for shedding light on the Watergate scandal, which led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, spoke in the auditorium of the former president’s federal library in Yorba Linda to a crowd filled with students, reporters and curious spectators. He discussed his role in the Watergate Scandal, what journalism has now become and his revealing portrait of presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, who he wrote about in his new book, “A Woman in Charge.” The nearly two-hour lecture, followed by a question-and-answer session, included an intimate glimpse into Clinton’s life, including her strict Methodist upbringing where her mother discouraged divorce when her husband, Bill, wanted to leave the marriage. Religion and family was the basis of her philosophy that may have impinged on her potential to be something great, Bernstein said. A family suicide and constant criticism of her abilities as a person left Clinton uncertain of her
By DANIELLE SPANGLER/For the Daily Titan Carl Bernstein, legendary Watergate journalist, speaks at the Nixon Library Monday.
capability. Bernstein had no ill will toward the President he helped to bring down, rather, he said he felt a “strange kinship toward former president Richard Nixon.” “We need to understand the life of the man and not just his actions in the White House. That life is so much different when you go to the house he was born in,” Bernstein said. “You can’t help but be moved. You can’t help but reflect on the journey that he went on and his role in California politics.” Bernstein said that not even the
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Hundreds of structures have been destroyed, and thousands of more homes are threatened. One fatality has been confirmed. The resources of firefighters have been stretched to their limits. “We have more houses burning than we have people and engine companies to fight them,” San Diego Fire Captain Lisa Blake said. Emergency personnel were diverted fighting fires to evacuate people who refused to leave their homes, officials said. See SANTIAGO, Page 3
Watergate journalist speaks at Nixon Library Breast removals double By RAE NGUYEN
During Friday’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO, Maher tossed several protesters from the audience. After tolerating their constant interruptions, he charged into the crowd and helped security eject several people. More protesters began shouting for Maher to reveal the “truth” about the government planning the attack on Sept. 11. To his credit, Maher was able to deal with the protestors and slide right back into the show, seemingly unshaken. Duration: 4:30
By Cameron Pemstein/Daily Titan Photo Editor
– Carl Bernstein, Author
president can get away with unconstitutional and criminal acts. Nixon’s resignation was the result after the Watergate scandal was revealed linking to the president’s involvement.
“No one is above the law, even the president of the United States,” Bernstein said. In discussing his book, Bernstein said years of humiliation and doubt, especially the fiasco involving her husband’s affair with a White House intern challenged her image. Clinton emerged, Bernstein said, with a greater sense of self-confidence and maturity. That still doesn’t mean Clinton is an open book for the public to understand. Bernstein defends Clinton, saying her critics and opponents condemn her through unfair caricatures that depict her as “unemotional and unfeeling.” Even Clinton herself admits that she is an enigma to many, Bernstein said. Randi Lawrence, a freshman at Valencia High, found the speech inspirational. “I’ll find out a lot more about Bernstein,” said Lawrence, who is interested in political journalism. “This will give me an idea how I’ll decide on my future whether this is a path I want to go.” Timothy Naftali, director of the Richard Nixon Library and Museum, said it was a better turn-out than he thought. “We’re going to have more events like this,” Naftali said. “All we care is about excellence – whether [the opinion] is to the left, the right or the center.”
Associated Press More women who have cancer in only one breast are getting both breasts removed, says research that found the trend more than doubled in just six years. It’s still a rare option: Most breast cancer in this country is treated by lumpectomy, removing just the tumor while saving the breast. But the new study suggests 4.5 percent of breast cancer surgery in 2003 involved women getting cancerous and healthy breasts simultaneously removed, a 150 percent increase from 1998 — with no sign that the trend was slowing. Young women are most likely to choose the aggressive operation, researchers report Monday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The concern is whether they’re choosing in the heat of the moment — breast cancer surgery often is within two weeks of diagnosis — or with good understanding of its pros and cons. “Are these realistic decisions or not?” asks Dr. Todd Tuttle, cancer See CANCER, Page 2