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Volume 93, Issue 22
NEWS 2
Fullerton police officer shot OPINION 4
‘Ryancare’ takes on ‘Obamacare’ DETOUR 5
Concocting the perfect cocktail SPORTS 8
Women’s basketball upsets Hawaii
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MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013
CAMPUS | Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
FOOTAGE SHOWS SUSPECTS IN MIHAYLO ASI advocates for undocumented students ANDERS HOWMANN Daily Titan
The ASI Board of Directors passed a resolution last month in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in a move continuing advocacy on behalf of undocumented students and students with temporary residency in the United States. While the resolution is simply a statement of ASI’s position, Kayla Coriaty, a senior political science major and ASI chief governmental officer, hopes the resolution will make students aware of DACA as well as the large undocumented population on campus. “It’s really about awareness and education and ensuring that we are able to move forward strongly as an organization that supports these students,” said Coriaty. DACA, an executive order signed
by President Obama in June 2012, allows young adults who arrived in the U.S. before the age of 16, are under 30 years of age and attended a U.S. high school, to apply for a work permit and a two-year renewable reprieve from deportation. According to the ASI resolution, about 10 percent of CSUF students identify themselves as undocumented and more than 700 students who have attended the university in the past four years have applied for DACA. Coriaty said this information was gathered through CSUF graduate studies and Student Academic Services. Brenda Lopez, a senior liberal studies major and DACA-approved applicant, said this resolution can be incredibly helpful for undocumented students trying to pursue their career after college. SEE DACA, 2
SPORTS | Big West Tournament
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University Police Capt. John Brockie looks over the security camera tapes of the Dec. 12, 2012 CSUF lockdown inside his office Thursday.
Police release lockdown tapes Suspect may have left Mihaylo 30 minutes before SWAT was called TIM WORDEN Daily Titan
An armed robbery suspect who prompted an eight-hour campuswide lockdown in December may have walked through the Steven G. Mihaylo Hall lobby half an hour before police called SWAT onto campus, believing he was still in the building, according to police and new documents released to the Daily Titan. The man, considered to be the fifth at large suspect in a Moreno Valley pawn shop armed robbery and high-speed pursuit that landed on Cal State Fullerton’s doorstep Dec. 12, may have only been inside the main Mihaylo Hall building for less than 20 seconds. He made his way from the south entrance overlooking Nutwood Avenue to the north entrance into the plaza next to the Mihaylo statue, according to police and footage from two security cameras in the firstfloor Mihaylo Hall lobby.
The security footage, made available to the Daily Titan through a Public Records Act request, show who police deem as two “likely” candidates for the outstanding suspect who evaded police detection as officers from seven different agencies, including three SWAT teams, swarmed the campus. Both candidates for the outstanding suspect walk through Mihaylo Hall’s south entrance that overlooks Nutwood Avenue at around 3:46 p.m. on the camera tapes and head to the north entrance leading to the Mihaylo plaza area. It is unknown if the suspect— if one of the people shown on the tapes is the suspect—stayed in the Mihaylo Hall area or, if he fled, when he left the area and what direction he headed, said University Police Capt. John Brockie. They were last seen exiting the north Mihaylo Hall entrance eight and a half minutes before University Police initiated the Mihaylo Hall evacuation and 34 minutes before authorities called SWAT, according to Brockie, who served
as the incident commander for the day’s events. He led a coalition of Orange County law enforcement that included an arsenal of snipers, armored transports, helicopters, a medical staging area and two mobile command units. It was the first time SWAT has been called to campus, Brockie said. Police are unable to positively identify either man, both of whom appear to be wearing dark clothing, as the outstanding suspect since the cameras are far away and an accurate facial description is not possible, said Brockie. However, it is likely that one of them is the suspect, Brockie said. “It’s likely that they could have been, that they were one of the suspects,” Brockie said. Both people are not seen on the security footage again, he added. Police believe that when the robbery suspects crashed in front of the Marriott, three fled south down Folino Drive. Of the three that went south, one was apprehended outside College Park, one allegedly carjacked
a vehicle and was apprehended in Watts after a subsequent police pursuit, and the third fled on foot into Fullerton and was caught two weeks later. Police believe two fled northwest onto campus into the south entrance of Mihaylo Hall. There are two security cameras in the Mihaylo lobby area. One is located in the southwest end of the Grand Foyer that overlooks the south entrance and the Starbucks. The second, in the west wing of the lobby, looks to the main north entrance that opens toward the Mihaylo statue and plaza. At 3:46:05 p.m., a male with a stocky build wearing a white shirt and baggy jeans is seen casually walking through the south entrance of Mihaylo Hall. Based on his clothing and build, he is “more than likely” to be Jerome Allen, the suspect who a California Highway Patrol officer apprehended minutes later in the area between Mihaylo Hall and the Carl’s Jr. on campus, according to Brockie. SEE INVESTIGATION, 3
LOCAL | Fullerton
Community celebrates Arbor Day by planting trees KAITLYN THOMPSON Daily Titan
Community members and volunteers were able to get their hands dirty by planting trees at this year’s Arbor Day, celebrated on Saturday at Virgil “Gus” Grissom Park in Fullerton. In observance of Arbor Day, 15 trees were planted in the park. Phil Kisor, Fullerton’s landscape supervisor, said the different types of trees planted this year included California Peppers, Redwoods, Afghan Pines and Raywood Ash. SEE TREES, 2
ELEONOR SEGUA / For the Daily Titan
Ramon Silva and Oscar Rodriguez of Fullerton plant a tree as citizens observe Arbor Day on Saturday.
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ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan Junior forward Mya Olivier looks to make a play in the Big West semifinal.
Women’s basketball run ends vs. Pacific TAMEEM SERAJ Daily Titan
The eighth-seeded Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team battled toe-to-toe with top-seeded University of the Pacific, but their “Cinderella” run in the Big West Tournament was ended by a late three-pointer to down the Titans 5451 on Friday at Honda Center. The Titans looked confident to get another upset going into their matchup with the Tigers. CSUF got the first basket of the game 58 seconds in from forward Kathleen Iwuoha, who had her best game in a Titan jersey. That would be the only lead of the night for the Titans despite the fact that it was a tightly contested game. Erica McKenzie hit a three-pointer on the Tigers’ next possession; that became a theme for the Tigers throughout the game. McKenzie hit another three-pointer in the Tigers next possession and another three minutes later. McKenzie’s third threepointer opened up a double digit lead for Pacific at 14-4 six minutes into the game. The Tigers’ ball movement early in the game broke down the Titans’ zone defense and allowed for open shots. The Titans were forced to switch their defensive game plan. “The zone didn’t go so well to start the game and so we had to try and defend them man-to-man, and it’s a tough team to play like that,” said Head Coach Marcia Foster. “They space, they shoot, they attack and kick out and they came out with a different set than what we normally see from them versus the zone.” The man defense worked well for the Titans in the next 10 minutes. The Tigers were held without a field
goal which allowed the Titans to get back within four with 5:56 remaining in the half. Forward Kendall Rodriguez broke the Tigers’ field goal drought with a three-point shot at the 4:09 mark after a stretch of 10:17 without a field goal. Rodriguez’s shot put the Tigers back up by eight, but Iwuoha countered by scoring on the next three CSUF possessions to bring the Titans within two with 2:24 to play in the half. McKenzie hit her fourth three-pointer of the half on the Tigers’ next possession before the Titans could tie it. The Tigers led at the end of the first half 25-21. Iwuoha led the Titans with 12 points and eight rebounds and McKenzie led the Tigers with 12 points, all from shots behind the arc. The Titans began the second half strong and tied the game at 29 with 17:20 remaining. The next eight minutes were tightly contested and the Tigers never led by more than five until they got a six point lead at 41-35 at the 9:13 mark from a layup by McKenzie. The Titans got back within two from a bucket by forward Mya Olivier and a pair of free throws by guard Tailer Butler. The Tigers stretched their lead to seven with 5:40 to play off of a layup from guard Gena Johnson and a jumper and free throw from McKenzie. The Titans refused to go away and once again brought their deficit down to two over the next minute. The Tigers owned a five point lead with only 55 seconds remaining. Guard Annie Park hit a midrange jumper to bring it to a one possession game at 51-48 with 29 seconds remaining. SEE TOURNAMENT, 6
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