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Drugs found on book burglar Heroin found after CSUF student’s failed attempt to steal books, police say BRIAN DAY Daily Titan
University Police arrested a 19-year-old student last week on suspicion of stealing textbooks from the Titan Shops bookstore and reselling them, as well as possessing a small amount of heroin, authorities said. Tina Foutris, 19, of Yorba Linda, was booked on suspicion of commercial burglary and possession of stolen property, with the additional allegation of a previous theft conviction, as well as possession of a controlled substance, following Thursday’s 8:20 a.m. incident at the bookstore, University Police Capt. John Brockie said. She was released from the Central Women’s Jail just after midnight the following morning after posting bail, according to county booking records. “One of the (community service officers) that was working loss prevention saw a female take three books, then leave the bookstore without paying for them,” Brockie said. The officer confronted the woman–later identified as Foutris–just outside the bookstore, at which point she dropped the stolen books, Brockie said. The community service officer (CSO) told her to come back inside the bookstore and she complied, but then ran out the door, he said. The CSO notified other University Police officers, who found and arrested Foutris on the west end of the campus near the Titan Student Union, Brockie said. Officers discovered .06 grams of heroin in her possession, he added. Upon further investigation, Brockie said, “(Foutris) also admitted she had stolen books from the Titan bookstore on several different occasions.” Police located a high-dollar-value book she had sold the previous day to the nearby Little Professor bookstore, which had also been stolen from the campus bookstore, he said. The four recovered books were valued at $617. Staff at the bookstore and the Little Professor said text book thefts appear to have been on the rise lately. “I think in the last couple years, with the economy, we’ve seen an increase,” said Mike Clemons, operations manager at the bookstore. SEE BURGLARY, 2
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Buddhist Monks from southern India visited Orange County to promote world peace. The monks created a sacred mandala that was available for viewing at the Neighborhood Congregational Church for a week until this past Sunday. The sand that the mandala was made from was taken to Laguna Beach to be washed away.
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NATIONAL | Presidential poll updates
Polls show Romney and Obama neck and neck Presidential contenders only have a few months left to convince swing voters in Florida and Ohio, who will likely decide the outcome of the election in November JONATHAN WINSLOW Daily Titan
Mere months away from the next presidential election, citizens of the United States remain unsure of who will be holding the reins for the next four years. The presidential debates are set to begin in less than two weeks and both President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are gearing up for the final stretch. Of all the issues that will be discussed in the debates, the economy is at the forefront. Economic issues have always been a particularly potent topic during elections, and this year is no exception. Some voters will be deciding their vote based heavily on the economic policies of the candidates. “Obama seems to have good plans,” said Taran Eckel, a 20, kinesiology major at Cal State Fullerton. “Just going through with those plans seems to be the hard part for him, but I think he’d do a good job.” Eckel, a diabetic, said he recognizes the difficulty of supporting oneself financially in such a situation.
He feels that Obama’s healthcare plan is more catered to meeting the demands of such situations. Some, however, are not as confident in Obama’s economic strategies. One such person is Joseph Ward, 26, an elementary school teacher and CSUF alumnus. “I don’t feel that the current plan has worked very well,” said Ward. “We’ve spent kind of a lot of money on things that maybe aren’t where they should be.” Ward has been teaching for over a year now, but is currently on a half-year contract, which means at the halfway mark of the school year his job status will be uncertain. Ward said he feels that teachers are on the receiving end of economic distress, and that the administration is not making the proper moves to address it. According to CNN, current polls show Obama and Romney are extremely close to one another, leaving battleground states such as Florida and Ohio to determine the ultimate outcome. The debates will be a large part of determining which way those states swing, but other happenings can also have an effect on them. An example is Romney’s candid “47 percent” comment that was released in a video just last week.
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GOP nominee Mitt Romney addresses a crowd at the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce earlier this month in Los Angeles
Local artist paints mural landscapes to last through generations Kevin Stewart-Magee has helped bring color to the community through his art LAURA BILLITER For the Daily Titan
Courtesy of Kevin Stewart-Magee The murals are a product of extensive research, as well as a community effort to depict the past, present and future. Stewart-Magee has worked on approximately 100 murals in six different states. CONTACT US AT DTNEWSDESK@GMAIL.COM
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For graduate assistant Kevin Stewart-Magee, mural painting goes beyond the creative process: It’s a process that incorporates both months of research and community members into the mural. Ultimately, there’s more to the art than just painting a wall. Stewart-Magee has painted, by his count, approximately 100 corporately, publicly and privatelysponsored murals in six states since the early ‘90s. His works, which average be-
tween 40 to 50 feet long and 10 to 12 feet high, can take months to complete. “It’s very much like getting a tattoo,” said Stewart-Magee. “But this is like getting a tattoo for your children.” These works of art are like massive tattoos on the environment of future generations, he said. “They’re a major commitment, last a very long time and can cost a significant amount of money— and your children have to love it or they’re going to get it laser-removed as soon as they can,” Stewart-Magee said. Stewart-Magee, a sunnily goodhumored and comic man with an infectious enthusiasm for all things art, assists in teaching art
classes at Cal State Fullerton. For years, he has understood the strong impressions murals inspire in the communities in which they are displayed. An Ohio native, Stewart-Magee came to California for the first time as a teenager and said the scale of the Golden State art wowed him. The effect proved to be a lasting one. After earning his undergraduate degree in painting from Ohio State University, Stewart-Magee said his paintings kept getting bigger and eventually caught the attention of a patron. Before painting a mural, he conducts extensive research. SEE MURALIST, 6