The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Monday September 17, 2018
Volume 104 Issue 7
Cars crash on Nutwood A woman was sent to the hospital Sunday with minor injuries. CAITLIN BARTUSICK Managing Editor
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Firefighters soak up gas after 2 cars collide on Nutwood Ave.
A woman suffered minor injuries after colliding with
another vehicle at the intersection of Nutwood and Commonwealth avenues Sunday. University Police, Fullerton police and the Fullerton Fire Department received the call at 12:59 p.m. and responded to the scene. The woman was transported to a hospital for examination, said Capt. Scot Willey.
The woman and her son were driving in a Honda Sedan. They turned from the westbound lane when they appeared to pull in front of a black Pontiac GTO traveling eastbound along Nutwood Avenue, Willey said. SEE ACCIDENT
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Operation PED safety goes into full effect Students could receive a $197 fine for crosswalk violations or jaywalking. KORRYN SANCHEZ Layout Editor
Cal State Fullerton’s University Police department has launched a two-week pedestrian safety campaign, Operation PED. The focus of the campaign is to ensure the safety of pedestrians around campus, said Karlton Bridgewaters, University Police officer. “We hope that by saturating the area with police officers on foot, bike and patrol cars for the first few weeks of each semester, we can establish safe driving and crossing habits and avoid any unnecessary incidents to members of our community all year long,” said Capt. Scot Willey in an email. Last week was the first week of the campaign and was dedicated to educating drivers and pedestrians. Officers were seen handing out fliers and giving people warnings for violations. However, Bridgewaters said starting the week of Sept. 17, officers will take “enforcement actions” and begin citing people. The fliers contained information about pedestrian safety and compared the average price of a citation to 44 handcrafted Starbucks drinks that could be bought for the same price as a minimum fine of $197. There have been 1,029 warnings for pedestrian violations given out by University Police, according to first week statistics
about the campaign provided by Willey. All 700 of the informational fliers were passed out and a grand total of 59 vehicle stops in relation to Operation PED were made, Willey said. “(The campaign) focuses on pedestrian safety in the crosswalks, at stops signs and stop lights and if there are ever any crosswalk violations or jaywalking. We are also enforcing vehicle violations that put pedestrian safety in jeopardy,” Bridgewaters said. Although officers will have to write citations at times for pedestrians and drivers, that is not the number one goal. The CSUF’s overall team goal is “100 percent about safety,” Willey said. The University Police, Parking and Transportation Services, Facilities Management and several CSUF presidents and vice presidents have all collaborated over multiple years to bring the campaign into action for the fall 2018 semester, according to Willey. This campaign was created due to an accumulation of near miss accidents in intersections like the one on Nutwood and Commonwealth Avenues. Many concerns about the intersection were expressed in letters to CSUF presidents and citizen complaints from Fullerton residents. These complaints are also one of the main reasons for the campaign, Willey said. According to Bridgewater, a common pedestrian mistake is being on the intersection after the alloted time. “Specifically here at Nutwood and Commonwealth, a lot
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Karlton Bridgewaters, University Police officer hands out safety campaign flyers to pedestrians.
of people are in the intersection after the light turns red or after the clock hits zero. Once that clock hits zero, it’s a green light for the right turn lane,” Bridgewater said. “They put themselves in jeopardy by still being in the street when someone else has the right of way.” September is Pedestrian Safety Month. In 2016, 867 pedestrians were killed and 14,000 were injured in California according to a press release from Robert Dunn, the acting Fullerton Police chief. The city of Fullerton has
taken actions to help protect pedestrians as well like installing a “No Turn on Red” sign in the intersection of Nutwood and Commonwealth avenues, according to Bridgewaters. The Fullerton Police Department has also made efforts to improve pedestrian safety. The department has a grant which allows them to focus on some of the busier intersections within the city limits, Willey said. However, University Police are not conducting this pedestrian safety campaign under a grant in the same way the
Fullerton Police Department is. The money and time going toward this campaign is all coming out of the University Police Department’s budget and has no connections to the grant that Fullerton Police Department has received, Willey said. “For the next two weeks, we do have additional officers with the sole purpose of this campaign and to help students be safer while walking around here. After that we will continue to enforce the law in regards to pedestrian safety,” Bridgewaters said.
Anaheim Ducks take Grad BBQ sizzles fitness exams at CSUF with excitement Graduating seniors celebrate the start of their last year with burgers. ANGELINA DEQUINA Lifestyle Editor
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The Wingate power test (above) records how fast players reach and maintain top speed.
The team uses Cal State Fullerton’s facilities to evaluate their conditioning. JULIUS CHOI
Asst. Copy Editor
The Anaheim Ducks have made Cal State Fullerton a fixture of their final tune-up
process prior to the start of the NHL season for the fourth-consecutive season. The Ducks visited campus Sept. 12 and 13 to complete a series of tests to see where their fitness levels currently stand. The tests are used to make possible adjustments to the athletes’ individual training regimens if need be, said Scott Lynn, Ph.D and kinesiology and
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biomechanics professor. Lynn said he leads the fitness testing and is the one who analyzes the results before relaying the information to Mark Fitzgerald, the Anaheim Ducks’ strength and conditioning coach who is entering his fifth season as a part of the Ducks’ personnel. SEE PREPARE
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As one of the two original buildings left on campus, the Golleher Alumni House is a unique spot that offers Titans a connection to their future through Cal State Fullerton’s history. The house is nestled between the University Police building and the Titan Student Union, tucked away by shrouds of leaves and a mountainous hill. However, the leaves made way for graduating seniors attending the Grad BBQ on Thursday. Within an hour of the event’s beginning, the house was bustling with students. Barbecue smoke wafted through the air while students piled heaps of cut fruit and pasta salad onto their plates. In addition to free hot dogs and hamburgers, students
participated in a wide range of activities including games, giveaways and graduation photos. The event even offered Bootlegger’s beer, a craft brew from a Fullerton-based brewery run by CSUF alumnus Aaron Barkenhagen. Students also had the option to leave behind a class legacy by donating money toward scholarships, Tuffy’s Basic Needs Center and a bronze elephant statue for future Titans to enjoy. The core purpose of the event was to help ease the process of adjusting to life after college. It was among one of the many events held for graduating seniors in their last year of school, according to the CSUF alumni website. Dianna Fisher, executive director of Alumni Engagement, said the Alumni Association began the tradition of the Grad BBQ 10 years ago. The goal was to form a link between the student community and the Alumni Association before graduation. SEE BBQ
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