Vol. 88 Issue 32
October 27, 2010
Old Town Haunt
brings horror to locals
Pasadena’s historical haunted house mixes actual and costumed terrors for Halloween
See LOCAL, page 5
Voting begins
for ASI Board of Directors
Thirteen student candidates, two from each Cal State Fullerton college, will be elected to represent classmates See ELECTIONS, page 3
WHAT’S INSIDE OPINION A look at the unnecessary facts of politics ........................................4 FEATURES Previews for some of this Halloween’s local festivities ........................................5 SPORTS Bee in the Know: Chase for the World Series ........................................6
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Elevator negligence
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Who: Cal State Fullerton
Mexico’s death toll continues to rise along with cartel power
What: Expired permits
BROOKE MCCALL
When: The past months Where: Campus elevators Why: Negligence of staff So: Up to $1,000 fine
JOHNNY LE / Daily Titan
display yesterday -- brought to his attention by the Daily Titan -- Michael Anthony, assistant University fails to post updated director of the Physical Plant on campus, schedelevator permits as stated by uled to have the current permits posted as early California law as this morning. Despite the expired permits in elevators located FRANCINE RIOS around campus, all 97 elevators were inspected Staff Writer in April 2010, said Debra Tudor, the chief engineer for the State of California Elevator Unit. When asked why the outdated permits had For several months, Cal State Fullerton has been in violation of state law by not displaying gone unnoticed for so long, Anthony said that proper elevator inspection permits, according to the elevator representative of ThyssenKrupp, the private elevator company which handles the records reviewed by the Daily Titan. Upon realization of the outdated permits on daily maintenance of CSUF campus elevators,
Deaths in drug war increase
must have gotten behind on its work. He also acknowledged that the ThyssenKrupp representative is overseen by both the plant and ThyssenKrupp. “Ultimately, the elevators are my responsibility,” Anthony said. Initially, the plant was under the impression that the state of California was simply behind on inspections. “This is an annual ritual we go through,” said Physical Plant Director Willem van der Pol in a Sept. 30 phone interview. See ELEVATOR, page 2
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In January of 2007, President of Mexico Felipe Calderon declared a war on drugs. There have been an estimated 28,228 drug-war related deaths since 2007, which the Los Angeles Times has stated was “more than the U.S. fatalities in the Iraq War.” The death toll continues to rise as multiple incidents spread throughout Mexico in the last week. In Ciudad Juarez, 14 people were killed in a massacre at a party on Oct. 22. The victims were all under the age of 25, including a 9-year-old boy. In a city miles away in the state of Coahuila, another three people, including two women and a teenage boy, were killed Sunday in drug-war related crossfire. Unrelated to either of these incidents, another three gunmen died Sunday in Torreon, Coahuila in another drug-war shooting. “Mexico’s violent drug cartels increasingly resemble an insurgency with the power to challenge the government’s control of wide swaths of its own soil,” said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. See DEATHS, page 2
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BRIAN EVANS / For the Daily Titan Junior left-winger Dalton Braniff skates past center ice with the puck. In his second season with Titan hockey, he takes on a leadership role.
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From the first step on the frigid ice to the last second of the buzzer, there are no words to describe the feeling of adrenaline and pure thrill when playing the game of hockey. The arctic air is always too cold for the lungs. The arena glass makes every minuscule sound echo across the ice. The freezing feeling wears off after warm-ups begin, only to turn to excruciating heat by the end of the game. Cal State Fullerton junior Dalton Braniff has been playing hockey longer than he could swim or ride a bike. The 20-year-old began playing roller hockey when he was 5 years old and switched to ice when he was 12. During high school he played for
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two different clubs, Inland Valley Wild and Anaheim Wildcats. Braniff, jersey No. 96, plays left wing, his favorite position because it gives him the chance to facilitate plays, and the ability to take the puck to the opponent’s side. “Hockey is the most versatile sport. It has the prettiness of soccer, the toughness of football, the tactics of basketball, and it’s played at a speed unmatched in team sports,” Braniff said. Braniff did not play hockey his freshman year, because he didn’t know the campus had a team. His sophomore year, Braniff was persuaded to attend practice and try out for the team by an old teammate on the Titans. Last season when Braniff first joined, it was the first season CSUF had a team in the West Coast Hockey Conference, Division II team of the
American Collegiate Hockey Association. Being a new team, it was challenging to get campus acknowledgment and be able to draw enough attention to recruit players. The premier season was especially rocky because the Titans didn’t know the mentality of their opponents. They weren’t able to understand their habits or conquer how their rivals played. Braniff said it was inspiring to see if the players ambitions would amount to any wins in the end. See WINGER, page 6
That time of the year has come around once more. Halloween, the one day of the year you can become whoever you want to be without being judged. You want to be a unicorn? Fine. Sparkly vampire? Go for it. Sexy kitten? You got it! However, it seems every year costumes keep getting more expensive. Try going to a Halloween superstore and you’re looking at at least $50 for a good costume. So how can the average broke college student get the look they want for less? Easy. Go for the next best thing: make it yourself. For those of you already savvy to this idea of the “self-made” costume, you already know there is an endless possibility of trendy costumes you can throw together for under $15. Want to make fun of pop culture? Twilight has the easiest costumes to duplicate. For Edward Cullen, grab your dark jeans, white
shirt and jacket, dust your face with some white powder, gel your hair until it’s as tall as the Eiffel Tower and sprinkle some of your little sister’s glitter on your face and chest and viola! You are now a sparkly teen heartthrob! And for those female students interested in dressing up like the vampire Scoobysnack, Bella Swan, any pair of dark blue denim jeans, a plaid buttonup shirt and earth toned jacket will complete her wardrobe. See CHEAP, page 5