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Lopez wins in tight election nPOLITICS: The new AS president is decided by a 290 vote margin Thursday night By Sara Stanton
Daily Titan Staff Writer
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Students line up in the Quad to vote in the AS runoff elections.
In one of the closest elections in Cal State Fullerton history, and after two long weeks of campaigning, the Associated Students presidential and vice presidential race has finally narrowed down the two victorious winners. Alex Lopez and Edgar Zazueta beat out Evan Mooney and Susan Scanaliato by a 290-vote margin after a run-off was declared after last week’s
election result. The room erupted into screams and applause as Joel South, the elections commissioner for AS, nervously scribbled the results on the green chalkboard in the AS Legislative Chambers. “This whole process has been a great experience for all of us. I just want to say thanks for everyone that was out there supporting us,” Lopez said to the room filled with more than 100 people, half of whom were his supporters. As Lopez and Zazueta embraced each other in victory, Mooney and Scanaliato sat with their supporters in silence. “It was a tough campaign, we knew that it was going to be competitive,” Lopez said of his opponents. South said that 2,638 students voted in the run-off, surpassing previous
elections. “We blew the past [run-off] election off by 600 votes,” South said to the candidates and their supporters that waited for more than two hours to hear the results. “You obviously worked just as hard, if not harder than I have in the past few weeks, and now it’s all over,” he said. Zazueta, a 21-year-old political science major, said that he was overwhelmed with emotion after he found out that his team has won. “I have such mixed emotions,” he said. “Exhaustion, excitement — it’s all mixed [together].” Lopez and Mooney, who currently serve on the AS Board of Directors together, have each spent countless hours and boundless efforts in the past week lobbying to students, encourag-
Mourners find solace in vigil nANNIVERSARY: Participants shared stories of their family members and friends whose lives were lost to the hands of Edward Allaway By Marlayna Slaughterbeck Daily Titan News Editor
The luminous glow of candlelight enveloped Memorial Grove Wednesday evening as a vigil was held on campus to honor the victims of the worst mass killing in Orange County’s history. Surrounded by approximately 150 people and a two feet high curving wall of river rock, families of the victims shared stories of their fallen loved ones in a grove of seven Italian Stone Pine trees planted as a living memorial to those who were killed. “Tonight, we take the opportunity to rededicate this grove, which was consecrated with the blood of those who were killed here 25 years ago,” said University President Milton Gordon, adding that the grove was a symbol of boundless hope for the future. “Look at how these saplings — planted 23 years ago — have matured into majestic trees with flowers that blossom in their shade.” The vigil was held both to honor the victims and to fortify opposition to the possible release of Edward Allaway, the man responsible for killing their loved ones. Allaway, who was convicted on seven counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder for the July 1976 massacre, was found not guilty by reason of insanity after mowing down
nine people in the campus library with a .22 caliber rifle, killing seven. He has been in state hospitals ever since, but is now appealing to Orange County Superior Court for his freedom. Over the years, Allaway has petitioned for release on three previous occasions, all of which were denied. This most recent attempt has drawn considerable attention because it represents the first time his doctors at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino County have supported his request. Their collective conclusion that Allaway is no longer insane or a threat to society puts him in a more favorable position to be released. Patrick McNelly of Fullerton hopes this never happens. “I want him to stay right where he is,” he said. McNelly worked on campus as a lab technician in the Earth Sciences Department at the time of the shootings and was a close friend of three of Allaway’s victims. “These were people I knew — these were colleagues,” McNelly said, adding that he was particularly close to victim Debbie Paulsen. “I miss her and I’m honored to be part of this ceremony.” In a tribute that visibly moved the audience, Paul Paulsen told the solemn crowd that his sister Debbie had a burning passion for knowledge and that she died surrounded by the things she treasured most — books. “She’s not just a nameless face on a bronze plaque in the dark shadow of the library,” he said. “She was real, she was vibrant.” As the sun quietly slipped behind the pines, Paulsen urged the audience to heed the silent pleas of the victims with a show of opposition to Allaway’s release. One of the victims adopted a particular tree in her father’s memory.
By Kathleen Gutierrez Daily Titan Staff Writer
Take the 10 freeway east and exit Monroe Street. The road to the Coachella Valley Music Festival appears simple on paper, but two hours and 110 miles from Fullerton is the only route to the Empire Polo Field in Indio. The 12-hour event will host more
than 40 bands and DJs on multiple stages for the second time in a row. Tickets are still available for the festival that has been narrowed to one day, instead of 1999’s two-day party. The event is the closest California will get to Woodstock and is the only show similar to the now defunct Lolapalooza tour. Some of the bands performing at Coachella are familiar faces to those who follow the music festival circuits, including this year’s headlining band. Jane’s Addiction, the alternative rock group that started the Lolapallooza tour in 1991, is officially regrouping for the first time since then, although they will be minus original bass player Eric Avery. He declined lead singer Perry Farrel’s offer to return to the band. Jane’s has not announced whom will take his place, but Flea, the cur-
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nCOMM WEEK: There’s more to Tinsel Town than just actors and directors, said former students
By Jonathan Hansen
Daily Titan Staff Writer
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Campus employees Vickie Curlis and Penni WunderlichSheppard hold lighted candles Wednesday. “That’s Dad,” said Judith Scholtz, pointing to a large tree in the western corner of the grove, brightly colored impatiens clustered at its base. Scholtz’s father, victim Seth A. Fessenden, was a speech communications professor at Cal State Fullerton. The university offers communications students a scholarship in his honor. Speaking last was Patricia Almazan, daughter of victim Frank Teplansky,
who was a graphic artist at the university when he was killed. Her voice trembling at times, Almazan recounted the events of July 12, telling the crowd that as she held her father in the hospital six hours after he was shot, there was a moment when she thought he might actually pull through. “He looked so peaceful,” she said. “No tubes, no blood.” But Almazan’s brother, a police
officer, recognized the signs. Moments later — their father died in her arms. Almazan ended her tribute with an indirect plea for CSUF administrators to work toward increasing student awareness about the tragedy. “It is important to remember,” she said. “All those who stroll by this memorial and wonder what it is all about have a right to know what happened here.”
Music fans go the distance for a one-day event nCONCERT: The Coachella Valley Music Festival showcases a diversity of sounds, from alternative rock to electronica
ing them to vote in the second election. Through all of their efforts the candidates only received about 10 percent of the student population to vote. “That’s about normal for our campus,” said South. “But no run-off has been as successful in the past as this one has.” South said that he was pleased that the elections in the last two years have broken the record with number of votes. “It was the candidates out [on campus] everyday meeting people that got the vote,” said South. Mooney said that he wanted to acknowledge everyone that participated by voting in the elections. “We thank the students that believed
rent bassist for The Red Hot Chili Peppers will join Jane’s on tour after Coachella. Jane’s made itself famous with songs like, “Jane Says,” “Stop” and “Been Caught Stealing.” Farrel went on to create the band Porno for Pyros, and guitarist Dave Navarro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1997. Sharing the mainstage with Jane’s is progressive trance artist Paul Oakenfold. He has worked with artists such as The Cure, Boy George, New Order, and DJ Scribble and has since made a name for himself with his mix work. Oakenfold, a London-born disc jockey and producer brought his musical style to the United States and his latest album has been well-received by American music lovers. Fans of the group Weezer will have
a chance to get close to their favorite geek band, whose hits include, “Undone (The Sweater Song)” and the campy, yet extremely popular “Buddy Holly.” Their latest single, “Hash Pipe” is on continuous rotation on rock stations across California and a new album is slated for the very near future. Also contributing to the main stage will be the innovative electronica duo, The Chemical Brothers, and the oneman show, Fatboy Slim. The Big Beat, electronic fusion of computer sounds and song sampling is big business in the world of contemporary music and these men have figured out all the moves. Chemical Brothers began creating music in the local club scenes of London and have toured successfully in the United States since 1997.
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Fatboy Slim also made the airwaves in 1997 with the ultra-snappy, “The Rockafeller Skank (Funk Soul Brotha).” The song made him instantly famous in the United States and Slim has since been the poster boy of pop electronica. Included in the bill are Iggy Pop, the Dandy Warhols, local band Ozomatli, hip-hop group The Roots, and KROQ disc jockey Jason Bentley, among many other artists. The day’s lineup is a mixture of styles, genres and generations. The modern music fan is not pigeon-holed into one style, which the Coachella Valley Music Festival is attempting to tap into.
“Ally McBeal” and “NYPD Blue” are two of television’s most popular shows, largely due to the creativity and labor of two Cal State Fullerton alumni. David Crabtree graduated from CSUF in 1995 and is now in his second season as an editor on the crime drama “NYPD Blue.” Mark Baldwin is a Hollywood veteran, who is currently editing the hit comedy “Ally McBeal” after studying film at CSUF. The former Titans discussed the basics of television editing Thursday as a part of Comm Week. As editors, Crabtree and Baldwin said they are responsible for helping mold the vast amount of film shot into the finished product on television and in the movie theaters. The responsibilities are coupled with two main priorities. “In editing, the story and performance always win out,” Baldwin said. Editing for television is not as glamorous as editing feature films but is challenging because it is run on a tight schedule. “A television show is shot for about eight days,” Crabtree said. “The editors take about four days to make a first cut. The directors spent about three of four days with the film, and the producers get about a week with it before it airs.” “TV editors do not receive the highest acclaim and prestige,” Baldwin said. “Generally speaking, what gets on the air is substantially yours and that is extremely gratifying. This is the opposite of film, which requires more time. “It’s challenging and rewarding to see a show you put together and to realize that you were a part of it,” Baldwin said. While both editors came from CSUF, they took different roads to Tinsel Town. Crabtree said he volunteered to work on student films in order to build his resume. “I worked camera assisting, gripping, lighting and editing to make contacts and get my foot in the door,” Crabtree said. “I was always looking for new people to work with.” Whereas Baldwin said he began working on documentaries to get his start as an editor. “I came up through the documentary route,” Baldwin said. “Documentary films are purely an editor’s medium because, quite often, you are cutting from nothing.” Baldwin said it was difficult for him to break into TV editing and he had to work
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