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CSU Keeping Students Covered Deadline to sign up for spring, summer health insurance is Friday
A Vested Interest in Officer Safety Police chief designs new ballistic body armor to protect Fullerton’s finest By Julie Anne Ines
Daily Titan Staff Writer
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By Jamie Quarles
Daily Titan Staff Writer
To reduce health care expenses, the CSU offers enrolled students a student health care plan. Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in six or more units are eligible to apply for the plan, known as the Domestic Student Accident and Sickness Insurance Plan. The deadline to sign up for the spring and summer period is Friday. Cathy Busby, executive assistant for Associated Students Inc., said students can register for the insurance at the Titan Student Union information desk or students can visit the Web site at CSUhealthlink.com. Students can also pick up an information brochure at the TSU or Health Center. The health planʼs provider is Blue Cross PPO Buyer Plan. Busby said students must receive their basic health care from the Health Center first. Then if other care is needed, they are referred from the Health Center to a Blue Cross provider. SEE INSURANCE = PAGE 3
hey canʼt leap buildings with a single bound. They donʼt have x-ray or heat vision. Theyʼre not made of steel. But when they protect and serve, police officers are heroes nonetheless. And while they canʼt be faster than a speeding bullet, they may soon be able to stop them with greater safety and a smoother sense of style. Fullerton Police Department Police Chief Pat McKinley is in the process of designing body armor – with the help of Safariland, a manufacturer and distributor of police equipment – that addresses the needs of the police force for more protection and better distribution of equipment weight across the body. Although the chief doesnʼt have any previous design experience, he brings several decades of practical experience as a police officer to the project. The body armor currently in use by police forces across the country is worn underneath an officerʼs shirt and stops at around the navel area. Because of this, it cannot be too bulky as it would limit an officerʼs range of movement, and it does not offer coverage to vital areas, McKinley said. His idea is to take the armor out from underneath the clothing and place it on the outside. And to keep
the armor from looking too militaristic, the prototype resembles the shirts that officers wear. It has a faux badge, faux buttons down the front and faux pleats across the upper back, McKinley said. By putting the armor on the outside, it can have fewer gaps and spaces, said Ron McCarthy, a manufacturerʼs representative from Safariland and McKinleyʼs design collaborator. McKinleyʼs concept offers more protection to areas of vulnerability. “Eighteen percent, thatʼs onefifth, of shooting deaths are caused by bullets entering through the arms and sides,” McCarthy said. The bullet can enter through these areas and reach vital organs, like the heart, he added. Officers also can get a little more bulletproof protection with McKinleyʼs design. “When you put it on the exterior, you can go a little heavier [with the ballistic material]. The heavier it is, the more protection it provides,” McKinley said. Another problem with the way police equipment is currently designed, McKinley said, is that the police officerʼs utility belt – known by the force as the Sam Browne belt – gets heavier and heavier through the years as more equipment is added to it. “When I started in police work, the only thing on the belt was a pistol – a revolver then, a handcuff case and 12 rounds of spare ammunition,” McKinley said. “Now, there are two handcuff cases, all kinds of extra ammunition, maga-
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Faux Pleats
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TO PROTECT AND TO SERVE: A Fullerton police officer demonstrates how the prototype of the soft suit body armor will be worn. Fullerton Police Chief Pat McKinley and armor designer wants to present his design to Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, a ranking Democrat on Homeland Security.
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Photo Provided by the Fullerton Police Department
Year-long Lease Agreement Show to Sample Tastes of India Approved for Irvine Campus India International Club anticipates 1,000 to attend annual culture event
University negotiating deal to expand satallite site, adding second building by fall 2006 By Sara Havlena
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egotiations for the Cal State Fullerton Irvine campus lease renewal were finalized last week, guaranteeing students in south Orange County another year of convenient classes. The lease was signed with Lennar Corp. – the managing partner in the entity that holds title to the land where CSUF Irvine now stands. The lease extended campus operations through June 2007. At this time Lennar Corp. is only offering one-year leases. “We want to increase opportunities for students at a convenient location that serves central and southern parts of Orange County,” said Judith Anderson, CSUF executive vice president. “It is a vibrant place for learning and I think we are doing an outstanding job of instructional and support services.” Paula Selleck, news director of public affairs at CSUF, talked about the importance of having
HEADLINE: Irvine campus extends operations through June 2007.
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The Cal State Fullerton India International Clubʼs Culture Show 2006 “Zamana Kya Kahega” begins at 7 p.m. at the Heritage Forum in Anaheim this Saturday. The show features 16 acts, including live dance sequences featuring Indian music and an authentic Indian fashion show.
through the Association for Inter-Cultural Awareness. The association provided the initial $6,000 required for the down payment for the Heritage Forum, and has assisted with much of the clubʼs financial burden. The association works as an umbrella organization that gives support to many of Fullertonʼs inter-cultural club events. Anthony Ragazzo Jr., the clubʼs adviser, has overseen all of the clubʼs association-sponsored events for the past eight SEE INDIA = PAGE 4
Symposium to Focus on Females Students to debate on philosophical scholars during 36th annual event By Nohemy Martinez
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Cal State Fullertonʼs Philosophy Department invites students to attend this yearʼs 36th annual Philosophy Symposium
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By Laura Burrows
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This yearʼs show has an anticipated 1,000-member audience. Purva Thakore, social chair of the club, said the show helps performers remember traditions of Indian culture, while incorporating some new ideas from her generation. “Usually we try to keep as much tradition in the show as possible. This year is unique because of the theme ʻWhat Will the Generation Think?ʼ ... We are incorporating a lot of new ideas from our generation,” Thakore said. Associated Students Inc. allocated over half the total $12,000 cost for the event to the club
featuring some of the most prestigious scholars in the nation, as well as reaction commentaries presented by six CSUF students. This yearʼs symposium is “Intellectual Activism: Women Pushing the Boundaries of Philosophy.” The symposium will focus on the works of female philosophers Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt and Judith Butler. Some of the nationʼs most prominent and well-known scholars, such
as Richard Bernstein, who is one of this yearʼs guest speakers, will analyze and comment on the work of the three philosophers. Senior philosophy major Thomas Dosier, 23, is one of six students who will present a commentary. “It is somewhat intimidating to criticize the work of a professional philosopher, but itʼs also a SEE PHILOSOPHY = PAGE 4
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