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Bootylicious show was much more than a drag
Since 1960 Volume 86, Issue 46
Daily Titan
Monday April 28, 2008
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
DTSHORTHAND Campus Life
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Taking a ride down memory lane
Founding Comm dept. Chair, Maxwell, dies Founding Chair of Cal State Fullerton’s Communications Department, J. William Maxwell died on April 24 of Parkinson’s disease at the age of 88. Maxwell began teaching at CSUF in 1960, served as the chair for 16 years and continued to teach on campus until 1982. “Bill loved working with students. He set a goal to know the name of every student within two weeks, even in his large classes,” Rick Pullen, dean of the College of Communications said. Contributions in Maxwell’s honor may be made to the J. William Maxwell Scholarship, awarded annually to the top graduating senior in the Communications Department. Checks may be made payable to the CSUF Philanthropic Foundation, with reference to the scholarship in the memo and sent to Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation, 2600 E. Nutwood Avenue, Suite 850, Fullerton, Calif. 92831.
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There sure is a lot of ground to cover. I’m hotter than a whore in church.
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-Tiffany Diamond, Bootylicious host
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Woman held captive by father for 24 years
PHOTOS By BETH STIRNAMAN/Daily Titan Photographer Cal State Fullerton President Milton Gordon presents 1957 Chevy convertible owner Bill Norman the President’s Choice Award as Dean of the College Communications Rick Pullen looks on.
First annual Dean’s Car Show showcases vintage cars By HAley Barnett
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Classic cars were on display in the parking lot of College Park at the first-ever Dean’s Car Show, benefiting the Center for Children who Stutter and student scholarships. The Sunday event was named in honor of the Dean of the College of Communications, Rick Pullen. A car collector himself, Pullen presented the idea of a car show at Cal State Fullerton to some lackluster reviews. “The university was reluctant
about the idea of a car show,” Pullen said. “I had two failed attempts at getting funding.” Unwilling to give up his vision, Pullen used his connections in the car industry to score a major sponsorship from Ford Motor Company and various other sponsorships from companies such as Yokohama Tires, Velocity magazine, Road and Track magazine and Southern California Auto Club. The fundraiser helped continue the year-long celebration of the university’s 50th anniversary. “All the money raised will go to a worthy cause,” Pullen said. “We’re
expecting the net proceeds to be between $8,000 and $10,000. The center pretty much depends on external funds in order to survive.” All of the 194 participants who took part in the event paid a $35.00 fee, and prizes such as Disneyland Park Hopper Passes, a set of Yokohama tires and a Low-Jack system were all raffled off to benefit the center. Clinic Director Sherri Wolff said she hoped the event would help raise awareness of the impact the center has on children’s See CAR SHOW, Page 4
Drill tests on-campus emergency response and notification system Directing and preparing CSUF students during an emergency is a priority By JEREMIAH RIVERA
Officials have found a woman who has been missing for 24 years, in Austria. She claims her father was holding her captive in the cellar. The 42-year-old woman claims that he had also raped her repeatedly and she gave birth to at least six children; one died. The Austrian Press Agency said the three boys and three girls ranged in age from 5 to 20. Officials arrested the 73-yearold father and are looking into the claims. For more information visit CNN.com.
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A gunman in the Titan Stadium press box was the mock scenario that had Cal State Fullerton Community Service Officers running for their lives and students locked in the Pollak Library ducking for cover Friday morning. University Police cleared the second floor of the stadium press box and took one suspect into custody while conducting CSUF’s first Active Shooter drill. CSOs played the roles of “deceased, compliant and frantic students” running away from the recorded sounds of blasting gunfire down the hall, University Police Sgt. John Brockie said. Meanwhile, the Shelter in Place drill was being simulated throughout campus. “I was impressed. There was so much compliance on behalf of the students and staff,” said guest observer and Chief of the Campus Safety Department at Biola University Jerry L. Powell regarding students’ response to Friday’s drill, specifically in and around the library. University and county officials, along with CSUF personnel, helped observe the Shelter in Place drill throughout campus. Senior Systems Analyst for the Orange County Executive Office Teara Leblanc also observed. Leblanc is working to develop a mass notification system that will alert residents throughout the county of
PHOTO By DANIEL SUZUKI/Daily Titan Photographer Using plastic rifles and fake handguns during the training, Officer Rodriguez, Corporal Deon, and Officer Ku raid the Titan Stadium press box during a mock shooter training excursive. .
an emergency. She will be presenting the system to county officials on June 30. Leblanc said she is also looking to include any other cities that are interested. Although University Police used red-colored AR15 simulated training rifles and simulated training handguns, they still looked intimidating when they rolled up to the stadium five squad cars strong.
The eight-year accredited police department had been training for the Active Shooter simulation using the Boeing Aircraft facilities in Long Beach for the last couple of years. The entire drill took around sixand-a-half minutes, Brockie said. “We set up similar conditions and developed a plan to, as safely as possible, neutralize the threat,” University Police Lt. Fred Molina said.
University Police took extra measures to assure that the stadium area was “sterilized.” It was a controlled drill to reduce the potential confusion that could have oblivious students traumatized and flooding the 911 emergency phone lines. “It went well … We will continue to look at [emergency] events and continue to adjust our equipment needs and tactics [appropriately],”
Brockie said. Connect-ED, a mass notification system that originally included only staff, but now includes over 25,000 students, reported a 95.2 percent successful delivery rate. However, Justin Field, a 24-year-old biology major, said only two people received the emergency message out of his class of 50-70 students. It was the intention that all students receive a message from University Police in the event of a real emergency, warning them to take shelter in place. Connect-ED has six different options for contacting students, staff and faculty: text message, cell phone, e-mail, home phone, office phone and PDA. “They’ll receive the message if they’re registered with the [CSUF Web site] student portal. If they didn’t get the message, they need to register that information online,” Ellis said. Connect-ED is capable of sending over 100,000 messages in a matter of minutes. Ellis has also conducted 38 Shelter in Place workshops over the last several weeks, reaching “almost 1,000 students, faculty and staff” in an effort to inform the CSUF family of the potentially lifesaving protocol. “We want to get the word out and get students thinking and talking about what they would do in a real emergency situation,” Ellis said. According to a CSU newsletter, it was mandated for all CSUs to conduct an Active Shooter scenario by June 1. University officials will prepare a summary report and submit it to the chancellor’s office after a final analysis is completed.