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Man attacks wall, bashes Palestine CLAYTON WONG Daily Titan Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Cal State Fullerton chapter, faced conflict yesterday when a man attacked the “Palestinian Mock Apartheid Wall” and confronted SJP president Noor Salameh.
“He was giving dirty looks to the wall and he started kicking it and threw his jacket at it,” Salameh said. “And then he yelled out a racist slur, saying ‘F*** all Palestinians.’” Salameh described his behavior as “alarming” and “out of the ordinary” for individuals who normally opposed SJP and “deliver their points or opinions very well.” The man was “visibly upset,” said Henry Igboke, a business management major at CSUF who stopped at the
wall because he noticed the commotion. Rather than engaging in a discussion about the state of Israel and Palestine, the individual made personal attacks on Salameh, Igboke said. “He had continued to label all Muslims and Palestinians as terrorists and aggressors,” Salameh said. A third person joined the confrontation to defend Salameh’s position, Igboke said. “He got pretty violent. He kept on telling the other guy, ‘Hey, punch me right now. I’ll get my lawyer. Punch
me,’” Salameh said about the attacker. “He was ready to fight somebody.” Salameh told the man that he would be asked to leave if he continued to be disrespectful. She alerted the event supervisors, who escorted the man from the central quad. Igboke said that the Palestinian Mock Apartheid Wall gave him more information on the issue and helped him understand it better. “It’s doing a good job of sparking up dialogue,” he said. The confrontation helped
Local church donates a boatload of food
Salameh learn how to handle opposition in the future. “I easily could’ve started yelling and talking with my hands a lot more, but it wouldn’t have necessarily solved anything. So I tried to stay as collected as I could,” Salameh said. “I feel really proud and happy with the way I handled myself,” she said. “I think I relayed my message pretty well and I think everybody saw that.” SJP chapters hold workshops taught by community members or more
CSUF releases annual campus crime reports Clery Report details crime data from 2014
campus so that potential students, staff and faculty can “make a more informed decision on whether they want to come to school here or whether they want to come and work here,” Brockie said.
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St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church’s Seeds of Hope garden in Fullerton is used to grow produce that is then donated to three local food banks. CSUF alumnus Jonathan Duffy Davis helps the church create farming plans to donate more nutrient-rich food.
Fullerton garden gives produce to community HAYLEY SLYE Daily Titan In front of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Fullerton lies a literal boatload
of plants. Each of the 50 boats represents boats referenced in the Bible. They overflow with fragrant herbs, fresh bell peppers and plump tomatoes. There are bright green heads of lettuce, rich purple eggplants and bean plants that climb up boat “sails.” That’s just a portion of what St. Andrew’s is growing in the Seeds of Hope garden,
and all of the fresh, organic food goes directly to community food banks. “The church is a place that feeds you, and hopefully that will serve the community better than just having a bunch of sidewalks and lawns,” said St. Andrew’s Rev. Beth Kelly. The garden provides food to three local food banks: Heart of Downtown at
Wilshire Avenue Community Church, the Caring Hands Ministry at the First Lutheran Church of Fullerton and Pathways of Hope. Sometimes the food goes straight from the boats to the food banks, said Sheila Lowerre, a chairperson for the Seeds of Hope garden project. SEE BOATS
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experienced club members on how to respond to disagreements. In the workshops, SJP members study rhetorical tactics and counterpoints to common arguments used by opposition. Salameh encouraged people to form their own opinion on the issue, so long as they do not approach it from an ignorant perspective. “Even if you’re pro-Israeli, you can still acknowledge that not all Muslims are terrorists,” she said. “It doesn’t matter what you believe in, it’s just stereotyping.”
Cal State Fullerton released its annual Clery Report a day early on Sept. 30. The Clery Report is a document intended to inform students and community members about crime statistics, crime prevention and various services available to them on campus. CSUF, along with other colleges and universities across the country, is required to issue a new report by Oct. 1 every year that covers statistical crime data from the previous three years in compliance with federal law. “The spirit of the report is to provide information to current faculty, staff and students,” said University Police Capt. John Brockie. The report is designed to give an overview about the types of crimes that occur on
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The spirit of the report is to provide information to current faculty, staff and students.
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Man hurls jacket, abuse at replica West Bank barrier
CAPT. JOHN BROCKIE University Police The CSUF report also includes data collected from the Irvine and Garden Grove campuses, Desert Studies Consortium and the Grand Central Arts Center which are all run by the university. City police department jurisdictions neighboring campus facilities are also supposed to report activity they handle within University Police jurisdiction. SEE REPORT
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Student scholar receives Emeriti award CSUF senior juggles classes and Moot Court preperation VERONICA FELIPE Daily Titan Standing in front of a panel of lawyers, law professors and law students, Jamie Butts argues why a fictional law prohibiting an illegal immigrant from receiving the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is unconstitutional. She speaks for 10 minutes addressing a panel of judges and an opposing team. Forty-five minutes and three additional arguments later, the fictional court proceeding is over and the teams receive
feedback from the judges for next Saturday’s fourhour practice. Welcome to Cal State Fullerton’s Moot Court. Butts, 21, a women and gender studies and political science major, is Moot Court’s team captain. “Moot Court is definitely the most time-intensive, stressful, make-you-wantto-cry, incredibly rewarding thing I’ve ever done,” Butts said. The Moot Court program prepares students for regional and national competitions. Students are given a fictional case that deals with a constitutional issue. The competition simulates Supreme Court proceedings, and students must argue whether they believe a law is constitutional or not. As
team captain, Butts is responsible for reserving rooms for weekend practices, managing practices and boosting team morale. Pamela Fiber-Ostrow, Ph.D., associate professor of political science and Moot Court director, first met Butts in a Law, Politics and Society course. “She impressed me immediately,” Fiber-Ostrow said. “Her first paper and her midterm reflected a really deep understanding of the literature and her ability to think critically.” After encouraging Butts to talk more in class, she realized Butts would be a great fit for Moot Court, Fiber-Ostrow said. SEE SCHOLAR
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Jamie Butts recently received Cal State Fullerton’s inaugural Benson Emeriti award. She also placed third in brief writing during Moot Court’s national competition last semester.
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