CSUF Learns Facts of Alcohol

C A LIFOR N I A S T A T E U N IV E R S IT Y , F U L L E RTO N Glimpse Orange County’s training INSIDE ground for wres- 3 n NEWS: Alpha Delta Pi visits the Ronald tlers McDonald House for Halloween —see Perspectives page 5 8 n SPORTS: As the season progresses Titan teams are examining their records and determining what improvements need to be made VO LUME 73, I SSUE 28 WEDNESDAY O CTO BER 24, 2001 CSUF learns facts of alcohol nPROJECT: The university was chosen to be an experimental group for positive health campaigns BY TIFFANY POWELL juice drinks to their peers. The project is a five-year grant fund- they party according to the Health Daily Titan Staff Writer “College students have a bad wrap ed by the United States department Center. of drinking too much when in reality of Educatio and, Alcohol Educational At the end of the five-year experi- Cal State Fullerton Health Educators most students here drink responsibil- Council and is managed by the ment, the percentage of responsible and Greeks Advocating the Mature ity,” said Wendy Wegner Assistant to Education Development Center. student drinking at CSUF will be re- Management of Alcohol (GAMMA) the CSUF Health Center and Alpha Out of the 26 schools across the evaluated. worked together to spread the word Delta Pi member. “We hope to change United States CSUF was the only one “I think students have matured over of national alcohol awareness week, that view.” invited to take part in “Just the Facts.” time, they are now more aware of near the Titan Student Union Tuesday Monday afternoon information “We are an experimental school that the consequences irresponsible drink- afternoon. tables were set up in the Quad by the is matched with a control school,’ said ing causes,” said Susan Grantham, Mocktails – non-alcoholic bever- Titan bookstore to inform students of Laura Chandler, Director of Health research assistant with Social Norms ages – were offered to students as they the upcoming events. Education for the Health Center. “As Marketing Research. stood around and watched the bands. Different activities supporting alco- an experimental school, we are allowed According to Grantham social Live bands such as Notion and hol awareness will be held throughout to promote campaigns in hopes to norms say “follow what others are Last Minute brought students together the course of the week. reduce student binge drinking, where doing.” to display their support for alcohol “Just the Facts” is a social norm controlled schools are unable to do “We hope to reduce the pressure awareness week. project sponsored by Cal State so.” college students have to drink,” she Sororities and fraternities showed Fullerton Peer Health Educators and Currently, 79 percent of CSUF stu- MELITA SALAZAR/Daily Titan their support blending and serving GAMMA. dents have three or fewer drinks when ALCOHOL/ 7 Student reads facts of alcohol abuse in a displayed pamphlet. Rock on Postal service reacts nDEATH: Precautions are taken after two postal employees die of anthrax infection in Washington, D.C. BY HEATHER BAER AND HEATHER BLAIR Daily Titan Staff Writer and Daily Titan Asst. News Editor Ray Rodriguez, Fullerton Post Office sales associate/clerk, is one of many postal employees who have had to watch educational videos about anthrax and learn to distin- guish suspicious packages from nor- mal parcels. “Right now the postal service is very heightened in its awareness of packages,” Rodriguez said. “The videos are showing us how to spot suspicious mail and what to do with it.” Rodriguez said that because there is so much mail, it is sometimes hard to isolate suspicious packages. “We have always had procedures about what to do with suspicious mail, but with the recent times, there are more specific procedures and it is hard to look for one suspicious package through all of the parcels of mail we receive each day.” Terry Bouffiou, spokesperson for the postal service in Southern California, is currently in Washington ABIGAILE C. SIenA/Daily Titan D.C. with other postal officials trying Bands Notion and Last Minute performed alternative music sets during alcohol awareness week at the Becker Amphitheatre yesterday. to find ways to handle the current postal situation. “So far we have ballpark 1,000 postal employees who have possibly been exposed to anthrax,” Bouffiou said. “The situation is very fluid Suspect uses false identity to withdraw here. We are currently trying to work with the Center for Disease Control nFRAUD: Four cases of stolen money from OCTFCU accounts have been reported during the past six months to understand exactly which people BY HEATHER BAER asked me if I had just called her to CSUF above the campus bookstore. said that Phan was one of few people The employee then left to consult are at risk.” Daily Titan Staff Writer inquire about my account balance “Apparently the person came in who have had their identities stolen his supervisor and that was when the Bouffiou explained that the post and I told her ‘no I hadn’t,’” Phan with a driver’s license posing as me from them. female suspect left. office is looking for ways to sani- tize mail before it reaches the hands said. “She said that somebody had and was able to withdraw money,” “Also within the past week, we “The people that came in to get When Cal State Fullerton gradu- of postal employees and residents called posing as me asking about Phan said. “But the part that makes had a female who also went to money had fake CDLs [California ate Robert Phan received a phone receiving their mail. call from an employee at his bank, my account but they had incorrect me angry is that I put a password on Brea to try and cash a paycheck,” drivers licenses],” Botzheim said. “This is not something that can be he was concerned about the well information and that is what made the account and the suspect not only Botzheim said. “When her informa- “The fake CDLs were good and done right away, it will take some being of his money. her think to call me back to make was still able to get my money, but tion didn’t add up, the employee when they are good there is not time,” Bouffiou said. “We have bil- Phan did not know that within a sure.” changed my password on the spot went to talk to his supervisor and the much you can do.” lions of pieces of mail that come week approximately $2,000 would As a precaution for the safety of as well.” girl left the building.” He said that there have been four through each year and we believe be missing from his account. his money, Phan decided to put a Phan said he found out that his The check that the female suspect of these stolen identity cases report- that what we are doing, constantly “When I went to make a deposit password on his account. brand new password had been tried to cash on Oct. 15 was for ed within the past six months. delivering the mail, is critical to the and got my receipt back, I found On Oct. 12, Phan deposited his changed when he called to inquire nearly $5,000. Botzheim also said that people country.” that the balance was low,” Phan paycheck only to find that nearly about the missing $2,000. According to police reports, when should be aware of the amount of Rodriguez said employees are said. “I thought it was a mistake $2,000 was missing. When he entered his password it the woman entered the OCTFCU checks they write out because of the taught to look for specific things in a and called customer service to find “I made the transaction at the didn’t work and that is how he found branch she was asked for her birth- information located on the check. parcel considered to be suspicious. out that somebody had posed as Huntington Beach Branch and since out that it had been changed. date and she said it was Nov. 14, “On a check there is an account “If there is too much postage for me and withdrawn money from my the bank was closed I decided to go “I couldn’t believe that he had 1959. number, name, personal address, the weight of the package or the par- account.” home and check my account on line been able to change my password When the employee asked her phone number and sometimes a cel is taped up more than it needs to Phan said that he received a call – that’s when I found out,” Phan when he came in,” Phan said. why that didn’t match the account driver’s license,” Botzheim said. be, it is then considered suspicious,” on Oct. 9 from an employee of the said. “Somebody had made a with- “However, the credit union has been information the suspect replied, “People should make a point to run Rodriguez said. “Also let’s say some- Orange County Teacher’s Federal drawal from my account.” great and even credited the missing “Oh, I’m sorry I meant the 21st.” routine credit checks so they can see body doesn’t come up to a service Credit Union (OCTFCU) who said After talking to customer service money to my account.” The employee asked to see some if somebody is using their identity. window but instead just leaves the she was returning his call. representatives, Phan found out that OCTFCU was contacted but was more identification and found that And if people notice anything package on the ground before leaving “I got a call from Sally Gomez, the withdrawal had been made in unable to comment at press time.

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