NEWS 3 Electric charging stations on campus OPINION 4 Redefining “imminent threat” DETOUR 5 DAILY TITAN V-Day secrets: cooking, gifts, and dress TheT Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton SPORTS 8 Softball splits doubleheader Volume 93, Issue 5 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013 dailytitan.com LOCAL | Manhunt Dorner’s fate unclear after mountain siege ends in fire IAN WHEELER fugitive Christopher Dorner had bar- safe, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s days, Bachman said. Both officers were transported to first engaged by two California De- Daily Titan ricaded himself in after a firefight with spokeswoman Cindy Bachman said. The suspect took refuge in the Loma Linda Medical Center. The in- partment of Fish and Wildlife wardens officers Tuesday. The cabin was still too hot to en- cabin after killing one sheriff dep- jured officer went through surgery and on Highway 38 at around 12:30 p.m., The Los Angeles Police and River- The cabin the man took shelter in ter or investigate as of 8 p.m. Tues- uty and wounding another during is expected to recover, Miller said. according to Lt. Patrick Foy, a depart- side County Sheriff’s departments dis- was destroyed by a fire that burned day, Los Angeles Police Cmdr. An- one of at least three firefights in the Audio of one of the firefights was ment spokesman. The suspect fired missed premature reports that a body throughout the afternoon. Authorities drew Smith said. San Bernardino National Forest. broadcasted live on several local several shots at the officers after notic- has been found in the smoldering rub- kept firefighters from extinguishing Extracting and identifying the After the shooting, the suspect en- news channels. ble of a cabin that authorities believed the building until the area was deemed body in the wreckage could take tered the cabin off Highway 38. The man believed to be Dorner was SEE FUGITIVE, 3 NATION | Agenda CARNIVAL FESTIVITIES AT HUMANITIES Obama lays out second term agenda before public RAYMOND MENDOZA & SAMUEL MOUNTJOY Daily Titan President Barack Obama rallied the nation to a new brand of lib- eral politics focusing on relatively modest spending proposals out- lined in his first State of the Union address of his second term in of- fice Tuesday night. Obama focused on reforming minimum wage, education and the nation’s infrastrastructure dur- ing the annual address to the usual joint-session of Congress. Obama began by addressing the recovery America has seen in recent years, stating that “We have cleared away the rubble of crisis and can say with renewed confidence that the state of our union is stronger.” ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan Marzouq Alajmi, 20, an engineering major, dances with Torrance dance group Glaucia Brazil outside the Humanities Building on Tuesday for Mardi Gras. SEE SPEECH, 2 SPORTS | Season preview STATE | Education Titans primed to take Big West again Association proposes financial solutions for CA education The reigning conference champion baseball team Campaign for the Future of ing tax shelters to protect finances looks toward another title Higher Education hopes to that could be used to contribute to get system back on its feet the nation’s education system. CHRIS KONTE The money that is being protected Daily Titan RAYMOND MENDOZA by tax loopholes, according to Samu- Daily Titan els, can be used to help make higher After spending more than two education free to the public. decades as an assistant baseball Members of the California Fac- Glantz’s proposal is that state coach at Cal State Fullerton, Rick ulty Association (CFA) discussed funding for higher education Vanderhook finally was given the possible solutions to the current should be reset to a past state top job. dire financial straits of the nation’s funding level. Lessons learned from 11 trips to education system on Tuesday. His research was done by using the College World Series offset his Faced with yearly tuition hikes California as an example of how lack of head coaching experience. In and funding cuts, the Campaign resetting state funding would cost 2012, his first year as the Titan skip- for the Future of Higher Educa- very little for the taxpayers and per, CSUF finished first in the Big tion is hoping to get the nation’s would yield major help for the West, and he was named the confer- education system back on its feet University of California and Cali- ence’s coach of the year. by circulating three proposals that fornia State University systems, as Vanderhook, also known as “Hook,” deal with the financial problems well as community colleges. returns to Goodwin Field with his slew of California’s public colleges. Glantz stated that the financial of MLB hopefuls on Friday. Alice Sunshine, communica- problem of the education system lies The Titans enter the 2013 baseball tions director for the CFA, or- within a lack of political push to help season as the three-time defending ganized the phone conference higher education get more funding, Big West champions, and have been between Robert Samuels, a Uni- not with a lack of solutions. picked by many to repeat again. In a versity of California faculty mem- One of the major problems facing poll of all 10 of the conference’s head ber, Stanton Glantz, a professor at financial institutions is the feeling coaches, nine of them picked CSUF to UC San Francisco, and Rudy Fich- that budget problems are too diffi- finish in first place. One vote went to tenbaum, a professor of economics cult to solve, according to Glantz. UC Irvine. at Wright State University. “Because the problem is impos- Hype is nothing uncommon for ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan The group discussed specific sible to solve, the institutions and the Titans, who have never had a Coach Vanderhook looks over his team from the dugout. The Titans have won the Big West three years in a row. aspects of three financial propos- leadership of the institutions who losing season in 35 years of Division als, which deal with eliminating should be solving it have sort of I play. The Titans have won the Big Scott Wright’s 22 in 1984. Despite certain regressive tax breaks, “re- given up,” said Glantz. “I think West Conference 10 times in the his effectiveness on the mound, he setting” higher education funding what these three papers are show- last 14 years. Fifty-one players in the prefers playing center field. TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE and implementing a small tax on ing is that it isn’t impossible.” program’s history have gone on to “I love the aspect of having to selected financial transactions. Fichtenbaum explained in his play Major League Baseball. be an athlete to play center field. Samuels outlined his plan, stat- proposal that higher education “We have a target on our back, Running down fly balls, hitting, Big West record: 17-7 ing that California could have free could be given more funding if the and other teams look forward to stealing bases—all that good Overall record: 36-21 higher education by eliminating re- government would implement a tax playing us,” said junior center fielder stuff,” Lorenzen said. 2012 Season: gressive tax breaks for the wealthy on certain financial transactions. Michael Lorenzen. “They come in, Lorenzen is far from the only and re-allocating certain govern- Fichtenbaum said the transac- they bring their best guys, they play standout player on the team. Oth- ment expenses toward education. tions in his proposal would in- their best games, and we enjoy that. ers include infielder Matt Chapman Big West record: 19-5 “If you add up how much (the clude stocks, bonds and foreign You know, that’s our mentality. We (2012 Big West Player of the Year), 2011 Season: Overall record: 41-17 nation) now spends on federal exchange transactions, among want you to come in and play your first baseman Carlos Lopez (led the aid, state aid, institutional aid, tax others. These taxes would range best games, and we’re gonna show team with 22 multi-hit games), and credits, tax shelters and subsidizing from two-tenths of a percent to you that we’re gonna bring Titan right handed pitcher Grahamm Wi- Big West record: 21-3 student loans, we have more than about a half of a percent, he said. baseball to the table. You bring your est (5-5, 3.12 ERA, 3 CG). enough money,” said Samuels. “The Glantz said public endorsement best, we’ll bring our best, and we’ll Filling over a third of the 36- 2010 Season: Overall record: 46-18 problem is we spend too much on is needed and hoped that their see who comes out on top.” man roster will be 14 freshmen— tax breaks and aid for the wealthy proposals would push people to Lorenzen, who started all 57 three of which have already been and too much on ‘for-profit’ schools ask presidents of major universi- games in 2012, also finished 20 of drafted by Major League Baseball Big West record: 17-7 that graduate very few students.” ties if they would be willing to them on the mound. His 16 saves in teams. 2009 Season: Overall record: 47-16 Samuels said that studies done by back any of the proposals. 17 chances tied him for second-most the U.S. Treasury Department have in the program’s history behind SEE BASEBALL, 8 found that wealthy citizens are us- SEE FINANCE, 3 VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM/NEWS PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 13, 2013 THE DAILY TITAN NEWS WEDNESDAY DTBRIEFS Who likes the President? Hagel approved by senate committee Obama’s approval rating before and after The Senate Armed Services Committee approved former Sen.