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American forces Read about Cal Poly will and Taliban host Cal State campus crime Fullerton this militants involved on our weekend. in the deaths of interactive 147 Afghans. online map. V % p f IN SPORTS, 8 IN NEWS, 3 ONLINE Volume LXXIIl, Number 14t Friday, May 8, 2009 www.mustangdaily.net ASI ELECTION COVERAGE Kelly Griggs elected president
Matt Fountain friends and a really good network of people \U'S1AN(. DAIIY (helping me). It was a fun process,a fun cam paign and it’s just very surreal.” (\il l\)ly stiuii'iits will have a new “ilirci. t Ciriggs also said that the campaign and student liaison" next year in KelK ('iriggs. election process was the greatest experience I he art and design senior was elected as of'her college career. 2(HF)-2(>10 Associated Students Inc. presi- “ I just had fun with it,” she said. “ I felt ileiit with the plattorni ot'being a link be like every night 1 would come home, my tween the adiiiinistration and the student face wiuild be tired from smiling all day. Hut bod\. it was such a good process; it was honestly (’■riggs was elected president after the best educational experience that I’ve had Wednesday and I hursday's electitin, with a so far at this university.” P f ': uner turnout of'over 20 percent of'the stu C'urrent ASI president Angela Kramer said Hi « dent btidy. I )ue to a problem w ith the tnit- after the elections results were announced side vendor who was contracted to count that she looked forward to continuing to the votes, a iiumerKal breakdown of' the work w ith (Iriggs, making her transition to votes was not av.iilable bv press time. student btidy president as easy as possible. The results were announced at H;.SU p.m. ’’T his IS why we do elections in M.iy,” X Miursday evening before a crowd of' ap Kramer said. "It’s ,i month-long transition proximately 2(K) students in the University process. I, very thing I’ve worked on this vear. Union I'la/a during May Mayhem, a school- I’ve worked really hard to make sure we can sponstired .u tivitv night. tr.uisition well." (higgs s.iisi after the announcement that Kramer said that she was “very proud" she w.is glad her message restmated with the of (Jriggs, adding that she believed (iriggs student bodv. w ould be a true representative of the student “I think I really did my research and that boily. has to do with the leadership positions I’ve "Kelly is great, she has a phenomenal held and I was able to build my platform off personality, is a great listener," she said."T his the issues that I feel the students really want position takes a lot tif learning, a lot of grow , NICK CAMAC.no miistanc . daiiy and connect with," she said. ing, and I think she’s going to grow into it Art and design senior Kelly C>riggs will be next years ASI president. The election results were “I know that 1 had a lot of'support, great quite well. I really do.” released last night at May Mayhem. Calif, wildfire imperils Santa Barbara; homes lost
JeffWilson mained out of control and firefigliters AsvK lA riii I’uts s were on alert for a predicted return of a “sundowner” — fierce winds SANTA BAKBAKA, C'.alif. (A1») that sweep down late in the day from — Paradise is not Itrst, but it’s in the Santa Ynez Mountains towering Haines — again. close behind Santa Barbara. The seasonal wildfires that men A sundowner on Wednesd.iy af- ace this idyllic coastal city roared to ternwin turned a slumbering brush life earlier than usual but with all- fire on rugged slopes above the city 7 s t(H>-faniiliar femcity, burning man into a towering wildfire that hurled r # sions to their foundations and forcing flames into homes and spit embers more than 13.IHM) to Hee. Dozens of into more distant neighborhoods. homes were destroyed, (»ov. Arnold Some .S,4(K) homes were evacuat Schwarzenegger said. ed, and another 13,(MK) people were ” I knew it was time to le.we,” advised to be ready to leave. ^<1 said Tom Morse, 62. a day after he “It started firestorming dramati dusted oft' his motorhome as the fire cally,” said Gregg Patmnyk, a lifelong neared his Mission C'anyon Heights Santa Barbara resident who grabbed house.“ ! could see the flames getting a hose and started wetting his roof i close.” when he saw other houses ablaze. The fire was just the latest to rav “The fire got within 200 to 300 feet -a; T age the area known as the American of my house. ” Vv V *S a. Riviera, home to screen stars, former “There was a lot of pressure to ■jft' presidents and Oprah Winfrey. The leave,” he s,iid. “Police wanted me blaze reached the burn area o f an out and 1 got a frantic call from my other wildfire that just six months sister, who was walking up the hill to K EITH D . CU LLO M ASSOCIATED press ago destroyed about 200 homes in get me. So I packed up the car and A Santa Barbara County firefighter attacks flames in a fully involved structure on Williams Way in Mission Santa Barbara and Montecito. Canyon, as strong winds spread fire throughout the hillside community above Santa Barbara, Calif. Wednes The latest 1,3(K)-acre fire re- see Fire, page 2 day. 2 News editor: Rachel Cilas; News designer: Omar Sanchez M u s t a n g D a iiy mustangdailynews^'ginail.com Friday, May 8, 2009 www.miiiitangdaily.net : N ews :
I’iaggio scooter U) see the tire. Hlsewhere, a southern New Mexico wild homes were evacuateil. Fire State Assemblyman Pedro Nava tied fire destroyed three homes and ilaniaged .i In southeastern Arizona, winds cooperated continui'dfrom pttgc I Wediiesti.u w ith his w ite, twai dogs and a cat. fourth near the small mountain coniniunit\ riuirsd.iy in holding down a wildfire that had rhev tossed [uctures, documents and a tew of rimberon. It also burned five outbuildings, destroyed three homes and critically injured a leti, pit. kiiiii Ikt up on the way." days ot clothes into a car and went to the home such as sheds and garages, aiul lO vehicles, tire man, officials said. 1 h.it blaze was 30 percent Nearly l,4on tiivtlghters trom many de ot a ti iend. information officer Darlene Hart said. Iw'enty contained. partments were on the lines, aitlei.1 by aireratt. "I've learned how important preparation Authorities reported 1(1 tiretighters injureil, IS in an emergency," he said. "1 he public has iiu luding three who sheltered in a house dur to be prepared to move, .iiul in Santa Ikirbara ing; a tirestorm. I he\ were in goovl eondition they are prepared. When the police squad car It a I os Angeles burn eenter but two faeed sur came through with loudspeakers telling us to gery. t hher iii)unes ranged trom smoke inhala leave, there was no .irguing. And they will all tion to ankle sprains. be back.” I here were no speeitie numbers available Morse, the executive director ot the envi on property losses, l ire oOieiaK would not ronmental group (ilobal Preservation Projects, elaritv the gowrnor's estimate, saving .issess- sail! he's not surprised by so many tires, blam ments were still under wa\ ing It on global warming, 1 he eitv's location on the state's central coast " lemperatures are rising and humidity lev gi\es It some ot the best we.ither in the workl, els are dropping. It means more tires,” he said. w ith tempeiMtures routinely topping out in the Cilob.il warming can't be bl.inied tor specific T'(is,and \ iews ot the I’acitic Ocean. Now w ith tires, but it creates conditions that foster larger a population ot about ‘)0,(l(lo, it dates to the and more frequent wildfires, scientists say. «f, j Spanish colonial er.i ot ('alitornia and a Ko- "A warming climate encourages wildfires man C '.ithohc mission established in the 17S(ls through a longer summer period that dries fu is a nu)or tourist draw. els, promoting easier ignition and taster spread," but the geography that gives it be.iuty and a the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental serene atmosphere also brings danger. P.inel on Cilimate Cihange wrote in 2(K)7. “I'm trom the b.ast Coast and at this pt)int 1 latch, the sciioter-riding illustrator, said his I'd rather put up with this than the winter," w ite grew up in Santa BaAsara. s.iid evacuee Jim [latch, 40, an illustrati>r who “1 ler family thinks this is normal,” he said. MK'.HAKl, OW FN UAKFR ASSiKaATU) I’RKSS returned home to pick up clothes riuirsd.iy “But after living here for 20 years 1 think the Santa Monica Fire Department Battalion Chief Jose Torres watches as a wildfire flares up and nu>tored up jesusita Road on a baby blue fires are getting worse.” in the hills Santa Barbara, Calif, on Wednesday.
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Arts and Entertainment Editor: Emiiie Egger Arts and Entertainment Designer: Miiena Krayzbukh Bravo replacing ‘Runway Lawyer: Suriname with ‘The Fashion Show’ promoter admits I Braxton scam Arny Belfor ASS(X lATKI) PRI SS lU F sLA PARAM ARIBO (AP) — A Su riname promoter acknowledged trying to pass off a Las Vegas-based entertainer as six-time Grammy winner Tom Braxton at a disastrous show dubbed the “Phony Toni” concert by local media, his law'yer said Thursd.iy. Angel Ventura told a judge he scammed people into paying up to S.S3 thinking they would hear the famous singer at a much-hyped show 111 this poor South American country more than two months ago, 5 e c / N w / s a i defense lawyer Laniure I.atour told DAN STKINBl-Kt; ass (h :i a i h ) I’RKSS The Associated Press. Singer Toni Braxton poses on the “I le confessed in front of the in pre.ss line at l.upus lA’s 6th annual vestigating judge to the charges and Bag l.adies benefit luncheon in said that he was aware of what he Beverly Hills, Calif. was doing," Latour said. I lie I eb. 2S show ended abrupt Investigators saul she had gone into ly after Braxton impersonator Irma hiding immediately after the Para Johnson-l inn hit a sour note at the maribo concert turneil into a me beginning of the second song. She lee. was rushed off the stage to a loud Supporters m 1 ,is V'egas have chorus of boos and a volley o f trash. come to Johnson-1 inn’s defense, Prosecutors have accused |ohn- waging an Internet campaign on si>n-l inn, 4o, of trying to p.iss her her behalt. self off .IS Braxton, best know n for the hit song “Un-break My Heart" — . Lcsw/iifn/ /Vc.s.vwriter IXtriJ and appearances on ABCi’s“ ! )ancing M il'iuldcn in SiW JiitW, / ’iicrfi) R iu\ With the Stars." tenirihulcd to this report. She has been m jail for the last two months awaiting a scheduled trial M.iy 2f> for allegedly defrauding SU I do Iku the nearly 3.
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I le’s liad double shot of teejnila after I’ve man he was. Still, it’s something believe it is the I daily’s place, or any sports editor Scott Silvey 1 1 beers in two hours but ... had eight beers tonight, imiyhe I’ve learned to live with. 1 learned newspaper for that matter, to take sports designer Kate Nickerson “I’m not even drunk bro. I it’ll make me feel something,” after having my first and only political sides. However, I think that online editor Lauren Rabaino don't feel anything.” I told my roommates a couple Milwaukee’s Best a few years ago denounc ing all of the candidates has arts editor Emilie Egger It’s a claim that many college weeks ago. I’ll spare yon the that 1 will never fill my father’s done the school a disservice and could arts designer Milena Krayzbukh men make when drinking with gruesome details but three of ns beer drinking footsteps and that’s copy editorsA le x Kacik. Jennifer friends or at the bar. Whether were praying to the porcelain god something I’m comfortable with. discourage voting participation. fitcomb, BieehanYohe-Mellon Megan trying to impress a woman or that night and we only have two T hat beer is what I imagine sewer If the decision was not to endorse Hassler.Tim Miller to look like ‘tlie man' in front of toilets so yon can figure that one water tastes like. a single candidate, I understand, but I head photographer Knsten Hays your friends. I’m here to say, just out on your own. If that is evi So do yourself a favor — stop could have settled for best two out of photographers Nick Camacho, like jimmy told the Bloods and dence of anything, it’s that when pretending you’re sober and just three. And 1 think we all know who F^tnck Fina, Megan Keating Matt Fountain (Tips in South l*ark,“C'ome on.” yym’re drunk yon obviously don’t accept the happy truth. If you’ve the two would be. Experience does layout manager Andrew Santos- Most of the time these drunk think clearly. had double digit beers, you’re matter. johnson ards are so desperate to come off 1 don’t even know who 1 was probably drunk. — Denise Nilan advertising coordinator Jessica sounding sober that they end np trying to impress. At a certain Response to "Mnstiin^ Doily Lutey sounding like Jimmy does. It’s re point it becomes ingrained in Scon Silvey is o journalisni senior endorses no one this }>eor" business managers Sarah Carbonel. ally niinecessary. Isn’t the whole yon that a real man drinks real iW(f the Mnstiviji Doily Ian Toner Brittany Kelley point of binge drinking to get beer and he feels nothing. sports editor. The Mustang I )aily is a student advertising managers Gaby Horta drunk? Well, revel in yonr drunk My dad drank Milwau newspaper that tries to maintain a Ashley Singer Charlotte Lilley ( enness then. Don’t hide from it! kee’s Best Light seem level of c redibility among its readers. ad designers Daryl Daley, Justin Rodn- Trust me, most women aren't ingly every day of my Endorsing a candidate simply out of guez. Andrew Santos-Johnson, Mai-Chi Vu, tradition rather simply cheapens this Jason Cope, John Dixon, Sara Hamling impressed by a man who claims to c hildhood and he w’as credibility when no single qiKiIity advertising representatives drink a 12-pack of Bud Light in never really drunk in candidate exists (or when none distin Megan Dilley, Jessica Schnoeder Kacy a two-honr sitting before show front of me. 1 have II. N guish themselves fmm the pack). The Shin. Jenny Staskus, C olin Pnnci, Bnttni ing np at the party. “T hat was just to live my entire I )aily took the correc t position hea‘. Klick, Knstin Coplan. Adam Rachta, Enka me pre-gaming,” they might say life knowing that no I’ve been trying to tell the differ Powers, Diew Toney with a shrug to mdieate it was a matter how much ence between .ill three candidates for faculty adviser ieiesa Allen thrice-weekly oeenrreiice. “Now Milwaukee’s Best A general manager Paul Bittick I’m going to really start drink Light 1 drink. I’ll .iwhile now. I’m not 5, so fancy shirts ing.” never he quite the -V and hnz/words don’t affect me like write a letter Not only is that hot hrnnette they used to. In the end, I decided to you’ve been scheming on not go write in the names of various Mnppet Mustang Daily reserves the nght ing to care, yonr friends m.iy not characters who also show admirable o to edit letters for grammar profanities either because they'll kmnv the value's. I’m pulling for Lozzie Bear and length. Letters, commentanes and ’09-'l(( trntli. Most of yonr friends liere caiToons do not represent the views of at Gal Poly have known yon tor — John Swanson the Mustang Daily. Please lim it length to j O a while. Tliey knew yon before Response to o eonnnent on “.Miistoim 250 words. Letters should include the yon started drinking that night. Doily endorses no one tins )’eor" wnter's full name, phone number, major and class standing Letters must come Yon can’t trick tliem If yon can, they’re bad friends who don’t p.iy “Are my regular Kepnbliean crit from a Cal Fbly e-mail account. Do not ics reac hing for their inhalers yet?” send lene's as an attachment Rease attention to yon sober. Ah, sterc'otyping. What a wonder send the text in the bcxiy of the e-mail. Yon m.iy be able to trick some ful thing It is. I giic“ss yon wea* try By e-m ail: random people at a party into ing to label all Kepnhlieans as neals. [email protected] believing yonr body is 6.5 By mail: percent beer and a 12-pack I suppose this was meant as an insult, Letters to the Editor for yon is just replenish but they say that neals will inherit Building 26, Room 226 ing yonr body, but re the earth so I take it as a compliment. Cal PblySLO.CA 93407 ally, w hat’s the point? Next time, stick with the polities and I’m not going to lie. I’ve leave the attac k at home or on the In done it. I’ve fallen pniy C2) ternet. (As we all know the Internet is corrections to the foolish bravado a w ry serious place. Seriously.) — Dave The Mustang Daily staff takes pnde in that is faux sobriety. Resfxnme to “Ohania's Snpnwe C^ourt publishing a daily rrewspaper for the Cal “Sure, give me that choice to infhuvce /hdicy for dtxades” Fbly campus and the neighbonng com munity. W e appreciate your readership and are thankful for your careful reading. Please serxj your correaion suggestions tc [email protected]. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR notices The Mustang D aily is a "designated Globalists trying to save whole (yes, believe it or not, there want to do tonight?” whole thing reeks of affirmative public forum." Student editors have full the world, not take it over are other countries out there) as “The same thing we do every action, like maybe Sean Benn or authority to make all content decisions CYilin McKiiii, are you really inhabitants of the Earth to pro night, Biden...try to take over the Berez Hilton threatened to sue the without censorship or advance ap that dense? Do yon honestly be cure, nourish, manage and protect world!!!’’ college if we didn’t meet a “(Jay proval lieve there is a secret organization (cough cough) all that important Quota” for voice in onr paper. 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Ramirez suspended 50 games for drug violation
Beth Harris and Ronald Uluiii Ranked 17tli on the career home 1 )odgers and fans he was sorry for ASS(K IMI 1) I’MISS run list with 533, Ramirez became “this whole situ.ition." the most prominent baseball player to “Recently, I s.iw a physician for a « r LOS ANC'.ELES — Manny be penalized for drugs. I lis ban came personal health issue. I le g.ive me a Ramirez jt>ined a growing lineup of three montlis after Alex Rodriguez medication, not a steroid, which he All-Stars linked to drugs Thursday, .idmitted using steroids, and at a time thought was OK to give me,” Ramir with the dreadlocked slugger banished when Barry Bonds is under feileral ez said in a statement issued by the A for 50 games by a sport that cannot indictment and Roger Cdeniens is pl.iyers’ union. shake free frx>m scandal. being investigateli by a federal grand “Unfortunately, the medication The Los Angeles 1 )odgers outfieKl- jury to determine whether he lied was banned iiiuler our drug policy. ■'! Í er was suspended by Major League when he told ( aingress he never used Under the policy that mistake is now Baseball for a ilrug \ iolatit>n, .idding a stemids or luinian gmwth hormone. my responsibility. I li.we been advised further stamp to w hat will forewr be .And Miguel Tejada w.is sentenced in not to s.iy .inything more for now. I kiujwii .IS the Sten)ids Era. M.ircli to one year of prob.ition af do want to s.iy one other thing; I’ve “It's a tlark d.iy for baseball and ter pleading guilty in federal court to taken and passed about 15 drug tests certainly for this organization,” I )odg- misleading C'oiigress about the use ot over the past five seasons.” ers general manager Ned CT)lletti told pertbrniance-enhancing drugs. B.iseball added IKX'i to its list of repiirters on the fieKl at 1 )odger Sta No matter which w.iy b.iseball banned substances last year. dium. "This organization will never turns, the legitinucy of many of its I lis suspension was first reported condone anything that isn’t clean." recent home run and pitching records by the Los Angeles Times on its Web Ramirez s.iid he did not take ste is being i|uestioned. Sluggers Mark site. roids and was given medication by a Medwire and Sammy Sosa h.ive been While Ramia*z h.id little to say. doctor that contained a banned sub tainted by steroid .illegations, Rafael Ci.inseco, who planned a news confer stance. A person familiar with the de Palmemi tested positive for a banned ence Thursdiy night iii Beverly Llills, tails of the suspension said Raniia'z drug and Jose C'aiiseco said he used was quick to explain why someone used the female fertility drug HCXT, them. might use IKXi. AS.SlKTATFO PRFSS or human chorionic gtinadotnipin. In eveiy case, players once believed “ It could be that a player used it Los Angeles Dodgers fan Jose Valasquez shows support for Manny The person spoke toThe As- to be locks for the 1 lall of F.iiiie m.iy because he used stemid-. and went Ramirez outside Dodger Stadium on Thursday afternoon. stx iated Press on condition now be locked out. cold-turkey and needed IKXi to gc't of anonymity because the “You can’t havx* arguably the his levels back to normal. I had to use file one because he didn’t want to risk B.iseb.ill commissioner Bud Selig banned substance wasn’t ga*atest pitcher of our era, argu it when 1 quit steroids cold-turkey,” missing significant time in the second couldn’t comment on the suspension announcecl. ably the two greatest players of Cianseco, who pleaded guilty la.st N o half of the season, the person famil because of provisions o f the manage “As tou(^ as it is for us, it’s our era and now another very, vember to a misdemeanor of trying iar with details of the suspension said. ment-union drug agreement, spokes pretty tough for Manny, too,” very gixxl player be under to bring HCXi across the Mexican The union said merely that he waived man Rich Levin said. Dodgers manager Joe Torre said.“I this cloud o f suspicion and border into the United States illegally, his right to contest the suspension. Ramirez became the fourth player know' he’s the one that did the not feel like it has ruined it told the AIV’l had to go to a doctor to Reaction to Ramirez’s ban came suspended this year under the major wrong thing and nobody for everylxxly,” Atlanta star get it and get my levels back.” swiftly, ftum major league clubhouses league program, following Fhibdel- IS trying to cover that up, C'hipper Jones said. Because MLB imposed the sus to the White House. phia relievvr J.C. Romero, Yankees but it’s still something “But what are you going pension as a*quired by the drug agree “It’s a tragedy. It’s a shame. My pitcher Sergio Mitre and San Fran that I know he’s sorry to do? You can’t be born in ment, the Dixlgers cannot further sense is, it’s a great embarrassment on cisco pitcher Kelvin Pichardo. about.” a different era. It is the Ste discipline Ramirez. He is allowed to Major League Baseball,”White House Losing Ramirez to suspension HCXi is popular among steroid roid Era,” he said. work out with the Dodgers but must press secretary Robert Ciibbs said. could be a huge blow financially for users becau.se it can mitigate the Colletti andTorrc said be out of uniform when the stadium The penalty left the best team in the Dodgers. The slugger has been side effects o f ending a cycle of the they found out about gates open for game's. the majors without its driving foree single-handedly responsible for in drugs. The body may stop produc Ramirez’s suspension Ram ia’z was not mentioned in and free spirit for nearly one-thial of creasing attendance, merchandise sales ing testosterone when users go off during an early morn the Mitchell Report, MLB’s official the season. and interest in the team, besides help steroids, which can cause sperm ing phone call fioni team report on drug use, and thea- had not Ramirez’s suspension beganThurs- ing it w’lii the NL West after his late- counts to decrease and testicles owner Frank McCourt. been whispers that he was among the iLiy, a day after the Dodgers bmke se.ason arrival in 2(K)8. to shrink. ' t Both said they were sur- sport’s juiced players. the modern major league record for Los Angeles even renamed a sec Ramirez’s suspension was /' prised and saddened at “It’s kind of shexking that he got a home winning streak, opening the tion of seats in left field at Dtxiger based not on a spring train ’ the news. caught up in anything, honestly. Man season 13-0. Barring any postpone Stadium “Mannywcxxl” in his honor. ing urine test result but rather Torn.* spoke to the a-st ny likes to play stupid, but he’s a patty ments, he will be able to return to the Hours after the suspension, the team evidence obtained afterward, a of the team during a closed-door bright guy. And he’s definitely awaa* Dodgers for the July 3 game at San removed a reference to those seats second person familiar with the '1/ meeting before batting practice. of a lot of things that he tries to act Diego. Ramirez will lose $7,650,273 from its Web site. suspension said, speaking on con “The mood was sad in the like he’s completely oblivious to,” said of his $25 million salary. Torre, however, insisted Ramirez is dition of anonymity because those clubhouse,” he said. “You can’t have Cincinnati pitcher Bronson Arroyo, Rodriguez and Ramirez are the welcome anytime. details were not released. MLB had someone who’s as much of an impact Ramirez’s former Boston teammate. two highest-paid players in the ma “The thing that was toughest for concluded the spring test was posi player and personality as Manny miss Ramirez’s agent, Scott Doras, and jors. With this su-spension, six of the Manny is how he disappointed every- tive, but the person said the players’ ing without It affecting people.” the players’ a.ssociation had gathered top 17 home run hitters in history btxly,” he said. “He loved it here, and association would have challenged the The 36-year-old Ramirez tried to materials for a possible appeal to an now have been covered by the cloud he loves how the fans get turned on result because o f“testing issues.” make amends right away, telling the arbitrator, but Ramirez decided not to of performance-enhancing drugs. by him. He was devastated.”