Public Department Safety Passes Accreditation Process
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California State University, Northridge Volume 50 • Number 113 Since 1957 Thursday, May 1, 2008 http://sundial.csun.edusundial.csun.edu A financially independent student newspaper Uniting for respect Conflicting details exist for gunmen incident KARI THUMLERT Terry Piper, vice president A March 12 police report staff reporter of student affairs, said, “What contradicts the aforemen- actually occurred is not clear. tioned Daily Crime Log hat caused gunmen There are different accounts account. It shows that both to initially chase of what transpired between victims said they were talking students at the the (suspects and victims.)” to some residents in front of WCSUN dorms during March Ken Swisher, associ- UPA 4 when a “1980s Honda remains in question because ate vice president of student or Toyota type car, four-door, there are conflicting details of affairs, became the designated either blue or black in color,” the incident, two of which are spokesperson for the incident. drove up near them. There given by the CSUN Police. Swisher was interviewed was no mention of a study Campus officials and for an update, and he con- group in the report. Christina Villalobos, assistant firmed Jackson’s account of The report shows that to the chief of police, said the disgruntled girlfriend as the victims were “talking that it was a disagreement the cause of the incident in to girls in front of UPA 4,” between two groups of people question. and that they were “not in a that resulted in the display “My understanding is study group.” of a “firearm” and ended in it was an isolated incident Villalobos and Swisher “housing.” between specific individu- were contacted because two Another reason was given als (and) the suspect(s) reasons contradict each other. by one of the victim’s for- are not CSUN student(s),” Villalobos said the Depart- mer roommates, identified as Swisher said. ment of Public Safety stands “Jackson.” He said after his The Daily Crime Log shows by its report. VaNeSSa leffler / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER roommate broke it off with the incident started earlier in Villalobos later said all Students came together to march against sexual abuse at Take Back the Night a young woman, the woman the evening “after a dispute inquires regarding the inci- at CSUN april 24. Two days later, another march, the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes became upset and “called her between two students in a study dent had to be sent to Swish- march took place in Sherman Oaks, where some men participated by wearing high brother. (He and others) were session. A couple of students er. But Swisher later said the heels while marching. for a photo essay, see page 8. the people that were chasing were threatened by a man bran- him.” dishing a firearm in housing.” See GUNMEN, page 4 Public department safety passes accreditation process DANETTE SPIERS tors accredit the CSUN Depart- standards and the criteria,” said well as interviews with depart- of the department, the equip- dence, dealing with traffic con- Staff Reporter ment of Public Safety. John Jacobs, an assessor from ment staff. ment available to officers and trol, among other things. Three representatives from the University of Richmond Jacobs confirmed they the K-9 units. CSUN Chief of Police Anne team comprised of the Commission on Accredita- Police Department. “They were would make a recommendation CSUN’s police department, Glavin said the assessors gave national law enforce- tion for Law Enforcement Agen- a very sharp, well put together for accreditation to the IACLEA if accredited, will be recognized her some feedback before they ment assessors is going cies arrived on campus April 6 to agency from top to bottom.” commission. as a law enforcement agency left campus on Wednesday. Ato recommend that the Interna- review the police department’s The team’s assessment lasted He said he was particularly that follows the highest profes- tional Association of Campus policies. for two days, and it included a impressed with the coordination sional standards as it relates to See POLICE, page 3 Law Enforcement Administra- “Everything met all of the ride-along with campus police as between the different divisions training officers, handling evi- Proposed campus quality fee will be Spanish sway determined by alternative consulation Some are concerned that students are denied the chance to formally vote for the fee, which will increase tuition by $100 over three years EMERSON MUZADA CSUN Provost Harry Hellenbrand. The money allocated will be divid- STAFF REPORTER “Every year, there’s always a reason ed into five different sections. The to postpone the fee whether it was athletic department would receive the recent proposal by the Sen- approved or not, the longer we waited largest portion of the money with 22 ate Executive Committee to the deeper the hole.” percent going to athletic scholarships, increase student fees to cover Due to low turnouts of student’s 14 percent towards “campus spirit” and Athe expenses of a variety of student voting in past referendums, Koester an additional 6 percent applied towards resources will be determined by CSUN decided to utilize alternative consul- athletic equipment and facilities. President Jolene Koester before the end tation. Alternative consultation is a The scholarship budget for the ath- of the semester. process by which surveys, petitions, letics department comes from Associ- The Campus Quality Fee Proposal forums, and feedback from students, ated Students as part of the current advocates for an increase in student faculty and administration would be student fee to support A.S. explained fees by $100 per student, over a period reviewed by the Student Fee Advisory Rick Mazzuto, director of the athletics VaNeSSa leffler / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER of the next three years, which will Committee. The SFAC would make a administration. Cynthia Villalobos, a Spanish and cultural studies major, amount to a total of over $7 million. recommendation to Koester, who ulti- “During the ’07-’08 year, we didn’t rehearses her steps for the “folklor de Mexico” concert fri- “For the past 30 years the timing to mately makes the decision to approve day in the Plaza del Sol Performance Hall. increase the fees was never right,” said the proposal. See FEE, page 3 INdex OPINION SPORTS TODAY'S WEatHER 10-12 A&E Bigger boobs are not After losing first game, women’s Opinion 13 Daily Spotlight 14 always necessarily water polo pull off two upsets in Classifieds 15 good for you tourney Sports 16 Sunny See Page 13 SEE PAGE 16 HIGH 78 LOW 55 2 • Daily Sundial • CSUN • Thursday, May 1, 2008 [email protected] U.S. troop deaths push monthly toll to 7-month high in Iraq BAGHDAD (AP) – The forces and Iraqi citizens reflects killings of three U.S. soldiers this challenge,” Bergner said in in separate attacks in Baghdad response to a question about pushed the American death toll what’s behind the increase in for April up to 47, making it the American troop deaths. deadliest month since Septem- The U.S. military said at ber, the military said Wednes- least 10 gunmen had been killed day. in three separate clashes in east- One soldier died when his ern Baghdad late Tuesday and vehicle was struck by a road- Wednesday. side bomb. The other died of The latest fighting erupt- wounds sustained when he was ed at the end of March after attacked by small-arms fire, the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki military said. Both incidents launched a crackdown against occurred Tuesday in northwest- Shiite militias in the southern ern Baghdad. port city of Basra. But it quickly A third soldier died in a road- spread to Baghdad’s Sadr City, side bombing Tuesday night in a sprawling slum with about 2.5 the east of the capital, the mili- million people that is a strong- tary said. hold of the Mahdi Army militia The statement did not give of anti-American cleric Muqta- a more specific location. But da al-Sadr. the eastern half of Baghdad The militiamen have used the includes embattled Sadr City district as a base to fire barrages and other neighborhoods that of missiles and mortar rounds at have been the focus of intense the U.S.-protected Green Zone combat between Shiite militants which houses much of the Iraqi and U.S.-Iraqi troops for more government and Western dip- than a month. lomatic missions, including the In all, at least 4,059 mem- U.S. and British embassies. bers of the U.S. military have They also have fought run- died since the Iraq war started ning street battles in which hun- in March 2003, according to an dreds have died. The U.S. mili- NICK UT / AP Associated Press count. tary says those killed have been Firefighters battle a fire in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles Wednesday, April 30. The fire in a storied “We have said all along that mainly gunmen. But police and building at Hollywood and Vine spit flames 40-feet into the air and burned close to landmarks such as the this will be a tough fight and medical authorities in Sadr City Capitol Records building and the Pantages Theater. there will be periods where we say innocent civilians have fre- see these extremists, these crim- quently gotten caught up in the inal groups and al-Qaida terror- fighting. Blaze erupts in nightclub at Hollywood and Vine ists seek to reassert themselves,” Tahseen al-Sheikhly, the U.S. military spokesman Maj. spokesman for the civilian side LOS ANGELES (AP) board that was starting to lean five fires in a 10-block square tied just nine days ago.