García Embraces Titan Culture Said That Iran Doesn’T Have Weap- Fifteen Percent of Americans Are on Capabilities to Use Its Nuclear Living in Poverty Today
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Video Exclusive WHAT’S INSIDE: NEWS 2 Daredevil breaks sound barrier OPINION 5 Self-driving cars are safe DETOUR 6 Metamorphoses at Young Theatre SPORTS 8 Firefighters in pink - Fullerton Fire Department Volleyball extends winning streak goes pink to raise money for cancer research. Volume 92, Issue 23 MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 dailytitan.com DT EXCLUSIVE: MEET THE PRESIDENT NATIONAL | Election Political hopefuls duke it out in vice presidential bout Experts say Biden gave map. They call us the Great Satan. Dems vital jolt after And if they get nuclear weapons, Obama’s weak debate other people in the neighborhood will pursue their nuclear weapons DANIEL HERNANDEZ as well,” said Ryan. Daily Titan Ryan also spoke of the recent at- tack on the American embassy in Like two old-time Irish boxers in Libya, questioning the Obama ad- a no holds barred fight, Vice Presi- ministration for blaming protests dent Joe Biden and Congressman sparked by the YouTube video, Paul Ryan duked it out with words “Innocence of Muslims.” Thursday night, debating foreign Biden counter-punched that policy and other hot-button issues. argument by challenging Rom- With Martha Raddatz of ABC ney’s quick response and attack on News moderating, the debate was Obama’s reaction to the incident much feistier than the one of their before he knew all of the facts. running mates. Even President “Usually when there is a crisis Barack Obama admitted to radio we pull together. We pull togeth- host Tom Joyner last week that he er as a nation,” Biden said about was “just too polite.” Mitt Romney’s press conference “With all due respect, that’s a regarding the Obama administra- bunch of malarkey,” said Biden tion’s handlings with the embassy when cutting off a grinning Ryan attack in Libya. after bashing the Obama adminis- Back home where the unem- tration’s perspective foreign policy. ployment figures have showed a “Because not a single thing he said little bit of improvement recently, is accurate,” Biden said. the two candidates expressed many That combative tone was used differences. throughout the debate. The Congressman Ryan advo- Biden used his age, experience cated the Republican view of eco- and an occasional laugh to demon- nomics by making sure that there strate his expertise sitting next to is a tax cut across the board for all ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan the younger Ryan. American’s, starting with the rich. Newly-elected Mildred García, Ed.D. sits down with Daily Titan staff to discuss her life, purpose at CSUF and goals for To weaken Obama’s record on He spoke down about the Obama students. Previously, she was president of CSU Dominguez Hills for five years. foreign policy, Ryan mentioned administration’s efforts in recuper- the possibility of Iran obtaining a ating the economy. nuclear weapon many times in the “Twenty-three million Ameri- debate. While Biden repeatedly cans are struggling for work today. García embraces Titan culture said that Iran doesn’t have weap- Fifteen percent of Americans are on capabilities to use its nuclear living in poverty today. This is not DAVID HOOD in school as a means of success. al Excellence for Hispanics. power, Ryan insisted without fur- what a real recovery looks like... & IAN WHEELER Her family’s strong emphasis on educa- As a person who has been in education ther explaining that the Ayatollah we need real reforms for a real re- Daily Titan tional success was the driving force behind all over the country, García said she has the keeps inching closer to a nuclear covery,” Ryan said, alluding to the her throughout her studies. She holds five diverse background the university needs to weapon. recovery act’s stimulus money. After 22-years, Cal State Fullerton presi- degrees in business, education and higher continue growing to become a national lead- “They’ve dedicated themselves dent Milton Gordon retired last semester. education administration. She said she is ex- er in public igher education. to wiping an entire country off the SEE DEBATE, 3 Mildred García, Ed.D., who grew up in cited to work with her new staff and to get to On Thursday, García met with the Daily the Bronx, New York, has risen to take his know students and their needs by “engaging Titan to discuss her personality, purpose at place and take the reins at the highest posi- all voices.” CSUF and overall goals for her office and po- tion at CSUF. Previously, García was president of nearby sition, where she has the power to steer the By the numbers: VP debate García’s parents immigrated to New York Cal State Dominguez Hills, where she be- university through rough waters of mount- from Puerto Rico and worked as factory came the first Latina president in the CSU. ing student debt and crippling budget cuts. workers under harsh conditions. Her par- She was also recently appointed to President ents, she said, always inspired her to do well Barack Obama’s Commission on Education- SEE PRESIDENT, 3 “Medicare” “abortion” CAMPUS | Strategic plan 30 mentions 4 mentions CSUF execs host town hall meeting for input “My friend” “Romney” President García held a will guide Cal State Fullerton for versity community and get their “You can’t do 25 goals. You can’t mentions meeting to narrow down the next five years. feedback on the strategic plan. possibly achieve that,” Koester said. phrases The congregation included fac- Specifically, the aim was to trim The meeting was organized so 53 14 points of her strategic plan by Biden ulty representatives from CSUF down the list of goals, which cur- that participants sat in groups at JONATHAN WINSLOW departments, University Police, rently stands at 25. small, circular tables. These groups Daily Titan students and administrators, as “This is not a letter to Santa were encouraged to discuss the well as President Mildred García. Claus,” said Jolene Koester, Ph.D., Strategic Plan and whittle down More than 400 members of the “I know that together with the the facilitator for the Strategic Plan- the 25 goals to a more reasonable “Malarkey” university community gathered in Fullerton community, we will ac- ning Steering Committee. “This is a number, by removing goals that expressions the Portola Pavilions of the Titan complish great things,” Garcia set of priorities.” they felt were either too vague or 3 Student Union on Friday to at- said in her opening comments. Koester said 25 goals is far too simply weren’t strategic. tend a town hall meeting. The The focus of the meeting was to many, and that having six to eight Source: The Washington Post topic was the strategic plan that gather people involved in the uni- goals or fewer would be more ideal. SEE TOWN HALL, 2 CAMPUS | Men’s hockey Titans hit their stride in first win of the season ERIC FARRELL in the coffin. Daily Titan “We definitely wanted the puck more and out-skated them,” said After a difficult loss the previ- assistant coach Chris Houlihan. ous night, the Cal State Fullerton “We could have scored a lot more men’s ice hockey team bounced if we could have finished our back in a big way on Friday, beat- chances. It was only 5-0, but it ing the UCLA Bruins 5-0 en route could have easily been 10 or 11-0.” to their first win of the season. The Titans scoring opened up Three goals in the first period with senior Joe Gojanovic slipping gave the Titans a solid lead, while a puck through the legs of the two more in the third period–no- Bruins’ goaltender after Censullo tably a fantastic short-handed ef- won an offensive-zone faceoff. ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan fort by forward Alec Censullo on Forward Taylor Castle, a junior, hits a goal in the Titan’s first win, the penalty kill–put the final nail SEE HOCKEY, 8 5-0, of the season. They advance to 1-3-0. CONTACT US AT [email protected] PAGE 2 OCTOBER 15, 2012 THE DAILY TITAN NEWS MONDAY DTBRIEFS EBATES AND ATES POLITICORNER: D D Clown sentenced for rape million An Orange County Superior The next presidential debate is on Court judge sentenced a pro- fessional clown to 10 years in prison Wednesday for kidnap- ping a 12-year-old girl from a Fullerton fast-food restaurant Oct. 16 and raping her more than a de- 51.4 70watched last term’s VP cade ago, authorities said. at Hofstra University in New York Jose Guadalupe Jimenez, 43, million debate four years ago of Anaheim received the sen- tence under a plea deal, Orange County District Attorney’s offi- people cials said in a written statement. propositions Jimenez, who worked as a watched the Vice clown and performed under the on the general Presidential debate Last day to register to vote name, “El Tin Marin,” pleaded 11 guilty to one count of commit- election ballot for ting lewd acts on a child under 14 and one count of forcible California lewd acts on a child under 14, Oct. 22 officials said. “The negotiated plea was a OMNEY result of the totality of the evi- DEMS dence of the case, availability OMNEY SOURCES: NIELSEN of witnesses and wishes of the OMNEY victim,” according to the district WWW.BARACKOBAMA.COM DEMS attorney’s office statement. 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