Firing Back on Police Violence
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Dozens stop for sudden snooze ARTIC a waste of money Floor and furniture in Steven G. Mihaylo Anaheim will open a new transit station Hall were covered in napping students which will be a misuse of funds News 3 Opinion 5 Monday December 8, 2014 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 96 Issue 50 ERIC GANDARILLA / DAILY TITAN Jameelah Lane, a Cal State Fullerton student (left) and Jillian Perkins, a sociology major (right), lead demonstrators down State College Avenue Friday in protest of recent court rulings on the deaths of Eric Garner and Mike Brown. The “we can’t breathe” gesture grew to national prominence following the choking death of Eric Garner at the hands of a New York City police officer. Firing back on police violence In wake of decisions on recent rulings on the deaths of Eric protest from the central Quad them know that our lives do community vocally opposed “hands up, don’t shoot” and killings by police, students and Garner and Mike Brown. to a march along Chapman matter. We want to show the the message of the demon- “all lives matter.” faculty speak out in protest The protest was a strategic Avenue, before arriving at police department that we’re strators, including a woman After their chants, protest- effort in response to the recent the Fullerton Police Depart- here. We matter and we are who was seen by the group ers lay on the ground as a rep- CYNTHIA PLEITEZ violence, riots and court deci- ment, but not before generat- going to show you that we pointing her fingers in the resentation of the final rest- Daily Titan sions not to indict officers in ing mixed and controversial matter,” said Black Student shape of a gun and pretending ing positions of the African the recent cases that are mak- reactions from community Union member and bio- to shoot, Mbanu said. American lives that were re- Over 30 demonstrators ing national headlines. members. chemistry major Chimezie Upon arriving at the Ful- cently lost. gathered on campus Thursday Demonstrators, facul- “Basically, the protest was Mbanu. lerton Police Department, in response to the recent court ty among them, took their a peaceful response letting Some members of the protesters continued chanting SEE PROTEST 3 Donation aids oral history Center moves closer to $3.5 fundraising goal to meet the million goal to fund new 17,000 National Endowment for the square foot facility and archive Humanities (NEH) challenge grant. CESAR GAMBOA Challenge grants from the Daily Titan endowment are meant to pro- vide long-term support for A $150,000 donation from humanities programs and re- the William Lyon family will sources, including projects go toward moving the Center like the renovation for the for Oral and Public History Center for Oral and Public to a state-of-the-art archiving History. Over the past five facility in a renovated sixth years, the endowment has floor of Pollak Library. received an average of 103 The Center for Oral and applicants per year for the Public History preserves nar- grant, but has awarded just 18 rated autobiographical re- a year on average. cordings, including those of Fousekis’ hope is to raise Lyon himself, a businessman $3.5 million for a near- and former Air Force Re- ly-17,000-square foot, cli- serves brass. Lyon’s father, mate-controlled facility to Abraham, was interviewed protect the center’s historic in 1975 by Gary Shumway, compilation of recordings as Ph.D., the founding director well as house the University of the center. Archives of Special Collec- COURTESY OF WWW.NAITIMP3.RU The Lyon family, fu- tions, also located in Pollak The Becker Amphitheater will host local ska rock band Suburban Legends for a concert Wednesday. The event will also include free eled by William’s long ca- Library. pizza and a chance to win movie tickets. This will be the last concert for ASI Productions’ Wednesday Concert Series. reer in home building, has The center’s research area been devoted to philanthro- will be named “The Wil- py in Orange County and liam Lyon Family Reading has pledged money to many Room.” Local ska band to play the Becker other organizations, such as The challenge was assist- Suburban Legends will play semester for Associated “We’re hoping for a have since gained a follow- the Segerstrom Center for ed by the Cal State Fuller- CSUF in last installment of Students, Inc.’s Wednesday big crowd,” Munoz said. ing from ska music enthusi- the Arts and the Boy Scouts ton Philanthropic Foundation Wednesday concert series Concert Series at the Beck- “We’re giving out free asts in Southern California of America, said Natalie Board of Governors. er Amphitheater, and part food; and where there’s and across the country. Fousekis, Ph.D., director of The center, part of the De- ALEX GROVES of a lineup of events for As- food, there will be college The band has released a the Center for Oral and Pub- partment of History and the Daily Titan sociated Students’ Produc- students.” number of albums, the most lic History and associate pro- College of Humanities and tions Week. Munoz said she’s also recent of which was 2013’s fessor of history. Social Sciences, is home to Orange County ska band Associated Students hoping that because the Dreams Aren’t Real But The $150,000 donation, the largest oral history ar- Suburban Legends will be Concert Coordinator Doris Suburban Legends are These Songs Are, Vol. 1. however, is the family’s first chive in California. Includ- rocking the Becker Am- Munoz said there will be well known locally, many The album—a compendi- major gift to CSUF, she ed in that archive is a col- phitheater with their sig- pizza provided at Wednes- people will turn out to the um of cover songs—embod- said. lection of preserved stories nature blend of ska covers day’s concert for people Becker to see them. ies a third-wave ska sound The center has raised over of special individuals and and original compositions who attend. The band is originally with banging drums, crunch- $920,000 in cash and pledges communities. Wednesday at noon. At the end of the concert, from Orange County. They ing guitars and horns. over the last three years in an The concert will be the there will be an opportuni- got their start in the Hun- effort to reach a $1.25 million SEE COPH 2 last performance of the ty to win movie tickets. tington Beach area and SEE LEGENDS 4 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 DECEMBER 8, 2014 MONDAY NEWS DTBRIEFS Protestors HAVE injured in hit-and-run Police have yet to YOUR find a match to a par- tial license plate in a hit-and-run accident in Riverside that oc- curred outside the Mis- VOICE sion Inn’s annual Festi- val of Lights, according to CBS. COURTESY OF THE CENTER FOR ORAL AND PUBLIC HISTORY The victims were The $150,000 donation from the William Lyon family puts the center closer to building a new $3.5 part of an anti-police HEARD! million center on the sixth floor of Pollak Library. brutality protest of about 50 people. Witnesses said three to four people were struck by a dark-col- Submit a letter to the editor at ored BMW, but no one COPH: required hospital at- [email protected] Funds to tention. Police said the with the subject line as car may have run over two of the demonstra- ‘letter to the editor’ tors’ feet, and one pro- tester suffered minor (Letters may be edited to fit our style) go to renovation injuries. CONTINUED FROM 1 facility, which is best prac- Protesters said tice for preserving old, his- William Lyon demonstrations were The center adds real val- toric material.” peaceful when the hit- ue to the campus, Fousekis CSUF adopted the cen- • Flew combat and-run occurred, but said, but is outdated. ter as a funding priority in missions in other witnesses say FOR THE RECORD The center, currently lo- 2009. Korean War the activists were de- cated on the third floor of In 2011, the center re- liberately blocking It is Daily Titan policy to correct factual errors • Launched his first the south side of Pollak Li- ceived funding from the home-building traffic. printed in the publication. Corrections will be brary, does not meet satis- National Endowment for published on the subsequent issue after an company in 1954 - CESAR GAMBOA factory needs to preserve the Humanities Grant in • Executive error is discovered and will appear on page 2. their historic material, the amount of $425,000, Chairman of William Errors on the Opinion page will be corrected Fousekis said. Fousekis said. That type of on that page. Corrections will also be made to “(It’s) not a very grand funding wasn’t available to Lyon Homes the online version of the article. Please contact space,” she said. “All of the center before they re- LA couple Editor-in-Chief Nereida Moreno at (657) 278- our archival materials, ceived the grant, she said. 5815 or at [email protected] with which some of them go “It’s a grant that’s meant ours who didn’t have a lot returns issues about this policy or to report any errors. back to the mid 1960s, are to inspire new giving, so of fundraising experience not in a climate-controlled they want programs like before,” she said. from Qatar An Asian American couple returned home to Pasadena Thursday after being detained in Art students air Qatar for nearly two years.