CO-PITCHER OF THE WEEK Harmony in Conflict DailyTITAN Titan Pitcher Jeff Kaplan picks up Turning words into action is easi- www.dailytitan.comOnline honors SPORTS, p. 8 er than people think OPINION p. 5 Since 1960 Tuesday Volume 84, Issue 40 April 24, 2007 DailyThe Student Voice of California StateTitan University, Fullerton Cafeteria Gets Cooked at Fullerton’s University Village A grease fire causes minor damages to student apartments BY ALEKSANDRA WOJTALEWICZ Daily Titan Staff Writer [email protected] A grease fire burned a small hole inside of the kitchen of the University Village Student Apart- ments on Monday morning. No one was injured. “It was a small fire,” University Village general manager Jeanine Ciulik said. “It’s not a tragic af- fair.” The damages were very minor, said Ciulik. The fire was called in at 11:46 a.m., according to Fullerton Fire Department Chief Eric New- man. It took about 30 minutes to extinguish the fire. Firefight- ers had to open the wall to get to the fire. Kitchen and building staff were asked to evacuate the build- ing and returned to work shortly after the fire was contained. A total of five units responded BY DANIEL SUZUKI/For the Daily Titan from the Fullerton and the Or- LADDER UP - Brandon Bento and Jeff Grant operated the crane during the grease fire that erupted at University Village Monday afternoon. Firemen had to open the wall of the kitchen when ange County Fire Departments. the fire spread, said fireman Marc Estridgge. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. Rec Center Using Police Chief to Speak About Campus Safety Hand Scanners BY CAITLIN CLIFT tremely long amount of time, so BY JAKE KILROY Board of Directors for the College of Daily Titan Staff Writer time is critical. As soon as that clock Daily Titan Staff Writer Communications. “However, after [email protected] starts ticking, every second counts,” [email protected] learning how it would work, I got Gehrls said. really stoked.” Cal State Fullerton’s Police Chief, Working with the police, Envi- Cal State Fullerton is entering the Associated Students Inc. went on Judi King, will speak to the Aca- ronmental Health and Instructional sci-fi age with hand readers in the a national tour to see what technolo- demic Senate on Thursday about Safety runs the Building Marshal new Rec Center – no need for keys, gies colleges were using these days. campus safety in light of the Vir- Program. Building and floor mar- keypads or cards. “We visited a lot of college cam- ginia Tech massacre. shals are trained to respond in an According to flyers available in the puses,” Borsting said. Academic Senate Chair Diana emergency. The marshals may help Kinesiology building, the HandKey After discussions and inspections Guerin said that after the Virginia evacuate buildings and act as mes- II-Biometric Access Control Reader with their laundry list of possibili- Tech shootings, the Academic Sen- sengers, relaying information from “uses the unique size and shape of ties, CSUF settled on what they saw ate decided that it should invite police to people in the building, the hand to verify a person’s identity at San Diego State University. King to update the campus on what King said. “The folks at San Diego State are with unparalleled accuracy.” BY DANIEL SUZUKI/For the Daily Titan steps the police would take in an King said she will also discuss the Kurt Borsting, Titan Student very happy with their hand readers. emergency. Guerin said it is impor- electronic system CSUF has in place They’re very successful there,” said SCAN - With the new biometric hand scanners installed throughout the tant that faculty and staff be aware to notify faculty, staff and students Union director, said the reader mea- kinesiology building, students can be hands-free twhen going to the gym. sures the hand’s geometry. “The Borsting. of what plans are via telephone or measurements are imbedded into The HandKey II captures a three- advanced algorithm determines the process may seem tedious initially, in place. e-mail. the system,” he said. dimensional image of the hand us- unique aspect of the hand and then ASI promises convenience. Part of King’s The system “At first, I didn’t really understand ing a 32,000 pixel array. Over 90 generates a nine-byte hand template. “I think it’s convenient, definitely, presentation will The intent is for us to uses informa- because I’m not technology-savvy,” measurements including the lengths, This template is then stored and used focus on the pre- “ tion that stu- widths, thicknesses and surface area for subsequent comparisons. have an ability to noti- said Carolina Trisi, a member of the SEE SCANNER - PAGE 3 ventative mea- dents provide of the fingers and hand are taken. The Though the new technology and sures that Uni- fy people in the event at the time of versity Police has of an emergency admission and taken. King said the “A big part of “ goal is to update Student Filmmakers this is making – Judi King student infor- sure that people CSUF Chief of Police mation. have an under- “The intent Participate in Festival standing of what is for us to have BY DARALYN SCHOENEWALD and your parents in the audience was the realities are,” an ability to no- Daily Titan Staff Writer great … almost surreal,” said Neil King said. “Peo- tify people in the [email protected] Sakatani. ple need to know what systems we event of an emergency and we can’t Sakatani’s short film “Smash Hit” have in place to help us in having do that if we don’t have their contact featured an inept hit man named these systems work appropriately.” information,” King said. Ping-Pong, Plato and pregnancy Hank who improves his skills through In addition to preventative mea- Students, faculty and staff may don’t normally have much in com- Ping-Pong. sures, King will discuss the plans also be notified by CSUF’s public mon, but on Sunday at the eighth RTVF senior Andy Chinn said he University Police has in place. address system located at the inte- annual Newport Beach Film Festival, loves screening his films for people be- Police officers receive training rior and exterior of buildings. The the common bond was student film- cause of the instant feedback. under the Active Shooter Program. system can send messages from the making. “I need outside guidance. I don’t In most active shooter situations, police dispatch center informing Fourteen Radio-TV-Film students trust myself when I watch my own police officers cannot wait for assis- people of an emergency, or if they from Cal State Fullerton screened stuff,” he said, adding that his friends tance from other agencies, so officers need to evacuate a building or stay their short films in a special collegiate are his biggest and best critics. receive training on how to respond, inside the building. showcase at the festival. Chinn premiered “Ramey,” a short King said. “Here on campus when some- For several of the student filmmak- film about a middle-aged artist who Lt. Tom Gehrls of CSUF’s Uni- thing of that magnitude happens, ers, the screening was the first time decides to end his life because he has versity Police said in active shooter you want to stop and take a look their work had been shown in a the- accomplished everything he can in his situations, police must know how to at what you would do,” Guerin ater. quickly respond to a situation. said. BY DANIEL SUZUKI/For the Daily Titan art. “I screened my film in class on a “In incidents like this, it’s going Chief King will be speaking at the ROUND OF APPLAUSE - CSUF students and graduates were congratu- projector screen, but just to see it on to be fairly short term for the most Academic Senate meeting on Thurs- lated on their short films at the Newport Film Festival Sunday. the big screen with more than 20 kids SEE FILM - PAGE 3 part. They usually don’t last an ex- day at 12:30 p.m. TOMORROW News ONLINE www.dailytitan.com WEATHER RAPPING FOR EDUCATION MULTIMEDIA TODAY TOMORROW ABC 123 Rappers lecture on how hip-hop can carry a Visit dailytitan.com to watch a video of the new Titan Rec Center Sunny Partly High: 71 positive message. hand scanners. Cloudy Low: 55 High: 73 Low: 56 2 April 24, 2007 PAGE TWO IN OTHER NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS Former Russian President Dies at 76 YouTube Picks of the Day MOSCOW (AP) - Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin died Monday Title: The Land Lord at age 76. The first freely elected leader of Russia, Yeltsin is credited with the collapse of the Soviet Union by pushing Russia towards democracy and a market economy. The funeral will be held Wednesday, according to the Duration: 2:24 Kremlin, and will be a day of national mourning. How we found it: Given to us by a fellow editor “Thanks to Boris Yeltsin’s will and direct initiative, a new constitution Summary: Will Ferrell is a funny guy. But in the video “The Landlord,” originally was adopted which proclaimed human rights as the supreme value,” said created for funnyordie.com, Ferrell isn’t the person making viewers break into hys- President Vladimir Putin. “He gave people a chance to freely express their terics. thoughts, freely elect authorities.” This clip features Will Ferrell as a man who is struggling to make ends meet. When Yeltsin was popular in the western world for his fight against Commu- his landlord comes by for the rent he resorts to pleading with her for an extension.