Abu-Jamal’S Case Entitled “A Case for Reasonable Doubt” Aired Than 20 Years After Originally in 1996
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C A LIFORNI A S T A T E U NIV E R S IT Y , F U LL E RTON INSIDE 3 n NEWS: Congress reaches compromise on details of Bush’s education reform plan 5 n OPINION: New bankruptcy legislation leads to more credit card junk mail George Horton’s Titans have reached the top in latest college baseball poll —see Sports page 9 VOLU M E 72, I SSUE 43 TUESDAY M AY 8, 2001 Struggle to free alleged police killer continues nACTIVISM: More mentary on Abu-Jamal’s case entitled “A Case for Reasonable Doubt” aired than 20 years after originally in 1996. Following the video, questions were Mumia Abu-Jamal was fielded on current aspects of Abu- Jamal’s case and why certain actions, imprisoned many still like the testimony of his brother, never believe he is innocent happened. “A lot of people recognized that he BY TRINITY POWELLS didn’t get a fair trial,” said Gordon Special to the Titan Johnson, secretary of the Green Party of Orange County. Sighs of disbelief and murmurs of As a lasting thought for those in disapproval surfaced as the events and attendance, Scott Sink, 22, a student people that determined Mumia Abu- claiming no affiliation but self-described Jamal’s fate flashed on a television. as a person in “solidarity with the move- The crowd of about 60 students and ment,” read a letter from the Zapatista activist gathered in the Ontiveros rooms Army of National Liberation written to of the Titan Student Union on Thursday Abu-Jamal on his birthday in honor of for many reasons, but all came to learn his cause. more about the circumstances and Linking the relevance and proximity impact of an international movement to of the issues involved in Abu-Jamal’s free this political prisoner. case, two minutes of home-shot video Coordinated and sponsored by the were shown of a protest by anarchists in Sociology Student Association and sup- Long Beach last Tuesday where chaos Mayra Beltran/Daily Titan ported by activist groups like Refuse erupted between police and participants Ten-year-old Laurance Truong of Perry Elementary school slam dunks at the 16th annual Special Games held Friday. and Resist (R&R), the Orange County and 100 demonstrators were arrested. Green Party and M.E.Ch.A., the event Mumia Abu-Jamal, born Wesley was organized to educate students and Cook, was a radio journalist for WUHY- get them involved in the effort to free FM in Philadelphia and known by many Mumia. as “the voice of the voiceless.” CSUF hosts Special “Hopefully people will be more As an active member in the Black interested in getting involved in the Panther Party as Minister of Information, songs on a trailer-mounted stage, “This whole event is simply for The event wasn’t all about movement,” said Monica Vera, event and a supporter of the MOVE organiza- nEVENT: Volunteers organizer and activist. and enormous big-top tents shel- and about the kids,” said Wylie sports, though. A giant elephant tion, Abu-Jamal from the age of 15 has tering the crowd from the heat of Aitken, CSUF Special Games for the students to bounce on was Featured speakers were from the L.A. voiced his opinion enough to have over and children benefit chapter of Refuse and Resist, a non-par- the afternoon sun. chairman. “But what they get from one of the more popular ways to 800 pages of reports accumulated by the from the annual fes- In many ways, the 16th annual today doesn’t even compare to spend the day. tisan national membership organization FBI on his activity. with a mission “to build a climate, CSUF-Kathleen E. Faley Memorial what we get from them.” A special D.A.R.E. unit from The events that ushered in two tival for the develop- Special Games was like a carni- What the special athletes got the Fullerton Police Department culture and community of resistance to decades of political controversy defeat the whole reactionary agenda.” mentally disabled val. was an opportunity to compete and a fire truck from the Fullerton occurred on Dec. 9, 1981 with a routine For the 2,200 developmentally in ten events set up over a large Fire Department were also hits Azi Zorhrabi, 18, a representative traffic stop. from R&R’s youth network knows per- disabled and special-needs stu- expanse of CSUF’s athletic fields. with the students. Abu-Jamal’s brother, William Cook, BY ALEX DOUVAS dents who came for the sports, The football kick, 50-yard dash, According to Jim Faley, a CSUF sonally the plight facing Abu-Jamal. was pulled over at the corner of 13th Daily Titan Staff Writer Having a mother that is a political pris- food, ribbons and other festivi- football throw, Tee ball swing, Special Games board member, one and Locust streets in Philadelphia for ties, Friday was a day of pure fun, long jump, softball throw, soccer of the things that makes the event oner Zorhrabi thinks activism is not just driving the wrong way down a one-way At first sight, it looked like a personal for her. designed just for them. kick, obstacle course and basket- different from other Special Games street. giant carnival. Throngs of peo- However, for the 2,200 volun- ball toss all gave the athletes a events around the country is the “I think it’s personal for every activ- Problems occurred when the traf- ple bustling about the Cal State ist because they want a better future,” teers who spent the day at their chance to shoot hoops like Kobe, pairing of each special athlete with fic officer, Daniel Faulkner, and Abu- Fullerton soccer field, a live band sides, the games were about much hit like McGuire and sprint like she said. Jamal’s brother got into an argument churning out crowd-friendly rock GAMES/ 6 The gathering of students and activ- more. Flo-Jo. ist began with HBO’s one-hour docu- ABU-JAMAL/ 3 Campus expansion in the works nPLANNING: Three sep- explained to the attendees through a two- of money to preserve it. hour PowerPoint presentation and open dis- Each new parking structure will cost the arate blueprints were pre- cussion. university $20 million. One of the plans “We want to hear what people have a excludes using the arboretum out of the sented Friday to solve the positive reaction to and what people have assumption that CSUF will be able to buy a negative reaction to,” said Jay Bond, land south of Nutwood Avenue. Of the campus’ growing popula- the associate vice president for Facilities two plans that make use of CSUF’s existing tion issues Management. land, the one that excludes the arboretum One controversial alternative outlined will require two additional parking struc- BY KELLY MEAD expanding campus housing into the arbo- tures. Thus an extra $40 million. Daily Titan Staff Writer retum. However, Thompson assured the audi- “There’s a series of trade-offs the uni- ence that the arboretum would probably not Last week Cal State Fullerton hosted versity is in the process of making right be used. open meetings to discuss development plans now,” said Richard Thompson, a representa- CSUF designed the three plans by com- for the campus. tive from AC Martin Partners. AC Martin paring the campus to other like campuses, The series of discussions will continue Partners is the master plan consultant for the such as San Francisco State University and until Friday, May 11. The meetings give CSUF expansion plans. Cal State Sacramento. They got additional students and faculty a chance to voice their Although many believe the unused land information from discussing the issue with opinions about three hypothetical blueprints in the arboretum should be saved for further students and faculty. David Rivera/Daily Titan for university expansion. development, Thompson pointed out that it Richard Thompson, a representative from AC Martin Partners, discusses expansion. During the event the plans were may cost the university a significant amount EXPANSION/ 3 TitAN Groups advocate animal rights e x t r a s n Orange County People for Animals “I’m here to thank you for any- SOCIETY: Activists (OCPA). thing you do to help animals,” Stram online work with club mem- Stram was one of two guest speak- told the audience. ers at Roots and Shoots’ “Animals in Preceding Stram was Mike bers on campus to n Check out the Spotlight,” an event put together Winikoff, the director of programs by the new club on campus to pro- from Ark Trust, who spoke about his the Daily raise awareness on mote animal awareness. organization’s Genesis Awards. These Titan online at forms of abuse Stram, an animal activist for the awards are presented to media groups http:// past 13 years, said that three or four that promote animal protection. times a week she discovers a new Cristy Watkins, the president of BY TAYLOR GOLDMAN form of animal cruelty worse than Roots and Shoots, said that a com- download Daily Titan Staff Writer previous forms of abuse. She speci- mercial Winikoff showed for a Land fied that the evening was intended to Rover stood out in her mind. On average, a million animals are n Need to announce an be uplifting, but that she was avail- In the commercial, a husband and eaten each hour in America. Despite event? Visit our Web able with more specifics after her wife encounter a dog sitting in the the fact that people care about ani- presentation. middle of the road on a dark and site to download our mals and don’t want to cause them One of the OCPA’s guiding prin- stormy night.