57 Freeway Widening to Close Nutwood Freeway Widening Projects Headed by OCTA Expected SR-57 NORTHBOUND to Be Completed by 2014 WIDENING PROJECT DETOUR, NOV
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Volume 92, Issue 42 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2012 dailytitan.com LOCAL | Construction PROTEST AT LAX LEADS TO ARRESTS 57 freeway widening to close Nutwood Freeway widening projects headed by OCTA expected SR-57 NORTHBOUND to be completed by 2014 WIDENING PROJECT DETOUR, NOV. 26-30 DAVID HOOD Daily Titan Lane closures will occur from Yorba Linda Boulevard to Lambert Road Students traveling from the while electrical work and pavement operation is performed. southeast to campus on Nutwood and Chapman avenues may en- MONDAY 11/26 - FRIDAY 11/30 counter intermittent difficulties Between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., off- over the next few months be- peak daytime closures will occur. cause of a Highway 57 widening Night time closures will happen between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m. project spearheaded by Orange County Transportation Authority The shoulder on Rolling Hills Drive (OCTA). at SR-57 will be closed in both OCTA and Caltrans District directions, Tuesday - Friday from 7 12 have begun widening Cal State a.m. to 4 p.m. Fullerton’s closest freeway since There will also be a temporary NB voters passed Proposition 1B and SR-57 lane reduction from Yorba Orange County’s Measure M2 in Linda Boulevard to Lambert Road, 2006 to fund widening projects Monday - Thursday 9 p.m. - 5 a.m. like this one. and from 9 a.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday. As part of the project, OCTA has announced Nutwood Avenue SOURCE: OCTAFILE.NET to close down under the overpass between Placentia Avenue and Fo- lino Drive on the east side of cam- been split into two segments: be- pus periodically between 10 p.m. tween Orangethorpe Avenue in WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan and 6 a.m. Fullerton and Lambert Road in OCTA has also stated that the Brea, and between Katella and Activist and former Los Angeles City Council candidate Ana Cubas is arrested Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport south sidewalk under the over- Lincoln avenues in Anaheim. while protesting the working conditions of union employees. As many as 1,500 demonstrators attended. pass on Nutwood will also be shut Improvements to the five-mile SEE PROTEST, 3 down for the next six months. span include the addition of one The construction began in 2010 regular lane, along with merging and is expected to be completed lanes, standardization of existing STATE | Applications by 2014 to improve congestion lane widths and shoulders and that plagues commuters during reorganization of some on-ramps peak travel times. and off-ramps. CSUF ENROLLMENT STATS The project is focusing on the Applications northbound side only and has SEE NUTWOOD, 3 Application deadline Nov. 30 pile up for CSU LOCAL | Crime Estimates say the university schools in California. The outcome Total undergrads 30,782 can accept an additional of the proposition had kept student 10,000 to 15,000 students applications in limbo, but with the ‘Don’t Even law now in force, an additional Degree-seeking freshmen 4,195 NICHOLAS RUIZ 10,000 to 15,000 admissions would & GARRETT YIM be accepted into the system on top Daily Titan of the normal quotas. Bandit’ hits The increase of applications comes Average financial aid package $9,417 As of Nov. 18, the California as the economy struggles to recover State University has received a 7 and sparks the need for a more com- percent increase in applications for petitive workforce. The escalation of the upcoming school year when students along with the decrease of Average financial needs met 63% Fullerton bank compared to the same time period funding brings pressure to a system a year ago. now serving more with less. SOURCE: COLLEGE BOARD Police on the hunt for man said FBI spokeswoman Laura Ei- The CSU is the largest higher ed- That burden has had a myriad of after robberies at seven miller. ucation system in the country with consequences on students both in the Bencomo praised the possibility noting the increased class sizes. “I Southern California banks The bandit earned his moniker 23 colleges and more than 427,000 overall system as well as on campus. of more students attending college, feel like the little things they are do- based on his behavior as described students currently in attendance. One of them experiencing this in but is fully aware of the side effects ing like that to cut time for them BRIAN DAY by witnesses. This announcement comes only the form of increased class sizes and that brings. will hurt me in the long run in the Daily Titan In addition to handing a demand a few weeks after the passage of decreased professorial attention is “I’ve had professors decrease the learning experience.” note to a teller during the robber- Proposition 30, which prevented a Britney Bencomo, 24, a psychology number of pages assigned for writ- A serial bandit on a three-county ies, the bandit also tends to verbally $250 million budget cut to public major at Cal State Fullerton. ing assignments,” said Bencomo, SEE CSU, 3 bank robbery spree pulled his sev- threaten and demand money from enth heist Nov. 16 in Fullerton, of- his victims using the phrase, “don’t ficials said. even,” according to FBI spokeswom- DETOUR | Inside the iPod Nicknamed the “Don’t Even Ban- an Ari DeKofsky. dit” by the FBI, the man has also Prior to the Nov. 16 heist in Ful- been linked to a Garden Grove bank lerton, the bandit struck Oct. 4 at robbery, as well as three in Los An- a Garden Grove Bank of America Titans share their music tastes geles County and two in San Ber- branch at 13952 Brookhurst Street, nardino County. FBI officials said. Cal State Fullerton students listen to derground Pub during one of ASI Productions’ TNGHT’s self-titled EP, released in July, was The most recent crime took place The robber began his spree in San a variety of genres and share their Pub Thursday concerts to check out electronic the best release of the year. shortly before noon at a Chase Bernardino County with an Aug. diverse playlists and favorite artists artist RYAT’s performance, which was similar Another electronic fan, Patrick Fink, 18, branch at 1107 S. Harbor Blvd., 27 robbery at an Ontario Bank of to the type of music he enjoyed. preferred Kaskade. Fink attended the DJ’s said Fullerton police Lt. Mike America branch, followed by anoth- ZEILA EDRIAL “I listen to a lot of stuff in the beat scene, like performance at the Staples Center in Los An- Chlebowski. er on Sept. 7 at a Citibank branch For the Daily Titan TOKiMONSTA and Flying Lotus,” said Mai. geles earlier this year. It was part of Kaskade’s As in the other six robberies, he in Fontana. Though he enjoyed listening to what he calls “Freaks of Nature Tour.” handed a note to a teller demanding He then turned his attention to Music brings people together. It invokes cer- “trap music,” he was open to various music “I wore a light-up shirt. It lights up with the cash, officials said. Los Angeles County, officials said, tain emotions in people and allows them to feel genres including pop. beats. It was so awesome,” said Fink about his “No weapon was seen,” the lieu- robbing an Alhambra Bank of the connected to others. Cal State Fullerton stu- “I’ve always been into what’s popular in the not- outfit that night. tenant said. “He fled the bank on West branch on Sept. 8, a OneW- dents have diverse tastes in music. so-popular world, like how Flying Lotus is one of The kinesiology major claimed it was the foot.” est bank branch in Covina on Sept. These range from hip hop, pop punk, dub- the biggest in the underground scene,” Mai added. best night of his life. He added that the concert Police declined to say how much 17 and a Bank of the West branch in step and so much more. Mai recommends that fellow students look had a very friendly atmosphere. money the robber obtained. Rosemead on Sept. 27. Business economics major Quinn Mai, 22, into electronic duo TNGHT, which is made “The M.O. was similar to previ- ventured over to the Titan Student Union Un- up by Hudson Mohawke and Lunice. Mai said SEE MUSIC, 5 ous robberies by this individual,” SEE BANDIT, 3 CONTACT US AT [email protected] PAGE 2 NOVEMBER 26, 2012 THE DAILY TITAN NEWS MONDAY 50 TURKEYS ACROSS THE STATES DTBRIEFS Hamas fires 46 rockets at Tel Aviv 40 The No. 2 official in Hamas declared Saturday in an inter- view with the Associated Press that it will not halt arming Gaza militants. 36 MINNESOTA Moussa Abu Marzook made the comments just three days 30 after the worst fighting between Israel and Hamas in four years 29 broke out last week. “There is no way to relinquish weapons,” Abu Marzook told the Associated Press. “These weap- 20 ons protected us and there is no way to stop obtaining and manu- ARKANSAS facturing them,” he said in his of- NORTH CAROLINA 18 fice on the outskirts of Cairo. 17 17 Hamas is suspected to have stockpiled a large arsenal of thousands of rockets since the 10 last round of fighting ended four INDIANA years ago.