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NEWS 2 Panel discusses immigration OPINION 4 Anti-abortion laws pains women DETOUR 5 DAILY TITAN Art Walk celebrates 3rd anniversary TheT Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton SPORTS 8 Titan women makes run at Big West Volume 93, Issue 12 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013 dailytitan.com LOCAL | Town-hall PROPOSED SHELTER RAISES CONCERNS Mayor denounces homeless shelter OC Board of Supervisors failed to notify City Council members of its decision SAMUEL MOUNTJOY & BEVI EDLUND Daily Titan Fullerton Mayor Bruce Whita- ker announced his formal opposition to the proposed homeless shelter, planned to be located a mile south of Cal State Fullerton at a town-hall meeting Tuesday night. The mayor expressed his concerns with the Orange County Board of Supervisors for choosing the Fuller- ton location as well as their failure to notify City Council members of their plans. At Hope International University, for his second “Talk of the Town” meeting, the mayor took an unprec- edented stance in opposition to the shelter. He said he is not yet sold on the operation and location of the shelter and has issues with the way the county has presented the plan. “Count me as an opponent of the homeless shelter right now because of this method and the way this has been thought out,” Whitaker said. “I would like to help represent any- body who thinks they’ve been given ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan a short shrift.” Nick, a homeless man from Santa Ana, waits outside the Good Samaritan Center in Fullerton on Tuesday. The center offers food, shelter and encouragement to those in need. Shawn Nelson, chair of the board, had his first and only meeting with council members regarding the shel- ter last week. The mayor criticized Nelson for the Citizens forewarn potential crime spike lack of notice other than a short con- versation the two had at an O.C. Board Fullerton residents voice Citizens voiced their concerns Teri Niebuhr, director of the good through help from a home- signed to show recent crime ac- of Supervisors meeting in January. their woes over future of at a recent Fullerton City Council Homeless Intervention Shelter less shelter. tivities in the U.S., has estimated On Jan. 15, the board approved homeless community meeting that a 24-hour homeless House (HIS House) in Placentia, According to LAPDOnline.org, there have been 500 crimes re- the purchase of a closed down shelter could lead to an influx of said she does not believe the home- statistics show the two mile area ported within a half mile of the Linden’s Furniture store for about RAYMOND MENDOZA homeless people in the area which less population is directly linked to around HIS House has had 40 Union Rescue Mission within the Daily Titan $3.2 million. might lead to higher crime rates in crime rates in any area and that a crimes reported from Feb. 15 of past year. the area. bigger problem is the amount of un- last year to the present date. The Rev. Andrew Bales, CEO SEE MAYOR, 2 Amid talks of establishing a new The year-round shelter will fo- treated mentally ill homeless. The number of crimes is extreme- of Union Rescue Mission, said homeless shelter near Cal State Ful- cus on providing 200 beds and as- Niebuhr said many homeless ly low compared to the area sur- crimes committed by the homeless lerton, a concern over the homeless sistance for homeless people with people can receive treatment and rounding the Union Rescue Mission are high in the area surrounding CAMPUS | Music population affecting the city’s crime small children, since the new loca- education that would help them homeless shelter at 545 South San his homeless shelter. rates has become the subject of con- tion would provide better accom- function better in society and pos- Pedro St. in Los Angeles. International tention for Fullerton residents. modations for homeless families. sibly get them off the streets for CrimeMapping.com, a site de- SEE SHELTER, 3 composers SPORTS | Softball CAMPUS | Research collaborate with music students CSUF experiments on LAUREN HARRITY degenerative disease Daily Titan Research is conducted treat them with different drugs,” The Cal State Fullerton New Music to determine the cause of said Patel. Ensemble will present a performance, the Alzheimer’s ailment Patel stops the incubation pro- Voice in the 21st Century, as part of this cess after 24 hours of treatment to year’s New Music Festival. CRYSTAL CHAVIRA analyze results, though it may take Daily Titan The performance will feature anywhere from 48 to 72 hours. CSUF students and faculty as well ”We extract the sample we are as guest performers including Cal State Fullerton professors desiring and look at how things Lisa Bielawa, Chinary Ung, Tony and students are contributing to have changed because of the treat- Arnold and Ken Ueno. the research of Alzheimer’s disease ment,” Patel said. The New Music Festival is a week to determine possible drug treat- In 2009, Patel received a grant long event from Thursday, Feb. 27 ments for the degenerative ail- for nearly $1.3 million for stem to Sunday, March 3. The festival ment. cell research from the California will include performances from The most common form of de- Institute for Regenerative Medi- guest artists who will also partici- mentia is Alzheimer’s, though the cine, according to CSUF. pate in lectures and workshops on exact cause of this degenerative Chris Ott, a graduate student campus this weekend. ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan disease has yet to be discovered, who works under Patel, is assisting The CSUF New Music Ensemble The Titans softball team celebrates after Lauren Mario’s run gave them the win over then No. 7 ranked according the Alzheimer’s Associa- him in the Alzheimer’s research. performance celebrates versatile com- tion website. Ott focuses on how the ApoE posers, who combine instrumental The website included that Al- gene expression is affected by small pieces with vocal recitals. Titan softball tames No. 10 UCLA zheimer’s is the sixth-leading compounds that can pass through The events have been put together cause of death in the U.S. with the cell or act on the receptors on by Pamela Madsen, Ph.D, an associate ANGEL MENDOZA four days that CSUF overcame of third baseman Eliza Crawford. more than five million people suf- the cell membrane surface. professor of music and the artistic di- Daily Titan both a top 10 opponent and a first CSUF would pad their lead in the fering from the disease. He said researching ApoE is rector of the New Music Festival, with inning delay in the same game. Sat- third when designated player De- Nilay Patel, Ph.D., biology important because it is the largest assistance from the Music Depart- Coming off a series split with the urday’s 5-4 win over No. 7 Missouri siree Ybarra connected for a two-run professor at CSUF, teaches cel- genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s ment and College of the Arts. previously undefeated Missouri Ti- was pushed back about 90 minutes home run, her second in the last lular developmental biology and disease. “We also have an entire ensemble gers, the Cal State Fullerton wom- due to an umpiring conflict, and three games. conducts research on the role of “It’s a protein that clears this also participating, performing my en’s softball team breezed to a 11-5 Tuesday saw a 22-minute stoppage UCLA (13-2) would erase the the Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) plaque from the brain, it clears it work,” Pamela Madsen said. Madsen’s win over No. 10 UCLA Tuesday in in the bottom of the first when a Titans’ 3-0 lead in the bottom genotype in Alzheimer’s disease. by bringing it into cells within the work has been commissioned by re- Los Angeles. swarm of bees decided to help out of the third inning via a two-run This genotype is linked with the brain to break down the plaque nowned ensembles including the New The 11 runs scored by the Titans in center field. home run by Bruin designated decline in cognitive skills as a per- and also into the liver for the York New Music Ensemble, California set a new record for the most runs The Titans (6-8) started well at player Jessica Hall and an RBI son ages. plaque to be broken down,” said Ear Unit and SONOR, among others. against UCLA, easily passing the Easton Stadium from the get-go, single by Brittany Moeai. “We basically grow cells in our Ott. previous high of seven in 1989. scoring a run in the top of the first, incubators and we make them SEE FESTIVAL, 6 It was also the second time in thanks to an RBI single off the bat SEE UPSET, 8 increase in numbers and then we SEE DISEASE, 3 VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM/NEWS PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 27, 2013 THE DAILY TITAN NEWS WEDNESDAY Home Sale Activity DTBRIEFS Experts speak on Fullerton home sales immigration have increased in both fre- A discussion panel ti- quency and price in Janu- tled “Immigration & Justice ary compared to January of With(out) Borders” will be held 2012. $469,000 at Cal State Fullerton’s Pollak The number of home Library on Thursday. sales has increased to 32, Zip code: 92831 Featured speakers Shel- $375,000 ley Wilcox and Robin D.G. a 166.7 percent change Kelley will explore the issues from last January. The me- East Fullerton surrounding border control as dian price of a home also well as undocumented work- rose by 30 percent and was 291 ers and the working class.