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California State University, Fullerton www.dailytitan.comTHE DAILYMONDAY, MAY 1, 2006 T ITANVolume 82, Issue 42 OPINION SPORTS US could learn from Mexicoʼs Titans win two of three-game progressive drug legislation series against UC Riverside Page 5 Page 8 OC Group Cruising Rallies for Toward Marijuana Victory Aspiring engineers test drive Proponents of illegal mission is to persuade human-powered vehicles at California to follow the drug say it’s safer than stateʼs laws regarding can- national competition alcohol, non-addictive nabis and patientsʼ rights for the medical use of can- By Naomi Greenberg For the Daily Titan By Sara Havlena nabis, said the groupʼs Web Daily Titan Staff Writer master Mark Fitt. The group doesnʼt advo- cate breaking laws, but al State Fullerton aspiring believes the police should engineers have the oppor- he Orange stop arresting adults and put tunity to create their own County chapter marijuana use low on the designs and models in the of the National list of crimes. mechanical engineering Organization for They support the idea program.C Tthe Reform of Marijuana that marijuana is safer than The engineering projects are divided Laws held a rally Saturday alcohol because users are into four groups. The groups created on the Huntington Beach able to stop using when four separate design teams: the Human Pier to support legalizing they wish. Fitt said the Powered Vehicle, the Mini Baja, the marijuana and inform peo- punishments should be the Hovercraft and the Air Cargo Team. ple about its positive uses. same for drugs and alcohol Each team has a minimum of four A group of around 17 and added that the group designers and a maximum of seven. people including members encourages people not to On Saturday, students from the and walk-up volunteers held combine the two. Mechanical Engineering Department signs, passed out fliers and Paul Miller, the Cal competed against other students in a informational DVDs, talked State Fullerton director of nationwide competition for their cre- to passersby and took dona- Disabled Student Services, ation of a human powered vehicle at tions for the organization. said the biggest drug abuse Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The main goal of the rally problem on campus comes Team members created the vehicle was to raise public aware- from alcohol not marijuana. from scratch during their two-semester Kirk Dingley/Daily Titan ness about the legislation design project, which must work prop- and regulations regarding HONK FOR HEMP: Orange County chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws erly, for their graduation requirement. marijuana. The groupʼs SEE REFORM = PAGE 4 protestors hold signs in support of legalizing marijuana during a day-long rally held at the Huntington Beach This human powered vehicle was Pier on Sunday created to compete for the best possible speed. The gear ratio is 1-to-13 while the average bike gear ratio is 1-to-5. Writer’s Share Tips The Mini Baja team created an off- High-tech Crime Thwarted highway car that would be able to compete and succeed in the Society Fullerton detectives hope to During Workshop of Automotive Engineer challenge. use Internet to catch cyber This competition is also a yearly event By Stacy Serna “The ideas of understand- where students from colleges across criminals before they act Daily Titan Staff Writer ing how powerful stories the nations compete. are in the lives of people.” There will be 86 teams competing By Jickie Torres Featured speakers May 11 to 13. Daily Titan Staff Writer included Bill Plaschke, a Other factors that go into creating The 13th annual National sports columnist from the the ultimate off-road vehicle include Writers Workshop was Los Angeles Times, Joe design, engineering economics and eganʼs Law can inform held on Saturday at Cal Hight, managing editor for analysis. Fullerton residents of State Fullerton where stu- the Oklahoman, Jon Macks, “This competition would help CSUF registered sex offend- dents, teachers, writers and staff writer for The Tonight in becoming recognized for its mechan- ers in the area, but the reporters received “indi- Show with Jay Leno and ical engineering program and hopeful- high-tech crimes unit vidual tips that writers can many more. ly draw more interest to the program,” ofM the Fullerton Police Department apply to their writing,” said The Orange County said Jason Mena, team captain for the can help convict new felons by help- Ken Brusic, editor for the Register, CSUF and the Mini Baja team.This year, three engi- ing to retrieve evidence of digital Orange County Register. Poytner Institute sponsored neering students said they set out to crime. Eighteen speakers from the event. accomplish something no other CSUF Detectives Tom Fullerton and different newspapers and More that 300 people students have done before. The goal in Kevin Rogers/Daily Titan Andrew Goodrich handle every- organizations spoke to attended the event. this teamʼs project was to complete a thing from identity theft to fraud CYBER COPS: Detectives in a special division of the Fullerton Police writers on their experiences This is CSUFʼs fourth fully functional personal hovercraft. to pedophile activity, as long as the Department assist officers with the ʻhigh-tech element.ʼ within their industry. year hosting the event and crime utilized digital information. “Anyone attending this In 2002, police Chief Pat McKinley crimes,” Goodrich said. “A domestic operation that would catch would-be event will get a sense of SEE ENGINEER = PAGE 3 saw a need for a unit that specialized violence case could [involve] threat- perpetrators in the act. possibility,” Brusic said. SEE WRITERS = PAGE 3 in information technology, digital ening e-mails. Kids may use the net The next most common crime hardware and other high-tech media in threatening to blow up their school is computer fraud, Goodrich said. because of a growing trend in crimi- or kill another student.” Identity theft, online bank and credit nology that involved the use of such Both detectives agreed that the card scams and even eBay fraud are Pumps Persistent Problem apparatuses. computer encompasses so many fac- things the unit deals with often. “We are here to assist the regular ets of everyday life. This cultural The division sees many cases in Rising gas costs puts sion for sociology major Evelyn seemed high,” he continued. detectives with the high-tech element aspect makes the high tech crime which a driving license is obtained to Sandoval, who commutes from CSUF alumnus Tifany Li of any crime they are investigating,” industry a vast one. create fake accounts or information is stress on commuters East Los Angeles. said, “I just hope the price goes Fullerton said. “If they arrest a child Goodrich said despite the diverse stolen that allow criminals to tap into trying to foot the bill Repeal on tax breaks for last down,” as she finished pumping molester and it turns out they have a types of cases they see, issues revolv- peopleʼs real accounts. Fullerton has yearʼs legislation and granting at the Chevron station on the computer, memory card or cell phone ing around child pornography are dealt with even more blatant cases. By Alma Sanchez wavers to speed up the per- corner of Placentia Avenue and or anything that may have digital evi- still the most common. “I once had a gentlemen come in For the Daily Titan mit process for refineries were Yorba Linda Boulevard, where dence, we retrieve that off the digital “In a case where thereʼs child [to the station] asking about an e- some alternatives proposed by the price for regular unleaded equipment or hardware.” molestation, there is a decent chance mail he received saying he had won President Bush Tuesday. totaled $3.25 on Thursday. The extent of high tech crime is there is child porn on [the suspects] the international lottery,” Fullerton Experts believe the presi- Li graduated from CSUF in not always as obvious as child por- computer,” he said. said. “They said all they needed Gas prices are going up and dentʼs proposals will do little to 2002 with a degree in manage- nography on the computer of a sus- Although the detectives primar- was his bank information to wire there is no sign of ease at the keep gas prices down. ment information systems. She pected pedophile. The departmentʼs ily work on reported crimes, they him his money. We checked out the pump anytime soon. In the last “Anyone who tells you what said she has few options if none forensics laboratory can delve into are planning more proactive mea- company and did some research and two weeks gas prices have risen will happen with gas prices to save on gas as she spends a variety of data including spread- sure in the future. Fullerton, refer- found fraud case after fraud case filed over 40 cents. is lying,” said Victor Brajer, $100 to fill up the tank twice sheets, chat logs and Web sites. encing popular segments on shows The debate on whether to economics professor at CSUF. “A computer can be a lot of dif- like 60 Minutes and 20/20, said the take summer classes at Cal “Two years ago gas prices were ferent things for a lot of different department is considering a sting-like SEE POLICE= PAGE 4 State Fullerton is a tough deci- about $1.77 per gallon and they SEE OIL = PAGE 3 SPORTS NEWS INSIDE WEATHER BASEBALL MARROW DRIVE MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Game closers find it easier to Hermanas Unidas seek donors make it to the major leagues to save two-year-old boy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy PAGE 8 PAGE 3 High: 76 Low: 58 High: 74 Low: 56 High: 75 Low: 53 High: 72 Low: 53 2 MONDAY, MAY 1, 2006 NEWS [email protected] OTHERIN NEWS N’OUT ABOUT WORLD ON CAMPUS THIS WEEK: Spring Dance Iraqi Leader is ‘Optimistic’ Theater coordinated by Gladys BAGHDAD, Iraq – President Jalal Talabani met with rep- Kares in the Little Theatre in the resentatives of seven armed groups and is optimistic they may Performing Arts Center.