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Since 1960 Monday Volume 85, Issue 25 October 19, 2009 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Furlough Fest to liven CSUF In an effort to maintain a learning environment during the three days the campus will be closed due to furloughs, students and faculty are holding various events BY GREG LEHMAN Daily Titan Staff Writer Tentative Furlough Fest [email protected] Schedule Students will be holding Furlough Note: Because there is no central Fest at Cal State Fullerton from Oct. organization for the event, this 20 through 22. The Fest will be a schedule is extremely tentative. For series of workshops and open-forum the most up-to-date information, visit discussions on many different top- either the Daliytitan.com for a link ics given by students and professors to the event’s Facebook page or the alike over the three-day period when Becker Amphitheatre near the TSU CSUF will be closed. during Furlough Fest. Alfredo Asuzano, a philosophy major, said, “Because all it takes for state education to cease is an econo- Planned workshops: mist’s demand for thrift, we feel it is Masturbation, Do-It-Youself Sex Toys necessary to take education into our Tuesday, Oct. 20 around 2 p.m. own hands.” Asuzano said he wishes that the events will be constructive. Do-It-Yourself Gynecology “Hopefully the workshops raise con- Tuesday, Oct. 20 following nections between students so that we masturbation workshop replace the misplaced trust we had in the university with reliance on each Patrick’s Fantastic Poetry Party other.” Tuesday Oct 20, 2 p.m. BY JOEY COLONE/For the Daily Titan The Furlough Fest will be con- ‘The Coming Insurrection’ ducted by announcing which work- (Discussion of the book) Two Black Hawk helicopters flew 11 cadets over Orange County as part of their ROTC training Friday shops will be given each day in a manner opposed to systematic or- Wed Oct. 21, 3 p.m. ganization, having a tentative sched- ule placed at Becker Amphitheatre for students to write themselves in, Musical performances: ROTC takes flight, views county Asuzano added. “Anyone interested Tuesday: in staging a workshop is encouraged 6:30 p.m. Ricky Love BY GREG LEHMAN introduce them to the aviation branch ing zones and stuff like that. It’s just to Angel Stadium, start coming back, to do so without asking permission Daily Titan Staff Writer of the Army and actually get them to really a familiarization with the aircraft and then you head down the 91 and from anyone.” 7:30 p.m. Pizza Party [email protected] see a helicopter fly up close, get them itself and also just a recreational activ- kind of loop in, and they maneuver it Jose Rosales, a senior studying 8 p.m. Auditory Aphasia, Casket to ride in a helicopter for the first time, ity to expose and just have a fun day around for you. I mean, it’s like a roller philosophy, said that the equal foot- Salesmen The Reserve Officers’ Train- and also as an introduction to the Cali- for the cadets to be able to ride on the coaster when you’re up there; it’s sick,” ing of everyone during Furlough ing Corps at Cal State Fullerton fornia Army National Guard and their Black Hawks and see the local area he said. Fest is key to the openness they wish Wednesday: gave their cadets the opportunity aviation branch.” from a bird’s eye view.” Knight said that the Black Hawk to encourage. “My involvement is 6:15 p.m. The Cosmonauts to ride in Black Hawk helicopters Huynh was the driving force behind First Lt. Cadet Sean Bors said that rides served as a recreational event for just as deep and as crucial as all the on Friday, Oct. 16. Two helicop- obtaining the helicopters for the day. this was his first time riding in the the cadets as well. other peoples’ involvement,” Rosales 7:15 p.m. Guttenberg Live ters lifted chalks of 11 cadets each “Basically, I did the planning, prepara- Black Hawks and compared them to a “You know, it’s just stuff that we en- said. 8 p.m. The Rye Douglas Band from the soccer field in the Titan tion, coordination with the State Avia- Chinook helicopter he had ridden in joy doing,” Knight said. “It’s as real as A sex workshop concerning sexu- Thursday: Sports Complex and flew them up tion California Army National Guard during training. “The Black Hawks are we can make it. It’s kind of a joy ride ality and masturbation will be in- to 1,500 feet above Fullerton and to request that the helicopters come just way better. I mean, it maneuvers a and a learning experience at the same cluded with other discussions and 5 p.m. Bomb Awesome Anaheim. out here,” he said. lot better. You take off, you go down time.” workshops offered, according to Ro- 6 p.m. Shark Toys, Thomas Func- After Staff Sgt. Sam Knight gave Cadet Battalion Commander Nick sales. A discussion about the book tion and Yusef Jerusalem a summary of the day’s events and Griepsma watched over his cadets and “The Coming Insurrection” will be 8:15 p.m. The Rambles instructions on how to properly made sure that the event ran smoothly. included in the event as well as a pre- approach the helicopter, each Black “Today, we’re going to get some aircraft sentation from a record label show- Hawk began to lift off the cadets familiarization with Black Hawk heli- MULTIMEDIA ing people how they can run their for 15-minute tours. The helicop- copters,” Griepsma said. “It’s a good own independent labels. Other planned events: ters would return and land in the way to expose the cadets to the vehi- Visit Dailytitan.com People will be camping out in How to run a record label middle of the field as groups of 11 cles that we use in active duty Army, tents on campus and exercising a Writing development cadets, called chalks, ran to the he- and also it’s a motivational event for communal form of living for the Screen printing how-to licopter in lines as the pilots waited the year between our various training three furlough days, Asuzano said. Urban farming to take off again. The Black Hawk events that we do.” Pamela Chui, a CSUF student ma- Political discussions pilots demonstrated maneuvers in Griepsma said that the training joring in philosophy, was excited Outdoor film screenings the air as they flew above the cities. would not be a technical exercise. “To- about the possibilities at Furlough Dodge ball and hide and seek Executive Officer First Lt. Tung day, the purpose is the familiarization Fest. Book trading and distribution Huynh, who arranged the event, with the aircraft. We’re not going to be Food trading and distribution said, “Basically, what we wanted to going over tactically how these aircraft See FEST, Page 2 do was a couple of things. One is to are going to be coming down in land- Month later, alumna remains missing /Blackhawks BY LAUREN FELECHNER fer from some sort of mental illness, for video taken with a first person view of the thrilling Daily Titan Staff Writer Hampton said, was acting “bizarre” HEIGHT: 5’5 [email protected] the day she went missing. She was ride 1,500 feet over Angel Stadium, Disneyland and AGE: 24 sending unusual text messages to her CSUF. Mitrice Richardson, a 24-year-old friends that day. So it was no surprise WEIGHT: 125 lbs. Cal State Fullerton graduate, has been when Richardson went to Geoffrey’s EYES: Hazel brown missing since Sept. 17. Restaurant in Malibu the night of HAIR: Medium brown Richardson graduated from CSUF Sept. 17 and was talking about such with a 4.0 GPA as a psychology major things as avenging the death of Mi- (naturally curly) and went missing in Malibu after be- chael Jackson, claiming to be from TATTOOS: Lower ing arrested and released by the sher- Mars and Mother Nature herself to iff’s department. Her charges for being the valet and a strange party of six abdomen and behind neck taken to jail were her inability to pay people with whom Richardson decid- LAST WEARING: brown a restaurant bill of $89, and a small ed to sit down and dine with, Hamp- Bob Marley T-shirt and amount of marijuana was found on ton said. her as well after the fact, said Ronda Hampton and Richardson’s family blue jeans Hampton, a clinical psychologist who have not just left this case up to the LAST SEEN: Malibu Richardson did her internship with in Los Angeles Police Department; they region 9/17 order to graduate from CSUF. have been staying active in the search /ASICookoutOct “Mitrice is a very trusting and hon- for Richardson by organizing search Mitrice Richardson Also may use name “Hazel” to see October’s ASI Cook Out’s new ‘Vent Tent’, where est person, just the nicest person you’d parties almost every day. students could speak up and record complaints or mes- ever want to meet,” Hampton said. sages regarding the CSU to be sent to Sacramento. Missing Richardson, who is said to suf- See MISSING, Page 2 DT WEATHER INSIDE FEATURES: OPINION: DETOUR: SPORTS: TODAY TOMorrow Stay connectedDaily Titan to the Titan Hockey Club Exploring diversity beats Utah 4-3 to High: 71° High: 77° Annual walk in LA Obama threatens in families through split pairs of Low: 57° Low: 58° Main line: (657) 278-3373 spreads AIDS journalists’ shield black and white weekend matches, News desk: (657) 278-4415 Partly Cloudy Advertising: (657) 278-4411 awareness, Page 3 laws, Page 6 medium, Page 8 Page 12 Partly Cloudy E-mail: [email protected] 2 PAGE TWO October 19, 2009 IN OTHER NEWS ROTC takes ride in helicopter INTERNATIONAL Move to ban political donations in Japan TOKYO (MCT) – Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa is aiming to introduce legislation next year that will prohibit political donations from companies and organizations, and lift the current ban on door-to-door canvassing during election campaigns, according to sources.