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CALIFOR N I A S T A T E U N IV E RSITY, FULL E RTO N With new format and host, INSIDE ESPN hopes to entice viewers —see Sports page 8 6 n NEWS: Women get a chance at a new look with annual Self-Esteem Day 5 n OPINION: Media has a right to be in Afghanistan during the War on Terror VOLUME 73, I SSUE 34 WEEKEND N OVEMBER 2, 2001 Lecture looks at Afghan view nPERSPECTIVE: Alumnae and students talk about their feelings on U.S. bombing their homeland BY MICHAEL MATTER this post-Sept. 11 world. were distributed to the audience. The Karim said. “Afghanistan has been Daily Titan Staff Writer The program moderator was five speakers, all women, took turns hijacked by the Taliban, who are noth- Assistant History Professor Touraj mixing personal observations with a ing more than hypocrites and impos- Perhaps saving their best for last, Daryaee, whose lecture entitled PowerPoint presentation that echoed tors taking advantage of our people. the Cal State Fullerton College of “So what do you really know about information about Afghanistan pro- They have committed evil long before Humanities and Social Sciences Afghanistan?” began the series on vided in the pamphlet. Sept.11. They have imprisoned people sponsored their fourth in a series of Oct. 9. Daryaee was in Afghanistan Wida Karim graduated from and enslaved women. short programs on the general theme during the summer of 1999 and in CSUF in 1997 with a degree in “Many women take their own “Understanding Sept. 11.” June 2001. Communications emphasizing lives in order to escape reality. The Titled “Afghan-American Students “We want to present a personal Broadcast Journalism and a minor Afghanistan community has been Speak Out,” the program was held view of the tragedy in Afghanistan in Political Science. She was born in devastated. We are torn between our Tuesday and Wednesday in the Pollak by Afghans – what they think is hap- Kabul, coming to this country when home (America) and our homeland Library. pening or has happened to them,” the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan (Afghanistan). We mourn, grieve and Dean Thomas Klammer introduced Daryaee said. in 1979. She has only scorn for the pray for all who died on that infamous the Afghan-American student and Pamphlets titled “Afghanistan is Taliban regime. day (Sept. 11) and for all those in ANGie ALDApe/Daily Titan alumnae speakers who would share Crying for Help,” published by the “The Taliban and bin Laden do their perspectives and experiences in Students gather to educate themselves on Afghanistan. Afghan-American Students of CSUF not represent Islam or Afghanistan,” AFGHANS/ 7 Elevators show Dead man’s party Election expired per- results nMAINTENANCE: A student questions the safety of College Park after being stuck for 15 minutes come in BY HEATHER BLAIR said they have a technician scheduled n Asst. News Editor today to check the status of elevator POLITICS: Students number two because the doors shut voted online for the “I was so scared I dropped every- slowly. thing in my hands,” Gus Garcia, The State of California’s first time to fill seven Cal State Fullerton communications Department of Industrial Relations major said. Division of Occupational Safety and AS Board of Directors After being stuck for 15 minutes Health requires permits to be posted positions on campus in elevator number two of College by law. Labor Code Sections 7300- Park, Garcia said it brought back 7319 also states that the permits must BY PATRICK VUONG feelings of anxiety from a similar be valid. The inspection date for the Daily Titan Staff situation seven years ago. Since that elevators in College Park was Aug. Writer incident, Garcia hadn’t ridden in an 2, but the issue date wasn’t until elevator, but last semester he decided Oct. 10. to overcome his fear and try to ride Brian Christie, manager of build- There was no recount them again. It was in College Park ing trades at CSUF said although fiasco. There were no that Garcia decided he would test his College Park is not operated the close inspections of courage. same way that other CSUF buildings hanging or dimpled chads. For a semester and a half Garcia are, the requirements should be the In fact, there were no chads at all rode the elevators without hesitation, same. because, for the first time, Cal State but the moment that the elevator “State of California permits are Fullerton held its student government doors closed on Thursday morning, issued every year, and if there is a elections on the Internet from Monday Garcia found himself trapped again. failure to comply every year, the through Thursday. He knocked, remained calm and elevators are red tagged,” Christie “The system worked perfectly,” waited for a response. Someone on said. said Associated Students Election the fourth floor had heard him, and To red tag an elevator is to mark it Commissioner Joel South. “It’s a grand acknowledged the elevator wasn’t with a red tag and shut it down. experiment and we passed it with flying moving. Garcia pressed the button When speaking of the situation in colors. It’s a complete success.” with the fire hat on it, which is College Park, Christie said it might Hundreds of students selected seven located in the upper right corner of not be cause for concern when an AS representatives out of 14 candidates the series of buttons, but nothing elevator doesn’t have a current per- by swiping their Titan Cards or typing happened. The button didn’t even mit posted. in their personal identification numbers push in. “We try to keep current permits in on thousands of campus computers, “I was afraid it would trigger an all elevators, but if they aren’t hang- including four set up solely for voters. anxiety attack,” Garcia said. “I was ing, they are at least on file,” Christie Students could even vote from their trying to do something besides freak said. home computers if they were connected out.” College Park is owned by the to the campus ethernet. Garcia looked for help on the CSUF Foundation, and they subcon- Because the elections were online, permit notice that was posted in the tract PM Realty to take care of the more than 2,000 voting stations were elevator. building. Robert Gill, environmental available as compared to only a half- “I was trying to look for some- compliance manager for CSUF, said dozen in previous elections. thing that read ‘in case of an emer- if something were to happen, the Despite this, some of the candi- gency,’ and that is when I noticed the state fire marshal could inspect the dates found it difficult to get students permits were expired.” elevators at any time, because there involved. It was on July 20, 2001 that the are state employees and students in “Only my friends have been vot- permits in all four of the College Park the building. But because the build- ing for me,” said Travon Owens, a elevators expired. Building Manager ing is not a state-run operation, the freshman biology major who was a Cindy Dowling said the new per- City of Fullerton is the governing EMILY DorMAN/Daily Titan candidate from the College of Natural mits are scheduled to go into each body of College Park. Gill said no Josefina Vizcaino and Andrea Solis participate in campus celebration of the Day of the Dead. Science and Mathematics. “I was in elevator today, although they were matter who operates the building See story page 7 McCarthy Hall campaigning but people inspected in August. Dowling also ELEVATOR/ 4 ELECTIONS/ 4 Bridges are threat- Muslim community shares its war nREACTION: People of Middle Eastern descent discuss the differences in how they are treated BY AMY ROTTIER Six incidents are to take place BY YVONNE KLOPPING It seems that people turn around are supposed to live in peace with movie. Daily Titan News Editor during rush hour beginning today, Daily Titan Staff Writer and look twice when they see some- everybody. Her first thought after she heard CNN.com reported. body of Middle Eastern descent. “Islam means peace, it doesn’t that Osama bin Laden was being Gov. Gray Davis announced CNN.com also said that secu- During the day she wears jeans Orange Coast College freshman support attacks,” she said. blamed for the atrocities at the World yesterday there is a terrorist threat rity was heightened at the bridges and a tank top and puts on makeup Sinem Tellioglu said some people Gaye, a graduate student at Trade Center was about the ongoing to four of California’s landmark two weeks ago, after two suspi- before she leaves the house. look at her differently than before. Chapman University, said she does massacre in Israel and Palestine. suspension bridges. cious suitcases were found at the Seynabou Gaye only covers her- Tellioglu wears the traditional higab not get any strange looks from peo- Her second thought, she said, Elaborate security measures Golden Gate Bridge. self up when she prays. (scarf) to cover her body and her ple. was about the presence of American have been taken to protect the The suitcases were not espe- The international student from hair. However, Gaye does not wear a troops in Saudia Arabia. Vincent Thomas Bridge at the cially threatening. Senegal does not look “different.” She came from Turkey seven higab and she is black so she does “The fact that America has troops Port of Los Angeles, the Coronado In addition to highway patrol “People don’t know I’m Muslim months ago to study computer sci- not fit the image of a Middle Eastern in the holy land offends every Bridge in San Diego, and the and the Coast Guard, an unspeci- because I’m black,” Gaye said.

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