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Opinion: Will Palin’s daughter’s preg- Sports: Page 6 nancy affect her campaign?, page 4 Women’s soccer team is FEATURES: Fullerton’s entrepreneurs off to a 4-1 start. looking to invest in new venue, page 3 Since 1960 Volume 87, Issue 4 Tuesday September 9, 2008 DailyThe Student Voice of California Titan State University, Fullerton DT SHORTHAND Campus Life ASI Productions offers entertainment Free demonstration and training of human sport ma- Movies, concerts, karaoke chine at the Student Recre- and comedy are included ation Center today between in this fall’s schedule 7-8 p.m. This free event will occur today until Sept. 10. Eight Visions: An Alumni BY JoeL rosarIO Painting Exhibition. The ex- Daily Titan Staff Writer [email protected] hibition runs at the Main Art Gallery Tuesday through Sat- ASI Productions, a student-co- urday until Oct. 3. ordinated program sponsored by Featuring works by Karen the Associated Students Inc., plans Brown, Deborah Davidson, a whole semester’s worth of enter- Jeff Gillette, David Michael tainment that will make the cam- Lee, Jim Lorigan, Ann Phong, pus experience more enjoyable with Max Presneill and Emigdio movies, karaoke and other events. Vasquez. “ASI Productions offers all kinds of entertainment,” Enyat Omidi, ASI Productions street team coor- dinator said, “It caters to all kinds of students.” Prison guards threaten According to the ASI produc- Schwarzenegger recall tions Web site, free weekly events are held Monday through Thurs- SACRAMENTO (AP) – The day, at noon. union representing California’s On Mondays in the Titan Stu- prison guards said Monday it was dent Union Underground Pub, starting a recall attempt against anyone can sing to their heart’s con- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, tent with karaoke. who took office after the previous On Tuesdays, anyone can express governor was recalled in 2003. themselves at the open microphone Mike Jimenez, president of session also in the Pub. the 30,000-member California Free outdoor concerts cover the Correctional Peace Officers As- campus with sound on Wednesdays sociation, said Schwarzenegger at the Becker Amphitheater located has been a failure since replacing between the TSU and the Perform- By JOEL rosarIO/Daily Titan Staff Photographer recalled Gov. Gray Davis. ing Arts building, according to Lauren Baird of the group Electric Valentine performs at the Becker Amphitheater on Wednesday, Sept. 3. The concert was part of ASI Productions’ Wednesday Concerts at the He said the union was seeking Francis Szyskowski, coordinator for Becker, which features a different musician every week at noon in the Becker Amphitheater. a recall vote because its members the concerts. have gone two years without a Artists who perform at the am- group Intercept on Sept. 10, hip- tor, Nat Higgins said. Citizen, an indie band from Irvine, ductions also presents movies every new labor contract and because phitheater range from younger hop group Supa Lowery Bros on When compared to the outdoor will play Nov. 13. other Thursday in the Titan The- Schwarzenegger didn’t exempt its groups to more established musical Oct. 1, and even a Polynesian Wednesday concerts, the Thursday The CSUF Jazz Band is also set ater, with showings at 4, 7 and 10 members from an executive order acts. Dance Revue on Sept. 24. pub concerts are “a little more inti- to perform in the Quad, Sept. 18 as p.m, according to Scott Taylor, ASI intended to reduce pay for tens of The music covers a spectrum of Thursdays bring more music mate,” Higgins said. part of the Thursday concerts. Productons film coordinator. thousands of state employees to genres from hip-hop to country. with hour-long sets at the TSU Un- Acts on the Thursday concert Both concert coordinators said Many recent films will be shown deal with the state’s budget crisis. “We like to keep it diverse,” derground Pub. schedule are equally eclectic. they are open to suggestions for acts in the fall such as “Kung Fu Pan- If the issue makes a special Szyskowski said. “It’s a cool way to spend a lunch House-electro group El Mani- to perform in the Spring semester. da” election ballot, a simple major- Upcoming acts include indie break,” Thursday concert coordina- festo performs Sept. 25 and Brave Aside from live music ASI pro- See PRODUCTION, Page 2 ity vote is needed for the recall to succeed. Other options for on- Cal State Fullerton CSUF Police commended campus transportation, By JESICA EastmaN use of communication technology, lice Lieutenant, explained that the Daily Titan Staff Writer emergency notification efforts and accreditation is one of the reasons he include: ‘Caped loser’ [email protected] overall vision for the department. took the job offer because “it holds stays in the top 10 “I commend you and the Califor- us to the highest standard as a cam- Students and faculty can feel nia State University, Fullerton Police pus law enforcement agency.” U.S. News and World ation and retention rates (25 per- safer on campus knowing Cal State Department for demonstrating a Earlier this year, the University cent), faculty resources (20 percent), Fullerton’s University Police De- commitment to the highest profes- Police were awarded a $20,000 Cali- Report ranks CSUF high student selectivity (15 percent), fi- partment is receiving accreditation sional practices in campus public fornia State University trustees grant among public universities nancial resources (10 percent) and from the International Association safety management, administration, for the purchase of satellite equip- alumni giving (5 percent). of Campus Law Enforcement Ad- operations and support services,” ment to bolster communications in the West “For a school as large as Cal State ministrators (IACLEA), the highest wrote Raymond H. Thrower, IA- with other CSU campuses during an BY JESICA eastmaN Fullerton the ranking doesn’t change accreditation possible in campus law CLEA president in a letter to Chief emergency. Daily Titan Staff Writer dramatically from year to year,” Bob enforcement. King. “Your example serves as an in- “I feel safer knowing our school’s [email protected] Morris, ranking expert at U.S. News “What it (the accreditation) says spiration to all of us seeking to reach police are accredited,” Tiana Prim- and World Report, said. “It just so is our police department and stan- for the gold standard.” rose, a communications major said. Some police departments Cal State Fullerton began a lot happens that the new data collected dards are very high,” President Mil- The IACLEA accreditation runs “But I think there are other safety throughout the state are utilizing like last fall semester: hot weather, every year varies only a little when ton Gordon said. “I feel very good concurrently with the CALEA ac- measures that the school should fo- Segways for “foot” patrol. crowded parking lots and being na- compared to other universities. That about that.” creditation. cus on too, like the lighting in the Officially called the Segway tionally ranked among the top 10 is why CSUF can be ranked a certain Since 2001, University Police have “The accreditation did not come parking lots and more campus secu- HT [Human Transporter], the public universities in the West. ranking for many years.” been accredited by the Commission without a lot of hard work and dedi- rity at night.” vehicle is powered by an electric U.S. News and World Report “This is an accurate assessment of on Accreditation for Law Enforce- cation,” Lt. Donald Landers of Uni- Of University Police’s 33 full-time motor, and with the use of com- recently ranked CSUF for the sev- our school considering how many ment Agencies (CALEA). versity Police said. employees, 22 are sworn police of- puter processors it mimics the enth consecutive year on the list of schools are in the West,” Kiesha Last year, CALEA named the “It is a laborious process with a ficers who have received training human body’s sense equilibrium. “Top Public Universities – Master’s,” Martinez, a human communications CSUF University Police a “Flagship lot of requirements and a lot of team through accredited police academies. It is said to use the same space which highlight public institutions graduate student, said. “It is obvi- Agency,” characterizing it as an “ex- work needed.” They operate with the same respon- as a pedestrian and can travel up that award master’s and bachelor’s ous the curriculum at this school is traordinary example of excellence IACLEA noted in its review that sibilities as officers in municipal and to 17 miles per hour virtually degrees, but few, if any, doctorates. extremely strong and the wealth of in an accredited law enforcement CSUF is in compliance with 93 county law enforcement agencies. anywhere a person can walk. The ranking is listed in U.S. News knowledge the professors have is im- agency.” percent of mandatory standards “It is a collegial team effort to Although skateboards are & World Report’s publication, pressive.” During its last CALEA accredi- and cited the agency’s directives on give a high level of service to taxpay- banned on campus, Segways are “America’s Best Colleges, 2008 Edi- CSUF is also included on the tation, University Police Chief Judi dealing with recovered and eviden- ers, faculty, and staff,” Landers said. just another option for personal tion.” magazine’s online list of the nation’s King was commended on imple- tiary property, procedures for timely “CSUF is one of the largest student transport - if you have the mon- “For CSUF to rank consistently “Best Undergraduate Engineering mentation of an active shooter and warnings about reported crimes and populations in the state, and we ey. gives it (the uni- Programs” and evacuation plan, the department’s maintenance of a daily crime log.