C A LIFO R NI A S T A T E U NIVE RS IT Y , F U LLE R TON INSIDE Men’s basketball begins Big West tour- 4 n NEWS: Once a scarce commodity, mush- nament this afternoon rooms are now springing up everywhere against Utah State —see Sports page 7 6 n DETOUR: Well-known novel turned play portrays war through the eyes of a young girl VOLU M E 72, I SSUE 13 THURSDAY M ARCH 8, 2001 Student faces charges after dorm break-in n Schreiber. CRIME: Sigma Pi “He literally kicked the door right member is in police in, breaking the hinges off and every- thing,” said CSUF Detective Thomas custody for allegedly Gerhls. Schreiber told police that he did not kicking down a door in know how many people were in the Cobb Residence Halls dorm room, so he wore brass knuckles to protect himself. BY KATHLEEN GUTIERREZ Gerhls also said that the harass- Daily Titan Staff Writer ment against the female student has been ongoing. Schreiber allegedly A Cal State Fullerton fraternity resorted to this action after a series of member was arrested at the Sigma Pi attempts to contact his ex-girlfriend house on Monday for vandalism and were unsuccessful. possession of a deadly weapon. The ex-girlfriend submitted two The student, 21-year-old Michael harassment-related e-mails from Ryan Schreiber, pled not guilty to Schreiber to campus police as evi- charges at the Fullerton Municipal dence of intent. Court House on Wednesday afternoon According to the police report, the and remains in custody. His bail was roommate said that after Schreiber lowered from $50,000 to $7,500. kicked in the door, he was demanding Campus police arrested Schreiber that he reveal the male student’s where- for allegedly breaking down the door abouts. When he refused, Schreiber MAYRA BELtrAN/Daily Titan of a student’s room in Cobb Residence got into his car and drove back to the Camera cops stay vigilant on the corner of Westminster Avenue and Brookhurst Street in Garden Grove. Halls and for allegedly attempting to Sigma Pi house. assault him and other students with Responding to a call from the brass knuckles. roommate, campus police drove to He was allegedly searching for his the house and found Schreiber’s blue Red light runners beware ex-girlfriend, who lives in the dormi- Camaro parked outside with the engine tories, when he was told she was out still warm. Another Sigma Pi member with a male friend who also lives in nTREND: Mounted to keep their eyes peeled for police more cities phasing in the cameras the ticket itself, rather than the pos- allowed police inside and took them cruisers to avoid a ticket. within the next year,” Mayes said, sibility that their constitutional rights the same facility. to Schreiber. The report, taken by campus police, cameras catch drivers Camera cops—cameras mounted adding that although in Fullerton the have been violated. Police found Schreiber in his room at busy intersections, designed to project requires the city council’s At $270 per citation, the average said Schreiber beat on the door of the where they arrested him for terrorist who break the law male student. His roommate looked nab drivers who run red lights—are approval, there is already a good deal camera cranks out 2,000 tickets per threats, possession of a deadly weapon rapidly sprouting up throughout of support for the program. month, potentially generating more through the door viewer, saw Schreiber and vandalism to CSUF property. and the brass knuckles he allegedly BY MARLAYNA SLAUGHTERBECK Southern California. In Beverly Hills, where the cam- than half a million dollars each for To protect their privacy, campus Although Fullerton has yet to eras have been in place since 1998, the city. wore, and refused to open the door. police requested that Schreiber’s vic- Daily Titan News Editor The roommate yelled to Schreiber take advantage of the relatively new there is also some resistance. The steep penalties combined with tims remain anonymous pending fur- technology, Lt. Greg Mayes of the While much of the controversy the fact that offenders are often not that the male student was not home ther investigation of the case. The pre- Zoom, click, you’re busted. Gone and then Schreiber kicked the door Fullerton Police Department said it is based on concern over Fourth aware they’ve been caught or that trial hearing is slated for March 14 at 8 are the days when drivers speeding would not be long before it does. Amendment privacy rights, some they have even broken the law until down. A part of the door’s frame- a.m. at Fullerton Municipal Court. through yellow lights merely had work was taken in as evidence against “You’ll probably see more and take issue more with the cost of CAMERAS/ 3 Space and the Web meet n stations, two space posters and an for NASA missions,” Lee said, a SCIENCE: Students electric fan the size of a walk-in professor of mathematics. design an Internet- closet is one of the places where “But it is not centralized. The they work. goal is to see how good the com- based communication This tiny area is where they munications link is.” streamline their project dealing with Currently, scientists who wish model for NASA’s Jet the use of a Web-based tool for to access information in JPL must Propulsion Laboratory space communications. employ the use of several software As the end of the month nears, systems in addition to their autho- the group will discover if the year- rized clearance. Since not every com- BY SAMANTHA GONZAGA long project will earn the approv- puter has these programs installed, it Daily Titan Asst. News Editor al of Caltech’s Jet Propulsion restricts the way scientists can get Laboratory. the information they seek. Dr. Charles Hung Lee and Dr. This cooperative research is a “Anyone in the world with an William Gearhart want to make project in which CSUF is the only authorization can log on and get information about space satellites university collaborating with JPL. access,” Lee said. more accessible. Today most sci- The premise presented to the stu- Since such important information entists must rely on expensive soft- dents involved is the creation of a will be online, security is an impor- ware to get this data. Web tool that will enable scientists tant issue. But Lee, Gearhart and seven math, to access JPL information on the Senior Tai Vo, one of the stu- computer science and engineering Internet. dents working on the project, said, students are striving to eliminate “JPL has many telecommunica- DAVid riVerA/Daily Titan this reliance. tions planning tools mainly used JPL/ 3 Senior Tai Vo and Professor Charles Hung Lee are involved in a research program with JPL. A small room with four computer Redemption Week gift certificates TitAN exchanged for bookstore receipts e x t r a s online nRETAIL: The Titan Redemption Week is a bian- certificate. n Check out nual event that gives students $5 The next Redemption Week will the Daily Titan Shops gave students for every $100 they spend at Titan occur between Sept. 17 and Sept. online this Shops. 23. an opportunity to Last term the store gave away Students will get money back year at http:// $16,368. for purchases between late July and dailytitan.fullerton.edu. receive $5 for every “Predominantly the spring semes- early September. $100 spent on books ter is less than the fall semester,” “Students can get the tail end of download said Chuck Kissel the customer ser- it,” Kissel said, referring to summer vice manager for the Titan Shops. session students. 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Tickets are $8 is hosting its annual St. Patrick’s Union at the West Food Court. It is are $8. Discounts available. at the door and $5 with advance Family Festival on Sunday, March open Monday through Thursday. Titan discount. 11 on the grounds of The Brother’s The Pacific Symphony of St. Patrick (between the 22 and A band will perform today at Institute Orchestra will perform on Community the 405 freeways at 7820 Bolsa twotwo noon in the TSU Round Table Sunday, March 11 at 5 p.m. in the Ave. in Midway City). Tickets are A guidE to what’S happEning Pizza Pub. Little Theatre. Tickets are $ 13. The musical, “Jerry’s Girls,” will $10 at the gate. Discounts available. be performed on Saturday, March BRIEFS A free film will be shown today 10 at 8 p.m.