CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON INSIDE 14 n DETOUR: Artist Paul Frank captivates his audience with his interactive exhibit n 16 NEWS: An Orange County teen heads Titans overwhelm to the Olympics with a chance to win a gold medal in figure skating UNLV with a three- game sweep at Goodwin Field —see Sports page 10 Volume 74, Issue 3 TUESDAY February 19, 2002 Third time is charm for candidates nDEBATE: Politicians ries. right to drill in Solano County along Simon spent time defending his The candidates had different strat- with approvals for two power plants pro-life stance on abortion, as well question each other’s egies in showing how they were to be built while Davis was gover- as making it clear that he would not each the best candidate for the nor. raise taxes. party loyalty and make Republican Party. Jones focused his attack on He responded to a question regard- Riordan spent most of his time Riordan. ing Medi-Cal spending on abortions issues of everything attacking Davis. “[Riordan] has given money at certain hospitals. from abortion to Enron “Gray Davis ought to be in Salt and support to democrats like “I’ve had many years of experi- By Andrew Burns Lake City because he’s going down- [Sen.] Diane Feinstein and ence as a federal prosecutor, and hill faster than any of the other ski- [Congresswoman] Maxine Waters,” although sometimes I may not agree Daily Titan Staff Writer ers,” he said. he said. “The real question here is with the law, I was sworn to uphold He also focused on Davis receiv- consistency.” the law, and that’s what I’ll do as The third debate between the ing $119,000 from Enron, more than Jones emphasized that the real governor,” Simon said. “We can’t three major republican candidates any other elected official in the issues at stake are trust and wheth- use one issue as a litmus test. We running for governor of California United States. er or not republicans could trust have to consider all of the issues took place Wednesday at Cal State He dubbed Davis as the “Enron Riordan. facing California.” Long Beach. governor.” “[Riordan is] coming down on Simon took opportunities to pres- The debate between former mayor He even went so far as to mention all sides of the issues,” he said. ent himself as the best candidate on of Los Angeles Richard Riordan, what Enron received for its contri- “Riordan is the one who has some- the issue of taxes. “I’m the only KATIE CUMPER/Daily Titan Secretary of State Bill Jones and butions to Davis. thing to prove to the Republican Former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan (left) used most of businessman Bill Simon Jr. will be He noted that Enron received the Party.” DEBATE/ 15 his debate time to attack current California Governor Gray Davis. the last before the March 5 prima- Too close to home Cheney to When wild fire strikes visit Nixon 4 Listen to a battery oper- landmark ated radio for reports and nPOLITICS: The first Vice President evacuation to ever visit the Yorba Linda library information. receives ‘Architect of Peace’ award By Kimberly Pierceall 4 Park car Daily Titan Opinion Editor in an open Vice President Dick Cheney isn’t in Washington DC, space facing Wyoming, Kansas or any other state of the union for that the direction of matter. California, here he comes. escape. Second in command to President George W. Bush, Cheney and his wife, Lynne, will be at the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace today to 4 Make plans accept the Library’s “Architect of Peace” award. to care for Tickets to the award luncheon at pets in case of noon cost $2,500 and guarantees a evacuation. personal photo with the vice presi- dent and Mrs. Cheney. With 200 seats available, the 4 Arrange event could raise $500,000 for the library, the only presidential library temporary operating without taxpayer funds. Dick Cheney housing at a Executives at the library decided a year ago to honor the Cheneys, but home outside circumstances delayed the award presentation. the threatened “He had some health problems, then Sept. 11 – we area. were not sure when he would be available to accept the invitation,” said Kathy O’ Conner, the assistant execu- tive director. 4Choose a After the last fundraiser in early January, the vice president’s office called to tell Nixon library executives route away that Cheney would be in town Feb. 19. from fire “We didn’t expect [these fundraising events] to hap- hazards. pen one right after another,” O’ Conner said. The library has been busy ever since preparing for the event and answering the requests of an overwhelm- 4 Watch for ing number of people interested in attending the awards luncheon, O’Conner said. changes in RYAN HOPPE/Daily Titan, The secret service will do a sweep of the building and directions of Officially fire season is declare around the middle of May, but late night on Feb. 9, a raging brush fire broke out in Anaheim metal detectors will be placed at the doors, the library’s speed and Hills between Green River and Coal Canyon Roads. Fallen power lines were to blame for the fire and 2,400 acres were Communications Director Arianna Barrios said. destroyed. No structures were harmed, although a miniature forest of Tecate Cypress trees burned to the ground, taking with it “[Metal detectors] would be here regardless - pre or direction of fire post Sept. 11,” she said. 30-foot-tall Big Mo, one of the largest and oldest Tecates in the state. Big Mo was split into several pieces. CHENEY/ 16 Keys unlock campus personal- TITAN e x t r a s nPARKING: AMPCO park when they arrive at school, by “stacking” female student had said was the vehicle that their cars behind an already parked car of a must have hit her car. It also had a scratch on attendants get to know student who arrived earlier. Once a students car it., Alvarado said. online is parked, an AMPCO attendant gives them a According to Alvarado and three of the five student quirks by their cars, claim check. employee’s that work with him, after the police- n Check out the They in turn give their keys to Alvarado who man measured the two scratches he reported Daily Titan online keychains and decorations hangs them in the cabinet he guards. He only to them that not only did the two scratches this year at http:// By Katie Cumper takes them out if a car needs to be moved to not match in height – one was higher than the dailytitan.fullerton. Daily Titan Asst. Photo Editor allow someone who is blocked in to leave, or if other. edu. the student returns with their claim ticket. It was a physical impossibility for the two Check out video Most people have just one set of car keys. This jobs sounds easy enough, but according cars to collide, since one car had its scratch in This is not the case for Brian Alvarado. On any to Alvarado sometimes “it can get a bit crazy.” the front and one was scratched in the back. news clips on the given weekday, he might be in possession of Just last week one of those “crazy” days hap- “We already knew it wasn’t any of us,” Web site soon. more than 200 sets of keys – all of them belong- pened when a female student spotted a scratch Alvarado said. “Every employee knows that ing to Cal State Fullerton students. on her car. “Whoa she was mad,” Alvarado we have report slips if we damage anything, we upcoming “I’m the keybox person,” Alvarado says. “I said. just have to tell the supervisor. No one gets in make sure all the keys are safe and organized.” “She tried to blame it on us – that we had trouble. It’s rare that it happens.” Look for a personal essay Alvarado, who works in parking lot A, is scratched her car when we moved another car,” Problems in any of the CSUF parking lots n on Mardi Gras in the just one of the employee’s of AMPCO System Alvarado said. “The police were called out and that have “stacking” attendants usually arise Parking, the company that provides the “stack- we found out there was already a report on the after students arrive late for a class. For instance, Perspectives section of KATIE CUMPER/Daily Titan ing” service for the overcrowded CSUF parking same scratch.” if they have a class at 12:30 p.m. and arrive at next week’s Wednesday CSUF student Jason Allen hands his keys over lots. The officer also looked at the car one of the edition of the Daily Titan. to AMPCO keybox attendant Brian Alvarado. He helps students unable to find a place to AMPCO employees had moved, which the PARKING/ 15 http://dailytitan.fullerton.edu 2 Tuesday, February 19, 2002 NEWS CALENDARCALENDAR OFOF EVENTSEVENTS Community The Fullerton Arboretum will students, faculty and staff. For The Bowers Museum in Santa present a class on how to grow more information, call (714) The Curtis Theatre’s Premiere Ana is hosting “The World of the “African Violets” Feb. 23 from 9:30 278-2144. Series presents “Godspell” at Etruscans” through April. For more a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The fee is $7 the Brea Civic & Cultural Center information, call (714) 567-3600. and $5 for members. For more TSU Underground will have from Feb.