News Sports Three-strikes law not Bowling for Fullerton: amended, state to proceed Titans striking up with stem cell research 3 success on the lanes 6 California State University, Fullerto n Daily Titan We d n e s d a y, N o v e m b e r 3 , 2 0 0 4 www.dailytitan.com Volume 79, Issue 3 6 BUSH WINS? Bush holds the lead but Kerry campaign does not concede; dispute over Ohioʼs results draws similarities to the 2000 presidential election By RUDY GHARIB and RYAN TOWNSEND Daily Titan Elections Coordinator and Asst. News Editor As of early Wednesday morning, Bob Mulholland, California the American people were with- Democratic Party spokesman, was out an official winner of the 2004 confident on Tuesday afternoon. Presidential Election. “You can bank on this, talking While Bush led statistically, heads on the east coast will have Kerry refused to concede defeat to wait for Californiaʼs exit polls as both parties waited on the final to declare John Kerry the winner,” results in Ohio. he said. During the tumultuous closing Near midnight Tuesday, that opti- weeks of the campaign, much of the mism had faded but party leaders buzz focused on young voters and held fast. the possibility that they might swing Mary Gutierrez, communications the contest. director for California Democratic Despite efforts from celebrities Party, said, “We havenʼt given up and music television stations, the thatʼs for sure.” vaunted youth vote failed to mate- “Democrats tend to vote absentee rialize. and we tend to use most of the pro- Nationwide, the 18-29 turnout visional ballots,” she said. “Weʼre was roughly equal to the 2000 elec- staying firm and staying confident tion. that we could be the winner.” One in 10 voters cast ballots for Gutierrez said it could take sev- the first time and fewer than 10 eral days for the party to assess percent were young voters, contrary whether or not voters were disen- to what most experts had predicted. franchised in Ohio. Kerry was favored by both groups, “Itʼs too soon to tell, itʼs been so according to surveys conducted for chaotic and we need some time to The Associated Press by Edison find out,” she said. Media Research and Mitofsky Karen Hanretty, communica- International. tions director for the California The Associated Press CSUF communications professor Republican Party, was celebrating President Bush supporters Diana Watral, Sergio Domingues and Victoria Aleukhine listen as returns are discussed at an election rally early today at the Nancy Snow predicted last week at Sutton Place in Newport Beach. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington. that the largest youth voter turnout “Weʼre very excited and optimis- in history would push John Kerry to tic about President Bushʼs chances higher than the war on terror and Percent victory. It turns out she was wrong, for reelection and very pleased with the economy. Position Candidate at least about the youth vote. the hard work of our volunteers,” One man in particular wasnʼt won by “I was going to go out and kiss she said. buying that rhetoric, Independent and hug everyone under 30 tonight Hanretty said she believed that Candidate Ralph Nader, who The President of the U.S. To Be Announced ? (for voting),” she said. “So much the election was all but over. received less than one percent of for my prediction.” “I really believe Bush is going the vote, appeared on CNN to bash Snow wasnʼt entirely off; the to win with a solid lead and that Bush and the two-party system. U.S. Senate Barbara Boxer 58% youth vote in California rose from the Democrats are not going to be Naderʼs numbers dropped signifi- one in every seven voters to one in successful in derailing this election cantly from the 2000 election as he every five but the rest of the nation with their army of lawyers and their had to fight to get on the ballot in U.S. House of Rep. 47th Loretta Sanchez 59.6% failed to match that progress. strategy of litigation,” she said. 29 states. Congressional District Snow said the Democratic Party Election day was full of sur- “Heʼs just a big corporation dis- was buoyed by what they believed prises. guised as a human being,” Nader would be a massive youth move- Snow said Bushʼs moral values said about the president. State Assembly 72nd District Lynn Daucher 65.8% ment. platform benefited him greatly, CSUF student Richard Taylor Early Tuesday, the Democrats especially in rural America. She II, junior business and marketing State Senate 33rd District Dick Ackerman 68.6% believed that Kerry was headed for said, among the issues, moral val- Compiled from The California State Registrar as of 1:30 a.m. a clear victory based on exit polls. ues wound up rating as high or ELECTION 2 GOP Democrats rally at Disney Sanchez is bright Congressional District, the end of and itʼs good.” the night proved to be just that — a Joseph Dunn, state senator for spot in an otherwise fairy tale ending. the 34th District, also attended to parties gloomy day for party Sanchez spoke to her audience, show his support for the Democratic building their enthusiasm and thank- Party. By ASHLEE ANDRIDGE ing them for their support. Dunn said he hopes that after this Daily Titan Staff Sanchez said she enjoyed seeing election, things will begin to change, in OC so many Democrats in one room no matter what party people are Democrats hoped for a fairy and that with her re-election, she affiliating with. Republicans gather tale ending as they gathered at the hopes such gatherings will become “Weʼve got to stop this vicious Disneyland Hotel for an election a future trend. partisanship that has settled into the in Newport Beach for night party on Tuesday. “Orange County is changing,” nation at the federal and state level,” election night For U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Sanchez said. “Itʼs becoming less the incumbent running for the 47th Republican and more even-handed DEMOCRAT 3 By CASEY RITTENHOUSE Daily Titan Staff SHANNON ANCHALEECHAMAIKORN/Daily Titan Emotions fill the Newport Beach Sutton Place Hotel as Republicans cheer Focus shifts from Florida to Ohio Local Republicans and GOP lead- for President George W. Bush in the tight race for the presidency Tuesday. ers gathered to mingle and show Presidential results The controversy stems from states. their support for President George “Iʼm too short, I canʼt see a hopes to show a different face of when Republican poll monitors Just as Al Gore contested Florida W. Bush last night at the Sutton thing,” said Margherita Underhill, the Republican Party. halted over dispute were banned by two federal district in 2000, Kerryʼs campaign could be Place Hotel in Newport Beach. a State Assembly candidate for “Itʼs a big deal to be a woman judges from observing voting sta- following the precedent in Ohio. The festivities began after the polls the 55th District, who stood on her nominee [as a Republican],” in Buckeye state tions in areas considered to favor Bush only had 537 votes more closed at 8 p.m. and a stretch of cars toes as she looked toward the large Underhill said. “I believe that the By ALI DORRI Democrats. than Gore when the U.S. Supreme lined the hotelʼs driveway while screen at the front of the ballroom. Republican Party reflects more Daily Titan Staff The monitors were later given Court voted 5-4 to give Florida to others walked across the street to Underhill said she attended the of the Latino values, unlike the the go-ahead early Tuesday morn- Bush. attend the party. Newport Beach party with her Democrats.” ing after an appeals court gave Kerry has steeper hills to climb, The chandelier-lit ballroom in volunteers from Long Beach after As she spoke, the crowd erupted In a year when every swing state them the green light to do so. over 100,000 of them. the hotel housed hundreds of Bush watching the polls earlier in the with cheers as the televisions dis- electorate was predicted to make In anticipation of dramatics, Even after 96 percent of votes supporters who watched a Fox day. played leading voter percentages in the difference, all eyes, including and a fear that monitors would act were counted in the state, Bush News Channel broadcast on a large Underhill, an attorney, said she Florida and Ohio around 9 p.m. Michael Mooreʼs cameras and John unjustly, Moore had camera crews enjoyed a lead of more than 100,000 projection screen as they awaited specializes in immigration cases, Kerryʼs legal council, converged in Ohio and Florida, the last pres- results from various states. adding that as a Latino woman, she REPUBLICAN 3 on Ohio. idential electionʼs most dramatic SWING 3 2 Wednesday, November 3, 2004 www.dailytitan.com [email protected] • (714) 278-4415 Decisions, decisions TodayNOV. 3, 2004 News Come eat “Pizza with the Presidents” in the Quad from noon IN RIEF to 1 p.m. B CSUF President Milton A. Gordon and ASI President Philip World Vasquez will be in attendance to answer questions and address Car bomb kills at least 12 Iraqis campus concerns. Pizza with the Presidents is a biannual outreach BAGHDAD, Iraq — Car bombs killed at least a dozen people in Baghdad event that allows CSUF students and another major city Tuesday as pressure mounted on interim Prime and the campus community to Minister Ayad Allawi to avert a full-scale U.S. attack on the insurgent bring any questions or concerns stronghold Fallujah. Meanwhile, the kidnappers of aid worker Margaret directly to both the university Hassan threatened to turn her over to an al-Qaida faction led by Jordanian president and ASI president.