California State University, Northridge TOMORROW IN NEWS TOMORROW IN OPINION A.S. meeting coverage Military seeks environmental law exemptions Volume 45 • Number 100 Since 1957 Tuesday,April 8,2003 A financially independent student newspaper Car flips over in traffic accident Thousands visit CSUN for Open House See page 3 .\. s, I', Go-to <The Core" See page 7 S1'()I{IS SHANNON SINDO"F I DAilySUNDIAl Police officers and tow truck drivers clean up debris aker a car was overturned in an accident at the intersection of Nordhoff Street and Lindley Avenue Monday morning. By MORGAN THARP mation Technology Resources, The only injuries Chan declined to give his name. CITY EDITOR was making a left turn from received were cuts on his hands "She told me the intersection b1or!lhoff into CSUN. A Ford from broken glass while getting was kind of green," he said. "Then wo cars collided on Lind- Contour broadsided the Buick, out of his car. she saw the other car coming in." ley Avenue and Nordhoff causing Chan's vehicle to nip Police on the scene estimate that He said she felt confident T Avenue in front of CSUN's onto its roof. the Ford was going the speed limit, about making the light. Water polo wins last south entrance during rush-hour Neither driver had visible 35 mph, when it hit Chan's car. Chan said putting in a traffic homestand of the season traffic Monday morning, injuries resulting from the impact. The woman driver of the Ford light with turn arrows at the inter- A white Buick Century, driven Seepage 12 "I was lucky. I didn't feel any- was too stunned to .talk, accord- section would help prevent these by Philip Chan, project leader of thing," Chan said, "I crawled out ing to her brother, who arrived at types of accidents. --INDEX'-- application development at Infer- from the back seat." the scene after she called him. He News" ,.., ,:3 Wire 2tS A&E~ 6-1 Election campaign practices questioned Opinion ,.9 By ROBERT JORDAN dial received include accusations that approved Associated Student boards- complaint deadline. Classified _.••._IO SUNDtALSTAFF candidates passed out campaign fliers on doors inside campus buildings, on If a complaint is filed, it goes to inside the dorms, posted fliers on unau- newspaper holders or windows of any the elections committee, and they fol- Sports- 11..12 th the University Student thorized bulletin boards, passed out other kind is not pennined. low up on it and can impose a fine Union board of directors and unapproved fliers and obtained The directors of the elections com- toward the candidates' performance WAssociated Students elec- endorsements from organizations on mittee. Ana Alvarez and Keisha Doc- bond, Douglas said. tions beginning today and ending April CONTACT campus prior to the April 3 deadline. glas, said that they could not comment The performance bond is a' $20 9, there have been complaints about the THE SUNDIAL: According to thecode on Associated on whether any fonnal complaints deposit that each candidate must put campaigning of some of the parties. Student Elections, the posting of fliers about the campaigns' practices had down during the filing period. Manzanita Halt 140 Among the complaints that the Sun- on building walls ~ other than been filed until after April II, the See ELECTION, page 3 18111 Nordhoff St. Northridge. CA 91330-8258 FAX (a Ia) 677 ·363a INTERNET http://sundlal.csun.edu EDITORIAL (aIS) 677·2915 [email protected],edu ADVERTISING (ala) 677·299a [email protected] == A1USON MEADOWS I a-.Jl't SUNOl"'" Wooden boards painted with campaign slogans(left, center) and names stand on lawnsarourK:I campus. Flierswith attached campaign materials (right) are subject to the case-by-case approval of the elections committee. 2· The Daily Sundial· CSUN • Tuesday,April8, 2003 ~ire British push into Basra; key Iraqi general may be dead (AP) - u.s. forces barreled into the 2nd Brigade of the Army's 3rd gained control over much of Basra, Saddam Hussein loyalists. killing the heart of Baghdad with a dramat- Infantry Division moved north into and set up a prisoner of war holding Iraq's second-largest city, and were several militiamen and a policeman, pen inside the elaborate compound ic show of force Monday and met the city and seized a presidential pressing into the old city where the The U,S. war commander, Gen. pockets of fierce resistance. British palace. In southern Baghdad, Iraqi on the west bank of the Tigris, a last paramilitary fighters had retreat- Thmmy Franks, visited troops inside officials said lI"OOPS found a body in rockets struck a group of Army per- winding river that divides the city, ed. Some Basra residents cheered Iraq, including soldiers in the holy southern Iraq that they believed was sonnel carriers at the brigade's field The ruling Baath Party headquarters the British, while others went on a Shiite city of Najar. Central Com- the notorious Iraqi general known as headquarters, according to a military nearby was completely destroyed. looting rampage, streaming oul of mand Spokesman Capt. Frank Thorp Up the river at the Old Palace, the "Chemical Ali." report. Two soldiers and two jour- the Central Bank of Iraq and the said Franks made three stops in Iraq Missiles screamed over the Iraqi nalists were killed, and several oth- sound of explosions and heavy fire bomb-damaged Sheraton Hotel with on Monday, but gave no details. capital just after dawn and thunder- ers were wounded. could be heard, In the center of the chairs, tables, carpets and other U.S. troops in Baghdad stormed ous explosions shook buildings as To the south, British troops city, U.S. forces used explosives to goods. Some civilians lashed out at Hussein's New Presidential Palace destroy two statues of Hussein. WHO experts study possible animal link to SARS disease GUANGZHOU, China (AP) in the wild. SARS death each in the provinces of - China reported another death dong for clues to how SARS spreads The country's death toll was 53, Shanxi in the north, Sichuan in the from severe acute respiratory state television reported, citing the 'and whether it might have come west and Hunan in central China- from animals. syndrome and revealed Monday Health Ministry. That included 43 the first reported fatalities in those- The team has not yet found clear that fatalities in recent weeks deaths in the southern province of areas and an indication the disease evidence supporting the theory, but have been more widespread than Guangdong, where experts suspect was more widespread than previous- previously reponed. its members met with animal-health severe acute respiratory syndrome, lyacknowledged. In the country's south, interna- officials and discussed both farm or SARS, originated, it said. More China previously reported tional experts were researching animals and wildlife, including pigs, than 2,300 people have been sick- fatalities in Guangdong, Beijing ducks, bats, rodents, chickens and whether the mystery disease might ened worldwide. and the Guangxi region to other birds, said team leader Dr. have come from animals on farms or State television reported one Guangdong's west. Robert Breiman. ""itt'" LOCAL SUMMER ~, )['i!a DAY CAMPS ~ ~ om. Are looking for energetic, ,.,II$,,,uM o outgoing, fun and caring ."~""'"'<'~' Dental Cleaning Scaling, individuals to make a difference in children's lives this Exam & X-Rays Movie Premieres summer. Positions available as group counselors. life- Sporting Events guards, as well as specialist instructors in horseback $40.D..O.(rcg. StJI) Event Staff and Security Wanted!!! riding, fishing, canoeing, music, drama, gymnastics, rock DR. 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