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BY ROBERT MORAN
Daily Titan Sta Writer
news@dailytitan.com
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Gar-
den Grove) discussed the eco-
nomic impact of the war in Iraq
and its inuence on the domestic
economy before Nasser Duellas
macroeconomics class Wednes-
day morning at Cal State Fuller-
ton.
Since 1996 Sanches has repre-
sented Californias 47th district,
which includes parts of Garden
Grove, Santa Ana and Anaheim.
I am a politician. And I say
that with a great amount of
pride, Sanchez said. Most peo-
ple who serve in the U.S. House
of Representatives or in the Sen-
ate really hate the word politician.
I personally really, really enjoy it
being a politician is about the
people.
Sanchez said the reason she
came to speak to the class was to
explain what goes on in Wash-
ington because most people dont
know or dont care.
Sanchez said committees han-
dle everything in Congress. She
sits on the Joint Economic Com-
mittee, which has both senators
and house members on it, deal-
ing with the competitiveness of
the U.S. economy in comparison
to the rest of the world.
Sanchez said the biggest con-
cern of this country should be
competitiveness, not security.
If we are not smart someone
BY PAOLO ANDRES
Daily Titan Sta Writer
news@dailytitan.com
Cal State Fullerton is one of 34
groups nationwide to receive money
under a memorial grant designed for
youth suicide prevention.
Te federal government appoint-
ed the university with a three-year,
$75,000 grant under the Garrett
Lee Smith Memorial Act for youth
suicide prevention to help students
and the community with issues of
suicide, including mental health
problems and identifying substance
abuse issues.
For far too long suicide preven-
tion is an issue that was ignored.
Now we are taking action and I have
made suicide prevention a priority,
said Charles Curie, Administrator
for the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration in a
press release.
As a result of the Garrett Lee
Smith Memorial Act, the admin-
istration is now working with state
and local governments and commu-
nity providers to stem the number of
youth suicides in our country. Each
of these new grantees will help ll
a signicant need in their commu-
nity, he said.
According to CSUF health educa-
tor Brieana Roumeliotis, the funds
would be used to implement pro-
grams that would help bring aware-
ness to factors that bring about sui-
cidal tendencies, such as depression
and anxiety disorders. Te money
would also be used to implement a
campus suicide watch and a tracking
system that would report student is-
sues to various campus resources.
Any time you deal with a popu-
CSUF Gets $75,000 for Suicide Prevention
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BY ADAM LEVY
Daily Titan News Editor
alevy@dailytitan.com
Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton)
spoke about citizen diplomacy and
international communications in an
hour-long speech given in the Titan
Student Union Wednesday morn-
ing.
Since 1993, Royce has represent-
ed Californias 40th District, which
includes parts of Cypress, Stanton,
Buena Park, Fullerton, Placentia and
Orange.
Te dialogue, a part of the univer-
sitys Citizen Diplomacy Summit,
drew 150 attendees to the TSU, who
listened to the Titan-turned-senator-
turned-representative emphasize the
importance of American-sponsored
radio broadcasts in countries such as
Afghanistan, Africa and China.
Intercultural issues have been a re-
curring theme throughout his career,
which include a stint on the House
Committee on International Rela-
tions, a committee that presides over
issues pertaining to foreign aairs.
What Im suggesting here is an
approach to international diplo-
macy that is far less combative and
far more constructive, Royce said.
You look at what has changed the
world, exchanges, alternative visions
you look at history and look at
what works.
Audience members had split sen-
timents on the topic.
Congressman
Royce Speaks
to Students
I like where hes going with the
idea of the radio, said 18-year-old
political science major Diana Coro-
nado. Its smart to understand other
cultures, not a lot of people do.
Political science Professor Gloria
Badal had a skeptical take on Royces
visions, questioning the true inten-
tions of the inuential radio waves,
intimating that
the shows were
more intended
for subversive
mobilization.
Hes advo-
cating setting
up the sending
of messages we
are promoting
to people in
other countries, Badal said. Oh its
so nice of us, were not going in, but
setting up these radio stations that
broadcast the messages that erode
their power systems.
Closer to home, Royce cited a
shortage of housing and hotel ame-
nities in hopes of recruiting more
students and faculty. He strongly en-
courages students to study abroad.
It will help establish credibility
on your resume, he said.
Royce reminisced on his days as
a Cal State Fullerton student, cred-
iting the education and networking
connections he made here as the
building blocks of his political ca-
reer. After serving as the chairman
for the College Republicans, he used
his CSUF alumni base to establish
himself as a politician. Te univer-
sity also provided him with a hum-
SEE ROYCE - PAGE 5
BY JAIME CRDENAS
Daily Titan Sta Writer
news@dailytitan.com
Ask A Mexican? How about Ask a
Mexican-American Historian?
Gustavo Arellano, the OC Week-
lys Ask A Mexican columnist,
turned his visit to Cal State Ful-
lerton on Tuesday into a Mexican-
American history in Orange County
lecture, focusing on the 1948 ruling
in the Mendez v. Westminster case
that desegregated schools in Cali-
fornia six years before the landmark
Brown v. Board of Education case.
Te event was scheduled to start
at 4 p.m., and every seat in room
321 of Langsdorf Hall had been
taken before it began. People were
still shuing in as Arellano began to
talk. Many of them stood up against
the walls while some sat down in the
aisles of the classroom.
Arellano, 27, said he was surprised
to see such a large turnout, even if a
lot of them were told to show up by
their teachers.
A lot of people in attendance
probably expected an elongated, live
version of Arellanos column, but in-
stead got a lecture on the absence of
Mexican-American history from Or-
ange County history books.
Te Mexican-American history of
the county is not something that is
convenient to the story of Orange
County, which is stereotypically
rich and white, Arellano said.
It was an alternative to evil, ur-
ban Los Angeles, he said.
Arellano, whose family migrated
from Zacatecas, Mexico, said his
family came to Orange County to
work in the grove elds. His grand-
father, he said, is one of the people
that made this county what it is.
And nobody is telling his story,
he added.
At the start of the lecture, Arellano
asked those in attendance if theyd
heard about the Mendez v. West-
minster case. Around ve people
raised their hand. Almost everyone
raised his or her hand when asked
about Brown v. Board of Education.
In a documentary about the case
Ask A Mexican About O.C. History
HISTORY-
Gustavo Arellano,
author of OC
Weeklys Ask a
Mexican column,
tells students on
Tuesday about the
Hispanic heritage
of Orange County
that historians
have brushed
aside.
BY DAVID OSBORNE/Daily Titan SEE HISTORY - PAGE 5
What Goes On
in Washington
SEE SANCHEZ - PAGE 5
OC Weekly columnist
Gustavo Arellano packs
room at Langsdorf Hall
Macroeconomics class
hosts Congresswoman
Loretta Sanchez
CSUF alumnus discusses
intercultural issues at the
Titan Student Union
SEE GRANT - PAGE 5
ROYCE
BY ANGIE EL SHERIF
Daily Titan Sta Writer
news@dailytitan.com
A weeklong voter registration
drive concludes tomorrow.
So far, over 950 students at Cal
State Fullerton have registered to
vote through this drive.
I have been meaning to do it, but
I just found it easier to do it here,
said Joe Ortega, a history major who
had just registered at the TSU table.
I am a strong believer that you need
to register to vote, it is not only a
privilege of being a citizen of this
country, it is a responsibility.
All week students have had the
chance to register to vote for the
Nov. 7 elections during the voter
registration drive.
Associated Students Inc., Califor-
nia Student Public Interest Research
Group and the California State Stu-
dent Association are holding this
event through Friday.
Te research group is one of hun-
dreds of chapters that work for gov-
ernment accountability.
We make sure that our elected
ocials stay accountable to the pub-
lics demands as opposed to the de-
mands of the special interest group,
the groups campus organizer Na-
than Rose said.
Teir goal for this drive is to get
1,500 registered students, Rose said.
Curtis Schlaufman, ASI executive
director of Government Relations,
said that this drive has gone to all
23 CSU schools and that CSUF has
had the most registered voters of any
of them.
To advertise, they hang posters,
pass out easy voter guides, do class
presentations and send volunteers all
over campus to register students.
By registering to vote, students
will get the opportunity to vote for
several issues. It will include voting
for governor, house and senate po-
sitions, California Supreme Court
judges and nally propositions.
Tis elections propositions cover
issues including roads, schools, wa-
ter, the environment, transportation,
sex crimes and oil taxes.
Volunteers are getting mixed mes-
sages about how students feel about
this drive.
Most people are saying that they
have already registered, said stu-
dent volunteer Pei-pei Chu. When
someone is not interested, there is
not much you can do about it.
While some students are uninter-
ested and do not approach the table
or the volunteers, others who want
to register do, said student volunteer
Urmi Rahman.
Tis semester is better than last
semester - weve also had a lot more
volunteers and more people encour-
aging it, Rahman said.
Ortega said he gets annoyed at
people who do not vote and com-
plain about the policies of the State.
Te last day to register for this
election is Friday.
If you dont vote, you dont have
a voice, Ortega said.
else will be dictating to us what
our day looks like.
Sanchez said Americans
should be mindful of their eco-
nomic independence because
the national decit is $700 to
$800 billion per year.
She said part of the U.S. de-
cit is a result of skyrocketing op-
erating costs of the war in Iraq.
Te government spends $2 bil-
lion dollars per week in operat-
ing costs for the war.
How many $2 billion dol-
lars can we spend? Bush does
not have a plan with respect to
Iraq, she said.
She said that constitutionally
any spending or tax bills must
start in the U.S. House, which
controls the purse strings of the
government.
Scott Spitzer, a professor of
political science at CSUF, did
not agree that the U.S. House
completely controlled the purse
strings. Te U.S. House can pass
a bill, but it still has to go to the
Senate where it can be stopped,
or the President can veto it.
Shes not entirely correct,
Spitzer said.
Sanchez said money allocated
for combat could be going to-
wards education, transportation
and communication. Sanchez
said Republican control has
allowed Bush to overstep his
boundaries in dealing with Iraq.
Duella agreed with her asser-
tion that money spent on the
Iraq war could be invested in the
economy.
Its all about choices, Duella
said. Society has to choose be-
tween using our scarce resources
to ght international terrorism
or to improve the education and
the U.S. infrastructure.
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NEWS
bling experience that would ring ironic when
looking further down the timeline.
I ran for student government and I lost,
he said. Since then, Ive had better luck.
Te 1977 graduate also recounted one of
the universitys darker moments. He was en-
rolled during the summer of 1976 when the
infamous shooting in the library occurred.
Paul Paulson was a friend of mine and his
sister was shot that was so traumatic for the
student body and the families involved, and
still is, he said.
Criminal justice major Sarah Tupo, 20,
said she was turned on to many new con-
cepts and ideas from Royces presentation.
It was very insightful and enlightening
about the radio, said Tupo. Im excited hes
a Titan.
Royces return to his alma mater was a step
on the campaign trail for the Fullerton-na-
tive.
Royce is up for re-election Nov. 7 for his
eighth consecutive congressional term.
shown during the lecture, the young-
est living Mendez, Sandra, said she
didnt nd out about the case until
she was in college at UC Riverside,
even though she graduated from a
High School in Orange County.
Its voices that are left out, and
they shouldnt be left out, said Val-
erie Alley, an American studies ma-
jor who hadnt heard about the case
until Arellanos lecture.
Arellano said Mexicans in Orange
County dont have a historical iden-
tity.
History isnt being told, he
said. Tey dont want you to know
the clashes. Tey dont want you to
know the struggles.
Te lecture was titled Te Plight
of Mexicans in Orange County and
Arellano started by reading an e-mail
he received the night before from a
person asking what plight?
Te e-mailer said cultures make
choices and they should live by the
choices they make.
Tis idea of Mexicans being be-
low, or beneath, is still prevalent in
Orange County, said Arellano.
Chicana and Chicano studies
Professor Alexandro Gradilla said
during the lecture that Latinos have
always been a nonwhite group.
Tey dont t, he said. Tey
are perceived as a threat a cultural
threat language, race and reli-
gion.
Arellano said Orange County is
at the forefront of the immigration
debate
He is currently working on two
books - one is a part memoir, part
history of Orange County and the
other is a compilation of his best
Ask A Mexican columns.
He said people need to learn about
their history to change the present.
I think youll see a lot of reaction
and comments being inuenced by
the past, Arellano said. Knowing
the past allows us to better react.
After the documentary, Arellano
opened the oor to questions and
comments. Only one person had
a question related to his column.
Arellano answered it, but reminded
those in attendance I want to stick
to the history of Mexicans in Orange
County.
Arellano said he was sure some in
attendance came to hear the Ask A
Mexican Columnist and not a his-
tory lecture.
However, Im always delighted
to throw a curveball, Arellano said
with a small laugh. Teres a serious
side to me and thats where my col-
umn comes from.
Tats also where his passion to
seek out stories that havent been told
comes from too, he said. Stories like
the absence of Mexican-Americans
in Orange County history books.
I came here to hear about his-
tory and thats what I got, said
Ryan Louder, an American studies
grad major, who was one of the few
students who know about the Men-
dez v. Westminster case. It was very
pleasantly interesting.
lation the size of ours, suicide will
always be an issue. We deal with a
high risk population simply because
of the levels of stress and family is-
sues going on, Roumeliotis said.
Tough the grant money was only
received in September, the university
has already started the initial stages
of a youth suicide prevention pro-
gram. Roumeliotis said the campus
would start to see the actual physical
products in the next six months as
the grant money is allocated to the
dierent programs.
We have three years to complete
the dierent areas that were includ-
ed in the scope of work, Roumeli-
otis said.
Te universitys Auxiliary Service
Corp. will monitor the spending as
the grant money is placed in the dif-
ferent budget categories.
Blake Eudy, coordinator of the
CSUF Auxiliary Service Corp. said
though the terms and conditions set
by the federal agency are extensive,
the main concern is to make sure the
costs are allowable and can be allo-
cated to the grant.
Te terms and conditions were
really just a matter of making sure
that we are meeting all the objectives
that we have set for ourselves in the
timeline we had established, Rou-
meliotis said. Te terms and condi-
tions are really just doing what we
had set out to do.
Nationally, an estimated 712,000
Americans under the age of 21
planned to end their lives during ep-
isodes of major depression, accord-
ing to the administration Web site.
In all, the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administra-
tion issued 46 grants worth $25.7
million. Last year, the grant total
was almost $3.2 million.
Every dollar that helps heal those
battling life-threatening depression
brings us closer to saving our chil-
dren and families, Sen. Gordon
Smith said in a press release. Young
people can be lost in the deep dark-
ness of mental illness and these pro-
grams will help nd suerers and get
them life saving help.
HISTORY: TELLING AN UNTOLD STORY
GRANT: MONEY WOULD CREATE SUICIDE WATCH
SANCHEZ: COMPETITIVENESS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN U.S. SECURITY
ROYCE: RADIO
INSTEAD OF WAR
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