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Domestic violence awareness month activities at CSUS

Award-winning photojournalist, author and domestic abuse victims' advocate Donna Ferrato will present a slide show and lecture Monday, Oct. 5, in the University Union Redwood Room as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Ferrato's multimedia presentation, entitled "When Love Hurts," utilizes slides, music and narrative to show the effects of domestic violence in relationships. Ferrato, who is also the author of "Living With the Enemy," is also the founder of Domestic Abuse Awareness, Inc., the only visual archive on domestic violence to date.
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Criminal Justice Society plans gathering

On December 5, Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice Society, will be hosting a party for club members at the Capital Plaza Holiday Inn.

The party will begin with a dinner, followed by awards and dancing. The graduating seniors of the group will be presented with their tassels and honor cards. New members receive pins and certificates and new board members are sworn in.
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Don't count on it: Four permit vending machines busted
Students who rely on machine-dispensed daily parking permits might want to consider buying a semester pass instead. Broken machines, inconvenient locations, long lines and finding correct change are just some of the many hassles people face when trying to buy the daily permits.

Quick Bits
Drivers who circle the parking lot like vultures just lost three more spaces to Bass customers. The Bass ticket center, located in the University Union, is scheduled to open this month, but no firm date has been set. They have, however, already grabbed three parking spaces from the car pool spots in Lot 4.

ASI seeking athletics finance information
Nearly four years after students approved the Intercollegiate Athletics Initiative, Associated Students, Inc. is demanding that the CSUS Intercollegiate Athletics Department hold up their end of the deal.

Debates fail to change minds of students
Beer, wine and supporting cheers combined last Wednesday night in the River Front Market as CSUS students and the general public watched gubernatorial candidates Dan Lungren and Gray Davis square off on a variety of issues.

Character counts according to candidates
Candidates for governor sparred at the CSUS University Theater last Wednesday night, challenging each other on character issues, past political records and state issues during the hourlong debate, the third in a series of five.

Behind the lights: The debate's other side
Vic Biondi strides forward to center stage at the University Theater and moves the podiums himself as his assistants watch.

Science and Technology Campus computers ready for year 2000
With 457 days left until the year 2000, and the state auditor saying that many California government systems are not Y2K compliant, CSUS may be an exception.

Printers added to Amador Mac lab
University administrators have modified the sole open Macintosh lab's available hardware and support, adding a printer and lab assistance during lab hours, while disputing the actual percentage of Macintosh users on campus.

Assault victim seeks helper
The family of a 19-year-old CSUS student who was accosted last week is seeking a man who assisted the woman.

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