Volume 94, Issue 1
Monday, August 26, 2013
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Campus police open community resource center in student housing complex Resource center will act as a safe zone where students can report crimes or danger MAGDALENA GUILLEN Daily Titan
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Ribbon is cut Friday, Aug. 23.
University Police launched a new student safety center which will provide resources and workshops to educate students on crime prevention. The Community Resource Center
(CRC), which opened Friday, is located on the first floor of Cypress Residence Hall in student housing. It will also function as a place where students can speak to the police on matters they find important. “Our focus primarily is to educate students on safety, everything from how to keep your electronics safe to how to keep your person safe,” said Cal State Fullerton Chief of Police, Dennis DeMaio. Campus police will develop classes based on what students feel is important. The office will also be used as a way to be able to tell police about dangers on campus so they can be addressed. DeMaio said the police department wants to bridge the gap of trust between law enforcement on campus and students. Sexual assault training and rape defense are some of the topics for upcoming workshops, said Community Services Corporal, José Rosales. Students can obtain information on other issues, such as DUIs, drugs or law enforcement careers at the facility. SEE CENTER, 2
CSUF alumni showcases first solo art exhibit at local Art Walk “Introspective” displayed Steve Metzger’s paintings from over 40 years of work DAVID LEOS
For the Daily Titan
On a warm July afternoon, after a successful marriage equality show earlier this year, curator of The Egan Art Gallery in Fullerton, Stephen Baxter, 48, got on his hands and knees and humbly asked renowned artist and Cal State Fullerton alumni, Steve Metzger, 65, to hold his first solo show at the Downtown Fullerton Art Walk. “Introspective - 40 years of painting” by Metzger opened on Aug. 2 and closed on Aug. 24. Baxter said his intent with the show was to demonstrate to the people of Fullerton that fine art can thrive in the heart of Orange County. Baxter added that his aim was to display great art created by local artists. Normally featured in upscale galleries and sought after by prominent art collectors, Metzger’s works are known to bring in thousands of dollars apiece, but Baxter’s intent with the exhibition was to make Metzger’s works accessible to Fullerton’s residents without high pricestags. Baxter began selecting pieces for the exhibit, which included artwork from Metzger that reflected local Fullerton landscapes and architecture, dated back as far as 1966 and ranged in price from $50 to $7,200. He also learned that Metzger’s ex-
tensive catalog encompassed a wide variety of styles and genres of art. “I’m a non-objective painter,” Metzger said. “I see representational paintings in the same way that I see abstract paintings—I see edges, shapes and colors, and I put everything together in that way.” Via his website, ArtWithAnAgenda. org, Baxter wrote about Metzger’s artistic range; “(Metzger) is the only artist I know who currently creates photographic like realism … as well as abstract expressionistic art of equal quality.” Complete with rich skies and sharp details, The Gallery features Metzger’s works, Sunrise and Sunset. The 2003 paintings serve as a dual depiction of a relic warplane wasting away in an Arizona aircraft graveyard. The piece manages to capture the essence of the difficult photographic style of painting. In contrast, Metzger’s impressionistic, El Nino, painted in 1993, is a different artistic experience as it seems to reflect a drab and overcast vision of the downtown Los Angeles skyline; a silhouette that most Southern California residents equate with blue skies, green palm trees and sunshine. Yet, the purely expressionistic, Study in Red, which consists of enough paint to texture coat a small house, represents a hellish dreamscape that taunts the eye and is susceptible to the soul, but can still be purchased at the The Gallery for under $200. SEE ARTIST, 6
NEWS 2
Summer crime recap OPINION 4
Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act FEATURES 6
Student loans postpon life after college DETOUR 8
R&B trio to perform at the Becker Amphitheatre SPORTS 10
Titans new and old square off in alumni soccer game
Photo illustration by JESSICA PINEDA & DEANNA TROMBLEY / Daily Titan
CSUF puts out smoking In accordance with a 2012 directive, smoking has been banned campus-wide NEREIDA MORENO Daily Titan
Ashtrays and designated smoking areas have been replaced with no smoking signs as Cal State Fullerton became the first 100 percent smoke-free campus in the California State University system. Effective Aug. 1, smoking is prohibited in all interior and exterior campus areas and all outdoor areas owned, leased or rented by the university—including residence halls, parking structures and the Irvine campus. The ban includes the sale or distribution of any tobacco product on campus. Electronic cigarettes, clove cigarettes and hookah are also prohibited. Dean of Students Tonantzin Oseguera, Ph.D, said the goal of
the policy is to ultimately provide a healthy and productive environment and to safeguard against secondhand smoke. While the university cannot force students to quit smoking, Oseguera said the policy makes a statement about supporting those who are trying to quit tobacco products. “It’s a free choice but on this campus we’re saying we want our students to think about health choices for everyone and so what’s best for everyone is this—that we move in the same direction as the state in regards to having all of our areas be smoke-free,” Oseguera said. However, the ban does not prohibit smoking on the perimeter of the campus, which includes the sidewalks around the campus. Former President Willie J. Hagan originally signed Directive No. 18 in May 2012, establishing a smoke-free policy at Cal State Fullerton. The directive was
revised and reissued by current President Mildred Garcia in July 2013.
Thank you for not smoking Campus police will not be citing individuals for violating the no-smoking policy. Instead, the university will depend on the CSUF community to help create a smoke-free environment through “community enforcement,” which relies on individuals to educate one another about the smoke-free policy. Interim Associate Vice President for Human Resource/Risk Management John Beisner said efforts have been made to announce this policy using various outlets, and those activities will continue throughout the semester. “The success of President’s Directive 18 depends on the thoughtfulness, civility and coop-
eration of all members of the campus community, including visitors,” Beisner said. “Compliance is grounded in an informed and educated campus community.” Students can report violations on the university’s smoke-free website. While there are no specific consequences named for lighting up, the directive insists students “may face disciplinary action” if they are caught violating the policy.
Costs An estimated $116,000 have been allocated to implement the ban, according to Carlos Navarro, Associated Students Inc. chief administrative officer. Navarro, 21, said the revised estimated costs include removal of ashtrays and old signs, the purchase of new signs, smoking kit handouts and T-shirts. SEE SMOKING, 3
Associated Students Incorporated leaders draft strategic plan New ASI administration meets with deans and students over summer MAGDALENA GUILLEN Daily Titan
Cal State Fullerton’s new Associated Students Inc. leaders spent their summer creating a blueprint for fall semester. President Rohullah Latif and Vice President Jonathan Leggett are focusing on a strategic plan that emphasizes ways to unify CSUF. Building communication between administration and students, creating a stronger executive senate and increasing campus pride are a few of the goals laid out in the strategic plan. Latif and Leggett have been meeting with President Mildred García, associate deans of colleges, parking and transportation and athletics to get an understanding of
what the campus needs. “We want to get our goals aligned with the university’s as well,” Latif said. Latif, a mechanical engineering major, said ASI has never had a strategic plan. He wants to implement a plan to document where ASI will be in the future, in accordance with the university. So far, he has been hosting presidential roundtables where student leaders, ASI and staff can discuss what they want, what they are doing and what is going on campus. Harpreet Bath, the chief governmental officer of ASI, said he feels creating a stronger executive senate will further communication with student representatives and create unity amongst them. “We have also been communicating very often with the university administration and the dean’s offices in the colleges to create a stronger relationship between the
MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan ASI Vice President Jonathan Leggett and President Rohullah Latif have hosted presidential roundtables and promote better communication.
administration, faculty and staff and the students in order to be successful as a campus,” Bath said. Increasing communication to students on campus is something the executive staff is currently
working on. Latif and Leggett have outlined locations on campus to add electronic communication boards. SEE ASI, 2
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