Homeless ban is unjust
Men’s soccer beats CSUN
Cities denying the homeless access to free food and handouts are inhumane
The Titans bounced back from their loss to Irvine with a 1-0 victory at home
Opinion
Thursday October 23, 2014
6
Sports 8
Volume 96 Issue 30
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Pollak will gain seats In aftermath of spring quake, library shifts resources to provide more student seating
LAUREN GAMACHE Daily Titan Before the magnitude 5.1 La Habra-centered earthquake shook campus in March, Cal State Fullerton’s Pollak Library could seat 5 percent of the student population, or about 1,900 students. Now, with floors one, four, five and six of Pollak Library South closed, the library has taken a significant hit in terms of student seating—something the library is working to remedy. The national level accommodates seating to 10 percent of students, said Interim University Librarian Scott Hewitt. Now that seating is even more limited, library administrators have been exploring new ways to accommodate students. There is both a long-term and a short-term plan in order to bring the library seating up to the national average. The short-term plan is to slowly integrate seating throughout the four floors of the north side of the library. Over the course of the semester, books have been condensed on shelves and excess shelving has been moved into storage in order to make room for more desks and chairs, Hewitt said. Library staff have been moving tables and chairs from the closed floors and spreading them throughout the library. The goal is to maximize as much space as possible without violating building capacity limits. The last units of shelving will be removed from the first floor during intersession and will add even more seating. Once finals are completed in December, the first floor will be closed so the carpet can be torn out and replaced. The long term plan consists of a long-planned major renovation which will reopen closed floors and revamp how the library uses space. As of now there is not a definite date of the major renovation, but preparation has progressed in small stages. By the completion of the renovation, the library should have about 4,000 available seats, which would account for more than 10 percent of the current student population. SEE LIBRARY 2
BERENICE ASHIKIAN / DAILY TITAN
Students’ school and work schedules can interfere with setting regular sleep habits. This can cause them to develop long-term health conditions like insomnia.
Students shrug sleep off Lack of sleep among college students can lead to serious health conditions HEATHER MYERS Daily Titan Between juggling a full school schedule, work and a personal life, college students often spend long nights cramming for a test, accompanied by enormous amounts of caffeine.
This requires taking advantage of any down time to catch up on sleep. It is something that is abundant in childhood, but lacking during college years. Sleep is a necessity, yet college students give more importance on the courses they are taking to
complete their degrees. However, lack of sleep can significantly affect performance and mindset in a negative way. Forty-four percent of students claimed to have only felt rested in the morning for 3-5 days during their past week, according to the 2014 American
College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA). In that same study, only 9 percent of students said they did not have a problem with daytime sleepiness. SEE SLEEP
5
Event promotes planet health The event gave students the opportunity to learn about environmental sustainability
FRANKIE NAJOR / FOR THE DAILY TITAN
Students participated in educational activities like water taste tests.
RACHAEL GARCIA Daily Titan The Associated Students Inc. Committee on Environmental Sustainability hosted Seeds for Change yesterday for national campus sustainability day, an event promoting the importance of reusable bottles and totes, water and energy conservation and local shopping. Three hundred bags of organic fruit were gone before the event was over. Over 300 students attended and received tips and information they may not have
Graffiti vandalism remains in Nutwood Structure Police investigating at least 23 instances of graffiti found Saturday in Nutwood Structure
ALEX GROVES Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton had its first instance of graffiti vandalism this year when multiple floors of the Nutwood Parking Structure were spray-painted with yellow and green paint. At least 23 large caricature-like faces and singular words were spray-painted onto concrete blocks and walls inside the structure. The vandalism was reported
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN
to University Police around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, University Police Capt. John Brockie said. Brockie said graffiti generally tends to happen in outlying areas of the campus and can often be found on light poles and in parking lots. He said there is usually only one small tag found in a particular area, making what happened in the Nutwood Parking Structure unique. “I cannot recall in the almost 17 years that I’ve been here anything that large,” Brockie said. “There’s
been some bigger-than-tagging graffiti incidences, but not two floors of a parking structure.” In 2013, there were five reported incidences of graffiti. The spray painting of the Nutwood Parking Structure is the first graffiti vandalism in 2014. The incident does not appear to be gang-related. “Gang-related graffiti is very specific,” Brockie said, adding that it will usually include a moniker or some sort of distinguishing mark. SEE GRAFFITI 2
known before the event. At the end of the event, they were handed a free bag of fresh fruit. Students had the opportunity to participate in a water taste test—they tasted bottled water versus filtered tap water from campus. Most of the students didn’t taste a difference or thought the filtered tap water was better, which prompted the committee to reveal that Aquafina and Dasani is purified municipal water, also known as filtered tap water. Theary Monh, chair of the committee, said this taste test was impactful because many people just assume that bottled water is better,
but that is not always the case. Emerolina Cantu, vice chair of the committee, said some students liked the filtered school water better than the plastic bottled water they bought. CSUF has already made sustainability efforts by implementing water bottle refill stations. They are located on the first floor of the SRC, the basement, first and second floor of the Titan Student Union, the women’s locker room and in the library on the first and second floors. SEE CHANGE
4
CSUF COMMUTER
student appreciation week!
traffic . walk . bus . bike . class . eat
The Gastronome understands commuting can be a hassle and we want to show you we appreciate the commute you make to campus.
Stop by the Gastronome anytime between 8:30am-5:00pm October 27-30 to learn how to save money by eating on campus and earn a FREE LUNCH.
at The Gastronome. Not applicable to Mandatory or Voluntary Meal Plan holders.
VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM