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Men’s soccer routs Cal Poly, advances to championship game RUDY CHINCHILLA Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer team entered Wednesday night’s semifinal game against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo looking to make its second consecutive appearance in the Big West Conference Tournament championship game. The Titans were left reeling as they faced a rearing Mustangs team that would not stop bucking in the opening half of the game. But despite giving up the opening goal, Fullerton was able to recover and punch its ticket to the Tournament final thanks to a 3-1 victory at Titan Stadium. Head Coach George Kuntz set his team up in a 4-1-4-1 formation to start the game, but the Titans were getting sliced open by a Mustangs team playing with wingbacks in a fluid 3-5-2 that often morphed into a 3-6-1. From the get-go, Cal Poly was the aggressor, overwhelming CSUF in the middle of the pitch and exploiting the wings as Fullerton struggled to keep up and track runners. “On our right side, I was frustrated,” Kuntz said. In the fifth minute, John Chronopoulos found himself inside the Fullerton box and fired a cross-goal shot to the left post, but Raul Elias was able to tip the ball around the post, albeit the referee did not see the save to call a corner. Fullerton tried to respond three minutes later when Oscar Torres spotted Carlos Troncoso’s overlapping run on the left, but Cal Poly’s Wade Hamilton did well to collect the ensuing cross. The Mustangs quickly went on the attack again in the ninth minute. On the left, George Grote cut right to create space between himself and Michael Lopez. Grote aimed for the top far post, but his effort went over the bar. In the 29th minute, however, both Mitchell Bell’s and Michael Lopez’s lax defending gifted the Mustangs the first goal of the game. Troncoso was responsible for the first error, his attempted clearance heading goalward to an onrushing Chronopoulos. Bell got to the ball first and tried to play out toward the right, but he failed to notice George Grote running in. Lopez, for his part, did not track his runner, and Grote finished the gift from close range to make it 1-0. SEE SOCCER

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Faced with a rising cost of living and a widening gap between faculty and administration salaries, the California Faculty Association is fighting for a 5 percent General Salary Increase and a 2.65 percent Salary Service Increase from the Cal State University administration.

Professors call for five percent General Salary Increase BREANNA VASQUEZ Daily Titan This is the first of an ongoing series investigating faculty salary issues. A survey, conducted by the California Faculty

Ph.D., Cal State Fullerton associate professor. “But that’s just not a reality.” The CSU system is losing some of the youngest and brightest up-and-coming faculty because faculty salaries cannot meet the cost of living in Fullerton, forcing potential faculty to leave and teach elsewhere, said CFA Vice President Michele Barr, Ph.D., full-time lecturer at Cal State Fullerton.

Ten years ago, Barr would have recommended her graduate students apply within the CSU system. Today, that recommendation is irrelevant. “We’re actually falling out of the middle class,” Barr said. THE FIGHT FOR A 5 PERCENT INCREASE The CFA is determined to fight for a 5 percent General Salary Increase (GSI) and a

2.65 percent Salary Service Increase (SSI). The union has rejected a proposed 2 percent GSI offered by the chancellor. “It’s very demoralizing for the administration to offer two percent, when, on a relative scale, we are the lowest paid professors at public universities,” said Robert Castro, Ph.D, associate professor of criminal justice. SEE FACULTY

Freshman orchestrates success Violinist pursues her dream of a career in music MICAH AUGIMERI-LEE Daily Titan A sea of orchestral players takes the stage in the Clayes Performing Arts Center at Cal State Fullerton. At the center of it all, a focused 17-year-old girl diligently bows her violin. The epic musical piece is “O Fortuna,” by German composer Carl Orff, and the young, center-stage violinist is Samantha Vuong, a freshman music education major at CSUF. The performance was part of the School of Music Dedication Celebration, which featured performances by the University Orchestra, which Vuong is

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Association (CFA) earlier this year, found that 79 percent of faculty who responded to the survey would not recommend their jobs within the California State University system to students or colleagues at other institutions. “You have aspirations that when you get a Ph.D. — when you become a professor — you will be able to afford to buy a home,” said Matthew P. Llewellyn,

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a part of, along with distinguished alumna Deborah Voigt. Although Vuong is young, she has taken the stage with seasoned professionals before. Most recently, Vuong was invited to play with the Dream Orchestra of Los Angeles, a professional musical ensemble that started an apprenticeship program this year in which 10 high school and college students are selected by invitation or recommendation. She has also been involved with the Claremont Symphony Orchestra, Youth Symphony West and the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, which she performed with in Prague and Vienna. “It felt like a regular performance but the halls were really beautiful,” Vuong said. “It was kind of surreal.” SEE VIOLIN

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Samantha Vuong, a freshman at Cal State Fullerton, has traveled the world and played with wellesteemed orchestras. She’s continuing her musical journey with CSUF’s University Orchestra.

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“When you’re working so hard, 2 percent is just really low. It relates not only to our individual quality of life, but also the amount of time we could realistically put towards students,” Castro said. “2 percent may be like $65 dollars per month. It’s not much at all.” The CSU system has budgeted $65.5 million dollars for a 2 percent salary increase for all employees, including university presidents, said Toni Molle, director of public affairs at the office of the Chancellor. However, the CFA’s requested total salary increase would be equivalent to $101.7 million dollars, Molle said, a difference of $36.2 million dollars. The CSU operating budget is still $180 million below pre-recession levels, Molle said. The average faculty salary across all 23 CSU campuses for full-time professors is over $96,000 per year, the average for all tenure-track faculty is over $86,000 per year and the average for a full-time lecturer is over $59,000, according to Molle. However, the numbers are skewed, according to a CFA document titled “Race to the Bottom: CSU’s 10-year Failure to Fund its Core Mission.” Because most faculty are hired on a part-time contract, the document says “the earnings of CSU faculty are far less than ‘base salary’ numbers often quoted for CSU faculty.” “They are the ones who are using the data to lie,” said Gülhan Bourget, Ph.D., mathematics associate professor. “We are the ones who are producing what they provided us.” According to the CFA, more than 50 percent of faculty make less than $40,000 a year; only 18 percent make over $80,000 a year. For CSU, compensating employees and recruiting and retaining high quality staff are important and among its top priorities, Molle said. “But it’s not our only priority.” THE GAP BETWEEN FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SALARIES Phillip M. Kopp, Ph.D., assistant professor of criminal justice, is a new faculty member straight out of graduate school. In terms of his relative income, Kopp is making substantially more than he was as a graduate

student; however, in terms of cost of living and other expenses he “still doesn’t understand how people can do it.” “Just from looking at the numbers, we’re top-heavy administration-wise,” Kopp said. “Yet the number of faculty and faculty salaries have been stagnant.” While faculty members struggle to meet the cost of living, CSUF President Mildred García is the fourthhighest-paid president in the CSU system. García declined to comment for this story. García’s total annual base salary is $324,500. In addition, as president, García has the privilege of living in El Dorado Ranch, a publicly-owned 6,991-squarefoot house with eight bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a guest house, tennis courts and an observation tower, all on 4.5 acres of land, according to the OC Register. Before she moved in, the house was also renovated for nearly $300,000.

difficult when they live so far away.” Castro knows the struggles of not meeting the cost of living in Fullerton. Because he cannot afford to buy a house in Fullerton, Castro has moved to the Inland Empire, which forced him into a five-hour roundtrip commute to campus. Living in Fullerton is 47.2 percent more expensive than the national average and 8.6 percent greater than the average in California, according to AreaVibes, which tracks the cost of living in cities across America. “The only place that we could realistically get into on my salary is out near Temecula,” Castro said. Maximum salaries within each professor class were structured out years ago, based upon that cost of living, Castro said. “It’s created this hyper-compressed ceiling that doesn’t accurately or realistically reflect what it costs to live in Southern California,” Castro said.

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Not only can I not afford a home, not only can I not afford to pay off my student debt, but I can’t even afford to save money to one day put my kids through college.

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Cal State Fullerton professors who are members of the California Faculty Association voted in October on whether or not to authorize strike action in case the CSU system did not approve salary increases.

MATTHEW P. LLEWELLYN, PH.D. Associate professor, kinesiology “She’s a very wonderful person. I have immense love and respect for her, but again she’s an administrator. She’s well-compensated,” said Gregory Brown, Ph.D., associate professor of criminal justice. “We’re faculty. We’re undercompensated and we want what’s due to us.” The change in purchasing power between campus presidents’ salaries and faculty salaries across the CSU system has widened by over $30,000, according to the CFA. But at CSUF, the gap between president García and faculty grew by $68,000, the most across all 23 campuses. FAILING TO MEET THE COST OF LIVING Many junior faculty members who are newer cannot afford to live close to campus, which affects students, said political science professor Shelly Arsneault, Ph.D. “It has negative impacts on their ability to be on campus all the time, to stay for student events, to participate in student events,” Arsneault said. “Really, just to create a sense of a collegial faculty is more

Castro, who has a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan and a law degree from UCLA, has accumulated close to $150,000 in student debt. It’s “a lot to chew on,” Castro said, when he has to factor in his student debt with the cost of child care services for his two children, gas for the commute and actual commute time — all while providing students with professional opportunities and services. Llewellyn faces the same issues as Castro. “What’s difficult for me as a father of two young boys, not only can I not afford a home, not only can I not afford to pay off my student debt, but I can’t even afford to save money to one day put my kids through college,” Llewellyn said. “And that’s heartbreaking.” Although the university does offer affordable tract housing in Buena Park to faculty, those who avail the program own the home, but not the land. In addition to that, school districts in the surrounding area leave much to be desired, making it a financially poor choice, Llewellyn said.

For the Record In the article “Student creates own opportunities,” from pages one and four of the Nov. 10 issue, photos identified a man as Miguel Olivares, a 32-year-old marketing and information systems major. The man pictured was not Olivares but Daniel Nannery, Sigma Upsilon Mu director of events.

The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to increase the Office of Independent Review’s power to investigate county agencies, which would now include the District Attorney’s office. This was propelled by the illegal jailhouse informant scandal by the DA, according to the OC Register. It is not clear who will run the office that will be in charge of reviewing the Office of the Public Defender, Social Services Agency, the Probation Department and the DA’s office. The supervisors must vote again before any changes take place. Tuesday’s vote authorizes county lawyers to begin drafting documents that will expand the office’s investigatory power. - SPENCER CUSTODIO

El Niño may bring mosquitos Tropical mosquitoes that may carry diseases are infesting Orange County at an increasing rate and their proliferation could be accelerated by the expected warm rains of El Niño, according to the OC Register. Species of mosquito which could be carrying viruses such as Dengue, Chikungunya and West Nile have been recently found in eight communities in Orange County, including Anaheim and Placentia. The mosquitos are very aggressive and will usually bite in discreet locations on the human body like the feet, legs and ankles Jared Dever of Orange County Vector Control said that these mosquitoes have been found in about 40 percent of properties they have inspected. - MICAH AUGIMERI-LEE

Afghans protest ISIS beheadings Thousands of protesters marched down the streets in Kabul Wednesday carrying coffins of seven ethnic Hazara people beheaded by ISIS, demanding more security from the Afghan president, according to the New York Times. The crowd shouted slogans like “Death to the Taliban” and “Death to the Islamic State,” accusing President Ashraf Ghani of incompetence and blaming him for the failing security against terrorist threats across the country. Ghani said he had been monitoring the progress on operations to free the hostages before they were killed. The Islamic State fighters moved the hostages 56 times to evade military operations. - SPENCER CUSTODIO

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March aims for $15 minimum wage Demonstrators hope to send message to federal government DAVID LEOS Daily Titan Thousands of activists and demonstrators took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, aiming to convince legislators to boost the federal minimum wage to $15. The protest took place at 11 a.m. outside a McDonald’s restaurant on the corner of Seventh and Alameda street. The organized march saw activists and protesters holding up signs and chanting slogans that advocated fair working conditions and income equality. A protest on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall followed the march. Cal State Fullerton senior Sopha Chin said that the proposed $15 minimum wage wouldn’t be fair to those who are already earning that, especially the people who have the experience and education that got them to that point. CSUF senior Ahmad Maki thinks that the increase would be fair. He said that the move would force companies to increase the wages across the board. If they do not increase all wages, then the existing hourly wage of $15 would start to attract applicants more suitable for entry level positions. “As the richest nation on Earth, people who work full time should not have to live below the poverty line,” said Herlim Li, internship director for the American Federation of Teachers. “The way we treat the (less fortunate)

speaks volumes about our society.” The march was arranged by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which represents over 1.5 million public service workers such as security officers, janitors, window cleaners and other service-based jobs, according to their website. The mid-morning rally drew over 5,000 participants and garnered media attention both locally and nationwide. Related marches under the Fight for $15 movement were scheduled in at least 270 other cities including New York, Boston, Chicago and Denver. The rally was intended to start a national conversation in light of the upcoming presidential election and the recently proposed 2016 California ballot initiative promoting higher wages and added sick time for lowwage workers. Fox Business Channel opened Tuesday night’s GOP debates with presidential candidates fielding questions about minimum wage. When asked if he would, as president, authorize an increase of the hourly rate for American workers, presidential front-runner Donald Trump said simply, “Wages (are) too high.” Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced legislation to raise the minimum wage in July stating, “It is a national disgrace that millions of full-time workers are living in poverty and millions more are forced to work two or three jobs just to pay their bills.” However, not all who turned out to the rally supported the proposed national

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Members of the Service Employees International Union marched through downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, aiming to start a national conversation for a $15 federal minimum wage.

pay increase. Some opponents of the measure said the wage increase will cause adverse economic conditions, such as monetary inflation and greater unemployment numbers. Local LA artist Michael Javier Madrid, an advocate of immigration reform, does not agree that higher wages are the answer to national poverty. Madrid, who was at the rally, said some young people, as well as others in the immigrant community, would rather voice dissent than work harder to earn the higher wages they are seeking. “Everyone has that same

struggle,” Madrid said. “They would just fight against their job and not do the work.” The protesters also gathered in front of the Central Community Police Station on East Sixth Street where Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists spoke about questionable policing in black communities and elaborated on where the African-American worker fits in the minimum wage debate. “The majority of black people are black workers,” said Melina Abdullah, BLM organizer and professor of Pan-African Studies at Cal State LA, who took charge in

front of the Los Angeles Police Department site with a message and a megaphone. “The labor movement has been deeply involved with the BLM movement from the start because they recognized when Mike Brown was killed (by police) in Ferguson, (Missouri) his mother was a UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers) worker.” Supporters hope the proposed increase will get minimum wage to $15 by 2020. “Our California economy comes to a stall when workers aren’t even able to pay their rent and their bills,” said Coral Itzcalli, a

spokeswoman for the SEIU Local 721. “Our LA City workers just ratified a contract with the City of Los Angeles that includes raising the minimum wage to $15.” Companies like Wal-Mart and McDonald’s have recently responded to the higher-wage crusade by implementing new campaigns that boast systematic pay increases for their employees. In response to opponents, Li said, “I would rather pay an extra dollar more for my Big Mac and know the people behind the counter can take care of their family and are not working 80 hours a week.”

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Improv club delivers big laughs PRISCILLA BUI For the Daily Titan There isn’t anything about the Stearns meeting room that makes it stand out from all the other meeting rooms in the Titan Student Union at Cal State Fullerton. But it isn’t the meeting room that defines or characterizes Funny People Society, it’s the people. With their big quirks and even bigger personalities, Funny People Society’s members take away the blandness of the room they meet in every Wednesday from 1 to 2 p.m. Recently founded this fall, FPS is an improv and comedy club that strives to bring together a community of people who know comedy, or those who would like to learn it and perfect their skills as comedians and improv actors. One of the club’s goals is to teach the art of comedy, said Shane Geller, president and founder of FPS. Ordinary clubs may start with discussion, but FPS begins with a playing with a game. Original in its own right, FPS is currently the only improv club CSUF has to offer.

Jesus Sanchez, a club member, remembers a time there was an improv club, but then it disappeared. FPS starts every meeting with a warm-up game such as “Freeze.” In this game, two people act out a scene until another member of the club yells “freeze!” to

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It focuses on character development, situational change, environmental interaction and just chemistry between characters.

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SHANE GELLER President of Funny People Society which the scene and the actors freeze. The person who yelled “freeze!” replaces one of the actors already performing and begins a new scene. Scenes can range from odd exorcisms and taking over Wal-Mart, to getting a finger stuck in a hole in the wall. All games are meant to emphasize the important aspects of an improv scene. “It focuses on character development, situational change, environmental interaction and just chemistry between characters,” Geller said. There are other games

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Briana Marquez and Shane Geller, members of Funny People Society, have fun while honing their improv skills and comedic chops. Geller founded FPS in fall of this year to provide Cal State Fullerton with a resident improv club.

such as “Human Props,” where actors physically become the props needed for the scene, and the “Dating Game,” which imitates a live dating show, but with contestants who are either strange or extraordinary, as opposed to just regular people. The club members go through each game effortlessly, switching in and out of unscripted scenes with ease. But there is always room for improvement. These games allow members to enhance their

improv skills by receiving constructive criticism from peers, Geller said. Aside from creating a fun environment, improv and comedy are therapeutic for some. The stress of schoolwork, jobs and other existential crises fades away as FPS club members throw their lives into the scenes. “Throughout high school, I used improv as a way to de-stress myself,” said Briana Marquez, an art major. FPS offers each member the opportunity to hone

their acting abilities. The better they are at improvising scenes and adding their own comedic flairs to a set, the better they are at entertaining an audience. But it isn’t all just fun and games. There are business aspects to the club as well. In between the games, Geller leads FPS through decisions about uniforms, scheduling time and setting dates for upcoming shows. Right now, FPS is a small club with 11 members, but what they lack in

numbers they make up for with enough imagination and personality that can turn a small conference room into a large, rollicking theater. “In playing pretend, you have to have that big imagination,” Geller said. “You can just acknowledge the fact that even if it’s not real, you can make it real.” FPS’ first improv show is scheduled for Dec. 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. at CSUF. To learn more about the club, visit FPS’ Facebook page.

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Samantha Vuong (left) and Megan Wong (right) perform at the School of Music Dedication Celebration with the University Orchestra. Vuong, a music education major, hopes to have a career in teaching and performing.

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Vuong was recommended to the Dream Orchestra by Caster Teoh, orchestra director at the Dream Orchestra and conductor at Youth Symphony West, who Vuong had played under for two years. “Her attitude was very good,” said Teoh. “She came to Youth Symphony West at a lower level, but evolved to become a very good player.” Vuong began playing the violin when she was in fifth grade. Given the task of choosing what instrument she wanted to play, she chose the violin. “I liked the beautiful sound,” Vuong said. For a long time, Vuong imagined that she would most likely enter the medical field and become a nurse or a doctor. Her mother wanted her to get into dentistry because it was a more secure career path than music. It wasn’t until junior year FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN

of high school that Vuong began to see violin not just as a hobby, but as a passion and something to pursue professionally. She was inspired by her violin instructor at the time, Tamsen Beseke. “She’s really motivating and she’s really successful, too. She loves what she does and she was really patient with me,” Vuong said. “She would encourage me and push me toward improvement.” Throughout high school, she balanced Advanced Placement courses, track and field and learning the violin. Her father, Randy, said that her school work definitely took away from her ability to find practice time. He described it as being “very overwhelming.” “I always find myself sometimes not feeling that I want to practice but I know I have to,” Vuong said. “You have to force yourself sometimes. If you don’t practice one day you kind of lose the momentum.”

Vuong has a demanding workload at CSUF as well. She is currently enrolled in three general education classes and four music classes, one of which is violin lessons with CSUF professor of music and violinist, Ernest Salem. “She’s a hard worker and she’s very conscientious of what she does,” Salem said. “She comes in prepared each week.” Vuong practices around three hours a day on top of her weekly lessons with Salem, her other courses and her rehearsals. “If you practice six hours but you don’t spend your time wisely, it’s not really going to make a difference. So I just practice as long as I feel like I’m making progress,” Vuong said. In her free time, Vuong enjoys hiking, shopping, spending time with her friends and binge watching her favorite television shows. Possible long-term goals for Vuong are teaching her

own private violin lessons, becoming the director of her own orchestra or becoming a studio musician who writes music for television and movies. Like many students, Vuong’s greatest source of stress is wondering whether she’s as good as her peers. Most recently, Vuong performed Mozart’s “Requiem Mass in D Minor” with the Dream Orchestra on Oct. 30 at the Santa Monica Catholic Church. “The turnout was a lot bigger than I expected … but I thought it was really exciting,” Vuong said. “At the last minute they bumped me up to the first stand of the second violin because a girl was sick and couldn’t make it to the concert, so I was really nervous for that.” While Vuong may have been nervous, she played like a professional, said Dream Orchestra Conductor Daniel Suk. “Samantha was fantastic,” Suk said. “She didn’t miss a note.”

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Scenic Temecula trip offers new experiences Student spends a day of endless laughs with friends LIZETH LUEVANO Daily Titan There’s something about escaping to another town that makes a day off even more relaxing, even if that town is only about an hour away. This Saturday, I visited Temecula for wine tasting at Mount Palomar Winery with my boyfriend and a couple of friends. The hour-and-a-half car ride was filled with jokes and laughs and soon enough we got off the freeway and passed vineyards left and right. However, with only one lane available, once we were near all the vineyards, traffic was heavy and red lights could be seen far ahead. Soon enough, we saw the sign for Mount Palomar and turned left. This was my first time wine tasting, since I’ve only recently turned 21. I was excited to experience wine tasting and to learn about different types and flavors. We walked through two open gates into a large patio with tables where people sat and talked with a glass of wine in hand. To the left laid an outdoor bar and through the doors was a tasting room. The tasting room was where we began our experience. After paying $16 to sample our choice of six

different wines, we moved over to the bar to look over the winery’s wide range of white, red and dessert wines. We were able to enjoy our wine in the patio overlooking the expansive acres of vineyards. Each wine had a different taste with subtle hints of other fruits and flavors. It was a good experience to taste and learn about the different wines. After our six samples, we decided to walk along the vineyards for a bit. After walking around, it was time for food. One of our friends who lives in Temecula suggested a Cuban restaurant called Havana Kitchen. I also hadn’t tried Cuban food before, so I was interested. We passed by many quaint specialty shops located in an old town area of Temecula. The area resembled a small town that might be seen in an old Western film. The food at Havana Kitchen was tasty and full of flavor. I had a plate of chicken served with rice, beans and sweet plantains that I would recommend and would like to have again. Not yet ready to leave Temecula, our friend mentioned a new place called NEO’S Dessert and Tea House that had “glowing tables.” Intrigued, we wanted to see the place. When we arrived, we saw an array of colors coming from lit-up tables. The place provided a good space to sit and enjoy laughs with friends at

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Lizeth Luevano, a senior at Cal State Fullerton, visited Mount Palomar Winery in Temecula Saturday. The winery offers a wide range of white, red and dessert wines to enjoy on the patio overlooking the expansive acres of vineyards.

a table that lit up and continued to change colors. While the “Peachy Sunrise” slushie that I got was refreshing, it was the atmosphere and conversation that made my time at NEO’S most enjoyable. Before, when I thought of Temecula, I thought that it was a faraway place with nothing to do. In fact, it was a nice city with neat shops and a beautiful old town area with amazing Cuban food. Still, what I will always remember about Temecula is my first wine tasting experience and a day of endless laughs with good friends.

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Lizeth Luevano, a senior at Cal State Fullerton, visited Mount Palomar Winery to try new flavors of various wines. She paid $16 and was able to sample six different wines of her choice.

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The media is not out to get Carson

Candidate mishandles the scrutinizing of his alleged history MEGAN TAMBIO For the Daily Titan

As Ben Carson has edged out Trump in the campaign polls, more scrutiny has fallen on his past. There are several stories Carson has recounted, both on the campaign trail and in his 1990 autobiography “Gifted Hands,” that have come under examination. While this is nothing new to presidential elections, Carson seems wholly intent on deflecting any line of questioning. There is his claim about receiving a “full scholarship” to West Point University, which Politico discovered did not formally happen. Campaign spokesman Doug Watts later clarified he was really told that he simply could get in, and West Point would “take care of” his admission. Representatives from the school admitted that Carson neither received a scholarship nor applied to the school. “Maybe the words are inaccurate,” said campaign spokesman Doug Watts, who continued to argue that Carson’s account of what happened is still “in effect,” and the same as receiving a scholarship. Because Carson has too much on his plate to worry about benign matters like words he wrote and said about his own life. The blase attitude toward accuracy went further with a bizarre story Carson wrote about his Perceptions 301 class at Yale. The class was supposedly told that the

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In the recent weeks of his campaign and in his autobiography, Republican presidential front-runner Ben Carson made several claims about his past that are not consistent with facts brought forth by news outlets. Instead of owning up to his false claims, Carson criticized the media for doing what is simply part of its job.

results from their last test had mysteriously burned in a fire and they needed to retake it. Carson said he was the only student who stayed for the retake when the Yale Daily News reporters came in and took his photo while his professor named him “Most Honest Student.” The Wall Street Journal was unable to corroborate this event. A Yale librarian even said there wasn’t a Perceptions 301 class at that time. Buzzfeed later found one person who remembered

this story, but it turned out to be a prank by a parody newspaper on campus, not a serious story by the Yale Daily News. Carson is guilty of, at the very least, casting events in a different, hazier light, where exact facts are merely troubling minutia. Finally came CNN’s piece about Carson’s supposedly violent past. Carson said that he had such a bad temper that it caused him to come at his friend with a knife and his mother with a hammer during

his youth. CNN interviewed several of Carson’s friends and neighbors throughout his childhood, but none had ever heard of any instance of violence with Carson. Carson was then interviewed by Alisyn Camerota on CNN, apparently not to give any more explanation, but to insult CNN and pay little attention to what Camerota said in response. When Camerota pointed out that they were merely vetting his story, Carson scoffed,

launching into a warning to the American people about tactics used by the media, going as far as to say that he was being treated worse than President Obama, a man who literally had to provide his birth certificate per Republican candidate Donald Trump’s request. It may very well be impossible to know what exactly happened in each of these instances, but the inconsistencies, coupled with Carson’s utter lack of acknowledgement of them, is troubling.

Speaking calmly does not make someone reasonable and it definitely does not make them right. Painting journalistic efforts as nefarious is a dangerous action for the head of state to do. There are many problems the bloated presidential coverage has begotten, but fact checking is not one of them. It remains an important role for the media, perhaps more than ever with the endless stream of claims from those who could potentially be president.

Religious nonprofits pushing their limits Case against birth control coverage is questionable BRENT CABATAN Daily Titan What ever happened to the separation of church and state? The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided to take a case regarding provisions of the Affordable Care Act that require nonprofit organizations associated with religious institutions to inform the government if they decide against providing birth control in employee healthcare plans. Simply put, this case is pushing the matter too far and shouldn’t be acknowledged. Houses of worship are already exempt from a stipulation that requires employers to provide coverage for birth control and other forms of contraceptives and ever since the Supreme Court ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, so are for-profit businesses that cite religious affiliations, according to the New York Times. However, the aforementioned

case does not concern the churches, temples and mosques. This case is about nonprofit groups that are associated with religious institutions. Places such as schools and hospitals have already received a more than reasonable accommodation from the Obama administration. Nonprofit organizations do not have to pay for contraceptive coverage, nor pay fines, so long as they inform the insurers, plan administrators or the government from which they’re seeking an exemption from. The religiously affiliated nonprofits that are challenging this provision claim that filling out any notification forms for this exemption is unacceptable because even that infringes on their values, since contraceptive coverage will still be provided independently by the government. If the court rules in favor of the religiously affiliated nonprofits, then certain employers who want to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage, but still want their employees to be covered, will not have a way to do so. It’s one thing for businesses

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The Supreme Court has taken a case involving nonprofit organizations affiliated with religious groups and their ability to deny their employees of birth control coverage.

to deny coverage to their employees, but to prevent other institutions from providing coverage is wrong. It blatantly pushes a belief or value system on people in an unconstitutional manner. People who are involved

in these nonprofits are entitled to their own values, and churches shouldn’t be able to take something that employees are entitled to because of the church’s beliefs. Some challengers go so far as claiming that any type

of contraceptive is “tantamount to abortion,” according to the New York Times. Here’s the thing: it’s not abortion. The church is taking advantage of these workers. This may not be the

church’s intention but, that’s what is happening. Attempts to provide protection that is so fundamental to women should in no way be thwarted because of an employer’s religious associations.

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Titans look to trounce the Trojans

Women’s soccer takes on USC in first round of NCAA Tournament AARON VALDEZ Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team will travel to University of Southern California’s McAlister Field on Friday for the first round of the NCAA Tournament against the Trojans. The Titans came out triumphant over the weekend in the Big West Conference Championship, defeating UC Santa Barbara in the semifinals and Long Beach State in the finals. CSUF had successfully defended its title, en route to its third straight cup. This Big West Tournament victory secured the Titans a berth in the 64team NCAA Tournament for a chance to win the elusive Women’s College Cup. Fullerton will begin the Regionals against USC, which is ranked No. 4 in its section of the bracket, and owns a 6-3-3 all-time record against the Titans. The Trojans had a solid year, earning an overall record of 14-5-1 and a

conference record of 9-20, placing them second in the Pac-12 Conference. USC will return home after a three-game road trip that saw it win against UC Berkeley and UCLA. On the season, the Trojans have netted a total of 30 goals and have allowed their opponents to score 11 goals. As a team, they average 1.5 goals per game off a .089 shot percentage. USC’s standout players include junior midfielder Morgan Andrews, who led the team in goals with seven, while tacking on four assists. Sophomore forward Sydney Johnson has also served her team well, tallying five goals along with two assists on the season. Fullerton has put away a total of 43 goals while only allowing its opponents to score 19 goals in the overall season. Despite not scoring in the Big West Conference Tournament, Rebecca Wilson has been outstanding, with a total of 18 goals under her belt. In addition, Wilson assisted her teammates nine times throughout the 2015 season. Big West Conference Tournament MVP Christina Burkenroad has also made name for herself. The senior midfielder put away 10 goals

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The Titans return to the NCAA Tournament after defeating the Long Beach State 49ers in the Big West Tournament Finals. CSUF will look to make a deeper run in the College Cup than last year when they were upended by Stanford 5-2.

and seven assists on the season, which includes the hat trick and assist she earned during that tournament. Fullerton’s junior goalkeeper Jennifer Stuart hopes to

improve her 15-1-0 record this Friday against the Trojans, as she’s only allowing an average of .74 goals per game. The Titans hope to improve from their 5-2 loss in

last year’s first round of the NCAA Tournament when they gave up five unanswered goals after commanding the first with a two-goal lead against Stanford.

The Titans will continue their postseason campaign Friday at 1 p.m. as they face the Trojans in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at McAlister Field.

Men’s basketball set to open season with Lions Titans start their 2015 regular season against Loyola Marymount CHRISTIAN EAGON Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team will look to start the season off strong Friday when it visits the Loyola Marymount University Lions. The Titans enter the 2015-2016 season hoping to bounce back from last year’s overall record of 9-22 and conference record of 1-15, finishing ninth in the Big West Conference. The Titans’ roster lost all but one starter from last year’s team, adding six newcomers on this year’s squad. CSUF lost last year’s leading scorer, the 6-foot-1 guard Alex Harris, who averaged 15.8 points per game. With last season’s top players missing on the roster, new players are expected to step up to fill leading roles. This year, the Titans are expecting junior newcomer Tre’ Coggins to be

someone who the team can rely on. “No question we are excited for Tre’ to get his feet wet. He can score and can really shoot the basketball,” said Head Coach Dedrique Taylor. Last year, the Titans averaged 64.2 points per game while allowing opponents to score 69.5 points per game. The Titans dominated the glass in most games, out-rebounding opponents and averaging 35.1 rebounds per game. In Fullerton’s exhibition game against Bethesda University, CSUF blew Bethesda away 106-66 and had five players score in double figures. The Titans were led offensively by Tre’ Coggins, who had 18 points in 22 minutes of action. The Titans finished the game shooting a staggering 51.7 percent on 58 shots. After the Bethesda game and subsequent practice, Taylor noted how the team’s chemistry is slowly building despite the injuries that have affected some of the roster. The Titans will look to replicate

their preseason form, as this was the first time they had scored over a 100 points in a game under Taylor’s management. Loyola Marymount won big at home against Cal State Dominguez Hills with a final score of 9258. The Lions were led by Brandon Brown, who leads all scorers with 26 points. Brown, a transfer from Phoenix College, won NJCAA Player of the Year last year. During his campaign he averaged 25 points per game while shooting a strong 47.4 percent from the field. “The Big West will be tough; it’s going to be the toughest year since I have been in the conference top to bottom,” Taylor said. This game will mark the first time the two teams have played since the 20112012 season, when LMU bested the Titans 88-79. The Titans are on a mission to claim the Big West Conference title for the first time since 2008. The Titans’ season will tip off Friday Nov. 13 as they head on the road to face the LMU Lions at the Gersten Pavilion.

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The Titans managed to ignite their offense after a lackluster first-half, beating Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 3-1. CSUF moves on to face the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos in the championship game.

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In need of creativity up top, Kuntz brought on Julian Okai for Robert Coronado and took off Brandon West in favor of Ronaldo Pineda. The results were immediate. Pineda played a ball to Ross McPhie, who danced his way into the box and fired a shot into the hand of defender Jack O’Connor. Okai rifled home the resulting penalty to make it 1-1. “(Pineda’s) everywhere, a little bit undisciplined, but in a good way; you can’t mark him,” Kuntz said. The Titans used the momentum from the goal to mount a second-half offensive

that stunned the Mustangs. Only six minutes into the second frame, the Titans took the lead. Diego Sanchez, whom Kuntz criticized for his lack of defensive effort in the first half, redeemed himself with a firsttime volley to the left far post from 20 yards. Kuntz called it the “goal of the year.” “It’s a game-winner and somebody has to step up and be a leader, and I felt I played that role today,” Sanchez said. “There’s psychological moments in all games in all sports, and I really believe that that was the moment that put Fullerton over the edge,” said Cal Poly Head Coach

Steve Sampson. Pineda and Sanchez combined for the third goal. Pineda infiltrated the Cal Poly box on the right and dished a pass to Sanchez, who curled a left-footed shot past Mustangs goalkeeper Wade Hamilton and an onrushing Kody Wakasa to cement the 3-1 win. The Titans will now look to repeat as Big West Tournament champions when they play UC Santa Barbara on Saturday in the Tournament final. “Confidence, that’s what I feel,” Pineda said. “That’s what the team should feel. We can do this and we’re going to do this. And we’ll show it to you guys on Saturday.”

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