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A study by a Cal State Fullerton professor showed that people addicted to facebook had similar fMRI readings to those who are addicted to other substances.

Bitter pill: Facebook addiction mirrors substance dependency Study shows social media addiction in brain DARLENE CASAS Daily Titan Social media has become a force to contend with in today’s society, embedding itself in the home and becoming a part of the culture of many workplaces. Undoubtedly, social media is a versatile tool, but it’s also highly addicting, according to recently published research. Ofir Turel, Ph.D., a Cal

State Fullerton professor of information systems and decision sciences, has studied the various effects of technology-related addictions for the past six years. His research analyzed a series of individuals, from students -to employees, and conveyed how this addiction can affect job performance as well as a user’s personal life. Turel published his findings on Facebook addiction in 2014, detailing how he examined the brain systems of 20 Facebook users. The examination process began by having participants engage with a

Facebook addiction questionnaire. A week later, those same individuals underwent fMRI scans while completing Facebook-specific tasks. In a series of “no-go tasks,” participants were asked to hit a button every time they saw a traffic sign, and refrain from hitting the button every time they saw a facebook-related symbol. Other participants were asked to do the opposite in a series of “go tasks.” People who ranked higher on a Facebook addiction scale tended to have faster response times for Facebook-related iconography

than they did for traffic signs, and women demonstrated stronger Facebook addiction-like symptoms than men, according to the results. The findings also indicated that Facebook addiction has similar neural features with gambling and substance addictions. Technology-related ‘addicts,’ however, are capable of preventing such behavior. The behavior associated with a Facebook addiction is similar to that of a food craving, Turel said. “As long as you are aware, ‘OK I need to stop drinking; I shouldn’t

eat this second piece of cake’—as long as you control your behavior you are fine, but the moment you lose control and you are suddenly sucked into a particular behavior that has negative consequences for your life, it’s a problem that should be treated,” Turel said. Along with researching the effects of social media, Turel studied the effects of information technology in employees. He was coauthor of The Dark Side of Information Technology, an article in MIT Sloan Management Review magazine. SEE FACEBOOK 2

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will offer a new Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages certificate to undergraduate students interested in teaching English in the U.S. or overseas. The certificate program, which was originally offered to Cal State Fullerton graduate students, will be available to all undergraduates and international students in Fall 2015. The development of undergraduate certificate started when the program’s faculty discovered that the university criteria would not prevent undergraduate students from participating in the program, said Janet Eyring, Ph.D., a professor for the program. The undergraduate program has been in development for up to two years, said Cheryl Zimmerman, Ph.D., another professor for the certificate program. Zimmerman developed the vocabulary for the program. The undergraduate program will touch on teaching english to adults, but will emphasize teaching younger students, Eyring said. The classes will feature hands-on experiences to give students the skills they’ll need to teach English. SEE TEACHING

The jazz man plays to his own tune A passion for music, education and performance EVAN LANCASTER Daily Titan

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Gary Gould, who is a professional musician, can be found practicing jazz and other styles of music on campus. Gould is currently an undergraduate, working toward his master’s in jazz performance. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN

At 53, Gary Gould may not fit the description of a typical college student. Yet, the Cal State Fullerton graduate is recognized as a professional musician and lecturer, who teaches music part-time at the Orange County School of the Arts. He has command of more than a dozen different woodwind instruments and specializes in live performance of smooth jazz, Irish penny whistle and klezmer, an Eastern-European folk music, to name a few. Students may have noticed Gould practicing the clarinet or saxophone on campus. But, few realize Gould’s melodies echoed through the university more than two decades ago, when he attended CSUF. For Gould, music has always been a part of life and his professional career started at a young age. While attending high school in Scottsdale, Arizona, Gould was recruited to play tenor and

alto saxophone in an adult big band, The Bill Hunter Orchestra. Gould’s father, had a different set of plans for his son and expressed that he did not expect him to pursue music as a professional career. Moreover, his father wanted his son to help run the family business, which was an optometry practice. “I had an interesting conversation with my dad, one day … he asked me if I would become an optometrist and join him in business,” Gould said. “I was disappointed, because I did not want to be an optometrist … I didn’t even think about it.” He declined the offer. However, his reaction to his father’s proposal served as a defining moment in his life as a young musician. “I said, Dad, I never thought you were happy as an optometrist, I always thought you wanted to do something else,” Gould recalls. “And it was the first time I ever saw my dad cry,” he said. “He said, ‘you’re right. I wish I had done something else.’” Gould knew he wanted to pursue music as a career and he got his first ‘real job’ as a saxophonist on a cruise ship. He was making an honest living as a musician, but still being pressured to pursue an

academic degree. Finally, to honor his father’s wishes, he enrolled at CSUF as an advertising major and left music behind. “I quit music to do this,” he said. “This was my deal with my dad, I was going to quit music and go into advertising. Kinda like, ‘okay, I did the music thing for a while, and now I’m going to do what a responsible adult is supposed to do, that was my attitude.’” After a few months as an advertising major, Gould remembers visiting the music department; unaware everything was about to change. “I could immediately hear in the distance that a band was playing,” Gould said. “I opened the door and stick my head in, and a voice says, ‘Gary Gould, what are you doing here?’” Gould had just randomly reunited with a former bandmate from the Bill Hunter Orchestra, who had moved to California and become a professor of engineering at CSUF. The professor then introduced Gould to the university’s jazz band director, and Gould’s relationship with the music department began. SEE GOULD

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Turel said he became interested in information systems and the impact they created on businesses and individuals during his doctoral program. After reading about informational technology effects in the media, he began researching the issue on his own. In Turel’s study on organizational mobile email users, 46 percent of employees showed medium to high addiction-like symptoms to workplace technologies. Not only do employees use these technologies at work, but they also spend an average of 23 minutes per day responding to work emails at home.

One day during the weekend, employees spent an average of 42 minutes responding to work emails and 43 minutes each vacation day. They also spent 12 minutes while commuting. His research shows that this kind of addiction increases a user’s workload, which reduces the user’s level of organization. Not only can this addiction decrease productivity, but it can also increase work-family conflict by using more work-related technology at home. Users became more motivated to control their internet use after watching an educational video about the risks of internet overuse, one of Turel’s studies found.

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Amie Breeze Harper, author of Scars: A Black Lesbian Experience in Rural White New England will be presenting as the keynote speaker at Saturday’s Social Justice Summit.

Summit focuses on strength in solidarity Social Justice Summit is set to tackle variety of issues Saturday ALEX GROVES Daily Titan

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Students Advocating Civic Transformation will be hosting this year’s Social Justice Summit Saturday to hammer out a message of cooperation in the face of adversity. This year’s theme of Solidarity: Breaking Down Barriers will address a myriad societal difficulties including homelessness, human trafficking, economic injustice and Islamophobia through speaker sessions and workshops. The theme for this year’s event grew out of a fall protest when more than 30 people—including students and faculty— marched from campus to the Fullerton Police Department in protest of the acquittals of police officers in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases, said Berlin Edmond, who handles fundraising for Students Advocating for Civic Transformation. Edmond, who was a part of the protest, was impressed by how people overlooked race and other characteristics to rally together for a common cause. “It was just a really beautiful thing,” Edmond said. “And in light of that, we have decided that it wouldn’t be right not to keep pushing forward with this movement.” The summit aims to be more interactive this year to bring home the importance of working together to foster positive change, he said. That interactive component will be carried out

through the summit’s programming, which will include roundtable discussions and interactive talks, said Student Life and Leadership Coordinator Alisia Kirkwood. The event will also include segments that bring attention to efforts made by students and community members to combat injustices, Kirkwood said. In addition to talks and workshops, the film Schooling the World, which examines the impact of modern education on the world’s remaining indigenous cultures, will be shown at the summit. The keynote speaker for this year’s summit will be Amie Breeze Harper, author of the Scars: A Black Lesbian Experience in Rural White New England. Harper will be discussing

her experience as a vegan in order to dispel different stereotypes about vegan culture, Kirkwood said. Harper will also be introducing other speakers and their presentations at the event. Summit organizers are hoping to draw hundreds of people to attend the event, Edmond said. “We’re hoping that the Social Justice Summit is a lot more involved than the ones previous,” he said. “We want people leaving with a sense of solidarity, of course, and we also just want to educate the community that their actions do not have an impact just solely on themselves but a global impact as well.” The summit will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday in the Titan Student Union.

What to expect at the Social Justice Summit What it is • The Social Justice Summit will address problems with homelessness and prejudice among other topics when it comes to the TSU on Saturday.

Types of Talks • Round table discussions, lectures and interactive talks will be a part of the summit. There will also be a film screening presented.

More information • More information can be found by visiting Fullerton.edu/Volunteer/Summit

Correction In a graphic accompanying the article “Advising improves after report”, printed Wednesday, Feb. 18 Peter Nwosu was inaccuratley attributed as vice president for Academic Affairs. Nwosu is the associate vice president for academic programs.

An Iraqi official confirmed reports that ISIS burned up to 40 people alive in the town of al-Baghdadi Wednesday, according to a CNN report. Militants from the terrorist group seized most of the town—located nine miles from Ayn al-Asad airbase, where 400 American military personnel are stationed—last week. Among the victims of the burnings were police officers and tribesmen. ISIS, which routinely releases images of its killings, had not published any as of Wednesday night. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said he had heard of the incident and seen imagery, but could not provide further comment. - ALEX GROVES

Virginia train blaze continues Residents of a Virginia town relied on trucked-in bottled water after a train carrying crude oil derailed Monday, causing a fire that continued burning through Tuesday, the New York Times reported. Fears that the oil had contaminated the Kanawha River led to the closure of a treatment plant in Montgomery. The plant was reopened Tuesday after tests showed levels of crude oil in the river were undetectable. West Virginia American Water nevertheless advised its 2,000 customers to boil water before using it, after aerial photos showed oil in a nearby creek. Of the 109-car train, 26 tankers derailed and 19 were involved in the fire. - CYNTHIA WASHICKO

Body found on O.C. beach Police and fire officials discovered a man’s body in kneedeep water at Shell Beach 10 days after an 18-year-old Las Vegas man disappeared from a rocky alcove in the same area, according to the OC Register. The body was reported to officials around 4 p.m. Wednesday when a homeowner who lived above the beach discovered it. There was no word from officials on whether the body could be that of Anthony Parnell, a Nevada resident who was swept away by a large wave when exploring the beach with his friends Feb. 8. - ALEX GROVES

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Council approves budget review City council also addressed Hillcrest Park improvements KLARISSA ALCALA Daily Titan The mid-year budget review was approved by a unanimous vote by the Fullerton City Council during Tuesday’s meeting. The budget review featured a $1.32 million increase in appropriated funds, the largest increase of which would go to $450,000 increase in legal fees. The budget had previously been rejected by a 2-3 vote during the Feb. 3 meeting, and chose to postpone a decision on the budget to provide more time to garner public input. The council also appointed new applicants to various boards. Mayor Greg Sebourn, Councilman Doug Chaffee and Councilman Bruce Whitaker gave their appointments for the Citizens Infrastructure Review Committee and the Energy and Resource Management Committee. Mayor Pro Tem Jennifer Fitzgerald chose to hold off her vote until after a discussion regarding combining the two committees. Fitzgerald did, however, appoint a new member to the Design Review committee and the Planning Commission. Director of Parks and Recreation Hugo Curiel was also present to address the Hillcrest Park Improvements, which council approved in a 4 to 1 vote to begin phases one and two. The initial cost is

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A crowd observes a previous city council meeting. The council approved a mid-year budget review unanimously Tuesday. The council also addressed planning for a reconstruction and improvement project that will implement changes to Hillcrest Park in Fullerton.

estimated at $300,000 dollars for the beginning phases, Curiel said. Sebourn did not vote in agreement with the other councilmembers and expressed concern over the park funds. “Park funds are very hard to come by and when you do, they’re earmarked in such a way that’s very cumbersome to use,” Sebourn said.

One of the funding aspects Sebourn took issue with was the installation and upkeep of a set of wooden stairs in the park. The stairs, which will be made of heavy, pressure-treated timber, would help maintain drainage and wildlife, Curiel said. The safety of bicycle riders, pets and children was also brought up during public comment.

The proposed improvements include a bridge near a slope that reaches Harbor Boulevard, creating a possible scenario in which children running across the bridge reach the slope and can’t stop. Sebourn also raised concerns over the bridge that will be constructed in the front of the park and a plan to widen the sidewalk. The location of a creek

in the park makes the widening unreasonable, he said. “I really don’t have any palette for raising that much money on a bridge, I much rather see that money used on maintenance and other facilities within the park,” Sebourn said. Chaffee and Councilwoman Jan Flory agreed that many of these questions will be more easily

answered after execution of the engineering and drawings to see how it all works out. “I am very excited about it, and the reservations that my colleagues on this council have expressed, I think will be addressed when we have a bona fide plan. This has been in the works for long time and it’s time to kick it in the rear and get going on it,” Flory said.

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“We will do little research projects, we’ll do service learning, in some cases students will interview real teachers and also observe students,” she said. “We’re going to get them ready by the end to be able to stand up and teach.” It will take an undergraduate student at least two years to complete the program, Eyring said. The program requires students to complete either two years of non-native language courses in high school, or a year of language courses in college, passing with at least a B minus. The program allows students to take prerequisites simultaneously with the certificate courses, but requires undergraduates to take

Linguistics 106, a course that counts as a prerequisite. Undergraduate students should begin with Linguistics course 300 and 351—the first classes presented in the Fall 2015 semester. Students must pay the tuition fees for the program like any other undergraduate program, she said, Eyring said. The certification will solidify the student’s opportunity in teaching abroad and the courses will count as the requirements needed in obtaining an English Language Development teaching credential to teach in high schools, Eyring said. International and non-native english speaking applicants must pass an additional series of tests, including The English as a Second Language exam or the International English Language

Testing Systems, with certain required scores. The undergraduate certificate program increases more opportunities for students, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages’ club president and graduate student Sonya Kim Park said. “For the undergraduate certificate, it’s really useful for a lot of students who want to go overseas,” Park said. Had the program been offered when she was an undergraduate, she said, it would have impacted her decisions moving forward. “Having this would probably would have done so much more for me,” she said. The undergraduate certificate program, she said, strengthens undergraduate

students’ desire to pursue the same graduate program in the future. Park also encouraged undergraduates to approach the club for any advice or questions that will shift students to the indicated Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages’ faculty. Students are encouraged to contact Juan Carlos Gallego, Ph.D., program coordinator, to start the certificate enrollment documentation that will notify admissions and records of their contribution to the program, Eyring said. More information is available on the program’s site, HSS.Fullerton.edu/ MLL/Academ ics/ TESOL or by calling the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at (657) 278-3534.

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages International and non-native English-speaking applicants • Must pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam with 573 points • Must pass the Internet-Based Test (iBT) with a score of 89 • Or pass the International English Langauge Testing System with 7.0 rating • Or pass the Pearson’s English test with a sum of 65 points

International students

• Must pass the TOEFL iBT talking category with 26 points

English-speaking students

• Must complete two years of non-native high school language courses • Or pass a year of college language courses with a B minus

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Club connects all cultures ANDREW MCLEAN Daily Titan A free cosmic bowling event sponsored by Red Bull was held in the Titan Bowl on Tuesday night. Members of the We Speak English Project spent a few hours together to share laughs, make friends and knock down a few pins. “Our motto is to connect cultures through English; for international students we want them to feel comfortable with their English speaking skills,” Matt Hanrahan president of the We Speak English Project said. The club specializes in acclimating international students at Cal State Fullerton into American culture and language through social experiences and events, Hanrahan said. “This is an amazing group, because you get to know about different cultures and different people,” said Mit Dalal, 24, CSUF computer engineering major. We Speak English Project joined the CSUF club scene February of last year. Since then, the project has steadily welcomed students from all over the world and helped them find comfort speaking the English language.

“There are a lot of other members from different countries other than Korea, India or Saudi Arabia. It’s really fun to know each other and share cultural things,” said Kyung Jae Shin, an international business major from Korea. Shin joined the club Fall 2014 after being approached by We Speak English Project represen-

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enthusiastic about being in a new atmosphere, meeting new people and learning new things that may not have been easily accessible in their native country. “Two to three years before, I didn’t know how to bowl, and right now I’m in second (place), so it’s amazing,” Dalal said. The club creates an alternative learning environment for internation-

I think primarily what sets us apart in the fact that you can’t really do this in a classroom setting.

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HELEN CHAVEZ AICA Representitive tatives at CSUF’s Days of Discovery. “The staff members are really fun and friendly to other international students. They approached us first, that’s the most interesting point in this club, this is really good for international students like us,” Shin said. The club consists of students from Holland, India, Germany, Vietnam, Brazil and Japan, among many other countries. “I think it brings to light the fact, just how large of a population of international students we have,” said Helen Chavez, representative for the Association for InterCultural Awareness for We Speak English Project. We Speak English Project’s foreign students were

al students without feeling ashamed of attempting a new language because their peers are experiencing similar challenges. “I think primarily what sets us apart is the fact that you can’t really do this in a classroom setting,” Chavez said. “This is a real social aspect of how cultures collide.” We Speak English Project is active on six college campuses, including Cal State Northridge, Santa Monica College, Saddleback College, USC and UCLA. “To hear and see the cultures all together in this really nice mesh, it’s really cool,” Chavez said. For more information about the We Speak English Project, visit their website wespeakenglishproject.org.

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The We Speak English Project plays a game of cosmic bowling at the TSU Titan Bowl on Tuesday night, while mingling and practicing English.

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The event was sponsored by Red Bull and attendees where offered free energy drinks.

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Despite majoring in advertising, Gould was still highly involved within the university’s music department. In fact, as a member of the CSUF Jazz Orchestra, Gould received CSUF’s Most Outstanding Jazz Musician Award in 1989. Additionally, in 1995, Gould won the Southern California Saxophone Competition hosted by John Tesh and the Jazz radio station KTWV

“The Wave.” Now, having returned to his alma mater, Gould is in his second semester of undergraduate studies for the master’s program for jazz performance, at the newly-distinguished School of Music. Gould’s aspirations toward continuing his education are motivated by his passion for music, and his goal to share his musical expertise at the collegiate level. Gould’s classmate, Joshua Phillips, 21, is seeking his

bachelor’s of music in classical clarinet performance. Phillips met Gould last semester and explained that Gould has become both a good friend and mentor. Phillips said Gould’s natural ability to teach allows him to reach the students on another level, something that Phillips has tried in his own lessons. “Gary’s virtue is patience ... he’s able to get the student to come alive with the music and open up, through the music. To learn by having fun,

because of the music,” Phillips said. “That’s what I’ve tried to do with my students, and its worked.” Charles Tumlinson, Ph.D. professor of music and co-director of the Jazz Studies Program at CSUF in his 14th year, said he knew Gould professionally, long before he was one of his students. “I’ve known Gary for most the time I’ve been here,” Tumlinson said. “We’ve played together professionally and he did let me know

very early on he was a graduate of CSUF, from another department.” Gould’s case is unique, but he understood that the pursuit of education will enable him to accomplish his true passion, which is teaching, Tumlinson said. “Not every dimension of what he has done is typical, but it is not unusual for somebody to have reached a certain point in their life and decided they really would like an education in something

they didn’t have,” Tumlinson said. “And I think also for Gary, I know there are some teaching opportunities he can have.” It was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the historic American poet who famously remarked: “Music is the universal language of mankind.” To Gould, however, music can be characterized as a universal compass, continually leading him to education, happiness and CSUF.

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As part of the rally against hate, students participated in an interactive demonstration by sharing their messages of hope to fight prejudice against minority groups. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN

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App tracks class attendance KLARISSA ALCALA Daily Titan Do you ever skip class? Does the loose attendance system in college lead to temptation for a day of hooky? How about 240 days of hooky? Core Principle is a company that researches graduation rates and they found that 25 percent of college students miss nearly a years worth of classes over the course of four years, according to their website. Unlike high school, most four-year colleges don’t have an official attendance policy and taking attendance daily is left up to the professor. Jeff Whorley, chief executive officer of Core

Principle, released an app called Class120 in the fall of 2014. The app allows parents, or a third party, to monitor and receive alerts,through an integrated GPS system, if their son or daughter is actually in their scheduled college class. “Early 2014, we were testing Class120 on campuses all over the country. So far, our student surveys and focus groups predicted an average college student will attend about two more classes per week if he or she is using Class120,” according to the website. The technology, “was founded on a simple but powerful premise: we can help more students succeed in college,” according to the website. The founding team researched by reading and listening to students and professors and found the answer to the “staggering numbers” of graduates,

was: “go to class” according to the website. Class120 has three different versions of software available to institutions, parents and students. Institutions can use the software and apply it to certain classes for students

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the app remind only them when they miss a class. The app can be downloaded for $17.99 per month or for an annual price of $199.99 for basic services. “We don’t anticipate our software is going to change the way any school does

We don’t anticipate our software is going to change the way any school does their attendence policy. JOE MONTGOMERY Chief Marketing Officer

who are on academic probation. It can be used by professors to take roll and can help support athletic success, allowing coaches to monitor their players’ attendance. For parents, the student must agree to download the app into their phone and enter their class schedule. Students can also monitor their own attendance and have

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Class120 enforces attendence to guarantee success

their attendance policy,” said Joe Montgomery, chief marketing officer for Core Principle. “That’s something that they’re deciding to do, outside of us.” Montgomery is also a founding team member for Core Principle and originally got involved when Whorley sold him on the idea of being part of a business that’s trying to tackle

the graduation crisis for students and parents in the United States. “What we can do, is allow a school just to let their parents know … if you’re spending tens of thousands of dollars on your sons and daughters education and you want to give them the best chance they have to succeed after college, and they agree to participate, then this is an option that you might consider,” Montgomery said. “The day after you leave college, they expect you to show up, be there and get to work,” Montgomery said. In 2008, only 56 percent of freshmen graduated in less than six years according to CSUF Institutional Research and Analytical Studies. “This college period between high school and starting a job doesn’t seem to match up,” Montgomery said. That workplaces will

expect you to show up and bosses are not willing to gamble on employees who may show up or not.” Aaron Lim, a kinesiology major at Cal State Fullerton, said he wouldn’t mind downloading the app if his parents asked him, but feels it would be unnecessary and something they wouldn’t request of him. “I believe you got to be there to learn, it just depends ... the reasons why (they’re) there. You do need to be in class to pass,” Lim said. Lim said the app could be a good motivator, however, paying attention while in class is another story. The app currently has around 2,000 students on the Class120 system and is expecting about 5,000 to be on the system by the end of 2015. The Class120 app can be downloaded online at http:// www.class120.com.

Points for not using cellphones in class HEAVEN OCAMPO Daily Titan Lock that smartphone and engage in classroom learning. At least that’s what Rob Richardson and Mitch Gardner hope students will do by using their app, Pocket Points. Recently, the app has been receiving a lot of buzz as it strives to solve society’s growing phone addiction. By using the app as an incentive, students can build up points to be redeemed at local businesses, such as dining services

on campus, according to its website PocketPoints. com. As of October 2014, the app expanded to 3,000 users and 15 local business partners. The app is available for iOS, with an Android version in the works, according to the website. The app offers something for everyone; local businesses are gaining a loyal and broader range of customers, struggling college and high school students are getting discounts for food and the app assists in the decline of cellphone usage in the classroom, said Richardson and Gardner, co-founders of Pocket Points, on their website. Unfortunately, Titans will have to wait to test out the application, since it has

yet to expand to Cal State Fullerton. However, Pocket Points plans to eventually reach all CSU campuses, reported Action News Now in an interview with Richardson and Gardner. The way it works is simple: before class begins, students will open the app on their device. The app, using the GPS in the phone, will determine whether or not the student is in class. Then, after it tracks the location, students lock their phones and begin racking up points. Nina Idowu, 18, chemistry student, thinks that the app’s potential is much more valuable than just keeping students from texting in class. “I dorm, so I see everybody struggling for food,”

Idowu said. “So if we could get free points to go to restaurants, I don’t see anyone who would not be

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population used it. Newman and her team are continually approached by programs and appli-

I dorm, so I see everybody struggling for food ... if we could get free points to go to resturants ... who wouldn’t be up for that. NINA IDOWU Chemistry student

up for that.” The success for an application such as this depends on the response from the faculty and administration on campus. Crystal Newman, marketing director of Campus Dining Services, said in an e-mail that Campus Dining would only benefit from partnering with Pocket Points if a majority of the campus

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cations similar to Pocket Points. “It would give Campus Dining another opportunity to connect with students on campus,” Newman said in an e-mail. “It is a positive message that partnering with Pocket Points gives incentive to students to not use their phone in class. I’m sure the professors would love

this app too.” Some professors have gone to great lengths to ban the use of cellphones in the classroom. Yet students still find ways to sneak a text or status update during a lecture. Students can argue that cellphones are useful in a classroom setting, while others feel cellphones are impractical. “I think if you know you are going to be looking up things in class, you should bring your laptop or iPad,” Idowu said. “If you have your phone, the teacher is just going to assume you are messing around on it. I would say it’s not super useful.” For updates on which schools the app is expanding to, go to pocketpoints.com.

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Unpaid interns short changed Employers take advantage of free labor, stifling growth JACKIE TAMBARA Daily Titan Although most universities require an unpaid internship to graduate, whether interns are paid is becoming a bigger controversy than ever. An ethical line is crossed when an unpaid internship becomes beneficial to the employer and not the intern. An internship needs to

be more than a line on a resume. If an intern isn’t going to be paid, he or she needs to gain valuable work experience. Being the lowest on the totem pole shouldn’t mean your main responsibility is fetching coffee. If a student is going to dive into an unpaid internship, both the employer and the intern must have a mutual agreement that wages will be unpaid, according to the Federal Department of Labor. Last year Columbia University eliminated credit

opportunities for unpaid internships that did not count toward graduating, according to the Washington Post. All potential internship employers must meet the Department of Labor’s regulations., the Post further reported. While unpaid internships help students gain experience for the “real world” there are many other ways to make connections and footprints in the field. Unpaid internships may look good on a resume, but do not promise fulfillment of learning the craft. Going above and beyond

the requirements of a college internship places graduates in a much more advantageous place. An unpaid internship only runs about a semester. After that semester, there’s no promise of a secure job. Many unpaid intern graduates are stuck working an entry level, minimum wage job. Making lifelong connections with professionals who inspire the craft is much more beneficial than doing a three month unpaid internship. Professional connections may still be unpaid, but are

much more rewarding since there are no boundaries or regulations set by the Federal or State Department of Labor. California Law also encourages employers to teach interns more generalized knowledge for the industry rather than information that’s specific to the job. This hinders any room for growth for students who are proactive and creative. They might find themselves stuck making coffee or copies for the employer which stifles motivation and encouragement. It takes real drive and

passion to reach out and create a professional relationship without a school requirement. Getting out in the world and making professional connections with people who motivate and encourage one another is endlessly rewarding. In today’s tough job market, it’s much more beneficial to make connections on a personal and professional level than it is to graduate college with an empty handed, unpaid internship. Consider this when looking to fill your resume and further your future.

Grad school gives students a leg up A master’s degree makes life after college a bit brighter VIVIAN CHOW Daily Titan It’s a scary world out there for millennials. Ever since the economic recession of 2008, America plunged into the deep end and the job market has been dismal. The country has been slowly recovering ever since. New jobs are created every day and that’s a great thing. However, the layoffs and shutdowns of years past have caused many qualified veterans to compete in the job

market once again. This is certainly hard for working adults, but even harder for young people, especially recent graduates, being pushed out of the job market. It’s hard competing with people twice as old and with double the experience. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the unemployment rate for those under 25 is typically twice the national average. As graduation looms on the horizon, many students are searching for ways to beat that average. Students looking to improve job prosects after graduation focus on filling up their resume with relevant school, internship and

work experience. There’s also another question many soon-to-be grads ask themselves: should I consider going to graduate school? 73 percent of young adults between 25-34 with a bachelor’s degree had full-time jobs in 2012, according to The Institute of Education Sciences. That doesn’t sound too bad until you take a closer look at the kinds of jobs recent grads have been taking. “Of 41.7 million working college graduates in 2010, about 48 percent of the class of 2010 work jobs that require less than a bachelor’s degree and 38 percent of those polled didn’t even need high school diplomas,”

according to an article in the Huffington Post. Many students opt to continue working the minimum wage position they held in college, while some accept positions they’re overqualified for, just happy to be employed and earning a living. It’s a tough position to be in; not knowing what the future holds, or if it holds anything at all. As bachelor’s degrees become increasingly attainable, many students are considering graduate school. Some may argue its usefulness is arbitrary or only relevant to certain majors, making the cost of graduate school a monetary squander. While that can be true for

some, a master’s degree can be a great help, especially in such a bleak job market. Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce told the Washington Post, “The general conclusion about graduate degrees is that they do improve earnings. There’s almost no doubt about that.” But it’s not as straightforward as it seems. The pay raise one can expect with a master’s degree varies by major and field. A master’s in engineering will see a much higher pay bump than a master’s in communications, for example. It’s all about supply and demand. In a competitive

industry like the arts or education, striving for a decent paying job will practically require a master’s degree, said Carnevale. If landing a job after graduation isn’t a reality, consider going to graduate school. It will separate you from the countless other bachelor’s degrees vying for a job. You’ll have more time honing your skills in your selected field and you’ll come away with experience and a big boost to your resume. Graduate school is worth your consideration. Give yourself that leg up so you’re able to put that foot in the door to your future.

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All aspects of love and romance will go especially well today, Aries. You might take this opportunity to make a bold move toward the object of your affection. Go with an unconventional approach and move fearlessly.

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Your connection with others is especially strong today, Taurus. You will enjoy an important nurturing role. Reconnect with your mother and let her know how you’re feeling.

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The bizarre nature of the day may leave you feeling a bit bewildered, Cancer. Don’t sweat it. Focus on your romantic nature and incredibly nurturing heart. Use your instinctive healing abilities to care for a close friend in need.

You will be in an especially affectionate and loving mood today, Leo. Your romantic nature is heightened and your nurturing qualities are strong.

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Be open and honest about your feelings toward others today, Libra. Your receptive nature should be ready. Take a break and let others come to you. Unexpected events may pop out of nowhere.

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Annoyances of daily life may rub you the wrong way today, Virgo. Other people’s strong opinions and odd quirks may be difficult to swallow and your fuse may be a bit shorter than usual.

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Your warm, sensitive nature is perfectly suited to today’s aspects, Capricorn. Your emotional energy is strongly tied to your heart, and you will find that there’s a longing to be close to others.

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Tennis looks to hand CSUN first 2015 loss Titans seek elusive Big West Conference win against Matadors JONATHAN TRABUCCO For The Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis team is looking to bounce back Saturday when it faces off against Cal State Northridge in an important Big West Conference encounter. The Titans lost 4-3 last Saturday at home to UC Davis. Fullerton took the doubles point with a sweep from its three teams. Camille De Leon and Megan Sandford defeated the Aggies’ No. 1 team, 8-4. The point was then secured by Kalika Slevcove and Emilia Borkowski who won 8-4, while the No. 2 doubles team of Danielle Pham and Alexis Valenzuela won by the same scoreline. Valenzuela and De Leon won their singles matches in straight sets, which gave the Titans a 3-1 lead. The Aggies went on to tie the match at 3-3 before eventually winning it in a three-set thriller. The Titans will take confidence in knowing that they dominated doubles and opened up a 3-1 lead before Davis came storming back. Up next for the Titan women’s tennis team is a visit to Northridge to face a Cal State Northridge team that is undefeated early on in Big West play. CSUN opened up its Big West campaign last Saturday with a convincing 7-0 win at UC Riverside. The next day, the Matadors faced a stiffer test and snuck out a 4-3 victory over UC Davis, a day after UC Davis defeated the Titans by

the same score. CSUN went on to split the first two doubles matches and fell short in a heartbreaking tiebreaker 11-9 to lose the doubles point on Sunday against UC Davis. But the Matadors quickly responded in singles play and managed to win four of the six singles matches to clinch a 4-3 victory and remain undefeated on the season at 3-0. The doubles point will be a huge key to the match. If the Titans can manage to secure the point, it would allow them to win the match by splitting the singles sets three apiece. If Fullerton loses that all-important doubles point, it would have to win four of the six singles against a strong Northridge side. The Titans (3-4 overall, 0-2 Big West) are looking to get their first conference win of the campaign. This match is important, as the team will only have five more conference contests remaining after facing CSUN. If Fullerton can notch the victory at Northridge, it would give the young Titan squad a huge boost going into a three-game non-conference home stretch. Fullerton will look to rely heavily on two talented sophomores in Valenzuela and De Leon. The Titan team boasts plenty of young talent; and these two will try to build upon their singles victories last week and help get the Titans off their Big West slide and into the win column. Starting 0-3 in league play would put the team in a precarious hole. However, if CSUF can win this match, it could be a catalyst for the Titans to continue their winning ways.

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Sophomore pitcher Chad Hockin gave up one earned run from three hits in 2 1/3 innings of work against USC on Tuesday. The Titans’ pitching staff needs to get back to its dominant ways if they are to have a successful weekend against the Stanford Cardinal.

Titans searching for rebound vs. Stanford A series win against the Cardinal can get CSUF back on track MATT CORKILL Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton baseball is looking to get back on the winning track when they face the Stanford Cardinal for the first time since 2011 this weekend for a three-game series starting Friday at Goodwin Field. CSUF opened the season to a slow start by Titan standards at 1-3 due in large part to a lack of timely hits with runners in scoring position. Through the first four games of the season, the Titans are batting .200 as a team. Fullerton has stranded 27 runners and struck out 47 times. “(We need to) put the

ball in play,” said Head Coach Rick Vanderhook when asked what the team needed to do to get back on track. “Our opponent has played like 2 3/4 games without even having to catch the ball ... just being able to hit the fastball, if they can’t figure it out Friday night, it’s going to be a long night.” On the positive side, junior third baseman Dustin Vaught is currently leading the team offensively hitting .625 (5-8) with a run batted in and three runs scored so far this season. Also, junior second baseman Jake Jefferies is currently on a threegame hitting streak with two RBIs. On the mound, the Titans have shown both strengths and weaknesses. Junior starter Thomas Eshelman (0-1) only allowed two earned runs with 10 strikeouts in his season-opening

start, but the lack of offensive support proved to be too much. The Titan bullpen has been a wild ride, throwing shutdown innings with 27 strikeouts, but has picked up two losses on the year. The Cardinal, who are coming off of a winning season that led them to the NCAA Super Regionals, have had their own struggles on and off the mound to start the 2015 season. Stanford’s season-opening series against the Indiana Hoosiers (2-1) saw their bullpen and defense falter, dropping two close games on late rallies. Stanford’s pitching staff is led by sophomore starter Cal Quantrill, who went 5 2/3 innings in the opening game, allowing one earned run on six hits and tallying six strikeouts. “I expect we’re going to see probably the top

sophomore pitcher in the country on Friday night in Quantrill, who’s got good stuff and he’s going to be about 94-96 (MPH) with some secondary,” Vanderhook said looking ahead to the series. “So we’ll just see what we do and we’re going to get back to work.” Offensively, they have only been able to produce 10 runs through four games, stranding 29 runners. Junior Austin Barr leads the Cardinal offense, batting .400 so far on the year. The Titans went 8-2 against Pac-12 Conference opponents last season and are 42-54 all-time against the Cardinal, with their last meeting resulting in a 1-0 Titan loss during the 2011 NCAA Super Regionals. The three-game Titan homestand against Stanford starts Friday with first pitch at 6 p.m.

Men’s hoops chasing last tourney spot CSUF trails CSUN by one game for the final ticket to postseason ANDREW MCLEAN Daily Titan This weekend, the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team will look to tally two Big West Conference wins in games against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Santa Barbara. The Titans failed to harbor a victory in their last three

contests after picking up their lone conference win against Cal State Northridge earlier this month. The skid has resulted in a 9-16 overall record and a 1-9 conference mark. With six games remaining on the schedule, the Titans will look to finish the season strong if they want to avoid missing out on the Big West Tournament. The Titans will face off against the Cal Poly SLO Mustangs Thursday night at Titan Gym at 7 p.m. The Mustangs (12-11 overall, 5-6 Big West) have been

victorious in their two previous games, pulling out wins against Northridge and Long Beach State. The Titans will attempt to end the Mustangs’ winning streak and to start one of their own. The Titans will have their hands full trying to find some offense against the stout Mustang defense, which is leading the Big West with 59.7 points per game allowed. The Mustangs came out on top in their last meeting against Fullerton in late January, outscoring the Titans 66-55. Senior forward

Steve McClellan led the Titans with 12 points and 12 rebounds, while senior guard Alex Harris was held to eight points, sinking only 2-of-11 shots. The Mustangs were led by junior David Nwaba, who tallied 18 points and seven rebounds. Cal Poly SLO’s head-tohead record all-time against Fullerton sits at 35-26. The Titans and Mustangs have split the season series in each of the past three seasons. Saturday will be autograph night at Titan Gym as the Titans take on the

Gauchos (13-11 overall, 6-4 Big West). UC Santa Barbara comes in to Titan Gym riding a three-game winning streak. The Gauchos will look to improve their conference record to 7-4 Saturday night, as the Titans will attempt to take advantage of UCSB’s poor 2-8 road record. The last meeting between these teams resulted in a 6849 loss for the Titans. This was a game the Titans let slip right through their fingers as they went in to the second half up 36-31. A 19-0 run in

a seven-minute span allowed the Gauchos to escape with a victory after outscoring the Titans 37-13 in the second half. Redshirt junior guard Lanerryl Johnson lead the club with 21 points, but that was not enough to stop the offensive production from Michael Bryson, who finished the game with 23 points, and John Green, who tallied a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Saturday night’s game against the Gauchos will tip off at 5 p.m at Titan Gym.

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