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The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Volume 97 Issue 15

Exploring life in Zzyzx

Judge’s injunction topic of Dreamer’s Center discussion KATHERINE PICAZO ANGIE PEREZ Daily Titan The Titan Dreamers Resource Center hosted a legal expert who spoke about the recent injunction that forced millions of immigrants to continue living without legal protection from deportation.

Henoc Preciado, Coordinator of Titan Dreamers Resource Center, invited Sameera Sani, an immigration attorney with The Chugh Firm, to inform students, faculty and staff about recent changes with immigration and the negative impact of this injunction on the community.

During her presentation, Sani touched on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA).

DACA, a program created through executive action by President Obama in June 2012, allows undocumented individuals who came to the country as children to apply for employment.

However, the program doesn’t create a path to citizenship and individuals who have received a DACA designation can lose it at any time.

DAPA—a program introduced by Obama in November 2014—aims to provide parents of children who are legal residents or citizens the ability to apply for employment, while also receiving protection from deportation, as long as they have lived in the country since January 2010.

More than 20 states have filed a suit alleging that President Obama overstepped his role when he enacted the executive orders that put DACA and DAPA into place.

Andrew Hanen, a U.S. District Judge in Brownsville, Texas, used the unresolved suit as his reasoning for blocking the executive orders on immigration that would have deferred the deportation of immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally.

Sani deals with DACA cases and was undocumented for the majority of her childhood.

Her primary goal during the presentation was to educate the people about new developments of the DACA and DAPA programs.

Ruth Nuñez, a CSUF student and DACA recipient, recently submitted her DACA renewal application.

The Titans Dreamers Resource Center provides helpful information about immigration reforms, Nuñez said.

She said the community around her has basic information, and the resource center gives her greater insight on the issue to share with others.

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The California State Desert Studies Center (DSC) on Zzyzx Road next to Soda Dry Lake in the Mojave National Preserve lets students in areas like photography, geology and anthropology get hands on experience and research. Seven Cal State campuses operate the center; it’s used for weekend school trips and extended education classes. Thursday, read more about the DSC and next Tuesday, read the profile of Jason Wallace, CSUF alumni and DSC site steward, who is holding a desert horned lizard (above). - STEPHANIE GOMEZ

Tivenius makes CSUF her home Titans enjoying the Swedish native’s physical prowess DEVIN ULMER Daily Titan The highlight tape said it all.

“She went crashing into the board. Someone threw her down, she hit the floor, got back up, hit that person back, got the rebound and put it back in,” Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball Assistant Head Coach Tammy Reiss said.

At this moment, Reiss and the rest of the women’s basketball coaching staff knew that they had to recruit Amanda Tivenius of Sweden.

After about six months worth of Skype conversations with the coaching staff, Tivenius decided to be a CSUF Titan and entered as a freshman in the fall of 2014.

“It’s a long process because you really have to build that trust factor. She’s a long way from home, a long way from her culture and she’s got to feel comfortable enough to come,” Reiss said.

Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Tivenius has adjusted to Southern California life with the help of fellow international teammate and roommate, sophomore Dhanyel Johnson of Jamaica.

“One of the struggles is trying to balance being a student, an athlete and a foreigner,” Johnson said.

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Freshman Amanda Tivenius has adapted well to life in Southern California. The Stockholm, Sweden native has brought her physical prowess and determination to Cal State Fullerton, racking up 64 points and 58 rebounds in 25 games played this season.

I would probably know the answer if I knew this word,” Tivenius said as Johnson laughed in agreement.

“It’s crazy because we have the highest GPAs on the team, but sometimes I’m in class like ‘What are you saying?’” Johnson said.

Even what most California residents take for granted, international students

find challenging. Tivenius is reminded every day that California is different than home. School and sports, for example, remain separate from one another, Tivenius said.

But more tellingly, Sweden and the United States have quite the cultural differences, Tivenius said. In the U.S., almost everyone has a car, while Tivenius is used to riding the subway

or the bus back in Sweden. Religiosity in Sweden is not as prevalent as it is in America. Nudity in the lockers is natural back home, but awkward in the U.S., Tivenius said.

Tivenius played for two years for the Swedish National Team, starting at age 16. She played in the European Championship and claimed it as her biggest accomplishment thus far.

Starting her new career as a Titan, Tivenius has impressed both her coaches and teammates. She has accumulated 64 points and 58 rebounds thus far in the season. Reiss in particular highlighted Tivenius’ ability to rebound and be physical, as well as her strong work ethic and willingness to go the extra mile to improve.

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Christian illusionist comes to CSUF STEPHANIE GOMEZ Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton Cru will be joining other Christian organizations and Associated Students, Inc. to host “The Maze” on Thursday night.

The two-pronged event will kick off with professional illusionist Jim Monroe entertaining a crowd at the TSU Pavilion, and will be followed by Monroe speaking to the audience about his faith and how surviving cancer changed his perspective on God and the world.

Officials with Cru are hoping this will be the biggest event the organization has held on campus, said Kelsey Jenson, CSUF alumna and intern for the North Orange County and Long Beach Cru chapter.

“Cru desired to bring this event to campus because of the incredible quality of the performance, as well as the compelling story,” Jenson said in an e-mail.

Between 11 a.m and 1 p.m on the day of the event, Monroe will walk around campus performing small tricks to give students a taste of the main show, which will take place Thursday evening.

Cru club members in bright orange shirts reading, “What is the maze?” will be with Monroe walking around the central Quad and TSU while he performs some up close and personal sleight of hand.

Interacting with students is nothing new for Monroe, who features plenty of crowd participation during his illusions, Jenson said.

Keeping a veil of mystery surrounding the performance has been intentional and important for Cru. “We want to harbor the intrigue,” said Julian Baeza, a business major and Cru

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Using social media and balloons tied on backpacks reading #csufmaze, Cru hopes the curiosity to find out the answer to the question, “What is the maze?” will bring students to the show.

Jensen says the club has

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Cru—formerly Campus Crusade for Chris—Destino, EPIC, and Be The Match have all helped with the promotion of the event. Associated Students, Inc. contributed to the promotion as

well as the honorarium, Jensen said in an e-mail.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m. event, and Jenson encouraged audience members to arrive early.

The event is free and open to the public and will take place Thursday in TSU Pavilion BC.

Alumni to become professors for a day Event keynote to focus on engineering and entrepreneurship JUSTIN PATUANO Daily Titan

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Engineering and computer science alumni and industry professionals will return to Cal State Fullerton to share insights and career experiences during the College of Engineering and Computer Science “Professor for a Day” event.

The event, held as part of National Engineers Week, will give students the chance to network and interact with alumni who have gone on to be successful in the engineering and computer science industries.

The alumni will act as guest lecturers, teaching classes throughout the day.

Classes will last an hour and fifteen minutes, and morning classes will begin at 10 a.m.

“The context of Professor for a Day and the luncheon, there is the opportunity to step outside the classroom and hear how is the profession on a day-today basis lived,” said Hart Roussel, director of development in the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

The day will be split by a luncheon and keynote presentation by alumnus Joseph J. Renton, founder and CEO of Innovative Media

Solutions, a software development and engineering services company.

Renton graduated from CSUF in 1988 with a bachelor’s of science degree in computer science.

“Professor for a Day, which we’ve been doing for many, many years is very well received, students really enjoy it.” Roussel said.

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need to assume that there is a disconnect between engineering and entrepreneurship, Roussel said.

“With Joe Renton’s presentation, they’re going to hear a fairly unique message about combining the entrepreneurial spirit with the engineering skills,” Roussel said.“What we’re trying to do and give students the sense of is that you can be an engineer and

With Joe Renton’s presentation, (students are) going to hear a fairly unique message about combining the entrepreneurial spirit with the engineering skills.

HART ROUSSEL Director of Development in the College of Engineering and Computer Science

tive on the profession that they’re pursuing.”

Renton will provide students with an example of how to successfully combine the academic learning he gained at CSUF with the drive to succeed in an industry, Roussel said.

“Joe Renton is a clear example of someone who had the technical skill that he learned here in school combined that with his entrepreneurial drive and his impulse created a very successful company,” Roussel said.

Winner of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Award in 2013, Renton will speak on entrepreneurial intent.

His presentation will show that students don’t

an entrepreneur and there’s an opportunity to really bridge those two things.”

The event won’t be focused solely on alumni, though.

During the luncheon, students on the dean’s list for the college who are present will be recognized and awarded certificates, and afternoon class sessions will follow the luncheon.

“We set this event aside to recognize and celebrate the dean’s list students and accomplishments,” Roussel said. “(The event) is very well received, students really enjoy it. It’s a good chance to get a non academic perspective on the profession that they’re pursuing.”

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A woman was charged with fatally stabbing her boyfriend in Laguna Niguel, according to a release from the Orange County District Attorney.

Michele Lynn Green was charged with one felony count of murder. Her charges come with a sentencing enhancement of personal use of a knife.

She faces 26 years to life in prison if convicted.

Green got into an argument with her boyfriend, Richard Begley, on Feb. 21, that eventually led to Green stabbing Begley in the chest and shoulder area. Paramedics arrived on the scene to find Begley dead, and Green was arrested at the scene.

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Three men arrested after chase Three men were arrested after a short vehicle pursuit in Santa Ana Monday, according to a report from the Orange County Register.

Police officials tried to pull the men over in the area of Sullivan Street and McFadden Avenue for an unspecified standard violation, but the men continued driving instead of coming to a stop.

On further inspection, the officers discovered that the vehicle had been stolen.

Police were led on a nearly five minute chase before the chase ended at First and Fairview Street, and all three of the men were detained.

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Group found liable for attacks A New York jury found two Palestinian groups liable for terrorist attacks that killed or wounded Americans in Israel in the early 2000s, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The federal jury that heard the case found the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestine Authority to be responsible for a series of suicide bombings that killed 33 people and wounded 450. The jury awarded $218.5 million, expected to rise to $655.5 million, in damages to the plaintiffs.

Plaintiffs brought the case under the Anti-Terrorism Act, which allows Americans to sue in U.S. courts if they are victims of international terrorism.

Israel may be able to use the verdict to support its position of not negotiating with even moderate Palestinians because their groups were involved in terrorist attacks.

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NEWS College to host inagural conference

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International education to be focus of presentations SVETLANA GUKINA Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton College of Education will host the inaugural International Conference on Education in an effort to achieve goals set down in the university’s four-year strategic plan.

The conference was planned with the goal of promoting the college’s programs on the international stage and increasing the number of CSUF students

who participate in international activities. One of the goals listed in the strategic plan is to increase opportunities for students to collaborate internationally and participate in study abroad programs.

It has been very difficult to get students into international programs at the College of Education, which consists mainly of graduate students, said Melinda Pierson, Ph.D., chair for the College of Special Education and coordinator for the event.

Most of them have jobs and family here, which they don’t want to leave to go to another country, she said.

Nevertheless, the College

of Education tries to not only match California state teacher credentialing standards and requirements, but also tries to expose its students to new opportunities on the international stage, Pierson said.

“We want our students to have as much experience with people from different cultures,” Pierson said. “We believe it will strengthen their ability to understand diverse backgrounds, and to be able to successfully support them in classrooms.”

The conference will include multiple presentations from CSUF faculty and students, as well as faculty from international universities, Pierson said.

Professors from Puerto Rico, Bulgaria, Germany and China will all be presenting at the conference, and two professors from Poland will be giving a presentation via Skype, she said.

The event will primarily highlight two programs: the CSUF study abroad program in Puerto Rico and the International Internet Project that involves students and faculty from eight different countries, Pierson said.

The Puerto Rico International Education Program allows undergraduate and pre-service teachers to do field work and community service on the island of

Vieques for two weeks.

A small group of people participate every summer, Pierson said.

In keeping with that message, this year’s keynote panel will feature faculty who lead the Puerto Rico program, including its founder, Julián Jefferies, Ph.D. The College of Education will also advertise its programs around the world to increase the inflow of international students to CSUF, she said.

Pierson said she hopes that CSUF will hold the conference every year and will continue to increase its participation in the event. “(The college will be)

developing collaboration with faculty from international institutions and bringing them to Cal State Fullerton, so that we can share ideas on how to get our students more involved in international activities and experiences,” she said.

The conference will take place on March 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in College Park room 500.

The event is free, but the number of seats is limited to 60. Those who would like to attend will need to fill out a registration form available at the College of Education website. There are currently about 10 seats still open, Pierson said.

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“In this country, we are supposed to be moving forward, and reducing DACA is eliminating privileges, so it’s going backwards,” Nuñez said. She remains hopeful that the temporary injunction will be removed.

While that injunction remains, however, younger students may not be able to receive the same opportunities as those who applied for DACA previously, Preciado said.

“A lot of folks thought that as of last week they would’ve been able to apply for the expanded DACA and DAPA, but now there is a pause to that, so they can’t,” Preciado said.

The injunction could cause some students who

otherwise would qualify to participate in the programs to be at a disadvantage, he said.

“We currently have students who are undocumented who qualify for DACA, but then those students might have older siblings that—when DACA first came out—were not eligible because of the age gap,” Preciado said.

Anyone who did not meet the requirements then was going to qualify with the expanded DACA because it removed the age gap requirement, he said.

The talk gave students a chance to ask questions to a reliable source who was able to give them the right answers, Preciado added.

That opportunity is important, Sani said, because there are many sources that

can be misleading and unclear to the public.

“There can never be too loud a voice in this, because if we have things, for example, the injunction going on, clearly we are going to have a force that’s behind it to also get it out of the way … so if we silence ourselves, how is our future president of 2016 going to know that ‘this DACA program, I should definitely renew it,’” Sani said.

People were mostly interested in the extension and the how long, which makes sense because the DACA program was initiated in 2013, she said.

The Department of Justice filed an appeal to the injunction Monday night, and Sani said she is hopeful it will be successful.

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A philosophical look on race CECILY MEZA Daily Titan When it comes to race, not many people in the United States have applied the philosophical study of phenomenology to it. Let alone written two books regarding the subject.

Phenomenology is the study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view, according to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

“Phenomenology insists that our experiences of the world occur ambiguously and indeterminately, rather than, clearly distinguishable as subjective or objective,” said Emily S. Lee, Ph.D., Cal State Fullerton philosophy professor, in her curriculum vitae.

Lee is one of the few people in the United States who has applied philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s work to the field of race, she said.

Merleau-Ponty is the first philosopher to take being an embodied person seriously—meaning individuals do not think without a body and because of the human body, our thoughts are conditioned in a specific way, Lee said.

Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology serves as the lens to explore a lived sense of race and sex, Lee said in her curriculum vitae.

Lee then applies Merleau-Ponty’s theories to race because she believes that we notice race through the features of the physical body.

When Lee was 10, she emigrated to New York

from South Korea with her family. Growing up in a predominately Black borough, Lee couldn’t help but notice “how we function,” she said. She went to one of the original seven, Seven Sisters colleges—an all girls college—where she was exposed to feminist theories, finding them enlightening and helpful to understand her own life experiences.

Lee is contacted regularly to write articles on phenomenology and has works published in Convergences: Black Feminism and Continental Philosophy, The Southern Journal of Philosophy and American Philosophical Association Newsletter on the Status of Asian/Asian Americans.

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Professor’s book will explain how race is perceived

EMILY LEE Philosophy Professor merous articles, the State University of New York Press offered her a book contract.

Lee was excited about the possibility of having a book contract to expand more upon the phenomenology of race.

Lee has already written one book titled Living Alterities: Phenomenology, Embodiment, and Race, which explains, “how people’s racial embodiment affects their day-to-day lived experiences, the lived experiences of individuals marked by race interacting with and responding to others marked by race, and the tensions that arise

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Cal State Fullerton’s philosphy professor, Emily S. Lee, Ph.D. is currently writing a book about the phenomenology of race and feminism by applying her knowledge in philosophy and political science.

between different spheres of a single person’s identity,” the book’s synopsis said.

Lee published this book while doing extensive research for her upcoming monograph, A Phenomenology of Race. She still finds it, “kind of weird” being a published author of a book that’s available in hardback and paperback as of this past January. Living Alterities is sold on Amazon and is available in the Pollak Library on campus.

Lee’s upcoming book

will include five chapters—all of which will explain the phenomenology of race.

“I am glad that I apparently chose the right area because it seems to be quite a hot topic right now … I feel very topical and am contacted regularly for articles,” Lee said.

Lee first received her bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Barnard College at Columbia University in 1994 and later went on to receive a women’s studies graduate certificate from

Stony Brook University at the State University of New York.

She then received her master’s and Ph.D. from Stony Brook University, both in the field of philosophy.

Lee usually teaches nine units in philosophy at CSUF, but is currently on partial leave of absence this semester to raise her 4-month-old daughter. Her only challenge is time. Finding time between teaching, writing, publishing requests and requirements and juggling

spending time with her new baby.

“I know I’m in the right field for me. I really do enjoy what I am doing and if I don’t do it for a couple of days, I miss it. I love reading philosophy,” Lee said.

“I hate writing, but I love writing. On the one hand it’s painful, on the other hand it really helps me think things through.”

Her book proposal for A Phenomenology of Race was published on a Great Britian academic online site.

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Free Spay Day turns adoption-heavy MATTHEW HADDIX Daily Titan Dozens of families descended upon OC Animal Care shelter Saturday for Free Spay Day, an opportunity for pet owners to spay or neuter their currently owned animals, while also taking a look at the shelter’s many residents.

There were more than 40 dogs and dozens of cats, rabbits and farm animals at the shelter, all ready to be adopted into a new, loving home.

Among those animals were a variety of purebred, mixed, strays and owner relinquished creatures— all different shapes, sizes, ages and personalities.

One of the most popular dogs at the shelter, was 4-month old Cleopatra, a blue-nosed pit bull that could have easily fetched a pretty penny in a pet store.

One of the shelter’s most dedicated volunteers is Sharon Warren. Warren spends nearly every day at the shelter, but it isn’t always as quiet in the kennels as it was Saturday.

“We don’t have that many right now. We’re actually quite low on dogs.

We’re normally packed— there’s not an empty kennel,” Warren said.

Warren said the low numbers in the shelter have more to do with the lack of significant holidays in the early year. After major holidays, particularly the Fourth of July, the shelter

sees a spike in resident dogs and cats.

“It’s unfortunate when it is so full,” Sharon said.

“We’ve adopted 45 dogs one event, we’ve adopted 60 dogs the next event— and we’re still full.”

When an animal shelter runs at capacity, many dogs and cats may face euthanasia.

Katie Ingram, public information officer for OC Animal Care, explained what efforts the shel-

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KATIE INGRAM Public information officer ter has made to curtail euthanasia.

“We’ve been actively lowering the euthanasia rates every year,” Ingram said. “In 2012, dog euthanasia was at 19 percent, which was probably the lowest its been for us in years.”

Over the next two years, the shelter would pursue and secure a greater number of rescue organization partners, reducing total dog euthanasia to 9 percent in 2014.

“For a municipal shelter, a 9 percent euthanasia rate is really low,” Ingram said.

While this may be good news for dogs, cats at the shelter face significantly higher euthanasia rates.

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Anna, a nine-year-old pit bull mix, was one of many dogs adopted Saturday from OC Animal Care’s ‘Free Spay Day.’ The event was to promote adoption and owner responsibility to spay and neuter their pets.

into the shelter were euthanized. Following 2012, Orange County Animal Shelter began a Trap, Neuter and Return program.

“We have a Trap, Neuter and Return program basically for feral cats,” Ingram said. “Instead of euthanizing them, which is what we used to do, we now alter them and put them back where they came from.”

Since the Trap, Neuter and Return program began at the shelter, cat euthanasia has fallen to 44 percent in 2014.

“We’re seeing our intake drop, our euthanasia drop and our adoption number keep going up,” Ingram

said.

For adoption numbers to increase, Ingram believes it requires teamwork between county staff and the 350 volunteers who spend time at the shelter.

“Volunteers will do anything from grooming them, to walking them, to playing with them, sometimes they train them a bit,” Ingram said. “They’re adding that extra element to the animals lives that really keeps them happy and comfortable while they’re here.”

Volunteers have many reasons for giving their time, although few pet owners could be considered as responsible as

Dana Salazar, a volunteer who works with rabbits.

“I’ve always wanted a rabbit, but I know they’re really hard work. I didn’t want to get one out of impulse—so I started volunteering so I can get to know them more,” Salazar said. “Thats when I fell in love with one of the rabbits and adopted him.”

The shelters may be an unfamiliar place for animals, so volunteers are able to connect with the animals to make them feel more at ease, Ingram said.

“It’s not an easy environment for animals to be in, so the more that we can provide that stimulation,

that exercise, the better they’ll do in the long run, even if it takes a couple months to get adopted,” Ingram said If one needed proof that animals have deep, powerful feelings, then you would have to look no further than the crushing loneliness that pours from the wide-eyed, shaking bodies of kenneled hounds.

Volunteers for the animal shelter are acutely aware of this; they spend most of their time hurrying about the premises, scooping up dogs from their kennels for brief walks to relieve stress and loneliness.

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OPINION NBC’s Brian Williams should be dismissed

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Deceitful journalists don’t deserve a second chance DEVIN ULMER Daily Titan NBC Nightly News host Brian Williams has jeopardized his credibility as a journalist.

After embellishing numerous facts regarding his helicopter being fired upon in Iraq in 2003, NBC has decided to suspend Williams for six months without pay.

However, the severity of his lies should unquestionably result in termination.

Williams has since been under fire for allegedly lying about numerous stories he has covered throughout his career.

Embellishments or blunt lies, either way, it’s apparent Williams has not been truthful with his reporting.

The most confusing part about Williams’ scandal is the lack of accountability from NBC. The first issue is that if a reporter is found embellishing the truth, why was it so difficult to fact check him?

Fact checking is the accountability all journalists must adhere to because reliability and accuracy is the main priority in the field of journalism.

Who was in charge of making sure all the facts were correct, and why did the lies go on for so long?

The editors obviously weren’t doing their jobs.

Williams is, in every way, shape and form, responsible for his actions, but in retrospect, the editors either

failed to fact check properly or decided to ignore the lies that were told.

The second issue arising with NBC is the seemingly light sanction placed on Williams. NBC slapped Williams’ hand with a ruler, told him to sit in the corner for six months, and will resume all business as usual, hoping everyone will forgive and forget.

The role of a journalist is to find the truth and report the truth.

Ultimately, that’s the golden rule a journalist must live by.

Failure to comply with the ethics of the press should result in severe and career-ending consequences.

When a journalist’s credibility is damaged, it’s rare to regain viewers’ trust ever again.

Audiences look to newspapers, magazines and broadcast news to receive impartial and truthful information about the world.

A reporter’s sole duty is to report true and trustworthy facts.

Understanding a journalist’s obligation to tell the truth, Williams’ six month suspension isn’t a sufficient punishment.

Although this isn’t nearly as outrageous as the Stephen Glass scandal in the ‘90s, the two are still rooted in the same vein.

There is no benefit in allowing a man who is now seen as untrustworthy and unreliable back in the public arena.

He made the choice to break the ethics code of journalism and deceived audiences of the truth

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NBC Nightly News host, Brian Williams, got a light slap on the wrist with a six-month suspension and no pay.

in order to further his career.

The news should undoubtedly remain an unbiased and untampered

information outlet.

Any person who chooses to compromise the platform should be dismissed and ostracized.

CSUF needs to provide for female students LILIANA MOTA Daily Titan A woman enters a restroom stall to handle her business only to find out her favorite friend has arrived.

Little compares to the excitement of seeing a red stain on expensive undergarments.

She opens her purse and soon realizes she’s out of any pads or tampons.

She doesn’t worry

because there’s a pad and tampon machine in the restroom. She goes to check it, but it’s empty.

Nothing irritates a woman more than getting her period when she’s unprepared and unable to find a sanitary napkin.

On a campus where 55.5 percent of students are women, it would be assumed that access to sanitary napkins and tampons would be relatively easy, but that’s not the case here at Cal State Fullerton.

Visiting four different restrooms and a couple student stores unable to purchase a sanitary napkin is frustrating, especially

when a about to It’s Women

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river of blood is start flowing out. angering really. didn’t choose to

Even Legoland has free sanitary napkins in the restrooms. They may not be the best pads, but they

Having to improvise and walk around with a toilet paper pad for nearly an hour is uncomfortable and unnecessary.

deal with the menstrual cycle, nobody wants to bleed out five days of the month, but it’s something mostly everyone with a vagina has to live with.

The pad and tampon dispenser machines are useless because they don’t even have the products inside.

It’s unacceptable.

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The lack of pads and tampons on campus is utterly neglectful

work, and something is better than nothing.

The womens’ restroom on the first floor of Mihaylo Hall has a red sign on the dispenser that reads, “ATTENTION, This product is no longer available.”

So are women just supposed to disregard the fact that their personal needs are being neglected?

Are women expected to search every restroom on campus to find a dispenser with pads and tampons?

Now women are forced to make their own temporary pad out of toilet paper.

That sounds all too familiar and happens more often than it should.

Having to improvise and walk around with a toilet paper pad for nearly an hour is uncomfortable and unnecessary.

CSUF needs to make sanitary pads more readily available to the growing amount of female students.

The TitanShops do sell

sanitary napkins, but they’re the super thin ones which are utterly lacking in providing anyform of protection.

Restrooms throughout campus need to be properly equipped to serve students’ needs.

Pad and tampon dispensers throughout campus restrooms need to be fully filled and working.

Students spend so much time and money on campus, CSUF should at least make sure the students are properly taken care of.

It’s probably easier to obtain condoms than it is to find a pad or tampon— that’s disturbing.

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Hollywood’s elite gathers for Oscars The Academy Awards delivered a successful night ASHLEY CAMPBELL Daily Titan The 87th Academy Awards was broadcasted live at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday night.

The attendees included the world’s most talented actors, directors, screenwriters and all those responsible for making the films we love.

The evening’s host, Neil Patrick Harris, did not disappoint with his hilarious opening act to his backstage Birdman-inspired tighty whitey moment.

Patricia Arquette received an Oscar for her supporting role in Boyhood, where she took the opportunity to declare the right for women to have equal pay in her acceptance speech, bringing the the audience to a round of applause and Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez jumping out of their seats cheering.

Along with Arquette, many Oscar winners raised awreness of various social issues during acceptance speeches ranging from immigration, Alzheimer’s disease and racial issues.

Birdman swept the nightwith four wins including Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best Cinematography and of course, Best Picture.

Although Birdman impressed with Michael Keaton’s arresting performance, the 12-year production of Boyhood was a cinematic masterpiece that should’ve took home the big prize.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. biopic, Selma, was shortchanged and wasn’t given its due glory.

The Academy really saved the best for last with performances by John Legend and Common, then an unexpected appearance by Lady Gaga.

John Legend’s famous voice paired with the emotional lyrics by Common were a combination of pure genius in the song Glory.

Audience members were in tears by the end of the number.

Lady Gaga completely shocked everyone with her performance, paying homage to the classic film The Sound of Music.

Unlike her usual performances, she sang with an almost operatic voice, leaving Julie Andrews in awe.

Best Costume Design went to Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, but the team behind Disney’s Maleficent undoubtedly deserved the award.

The last two Oscars given out were very much deserved.

Both roles were captivating, voicing the challenges that people with incurable diseases face everyday.

The Oscar for Best Actor

in a Leading Role was given to British actor, Eddie Redmayne, for his portrayal of Professor Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

The film highlighted the struggles Hawking faced with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role was given to none other than Julianne Moore for her role in Still Alice, a story of a woman diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Kudos to the Academy for another successful year, shining a well-deserved light on the fruitful efforts of the hardworking film industry.

Oscars Stats • For the past 14 years, the Dolby Theatre has hosted the Academy Awards.

• The Oscar statuette stands 13.5 inches tall and weighs 8.5 pounds.

• Bob Hope holds the record for hosting most Academy Awards 19 times

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Tivenius: From Sweden to So Cal 1

“Amanda is a very aggressive player. I feel like she brings a lot of energy when she’s on the floor.

She’s always attacking, always going for it. That’s what I like about her. She never stops until she gets it, or until she kills somebody,” Johnson said.

However, Tivenius’ physical presence on the court belies her personality off of it.

“Amanda is really spontaneous. You never really know what you are going to get from her. You never know what she’s going to do,” Johnson said. “One night, we were all just there chilling. It was probably like 10:30 (p.m.) and she came out of her room and

was like ‘Let’s go laser-tagging!’ Who thinks of that at 10:30 in the night?”

“

She went crashing into the board.

Someone threw her down, she hit the floor, got back up, hit that person back, got the rebound and put it back in.

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TAMMY REISS Assistant Head Coach “And I won both times,” Tivenius added.

“Whatever, you cheated,” Johnson shot back.

“You can’t cheat in laser tag,” Tivenius said.

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The highlight tape of Amanda Tivenius getting knocked down, getting back up, grabbing the rebound and scoring stood out to the women’s basketball coaching staff at Cal State Fullerton. Tivenius was recruited for six months before deciding to become a Titan.

Titan baseball walks the dinosaur CSUF staves off late comeback bid by NC Dinos of South Korea

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MATT CORKILL Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton pulled out an exciting exhibition win against South Korean professional team NC Dinos, 8-7, at Goodwin Field Monday night.

The travelling NC Dinos jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on an unearned run in the first inning off of Titan senior starter Willie Kuhl on a defensive error and a walk.

The Titans then jumped on Dino starter Jae-Hak Lee for four runs in the bottom of the third inning. The rally started on a sharply-hit single by junior Hunter Cullen to right field, who was brought home on the two-run homer by freshman Scott Hurst that hung on the left field wall for a second before giving the Titans a 2-1 lead.

The rally continued thanks to three errors committed by the Dinos, allowing CSUF to score another two and go up 4-1. Cullen led the offense Monday night going 3-4 with two runs scored.

The CSUF lead was padded with two runs in the

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by Hurst, giving him four RBIs on the game.

The Titans pitching staff combined for a no-hitter through the first four innings against the Dinos, until sophomore reliever Chad Hockin allowed the first hit of the game to SiHeon Son. The Dinos chipped away at the Titan lead in the sixth inning. Hockin allowed two runs on a noout walk, an error and a single to bring in two and cut the lead to 8-3. The inning could have been much worse for the Titans had they not been able to end it on a non-traditional 3-6-1-2 double play at home.

In the seventh inning, the Titans ran into some real trouble when the Dinos’ offense continued to claw back into the game.

After another no-out walk issued by sophomore

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Freshman right fielder Scott Hurst crushes a two-run home run to left field in the third inning against the Korean professional team NC Dinos. Hurst finished 2-for-5 on Monday as the Titans would hold on to beat the Dinos 8-7 at Goodwin Field.

reliever Miles Chambers, the runner was quickly brought home due to a catcher’s interference and a two-RBI single laced up the middle by ex-MLB player Eric Thames to cut the lead to 8-5.

Thames was brought home on the error by Titan junior third baseman Jerrod Bravo, and after a sac-fly to center, the rally stalled out thanks to a key strikeout from junior reliever Henry Omana with runners

at second and third, cutting the lead to 8-7. Senior reliever Tyler Peitzmeier came in and shut the Dinos down in order during the ninth to earn the save and give the Titans the win.

The Titans (3-5) will

resume their regular season schedule this weekend when they host Baylor (5-2) for a three-game homestand that proves to be a true test for CSUF. The series starts Friday with first pitch at 7 p.m. at Goodwin Field.

Women’s golf struggling at Juli Inkster Invite Martina Edberg is in contention for the individual title DREW CAMPA Daily Titan After the first day of play, the Cal State Fullerton women’s golf team finds itself in ninth place at the Juli Inkster

Spartan Invitational in San Jose.

The Titans completed two rounds on the 6,143-yard, par72 course at the Almaden Golf and Country Club on Monday and have shot a combined 56-over-par 632.

Fresno State (597), San Jose State (609) and Boise State (616) are atop the leaderboard heading into Tuesday’s shotgun start at

8:30 a.m.

The Titans’ best effort came Monday morning as the squad shot a 25-over 313, followed by a 319 in the afternoon session.

Fullerton finished the first round in fourth place, before dropping to ninth after the second round.

Fullerton’s Martina Edberg is in the hunt for the individual title, as the sophomore is in a

three-way tie for second place with a five-over 149.

Edberg started with a first round-75 and followed with a 74 on Monday afternoon. The Swedish native saved her best for last, shooting two-under through her second-round back nine with birdies on the 10th, 12th and 15th holes.

Edberg is one shot off the pace set by the Fresno State duo of Hannah

Sodersten and Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir.

Fullerton has three additional golfers competing in Brittany Farrell, Tisha Alyn Abrea and Nadine Rivera.

Farrell is in a four-player tie for 26th with a 14-over 158, Abrea is tied for 38th with an 18-over 162 and Rivera is knotted in 40th place after having carded a 19over 163.

CSUF golfers Martina Edberg • +5 (149)

Brittany Farrell • +14 (158)

Tisha Alyn Abrea • +18 (162)

Nadine Rivera • +19 (163)

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