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Man arrested on sexual battery charges At least seven incidents took place near CSUF CYNTHIA WASHICKO Daily Titan A 21-year-old man was arrested Tuesday suspected of at least seven accounts of sexual battery over the past few months, according to a release from the Fullerton Police Department. Jose Alfredo

Gradilla-Cuevas, of La Habra, was arrested by Fullerton Police Department officers in conjunction with University Police. On Tuesday, officers saw Gradilla Cuevas watch a woman walking on Nutwood Avenue, park and exit his car, run up behind the woman and slap her buttocks, according to the report. He then ran from the scene and was detained by officers. The arrest comes after two Cal State Fullerton students were victims of the same type of assault Jan. 26.

During that incident, both women were walking between Commonwealth and San Carlos Avenue, and both reported a man coming up behind them and grabbing their buttocks. Officers had been searching for a male suspect involved in at least seven incidents of sexual battery, and identified Gradilla-Cuevas’ car as similar to one captured on surveillance video from an earlier assault, according to the report. During the several weeks of surveillance, officers

observed Gradilla-Cuevas stalking dozens of possible victims in Fullerton, Placentia and La Habra. None of the victims were injured in the reported incidents. Gradilla-Cuevas is suspected of approaching women from behind, grabbing their bodies and running away on multiple occasions between August 2014 and February 2015. All of the incidents occurred between 5-9 p.m., according to the report. The incidents occurred in northeastern Fullerton

near the CSUF campus. Fullerton Police believe there may be additional victims in the cities of Fullerton, Placentia and La Habra. Anyone with information should contact Detective C. Wright from the Fullerton Police Department Family Crimes Unit at (714) 738-6754. Anyone who would like to provide information anonymously can call the Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1(855) TIP-OCCS or go to their website at CrimeStoppers.org.

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Jose Alfredo Gradilla-Cuevas

CSUF center is off the grid Self-sustainable facility provides hands-on learning STEPHANIE GOMEZ Daily Titan

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ROTC cadets from CSUF and other universities took part in a helicopter training exercise Wednesday. The cadets flew in Black Hawk helicopters to gain experience of what it’s like to fly in one of the choppers.

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Titans gets walked off by USD A three-run seventh inning propelled Toreros

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RUDY CHINCHILLA Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton softball team lost in heartbreaking fashion at the USD Softball Complex, falling to the University of San Diego Toreros, 3-2. The Titans and the Toreros headed into the game in complete opposite form. The Titans went down to San Diego having won their two previous games against the University of Nevada and Oklahoma State, respectively. Meanwhile, the Toreros were coming off a pair of losses to UC Riverside. Head Coach Kelly Ford

3 opted for redshirt junior Desiree Ybarra in the circle, the only Fullerton pitcher with a sub-three earned run average. Her opposite number in the San Diego circle was Paige Von Sprecken. Both pitchers did a fine job nullifying the other team’s attack. Ybarra pitched six innings of shutout ball, allowing only three hits over that span. Von Sprecken, however, was equal to her Fullerton foe’s efforts; she was able to shutout the Titan offense for five innings while

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The Cal State Fullerton softball team suffered a 3-2 heartbreaking loss Wednesday to the Toreros of the University of San Diego after taking a 2-0 lead into the seventh.

also allowing only three hits in the process. The bats stayed quiet for much of the contest. Courtney Rodriguez entered the game with a .472 batting average through 53 at-bats, while Taukeiaho held a .409 batting average after 44 atbats on the season.

Rodriguez managed two hits off four at-bats, but failed to record a single run batted in. As for Taukeiaho, the junior managed one run off two at-bats, while also being left on base twice. After the prolonged lack of action, the bats finally lit up in the sixth inning.

The action started with a Delynn Rippy single to right-center field. Taukeiaho then stepped up to the plate, but was walked to first, moving Rippy to second in the process. Eliza Crawford then took command of things. SEE SOFTBALL

Closing arguments begin in Torrez murder trial Arguments set to continue Thursday SPENCER CUSTODIO Daily Titan The prosecution began its closing statements Wednesday in its attempt

to convince a jury to convict Samuel Lopez of first degree murder. Lopez is accused of killing CSUF student Cathy Torrez in February 1994. Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy told the jury that he would paint them a picture so complete that they would be able to look back in 10 years and be convinced that Lopez killed

Torrez. The defense maintains that Xavier Lopez, Samuel’s cousin, was responsible for Torrez’s murder. Murphy acknowledged that only Xavier’s DNA and fingerprint were found on the scene and on Cathy’s blouse, but reiterated that Xavier did not have a relationship with Torrez and had no real reason to kill her

outside of helping Lopez. Murphy acknowledged that Xavier’s DNA was not found on Torrez or in her car, but reminded the jury that blood can be cleaned off surfaces. He stressed that jurors shouldn’t be focusing on what is there, but rather what is not. Murphy told the jury that Samuel Lopez was seen by the prosecution’s witnesses

doing nothing to aid the search for Torrez. Murphy also showed the jurors some video clips of Samuel stretching, reading his soda can and playing with his hat in a police interrogation room. Something, Murphy said, that normal people don’t do when they learn a loved one has died. SEE TRIAL

The “crack, crack, crack” sound of stone hitting stone echoes into the into the distance, as a group of flintknapping students sit in a circle hard at work. It is Amy Marymors first try at flintknapping, which is the shaping of stones into arrowheads or other tools by striking them with another stone in a systematic manner. Marymors, a bay area resident and teacher for the West Contra Costa School Unified School District, sits under the shade of the patio built behind the main building at the California State Desert Studies Center in the Mojave National Preserve. Marymor is taking an extended education class in flintknapping offered by the Desert Studies Center through the University of California, Riverside. “It’s a really good opportunity for people who wouldn’t come out to the desert otherwise, to come out with their course work and get credit and learn about what it’s like out here,” Marymor said. “If they don’t come back again, at least they have this experience and have a little better understanding of what the desert is like.” The center runs like a mini campus in itself, said Jason Wallace, the Desert Studies Center’s Site Steward. Multiple buildings hold dorms, a bathhouse, laboratory space and small classrooms. By providing a space for living, in an otherwise harsh climate, the center facilitates groups traveling to the desert to study everything from photography, art in science, geology and even hosts NASA scientists. The main building holds a dining hall, kitchen and class space. It faces a manmade pond called Lake Tuendae, a habitat for the endangered Mojave tui chub fish. Palm trees line the dirt path encircling the pond with various benches, allowing visitors to view the waterfowl attracted to the pond and the scenic view of Soda Lake. SEE CENTER

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Cadets wait for the chance to fly aboard one of two Black Hawk helicopters flown by the 11th Aviation Command in Los Alamitos.

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The cadets get ready for flight, observing all necessary procedures prior to takeoff.

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ROTC cadets rode aboard two Black Hawk helicopters, on a 10-mile trip from campus to Tonner Canyon. The exercise was designed to help them learn procedure while aboard one of the helicopters.

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RUDY CHINCHILLA Daily Titan Under clear, sunny skies and in front of dozens of curious onlookers, the Cal State Fullerton Army ROTC Titan Battalion took a ride through the skies on two Black Hawk helicopters. These flights, which had cadets traveling ten minutes to Tonner Canyon, were part of a training exercise, giving cadets an opportunity to experience flying the helicopters, formally known as UH-60s. “Although it doesn’t seem like much, getting familiarization with the Black Hawk and actually flying one for the first time gives these guys a little experience,”

said Maj. Bradley Isler, executive officer and assistant professor of military science. Plans for the flight—the second to take place for the 2014-2015 year—had been in place for months, said Samuel Lee, who is in charge of civil-military operations at ROTC. Last semester the cadets flew on a helicopter provided by the National Guard, but this semester they boarded helicopters loaned from the 11th Aviation Command in Los Alamitos. Before being taken into the skies, the cadets were asked whether they wanted to fly with the doors opened or closed. They unanimously decided to fly with open doors and after a quick safety demonstration, they were off. “We are very proud to be a part of this and definitely very appreciative of

Fullerton ROTC and CSUF to allow us this opportunity to come in here and do this type of training,” said Capt. Stephen Kramer, company commander for Alpha Company 2-238. Kramer was one of eight people recognized for his support of the Titan Battalion cadets. He hoped cadets had the same level of joy that he had when he was first able to fly in a Black Hawk, he said. The ROTC program is based at CSUF, but works with cadets from multiple universities. Cadet Tawni Myers, a history and political science major from Chapman University, had her second chance to fly a Black Hawk during the flight exercise. Myers, who was previously stationed in a ROTC unit in Texas, never had the opportunity to ride in the helicopter until she moved to California. Although

afraid of heights, she said she was excited to take advantage of the opportunity to fly in a Black Hawk. Others, however, were a bit more weary. “I know I’ll have fun, but I’m a little nervous since I’ve never been in (a helicopter) before,” said Rob Nelsen, political science major from Chapman University. Back on terra firma, Nelsen reflected on the flight. “We were all screaming, having fun up there and everyone seemed to have a great time and I sure did,” Nelsen said. The event went off without a hitch, Isler said. “Our mission here is to teach these kids how to be lieutenants in the United States Army. It’s really a great responsibility, so anything we can do to prepare them for real-life military will benefit them,” he said.

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Defense attorney Lewis Rosenblum used the remaining 45 minutes of the court’s time to begin his closing statement. He acknowledged Murphy’s

argument about Lopez’s DNA not being anywhere in Torrez’s car and said he would go into that Thursday. “I didn’t know he’s an expert on how people should act,” Rosenblum said, in

reference to the video clips and Murphy’s claim that Samuel did nothing to aid the search. Rosenblum said that 50 percent of the prosecution’s case is about Samuel not doing enough to help,

something, he said, that comes entirely from friends and family of Torrez. Rosenblum is expected to finish his closing argument 9 a.m. Thursday at the Santa Ana Central Justice Center.

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Black student population falls DEVIN ULMER ANDREW MCLEAN Daily Titan The population of African-American students at Cal State Fullerton has been on a decline since the 20072008 academic year, enrollment data shows. That decline may be due to a lack of knowledge about enrollment processes, CSUF’s geographic area and an increasing financial strain of attending college, university administrators said. During the 2007-2008 year, the population of African-American students on campus was 3.48 percent. Since then, the population of black students has gone down steadily, to reach a low 2.13 percent of the campus population during the 2014-2015 school year. The total number of students has fallen from 1,331 black students in 2007-2008 to 813 in the 2014-2015 academic year. The most recent enrollment numbers place CSUF as the campus with the fourth lowest percentage of African-Americans of the 23-campus CSU system, according to CSU data from 2013. Of the 446,530 students in the CSU system, 20,499 students—4.6 percent— are African-American, according to CSU enrollment statistics. Cal State Dominguez Hills has the highest percentage of African American students, with 16.3 percent—2,385

students—of African-Americans enrolled. The demographics of the cities surrounding CSU campuses may play a role in the corresponding population of black students, said Berenecea Johnson Eanes, vice president for student affairs. “Some of it’s just a normal population shift because of the area we’re in and the variety of factors that impact enrollment,” Eanes said. The percentage of African-Americans currently attending CSUF mirrors the percentage of African-Americans liv-

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Percentage of black students on campus has fallen since 2008

BERENECEA JOHNSON EANES VP for Student Affairs ing in Fullerton and nearby cities. The population of Fullerton is 2.1 percent African-American, and similar numbers are reported in surrounding cities. Brea has a 1.3 percent population of African-Americans, and 2.4 percent of the population of Anaheim is African-American. This may be the cause of the surrounding cities as well. Carson, Compton and Gardena—three cities surrounding CSU Dominguez Hills— have higher percentages of African Americans than the cities surrounding CSUF. Carson’s population was 23 percent black, Compton’s

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The population of black students on campus has fallen steadily since the 2007-2008 academic year, from 3.59 percent of the student population at CSUF to 2.13 percent of the population during the 2014-2015 academic year.

population was 32 percent black and Gardena’s population was 24 percent black, according to 2010 census data As an effort to overcome the institutionalized hurdles preventing some students from attending CSUF, the university has attempted to reach out and engage students. “There are CSU outreach efforts and there are also Cal State Fullerton outreach efforts, so we are out in high schools, we are out in the community colleges, we participate in Super Sunday,” Eanes said. During the annual Super Sunday, CSU leaders visit African-American churches

statewide to encourage young people to attend college and provide information on the opportunities available at CSU campuses. System leaders visited more than 110 churches during the most recent Super Sunday. Those programs may not be doing enough, though, said Stan Breckenridge, Ph.D., CSUF African-American studies professor. During his own experience at a college day at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, he said, he found that students were uninformed about the process of attending college. The true effect of the

outreach programs will take some time to be realized, Eanes said. “We won’t know if it’s working for two or three years. Any real retention work takes time,” Eanes said. CSUF isn’t the only campus attempting to bring in more minority students. The CSU system began addressing the number of underrepresented populations about a year and half ago, according to a CSU External Relations report. Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a fiscal plan for a $119.5 million increase in funds to The CSU and University of California system

that will allow more students to enroll this upcoming year. That proposition is still $97 million less than what CSU trustees asked for, but the funds will allow campuses to accept an extra 3,500 students. That number still falls short of the 12,000 students the CSU hoped to enroll during the 2015-2016 year, said Pat Gantt, president of the CSU Employees Union, in a release this year. A elevation in funds for CSU’s may allow campuses to hire more faculty, creating more classes that can accommodate a higher number of students.

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Magic Johnson will give a speech at ‘An Evening with Magic Johnson,” an event that is part of the Business Madness week put on by the Business Inter-Club Council.

BICC to bring some ‘Magic’ to Titan Gym Former Lakers player, businessman to speak to students CECILY MEZA Daily Titan Two-time NBA Hall of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson may be known for his tenure on the Los Angeles Lakers, but the retired basketball player boasts a few other accomplishments, and he’ll be discussing those when he comes to campus next week. Johnson’s acquired business acumen will be the topic of discussion Wednesday when he arrives on campus as a guest speaker for the Business Inter-Club Council’s Business Madness Week. The event, “An Evening with Magic Johnson,” will take place in the Titan Gym. Officials from the council selected Johnson after consulting with students

through an e-mail sent out to business majors and a table-voting campaign, said Emeline Yong, assistant dean for Student Affairs for Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics. A majority of students selected Johnson over Shark Tank’s Daymond John and Barbara Corcoran during the two week voting process. Johnson is expected to deliver an inspirational speech before opening the floor to the students for a question and answer session. The council chose the Titan Gym as the location for the speaking engagement because it was large enough for students, but intimate enough for Magic Johnson to engage with attendees, Yong said. Johnson will be able to roam around the Titan Gym with a wireless microphone, giving students the opportunity to see and hear him from wherever they are

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sitting. The event will happen with the involvement of various student groups and individuals. The business council worked closely with other councils, Johnson supporters and Associated Students, Inc., which pursued the businessman following Lydia Wang’s initial request, Yong said. Safa Moinuddin, a freshman accounting major, expressed her excitement about having Magic Johnson coming to campus. “He’s a legend,” Moinuddin said. “You hear about him all the time.” Moinuddin is also eager to know how he became a successful business man, she said. Yong received a report that more than 1,200 tickets had been sold, she said. The speech will take place on March 4 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the Titan Student Union and are free for current students with a Titan Card. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN

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Soda Lake is a dry lake, from evaporated water and left behind minerals; coloring it white and leaving the ground a silty crusty powder. The pond and buildings making up the center were originally built as a health resort by Curtis Springer, an evangelical broadcaster. Once know as “Zzyzx Mineral Springs,” Springer was evicted in 1974 for making false mining claims in order to get the land. The Desert Studies Center started in 1976 through a cooperative management agreement with the Bureau of Land Management and seven CSUs making up the Desert Studies Consortium. With the eviction of Springer, the location name changed back to its original—Soda Springs. The name Zzyzx has stuck since the name of the road was never changed. “For some of our students, especially the freshmen who come out, this is great transition for them to have the opportunity to experience the desert and the wild, but still they have a bed and roof over their head,” said William Presch Ph.D., professor of biology and director of the

Desert Studies Consortium. The Desert Studies Center is funded by the CSU system with seven universities within the consortium. CSUF has been the lead university since 1978. They charge a user fee to the students and researchers who stay, Presch said. The center is not open to the general public for an overnight stay, only to those associated with an academic institution. “You are able as a member of the public to drive down Zzyzx Road and park in the visitors parking lot and wander around the lake … because we are in the Mojave National Preserve and therefore, since it’s in a national park, you do have public access to view the facility,” Presch said. The center is off the grid, meaning it provides its own water and electricity. Sitting in the basin of the Mojave River, and on an aquifer, the center has access to plenty of water, Wallace said. There is a production well on site that keeps three 2,500 gallon tanks automatically filled. Most of that water being used in the bathhouse. They pull 500 gallon batches to purify for drinking water using a reverse osmosis water

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The man-made pond (above), Lake Tuendae, is a habitat for the endangerd Mojave tui chub fish located nearby the Desert Studies Center’s site. The center provides dorms, a dining hall, kitchen and classrooms for those looking to research in the desert.

purification system Wallace said. For electricity, the center uses a photovoltaic system, converting the ample solar energy available into electricity. “It’s able to produce 60 kilowatts during the day so we’re actually running off of

the panels directly during the day,” Wallace said. A set of inverters takes that energy directly from the panels and feeds it directly to the facility. It also feeds it to a bank of batteries that runs the center at night, Wallace said. For cloudy days, or if the demand

gets too high the center will use generator backup. “We’re at a comfortable number of people, we can (house) 70 or so at a time, and that seems to work nicely in terms of maintaining all the habitats that we have there, the lakes and the deserts, and the sand dunes, and

not do a lot of damage to it,” Presch said. Having 2,500 to 3,000 users per year, the center has hit a steady stride and is not worried its desert location will leave it deserted. For more information visit http://nsm.fullerton. edu/dsc/.

Student starts career at Nickelodeon ANGIE PEREZ Daily Titan Making industry connections with talented and prominent people, attending movie screenings and getting invited to endless exclusive events: this is the life of James Mosley II. “I’m like fresh off the Super Bowl win,” Mosley, an entertainment art and animation major, said about being a newly hired, production assistant for the cable network, Nickelodeon, this past January. At the studio, Mosley works on animatics storyboards and rough animation episodes overlapped with movement, dialogue and music. His internship with Nickelodeon was from September to December 2014 at the Dora and Friends production. When the internship was over, Mosley admitted he was too afraid to “overstep his boundaries” and ask for a position, when the producer called him “basically handing” him a spot with the company. CSUF alumnus and Dora and Friends Production Coordinator, Max Breaudry, described Mosley as a prepared,

responsible individual with great communication skills, who is always on top of things. At the age of four, Mosley showed an interest in illustration because of his habit of drawing on his mother’s walls. James’ father, James Mosley Sr., recalls coming home to little scenes drawn on the living room walls of children playing. Mosley’s parents then realized their son had a talent. Then at 16 years old, Mosley went on an unforgettable family trip to Walt Dis-

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MAX BREAUDRY Production Coordinator ney World Resort in Florida. There he discovered a desire to be like Walt Disney, igniting his drive for animation. Aaron McGruder, an African-American cartoonist and creator of The Boondocks, was another pull to Mosley’s passion. “When you’re an inner city kid, a lot of what you see is basketball and rap, and we don’t have a lot of heroes

in animation,” Mosley said about McGgruder. “What he does is really cool.” In high school, Mosley took a chance and wrote a comic strip for the school newspaper. He received positive feedback from his peers giving him the confidence to decide his next step. Mosley then created his own YouTube channel. He taught himself how to animate on Windows Movie Maker and write comedic scripts. “Script writing and making a show … I was doing it all, writing the script, making sure my friends could do voices; mastering the form of making a show,” Mosley said. Mosley Sr. remembers his son always being creative; he built a sound room in a closet and had friends come do voice overs for his first accomplished short animation, he said. After high school, Mosley decided to venture off to the west coast from Detroit, Michigan to join his father, who was living in Santa Barbara. Mosley received his associate degree in animation and gaming at Santa Barbara City College, and is currently a senior at CSUF looking to receive his B.A. in general studio next fall. Now two months into his production assistant job, Mosley acknowledged how

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James Mosley II has been drawing since he was four years old. He was inspired to get into animation after visiting Walt Disney World and wishes to become someone like Walt Disney.

lucky he is to work with prominent talent in the entertainment industry. “There are no egos on our crew. It’s weird because I feel like they should have egos, they are all so talented and they treat you like you’re one of them,” Mosley said. Mosley Sr. described his son as a modest individual who genuinely wants to make people feel comfortable around him. “He is always striving for that next level,” Mosley Sr. said. The animation industry is a small pool of talented people who are easy to work with and know how to take direction, Breaudry said.

“James is a really good example of someone who could be the future of this company because of his positivity and hard work, and the fact he does always strives to learn more,” Breaudry said. Mosley II is currently working on a side project—a short cartoon with Breaudry. The protagonist is a mushroom princess who has a chocolate dog in a land made of candy and chocolate. The young princess must overcome the doubt of her townspeople, Mosley said. The short is significant because it tests his art to see if it fits with a children’s audience. This project is the most

effort Mosley has put into a film, because he chose traditional drawing animation. The process is “agonizing” but he’s expecting better results because of it, Mosley said. Mosely and his team plan to have it posted on YouTube by August. Mosley plans to remain with Nickelodeon and hopes to one day become a producer or director with multiple running shows. “I didn’t know how I was going to get to any level, all I knew was that—it’s blind faith at this point, it’s my religion. I can’t see it, I can’t touch it but I feel like I can be great someday in this industry,” Mosley said.

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IUD prevents pregnancy SABRINA PARADA Daily Titan Fifty-one percent of pregnancies are unplanned and 95 percent of those pregnancies result from not using or misusing birth control, like forgetting to take the pill every day at the same time, according to The Guttmacher Institute. For those who don’t know how this all works, every method of birth control comes with special instructions, unless otherwise stated by a medical physician. It’s very important to use birth control correctly or it could result in injury or worse, pregnancy. Perhaps it’s time for

women to reconsider the method of birth control they are using or will choose to use. As many women hurriedly jump to use the pill, there are other options available, other methods just as, if not more, effective and with less maintenance. A birth control method that works more than 99 percent of the time is making a comeback after disappearing from America in the 1980s and 1990s. The intrauterine device, better known as the IUD, was the contraceptive of choice for 6.4 percent of American women aged 15-44 from 2011 to 2013, according to a report published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The IUD is a small, T-shaped device implanted in the uterus. It’s not as popular as the other

contraceptives offered for women such as the pill or condom, but it’s definitely returning as one of women’s top choices, increasing 83 percent, according to the aforementioned report.

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IUD use is just easier. There’s no certain time of day that it needs to be taken and it’s pain-free. With this contraceptive there’s virtually no maintenance, allowing women to forget about it and carry on with their daily routines. The IUD gives women the protection they need during the time they probably need it most.

Those who are on the pill have to commit to taking it each day at the same time or they’ll compromise the protective agent in the pill. It sucks having to remember to do this one little but extremely important thing each and every day. Women are bound to forget at least once and that’s not safe. The Affordable Care Act’s requirement that health insurance cover all types of birth control at no cost is expected to accelerate adoption of IUDs. The price for an IUD implantation is more than $1,000, which is a possible reason why many women opt out of using this method of birth control. But it’s worth every penny if it means preventing an unwanted pregnancy. The IUD is almost as effective as sterilization, but

it’s not permanent. After having the device implanted while in a physician’s office, a woman doesn’t have to take any further actions to prevent pregnancy throughout the 3-to-10-year lifespan of the IUD. This is ideal because now the woman doesn’t have to worry about any complications and there is always the option of having it removed, if one chooses to do so. The device fails less than one percent of the time, compared to nine percent for the pill, 18 percent for male condoms and 24 percent for the rhythm method, CDC data shows. It’s time for ladies to think about their other options when it comes to birth control. There is a better way to prevent pregnancy without committing to the pill.

Letter to the editor Re: CSUF needs to provide for female students I would just like to say that I am SO impressed with the article regarding feminine needs. I am so glad to see real and important issues like that being addressed so publicly and openly. I’m glad such issues are getting the attention and recognition they need. Thank you, Csuf student, Tiffany Bunk

Bag ban a progressive step California landmark law is vital in the green movement VIVIAN CHOW Daily Titan As the leader of all things green, California became the first state to officially ban plastic bags. Late last year, Gov. Jerry Brown approved the landmark law, slated to takefull effect in July. This marks the first statewide ban of plastic bags in history, as well as a strong message of environmentalism. The law was hailed by environmental groups and came as a big win for citizens who wanted to rid communities of those pesky plastic bags. The new ban will require stores to charge customers 10 cents for a plastic or paper bag and requires bags to be made of recycled or compostable material.

A progressive change like this has been needed in California and those opposing it aren’t seeing the big picture. “This bill is a step in the right direction—it reduces the torrent of plastic polluting our beaches, parks and even the vast ocean itself,” Brown said, according to CNN. “We’re the first to ban these bags, and we won’t be the last.” All was great and rosy until the American Progressive Bag Alliance came along and gained enough signatures to qualify a measure that threatens to overturn the bag ban. Citizens will now vote on this measure during the November 2016 elections. The Alliance believes the ban was a ploy by the California Grocers Association to get rich off the 10 cent charge to customers. Plastic bag manufacturers are obviously going to oppose this ban, but don’t let their misguided efforts derail a landmark moment in

California’s history. Plastic bags contribute to environmental pollution as well as threatening marine life every day. Thousands of seabirds, sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting plastic or getting entangled in it, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. Around eight million metric tons of plastic waste makes its way into the world’s oceans each year, according to a report by Science Magazine. By 2025, the amount of plastic projected to the oceans would equal 10 bags per foot of coastline. Not only is it devastating to marine life, it eventually makes its way to us as well. After littered plastic is exposed to sun and saltwater, the bag will become brittle and shred into small pieces, becoming covered in toxins like polychlorinated biphenyls and others pollutants. Fish will consume these particles and absorb the

toxins. If those fish are consumed by humans, they too will absorb the harmful byproducts as well. It’s an endless cycle and it’s a deadly one. Forcing stores to stop handing out free plastic bags is a small inconvenience that eventually benefits us all. Customers will start bringing their own reusable bags when shopping and in turn, the need for plastic bags will soon be extinct. Many cities in California have already adopted the ban charging customers for plastic bags, including Los Angeles County. Most importantly, they’ve altered the behaviors of their citizens, decreasing the amount of plastic pollution every day. It’s time we do what’s right and take care of our home and all the creatures and communities that reside within it. Vote to ban the plastic and be an important part in creating a brighter future for all generations.

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Distracted walking results in more injuries per mile than distracted driving. studies found in http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/ 2014/02/022.html