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‘Dinner’ will bring Titans together New program will allow students, alumni to connect CECILY MEZA Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton students will have the chance to network with CSUF through the CSUF Alumni Association’s new Dinner with 12 Titans program. The program encourages students to network and be mentored by alumni who have developed careers and a life after graduation. The concept of the program was derived from the idea of Dinner for 12 Strangers and will give students and alumni the opportunity to come together and connect in a more intimate setting. Dinner for 12 Strangers, a program that takes place at multiple universities across the country, brings university alumni together with students and faculty to create relationships across generations and give students the chance to network with successful alumni. The program will use $2,000 of the Alumni Relations office’s $53,000 budget for the year. The funds will be used for marketing tools such as flyers and banners to promote the program and encourage students to sign up. The alumni who will be hosting the dinners will fund their meals personally, with food either catered or cooked by the host. Dianna Lopez Fisher, executive director of Alumni Relations, played a part in bringing the program to CSUF after she was involved in implementing similar programs at UCLA and UC Irvine. Fisher said she hopes the program will help expand the Titan community and give students the chance to get out and meet new people. “There is something bonding about sharing a meal together,” Fisher said. “This type of event provides a unique opportunity to get students out meeting new people from the Titan community.” Fisher also believes this will give students the opportunity to connect with alumni on a more intimate level with a home-cooked meal. Although students may be hesitant to sign up to eat in a stranger’s home, Assistant Director of Alumni and Campus Communities, Justin Gerboc, said the alumni hosts are feeling the pressure as well. “It’s funny, they’re a little bit nervous,” Gerboc said. “It’s fun to allow for some of that human connection because I imagine as a student, going to alumnus’ home whom you don’t know, you may not know the other students who are there … all of that creates this unique atmosphere of vulnerability, but also then opens up the door for connection.” Gerboc emphasized that the program’s main focus is to encourage students to build connections and relationships. SEE DINNER

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The “History of Botanical Illustration” class arranged by Cal State Fullerton alumna Tania Marien focused on plant documentatin and the appreciation of plantae in everyday life. Attendee, Dolores Fournier, above, sketches attentively.

Visualizing nature through art Illustration class helps to create plant awareness HEAVEN OCAMPO Daily Titan Nature is all around us and plants exist everywhere. But very few actually spend the time to learn more about the different plant specimens that populate the world around them. Driven to make a change, alumna Tania Marien, is working to change how students visualize nature— through the process of illustration, science and interpretation. Moreover, Marien has made it her mission to eradicate, what she refers to as, “plant-blindness,” which she describes as people being more familiar with animals than they are with plants.

On Jan. 29, Marien offered one of many classes to assist in her mission. The “History of Botanical Illustration” class had 11 students with sketchbooks, ready and eager to learn about plant documentation. Not everyone who attended had experience with botany, but all shared a common interest—a desire to learn about the plants around them. The course consisted of an introduction to botanical illustration, followed by an exploration of the Fullerton Arboretum to sketch out different plant life within the gardens. Marien led her class to a banana tree and gave them a demonstration on banana flowers and all their various parts. Students had the opportunity to walk along the paths and draw specimens that were unfamiliar to them. After becoming a botanist-artist-explorer,

students learned how sketches of plants are made into prints for field guides. Marien has a large array of field guides she has collected over the years, which she displayed at the back of the classroom. “There is an art element to all of my classes,” Marien said. “The objective is to provide multiple points of entry to learn about plants and to use drawing to observe.” Recently-retired forest ranger and resident of Yorba Linda, Steve Segreto, discovered the class through the Arboretum website. “All my years of being in the forest, I never really learned to draw very well,” Segreto said. Segreto explained that he has carried an interest in nature since he was a child, and hoped the class would help him learn more SEE BOTANICS

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Instructor Tania Marien shows the class a banana tree. The class then illustrated and made prints of the tree.

Gathering change for the better Students hope to raise thousands for pediatric charity ELAIZA ARMAS Daily Titan The Student Athlete Advisory Committee started collecting coins Monday as part of a returning competition between Big West Schools to benefit various charitable causes. The competition—the 8th annual Big West Coin Drive—runs through February. During this time, the committee must set up a location on campus to collect coins for their chosen charity. Three-quarters of the money raised will be donated to the school’s charity, and the other 25 percent will go to the winning institution’s charity, according to the Big West Conference website. Cal State Fullerton has

previously donated its funds to the Orangewood Children’s Foundation, which devotes its resources to children who have suffered neglect, abuse or abandonment. This will be the first year the committee donates funds to a different cause, the Pediatric Cancer Research foundation. “I think that this year we wanted to expand the horizon of who we’re donating to, and cancer research— especially pediatric cancer research—found me close to home,” said Adriana Gjonovich, vice president of the committee. Pam Newton, life skills coordinator for Titan Athletics, said the committee wanted to support adolescents fighting cancer in the hopes of providing better opportunities for the patients. The connection between a young cancer patient and the athletes made the charity choice appropriate. SEE COIN

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NEWS New board members to be appointed DTBRIEFS PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 3, 2015 TUESDAY

SPENCER CUSTODIO Daily Titan The Fullerton City Council will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to appoint new members to its Citizen Boards and Commissions. Each of the four boards will get one new member. The Bicycle User Subcommittee, Fullerton Museum Board, Arboretum Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission will each have new members appointed by the council. The terms for each new appointee will last until Dec. 18, 2018, according to the city council agenda. All the soon-to-be appointees were interviewed by the mayor, mayor pro tem and chairs from the respective committees or commissions.

Remaining vacancies have been reopened for recruitment on the Citizens’ Infrastructure Review Committee, Transportation and Circulation Commission, Energy Resource Management Committee, Community Development Citizens’ Committee and the Investment Advisory Committee, according to a report from the city clerk’s office. The council is also expected to confirm a timeline to begin the application process for safe and sane fireworks stands for the Fourth of July, according to the city clerk’s office. The council reinstated the sale and use of safe and sane fireworks in 2012, and there is a city ordinance that prohibits the discharge of fireworks on all public property. In 2014 the city approved of 30 applicants to operate the fireworks stands and held a lottery that selected 15 of them. The city is expected to select another 15 applicants

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Hundreds arrested in sex sting

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Attendees obvserve a previous city council meeting. Fullerton City Council will appoint members to four boards during the council meeting Tuesday.

through the lottery again this year, according to the city clerk’s office. Last year, Fullerton police responded to over 290 firework-related calls during the first four days of July, including 203 calls on July 4, according to a city report.

Fullerton police also used three units made up of two officers each to respond specifically to calls regarding fireworks. The officers handled 100 of the calls received, and mostly informed the citizens that lighting fireworks in the street is prohibited, according

to staff reports. The sales of last year’s fireworks generated a profit of $183,645 for Fullerton-based organizations that ran the fireworks sales stands from July 1-4, according to last year’s annual fireworks report.

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“To be able to support someone young that has cancer that could possibly beat it and then be an athlete, maybe, or a doctor or whatever they choose was really a key point to wanting to pick the pediatric cancer foundation,” Newton said. Midway through February, CSUF student athletes will raise awareness on the Titan Walk by educating the student population about the research foundation, Gjonovich said. Athletes will also be collecting donations from class-to-class in hopes of reaching their $5,000 goal. “We’ve encouraged athletes to bring their buckets to their classes and ask their teachers if they can announce it, because we have 30,000 kids on this campus,” she said. “That’s potentially a lot of money coming from this school to not only have that pride in supporting your athletic

team in a competition, but also donating to a good cause.” Cal State Fullerton has never raised more than

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PAM NEWTON Life Skills Coordinator $2,000 in the eight years it has participated in the competition. That’s a low amount for CSUF, being one of the largest campuses in the Big West, Gjonovich said. “There’s no reason why we shouldn’t be able to

raise more money than that, so we’re putting our efforts—kind of like the same effort we put into practice and school—we’re putting that into fundraising for Titan athletics and for the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation,” Gjonovich said. Newton said the Student Athlete Advisory Committee is an important part of athletics because it’s the only voice the athletes have in order to make change. “My energy and passion says that we can do more—they wanted to do more—now I’m going to help be the voice to make sure that we get it out there and that people know that we’re here to support not only our athletic department, but also our charity,” she said. Newton will have a decorated jar available in her office in Langsdorf Hall room 219B for anyone lacking a direct connection with the athletic department who would like to donate.

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Police officials arrested nearly 600 people and rescued dozens of victims nationwide as part of a sex trafficking sting that took place in the weeks leading up to Super Bowl Sunday, according to a Los Angeles Times report. Between Jan. 15 and Feb. 1, 68 victims, including 14 minors, were rescued from men and women suspected of soliciting prostitution. Most of the prostitution inquiries happened on sites like Craigslist and Backpage.com. “They rescued several women who told law enforcement they had been brought to Arizona specifically to work as prostitutes near the game,” said Thomas Dart of the Cook County, Illinois Sheriff’s Office. Following last year’s Super Bowl, the FBI saved 25 children in New Jersey and filed criminal charges against 45 people. - DEVIN ULMER

Congress to decide funding Congress may be headed toward a shutdown over funding for Homeland Security, according to the Los Angeles Times. The conundrum over funding has arisen as a result of President Barack Obama’s immigration plan. The plan, which was announced last fall, would defer deportation for more than 5 million illegal immigrants as long as they’re law abiding citizens. House Republicans are willing to approve a $39.7 billion funding bill for the Homeland Security Department, under the condition that none of that money will be used for Obama’s immigration plan. The Republicans hold the senate majority with 54 seats, though 60 votes will be needed to overcome a democratic filibuster. The Senate is set to vote today. -ANDREW MCLEAN

Scam targets caregivers Online scammers posing as parents on the website Care.com leave potential baby sitters with an empty bank account and no job. The criminals, who are writing from overseas, sent fraudulent checks to nanny’s or sitters for a negotiated price to cover their salary in advance before the scammers “upcoming trip” to the United States, according to NBC Los Angeles. In some cases, the scammer sent a fraudulent check to the potential caretaker with more money than was originally negotiated. The scammer then asks the caretaker to wire the excess money back. Since the checks are fraudulent, however, the caretaker is in reality wiring their own money to the scammer. - KATHERINE PICAZO VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM/NEWS

NEWS Degree pilot program to start

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Community colleges will soon offer bachelor’s degrees KARISSA ALCALA Daily Titan California’s higher education system will see major changes in the coming years, as 15 community colleges will begin participating in a program that will allow them to offer students bachelor’s degrees. The program began its move to implementation last September when Gov. Jerry Brown approved SB 850, which gave the Community College Board of Governors the authority to establish a bachelor’s degree pilot program at 15 California Community Colleges. The bill required degrees offered be unavailable at any of the CSU or UC universities. Santa Ana College will be offering a bachelor’s degree in occupational studies, already a highly successful associate’s program at the college, said Omar Torres, vice president of Academic Affairs for Santa Ana College. “We were very passionate about moving forward in this particular direction for this particular field,” Torres said.

The Occupational Studies program would be open to anyone interested in the topic, but Santa Ana College plans to specifically advertise it to its local associate level students. Although many of Santa Ana’s students transfer to Cal State Fullerton, Torres said he does not believe the new program will create a huge change in the number of students that transfer to UC or CSU programs. “This is a degree that’s currently not being offered at any of the UCs or CSUs; it’s a unique degree that’s targeting a particular population of students,” Torres said. “So unless you’re interested in ultimately working in the occupational therapy arena or serving as an occupational therapy assistant, you’re probably not going to be interested in this particular bachelor’s degree.” Sean Walker, chair of the Academic Senate, however, called the setup for the program “a fascinating lesson in how not to do something.” During the most recent Academic Senate meeting, Walker brought up the issue of insufficient time to respond to the proposals from community colleges, and possible issues with future transfer students.

Discussion would be required to decide how to transfer units from classes that will be part of the community college bachelor’s degree program as opposed to the currently offered associate’s degree classes, he said. “We have transfer agreements with community colleges for certain sets of things and I would imagine we’d have to work with the articulation officers and sort out how it would work,” Walker said during the Academic Senate meeting. “That’s a big part of the discussion now.” Cypress College will also be a part of the pilot program, and will offer a bachelor’s in mortuary science. The program will be one of only two mortuary science programs offered at public universities in California, according to a release from Cypress College. Teresa Barajas, an English major at CSUF, transferred from Santa Ana College and said she does believe a four year degree program in a community college will be advantageous to some students. The program, she said will allow students to be able to maintain a network and relationship with professors and other staff members at that school.

Colleges and their majors Antelope Valley College • Airframe Manufacturing

Bakersfield College

• Industrial Automation

Crafton Hills College

Cypress College

Feather River College • Equine Industry

Foothill College

• Dental Hygiene

Mira Costa College

• Bio Manufacturing

Modesto Junior College • Respiratory Care

Rio Hondo College

• Automotive Technology

San Diego Mesa College

• Health Information Management

Santa Ana College

• Occupational Studies

Santa Monica College • Interaction Design

Shasta College

• Health Information Management

Skyline College

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• Respiratory Therapy

West Los Angeles College • Dental Hygiene

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Gerboc emphasized that the main focus of the program is to encourage students to create connections and begin new relationships. Kristin Crelin, former board member and president of the Alumni Association, is one of the alumni who will be hosting a dinner for this pilot program. Crelin was notified about the program through communication with Dianna Fisher and a CSUF email. After hearing about the program through Dianna Fisher and a CSUF email, she decided to participate in order to continue to be a part of the Titan community. “It’s not your usual mixer that you might be invited to,” Crelin said. “This is something that was very different … this was something intimate that I really liked.” Crelin said she is looking forward to being a part of the first—of what she hopes will be many—dinners. More information and registration is available at Fullerton.edu/Alumni. Registration to attend the program closes Feb. 15 at midnight. The event will take place March 20-21.

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Intern experience caps degree Survey shows employers value work over academics

Academic Factors

Relative Importance of Attributes in Evaluating Graduates for Hire

MATTHEW HADDIX Daily Titan When some students think of internships, they might imagine desk jobs where they will be shuffling papers around all day without pay for the hours they put in. Employers think about internships quite differently according to a survey conducted by The Chronicle of Higher Education. A Chronicle of Higher Education survey of employer evaluation standards for new graduates, found internship and employment experience carried more weight than a graduate’s major, grade-point average and even the relevance of the graduate’s coursework to a given job position. Yet, before students jump headfirst into an internship, it is important to understand that not all internships are created equal. In 2014, The Gallup-Purdue Index surveyed recent graduates and discovered that 71 percent of graduates, who believe they applied what they learned in school to their internship, were currently employed full-time. Compared to the 56 percent of graduates employed full-time, who believed they had not applied what they had learned in their internship. Luckily for Cal State Fullerton students, the campus provides myriad tools to help place

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The Chronicle of Higher Education surveyed employers to determine what they deem as most important when it comes to experience versus academia when hiring recent college graduates.

students into internships that are both rewarding and engaging. The bulk of the CSUF’s internship placement apparatus is headed by the Center for Internships and Community Engagement, located in LH-206, which screens employers for specific criterion so as to provide CSUF students with ideal internship partners. According to Dawn Macy Ph.D., director of the Center for Internships and Community Engagement, there is an intense process for screening employers. “We screen on the basis of what duties they’ll (students) be performing, what sort of training and mentorship they’re going get and what they’re going to walk away with,” said Macy said. Although some businesses may be wary of the vetting process, the Center for

Internships and Community Engagement has secured over 3,000 partners, which translates to thousands of jobs for students. For students who are required to take an internship to graduate, they will be able to work closely with the center in order to find the internship that is right for them. For students who have majors that require no internship, they can visit the Career Center located in LH-208, which focuses on placing students into paid internships. This offers many advantages, as students can find ways to support themselves through paid internships where they may not have previously had time for an unpaid internship. Of those 63 percent with paid internships in the for-profit marketplace were offered jobs after

graduation, compared to 37 percent of unpaid internships, and 35 percent of graduates who had not taken an internship at all, according to the 2014 Internship and Co-op Survey, conducted by the National Association of College and Employers. The Career Center at CSUF shares a joint community partner account with the Center for Internships and Community Engagement, adding an even greater number of employers for students to choose from, giving students a greater chance to select the internship that will fit perfectly with the skills they have gained from academia. For those who are looking for a more meaningful internship that can be currently offered by the for-profit landscape, students may turn to the

Gianneschi Center for NonProfit Research. Susan Cadwallader, the director of the Gianneschi Center for Nonprofit Research, organizes the program to include a focus on academia as well as training. “The Gianneschi Center for Nonprofit Research was founded with the intention of providing services and training for the non-profit medium and small non-profit community in Orange County,” Cadwallader said. During the spring and fall semesters, the Gianneschi Center provides students with classes and information to prepare them for work in nonprofits, but the Gianneschi Center’s crown jewel is their summer school program. “We want students to come to our Gianneschi Center Summer School for

Nonprofits,” Cadwallader said. “There, they have the opportunity to interact with nonprofit leaders, to learn about nonprofit management, and that service, this year, will be offered at no charge to the student.” For students who may be unsure of themselves when networking, or merely wish for more guidance during the summer school program, faculty may accompany attending students for a minimal fee. “Our job is to get these folks (students) in front of business professionals, and get them networking with each other,” Cadwallader said. Every student may face the challenge of entering the job market, but with the help of the many internship programs provided by CSUF, students can have the confidence to stand out and succeed.

Club for dance, desire and diversity CSUF Salsa Club is not just about slick swings and snaps MARICELA GOMEZ Daily Titan All it takes is an interlocked wooden dance floor and an uplifting soundtrack with bongos, percussion and trumpets to compliment the twists, turns and extensions the Salsa Club members made at the Titan Walk. A trophy from the 2012 Golden Salsa Awards for “Best Salsa College Club” sits next to the club’s shirt and banner, both with the club logo, displayed behind the makeshift dance floor at the Titan Walk. The name is in white letters, customized with an image of two dancers in the middle that symbolize the CSUF Salsa Club’s accomplishment and pride. Behind the amicable personalities and sizzling dance moves seen at CSUF’s Days of Discovery, is a passionate club that has more to offer. The CSUF Salsa Club was formed on Aug. 1, 2010 by co-founder and information systems graduate student, Joshua Mendoza, 31, and Kazumi DeVries, the “woman of

many hats,” as Mendoza described her. She serves as the club’s salsa instructor, coach and advisor. “I have to thank my advisor. She helped me out, gave me personal growth … and really helped my academic development,” Mendoza said. DeVries swayed into salsa Spring 2001 as a stress relieving activity that would alleviate her from motherhood, work and the 20-unit semester at CSU Long Beach as an art major. “I was under stress so I decided I needed one day to kind of let the air out, so I decided to start taking a salsa class … if I finished all my homework by the end of the week, I rewarded myself going out once,” DeVries said. DeVries said she was approached by Mendoza, who at the time became the new president of “Candela,” a small and unstructured salsa club that needed improvement. Mendoza reached out to DeVries at a dancing event he attended, requesting if she would teach the Salsa Club. After a few business talks, a new Salsa Club was formed. The club now enrolls about 150 interested members per semester in an active club where salsa dancers and enthusiasts can join the

competitive team, or simply engage in the club to learn and have fun, Mendoza said. No dance skills? No problem. The club has a salsa dance teacher that will start teaching members from the basics. Four year CSUF Salsa Club veteran Kalia Asato, 21, said the club offers two different dancing sessions for membership. One of them being the Wednesday beginners session, which costs $35 a semester, and the Friday intermediate sessions that costs $35 monthly, providing more oneon-one learning with a salsa instructor. The club meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m., Asato said. The first meeting will be held on Feb. 4 at the Titan Student Union building, and will then relocate the meetings to the Kinesiology building. CSUF Salsa Club president Jazmine De La Cruz, 22, said the salsa club is more than a dancing club. It’s a club where members from diverse backgrounds become a community, where members obtain respect, do activities together, compete in competitions and gain meaningful friendships. “A lot of people think that Salsa Club is just to dance, and it’s not just

about dancing, it’s about learning about culture and getting to break barriers of racism … not only that, but we hang out as a group, we bring you into our family, we treat each other with courtesy and we want to have fun, we want to compete and we want to have a friendly atmosphere and that’s our goal,” De La Cruz said. DeVries’s ultimate goal was to create a safe environment for students where drama and alcohol is prohibited and members can focus on the essence of salsa dancing rather than the image of “the nightclub scene.” Members also have the chance to give back to the community during club conducted canned food drives and by feeding underprivileged citizens, DeVries said. Not only are members learning about salsa dancing, but the salsa culture itself. Members learn about the existing ethnic diversity in society, as seen within the large club, DeVries said. “We have a lot of Indonesian students, we have a lot of Iranian students, many international students join

the club so it’s very diverse,” she said. Titans who enroll in the club membership will automatically get 10 free classes for joining.

The free classes may be a generous bonus, but the assertiveness, friendship and education is what really makes the Salsa Club go a long way.

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Maira Luna, 19, practices her salsa moves at the Titan Walk with dance partner Joshua Mendoza, CSUF Salsa Club founder.

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about the native plants in the area and improve his plant sketching abilities. Mission Viejo resident Kathy Bellas discovered the class through a friend who read about it in the Los Angeles Times. Bellas immediately knew that this class was perfect for her. “I’ve always been interested in art, plants and nature,” Bellas said. “I wanted to get together with nature FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN

again and see the beautiful Arboretum.” Marien’s classes are part of her larger project, InterpretPlants, through her website, ArtPlantae.com. Since its launch in 2002, Marien’s website has grown from a newsletter to a place for botanical art and environmental education, for both formal and informal educational environments. “I have always had an interest in plants,” Marien said. “I could not tell you why, it has been something I have always

been drawn to. I took my first botanical illustration class in 2001 and everything just clicked.” Within the next 10 years, 50 percent of botanist will be retiring, according to the Botanical Capacity Project. Many colleges and schools have cut back significantly on their botany programs. Marien believes it is important to educate people about the importance that plants play in daily life, and to encourage young people to pursue

botany. Marien has a master’s degree in biology from Cal State Fullerton in biology and student learning and is currently completing a professional certification program in interpretive planning and design of learning environments in informal settings. Marien will be offering her next class at the Arboretum on Feb. 19 called, “Discovering the Arboretum Potting Shed.” VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM

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Superbowl 2015 champions the New England Patriots upset reigning champions the Seattle Seahawks in an action-packed, toe-to-toe Sunday showdown.

Superbowl goes out with a smash Superbowl XLIX was a whirlwind of triumph and emotion CECILY MEZA Daily Titan Super Bowl Sunday, one of the most-watched and anticipated live television events of the year, was met with much enthusiasm this past Sunday. It’s not just any other sports game; it’s the main event to kick-off the new year. Hosted in the desert environs of Arizona, defending champions, the Seattle Seahawks look to have a “RePete” against the New England Patriots. The Seahawks, having one of the strongest defenses in the league along with the cool, calm and collected quarterback, Russell Wilson gave the Patriots a run for their money. The Patriots started strongly, proving they were not ones to be frowned upon after the controversial “deflate-gate” scandal. Overall, either team was worthy enough to raise the Lombardi trophy—one with the strongest defenses, and one that was equipped for the short passing game.

With just minutes left in the game, Seattle blew the biggest opportunity of claiming backto-back Super Bowl championships. Russell Wilson tried to throw it into the end zone, only to be picked off by Patriots’ Malcolm Butler with seconds left within the game. Probably one of the worse play calls in Super Bowl history, Wilson tried to be the hero of the game instead of using running back Marshawn Lynch to run the ball within a couple yards. Lynch, who had some enormous runs and plays for the Seahawks all game and season long, could have easily bulldozed through the Patriots’ defense for an easy six points. The decision to throw it into the end zone definitely cost the Seahawks their second championship ring. Halftime show performer, Katy Perry, roared into the University of Phoenix Stadium riding atop a magnificent golden lion while donning a fiery costume. Perry, singing from a diverse catalog, brought playfulness in each performance—whether it was with a ponytail hair flip or dancing with sharks and palm trees.

Enhancing her performance, Lenny Kravitz joined her onstage, providing an electrifying rendition of I Kissed a Girl. The real showstopper was rapper Missy Elliott, getting her freak on with her classics and debuting a completely new look—from her hair, make-up and weight loss. Performing her hiphop classics, it took all the ‘90s kids back to the beginning of their hiphop roots. But not everything about the Superbowl was playful and exciting. The commercials are what the majority of viewers anticipate for the game. Advertisers shell out millions for those coveted 30 seconds on television. This year’s commercials had a more serious tone, with several PSA’s involving domestic violence and childhood death. Others were full of the expected cuteness of puppies, fun Breaking Bad references and plenty of woodland creatures. With the dramatic victory of the Patriots, the playful halftime show, and noteworthy commercials, Superbowl XLIX definitely did not disappoint.

Electronic cigarettes: safety still unknown Before deciding to vape, know what’s going into your body SABRINA PARADA Daily Titan As many people and students can agree, the conversion from regular to electronic cigarettes hasn’t really changed anything. It’s not rare to see a puff of vapor, usually accompanied by a fruity smell, when walking through campus. This new fad, commonly referred to as vaping, has stirred quite the controversy. Electronic cigarettes were first introduced in the United States between 2006-2007, according to the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association. E-cigarettes continue to grow in popularity every year, according to Reuters. While many people insist that e-cigarettes can be used as a

smoking-cessation aid, others are more than willing to refute this claim, including plenty of healthcare professionals. An argument in favor of electronic cigarettes is that they help transition smokers into non-smokers by controlling and limiting the amount of nicotine the user intakes. Different e-cigarette capsules can contain varying amounts of nicotine, so they have that benefit over traditional cigarettes. However, the real life results of this argument have been widely speculated. On the other spectrum of the e-cigarette debate, an article published in The New York Times about the unregulated manufacturing of e-cigarettes in China produced concerning information about e-cigarettes. The article remarked on the “flawed” or “sloppy” manufacturing which could possibly be the reason for various harmful compounds found in the electronic cigarette, including

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carcinogens, which are the very substances e-cigarettes claim to help people avoid. Some of the ingredients found in these e-cigarettes have been proven to be more dangerous than the traditional tobacco cigarette. People need to know what goes into the electronic cigarette and how they are made before deciding to vape. The question then arises: Should vaping be banned from smoke-free areas and campuses? If the harmful effects haven’t been proven, then it shouldn’t be banned. But the benefits and risks of using e-cigarettes is still up for debate. Not enough research has been conducted, so there’s no concrete answer yet. Based on the information that is distributed, anyone interested in jumping on the vape bandwagon should read up on what they’re going to be putting inside their body. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN

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Health media distorts body image Health media is misrepresenting what healthy looks like SVETLANA GUKINA Daily Titan A hot, slim, muscular woman with beautiful makeup wearing a revealing outfit to showcase her perfect body; a young, shirtless muscular man; colorful fonts and catching phrases. These sound like the covers of typical fashion magazines, which can promote anorexia and set unrealistic standards of beauty. But no, these are often the covers of health magazines today, which are supposed to promote health and awareness. Health-related media and, in particular, health magazines are supposed to educate the public and promote a healthy lifestyle. But what they really do is promote an unhealthy image of what is beautiful under the label of health. Perfect-looking people

who pose for health magazine covers might be in perfect health. It doesn’t mean, however, that people whose body is not “perfect” (slim and muscular), are unhealthy. Such limited portrayal of health in the media is unfair and misleading. Health does not equate to slenderness. The topic of human health belongs to the medical field, to doctors and health professionals. Celebrities and life coaches are usually amateurs and enthusiasts in this sphere, yet more often than not, they become the beacons of what exercise routine to follow or what diet to begin. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a body mass index calculator available to everyone at Cdc.gov. By comparing a person’s weight with his or her height, it determines whether his or her weight is healthy. The range of healthy weight for each height is a staggering 35 pounds. For example, a healthy weight

for a woman 5-foot-3-inches tall is between 105 and 140 pounds. Consider a famous fitness instructor like Jillian Michaels, who weighs 115 pounds at 5 feet 3 inches. With her height, according to the CDC’s BMI calculator, she can weigh up to 140 pounds and still be healthy. Of course, if she was 140 pounds, her body would look a lot different. And because of that, she would likely not be photographed for health magazine covers, even though she is a perfectly healthy woman. Peter Cosmakos, a CSUF health science professor, estimated that in order to look like Michaels, one needs to exercise at least three hours a day and six days a week, which is quite a bit of work. “I think it sets an unrealistic goal for people to try to achieve,“ Cosmakos said. “98 percent of the population can’t look like that … and how much work did she put in to look like

that … Most of us can’t do that.” At least 30 minutes of physical activity every day is enough to stay healthy, Cosmakos said. Putting a “health” tag on a “perfect” body is also misleading because there are other factors that reflect health besides physical appearance. People who read health magazines should be aware of this. A human being is so much more than just a body. Jackie Blyleven, adviser and lecturer at the CSUF Department of Health Science, thinks health is very multidimensional. “It’s not just eating right, exercising and looking good,” she said. It’s also about staying stress-free, maintaining your emotional, spiritual and financial health, Blyleven posits. Who knows what is happening inside those perfect people? Are they stress-free working out for hours every day? Are their lives emotionally fulfilling? Are

they happy? A healthy body allows for a healthy spirit. Before it invades the body, health must invade the mind. A person with a healthy mind must have a healthy

view of oneself and healthy expectations. If the media really wants to help the public, then the worship of the body must be replaced with the worship of the mind and spirit.

Health Media Facts Stanford and UMass Study found: • 70% of women feel worse about their appearance after reading women’s magazines.

The National Eating Disorders Association: • Male body dissatisfaction has grown from 15% to 43% over the past three decades • Over 42% of 1st-3rd graders want to be thinner.

Psychology Today reports:

• A woman 18-34 has a 7% chance of being as thin as a catwalk model, 1% as a supermodel

DoSomething.org reports:

• Over 58% of college girls feel pressue to be a certain weight.

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders found:

• Around 24 million Americans of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder.

Trustees make right move on success fees CSUF’s student success fees should be put to a vote KATELYNN DAVENPORT Daily Titan A change has been made to the way Student Success fees are implemented. As of Wednesday, the CSU Board of Trustees now requires a student vote before success fees are implemented. In addition to this, CSU campuses without student success fees must get new implementation of fees approved by the Chancellor’s office first.

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implementation of the success fees, it’s as though the students and administrators who worked so hard to reach that agreement, did so for nothing. Although tuition has remained at what has been deemed an “affordable” $6,315 per year for the last four years, campus fees have risen from $648 a few years ago to $843 in the 2014-15 school year, according to a report by the California State University budget office. While individual CSU campuses cannot alter tuition fees, each campus is able to set the amount of fees students are charged. At CSUF, these

Students shouldn’t have to pay for these fees, but unfortunately, that isn’t the case.

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It’s about time. When the fees first emerged, there was no majority vote by the students or faculty to implement the fees, or how much the fees would add up to. Students felt cheated. I felt cheated. It didn’t make any sense that CSU students were charged with these new fees without first putting the proposed fees to a vote. When my journey as a CSUF student began in 2011, an agreement had been reached not to raise tuition. However, with the

fees amount to $181 per semester. Students shouldn’t have to pay for these fees, but unfortunately, that isn’t the case. Not having our tuition raised doesn’t feel as nice when those dollars and cents are being charged elsewhere. It is nice to know students are now able to vote for or against the fees, but the CSU Board of Trustees should realize it’s quite clear to everyone that the student success fees are undoubtedly a tuition increase, whether the fees are voted on or not.

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Popular navigation app Waze has introduced a new feature allowing users to notify others of police sightings. Instead of benefitting drivers, some say this feature has inadvertently endangered police offiers in the wake of police brutality protests.

Waze tracker poses threat Waze’s new police tracker may endanger officers in field CECILY MEZA Daily Titan The free community-based map, traffic and navigation app Waze, has added a recent update: a police tracker. The Israeli based navigation app differs from other traditional navigation apps by bringing in a community-based support system. Drivers commuting on streets and freeways have the ability to notify other app users of traffic conditions and possible dangers such as potholes, car crashes, and road obstructions.

The police tracker addition to the app has raised concerns regarding the potential safety of police officers. Waze users are able to pinpoint the location of a police officer on a street or freeway who is monitoring traffic or measuring the speed of vehicles. With a recent uprise in the controversial issue of police brutality involving the deaths of African-Americans including Michael Brown of Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner of New York, this tracker could be a potential threat to police officers. The drivers within the area post a marker where a police officer has been spotted in order to notify other users to stay aware and cautious. Because of recent events

nationwide and locally in Fullerton involving police brutality, the police tracker could be abused in a vengeful way. Local and national protests against police brutality could ignite a series of violence against police officers. An angry family member could use this tracker in order to gain some sort of revenge against any officer from a local force that harmed a friend or relative. Law enforcement have generally been irksome for most because of potential tickets, leaving a path of danger for officers. Because this is a community-based update on traffic, crashes and police sightings, not all officers stay in the area they were originally pinpointed to.

Users can update locations or even delete the locations where police officers were previously spotted. This feature could also expose those who are going out and hunting down officers in public, leading to arrests of potential suspects. Though originally created to avoid potential contact with officers, the police tracker could now be used to exploit officers’ safety instead. Not all police officers do harm, most have served and protected their communities across the nation. It takes only a few corrupt and negligent officers to bring a bad reputation to the police force and endanger all other officers that are lawfully doing their job.

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Ken Ravizza, Ph.D., is teaching the stress management course in his last semester as a Cal State Fullerton professor. During his 37-year tenure at CSUF, the 66-year-old Ravizza has worked with Titan Athletics as well as professional organizations such as the LA Angels of Anaheim, LA Dodgers, LA Galaxy, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Jets and Toronto Argonauts.

Get your head in the game CSUF professor teaches the mental side of sports TAMEEM SERAJ Daily Titan When people think of sports, they focus on the physical aspect of the game. However, the mental side separates good athletes from elite athletes, and that’s why teams hire top sports psychologists like Cal State Fullerton’s own, Ken Ravizza, Ph.D.

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away from your spine. When your lungs are full of air, gently allow the air to flow out of you through your mouth. As you exhale, release excess tension in your body to relax your muscles. Repeat two more times. This is one of the tactics Ravizza teaches in his stress management course at Cal State Fullerton and in his book Heads-Up Baseball. He states that the excess tension in the muscles can hinder a player’s performance. The breathing exercise, however, is one way to

Some days you have your A-game, some days you have your B-game, some days you have your C-game. You still got to perform and get it done.

Ravizza, a leading authority on providing mental skills training for peak performance, has experience working with some of the best athletes and coaches in the world. In addition to working with the CSUF Titans and Long Beach State Dirtbags, Ravizza has worked with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, LA Dodgers, LA Galaxy, New York Jets, Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Argonauts. Try this: place your hand on your stomach and take a slow, deep breath through your nostrils and allow the breath to push your hand

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KEN RAVIZZA CSUF Professor and Sports Psychologist

bring back focus and allow an athlete to perform at his or her best. The subtitle of the book, Playing the Game One Pitch at a Time, is one of Ravizza’s most important philosophies. He emphasizes that in order to be successful, an athlete must simplify the game and live in the present. Ravizza said he acts as the facilitator for the athletes in order to help them figure out how to get to the next pitch in their own unique way. “The time is now, the place is here,” Ravizza said. “It doesn’t matter how you feel, because some days you

have your A-game, some days you have your B-game, some days you have your C-game. You still got to perform and get it done.” Even with the success of his methods, Ravizza stresses that it’s not magic. The outcome of the game is still dependant on other factors, but, Ravizza said, the only thing an athlete can do is to put him/herself in the best position to succeed by “controlling what you can control, (which is) the next moment of the game.” Mental strength can make or break an athlete. “When you lose, it hurts. But when you go to bed at night, if the opponent beats you, you can sleep. But when you beat yourself, that’s when you stare at the ceiling all night,” Ravizza said. Ravizza cites the 2004 CSUF baseball team as a team that epitomized the “one pitch at a time” philosophy. The team that had such high expectations going into the season started with a 15-16 record, until Ravizza used an unorthodox method to get the athletes to flush away their distractions. He placed a miniature electronic toilet, complete with an actual flushing noise, in the dugout for the players to symbolically flush away any negative thoughts they had during the game. The strategy worked. The Titans finished the season with a 47-22 record and

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Ken Ravizza, Ph.D., is a renowned sports psychologist and the author of the successful book Heads-Up Baseball. In his book, Ravizza writes about how to take the game “one pitch at a time.”

a national championship. When the champions lined up to take a team photo, Ravizza stood next to the photographers until former athletics director, Brian Quinn, demanded him to get in the photo. “Every person on that team had a role, and every person embraced their role, whatever it was. It was truly special,” Ravizza said. Augie Garrido, the coach sitting in the opposing dugout of the 2004 championship game, was the one to kickstart Ravizza’s career and put his name on the map. Garrido, a legendary CSUF coach, had heard

about Ravizza’s effect on the women’s gymnastics team and subsequently brought him in to work with the Titan baseball team in 1979. After the Titans won the 1979 and the 1984 College World Series, the big leagues took notice. Former Angels pitching coach Marcel Lachemann contacted Ravizza about working with the team, and Ravizza spent the next 15 years as a consultant with the Halos. Ravizza never lost touch with the college game, however. He remained at CSUF for 37 years while also working with pro organizations. The reason for staying

at CSUF: his passion for teaching. “The thing I love most about working at Cal State Fullerton is working with the students. I’ve learned so much from my students,” Ravizza said. “It’s fascinating to see the changes students go through in college.” With retirement looming over the horizon, the 66-year-old heads into his last semester as a professor at Cal State Fullerton with a positive attitude. “It’s going to be a lot of tears, screaming and laughter. We’re going to have a blast,” Ravizza said.

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