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Volume 97 Issue 25

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

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College issues addressed by candidates CECILY MEZA Daily Titan Four students in the Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics gathered in the college’s courtyard Wednesday to discuss why they would be the best representative for the college as a member of the Associated Students, Inc. Board of Directors. The four candidates running for a position on the board are Michael Medina, an international business major, Jonathan Saldivar and Yvonne Cuaresma, both finance majors, and Gabriel Sedeno, a business major with an undeclared concentration. The candidates discussed what their goals would be if elected board members. Roughly 30 individuals—a larger crowd than in other debates this week—shuffled in and out to grab a slice of pizza and listen. Sedeno emphasized the importance of encouraging freshmen to become involved with on-campus organizations, including the Honor’s Program and the Business Inter-Club Council, he said. Saldivar’s goals include gaining student trust with the decisions he would have to make as a board member, he said, adding that he wants to take student opinion into consideration as a representative. Medina voiced his plan to advocate for the students, improve communication within the college to promote events and improve students’ experience on campus. Cuaresma said she wants to connect students on campus with the resources and events that the college, as well as the university as a whole, has to offer. Highlighting student accomplishment within the college was also on her list of plans, she said. As was addressed by the other college candidates debating throughout the week, the Mihaylo candidates were asked how they would handle requests for funds that come from the student fees to support larger-scale events. Cuaresma said she will listen to what the students ultimately want and will benefit from that when considering events to fund, she said. Medina took a positive approach to the student fees. The fees are being used for a reason and help give students a well-versed “Titan experience,” he said. It’s important to support the events that students are passionate about and would have an impact for them and their future, he added. SEE DEBATE

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Senior guard Chante Miles drives to the paint with force in the win over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Wednesday night at Titan Gym. Miles was held to just eight points, but the Titans managed to win 55-48 and advance to the semifinals of the Big West Conference Tournament at Honda Center.

Titans book their spot in the Big West semifinals ANDREW MCLEAN Daily Titan For the second straight night, the Cal State Fullerton’s women basketball team relied on their defense to help them move on in the Big West Conference Tournament. Wednesday night at Titan Gym, CSUF (13-18 overall, 5-11 Big West) came out on top of the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Mustangs, 55-48, in a hard-fought defensive battle. This win moves the Titans closer to the Big West title and gives the girls an opportunity to continue their hot streak at the Honda Center in the Big West semifinals Friday against Hawaii. Cal Poly SLO (15-14 overall, 10-6 Big West) held a tight double-team on star guard Chante Miles all night.

Miles scored 26 points Tuesday night against UC Riverside, but was held to just eight points on 2-of-9 shooting against the Mustang defense. With four minutes left in the game and the Titans leading 50-42, Cal Poly SLO began to build a comeback. However, Miles dove on a loose ball that was up for grabs and managed to call a timeout, stealing a possession from the Mustangs. Though Miles struggled from the field, her vocal leadership and intensity on the defensive end proved to be just what the Titans needed Wednesday night. Senior guard Tailer Butler stepped up on the offensive end, finishing second on the team with 17 points and tying the team lead with seven rebounds. Butler’s ability to shut down the opposing team’s top scorer gives the Titans an opportunity to frustrate teams, leading them to turn the ball over. The Titans forced 16

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48 turnovers Wednesday night and scored 15 points off the miscues from Cal Poly SLO. “Coach gave me the role to play no help, no catch, but I wouldn’t have done it without my teammates, to be honest. The help defense and the talking just motivated me to stick to the best player,” Butler said. Cal Poly SLO guard Ariana Elegado began the second half with a hot hand, scoring her team’s first four points. CSUF Head Coach Daron Park then made the decision to give Butler the task of guarding Elegado. SEE BBALL

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Freshman Daeja Smith battles for a rebound with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Taryn Garza in the 55-48 CSUF win at Titan Gym.

A deadly side to eating healthy

Obsessing over healthy habits turns problematic MADISON SALTER For the Daily Titan & FIONA PITT Daily Titan

It was the writer-poet, Oscar Wilde who once quoted, “Everything in moderation. Including moderation.” Although anecdotal, Wilde’s quote could serve as a primer for those experiencing a need to over-indulge on a consistent basis. Orthorexia nervosa is not currently a clinical diagnosis, however, it is an unhealthy obsession with eating healthy. Symptoms associated with the term are affecting enough people

to catch the attention of multiple media outlets and psychologists, according to the website of the National Eating Disorders Association. The “unhealthy obsession” involves an individual becoming fixated on only eating healthy foods. Obsessing with eating healthy becomes a problem according to the National Eating Disorders Association if, “It takes up an inordinate amount of time and attention to your life; if deviating from that diet is met with guilt and self-loathing; and if it is used to avoid other various life issues.” “When your thoughts are consumed mainly by the guilt of what you have eaten or have not, it is time to make a change in your eating regime or seek therapy,” Melinda Blackman, Ph.D, professor of Psychology at

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Clean eating can be beneficial to health, but once an individual begins to obsess about healthy eating it can lead to a dangerous disorder.

Cal State Fullerton said in an email. The term orthorexia comes from the Greek word “ortho” meaning “right” or “correct”

and mirrors with the term anorexia nervosa; a disorder with the highest mortality rate of any mental illness that affects nearly 24 million people

in the U.S., according to the National Eating Disorders Association. SEE HEALTH 5 VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM

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Korean partnership to further develop Early plans in place for summit at CSUF later this year

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DREW CAMPA Daily Titan Over the last few years, a growing friendship between Cal State Fullerton and the Republic of Korea has produced on-campus visits and speeches, and even an exhibition baseball game. With much of that activity taking place over the last few months, the question of what’s next has produced an answer—something, but nothing immediately. A summit incorporating both CSUF and Korean representatives has been proposed, but plans are currently in the early stages, said Amy Choo, Korea Foundation’s Los Angeles office program coordinator. “(CSUF) Vice President Danny Kim and my director have been communicating to plan this forum later this year,” Choo said. “It will be called Korea Summit and they will gather all those Cal State Fullerton professors who are researching Korean business, Korean society,

Korean culture, Korean politics.” Choo added that nothing has been decided upon yet. What is confirmed this year is that the Korea Daily newspaper will host a college fair on campus Sept. 26, a university official said. Officials both at the university and within South Korea would like to foster future events, but the current challenge is finding appropriate events to coordinate, Choo said. “I know Cal State Fullerton wants to apply, they want to host a lot of events and programs and we support Korean studies programs throughout the nation,” Choo said. “So, we will continue to look for opportunities to support them if there are any suitable, good programs that we can support.” Multiple collaborative efforts have already taken place at CSUF. On Feb. 23, the South Korean professional baseball team, NC Dinos, took on the CSUF team in an exhibition game that the Titans won by a close margin (8 - 7) at Goodwin Field. The contest came on the heels of a visit from the Korean Consul General in Los

Angeles, Hyun-myung Kim, to campus on Dec. 5. Kim was presented with a Titan baseball jersey at home plate as part of his visit. That same day the consul general made a presentation entitled “Making Waves and Friends with Cultural Diversity” on campus that focused on Korean pop culture and its influence on other cultures. “I was deeply impressed by the commitment that President García, Vice President Kim, Vice President Saks and the other faculty members have to further the advancement of Korean studies at CSUF,” said Byungkon Kim, Korea Foundation Los Angeles Director, in an email. “Myself and the Korea Foundation commend their efforts and look forward to supporting their programs or events to promote knowledge of Korea in the future.” Choo was willing to work with Cal State Fullerton because of the school’s commitment, she said. “Orange County and especially Cal State Fullerton has been very active reaching out to the Korea Foundation and the consul general as well to build that close relationship,” Choo said. “We really definitely appreciate that effort.”

Program offers students international experience Online tools allow for student collaboration across borders SVETLANA GUKINA Daily Titan A program unique to Cal State Fullerton nationally has been partnering students from the College of Education with international students to facilitate student interaction. Since 2012, the College of Education has been the only college at a U.S. university to collaborate with universities from five countries in Europe and Asia through a unique internet project to achieve goals set by University Strategic Plan. The International Project aims to provide students studying to be teachers who are unable to take a semester to study abroad with the benefits of international collaboration, according to the project’s website. To do this, the program brings students from participating countries together via web-based discussions to examine topics including teacher training, methods curricula and student interest, according to the site. The program aims to increase students’ technology competence, develop their cross-cultural awareness, and make students more knowledgeable in the field of education, said International Project’s pioneer Klaudia

Schultheis, Ph.D., the chair of Elementary Education at the Catholic University of Ingolstadt-Eichstaett, Bavaria, Germany. Cal State Fullerton is the only university in the United States participating in the International Program Collaboration, said Melinda Pierson, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Special Education at Cal State Fullerton. The other universities in the program are from Germany, Bulgaria, Japan, Spain and Poland. Pierson and Janice Myck-Wayne, Ph.D, assistant professor of special education, are mentoring professors for the International Project at CSUF. By participating in the project, the College of Education is attempting to tie into the part of the university’s strategic plan that focuses on international partnership, study abroad and cross-cultural awareness, Pierson said. “Many of the students that have done this program have never left California,” Myck-Wayne said. She said the project offers students a different cultural perspective and increases their understanding of how to work with English learners, especially because students sometimes become tutors to their foreign peers from the project, who might need help writing research papers in English. “Students from America end up being an extra support

and a peer tutor, which I think is extremely positive, because in California we are so diverse, that our students are going to be working with people from all different countries,” Pierson explained. Every summer and fall semester, participating students are put into groups with two students from each country and one mentoring professor, Pierson explained. Each group is assigned a research question related to education, which they then research in their home country by observing and interviewing children, she said. Once the research is complete, students and mentors log in to an online platform and present their studies electronically, Pierson explained. On average there are about 20 CSUF students participating in the fall and 35 students in summer, she said. Myck-Wayne said the next step in this program for her is to travel abroad with her students, so that they can meet their virtual classmates. “For us it’s only a couple years old, but I see it as a very promising practice,” she said. The program was created in 2004 in the Department of Education at the Catholic University of Ingolstadt-Eichstaett in Bavaria, Germany, Pierson said, and CSUF became a part of the program in 2012, after the University of North Carolina, Charlotte left the program.

An Australian teen who joined the Islamic State after traveling to Turkey has reportedly died in a suicide bombing, according to a report from The Telegraph. Jake Bilardi, frequently referred to as the “White Jihadi,” was among a cluster of suicide bombers listed on a pro-Islamic State twitter account Wednesday. Bilardi, originally from an Australian suburb near Melbourne, was said to be an excellent student before dropping out after the death of his mother. He was believed to have become radicalized online before flying to Turkey to join the group. Ten people were killed and 30 injured in the suicide bombings. - ALEX GROVES

Man dies after police standoff An armed man, who reportedly shot at several people in the Cypress Avenue area before fleeing, died at a hospital Wednesday after a police standoff in Santa Ana, the OC Register reported. The man was carrying a gun inside his truck and shot himself under the chin before stepping out of the vehicle. Officers shot the man once he was out of the car, but its not clear which injury lead to his death. Before the confrontation, the man was involved in another altercation with another man. The first confrontation was over a woman, but her relationship to the deceased man is not known. No further information on the man has been released. - GABRIELA LEPE

Traffic stop finds victim of stabbing A man died Wednesday morning at UC Irvine Medical Center after being stabbed in the face at an Anaheim home, according to Orange County Register. At about 8:40 a.m. Anaheim police pulled over a Dodge Stratus driving on the wrong side of the road. The man was a passenger in the car, which was being driven by a woman who was arrested and taken for police questioning. During the early phase of their investigation, police officials linked the stabbing to a house in the 1500 block of West Edithia Avenue in Anaheim. A police helicopter hovered over the house and ordered those inside to come out. Officials began investigating the neighborhood to gather additional information. - ANGIE PEREZ

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Operations industry to be featured

Industry professionals to present on job requirements ALEXANDRA WILSON For the Daily Titan

Business students aspiring to a career in management will have a chance to learn from industry professionals during a panel featuring professionals who are in the operation and supply chain industry. Mihaylo Career Service, a center within the college, will host the live panel to inform students of career opportunities available in the operations and supply chain industry. The industry focuses on the management of materials, information and financial assets between suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and customers, according to the Cal State Fullerton extended education site. The panel will provide insight into the day-to-day responsibilities of a professional in the field, said Hema Paliwal, employer relations associate for Mihaylo Career Services. “We just wanted to give this opportunity for students to be able to have this avenue where they can learn from people that are working out in the field, in those types of roles, what the real world looks like, and what expectations they might have once they make that transition from classroom to career,”

Paliwal said. There will be five panelists attending—two from The Boeing Company, one from E.&J. Gallo Winery, one from Edwards Life Sciences and one from Raytheon. “The intent for these is really to have a diverse group,” Paliwal said. The event will be interactive, and will include a Q&A session for students to pose questions to panelists. The panel will give students the chance to broaden their range of interests within the business field but will also cater to those who have little knowledge of the industry, she said. “We are targeting students that have a little bit of interest in it and just want to know some more about it and the applicability in the real world, but we’ve also got a group of students that might not know about it at all … And we want to also bring those students in to raise awareness about that concentration, the fact that we’ve got an operations program within the college,” Paliwal said. This panel event grew out of student interest in the industry, Paliwal said. “We try and create events, such as industry panels, to give students a little bit more exposure and interaction with some of the employers in industry and fields that they are interested in,” Paliwal said. The event is available to business students and will take place on Monday from 5:30 - 7 p.m. in the Mihaylo Hall room 3230.

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Candidates for the Associated Stduents Board of Directors for the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics addressed concerns facing the college, including spending student fees wisely and increasing communication within the college.

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Sedeno emphasized that there needs to be a balance when it comes to the expenditure of student fees, depending on the situation and talent of the individuals booked. He also mentioned that there were mixed reviews when it came to the Magic Johnson event, especially with the amount of money spent to book him. The candidates went on to discuss issues that the college faces. Sedeno said he believes that there needs to be more of a collaboration between Mihaylo and Associated Students to bring events to the Mihaylo courtyard.

Students unaware of who their board of directors representative is causes a lack of communication, Saldivar said. Visiting club meetings and organizations and visiting classes within the college would provide students with a familiar face to identify as their representative, he said. Medina said he would like to to close communication gaps within the college by providing face-to-face interaction with students. He also wants to collaborate with the Associated Students and other organizations on campus. Cuaresma said she feels it’s important to retain participants for campus and college events throughout the

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Candidates for the Associated Students Board of Directors addressed student fee spending during the debate Wednesday.

year because participation tends to drop off toward the end of the year. Voting will begin Tuesday

and last until Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Students can vote in on-campus booths or through their student portal.

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Grasping robotic technologies Cutting edge engineering builds up in the basement MATTHEW HADDIX Daily Titan Dozens of eager eyes look nervously at a computer screen—months of work on a Mars rover are on the line—it clambers over rock-studded terrain until at last, a boulder nearly the size of the rover lies in its path; with a little effort, and a fair amount of time, the rover clears the obstacles to the cheers of its creators—the celebration doesn’t last long, class is over. The simulated Mars environment is just one of the many tools students can make use of in the Human Interactive Robotics Lab—a multidisciplinary arm of the college of Engineering and Computer Science—led by Nina Robson, Ph.D. Robson teaches a senior design course that takes full advantage of the lab, by giving students real world applications. “Students work in multidisciplinary teams on projects, and all those projects come out of industry,” Robson said. Robson—who holds three master’s degrees in the robotics and engineering field; as well as a doctorate in mechanical and aerospace engineering—is passionate about her field and teaching students. “It is a one year long class, so we become like a family,” Robson said. The Human Interactive Robotics Lab is primarily used to help students

experiment, test and create products through corporately funded research endeavors—there are a total of eight projects this year ranging from a Mars rover to an exoskeleton arm designed to help the elderly lift heavy objects. “If the students are interested, then they get working on the project—nobody is pushing them to do that,” Robson said. “Until a collaborator shows up that says something fascinating and offers something interesting for the student, then they jump on.” Corporate sponsors vary from companies looking to focus on automation, particularly in regards to human health, to massive companies like the Walt Disney Company, which has sponsored three projects on campus this year. Sean Yates, a mechanical engineering major, is the project lead for one of Disney’s projects that tasks students to improve braking systems for Disney rides. “One of our overall goals to be able to test (the brakes) more frequently, because they use an annual test right now,” Yates said. Yates hopes to use his experience on the project and his field of study to find a place within Disney’s engineering department. “Ever since I was little, I’ve always wanted to work for the Disney corporation,” Yates said. Robson’s senior design program connects students with employers from many fields, but the lab seems to make full use of its equipment when it is used for robotics. Christopher Nguyen, also

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Students involved in the Human Interactive Robotics Lab, lead by Nina Robson, Ph.D., researches and experiments with robotic hands like the one above.

a mechanical engineering major, is the project leader for Cal State Fullerton’s entry into the University Rover Challenge—a competition started by the Mars Society to create the next generation of Mars rovers. “There are 41 teams that are enrolled in the competition,” Nguyen said. “This competition requires us not only to do engineering, but as well as science, so that would entail pH analysis and moisture analysis.”

in Robotics Initiative, which was started by the International Journal of Advanced Robotics Systems. “As a woman in engineering and ambassador … I am really passionate about diversity,” Robson said. “(The Human Interactive Robotic Lab) is an extension of my efforts to bring more female students and students with disability to choose engineering as their future career.” Robson said she hopes

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The Ugly Mug Cafe located in the City of Orange next to the Orange Circle Antique Mall.

that the success of her Human Interactive Robotic Lab will draw a more diverse group of students to the field of robotics. Students from a wide array of disciplines—from kinesiology to geology—have found success in Robson’s senior design program; and for those students looking to get into futuristic technologies—its hard to get more cutting edge than robotic arms for the elderly or rovers designed for far off planets.

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Michael C. Ford poses next to his newest album, Look Each Other in the Ears, at a poetry reading in the Ugly Mug Cafe.

A Pulitzer-worthy poet Establishment and style aren’t principal for this poet JACKIE TAMBARA Daily Titan Poetry reading has a way of taking its listener to a different setting. When a poet’s descriptions are vivid enough, all of a listener’s senses become engaged. Some poets have a certain style, technique or method that they stick to religiously. Some may occasionally stray off the path but find comfort in their poetic style. However, Michael C. Ford, the main feature for Wednesday’s poetry reading at the Ugly Mug Cafe, does not believe in style for his eclectic poetry. The Ugly Mug Cafe, in Orange, hosts a poetry night every Wednesday. Regulars purchased their coffee and made their way into the main room where there were coffee tables, couches and rows of chairs for ample seating.

This isn’t a task mechanical engineering students could achieve alone, and thus they often turn to other departments for guidance or to even recruit students from those departments to their projects. The theme of diversity is one that echoes not only through the lab’s multidisciplinary functions, but profoundly resonates with the lab’s founder as well. Robson is currently an ambassador for the Women

A microphone and podium were set up to face the audience as poets read their intricate poetry in anticipation of the main feature. After a short intermission, the podium was all Ford’s. He read a couple older poems followed by four elaborate selections from his latest debut album titled Look Each Other in the Ears. Ford is a legendary voice of the ‘60s Los Angeles poetry scene as he was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1986 for his spoken word album called Language Commando. Then in 1998, his book of selected poems called Emergency Exits was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. “I don’t believe in style. I think style is something that someone developed to make it easy on them. They get real comfortable in style. I’ve managed to get away from that,” Ford said, regarding his poetic style. In junior high school, Ford was not as enthusiastic about poetry. He was not sure of the meaning and significance of poetry until he was a late teen and was exposed to a famous

poet named Dylan Thomas. Since then, Ford has experimented with many different forms of creative writing and has expanded his writing comprehension throughout his life span. Ford also had a unique affiliation with The Doors, the famous rock quartet from the ‘60s and ‘70s. In 1965, Ford decided to take creative education into his own hands and began to illegally attend classes at UCLA. Rebelliously, Ford was taking advantage of the education system and gaining free knowledge. “I was an unregistered student,” Ford said. Curiously sneaking into a German film directing class, Ford crossed paths with the keyboardist and vocalist of The Doors, Ray Manzerak and Jim Morrison, who were legitimate students at the time. “They were both there in the class. They were legal. Ray was there on a GI Bill and Morrison had just come in from Florida,” Ford said. Ever since that day of film class, Ford has kept in touch creatively, musically, and personally with The Doors

and their current remaining members. John Densmore, the drummer and co-founder of The Doors, plays the drums on Ford’s new album, Look Each Other in the Ears with the help of Hen House Studios. Ford believes he is a poetic visionary who does not abide by all the rules and regulations of the poetry establishment. He disagrees with the standard of the literary establishment and emphasizes individuality and versatility within poetry. “I’m like a painter. I want to throw different colors into the poem and textures and certain voices,” Ford said explaining the fact that the establishment favors boring, monotone poets. Currently, Ford is a resident of Los Angeles and participates in different poetry workshops around the area. He finds joy in teaching creative writing to other teachers and students to pass on his unique knowledge and perspective on poetry. “I believe in multiple voices. Shifting vocal gears. I do it selfishly so I don’t bore myself,” Ford said.

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Some experts argue that although health food stores and eating raw have become popular trends, the media’s impact is to blame for society’s acceptance of extreme health standards.

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Orthorexia nervosa is not yet a classified medical disorder, however, symptoms of obsessive behaviors in healthy eating are leading to mental stress and potentially death.

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Orthorexia nervosa was coined by Steven Bratman, a doctor and author who wrote the book Health Food Junkie published in 2001. Orthorexia is generating more acknowledgement now more than ever. “I think that there is a greater emphasis now in our current culture to eat organic. We are speaking more openly about, and embracing, vegetarian, vegan and raw food diets,” said Shayda Kafai,

a lecturer in the Ethnic and Women’s Studies department at Cal Poly Pomona, who also speaks on mental illnesses and interpretations of the media. Kafai and Blackman both agree that the media, as well as larger “institutional pressures,” play a large part in influencing and aiding eating disorders in our society. It is a result of the rigid rules about body image that society expects us to follow. “The media has perpetuated the belief that not

following a healthy diet will lead to an untimely death or a terminal disease … this alone can motivate people to take on an obsession to only ingest healthy foods,” Blackman wrote. “When they inadvertently ingest something not in their best interest, this creates anxiety, guilt and shame for them; ultimately undue mental stress.” We also are gaining greater access to information about where our food is coming from and how it’s being produced, Kafai said.

“I can only speculate, but perhaps these are some of the reasons why we are hearing about cases of orthorexia now—we are in a cultural climate that has created a narrow and hyper-focused definition of health,” Kafai said. In Bratman’s book he tells the tale of a young woman, Kate, who suffered from fatal orthorexia. Kate was once diagnosed with anorexia. However, she refused the diagnosis from her doctor claiming that she wasn’t afraid of being fat but that she just wanted to

eat healthy. “Nonetheless, she brought her weight down so low she ultimately died from it,” Bratman wrote. Orthorexia is a psychological stress disorder and typically does not put the subject into physical danger as anorexia so often does. What does make this nervosa a danger is that it is a current trend among followers of health food diets such as eating raw and organic, as well as, going vegan and vegetarian for health purposes; or avoiding gluten for dietary

purposes that can reach an extreme. Orthorexia is different from anorexia by the underlying motivation. Anorexia nervosa has a purpose to be thin. Orthorexia is people who just want to eat healthy. Nonetheless, emaciation, regardless of the intention is dangerous. “One should be mindful of the extremes. If what one eats is a constant occupation that impedes on one’s quality of life, that’s when concern should come into focus,” Kafai said in an email.

Students cash in for conversations

Campus job gives international students English exposure ADRIANA NAJERA Daily Titan

For students seeking a flexible and interesting job, Cal State Fullerton is offering a chance to make friends and interact with students from different cultures. The American Language Program gives Cal State Fullerton students the opportunity to become part of the Conversation Partner Program. The Conversation Partner Program allows ALP students who come from all over the world, to meet and practice conversational English with a personally selected conversational partner, who is also a CSUF student. “I feel fortunate to work in a program that is a bridge for both international students as well as CSUF students to meet, exchange ideas, learn about other cultures, become more globally aware and in the end become more selfaware,” said Danielle Majam-Finch, coordinator of the

Conversation Partner Program, in an email. The position pays workers $9.50 per hour for classroom work and to have conversations sharing their culture with colleagues, Finch said. Finch, who has been coordinator of the program for four years, has seen the program flourish from as little as 13 conversation partners to about 50 today. She believes the Conversation Partner Program is important because it gives the students something extra in terms of practicing their conversational English skills and gives them a way of interacting with people they probably would have never met. The program was started to give international students an avenue beyond academics to learn real conversational English. “To learn about American life, university life, culture, the differences, gender roles. All these different things that they may have questions about,” Finch said. Conversation partners are able to meet with up to two students, twice a week for 50 minutes, according to the student policies. The

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American Language Program student must first select their conversation partner through the online website, and email him/her to set up a time and place to meet. The convenience of it all, is that the one-on-one meeting is planned around both the student and partners class schedule, and is limited to meetings only on campus. Once it is confirmed, students may meet with their conversation partner for the entire semester. Finch explained that she receives over a hundred applications for open positions, all from different colleges on campus. This job used to only attract teachers interested in teaching English as a second language but now has students from several different majors including kinesiology, psychology and sociology, Finch said. “These are individuals who really enjoy and are open to learning about other cultures, and are hoping to offer something in return,” she said. American Language Program student and economics major, Nicole Kang describes

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Eliot Cossaboom (left) a linguistics major, has a conversation with Tom Tran, an international student from Vietnam who is majoring in civil engineering.

her conversation partner, Carlina Chung, as an earnest and kind, who is patient with her. “My conversation partner helped me to correct my pronunciation, fix my writing and tell me how to use some words in the right way,” Kang said. “I have been learning a lot of knowledge from her.” Conversation partner, Eliot Cossaboom, linguistics graduate student, discussed that

with some students his conversations are more friendlike, where they talk about social things, and things going on in the students life. Where on the other hand, some students prefer to keep the conversation more oriented on work for their classes. It is entirely up to the students, as to what they want to talk about, Cossaboom said. “It’s really neat to see

people from a completely different culture who are within a couple years of my age, its sort of like having all of the traveling come to you, rather than you having to go out and find it,” Cossaboom said. For further information about the Conversation Partner Program or to sign up as a Conversation Partner, visit their website at alp.fullerton. edu/conversation-partners or call (657)278-8293.

OPINION Corporations lack women in leadership

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Big businesses need to change their ‘men only’ mindset MATTHEW HADDIX Daily Titan

Perhaps one of the greatest challenges for American women today is the gender pay gap. It inundates all fields of work, disenfranchising women across the entire spectrum of economic status. The gender pay gap is so pervasive that it is generally assumed as part of business culture; yet the very concept of unequal pay for women and minorities seems to follow the same line of thinking used to create Jim Crow laws over 150 years ago. The modern world needs leaders who will break the mould of injustice in business culture; these leaders must come from the uppermost tiers of business, as it is their actions that can have the greatest impact. Unfortunately, it is these top companies that are the worst purveyors of gender inequality in the workplace—particularly at the highest company level,

executive boards. Women made up 46.8 percent of the U.S. labor force in 2013 and 51.4 percent of management, professional and related positions; however, women made up less than 25 percent of board members of Standard & Poor’s 100 companies and Silicon Valley 150 companies, according to a 2014 study conducted by Fenwick & West LLP. Furthermore, 38 percent of the Silicon Valley 150 companies did not have any women on their board of directors—this comes at a time when the number of new directors has fallen by 27 percent across the majority of top companies since 2005. With fewer board positions available and an apparent bias toward hiring men in the workplace, it is little surprise that American companies are adding women to executive positions slower than other advanced countries. This isn’t a case where there is a lack of qualified women, since American women have been earning a greater number of college degrees than men since the 90s, and in 2006

the number of women who earned a doctorate degree surpassed the number earned by men. With a cornucopia of qualified women available, it raises the question: if a woman is just as qualified as a man to serve on a board, why doesn’t it happen as often? Such appalling underrepresentation for women may have something to do with an increasingly older board member population. When examining the member composition of board members of the Standard & Poor’s 500 in 2013, 44 percent of companies had an average board member age of 64—up from 14 percent from a decade ago—and only 14 percent of boards today have an average age less than 59 years old as compared to 39 percent in 2004. These older board members grew up in a time where women and minorities were often seen as little more than obstacles in the way of the white man’s dominion, and some of these board members may have carried these sentiments throughout their lives. For modern generations, this way of thinking is as

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Women are underrepresented in the workplace, leaving men to hold the more important, decisionmaking positions.

ancient a way of thought as Jim Crow laws. It is time for the men who run these companies to live in the now, instead of the “not now.” It is time to break up the

boy’s club that makes up the one percent and to allow women, as equals, to have a meaningful impact on corporate decisions, thereby helping to enrich the perspectives of their

male peers, and doing away with other anachronistic principles. To those who stand on the wrong side of history: either help, or get out of the way.

Fifty Shades does not produce the right climax Film disappoints fans and fails to meet expectations DANAE RODRIGUEZ Daily Titan Forty-two minutes and 24 seconds. That’s how long it takes the film adaption to get to what everyone has been curious to see: the sex. Despite grossing over $156.4 million domestically, according to Forbes, audiences and reviewers alike have come to the same conclusion, the film is boring and bland. The film has only a 25 percent approval rating on the film review website Rotten Tomatoes. Ana enters the first sex

scene a virgin. Astonished by this, Christian, her love interest, decides to, in his words, “rectify the situation.” What follows is a scene where Ana loses her virginity, yet it’s not exciting. Perhaps the disappointment lies in the fact that the film, with 70 percent of the opening weekend audience being female, according to LA Times, doesn’t seem to have a clue what turns women on. It undermines female sexuality and reduces female desires to being conquered by a man. That first sex scene plays out like a 14-year-old’s fantasy of what losing his or her virginity might be like. The only nudity we see is Christian Grey ripping off his shirt and flashing his

cologne-ad abs and Ana’s belly button as Christian proceeds to kiss it. Globally, the Fifty Shades book trilogy, the first of which the film was based on, has sold over 100 million copies. The novels have been translated into 51 languages. Although the writing has been called poor, the sales show that regardless of this, the explicit lines and graphic sexual description are stimulating to the many women who purchased the novel. Though the books are not representative of every woman’s sexual fantasies, the trilogy chronicles the exploration of sexuality through the perspective of a woman, something rare in a society that usually views

sexuality through the lens of what turns a man on. The film seems to have stripped the story of that one essential facet and goes in the traditional route of what is deemed sexy. The later sex scenes display as minimal nudity as the first, with the furthest the film goes with nudity is showing Ana’s breast—something already commonplace in modern cinema. The film had the opportunity to break down the taboo of female sexuality; however, by toning down the sex for audiences, it leaves Ana and Christian’s relationship as the main focus. Their relationship is more appalling than any giggle or blush inducing

lines in the books. In their relationship, Christian is overly domineering, getting upset that Ana didn’t tell him she was flying out of state visiting her mother. Ana puts her foot down and defies his wishes by going anyway. To counter her defiance, he shows up uninvited to dinner with her mother. This is depicted as romantic, but the only way Christian knows how to show his love for Ana is to smother her. Adding even more to the failure of the film are the disastrous results that have occurred after people watched the film and tried to reenact scenes. In one report by The Washington Post, University of Illinois at Chicago student Mohammad Hossain,

19, has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault for tying up, blindfolding, gagging and beating a 19-year-old woman he brought back to his dorm. When questioned by police officers he said he was re-creating a scene from Fifty Shades of Grey. In addition to misrepresenting female sexuality, the film also misrepresents what women want from romantic relationships. It glorifies a controlling relationship and the idea that a woman wants to be dominated. As if when Ana says no she really means yes, she just didn’t know it yet. The film and its reactions underline the importance of changing how female sexuality is presented in society.

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SPORTS

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Titans looking to start new win streak CSUF baseball packs their bags for Indiana to face the Hoosiers TREVOR BURNS For The Daily Titan After a tough 9-4 loss to the University of San Diego (7-7) on Tuesday, Cal State Fullerton baseball (9-6) will travel to Indiana to face the Hoosiers (10-4) in a three-game series this weekend. The loss to the Toreros was the first for the Titans in the month of March, with their previous one coming against Stanford on Feb. 22, 9-11. The Titans will have their ace take the mound this weekend though. Thomas Eshelman (2-2) holds a very respectable 1.23 earned run average over almost 30 innings pitched and will be the key to the Titans coming away with a win Friday. They will, however, need a better effort from their bullpen,

who wilted in the ninth inning against San Diego, allowing three runs. The Titans are a very well-rounded team though, and they have the ability to win with their pitching or hitting. Junior second baseman Jake Jeffries has been leading the charge offensively, batting .500 over the past four games and registering a hit in eight straight and is the current offensive Big West Player of the Week. Another key to the Titans’ success this weekend could rest on sophomore first baseman Josh Estill. His batting average has dipped over the last four games to .340, but just prior to that Estill had been a huge run contributor, driving in nine runs in a four-game span earning him Big West Player of the Week honors going into the series against Texas Tech. If Estill can get his bat to heat up against the Hoosiers, the Titans will have a good

chance to get their offense rolling. The Titans will need a strong outing to stop the run that the Hoosiers have been on. Indiana has been on a roll since the end of February, going 7-0 while scoring 60 runs and allowing 17 in that span. The Hoosiers have seen production from many of their younger players this season, including sophomore Craig Dedelow and freshman Logan Sowers, who are batting .358 and .315, respectively. Dedelow and Sowers both have a home run and nine RBIs each on the season. With offensive production coming from all spots on the lineup, the Titans will need to be focused on the mound and at the plate to counter the offensive flair from the Hoosiers. The games will be held at Indiana Friday until Sunday with first pitch for Friday scheduled for 1:35 p.m.

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Junior outfielder Tyler Stieb rounds third base and heads home. Stieb and the Titans head to Indiana to take on the Hoosiers in a three-game series. Stieb is batting .245 on the season.

Softball to host 2015 Easton Tournament The Titans have doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday EVAN LANCASTER Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton softball team (14-12) will host the 2015 Easton Tournament at Anderson Family Field, beginning with a doubleheader matchup against DePaul (6-12) and Boise State (8-16). The Titans will also face a doubleheader against Nebraska (9-11) and

Charleston Southern (16-8) on Saturday. The Easton Tournament will be a tough test at home for the Titans, who are 1412 overall. The Titans will look to get back on track after a two-game losing streak this past week. The Titans are currently batting at a .292 clip and will need to bring their best on Friday, as the Blue Demons look slightly better on paper with a .308 batting average. However, their record does not reflect their high batting average, as the Blue Demons are 6-12 overall. The Titans will look to

capitalize on a rusty DePaul squad, as the Blue Demons have not played a game since March 1. The Blue Demons had four games cancelled in the past week due to weather and their last win came on Feb. 21 against Prairie View A&M. DePaul pitcher/first baseman, Mary Connolly, will be a key player to watch, as she is currently posting a .462 batting average. The senior currently has six home runs and 17 RBIs this season However, the Titans have weapons of their own with junior third baseman

Missy Taukeiaho and freshman outfielder Samantha Vandiver. Taukeiaho leads the Titans with seven home runs and 21 RBIs, with a teamhigh slugging percentage of .765. Having seen more playing time, Vandiver is definitely riding a hot streak as she boasts a .643 batting average. Vandiver is currently 18-for-28, with a .714 slugging percentage. Boise State comes in with a 8-16 overall record, but have already lost twice to the Titans this season by scores of 15-4 and 2-0. The Broncos’ first baseman,

Devon Bridges, should be a notable player to watch, as the redshirt senior owns the team’s highest batting average at .408. The Titans’ record could improve with a win over the the Nebraska Huskers. The Huskers are currently 9-11 overall, with a .339 batting average. Husker outfielder Kiki Stokes holds a .450 batting average and should be considered a potential threat as the junior has recorded six home runs and 18 RBIs this season. The Titans’ toughest test will come Saturday against the Charleston Southern

Buccaneers, who are currently riding a two-game win streak and hold a record of 16-8 overall. As a team, the Buccaneers have an on base percentage of .399 and a slugging percentage of .507, with 29 home runs. The Titans went 5-0 in the 2014 Easton Tournament, including an upset win over then No. 2-ranked, and defending national champion, Oklahoma Sooners. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Anderson Family Field.

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“The biggest cheer in the locker room was when we announced that she held (Elegado) scoreless in the last 12 minutes of the game,” Park said. The Titans lead by as much as 11 points with a little over five minutes remaining in the second half. That lead was cut to two points with just under

a minute remaining after the Mustangs battled to get points in the paint. The Titans were able to maintain the lead down the stretch due to the physicality of senior forward Kathleen Iwuoha as she finished with 19 points, to lead all scorers, and six rebounds. “We wanted to win this game so bad, and at the end of the day I didn’t think about

any pain, or any bruises or any elbows that I got. I just played and I played hard for my team and they played hard for me,” Iwuoha said. The Titans’ next matchup will be against the top seed, Hawaii, Friday at noon at the Honda Center. A win Friday will propel the Titans into the Big West Championship and give the girls a shot at the NCAA tournament.

Women’s tennis hits the road The Titans travel to Honolulu to play Hawaii and SMU JUSTIN PATUANO Daily Titan The Titans have a chance to buck their still-winless Big West conference run when they travel to Honolulu, Hawaii for a pair of matchups against the Mustangs of Southern Methodist University and the University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine. The Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis team is currently 7-7 overall but still haven’t made their mark in the Big West at 0-4. Fullerton is feeling good after winning two home matches last weekend against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 5-2, and Loyola Marymount, 4-3. To keep this winning streak alive, the Titans must first beat the Mustangs. The Mustangs (7-3 overall, 2-0 American Athletic Conference) land in Hawaii on a three-game losing streak, all against nationally-ranked Big 12 opponents. These were the first losses for the Mustangs, who started the season with a perfect 7-0 record. Leading the Mustangs

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Redshirt sophomore Emilia Borkowski sets up to return with a backhand shot. Borkowski is 6-14 overall this season.

in doubles is junior Hristina Dishkova and senior Holly Verner with an 18-4 overall record. The pair is 9-1 in their last 10 matches, with their last win coming against Texas Christian University. They are undefeated, 7-0, in No. 2 doubles. Dishkova is the leader in singles play, holding a 6-3 record in the No. 1 slot. The Mustangs are winless on the road. This weekend road trip will be the second for them this season. The No. 64 Rainbow Wahine (4-6 overall,1-2 Big West) are three spots ahead of Fullerton in the Big West standings. Hawaii dropped from No. 60 last week after suffering two losses to 58th ranked San Diego State and 11th

ranked University of Michigan. Hawaii sophomore No. 1 Cindy Nguyen leads the team in singles wins, 9-6. The Rainbow Wahine have not fared well in doubles. They have won only 10 matches out of 45. The Rainbow Wahine are 3-5 when playing at home. The match on Saturday will be a special Senior Day celebration for Hawaii. Two seniors, Rebecca Faltusz and Martina Kostalova, will be playing their final home matches. It will also be the final home stretch of the season for Hawaii. First serve against SMU is set for 1 p.m. on Thursday. The Titans then hit the courts two days later against Hawaii on Saturday at 2 p.m. VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM/SPORTS