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CSUF facilities AVP to retire Campus architect developed CSUF Master Plan CECILY MEZA Daily Titan Following a 25-year career as an architect for the CSU and UC systems, Cal State Fullerton’s associate vice president for Facilities Planning & Management and campus architect, Jay Bond, will retire at the end of this semester.

During his time at CSUF, Bond helped develop new buildings and significant energy efficiency improvements throughout campus.

One of Bond’s most impactful projects that he and his team developed for the campus was the Master Plan, developed in the mid 2000s.

“It served as an effective guide for campus development and provided a shared vision for the arc of our growth and change,” Bond said in an email.

The Master Plan provided the physical framework for CSUF’s main campus to accommodate campus growth, part of a requirement by the CSU that required all campuses to plan for growth.

Kim Apel, manager of Physical and Capital Planning, has been working with Bond for almost 15 years and assisted Bond with the Master Plan.

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Track star has 2020 Olympic dreams Freshman Diego Courbis wants to compete for Spain NAYARA ASSIS Daily Titan

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Freshman Diego Courbis hopes to be an Olympian one day, and is setting his sights on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The track sensation competes in the 400-meter hurdles.

A bright smile, an accent and Olympic genes characterize Diego Courbis, an 18-year-old freshman track and field hurdler at Cal State Fullerton. The Spanish phenom has big dreams, namely competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Courbis was born in San Francisco, California, but moved to Santander, a city

on the north coast of Spain, when he was 6 years old.

Most of his family—including his parents and brother— still lives in Spain, but two years ago, Courbis came back to the U.S. Inspired by his parents, who both competed in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics— his father Cristian running the 400-meter hurdles for Chile

and his mother Ana winning gold with the Spanish field hockey team—Courbis set high goals. He started running track at 7 years old, and since then has wanted to become an Olympian.

“The main reason (I want to compete in the Olympics) is because both my parents qualified and went over there, and it’s just kind of a dream

since I was little to achieve the same things they did and kind of be like them,” Courbis said.

Thinking about his future, Courbis made the decision to come back to California.

“It got to a certain point that I wanted to improve my athletic career and I knew that the U.S. was a big opportunity for me to take a big step

in my career … And besides that, for my academic career it was a great chance for me, too,” Courbis said.

Courbis and his family decided that the best option for him was to come back to the U.S. for his senior year of high school and see what offers he could get from colleges.

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Dune manuscripts set for display

CSUF holds original revisions of novel now turning fifty ALEX FAIRBANKS Daily Titan

In a room tucked away on the third floor of the Pollak Library at Cal State Fullerton are rare books, precious scrolls and a collection of the original manuscripts of the enormously popular science-fiction book Dune, written by Frank Herbert.

The University Archives and Special Collections Department at CSUF will display these manuscripts and other Dune collectables, along with a series of presentations about the book in the gallery of the Pollak Library next semester from October to December in celebration of the Dune 50th anniversary.

“It’s the most popular science-fiction book ever,” said Scott Hewitt, CSUF Interim University Librarian and chemistry professor. “It talks about ecological issues, about power and politics, religion—there’s just a whole bunch of different themes that are embedded in that book.”

Hewitt is a huge fan of Dune. He owns and has read Herbert’s original six book series, as well as the continued 13 book series written by his son Brian Herbert and

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A collection of manuscripts and other work by Frank Herbert will be on display in the gallery of the Pollak Library to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the popular science-fiction book Dune.

Kevin J. Anderson, author of over fifty international bestsellers.

Dune broke new ground for the genre of science-fiction, Hewitt said. Prior to Dune, all science-fiction writings were short.

Having the manuscripts for this prolific story is important because it reveals Herbert’s writing process throughout the series, Hewitt said.

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“It is just interesting for people to see how a writer’s original ideas end up getting morphed into what becomes the final version that people actually read,” Hewitt said.

For example, the main character in the final Dune book is a completely different character in the original manuscript. The revisions completely change how the reader views the Dune world.

Seeing the transitions in a manuscript helps writers learn the process of how professionals in the publishing industry edit.

“I think it’s just instructive for anybody that wants to be a writer, to see that process, to look at those manuscripts,” Hewitt said.

Brian Herbert has even come to CSUF to see his father’s manuscripts.

The Dune exhibit will

be an opportunity for students to learn about the writing process from Herbert’s work. Also, since Dune is a story about a number of societal and world issues, the exhibit will be an opportunity for students from any major to learn something.

Patricia Prestinary, CSUF special collection archivist, read Dune when she was 11 years old and is helping out on the Dune exhibit.

“It was the first real adult book that I had ever read,” Prestinary said.

Prestinary said she was amazed to be able to understand all of the intricacies between religion, government, economics and our personal lives. It opened her mind to the fact that all those things are deeply interconnected, she said.

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Bond had a major impact on the campus development over the years, and his replacement will need to have the skills to execute the vision the CSUF president and facility leaders have for the campus, Apel said.

“He’s got a vision for the campus,” Apel said. “The next person, whoever that is, will develop a vision based on other leaders on campus.”

Despite challenges that will need to be addressed in campus facilities, Bond is confident CSUF will continue keeping its focus on student success, he said. “(CSUF will continue) serving students and giving them paths to bright futures,” Bond said. “I am certain, though, that means will be found to meet these challenges.

Bond began his journey in architecture when he received a Bachelor of

Science degree in architecture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

He went on to receive an MBA from Cal State Fullerton and continued his studies at the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University.

Bond arrived at CSUF in 1990 as the associate vice president for Facility Planning and Construction when Vice President of Administration Sal Rinella and then-President Jewel Plummer-Cobb invited him in an attempt to help the university grow.

Bond also served as CSUF’s acting vice president for Administration from October 1994 through July 1996.

Prior to his CSUF arrival, Bond served as the chief architect for the CSU system as an associate architect for UC Irvine and worked in architectural practice.

As far as Bond’s future retirement, he will be excited to be spending time with

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Jay Bond, associate vice president for facilities and planning management and campus architect for CSUF, will retire at the end of the Spring 2015 semester.

his family and be enjoying changes that will come along, including new additions to the family, he said.

“(My) oldest two children are both expecting their first children in May,” Bond said in an email. “I

plan to spend a lot of time with all of them … after that we’ll just have to see what the future holds.”

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Mummified body found in home A San Francisco woman was found mummified in her home last Saturday, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The woman was found covered by a blanket. Hoarding conditions were found in her home, and authorities found 300 bottles of urine, trash piled to the ceiling, rats and spiders.

The woman is believed to be in her 90s, and may have been dead for five years. Her 65-year-old daughter lived in the upstairs of the home where the woman was found.

The woman’s daughter is receiving medical treatment.

After failed attempts by police and city workers to find the woman, a professional cleaning crew was called in to clear out the house and found the body.

The San Francisco city attorney is looking into the case.

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Students hold up the GeoWall competition trophy. The group will be allowed to keep the trophy until next year’s competition, when they will have to defend it once again.

Engineers defend competition title Students take first place again in GeoWall competition DEVIN ULMER Daily Titan A group of Cal State Fullerton civil engineering students defended their title as national champions in the annual GeoWall competition.

The competition is part of the annual GeoWorld GeoChallenge competition, and features student groups from colleges and universities nationwide.

Groups must use paper and poster board to build a model of a retaining wall capable of holding back up to 700 pounds of sand while supporting a 60 pound weight.

“The design that you do has to withstand about 700 pounds of force without falling,” said Beena Ajmera, CSUF alumna and Virginia Tech doctoral student.

The original design of the wall weighed 8 grams and

held about 60 pounds without it collapsing. Made up of only 2.4 grams of craft paper, the team’s design stood strong.

“I’m very proud of my guys. They put in a lot of time, a lot of effort in to bring the trophy back again this year,” team captain John Thurlo said.

Teams are chosen to test their wall designs based on how light their designs are and how well they are expected to do in the competition in, with the team expected to win going last.

The CSUF team was picked 20th out of twenty teams to compete.

When none of the final four schools’ designs collapsed, the CSUF team won because their design weighed the least.

“They saw the Fullerton guys win theirs with only two grams of paper. It was unbelievable,” said faculty advisor and civil engineering professor Binod Tiwari.

Thurlo and his team members, Eric Kim, Shelly Rodriguez and John Stapleton

The University of Virginia chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity said Monday that it will sue Rolling Stone for its reporting that, the fraternity said, ruined its reputation, according to a report from Reuters.

The fraternity was vandalized after Rolling Stone published an article in November reporting on a student who claimed she was gang raped by members of the fraternity.

The fraternity will have to show that Rolling Stone was negligent in its reporting and prove that the magazine acted with actual malice in order to move on with the lawsuit.

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spent numerous hours perfecting their first-place design, Tiwari said.

“They worked hard,” Tiwari said. “They spent at least hundreds of hours building them again, and again, and again until the wall was standing perfect.”

Since discovering that they were accepted into the national competition, Tiwari started preparing his students to defend their title the previous year.

CSUF will hold the trophy until next year’s competition, when the pressure will be on to repeat their success for the third year.

“No school has ever won it three consecutive times,” Thurlo said. “So we are going to try to be the first to do that.”

Regardless of next year’s pressure to repeat their success, the students enjoyed the atmosphere at this year’s competition.

“It was really exciting!

Everyone is screaming. It’s not your normal engineering competition because it is almost like a sporting event,” Gharios said.

Award offered for smuggler FBI officials are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to a Mexican drug smuggler and cartel boss who may be hiding in Southern California, the Orange County Register reported.

Rene Arzate-Garcia, otherwise known as “La Rana” or “The Frog,” was accused of trafficking marijuana into the U.S. Arzate-Garcia is considered dangerous, and is known to carry guns.

He is 6 feet tall, weighs 220 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI’s Los Angeles office at (310) 477-6565.

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Emeritus named trustee New CSU Board of Trustees member to focus on affordability STEPHANIE GOMEZ Daily Titan After nearly three years of retirement following a 27-year career at Cal State Fullerton, former Emeritus Vice President for Student Affairs Silas Abrego has been named as the newest trustee of the CSU Board of Trustees.

The appointment still requires senate confirmation for what will be a six-year term ending in 2021.

The 25-member board meets six times a year to govern the CSU system by enforcing rules and protocol in areas including property use, curriculum development and management of facilities, finances and personnel. Board members

receive $100 compensation per day.

“For a student that had a 50/50 chance of graduating from high school, to earning my bachelor’s and my master’s and my doctorate, and now I have been appointed to a trustee, I’m very proud of that,” Abrego said.

Abrego’s concern has always been the access and affordability of higher education, because he believes education is the foundation of achieving goals, he said.

He credits his upbringing with motivating him to pursue higher education and helping to shape his desire to make obtaining a degree possible for others.

Abrego grew up in a family of eleven that used to pick grapes for a living. After high school, he served in the Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade and didn’t start college until the age

of 22.

“In my days, in school it wasn’t unreasonable to expect that 50 percent of the students would not graduate from high school.

Therewere very few people of color moving forward into higher education in my generation,” Abrego said.

After completing his undergraduate studies at Cal State University, Long Beach, he received his master’s and doctorate from USC. He started his career at CSUF in 1985 and soon created the CSUF Hispanic Scholarship Golf Tournament for first generation students.

Abrego’s career highlights his diligence to the success of hispanic students, he said.

“It doesn’t matter to me if a high school student decides to go into the military, the workforce or to college, the issue is, does the student

have the choice,” he said.

Throughout his career, Abrego has seen tremendous positive changes, he said.

“Right there at Cal State Fullerton, you see how rich in diversity it is,” he said.

In 2012 when Abrego retired, CSUF recorded the number of hispanics in the student body at 33 percent and now in 2015 it has grown to 36 percent.

Abrego’s focus will be on increasing graduation rates and controlling costs for all students to ensure their success, a mission he was inspired to achieve after pioneering his own educational path, he said.

“Valuing education as a means to succeed ... gave me the desire to work in this field and to assist other young people that have a similar background, who dream about reaching for the stars ... that’s what keeps me motivated,” Abrego said.

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Investment program to gain new space

Alumnus donation will create new space for existing program JACKIE TAMBARA Daily Titan

Wall Street and Nutwood Avenue may be states apart, but Cal State Fullerton business students will be able to feel what it’s like to be on the floors of major financial institutions thanks to a new program funded through a $1.5 million donation.

The Titan Capital Management training lab, which

will be located in Steven G. Mihaylo Hall, will give students the experience of being on trading floors for financial institutions. The simulation-based experience is being funded through the donation, which was given by CSUF alumnus Jeffrey S. Van Harte, chief investment officer of Jackson Square Partners.

The Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics already has an investment program called Applied Securities Analysis, but the donation will give the college’s students a dedicated physical space to practice for the first time. The lab

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is slated for completion in 2016, and the program will be renamed to Titan Capital Management.

The lab will provide students with hands-on experience that allows them to apply what they’ve learned in the classroom, while also gaining a feel for what the investment world is actually like, Van Harte said.

The program will include Bloomberg terminals that provide up to the minute financial data as well as standard computers for practice, said Anil Puri, Ph.D., dean of the Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics.

“Experiential learning is the most valuable kind of learning you can do, in my opinion,” Van Harte said in an email. “It’s important to know academic theory, but the Titan Capital Management program is more about dealing with everyday realities of the marketplace.”

Students will have to interview and go through a training boot camp to be considered for the 2016 iteration of the program, which takes place over one year. One of the goals for the program following the donation is to double in size.

Van Harte graduated from

CSUF with a bachelor’s degree in business administration-finance in 1980. He is an active member of the Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation and has donated to other areas of the university.

As chief investment officer, Vane Harte has helped Jackson Square Partners manage its investments, which reach into the billions of dollars, he said.

“Jackson Square Partners manages to close to $30 billion of public equity investments in concentrated growth stock companies throughout the globe,” Van Harte said.

Van Harte plans to continue donating to the university, he said.

“I will continue to donate to the Titan Capital Management program, but I will also donate to programs outside of the business school such as the Center for Oral and Public History, CSUF’s athletics and golf programs, the arts and any other programs that I have a particular interest in,” Van Harte said.

The Titan Capital Management program and training lab will be located on the second floor of the east wing of Steven G. Mihaylo Hall when it is completed in 2016.

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A long-burning fire for psychology HEAVEN OCAMPO Daily Titan

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Elvia Flores, a junior at Cal State Fullerton and sociology major, has been a peer mentor for two years helping incoming freshmen with campus information and academic support.

Peer mentors offer a new support system Providing advice, friendship and campus information EMILY ORNELAS For the Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton senior Elvia Flores said she was deeply timid when she first stepped onto campus as a freshman.

Now 21, Flores, a sociology major, reflects on her determination to overcome her nerves as a new college student, and explains why she began looking for ways to become more involved on campus.

“I wanted to be an orientation leader and I walked into the room and they were like, ‘(You need to lead) a forty-five minute tour.’” Panic-stricken, Flores walked out thinking, “I can’t do this.”

Then, during her sophomore year, Flores discovered she could participate in the Freshman Programs Peer Mentor program. She applied and was accepted in 2013.

Being a peer mentor to incoming freshmen means informing new students about campus resources and serving as a guide to help them navigate any problems they experience during their first year.

“This position allows you to develop as a person …

For me, it was the stepping

stone for so many things; I started with this and built up confidence,” Flores said.

Shirley Lau, 20, an accounting major at CSUF, also a member of the peer mentor program, was assigned a class of freshman to mentor once a week. The mentor must engage the class in activities to form friendships in the classroom.

“I felt all my mentees actually broke down the barriers and were more willing to talk to each other,” Lau said.

The Freshman Programs’ main focus is forging relationships between mentees and mentors. Marina Soriano, 20, a business major at CSUF, said one of the reasons she wanted to be a peer mentor was to influence her students to meet new people.

“I wanted to inspire freshman to be involved on campus and I believed Freshman Programs helped me become more involved and part of the community,” Soriano said.

Freshman Programs is a basis for freshmen achievement in academics and involvement because they provide students with mentors who are aware of resources the campus has to offer, like the Writing Center or Greek life. Sharing information about college life and the campus itself was Soriano’s favorite part of mentoring.

“Being able to help the students, having them be able to call me, email me or text me and trusting me that I would provide information that they needed access to,” Soriano said.

However, mentoring freshmen is easier said than done. Flores described a situation where one of her students was unhappy with her on campus roommate and wanted to move back home.

Flores tried her best to mentor the student and advised her to try and work it out with her roommate. Still, she ended up moving back home and commuting the next semester. Flores saw her mentee recently and said things are much better since then.

“Now she’s stress-free from that situation,” Flores said. “She knew she had me to talk to if she needed anything or if she needed to talk about something.”

The first year of college may come with challenges, but being a peer mentor for freshmen means helping new students on campus know they are not alone in this new chapter of their lives. Soriano encouraged all freshmen looking to get involved next year to become peer mentors themselves.

“It’s an incredible experience, it’s a lot of work but it’s totally rewarding,” Soriano said.

“You actually change a student’s first year in college.”

Nancy Panza, Ph.D., has always had a curiosity for the way the human mind works.

When she was young, she would constantly question why people spoke and acted the way they did.

“A couple of months ago, my mother sent me a box filled with things from her basement and one of them was an essay I wrote in I think eighth grade,” Panza said. “I said I wanted to be a psychologist. So apparently I knew early on what I wanted to do.”

Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Panza attended Towson University for both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology.

After completing her master’s, Panza took a break and moved to Hawaii to work with teenagers who had substance abuse problems. A few years later she moved to North Carolina and started working for the juvenile court system.

During that time, Panza realized she wanted to pursue her doctorate.

She received her doctorate at the University of Alabama in clinical psychology with an emphasis in psychology and law.

Throughout her studies, Panza was advised by Patricia Zapf, Ph.D., who was impressed by her knowledge and experience in the field of psychology.

“She is a great researcher, great teacher and funny person,” Zapf said. “She’s doing great work on juvenile issues.”

The work brought Panza in contact with a small population of patients who suffered from mental illness, causing them to be violent. Panza recalls a male patient in his 20s, who suffered from schizophrenia and refused to take any medication. He would cuss and throw food at her during their daily visits. The court eventually had to intervene and make the difficult decision to medicate him against his will.

“When I went to go see him

with football, so I spend a lot of time watching it,” Panza said. “And for better or worse, the people at (the university) are mostly insane with their level of fan-hood.”

Shalene Kirkley, Ph.D., a former peer of Panza’s at UA, remembers a conference they attended together in La Jolla, where they both presented research. On a day off, a group of friends, including the two psychologists, decided to take surfing lessons for fun. Kirkley said Panza is the only person she knows who’s taken up surfing in New York.

“She would send me pictures of her taking her board out in Long Island,” Kirkley

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... What I learned from her professionally, is how to have high standards, high integrity and to navigate the field particularly as a woman.

SHALENE KIRKLEY, PH.D Former peer reason Panza has gone into teaching—to balance her time in the courtroom with mentoring and teaching upcoming psychologists.

Gianni Pirelli, Ph.D., a former student of Panza’s at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, admires the passion she possesses for her work.

Pirelli asked Panza to be part of the committees for all his projects during his doctoral studies. “(Cal State Fullerton) is lucky to have her, we miss her a lot on the east coast,” Pirelli said. “She has a lot of energy and warmth. She is not the type of person that just kind of comes and goes in your life, she’s the type of person who will make an impact on your life.”

Panza has lived in Southern California for over seven years and teaches in the psychology department at CSUF, as well as conducts psychological evaluations on law enforcement officers. She is now working on research projects to better educate officers how to select the best candidates for the force.

Besides her work, Panza is completely obsessed with college football.

“Anybody who has attended the University of Alabama has to come out being obsessed

said, giggling. “That really speaks to her sense of adventure and her free spirit that I think is very buttoned up in the professional world.”

Kirkley was mentored by Panza during their doctoral studies and remained a close friend and colleague over the years.

“Watching (Patricia) and Nancy navigate this unique niche in clinical psychology as women was really inspiring and empowering,” Kirkley said. “If I were to say what I have learned from her professionally, is how to have high standards, high integrity and to navigate the field particularly as a woman.”

Now Panza has transitioned from career into a mother in the last five and a half years.

She surrounds herself with other career driven mothers who are trying to find the balance of career and family success.

“One thing that I think students may not realize or fully appreciate is that to really spend your career in academia ... means you have an intrinsic motivation to mentor and to shape and help guide the next generation of thinkers and productive members of society,” Kirkley said. “And I think that Nancy really brings that into her teaching.”

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Prestinary also found interest in a “strong messianic character” within the book.

“I think people, especially in the western world can relate to this messianic character who’s the chosen one to lead these folks out of what is perceived to be an oppressive situation,” Prestinary said. “So I think in that way it has a mythological quality that, carried into the future, allows us to take a step back and look at some of those beliefs more objectively.”

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(after a long weekend), he was behind a secure door … when I looked in the room, I walked back to the nurse station and I said ‘where is my patient?

“You’ve got someone else in there.’ And she kind of chuckled and said ‘oh no, that’s him,’” she said.

The medication kicked in almost immediately and he calmed down. It revealed the true person underneath all the outburst and he ended up being one of the most delightful patients she worked with, Panza said.

Working with the type of patients Panza does is rewarding, but can be emotionally wearing. This is part of the

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so many would not have been obtained by CSUF without the help of the late Willis McNelly, Ph.D., a former English and CSUF faculty member.

“He introduced the curriculum of science-fiction studies into the English department,” Sharon Perry, CSUF special collection archivist and librarian said.

Science-fiction was not considered academic during his time. In order to shift the culture, he began to introduce science-fiction as a core class in the English program and reached out to other writers of this genre.

“In the process of doing

that, he himself became active by going to the science-fiction conventions among the authors,” Perry said. “He made personal friendships with many of them such as Frank Herbert and Philip K. Dick and he prevailed upon them to donate their manuscripts to our special collections.”

The Dune exhibit next semester will feature Herbert’s work in an organized display and will be open to anyone wanting to learn about the epic work of science-fiction.

The Dune manuscripts are the “jewel in the crown of our special collections,” Prestinary said.

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Trevor Noah deserves a shot Comedy Central made the right choice sticking with Noah VIVIAN CHOW Daily Titan The Internet went on a tizzy just over a week ago when Comedy Central announced Trevor Noah as the new host of The Daily Show.

It was a surprise for many fans who had little to no idea of who the comedian was.

It’s understandable, given the fact that he’s only appeared on the show three times and leads an otherwise international comedy tour schedule that leaves him less visible in the states.

But before the celebrations could begin, the 31-year-old South-African native received immense backlash over old tweets that resurfaced in a Buzzfeed article.

Some of the tweets made jokes that were seen as sexist and anti-semitic, which led many to believe Noah wasn’t the right person for the job.

Although the tweets reflect a lack of political correctness, what comedian hasn’t crossed that line?

Almost any iconic standup comedian has pushed the boundaries of what

makes an audience laugh and Noah’s jokes are no different.

Everybody has made tasteless jokes; humans make flawed judgments and don’t always say the right things at the right time.

The only difference for Noah is that his missteps are immortalized forever on the Internet, available for everyone to scrutinize.

Comedy Central defended its decision saying, “Like many comedians, Trevor Noah pushes boundaries; he is provocative and spares no one—himself included. To judge him or his comedy based on a handful of jokes is unfair. Trevor is a talented comedian with a bright future at Comedy Central.”

Out of the 8,904 tweets Noah has made since joining Twitter in June 2009, only six of them are under scrutiny.

“Six tweets, out of almost 9,000?! That’s not exactly a representative sample,” wrote Caitlin Dewey of The Washington Post.

Noah responded to the criticism by saying,” To reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didn’t land is not a true reflection of my character, nor my evolution as a comedian.”

Not to mention, if you take a look at his many other Tweets or watch any of his stand up specials, you’ll

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Amid Comedy Central’s announcement of Trevor Noah as the successor to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, he’s received immense backlash for insensitive tweets that have surfaced. But the scrutiny on Noah is undue; he deserves a shot at hosting the show.

find a thoughtful man who constantly criticizes and sheds light on social injustice, apartheid and race relations.

As the son of a black Xhosa South-African mother and a Swiss-German father, Noah uses his mixed race background as

a platform on racial commentary and discussion, while also making light of the inherent hypocrisies and stereotypes in society.

While many comedians resign to sex and fart jokes, Noah constantly focuses on social and cultural

observation comedy, making audiences laugh and think at the same time.

Choosing Noah as the successor to The Daily Show is a great step toward diversity.

After the end of the Stewart-Colbert Comedy Central era, Noah will be

joining Larry Wilmore to make up the most diverse late-night lineup currently on television today.

In a market predominantly helmed by older white men, Noah and Wilmore are a welcome change and a step in the right direction to late-night television.

Feminism is a universal concept Achieving equality among the sexes is a worthwhile goal CHELSEA COOPER For the Daily Titan Feminism, over the past few years, has been a controversial topic.

But what exactly is feminism? Is it man-hating? Is it only for bitter females?

What is it really? It is actually a very simple term to understand.

Feminism is “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities,” according to Merriam-Webster.

What feminists want is to have both genders treated fairly in all aspects of life, including equal pay, rights and respect.

The simple idea of feminism is a universal idea that benefits everyone.

Over the last one hundred years, women’s rights have increased significantly with the passing of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote.

Since then, women have surpassed all of the limits that were once put on them.

With all of the progress that has been achieved, there are still necessary improvements to be made.

Women’s wages have been the most discussed topic regarding feminism.

The reason being women

aren’t typically paid fairly in comparison to their male coworkers.

“Women with full-time jobs still earn only about 77 percent of their male counterparts’ earnings,” according to WhiteHouse. gov.

That statistic is true, but it’s important to note that the women they are speaking of are Caucasian. For different ethnic groups, the wage gap is even greater.

African-American women earn 69 cents and Latina women earn 60 cents for every dollar earned by a Caucasian man, according to ThinkProgress. org.

These statistics prove that there is still a lot of progress to be made. This is what drives feminists to make a change.

“About three-in-ten Americans surveyed said that having more women leaders in both business and government would improve the quality of life for women across the country,” according to Fortune. com.

In the workforce, a lot of women are not considered for higher positions for many different reasons.

One major reason is that employers plan for these women to get married, start a family and take time off to raise their kids.

Therefore, it becomes too much of a risky investment to put these women into power.

Long held stereotypes

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Feminism has been wrongly perceived as synonymous with man-hating, which is decidedly untrue. Feminism is the simple idea of equality among both genders; nothing more and nothing less.

unfortunately play a major part in the lack of women leaders in business.

Corporations unfairly hold women accountable for the potential of motherhood down the line, which limits access for women.

Many celebrities have spoken out on this controversial issue and have been advocates for change.

Emma Watson has been a huge spokeswoman for the HeforShe Campaign and has been shedding light on feminism.

In her recent speech for

the United Nations, she debunked the negative stereotypes of gender equality saying, “The fight for women’s right has too often become synonymous with man-hating.”

For someone who isn’t informed about feminism, man-hating is usually linked to it. Man-hating isn’t the goal for feminists and has never been the goal.

It is nearly impossible to shed light on feminism without the support of men, so man-hating would be ludicrous.

An interesting point that Emma Watson brings up in her speech is that men are imprisoned by gender stereotypes as well.

Men have always had to live up to always being tough, aggressive and never sensitive.

It is shunned in our society if a man has too many feelings. They get called “gay,” “weak,” “feminine,” etc. Feminists support these men just as much as they do women.

Men should be allowed to be vulnerable and open with their feelings.

Allowing unrealistic gender roles in our society stops each individual from being the person they are meant to be.

“It is time that we see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals,” Watson said.

Feminism is an important social issue that needs the attention of everyone today.

Although this topic has caused a lot of controversy, gender equality is a worthwhile goal that benefits society and ensures more harmonious future.

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Senior first baseman Eliza Crawford makes contact with a pitch. The Lakewood native was kept in check against Hawaii, going 2-for-9 in the three-game series. Crawford is batting .266 on the season with four homers and 31 runs batted in. The lefty will look to produce at the plate when the Cal State Fullerton softball team travels to Easton Stadium to face the UCLA Bruins Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Softball hopes to cage the Bruins The Titans will travel to Easton Stadium for a midweek clash ANA URIAS For The Daily Titan After hitting a rocky road against Hawaii over the weekend, the Cal State Fullerton softball team is looking to right the ship when they visit the UCLA Bruins Tuesday for a matinee affair.

The Titans own a batting average of .316 and have scored 212 runs in 40 games, while statistics show the Bruins have a .351 batting average. The Titans are standing No. 4 in the Big West Conference, and the Bruins are standing No. 2 in the Pac-12 Conference.

The standings and batting numbers suggest the Bruins will have an advantage, but the Titans have a chance to take the victory home and it all comes

down to some of their key players.

On the offensive side, junior outfielder Courtney Rodriguez is currently tied for first in the Big West Conference when it comes to batting average.

She, along with Cal State Northridge’s Taylor Glover, are batting at a .418 clip.

Junior third baseman Missy Taukeiaho will also be key. Taukeiaho is ranked third in the Big West with a .406 batting average and nine home runs this season.

She returned to the lineup over the weekend after recovering from a knee injury.

Titan pitchers will have to watch out for UCLA’s Allexis Bennett, who is currently batting .500.

Sophomore infielder Delaney Spaulding is another dangerous hitter with a batting average of .387 and six home runs this season.

The Titans (25-15 overall, 3-3 Big West) are No. 56 on the overall NCAA ranking, while the Bruins

(31-8 overall, 6-3 Pac-12) are ranked No. 9.

Both teams seem to be standing in similar situations coming into this game.

Although statistics show a big difference that may favor the Bruins, both teams will be coming back from three consecutive games, where both lost two out of the three.

The Titans are trying to build momentum again after seeing their eight-game winning streak snapped over spring break. The

Bruins are trying to build momentum as well. They had a 15-game winning streak, but have now lost three out of their last five games.

In the past two seasons, each team was able to take the victory at the opponent’s home turf. The Titans took the win in 2013, while the Bruins won in 2014. After this game, the balance will lean on one side.

It will all be decided Tuesday at 2 p.m. at UCLA’s Easton Stadium.

Titans sitting in 10th at Redhawk Invite Men’s golf trail Utah by eight strokes for the ninth spot DREW CAMPA Daily Titan Through two rounds of play, the Cal State Fullerton men’s golf team finds itself tied for 10th place after the first day of action at the

second annual Seattle University Redhawk Invitational on Monday evening. The Titans proved consistent in shooting identical scores of 24-over 304 in each of the first two rounds.

Fullerton is eight strokes behind Utah at the par-70, 7,303-yard Chambers Bay Golf Course at University Place, Washington.

Given the course’s location, perhaps it’s no surprise

that No. 19-ranked University of Washington is leading the pack at 1-under 559 with host Seattle University in second place at 23-over 583.

Individually, the Huskies are dominating the top of the player leaderboard as Frank Garber (four-under 136) leads the way, four strokes ahead of a two-way tie between teammates ChengTsung Pan and Jonathan

Sanders at 140.

Fullerton’s Ryan Tetrault is the team leader as the senior shot a combined total of eight-over 148, which tied him for 19th with six others.

Tetrault’s best round was his first as the Villa Park High alumnus connected on four birdies in shooting a three-over 73.

Sophomore Kyle De Silva, also a Villa Park product,

was Fullerton’s No. 2 golfer and is tied for 33rd at 10-over 150.

De Silva carded the best single round for any Titans player Monday, shooting a one-over 71 in the second round. De Silva’s score was aided by steadiness as he converted par on 13 of 18 holes.

Mark Cobey is next for Fullerton and is tied at 50th at 14-over 154, while Josh

Park and Mark Jensma closed out the Titans’ scoring as both are knotted in 74th at 21-over 161.

Final day action commences at 8 a.m. Tuesday with the last round remaining.

Unlike most of their season, the Titans won’t have much rest and will instead have a quick turnaround as the team is slated to participate in the El Macero Classic next weekend.

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He moved to his uncle’s home in Mission Viejo and waited. After offers from the likes of UCLA, USC, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine were rejected or fell through, Cal State Fullerton came calling.

Lured by CSUF’s academic programs as well as the track and field coaching staff, Courbis accepted in a heartbeat. After receiving a phone call from the school, Courbis phoned his father in Spain and asked for his advice.

Thirty minutes later he was a Titan.

Since arriving at CSUF, Courbis has grown both as an athlete and as a person, learning to prioritize the important and unimportant while taking care of his responsibilities, said Marques Barosso, assistant coach for the CSUF track and field team.

Courbis has been “running off of talent,” Marques said,

but is finally starting to come into his own and figuring out the nuances of racing.

“If I do good things it’s my fault, and if I do things wrong it’s my fault, too. So I don’t depend on anybody. Another thing I like about track is it’s really mental, so it makes you have a lot of discipline,” Courbis said. During practices, Courbis is known to be somewhat of a joker.

“I would describe Diego as a funny guy. He is very hard-working and outgoing, and he just really has a great personality,” teammate and roommate Mason Rollins said.

The joking and fun, however, does not impede Courbis from being a great competitor.

“He likes to joke around a little bit, which is fine, but when it comes time to take business, he flips the switch,” Barosso said. “He is the first one to get on the line and the first one to cross the line.

That’s what you got to love about him: he can flip the switch from being funny and joking around to taking care of business.”

When he flips that switch, Courbis shows his true potential.

Courbis has been ranked in the top five in the nation for Spain during the last five years. In 2013, he competed in the 400-meter hurdles for the Spanish national team. Last year, he placed third in California for the 300-meter hurdles and finished 25th in the U.S. national ranking.

Courbis also narrowly missed the International Association of Athletics Federation World Championships, coming in third in a race where only first and second place qualified.

However, Courbis recently conditionally qualified for the European Athletics Championships.

On March 14 at the Ben Brown Invitational, hosted

at CSUF, Courbis posted a time of 52.59 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles, which put him in a position to compete at the Spanish Nationals. A good showing at the Spanish Nationals will guarantee Courbis a spot at the European Championships, which take place at Eskilstuna, Sweden in July.

Courbis’ plans for the future include finishing college, having a career and later to hopefully be a professional track athlete and go to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he said.

Barosso believes he can be successful with his Olympic goals.

“He could be a future Olympian if he really puts his mind to it and really works and achieves the things he wants to achieve, and the things we know he can do.

(Courbis) can be one of the top hurdlers in the world; we truly believe that here, and we truly believe in Diego.”

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TAURUS

(APRIL 20 - MAY 20):

You finally give in to your inner demands for a healthier lifestyle. This could take on almost any form, but you need to make sure it’s something you can sustain for the long-term.

GEMINI

(MAY 21 - JUNE 20):

You may be just a bit too focused on one person -- but it doesn’t feel like much of a problem.

If anything, you may find that you’ve got just the right kind of energy to make things simply perfect.

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LIBRA

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Nothing seems to go quite right today -- but don’t despair! Sometimes you need to misfire several times before you can hit your stride.

Giving up is the only possible way you can fail.

LEO

You feel super -- your life is back in balance, no matter what it looks like from the outside. Things should start to pick up even more for you once others start to take notice.

SCORPIO

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You are focused on the outside world today -- so it’s not a good time for that intensive meditation retreat. If you’re out in the world, you are definitely in your element and able to connect.

VIRGO

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(SEPT. 23 - OCT. 22):

One small setback nearly drives you to tears early today -- but it turns out to be little more than a figment of your imagination. Push through and things start to get quite a bit better.

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Action has to wait -- you need to consider every angle thoughtfully before proceeding. Things are sure to get a little weird for you as others make progress while you stand still, but you win in the end.

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It could go any which way, so keep your options open and see what feels right to you.

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