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Heart disease symptoms differ between sexes DARLENE CASAS Daily Titan A woman dressed in business attire went to the doctor and was treated for heart disease. That same woman — now garishly dressed — visited another doctor complaining about the same symptoms, but was told to take Xanax. This anecdote was told to 45 audience members by John Zamarra, MD, during an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) medical series lecture at the Fullerton Elks Lodge Wednesday morning. Zamarra, who has been a solo practitioner since 1976, explained that women’s heart disease is often untreated or misdiagnosed because for the past half century, most studies on heart disease have been done by men. Heart disease affects women more than it does men because women typically have smaller coronary arteries and react to stress differently; women also exhibit different symptoms, Zamarra said. The rise of women in the work force increased the number of women with heart disease, but Zamarra provided ways to ameliorate this growing issue. SEE HEART

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Criminal justice professor Gregory Chris Brown works with the Southern California Cease Fire Committee in order to reduce gang-related violence in Los Angeles. Brown’s involvement in the SCCFC is helping him conduct research on original gangsters and how they become involved in gangs.

Gregory Brown helps community activism in LA WOARIA RASHID Daily Titan On the fifth floor of University Hall’s dimly-lit hallway, among the sound of printers humming and footsteps tapping on the marble floor, a

hearty and unrestrained laughter comes from an office, filling the destitute halls. This is the laughter of a man who, at 10 years old, sold candy after school for income, was shot at multiple times throughout his life and attended more funerals than the average teenager. “I was one of those youths that didn’t believe I would live to see 25,” said Gregory Chris Brown, Ph.D., associate professor of criminal justice at Cal

State Fullerton. Brown works with the Southern California Cease Fire Committee (SCCFC). The committee is comprised of individuals working to bring an end to gang-related violence in Los Angeles through community activism. Many members of the committee are ex-convicts who want to end the gang violence they were once responsible for in the late ‘60s and

‘70s, Brown said. The city of Los Angeles recently recognized Brown for his work with the SCCFC. Brown began working with the committee about three years ago in order to continue his research on gangs. However, he soon realized that he could help improve the committee. “I wanted to assist (SCCFC) to use the best practices to intercede what was

happening in the streets of LA, but also to be successful,” Brown said. With the combination of the ex-convicts’ knowledge in the intricacies of gang-related activities, and Brown’s academic background and organizational and structural skills, the team continues to work together to combat gang-related violence in the streets of LA. SEE ACTIVISM

Defying stereotypes, one verse at a time

CSUF senior performs empowering music DARLENE CASAS Daily Titan

Her face was flushed with nervousness. One 19-year-old woman was about to perform in a hip-hop lineup of just men. But then Denise De La Cruz, a communications and radio-TV-film major at Cal State Fullerton, began to rap. “To my surprise, people were feeling me,” De La Cruz said. “It was a huge adrenaline rush.” Rapping at a bar in her hometown of Whittier was the first time De La Cruz performed in front of a crowd. De La Cruz was the only female rapper to perform that night, but she prefers not to use the term female.

“Why can’t you just say rapper?” De La Cruz said. “That just goes to show how the gap between males and females in the rap genre is.” Classifying someone as a female rapper is condescending and unprogressive, De La Cruz, 22, said. Even though De La Cruz has written hundreds of songs since she began rapping at the age of 12, she plans to refine her lyrics and record more music. De La Cruz hopes to complete an entire body of work instead of rapping freestyles and incomplete songs during her performances at local Whittier venues. De La Cruz’s passion for music was ignited by hip-hop. She remembers watching the Beastie Boys perform on television at a young age. She further explored the genre by digging into rap records from the ‘80s and ‘90s. When De La Cruz met her longtime friend Alysha Lauron in middle school, Lauron

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As a full-time student, Denise De La Cruz spends most of her time at school or studying, but she writes and raps her own music during her spare time. Her passion is music, but she is also pursuing a degree in communications and radio-TV-film.

thought De La Cruz’s interest in the Beastie Boys and Left Eye from TLC was bizarre. But as their 10-year friendship began to unfold, Lauron realized that De La Cruz’s

musical taste influenced who she was. “Her path ultimately led her to what she is now, which is completely different from the norm of hip-hop rappers,”

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Lauron said. Lauron said De La Cruz always wanted to stand out. Her lyrics and unique tone are both presentable and empowering.

Kendrick Lamar’s music influences her to incorporate refreshing styles in her rapping. SEE RAP

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OLLI hosts lecture on Middle East Free “Eclectics” lecture series continues Thursday GERARD AVELINO Daily Titan The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) invites the public to learn more about the state of affairs in the Middle East during their free lecture series, continuing Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in the Mackey Auditorium of the Ruby Gerontology Center. George Giacumakis, professor emeritus of history at Cal State Fullerton and director of the Museum of Biblical and Sacred Writings at Biola University, will present part two of his lecture, “The Middle East and the USA: What Is Going On?” Giacumakis will

discuss the ongoing political situation in the troubled region. “It continues to be a subject of interest,” said Janice Jeng, vice president of programs at OLLI. The topic was chosen to keep lecture attendees up-to-date on Middle Eastern geopolitics, she said. Thursday’s event is part of the Eclectics lecture series, in which expert speakers are recruited to provide information on various topics of interest to OLLI members. Jeng and her team subscribe to various news services and academic bulletins to look for potential speakers at OLLI lectures. Their search extends beyond CSUF to various organizations in Orange County that offer lectures, such as Chapman University, Cal State Long Beach and the Bowers Museum,

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Jeng said. “We invite lecturers from any subject area you can think of,” Jeng said. “All of our lecturers are experts in their fields.” Future lecture topics include aromatherapy, the anthropology of the Olmec civilization, the aftermath of the World War II nuclear attacks in Japan, improving access to healthcare services with Geographic Information Systems, and traveling the world on motorcycle. The Eclectics lecture series is part of a University Extended Education effort to provide life-long learning classes. While this program does target OLLI members, both series are open to the public, free of charge. Information on future events in the Eclectics series is available on the OLLI website at olli.fullerton.edu.

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The Titan Student Union’s LGBTQ Resource Center is providing an eight-week program devoted to developing queer leaders and building Cal State Fullerton’s queer community. Trainees meet weekly as an extension of the leadership training program provided on campus to train hopeful leaders to be more inclusive towards people who identify as LGBTQ. A “queer leader” is something that each student defines for his or herself, said Brianna Sérráno, LGBTQ Resource Center coordinator. “It doesn’t necessarily have to be somebody who’s out per se; it can be somebody who recognizes their queer identity and how that plays into their leadership or their roles on campus,” Sérráno said. This week, student intern Wendy Anguiano led the discussion on developing identity and “consciousness of self” so that leaders can help others identify themselves. The program is not just a safe space for queer and trans-identifying student leaders, but also a place to learn conflict management, organization and queer theory, Sérráno said. The group centers its

LT Global was unable to come to an agreement with the Anaheim Angels in order to use space for its LT Platinum Center project: a planned hotel, residential and commercial complex, according to the OC Register. LT Global, a Chinese development company, had applied for 1,300 parking spaces in June from the Angel Stadium’s parking lot. Officials for the Angels stated Tuesday that no parking spaces would be given to LT Global, resulting in a downscale of $50 million for the project. “We went through a lot of discussions and there was no deal that was interesting to the Angels,” Randy Jefferson, executive director of project development for LT Global Investment Platinum, said to the OC Register. “The land is theirs to deal with and we wanted to be good neighbors, so we didn’t push it.”

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Three students attend the LGBTQ Resource Center’s continuing Developing Queer Leaders program Thursday.

discussions around members developing their own identities and exploring identities they may not have known existed, in the hopes that they will better understand how to connect with others to build a community among queer students. At the end of the series, students receive a certificate of completion and are eligible for special incentive drawings if they attend every session. “I did the training last year as a freshman,” said Mathew Truvino, a CSUF nursing major. Truvino attended this year’s program to follow up on his progress. “I think it’s a cool program and I think it’s important that we empower queer leaders on campus,” Truvino said. While registration for

this semester’s Developing Queer Leaders series is closed, the LGBTQ Resource Center offers an array of other open participation activities. “We have movie nights, game nights and discussion groups,” said Jay Tran, a student assistant at the center. The center also started a new discussion group called “A-Spectrum” for those who identify on the asexual or aromantic spectrum. “It’s a place for us to share our stories and decompress,” Tran said. The LGBTQ Resource Center’s programs run from Monday to Thursday. “Queer Code: Ladies Group” and “T-Time,” a transgender-oriented discussion group, meets on Wednesdays, while “Queer Talks” meets every Tuesday in the TSU.

A man was arrested Tuesday night after fleeing from the police on a bike and attempting to steal a car, near an IHOP across the street from the Placentia police station, according to the OC Register. At approximately 9:15 p.m., a call came in about a disturbance in the restaurant at 131 N. Kraemer Blvd. Since police headquarters are across the street, officers responded immediately. Upon police arrival, the suspect fled on a bike — which was later discovered stolen — and crashed in front of a car that he then attempted to steal. Earlier Tuesday, the suspect allegedly knocked a woman off her bike and stole it. The suspect has been identified as Nicholas Edward Ashbaugh from Riverside County. Placentia police arrested Ashbaugh on suspicion of robbery, resisting arrest and attempted carjacking. - SPENCER CUSTODIO

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Cardiologist John Zamarra presented heart health tips to members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the Fullerton Elks Lodge Wednesday. One of the more significant facts OLLI members learned was how men and women differ when it comes to diagnosing heart disease.

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During his presentation Wednesday morning, Zamarra explained that a man suffering from cardiovascular problems would feel chest pain, whereas a woman would most likely feel anxiety, shortness of breath, sweat and pressure on the chest — often no pain. Heart disease has increased since the rise of the Industrial Revolution. People began to eat small lunches during their working day and larger dinners at night which slowed their metabolism and increased their intake of cholesterol, Zamarra said. 1985 marked a significant increase in women with heart disease, an unfortunate side effect of the women’s revolution of the 1970s, that helped send droves of women into the workforce, he said. During his lecture, Zamarra showed a diagram from Good HouseKeeping’s website about the various ways women can relieve their stress. These methods included

meditating, napping, exercising, drinking certain juices like cranberry juice and shopping. “Should be just fine for years,” a lady in the audience whispered to another as the women in the audience began to giggle. “There is the corporate practice of medicine which is driven only by money and not by compassion,” Zamarra said. “Then there is the need for natural medicine which takes in account that women are different and have different needs and they should be attended to, and they are conflicting — there is a conflict, it is real.” Joyce Ono, a retired CSUF biology professor, was astonished that so many men attended this lecture, but then realized that most OLLI members did not open their emails to see that the original seminar about cancer was changed. “A lot of people came in here today thinking about cancer and were surprised,” Ono said. “I was wondering why there were so many men in the

audience.” OLLI provided members with information about physical exercise, mental stimulation and social aspects. “I think it is good value and also it helps in all aspects necessary for successful aging,” Ono said. Joe Lawton, Ph.D., an OLLI coordinator who worked as a doctor in Orange County for 40 years, has been hosting medical lectures since he retired eight years ago. Lawton recruits speakers from St. Jude Hospital, University of California, Irvine and Hoag. Lawton said there are about 1,700 members in their OLLI program, making it one of the largest in the state. Unlike other programs, OLLI does not require its members to pay additional fees for most classes. The classes offered from the program are taught by volunteers. “The whole object of the medical series is to make the attendees more active in their own health care,” Lawton said.

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Members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute gather to learn the differences in men’s and women’s heart health.

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Swimming 100 miles at SRC VIVIAN PHAM Daily Titan Yesennia Villa glides through the chlorinated water wearing a cap, goggles and a one-piece swimsuit. In a 25-yard pool at the Student Recreation Center, she focuses on her technique. Villa, 17, a criminal justice major, has reached six miles so far in the 100Mile Swim Challenge. The SRC has been conducting swim challenges for the past five years. In the first two years, participants had to swim the distance of the Catalina or English Channel at the SRC pool. “It’s only 23 or 26 miles and we found that that wasn’t challenging enough,” said Alison Wittwer, Titan Recreation aquatics coordinator. In the third year, students participated in “Swim the Big West Challenge,” which had students swim the distance between schools from Southern California, such

as UC Irvine, Cal State Northridge and Cal State Long Beach. “You get feedback from students saying that the Big West had too many miles and that they couldn’t do it all in two semesters,” Wittwer said. From the students’ input, the aquatics program changed the challenge to 100 miles and brought it to the SRC. “100 miles is a good, flat number,” Wittwer said. “Students can figure out how many miles they have to swim each week; it’s more user friendly.” The challenge began the first day of this semester and will continue until the last day of spring semester. Over 150 students have signed up thus far. Among the participants is Matthew Ryan, SRC lifeguard and the first person to swim 100 miles during last year’s challenge. Ryan swam most of the miles in the fall semester of 2014 and managed to reach 100 by the beginning of spring 2015. To achieve his goal, Ryan swam for about an hour four days a week. “I’ve been a swimmer for a long time, so it’s a part of my daily routine,”

Ryan said. Although experienced swimmers partake in the challenge, beginners are free to join, too. “This year, I’ve noticed more new swimmers,” Wittwer said. “People tell me, ‘I just started swimming and I really like it; I’m not very good,’ and I go, ‘That’s okay! The way to get better is to keep practicing,’ so it’s not just the hardcore swimmers doing it anymore.” Participants earn a swim cap when they reach 50 miles, a UV-protected goggle for 75 miles, and a t-shirt designed by ASI marketing and graphics department for 100 miles. However, the first person to reach 100 miles gets a special prize, which varies every year. “It’s usually a waterproof MP3 player or waterproof camera, but I haven’t purchased the prize, so I don’t know what it’s going to be yet,” Wittwer said. Students sign up for the challenge by filling out a paper form on the pool deck and reporting to the lifeguard how many laps they swam after each session.

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A CSUF student swims at the Student Recreating Center Wednesday afternoon. Swimmers who reach 50, 75 and 100 miles can win prizes for the SRC’s 100-Mile Swim Challenge.

“All laps have to be swam, walked, kicked, back-floated, whatever you want to do as long as you’re at SRC moving up and down the pool,” Wittwer said. “We have some people who run and walk in the pool for therapy; all those

kinds of laps count.” Students who participate in the challenge can reap both mental and physical benefits. Ryan said swimming is a pure cardio workout that helps him relieve stress. Villa, a competitive

swimmer throughout high school, is participating in the swim challenge for the first time this semester. “After a workout, I feel stronger and healthier because swimming works every part of your body,” Villa said.

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De La Cruz said shuffling between rapping and school would sometimes make her feel lost, especially during her first year of college when she started attending many rap shows. However, being the first in her family to attend college motivated her to earn a higher education and become a more well-rounded person “The personal enrichment that you get from college definitely helps you become a smarter and more cultivated person,” De La Cruz said. “That definitely influenced my music and my songwriting, so it all goes together.” Lauron said she and her friends have supported De La Cruz through her moments of discouragement. “Denise is an artist; she’s going to go through that every once in awhile,” Lauron said. “That’s just what comes along with making art.” Lauron has also been

playing music since she was a child and performed with De La Cruz before. It was shortly after finishing high school that Lauron and De La Cruz spontaneously performed

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rapping career. Lauron said De La Cruz’s first rap performance at the Manhattan Lounge in Whittier was one of her most memorable moments, especially per-

The personal enrichment that you get from college definitely helps you become a smarter and more cultivated person. That definitely influenced my music and songwriting, so it all goes together.

DENISE DE LA CRUZ CSUF Senior and aspiring rapper together during an open mic night at a bar in Hollywood. The two performed in front of a crowd of 30 people. In high school, De La Cruz met Miryam Orozco who says she finds De La Cruz’s rap songs relatable and true, especially a song she wrote about relationship troubles. Her friends hope that De La Cruz listens to the urge inside of her to follow her passion and continue her

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forming in a male-dominated genre. The audience was impressed that a young woman rapped on a stage filled with older men. “I thought it was really empowering that she was the only female on stage rapping,” Lauron said. “Especially that one night she was killing it.” “I saw a fire inside of her completely come out and she gave an amazing performance,” Orozco said.

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Searching for new adventures Student seeks to break monotonous, daily routine LIZETH LUEVANO Daily Titan It’s before sunrise and the sound of Mika’s “Love Today” wakes me. Snooze. It’s 10 minutes before I have to leave my house to make it to work by 4:15 a.m. Thankfully, I work at a coffee shop. I rush out after about eight hours of getting cranky customers their morning dose of caffeine, go home quickly to change clothes and head to school. Some days I have classes, but most days I work in a newsroom long after sunset, sometimes as late as midnight. Repeat. I’ve always packed my schedule so that I’m always doing something, because too much free time makes me uncomfortable. But five weeks into the semester my schedule has already become too monotonous and the only things I seem to think about are repeating the cycle above day after day. In essence, I’m stuck in a rut. Surely I’m not the only student who feels this way. My friends who are studying at other colleges are also so focused on their semester schedules that we wait until the end of a semester to regroup, because doing so in the middle of a semester would cause us to stray from our day-to-day cycles, and how inconvenient is that? But inconvenience is getting in the way of other activities I enjoy and ones I want to try. School and work are important to me and, a lot of the time, I enjoy what I do. But something that has always been important to me is enjoying new life experiences. I like adventure. I like

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Lizeth Luevano took the opportunity to get her first tattoo in the spur of the moment because she saw it as a great opportunity to have a permanent reminder of her favorite quote and her life philosophy.

going places I’ve never been, trying new foods and doing anything that will make for a good story later. It’s a great break from my main responsibilities and that soothes me. Two semesters ago, I wrote a story for a class about spontaneously going into “Big Daddy’s Tattoo & Piercing” shop with a friend and getting a tattoo. My friend and I were having lunch and wondering

what we should do next. She suggested we get tattooed. I had no tattoos at the time, but always wanted one. So I said sure. I always knew that if the moment arose I would get the words “live deliberately” tattooed. The words are from a quote by Henry David Thoreau: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not

learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” After reading “Walden” in high school, I was intrigued by Thoreau’s lifestyle. I figured that unlike him, I’d continue to pay taxes and not live in the woods, however tempting that may be. That quote, however, shaped and changed my life. It struck something in me that made

me realize that all the complex and material desires in life are not as important as life itself. Life in its simplest of terms. Life as experiences. I haven’t done anything too exciting or different since school started this August because my schedule has taken over my life. During the first week of the fall semester, I told myself that I would join a UFC gym and try out

boxing. Sadly, I have yet to do that. I will not let myself hide behind the excuse of “I’m too busy” anymore. I am busy, but that should not interfere with the happiness that new experiences bring. So, I’ve decided to begin a weekly journey of seeking new experiences and sharing them here. My hope is to inspire others “stuck in a rut” to continue to seek new experiences.

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Sitting back on his black office chair, Brown crossed his arms and recalled a pivotal moment in his life when he desired a higher education. It began when he was 7 years old and living with his great-grandmother in Shreveport, Louisiana. As a boy, Brown went to a store with his great-grandmother to cash a check. The cashier told his great-grandmother to “put her mark here.” Since she was illiterate, she signed an ‘X’ on the check without knowing if the cashier was giving her the correct amount. “It was from that point forward that I really realized that I was going to pursue a higher education because I didn’t want to be in a situation where someone had to read to me or cheat me out of my money,” Brown said. However, attending school was a feat on its own. “I went to high school in Compton and gangs were very prevalent,” Brown said. He avoided trouble by keeping his head down and focusing on academics. “It probably saved my life, the fact that I was not claiming a gang and decided to pursue a college education,” Brown said. Brown became the first

in his family to attend a four-year university. He earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and minor in anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He then pursued his master’s degree and doctorate in social ecology with an emphasis in criminology from University of California, Irvine. Prior to teaching at Cal State Fullerton, he taught at University of California, Santa Barbara, Chapman University and Cal State Long Beach. “He’s very good with students,” said Christine Gardiner, Ph.D., associate professor of criminal justice. “He’s got students in his office all the time lined up waiting to talk to him.” Brown teaches courses about gangs and the criminal justice system, giving him a platform to invite some members from the SCCFC as guest speakers to enrich his students’ educational experience. He also shares knowledge he’s acquired from his ongoing research on original gangsters. Brown began studying original gangsters to learn what drives youths to join gangs. “There are certain theories that if youths are less attached to their parents and education, they are more likely to be attracted to deviant activities and gangs,” Brown said.

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Gregory Chris Brown was raised in Watts. His childhood pushed him to pursue a college degree and give back to his community.

“So I wanted to try to test some of these theoretical perspectives.” Outside of academia, Brown said he lives happily married to his wife of 31 years. “She came from a very privileged background. Her dad was the president of an insurance company and it totally freaked him out that she was dating a poor, black kid from Watts,” Brown said. “It really freaked him out.” Brown was born and raised in Watts, a small neighborhood in south LA.

His mother was pregnant with Brown at 12 years old and gave birth to him at 13. Since he was a young boy, he worked hard to help his mother by selling candy or cutting lawns. “I remember there were times I made more money than my mother selling candy,” Brown said. Brown said he has kept that work ethic throughout his life. “I’ve always been working. Look at my hands. They don’t look like the hands of a Ph.D. because I’m always using them.” FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN

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Volkswagen CEO jumping ship Martin Winterkorn steps down amid emissions scandal DANIELLE ORTENZIO Daily Titan Martin Winterkorn, chief executive officer of Volkswagen, is copping-out. Winterkorn resigned from his position as CEO of the German car giant on Wednesday, despite the fact that the company may be forced to pay billions in fines, as well as possibly face criminal prosecution. Although Winterkorn is taking responsibility for the fact that 11 million of VW’s vehicles worldwide were involved in a cheating scandal that allowed them to pass emissions testing, he is doing nothing to fix the issue at hand. An estimated 500,000 Volkswagens in the United States contain software which allowed them to pass emissions tests, despite releasing nitrogen oxide into the air at up to 40 times United States Federal standards, according to the Washington Post. Winterkorn, who has been CEO of the company since 2007, issued a videotape apology for the scandal. Although he took responsibility for the fact, he denied any personal misconduct. “I am not aware of any wrongdoing on my part,” Mr.

Winterkorn said. Representatives of Volkswagen’s supervisory board said that they do not believe Winterkorn took any personal part in the scandal. In light of his perceived innocence, questions are being raised. Why would he want to resign if he did not take part in the manipulation of the engines? “For something of this magnitude, one would expect that the C.E.O. would know, and if he doesn’t know, then he’s willfully ignorant,” Jeff Thinners, a former Daimler executive and consultant with European companies on issues involving compliance and ethics, told the New York Times. This scandal can potentially cost Volkswagen up to $18 billion in fines from the Environmental Protection Agency. The United States Department of Justice is currently investigating the case, according to the Washington Post. It also has the potential to damage the economy of a country that relies heavily on the auto industry; the largest industrial sector in Germany which contributes about 2.7 percent to gross domestic product, according to CNN Money. Volkswagen employs 274,000 people at 29 German factories, according to the New York Times. Already struggling with high labor costs, the company may now

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Chief executive officer of Volkswagen, Martin Winterkorn, resigned Wednesday after an emissions test cheating scandal. The company could now be facing billions of dollars in fines and possible criminal prosecution.

be facing its largest downside risk in quite a while, according to a note written to clients by Carsten Brzeski, chief economist at ING-DiBa bank in Germany. The case also threatens to tarnish the reputation of a

company that prides itself on strict regulations and even stricter enforcement. Winterkorn was ambitious to mold the company into a green automaker. Jack Nerad, executive market analyst at Kelley Blue

Book, told the Washington Post that Winterkorn, “had very strong opinions about what Volkswagen should be as a group, what its brand should be. He was very, very hands-on.” Although Winterkorn’s

resignation may look admirable, it does nothing to fix a problem that is affecting jobs, the environment and Volkswagen owners. With Winterkorn no longer part of the solution, VW has not yet offered a fix to the problem.

‘Stonewall’ criticisms are premature Controversial film should not be judged on the trailer alone LIZETH LUEVANO Daily Titan The trailer for the upcoming film “Stonewall,” which premieres Friday, sparked backlash from members of the LGBT community who say it misrepresented and “whitewashed” the people who were present at the Stonewall Inn the night of the police raid, according to the New York Times. The trailer for “Stonewall,” directed by Roland Emmerich, centers around Danny Winters, a young, white, gay man who arrives in New York and becomes involved in the historic uprising. However, critics expressed their disappointment with the absence of real-life protesters like Marsha P. Johnson, a black transgender woman, who some eyewitnesses claim threw the first brick that Winters is shown throwing in the trailer. But it is unfair to react to an unreleased film and claim that it is misrepresenting and whitewashing history with evidence based solely on a trailer and a synopsis of the film. In the early hours of June 28, 1969 police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Mafia-owned and illegal speakeasy-style

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Upcoming gay rights film “Stonewall” has received massive backlash for whitewashing the real-life Stonewall Riots in the film’s trailer. Director Roland Emmerich assures audiences that the film does, in fact, honor the real-life activist involved in the riots.

bar. This raid was significant, however, because the crowd fought back. Later called the Stonewall Riots, protests and violence went on for several days, according to CBS News. These demonstrations sparked gay, lesbian and bisexual civil rights organizations, such as the Gay Liberation Front, to form.

It’s important to note that the 1969 Stonewall Riots was a group uprising, and that may be why Emmerich created a fictional person to be the main character. There are queer women of color in the film, such as a character named Marsha P. Johnson, but they are presented as supporting characters

in the trailer, according to the Washington Post. In a Facebook post Emmerich responded to concerns over the trailer and said when the film–which he calls a labor of love–comes to theaters, “audiences will see that it deeply honors the real-life activists who were there — including Marsha P.

Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and Ray Castro, and all the brave people who sparked the civil rights movement which continues to this day.” Sure, it is reasonable for critics to claim that transgender people of color are being sidelined, but it is a fictionalized artistic work by Emmerich, and clearly one that is

near and dear to him. It is still too soon to claim that he has erased all prominent people involved in the Stonewall riots from his film. “No studio wanted to finance it. If people want to boycott a movie because of its trailer, what kind of country do we live in?” Emmerich said.

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With only a few days until the Big West Conference season kicks off, the Titans are looking to take two games at home from Loyola Marymount and San Diego over the weekend.

Titans aim to build streak Women’s soccer has 2 games left before starting the Big West ALAN BERNAL Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team will play its final pair of non-conference games this weekend against Loyola Marymount University and the University of San Diego. As the Big West Conference steadily approaches, the Titans will look to rebuild their winning streak after a 2-1 defeat against Washington State last weekend. Not easily discouraged, Fullerton will look to close out this season’s non-conference matches with the dominance that it showed through its first six games.

CSUF forward Rebecca Wilson is looking to add to her already stellar season that includes eight goals and three assists. The senior has had a streak of seven straight games with a point—one of only three players in program history to do so—and six straight games with a goal, only the second player to do so in a CSUF woman’s soccer uniform. In a strong season so far, various Titans have stepped up to pull out wins when the game demanded it the most. Senior Christina Burkenroad managed a game-winning penalty goal against Florida Gulf Coast University, and sophomores Connie Caliz and Sarah Fajnor each recording three assists on the season. The Competition The weekend will hold

two interesting matchups as CSUF will look to hold its perfect 4-0 home record. The Titans will kick off the weekend against a very formidable LMU squad that currently sits strong with a 6-2-1 record. The Lions come to Titan Stadium with a perfect home record of their own and are currently riding on a seven-game unbeaten streak. CSUF goalkeeper Morgan Bertsh and the rest of the Fullerton defense will have plenty to deal with in LMU’s Jocelyn Blakenship, who leads the Lions with five goals and two assists. Both teams have a lengthy history between them Friday will mark the sixth consecutive year that the Titans and the Lions square off against each other, with LMU leading the series 10-7-1. To end the weekend, Titan Stadium will host USD

for Fullerton’s last game before a weeklong break before conference play. The USD Toreros have had a rough season holding a 1-6-2 record, and will face Cal State Northridge before their game against the Titans. As opposed to the powerhouse that LMU is looking to be, San Diego is on an eight-game winless streak since its second game this season. The Titans’ last loss in the regular season was against the Toreros. However, it could be time for the Titans to gain on the series record, with the Toreros holding a 10-5-0 lead. The last time the two teams met in Titan Stadium, the Toreros fell in a 2-0 loss during the 2011 campaign. CSUF will close out its non-conference season against LMU on Friday and USD on Saturday at Titan Stadium.

Ice hockey set for new season CSUF are set to drop the puck against USC in its first 2015 game CONNIE LEE Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton men’s ice hockey team is set to kick off the 2015 season this week against the USC Trojans. Last year, the Titans met the Trojans twice in the season, outlasting USC in a 5-4 overtime thriller, then dominating the next matchup 8-1. Fullerton plays USC only once during September, but if they can get their first win of the year, the victory will set the tone for the rest of the season. In 2014, the Titans found the chemistry they needed early on in the season. They were only one

place short of landing a spot at the American College Hockey Association (ACHA) regionals. This time around, they hope to have built a team good enough to take them to the post-season. The team finished last season with a record of 14-16-0 in the ACHA and earned a third place standing in the West Coast Hockey Conference (WCHC) with a 3-4-1 record. It had more success in the post-season, making it to second place in the WCHC playoff standings, bumping rival Long Beach State down to third. Much of the success from last season came from the Titans’ intense physical play throughout the year. The Titans recorded the fifth-highest penalty minutes in the ACHA western conference with 670. CSUF ranked in the top 20

among western teams with 119 goals, which earned them 29 points and moved them into the league’s top 15. The penalty minutes hindered on-ice performance, which indicates that the Titans’ offense is sacrificing more to open up scoring chances while its defense is leaving it all on the ice to stop opponents’ runs. Although the tallest player on the team caps at 6-foot-1-inch, the physicality of the players hasn’t been lacking for Fullerton. Most of CSUF’s defensemen don’t hit the 6-foot mark, but they have shown they are perfectly capable of checking other players into the boards while scoring goals. Fullerton will be missing past offensive players Alec Censullo and Sean Saligumba but if the Titans

can play the same way they played last season, there’s nothing to worry about. Last season, forward Griffin Cortes had the fourth-most points for the Titans with seven goals, 11 assists and two short-handed goals. Mischa Chang managed to score 11 goals and three assists. Goaltender Jesse Sczublewski is also back for another year after having one shutout, 214 saves and a respectable .836 save percentage after playing only 11 games during the 2014 season. Much of the team is still intact from last year’s roster, allowing Fullerton to retain much of the chemistry that earned the them a top-three spot in the WCHC. The Titans will be playing their first game of the season this Friday at the Disney Ice rink.

Summer Kerins is a standout this season with 88 kills, the highest among the team. Kerins is one of the top five offensive players on the team with a hitting percentage of .182. Not to be outdone by new players, seniors Mackenzie Olsen and Kandace Thomas are leading the Titans in hitting percentage this season with .277 and .240, respectively. In typical setter fashion, Olsen is leading the team with 322 assists. Meanwhile, Thomas has been an all-around attacking workhorse for Fullerton with 73 kills, the second highest hitting percentage on the squad. The Titans are going to need to muster up all the

offense they can for their upcoming game against UC Riverside, which sits on a 5-8 record this season. Although the Highlanders are on a two-game losing streak, this will be their first game at home this season. It will be tough for CSUF to come out victorious after going without a win all season, especially since it starts its Big West campaign on the road. However, there is a glimmer of hope for the Titans As of now, the Titans lead the series with a 31-13-1 record over UCR. winning 20 straight matches since 2004. Although history is in the Titans’ favor, the

Highlanders will still be playing on home turf. The Titans will have a hard time with the impressive Highlander squad. Senior Helena Peric leads the team with 102 kills and a hitting percentage of .222, followed by first year Chelsea Doyle, Riverside’s top setter with 382 assists and a .387 hitting percentage. Doyle was one of the players recently named to the San Jose State Invitational All Tournament at the beginning of the season. The Titans look forward to earning their first victory at the first conference game of the season Friday against UCR at the Student Recreation Center Arena.

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Women’s golf set to tee off at the Classic Club CSUF heads to Palm Desert for its third tournament in 2015 ERICA BUESA Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton women’s golf team heads to Palm Desert this weekend to participate in the two-day Wyoming Cowgirl Desert Classic, hosted by the University of Wyoming. The tournament will be held at the Classic Club golf course. So far, the Titans have competed in two tournaments this season, making this their third outing of the month. The team hopes to perform well in this tournament after finishing in sixth place at the Cougar Cup hosted by Washington State. They moved up 10 spots from their previous tournament, where they finished in 16th place. The Titans will be joined by Big West Conference rivals UC Riverside. Coming off of an impressive 2014 campaign, this tournament marks the Highlanders’ first

outing this season. The team placed in the top 10 in six of eight tournaments last season, which is a promising sign. As for the host school, it will be interesting to see how Wyoming does in its second tournament after placing 16th in the CSU Ram Fall Classic. The Titans are warmed up, coming off the Cougar Cup last weekend. Head Coach Pearl Sinn-Bonanni, in her seventh season of coaching since the women’s golf team was reinstated, has molded a good mix of fresh talent and senior experience. Junior Martina Edberg, who had a terrific run in the Cougar Cup. looks to extend her record-breaking season. Freshman Felicia Medalla had a decent showing during the Cougar Cup shooting 16-over 232. Senior Dakota Brown will also look to make a name for herself, hoping to improve her performance from her 11-over 227 score at the Cougar Cup. CSUF will hit the links Saturday and Sunday at the Classic Club Golf Course.

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The Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team will start its Big West Conference games in Riverside this Friday in a head-tohead match against the UC Riverside Highlanders. The Titans have been struggling to get a win since the 2015 season started in August. The team played at four different events, finishing with a result of 0-12. Freshman middle blocker

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