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ASI hosts skate event Skateboarding exhibition starts ASI Productions Week GABE ESPIRITU Daily Titan The sound of wheels rolling over asphalt, wood grinding on metal and live Jimi Hendrix tracks accompanied Associated Students, Inc. Productions’ event, “Boarding Through Boredom,” in Cal State Fullerton’s central quad Monday afternoon. Kicking off ASI Productions Week, “Wake Up and Live,” “Boarding Through Boredom” featured a demonstration from professional and amateur skateboarders of the OC Ramps team. Tyler Thomas, Daniel Flores and Tyler Large ripped through the central quad, which was laden with obstacles built by OC Ramps, in an effort to entertain CSUF students. “We just wanted to come out and have fun; bring a little skateboarding element to the university,” said Large, owner of OC Ramps. The skateboarding idea came from a Venice Beach theme that ASI had previously planned, said Brandon Ngo, ASI Union and Special Programming Coordinator. SEE SKATE

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Professor pursues hobby with a flick of the wrist Joe Albert Garcia brings professionallevel disc golf to CSUF HAYLEY M. SLYE Daily Titan

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CSUF professor Joe Albert Garcia helps newer generations learn disc golf by advising Fullerton’s Ultimate club team. He also helped to start UCLA’s Ultimate team.

When Cal State Fullerton’s Joe Albert Garcia, Ph.D., was young, he and his friends had a secret spot within La Mirada Regional Park, near where they grew up. There was a crooked tree with a bough so low that it made the tree easy to climb. The top of the tree was shaped like a nest, making

a perfect spot for a group of young adventurers to pass time. One day Garcia and his friends found a flying disc in the tree. It turned out Garcia and his friends had been hiding out in the pathway of hole nine, on one of the oldest and most famous disc golf courses in the country, he said. “We’re like ‘Hey, there’s

something happening here’ that we had apparently never noticed before, and that was the start of how my friends and I started playing Frisbee golf,” Garcia said. What began as a childhood hobby in the park turned into a lifelong passion for the UC Berkeley graduate. He’s been playing

disc golf competitively and recreationally for about 35 years. “I said I wasn’t a world champion. I’m being semi-humble. I do have two pro tour wins to my name,” Garcia said. “I used to hold the tournament record at the most difficult course on the West Coast—that’s in Santa Cruz, California.”

Most disc golfers have maybe one or two discs, whereas Garcia keeps at least 10 in his disc bag. When Garcia throws a disc, it looks like a pitching machine spitting out a baseball. The leisurely motion of a casual game of catch has no place in disc golf. SEE DISK

League of Legends club sets ambitious goals CSUF gamers seeks to dominate tournaments DARLENE CASAS Daily Titan A huge screen televises the player’s every move. Standing around him, an audience cheers and his large headphones do little to eliminate the noise or ease the pressure. A League of Legends (LoL) player might develop jitters and tense up during a local area network (LAN) tournament, said Charles Bang, Cal State Fullerton League of Legends club president. LAN tournaments happen when competitors gather and compete during an event. Games are typically 45 minutes long, with two teams of five competing against each other.

However, most tournaments the team competes in are solely held online, unless they reach top eighth or top 16th spots. Once at the top, they go to a separate venue where teams play against each other in person. LoL is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game that pits “two teams of powerful champions, each with a unique design and playstyle … head-to-head across multiple battlefields and game modes,” according to the League of Legends’ webpage. Bang, a finance major, has been a member of the club since 2013 and was appointed club president this year. Daniel Jungenberg, an animation major, is one of the club’s event coordinators. He helps organize school tournaments and train shoutcasters, who are the commentators for LoL matches. SEE LEAGUE

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Charles Bang, Daniel Jungenberg and Jordan Smart, members of CSUF’s League of Legends club, play in the TSU underground. The club offers a gaming community and hopes to compete in local and national tournaments in order to represent CSUF gamers.

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OLLI to present class on sleep JASON ROCHLIN Daily Titan

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The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Cal State Fullerton will be hosting a class called “What is Sleep?” to address some of the little-known facts about the sleep process. The class will be open to the public and free to attend, and it will feature Deborah Wilson-Ozima, CSUF adjunct psychology professor, as a speaker. Wilson-Ozima will be talking about sleep cycles, sleep disorders and how sleep changes over a person’s lifetime. “I read about Ms. Wilson-Ozima and contacted her about doing a lecture,” said Janice Jeng, Vice President of Programs for OLLI, via email.

“Many people are affected by sleep disorders, so I feel information about this topic may be helpful to impart.” Humans spend about a third of their life asleep,

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Many people are affected by sleep disorders, so I feel information about this topic may be helpful to impart.

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“Eclectics” lecture series continues with psychology of sleep

JANICE JENG Vice President of Programs for OLLI and therefore prolonged loss of sleep can have serious consequences, according to the OLLI website. Lack of sleep affects stress levels, the ability to focus and may lead to diseases associated with weight gain, heart disease, mood disorders, problems with the immune system

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and even a lower life expectancy, according to a study at Harvard Medical School’s Division of Sleep. “What is Sleep?” is a part of OLLI’s “Eclectics I Series,” which consists of five different classes between September and December, all covering a wide variety of topics ranging from the presidential election to the bombing of Hiroshima. “Eclectics is a large format series of lectures,” Jeng said. “The topics of interest are presented by experts for OLLI members and guests.” While OLLI members are the target audience for this class, the event is open to the public, Jeng said. The organization is still a part of CSUF, and therefore they “always welcome students” to attend, she said. The presentation is at 10 a.m., Sept. 29 at the Ruby Gerontology Center’s Mackey Auditorium.

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A 34-year-old man going southbound on the 261 toll road swerved into a roadside light pole Monday morning. He became trapped in his overturned truck, according to the OC Register. The crash knocked over a beehive, causing bees to swarm the crash site, making it impossible for a passing man and woman to help the driver trapped in his car. The driver had his windows rolled up and avoided being stung. Firefighters arrived and rescued the man within a half hour of the crash, using foam and water to neutralize the bees. The man was taken to the Orange County Global Medical Center to be treated for a head injury. The California Department of Transportation roped off the area to repair downed wires and the broken light pole.

Improving Access to Health Services Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) • Oct. 13 | CSUF social work professor Dennis Kao introduces the basics of using GIS for practical applications as he showcases his work in mapping healthcare accessibility.

Olmec Archaeology in the Arroyo Pesquero Region • Oct. 22 | Carl J. Wendt, CSUF anthropology professor, discusses his new approach in exploring the household lives of the Olmec civilization.

Inside NASA’s Challenger and Columbia Disasters: Insights for Leadership and Organizational Transformation • Oct. 27 | Using lessons from the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, Mark Maier, director of the Leadership Studies Program at Chapman University, gives insight on risk management and decision-making.

Aromatherapy: Our Journey to Health and Wellbeing • Nov. 5 | Organizational development analyst Marian Sherman talks about the many uses essential oils, from healing to cooking and cleaning.

Discovering the World on a Motorcycle • Nov. 10 | Bestselling adventure author and photographer Allan Karl talks about his experience traveling the world solo on his motorcycle.

Shadows for Peace, “the experience,” 70 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Dec. 1 | Photographer Richard Fukuhara and oral historian Robert Horsting present on the aftermath of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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State geologist to speak about drought Geology department seminar series continues Wednesday ERICA BUESA Daily Titan A representative from the Department of Water Resources (DWR) will speak at Cal State Fullerton about the drought and conservation efforts Wednesday. “He’ll talk about the current drought emergency with statistics and graphics, and an overview of the state water project,” said geography professor Joe Carlin. DWR Senior Engineering Geologist Christopher Bonds will speak as part of the third talk of the

department’s fall seminar series. CSUF’s Department of Geological Sciences will host the event. The seminar was organized by Carlin, who sought Bonds out after a recommendation from Carlin’s colleague, W. Richard Laton. Bond currently heads the DWR Future Water Supply Program, which focuses on conserving groundwater. “The drought, now in its fourth year, is by many measures the worst since the state began keeping records of temperature and precipitation in the 1800s,” Bonds said in the abstract for his presentation. Bonds will inform the audience about the current drought and the

NASA scientists have confirmed findings from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) that provided evidence of water running along the surface of Mars during warmer months, NASA said in a press release. According to NASA’s website, dark streaks called recurring slope lineae (RSL) appear on certain hills and cliffs on Mars seem to “ebb and flow” over time. Hydrated salts have been found along RSL that would lower the freezing point of the briny water and therefore allow it to be liquid on the surface of the red planet, NASA said. “It took multiple spacecraft over several years to solve this mystery, and now we know there is liquid water on the surface of this cold, desert planet,” said Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA’s Mars Exploration Program in the release.

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• Oct. 8 | Self-taught woodworker and Pomona College music professor Jack Sanders discusses not just the art of luthiery—the craft of creating and repairing string instruments—but also his work as a guitar teacher.

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reality of what it means for Californians. Bonds, who is a certified hydrogeologist, quoted Michael Anderson, a California state climatologist, who compared this drought’s severity to that of the Dust Bowl, a period of severe drought and dust storms in the Midwest during the 1930s. Because of the drought, CSUF has made efforts to conserve water by installing drought-resistant plants, replacing water fountains with bottle filling stations and retrofitting older buildings with low flow water fixtures and irrigation meters. The seminar will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. in McCarthy Hall 341.

Obama speaks on Syria at UN President Obama presented his views on the Syrian crisis and the Middle East on Monday at the United Nations, according to the New York Times. “The United States is prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran, to resolve the conflict,” Obama said. “But we must recognize that there cannot be, after so much bloodshed, so much carnage, a return to the prewar status quo.” Russian President Vladimir V. Putin made an appearance after being absent from the U.N. General Assembly for the last ten years. Obama defended himself against Putin and said that “dangerous currents risk pulling us back into a darker, more disordered world.” - JESSICA BUTALLA

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Tyler Large, president and CEO of local skateboard company OC Ramps, shows off a few skateboard tricks at Associated Student Inc.’s “Boarding through Boredom” event Monday. This event kicked off this year’s ASI Productions Week with the theme “Wake up and Live.”

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Hosting a skateboarding event was “something different” that ASI put together as it simulated the feel of street performers in Los Angeles, something that Ngo said he hadn’t seen within the last three years. During the planning of the event, Ngo said that the focus on safety was a high priority. The ASI advisers had to make sure that there was enough room for the demonstration and that the area used by the skateboarders was sectioned off, he said. He also wanted to make it clear that the ASI event wasn’t an invitation for the students to skate, so they set up partitions with caution tape and parking

barriers. For students like business finance major David Nguyen, watching the event was fun, but partaking in it would have

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We’re having a frigging blast. I certainly hope we do more events like this.

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TYLER LARGE President & CEO, OC Ramps been better. “It’d be cool if they let anyone sign a waiver and maybe skate it,” Nguyen said. “I feel like that’d be a lot more interactive for the students.” Some students took the

initiative to interact with the pro-am skaters by playing “S.K.A.T.E.,” a skateboarding version of the basketball game “H.O.R.S.E.,” outside of the barriers with some of the proam skaters towards the end of the event. “We’re having a frigging blast,” said Large. “I certainly hope we do more events like this.” CSUF students are invited to attend OC Ramps’ free open-skating event in its Santa Ana warehouse on Oct. 24th. According to Large, people can come skate and meet the OC Ramps pro team, which includes Fullerton native Ronnie Creager, Greg Lutzka and Manny Santiago. Jennie Vu contributed to this report .

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A CSUF student rides his skateboard during the “Boarding through Boredom” event Monday at the quad, even though ASI told students not to skate.

Model minority myth to be discussed Opportunity gaps for Asian Pacific Islanders slated for discussion JESSICA BUTALLA Daily Titan The Asian Pacific American Resource Center (APARC) is hosting its first discussion this semester, specifically addressing racial stereotypes leveled at the

Asian Pacific Islander (API) population. “The purpose of the event is for the entire Cal State Fullerton community to understand what model minority myth is and how it’s impacting the Asian-American community overall,” said Dear Aunaetitrakul, assistant coordinator of Diversity Initiatives and Resource Centers. “We feel that not a lot of people know what it is and

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understand the implications around the model minority myth and how it has impacting the API students on campus,” Aunaetitrakul said. The model minority myth has been around since the 1960s. It is the idea that Asians are more successful economically and academically than other minority populations. There are published statistics showing that Asian-Americans do

suffer with socio-economic issues, poverty and education, Aunaetitrakul said. “Not all Asians are good at math. Not all of us are smart,” Aunaetitrakul said. “There are facts (that prove) that Southeast Asian and Pacific Islanders have one of the lowest academic achievements, opportunity gaps and everything.” APARC hopes to bring awareness to the myth and also to Asian-American

Pacific Islander culture. This particular culture is underrepresented; Hispanic and African-American issues are more prominently talked about, Dear said. “I feel like everyday I still have to fight that myth every time when we talk about advocating for resources or tutoring,” Aunaetitrakul said. “Because people think ‘Oh you don’t need tutoring. You know you’re smart. You’re supposed to know this,’ when

in fact, we, just like other students on campus, do.” The room will be set up like a conference to help spark intimate conversations, Aunaetitrakul said. “Many times the Asian-Americans’ voice tends to get left out. We want to be included in conversations, too,” she said. The discussion will be led by Aunaetitrakul on Tuesday, Sept. 29 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in University Hall 210B.

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Students adjust to life in America JESSICA BUTALLA Daily Titan Fresh air, the smell of coffee and minds from all over the world collide every Wednesday during “International Coffee Break” at Aloha Java’s patio between University Hall and the Humanities-Social Sciences building. A table is reserved from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. for international students to meet. Cal State Fullerton International Student Advisor Jessie Shin said the coffee break allows international students to “exchange ideas and information among themselves, so they can get used to Cal State Fullerton culture.” Culture shock is a huge aspect of international study. International students highlighted

feeling the most shocked about homosexuality in America. “In India, we do not do public displays of love,” said Yash Chheda, 23, CSUF computer science major. “So as far as where we are, there is a lot of public displays and homosexuality.” Soo Jung, 27, a CSUF business and economics major from South Korea, recalled that the first time he encountered homosexuality was in America. “Back in my country we never see any lesbians or gays, so when I saw guys holding hands I was like ‘Oh,’” Jung said. “I was fine with it, but it was still interesting.” Americans are viewed differently around the world. Koreans tend to think all Americans are fat, Jung said. He explained this stereotype stemmed from comedy films, which sometimes have characters who are fat. When people from other countries watch these movies, it shows them a glimpse of American society. But after coming to

America, Jung realized this perception was wrong. Studying internationally can be a great way for students to experience different lifestyles, but many students face barriers, the biggest of which is registering

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orientation is completed. As a result, they tend to get the last minute, small pool of open classes since they cannot enter the United States sooner to finish orientation, Shin said. As for non-freshmen interna-

I think I am pretty much going back after graduation. Holding a student visa is the worst situation that you can be in.

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International students speak about the barriers they face

SOO JUNG CSUF international student for classes, Shin said. International students are not allowed to enter the United States until thirty days prior to the starting date of an academic semester. Students who need to arrive earlier than their set move-in date usually have to pay for hotels. Because of this, many don’t arrive until a few days before the semester starts. Enrollment in classes for firsttime freshmen are held off until the mandatory new student

tional students, enrollment for classes is held off until they have entered the United States. But even then, not enough classes are offered at CSUF to allow all international students to enroll in the classes they need, Shin said. Outside of school, international students struggle with transportation. Compared to other countries, Southern California lacks adequate public transportation for its large population,

which creates a barrier preventing international students from seeing tourist attractions or breaking out of their comfort zones, Shin said. “If you want to go to a concert or somewhere else, but you don’t have a car, then it’s kind of difficult for (international students) to participate in events,” Shin said. Without a dependable mode of transportation, many international students struggle with dayto-day tasks. “If you need to go to a hospital or a doctor’s appointment and you don’t have transportation, that is a barrier for them,” Shin said. Holding onto visas also remains a challenge for many international students. The type of visa students receive and how long they stay at CSUF depemds on various arrangements and restrictions within their studyabroad program, Shin said. Students may not know

what the next year will bring, whether it’s meeting unit requirements or if jobs will help extend their visas, but the extension process can take a long time. “I think I am pretty much going back after graduation. Holding a student visa is the worst situation that you can be in,” Jung said. “It’s hard to get a visa for a student and a lot of students want to stay here, but with the visa problem, they can’t really stay. I can probably stay up to a year after graduation, but it’s not guaranteed that I can extend it.” Jung found studying abroad has helped him break out of his shell. Before coming to America, Jung said he was introverted and “just followed what (his) parents said.” “I love this so much,” Jung said. “I can honestly say I found my real identity here.”

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Jordan Smart, an advertising major, is the e-sports manager. He arranges practice times for the members, plans scrimmages with other schools, manages both the A and B team and is viewed as the “team mom.” “I want to create a camaraderie between these guys,” Smart said. Smart plays LoL nearly 40 hours a week and makes sure everyone is socializing well with one another. While the club works together, it still splits up its members into teams for competitions. The club puts more emphasis and effort into training its A team, Bang said. Having a star team is important because LoL tournaments can attract a lot of viewers, Smart said. The 2013 LoL World Championship attracted 34 million viewers, making it the “most watched e-sports event in history,” according to the League of Legends’ webpage. Even though there are approximately four large tournaments for college gamers throughout the country, the most prominent one is the North American Collegiate Championship (NACC). “That’s the one that matters,” Smart said. Smart said the team’s main competition are Canadian schools, especially the University of British Columbia. Universities from the West Coast have the best collegiate teams in the world. But before, UBC was

the only West Coast team allowed to enter the NACC because they easily defeated each team from the other three regions. Now more West Coast teams are allowed to enter the competition and the top 32 teams earn prizes. But the top eight teams get to compete in the AfreecaTV International College Championship (AICC).

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We are trying to work to be that body that listens to gamers and creates these events so gamers can feel like, ‘I am proud to go to this school.’

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CHARLES BANG League of Legends Club President However, UBC has lost some players from its team and CSUF’s LoL team is looking to capitalize on the losses. “It is looking like we can slay the giant this year,” Smart said. The CSUF LoL team’s next tournament will be the Collegiate Star League’s West Coast Regional event this November during Summoners Con, an annual LoL fan convention. “We want to go for the best college team in the world,” Smart said. “I think we can do it. We need more practice, but I think we can do it.” Bang plans to host more tournaments on campus, work with ASI to create a

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The League of Legends club plans to host collegiate tournaments and work with ASI to create a computer lab for gamers. Members believe that they can finally beat their main competition, the University of British Columbia, which has dominated the West Coast.

computer lab for gamers and is currently arranging a viewing party with local universities to watch the World Championship LoL Tournament final, televised from Berlin on Oct. 31 at the Cinemark theater in Orange. CSUF will have its own theater reserved to watch the event live. “We need an organization to be there to do these events, and that’s what we are hoping to do this year,” Bang said. “We are trying to work to be that body that listens to gamers

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and creates these events so gamers can feel like, ‘I am proud to go to this school.’” Jungenberg said some new members worry that they lack a high enough rank to join, but he assures them that “we’re all here to just play the game.” Smart said trying out for the LoL collegiate team is much different than trying out for sports like basketball or football. In fact, their tryouts are more like trial periods to analyze a players’ techniques.

Typically, the highest ranked players are the team’s analysts. They must quickly and accurately see key points in matches to advise competitors on how to improve during the five-minute break between matches. Because LoL competitions are high-stress events, Bang said the the tryout process can be an arduous test. “This year we really want a good collegiate team, so we are being cutthroat,” Bang said. “I want to represent our school in a

bigger fashion.” When Jungenberg was in high school, he said he thought LoL was a bore, but after graduating, he tried it out and became hooked. Since then, Jungenberg has played 15 to 20 hours a week, but meeting other players has made him part of a community. “It has become more than just a game to people. It has become a conversation topic,” Jungenberg said. “League of Legends is just one of those things that people can talk about forever.”

Shut your digital device and talk to people.

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Bill Nye has right ideas on abortion ZACK JOHNSTON Daily Titan With all the talk about abortion laws in the past few weeks, it can be easy for someone to get exposed to faulty information, and therefore have a misinformed opinion. However, those making the laws should most certainly not be the ones subject to misinformation. In a video released Sept. 22 by Big Think — an educational content producer — famed science educator Bill Nye responded to a question about the ethics of telling women what they can and can’t do with their bodies. Nye explained that the process by which reproductive cells begin to form a new human is far more complex than most people, including politicians, may think. “Many, many, many, many more hundreds of eggs are fertilized than become humans,” Nye said in the video. The “Science Guy” went on to explain how, even if a woman’s ovum accepts a sperm cell, it must still attach itself to the uterine wall to begin the reproductive process. This makes defining personhood a very subjective and fickle matter. Holding fertilization as the minimum qualification for what can be considered a person is a stance that has very little practical use or factual basis. To hold a fertilized egg

to the same legal standard as a living human does not make sense. Moreover, it infringes on women’s rights. “It’s a reflection of a deep scientific lack of understanding,” Nye said. “When it comes to women’s rights with respect to reproduction, I think you should leave it to women.” Arguments over the legality of abortion boil down to the fact that a woman’s liberty to choose what to do with her own body trumps the shaky notion that abortion is immoral.

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To squander resources on this argument based on bad science, on just lack of understanding, is very frustrating.

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“Science Guy’s” thoughts on abortion based in facts

BILL NYE Science Educator To deny an American the freedom to make her own choices would be truly immoral. Even with legal abortions, there are still women who make the noble decision to carry out an unexpected pregnancy. These women should feel a sense of pride knowing that it was a decision made completely of their own accord, and not a decision already made for them. It is true that abortion is not a favorable choice, but it is nevertheless a choice that should be made by the individual, and not by the legislature. It is high time that

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Bill Nye weighed in on the controversial topic of abortion rights in a video released by Big Think. Nye explained how the science of reproduction is much more complicated than people think, and how legislators should preserve the right for women to choose abortion.

lawmakers move past this issue that many of them don’t fully understand. “We have so many more important things to be dealing with,” Nye said. “To squander resources on this argument based on bad science, on just lack of understanding, is very frustrating.” The tax dollars spent on

debating and changing abortion laws can be better spent on things like birth control and sex education to help prevent unwanted pregnancies from happening in the first place. A healthy and well-informed public is better than one that makes decisions based on misguided morals. Nye concluded the

video by acknowledging the fact that many pro-life people have their stance rooted in religion. “I understand that you have deeply held beliefs, and it is ultimately out of respect for people, in this case your perception on unborn people. I understand that, but I really encourage you to look at the

facts,” Nye said. The concern for morality and respect for human life is admirable, but pro-lifers must look at the bigger picture. The scientific evidence that contradicts the personhood of a fertilized ovum is more than enough grounds to end the incessant debating over abortion restrictions in America.

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Regulation is needed to fix wage gap

Capping corporate heads’ pay can help raise minimum wage GINO RICCARDI Daily Titan

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In a publicity stunt, 18 legislators in Florida will go one week living off $17 a day in hopes of making a point about raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. The wage hike is a good idea, but in order for it to work, a pay cap for corporate officials must be imposed to help spread the wealth.

solution involves a terrible conservative curse word: regulation. Pay caps need to be instituted for high-ranking corporate officials in order to minimize the incentive to participate in predatory business practices. The cost of living is currently inflated by companies who treat necessities as if they were commodities. Two weeks ago, for instance, Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of a routine treatment for a “life-threatening parasitic

infection” from $13.50 to $750 per pill overnight, according to the New York

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consumer hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single treatment. That’s the

The spirit of the wage hike proposal is wellplaced, but it is a severely oversimplified approach to a complex problem.

Times. Even though the pharmaceutical company has pledged to roll back the price in the face of public outrage, Turing has still not announced an official price change. This “pass-along” could end up costing the

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Eighteen Florida legislators this week announced their plans to walk a mile in underprivileged shoes. The lawmakers’ publicity stunt to live one week on $17 a day seeks to strengthen the argument for a raise in Florida’s minimum wage. The introduction of a $15 an hour pay hike has been decried, mainly by conservative lawmakers who say the measure would “amount to a pass-along cost consumers would have to bear in the form of higher prices on goods and services,” according to Channel 9 Tampa Bay News. The decision to settle on $17 a day comes from the estimated take-home pay a full-time worker earns under the current Florida minimum wage of $8.05 an hour, after adjusting for taxes and minimum living expenses. The spirit of the wage hike proposal is wellplaced, but it is a severely oversimplified approach to a complex problem. The legitimate concern among conservatives is that an increase in wages will perpetuate a never-ending cycle of inflation where costs are continually increased by businesses to adjust for wage hikes. Still, as great as they are at pointing out flaws in proposed legislation, conservatives are characteristically reticent when it comes to proposing solutions. That’s because the

cost of a small house for a single visit to the doctor. This is not an isolated incident. There is a current trend for companies to buy up pharmaceutical firms and inflate prices by double and triple-digit percentages.

Outside the realm of healthcare, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, continues to answer for billions of dollars that were lost during the financial meltdown of 2008, not to mention Goldman Sachs’ involvement in the current volatile state of the euro. For a minimum wage hike to truly address the problem of growing income disparity, it would have to contain provisions for pay caps that prevent business owners and CEOs from making more than

100 times the amount of the lowest paid employee. Perhaps then high-ranking corporate officials would not be as likely to engage in practices that put the state of the economy at risk. The fact is that low-level employees, however unskilled, play a critical role in creating and perpetuating the lifestyles of billionaires. They deserve a share of the success. A wage hike is a nice thought. But it needs to be tempered with regulatory policy.

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“What makes a Frisbee fly is part dynamics, so one thing that has to happen is it has to spin right, because if it doesn’t spin it just kind of falls. It doesn’t create little gyroscopic motion, but the other thing is how much speed can you impart to it moving forward,” Garcia said. As a professor at the Department of Human Services for the College of Health and Human Development at CSUF, Garcia manages to balance his student-focused work life with competitive disc golf. Beyond playing professional disc golf for a number of years, Garcia also helped establish the Ultimate team at University of California, Los Angeles. “When I was there it was just like eight guys and a couple of Frisbees and now they’re a very good Ultimate team,” Garcia said. Garcia is also one of the advisers for the Ultimate club team at CSUF. “You can tell he’s a teacher,” said CSUF kinesiology Dan Desmond. “He’s always willing to answer any questions you have. If I have a question about the game, he’s more than happy to teach me the rules, the mechanics, whatever. He’s just very friendly, outgoing, approachable.” Whereas disc golf has the same objective as golf, or what Garcia refers to as “stick golf,” Ultimate is closer to football, with “handlers,” who resemble quarterbacks, and “cutters,” who resemble receivers, Desmond said. “He’s more of a handler

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From a young age, Joe Garcia has been enveloped in the game of disc golf. The UCLA graduate spent years of practicing and playing friendly games, which ultimately led to him winning two of national championships.

I think, because disc golf taught him to be wellversed with a disc, so he’s got very good throws,” Desmond said. Garcia does not play disc golf as much as he would

like these days. In addition to working as a professor, Garcia spends much of his time with his two sons at home. “It’s a little hard to ask mom to watch the boys and

take care of everything for three days straight while you go and play Frisbee in the park, right?” Garcia said. However, Garcia does see the sport as something

that will be part of his life for years to come. “I do have friends who are now getting into their late 60s and 70s, who are out there way more often than me, and I’m jealous of

that, playing disc golf every day,” Garcia said. “So it’s a nice walk in the park. You can’t beat that for having a little bit of competition and exercise.”

Female coach’s struggles to be examined The WoMen’s Center aims to encourage diversity in athletics HAYLEY M. SLYE Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton WoMen’s Center will be hosting a seminar Wednesday which will explore the issues and challenges women face in athletics. CSUF softball Head Coach

Kelly Ford will be the lead speaker for a panel titled, “A Women’s Work is Never Done: Navigating the Unique Challenges for Being a Female Coach.” Ford, who will have coached CSUF softball for three years this season, will talk about being a woman working in sports. Specifically, she will discuss the challenges of balancing her work as a coach with her role as a mother. The WoMen’s Center facilitates adult re-entry

programs, discussion groups, student organizations and advocacy support to students. The Wednesday night event is part of a series of workshops that aims to “provide a valuable opportunity to explore contemporary issues on gender identity and challenge gender norms,” according to the WoMen’s Centers website. The seminar will examine the challenges of balancing a positive work and personal life. Furthermore, the

event will touch on the importance of networking with other women in sports, as well as the pressures of coaching a Division I collegiate team. Ford enjoyed early success in the 2014-2015 season, starting off the year 6-0 and ending the season with a winning record of 33-21-1. She also led her team to wins over Baylor University and the University of Oklahoma. Ford has a lot of experience juggling responsibilities,

having a master’s degree from Azusa Pacific University, a 3-year-old daughter, and a challenging coaching job. In her 11 years as head coach at Mt. San Antonio Junior College, her team claimed an .816 winning percentage. Ford will be joined by Cya Neil and Tori Tyson. Neil, who had success as a collegiate softball player at Cal State Long Beach, is in her first season as Director of Softball Operations at CSUF.

For Tori Tyson, 2015-2016 will be her first year as an assistant coach under Ford at CSUF. Tyson played collegiate softball at the University of Nebraska, where she served as team captain during the Cornhuskers’ 2011 season. Students interested in “A Women’s Work is Never Done” or other programs offered at the CSUF WoMen’s Center can call 657-2783928 or email womenscenter@fullerton.edu.

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