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Shining a light on disabilities Booth activities, live performances bring awareness. PRISCILLA BUI Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton celebrated its second annual Disability Awareness Day by hosting an event outside the Humanities and Social Sciences building. The event demonstrated how having a disability did not mean that people were handicapped in other areas. Since October is Disability Awareness Month, the event was collaborated by CSUF’s Disability Support Services (DSS) and Abled Advocators in an effort to raise awareness about disabilities and the misleading social stigma that follows them. The purpose was to commemorate those with disabilities in the CSUF community and to accentuate how they were not defined by said disabilities. Activities for the event included a student talent show, guest speakers, a history of disabilities exhibit, an expression wall, an accessible photo booth, a resource fair, face painting and opportunity drawings. SEE DISABILITY

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One of the activities at the Disability Awareness Day celebration in front of the Humanities and Social Sciences building Wednesday was a talent show of performance groups that have disabilities. The Walk and Roll Dance Team, pictured above, is an all-female wheelchair dance team.

24 hours of nonstop animation Matadors tie up Titans

Twenty CSUF teams participated in competition. KALEB STEWART Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton animation and illustration students had the opportunity to see just how fast and far their animation skills could go last Friday. Under the supervision of Emily Oetzell, an animation student who promoted and organized the event, participants had 24 hours to create a 30-second animated short. One hundred thirty-four teams from 29 schools around the world competed in the event. With 20 participating teams, CSUF had more teams competing than any other school. At 3 p.m last Friday, the subject of the animations was announced: Walls, whether they be of a metaphorical or a physical nature. Oetzell was also a part of a team called the Birb Herd, which also included students Christine Le, Michelle Hiraishi, Kaitlin Callahan and Rosie Murillo. The team created an animated sequence focused around a girl who is running through a hall when a giant wall appears before

Fullerton fires away but is thwarted by solid goalkeeping. HAYLEY M. SLYE Daily Titan

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Christine Le (left), Kaitlin Callahan (center) and Michelle Hiraishi (right) all were one of 20 teams from Cal State Fullerton that competed in this year’s 24-hour animation competition. Participants had exactly one day to create an animation centered around the theme of walls.

her. As the character scales and leaps over the wall, there are dramatic changes in her design and animation style. One team referred to themselves as The Bob Squad, with many of the members sporting graphic tees with the famous

televised painter Bob Ross on the front. The Bob Squad was made up of Wendy Chen, Amelia Cobb, Erin Warren, Keely Mikkelsen and Alexandria Clark. “We really like memes,” Cobb said. “Bob Ross is an artistic meme.” At this stage in

development, the short has two storyboard artists and three character designers, respectively. The storyboard team worked on fleshing out the characters themselves while the others worked through the process of figuring out how the story flows.

Lobby Corps offers pizza for registration

Historic prison strike snubbed by greed

Free food was used in attempt to get 10 percent of the CSUF student body registered to vote before the 2016 election.

Major news outlets ignore labor protest in favor of keeping sponsors who invest in unpaid, unprotected inmate work.

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The Bob Squad’s way of tackling the wall prompt was to tell a story about a wizard who has walled himself within his castle, and a little bird who inadvertently breaks him free from his isolation. SEE ANIMATE

Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer broke a three-game losing streak Wednesday night with a double-overtime 1-1 draw against CSU Northridge. The Titans had not won a Big West game since Sept. 29 in their first conference match of the season. Fullerton was solid offensively against the Matadors, firing for 26 shots on the night compared to Northridge’s eight. CSUF leading scorer Alex Heilmann netted the Titans’ only goal as goalkeeper Kevin Marquez was stellar in the net for the Matadors, tallying nine saves. Northridge came into the match 5-5 overall and 2-1 in the conference, second place in the south division behind UC Riverside. SEE TIE

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Club promotes voting

Lobby Corp uses free pizza to encourage students to vote.

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ZACK JOHNSTON Daily Titan Students passing by Tuffy Lawn were treated to some free pizza Wednesday, courtesy of Lobby Corps–provided that they were registered to vote for the coming general election. Starting at noon, members of the student organization set up tables with shirts, buttons and temporary tattoos, where they asked passersby if they’d like some free pizza and if they were registered to vote. If the student was already registered, they were free to take a slice and one of the promotional items. However, if the student was not registered, he or she simply could fill out the registration forms on the table and get their free food. This was all part of Lobby Corps’ ongoing effort to raise Cal State Fullerton’s low registration rate to at least 10 percent, or roughly 3,900 students. Currently, approximately five percent of CSUF students are registered, said Hilda Kajbaf, advocacy coordinator for Lobby Corps. “This semester is mostly dedicated to just registering individuals,” Kajbaj said. “It’s important for our students to register to vote so that what we say holds weight.” The highest recorded amount of registered student

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Twenty-one year-old political science major Jerardo Ruiz participates in the Lobby Corp event Wednesday by expressing his views on the current scandal involving Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

of any Cal State University is around 1,000 students, so getting 3,900 CSUF students registered is an ambitiously high target to aim for, said Saba Ansari, promotions coordinator for Lobby Corps. Twenty-one year-old health science major, Quynh-Nhu Pham, was able to grab some free items toward the end of the event. She felt the need to register online considering the importance of this general election. For events such as these, Lobby Corps focuses on

why students should feel that their vote matters. The organization provided a whiteboard with the phrase “Voting matters because…” on which students could write down an issue they care about and take a photo with it for social media. Those posts and all other Lobby Corps social media posts pertaining to voter registration bare the hashtag #CSUFVotes, Ansari said. Lobby Corps plans to continue reaching out to voters up until the last day to register before the general

election, Oct. 24. Lobby Corps’ final registration event, dubbed #CSUFVotesFair, will be in the central Quad from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 24 and will have puppies on campus from noon to 1 p.m., Ansari said. Candidates up for election like Ed Royce and Brett Murdock have been invited to the event, Kajbaf said. “We’re gonna give them all a table, and that gives them an opportunity to engage with students and hear the concerns of students,” Kajbaf said.

Holocaust survivor to speak Jacob Eisenbach to talk about World War II experiences at CSUF. ASHLYN RAMIREZ Daily Titan The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) is hosting an event with Polish Holocaust survivor Dr. Jacob Eisenbach today at the Ruby Gerontology Center’s Mackey Auditorium at 12:30 p.m. The presentation will be open to the public at no charge as audience members will be given the opportunity to participate in a Q&A after Eisenbach speaks. Russell MacKeand, the Transitions In Retirement Curriculum Committee chair for OLLI, said he learned about Eisenbach last year from a friend who mentioned that her dentist recently began telling people he was a

Holocaust survivor. Eisenbach was one of the first dentists to practice in Anaheim Hills in 1972. He just retired from his practice after 60 years in 2015, at the age of 92. MacKeand said he is impressed with how active he has been since he immigrated to the states in 1950. “That’s pretty unique, someone working to that age in that kind of a demanding profession,” MacKeand said. MacKeand regularly brings in about 25 guest speakers per year with advance bookings. Eisenbach’s speech is part of OLLI’s “Eclectic” series, a class that features various speakers that cover a wide array of topics. The last time CSUF hosted a Holocaust survivor was six years ago. MacKeand said he wanted to bring in another Holocaust speaker because of the high interest for events like this. While this is the first time

Eisenbach will be speaking at CSUF, he has previously spoken at other universities such as USC and Cypress College. Several of his presentations are also available on Youtube. The Cypress College event he spoke at anticipated about 600 people for attendance; over 1,000 went to see him speak. Eisenbach is not only an accomplished dentist, but he is also an author. His novel, “Where you go, I go,” is available for purchase on Amazon. MacKeand said he noticed Eisenbach’s passion to tell his story to others. “Unfortunately there are still people that don’t believe there was a Holocaust,” MacKeand said. MacKeand said that Eisenbach wants to make it his mission to go out and keep telling the story so people know there was a Holocaust and so it doesn’t happen again.

“I think that it is important for people to know what happened in the Holocaust and to spread the idea that hatred, discrimination and intolerance were leading directly to the killing of 6 million innocent Jewish people,” Eisenbach said. He said he feels that this is something that should never be forgotten. Coming from a family of 100 people, Eisenbach is the sole survivor. He has made it his goal to speak to people about the atrocities he went through and he makes it a point for his presentation to be positive. “He was able to have a very good life. He lived many years, he’s healthy, so I think he wants to turn it into more of a positive, in terms of communicating to people,” MacKeand said. Students and community members are encouraged to drop by the OLLI Center to learn and take advantage of its public events.

Clown sightings around campus University Police increase patrols in light of clown reports.

SARAH WOLSTONCROFT Daily Titan Three clown sightings were reported on and around campus to University Police Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. The sighting late Saturday night was reported by two female students who were walking home to the dorms from the University Housing Apartments, Police Captain Scot Willey said. The police stopped to talk to the person with clown makeup on and determined that he was a student. University Police contacted the man, took his information and let him go. The second sighting on Sunday involved a clown

that was seen around the Nutwood Parking Structure, Willey said. The third sighting on Tuesday was by an anonymous female around 3 p.m., who reported seeing a clown walking around the trees on Nutwood Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue, Willey said. In both of the later sightings, police were unable to find the clowns, Willey said. “We think they’re just coming in real quick, getting out of a car, walking around freaking people out and then getting in cars and taking off,” Willey said. An event on Facebook warned that “killer clowns” would be coming to campus, specifically in the dorms area, from Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 9 p.m. to Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 4 a.m. Some students in the

comments on the discussion section of the event joked about the clowns coming to campus. “Trying to find parking is scarier,” Alex Medina said. University Police found out about the Facebook event on Sunday, Willey said. “We are stepping up our patrols and just making sure that we are out and visible a little more in some of those areas,” Willey said. The Facebook page was disabled around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday night after a picture was posted of a clown who claimed to be on campus. Students in the area said they did not see clowns Wednesday night. If a non-student is caught on campus dressed as a clown, they can be kicked off campus for trespassing and disturbing the normal processes on campus, Willey said. If they return and

are caught again, they can be arrested. If a student is caught on campus dressed as a clown, they will not be arrested but can be reported to Judicial Affairs if the situation proves to be threatening, Willey said. In both situations, action can only be taken by University Police after a student or group on campus call in a complaint, Willey said. “I’ve been in law enforcement for 18 years, and this is one thing that I never thought we’d be having a discussion about,” Willey said, referencing safety issues that have occurred this semester surrounding ‘Pokemon Go,’ the triple homicide involving furries in Fullerton and now the addition of clowns. University Police asks students to report clown sightings at (657) 278-2515 or contact on-campus dispatchers at 911.

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Fiorina, Kim campaign in OC Protesters gather in front of political event in Buena Park. ASHLYN RAMIREZ Daily Titan Former U.S. Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina spoke at Assemblywoman Young Kim’s campaign headquarters in Buena Park Wednesday morning. The event was to help campaign for Kim, the running incumbent for the 2016 State Assembly election for the 65th district. Fiorina, who was in Sacramento Tuesday night to endorse Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones, spoke on behalf of Kim shortly before taking her leave. Fiorina has been making appearances for individuals running for congressional seats. Daily Titan reporters were denied access to the event and were asked not to record or take photos. Fiorina, Kim and the volunteers were not available for comment. The event offered an opportunity for student Republicans to show support for the assemblywoman along with Proposition 13, which is a tax reduction that cuts taxes for homes, farms and businesses up to 57 percent, by making calls. It is also the brainchild of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which has been one of Kim’s main endorsers since 2014. The event webpage, set up by the Orange Coast College Republicans, explains the importance of Proposition 13 and

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Evan Mclaughlin (left), Marti Schrank (middle) and Christopher Sanchez (right) protest in front of Young Kim’s Campaign Headquarters in Buena Park the day former U.S. Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina came to help her campaign for re-election for the California State Assembly.

praises Kim and Fiorina for their influence on politics. Kim is running against Sharon Quirk-Silva, a Democrat and local teacher who was the 65th district assemblywoman from 2012 to 2014. Kim’s win against Quirk-Silva in 2014 meant that the Republicans became a step closer to defeating the Democratic majority in the California State Assembly. This is something the GOP is clinging to for the 2016 election. Fiorina, who endorsed

Trump only to later ask him to step down, seems to be focusing on elections at the local level since the end of her campaign. At the base of Young Kim’s headquarters on Beach Boulevard, protesters in support of Sharon Quirk-Silva lined the sidewalk. Those protesters were holding signs demanding Kim to release her tax returns, comparing her and her entire record to Donald Trump. “It’s very simple,” said

Matt Reilly, spokesperson for the Quirk-Silva campaign and Reilly Consulting. “Young Kim is like Donald Trump, and like Trump, she’s bad for women.” Kim has been one of the least effective assemblywoman for the state, Reilly said. He said Kim was also allegedly caught attempting to evade taxes and was served a lien for unsecured property taxes for the 2015-2016 year. Kim allegedly claimed a tax exemption on a home she

was no longer living in, according to a recent press release on the campaign site for Quirk-Silva. The Trump connection is something that the Quirk-Silva campaign has been pushing this entire election. Kim is popular with the Asian American community and signifies Asian Americans becoming more involved in local politics. Kim, whose parents are immigrants from South Korea, is the first

Korean-American Republican state lawmaker. She is rated 93 percent by the National Rifle Association. To Reilly and the protestors, Kim is allegedly “hiding her taxes.” Their reasoning is that if Carly Fiorina and Sharon Quirk-Silva can both release their taxes, then Young Kim and Trump should as well. Whether this will make a difference for the incumbent has yet to be seen.

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“The goal of the event is to celebrate diversity and promote inclusion,” said Darlene Serrano, an administrative assistant for DSS. “We have such (an) awesome population of these students on campus and we really wanted to celebrate their abilities and just really give them their time to shine.” While the number of students with disabilities currently on campus is still unknown, there are around 1,700 who are registered to DSS, said Serrano. Tom Thompson, interim director of DSS, said that the services dedicated to disabled students involved providing accommodations in classrooms, sign language interpreters for the hard of hearing, alternative formats for those with blindness or other learning disabilities, counseling for coursework and support for individuals with chronic illnesses. Accessibility came to mind whenever Thompson

thought of disability. CSUF’s role in providing such accessibility was enabling students to do whatever they wanted to do, study whatever they wanted to study and go wherever they wanted to go, Thompson said. Charlotte Jimmons, a cosmetology instructor at Fullerton College, and other cosmetologists in the department came to the event to do face painting. Although this was their first time at a disability awareness event, the department was always accommodating students with any sort of disabilities, Jimmons said. Along with raising awareness, the program wanted to let everyone know that all students should all be treated equally and fairly, regardless of their disabilities. “A lot of times when people have disabilities, people are assuming that they look like they’re actually disabled, but it’s a lot further than that,” Jimmons said. The Center for Autism

was another vendor at the event. Ryan Franco, a sociology major and an associate for the organization, said that they provided a mentorship program for disabled students by pairing them up with other college students who would essentially be their mentors and make sure they have a fun and successful college life. “It’s hard for them, especially if it’s difficult for them to find the necessary resources when you’re on the spectrum. So being able to provide those resources and allow them to have the best possible experience here is the most fulfilling part,” Franco said. The highlight of the event was showcasing the abilities of individuals with disabilities. The talent show incorporated dance routines by the Walk and Roll Dance Team, an all-female wheelchair dance team, and musical performances by the Dream Achievers Band, composed of musicians with autism. Jacquelyn Gerali, a

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The Dream Achievers Band, a group composed entirely of musicians with Autism, was one of the groups featured in the Disability Awareness Day talent show.

counselor for DSS, said that the stigma of being disabled often prevented disabled students from registering at college-level disability support service

offices. Disability Awareness Day was crucial to advocating for disabled students and letting those students know that they are entitled to specialized

services on campus. Disability awareness was important to impacting the lives of individuals with or without disabilities, Gerali said.

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Syrian women honor cultural roots

Mother-daugher team create historical cultural exhibit. ELIZABETH HUMMER Daily Titan

“A Country Called Syria” exhibit has more history than just its artifacts. It is a story about how a mother instilled a love of her home country in her daughter. Walking through the exhibit, people can almost hear the sounds of the music from the oud, a Syrian guitar. One can almost smell the founder’s favorite sandwich, a Maria Toshka, from the city Aleppo, Syria. Maria Khani, the founder of “A Country Called Syria,” grew up as the daughter of a diplomat. Always traveling, Khani found it hard to leave every place she went. “When I was a child, it was really hard because I get attached to people easily,” Khani said. “The hardest thing was that I needed to leave. You get to meet people and know you will never see them again – I never saw them again.” In 2011, the uprising against the Syrian government began. By May 2012, the Syrian revolution had begun. As soon as Khani, who resided in the U.S. at the time, got wind of what was going on and saw how some of the places she held dear were beginning to wither away, she wanted to bring the history of Syria to the Syrian cultures in America, just as she did for her children. Khani and her daughter, Dania Alkhouli, started their first “A Country Called Syria” exhibit to benefit Syria in a nonreligious, nonpolitical way at the Huntington Beach

Student forms relationships and memories abroad. BREANNA VASQUEZ Daily Titan During the past two weeks of my life in Spain, I’ve experienced some of the most frustrating, peaceful and happiest times of my 23 years of existence. Trying to find an apartment and signing a lease

Library in 2012. Alkhouli said they sat down with a group of Syrian women in the Southern California area to discuss their goals. “How can we show the world the beauty of Syria, what Syria is, who Syria is and what Syria has offered the world?” they asked. For the past four years, Khani and Alkhouli’s team has evolved in their skills. When they first started the exhibit, it was a vast amount of artifacts on a plastic table. Now, they have special cases to hold their artifacts and they know how to handle gallery work. They have become self-taught museum enthusiasts and have grown as people along with the exhibit. The exhibit has grown from Huntington Beach and made its way across Southern California from Downtown L.A. to Seal Beach to CSUF. Khani’s work does not stop there. She has been speaking about Middle Eastern history for over 20 years, especially after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. One of Khani’s fondest memories in America was being asked to talk to kindergarten students about Islam and Muslims after the attacks. She said she sat in a small chair while the students sat around her on the carpet. “A woman came in, sat for the few moments and left. Then the teacher came and said, ‘The principal came and heard you speak and she wants you to come tomorrow and speak to every class,’” Khani said. “I spent from 8 (a.m.) to 3 (p.m.) going to every class,” Since then, Khani has no fear speaking to any age group, and she continues to travel throughout

in a foreign language was one of the hardest tasks I’ve had to complete while abroad. As I’ve said before, even everyday tasks have been a challenge, but trying to figure out the logistics of a binding contract in Spanish was altogether overwhelming and intimidating to me. However, something I learned through the process of finding an apartment is that there’s always someone there to lend a helping hand and guide you to make the right decision.

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Maria Khani is the founder of the organization “A Country Called Syria,” which aims to raise awareness about Syria’s historic and artistic accomplishments. Her daugher Dania Alkhouli is the co-founder.

California speaking about the history of Islam. That is just one other way that Khani makes her mark in the world, but her exhibit is the heart of it all. She wants kids born from Syrian families to find a connection to their culture, heritage and history through the exhibit. She wants kids from every culture to learn about the history of Syria that might be overlooked by many. “One of the first things that’s targeted in countries under war is their art and their culture. Once you erase those elements of it, they lose their history, and the next generation knows nothing about it,” Alkhouli said. Syria created the first ever recorded alphabet and the first musical note during the century 1400

BC. The exhibit displays engraved stone with proof of the world-changing Syrian history. Khani and her daughter hope that one day they will have a place to call a permanent home for “A Country Called Syria.” They hope it will be a place where her people can visit and talk to their children and grandkids about how Syria used to be. Although Khani knows her country might not ever be the same, she hopes that one day her community will be able to visit and the war will be over, and, until then, that they can visit the exhibit. “If we don’t start at an early time now to implement the love of Syria, it is just going to be a place where my grandma was born. They’re not going to

be related.” Khani said. “I hope that whatever is left, I can hang onto it and bring it to them.” Rashad Al-Dabbagh, a 2006 CSUF alumnus, is one of these people, and has known Khani for eight years. He has helped with their projects for many years and has grown to admire both Khani and Alkhouli. “They have always been a positive force in the community and to me as well. They are the most passionate individuals.” Al-Dabbagh said. “Whenever there is any project, ideas or any work that they do, I always support them because they do the same.” Khani, along with her daughter, have planted seeds for the love of Syria in many hearts, and Khani’s dream to make

history has come true. “When I came to the states, I felt like ‘I want to do something.’ I’ve been living in a beautiful place that gave me a lot of opportunities and I am a person who likes to make history,” Khani said. “As I look at every year and every day, seeing what is happening in my country, I feel like this is one day going to be history that they probably won’t be able to see.” “A Country Called Syria” will host a sold out dinner and film screening of Flight of the Refugees on Sunday and a Syrian Live Arts Show on Nov. 6. Both events will be held in Pollak Library room 130. Khani and Alkhouli made history through the exhibit, projects and speeches that will travel far beyond CSUF and California.

The feeling of a stranger helping you makes the feeling of frustration fade away. These engagements with strangers help me give thanks to a higher power for allowing me to experience the genuine goodness of the world. One of the greatest inspirational aspects about studying abroad is its capability to bring people from all around the world together to learn about other people’s lived experiences. The Cal State University

International Program I am part of chose 30 students from all over the state to study in Jaén, Spain. We had never met before, had never spoken before and yet, here we are together, experiencing some of the greatest moments of our lives. The diversity of our group is what has filled my time abroad so far with everlasting memories. After a day of traveling to the beautiful Renaissance heritage cities of Baeza and Úbeda, we

headed to one of Spain’s natural parks. We came together as one under a sea of stars in the hills of the Sierra Cazorla. It was there under the sky that everyone’s differences diminished and we all laid together on a blanket and talked about our life experiences. The Interstellar soundtrack played on a phone and the sound of a small creek rushing filled the background. At this moment, I felt at peace–more than I ever have before.

However, it isn’t just our group’s connection that has made my time in Spain memorable; it’s also learning from other international students what life outside the United States is like. As a journalism student, I am well aware of global issues. But hearing a classmate talk about getting bombed in Korea while taking a test, or another classmate talk about fleeing Syria has made me appreciate the opportunity to experience what the world has to offer.

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The wall concept was integrated into a fantasy setting, walls being the thing which isolated the wizard character from the rest of the world. The question of whether he should isolate himself from the bird was a central theme from the early conception stages of the animation. The wizard himself had the appearance of a rock – very square and angular. Thank you cards were set up on the table within the cell block, each of them filled with signatures written in Sharpie, to thank the art faculty who helped with the event. Chuck Grieb, Wendy Grieb and Mike Dietz all had separate cards filled with signatures from the many participants of the event. Dietz had stayed for the entire 24 hours of

the event, from Friday at 3 p.m. all the way until Saturday at 3 p.m. On Saturday afternoon, both The Bob Squad and Birb Herd were beginning to wrap up their process to be able to submit by the 3 p.m. deadline. “It feels so good, mainly for me because I was running around trying to take care of the other teams but I feel really good because I knew I could really trust these guys,” Oetzell said. However, by the end of their long animation haul, there was only one thing that The Bob Squad wanted to do: Sleep. “We finished an animation in 24 hours; I’m just kind of impressed. But I’m also too tired to feel,” Chen said. If they could do it over again, The Bob Squad members said they would go for a slightly simpler

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(From left to right) Christine Le, Michelle Hiraishi, Kaitlin Callahan, Rosie Murillo and Emily Oetzell were members of the Birb Herd team, which won third place in the 24-hour animation competition.

concept and focus on a smooth flow between their animation styles. But in the end, they were able to accomplish their goal,

which was to complete the challenge. “There weren’t arguments. There wasn’t hatred among us, so that was

good,” Warren said. Of the teams from CSUF participating in the event, Birb Herd’s film “Art Block” ranked third in

the entire competition, the highest out of the CSUF teams. The Bob Squad ranked 91st with its short “The Bird and the Stone.”

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2017

Registration begins October 17 through Titan Online by appointment Intersession Class Schedule & Registration Guide now available on Titan Online Session

Dates

Length

Session A

December 17 - January 20

5 weeks

Session B

January 3 - January 20

3 weeks

Campus Closed: Saturday, December 24 - Monday, January 2 and Monday, January 16 Note: In-person classes will not meet on Friday, December 23. Classes may have online activities during the campus closure

Intersession 2017 Course Oﬀerings AFAM 311 Race and Relationships

CTVA 300 Language of Film

ISDS

AFAM 335 History of Racism

CTVA 350 Story Structure

KNES 242 Teaching Lifetime Phy Act

AFAM 356 African American Music Apprec

CTVA 365 Children’s TV

KNES 342 Stress Management

AMST 101 Intro American Culture

CTVA 374 Contemporary World Cinema

KNES 348 Physiology of Exercise

EDSC 304 Educational Tech for Sec Teach

KNES 349 Meas/Statistics in Kinesiology

EDSC 320 Adolescent Development

KNES 353 Phy Activity & Well-Being

EDSC 330 Developing Literacy Sec

KNES 361 Prin of Human Movement

EDSC 340 Sec Student Diversity

KNES 380 Philosophy of Human Movement

AMST 300 Intro to Amer Pop Culture AMST 301 American Character ANTH 100 Non-Wstrn Cultrs & Wst Trad ANTH 101 Intro Biological Anthro ANTH 300 Language and Culture ANTH 301 Primate Behavior ANTH 304 Trad Cultures of World ANTH 305 Anthropology of Religion ANTH 311 Culture and Communication ANTH 316 Anthropology Sex & Gender ANTH 325 Peoples of Central/South Amer ANTH 342 Anthropology and Health

EDSC 410 Teaching English Learners EGCE 401 Egr Economics & Profnism ENGL 301 Advanced College Writing GEOG 120 Global Environ Problems GEOG 160 Human Geography GEOG 328 Global Environmental Change GEOG 330 California

ANTH 344 Evolutionary Anthropology

GEOG 345 China

ANTH 442 Medical Anthropology

GEOG 353 Geography of Illegal Drugs

ANTH 480 History of Anthropology

GEOL 101L Physical Geology Lab

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Prison strike ignored by major media Corporate greed influences the lack of protest coverage. ILANA LAGRAFF Daily Titan It’s been over a month since Sept. 9 marked the start of America’s largest prison labor strike in history, and it has yet to be covered by mainstream media. Due to this lack of coverage, it’s nearly impossible to discover whether this momentous event is even still going on or not. The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, ABC News, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN and NPR have all ignored this historic demonstration. The reason is largely due to the fact that many major corporate sponsors such as AT&T, Bank of America, Chevron, GEICO, McDonald’s and Walmart all use prison labor to their benefit, according to Paste Magazine. Verizon, for example, uses prison labor for its telecommunication services. As the owner of Yahoo and The Huffington Post, it would be a conflict of interest for Verizon or any other sponsor to partially fund the coverage of the strike. The prisoners’ collective goal is mainly to bring attention to horrific working conditions for inmates within the prisons, as well as the unjust lack of compensation. This prison strike is the first of its kind being nationally organized and coordinated among prisoners. They collectively advocate that if prison wages are raised, it will increase institution costs. Once that happens, the profitability of contracting out prison labor will go down, thereby eliminating any corrupt, profit-based incentives for mass incarceration, according to the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee. The strikes have been fairly peaceful and civil thus far, so the media has no

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angle in which they could skew this story to make the message of their protests forgotten. They have chosen to keep the story out of the media all together. Only small, liberal news sources have reported on the prison strike, making it difficult to find the specifics of what is going on and just how many people are involved. However, it has been reported to be taking place in prisons across more than 24 states with over 24,000 prisoners participating in the strike. The media’s silence speaks even louder than the strike itself, pointing to the immediate need for private prison sectors, and the prison system in general, to be intensely reformed. Prisoner activists are calling attention to prison labor conditions that activists call “modern-day slavery,” citing the Thirteenth

Amendment of the Constitution which abolished slavery, with the exception for convicted criminals, according to Mother Jones, a nonprofit news organization. These people may be in prison, but they are still human beings, and many of them have families they are trying to support while doing the time for their crimes. Their complaints do not lie in the work they are supposed to do, but in the payment for this work. Most people think of prisoners as these horrible murderers and sex offenders who don’t deserve to be paid for their work. But the Federal Bureau of Prisons reported that as of Aug. 27, only 3.1 percent of people in prison, 5,554 to be exact, are there because of homicide, aggravated assault and kidnapping offenses. A whopping 83,982 inmates,

making up 46.4 percent of the prison population, are there due to drug offenses. The majority of inmates do not get paid for the mandatory work that able-bodied prisoners must do, and those who do get paid make between 12 to 40 cents an hour. However, even those wages are subject to taxes and deductions. Companies who use prison labor, referred to as insourcing, are not required to provide health insurance or sick days. They also don’t need to worry about unions, vacation time, raises or family issues. This leads to companies extorting the inmates who can’t protect themselves. Not only are the wages poor, but so are the working conditions since there are very few safety standards in place for prison facilities to adhere to. Because courts do not

consider prisoners to be employees, they are not covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act and are not allowed any legal way to ask for better wages or work conditions. “It’s an easy population to exploit physically, labor-wise and by every other means,” said Paul Wright, an editor at Prison Legal News, to Mother Jones. The United States has less than five percent of the world’s population but almost 25 percent of the world’s prisoners, said Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. The total incarcerated population has gone up 500 percent in the last 30 years, leaving us with 2.4 million people imprisoned, according to Mic. The privatization of prisons has led imprisonment to be a means for the corporate sponsors to profit off

the backs of mostly black and hispanic men who were imprisoned instead of being given rehabilitation. In addition, everyone invested in private prisons is invested in keeping it this way. Protesting injustice is what created our country in the first place. Looking over the history of the U.S., it is clear that most progress can be linked back to a group of people standing in the streets, fighting for what they believe in–a woman’s right to vote, the end of legalized segregation, gay marriage and so many more great movements. No wonder the major media news outlets don’t want to cover this enormous piece of world news–they would have to value their journalistic integrity over their money and exploitation, and we all know that big corporations would never do that.

Overturning 9/11 veto leads to misguided blame

New law unjustly allows victims to sue Saudi government. WILLIAM OLIVIERI Daily Titan On Sept. 28, Congress voted to override President Barack Obama’s decision to veto the 9/11 Victims Bill that had already been voted into law. This is the first time Congress has overridden a veto in Obama’s presidency and it’s one of the most unwise decisions in recent years. The controversy surrounding the 9/11 Victims Bill lies specifically with the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act within the bill.

It allows legal action to be taken against a foreign state at the federal level by those affected by terrorist attacks. This basically means that since Saudi Arabia may have been connected to the terrorist attacks on 9/11, those affected by the attacks can sue the Saudi Arabian government. This only opens a door for a bleak and controversial future as those affected by the attacks take action; a bad move since Saudi Arabia may not have been connected to the attacks in the first place. A congressional report called “28 pages” has created an indirect connection between Prince Bandar bin Sultan and the hijackers on 9/11. However, this very

possible connection in no way sounds like overwhelming, irrefutable evidence. “Bandar was in the Bush White House I would say, every other day, and in some periods, every day. It was a very, very close relationship. And I think the president and Bandar genuinely liked each other,” said former CIA analyst Bruce Riedel to CNN. While there should be retribution for the families affected by 9/11, it seems like Congress is just searching for a scapegoat so that the public has something to rally behind. The CIA and FBI already concluded that there was no evidence that anyone from the Saudi royal family had anything to do with 9/11. Is

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it really necessary then that their government be held responsible? If there is no concrete connection between the attacks and Saudi Arabia, then we shouldn’t allow citizens to make civil claims against their government. But with overriding Obama and allowing this law to be in effect, the U.S. is allowing its citizens to make dangerous, serious claims against the Saudi government even though it maintains that it is not connected to the crime. The law is very specific in who it effects, but very vague in the process of how anything can get done. How much can one person make civil claims for? Can a citizen make claims against a foreign entity that happens

to be one of America’s allies? There will be a plethora of problems surrounding its ambiguity and lack of clarity. While it does specify that this excludes acts of war, nothing is stopping another country from claiming that whatever action was taken does not fall under that definition, but the definition of terrorism. It’s easy for the U.S. Government to say those lost to collateral damage in the Middle East were part of an act of war, but those living there might easily disagree. Furthermore, what about groups funded by the U.S. Government that may commit acts of terror? The CIA was accused in aiding an

Italian right-wing terrorist organization that bombed a bank in Milan, Italy. Even if an American citizen had family in Italy that died during the bombing, they could not make a claim against their own government, according to this U.S law. The law specifies that the acts that victims can make claims for must happen inside the United States. This means that if loss of life occurs outside of the country caused by the U.S. Government that affects U.S. citizens, residents here cannot make claims. With this overturn, the U.S. has opened a gateway for even worse foreign relations and more confusing precedents.

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SPORTS

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Titans still atop Big West Women’s soccer looks to corral victory against Gauchos. HARRISON FAIGEN Daily Titan Following a bizarre 1-1 weekend in which Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer gave up three goals in the second half for a loss and then won on an own goal, the Titans will look to start a winning streak when they hit the road to play UC Santa Barbara (102) on Sunday. The Titans (3-1) stand alone at first place in the Big West after an underwhelming 3-7 record in nonconference play. The Titans’ win over Long Beach State last weekend may have only been decided by one goal, but it took a stellar seven-save performance from senior

goalkeeper Jennifer Stuart in her return from an arm injury. “This is my last season and I want to get every single minute I can in and take advantage of every minute that I have,” Stuart said following Sunday’s game. Stuart will face another stiff test if she wants to record her 16th career shutout against the Gauchos, which would move her into a tie for second most in Titans history. Standing in Stuart’s, and the Titans’. way is UCSB and Big West top goal scorer Amanda Ball. The junior forward’s nine goals are tied for first in the conference, and her 19 points rank second in the Big West. Ball has relentlessly attacked defenses all season, with her 42 shots ranking fourth in the conference and more than CSUF’s top two

shooters combined. Complementing Ball is Gaucho Madeline Gibson. The sophomore midfielder has racked up five assists this season, leaving her tied for fourth in the conference. UCSB isn’t any slouch on the other side of the ball either. Goalkeeper Brittney Rogers has built a wall around the net, allowing only four goals on the season. The 5-foot-7 sophomore has saved 88.2 percent of the attempts sent her way, good for second in the Big West. The Titans’ 15 goals are the second fewest in the conference this season. The team will need to muster a consistent source of offense if it wants any chance to defend its Big West title. Cal State Fullerton will kick-off at 2 p.m. in Santa Barbara on Sunday before heading to Hawaii the following week.

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Titans co-leading scorer Tala Haddad dribbles towards the net against Long Beach in Fullerton’s 1-0 win.

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The Titans controlled the game throughout the first half, recording two shots on goal in the first 11 minutes. By the 33rd minute, Fullerton outshot the Matadors 4-1 on target. Heilmann was the primary aggressor, tallying two of four shots on goal. Fullerton had a good chance to score when it logged in three more shots, all within the 41st minute. After a set piece, Ronaldo Pineda headered a ball that struck the crossbar before Diego Sanchez fired a shot that was blocked by Marquez. Ruben Alvarez followed up with an attempt that went high. By halftime, the Titans had taken 11 shots, four of them on goal, but had nothing to show for it. The net was quiet for Fullerton goalkeeper David Elias, who started

in place of regular goalie Paul-Andre Guerin. Fullerton managed three corners and then three straight shots in the beginning of the second half, two by Coronado. The Titans’ offensive effort finally paid off in the 63rd minute when Heilmann received a cross from Rei Dorwart and placed it neatly above Marquez for his eighth goal of the season. Matador Papi Douf received a red card in the 66th minute for committing a reckless tackle on Michael Lopez. Northridge did not go down without a fight. The Matadors evened the score in the 79th minute as forward Bar Shem Tov maneuvered the ball past Elias. The goal prompted a response from the Titans, who accumulated four corners and four shots

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Alex Heilmann (right) scored the only goal for the Titans in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with CSU Northridge. Fullerton moves to an overall record of 5-8-1 on the season.

on goal in the remainder of regulation play. Neither team was able to score, sending

the game into a chippy double overtime that ended in a 1-1 draw.

The tie moves the Titans to 1-3-1 in conference play and 5-8-1 overall. Next,

Fullerton will face UC Riverside Sunday at 7 p.m. at Titan Stadium.

Volleyball seeks conference comeback

Fullerton to face nationally ranked Mustang setter. BRYANT FREESE Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball will attempt to get back to .500 in Big West play this weekend after dropping its last three conference games.

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The Titans will host Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Friday night before taking on UC Santa Barbara Saturday. Fullerton is one game out of last place in the Big West with a 1-3 start in conference play. The Titans started out strong with a win in their first conference game against UC Riverside, but have struggled find the same consistency against their last three opponents. CSUF will continue to

rely on sophomore transfers Shimen Fayad and Madeline Schneider, who lead the team in kills with 219 and 200, respectively. Fayad is fifth in the Big West in total kills. Cal Poly currently sits in third place in the Big West with a record of 3-2 in conference play and a 10-6 overall record. The Mustangs’ two losses in the Big West were to conference-leading Long Beach

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State and second place Hawaii. The Mustangs battled four top-20 nationally ranked teams throughout their nonconference schedule, winning against Western Kentucky, ranked No. 19 at the time. Cal Poly setter Taylor Nelson ranks No. 9 nationally in assists per set. Rachel Hall is the Titans leading setter with 500 assists. Sophomore outside hitter

Adlee Van Winden leads the Mustangs in kills with 204. UC Santa Barbara is just behind Cal Poly in the standings, with a 2-3 record in the Big West and an 11-7 record on the season. The Gauchos are led by redshirt freshman Lindsey Ruddins with 210 kills. Ruddins is second in the Big West with 4.12 kills per set. Alongside Ruddins is senior Phoebe Grunt, who has

104 kills with an efficient .394 hitting percentage, ranking first in the conference ahead of Taylor Gruenewald of Cal Poly at .387. Emilia Petrachi is one the Gauchos top defenders with 277 digs, enough for third in the Big West. Fayad tops the Titans in digs with 197. Cal State Fullerton will play Cal Poly Friday night at 7 p.m. then take on Santa Barbara Saturday night at 7 p.m. at Titan Gym.

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