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Citizen’s Academy encourages citizen feedback PRISCILLA BUI Daily Titan

The Fullerton Police Department held its first Citizen’s Academy class Wednesday evening.

Citizen’s Academy is a 10week program dedicated to providing the community with an opportunity to get to know the police department better. Participants of the class will be able to meet the police officers and learn the functions of each department.

More importantly, the purpose of the academy is to create an open dialogue between the community and law enforcement.

Fullerton Police Chief Dan Hughes said the intention of this program is to get information from the participants on how they think the police department can improve in all aspects.

“If we actually believe and say that we want to be a transparent police department, then we need to allow people to come within the walls of the police department and learn more about it,” Hughes said.

There really was nothing secret about what the police do since most of their functions and actions can be found on social media,

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Fullerton Police Chief Dan Hughes spoke at the first night of the 10-week Citizen’s Academy class. The free program is offered to the public Wednesday nights from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Fullerton Police Station on 231 west Commonwealth Ave.

Hughes said.

Even so, Citizen’s Academy

emphasizes in serving as a special outreach to increase

understanding between the police department and the

residents of the Fullerton community.

Happy birthday, Bilbo and Frodo J.R.R. Tolkien’s work is honored on annual Hobbit Day PRISCILLA BUI Daily Titan Hobbit Day falls Sept.

22 and celebrates the birthdays of Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins, two characters of small stature and hairy feet from J.R.R. Tolkien’s enduringly popular “The Hobbit” novel and “The Lord of the Rings” series.

This day, along with the entirety of Tolkien Week, was first celebrated in 1978 after some government officials, including some in the White House and U.S. Capitol, officially declared support to the observance of these holidays and the goals of the American Tolkien Society as a whole.

Along with honoring J.R.R. Tolkien and his Middle-earth works, Tolkien Week also honors his son, Christopher J.R. Tolkien, who edited and even published some of these works after his father died.

Most people know “The Lord of the Rings” as a behemoth of a trilogy, but believe it or not, J.R.R. Tolkien never actually

intended for the work to be broken up into three parts.

Originally, “The Lord of the Rings” was slated to be published as one huge epic, akin to the likes of “The Aeneid” or “The Odyssey.”

“He wrote an epic: A big long story organized by a quest with heroic figures in it, although he adds little hobbits and some modern touches to that heroism,” said David Sandner, a Cal State Fullerton professor who has published papers on Tolkien and his works.

Sandner said that because of publishing issues, the book needed to be smaller because there was no possible way a volume of that size could be bound at the time. When Tolkien finally split the book into the three parts, which he called “The Fellowship of the Ring,” “The Two Towers” and “The Return of the King,” he was incidentally the first author to create a trilogy in fantasy literature.

On that note, Tolkien also was one of the first people to create the modern fantasy genre.

“There wasn’t a fantasy genre that was coherent as we have it now,” Sandner said.

Although the genre was small at the time, fantasy went as far back as

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In honor of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins’ birthday, Sept. 22 has been designated by the American Tolkien Society as “Hobbit Day,” with the week containing Sept. 22 recognized as “Tolkien Week.”

“Beowulf” in English literature. Even so, the modern fantasy genre emerged in the wake of “The Lord of the Rings,” and readers have always responded to the trilogy, Sandner said.

“It’s marked by its great attention to detail and the worldbuilding that it does.

He wasn’t going to build a

world unless he could take it seriously,” Sandner said.

“That level of attention to it seems to demand your seriousness and that’s kind of the way fans have responded to it.”

Tolkien’s work has contributed to the idea that fantasy should be considered and studied as

literature, Sandner said.

Tolkien’s Middle-earth novels paved the way for later books, such as J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series and George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” series to become popular.

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High schoolers eager to master the world of accounting are given the opportunity to prove themselves through the Guaranteed Accounting Program (GAP 4+1).

The GAP 4+1 is a program intended to allow students to graduate at an accelerated rate. In four years, a student in the program can receive their Bachelor of Arts Degree in business administration. In only five years, they can receive their Master of Science in accountancy.

April Morris, the project director for the program, said the demand for accountants is expected to be on the rise for the next decade.

“There are more jobs out there than there are people to fill the jobs,” Morris said.

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Aramark, the Gastronome’s food service provider, will match every meal donated by students. The program has received about 312 donations and hopes to get more this month.

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JACQELINE LINDENBERG Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton’s new Donating Meals Pilot Program allows campus residents to get involved and give back to those in need on campus.

For the entire month of September, students with meal plans at the on-campus dining facility, the Gastronome, have the opportunity to donate one of their guest pass meals to the program.

The donated meals are then put together in a pool that the Dean of Students office can have available should students approach the office with a food insecurity need. The meals are put on a card and, like any other resident, they can use those meals at the Gastronome in a seamless way, said Larry Martin, director of Housing and Residence Life at CSUF. Martin said the program’s goal was to create a system where “one, students could give back to students, and then the students that received the support could feel like any other student when coming in (the Gastronome) and use that easily.”

The idea for the program arose this past summer at a system wide summit, which the university’s Task Force attended to learn more about how to meet students’ food and housing needs.

Aramark, the Gastronome’s food service provider, jumped quickly on board with the program.

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RHONDA ROBINSON Food Service Director “If all residents donated, we would be right around 2,000 meals. So Aramark immediately said we would match every meal that students donate, and so we’re talking about a pool of 4,000 meals that will be available for students who are in need,” said Rhonda Robinson, Aramark’s food service director.

The donated meals are not just limited to residents but are available to all students campus-wide.

CSUF isn’t the only CSU campus beginning to recognize and develop programs

for food insecurity issues.

“All the campuses are looking at how they can approach this issue. It’s a system-wide initiative,” said Martin. “We are the first system in the country to look at the food and health insecurity from a systemic approach.”

The program started a little after Labor Day, and as of this past Friday, the number was at about 312 donations, said Robinson.

Seeing students become involved with the overall care of their fellow students not only will leave a lasting effect on those in need, but also those who started up the program.

“I was so overwhelmed with how positive and supportive our student population is here. Our students are amazing. They are loving, they are sweet, and they are caring,” Robinson said.

To honor their contribution to the program, students who donate a meal get to write their name or words of encouragement on a slip of paper called a “Tuffy Tag.” “The fact that students have made it about the students they are giving to, that just shows all the more how great the character of our students and how they are genuinely interested in helping each other,” Martin said.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed two bills Wednesday that will help students of California public colleges and universities graduate in four years, according to the Los Angeles Times.

One bill will create programs for Cal State Universities to provide more academic advisement and priority registration for students.

State Sen. Steve Glazer who penned the bill said it will direct resources straight to those in need of assistance.

Priority participation will be given to low-income, first-generation students, community college graduates and students in areas with lower college attendance rates. A minimum number of units and GPA is required.

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Charlotte protests turn violent Protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the death of Keith Lamont Scott at the hands of police officers went into their second night Wednesday and turned violent, according to CNN International.

One person was shot and is in critical condition on life-support, while one officer has been injured. Destruction occurred as demonstrators threw objects and attempted to damage vehicles while police fired tear gas.

Mayor Jennifer Roberts urged protesters to heed the calls of Scott’s family and the NAACP to keep demonstrations peaceful.

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency and deployed the national guard.

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Multiple Fullerton police officers were in attendance at the first Citizen’s Academy on Wednesday, Sept. 21, to demonstrate how different branches of the department operate, such as Corporal John Miller with his K-9 dog Mueller (left), Officer John Ferrell with his K-9 dog Rotar (middle) and Police Chief Dan Hughes (right.)

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“I think it’s important for the community to see how their police department works at the end of the day,” said Sgt. Jon Radus, who oversees community services and public information. “Hopefully by the end of this, they become ambassadors for our agency and ambassadors for law enforcement in general.”

Hughes said that the advantage of implementing a program like Citizen’s Academy is that the police

department would have a much stronger relationship with the Fullerton community. The department as a whole would be ineffective if they didn’t have public trust and confidence.

“How you gain public trust and confidence is building a relationship with the community,” Hughes said. “That’s why this is one part of our outreach to our community.”

In return, the community will receive a better understanding of the functions and roles that play within

the police department that they might not have known prior.

never heard somebody talk about what the importance of what our badge rep-

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If we actually believe and say that we want to be a transparent police department, then we need to allow people to come within the walls of the police department and learn more about it

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DAN HUGHES Fullerton Police Chief “I had at least five of the members of this group come and tell me that they’ve

resents,” Hughes said.

Some of the participants of Citizen’s Academy said

that they have never heard anyone talk about how the police department needs to be committed to being a noble and honorable profession, Hughes said.

The openness of the police department during the program was a surprise to a majority of the participants.

Just from the first class, there was an interest amongst participants over the fact that the police department was truly invested in serving its community to the fullest, Hughes said.

John Kunselman, a

Retired Senior Volunteer Patrol (RSVP) member, attended one of these classes in 2007. The class opened his eyes so much that he ended up applying to be a member of the RSVPs. “I thought it was great. I learned a lot about the police department that I didn’t know,” Kunselman said. “It did impress me.”

The classes for Citizen’s Academy are held Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

For more information, visit the Fullerton Police Department’s website.

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Students who qualify to enroll in the GAP 4+1 are guaranteed to earn a bachelor of arts degree in four years, with the option to earn a master of science degree in one additional year. The first two years of the program are spent at Irvine Valley College, and the next two are spent at the CSUF Irvine Campus. The final year takes place at both CSUF campuses.

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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment for accountants is projected to grow more quickly than most jobs by 2024.

This is largely due to economic growth, globalization and the increasing complexity of tax and regulatory protocols.

“The need for new individuals who are trained in the science of accountancy is just growing by leaps and bounds,” Morris said.

Morris also emphasized the unique value of the program, which is a joint effort between Cal State Fullerton and Irvine Valley

College (IVC), for qualifying students.

“It is the first (4+1 program) that I can find that incorporates both a community college and a fouryear institution in the same program,” Morris said. “It’s the same quality of education, but it’s definitely a lower cost of education, and you don’t miss out on anything.”

Not only does the collaboration between CSUF and IVC save students money, but it can save them time in finishing their master’s degree.

“Most of my students who go for a master’s degree at Cal State Fullerton

take about five or five and a half years just for a bachelor’s degree,” Morris said.

Once entered into the program, students are guaranteed their Master of Science degree within five years as long as they maintain a GPA of 3.2 or higher.

“That is important because now the requirements for students for the CPA (Certified Public Accountant) exam have changed,” Morris said. “So you need 150 qualified units to sit through the CPA exam, which is effectively a master’s degree. So since you need it and you have to have it, you may as well get the

master’s degree along with it.”

The program was initially planned out by interim dean of the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, Morteza Rahmatian, who was attempting to find a way to bring community colleges and CSUF closer together.

Meeting with the community colleges, particularly with IVC, he worked to make sure that all parties involved were on the same page.

“If you work better together, it’s better for our students,” Rahmatian said.

“And that’s what it’s all about.”

Rahmatian said that high school students’ response to

the program has been tremendous, with the cohort for fall 2017 already set up as well as the team working to put together the class starting in 2018.

Bob Urell, an IVC professor of accounting, is the accounting head for the program. His job is to coordinate recruiting, track progress and do academic planning for the GAP 4+1.

“The big challenge, number one, is to let students know about the program,” Urell said. “Letting them know that it is a guaranteed program, so that as long as they maintain the GPA, they maintain the classes that are being scheduled for

them. They are guaranteed the next set of classes and are guaranteed a graduation date.”

Morris’ duties are largely similar: Recruiting students, helping with the student selection process and organizing meetings.

“We get more applications than we have open spaces, so we have to pick the top students for qualifying for the program,” Morris said.

The first group of applications will be looked over in October and Morris recommends that applications are submitted as early as possible for interested parties.

There are only thirty acceptances per cohort.

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COURTESY OF ELIZABETH WILBUR

TitanTHON is a campus organization which raises money for the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). It is also a dance marathon event that the group holds in the spring. In the three years that TitanTHON has hosted the event, it has raised a total of $49,000. This year its members hope to raise $51,000. TitanTHON’s first event of the year, CHOC the Quad, is taking place today in the central quad.

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Cal State Fullerton is home to TitanTHON, an on-campus organization and event that raises money for the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC).

TitanTHON is a six-hour, nonstop standing and dancing event that takes place in the TSU pavilions in the spring. It is one of 350 dance marathons that exist across the United States under the Children’s Miracle Network.

“Nobody has gone to TitanTHON and said they didn’t love it,” said Elizabeth Wilbur, overall director of TitanTHON for CHOC. “There’s no way you can look at a kid who’s been treated at the hospital and say that you won’t dance for six hours and stay on your feet and do what you can.”

The event started up at CSUF three years ago, raising $3,000 the first year and $16,000 the second year. Last year alone, the dance marathon raked in over $30,000.

“We’re one of the fastest growing dance marathons in the United States,” Wilbur said.

TitanTHON has raised a total of $49,000 in the last three years and this time around, its members are aiming to reach their goal of $51,000. All the proceeds go directly to CHOC and are used for purposes ranging from providing a movie to make a child’s stay at the hospital a little more comfortable to covering a life-saving surgery a family couldn’t afford on their own.

“It’s not just a hospital. It feels like home,” said Nicholle Varga, graphic design chair of TitanTHON. “It’s the least ‘hospital feeling’ hospital that I’ve ever been in. Everything’s bright and colorful and just really welcoming for the families. There’s so many resources for them that they get to use.”

Those who want to

participate can register via TitanTHON’s webpage anywhere from now to the day of the event.

“Once you register for the event, you’re registering to be a part of a movement,” Wilbur said.

The movement is one that hits home for many of the participants.

Wilbur was treated at a children’s hospital in second grade for a spontaneous brain hemorrhage. Growing up, she remembers her mom talking about how grateful she was to the hospital staff for working so hard to save her daughter’s life.

“She said it wasn’t just doctors. It was everybody.

It was the nurses, it was the people who popped in and out,” Wilbur said. “I think it’s good for college students in general to give back and look at the bigger picture.”

Haley Watkins, overall publicity chair for TitanTHON, said a close family friend of hers died of liver cancer at only six years old. Watkins herself was also treated at a children’s hospital for kidney failure when she was in third grade.

“If I can even help out one kid that I know, then think of all this help that we could be giving to a whole hospital full of kids,” Watkins said.

Registration for the event is possible through Donor Drive, which allows users to share the event through social media. It costs $15 until Jan. 1, when the price goes up to $20. Last year, TitanTHON members hosted 200 participants, with Greek Life being the majority. It hopes to bring in around 400 dancers next year, including more campus clubs.

The event has everything from a live DJ to crafts and games to a photo booth. But one of the most impactful parts of the event is the autograph signing from the miracle kids representing the CHOC. “Miracle families are basically kids who have been treated at the hospital,” Wilbur said. “Most of them no longer have that sickness anymore, but some of them are still dealing with the side effects of their surgeries or still have to go to CHOC for repeated reasons.”

Every hour at the event, a

miracle family gets on stage to tell their story. This part of the event is the only time during the night that dancers squat down to show respect to the families.

“Whether it’s the kids sharing the story or the parents, it’s definitely the highlight of the event,” Wilbur said.

Watkins said that hearing the stories at the event is an amazing way for TitanTHON members to understand the importance of their work.

“The cancer stories always hit hard. Especially when the parents are like ‘we didn’t know if they were going to live that year. We thought that their brothers and sisters wouldn’t have their sister anymore, or us as parents would have lost a child,” Watkins said. “When people use those words, it’s just so impactful.”

If TitanTHON members successfully reach their $51,000 goal, they will become official sponsors of CHOC. In order to build up to this major event happening in March 2017, TitanTHON

has organized its first-ever kick-off event, CHOC the Quad, taking place today in the central quad.

Registered participants can come by anytime between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with their teams to create their own chalk murals.

“It’s a very relaxed kickoff event,” Wilbur said. “It’s easy to sign up, easy to participate, and easy to get your friends involved.”

In order to win some of the CSUF gear donated by Titan Shops and Little Professor, these masterpieces must include anything related to CHOC, CSUF and TitanTHON in a creative way. Anyone who hasn’t registered and is interested in creating their own personalized mural can pay $20 the day of the event to participate.

Wilbur said that CHOC the Quad is intended to promote CHOC, as well as to bring the campus together for a good cause.

“That’s kind of what we’re trying to do,” Varga said, “We’re trying to get the whole campus involved and the whole community.”

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Tolkien has made his mark not only on the world of literature, but on popular culture. He has had great influence over movies, television shows, music and other sources of media and entertainment.

Mitch Hanlon, CSUF musical theater professor, was the assistant conductor and choral director for “The Lord of the Rings Symphony”, which played in huge cities such as: Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Baltimore and Tokyo. The six-part symphony itself was written

by Howard Shore, who had composed the film scores for both “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” trilogies.

Hanlon said he listened to “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy on tape to prepare himself for the symphonic work. In total, he listened to 48 CDs in about two and a half weeks.

“Wonderful music, wonderful story,” Hanlon said.

“I was glad it was made into the movies, you know.

At the time, it was quite a juggernaut.”

Tolkien’s legacy continues to have a big effect on fandom, considering holidays such as Hobbit Day and Tolkien Week are officially being observed.

What started out as a small fandom has spawned into many different methods of appreciating the series, including huge cosplaying events at places such as DragonCon and San Diego’s Comic-Con. Sandner said that this shift in popularity has to do with the cultural space Tolkien’s works have occupied, moving from literature to receiving critical acclaim with Oscars to fans dressing up like the film’s characters.

Lauren Vo, a graphic design major, has been a fan of “The Lord of the Rings” ever since Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of the series came out. Vo normally celebrates Tolkien Week by re-watching the whole trilogy.

After all, movie marathons are one of the ultimate signs of fan devotion.

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, and his book “The Hobbit,” have had broad cultural impact, including movie adaptations, symphony performances and cosplaying fans.

“I think Peter Jackson did a really good job of recreating the books and creating a

totally different world,” Vo said. “He made it very believable – all the characters

are very authentic.”

Writers and fans alike have Tolkien to thank for

believing in the idea that heroes comes in all shapes and sizes.

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Letter to the Editor In Response to: Prop. 59 erases freedom FROM ANDREW TALBOTT On Sept. 19, Luke Rodriguez took the liberty to present the Daily Titan audience with a rather dystopian vision of the future, should Citizen’s United v. Federal Election Commission be overturned, either by a new constitutional amendment or by judicial action. One where corporations are routinely charged with felonies for engaging in the types of political speech he views as innocuous.

We are presented with several falsehoods and misconceptions regarding the state of political speech in the United States, from both before and after the 2010 ruling. I would like to address some of those here, before explaining the source of the impetus behind the movement to dispose of Citizen’s United.

First, we are told that if Citizen’s United is overturned, we will suddenly lose much of the freedom involving political speech. This is not true.

The most likely scenario is a return to the status quo prior to the Citizen’s United ruling. A time where individuals, corporations and other special interest groups were able to contribute to political campaigns relatively freely, if within a somewhat regulated system.

Despite the future presented in the previous article, felony prosecutions were not thrown about like candy to either corporations or persons. For nearly a century, legislative and judicial precedent held that while corporations had some of the rights of persons, including having their contracts respected by the state, or protection from having their property and assets seized by the state with

impunity, they were restricted in their ability to participate in the political process. Citizen’s United overturned that precedent.

We are also told that unions, in particular, have taken advantage of the Citizen’s United ruling, when compared to businesses, to advance their own causes. This is also false. Union political contributions increased from $90 million in 2000 to $108 million in 2016, according to opensecrets. org, a nonpartisan group dedicated to tracking political contributions and their effects on public policy. In the same time period, businesses increased their contributions from $1.23 million to $2.11 million. This is an increase of more than 70 percent and almost 20 times the amount contributed by unions.

The real reason for overturning Citizen’s United is not to use the criminal courts to silence political speech but to keep the avenues of political speech open to all. If you believe that money is speech, then you must also believe that you have only as much speech and as much freedom as you can afford.

We live in an age and a country where a politician must begin fundraising for the next election right away. If you don’t have at least $1000 for a personal donation to your representative, you will never interact with that representative beyond a minute at a public event. Only those with the disposable income to spare that much will get that kind of access.

To say that money is speech is to say that

political speech is available only to those who can afford it. Bill Gates is worth approximately $80 billion. Google is worth more than $500 billion.

How can we, average citizens, compete with that to get our voices heard? Participation in the governing of our country should not be restricted, only, to an ever-shrinking group of persons, corporations or other interests groups that are capable of paying the ante to sit at the table.

There was one point where Rodriguez was truthful. Overturning Citizen’s United will restrict our collective freedom. It will slightly reduce our ability to participate in the political process.

That is true, but it neglects the fact that we restrict freedom regularly. Laws regarding the downloading of music or movies, murder, theft, speed limits, driver’s licenses, car insurance, gun ownership, health insurance, education, zoning and more all restrict our freedom. Even the freedom of speech is restricted with laws regulating libel and slander, inciting violence, inciting the overthrow of the government, obscenity and the symbolic “shouting fire in a crowded theater.”

Even if you disagree with some or all of these restrictions, you must agree that they are enacted with costs as well as the benefits of such regulations in mind. In looking at the freedoms we have gained from Citizen’s United and looking at what we have lost by restricting access to the political class to an enriched clique, I cannot conclude that we have gained a freer society.

White male sexual assault sentences too light Brock Turner case proves a major glitch in justice system ASHLYN RAMIREZ Daily Titan Recently, the United States has been forced to come face-to-face with the chilling power of white male privilege and how it thrives in today’s culture. The aftermath of the Brock Turner rape case has opened up a rather large can of worms that our society now has to face. Enforcement of the law is egregiously biased and unless you are a white male, it is not in your favor.

The same judge who gave Turner six months for sexual assault also gave Salvadoran immigrant Raul Ramirez three years for essentially committing the same crime, according to The Guardian.

Turner’s case isn’t isolated. In August, 23 year old Joseph Presley was charged 30 days of jail time for molesting an 8-year-old boy.

The judge claimed that the sentencing was “basically probation” because “prison will be too hard on (Presley), he’s just a boy.” Well, he’s a boy who’s a rapist and deserves a rapist’s prison sentence.

It’s appalling to see how heavily white privilege can influence and manipulate America’s judicial system, especially with sexual assault cases.

Universities have a history of being breeding grounds for sexual assault, and many institutions do not handle the

cases properly. On average, every one in five women and every one in 16 men have been assaulted on a college campus.

Most recently, the University of Carolina has been receiving harsh criticism from its students for mishandling sexual assault cases, but this institution of higher education is not alone. Some of our most prestigious universities have the most reports of sexual assaults on campus, like Stanford and Harvard, according to the Washington Post.

This doesn’t even include the 80 percent of college students who do not report their assaults, according to a study done in 2014 by the Department of Justice.

Victims of sexual assault have given reasons for not reporting assaults, those reasons being: The police would not do anything to help, the fear of reprisal and the inefficiencies of the justice system, according to the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

In an era where a rapist like Turner is not only given a light jail sentence–not even prison–but is given an early release after three months for “good behavior,” according to the New York Post, it is no wonder that women do not report the sexual crimes against them.

On the rare occasion that they are reported, sexual assaults on college campuses are disgustingly ignored.

The worst part seems to be that it is more rare to find college administrations reacting appropriately than it is to have victims report

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Brock Turner is just one of many white males who have been given little to no prison time for sexual assault. This just emphasizes the gravity of the problem of privileged being given to a specific party in our society as of now.

their assault. Most of the time, the accused will merely get a slap on the wrist, while the victim is left with no closure and no justice, especially when the accused is a white male.

To further proliferate this headache, the media has turned a blind eye to white male privilege–this is apparent in media coverage and language. CNN’s articles describe Turner as “Stanford swimmer” instead of ‘convicted rapist.’ Some may say this is just a subtle

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unimportant word choice, but the fact is that it’s the small actions that reveal the largest biases.

Former Vanderbilt University football player Cory Batey, a black man, was convicted for taking part in a sexual assault eerily similar to Turner’s case of raping an unconscious woman in a dorm, according to The Tennessean.

The cases difference lies, unsurprisingly, in its sentence. Batey had one charge against him, was remorseful

during the trial and yet he was sentenced to 15 years.

On the other hand Turner had three counts, wasn’t remorseful and we all know what happened there.

Turner represents the epitome of white male privilege.

He isn’t the first white male student to get preferential treatment, and won’t be the last. Especially in cases of sexual assault, white male privilege runs rampant.

At three months, Turner has still spent more time in jail than 97 percent of

rapists, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.

Now, The Young Turks report that Turner is pushing to speak at university campuses across the country about alcohol use and promiscuity. This is a slap in the face to rape victims and people of color. This has nothing to do with promiscuity, this has everything to do with rape and privilege. America is built to protect the white and the affluent, and it needs to stop.

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Titans look to stem tide vs. Pacific Men’s soccer takes .500 record into home opener ERIC DOMINGUEZ Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer faces off against University of the Pacific in the final week of nonconference play. After eight straight games on the road, Fullerton will finally have its home opener this weekend.

The Tigers (5-2) are riding a four-game hot streak.

With a match looming against No. 11 San Diego State Friday, Pacific will have a chance to make it five before playing Fullerton.

With both teams showing a propensity for offense, it will be imperative for Fullerton to control the ball and limit Pacific’s chances.

Pacific brings an offense that ranks second in the West Coast Conference for most goals (15) and the highest average goals per game with 2.14. When factoring in the major offensive categories in the West Coast Conference–shots, points, goals, goals per game, assists, assists per game–Pacific is ranked either number one or in the top three of each group.

CSUF (4-4) has its own tough offense to match. So far, the Titans top the Big West in several categories, leading the conference in shots (106), goals (12) and corner kicks (67). However, the Titans were shutout

by St. Mary’s last weekend, snapping their three-game win streak.

With three straight home games coming up, CSUF will look to pick up where it left off last season. The Titans were successful in Fullerton in 2015, going

8-4 overall with three conference wins. Those eight wins were the most since 2000 when the Titans won 15 games and still played in the Mountain West Pacific Sports Federation.

The Titans last played Pacific back in 2014, when they won 4-0 at Knoles Field. In that game, four different Titans scored, including current midfielder Robert Coronado.

Through nine games, the Tigers have one shutout loss, against UC Davis back on Sept. 1st. That was the last time the Tigers dropped a game, and they responded by scoring 10 goals over the next four.

In eight games played for the Titans, Fullerton has been shutout twice. In the Titans’ last four games, the team has scored six goals and gone 3-1.

The two teams will take the pitch Sunday at 3 p.m. at Titan Stadium.

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Ross McPhie scored his first goal of the season and the only goal for the Titans during last weekend’s road trip.

Volleyball to begin Big West play at home Fullerton pursues first conference win since 2014 BRYANT FREESE Daily Titan Coming off a road trip in which Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball (59) lost all three matches, the Titans will begin Big

West Conference play Saturday night against UC Riverside.

UC Riverside enters the matchup after losing two of three games in the Roadrunner Classic at CSU Bakersfield. Mickayla Sherman leads the Highlanders with 114 kills on the season for an average of 2.85 kills per set and an .089 hitting percentage. Sherman vastly outhits the rest

of her teammates, as Meg Graham is next in line with 84 kills and 2.10 kills per set.

The Titans appear to have a clear advantage on the offensive side of the ball with three players in the top 20 in kills in the Big West Conference whereas UC Riverside only has one. Shimen Fayad and Madeline Schneider continue to lead

the Titans with 167 and 155 kills, respectively. Fayad and Schneider are fifth and sixth in the Big West in total kills for the season.

The Highlanders are last in the conference with 517 total kills while Cal State Fullerton ranks third with 628 kills.

Freshman setter Rachel Hall leads the Titans with 406 assists heading into conference play. Hall also

ranks fourth in Big West assists.

UC Riverside’s Chelsea Doyle runs the show for the Highlanders, putting up 337 assists on the year to put her at sixth in the Big West.

While the Titans will attempt to take advantage of the mismatch on the offensive end, they will also have an edge on the defensive side. Sophomore outside hitter Kyra Smith manages the frontline for the

Titans with 10 blocks, ranking third in the Big West.

Both teams have yet to play a Big West game, but UC Riverside has the sixth best overall record in the conference at 5-7, while CSUF is tied for seventh with UC Irvine at 5-9.

Going 0-28 last season, CSUF has not won a conference game since 2014.

The Titans tip off against the Highlanders Saturday at 7 p.m. at Titan Gym.

Women’s soccer seeks to halt skid in San Diego

Titans to take on solid offense in contest with Toreros HARRISON FAIGEN Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer is still looking for its first win on the road after dropping its last three games and will get its next chance against the University of San Diego on Friday.

Friday also marks CSUF’s final nonconference game, as all of its following eight games see it take on Big West Conference opponents. The Titans’ 3-6 record is the worst in the Big West.

Waiting for the Titans to the south is a Toreros team that has seen mixed results this season. USD has a 4-4-1 record thanks to its inability to string together two consecutive wins while also avoiding

multiple losses in a row.

Despite their inconsistency, the Toreros are still undefeated at home and have the sixth-best record in the West Coast Conference, with only one loss separating them from fourth place.

Senior midfielder Jacqueline Altschuld leads the Toreros in goals (3) and points (9), while ranking second in shots (13) and shots on goal (5). It isn’t just a one-woman show for USD, however.

Its balanced offense has featured seven other players who’ve scored at least one goal and all of the Toreros’ goals but one have been assisted.

On the other side of the pitch is where San Diego has struggled. Toreros goalkeeper Amber Michel has allowed an average of 1.46 goals per game, as USD has given up the third most goals of any WCC team.

For a Titans offense that has been held scoreless in

its last three games and all of its losses this season, USD could offer an opportunity to put points on the board. Tala Haddad leads the Titans in goals and assists with two apiece, while Jessica Simonian and Nano Oronoz have one of each.

Connie Caliz and Johana Rosas have also scored for CSUF, while Sarah Fajnor has one assist.

The Titans best opportunity to score may come in the second half, where

Toreros opponents have scored 10 of their 14 goals this season.

Titans goalkeeper Jennifer Stuart is expected to return to the net after a day off against the University of Las Vegas last Sunday.

Stuart ranks fifth in the Big West in saves during her senior season.

Following their game against USD, the Titans will return home for a two-game homestand to open conference play.

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