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Men’s team shows signs of life in San Diego tournament ERIC DOMINGUEZ Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer team split its two matches at the Johann Memorial Classic this past weekend, overcoming the hosts University of Las Vegas Rebels, but falling to the Santa Clara University Broncos by scores of 3-1 and 2-1, respectively.

Coming off two overtime losses, the Titans looked to finally get in the win column Friday with a tough contest against UNLV. Fortunately for Fullerton, a hat trick from senior Defenseman Alex Heilmann helped power the Titans pass the Rebels for their first victory of the season.

After subbing in for midfielder Ruben Alvarez, Heilmann slipped the ball past Rebel goalkeeper Nate Bohn in the 34th minute, which gave the Titans a 1-0 lead.

CSUF controlled the first half, putting up 13 shots along with six corner kicks. Without the help of All-American forward Danny Musovski, who was sidelined after suffering an injury three minutes into the game, the Rebels struggled to pressure the Titan defense the rest of the way.

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Cal State Fullerton’s new dean of the College of Education Lisa Kirtman (right) attends the college’s staff appreciation event in Titan Bowl & Billiards. Kirtman started the event when she was the college’s associate dean, and now as dean she hopes to increase student outreach for the education program.

New dean focuses on students’ future success ZACK JOHNSTON Daily Titan Lisa Kirtman, Ph.D., has been hard at work as the new dean of Cal State Fullerton’s College of

Education since Aug. 16.

In her new position, Kirtman has been enjoying the opportunity to interact with the students and get an idea of how courses are going for them.

She is also making sure that undergraduates know how to take advantage of the education courses that can be taken early on, considering the department has no

undergraduate program.

Students interested in pursuing education must first earn a bachelor’s degree in a specific subject before obtaining a teaching credential. But, what many don’t know is they can get some of the education prerequisites out of the way before graduating, Kirtman said.

One of her many goals as dean is extending outreach to

potential education students and maintaining resourceful student advisement.

She aims to increase outreach for her students and wants to focus on staff appreciation as well.

Friday morning in the Titan Bowl & Billiards, the College of Education had its staff appreciation event, which Kirtman started during her time as the

college’s associate dean.

“I hadn’t worked closely with the staff before, but what I learned in a very short period of time was that they’re sort of the glue the holds the college together and I didn’t feel like we did enough to recognize them,” Kirtman said, who’s worked at CSUF for the past 16 years.

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CSUF faculty return from Olympics

Sports psychologists assisted U.S. teams at Rio summer games KALEB STEWART Daily Titan

Andrea Becker and Staci Statler have both had long histories working as sport psychologists with teams that represented the United States in the Summer Olympics. Becker was the sports psychologist for the U.S. Men’s volleyball team while Statler was a part of the U.S. Track and Field team.

Becker and Statler are kinesiology professors at Cal State Fullerton who helped guide the U.S. Olympic teams in Rio through their work in sports psychology.

“Sports are obviously very physical and they are very emotional,” said Lenny Wiersma, a professor in the department of

kinesiology at Cal State Fullerton. “So in sports psychology, what we try to do is to give athletes tools to be able to perform at their best.”

Becker considers herself to be a coach of cognitive thinking. While other coaches focus on the techniques that are required within a sport, the work of a sports psychologist is focused on the behaviors of the athletes and coaches.

“Often times, I facilitate meetings between the head coach and the individual players,” Becker said. “So I would say that the major topics among many different topics are the dynamics of the team and the individual focus and emotional control of the players and coaches.”

Being a sport psychologist means working with each of their respective teams through both the good and the bad times.

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Andrea Becker, CSUF kinesiology professor and sports psychologist, worked with the U.S. Men’s volleyball team to facilitate focus and cognitive thinking at the Summer 2016 Olympics in Rio.

Honors Program held welcoming event

Gun control should expand to campuses

Physics Professor Lovelace gave a presentation at the Honors welcome back event Thursday in the Begovich 3 Gallery

Concealed carry is not safe enogh to be instituted on school grounds.

Solution for violence cannot be 6 more firearms

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NEWS Graduate programs recognized DTBRIEFS PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 TUESDAY

Two CSUF educational groups compete for national award AMY WELLS Daily Titan

Two Cal State Fullerton programs are being recognized for their work supporting Latino students in graduate studies.

Enhancing Postbaccalaureate Opportunities at Cal State Fullerton for Hispanic Students (EPOCHS) and Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) are finalists for “Examples of Excelencia,” awarded by Excelencia in Education, a program that promotes the success of Latino students in higher education.

The competition started in 2005 to acknowledge associate, baccalaureate, and

graduate level programs for Latino students. This year, it narrowed down 190 nominations from across the nation to 20 finalists.

MARC and EPOCHS are the only California State University programs to be finalists for the 2016 award. The two programs are competing against each other along with two other schools under the graduate category.

“We’re up against one of our own campus programs which is kind of interesting, but whoever wins that category will get $5,000 towards their program to help further enhance it,” said Amybeth Cohen, MARC’s program director and professor of biological science.

This is the second time EPOCHS has been nominated for this award and a first for MARC. Headed by Catalina Olvera,

EPOCHS is focused on raising the number of Latino students in graduate programs at CSUF. The program also sponsors the school’s Faculty/Graduate Student Mentoring Program. Founded in 2011, it provides graduate students with support from their professors.

MARC is in its 20th year at CSUF and Cohen is in her 12th year as the program’s director.

The goal of the two-year program is to help students transition to graduate research programs after completing their undergraduate studies.

Cohen, who has been at the school since 1997, has seen the program change. Starting from only allowing six students in a year at its inception, MARC has expanded this fall to allow 13 students due to increased funding from the

National Institute of Health (NIH).

“We’re not static, we’re always evolving,” Cohen said.

While the award is recognizing achievements in the Latino community, MARC strives to provide aid to any underrepresented and unsupported student. The program is open to juniors and seniors pursuing a graduate degree in either biomedical or behavioral science research.

“I’ve grown a lot in the MARC program,” said Amanda Iglesias, psychology major and second year MARC scholar.

The program allows students to have control over their research.

This is a study that we design and are carrying out, Iglesias said.

“There’s a lot of hard work being put into the program behind the scenes as well,”

said Maedeh Mousavi, also a psychology major and second year scholar in MARC. Mousavi credits Cohen with providing emotional support.

“Dr. Cohen’s door is always open for any kind of conversation you want to have,” Mousavi said. “She’s really great in helping you out with that.”

Iglesias said that due to the diligent work put into MARC, the program is deserving of the “Examples of Excelencia” award.

“I feel like we’ve put in the work. We work really hard and they push us really hard so I’m excited. They’ve done a lot to get us to this point,” Iglesias said.

The results will be announced on September 21st at the award ceremony Celebración de Excelencia in Washington, D.C.

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EU nearing refugee capacity

European Union President Donald Tusk announced Sunday that Europe is close to reaching its limit on accepting refugees, according to CNN. The displaced people of unstable countries including Syria, Iraq and Somalia have been looking for asylum in Europe. But the increase in population brings both economic problems and calls for the reevaluation of terrorism in the host countries.

Tusk says that he encourages partners of the European Union to increase humanitarian aid to help with refugee resettlement.

Meanwhile, the U.S. has recently met its goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees since the Civil War in Syria began.

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The Catholic Church declared Mother Teresa’s sainthood during a Canonization Mass at the Vatican on Sunday morning, 19 years after her death, according to CNN. Pope Francis praised Mother Teresa for her charitable work, which included helping the poor and sick in India.

The Albanian-born nun devoted her life to volunteer work in the fight against hunger and poverty. In 1979 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Her relative fame and two attributed “miraculous cures of the sick” led Pope John Paul II to start Mother Teresa’s canonization in 1999. This happened three years after her death despite the typical five-year mandatory waiting period.

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Kirtman and her colleague line up for their shots. As dean, she plans to ensure undergraduates know about the prerequisite courses they can take before before going into the teaching program.

Dean: Kirtman plans for improvment 1 Thanks to Kirtman, the staff meets every semester to enjoy some bowling, food and each others company.

“This is really just about appreciating the hard work that the staff does. They’re here to serve the students every single day so it’s just a small way to say thank you,” Kirtman said.

Given her history, Kirtman is all too familiar with the passion and dedication it takes to be an educator.

Many of Kirtman’s family members are in some way involved in education. However, growing up they made sure to give her the room to choose her own path in life and encouraged her to explore other fields, she said.

She did initially shy away from education, earning her bachelor’s in psychology with a minor in business administration, but feeling CONTINUED FROM

unfulfilled in different marketing positions, she decided that education is where she belonged.

She went on to teach elementary school and enjoyed the satisfaction of teaching students something that was completely new to them.

“I had (the students) think of new things, new directions and it feels rewarding on so many levels,” Kirtman said.

Also instrumental to her passion for teaching was witnessing the results of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

Kirtman was teaching in South Central at the time.

What Kirtman saw was, despite the destruction and unrest, the school remained unharmed and students returned when the chaos subsided, ready to get back to learning.

“They’re back, ready to

have someone teach them, and I think that’s what inspired me to say ‘Okay, we’ve got to continue to do more for every student out there,’” Kirtman said.

Kirtman hopes to combat the opportunity gap, the unequal distribution of resources which can adversely affect low-income students. She emphasizes the need to spread awareness of the issue so that real change can be set into place.

If nothing else, Kirtman hopes to share the success that the College of Education has had over the years and looks toward the future.

The college has an active presence in the local education community, Kirtman said. She hopes to increase the college’s funding to make the program even better.

Eight hour standoff closes I-5 An armed man was arrested at 8:30 a.m.

Monday morning after an eight hour standoff with California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers, according to the OC Register.

Officers tried to pull over the possible drunk driver before 9p.m. Sunday evening on the Santa Ana (I-5) Freeway.

After deserting his GMC pickup truck in Commerce, the driver pulled a gun on the CHP officers and backed into some roadside businesses. Officers were held up for eight hours before the driver surrendered.

The northbound and southbound I-5 lanes were closed at 12:45 a.m. The northbound lanes reopened at 1:30 a.m. and the southbound lanes were opened at 2:21 a.m.

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NEWS Honors program inspires students

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Welcome back event encourages students to learn by exploring ASHLYN RAMIREZ Daily Titan

The University Honors Program hosted its second annual welcome back event on Thursday in the Begovich Gallery, featuring an exploration theme which included three speakers.

Assistant professor in the Department of Physics Geoffrey Lovelace and Dean for the University of Extended Education were in attendence. Associate Vice President for International Programs and Global Engagement Kari Knutson Miller Ph.D., and junior math major student researcher Isabel Serrano gave presentations about gravitational waves, CSUF study abroad programs and mathematical curvatures.

Sandra Perez, Ph.D., director of the University Honors Program, said that the goal of the event was to incorporate interdisciplinary learning.

“We are using a gallery and the arts focused on the theme of exploration,” Perez said.

The impostor syndrome, brought up during the opening remarks of the Associate Vice President for Academic Programs Pam Oliver, Ph.D., was a main focus of the event. According to the CalTech Counseling Center, the imposter syndrome refers to feeling inadequate despite achieving some higher level of recognition.

Oliver said that everyone has those feelings and

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Geoffrey Lovelace, Assistant professor in the Department of Physics (left) and Sandra Perez, Ph.D., director of the University Honors Program (right) speak at the annual event held at the Begovich Gallery on Thursday, Sept. 1. Both reached out to honors students in attendance about personal motivation and success through exploring.

believes you can learn to belong through the act of exploring.

“When any opportunity comes your way, say yes, then figure out how you’re going to do it,” Oliver said, quoting one of her mentors from graduate school.

As the first presenter, Lovelace spoke about his research on gravitational waves and black holes.

Lovelace showed his students’ computer renditions of what happened when two black holes collided and gravitational waves were

discovered for the first time in Sept. 2015. He also spoke about his work with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).

Relating to imposter syndrome, Lovelace encouraged students not to just take classes but to explore as well.

Miller continued on the topic of exploration by having an active presentation about the study abroad programs on campus. She focused the basis of her speech on the question:

“Where will you go?”

In a three-year period, participation in the study abroad program has gone up 84 percent, Miller said. She talked about her goal to get every student in the honors program to study abroad at least once.

“I would like for you to expect (a study abroad trip) out of your experience at Cal State Fullerton,” Miller said.

In the third presentation, Serrano talked about how she spent an extensive amount of time researching

Nicole Oresme, who originally founded the definition of curvatures and was one of the first to try and apply the theorem in real life.

Serrano’s research on curvatures began when her research advisor came across a rare translation of Oresme’s works.

Yasmine Ghazipour, a freshman pre-business major, spoke at the event on behalf of the Honors Student Advisory Council (HSAC). HSAC’s goal is to get honors students on campus involved with clubs and

activities, as well as community service. “(The HSAC) was also talking about setting up a peer tutoring program,” Ghazipour said.

Monica Vu, a fourth year health science major in the honors program expressed how important it is to connect with peers.

The overall goal of the Honors Program Welcome Back event was to continue to get students involved in their education and to make connections while doing it.

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Siobhan Brooks, Ph.D, publishes work on black LGBT identity ELIZABETH HUMMER Daily Titan

Not only is Siobhan Brooks, Ph.D, a professor in the Cal State system, but she attended school there herself.

“It feels good to kind of go full circle,” Brooks said.

Brooks is an assistant professor of African-American studies at Cal State Fullerton. She has been researching black queer studies her entire career, but her journey to become a university professor has not been an easy one.

Brooks was homeschooled by her mother for the first eight years of her life. She said that one of the biggest differences she noticed between homeschooling and formal schooling was being evaluated on her ability to follow directions.

“It felt like it was more about control than learning and just making sure you were following the rules,” Brooks said. “I feel like so much of student learning is what’s going to be on the test, and that there is no learning –– it’s just memorization.”

Having those experiences as a child inspired Brooks to incorporate unorthodox methods into her teaching, such as not having exams in her classes.

When it came time to attend college, Brooks chose San Francisco State.

In 1991, Brooks’ freshman year, she participated in the Rodney King riots after King was beaten by four Los Angeles police officers. Brooks recalled this as being the first time people saw any media coverage of a black person being beaten by the police. When the police did not get convicted, the riots began.

“That was my first real… sort of experience with activism that was pretty life changing in the sense that that was such a huge event for those of us in California,” Brooks said.

Brooks also stated that one of the most difficult periods of her life was right after she got her master’s degree in 2001, as she struggled to balance writing

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Siobhan Brooks was a student at San Francisco State University, and is now an assistant professor of African-American studies at Cal State Fullerton. Her research has focused on the struggles of individuals who identify as members as both the African-American community and the LGBT community.

her dissertation, her coursework and teaching.

“That was probably the biggest obstacle, was just sort of balancing the financial piece, grad school in New York, and basically adjunct teaching, from the time I got my masters, three classes a semester, all over New York,” Brooks said.

Throughout her time teaching, Brooks has been studying black sexuality, specifically black queer studies. This summer she released her article, “Staying in the Hood: Black Lesbian, Transgender Women and Identity Management in North Philadelphia.” The article has shown the hardships for LGBT people of color “coming out” in their own communities.

“Basically that article contributes to the research on black queer identity formation. I think there’s a lot of – and we even talked about this in my class today – as queer people of color,

the pressure or the misnomer that you have to kind of choose different identities.

You kind of have to choose what side you’re on or what part of your identity you identify with more,” Brooks said.

Brooks was living in Philadelphia while conducting research for her article, met and spoke with about 10 black LGBT people.

“I interviewed them all about how they see their identity or what kind of strategies they use to basically integrate in black heterosexual environments or ‘stay in’, hence, the title,” Brooks said.

Brooks brought back her studies to her students at CSUF for a new course called, Black LGBT Studies.

“One of the amazing things about her is that she challenges you. We’re not looking at watered down slideshows or powerpoints about the material. We’re

really going deep and unpacking a lot (about) just how complex sexuality is,” said Jectan Gaytan, a student from Brook’s Black LGBT class.

Brooks said that discussions with her students have consistently focused on the topics of race, racism and culture, whether in the context of slave codes on plantations or black individuals being controlled by the state today.

But Brooks said she is seeing a shift in the black LGBT community that she has never seen before. For example, after same-sex marriage was legalized in 2015, many queer people of color have been more comfortable showing their true identity within their communities in comparison to before.

Black Lives Matter was created by three black queer women. LGBT people of color are “coming out” in a way that used

to be a liability for any movement.

Brooks said many people don’t know about Martin Luther King Jr.’s adviser, Bayard Rustin, nor have they read about him in any history books. Mostly because while Rustin organized the march in Washington, he did so as an openly gay man which was seen as a risk for the movement at the time.

“The logic then was, ‘well you have to compromise because the racial issue is more important and you have to put out a positive image of our racial group for the dominant society,’” Brooks said.

Today, Rustin is in a few history books, and queer black people are openly leading many social justice movements. That demonstrates the kind of cultural shift that is happening across the nation.

“I feel like this is a really exciting time, actually, for

the black LGBT community because black LGBT people are at the forefront of all our current civil rights movements and that has happened in the past, but what’s different is that it is getting more coverage, like Black Lives Matter,” Brooks said.

Brooks carries this excitement to her students in her black LGBT class.

Brooks herself creates a cultural shift in the black LGBT community. Her students, such as Beverly Tang, feel she is creating a break in the norm.

“Not only am I an African-American student, but I’m also a female and I’m also part of the LGBTQ community,” said Beverly Tang, another student from Brooks’ Black LGBT class.

“So, just having all of those happen at once, she really allows us to break that down and figure out where we stand. And that is okay to be different.”

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“Going to the Olympics is just one more piece of what I do with [the team],” Statler said. “I have served as a sports psychology consultant for them for a long time, it was the natural progression to go to the games with all these athletes I’ve been working with for so long.”

Becker’s team ran through some initial setbacks, but still managed to pull together in order to win the bronze medal.

“It’s a fickle sport,” Becker said. “Sometimes the ball goes in your direction and sometimes it goes in the other team’s direction.”

Statler found that the most enjoyable aspect of

her experience was watching the dreams of professionals coming true. However, becoming emotionally involved came with its own sorts of challenges.

“We put so much of our own passion into helping these folks and these athletes be the best that they can be that it is impossible not to be along with them for the ride,” Statler said.

“So when they don’t do well... It happens to you as well.”

Coming back from the games to teach at Cal State Fullerton once again, Becker found herself feeling exhausted. However, Statler found that her colleagues’ transition may have been easier than her own.

“Andrea did it better because she jumped right into

something that has you going really hard and really fast for a long period of time,” Statler said.

Perhaps the most important thing for students at the university, is the experiences which they may bring back for students of this current and future semester.

“The beautiful thing about our department at

Cal State Fullerton is that we have a lot of high level elite sport olympic and professional connections, and not just in sports psychology,” Statler said.

“We’ve got some of the best sport psychology consultants on the planet in our department, and I’m not just saying that because I’m a Cal State person. It’s really true.”

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Binge-watching is hurting Netflix

As subscribers dwindle, streamer looks elsewhere JACQUELINE LINDENBERG Daily Titan Netflix offers its subscribers an amazing list of movies and television content which gives audiences the perfect excuse to lounge around on a lazy day. However, the easy access to technology and a new wave of binge-watching brings Netflix to face a crucial demand in producing enough content to satisfy customers. The company must also consider turning profit as American subscriptions are dwindling.

It’s easy to be skeptical about how Netflix could possibly be hurting with a revenue of $6.78 billion as of 2015 and having 83 million subscribers around the world.

However, the company isn’t gaining as many new subscribers as they had hoped. In 2014, they tried to fix this deficit by allowing everyone who already had an account to continue paying the monthly fee of $7.99, while new customers would begin paying $9.99 per month. But even the old customers, all 37 percent of Netflix’s consumer base, had to pay $9.99 as of May 2016.

Last month, Netflix announced that they gained around 1.7 million subscribers for the quarter, which was harrowingly lower than

the expected 2.5 million.

This is most likely related to price increase and the prediction that prices will be raised again in the near future.

Besides the jump in prices and a withdrawal of potential customers, a trend has been looming over Netflix.

It’s causing a bit of a stirrup for the company when adding new content for subscribers. This trend is none other than binge-watching. It’s incredibly easy to fall prey to binge watching episode after episode that leave you wanting more, but nothing more comes since the season is over.

This habit leaves Netflix to handle the issue of keeping up with the binge-watchers by adding new content and supplying enough to choose from. Perhaps that is why Netflix has been producing their own original series’ left and right, such as: “Orange is the New Black,” “Stranger Things” and “House of Cards.”

Netflix has created a monster and must now continue to meet the standards of today’s society of binge-watchers. They must face the dilemma of drop-in subscribers in the United States, or else more of their subscribers will turn to other sources for entertainment.

Of the 1.7 million subscribers added during the quarter in July, around 1.5 million were international customers, leaving less than 200,000 added in the U.S., according to NBC. By 2018, the majority of

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As Netflix’s original shows start to lose their popularity, viewers will start to find content elsewhere. The need to have new content is hurting the popular streamer and requiring them to find subscribers in places that won’t abuse the easy trend of binge-watching.

Netflix’s subscribers are expected to come mostly from international users, rather than from the U.S., according to statistical data from the analytics company, IHS Markit.

This is great for Netflix, seeing as they cannot rely solely on their U.S. subscribers. On the downside,

there will be a lot of red tape to follow when trying to abide by censorship laws from other countries. Competition will also start to arise from other streaming networks worldwide.

North Korea recently unveiled their own version of Netflix, called Manbang.

The name undoubtedly

raises a few eyebrows for English speakers, but in the Korean language, the term ‘manbang’ means ’everywhere’ or ‘every direction.’

The streaming network allows viewers to watch television in real time but also learn languages such as English and Russian.

Just like any company,

Netflix faces obstacles along the road. Times are changing and so are prices and people’s expectations.

As long as Netflix keeps up with the viewing trends of the world, the renowned company will hopefully stick around as the leading streaming platform for many years to come.

Clinton uses Trump as distraction DNC favoritism to Hillary’s campaign needs better excuse ASHLYN RAMIREZ Daily Titan It has been over a year since Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has started her campaign, and until the Philadelphia convention she had one prime competitor, Bernie Sanders. But since then, Sanders’ falling was scrutinized by the public and consequently seen as a snubbing out by the Democratic National Convention. Along with this, the Clinton campaign has been under fire for controversy surrounding emails and questionable donations.

It seems that the only thing the campaign has going for it now is spreading the fear of a Trump presidency.

The FBI recently released a new report of the email investigation against Clinton.

However, for some reason the FBI recommended no charges, CNN reports.

Julian Assange, the creator

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of Wikileaks, released a massive searchable database of emails not only from Hillary Clinton herself, but from the DNC shortly before the Philadelphia convention. Those emails showed the true motives of the Democratic Party: furthering Clinton’s campaign and dealing with the Sanders’ brigade.

Unsurprisingly, Clinton has decided to play the naive card. She had no idea about the emails being classified or not, according to the New York Times. The fact that she is lying about these things should come to no one’s surprise as her donations were toeing the same line of legality.

A report done by the McClatchy Washington Bureau reveals the questionable figures behind the campaign donations that Clinton was receiving. The extensive report found that wealthy corporate CEO’s like Frank Giustra were donating extremely large amounts of money to the Clinton campaign.

Officials such as Democratic Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe were under investigation by the FBI due

to a large donation from a wealthy Chinese business man, according to CNN. The one thing these men have in common, along with about four other donators, is that they were all caught having offshore accounts in the revealing of the Panama Papers.

Where once these donations were of no concern, they are now an indication of how low the Clinton campaign is willing to go to scrounge up some cash.

If that’s not enough, Glencore, a mining company based out of Baar, Switzerland, was caught in these Panama Papers as well. The significance being that Marc Rich, the late founder of Glencore, was unwisely pardoned by Bill Clinton during the last few weeks of his presidency.

One email mentions, “If what happens in Vegas happens in Philadelphia, the chances of a unified Democratic Party in the general election are virtually nonexistent and the odds of a President Trump suddenly winning don’t look so long.”

The email, sent by Western

Regional Communications Director of DNC Walter Garcia to nine other colleagues, showed the clear preference that the party had for Clinton.

Former DNC head Debbie Wasserman-Schultz was found to be in favor of the Clinton campaign and resigned the eve of the convention, according to the Washington Post. Even after all the controversy surrounding the emails and the DNC, Wasserman-Schultz still won the Florida primary for her congressional seat. Unfortunately proving that Floridians have turned a blind eye to the blatant corruption in front of them.

At this point in the race, it’s probably too late to do anything about Clinton and the DNC. However, the disaster that Trump would be in office is comparatively much worse than Hillary.

This should be a lesson for next time: the two-party system that America is binded to requires that every citizen be aware of and active in politics in order to keep those in positions of power from becoming corrupt.

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OPINION Campus carry is not a solution

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Concealed weapons on school grounds are never a safe bet ILANA LAGRAFF Daily Titan

As a result of Texas’s new Senate Bill 11, a new phrase has unfortunately found its way into everyone’s vocabulary: campus carry.

Gun license holders are the only ones that are allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus; “That is, people who received the state-mandated training and met the other statutory requirements for a license to carry a concealed handgun,” according to the University of Texas.

Having a concealed carry license is a little more difficult to acquire than a gun itself. The strict requirements still do not make it okay to have those guns on campus.

The new Texas law allows for students 21 and over, as well as staff and faculty who have a “license to carry,” to bring concealed weapons onto almost any area of campus, including classrooms and on-campus housing.

Texas is not the only state that allows this, only the most recent. The other states that followed are Colorado, Idaho, Kansas,

Mississippi, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.

Arkansas and Tennessee are the only smart ones that allow certain faculty members to carry weapons on campus, according to the National Conference of State Legislators.

It seems that Arkansas and Tennessee are the only smart ones. Proponents of these laws are trying really hard to make it seem like a good idea.

The website, Students for Concealed Carry is filled with short powerful phrases like, “Disarming good guys won’t stop bad guys,” “Feeling Safe ≠ Being Safe,” “No one plans emergencies. Plan your response instead,” “Gun free = Defense free,” “Self defense is a human right” and the best one by far: “Guns save lives.”

The idea is that if people have guns on campus, it would be easier to stop an active shooter situation or any other kind of life-threatening activity.

However, this argument does not take into account any of the testimonies that have been given by people who have actually lived through an active shooter situation and who would disagree with that idea.

Colin Goddard, a survivor of the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre and now Senior Policy Advocate at Everytown for Gun Safety,

said to Teen Vogue, that guns would not be of any help during a school shooting because it is difficult to think clearly in those sorts of situations; “Time shuts down,” Goddard said.

After the Virginia Tech massacre, states started to think about whether or not they should enact laws that allow campus carry.

Goddard was shocked that states would jump to this conclusion. “I was taken aback by the idea that the way to stop school shootings was to allow guns on campus. I thought, ‘Did they ever talk to survivors?’” according to Teen Vogue.

Adam Winkler, professor at the University of California, Los Angeles’s School of Law, spoke to Teen Vogue as well and said, “Guns can be an effective means of self-defense in some circumstances, but often pulling a gun in a heated situation doesn’t work so well because you’re nervous.”

Winkler recognizes that the feeling of security can be elevated by holding a gun, but the fact that they will be in a learning environment can be worrisome for some impressionable minds. It seems that it might be more important to let children and young adults know where guns are and are not allowed, than keeping them from

feeling a bit safer.

On top of that, there are those who would have a gun but do not necessarily know how to use it. This in-turn can possibly be more of a harm than a safety measure.

Some people, like Amanda Collins, say they do belong on campus. She recalls to Teen Vogue a night in 2007 at the University of Nevada, Reno’s campus, when she was grabbed from behind by a stranger while walking across campus and raped.

For those in support of carrying weapons in regards to self-defense, Collins argues that women should be given the choice to carry a gun on campus with them in order to better protect themselves. “There was a point during the attack when I knew I could have stopped it if I’d had my gun. People against campus carry have no idea how it feels to be completely helpless.”

Yes, this argument is something that warrants attention, however, it doesn’t translate to every survivor of this type of tragedy. Not everyone can be as confident with a gun and be willing to use it so quick. Along with that, the gun would have to be previously loaded to be useful in this situation.

On the other hand, rape survivor Jade Reindl from Florida State University points out that most rapes

occur by people you know and in a setting when your defenses are already down.

“A gun would not have helped me whatsoever. We like the illusion of control. In reality, we don’t know what will happen,” Reindl said to Teen Vogue. She also notes that in the aftermath of her rape, she suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and would have been unfit to carry in the time after.

Whether it be because of an attack or just because of the stressors of school and life, a college campus is a breeding ground for cases similar to Reindl who probably would be able to get a gun and a license but should not have one.

Advocates for gun control have brought up the fact that colleges are rampant with stress, depression and drug and alcohol abuse that can lead to accidental shootings, fatal fights or suicides.

Over 1,000 suicides occur on college campuses every year in the U.S., and one in every 10 students have made a plan for killing themselves.

While most suicide attempts are made with poison or overdosing, only two percent of those result in fatalities., according to an Emery University study. “Nearly twothirds of all firearm deaths in the U.S. are suicides,” according to the Christian Science Monitor.

One of the biggest worries over the campus carry

laws is the safety of the faculty. The faculty of the University of Houston in Texas have been given guidelines on how to conduct classes and their relationships with students.

The guidelines for faculty have been summarized to the professors to mak sure they steer clear of topics that could rile some students up. The professors should also attempt to keep control in the classroom.

Apparently the guidelines created by the school see the students as being incapable of controlling themselves.

At least two professors have resigned, stating the guidlines as the reason why. Daniel Hamermesh, who used to teach economics at the University of Texas in Austin reacted to the bill by saying that he feared a “disgruntled student with a gun would ‘lose it,’ pull out the gun and shoot the instructor.”

In an email, Hamermesh said, “With 500 students in my class, this did not seem impossible.”

These guns are supposedly for student’s protection, but if experts are saying it won’t be very protective in the moment then there’s no point. As well as interfering with the educational staff, then campus carry is obviously wrong and shouldn’t be allowed to be enacted.

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SPORTS Fullerton avoids historic losing skid PAGE 8 SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 TUESDAY

Women’s soccer falls to Utah but recovers against San Jose HARRISON FAIGEN Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer began its fourgame homestand with a 1-1 weekend, losing 1-0 to Utah State on Friday, but bounced back to defeat San Jose State 1-0 on Sunday.

All was going well for the Titans to begin Friday’s game against Utah State, but a second-half goal from Aggie Bailee Hammond handed them their first home defeat of the season.

CSUF outshot the Aggies 6-4 in the first half, and boasted a 4-1 lead in shots on goal. Yet the Titans were unable to come out with a win, which has become a theme for them since their first game of the season.

“There are some things that we did better (against

Utah State), but again there are some things we have to improve on,” said Head Coach Demian Brown following the loss. “We were in the attacking third enough, how we finish in the attacking third is what has to change.”

The lone goal of the game came in the 77th minute when Utah State’s Jessica Brooksby penetrated the middle of CSUF’s defense on a counterattack.

She eventually found Hammond on the left side of the penalty box to knock in her first goal of the season.

“We got to clean up how we defend. We allow too many opportunities and I think we’re a little loose in our defensive group,” Brown said.

Brown continued to experiment with his starting lineup in CSUF’s Sunday matchup with San Jose State as Savannah Sloniger, Johana Rosas and Alea Acosta replaced Ivy Diego, Dani Baldwin and Devin Spolsdoff.

Just two minutes in, a

curving top-corner blast from well outside the 18yard box from CSUF’s junior midfielder Tala Haddad put her team on top and ended the Titan’s threegame scoring drought.

“I’ve definitely not scored from way back there before,” Haddad said. “So being in that situation, it was really nice to get an opportunity like that to take a shot from far out and have it go in.”

The goal at the very least helped the Titan’s avoid their fourth straight shutout, which would have been a new low for the program.

Despite the Titans being able to generate the only offense that mattered, they were still outshot by San Jose State 10-6.

CSUF’s narrow lead meant that San Jose State was in the game for the entire afternoon, with goalkeeper Jennifer Stuart having to make a pair of key saves to preserve her first shutout of the season.

Sunday’s win provided a

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Titan sophomore defender Amanda Larsson searches for the open teammate as she dribbles down the field. This season, Larsson has started in three out of five games for Cal State Fullerton.

sigh of relief for the Titans, but Brown remains adamant that his team still has room for improvement.

“I thought we did a better job of being loud and being organized,” Brown said.

“Towards the end I thought

we created a couple of opportunities for them that we’re going to want to really work on.”

CSUF will seek to keep their momentum going in the Fullerton tournament next weekend with a game

against the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Followed by a game against Oregon University on Sunday at 5 p.m. All tournament matches will take place at Titan Stadium.

Volleyball salvages victory in Grand Canyon Classic CSUF ends weekend tourney on a high note despite slow start HARRISON FAIGEN HAYLEY M. SLYE Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball again relied on transfer students Shimen Fayad and Madeline Schneider to make its mark at the Grand Canyon Classic Friday and Saturday.

Fayad notched an impressive 23 kills in Saturday’s

win over Grand Canyon, but her efforts in the other two games of the classic were not enough to send the Titans to victory. Fayad leads the team in kills per set with 3.96, just above Schneider’s 3.33. Fayad ranks in the top-five in Big West Conference kills per set, kills and service aces per set.

The 3-1 loss to Eastern Kentucky on Saturday marked the team’s fourth consecutive defeat, following a 3-0 sweep by Eastern Washington the night before. Fullerton

then bounced back, taking the last match of the tournament against Grand Canyon.

Despite Fayad’s offensive and defensive efforts in Friday’s game, Fullerton was out-aced and out-hit 3-6 and .129-.273, respectively. The third set was a close call, however, as the two teams were neck and neck throughout the entire set before a kill by Eastern Washington’s Ka’iulani Ahuna gave her team the 26-24 set win.

On Saturday, the Titans put together a more solid

performance.

Although, they were bested by Eastern Kentucky in the first match of the day, they were only outscored by 15 in four sets compared to 18 in three sets on Friday. Fayad once again led the team in kills with 15, and while she got help from sophomore Summer Kerins (who racked up 12 kills of her own), it wasn’t enough to knock off EKU. CSUF’s afternoon match saw even better results. The Titans defeated Grand Canyon 3-1, with Fayad’s aforementioned 23 kills leading the way. Grand Canyon’s

Natalie Tardy did what she could for her team with 18 kills, but received little support while Fayad had plenty.

Additional aid for the Titans came from the 5 foot 11 inch sophomore Schneider, whose 15 kills were her second most in any game this season. Freshman Meagan Karlson recorded a personal season-high 12 kills of her own as CSUF was able to end its weekend slate with a victory.

“I am so proud of our team’s collective effort for the win tonight,” said Head

Coach Ashley Preston in a press release following the win. “GCU has a great atmosphere to play in and for our team to come in and show both mental and physical toughness, proves that we are heading in the right direction.”

The Titans will look to continue their upswing when they take on Air Force, Weber State, Citadel and Colgate in this weekend’s Quality Inn-Placentia Fullerton Classic at Titan Gym. The first game of the tournament begins on Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Cal State Fullerton’s senior defender Alex Heilmann rose above the competition as he recorded his first career hat-trick over the weekend.

Classic: Heilmann shines for CSUF In the 58th minute, however, the Titans failed to clear the ball following a UNLV throw in, allowing forward Wayde Scibilia to bury a shot from eight feet out. The game remained tied 1-1 until Heilmann netted a header in the 75th minute, regaining the lead for Fullerton.

Heilmann wasn’t finished for the night, as he completed the hat trick with a goal in the 85th minute to seal the win for Fullerton. This marked Heilmann’s first career hat trick.

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the NCAA Tournament just a season ago where the Broncos handily defeated the Titans 3-0.

Fullerton was off to a rocky start in Sunday night’s game. Santa Clara drew first blood when forward Satoshi Chaffin netted a goal eight minutes in.

Moments later, Titan defender Ricardo Covarrubias received two yellow cards in a span of three minutes, forcing CSUF to play with 10 men for the remainder of the match.

A strong opportunity arose late in the first half when the Titans set themselves up for a penalty kick. Midfielder Nicolo D’Amato took full advantage, leveling the score at

1-1. Fullerton did its best to sub in fresh legs in the second half and force pressure on the Broncos back line, but the one-player disadvantage was too much for the Titans to overcome.

In the 85th minute, Santa Clara’s forward Carlos Delgadillo found an opportune moment to score his first goal of the young season, giving the Broncos a 2-1 win.

CSUF (1-3-0) will head down south to compete in the Courtyard Marriott San Diego Central Tournament this weekend. The Titans will face the University of Memphis (3-1-0) Friday at 4 p.m. and then the University of Texas Rio-Grande Valley (2-0-1) Sunday at 4 p.m.

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