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Commonwealth parking no longer free to students ELIZABETH HUMMER Daily Titan Congested parking has long been a discussion amongst students and teachers and now the City of Fullerton has made “Resident Only Parking Permits” on vital, nearby streets. Commonwealth once served as a go-to parking area for students when they could not find parking on campus or when they did not want to pay a $236 parking permit fee in previous semesters. The parking area ran from the North Commonwealth Avenue and East Chapman Avenue junction all the way to South State College Boulevard. The City of Fullerton is now requesting that anyone who parks on these streets have a “Resident Only Parking Permit.” SEE PERMITS 2

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A Daily Titan cart parked in the College Park parking lot was found with a broken windshield on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The suspect, Ronald Rodriguez, contacted University Police himself using an emergency “Blue Phone” to report the crime.

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A local homeless man vandalized a parked Daily Titan newscart by punching the front windshield Tuesday around 4:40 p.m. The suspect, Ronald Rodriguez, used an emergency “Blue Phone” to

call the incident into University Police himself, according to University Police captain Scot Willey. “He shouted, ‘I will see you in the jail yard’ at the CSU Fullerton Police dispatcher who answered the emergency line,”

Willey said. Witnesses told responding officers that the suspect was “yelling randomly” prior to punching the cart, Willey said. Rodriguez, 54, was charged with vandalism and violating a stay-away

order, For Tuesday’s crime. Rodriguez was contacted by University Police 32 times over the past two years, according to Willey. SEE TRANSIENT

Professors study Ethiopian monkeys Research project led by CSUF faculty enters tenth year PRISCILLA BUI Daily Titan Most people like to spend their summers at the beach or at home, but two Cal State Fullerton professors would rather spend that time surrounded by an exclusive breed of gelada monkeys found in Guassa, Ethiopia. “Geladas only occur in the Ethiopian highlands, which is sort of unusual for monkeys,” said Nga Nguyen, Ph.D., co-director of the research project. “Most people think monkeys – at least, terrestrial ground-living monkeys in Africa occur in sort of savanna, hot, sweltering habitats, but geladas live high in the mountains.” Co-directed by Nguyen and Peter Fashing, Ph.D., the Guassa Gelada Research Project (GGRP) is a long-term research endeavor devoted to studying the wild population of gelada monkeys. The geladas’ unusual set of behavioral traits are what drew both professors’ interests to the species in the first place.

It’s an interest that has remained strong for 10 years and counting. John Tillquist, Ph.D., the director of research development at CSUF, said that the importance of faculty research projects like this is absolutely huge. “Our department is very encouraging as a foundation for the faculty to build themselves professionally and to increase the reputation of the university as a scholarly institution,” Tillquist said. The GGRP team aims to understand the timing of reproduction for gelada females, food production for the monkeys as a whole and the overall effect of new gelada males entering into one-male units of female monkeys. All of these factors are utilized to understand female reproductive patterns in the monkeys. “We’re trying to tie the timing of births with food production,” Nguyen said. “One of the best indicators of food availability is rainfall, so we’ve been measuring rainfall. We’re trying to look at the timing, the patterning of rainfall – tie that to the patterning of food production and tie that to the patterning of births.” Every summer, Nguyen

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and Fashing travel to their campsite in Guassa where they observe the monkeys. Because they are both fulltime professors at CSUF, they are not able to be at the campsite with the monkey’s year-round, Nguyen said. Fortunately for them, they have two student volunteers who are willing to stay at the campsite each year to keep track of the monkeys and the data collected on them. “Every year, we have two students who are in the field who go out everyday with the animals and record what they’re doing, what they’re eating, what their social life is like, and what their mating patterns are like. They do this recognizing the animals as individuals,” Nguyen said. Recognizing the gelada monkeys as individuals is a key method in keeping track of, on average, 200 of them. Fashing said that after gaining the geladas’ trust, the scientists were able to name all of them. “If you follow them long enough, you’ll start to recognize them as individuals,” Fashing said. “It’s harder than recognizing humans, obviously, because we humans are used to recognizing one another....Still, they have a lot of

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Nga Nguyen, Ph.D., is co-director of a project that researches the behavior and reproductive cycles of gelada monkeys in Guassa, Ethiopia.

very distinguishing characteristics if you look carefully enough.” Nguyen said that this was a great way for the students to gain research experience before they headed off into grad schools and Ph.D. programs in animal behavior. While the students are following the monkeys during the day, they have paid Ethiopian

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staff who watch over the campsite, The campsite itself is usually remote. However, Fashing said that the campsite at Guassa has gained more access to the rest of the world over the 11 years he has been working there. “Originally, it was isolated. There was no phone coverage and no internet,” Fashing said. “Now we

have a little bit of internet coverage, but we live a sort of very basic life in tents.” Both professors have seen many interesting occurrences within the gelada colony. One instance involved two female monkeys from different groups accidentally switching infants, Fashing said. SEE GGRP 5

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It is a $10 down payment and an additional $2 for each parking permit. The limit is five permits per household. “Blocked driveways were the biggest thing. People couldn’t get in and out of their driveways,” said Dave Langstaff, City of Fullerton traffic engineering analyst. The residents have been fighting for a resolution since 1979, but now that the ordinance has hit a major street such as Commonwealth Avenue, CSUF students are having a hard time finding new places to park even if they have a school permit. Before 2010, the only way to alleviate the residents’ stress was to restrict parking to one to three hours. Even then, residents would get trash, loud noise and blocked driveways, according to Langstaff. In November 2011, the city amended Section 8.44.230 to Title 8, (Traffic) of the Fullerton Municipal Code

Pertaining to Residential Permit Parking. This amendment created “Parking by Permit Only.” Even with a permit, there are still some restrictions. On the back of each resident parking permit it explains the parameters of the permit locations such as where it needs to be placed and the times students are not allowed to park even with a permit. Also, on the City of Fullerton website, there is a list of holidays that the resident parking pass is exempt. These include: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and more. Diego Martinez, a senior CSUF student, parks at Chapman Park off of Commonwealth Avenue and San Carlos Drive to assure he doesn’t have to pay for a school parking permit. “I used to buy it but now you don’t even have a guaranteed parking spot. So there is really no point in getting one

and paying all of that money for it,” Martinez said. The students that used to park on Commonwealth Avenue are causing Martinez trouble because he finds more and more students are parking at his secret spot. Now, just as he did when he had a school parking permit, Martinez gets to the park at around 7:40 a.m. and has to wait an hour and a half until his class starts. Martinez, along with all the other Commonwealth goers, might not ever find an easy way to park. “It’s almost like the students have shot themselves in the foot. This program is going to expand; it’s going to go on a few more streets as the problem persists,” Langstaff said. There are many 24-hour, overnight places to park around CSUF that will not be affected by the residents permit. Some include, apartment housing on Yorba Linda Boulevard and all along East Placentia Avenue, Langstaff said.

Study Abroad Fair to offer help for students The central quad to host informative event on Thursday JILLIAN SALAS Daily Titan From Spain to South Korea, Cal State Fullerton students are presented the opportunity to travel the world while pursuing their academic careers with the school’s annual Study Abroad Fair. The one-day event, being held in the central quad on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., aims to promote and engage students with programs that provide impactful experiences. The Study Abroad Fair is part of the International Programs & Global Engagement department’s second Annual Global Engagement Week held from Sept. 6 to Sept. 9. The week is meant to “celebrate international education and expand international experiences for Cal State Fullerton students,

faculty and staff,” according to the department’s website. Director of the Office of Study Abroad Jack Hobson said the Study Abroad Fair is intended to be the “first stage of student advising” for those who wish to study in or out of the country. The fair will answer students’ questions about everything from the locations offered to financial aid and which options will follow and cater to the individual’s academic goals while studying abroad. Students will learn how to network with their peers and with other foreign exchange students studying at CSUF. Each of the colleges will be represented at the fair and students as well as faculty who’ve studied or led an abroad program will be present. “We want to create globally engaged citizens,” Hobson said. “It’s a social good.” Gustavo Olguin, a senior broadcast journalism major, studied abroad this past

summer in Valencia, Spain for four and a half weeks. It was Olguin’s goal since his first semester of college five years ago to study abroad, and he used the Study Abroad Fair to reach that goal. “This program fit with my schedule and had the classes I needed, so I ended up going with it,” Olguin said. “To be honest, it’s probably one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had in my life.” Olguin, currently in his last semester at Cal State Fullerton, said the skills you learn on campus can be used to immerse yourself into a different culture and see the ways they operate. Given all the resources provided on campus, students should give studying abroad a chance, Olguin said. “Learning about opportunities that are available to you as a student both inside and outside of the classroom requires just a little bit of initiative and not a lot of commitment,” Hobson said.

Yosemite National Park officials announced Wednesday that it will be adding on 400 acres of land, according to the Los Angeles Times. This is the biggest expansion to the nearly 750,000 acre national park in 70 years. The additional land, consisting of wetlands and meadows, will be home to endangered wildlife such as the great gray owl. Much of the new land was purchased and then donated to the historic national park from Trust for Public Land, a non-profit organization. Yosemite is expecting 4.5 million visitors this year, a new record for the Northern California park. - ZACK JOHNSTON

CSULA drawing controversy California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) has come under national scrutiny recently in regards to its new housing community. In response to claims of racial discrimination, CSULA’s Black Student Union issued a list of demands in November 2015. This list resulted in the creation of the Halisi Scholars program, in which 20 spaces in the university’s 192-unit dorm complex have been set aside to house members. Though CSULA spokespeople have made claims that the program is available to all students, it’s still been labeled “s e l f - s e g r e g a t i o n ” on social media, according to CBS Los Angeles. - JASON ROCHLIN

Oakland P.D. fires officers Four Oakland police officers will be fired and another seven will be suspended without pay for sexual misconduct, according to the Los Angeles Times. The scandal was confirmed by Mayor Libby Schaaf on Wednesday. Investigations began after a self-described ungeraged sex worker claimed to have had sex with more than a dozen Oakland officers. After the scandal widened into four other East Bay law enforcement agencies, two Oakland officers resigned and three were placed on administrative leave. Schaaf hopes to send a message of support to sexual abuse survivors and to crack down on perpetrators. - ZACK JOHNSTON

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The Student Success Center is promoting thier opening event by placing signs in front of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences building. This event will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. The new center will cater to all types of students in hopes of getting them on track to graduate in a reasonable amount of time. The guidance will help students pick classes as well as discover workshops on campus.

Center to focus on student outreach SAM ALSTON Daily Titan The College of Humanities and Social Sciences will be holding the grand opening of its new Student Success Center on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the front steps of the Humanities and Social Sciences building. The center will house a number of specialists and Student Success Teams that

all work to make campus resources more accessible to over 33,000 undergraduate students at CSUF. “When you have 40,000 students, that’s a big challenge,” said Lynn Sargeant, Associate Dean for Student Relations, College of Humanities and Social Sciences. These new success teams, which are comprised of specialized advisors, will be available to assist students in everything from picking the right classes and discovering workshops on campus to providing a place to learn more in depth information

on the latest study abroad programs. Unlike the Titan Degree Audit, which operates as a campuswide tool for students to keep tabs on their

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groups to meet. It serves as the main hub of information and support for any students interested in receiving personalized advising for their academic or life goals.

The idea is that the success center becomes a place for faculty advisors and students to get expert assistance.

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LYNN SARGEANT Assosiate Dean for Student Relations, College of Humanities own progress towards graduation, the new success center is designed with student accessibility in mind. The center offers group seating for individuals or small

“There are a lot of students that unfortunately just advise themselves,” Sargeant said. “For many students that’s fine, but for a lot of students that means they

spend more time waiting or in the wrong classes.” This particular center is the latest effort in the university’s goal of providing more support for students while increasing the graduation rates of freshman and transfer students. As it currently stands, only 22 percent of freshmen graduate in four years, while 32 percent of transfer students graduate in two years. The graduation initiative has set a goal of increasing the four-year graduation rate of first-time freshman to 44 percent and increasing the six-year graduation rate to 75 percent, Sargeant said.

“The idea is that the success center becomes a place for faculty advisors and students to get expert assistance,” Sargeant said. The center caters to all types of students including transfers. “The targets are a little different because transfer students already graduate at a higher rate, in part because a lot of the attrition happens at the community college,” Sargeant said. The new center, which is open to all students, can be found next to the west entrance of the Humanities building in the former Student Access Center.

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He was contacted and arrested on multiple suspicious person calls by community members with various counts of obstructing a police officer, warrants, vandalism and possession of drugs. Previous vandalism charges against Rodriguez by campus police include vandalizing a city water pipe, a mirror in the Dorm Parking Structure and a trash can in the Eastside Parking Structure, Willey said. Rodriguez was also arrested by Orange County Police three times in 2015 for counts of possession of controlled substance paraphernalia, vandalism with damage of $400 or more, petty theft, campus disruption and unauthorized use of personal identifying information, according to OC Courts. He pled guilty to all accounts and was sentenced

to 90 days in jail, three years probation and was required to pay restitution. A seven day stay-away order was issued by University Police for Tuesday’s crime, but police are working with the District Attorney’s Office to enforce a year-long ban. Campus police only acquire stay-away orders from the courts in rare cases, Willey said. “You have to show a real, lawful reason why you’re telling a citizen that they can’t walk onto a (public) property,” Willey said. “But the courts think that after a couple months they should be able to come back.” The University Police Department offers cards to the transient community that advertise the website 211oc. org, which can be accessed at any public library. The website offers resources for legal

assistance, bills, food and substance abuse. “I’m an optimist, so I hope they take advantage (of the website),” Willey said. “Our dream would be to reconnect them with loved ones that have been looking for them.” Orange County is also facing the problem of nationwide homelessness. In the 2011 Orange County Homeless Census and survey, 4,272 unsheltered individuals were counted. Twenty percent had a mental illness, and 33 percent were currently using alcohol and/or other drugs. The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of a property on Kraemer Place in Anaheim, according to the OC Housing and Community Development website. Mercy House Living Centers is in the front running for bidding to use the site as the

Year-Round Emergency Shelter/Multi-Service Center that would provide shelter and services to homeless people, according to the Board of Supervisors agenda report. The project is projected to cost over $9 million. The Orange County TenYear Plan, which began in 2008, calls for the preservation of human dignity and a safe, decent, sanitary housing option for everyone. However, the development of a yearround center in Anaheim advises for the elimination of the Cold Weather Shelter system in Fullerton. In his interview with Voice of OC, Orange County supervisor Todd Spitzer said that the elimination of the Fullerton Armory would increase problems because the homeless numbers are so high. “I feel like we’ve turned a huge corner in this county,

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Ronald Rodriguez, depicted above, has been contacted by the University Police 32 times in the past two years.

(but) our work is not done,” Spitzer said “My gut tells me, that with 4,500 (people), per

the homeless count, living on the streets every night, 200 beds isn’t going to cut it.”

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Julie Miller-Phipps graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 1983 and has spent her entire career working for Kaiser Permanente. While she has held 12 different positions in the company, her most recent appointment has been as president of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan in Southern California.

Alumna moves to top of Kaiser

Sociology graduate dedicates career to the health industry ROBERTO MUNIZ Daily Titan

Julie Miller-Phipps is a Cal State Fullerton alumna who has demonstrated how far a degree from the university can take someone. She assumed the role as president of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan in Southern California on Aug. 15. She has been working at Kaiser for over 30 years. In her new position, she will direct the region’s 14 hospitals and 241 medical offices. These facilities are staffed with almost 68,000 employees, partnering with 6,600 physicians to meet the health care needs of more than 4.2 million members, according to Kaiser Permanente’s website. Miller-Phipps decided she wanted to be in the

healthcare industry while she was in high school. She volunteered at a local hospital near her house, and right away she knew that working in health care was her calling. Once she received her bachelor’s degree from CSUF, Miller-Phipps was able to obtain a management position at Kaiser shortly after returning from maternity leave. Mark Costa, senior vice president and area manager for Kaiser Permanente Orange County, said he knows where Miller-Phipps’ desire to give back comes from. “I know she feels strongly that Cal State University, Fullerton helped her as she was developing her career – it helped her develop as an individual,” Costa said. “Her desire to give back is really part of who she is.” Miller-Phipps began working at the hospital near her house in Anaheim two years before it was bought by Kaiser. She has been with Kaiser her entire adult

life and has held 12 different job positions with the company. To this day, Miller-Phipps said she relies on everything she learned at Cal State Fullerton about group process, communication skills and team management. “Those are all things that I learned in my sociology degree at Cal State Fullerton that have added so much value into my journey as a leader,” Miller-Phipps said. Born and raised in Southern California, she is the first person in her family to graduate from a four-year university. The fact that CSUF was such a commuter university allowed Miller-Phipps to work full-time while attending classes at night. She said she appreciated having the opportunity to learn at a university while still being able to hold down a job to pay for school, housing and other bills. “The professors were terrific and the students were

fun to learn from,” Miller-Phipps said. Miller-Phipps is class of ‘83 and she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology with an emphasis in group process. The degree and experience she received from CSUF prepared her to go onto a master’s program at the University of LaVerne. CSUF first reached out to Miller-Phipps in 2007 during its 50th anniversary to include her in what the university called “The Women of Distinction.” The school selected a group of 50 alumna who were successful in their careers to be a part of the honored group. From that time on, Miller-Phipps became more involved with the university. She then became part of the Philanthropic Foundation Board of Governors because it was the area that caught her attention. “I was really impressed by the strategic plan at the university and how it

aligned with my own organization’s values and mission to improve the educational attainment for students and to help the whole community by providing a workforce that was ready and able to take Orange County and California to the next level,” Miller-Phipps said. Miller-Phipps later went on to become chair for the board of governors and said her experience was an amazing one. “I got to know many community business leaders, educational leaders, the deans of schools and what all of their needs were. I also learned about how academic politics works,” Miller-Phipps said. “It was a fascinating process.” Greg Saks, vice president for University Advancement, had the opportunity to work with Miller-Phipps during the time that she served as part of the Philanthropic Foundation Board of Governors. He spoke highly of her work on the

board and her commitment to making a change. “She was (an) organized and passionate advocate for our students,” Saks said. “Really understanding our role within the community and really deeply understanding how public education is the catalyst for economic and social change.” The reason Miller-Phipps left the board of governors in 2014 was because she had been promoted to president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, the position she held prior to her most recent appointment. Miller-Phipps said she is looking to put into practice everything that she has learned throughout her career. “I think what I look forward to the most is being able to take everything that I have learned in the last 30plus years and being able to lead our largest region and help take our organization to the next level into the future,” Miller-Phipps said.

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Grads design software program

CSUF alumni start company to help student governments EMILY DIECKMAN Daily Titan

Rohulla Latif, Nick Ajluni and Nick Guillen are three Cal State Fullerton alumni who, along with another friend, Danny O’Donovan, have created a product that they believe will maximize efficiency for student governments as well as private organizations. Latif was ASI president at CSUF during his senior year from 2013 to 2014. He said that while he was in the position, he noticed a need for a better system of managing meetings, organizing documents and delegating tasks. “Most of the time when people are in a meeting, they’ll write something on a piece of paper and then the paper disappears,” Guillen said. “Or somebody says they’ll do something in terms of a task, but by the time the next meeting comes around, they completely forgot.” Halfway across the world, O’Donovan had been elected student union president at the Cork Institute of Technology in Ireland in 2012, and was dealing with the same kinds of problems. Ajluni met O’Donovan when O’Donovan was studying abroad. Eventually Ajluni and Guillen introduced him to Latif. The two immediately found common ground. ”It just hit me when I was student body president, especially when Danny had the same issues in Ireland,” Latif said. “We realized we’re in two different parts of

the world, but we’re still facing similar issues.” They agreed to work together on developing a product that would centralize the multitude of functions necessary to keep an organization running. Thus, Taskcot, a software company designed to optimize student governments, was born. “You’re able to manage tasks, assign tasks, manage folders and documents, collaborate, and create transparency and accountability,” Latif said. Latif recalled trying to explain Taskcot to a curious stranger on an airplane. To start, Latif asked the man what software programs he was using at that very moment. The man was simultaneously using Outlook, Microsoft OneNote and Dropbox. “All those three things, he was using to do what we do. And kind of a little light went off in his head and he said, ‘you pretty much do everything we do on three platforms,’” Latif said. Latif said that his time in student government has made him aware of exactly what student leaders are dealing with. “We just want to work together to make their lives easier because they have school, they have work, they have so many other things,” Latif said. “Organizational structures and meetings should be the last thing on their minds, because we want to take care of that for them.” During their time at CSUF, Ajluni and Guillen were both class of 2015 business majors, Ajluni with an emphasis in operations management, and Guillen with an emphasis in entrepreneurship. Latif

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Nick Guillen, Nick Ajluni and Rohulla Latif are co-founders of the software company Taskcot, which aims to centralize tasks for student governments and other organizations onto one platform.

majored in mechanical engineering but was also involved in CSUF’s annual entrepreneurship contest in 2014 (Guillen and Ajluni were entrants in 2012 and 2013, respectively). O’Donovan majored in business administration at CIT. The business expertise and entrepreneurship skills that the team gained at CSUF have helped them develop and run a successful business. Latif serves as CEO, Guillen as the Chief Marketing Officer and Ajluni as the Chief Operating Officer. O’Donovan, who is managing the

Ireland branch of the business, serves as Chief Technology Officer. However, they say that their roles aren’t pigeonholed. “We all give our own opinion on everything just because everyone has a lot to offer,” Ajluni said. “We always seem to come up with a good final product when we all talk about it.” The way that each team member can bring their own ideas to a central development process runs parallel to how Taskcot itself works. “It’s a collaborative tool made by a collaborative

team,” Latif said. It’s clear that Taskcot is something that the team really believes in. In fact, they use it to keep track of documents and delegate tasks themselves. “We run our business on the software,” Ajluni said. “It’s the engine to a car.” Running Taskcot has become a full-time job for all three of the CSUF alumni. “We literally quit our jobs to do this,” Ajluni said. It’s a decision they said they feel confident about because of how well

Taskcot and the team behind it work. “If you believe in the product and you believe in the team – and that’s what happened in our case – then you can feel confident about it,” Latif said. All three of the CSUF graduates agree that part of their mission is to provide a service to their alma mater. “It’s just our way of giving back to the university that helped us graduate and taught us so many skills,” Latif said. “At the end of the day, it’s that change that we can create, and that’s what we’re hungry for as well.”

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Even though infanticides are common in the animal kingdom, the researchers said it

was still shocking to see them. Infanticides in gelada monkeys usually happen when a new male takes the place of the old male in a harem

of female monkeys. That new male would then kill the infants in the group in order to get the females monkeys to stop investing

in that offspring. This would cause the females to increase the rate of the new male’s reproduction. “It’s gruesome. You

have an attachment to the animal that’s just been killed and is being eaten, but you understand it’s just part of life,” Nguyen said. “It’s

life, natural life, unfolding before you and you’re sort of just there to document and report and show how another animal does business.”

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OPINION Parents are the ideal roommates now PAGE 6 SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 THURSDAY

The social stigma surrounding living with parents is gone WILLIAM OLIVIERI Daily Titan

Many young adults have started living at home rather than on their own, the go-to reason being that it’s much easier on the bank account. However, the more interesting reason for the growing trend seems to be that there is no longer a social stigma surrounding it. Everyone knows how much cheaper it is to live with parents, and the statistics suggest that the arrangement is becoming even more popular due to the social acceptance it is garnering in this generation. While the argument of saving money is one that can be correlated to the new trend, unemployment rates for young adults ages 18 to 24 have actually dropped, according to the Pew Research Center. Therefore, if unemployment rates are dropping and young adults are making more money, then why are the majority of young adults still living at home? The main answer is again leaning towards the positive way the public receives living with parents. Since the 2008 recession, there have been fewer research findings on the negative effects of living at home. Beliefs such as not being able to experience true adulthood or giving away your personal freedom in order to live rent free aren’t heard as often as they used to be. It’s a direct result of the recession,

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What was once the only option for young adults who could not afford to live alone, living at home has now become a popular choice for many who simply want to save money because the trend is no longer seen as taboo.

and is why we now live in a society where it’s completely acceptable to live with family. 32.1 percent of adults between the ages of 18 to 34 still live at home with at least one parent, the largest concentration of that portion being in their 20s. Only 14 percent of people in the age range of 18 to 34 are living alone, with roommates, or are single parents, according to the Pew Research Center. Another 31.6 percent of young

adults who live alone are married or in a domestic partnership. The Pew Research study is shedding light on the fact that for the first time in history the new most popular living arrangement for young adults is in fact living at home with their family. This definitely doesn’t mean that going out and finding a home has simply gone out of style. It means that in a post-recession age when everyone remembers

what it was like to have nothing in their savings accounts, more people are wanting to save money rather than experience the independence of living on their own. 49.2 percent of the civilian labor force is between the ages of 16 to 24, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This means that nearly half of the American workforce is young adults, and most of them are living with their parents or partners instead

of roommates. The economy is beginning to look up, and young adults are doing their part to make sure that they don’t make the same mistakes as previous generations. Living at home is no longer a necessity, but it is still happening in huge numbers because everyone has gotten used to the idea and treats it as if it is normal and not a sign of stunted growth. While staying at home in your 20s has been looked

down upon in the past, indicating someone who can’t make it in the “real world,” it certainly is not the same now. This way of living has made it’s way to normalcy. It is always easier to go along with something when no one looks down on you for it. In what started out as a forced situation, more and more young adults are choosing to live at home to save money, even when they don’t have to because the social stigma surrounding it is fading away.

Cursive should continue being taught in school Handwriting offers benefits greater than those found in typing JACQUELINE LINDENBERG Daily Titan On Aug 19 2016, Arizona’s Board of Education instituted changes to their curriculum that rightly included cursive as an instrumental part of a child’s learning. Pulling out workbooks for an important and imperative handwriting lesson is sadly becoming a figment of the past. But thankfully, with the efforts of states such as Arizona are giving, cursive may not fade away as soon as one might think. Technology has taken over the common classroom, pushing beautiful cursive writing to the side and replacing it with a cold, flat keyboard. Handwriting in cursive is extremely useful to students because it helps the mind to expand and grow, therefore should not be disregarded so simply. When 41 states took up the

Common Core State Standard of English in 2011, cursive was no longer listed as a mandatory part of education, according to the Association of American Educators. This is undoubtedly a mistake, as the form of cursive instruction gives “children the mental skills to understand broader concepts and become stronger readers,” according to the Arkansas State Teachers Association. Complex letter strokes help guide students’ eyes left to right, correlate reading with writing and enable children to grasp the entirety of the English language, according to Cindee Will who spoke to the Huffington Post. Despite this convincing evidence, some people wonder if it is still worth it to put so much emphasis on teaching something that will only be used in schools and will supposedly not be a useful skill in the work force. Proponents for the eradication of cursive argue that both the classroom and the working world are ruled by the power of technology with fancy computers,

smart phones and electronic whiteboards. “Typing is inarguably more useful than handwriting,” according to GulfNews, the most widely read news publication based out of the Middle East. However, those who know better would say it does not matter if cursive is actually being used to communicate anymore. The important point is that it is a useful and necessary part of a child’s learning process. While the debate continues for whether or not teachers should spend time on teaching a lesson on cursive rather than math, the states of California, Louisiana and Alabama have all thankfully taken a stand against the halt of cursive writing and have made it a mandatory part of children’s schooling, according to a report by the National Public Radio Media Organization. Besides cursive providing general educational benefits, this particular type of penmanship was also found to help children with dyslexia, according to the British

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Dyslexia Association. Dyslexia is thought to be caused by a functional disconnection between the auditory and language centers of the brain. Therefore, kinetic learning and writing are the best way for diagnosed children to retain and understand information given to them. Cursive serves as that hands-on learning method as it connects the brain to the hand then to the information being written, thereby allowing knowledge to be gained through senses and experience. It comes as no surprise that writing in cursive is so much more beneficial than simply typing. Handwriting is a way to exercise the mind while typing is only punching letters on a keyboard. The amount of words one can type in a minute is only important to Mavis Beacon. “The research shows students retain more information if they write by hand than if they type,” said April Brannon CSUF English professor.

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Although Common Core no longer requires cursive, it is still important to child development and cognitive skills.

To celebrate this amazing cross between education and art, National Handwriting Day was created by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association to occur on Jan. 23. This holiday trudges on and proves that cursive is still relevant, valuable and important in present society. Cursive should remain as an educational purpose. Not only is it a good skill

to have, but handwriting a note or letter will never go out of style. Take a step away from technology now and pick up a pen or perhaps even a quill, and go get a little old fashioned. Even if it’s just for a little while, because this form of expression should never die and those who benefit from it will not find anything else as palpable to learn from.

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Titans look to get even in San Diego Men’s soccer will take on Memphis and UTGRV this weekend HARRISON FAIGEN Daily Titan After a 1-1 weekend, the Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer team will look to improve its 1-3 record in this weekend. Fullerton’s 1-3 record leaves them at third place in the Big West’s Southern Divison, but their six goals and 14 points both rank second in the Big West overall behind UC Santa Barbara. A strong weekend could propel Fullerton several spots upward in the early season standings, while a poor showing would drop them further out of the race before conference play. Memphis has won three of its first four games this

season, with a loss to Georgia State marring their otherwise perfect record. The Tigers have outscored its opponents by an average of two goals to one, despite being outshot by an average of 14.3 to 12.3. Goalkeeper Jake Leeker has plugged nearly all of the leaks in Memphis’ defense, saving 25 shots and 86.2 percent of the attempts sent his way while tallying three shutout wins. Midfielder Jackson Morse has led the way for the Tigers’ offense, netting three of the Tigers’ eight goals of the season. It’s been an otherwise balanced scoring effort for Memphis, whose other five goals have been scored by five different players. The Titans’ weekend test won’t get any easier on Sunday, when they face the undefeated UTGRV. The Vaqueros have won two

of their games and tied a third, outscoring their opponents three to one so far this season. Angel Lopez, Jaako Hietikko and Damian Roszczky have each found the back of the net once for the Vaqueros, while goalkeepers Leo Castillo and Esa Aalto have saved 94.1 percent of the shots. Big West leading scorer Alex Heilmann (four goals and eight points, including a hat trick against UNLV) will attempt to continue his production for the Titans in the tournament, while goalkeepers Paul-Andre Guerin and David Elias will look to save more than the 56.3 percent of shots they have so far this season. The Titans will take on the the University of Memphis Tigers on Friday at 4 p.m. in their first game of the Courtyard Marriott San Diego Central

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Senior goalkeeper David Elias allowed three goals in a 3-2 loss to Vermont on Aug. 26. He has tallied over 108 total minutes in front of the net this season.

Tournament, followed by Sunday’s showdown with the University of Texas Rio-Grande Valley on

Sunday at 4 p.m. After their weekend in San Diego, the Titans will hit the road for two

more games, followed by a return to Fullerton for a three game homestand at Titan Stadium.

CSUF prepares for four games in three days

Women’s volleyball to host the Quality Inn Classic BRYANT FREESE Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team will look to bounce back this weekend after dropping two out of three games at the Grand Canyon Classic. A victory over Grand Canyon University in their final game of the weekend ended a four-game losing streak for the Titans. CSUF will now look to carry its

momentum into this weekend’s matches. Transfer standouts, Madeline Schneider and Shimen Fayad, look to continue their hot start in their first year with the Titans. Fayad leads the team with 95 kills, while averaging 3.96 kills per set. Schneider is right up there with Fayad with 80 total kills and 3.33 kills per set. Cal State Fullerton will start off the tournament Thursday night against the Air Force Academy. The Air Force Academy will be coming into the game riding a three-game winning streak. The Falcons’ only loss

of the season came at the hands of GCU, who the Titans beat in their previous match. The Titans defeated Grand Canyon in four sets, winning 3-1, while the Air Force Academy fell in five sets. Cal State Fullerton will look to stop the Falcons’ top two players, sophomores Elizabeth Pennington and Abigail Miksch who lead the Falcons with 116 kills and 100 kills, respectively. The next top player on the Air Force Academy, Piper Heineck, has 40 kills. CSUF will switch their attention to Weber State for a Friday afternoon game.

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The Wildcats are coming into the game after a strong 3-0 start to the season, in which junior standout Amanda Varley is averaging 3.82 kills per set. However, Weber State may have to kick off some rust considering they have not played a match since Aug. 27. The Titans will need to recover quickly after playing Weber State, as they will face off against (4-3) Citadel on Friday night in the second game of their doubleheader. Junior outside hitter Moriah Smith leads the Bulldogs with 4.81 kills per set and 149 total kills.

Smith will have help from teammate Carla Bruce, who is second on the team with 2.90 kills per set and 90 total kills. The Titans will finish off the weekend tournament against Colgate Saturday night. Colgate has struggled to start the season, coming out of the gates with a record of 2-3. Colgate’s scoring leader is Southern California native Kathleen Harris, who leads the team with 63 kills and 3.5 kills per set. Harris has also racked up six service aces in her five games. Sophomore Katie Stansbury has chipped in an additional 2.72 kills per set

and 49 kills total on the season. Harris is not the only Southern California native who is returning home for this weekend’s tournament. Sophomore Peighton McRobie and freshman Gabby Benck both attended St. Margaret’s Episcopal in San Juan Capistrano and senior Madison McAndrews graduated from Harvard-Westlake in Los Angeles. The Titans will look to improve their overall record to over .500, before heading back on the road for the San Diego State and University of San Diego tournament next weekend.

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Junior forward Sarah Fajnor (center) has started in all five of the Titans’ games this season. During that span, she has tallied one assist and five shots on goal.

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Women’s soccer will take on UAB and Oregon at home JILLIAN SALAS Daily Titan

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Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer will host the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of Oregon in this week’s Fullerton Tournament. The Titans (2-3) will play their first game on Friday when they face off against the Blazers, who are 3-2 overall. Junior Tala Haddad broke CSUF’s three-game losing streak in Sunday’s game against San Jose State, scoring a 30 yard goal in the second minute of play. The team’s defense stifled San Jose for the remainder of the match, diverting the Spartans’ seven shots in the first half and three in the second. This was the Titan’s

first goal since Aug. 19 after being shut out by Auburn, Georgia, and Utah State. UAB will come into their match with CSUF on a twogame winning streak. The Blazers defeated both McNeese State and University of North Carolina at Asheville by three goals apiece, with leading scorer Caroline Kehrer netting two of her three goals on the season against UNC Asheville. Titan’s goalkeeper Jennifer Stuart, whose 20 saves rank fifth in the Big West Conference, will be put to the test against UAB’s charging offense. The Blazers have scored 12 goals in their five games so far, while 34 of their 61 shot attempts have been on target. In the second leg of the Fullerton Tournament, CSUF will face the undefeated Oregon Ducks this Sunday. Oregon (5-0-1) looks ready to provide a challenge

for the Titans. The Ducks have averaged 2.00 goals per game compared to their opponents who average 0.5. Abby Morrow, Jayne Lydiatt, Mia Costa and Kyra Fawcett have taken on the bulk of the scoring load for the Ducks with two goals apiece, who have had eight different players find the back of the net this season. The Ducks have additionally received strong efforts from goalkeepers Katelyn Carter and Halla Hinriksdottir, who have saved 85.7 percent of the shots sent at them. The Oregon Ducks and Cal State Fullerton will be facing each other for the first time this season over the weekend. The Titans’ home field advantage will be put to the test against UAB and Oregon this weekend, both at Titan Stadium. The first game begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday and the final match will be at 5 p.m.

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