Monday February 26, 2018

Cal State Fullerton Professor analyzes violent media, culture and their efforts on mass shootings.

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The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Monday February 26, 2018

Ty Dolla $ign surprises fans with guest performances at The Observatory in Santa Ana.

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Men’s basketball avenges prior loss to Long Beach State on Saturday with an 81-71 victory.

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Plight continues for former riverbed residents

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Satirical play brings laughter to CSUF Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘Taking Steps’ succeeds as a comedy with its bizarre combination of characters, wellplanned pauses and unique stage setup.

SARAH EL-MAHMOUD Managing Editor

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Orange County outreach workers have been connecting homeless people with 30-day motel vouchers that will give them a place to stay while they find permanent living situations. Some motels are allegedly not complying.

Federal court complaints claim landlords are denying occupants telephone access and proper living conditions.

BRANDON PHO News Editor

Some homeless people who were relocated from the Santa Ana Riverbed to Orange County motels are allegedly being evicted early or denied access to basic needs, according to complaints filed in federal court.

“We’re hearing, across the board, motels are evicting people. We heard that from the county,” said Lili Graham, litigation director of the Legal Aid Society of Orange County.

The filings by Legal Aid, a nonprofit legal service for low-income individuals, specifically accused the Motel 6 on Chapman Avenue in Orange of evicting a homeless resident on Feb. 20 and not meeting the 30-day stay period arranged by the county for residents to have shelter while looking for permanent living situations.

Since then, Graham said the former riverbed resident was rehoused. The filing said the individual was moved to the Motel 6 on Katella Avenue in Stanton.

Graham said the Stanton Motel 6 had evicted former riverbed residents Thursday after seven days of their stay, and that health care agencies visited the motel and were unable to relocate all of the evicted people.

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The unique quirk in the CSUF production of “Taking Steps” can be found in the way each character maneuvers through the creaky three-story mansion as they scale up and down the staircases and parade through the maze of hallways.

Laid out masterfully on the flat Hallberg Theatre stage, the British farce centers around the buffoonery of the people who are brought together by Roland’s (Joe Stein) attempts to buy an old Victorian mansion that was previously a brothel. Written by playwright Alan Ayckbourn, the comedy takes place entirely in 1975 at a house right outside London over a span of two days.

Directed by Mark Ramont, the simplicity of two days, three stories and a six-piece cast is all this production needs to delight audiences. “Taking Steps” is precisely funny, carefully poised and all-around ridiculous. While the play’s run time is nearly three hours, it uses the time effectively with close attention to character development and pauses for comedic effect.

Mark’s (Casey Bowen) energetic bouncing across the two-dimensional stairways entice scatters of laughter. Lizzy’s (Kira Jamison) bold, purposefully-cringey dance moves charm as Tristram (Aaron Ford) comes to grips that the

absurd ghost stories told to him earlier could actually be true in the floor below (across the stage).

Communication, or lack thereof, drives the narrative of the farce like a sitcom, with the audience replacing any need for a laugh track. Its light play with sexual humor is amusing; every time Mark and Tristram carry a passed out Roland up and down the stairs, they look as if they were in sex positions.

The set and sound designers deserve recognition for making the mansion into a character of its own. The limitations of the stage were used only to the advantage of bringing in more comedic moments. The ‘70s flare found in the furniture and costumes is believable and an exciting era to be immersed in, even if only through the play’s aesthetics.

Stein as Roland receives the most praise and audience response with his hilarious, carefully crafted character. His first appearances are more often off-stage as he constantly excuses himself to grab more drinks for him and his guests mid-conversation. In a silk blue suit and burgundy loafers, Roland is a lovable perpetually drunk scoundrel who entertains subtly with his quiet reactions and in over-blown wisecracks.

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Titans Lunar New Year unites students drop series to Houston Chinese Students and Scholars Association hosts festival with local chapters.

PRISCILLA CARCIDO Staff Writer

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After suffering four losses to begin the season, Cal State Fullerton baseball earned the win it was looking for over No. 24 University of Houston. However, Houston evened the series score in game two and the Titans dropped the final meeting.

Fullerton recorded its first win of the season in the first game of the series. The contest lasted 15 innings, which is the longest the Titans have played since 2014 in a 16-inning 2-1 loss to Fresno State.

Both teams were scoreless throughout the seven innings.

The Titans picked up a run in the bottom of the eighth and bottom of the 15th to record their first win of the season.

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Students from Cal State Fullerton and other colleges came together to hold a Chinese New Year celebration with musical and comedy acts, which included a hip-hop performance by Rinyo.

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Cal State Fullerton baseball unable to capitalize on Friday’s win.

Red balloons and paper lanterns decorated the Titan Theatre on Friday afternoon as Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) chapters from Irvine Valley College, Orange Coast College and Cal State Fullerton came together to usher in the Year of the Dog. Being away from family during a celebration as important as the Chinese New Year festival isn’t easy, but events like this and families like CSSA make it seem as if they are celebrating with their loved ones in China, said Amy Gong, president of the Irvine Valley College CSSA chapter.

“Most of us are international students from China. A lot of us are away from home and family,” Gong said.

Chinese traditions are meant for big gatherings and the chapters of CSSA work together to put on the event to allow for a stronger sense of unity, said senior Chloe Cao, the vice president of the CSUF CSSA chapter.

“You can feel it (in the) environment because we’re all together,” Cao said.

Filled with musical performances, a comedy act and red envelopes filled with money, the celebration allowed Chinese students to take part in Chinese traditions

We wanted to bring everyone together and make them feel at home.

AMY GONG Irvine Valley College Chinese Students and Scholars Association vice president

with a family they created in the United States.

Because Chinese culture follows the lunar calendar, on the solar calendar the Chinese New Year fell on Feb. 16 this year.

But wanting to celebrate the Chinese Lantern Festival, which is held on March 2, the CSSA chapters chose a day in between both celebrations.

Though the afternoon was a

celebration of Chinese culture, the performances spanned a variety of genres.

The Hot Sound Band from UC Irvine was the opening act, performing rock songs in both Mandarin and English. A cover of “Disenchanted” by My Chemical Romance echoed through the theater, followed by “Wherever You Are” by ONE OK ROCK, which also featured bilingual lyrics.

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2 News Gun violence blamed on media culture, laws

MONDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2018

CSUF professor says mass shootings can be traced back to multiple sources.

JASON ROCHLIN Asst. News Editor

Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin blamed the Parkland shooting on the culture created by violent video games, songs and other media during a Feb. 15 interview with conservative radio personality Leland Conway from 840 WHAS-AM, a local radio station.

While he also addressed the overprescription of pharmaceutical drugs and changes in America’s moral compass, Bevin mostly talked with Conway about video games “training our society to kill.”

“There are games that literally replicate and give people the ability to score points for doing the same thing these kids are doing at schools,” Bevin said. “It’s the same as pornography. It has desensitized people to the value of human life.”

Studies have found that exposure to violent media can result in more aggressive behaviors, said communications professor Cynthia King, Ph.D., whose graduate dissertation focused on the topic.

“One that’s used often times when we look at media violence is Bandura’s social learning theory, which talks about modeling, what we see rewarded and punished,” King said. “That has implications if you think theoretically about video games or films and things that glamorize violence.”

A 2013 report commissioned by the American Psychological Association, found that exposure to violence in media is “important” to consider when looking at developmental risks related to gun violence.

The report found that violence in movies, television, music, video games and online mediums are associated with increased aggressive behavior and decreased prosocial behaviors.

However, it notes the link between the two does not demonstrate a “direct causal effect.”

“There are many, many larger issues to just look at it and say ‘Media is horrible because of mass shootings.’ It’s more of a symptom of the problem than the actual disease,” King said.

She said she agrees with Gov. Bevin that cultural issues in the United States lead to more aggressive societal norms. King added that this extends to not just mass media, but gun culture as well, since both serve as a means of modeling and normalizing otherwise abnormal behavior.

“The fact that our media includes a lot of violence and we have a lot of guns shows where our cultural values are,” King said. “As long as our society embraces these things, we’re going to have a bunch of these issues.”

The 2013 report also indicates that exposure to violent media amplifies preexisting tendencies that can come from external sources, including family, school, community and cultural influences.

King said it would not be right to completely restrict people’s Second Amendment rights to firearms or First Amendment right to media. However, she thinks there is “critical” common ground in terms of limiting access to both guns and violent media for younger audiences.

As the mother of a 20-year-old daughter and two sons younger than 10 years old, she said she understands that younger children are especially impressionable and exposed to levels of graphic violence they are not developmentally ready to understand.

“I have always thought that one of the answers to all of these things is just (media) literacy,” King said. “The same thing goes for gun use. If we model good, respectful behavior in how we feel about guns and what we think about them, that’s going to be more impactful than what the media is saying.”

Nineteen-year-old Nikolas Cruz, is currently being held

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The Feb. 14 Parkland shooting is considered the ninth deadliest mass shooting in the United States, followed by the shooting in San Bernardino. Student survivors have led a movement for better gun laws in response.

without bail and faces 17 charges of first degree premeditated murder with an AR-15 rifle at the Parkland mass shooting, according to a Broward County Sheriff’s Office police report.

The Parkland shooting is now among the top 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern American history, according to a list compiled by CNN. The shooting left 14 students and three faculty dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

One response to the shooting came from President Donald Trump, who offered his “prayers and condolences” to the victim’s families over Twitter.

“No child, teacher or anyone

else should ever feel unsafe in an American school,” Trump’s tweet read.

The president has come under fire for his choice of words by those who feel using phrases alone are not enough and should be backed by action, such as pushing for congressional gun control laws.

Among those pushing for legislation are Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students and families, who spoke to Florida congressmen, the Broward County Sheriff and a representative of the National Rifle Association at a CNN town hall Wednesday.

Some student survivors have

organized “March for our lives,” a march on Washington to demand and advocate for stricter legislation on March 24.

While King said it is ultimately great to bring awareness to these kinds of issues, she feels there needs to be a cultural shift before issues like guns can truly be legislated.

“If you don’t think having a lot of guns is good, then don’t support the people who are buying them. If you think films showing guns are too aggressive, don’t patronize those films,” King said. “We are a capitalist society and what gets attention is putting your money where your mouth is.”

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Dressed in a long gown and floral crown, Ruinan Gong took the stage to play a musical piece using a guzheng, an ancient Chinese plucked string instrument. Kent Fei, the secretary and treasurer for CSUF’s CSSA, joined Ruinan Gong to perform tai chi while she played.

There was also a comedy act performed by the duo Mr. Liu and Mr. Wang and a hip-hop performance by Rinyo.

Students from UC Irvine also took part in the festivities. A dance group nicknamed “Little

Sisters,” a flutist and clarinetist performed, adding musical variety to the show.

The final performance featured CSSA members singing “Wo Bu Yuan Rang Ni Yi Ge Ren” or “I Don’t Want You to Be Alone.”

Audience members said the song resonated with them as flashlights were held in the air swaying left to right.

In one evening, the CSSA chapters presented the CSUF community with an authentic depiction of the Chinese culture, Cao said.

“We wanted to bring everyone together and make them feel at home,” Amy Gong said.

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It is unclear whether or not those individuals had broken rules established by the motels in an arrangement with the county.

The complaint alleges that the motels may be trying to avoid the formation of a landlord-tenant relationship, which would form if the individuals stayed at the motel for over 30 days, entitling them to tenant rights under California law.

Both Motel 6s in Stanton and Orange denied requests for comment.

Legal Aid originally sued the county on Feb. 7 on behalf of homeless riverbed residents with disabilities. In the latest filing, it did not specify which motels are allegedly denying residents access to telephones.

The issues were also brought to U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter’s attention at an impromptu hearing at Angel Stadium on Thursday evening, which was held to review updates on the efforts to clear segments of abandoned homeless encampments along the riverbed trail.

Some homeless people who were moved to motels had returned to the riverbed to complain to Carter and county outreach workers, claiming they had been evicted. A few even waited outside

the fence along the southwest end of the Angel Stadium parking lot to watch the hearing.

One unidentified homeless man came to the hearing and approached Carter to tell him that his assigned motel wouldn’t check him in.

“What should be done?” Carter asked him.

“I just want to get some sleep tonight,” the man replied.

This was not the only problem plaguing the county’s relocation efforts along the trail, which originally began Jan. 22.

Early Friday morning, a male pedestrian died on the riverbed following a fight with an unidentified man on a bicycle, said Carrie Braun, OC Sheriff’s public information officer.

The coroner’s office is still trying to identify the deceased individual, Braun said.

Between Feb. 14 and Feb. 24, the Orange County Health Care Agency and the county-contracted nonprofit organization City Net, housed a total of 686 individuals from the Santa Ana Riverbed into motels, said OC Public Information Officer Jennifer Nentwig in an email Sunday.

“In addition, they have connected 33 individuals with shelter,” Nentwig said.

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Federal Judge David O. Carter held an impromptu hearing Thursday evening to address updates on Orange County’s efforts to clear the Santa Ana Riverbed.

Wellness Workshops promote student health

School counseling reaches out to students to bring resource awareness.

JACOB TATHAM Staff Writer

Cal State Fullerton Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is reaching out to students throughout the month of March with Wellness Workshops: a series of open seminars intended to improve physical and mental well-being.

There will be 18 workshops covering four topics throughout the next month. Each will be hosted by one of five different members from the CAPS staff.

They will focus on identifying and decreasing stress, improving sleep habits, understanding emotions and learning how negative thoughts can be controlled.

The intention of these seminars is to expand the presence of CAPS throughout campus and give guidance to students who wouldn’t otherwise make a counseling appointment, said Jaime Sheehan, interim director for CAPS. The talks will also provide handouts and skill-building worksheets addressing issues

that students commonly struggle with. “(Students) seek counseling for managing their stress, managing their mood and then managing their anxiety,” Sheehan said. “We’ve also added a sleep hygiene workshop because we’ve noticed that students struggle a lot with getting enough sleep and how that impacts their stress too.”

Sheehan described the workshops as an exercise in prevention, designed to help students before any of the aforementioned issues become overwhelming.

“We’re hoping that we can get to the student first before they actually need to come in for ongoing therapy,” Sheehan said.

The expansion of CSUF services coincides with the growing trend of college students across the nation attending counseling session. The rate of students seeking counseling services across 93 institutions nationwide increased by 29.6 percent from 2009 to 2015, and the number of counseling appointments increased by 38.4 percent, according to a 2015 report from the Center for Collegiate Mental Health.

Aside from individual counseling, CAPS also offers group

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Cal State Fullerton’s Counseling and Psychological Services will hold 18 workshops throughout March. The workshops are open to all students and will focus on how to manage sleep, stress, mood and thought.

therapy sessions on topics like relationships, self-esteem and emotional eating.

Other universities in California have responded to this rise in similar fashion. For example, Cal State San Bernardino has been offering group therapy for specific demographics like

veterans and members of the LGBT community.

The University of Southern California formed the Office of Campus Wellness and Crisis Intervention in 2017 to promote campus health and prevent future tragedies. The school cited Bosco Tjan, a former USC

professor who was murdered by a student, as an inspiration for the founding of the center.

CSUF’s Wellness Workshops begin on March 1 with a mood seminar hosted by Gita Donovan from 2 to 3 p.m. in the main conference room of the Student Health Center.

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Ford’s performance as Tristram, who is Roland’s “sort-of solicitor,” perfectly exemplifies the impressive comedic timing and character development found in “Taking Steps.” He uses long pauses to his advantage, illustrating the awkwardness of his character – reminiscent of a ‘70s Clark Kent. He scrambles his words and his short vocabulary develops closer to memorable catchphrases. He timidly walks in as a visitor to the mansion’s antics but climbs up the ranks to centerstage as the play concludes.

Bowen’s character often puts people to sleep with his drawn out realizations. His use of physical comedy throughout and oblivious behavior matches his sister Lizzy’s, who goes around using the “I’m a dancer!” card in every situation she can fit it.

There isn’t a weak link in the cast as they each balance the goofy series of events and play off the personalities of one another. Leslie (André Vernot) plays the ruthless landlord who goes to great lengths to get the money-pit-of-a-mansion off his hands. While the character of Kitty (Darby Sorich) is scarce in the first act, she brings heart to the second as she wrestles with

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Misty Monroe (pictured above) has appeared on television shows like “How I Met Your Mother,” “2 Broke Girls,” and “Hart of Dixie.”

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Tristram (Aaron Ford, pictured above) holds the mansion’s contracts for Roland to sign. As antics ensue, Tristram stays longer than he expected.

trying to get away from her fiancé without being subjected to confrontation.

“Taking Steps” is a lighthearted play with a talented cast that

has fun with its intricate character’s silly antics, sure to entertain and bring laughter to audiences in the Hallberg Theatre until March 18.

MUSIC

Hip-hop hits The Observatory YG and MadeinTYO headlined surprise acts at Ty Dolla $ign’s concert.

BRIAN ALVARADO Asst. Lifestyle Editor

A familiar, herbal fragrance filled The Observatory air Wednesday. Santa Ana was not prepared for what singer, songwriter and producer Ty Dolla $ign had in store for the sold out crowd.

Kicking off the Don’t Judge Me Tour, disappointment was nowhere to be seen after the Los Angeles native treated his fans to a taste of his melodic sound, all while bringing along a couple of friends to join in on the fun.

Renowned hip-hop artists like The-Dream, Joe Moses, MadeinTYO and YG surprised the crowd with guest appearances throughout the night.

Manessah Evans, a fan celebrating her birthday, was caught off guard by the wild night Ty Dolla $ign orchestrated.

“I came out and saw (YG) and I had to sit all the way in the back,” Evans said. “I was surprised. I was like ‘Damn, (Ty Dolla $ign) really did it.’”

Given his easily recognizable hooks, choruses and the numerous groups Ty Dolla $ign is associated with, Southern California fans locked in their plans early to attend the local show.

“We planned on doing it. I’ve been a big fan of Dolla $ign for a minute now,” said Gary Arquines, a 25-year-old fan. “Once ‘Beach House 3’ came out, we were on it.”

Freddie Williams of Torrance joined Arquines for the show and said he was most excited to hear his favorite song, “Drop Top.” “It’s that cruising music, you know what I’m saying. I always slap Dolla $ign when I’m cruising,” Williams said.

Many fans like Arquines and Williams packed into the Santa Ana venue once doors opened at 7 p.m., leaving the limelight for artists like DJ’s Dre Sinatra and Carisma, as well as rappers 24hrs and TC Da Loc. The show got off on the wrong foot without a performance until 8:45 p.m. when DJ Dre Sinatra finally began to play top hip-hop hits. The packed house waited as they began to feel the vibes from Sinatra’s set.

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Ty Dolla $ign has collaborated with artists like Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg and 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival headliner, The Weeknd.

As the night rolled along, the acts began to tease the crowd, playing hits ironically and simultaneously from rap icon Drake and one of his former rivals, Meek Mill.

That’s when the first surprise act of the night, Joe Moses, took the stage to liven up the vibe.

The rapper performed his wellknown anthem “Burn Rubber” to get the party jumping.

If that wasn’t enough for those in attendance, shortly after during 24hrs’ set, 2017 XXL Freshman MadeinTYO stormed the stage with a joint to the face, performing well-known tracks like “Uber Everywhere” and “Skateboard P.” With the crowd still abuzz, openers TC Da Loc and DJ Carisma continued the night with short sets to get the audience ready for the main event.

Ty Dolla $ign finally made a smoky entrance, emerging from the darkness with “I Know How It Feel” playing in the background.

His set continued with the fog machines while singing the familiar hit “Saved.”

Just when the crowd began to come alive for the guest appearances, Ty Dolla $ign summoned The-Dream to perform their hit “Love U Better,” a collaboration the two artists had with rapper Lil’ Wayne.

Ty Dolla $ign also gave the fans a glimpse of his recent work, playing “Zaddy” from his October mixtape, “Beach House 3.”

For the rest of the set, Ty Dolla

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$ign brought the bangers, providing heat with familiar tracks like “You and Your Friends” and “Or Nah.” He even gave his fans something to sip on, handing out a bottle of Bombay gin to the crowd, before hilariously asking for it back.

Hitting the final stretch of the show, the venue erupted as Ty Dolla $ign had one last treat for the audience: bringing out rapper YG. Many in the crowd speculated a YG sighting due to the performance the rapper had at “Boogie” music festival, which took place at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles during NBA AllStar Weekend.

The Compton-born rapper electrified the crowd with “Ex,” a sample of a 1996 track by 112 that Ty Dolla $ign and YG updated in 2017.

But what’s a YG appearance without his patented “Bompton” sound?

He couldn’t leave the stage without giving the crowd a dose of his 2016 album “Still Brazy,” performing “Twist My Fingaz” and a dip into his 2012 album “4Hunnid Degreez,” rapping “BPT” as Ty Dolla $ign jammed out on an electric guitar to cap off a star-studded display.

The Wednesday concert was only the first installment of a 37show tour, which is set to hit cities including Phoenix, Arizona, and Dallas, Texas and will be finishing on April 12 in Los Angeles, just in time for the beginning of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Speech promotes self-acceptance

Misty Monroe’s live show ‘Unapologetically Black’ explores pain and triumph.

PRISCILLA CARCIDO Staff Writer

Shaking her hips to “Freedom” by Beyonce, Misty Monroe danced on stage Thursday night, setting a energetic tone to her play, “Unapologetically Black.”

As part of Cal State Fullerton’s President’s Reception celebrating Black History Month, “Unapologetically Black” is the story of Monroe’s struggle and eventual triumph to develop a healthy black identity.

Filled with laughter, pop culture references and haunting moments of candor, Monroe invited people into her story of finding an authentic version of oneself.

Monroe started the show sharing the difficulty she experienced combining her two identities: the one she had with her black friends in South Central Los Angeles, and the other with her white friends in suburban neighborhoods. With a constant desire to fit in, she said she often fell short and got questioning looks from her friends when she was acting “too black” or “too white” with the wrong group.

In the middle of feeling lost, Monroe heard a lecture about the “Stages of Nigrescence,” which are the five stages of developing a healthy black identity.

As she journeyed through the multiple stages, pain plagued her story. Her mother died from drug abuse and her father eventually became homeless.

Overwhelmed by pain and confusion, Monroe said she turned to marijuana. She said she soon became addicted and couldn’t afford a day without relying on the drug.

Slowly, with the help of her father and self-help books, Monroe put her life back together.

She graduated from San Diego State University, landed a substitute teaching job and eventually started dating someone on and off for the next few years. When Monroe asked him if he’d ever commit to her, he dropped a line that shattered her: “You’re sweet, you’re funny. I just feel like one day you’ll

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probably end up like your mom and your dad. I think we should just be friends,” Monroe said he said.

In that moment, Monroe realized broken pieces of her past still haunted her. From her mother’s sudden death to her own substance abuse, there were still parts of Monroe that told her she would never be enough. And now someone was telling her to listen to those parts.

Bawling, Monroe called her best friend and divulged the latest heartbreak life had just handed her.

“So, what? You heard the worst thing that you believe about yourself. You heard it out loud. Now what,” Monroe said, recalling the words of her best friend.

She joked she hadn’t thought that far and that the words her best friend said still resonate with her.

Monroe said she came to a realization that she’d done the work to find herself and didn’t need anyone to tell her otherwise.

“At that moment, I decided I don’t care. I’m going to be vulnerable. I’m going to be my authentic self. I’m not going to apologize anymore (to) anybody about it. And if you can’t accept it, deuces,” Monroe said.

Trimaine Davis, coordinator for the African American Resource Center, said he valued how Monroe’s resilience, despite the setbacks, cemented the idea of the human heart’s desire to succeed. Davis knows her story is reflective of many in black history, but said that it is a journey more people should know.

“Everyone, regardless of your race, your culture, your ethnicity, your creed, can take away a lot from that play. That was a story of struggle, but most importantly, a story of resistance and redemption,” Davis said.

In her one-woman play, Monroe presents to the audience a story of a woman struggling to find herself and never quite understanding why. Beaten down and discouraged many times, Monroe’s triumphant comeback resonates during a month dedicated to celebrating the stories and successes of black culture.

Speaking after her performance, Monroe said she wrote this show for black people who feel left out or confused.

“It’s not always going to be easy simply being in our skin and people don’t support us being in our skin. However, it doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with us,” Monroe said.

“I wrote (this play) to encourage black people and let them know that what they’re going through — these stages — are completely normal.”

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Opinion 5 Apple slowed iPhones down to benefit consumers MONDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Software updates aim to maintain hardware integrity.

KAMERON LEONG Staff Writer

Consumer trust in Apple Inc. has declined, following its admission that software updates are slowing down the performance of older iPhone models. While the fiasco is a bad look for Apple, the company can be accused of nothing except trying to help its customers.

Apple justified the slowdown by saying new software updates mixed with aging batteries are a terrible combination. Older phones aren’t designed to handle bigger software updates, because it puts their performance and battery integrity at risk.

The company’s explanation shows that it had the consumers’ best interests at heart, but the delivery of the information was poorly executed. Because of this, vagueness translated into dishonesty and distrusting consumers.

While slowing down older software and forcing people to buy newer iPhones is sounds like a conspiracy it would actually present

more problems for the company and outweigh any potential benefits. Apple could also face obstacles in the form of government investigation if such practices were a reality.

Apple was previously at odds with the government over security issues because of its noncompliance in providing access to personal information stored on iPhones.

Forcing updates on consumers without their consent would give the government an extra reason to investigate the company further, something the highly-protective Apple would likely prefer to avoid.

An older iPhone and an older battery wouldn’t have been able to handle the new software. Instead, the phone would behave erratically with unexpected shutdowns and extremely poor performance. From Apple’s perspective, a slower phone that still maintains optimal battery life is better than a phone that will run out of battery quickly.

Imagine every time someone brought their car in for a tune-up, and the mechanic would tweak the car’s engine to make it perform better. It may slow the car down a little bit, but as a result, the car’s fuel efficiency is untouched and still reliable. The changes made by the mechanic are about extending the life of the car, instead of making the car faster.

Apple has tried to ensure that software updates don’t destroy a person’s phone, rendering it useless. In response to the iPhone X malfunctions in extremely cold weather, Apple released a software

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The update that caused older iPhone models to slow down was intended to prevent performance malfunctions and battery issues.

update to remedy the problem.

The company deserves the benefit of the doubt because it has consistently put high quality products on the market. The forced downgrade is an exaggeration fueled by an incomplete understanding of how fast technology is growing.

Apple has introduced innovative technologies like Touch ID and Face ID, but they only released these features after fully understanding how to incorporate them into the iPhone’s hardware and software.

It has been Apple’s reputation to develop technology that they have a full grasp on. In contrast, Samsung Electronics Co., one of Apple’s main competitors, released the Galaxy Note 7 with dangerous hardware and design flaws.

One of the Note 7’s biggest flaws was the battery. Because it was improperly manufactured, the batteries overheated making them likely to explode and catch fire; it eventually presented enough of a risk for it to be banned from airplanes.

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design flaws with its updated device can be contrasted with Apple. Apple pays close attention to the manufacturing of its iPhone to minimize complications after it goes on the market compared to Samsung’s lack of oversight leading up to the release of the Galaxy Note 7.

While this battery issue may be a bad look for Apple right now, consumers should see past it because Apple has a reputation for releasing reliable, user friendly products and putting the consumer first.

Designers address inequality on runway Fashion goes beyond clothing and inspires political dialogue.

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This year has reinvented fashion for women, starting with the Golden Globes fashion movement.

Fashion designers aren’t just designing pretty dresses anymore, they’re inventing tangible political pieces used to empower women.

Maybe it’s because of the rising intensity of female empowerment, or maybe it’s due to the sudden arrival of Queen Elizabeth II, but fashion designers’ choices shined in this spring’s London Fashion Week.

Instead of a typical series of runway shows with expensive clothing on display, designers went further and expressed themselves in a way they could’ve done a long time ago — by using clothes as a statement of equality.

Zadig & Voltaire exhibited a T-shirt with a quote that said, “Girls just want to have fundamental rights.” Alexander Wang entitled his collection “CEO,” and people took their seats in cubicles as women powerfully strutted across the runway.

In the past, clothing wasn’t always a sign of liberation and freedom. Before the 20th century, it

represented male domination and social norms — stifling women with multiple layers of clothing which ranged from petticoats to dresses that covered them from head to toe.

Regarded as a trophy and symbol of wealth, women weren’t able to dress themselves the way they wanted, said Hyun Sook Kim a Cal State Fullerton associate professor of costume design and makeup, until designers like Chanel and Christian Dior Inc. reimagined the way women dressed.

Chanel’s looks gave women the freedom to move around a tight corset. Heavy understructures were abandoned for looser dresses and female pants, which didn’t have to be tightened to the point where it destroyed their internal organs, Kim said.

Where Chanel’s pieces often took inspiration from men’s

clothing, Christian Dior’s “New Look” is considerably one of the most beautiful and elegant collections of clothing in history that gave women who struggled during World War II a chance to feel confident.

“It was completely opposite to the masculine look,” Kim said.

“Because of (the end of) World War II, women wanted to feel beautiful and Christian Dior caught that sense. It was a hit, and it’s still beautiful.”

Fashion isn’t only about what’s trendy. Looking beyond the ornamental, decorative surface of clothing, fashion proves to be something valuable to women’s identities.

In the 21st century, women are not only expressing themselves creatively through fashion but are using it to bring light to problems still occurring today. All it takes

is a creator who sympathizes with women for the design to truly reflect their sentiments.

“I simply wanted to offer another perspective,” said designer Prabal Gurung in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. “My job as a designer is to provide choices so that women can interpret their femininity as they see fit.

It’s not to say that the fashion industry is perfect or that all designers have good intentions, but many are starting to realize that their designs carry weight in the current political landscape of women’s equality.

Fashion, like any other art form, is meant to be subjective and contribute to a greater dialogue of society. Sometimes all it takes is a shirt that says “feminist” to open up conversations surrounding equality and possibly change someone’s stance on the issue.

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Sophomore infielder Sahid Valenzuela (4, pictured above) hit well throughout the series against the University of Houston. He recorded six hits, including a double and a triple, drove in two runs and scored twice.

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After five hours and 15 minutes, infielder Jake Pavletich bagged a 2-1 win for the Titans by sliding across home plate on a wild pitch.

Pitching contributed heavily to the win as junior Tommy Wilson pitched five one-hit innings and struck out nine Cougars in the process. Additionally, junior Colton Eastman tossed six innings, giving up only four hits while fanning six players.

Combined, Wilson and Eastman struck out the most batters (15) since May 6, 2016 in a game against UC Riverside.

“This win meant a lot to us tonight,” Wilson told Titan Sports Media. “This group is just a bunch of grinders and I was going to do anything I had to do to help get us this win.”

CSUF couldn’t keep the momentum up in the second game of the series and took up a 9-4 loss to the Cougars. However, Fullerton constructed its best offensive performance of the season thus far, recording 8 hits and 5 walks.

Houston drew first blood, scoring three runs in the first inning and keeping the pressure up, scoring in the second, fifth and eighth innings. The Titans battled but only totaled four runs after

scoring in the second, fifth, seventh and eighth innings.

Fullerton’s performance was powered by infielder Sahid Valenzuela, who went 3-4, and outfielder Ruben Cardenas, who went 2-5. Cardenas and Valenzuela both hit doubles and Cardenas earned an RBI while Valenzuela recorded a run.

The Titans could not keep up with the Cougars and ultimately took their fifth loss of the season.

The third game was scoreless through the top of the fourth until Houston scored runs relentlessly. By the sixth inning Houston had a 5-1 lead over Fullerton.

CSUF made a to comeback after Valenzuela, Cardenas and catcher Daniel Cope all earned RBIs. Valenzuela scored twice and outfielder Mitchell Berryhill scored once as well.

The Titans trailed 6-3 going into the eighth.

Fullerton continued to compete but fell short defensively with a home run and an additional scoring play from Houston.

CSUF closed out game three with a 10-5 loss and now hold a 1-6 record.

With their minds set on the next game, Fullerton will square off at Goodwin Field against UCLA on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 6 p.m.

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Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball saw its first win in over a month after defeating UC Riverside 71-62 in Titan Gym on Thursday but could not maintain momentum as it lost Saturday to Cal Poly 63-56 on the road.

After trailing by 11 at the half, the Titans outscored the Highlanders by 20 points for the remainder of the game, thanks to 16 second-half points from junior guard Jade Vega.

“I think it all started from our defense: getting deflections, getting steals and getting them out of their press break. Getting them to speed up a little bit is what sparked our offense and our easy baskets,” Vega said.

The Titans’ 15 turnovers held them back in the first half. After cutting the deficit to 1 point at the top of the second quarter, they gave the ball to the Highlanders on back-to-back possessions, which created two buckets and an elongated lead.

Titans Head Coach Jeff Harada halftime speech must’ve been effective because the Titans looked like a different squad in the second half. They went on a 9-2 run to start the third quarter, prompting a Highlander timeout.

CSUF outscored Riverside 26-8 in the third behind 17 combined points from Vega and Hannah Thompson.

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“It kind of put into perspective the things we really needed to be better at in the second half, which was taking care of the ball because we had 15 turnovers at halftime and in the second half, we only had six,” Thompson said.

The Titans did not let up in the fourth quarter. Despite having their lead cut to 2 points near the end of the game, the intensity remained.

“We didn’t stop playing no matter what the score was. We stayed tough, we finished plays, we stretched it back out and made free throws when we had to,” Harada said.

This game marked CSUF’s first victory since Jan. 11, when it defeated Long Beach State at home.

In the match against the Highlanders, the Titans sported pink jerseys in support of breast cancer awareness. Harada believes the meaning behind their uniforms sweetened the taste of victory for the team.

Harada considered keeping the pink jerseys for the rest of the season because they delivered a win but ultimately said the team would switch back to its original jerseys against Cal Poly. He might reconsider that decision after the loss to Cal Poly in Mott Athletics Center.

Fullerton again trailed at the half but used a 20-16 third quarter to climb within 1 point of a tie game. After six lead changes in the fourth, the Titans could not convert in the final two minutes, missing all five of their attempts from the field.

Center Daeja Smith finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds in the contest, her 11th double-double of the season, the second most in the Big West.

Thompson and Vega also had 13 points each.

The Titans will host No. 1 in the Big West UC Davis on Thursday, Mar. 1 in their second to last game of conference play.

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Allman scores 25 as Titans trump 49ers

Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball earned a 81-71 victory in its rivalry game.

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Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball came out on top with a final score of 81-71 in its rivalry game against Long Beach State in Titan Gym on Saturday.

Junior guards Khalil Ahmad and Kyle Allman combined for 40 of the team’s points in the contest. Ahmad also dished out seven assists and grabbed five rebounds.

“We just took what they gave us. If they were leaving us open, we’d shoot it. If they were closing out hard, we would drive it. We weren’t necessarily just trying to do one thing,” Ahmad said.

The Titans took a 10-2 lead to start the game, sinking five of their first six shots. The well dried up for them following the hot start as they only connected on six of the next 24 attempts.

Despite taking six three-pointers, CSUF did not convert a shot from behind the arc for the entire first half.

Fullerton came alive on both sides of the ball in the second half. In the first eight minutes of play, Long Beach had only scored 5 points while the Titans had compiled 18.

“I thought, defensively we got ourselves going with some stops, and with stops it allows us to get out in transition and run,” Titans Head Coach Dedrique Taylor said.

CSUF maintained a double-digit lead for nearly half of the final 20 minutes. Allman believes the team found success when it tapped into its willingness to pass.

“It feels much better when the ball is moving and we’re making extra passes and getting open

KYLE ALLMAN Titans guard shots. The energy goes up, everybody gets hyped and it affects our defense too,” Allman said.

Taylor fawned over the team’s 16-11 assist to turnover ratio.

This season, the Titans are 14-4 when the team records 10 or more assists and 2-6 when they dish out assists in the single digits.

Forward Jackson Rowe scored all 12 of his points in the second half after playing only five minutes in the first due to foul trouble. While he was on the bench, Fullerton was outscored by 4 points.

In Rowe’s 25 minutes on the court, the Titans scored 64 of their 81 points.

“His activity allowed some of these guys to get open threes tonight. His activity allowed our defense to be based inside out and he held his own in the post,” Taylor said. “Statistically, his presence on the floor doesn’t always bear out, but it is ultra important that Jackson Rowe is on the floor with his activity for us to have success.”

This impressive offensive performance follows a disappointing road loss to UC Riverside. Taylor was desperate to know what changed in the player’s mindset to enable the superb play against Long Beach.

“If you ask them and they give you an answer, please bottle it up and send it with us on the next road trip,” Taylor said.

Once he left the room, the players were able to diagnose the key as their shift from a

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Junior guard Kyle Allman (0, pictured above) got to the rim whenever he pleased on Saturday. He led the Titans in scoring with 25 points on 8-13 shooting from the field while sinking eight of his nine attempts from the free-throw line.

lackadaisical attitude to one of alertness.

“Our intention: we came into Riverside thinking that it was

going to be easy, but we came into this game thinking ‘Oh this is a rivalry game, so we’ve got to come with it,’” Allman said.

With that answer bottled up, the Titans will travel to Cal State Northridge on Wednesday, Feb. 28 to take on the Matadors.

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