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Tuesday February 27, 2018

Cal State Fullerton students find a way to profit from the established streetwear brand Supreme.

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Everyone is to blame for falling for snappy headlines and “fake news.”

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Supreme Court refuses to hear case to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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Alumnus builds barbershop brand Women’s soccer welcomes new player Tommy Tran, owner of Cultured Barbershop, uses his business to network.

MATTHEW MENDOZA Staff Writer

Kristen Swales was swayed by the campus environment to commit to Fullerton.

JARED EPREM Sports Editor

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While owner Tommy Tran has already launched a podcast exploring topics like introspection and creating connections, he said he plans on focusing future episodes on the lifestyle and future of his shop.

as business partners since graduating. The two collaborated to bring an art show called “The Barbershop” to in Tran’s parlor.

Jensen said his experience working with Tran has been nothing but positive.

“Tommy is absolutely a unique individual. I feel like when you’re talking to him, he’s so many steps ahead of you sometimes that he has to try to dial himself back,” Jensen said.

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If I didn’t have the support of the alumni that I do cut, that I networked with in my years at Cal State Fullerton, this barbershop wouldn’t be this barbershop.

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Inside the Cultured Barbershop in Garden Grove, owner and Cal State Fullerton alumnus Tommy Tran offers a haircut experience different than any normal barbershop. Tran is a conversationalist with no topic off limits, and his goal is to have his clients leave feeling like a million bucks.

As a barber and business owner, Tran said his blueprint is to be more than just someone who cuts a client’s hair. He said he wants to be someone that his clients can relate and come to for help with whatever situations they face in life.

Tran said that it is because of his days at CSUF as a member of the Beta Upsilon Delta fraternity that helped him create his business today. “(Beta Upsilon Delta) taught me something better. It taught me how to network, it taught me how to coach people and it taught me how to help people out, and it really brought out my empathetic side,” Tran said.

He would even cut his fraternity brothers’ hair, further refining his skills.

In addition to the shop, Tran also runs a podcast that he hopes will continue to evolve throughout the year. He said he created the podcast to give the shop a voice, create relationships and bring the barbershop talk with his clients to a broader audience.

One of those relationships was with Hunter Jensen, who graduated from CSUF in 2015. Jensen is co-owner of Knawledge, an art brand that has evolved from a graffiti crew. For the last four years Tran has been giving him haircuts.

Jensen and Tran have known each other since 2011 through their involvement with Beta Upsilon Delta, and have also worked

TOMMY TRAN Cultured Barbershop owner 2009, Tran has a Bachelor of Arts in business administration with a concentration in financing, but he said nothing ever came easy for his family. His parents are both refugees from the Vietnam War.

They met in Toronto at a refugee camp and moved to Southern California, hoping to pursue the American dream.

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Kristen Swales knew she wanted to be a part of Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer after her experiences on campus. The Heritage Christian School star was impressed by the success of the program, and when paired with her love for the campus, Swales was even more inclined to commit to being a Titan.

“I really enjoyed the atmosphere of it all,” Swales said in an email.

“The attitude of the coaches and team is inspiring and is something I want to be a part of.”

The senior verbally committed to CSUF in April of 2016 after playing in an ID camp with former teammate and current CSUF goalkeeper Isabel Salvadori.

Swales earned Second Team All-Olympic League honors as a freshman and joined the first team in her next two years at Heritage Christian. In 2016, the threeyear varsity athlete’s team won the Olympic League championship after finishing with a 6-0-2 record.

The rules of Swales’ club, Real So Cal Academy 99, prevented her from participating in her senior season of high school.

Of the 10 athletes that signed a National Letter of Intent with Titans Head Coach Demian Brown on Monday, Swales is the only dual-position player listed for midfield and forward. She has no preferred position, and said she plays wherever her coaches need her.

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CSUF baseball hopes to take season back A rough start to the Titans’ season could find its end as Fullerton hosts UCLA. KAILA CRUZ

Asst. Sports Editor

Standing with a 1-6 record, Cal State Fullerton baseball is in desperate need of a comeback and will have another shot at redemption against D1Baseball’s No. 11 UCLA. Earlier this month, the Titans were placed in the top 25 in all preseason polls. However, CSUF has yet to fulfill these high expectations. Fullerton no longer holds a position in the top 25 of D1Baseball’s ranks after they were dropped from 17th place. Fullerton was also ranked in the top 10 of National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association preseason poll and now places 22nd.

Although conference play has yet to begin, CSUF was projected to win the Big West conference. However, Fullerton falls at the bottom of the conference and holds a .143 win percentage. A 2-1 win over Houston is the Titans’ only victory.

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Sophomore shortstop Sahid Valenzuela (pictured above) has had 32 at-bats this season. Valenzuela’s 32 chances at the plate have resulted in eight hits and three runs batted in, good for second place on Fullerton’s lineup.

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U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear DACA case President of CSUF Dream Co-op sees decision as optimistic but uncertain.

BREANNA BELKEN Asst. News Editor

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request by the Trump administration to hear a challenge to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Monday.

The administration filed an appeal in the court of appeals for the 9th Circuit in California but also asked the Supreme Court to review the case and make a decision by June before the appellate court. The court struck down the request and refused to hear the case, not wanting to go over a federal court and directly to the Supreme Court.

After President Donald Trump’s decision to end the DACA program on March 5, lawsuits have been filed in different states calling for a protection of Dreamers.

With this ruling, DACA recipients can still file for renewal despite the initial decision of the administration to end the program.

On Jan. 9, U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled in the San Francisco 9th District Court that applications for DACA will be accepted indefinitely, but this still leaves Dreamers in limbo.

CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White released a statement calling the Supreme Court’s decision “encouraging news” for Dreamers and promoted the resources the CSUs have to offer for DACA students.

“I continue to call on federal policymakers to stand up for our shared American values of inclusivity, opportunity and excellence – regardless of background or birthplace,” White said in the statement.

Congress has yet to pass permanent protections for DACA recipients as Democrats and Republicans have failed to come to an agreement. Republicans have

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CSUF Dream Co-op President Ana Aldazabal said the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a challenge to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is a relief. Dream Co-op advocates the “Clean Dream Act,” legislation that would legalize Dreamers without funding entities against their interests.

plans to push through legislation to protect recipients so long as there is funding for a border wall, according to The Hill.

While applications will be accepted, Dreamers are still uncertain about what their futures hold.

At Cal State Fullerton, the Diversity Resilience Education Access Movement Co-Operation (DREAM Co-Op) has been hosting events to urge students to contact their representatives in Congress to pass a Clean Dream Act.

The organization advocates for awareness of immigration issues and provides information about financial aid options and opportunities for first-generation students. Dream Co-Op President Ana Aldazabal said in a text message that she has been working with the group to advocate a Clean Dream Act, which aims to create a permanent solution for DACA recipients.

A Clean Dream Act would provide a solution for recipients but also protect immigrant communities by prohibiting funding

for border security, interior enforcement, detention centers and ending mandatory e-verification status for employment.

The DREAM Co-Op have hosted phone banking events at CSUF to encourage students to contact their representatives.

Aldazabal said the group feels relief at the Supreme Court’s decision, but calls it “bittersweet” because it doesn’t pressure Congress to advocate for a Clean Dream Act. “We’re exhausted. We are devastated, because people will

think that it’s enough that we can continue to apply for DACA,” Aldazabal said in a text.

With congressional midterms coming in November, Aldazabal said her organization plans to educate voters and encourage participation in the elections and hold more phone banking events.

“We also want to collaborate with ASI representatives to bring more awareness on campus about the importance of passing a Clean Dream Act,” Aldazabal said in a text.

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News 3 University tries to improve email security TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2018

CSUF Information Technology spends $1 million annually.

AMANDA CHACON Staff Writer

The Cal State Fullerton Division of Information Technology has created over 200,000 student email accounts. The CSUF network is equipped with around a dozen firewall programs which protect the accounts from receiving links that could lead to an outside source trying to hack them, said Berhanu Tadesse, associate vice president of Information Technology and Infrastructure Services .

With millions of hacking attempts occurring on a yearly basis, the IT division strives to have the most up-to-date versions of firewalls, Tadesse said.

The most recent program the division installed is a next-generation firewall made by Palo Alto Networks.

Tadesse said this firewall can detect viruses that have never been encountered before, which are known as “zero-day attacks.”

“Firewalls have come now to have this additional level of

smartness in them and so that they can analyze the content and determine if it is good content or bad content,” Tadesse said.

The IT division spends about $1 million a year on new security technology and staff payments, Tadesse said in an email.

One of the most prevalent types of hacking that IT sees are phishing attempts. For example, Tadesse said it is possible for some students to receive an email from a source pretending to be IT requesting that the student reset their password by clicking on a provided link. The division’s email filtering systems can then rewrite the link’s URL to prevent the user from clicking on it.

If the user notifies IT that they clicked a harmful link, the division will ask the user if they notice anything different with their account and recommends the user to change their password.

Only a limited number of staff members in the department have access to administrator accounts that grant them access to the email system, Tadesse said.

“It is a necessary privilege because without that we cannot create accounts or do any activity,” Tadesse said.

If a legal agency, like the

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The Division of Information Technology at Cal State Fullerton strives to stay up-to-date on firewall security programs. Recently, the department installed a next-generation firewall made by Palo Alto Networks.

FBI, contacted the IT division and requested access to a student email, the department would have to comply, Tadesse said. However, IT has not been

contacted to turn over any student emails in the seven years Tadesse has been at the school, he said.

Despite the large budget

allocated to IT, Tadesse believes it’s worth the cost.

“We give up other things to make sure our work is protected,” Tadesse said.

Professor doubts clarity of major requirements Complexity of course lists blamed on confusing educational demands.

TREVA FLORES Staff Writer

For some students, college major course requirements can be daunting to sort through and may make graduating on time, difficult to accomplish.

At the same time, “Students don’t appear to mind guidance,” said Nick Huntington-Klein, Cal State Fullerton assistant professor of economics.

At the Monday Faculty Noon Time Talk on Monday. Huntington-Klein said his research questions whether or not the complex structure of college requirements is necessary, as well as how students prefer to receive requirement information.

His first example was what are called “major maps”: long, possibly hard-to-navigate, lists of required courses for a particular major. While appearing overcomplicated, its structure is meant to lead students toward courses they need for graduation.

Huntington-Klein said the reason they look so jumbled is because of the upper and lower

division requirements, corequisites and variety in course choices, and on top of that, switching majors after freshman year creates new challenges as students figure out which courses to take.

He tried making his own major map, but failed to create one better than those already in place.

“There’s naturally this much level of complexity in the actual requirements themselves. It’s not just a presentation problem,” Huntington-Klein said.

He blames the complexity of major maps on requirements he calls “nested, double-dipping and crosscutting requirements.”

Nested requirements are the smaller courses required to take a larger course. Double-dipping requirements are when one course can be applied for multiple credits at the same time. Crosscutting requirements are courses that can be applied for multiple credits, but cannot be applied to those credits at the same time.

Huntington-Klein surveyed students by grouping courses or listing them. Students felt neutral about grouping courses together, but preferred longer lists over shorter ones due to wanting freedom of choice.

Many students preferred to

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Cal State Fullerton assistant professor Nick Huntington-Klein said he tried and failed to design a simpler required course list for certain majors.

have variety in their courses and disliked that decision narrowed down for them.

“The emphasis on choice that we have is uniquely American, which sort of makes sense with the culture we have with emphasis on choice and individuality,” Huntington-Klein said.

He said there is a way to give students freedom of choice that also gives them guidance.

Andre DeLoach, former director of student affairs at UC

Irvine, asked how accessible academic advising is for students who are looking for direction.

“Too often we’ll say just go see the academic advisor, but in my case we had 1,000 students in an entry class at undergraduate and two academic advisors,” DeLoach said. “There was no way in the world they were going to see all those people” Huntington-Klein said his research did not address academic advising, but if the results don’t

prove the lack of access to advisors is directly impacting student graduation, then no one will care.

In the future, Huntington-Klein is looking to find the correlation between graduation rates for each major and the structure of those requirements.

In a couple of weeks, Huntington-Klein will be presenting his findings to the Association for Education Finance and Policy in Portland, Oregon.

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“Being from immigrant parents and parents from a wartorn country, (my parents) know that education is very important.

They drilled it from day one,” Tran said.

He began cutting hair while he was in eighth grade and also while attending Magnolia High School in Anaheim where he continued cutting hair for the basketball team, volleyball team and his close friends for free.

Despite cutting hair for a large portion of his life, Tran said he had a completely different career path in mind.

“I imagined myself wearing a suit to work and closing deals, analyzing numbers and getting to people and making connections that way,” Tran said. “I wanted to be a banker. I wanted to do investment banking, money management, personal finance.”

Upon graduating in 2009, Tran knew the economy was not in a good state, hindering his early success after college.

Tran was able to land entry-level positions out of college at start-ups, but he wasn’t moved by them. Growing up with an entrepreneurial background, Tran said he realized that cubicles and office politics weren’t for him.

After five years of going from job to job, he decided to go to barber school.

“I was like ‘Hey, I’m cutting hair every night. I have a business,’” Tran said.

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Before opening Cultured Barbershop’s doors in November of 2016, owner Tommy Tran worked at shops like Hair Addicts in Anaheim and Pineapples Barbershop in Fullerton.

He started cutting hair professionally in 2011, bouncing around from shop to shop prior to opening his own. He credits his success to the relationships he built during his time at CSUF.

“I didn’t do this all by myself. This is just phase one of what I want to do. If I didn’t have the support of the alumni that I do cut, that I networked in my years at Cal State Fullerton, this barbershop wouldn’t be this

barbershop,” Tran said.

He is constantly planning ways to expand his parlor, and he always has a one-year plan, a twoyear plan and a five-year plan for his goals.

Tran wants to make the

Cultured Barbershop more than just a place to get a haircut, he wants the shop to have a voice and an artistic presence.

“My goal is to expand men’s grooming, but also have the lifestyle, also be social.” Tran said.

FASHION

Market value for Supreme has resellers profiting Websites like StockX give students the ability to determine resale prices.

KAMERON LEONG Staff Writer

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The skateboarding brand first opened its doors in 1994 downtown Manhattan. Based off artist Barbara Kruger’s propaganda art, Supreme’s box logo has stayed consistent over the past two decades.

Two, a secondary store that sells authentic apparel. He uses StockX, is a website where people can purchase items like Supreme at resale value. He said he bought about 20 items this past season and plans on keeping only one.

“It’s cool to keep some things, but you can’t keep everything.

Then you just lose money because it’s expensive for the hoodies and stuff. You can’t maintain it,” Patel said.

The Supreme resell market has given Patel another income source, which allowed him to leave his job at Sears.

Patel worked at Sears for 20 hours a week, but said he “reinvested” from Sears to Supreme.

Over the course of the season, Patel estimates that he bought around $2000 worth of Supreme merchandise. Even though Patel hasn’t sold everything yet, he still expects to make a profit.

In future seasons, Patel expects his budget to stay the same, but his profits will fluctuate

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It’s cool to keep some things, but you can’t keep everything. Then you just lose money because it’s expensive for the hoodie and stuff.

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Gucci, Versace and Fendi are considered to be some of the most expensive and sought after clothing brands. However, starting in the mid-1990s, Supreme began to grow to command a large following that has placed it among the leading competitors.

Founded as a skateboard company, it has grown into a globally recognized name. Collaborations with labels like Louis Vuitton have only cemented Supreme’s place among the fashion powerhouses.

A part of what makes Supreme so valuable and in demand is the lucrative resell market of its products. For some Supreme products, buying at manufacturer’s suggested retail price gives potential for tremendous financial upside when flipped on the resell market. One of the most notable examples is the Supreme Box Logo hoodie which retails for $168, but can resell for more than $1000.

At Cal State Fullerton, students engage in buying and reselling Supreme products to make money or add to their personal collection.

Parth Patel, a senior accounting major, recently got into the Supreme buying and reselling business. The apparel company piqued his interest after seeing people on YouTube and Instagram wear the merchandise. His first time buying and reselling was during the fall and winter 2017 season.

“Kids think it’s easy and they buy something and think they can flip it the same week,” Patel said.

For Patel, it’s all about patience. He is banking on the items building up value and selling when it reaches a high point.

Supreme merchandise will increase in value after it hits the market, it’s only of a matter of when.

In order for Patel to sell his collection, he said he goes to consignment stores like Round

PARTH PATEL Accounting major depending on what items have a high enough resale value.

Jaime Herrera, a second-year business major, was also introduced to Supreme through YouTube.

“I would just watch (YouTubers) and see lots of posts on Instagram and thought they were really cool,” Herrera said.

When searching for Supreme merchandise on the resale market, Herrera said he would also look to buy from StockX and use hypebeast.com for restocking information. Like Patel, he also looked at consignment stores, one residing in Los Angeles, to see what was on the market.

Preston Lee, a first-year business major, started buying

Supreme during his sophomore year in high school and had to get creative to come up with the funds to purchase items.

Lee used money he received from Chinese New Year to buy his set of Supreme gear. He then flipped it to buy more Supreme merchandise, which began the cycle of buying and reselling in order to purchase more in the future.

“In the time I collected, I spent about three to four thousand dollars. I resold at some point and I still own a few pieces,” Lee said.

Among Lee’s Supreme merchandise were collaborations with Playboy, Commes des Garçons and Daniel Johnston.

Lee used platforms like Grailed, where he could sell his products to other interested buyers. Instagram, while not a specialized platform, allowed him to connect to people and conduct business with those who do not use selling applications.

Through those two channels, Lee said he sold about 80 percent of his collection and was still able to make a profit on the $3,000 to $4,000 he spent on building his inventory of Supreme merchandise.

In about two decades of business, Supreme has grown into more than just a typical skateboard brand. Collaborations with other global fashion brands demonstrate how powerful and influential it is.

People like Patel and Lee have used Supreme’s merchandise and profitable resale market as a reliable source of income. On the flip side, for students like Herrera, the resale market is a way to get merchandise that is high in demand by so many people.

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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2018

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President Donald Trump may have popularized the term “fake news” to address information that people do not dislike, but the issue began long beforehand, as journalists and bloggers fail to take fault in inaccurate headlines that do not reflect the actual information from the story.

Misleading headlines are problematic Poor news literacy skills and clickbait lead to public mistrust.

HARRISON FAIGEN Web Editor

President Donald Trump is often alternately mocked or lauded for his usage of the term “fake news” to describe any story he didn’t like en route to the White House, but he is just the latest person to popularize that sort of minimization of the media’s reliability.

Journalists took to social media to cry foul in the lead up to the election. However, all Trump did was take a narrative journalists themselves had put forth about blogging and extended it to the mainstream media.

While those who repackage or share news content have a responsibility to not use deliberately or accidentally misinforming headlines, the world also needs to use and learn more basic news literacy skills if they wish for the population to remain informed instead of confused.

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use search-engine-friendly headlines and so-called “clickbait” (because what writer wouldn’t want people to see their work?).

This perpetuated a narrative that some news was fake, an idea Trump merely extended to all media.

The case of ultimately disgraced prime minister David Cameron exemplifies both bloggers and journalists’ unprofessional behavior. He saw his political career tarnished by the widely distributed rumor that came to light in his biography about the sex act he had partaken in with a dead pig during his college days.

The rub? One of the authors of that book, journalist Isabel Oakeshott, said herself that she didn’t even know if the allegation was true. That didn’t stop bloggers from looking for clicks with headlines like “David Cameron Accused of Sex Act With a Dead Pig” from outlets like The Daily Beast.

Before long, fake news spreads around with little to no oversight because journalists and bloggers deny their involvement. Everyone wipes their hands of it and points the finger the other way, but that’s little solace to the person whose name is dragged through the mud. Instead of helping and informing the public, both parties end up destroying any established trust.

Journalists may criticize aggregators for misinforming people or killing the industry by taking people away from their papers, but most aggregators

aren’t looking to mislead.

They’re merely repackaging a reporter’s scoop in a way that makes it more accessible.

Does this sometimes lead to misinformation, like in the case of Cameron? Absolutely, but that’s less an issue with aggregators and more an issue with the way news is consumed in today’s social media and smartphone age.

As of 2016, “a majority of U.S. adults – 62% – get news on social media, and 18% do so often,” said to Jeffrey Gottfried and Elisa Shearer of the Pew Research Center.

Though it’s accessible, it also becomes problematic because these bite-sized bits of clickable headlines can lead to a contagion of inaccuracy and mistrust. This leads to cracks in the foundation of the entire media industry in exchange for the small, shortterm gain of clicks.

While the Pew Research study referenced by Gottfried and Shearer doesn’t define how the 62 percent of people they’re referencing are consuming that news, it stands to reason they aren’t taking in as much information. For some, “taking in news” just means glancing at headlines as they pop up on Twitter or Facebook.

This is where aggregators and bloggers begin to get a bad rap.

In order for news outlets to get maximum exposure on a story, they need a quick, snappy headline. And while “Cameron allegedly stuck genitals in a pig, back in college days according

to an anonymous, unverified source in a new biography looking to sell copies” would’ve been a more accurate way to package the news, even the paragon of journalistic integrity that is the New York Daily News went with “British PM David Cameron put private part inside dead pig during college initiation, book claims.”

That’s a problem. While Oakeshott, defended the aside’s inclusion on England’s Channel 4 News by saying, “It’s up to other people to decide whether they give (the allegation) any credibility or not,” it’s not that simple. Just attributing something correctly isn’t enough when the general population’s news literacy isn’t up to snuff.

Researchers polled 7,804 United States middle school, high school and college student responses to basic tests of news literacy, and came to the conclusion that “overall, young people’s ability to reason about the information on the internet can be summarized in one word: bleak,” according to a Stanford University study from November 2016.

The results of the study were so “bleak” that the researchers also wrote they “worry that democracy is threatened by the ease at which disinformation about civic issues is allowed to spread and flourish.” This is backed by results — 93 percent of the college student participants fell for a story in which a public relations firm posed as a news outlet offering supposedly

reputable information, according to the same Stanford study.

With news literacy so poor and as more people consume content on mobile devices or through glances at social media, it’s no longer enough for bloggers and aggregators to point to their attributions. Many don’t click it anyway and just get their news from the social media headline.

Even when they do click the article, they can’t decipher what a reliable source of news is.

This is a media-wide news problem, not just a blogging one, but this isn’t to absolve aggregators or claim that all of them have the best intentions.

Just like in journalism, there is a spectrum of people who blog or aggregate news, and some are more ethical than others. But to blame blogging for people being misinformed misses the point, the problem is larger.

If people and the media want less fake news going forward, aggregators and journalists alike have a responsibility to use ethics when writing headlines.

Both bloggers and journalists also need to do a better job of determining the veracity of a report in order to get clicks. Doing the latter might lead to a short term gain, but these sensational, and often inaccurate headlines are why fewer people are trusting the media as a whole.

Blogging, social media and news literacy are all parts of the problem, and they all must be addressed if the world is going to solve its misinformation issue.

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The NCEES exam fees and Pearson exam center fees amount to over $300.00. The seminar fees for 48 hours is $684.00 and you will learn/relearn all subjects and prepare for exams and Interviews Day

FE (Civil)

Date

Topic

Date Hours

Topic

1. Mathematics

1

31-Mar-18

2. Probability and Statistics

4/7/18

3

4/14/18

4

4/21/18

5

4/28/18

5. Enginering Economics 4. Ethics and Professional Practice 10. Materials 7. Statics 8. Mechanics of Materials 3. Fluid Mechanics 8. Dynamics 15 Transportation Engrg, Surveying 16. Enviromnetal Enginering 13. Construction 11. Hydraulics and Hydrological Systems

Hours

1. Mathematics

6

31-Mar-18

3. Computational Tools

2

FE (Mechanical)

2. Probability and Statistics

6

13. Computational Tools

3

14. Engineering Economics 4/7/18

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6

5/5/18

7

5/12/18

14. GeotechnIcal Engineering

6

8

5/19/18

12. Structural Analysis 13. Structural Design

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3

4/14/18

4/21/18 4/29/18 5/6/18

5/13/18

5/20/18

15. Ethics and Prof. Practice

10. Materials 6. Statics 8. Mechanics of Materials 3. Fluid Mechanics 8. Dynamics 7. Material Processing 11. Mechanical Design and Analysis

3 3 6

3 3 6

9. Electricity and Magnetism

3

12. Measurements, Instrumentation and Controls

3

4. Thermodynamics

6

5. Heat Transfer

3

Kinematics, and Vibrations

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Please register for the seminar by going to IIT website - www.irvine-institute.org. Start preparing and get ready for the live seminars from March 31, 2018. If you recommend a friend to join the seminar, you will get a cash bonus of 10% of the fee your friend has paid. Good luck on your studies and wish you a pass on first time you take the exam.

If you register now, you can immediately access Fall 2017 FE Seminars and start preparing for live Spring 2018. Your object should be to preape well and pass the exam the first time you take it.

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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2018

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ARIES (Mar. 21 - Apr. 19) Just when you think you have everything under control, the cosmos reminds you that you don’t. A conversation may go awry today, leading you in a direction that isn’t part of your agenda.

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TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20) Something you say might create a minor tempest today, even if you had no intention of stirring the emotional pot. Communicator Mercury brings a message from the subconscious realms of mysterious Pluto now, twisting the plot in a different direction.

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What aspect of the Daily Titan do you enjoy the most?

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It’s as if you wake up today on a strange planet where everything appears the same on the surface, but you know that behind the scenes everything is different. You’re not sure how to manage this strange sensation because your reaction to this odd situation is awkward at best.

CANCER (Jun. 21 - Jul. 22) You may experience a temporary existential crisis today as you question your basic spiritual assumptions.

Others might not realize the depth of your concern because you probably keep your metaphysical insecurities well hidden now.

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You can sink into deep waters of your imagination today, inspiring transformational visions. Surface events resonate with powerful mythological connections, adding layer upon layer of psychological and spiritual nuance.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) You have so many items on your schedule today that you don’t know where to begin. But your mental superpowers enable you to manage complex situations that might make other people crazy.

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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2018

PHOTO COURTESY OF @KSWALES13

Joining Kristen Swales (pictured bottom right) is Amanda Torres (pictured second top left), who will bear Titan colors in fall 2018.

Commit: A future to grow Save: Fullerton basewith the Titans ball seeks redemption

GABE GANDARA / DAILY TITAN

Relief pitcher Dillon Brown (pictured above) has only given up two runs and one error in the eight innings he’s pitched since the start of the Titans’ season in late January.

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Growing up, Swales played multiple sports. It was not until high school where she had to decide which sport she wanted to key-in on and grow as a player.

“Soccer was something that I had totally fallen in love with, and I couldn’t imagine stopping,” Swales said.

It was around this time when her club coach Derek Hanks told her he believed she had what it takes to play at the next level.

Shortly after, Swales attended a developmental camp and Brown

contacted her about joining the program.

Through her time around the staff, Swales said they have been nothing short of supportive, which excites her for her future as a Titan. She believes that she will not only develop as a soccer player, but a person as well.

“I trust that going here I’m going to grow in so many ways and improve myself and my game,” Swales said in an email.

“I want to reach my highest potential as a soccer player and go through these years giving it my all.”

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The Bruins are third in the Pac12 Conference and boast a .857 win percentage.

UCLA holds a completely opposite record than Fullerton’s, holding six wins and one loss at the hands of Baylor University, and even then, the Bruins remain in the top 25 in preseason polls.

Seven games into the season, the Titans bolster an overall .215 batting average and only racked up 20 runs, giving them a .304 onbase percentage.

Fullerton’s offensive power is led by junior right fielder Ruben Cardenas and sophomore shortstop Sahid Valenzuela. At 31 and 32 with a batting average of a .323 and .250, Cardenas and Valenzuela have the most at bats of the season, respectively.

Cardenas leads the team in terms of slugging percentage at a .452 and also holds the only home run on the Titans roster so far.

Right behind Cardenas is junior center fielder Mitchell Berryhill who stands at a .438.

Still in nonconference play, the Titans are continually taking the season game by game focusing on each aspect of their play whether it be hitting, catching or fielding.

“We need to learn how to play catch, we need to learn how to put the play in ball, we need to throw strikes better,” said Titans Head Coach Rick Vanderhook after the loss against University of Nevada Reno.

CSUF looks to better its season taking on UCLA at Goodwin Field on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 6 p.m.

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