Volume 103 Issue 26
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Thursday March 22, 2018
ASI controversy continues; Expert says meetings illegal The elections judicial council convened at least three times to hear complaints without posting agendas, which are required by ASI bylaws and California law. AMY WELLS BREANNA BELKEN KYLE BENDER Daily Titan
Associated Students violated a California open meeting law over the last two weeks by failing to post agendas for three closed meetings, according to a legal expert. The Associated Students elections judicial council held meetings on March 7 at 4 p.m. and March 14 at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. They addressed complaints filed against Celine Moubayed and Colin Eacobellis, Associated Students president and vice president candidates, respectively. The elections judicial council failed to post agendas for the meetings as required by the Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act, a California law regulating student governments. Apparently, it is standard practice for the elections judicial council to fail on posting agendas for its meetings. “There are no agendas for the meetings. They are pretty standard. We receive a complaint and the person that filed the complaint and the person the complaint is filed against receives an email from me letting them know that the complaint has been received,” said Rachel Langenfeld, Associated Students election director and elections judicial council chair. Agendas for board of directors or committees meetings must disclose items to be discussed in a closed session beforehand, according to the Associated Students’ bylaws and the Gloria Romero Act. “We can clearly say they violated the law by not posting notice of agenda,” said Mike Hiestand, attorney and senior legal consultant for the Student Press Law Center. According to its own bylaws, the Associated Students board of directors and all of its councils and committees are required to comply with the Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act. Violations of the act can carry consequences. SEE COUNCIL
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University Police teach self-defense
Rape Aggression Defense classes taught by three certified instructors. CODIE HAYS Staff Writer
In an attempt to combat the dangers of rape and sexual assault on campus, Cal State Fullerton University Police officers are teaching students self-defense tactics for real instances of danger. The Rape Aggression Defense class, or RAD, is held at the Student Recreation Center and is a 3-day 12 hour program held once a semester by nationally certified instructors.
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Sophie Frost averaged a 1.96 ERA and 81 hits in her 13 appearances in the pitching circle.
Officer Katie Cappuccio With a little over six years under her belt as a RAD instructor, Officer Katie Cappuccio continues to teach the classes with intensity. As a child, she didn’t have any type of self-defense training and preferred cheerleading and ballet over karate and martial arts. Her parents told her about “stranger danger,” but she didn’t know
Softball suffers 3-1 loss in game one against Loyola “ JARED EPREM Sports Editor
Loyola Marymount’s two-run double in the top of the seventh from outfielder Brooke Christensen helped lift itself over Cal State Fullerton softball for a 3-1 victory Wednesday.
The Titans’ pitching circle finished the three innings prior with several runners left on base. However, the Lions were able to find enough hits when it mattered to secure the victory. CSUF had runners on first and third with two outs in the bottom of the seventh and a chance to close the game out, but third baseman Bryanna Ybarra failed to make anything of the final at-bat of the game. “We did not have productive
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outs and we did not put the bat on ball like we’re capable of. From the last time we saw LMU to tonight, they got better. We took a step back.” said Titans Head Coach Kelly Ford. The players shared Ford’s disappointment with their productivity in the postgame huddle. Ford said only one player said they were happy with their effort in the game. SEE DEFEAT
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Late hits by the Lions resulted in the Titans 18th loss of the season.
There are so many women that are just naive to any of the concepts, or naive to the fact that by coming and living on campus, you are more vulnerable and statistics show that (sexual assault) is more likely to occur. KATIE CAPPUCCHIO University Police officer
how to defend herself if a stranger tried to kidnap her, Cappuccio said. “There are so many women that are just naive to any of the concepts, or naive to the fact that by coming and living on campus you are more vulnerable, and statistics show that (sexual assault) is more likely to occur,” she said. All of the officers have stories and examples to back up why they are showing students how to defend themselves. The ultimate goal is to reduce the risk of students becoming victims, Cappuccio said. In their last class, Cappuccio said a woman approached her about concerns she had about the way women are perceived in society. “There is this unspoken rule that if a man tries to ask you on a date or puts his arm around you, and says ‘Can I buy you a drink,’ that we’re supposed to allow these things to happen, because we don’t want to be conceived as being rude or mean,” she said. Cappuccio hopes women will become aware of different self-defense techniques. She said there are many skills to be learned in this course, like how women carry themselves on a daily basis and their awareness of surroundings when walking to and from a campus parking lot. “Thinking back on my past and the situations that I’ve found myself in, I think if I had the skills of the women who take this class after completion, I maybe wouldn’t have ended up in some of these incidents or situations that I found myself in,” Cappuccio said. SEE RAD
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