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Spoken word echoes poet’s pain Culture Week kicked off with a performance by artist Kit Yan in the TSU. AMANDA CHACON Staff Writer

Bibee struck out seven batters in his 4.1 innings pitched and Workman ended all three of the batters he faced. “I went out there and didn’t think about anything except getting one hitter out, not really thinking ahead. It’s been helping for a while,” Bibee said. Cardenas said the pitching staff played great in the win, a sentiment Titans Head Coach Rick Vanderhook shared following the game, saying the pitching is the only aspect of the game he wants to carry over to the next games.

Each time slam poetry performer Kit Yan used the phrase, “Something is broken” on Monday night, the mantra boomed from the speaker like a cry of pain while he explored the different types of heartbreak he has encountered. Cal State Fullerton’s Association for Inter-Cultural Awareness invited Yan to CSUF as the kick off performance for its three-day event, Culture Week. Yan performed at the Underground Pub in the Titan Student Union where he read a few of the poems he had written for his book, “Queer Heartache” and spoke about his experience as a queer, transgender, Asian-American growing up in Hawaii. “I strung (the poems) together to create this show to go on a journey, like a character does, of discovering identity and to grapple with the issues of being queer,” Yan said.

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Freshman Tanner Bibee struck out seven batters in the 4.1 innings he pitched in the 3-2 victory over Pepperdine on Tuesday.

Baseball wins 6th game in a row

Cal State Fulleton achieved a winning record for the first time this season with a 3-2 win over Pepperdine. JARED EPREM Sports Editor

Second baseman Hank LoForte’s sacrifice fly to right field in the bottom of the seventh brought first baseman Jake Pavletich home, giving Cal State Fullerton baseball a 3-2 lead and eventually the win against Pepperdine. The victory extended Fullerton’s winning streak to six games, earning the Titans a

winning record for the first time this season. “Tonight’s win was big, even though we didn’t play our best baseball. We answered back when they scored and that’s the best thing we could’ve done,” said right fielder Ruben Cardenas. The contest was tied 2-2 when “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” played during the seventh-inning stretch. Despite encouragement from the announcer to sing along, the crowd stayed silent. To relieve starter Timothy Josten, pitchers Tanner Bibee and Blake Workman gave up one hit and no runs over the final three innings to seal the deal.

University explains why it dissolved the ALP

CSUF administration predicted program’s financial unsustainability. AMY WELLS BRANDON PHO News Editors

The Cal State Fullerton administration decided to axe the American Language Program and lay off 14 faculty members by the end of May, deeming the program financially unsustainable and making CSUF one of the the few CSUs without an intensive language program. “I know (President Fram Virjee) is new to this university and so he really doesn’t know our history, but he has the power to give this program another year,” said ALP faculty member Carolyn Dupaquier. In an April 4 interview, Virjee said the vast majority of ALP students have “no interest” in enrolling at CSUF after finishing the program. “These are not CSUF students,” Virjee said. “This isn’t a Cal State Fullerton program.” Out of the 129 students currently in the ALP, at least 28 have expressed interest in enrolling at CSUF said Chris Swarat, interim associate vice president of University Extended Education. Hussam Qassim, a CSUF master’s student and ALP alumnus, detailed his heartbreak in a March 5 letter to Virjee after learning the university would terminate the program that gave him “excellent reading, writing and speaking skills” when he arrived to the U.S. from Iraq. Qassim’s letter was one of many sent by ALP students and alumni

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Students and faculty of the American Language Program have implored CSUF President Fram Virjee to reverse the university’s decision to dissolve the program.

imploring Virjee to keep the program alive. Virjee said he read every letter he received, but has no plans to respond to them because they were letters “that did not ask for responses.” He also said the letters did not give him a new perspective, or tell him anything he didn’t

already know. “Those letters were confirming for me that for the years the ALP has been in place, it’s been doing a good job doing what it was intended to do,” Virjee said. “Not all the people want it because they want to go to college, some just want it because they want to be English-language proficient.”

On April 5, several ALP students and faculty took to the Quad to protest the university’s decision to close the program. “I think closing the ALP is a bad decision because I think it will reduce our international student community,” said Paul Taofan, an ALP student from China. Swarat said the ALP has been

in a “significant downturn” since the 2015-2016 fiscal year, which created a deficit the following year. Bruce Rubin, ALP faculty member, said the program has experienced setbacks before throughout its 32-year history. SEE DEFICIT

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Symposium celebrates black art, identity

The event, titled ‘Black in Bloom,’ featured black scholars and artists from multiple fields of work. TRICIA LASHA Staff Writer

Chefs, scholars, rappers, writers and entrepreneurs all gathered in the Titan Student Union on Tuesday to spotlight African-Americans in a variety of careers. Black in Bloom, a symposium presented by the African American Studies Department at Cal State Fullerton, was a focal point for CSUF students and community partners across Southern California to celebrate and connect with creatives and engage in discussions about black identity, music, cuisine and literary arts. Natalie Graham, associate professor of African-American studies and coordinator of the symposium, said Black in Bloom was inspired by students currently in her African-American courses. “I love teaching students and thinking about ways that they can have high impact practices and get outside of the classroom, outside of the textbook and also see practitioners in their field, so all of those things were part of the reason and logic behind making sure they were able to participate,” Graham said. Through collaboration with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Associated Students, guests and students heard from featured speakers including filmmaker Maya Washington, award-winning chef Bryant Terry and Olympia Auset, the founder of a low-cost Los Angeles grocery service called SÜPRMARKT. The symposium began with a screening of Washington’s award-winning short film “Clear,” which focuses on the relationship between a mother and her teen daughter as they try to make up for the 16 years together they lost because of a wrongful conviction. During a Q&A session, Washington talked about her co-producer, Tina Nagata Barr, who was the inspiration behind the film as she provided resources to exonerees relieved of wrongful convictions. “I am definitely someone who likes to create art with a purpose ... I love my

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Hosted by the African American Studies Department, the event also provided black students the opportunity to network.

friend Tina and collaborating in the academic community and finding ways for the work to actually land somewhere,” Washington said. Maria Vargas, a sophomore kinesiology major at CSUF, came to the symposium to hear more about Washington’s films after previously meeting her during a class taught by Graham.

“I liked how Washington presented everything, she’s really engaging with other students and inspiring, and I want to see more of her work,” Vargas said. The symposium was also a space where CSUF students could reach out and network through their professors. Graham said she wanted to provide an interactive learning experience outside

of the classroom. “I want students to be more connected to the idea of creating knowledge and art,” Graham said. “I think, a lot of times, undergraduate students feel they’re in a position of learning knowledge and appreciating art but not creating it. I want students to think of themselves as more makers and creators.”

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ALP members protested on April 5 against the program’s termination.

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Like all other self-supported programs in Extended Education, the ALP receives no funding from the CSU, Swarat said. “(The ALP) is sustained by the revenue generated through the students that are going through said program,” Swarat said. The ALP is not the first self-support program to be shut down by the university, with non-credit-bearing programs being the most frequent to be closed, Swarat said. To decrease the ALP’s deficit, Extended Education has to use another self-support program’s revenue to provide the necessary resources to support

the struggling program, Swarat said. “What we have to look at is, being good stewards of our programs and resources, whether or not such subsidies can be maintained without adversely affecting the quality of the bulk of our programs that we offer that also affect other student populations that we support,” Swarat said. Although he doesn’t see how Extended Education can come up with the resources to keep the ALP afloat, Swarat said the program does have its merits. “I would say anyone who is involved in a program of any type on this campus is a CSUF student in the broadest sense,” Swarat said. VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM

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Candidates hoping to be named California’s 39th Congressional District representative remained courteous, while arguing about issues like immigration and health care.

As primary nears, candidates debate issues Mai Khanh Tran and Suzi Park Leggett along with Republicans Steven Vargas and John Cullum, and Independents Sophia Alexander, Steve Cox and Karen Lee Schatzle. The candidates talked at length about health care; there was a general consensus on lowering the price of prescription drugs as well as an overall reassessment of how money is being distributed in the health care system. “If you design (health care) properly and efficiently, the country ends up saving hundreds of billions of dollars,” Thorburn said. Republicans Cullum and Vargas also supported forms of affordable health care. Vargas said he wants to direct tax and spending cuts toward other government sectors rather than Medicare.

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Candidates for the 39th Congressional District representative seat shared a diverse range of opinions on hotly debated issues such as health care, immigration and education at the Mackey Auditorium on Tuesday to campaign for the upcoming June 5 primary. Members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute filled the auditorium for the forum, which featured 11 candidates. The institute hosted Democrats Andy Thorburn, Sam Jammal, Gil Cisneros, Herbert Lee,

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The topic of immigration received polarized stances, with the Republicans speaking strongly against sanctuary cities and voicing support for President Donald Trump’s border wall proposal, while Democratic candidates stood in solidarity with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and undocumented workers. “Seventy-five percent of our agricultural workers are undocumented. We would cripple our agricultural economy if we went through with the Trump administration’s plans on immigration,” Jammal said. Thorburn and Cox both argued in favor of tuition-free public education, stating that a lack of federal funding and high costs are taking a detrimental toll on college students.

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ANDY THORBURN Congressional candidate “It takes them a long time to graduate because they have to work full time,” Thorburn said. “In addition, we have to fund skill-based education for the 65 percent of people who don’t go to college.” Schatzle disagreed, however, drawing from her own experience as someone who worked full time through college and law school. “(Students) shouldn’t be coddled. They shouldn’t be told that

‘It’s okay. You need your rest.’ If you want something you work for it,” Schatzle said. Several of the candidates voiced their dissatisfaction with the current state of Congress, and stated similar intents to introduce legislative change. After the forum, institute members outside of the auditorium offered the candidates positive feedback. “The candidates were courteous to each other. There was even some humor that came in,” said institute member Monika Broome. “I found it very interesting and somewhat entertaining.” The two candidates who receive the most votes for the 39th District will be selected in the primary election on June 5. They will then campaign for the seat in the Nov. 6 general election.

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Beginning with his childhood in Hawaii, Yan spoke of financial struggles his family endured. He opened with a memory of his mother: though she was willing to make the sacrifice to get him braces, Yan declined the offer because he knew his family could not afford to fix his crooked teeth. Because his family did not believe in wasting anything, everything was given a new purpose, like an old peanut butter jar acting as a thermos or Tupperware container. Yan said he still reuses empty containers as a way to remember the love his parents gave him. While other families sought financial aid from the government, Yan said agencies that were supposed to help his family did little to support them. After a brief summary of his childhood, he reflected on his self-discovery as a queer-transgender male. Excited to express himself when he first moved to Boston, he covered his Jeep in stickers to display all of his interests. When talking about his first sexual experiences with men, Yan said that after experiencing heartbreak, he tried to give up on being queer. However, he realized being straight would not heal the pain caused by the heartbreak he was feeling. He said his story is not only about his personal heartache and growth, but a way to inspire others to explore their own identity. “I hope that people come away from watching the show feeling like they also have stories to tell,” Yan said. “There’s a colorful story within all of us.”

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Silence in ‘A Quiet Place’ intensely entertains The lack of dialogue gives John Krasinski’s film a unique advantage. SARAH EL-MAHMOUD Managing Editor

The unsettling burden of the fear of silence plagues the screen immediately in “A Quiet Place.” A resounding anxiety echoes as careful steps are established as a mean for survival, and any preceding sudden sound is a frightening yet effective stab at the senses that pierces straight to viewers. The film follows the Abbott family, who are forced to live in a hushed isolation because of a lurking threat that slaughters anything making a sound. The family speaks in sign language to one another and tiptoe in a desperate attempt to exist in the desolate world. “A Quiet Place” is both incredibly well crafted and nerve-wracking, using silence to make sharp cinematic choices, which make its lack of dialogue an advantage. A combination of its sudden hook into the terrifying consequences of the film with an engagingly profound message about family makes it a highly-entertaining movie that will likely be talked about for some time. The unique situation that befalls the Abbott family sends thoughts fluttering as to how a society, or a single family, could function with the absence of sound. In their lonely town, the Abbott’s quietly work around things often taken for granted, with even the simple luxury of a much-needed therapeutic cry after a sudden sting of pain being treated as a threat to them. John Krasinski, who stars in, directed and has writing credits for “A Quiet Place,” surpasses expectations in his first run-in with horror, establishing himself as a serious filmmaker. He even garnered Stephen King’s seal of approval who called the film “an extraordinary piece of

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John Krasinski said he originally rewrote ‘A Quiet Place’ as a movie that was focused on family and parenthood.

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iconic. In “A Quiet Place,” he is similarly able to gain sympathy through the weight he holds in each expression and finds strength in his charismatic nature without the need for constant dialogue to carry the film.

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Female-centric companies ignore wage gaps Gender bias is widspread even in industries focused on women.

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The fashion industry’s recent fixation on promoting equality and female empowerment has been widespread as designers like Zadig & Voltaire and Alexander Wang explicitly addressed the issue of gender inequality in their 2018 fall collections. For an industry that targets women by promoting empowering messages through social media campaigns and runway looks, a gender-pay gap in favor of men would be unexpected, but it has disappointingly been the case in many female-centric industries. Companies focusing on female clientele need to work harder to ensure equal pay among their female employees. It’s discouraging to see one of the few industries led by and catered to women still bearing this issue. London-based fashion companies had to report their gender-pay data by the first week of April this year and the results were shocking and ironic. Somehow, an industry targeting a female audience and employing a large number of female staff has still not been able to close the pay gap. The bias in favor of men is widespread and can be seen not only in clothing companies but also in beauty brands and magazine publishing houses. These companies have tackled the long-time issue by providing an antiquated explanation: a pay gap only exists because women are employed in lower paying

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Ironically, industries that focus on promoting women’s equality fail to properly address the pay gaps between men and women employees.

positions, like retail assistants. This is only an excuse used by companies to continue gender discrimination and is exactly what needs to be changed in the fashion industry. Not only does this lackluster excuse undermine hard work done by women daily, but it continues to underscore a woman’s ability to fill high-paying leadership positions. If a company wishes to attract more female consumers, why shouldn’t they have a female CEO making sure women’s needs are met? In the end, women know women best, whether it’s in clothing garments or makeup; female employees know exactly what attract women to consumer goods. This explanation is also not

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publishing services to magazines like GQ, Vogue and Vanity Fair, reported the largest mean gender-pay gap. On average, a female employee earns about 89 cents for every $1.42 earned by a man. Another one of Condé Nast’s clients, Glamour magazine, offers a cutthroat explanation as to why women are not seen in these high-paying leadership roles. It’s not that there aren’t talented, qualified women to fill these positions, but rather outdated employment initiatives favoring men over women due to gender discrimination. A gender-pay gap can no longer be validated by excusing the difference in pay to the positions women and men are employed in. If this stigma is not challenged,

then there will continue to be a pay gap in fields that are ironically preaching about female empowerment. More women are earning university degrees and looking to enter the workforce than ever before, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Society cannot expect to close the gap when the very companies that are employing the most women and targeting a female audience cannot guarantee equal pay. An industry that is looking to embrace female empowerment, feminism and challenge sexual harassment in the workplace should be doing more to embrace women as the leaders of the industry and provide equal pay, and opportunity to match their male counterparts.

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WEDNESDAY APRIL 11, 2018

Golf ties for sixth place

Cal State Fullerton improved from ninth to sixth in the Wyoming Cowboy Classic. LAUREN JENNINGS Staff Writer

Cal State Fullerton men’s golf ended the Wyoming Cowboy Classic in sixth place Tuesday, tying with McNeese State and finishing 7-under-par 864. The Titans returned to finish the 36-hole tournament at the Whirlwind Golf Club in Chandler, Arizona with some individual leaders on their roster, and junior Matt Wilson leading the way for CSUF. Fullerton moved up three places after ending its first round of the tournament in ninth place. However, the University of Texas San Antonio took the top spot, finishing first at 22-under-par 864. Wilson managed to tie for 17th place and finished 3-under-par 216 after moving five spots up in the first two rounds of Monday’s tournament. Senior Mark Cobey, however, didn’t see the same fate. Cobey dropped three places after carrying the Titans on day one of the tournament. Cobey finished 1-under-par 216, sharing a 20th place tie with teammate Derek Castillo, who moved up 31 places.

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Matt Wilson finished the two-day tournament in 17th place.

Freshman Dalton Daniel tied for 40th with 3-over-par 216, while redshirt senior Martin Manalo dropped 17 places tying for 51st place at 4-over-par 216. For the individual competition, sophomore Michael Sharkey

finished in eighth place out of 14 with 8-over-par 216. The Titans will participate in the El Macero Classic April 13 through 15, the last tournament before the Big West championship, which starts April 28.

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Freshman Deshea Hill is tied for the third-most hits (37) on the Titans roster.

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Right fielder Ruben Cardenas recorded one hit and two RBIs in the 3-2 win over Pepperdine.

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“I thought Timmy and Bibee did good. Beans (Blake Workman) came in at the end and really handled it well,” Vanderhook said. LoForte drove in the winning run but wasn’t the main provider for CSUF. Cardenas finished the night with one hit and two RBIs. “(I was) trying to get on base and do whatever I can to help my team score runs. That’s what we’ve been doing during this six-game winning streak,”

Cardenas said. Vanderhook wasn’t as satisfied with the win as the players were. He thought the Titans hit poorly despite getting hits when they needed them. “Pavletich got one pretty good but he had a crappy last at-bat. We scored one. We should’ve scored more,” Vanderhook said. He said the team did not get better in the win and will need to make progress in its upcoming series against San Diego State. LoForte is keeping his coach’s words close to his heart in

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I wasn’t expecting it. When I saw it, I was really shocked, but it’s nice to know that all of my hard work is paying off. DESHEA HILL Titans infielder conference play. She showcased her abilities against Northridge, where she recorded a double and three RBIs in the first game against the Matadors, giving the Titans a 4-1 victory. Games two and three of the Titans weekend series gave Hill room to stuff the stat sheet. She recorded at least one hit and RBI in each of those games, finishing 5-for-8 overall to give CSUF a triumphant weekend sweep. Hill, who has the second-highest batting average in the Big West (.416), is continuing to recover from her injury but won’t let that hold her back from getting better. “I’ve been focusing on going to the training room, making sure I’m getting treatment on my knee and focusing during practice on getting what I need to get done,” Hill said.

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Freshman Deshea Hill was rewarded with her second Big West Player of the Week award for her standout performance against Northridge upon her return to Cal State Fullerton softball following a nine-game hiatus for an injury. “It feels really nice, I wasn’t expecting it. When I saw it, I was really shocked, but it’s nice to know that all of my hard work is paying off,” Hill said. A bad step at first base left Hill with a strained ACL when the Titans faced Nebraska on March 17. However, just because she couldn’t practice with the team didn’t mean she wasn’t going to take time off. “It didn’t really feel like I had any time off. Even though I wasn’t really practicing, I was still putting in the time watching pitches, and that helped me stay where I was at before,” Hill said. Hill made her way back into Fullerton’s lineup prepared for

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