Monday August 21, 2017

Monday August 21, 2017

Volume 102 Issue 1

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Lecturer Eric Canin’s return welcomed by Anthropology faculty, despite angry emails.

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Welcome Titans Guide Within: Everything you need to know for the upcoming year.

Convocation looks at past, future Remedial model reshaped President addresses strategic plan, 60th anniversary.

JASON ROCHLIN Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton President Mildred Garcia announced preparations for the University’s next strategic plan to begin this semester and introduced the University’s 60th “diamond” anniversary at her 2017 Convocation Address Monday.

The University’s current strategic plan has four goals which have affected the campus’ curricular and cocurricular environment, the push for improved graduation rates with a smaller achievement gap, faculty and staff recruitments and an increase in revenue gathering over a five-year period from 2013 to 2018.

During his opening remarks for the Convocation Address, Interim Provost and Vice President pf Academic Affairs Anil Puri said that the five-year strategic plan has “transformed our campus” since it was implemented in

Systematic shift forces CSUF to rethink Early Start.

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Cal State Fullerton President Mildred Garcia’s 2017 Convocation Address ended with faculty members coming out of the audience in the Meng Concert Hall to perform a “Hamilton” parody titled “We are Cal State Fullerton.”

2012.

“This vital document set in writing a long-standing commitment to student success and timely graduation, top quality academic and cocurricular programs, recruiting and retaining stellar faculty and staff and diversifying

our revenue stream for a strong financial footing,” Puri said.

As we come into the final year for the current strategic plan, Garcia said that a new strategic plan for the University will be unveiled during her 2018 Convocation Address.

“Throughout this academic year we will lead the work that culminates with our new strategic plan, from the fall 2017 establishment of strategic plan committees to the spring 2018 creation of the plan’s goals,” Garcia said.

In regards to the

successes of the current five-year strategic plan, Garcia discussed a variety of examples from each college on campus and the University as a whole of how those goals have been met.

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Titans expect to win Big West CSUF men’s soccer prevails over alumni and fall to Cal in preseason.

KAILA CRUZ YARESLY It was the final seconds of a double-overtime match, and the Titans and the Matadors were in the heat of a game that would determine their fate in the NCAA Tournament.

With 52 seconds on the clock, Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer season ended when a tie-breaking goal from Cal State Northridge crushed the Titans’ dream of a third consecutive Big West Conference title.

“It was very devastating, we could’ve made the threepeat,” said senior midfielder Diego Sanchez.

The heartbreaking loss motivated the Titans to turn their focus to winning early by leveling up on their training.

As they prepare for the 2017-18 season, the Titans train around-the-clock, often twice a day with the goal of simulating game speed in mind. Head Coach George Kuntz said the team had 14 training sessions in a row leading into their 2-0 exhibition loss against the University of California, Berkeley.

“We have that chip on our shoulder for this year. We definitely didn’t forget about it,” said senior and team

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Cal State Fullerton midfielder Diego Sanchez is one of the five seniors on the Titans’ roster and one of the 15 returning players on the team. The 2017-18 squad is compromised of over half a team of newcomers.

captain Nicolo D’Amato.

Training has been different for the Titans in order to prepare for the regular season and more importantly, a comeback.

“We will train faster. We will train our guys to play faster,” Kuntz said. “Everything is going to be one or two touch, everything that

we do.”

With the Titans’ roster made up of 10 freshmen and seven transfers, the team is finding it difficult to match up styles of play and mesh them together.

“We have so many new guys that are not used to this environment and this speed of play,” Kuntz said. “We

have a lot of transfers, a lot of freshman and JC transfers that really are not accustomed to this level of speed.”

Still, Kuntz is preaching patience with his new mix of players.

“That takes time,” Kuntz said. “Some guys like to dwell on (the ball) a little more than others and some guys like

playing a little faster.”

Returning upperclassmen D’Amato and Sanchez both said that they feel a new sense of leadership as two of the five seniors on the team, with D’Amato determined to leave a legacy for the younger players to continue.

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Study abroad, travel alone, be selfish Student’s trip to Italy filled with beauty and life lessons.

JACOB SCHEFER Daily Titan

I stood at the peak of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino by myself and it began to rain as the wind grew strong. I was cold, alone and wet and at that moment, I knew freedom.

San Marino, located within

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Italy, is the world’s earliest republic and is the fifth-smallest sovereign nation both by population and land size.

The number of students in the U.S. who study abroad has more than doubled in the last 15 years, according to

the Institute of International Education’s Open Doors report, but why do people study abroad? And more importantly, why do Cal State Fullerton students take their academic careers out of the country?

Reasons for taking courses

overseas that quickly come to mind are fun and adventurous experiences, adventure, a lower legal drinking age for some and dare I say — to actually learn?

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An executive order to eliminate some remedial courses from the Cal State University system was signed by Chancellor Timothy P. White Aug. 2. The order will take effect in summer 2019; however, implementation of this new policy is slated to begin sooner.

“They’re removing (remedial courses) in an effort to facilitate graduation in a more timely manner while still supporting the students,” said CSUF Advisor Training Specialist Randy Montes.

The executive order articulates a plan to substitute non credit-bearing remedial courses with supportive course models that may include, among others, requiring some courses to be taken at the same time, supplemental instruction, or ‘stretch’ formats that extend a course beyond one academic term.

The co-requisite approaches and “stretch” formats will also earn students credit toward their degrees.

“They’re still getting that college-level credit for it but all the while, they’re still getting that support and development that current remediation courses get them,” Montes said.

There’s a possibility these sweeping changes to the system’s remediation policy could be disadvantageous for some students.

“Every student’s different,” Montes said. “One thing that I think will be interesting to watch, is how it will affect international students.”

Montes said that it’s common for international students to take supplemental English-learning courses.

“I don’t know if there will be sort of a separate system from that. I don’t know if part of that stretch of classes will have that kind of unique support for the international students,” Montes said.

While the new policies won’t fully take effect until summer 2019, they will begin being implemented as soon as Fall 2018.

While these new policies will aid the timeliness of graduation, Montes is unsure whether or not they will directly result in more fouryear graduations.

“At least in the advising center and with a lot of advisors on campus, we try to view things as more of ‘your time,’ instead of ‘on time,’ whatever that student’s time is,” Montes said. “So if (graduation time) happens to be four years, great. If that happens to be five years, great.”

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A few noteworthy examples included the start of the 10th anniversary of the Clayes Performing Arts Center, the findings of Student Success Teams that 838 students are on track to graduate in four and a half years, the hiring of 42 new tenure and tenure-track faculty members for the fall 2017 semester and the fact that CSUF has raised more than $20 million for two back-to-back fiscal years.

“Dear Titans, there is no doubt that we are well on our way to become the model comprehensive university of the nation,” Garcia said.

Garcia’s Convocation Address ushered in the beginning of Cal State Fullerton’s 60th anniversary by inviting a number of “founding Titans,”

alumni, faculty and staff who graduated between 1957 and 1969.

One founding Titan in attendance was Lawrence B. de Graff, Ph.D., a professor emeritus of history who wrote “The Fullerton Way: Fifty Years at California State University, Fullerton.” Garcia recounted stories about the school’s early history from de Graff’s work to show that CSUF students have always embodied the ideology that “Titans Reach Higher.”

She talked about CSUF’s first President William Langsdorf having to start the school with just $139,000 out of the State’s budget and how faculty and staff had to work out of a condemned building at Fullerton High School when there were no buildings on campus.

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“Despite all these obstacles, according to Dr. de Graff’s historical history, Titans exhibited, and I quote, ‘a spirit of confidence,’” Garcia said.

Garcia also talked about how CSUF has adapted over its 60-year history in response to California’s shift

recently been involved to lash out against in ways we haven’t seen since the civil rights movement,” Garcia said.

Garcia said that “this coming year controversial figures will visit our campus” while talking about students dealing with complex emotion-

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Dear Titans, there is no doubt that we are well on our way to become the model comprehensive university of the nation.

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MILDRED GARCIA CSUF President to becoming a majority-minority state and to events like Charlottesville.

“Our success and adapting to this change makes us both a national model for equity and inclusion and in some ways a target for those who’ve

al and political issues, but University Chief Communications Officer Jeffrey Cook said he thinks that was simply referring to university campuses presenting diverse viewpoints as an integral part of higher education.

“I am not aware at this time of University-sponsored speakers who are booked who may be particularly controversial,” Cook said in an email.

“Student organizations also routinely bring speakers to campus and that planning is likely underway.”

While talking about CSUF’s history, Garcia took an opportunity to pay respects to former CSUF Presidents Jewel Plummer Cobb and Milton Gordon.

“Presidents Cobb and Gordon not only understood the transformative power of higher education, they wielded it in ways that cleared a path for those who inspire to follow in their footsteps,” Garcia said.

“I am one of those people, and I am proud that today we see their spirit along with the legacies of tens of thousands of

Titans who served here over the last 60 years in our classrooms, around our community and in every degree we confer.”

The event ended with faculty members performing “We are Cal State Fullerton,” a musical number parodying “Hamilton” to celebrate the start of the University’s 60th anniversary while touching upon all the ways the staff members can help students.

“As we look forward to our next 60 years, we must all hold firm President Garcia’s unwavering lifelong belief in the promise and potential of every human being,” Puri said. “In our role as the model university, we must convey to every one of our students that they are essential to our campus and that their future knows no bounds.”

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By fall 2019, the chancellor’s executive orders will implement new strategies to aid timely graduations, and ensure the discontinuation of placement testing while prioritizing credit-bearing courses in the Early Start Program and supportive course models.

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In her recent convocation address for the fall 2017 semester, CSUF President Mildred Garcia promised to propel the rate of four-year graduations, adamantly emphasizing the university will do so “not by sacrificing

our rigorous academic standards, but by elevating them and helping students to reach them.”

CSUF Chief Communications Officer Jeff Cook said in an email that, overall, Garcia stressed that the ongoing improvement in graduation rates

would not be at the expense of academic quality. However, he said “implementation of the new executive order would be among those considerations.”

It will take time to see whether or not the new policy proves more effective than its predecessor, which took a non

credit-bearing, remedial course model approach.

“This is a system-wide implementation,” Montes said. “With anything new, it’s all about how you communicate it early on.”

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DUI arrests near CSUF increase University Police tackle drunk driving over summer break.

NICHOLE TORRES Daily Titan Due to inaction on campus over summer, the University Police Department was busy arresting drunk drivers near Cal State Fullerton.

DUI arrests around the school saw an increase over the summer, University Police Captain Scot Willey said.

“We have a mile radius outside of the campus, so within that mile radius we do a lot of work during the summer,”

Willey said.

With the opportunity to train their officers during the summer, DUIs have become a main focus for campus law

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really hits close to home for us,” Willey said. “We want to make sure that people aren’t being killed out there by drunk drivers.”

Our officers are always patrolling and looking for DUI drivers, that’s something that hits really close to home for us.

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enforcement police. The University Police was also a host to other officers across the county for the summer DUI investigation training.

“Our officers are always patrolling and looking for DUI drivers, that’s something that

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Soon after their DUI investigation training, officers encountered multiple drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs. With three new officers joining the field, the number of DUI arrests also surged.

“They’re out being very

active, proactive, so they’re pulling over a lot of people,” Willey said.

Along with the importance of spotting drunk drivers, the University Police holds campus safety as a top priority.

According to the alarms.org 2017 report, “Top 100 Safest Colleges in America,” CSUF was ranked No. 64. The University Police’s main objective is to continue to have a safe campus that makes students feel protected.

Having police visibility on campus is essential for the University Police, after many students suggested in a campuswide survey that they would like to see more officers during the evening.

Canin welcomed by colleagues Anthropology faculty received angry emails but remains positive.

AMY WELLS CAMERON CORONA Daily Titan The reinstatement of anthropology lecturer Eric Canin, who was involved in an altercation with a student in early February, has drawn support from the anthropology department’s faculty members.

Arbitrator Jan Stiglitz agreed with the University’s internal investigation that “a campus employee struck a student.” This conclusion warranted a two-month suspension, and Canin will return to CSUF this fall to continue teaching part time.

“We are ecstatic. We are so happy that Eric is back,” said anthropology professor and coordinator of the cultural anthropology program Barbra Erickson. “Everyone that I know of is happy that he’s going to be back, certainly all the faculty. So I expect students, especially majors that know him, will be happy.”

However, Canin’s return has not been met as warmly across the board.

Erickson said that a few members of the anthropology faculty have received angry emails from people she believed to be non-students, potentially from out of state, regarding Canin, the department and anthropologists in general.

Canin said he has also received a few emails since it was announced he was

returning. However there were far fewer than those he saw immediately following the incident. He said none of the emails so far have been threatening but he is prepared to report them to campus police if that changes.

University Police Captain Scot Willey said he has been notified of two anonymous emails sent to the department concerning Canin.

Willey said while there hasn’t been anything threatening in the emails he received, the department is keeping track of them.

Canin said that he hopes the emails will eventually stop so he can return to what he loves most, teaching.

“I’m looking forward to getting back into my classes. I’m looking forward to interacting with my colleagues. I’m

looking forward to teaching students and mentoring students,” Canin said.

Canin said that his return has received positive responses from colleagues and students, and he looks to have “constructive dialogues with students along reasonable lines” in the upcoming semester.

Erickson, who has known Canin for 15 years, is happy with the arbitrator’s conclusions which allowed Canin to return.

“I know that Dr. Canin is personally against violence, his whole philosophy of life is anti-violence,” Erickson said.

“Dr. Canin’s been a teacher for 20 years. He loves teaching.

He loves students. He’s glad to be back.”

Nicole Torres contributed to this report.

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This summer I studied abroad with 13 other students and a few professors.

My fear going into this trip was that most of the other students would be much younger and have less experience traveling, resulting in me relating to them less.

What I didn’t expect was that this would make my trip even more vital to my growth as a human being and as an adult.

I studied abroad simply because I love to travel, and what better way to get six units than to go to Florence, Italy?

I spent a month in Florence. I went to Rome for a weekend. I went to San Marino of course. I went to Venice. I went to wine country in Chianti.

I went to the Lake District in Northern Italy with my parents after classes were finished.

Florence, my home base for a month, is a city rich with history and significance. I slept in the building where Antonio Meucci, the inventor of the telephone, was born and raised.

I stood in front of where the great Michelangelo was laid to rest. My body only a foot away from his skeleton.

I would walk through Piazza della Signoria where dictators and kings would decapitate families with glee as their innocent blood spilt on the old stone ground, their petrified faces rolling down the street along with the rest of their heads.

I would go to school where despicable Nazis once walked, and then retreated as the great Allied forces repelled them from the city.

I stood at the top of the beautifully glorious and

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The famous Duomo in the center of Florence, Italy was built over 80 years ago. Cal State Fullerton student and Daily Titan features editor Jacob Schefer spent one month this summer exploring the historic city during his study abroad program.

enormous Duomo in the center of Florence, 463 steps up, which seems like an impossibility considering it was constructed over 580 years ago.

I sat under a sky that Leonardo Da Vinci, Galileo, Machiavelli (not Tupac), Raphael and the aforementioned Michelangelo have sat under.

Because I didn’t relate to a lot of the other students, I ventured out a lot on my own or with a few others who I felt more connected to.

Getting to travel on my

own was important to me because it was up to me to not only decide where to go, but also to get there and back safely in the time I had to do so.

Being self-reliant in a foreign country feels pretty great, especially for students who like to do their own thing.

I relearned a lot of things in Florence that I think I needed to relearn. Such as, that not everybody has to like me and also, who cares if someone doesn’t like me?

Now, I don’t actually

know if anyone wasn’t fond of me, besides the girl who wanted only to go to the bars and clubs and also whom I asked to blow her weed-vape smoke (steam? vapor?) out the window when we shared a room together before the trip started (I came to Florence early with three other students).

She definitely wasn’t fond of me, nor was I of her.

But as I said, most of the other students were a good deal younger than me and have traveled far less. They often wanted to drink, rather than explore.

So, I was left by myself to explore the beautiful and cultural republic of Italy, and I took it in stride.

I also was reminded to be selfish when presented with a great opportunity. I’m not going to wait around for another group of people because they set their alarm too late.

With only a month to spend in Florence, I spent it as I saw fit.

I came back from this trip hungry to seek out what I want, and badly wanting to bring my newfound attitude and more advanced brain

and body to my daily life.

You’ve got one life, like you’ve probably got one study abroad trip. Don’t waste it on anything, especially someone’s potentially hurt feelings.

If you can scramble the money together, I insist that studying abroad is the right move.

Whether it’s the short summer session, the shorter winter intersession, or a full semester session. Do it.

The experience will be with you for the rest of your life and you can do great things with it.

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Four Netflix shows culminate in the fight against “The Hand. “ LISETTE GONZALEZ Daily Titan

The heroes in Marvel’s “The Defenders” aren’t the typical bright, exciting and glamorized heroes that fans are used to in Marvel films.

In fact, they’re quite the opposite; the show dives into dark story elements, intricate character development, a view into street-level crime and combat sequences that don’t shy away from brutality and gore.

Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Iron Fist (Finn Jones), who all previously starred in their own Netflix series, unite together in “The Defenders” to defeat the deadly ancient ninja organization known as The Hand. “Daredevil” and “Iron Fist” are crucial viewings since their events regarding The Hand heavily come into play in this series.

Before all four heroes team up to take down The Hand, “The Defenders” picks up where each character left off in their individual shows.

Daredevil has retired from his nightly vigilantism and attempts to live a regular life as pro-bono lawyer, Matthew Murdock. Jones has stopped taking cases as a private investigator after the traumatic Kilgrave events, and starts to come to terms with being considered a hero. Cage has been released from jail and returns to the streets of Harlem after being wrongly imprisoned. Iron Fist has been fighting The Hand all across the globe with his

partner Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick).

Fate brings the heroes together as their own personal battles all lead them into the middle of The Hand’s evil plot. The Defenders arrive and meet for the first time in the third episode. Their unintentional rendezvous in The Hand’s headquarters leads to a combat-filled hallway fight scene, where they unveil their unique powers and abilities to one another for the first time.

Ever since the notorious scene in season one of “Daredevil” blew everyone away, hallway fight scenes have been a staple to fans of the Marvel Netflix shows.

Even though it was exciting to see all four heroes fighting, Iron Fist’s fighting is a bit underwhelming. No matter how precisely choreographed Iron Fist’s fighting is, it just isn’t as believable or captivating as other heroes’. Iron Fist is arguably the most powerful hero out of the four, but the way he is portrayed in “The Defenders” makes him seem like the weakest and most naive.

Despite the initial hesitation and distrust for one another, the heroes find themselves under great pressure to work together. Their own personal motivations turn into a common goal to save innocent lives both locally in Hell’s Kitchen and globally from The Hand’s deadly agenda.

One notable element of “The Defenders” is its ability to stay close to the roots of the shows it derives from, while maintaining a collective narrative. The distinct color tones that are found in each series (i.e., yellow tints for Cage’s scenes and bluish-purple hues when Jones appears) reintroduce the characters to the audience and blend as they become a

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Luke Cage (Mike Colters,) Daredevil/Matthew Murdock (Charlie Cox,) Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) and Iron Fist/Danny Rand (Finn Jones) are forced to become a team when their individual battles intersect in New York City.

team. The rap, soul and hiphop tracks in Cage’s scenes are especially apparent, paying homage to his own show and bringing elements of his life in Harlem.

Marvel shows are praised for their ability to spend more time and explore deeper character arcs in ways that their major motion picture counterparts cannot. As important as the heroes and villains are to the story, the supporting characters seen in past Marvel shows on Netflix enhanced “The Defenders.” Characters such

as Misty Knight (Simone Missick), Colleen Wing and Stick (Scott Glenn) establish continuity between the shows and find themselves involved with The Hand.

There is plenty of character development in “The Defenders,” but not when it comes to the “five fingers,” or leaders, of The Hand. It would’ve been interesting to learn more about their past, including what they achieved, how they maintained their power and how they became involved with the organization.

The major issue this show has is establishing the main villain, Alexandra Reid (Sigourney Weaver). Past Marvel shows have often thrived because of their great, ruthless villains.

Viewers even find themselves empathizing with them because of the time spent on their backstories.

The struggle to craft compelling villains in “Iron Fist” is continued in “The Defenders.” Reid isn’t very threatening or intimidating.

Also, as deadly as Elektra (Elodie Yung) is made to

seem, her fight sequences lack lethality, which leaves audiences in the dark.

Overall, “The Defenders” is a quality show that tells the story of unlikely heroes who overcome their own unwillingness to work together to form an even unlikelier team. The cliffhanger ending sets the stage for exciting, upcoming seasons for each character’s individual shows. A post-credits tease leaves die-hard fans of the Netflix Marvel series even more enthused for what’s to come.

CSUF sports team wins $10,000 SARAH EL-MAHMOUD Daily Titan Bryan Amaro, Eric Diaz, Kyle Fujii and Jason Sovan have always had a passion for gaming. Taking to the center stage at Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles in front of a large crowd June 13 to play Vainglory showed that their love for gaming could become a professional endeavour. “eSports is growing so large now because people are very passionate playing these games. Of course these games are really meant to be played casually but now that there’s people who are wanting to play competitively, now they are getting support from others to compete against each other and win prize pools and this way they can continue their passion and keep on playing,” Amaro said.

The CSUF Gaming and eSports club faced off against the University of Utah team in a final match of the multiplayer online battle arena game in the Collegiate Starleague Tournament. When they won their first tournament, the team was awarded a $10,000 scholarship split between the four of them after competing against 16 colleges from across the nation.

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eSports organization. “(We signed up) to have the experience of being in a tournament,” Amaro said.

“We were winning almost every match and made it off to the round one qualifiers, to the playoffs and then to the semifinals and finals.”

Vainglory has two teams of players fighting on a map with their own objectives with a combined goal of pushing through lanes to arrive at the enemy’s base and destroy the “Vain Crystal.” The amount of kills or final score doesn’t factor in, as long as one team destroys the crystal first, they win.

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We just blocked out everybody and focused into the game. We would look up and there were so many people out there.

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Victory at E3 brings team new glory with competitive gaming.

ERIC DIAZ CSUF Student and rounds of matches, CSUF’s eSports team found themselves in the tournament finals. When they arrived to the giant stage in the heart of E3, the team had little time to give into their nerves. Most of the matches were 15 to 18 minutes long, but the CSUF team often finished off the other teams in much less time. Throughout the competition, they kept gaining confidence as they continued to win each match, with an exception of one loss from UC Merced during the preliminary rounds.

“We just blocked out

everybody and just focused into the game. We would look up and there was just so many people out there,” Diaz said.

Diaz enjoyed the unique environment of getting to meet the players from each school they played against in the same room. When playing the game, he imagines faces for the characters he is playing against but after meeting them in real life, he can now put their names and faces together to know who they really are.

The Gaming and eSports club plans to build up their team this semester and is currently looking for its next tournament opportunity. The club focuses on gaming as a community and is breaking into the collegiate sports industry with this win. Before the club’s triumph at E3, they earned second place last fall in the “Hearthstone” collegiate series. The club will be at DiscoverFest on campus looking for new recruits on Aug. 30 and 31.

The eSports fanbase of Americans ages 13 and older has grown from 8 percent to 14 percent within a year, according to a report by Nielsen. eSports have also become a $1.4 billion industry as of 2017, combining revenues, brand investments and global enthusiasts, according to research by NewZoo. “If (eSports) gets more support and grows a lot bigger, it will bring up a lot more challenges and make it more interesting for everyone else and especially for people who don’t have that physical strength for normal sports but are really good at games,” Sovan said.

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OPINION 5

MONDAY AUGUST 21, 2017

Letter from the Editor In my three years of working at the Daily Titan I have had many experiences that have prepared me to serve as editor-in-chief. I have covered stories ranging from minor campus happenings to major decisions made by the CSU Board of Trustees and just when I think I’ve seen it all, something always comes to test my capabilities. What I haven’t experienced before, however, is the multitude of misconceptions and misunderstandings of what the role of the Daily Titan is for the CSUF community. Whether it’s in praise or criticism, certain readers seem to posses a misguided view of what we stand for, and I intend to correct that.

It’s not just the Daily Titan. Across the country, news media organizations are under constant scrutiny and criticism from members of the public. While I am fully supportive of holding news organizations accountable, much of the criticisms that the Daily Titan and other organizations receive is less about journalistic integrity and more about self-serving interests.

It pains me to say that those with the most misguided view of the Daily Titan are also those most politically active within​the CSUF community. Whether they lean left or right, these individuals would rather see a Daily Titan that serves their interests and not those of the whole community. They would prefer our reporters focus their efforts on spreading their message and diminishing their opponent’s. Their idea of unbiased journalism is journalism which confirms their own biases.

While these individuals have a subjective view of objectivity, our reporters do not. When it comes to the Daily Titan news section, there is only one definition of objectivity. Our goal is to bring you the news that is most important, not the news that is most convenient.

Daily Titan reporters abide by the SPJ Code of Ethics: “Seek the truth and report it, minimize harm, act independently and be accountable and transparent.” As with any news outlet, mistakes will occasionally be made, but they always come from unforeseen circumstances and never a place of malice.

I know some readers will disagree entirely with this editorial, but quite frankly it’s not our job to tell you what to agree with. It’s our job to tell you what’s true, and we will continue to do so throughout the fall 2017 semester and beyond.

Zackary Johnston Daily Titan Editor-in-Chief

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U.S. stereotypes hurt travel experience

Abroad travelers need to leave a better image for all future travelers.

SOPHIA ACEVEDO Daily Titan When people travel, they may think about new customs, sights and foods they might experience on their trip instead of how others perceive them. It’s easy for Americans to be pigeonholed as forceful loudmouths but with a little self-awareness, that stereotype can be transformed.

As a frequent traveler who

goes to a new destination each summer with my brother, how people perceived me as an American frequently crossed my mind.

This year, like most reasonable people, my brother and I made the practical decision to leave a warm Southern California summer and enjoy a windy Australian winter.

Despite the mildly chilly weather, we went on several tours and a pattern quickly emerged. The tour guide would ask where we were from and after mumbling “United States,” we would receive a genuinely ecstatic response.

Our tour guides graciously assumed we would be the most talkative and inquisitive people in the group.

It was an assumption that I, an awkward shy traveler, felt overwhelmed by and couldn’t simply brush off or forget. Throughout our tours,

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guides constantly called on my brother and I to answer questions or ask about certain sights, their blank stares making the situation far too nerve-wracking leaving us petrified with little to no response.

I probably should have expected this. Stereotypes of travelers persist in every society, and American travelers are among some of the most distinct personalities. So who cares if someone initially thought all Americans would be chatty and slightly overbearing travelers?

Well, I do. For one, I don’t like when people developed preconceived notions about me without knowing anything about me.

Furthermore, Americans don’t have the best reputation. We’re assumed to be loud in quiet settings. We’re seen as demanding and having high expectations of what we want when we go to a

certain destination.

The fact that these stereotypes didn’t reflect me at all bothered me the most. I’m not an extroverted person.

I’m a more mild-mannered person.

According to data released by the U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, over 72.5 million people traveled to another country in 2016.

Of those 72.5 million people, it’s unlikely that every traveler was embarrassingly overconfident and inquisitive. Some of those people, — like me — were probably more soft spoken and less confrontational.

However, rather than take personal offense to the American stereotypes, I reflected on my own perceptions of Australia. Thoughts of a dry desert landscape with bouncing kangaroos fueled my perception of the outskirts of Sydney, Australia. I imagined small beach

towns outlining the coast with friendly locals offering to throw a shrimp on the Barbie. No relatives or friends of mine had been to Australia, so my assumptions were mounted on stereotypes.

In fact, my preconceived notions were embarrassingly worse than those about Americans. If I happened to develop similarly terrible stereotypes because of my naive lack of knowledge toward a certain city, how could I possibly assume that they would think differently?

Locals’ perceptions are shaped by their experiences and what they have heard or seen, fueling stereotypes of travelers. The only way to defy such stereotypes is to be aware of our actions.

“Americans get a bad rep while traveling,” said communications professor Christina Ceisel, Ph.D. “Perhaps that’s improved now

that we’re traveling quite a bit more. So Americans have been spending more time abroad than previous generations.”

Personal experiences with other cultures can be eye-opening. Rather than be a bumbling, babbling mess of an American stereotype, a traveler can become a distinct individual. Though stereotypes and preconceived beliefs about groups of people will always be present, self-awareness makes a difference.

It should be noted that I’m not saying people should change. But travelers should try to prove that these preconceived notions only cover a limited scope of what it means to be an American.

Travelers should be aware of the impressions they make when abroad to avoid supporting negative stereotypes.

Future American travelers will thank you.

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“I think it’s a big honor to be captain and to lead on and off the field.

I think it’s a big responsibility that I’m willing to

take,” D’Amato said.

Newcomers on the team feel a sense of responsibility as well, although midfielder Christian Pinzon said his job as an incoming freshman is simple.

“Filling in the gaps that people left,” Pinzon said.

Junior transfer Bassirou Sarr said he has the same hunger and drive as the returners who experienced

last year’s devastating loss.

“You just need to work hard,” Sarr said. “I’m on a mission to complete what they started” This type of drive is

evident throughout the entire team– freshmen, transfers and returning players alike. Preseason began with a 2-0 loss to Berkeley but the Titans still have three more

games and plenty of training sessions to prepare for the regular season.

“I’ve just been waiting for this moment and I think this year is our year,” Sanchez said.

Titans aim for eighth tourney berth CSUF women’s soccer wins first two games over the weekend.

KATHRYNE PADILLA MARIANA VERA Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer is still reeling from a devastating loss in the semifinals against University of California, Irvine in the 2016 Big West Tournament. The defeat ended the Titans’ chances of winning their seventh Big West title and making their eighth appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

“It was a game we felt that we should have won. It was a game we obviously could have won, and losing in penalty kicks is a harsh way to lose and my hope is again that that experience serves as a motivating factor going into the season,” said Titans Head Coach Demian Brown.

The Titans have prepared all offseason to gain back the title and become the team to represent the Big West in the NCAA Tournament.

CSUF was picked to finish second in the Big West as determined in the conference’s 2017 preseason poll. Additionally, senior forward Connie Caliz made the preseason all-conference team for the second time.

With only a few new members being added, the

returning Titans have nine seniors leading the way, including Jazzmin Mancilla, who returns to reinforce the team’s defense after missing last season with a torn ACL. The experienced group is focused on passing on their knowledge to prepare their new teammates for collegiate competition.

“All of us have four and a couple have five years under our belt, playing at this level and playing consistent minutes and just being a part of our team culture,” said senior goalie Morgan Bertsch.

Through their experiences last season, the Titans are learning to overcome obstacles they’ve faced in the past in order to become a stronger team.

Last season, the Titans struggled with finishing strong during their away games.

However, they’re preparing for the stiff away competition in their conference by competing against nationally ranked teams such as No. 10 Brigham Young University on Aug. 25.

Bertsch also said the Titans want to be “able to make every place feel like home because when you’re at home, you’re comfortable and when you’re comfortable, you do well.”

In addition to gaining the “at home” feeling in their away games, their pre-conference competitors also act as a way to test their grueling summer training and put what they learned from the previous

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Sarah Fajnor, Kaycee Hoover and Atlanta Primus celebrate Fajnor’s goal that gave the Titans a 2-0 lead in their win over Seattle. Fajnor led the Titans in goals during the 2016-17 season.

season into action.

“Our plan is to stay with what we know, what we grew up doing throughout the program,” Caliz said. “That is our main focus.”

Furthermore, the Titans are making every moment they get in their matches count.

“It just comes down to single moments and being as big as you can in every single moment,” Bertsch said.

The motivation that each of the Titans are instilling within one another during a game or practice was on display in their first win against the Seattle

University Redhawks during their opening pre-conference game.

It didn’t take long for the Titans to make their mark on the scoreboard. Sophomore forward Atlanta Primus, completed a shot down the middle, scoring the first goal of the preseason in the fourth minute.

“I’m delighted,” Primus said. “I was a bit nervous to be honest, but to get the first goal in the first game is good to get the ball rolling.”

Shortly after, in the eighth minute, senior forward Sarah

Fajnor scored the Titans’ second goal, and the Titans kept strong communication with their defense in the remaining 37 minutes of the half to keep the lead.

“This is probably one of the best communications I’ve had in my four years here,” said senior forward Fajnor.

With their communication on offense and solid defense leading the way in the second half, the Titans held the Redhawks scoreless, winning the match 2-0.

“We don’t want people scoring on us, especially in

our stadium. We protect our house,” Fajnor said after receiving their first win of the season.

The Titans’ momentum continued in their 2-1 road win over the Fresno State Bulldogs Sunday. This kicked off a season-long four-game road trip, with the team looking prepared to face any obstacles and push one another to gain the outcome they are striving for.

“It’s all a game, and we all want to succeed and we know what it takes to succeed,” Fajnor said

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Ignoring an intriguing opportunity isn’t your style, but you could be over-inundated with invitations that sound potentially rewarding now. You can’t stop people from sharing their big ideas with you when enriching Venus squares buoyant Jupiter in your 7th House of Others.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20 - May 20)

Making time for guilty pleasures complicates your day, but that won’t likely prevent you from trying. You are longing for a taste of the sweetness of life while delicious Venus dynamically squares joyous Jupiter.

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Thinking about a romantic liaison can hijack your morning, but following through might be more difficult than you expect. Oddly enough, what seemed so urgent earlier becomes lost in the busyness of the day.

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Love is on your mind today, but you don’t need fireworks or expensive gifts. Instead, you long for emotional security and it might feel like you can’t get enough of it while romantic Venus in your sign squares giant Jupiter.

LEO

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Although you often resort to dramatic gestures to demonstrate your affection, you may hold your feelings closer to your chest today.

VIRGO

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Although you often resort to dramatic gestures to demonstrate your affection, you may hold your feelings closer to your chest today.

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LIBRA

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You might assume that everyone should know what you want when, in fact, you actually need to tell them.

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