Thursday October 11, 2018
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Volume 104 Issue 19
CSUF shakes things up
JOSHUA ARIEF HALIM / DAILY TITAN
The QuakeHOLD! earthquake simulator was set up in the central Quad for students, faculty and staff.
On Wednesday, Cal State Fullerton held ShakeOut activities to bring earthquake awareness on. DIANE ORTIZ News Editor
An earthquake simulator in the central Quad on Wednesday gave Titans a feel for the type of seismic movement that occurred during the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The earthquake resulted in 57 deaths, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Archives. “You can really get (a) sense o f how powerful it is and really how scary it is to actually experience an earthquake of that magnitude,” said Sue Fisher, Cal State F u l l e r t o n ’s emergency management coordinator. The simulator was a mobile trailer that mirrored the inside of a home, giving students, staff and faculty firsthand experience of what happens to unsecured
household possessions during a large earthquake. When an earthquake strikes, the main causes of death or injury are unsecured objects toppling over, collapsing walls, flying glass or people trying to move around during the shaking, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The mobile earthquake simulator was part of campus efforts to prepare students for potential earthquakes during Great ShakeOut Month, according to the campus emergency preparedness website. “When you sit in (the simulator) you realize how powerful an earthquake is. A 7.2 is probably in the range that we would expect from the San Andreas fault movement, but then again it could actually be more powerful than that,” Fisher said. “It really kind of puts it in perspective — the importance of preparedness.” Sinan Akciz, a CSUF geology professor, and some geology students set up maps showing areas in Orange County that are at risk for liquefaction.
Liquefaction occurs when soil loses its strength due to shaking from an earthquake. The space between the soil particles fills with water, increasing the water pressure and creating an unstable foundation. This phenomenon can result in landslides or the collapse of dams, according to the University of Washington website. “Normally when people think about earthquakes, they think about laying straight on the fault line and that would be the major disaster. It’s usually not directly the fault that is the result or the problem,” said Christian Concha, a geology major. Liquefied soil loses its density and ultimately the ability to support roads, buried pipes and houses. The liquefaction destabilizes foundations and causes sinking, according to Californ ia Earthquake Authority. As part of the event, the geology club set up a machine demonstrating how liquefaction works. “Liquefaction is something the general public is not really aware of and it’s a
concern in the Orange County area. We’re doing a public outreach to make people aware of that phenomenon,” Akciz said. Fisher said she helped organize the ShakeOut activities because students, staffand faculty need to know what to do to mitigate the dangers caused by earthquakes. This includes securing objects in homes, having a disaster plan, organizing emergency kits and considering earthquake-related insurance, according to California Earthquake Authority. “Being prepared for that is (of the) utmost importance because we want people not only to survive the earthquake, but to survive it well. That’s the key,” Fisher said. The ShakeOut activities will be followed by a campuswide Drop, Cover and Hold On! drill Oct. 17 at 10:10 a.m. and at 7:10 p.m. There will be no evacuations, according to the emergency preparedness center.
Dean makes CSUF his home Titans earn
Big West win
Mihaylo College’s Morteza Rahmatian came on as a professor at CSUF in 1988.
Men’s soccer secured its first conference victory of the season against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
ALEC CALVILLO Staff Writer
When Morteza Rahmatian finished his graduate degree in the United States, all he could think of was going back to his home country in Iran. But then a revolution happened, which caused him to prolong his hopes of going back, he said. “For 10 years I was hoping to go back, and after that, I realized the country is done,” Rahmatian said. “That country is dead. I still love it with all my heart, but unfortunately, it’s suffering right now.” Rahmatian is the recently appointed dean of Mihaylo College of Business and Economics at Cal State Fullerton. He has been dean since July and will serve a two-year term. “He’s doing a very good job because he works hard. He’s very sincere. He cares about the college, students and faculty. It’s a combination of all those facts that makes him a good dean,” said Rahmatian’s predecessor Anil Puri, now provost emeritus. His interest in environmental economics is how he ended up attending the University of Wyoming. Only a few schools had the program, and it was less than 10 years old when he became involved with it, he said. “When you go into the Ph.D. program you have to specialize in a particular field, and I loved environmental economics. So I thought, let me specialize in that field,” Rahmatian said. SEE MIHAYLO
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KATHRYNE PADILLA Asst. Sports Editor
ALEC CALVILLO / DAILY TITAN
Dean of Mihaylo continues teaching to teach campus because he said he enjoys it.
Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer defeated Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 2-0 in its first win in Big West conference play this season on Wednesday at Titan Stadium. The Titans improved to 1-1-1 in the Big West while Cal Poly SLO remains winless at 0-2-1. “A shutout is fantastic, it’s a big statement defensively. Getting two goals is hard to overcome because they need to score three to win,” said Titans head coach George Kuntz. Midfielder Mark Hernandez scored his second goal of the season six minutes into the game. Samuel Goni’s shot attempt bounced off the goal post and Hernandez gathered it and put it away. Hernandez has scored in two of the last three games. “I don’t know if you’ve watched the last few games but he’s been kind of a possessed guy,” Kuntz said. “He’s not only intercepted passes but chased back and won balls off bigger guys, won knockdowns and kept defenders pinned to their positions.” Fullerton took a 2-0 lead in the 49th minute after midfielder Zico Bailey scored from 30 yards out thanks to a pass from midfielder Ross McPhie. The goal was Bailey’s first of his collegiate career. SEE SUCCESS 8 VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM