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Festival highlights diversity at CSUF ‘Punk

Rock’ explores teen fear

Dances, food and clothing show how cultures relate.

RAYMOND PELAYO Staff Writer

Vibrant colored dresses, dances and diverse flavors of food from Mexico to the Philippines attracted crowds of students along Titan Walk Tuesday afternoon for the Association of InterCultural Awareness’ Annual Multicultural Festival.

The event aimed to introduce students to different cultures on campus.

University production plays in the Arena Theatre until Oct. 28.

SARAH EL-MAHMOUD Lifestyle Editor

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We all come from different cultures, from different backgrounds but if you come to think about it, we’re not all completely different.

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ABEL MENDOZA M.E.Ch.A. co-chair “It’s very important for us right now to be able to share how diverse and how different the cultures are, and how that could bring us to be more experienced and more open minded to the world,” said Esther Feng, AICA events coordinator.

Feng said cultural awareness is especially important amid the uncertainty surrounding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and the DREAM Act under President Donald Trump’s administration.

“It’s a very big world out there and everyone has their own unique characteristic to their culture,” Feng said. “I wanted to bring

BAILEY CARPENTER / DAILY TITAN

Ballet Folklorico de CSUF was one of the groups that performed in the Becker Amphitheater at the Association of InterCultural Awareness’ Multicultural Festival Tuesday.

that to this (festival).”

Students passing by Titan Walk, had the chance to receive food and participate in different activities from cultural clubs like Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán (M.E.Ch.A.).

“We all come from different cultures, from different backgrounds but if you come to think about it, we’re not all completely different. We all have certain customs, certain traditions that are relatable,” said Abel Mendoza,

M.E.Ch.A. co-chair.

Mendoza said the festival helps remind students of the vast array of cultural diversity on campus.

“When you’re on campus, you focus on yourself, focus on school,” Mendoza said.

“When you have events like this, you actually see what’s going on with campus. You see what organizations there are, and you see what other people bring.”

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Whether it be after the powerful strike of an unsettling truth or the deafening ricochet of a gunshot, CSUF’s production of “Punk Rock” speaks its highest volumes within its quiet, intense moments.

Directed by Luke Yankee, the 2009 play is written by British playwright Simon Stephens, and it’s a disheartening look into the minds of teenagers. Seven students have the expected everyday high school melodramas, such as worrying about exam grades or an unrequited crush, though discussions of the effect of emotional abuse, selfharm and identity suppression take center stage.

The minimalistic set is only furnished by the plain black walls of Arena Theatre and the red wood desks and chairs of an English prep school.

William Carlisle (Patrick Curley) nervously welcomes new student Lilly Cahill (Natalie Giannosa) in an awkward yet witty introduction to the show as the rest of the cast gradually fills in.

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Titans extend losing streak to 11 games Cal State Fullerton volleyball was swept 3-0 in a close set match against Long Beach State Tuesday night.

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To start the second set, the Titans fed outside hitters Madeline Schneider and Katelyn Nielsen. Schneider, who accumulated six kills in the set, scored three of their first nine points.

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We just can’t just have one person who’s an offensive threat to the other team. We’ve really been working on being more diverse.

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The Cal State Fullerton volleyball team was unable to carry its impressive play from the weekend over to its conference game against the Long Beach State 49ers Tuesday. All three sets were close in score, but the Titans fell 3-0 after being unable to close any of them out.

“We did go back point by point,” said Titans Head Coach Ashley Preston.

“Once we get in this rut of allowing four or more points on us, it’s really hard to come back from that.”

The game was competitive from the opening serve. The Titans played well on the net, but the 49ers’ pin hitters continuously found the floor to end rallies. This prevented the Titans from putting together any elongated runs.

The 49ers faced struggles of their own, however.

Whenever they managed to string a few points together, their momentum was halted by a service error. Their first set lead never eclipsed five points because they continuously sent service attempts

CADY FRANCIS Titans left outside hitter “Other teams watch film on us and prepare for us,” said junior Cady Francis. “I think that’s probably one of the main things they prepare for is defending Maddy’s offensive hits. I think that she’s been doing amazing lately.”

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The Pilipino-American Student Association (PASA) provided students with the chance to participate in a traditional tinikling dance, in which dancers hop in and out between two moving bamboo sticks.

For many students, the main attraction was the food. Students received a card in the form of a boarding pass that allowed them access to different foods depending on how many clubs they visited.

“It makes me feel like the world is a little bit closer when I may not have the opportunity to visit some of these places myself,” said

graduate student Cristina Dypiangco.

Ballet Folklorico de CSUF and the CSUF Japanese Culture Club performed in the Becker Amphitheater.

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“Most of the dances are to show everybody that they’re still being performed. It’s not like something that we’ve lost as a tradition,” said Erik Ro-

When you have events like this, you actually see what’s going on with campus. You see what organizations there are, and you see what other people bring.

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Shades of orange, green and red fluttered across the stage as Ballet Folklorico de CSUF performed dances representing Mexican states Jalisco, Baja and Chihuahua.

driguez, AICA representative for Ballet Folklorico de CSUF. “We’re still doing traditional dances here and its a way for people to learn about our culture and how

we like to dance.”

Following Ballet Folklorico de CSUF, the Japanese Culture Club performed a yosakoi dance, in which members of the club moved energetically as they twirled red and black umbrellas to the beat of modern music.

Though gathering in one place made things easier, Feng said the organizations on campus would help educate students on the cultural diversity of the campus even without an event like the Annual Multicultural Festival. “(The organizations) are very open and out there.

They want to show their culture. They want to show their different characteristics,” Feng said.

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Ballet Folklorico de CSUF changed outfits throughout its performance, with different dances representing the Mexican states Jalisco, Baja and Chihuahua. The event also featured a variety of foods from different countries like Mexico and the Philippines.

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Councilman Greg Sebourn was the only one to abstain from the Fullerton City Council’s second vote on changing business occupancy in the Fullerton Municipal Code. The other four members approved the occupancy ratio change.

Occupancy changes in 30 days City council looks at parking, police cars and election season.

ETHAN PESCHANSKY Staff Writer

Fullerton City Council held its second and final vote of 4-0-1 to raise the maximum occupancies of businesses, after a citizen brought the amendment back up for discussion Tuesday night.

City council first approved this item at its Oct. 3 meeting.

The amendment returns Fullerton’s occupancy ratio from one occupant per 15 square feet to match the California ratio of one occupant per seven square feet. With this final vote, the amendment is set to go into effect in 30 days.

While most of the council voted to approve the amendment, Councilman Greg Sebourn was the lone abstention. He hoped that any approved occupancy increase would also include more regulations on the downtown bars.

“I’m okay with the idea of increasing occupancy, but that comes with a price,” Sebourn said. “In my mind, that comes at the price of the ability to regulate those businesses better, easier and more efficiently, rather than taking 14 to 18 police officers from the rest of the city to clear out one nightclub.”

City council was also confronted by many residents who were dissatisfied with parking in Fullerton.

The residents complained about the lack of parking around the streets Citrus Avenue and Porter Avenue

because of the current overnight parking ban.

“The council is trying to give us permits, but the permits are not a smart thing for Porter Avenue and for Citrus because some of those tenants have two cars there,” said Fullerton property owner Donna Anderson. “With each person getting only one permit, they don’t have enough parking spots now, and it’s going to get even worse.”

Council members also unanimously approved the purchase of nine police patrol vehicles for nearly $270,000. According to the staff report, Fullerton Police Department is allocated $400,000 per year from the Equipment Replacement Fund exclusively for replacing patrol vehicles.

“It’s important for police officers to have the reliable safety equipment …

I’ve been in one or two of (the cars), and they do need some servicing,” said Fullerton Police Chief David Hendricks.

Councilman Jesus Silva also rescinded his request to amend the city council district maps, which were approved for creation during the Nov. 8 elections. Silva is set to serve his at-large term in District 3 and is up for re-election in 2020. However, Sebourn is up for re-election in the same district in 2018.

Silva also announced his interest in running for Sebourn’s seat in 2018.

“I’m going to request that I reconsider (the amendment) and withdraw my support for it, so we don’t bring it back. We keep it as is, and I will compete in 2018,” Silva said. “I’m not opposed to running against anybody.”

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NEWS 3 Alternative facts panel hits hot-button issues WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2017

LAUREN HOFER Staff Writer

The study of twins, illegal immigration, recreational marijuana use and gun control were all subjects covered Tuesday at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences’ second alternative facts lecture.

About 40 people gathered in the Pollak Library to listen to two presentations. Nancy Segal, Ph.D., covered her research of twins, and Jay Wachtel explained the necessity of good data in decision-making processes using today’s controversial issues as examples.

“The consequences of bias can be the wrong decision, and in our society when you make bad decisions about important things such as criminal justice policy, there are some horrible consequences,” Wachtel said following his presentation.

Separated twins can explain genetics Segal, a CSUF psychology professor and longtime twin researcher at both the University of Minnesota and CSUF, said “identical twins raised apart are as alike as identical twins raised together.”

In the study “Born Together — Reared Apart,” a set of identical twins were raised separately and on different continents. One brother was brought up Jewish by his father in Trinidad, CA, and the other was raised as a Hitler Youth in Nazi Germany.

Segal said their environments were drastically

different yet when they met, hey had a long list of similarities, such as “reading books back to front, washing their hands before and after using the toilet, wearing rubber bands around their wrists and sneezing loudly in the elevators.”

Segal argued that this evidence provides new insight about the reasons people behave the way they do.

“It takes away from the randomness of it,” he said.

Segal also noted that male sexual orientation has a larger genetic component than female sexual orientation, and that genetics also play a major part in religiosity.

The research shows that genetic influence is pervasive and affects more behaviors than previously, Segal said.

Facts are not red or blue Wachtel, CSUF criminology lecturer, said facts should play an integral part in decision-making processes in his three-part discussion.

After immigrating to the U.S. from Argentina at age 10, Wachtel said he is particularly interested in immigration issues.

“Actual immigrants seem to be more law abiding,” Wachtel said. “By the time that we go down several generations, their descendants seem to be less law abiding.”

Wachtel argued that there might be something about one’s immigration status that changes the opportunities provided in America.

In the second part of his discussion, Wachtel presented research from both sides of the marijuana debate and the eight states that have legalized recreational usage.

A current topic within the debate pertains to whether or not marijuana

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The first presentation in the second alternative facts lecture was given by CSUF psychology professor Nancy Segal, Ph.D., who looked at studies of identical twins that show how much of a role genetics play in shaping human behaviors.

affects motorists.

“As far as motor vehicle crashes, you can see that fatal crashes in Colorado did go up in 2013, but miles traveled also went up,” Wachtel said.

The increase of both leaves questions unanswered.

“It’s very hard to try to figure out if marijuana is a cause or if driving more miles is a cause,” Wachtel said before moving on to finish the discussion with the topic of gun control.

Based on the numbers, he said that poverty has an extremely high effect on firearm homicides, and gun ownership drives suicide rates up.

Wachtel said that because of the easy access to guns

across the U.S., he believes gun control laws may be rather impotent.

In addition, research from within the U.S. alone is not adequate.

over 11,000 homicides with guns in 2016, in comparison to the U.K. where there were a total of 26.

“Facts are not red or blue,” Wachtel said, refuting the

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The consequences of bias can be the wrong decision, and in our society when you make bad decisions about important things ... There are some horrible consequences.

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Speakers tackle twin studies, weed, guns and immigration.

JAY WACHTEL CSUF criminology lecturer “You can’t compare between states because of the high gun density,” Wachtel said before presenting gun and homicide statistics from the U.S., where there were

idea that information must fit into the ideology of a political party.

Discouraged by consistently reviewing research and finding bias, Wachtel

cited the example of a study he had referenced earlier on immigration.

“You could tell by reading the study that the person was leaning in a certain direction, and I see that over and over and over again,” Wachtel said.

Event attendee and CSUF alumna Erika Becker is a volunteer researcher with Segal. The research presented didn’t necessarily oppose her opinions, but it helped better inform her on current controversial issues.

“I’m always trying to formulate new ideas and opinions and so I just found it very interesting and, overall, really relatable,” Becker said.

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Winter Session 2018 Course Offerings AFAM 311

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HESC 342 Stress Management (E)

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HESC 349 Measures & Stat in Health Science (B.5)

AMST 101

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Intro American Culture (D.1)

AMST 300 Intro to Amer Pop Culture (D.5)

HESC 353 Phys Activity & Lifelong Well-Being (E)

AMST 301 American Character (D.5, Z)

HESC 401 Epidemiology

ANTH 100 Non-Wstrn Cultrs & Wst Trad (C.2)

HESC 410 Community Health Education

ANTH 101

HESC 455 Design Health Edu Curricula

Intro Biological Anthro (B.2)

ANTH 301 Primate Behavior (B.5)

HESC 495 Internship in Health Science

ANTH 304 Trad Cultures of World (C.3, Z)

HIST 110A World Civilizations to the 16th Cen (C.4)

ANTH 305 Anthropology of Religion (C.3, Z)

HIST 110B World Civilizations Since the 16th Cen (D.2)

ANTH 311

HIST

Culture and Communication (C.3, Z)

180 Survey of Amer History (D.3)

ANTH 316 Anthropology Sex & Gender (E, Z)

KNES 202 Intro to Kinesiology

ANTH 321

KNES 342 Stress Management (E)

Peoples of Native No America (D.5, Z)

ANTH 344 Evolutionary Anthropology (B.5)

KNES 348 Physiology of Exercise

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KNES 349 Meas/Statistics in Kinesiology

300 Writing in Visual Arts

ASAM 308 Asian American Women (E, Z)

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ASAM 320 Asian Amer Creative Expr (C.3, Z)

KNES 361

ASAM 325 Asian Amer Film & Video (C.3, Z)

KNES 380 Phil of Human Movement

BIOL

KNES 386 Movement & the Child (E)

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Elements of Biology (B.2)

Prin of Human Movement

BIOL 414 Microbial Genetics

KNES 470 Nutr for Exercise & Performance

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315 Child Development (E)

100 Intro to Music (C.1)

CAS 325B Age 9 Through Adolescence

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355 Film Music (C.3)

CHIC 106 Intro to Chic Studies (D.5, Z)

PHIL

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CHIC 337 Contemp Chicana/o Lit (C.3)

PHIL

325 Philosophy of Sex & Love (C.3)

COMM 233 Mass Comm Modern Society (D.5)

POSC 100 American Government (D.4)

COMM 300 Visual Communication (C.3)

POSC 300 Contem Issue CA Govt & Pol (D.5)

COMM 334 Feat Article Writing

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COMM 407 Communications Law

PSYC 101

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PSYC 300 lntermed Res Methods & Stats

COMM 449 Capstone - Ent & Tourism Comm

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PSYC 341

Abnormal Psychology (D.5)

CRJU 320 Intro to Pub Mgmt & Pol (D.5)

PSYC 361

Developmental Psychology (E)

CTVA 300 Language of Film

PSYC 456 Psyc of LGBTQ Experiences

CTVA 350 Story Structure

PSYC 495 Field Placement in Psych

CTVA 365 Children’s TV (D.5)

SOCI 101

CTVA 374 Contemp World Cinema (C.3, Z)

SOCI 302 Social Research Methods

DANC 471 Creative Dance for Children

SOCI 303 Stat for Social Sciences (B.5)

EDSC 304 Edu Tech for Secondary Teachers

SOCI 325 The American Drug Scene (E)

EDSC 320 Adolescent Development (E)

SOCI 354 Gender, Sex & Society (D.5)

EDSC 330 Developing Literacy in Sec Schools

SOCI 356 Social Inequality (D.5, Z)

EDSC 340 Diversity in Sec Schools

SOCI 371

EDSC 410 Teaching Eng Learners in Sec Schools

SOCI 410 Theories of Soc Behavior

ENGL 301 Adv College Writing

SOCI 411

Criminology

GEOG 110

SPED 371

Exceptional Individual

Intro to Natural Environment (B.5)

Business & Prof Ethics (C.3, E)

Introductory Psychology (D.1)

Introduction to Sociology (D.1)

Sociology of City Life (D.5)

GEOG 120 Global Environ Problems (B.5)

SPED 401 Introduction to Autism

GEOG 160 Human Geography (D.5)

SPED 421

GEOG 328 Glob Change & Environ Systems (B.5)

SPED 463 Char lndv Mild/Mod Disab

GEOG 330 California (D.5)

SPED 464 Char lndv Mod/Sever Disab

GEOG 340 Asia (D.5, Z)

SPED 501

GEOG 372 Geography of Illegal Drugs (E)

THTR 200 Art of the Theatre

GEOL 101L Intro to Geology Lab (B.3)

THTR 350 Stage Management

HCOM 100 Intro to Human Comm (A.1)

THTR 372 Drafting II: CAD for the Thtr

HCOM 300 Intro to Research in Speech Comm

WGST 302 Introduction Women's Studies (D.5, Z)

HESC 101

WGST 360 Politics of Sexuality (D.5, Z)

Personal Health (E)

Work Fam of Ind w/ Disab

Intro to Graduate Studies

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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2017 THEATER

Punk: Confronting tortured teenage minds side commentary throughout the show is especially gloomy, mostly because of its accuracy.

The cleverness of the play lies in how successfully unpredictable many of the characters are and how intricately the entire cast performs their roles. The audience may form opinions in the beginning about how each student will work into the storyline based on preconceived notions of high school narratives. However, they may instead find themselves witnessing a completely different conclusion than they were expecting as the show closes.

“Punk Rock” is a small and humble production that requires a bit of imagination from the audience. It may take patience at some points

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Each character reveals their own imperfections as a tool to raise awareness of their prevalence and encourage discussion.

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In William and Lilly’s second interaction, they playfully discuss their common irritations and dive into their deepest fears. Lilly observes William having “shy hair” but as the production continues, William pulls and tugs at his hair in a transformation that is the most compelling aspect of the show.

“Punk Rock” can often feel like an after-school special. Each character reveals their own imperfections as a tool to raise awareness of their prevalence and encourage discussion. It follows common storylines of teen dramas with high school stereotypes, love triangles and over-the-top outbursts. It seems to take influence from “Skins” and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” in tone. The show treats its characters with maturity and throws cute and glossy teen portrayals away, but it doesn’t feel revolutionary to its predecessors.

Spencer Cassling commands the stage as Bennett Francis for a majority of the show, as the bully shamelessly gets under the other teens’ skin and creates havoc with each tormenting and offensive word he says. His performance is so effective that it often becomes sickening to watch. Bennett works to expose fears and insecurities for all to confront, a stinging open wound that aggravates with every poke and jab.

Bennett’s main object of scrutiny is Chadwick Meade (Seth Kleber) who fulfills the nerd role. Chadwick delivers the most chilling lines in the production, as he brings his oppressor and the theater to a startling silence by sharing aspects of society’s violent nature. His educated

SARAH EL-MAHMOUD Lifestyle editor to sit through the many scenes portraying abuse and injustice for many of its characters, and it doesn’t offer very much optimism to walk away with. It does, however, offer a simulation of teenage confinement – of being stuck in fear, dependence and in possibility, with the itch to find the chosen door out.

The production will run in the Arena Theatre until Oct. 28.

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6 LIFESTYLE Anti-consumer practices are plaguing the gaming industry.

KYLE BENDER Copy Editor

‘Tis the season of big game releases – what should be a time of joy and excitement will be replaced by a dreadful decision between the lesser of two evils. Instead of enjoying a myriad of content, players on budgets must navigate the often gratuitous, anti-consumer methods of selling post-release game content used by many of the industry’s big hitters.

This practice dates back to PC games of the ‘90s like the original “Warcraft” series, but in the last five years it has devolved into little more than a scummy cash grab.

Expansion packs and updates used to be a means of contributing to a game’s longevity, but they have become a blight upon the gaming industry. Instead of players getting hours of content from entirely new campaigns, areas or items, they are usually given a handful of multiplayer maps, a few new quests or a negligible amount of ingame currency.

More often than not, $60 games now launch with extra expenses: Day-one downloadable content (DLC), microtransactions, a season pass or a combination of the three.

Conceived in 2011 by Rockstar Games for “LA Noire,” the season pass was originally intended to present a blueprint of exclusive access for future content to consumers who wanted to directly support a game.

Now, season passes launch

alongside games at release with limited information about what they entail, spiking the price of a release from $60 to $90 or more and forcing players into an unnecessary, unknown commitment.

The ubiquity of these mysterious season passes has transformed games into a long-term attempt to nickel and dime players for all they’re worth.

Capcom oversimplified “Street Fighter V” by replacing much of the series’ renowned mechanical challenge and variety with two new obstacles for players: A paywall and season passes.

New characters are technically free, but they require an egregious amount of ingame currency that takes far too long to acquire. For context, I have 160 hours logged on the game, and I’m still missing five of the game’s 11 (soon to be 12) downloadable characters. The only alternative to laboriously grinding away to get these characters is to buy the two available season passes for $50.

If it’s not a season pass or paywall, it’s microtransactions for in-game items or currency. While they may be an effective means of funding a free-to-play game, microtransactions have seeped into all genres, taking advantage of consumers’ tendency to want immediate results. Players can spend hundreds of dollars on virtual currency or loot boxes with randomized items for a chance to expedite their progress in a game.

Microtransactions have absolutely no place in big game releases. If there is a portion of a game that drags on long enough to entice players to spend money just to get it over with, the development team’s priority was not to create a pleasant experience. Games may be a business, but there’s more long-term profit to be made by cultivating consumers’ loyalty through experiences that are enjoyable rather than expensive.

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Additional price tags on things like day-one downloadable content (DLC), microtransactions and season passes are examples of the extra expenses players of games like ‘Destiny 2’ are faced with on top of $60 games.

“Middle Earth: Shadow of War” sported loot boxes at its launch this October. Instead of actually playing the game, players can forego the struggle and fun of it all by purchasing loot boxes to bolster their ranks. The feature was met with massive backlash from consumers, and rightfully so.

Other publishers use even more underhanded techniques to compel players to make needless purchases.

Activision went so far as to file a patent in 2015 that was granted Oct. 17, titled “System and method for driving microtransactions in multiplayer video games.” Buried in verbose jargon, the patent effectively established a system that

matches new, inexperienced players against skilled veterans, increasing new players’ odds of losing matches and pushing them to either quit the game or make microtransactions for immediate improvement.

This blatant disrespect of players is unacceptable and must be brought to a halt.

Thankfully, some agencies have already taken steps toward reforming such unsavory practices. China passed a law in December 2016 limiting the practice of loot box sales, forcing developers to present players with the probabilities involved in the purchases.

The United States may be a little further away from such a useful deterrent, but

it’s not out of people’s control. Money speaks volumes to companies, and players need to realize their power in the situation. If consumers keep falling into these scams, developers will continue to exploit their impulses. No matter how many angry players there are on message boards, companies will roll out microtransactions as long as consumers continue buying.

The only solution to these harsh anti-consumer practices is for players to speak with their wallets instead of their keyboards. While the exploitative practices outnumber the benevolent ones, some DLC remains worthy of support. For example, the “Dark Souls” and “XCOM”

series have both had tremendously successful campaign expansions; praised by fans and critics alike for their innovation and extensive amount of content at fair prices.

Thanks to their consumer-focused content emphasizing enjoyment over profit, these games have been showered with nominations, awards and sales over the years.

It’s time for consumers to advocate for the change they want to see in the industry.

The sooner players realize the power they have to make or break a game’s sales and a developer’s reputation, the sooner we may see similar downloadable content worthy of our time and money.

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OPINION 7 Ads abuse feminist language to sell products WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2017

Women are told that empowerment is found through consumerism.

ILANA LAGRAFF Asst. Opinion Editor

Magazines and advertisements aimed at females seem to push for a more independent, empowered and confident woman, but their messages of consumerism, conventional beauty and romance are sneakily worded to appeal to a modern feminist audience.

“Seemingly esteem-boosting ‘girl power’ rhetoric makes this message seem fresh, and provides marketers an appealing way to sell even independent-minded girls old-fashioned deference and subordination as ‘empowerment,’” said Amanda Gengler in her research article “Selling Feminism, Consuming Femininity.”

Women, especially young girls, need to be critical of advertisements and entertainment magazines. Without reading between the lines and identifying the ulterior motives within these types of publications, women are vulnerable to becoming consumerist puppets.

The cover of Seventeen magazine’s March/April issue entices women to buy the magazine by saying “CUTEST Outfits Ever, PRETTY Makeup & Quick CONFIDENCE Boosters.”

It appeals to women who promote positive self-esteem by emphasizing the word “confidence,” but makes it seem as if confidence can only be reached through buying the “cute” and “pretty” products that pertain to physical beauty advertisements.

Cosmopolitan’s June issue, self-proclaimed as “The Confidence Issue,” commands readers to “Love Your Body” while simultaneously featuring conventional beauty standards and “Baywatch” star Kelly Rohrbach on the cover in a tight-fitting, cleavage-revealing bathing suit.

Feminist language is used on the cover, but it’s being appropriated to sell a specific look that entices women to buy certain goods so they can feel confident.

Advertisers have created a means for convincing

women who view themselves as “intelligent, self-directed and equal,” that they are right in their views, but that they still need to constantly improve themselves with the products they’re advertising by using buzz words like “empowerment,” “self-determination” and “independence,” Gengler said.

This method of advertising using faux-progressive language keeps girls behaving in acceptable and appropriate feminine ways and leads them to emulate, rather than challenge, society’s traditional gender hierarchies, Gengler said.

Magazines and advertisers may seem to be supporting women but in reality, they are supporting their own greed and stereotypical gender roles.

In magazines, for most articles about looking good and feeling good, there’s another one about sex, how to get a boyfriend or how to look sexy — making magazines less about the women they’re trying to appeal to and more about pleasing men.

Not only do magazines provide advice for how to be conventionally beautiful and stylish to feel confident, they also emphasize that women must follow this advice in order to be desirable to men. In addition, there are articles and ads that tell women how to please and support men and rarely any about politics, education or careers, or important issues like texting and driving.

Dove is mostly successful in actually serving women while still selling a product, by featuring women of many body types and skin tones. The critical responses to Dove have been mostly positive but when advertisers try to go against the grain, they are often met with hostility.

Adidas recently featured photographer, digital artist and model Arvida Byström in a video advertisement series for its new Adidas Originals Superstar shoes. The company chose Byström because she’s “known for her photography, which questions femininity and gender standards using so-called ‘girly’ aesthetics,” according to the info section of the official video on YouTube.

Oh, and she also has unshaved legs in the video.

Among the many hateful comments under the YouTube video, one read: “Is this what some woman have become? No thanks.”

Another read: “Stop brushing your teeth and wiping your a-- too f--king feminazi retarded.”

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By using feminist rhetoric to push a product, magazines and advertisements are cashing in on the movement and reinforcing conventional beauty standards and gender roles. Women have to exercise caution and be more critical consumers to prevent this from remaining the standard.

Some people were too distracted and offended by her naturally hairy legs to get that she was specifically chosen to challenge conventional beauty standards and show that beauty can be found in many different forms.

In response, Byström posted to Instagram, “Me being such an abled, white, cis body with its only nonconforming feature being a lil leg hair. Literally I’ve

been getting rape threats in my DM inbox. I can’t even begin to imagine what it’s like to not posses all these privileges and try to exist in the world.”

Most advertisers are not as bold as Adidas and still pander to the sexist ideals that litter society, leaving women to think that their looks and relationships with men are more important than anything else.

“Feminist demands for

political and economic equality … Morph into a refusal to settle for less than silky skin,” Gengler said.

“Pseudo-feminist language allows young women to believe that they can ‘empower’ themselves at the checkout counter by buying the accoutrements of traditional femininity.”

Women need to be critical consumers and recognize that magazines and ads are pushing a culture of beauty

and romance that benefits themselves most of all.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting a boyfriend or that new lipstick from MAC, but be aware that these things won’t make for a better life like advertisers say it will. Women should check themselves and the media they’re consuming to make sure that whatever they aspire to have or be is not a result of being told to want it.

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SPORTS 8 Streak: Titans push to finish strong WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2017

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Although Schneider’s performance never wavered, the 49ers adjusted to her high volume of attempts and cut off the majority of the court, making kills harder to come by.

Controlling Schneider’s offensive attack helped Long Beach run its offense

systematically, allowing outside hitter Emma Kirst and middle blocker YiZhi Xue to get involved and carry their team to the end of the set.

“Something that we’re working on is changing up who we set,” Francis said. “We can’t just have one person who’s an offensive threat to the other team.

We’ve really been working on

being more diverse.”

Tonight was Francis’ third consecutive start at libero. She totaled 13 digs during the game, bringing her season total up to 241, 60 of which came in the last three games.

The Titans got off to a hot start in the third set thanks to two service aces and three kills from Madeline Schneider,

earning the Titans an early 7-3 lead, but the streak would not continue as the 49ers put together a six-point run, forcing a Fullerton timeout.

The wheels seemingly came off after the stoppage. The Titans gave up six points to unforced errors and their hitting percentage nearly halved what they acquired in the first and

second sets. Schneider finished with 15 kills in the game.

“Our hitting has improved, but it fell off in the third set,” Preston said. “We have a quality hitter in (Schneider), but we need to get more hitters in the play so we have a more balanced offense.”

Another loss was not something the team took lightly, but

their spirits remain high and they will continue to build on positives in hopes of earning a win in conference play.

“We’re making changes,” Francis said. “We’re really trying to get out of this streak that we’ve been having ... I think every player is working really hard to continuously grow and become better teammates.”

CSUF to face two top Big West teams

Fullerton continues Big West play against two conference rivals.

YARESLY SANCHEZ-AGUILERA Sports Editor

After a tough week ending in one draw and one loss, Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer will hit the road again to face the UC Irvine Anteaters before hosting the UC Riverside Highlanders at Titan Stadium.

UC Irvine currently holds the top spot in the southern division despite falling to Cal State Northridge in its most recent match. The Anteaters’ success on the field can be credited to a few individuals who hold top ranks on Irvine’s roster and the Big West leaderboards.

Irvine midfielder Giovanni Godoy sits at number one in the Big West overall with 11 goals this season. Godoy’s shooting range is something the Titans will have to watch out for. Fullerton’s highest scorer, Ross McPhie, sits two spots below Godoy with six goals.

The Anteaters also have the second leading scorer in the conference as midfielder Ivan Canales currently has

seven goals.

However, these statistics aren’t something the Titans are too worried about.

“We have to go all out every game from now on if we want to win the south and the Big West tournament,” said Titans midfielder Diego Sanchez.

The Titans met the Highlanders on the field Oct. 14 but fell 2-1, despite doubling the shot attempts taken by Riverside.

The Titans have struggled to finish their shots since the start of the season.

“We are one point away from UCI and CSUN. I think we just have to be the better team,” said Titans forward Samuel Goni. “Every game we have a lot of chances … If we can finish, I think it will be easier for us.”

Despite the Highlanders taking the win against the Titans, raising their conference play record to 2-4 in the Big West play, Riverside still hold third place in the southern division of the Big West.

“We have to go in thinking they’re the best team in the conference and we have to finish our chances,” Sanchez said.

The Titans caught a glimpse of the Highlanders’ playing style. Although the team doesn’t plan on changing its focus, Fullerton will use its

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Titans midfielder Ross McPhie has 15 points which ranks him third in the Big West for points. He’s tied for fifth in shots in the Big West with fellow Titans forward Bass Sarr at 28.

previous encounter with Riverside to prepare as the two meet again Saturday.

“I don’t think it changes

our style,” said Titans midfielder and team captain Nicolo D’Amato. “We just look to keep improving our game

and not worry about other people’s.”

Fullerton will travel to Irvine to take on the Anteaters

Wednesday at 7 p.m., followed by a rematch against the Highlanders at Titan Stadium Saturday.

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