Thursday November 2, 2017

Thursday November 2, 2017

Volume 102 Issue 34

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Professor Ellen Caldwell supports her students as she becomes their mentor and advisor.

Lifestyle

In the wake of Halloween’s controversial event, two readers share their thoughts.

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Opinion

Women’s soccer earns Big West honors heading into semifinals against UC Irvine.

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Sports

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Details released following protests CSUF’s bombsniffing dog Protester arrested in Pollak Library identified.

BREANNA BELKEN Asst. News Editor

Following the Milo Yiannopoulos appearance at Cal State Fullerton on Halloween, eight protesters were detained and a one, Rhapsody Johnson, was arrested.

CSUF Chief Communications Officer Jeffrey Cook confirmed the number of people detained and University Police Capt. Scot Willey confirmed details about the detainees.

Of the eight detained, only three were kept in custody and the other five were released. Willey said that the five released were removed from campus and warned if they returned, they would receive trespassing charges.

Two males in custody, one of which was a CSUF student, were cited for a misdemeanor violation of a dispersal order.

Johnson, 24, who was videotaped pepper spraying crowds, was arrested and booked at the Orange County Central Women’s Jail for parole violations, including possession of a knife. Johnson could face a federal charge for the possession of tear gas.

The arrest was made on the first floor of the Pollak Library, where Johnson was pursued by crowds

University Police recruit new K-9 to seek out explosives.

NICHOLE TORRES Asst. News Editor

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Rhapsody Johnson agitated the crowds of protesters outside of Milo Yiannopoulos’ “Troll Academy” tour stop Tuesday. After deploying pepper spray, she fled the group by hiding in the first-floor Pollak Library bathroom, where she was then be taken into custody.

and police.

“Police officers ran after her and held the door shut.

Protesters were trying to kick the door down to get to her, and they called in a rescue

team to get them out for her protection. They got her out, moved the crowd out and

arrested her,” Willey said.

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Adorable as he may be, the newest member of the Cal State Fullerton University Police Department can sniff away explosive threats on campus.

Glock, a 15-month-old Labrador Retriever, is the new Explosive Detection Team dog for University Police.

“For many years, we have brought K-9 detection dogs on campus for larger events.

With the things that are going on in the the world and around our country with explosives, (University Police) started thinking there’s so many more events we can use a detection dog if we had our own,” said Support Services Capt. John Brockie.

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Jobs in Students struggle to find housing OC face potential shortage Bad roommates and expensive rent make campus living tough.

KIERA PEACE Staff Writer

Study predicts employment rates for college graduates.

MEGHAN KLIEWER Asst. Lifestyle Editor

Cal State Fullerton graduates are likely to find jobs related to their degrees, but it may take a few extra years.

CSUF Interim Provost Anil Puri, who serves as the director of the Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting, released a report which stated that few new jobs in Orange County will be created over the next two years compared to past years.

“Any time you come out of a recession, initially there is a burst of jobs, but then as most of the jobs are filled, companies slow down their rate of new jobs created, which is a pretty difficult (part) of the cycle,” Puri said.

In 2015, job availability grew 3.2 percent but has only increased 1.2 percent so far this year, Puri said. It is predicted to increase 1 percent for 2018 and for 2019, according to the economic forecast report, which could possibly put more strain on new graduates looking for full-time work.

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Students often look forward to moving out and being on their own when they start college. The Cal State Fullerton Residence Halls are designed for first-time freshmen while sophomores, juniors and seniors can choose to live in on or off-campus apartments.

However, finding a place to live can be difficult when students aren’t sure what to look for.

An apartment or room off campus looks like the cheaper option, but securing roommates is also a potential problem.

When spring semester ended, junior psychology major Linda Alvarado had to find a new place to live because her roommates were graduating. She decided to find a new apartment instead of looking for new roommates. The first place she found turned into a disaster, in what Alvarado described as “one of the worst experiences” she’s had with finding a place.

Alvarado found a group of five other students to share an apartment with, making the rent cheap to split. First, one of the guys decided not to move in with them. Then, a girl backed out at the last minute.

“We all gave the deposit.

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Off-campus apartments and on-campus housing can be expensive for students, resulting in students signing a lease or gathering roommates to help pay off rent. This can be troublesome, especially when roommates aren’t always reliable and adds to the stress of paying Orange County’s high rent.

We all signed the lease, and then this girl never showed up. At the end of the day she was all, ‘You know what? I’m not going to do it. I already signed an

apartment lease somewhere else.’ So, I lost the deposit, which was like $250, and then I had to find a new place,” Alvarado said.

A well-known saying

is, “When one door closes, another one opens,” and that was the case for Alvarado.

“The new apartment I’m in now is a lot better. It’s

less people and I am paying a little bit more, but it is a lot closer to school,” Alvarado said.

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Shortly after Johnson was escorted out of the Pollak Library, authorities then decided to evacuate and search the floors of the library as a precaution. Once the building was evacuated, the library staff made the decision to close down for the night.

Johnson is currently being held in Orange County Central Women’s Jail with her bail posted at $20,000.

Willey said approximately 275 officers were present from state, county and local

authorities, including dogs, officers on horseback and helicopters.

“The total cost for safety will remain unknown for some time,” Willey wrote in text message.

He also reported no injuries or damages to property.

CSUF President Mildred García sent a campuswide email Wednesday to thank the campus for modeling “positive and peaceful” behavior during the Yiannopoulos event.

García, who was on campus during the event and

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Police officers ran after her and held the door shut. Protesters were trying to kick the door down to get to her.

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SCOT WILLEY University Police captain protests, thanked law enforcement officers for their work ensuring the safety of students, staff and the surrounding communities.

Mentioning the “minor issues” that were handled by police and staff, García said CSUF showed great character when dealing with

controversial topics.

“I want to commend all Titans, including those who exercised their right to peacefully protest, for recognizing that the right to criticize and disagree is integral to freedom, democracy and higher education,” García wrote in the email.

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CSUF Construction Management Director Sarabdayal Singh said the university is up to date on structural requirements. With the “Big One” expected to happen any moment, campus structures will have to withstand shaking that may last up to four or five minutes.

Campus structures are ready for the ‘big one’ In a high-risk seismic zone, CSU requires schools to meet codes.

JULIAN MUNIZ Staff Writer

Cal State Fullerton buildings and structures are more than ready to sustain an earthquake of great magnitude given their architectural enhancements.

The school’s Department of Facilities Management has remained up to date in its building oversight by consistently abiding to the Cal State University seismic requirements from the CSU Office of the Chancellor.

The requirements apply to all CSU campuses and serve the purpose of addressing all options to improve performance beyond the minimal required code conformance.

Director of Construction Management Sarabdayal Singh said that CSU buildings are built to sustain earthquakes because they are in seismic zone four, the highest zone by

the state code.

“CSU has its own policy which goes beyond the minimum code,” Singh said.

“All buildings are checked for compliance with the code beyond the seismic requirement.”

Singh said that due to the statewide CSU requirements, there are no CSUF buildings that are at great risk of taking severe damage from an earthquake.

This also applies to McCarthy Hall, the oldest building on campus.

According requirements laid out by the CSU Chancellor’s Office, all CSU capital building projects, no matter how big, require overall building inspection by a certified peer reviewer. Each CSU campus has an assigned peer reviewer who oversees the completion of each schematic preliminary design for each project.

Singh said CSUF Facilities Management has taken steps to make sure that all campus structures are up to date with all seismic requirements and codes of safety.

Under these codes, Singh

said design professionals are expected to notify the CSU construction manager and seismic peer reviewer if any construction changes or modifications are taken into consideration that may potentially impact structural performance.

Singh also said that CSUF’s building structures should be able to withstand the massive California earthquake known as the “Big One.” “Since we have reviewed the building conditions and everything in the report that we have, it should,” Singh said. “Seismic activities also depend on where the epicenter is and how close it is. But we are in good shape.”

Because CSUF is up to date on its structural requirements from the CSU Chancellor’s Office, the university will not be reinforcing any of its buildings anytime soon, Singh said, unless the CSU seismic requirements deem it necessary.

“All future projects in innovation and construction will go through the existing building structure (codes)

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The magnitude 7.8 or 7.9 is nowhere similar to anything anybody has experienced in Southern California, so the magnitude part is a misconception.

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SINAN AKCIZ Geological science professor one more time,” Singh said.

Geological science professor Sinan Akciz said earthquake readiness is key since California is due for the 7.8 magnitude “Big One.” “The magnitude 7.8 or 7.9 is nowhere similar to anything anybody has experienced in Southern California, so the magnitude part is a misconception. This is going to be much bigger and shaking will last a lot longer,” Akciz said. “Compared to five to 10 seconds of shaking, it’s probably going to be under three to four minutes depending on where you are. Maybe upwards of three minutes,” Akciz said.

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NEWS 3 Dog: A good boy for a good cause THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2017

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After looking into the cost and the amount of events on campus, University Police discovered that it was able to include a detection dog as part of its services.

“We realized that we could integrate (Glock) into our patrol Monday through Thursday, during the days we have our most students here,” Brockie said.

Trained on 16 different odors “that are consistent with explosives,” including gunpowder and residues, Glock can alert his handler, Officer Matt Bauer, about the dangers inside a suspicious package.

“We would try and locate the best possible way to approach the suspicious package,” Bauer said. “If he would indicate on it, he would alert me. Usually it’s a passive alert, so he would sit down or lay down.”

Glock has been training since he was seven months old and continues to train every two hours on one of the 16 odors. Bauer said he will be training “for the rest of his life.”

“His drive is what really attracted the department

to him, because when he’s ready to work, it’s incredible. He’s a super high-drive dog, and that’s what you want in any working dog,” Bauer said.

Glock is a toy-driven working dog, which means he is propelled to excel in his training with incentivized chewing toys and tennis balls.

“The magic between the handler and the K-9 is trying to figure out what keeps that motivation up,” Bauer said.

When not training or in the department offices, he is kept in a K-9 air-conditioned, temperature-safe vehicle. University Police are currently in the process of having more spacious housing built.

A friendly and lovable dog, Glock is good with everyone he meets. Once the work day is over, he goes home with Bauer and plays with his canine friends Doug and Pickle.

“This is a great thing. This is going to be a great nexus for the police department, the community, so I’m excited to let everybody see him,” Bauer said.

Students can follow Glock on Instagram at @k9.glock.

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Glock, a Black Labrador Retriever, is the newest addition to University Police. Glock is always training to sniff out explosives said University Police Support Services Capt. John Brockie. University Police decided to acquire its own K-9 for the large events on campus.

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Although growth is slowing, the 3.7 percent unemployment rate in Orange County is at its lowest since 2007.

The unemployment rate is almost as low as it can be for Orange County, Puri said.

Students graduating in the next few years are likely to feel the effects of this, especially because graduates have experienced difficulty in years with increased job growth, as the data shows.

Although the 2014 CSUF Social Science Research Center report showed about 75 percent of survey respondents were employed in career fields for which they studied within a year of graduation, only 56 percent worked full time and of the 44 percent working part time, half were looking for full-time positions.

The study found that larger numbers of CSUF students took jobs within the industries of education (17 percent), health (17 percent) and retail trade (18 percent), which mirrors what the 2014 California State University Labor Market Outcomes

study shows.

However, there is a disparity between the number of women and men finding jobs.

Women ages 25 to 54 are driving the growing labor force and taking an increasing number of jobs as more low-education, low-skilled jobs are created as well as those in education and health, the report shows.

Around 1.4 million men in the same age range have left the U.S. labor force.

“Jobs for women grew at a faster pace than that for men, and so the number of women employed before the recession is exceeded by the number of women employed now, while for men it hasn’t happened. A reason for that is the kind of industries that have grown faster,” Puri said.

For men who do not continue school, it is harder to find low-education, low-skill jobs because they would often take construction or mechanical work, but there are fewer jobs in that sector today, Puri said.

The most jobs held by CSUF graduates according to the 2014 study were in the industry of services unrelated to education or health at 26 percent.

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According to a report released by Interim Provost Anil Puri, about 11 percent of CSUF graduates are unemployed.

However, unemployment in Orange County is at its lowest in a decade.

These services include sales and food workers,

beauticians and other personal services.

Of the CSUF graduates sample, about 11 percent

are unemployed and seeking jobs.

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FINANCES

Living: Students experience housing issues

Hannah Von Gremp, a fifth-year cinema and television arts major, previously lived on campus but finds off-campus apartments to be a much cheaper option.

“As nice as it is to live on campus at Cal State Fullerton, it’s so expensive. It’s incredibly expensive. Now we live in double apartments, which are the cheapest option, but I believe still the cheapest was like $10,000 to $11,000 for the year, which is ridiculous.”

Living in the dorms on campus also includes a chosen meal plan which is a mandatory cost for on-campus residents. Von Gremp, 22, described living on campus as “living with mom and dad” because it felt like she wasn’t fully living on her own.

Von Gremp had the opposite problem of Alvarado. She was going to move off campus with her roommates, but they had a hard time finding a place to live.

“It was frustrating because we’d want to look into apartments but we didn’t really know where to begin in certain spots. You can look online, but how much can you really find out about a place online,” Von Gremp said.

Students can’t always be sure a housing listing isn’t

a scam. Real-estate agent James Bobbett of Bobbett & Associates has some red flags to watch out for and advice for finding a place.

“Definitely go with your gut instinct. If it feels too good to be true, it is too good to be true. If there’s no phone number to contact, it’s just an email, particularly through the likes of Craigslist and other websites like that, that’s another red flag,” Bobbett said.

Getting a response back for an apartment or house is a step in the right direction, but if the seller asks for money before anything else, Bobbett advises against it.

“Of course that should be like a super red flag if you haven’t met anybody or haven’t even walked into the space,” Bobbett said. “I’ve heard stories where people have wired a security deposit thinking they were going to secure a house and they go to move in and of course, it’s a total scam. When they get to the house, the people there are like ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’”

On the CSUF Roommate Needed Database page on Facebook students have an option to take over someone’s lease. When taking over a lease, it’s important to get the new contract

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A multitude of housing can be found close to campus, but rent may be as high as $2,600 per month with unpredictable fluctuations throughout the year. Students may experience roommate problems and leasing scams if they aren’t careful.

in writing by all parties involved, including the landlord.

According to the Law Dictionary, “A written assignment of lease that clearly states the terms and conditions under which you are allowing someone to take over your lease is valuable as evidence in the event of a

dispute between you and the new tenant or between you and your landlord.”

It is also important to know that taking over a lease is not the same as a sublease, which is when someone rents a portion of a property to someone else.

Bobbett doesn’t recommend signing onto a sublease.

When it comes to the decision between living on campus and renting off campus, money is a huge factor.

At CSUF, a single apartment with a five-day continuous meal plan totals nearly $16,000 for the academic school year.

Renting is pretty expensive, but splitting the cost

can help. A one-bedroom apartment in Fullerton rents for about $1,700 a month and a two-bedroom apartment goes for around $2,000 a month.

Whatever new home in Fullerton students choose, they need to make sure that it matches their needs and their wallets.

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Professor understands student life outside of class DAVID MARSHEL Staff Writer

During her senior year, Melissa Diaz enrolled in six classes at CSUF, had a full-time job and a family at home she never saw. She signed up for Ellen Caldwell’s, Ph.D., medieval literature class to complete her English degree and was expecting to graduate soon. After a challenging in-class final, she turned in her paper, gathered her things and headed for the door.

Caldwell met her outside of class, gave her a big hug and encouraged her to go home and reintroduce herself to her kids. Returning the hug, Diaz cried. “(Caldwell) related to something that none of my other professors knew about me, that I had kids, that I was working and she cared about it and took the time to let me know,” Diaz said.

While teaching, publishing articles and performing research, CSUF English

associate professor Caldwell makes mentoring college students a priority, and always has.

While attending UCLA, Caldwell studied medieval and renaissance 19th and 20th century America, where she learned Middle English dialects and began teaching at the college level. The first class she taught was developmental writing. She said her students were frightened freshmen on the brink of failing out of the program.

“That was a lifesaving experience. When you know that students will probably fail out of school and probably not come back unless they get through the class, you are invested in teaching that class as well as you can,” Caldwell said.

Right out of college, Caldwell landed her first fulltime teaching job at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville.

The classes she taught were large lecture classes but she still found time to mentor her students.

“The students that I got to know well were in my freshman seminar or lower level classes,” Caldwell said.

“They needed more help, and

they came to office hours, so I knew them better.”

From Vanderbilt, Caldwell landed a job at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, a private residential college with 1,250 students, a completely different teaching experience from Vanderbilt because classes had about 20 students enrolled.

Student interaction was constant, and she not only knew them well, but also their parents.

“It was this family affair,” she said. “It meant a lot of time, but it was a wonderful experience. So I got to know these students very well and was intimately involved in decision making about where they were going and what they were going to do.”

While teaching at Kalamazoo, Caldwell continued mentoring her students. She established the university’s new writing center and staffed it with her first-year remedial English students.

“It was a great experience.

It was learn as you go, and I gave them a lot of autonomy and authority,” Caldwell said.

“They were all wonderful and worked for four years.”

Due to a family emergency, Caldwell was forced to

relocate back to California where she acquired a teaching position at Cal State Fullerton.

Caldwell soon became an English department academic advisor after taking interest in student career development.

“She genuinely cares,” said Dianna Blake, academic advisor at CSUF. “If all professors were like Dr. Caldwell, success rates would be high because she cares about the whole person and that’s rare.”

Caldwell offers CSUF students research opportunities, letters of recommendation and career advice, along with additionally managing Titan Degree Audit approvals for all English majors. She found herself advising more students, with extended office hours as more people were coming to see her. The advising sessions take longer because she not only goes over classes, but asks students about their future.

“I’ll drop by her office just to say ‘Hi’ and we’ll end up having a 20-minute conversation on what I should do,” said English graduate student Gareth O’Neal. “She’s the reason why I decided to pursue a graduate degree here.”

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English professor and academic advisor Ellen Caldwell, Ph.D., shows her compassionate side when students seek her help.

semester, Caldwell sees about 150 students for advising and makes time to connect with them all. She also received a College of Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012.

“I’ve waited outside of her office many times while she was talking to other students,” Diaz said. “That makes me admire her even more, because the care that I see that she gives to me, where I feel like I’m the most beloved student, she gives to everybody else.”

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She genuinely cares. If all professors were like Dr. Caldwell, success rates would be high because she cares about the whole person and that’s rare.

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OP - ED

Freedom of speech is for all

On Oct. 31, I attended an event hosted by the Cal State Fullerton College Republicans club with Milo Yiannopoulos as the guest speaker. I also invited a friend who said he was scared to attend a conservative talk on a public university campus given the events that occurred last February at UC Berkeley.

In the weeks leading up to his visit, many people already started protesting Yiannopoulos’ appearance with a push the panic button.

First, the Humanities and Social Sciences Inter-Club Council approved a memorandum denouncing Yiannopoulos’ speech over civility concerns, but isn’t freedom of speech a civil right itself?

In early September, some students raised signs in a silent demonstration calling on CSUF President Mildred García to “protect her students.”

Protection from what? An ogre with an appetite for liberals?

Furthermore, over 70 faculty members signed a statement asserting that Yiannopoulos’ visit would disrupt campus. Even CSUF’s Children’s Center and the Student Recreation Center both closed at 3:30 and 4 p.m., respectively, because Yiannopoulos was coming to town.

As if that wasn’t enough, Dean of Student Affairs Hallie Hunt sent an email on Oct. 9 elaborating on the notion of free speech as if it were a new invention. Hunt said that “resources are available on campus for students seeking additional support during this challenging time.”

Did she mean support in the form of psychological therapy over a simple speech? And what has

become of the home of the brave when a political event is considered a challenging situation?

Last but not least, García expressed in early September that it is a “painful thing” for her personally to allow Yiannopoulos to speak.

The examples of the fanatic frenzy from both faculty and students go on and on. For a moment, one would think that Satan himself was about to pay our campus a sinister stopover.

However, despite all the foofaraw, tickets for Yiannopoulos’ talk were sold out.

On the evening of the event, I took a moment to listen to what the protesters, some of whom were wearing gas masks, had to say. One chant that dismayed me was “Up, up, up with the people. Down, down, down with the racists” as if the event attendees were animals.

Moreover, one person carried a sign that read “Hate Free Zone” and one could ironically see the hate in his eyes. Another sign read “Immigrants In, Racists Out” and I couldn’t help but think about my own family members. What about immigrants who do not share their views?

Yiannopoulos touched on a variety of topics ranging from the waves of sexual harassment allegations surrounding Hollywood, to the over sensitivity concerning Halloween costumes deemed inappropriate.

For the most part, Yiannopoulos was more of a comedian than a lecturer, and the only controversial comments he made were humorous. For example, he joked that “the only thing I can’t find a sexy version of is Michelle Obama because no one

is attracted to transsexuals” and “no wonder liberal women think all men are rapists because they think all men are like liberal men.”

As the crowd burst into laughter, I almost forgot how it sounds to make fun of liberals given the plethora of comedians mocking conservatives on a daily basis.

However, Yiannopoulos’ best moment was when he wholeheartedly proclaimed America as the only place where he is allowed to be himself, even more than his native country England, because of its freedom.

While exiting, angry protesters yelled “Racists!” at us. Thankfully, what happened at Berkeley wasn’t repeated at Fullerton, because of the much-appreciated police presence.

All in all, nothing Yiannopoulos uttered was worthy of the overreaction that preceded the event, unless stating an opinion or even a joke contrary to that of some is considered offensive nowadays.

At the end of the day, it’s not about what Yiannopoulos said or what he didn’t say. It’s about us, how we view one another, how we react to different perspectives and how we treat each other as Americans.

Finally, I’d like to remind our faculty members first, and my fellow students second, of the famous quote by English writer Evelyn Hall: “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.”

Frederic Aboujaoude CSUF civil engineering graduate student

Letter to the Editor In response to:

Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García’s ‘Titans Reach Higher Again’ email sent Nov. 1 This morning, I received yet another email from Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García regarding Milo Yiannopoulos’ speaking engagement. García praised the CSUF community for our outstanding behavior in the face of a difficult situation last night. The email further extols our campus as “the model public comprehensive university of the nation,” which García takes pride in. In such communications, the CSUF administration makes its disconnect from students abundantly clear.

Images from yesterday evening convey a much different picture than the CSUF administration’s utopian campus. Protest, counter-protest, violence and arrests plagued last night’s events, but a universal sentiment hung over our school. It was neither the

desire for free speech, nor was it optimism for democracy. It was the basic instinct of fear.

Despite the precautions and assurances the CSUF administration gave students, many grappled with Yiannopoulos’ presence on campus. As the day of the event approached, questions regarding physical safety arose.

Putting the debate regarding the speaker aside, why did such a controversial event occur on campus on a school day? Why did it take place on Halloween night, when many experience an altered psychological state reducing accountability? And why did the police and campus administration close off much of the parking on campus making it difficult to leave campus quickly?

Due to these factors and many others,

numerous professors canceled class on Halloween, and students decided not to come.

Regardless of how successful the CSUF administration views that night, we all forget one significant flaw. The administration allowed this situation to interfere with our education.

Faculty and students alike argued about the safety of campus during the event, but ultimately, enough people feared for their physical safety to prompt class cancellations.

How can we be a “model university” if our administration ignores the students’ right to access education free of fear?

Amelia Nixon Master’s student of public history California State University, Fullerton

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6 SPORTS CSUF soccer enters Big West semifinals

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Fullerton has a chance at more honors if it beats UC Irvine.

KAILA CRUZ

Asst. Sports Editor

Two wins are all that separate Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer from the NCAA tournament. With the Titans set to take on the UC Irvine Anteaters, Fullerton has a shot to make it to the Big West Tournament final.

This is the sixth consecutive year that the Titans have made it to the Big West Conference Tournament, but Titans Head Coach Demian Brown was confident his team would make it this far.

“We have a motivated group of seniors that are going to get the team around the idea that in their senior year, playing in the tournament is going to happen,” Brown said.

UCI took the top spot on the Big West leaderboard with a 5-2-1 record, and with the Anteaters sitting in first, it’s no surprise they dominated the Big West Women’s Soccer All-Conference individual awards, with four Anteaters among

the six recipients.

The Titans — the Big West’s No. 4 seed — claimed awards and accolades as well. Senior goalkeeper Morgan Bertsch was awarded the 2017 Big West Co-Goalkeeper of the Year and is the fifth Titan to receive the accolade, sharing the title with Jovani McCaskill of Cal State Northridge.

This is the first time since 2001 that the honor has been shared by players.

“I think for her, it’s extremely well deserved. She’s had an outstanding year.

She’s had a very patient career,” Brown said. “Hopefully for her, this validates her commitment to the program.”

Along with Bertsch, senior Sarah Fajnor and junior Nano Oronoz earned first-team roster spots for the 2017 All-Big West soccer team. Fajnor is a twotime All-Big West first-team selection.

Four Titans also received Big West All-Conference Honors. Seniors Samantha Koemans, Tala Haddad, Kaycee Hoover and Connie Caliz claimed their honors alongside sophomore forward Atlanta Primus.

Samantha McKenna also received a spot on the 2017 All-Freshman team roster.

Brown said this is a huge achievement for McKenna, considering she didn’t start in any matches where the lineup was dominated by the seniors on the team.

“Hopefully this propels her career going forward,” Brown said. “I think what this will hopefully do is build up her confidence that she will definitely be able to replace the likes of Sarah Fajnor.”

Thursday’s matchup with the Anteaters is a rematch of the 2016 Big West Conference Tournament, in which the game went into two rounds of overtime and was forced into penalty kicks, after which the Anteaters came out on top 4-2.

“Come game day, we’ll leave the award stuff alone and focus on the game at hand,” Brown said.

The Titans will look for a different outcome as they play the Anteaters on Nov. 2 at 5 p.m. at Matador Field.

“We have an opportunity to win two games and represent our conference in the NCAA tournament. That’s what our single mindset is on now,” Brown said.

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Fullerton goalie Morgan Bertsch is the Titans’ fifth member of the women’s team to earn Big West Goalkeeper of the Year. Bertsch has earned seven shutouts in her 19 matches this season.

Basketball will host Concordia in exhibition match The Titans will test a new roster before the regular season begins.

JARED EPREM

Asst. Sports Editor

Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball tips off its season with a home exhibition game Friday Nov. 3

against the Concordia University Irvine Eagles.

This is the first game for Fullerton under Titans Head Coach Jeff Harada.

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first year at CSUF. Harada brought four new players to the program after being named head coach.

Third-year forward Hannah Thompson, second-year guard Raina Perez and freshmen guards Triann Thompson and Ashlee Ann will wear Titan uniforms for the first time in their collegiate careers.

Last season, the Titans

finished with a 4-25 record overall and a 1-15 record in Big West conference play, in part leading to the dismissal of former Titans Head Coach Daron Park.

All four of their wins came in Titan Gym. Three of the returning players were consistent starters on last year’s team: China Henderson, Daeja Smith and Jade Vega.

Despite losing leading scorer Iman Lathan, the Titans kept their second and third-highest scorers, Smith and Vega. Smith, the team’s center, averaged 11.3 points per game on 49.1 percent shooting while Vega averaged 9.2 points per game as the team’s point guard.

The Eagles are coming off of a 10-16 record from last season with a 8-12

record in the Pacific West Conference. They averaged 72.5 points per game and had a 4-8 record on the road.

The Titans have won their last two exhibition games played at home and will look to add another win to that streak before traveling to Santa Clara for the first of a four-game road trip.

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8 SPORTS Men’s basketball to face La Verne

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Fullerton is ready to play a new opponent in exhibition match.

HARRISON FAIGEN Managing Editor

Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball will take on the University of La Verne Saturday at 6 p.m. in its first and only exhibition game of the 2016-17 season, and the Titans are chomping at the bit to get a crack at players other than themselves.

During the Titans’ annual intrasquad Blue/Orange Scrimmage, the flow of both the Blue and Orange offenses were marred and disrupted by overzealous CSUF defenders sniffing out actions they’ve run and defended hundreds of times throughout the course of the team’s training camp.

After watching the eager and chippy defense in the foul-filled scrimmage, Titans Head Coach Dedrique Taylor said he saw a team that’s

hungry for a fresh opponent.

“That’s just them being aggressive and trying to take each other out of their offense,” Taylor said of the Titans’ numerous traps and switches. “They’re tired of playing against each other at this point, so they’re trying to figure out ways to defend each other and that was one of the things they did today. So we’ll utilize that at some point, but for the most part we’re going to stick to our rules.”

For Titans guard Khalil Ahmad, the event was a chance to get playing in front of a crowd together out of the way before their first action against another team.

“I think it was good for us to kind of get our first game jitters out with the people in the stands,” Ahmad said.

“That was good to get that under our belt.”

Sophomore forward Jackson Rowe, the only Titans player named to the Big West preseason All-Conference team, said he felt the team learned a few more things

about themselves just from the Blue/Orange Scrimmage, a trend the team hopes to continue against La Verne before starting to play in games that actually count.

“We got to learn how to play together more. When we play together, we play better,” Rowe said. “We learned that if we motivate each other, we play a lot better.”

But while the exhibition against La Verne won’t count on the Titans’ record, it will officially conclude a training camp that has impressed Taylor most for how quickly a turned-over roster featuring seven new players has come together.

“I’ve learned that they really are genuinely engaged for each other’s success and care about each other’s success. They’re really fighting for each other to be successful, which I feel like is something unique especially this early in the year,” Taylor said. “These guys are really playing for each other at this point.”

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Junior guard Khalil Ahmad was the Titans’ second leading scorer during the 2016-17 season.

Titans hope to carry a win into championship CSUF’s adaptability may give it a chance to take the Big West title.

YARESLY SANCHEZ-AGUILERA Sports Editor

The 2017 season was a rollercoaster for the Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer team, but it made it to the Big West semifinals once again. CSUF faced numerous challenges ranging from injuries to red cards that forced them to adapt its roster.

But as the Titans

rediscovered their chemistry on the field and began to bond with one another, the goals and the wins started flowing again, and now they sit in the top seed and hold the Big West southern division title.

CSUF has taken a little extra time to perfect its plays before they head into their Nov. 4 match, as it could be the last time they step into Titan Stadium until 2018.

Team captain Nicolo D’Amato said the Titans’ quest for an All-Conference title is fueled by the team’s feeling that they aren’t ready to get off the pitch just yet.

“I think everyone realizes what’s at stake here: We win, we go on. We lose, we go home, and it’s done for us,” D’Amato said. “I don’t think anyone is ready to be done yet.”

Although CSUF will take on the UC Riverside Highlanders in the semifinals, Titans forward Samuel Goni said the Titans weren’t worrying over which opponent they were set to face.

“I think everyone is looking forward to Saturday’s game,” Goni said before the team’s opponent was determined Wednesday night.

“We lost to both teams so

we want our revenge against both.”

The Titans will face UCR for the third time since the start of conference play. In its two previous matches against the Highlanders, Fullerton was unable to come away with a win, losing 2-1 in its first match and ending in a 1-1 draw in the second.

But CSUF has some tactics it believes will work against any team and help it earn a spot in the Big West Championship match.

“We need to take hold of the game earlier,” said Titans forward Bass Sarr. “We need to be unpredictable.”

Besides hoping to pocket a few goals to clinch the match early, the Titans also hope Fullerton fans will turn up to support them Saturday night.

The entire season, the Titans’ stands have been almost empty, something Titans Head Coach George Kuntz said has an effect on the team, but could also have a huge impact on the result of the match if the trend reverses.

“The guys are very excited to play the Big West tournament at home. We’re really hoping for a fanbase,” Kuntz said. “It’s like having a 12th

player. When you have the crowd behind you, you’re much more motivated as a player. You feel the support.

You feel the love and you want to do better for your home side.”

Despite their unpredictability throughout the season, just by making it this far, the Titans have reached one of their goals.

“It’s what I’ve been playing for these last three years.

It’s the games we want to have at the end of the year and we’re here now, so we have to make it count,” D’Amato said.

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