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Volume 104 Issue 39

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Record number of women elected GOP club invites speaker

The U.S. House of Representatives gained 102 women. SOMMER CLARK Staff Writer

A record number of racially diverse women have been elected in the midterm elections, in what some have termed, the “Year of the Democratic Woman.” “I don’t know if you can directly link it to Trump’s election, but certainly from what I read, that was a major contributing factor to why women became interested in running for office,” said Natalie Fousekis, the director of Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History and a professor of history. Twenty-four women were elected to the U.S. Senate, and 102 women were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, which is a record high, according to the Associated Press. Eighty-nine Democratic women were elected to the House and 17 have so far won seats in the Senate. On the Republican side, 13 women filled spots in the House and seven in the Senate. “This incoming group definitely looks different than previous groups of women,” Fousekis said. There are 23 people of color new to Congress who will be representing mostly white districts. Sharice Davids, a Kansas Democrat, and Deb Haaland, a New Mexico Democrat, were elected as the first Native American women to serve in Congress. Davids was also the first LGBTQ member from Kansas to

CSUF Republicans announced that Dave Rubin is set to speak on campus. CAITLIN BARTUSICK Manging Editor

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win a seat. Michelle Lujan Grisham representing New Mexico became the first Democratic Latina governor. Democrats Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan are the first two Muslim women to be elected to Congress. “If we can have women in elected roles having a say in our laws and regulations, then we will have laws and regulations that will reflect the need of 50 percent of society. Right now,

we’re missing that,” said Christina Barbieri, adjunct professor of American studies. To Fousekis, women’s different approach and perspective on issues would help form comprehensive policies. “Women just bring a different perspective. They just have a different experience from men, they have babies; men don’t have babies. They just sometimes focus on different issues. I think women are more willing to negotiate and work together,” Fousekis

said, adding that there is an opportunity to fight for equality in the workforce and affordable child care. The number of women in office have led some to draw comparisons to the 1992 “Year of the Women,” when a record number of women candidates ran and won. Following that year, legislation was introduced addressing issues like family and medical leave, and women’s health. SEE ELECTIONS

Cal State Fullerton students in the College Republicans club erupted in cheers on Tuesday when President Brooke Paz announced that speaker Dave Rubin is set to speak on Jan. 29, 2019 in the Titan Student Union Pavilion for a Q&A event. The contract with Rubin has been signed, Paz said. “The CSUF Republicans have a reputation for fostering intellectual diversity and civil discourse,” Paz said in a press release. “We intend to continue that legacy with our speaker next semester, and Dave Rubin is the perfect person to represent those values.” The announcement comes a little more than a year after speaker Milo Yiannopoulos was invited by the College Republicans. The event led to protestors clashing with police in riot gear and resulting in a security cost of approximately $90,000. SEE POLITICS

Freshman musician creates indie beats Lentebloom is a CSUF student who produces music out of his dorm. KRISTINA GARCIA Copy Editor

Two years ago, this lo-fi, indie bedroom musician played with Cuco, Los Angeles’ heartthrob Chicano artist, at a backyard show. Now, this Cal State Fullerton freshman ends his own concerts with a signature, “Thank you, Coachella!” In his classes he’s known as Noah Lee, but to his growing fan base he goes by Lentebloom. Lentebloom was born in Hawaii and lived there until he reached the age of three. His family then moved to El Monte, California, and later lived in several places around the Pomona area. Now he’s living in Fullerton and dorms at CSUF for his first year of college. But unlike other students, Lentebloom’s academic path as a cinema and television arts major is just a backup plan in case his music doesn’t go in the direction he wants it to. “I know Noah is gonna make it with music, cause I can tell he’s really passionate about it,” said Ethan Johnson-May, long-time friend and founder of production/clothing company Flowr. “I remember he used to tell me, ‘When I’m older, if you ever find me working an office job, give me an intervention or something.’” Lentebloom has always been very musically-inclined ever since he first started piano lessons at age seven. From his first lessons to his final ones at around age 12, he continued his musical path into church. In high school, Lentebloom played in two bands, the first being a pop-punk band called

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Noah Lee, also known as Lentebloom, plays the guitar, piano, cello and sings.

Unemployment Project. After they disbanded, he began to play with Loose Ends, which also had its share of complications and eventually broke up as well. “It’s really hard to collaborate with other artists that don’t have the same vision as you or the same taste, cause I’m personally a perfectionist and if I don’t like something 100 percent, I won’t release it,” Lentebloom said. After the crumble of Loose Ends, Lentebloom decided to take a six-month hiatus. Although both bands were unsuccessful, Lentebloom saw this as an opportunity to start making his own music. He began writing his own songs last summer, and now continues to write and produce in his dorm. But with the start of his solo

career came the search for a new name, one that would be unique to him. Like any tech-savvy teen, Lentebloom turned to the world of Reddit forums to find inspiration. He was searching for the prettiest sounding words when he came across “lentebloem,” a Dutch word meaning “spring flower.” He then changed the spelling to make the word exclusive to him. Although he’s had a rocky cretive connection with his high school bands, it didn’t stop Lentebloom from collaborating with Tino Denti, a friend he miraculously reunited with at Viva! Pomona, an indie music festival, after losing connection for years after first grade. The two picked their friendship

up where they left off and eventually created “Ultraviolet Waterslide” under Denti’s solo project Tomorrow’s Tessellations. “That feature of his is probably my favorite moment on the entire album, and it definitely is one of my all-time favorite moments of anything that I’ve ever created or collaborated on with anyone,” Denti said, describing it as otherworldly. “When I heard that (drum) loop, I thought, ‘I need Noah on here.’ I can’t recreate the sound Noah has, only he can do that.” Denti writes all his own melodies and lyrics for Tomorrow’s Tessellations, with the exception of Lentebloom, who he gave full creative control over the drum loop. In a span of two hours, Lentebloom wrote his feature

complete with lyrics, harmonies, layers of synth, piano and cello. “Tomorrow’s Tessellations is like a family, and since Noah is a part of that in his own way by doing his thing as Lentebloom and playing with us as we do our live shows, it’s like yeah, there is a real brotherly bond there. I can never support that dude enough,” Denti said. Although Tomorrow’s Tessellations is a solo project, Lentebloom plays keyboard in the live band. “I take inspiration from things that I like and I make them my own idea,” Lentebloom said. He draws inspiration from Frank Ocean, Rex Orange County, Stevie Wonder, Current Joys’ Nick Rattigan and Tyler, The Creator. Each musician has been incredibly influential to him, whether it was Tyler, The Creator’s music who introduced Lentebloom’s interest in chords and melodies, or Wonder’s “He’s Misstra Know-ItAll” that inspired the chords for Lentebloom’s single “Develop.” “Develop” is about having photos with people, and although you may no longer speak to them anymore, “it was cool to have that memory at the time,” he said. The line “27 seconds in time” representing the 27 exposures on a disposable camera, each photo being a second in time. Lentebloom will be releasing his first album “Departure” on Nov. 30, as well as performing with Tomorrow’s Tessellations at the Fox Theater in Pomona at 7:45 p.m. with tickets at $10. “I know there’s a lot of artists out there that are really scared to release their ideas to the world … I say just do it whenever you feel it’s right,” Lentebloom said. “When you get that idea you’ll know, and once you feel that, just show the world and have the world appreciate it.” VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Elections: Women take over Politics: CSUF the House and the Senate Republicans

announce guest 1 Andrew Flores, Students for Quality Education member, said he was not familiar with who Rubin was when he was first announced as the speaker, but thought he was a less controversial speaker than Yiannopoulos. “I think the general consensus will be a little more relieved of a much smaller police presence because of who they decided to bring,” Flores said. “As far as Milo, quite frankly, we did not have that money. We did not have that $90,000 to put forth on that speaker, regardless if they are controversial or not.” CONTINUED FROM

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The Violence Against Women Act and Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act were some of the major bills that were passed during this time. That year, more women went to the polls than in previous elections. Nationally, 11 women won major party nominations for Senate races while 106 women contended for House seats in the general election, according to the Office of the Historian. The election also followed the public 1991 confirmation process of now Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, who was confirmed despite an FBI investigation. Law professor Anita Hill was called into court to testify publicly about allegations of sexual harassment she lodged against Thomas in a private FBI sit-down.

Barbieri said that although issues of sexual harassment were addressed during this time, the change failed to stick. “People who’ve been in the #MeToo movement are now going to be in Congress to make sure that we hold people accountable for harassment, whether in government or private sector, and make sure the laws reflect that,” Fousekis said. According to a 2018 Pew Research Poll, most Americans feel hopeful about more women in Congress, but there’s little consensus on how or whether things would change once in office. Six out of 10 Americans say it’s a good thing women are running for Congress. More than 4 in 10 Americans say they hope a woman will be elected president in their lifetime, according to the poll.

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“These historic firsts are important not just because representation matters (and it does), but because these extraordinary women will bring perspectives that have been absent from our policy debates for far too long,” said Hillary Clinton in a tweet one day after the midterm election. Although there have been changes in representation, Barbieri said something has to be done differently to ensure change. “(Women) still don’t have guaranteed full maternity leave and we don’t have government-subsidized child care. Women in politics can probably change some of these,” she said. “Maybe we need to stay angry. Maybe we have to stay doing rallies and become more politically active.”

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Associated Students’ members Maisune Abu-Elhaija (left), and Ana Aldazabal, (right) at Joe Biden’s visit to CSUF.

Even though he is more on the left he does get a lot backlash from the left. I’m sure we’ll still have some people who disagree. BROOKE PAZ CSUF Republicans President

The cost of Rubin’s appearance has not been disclosed by the College Republicans. Several areas on campus were closed down the day of Yiannopoulos’ appearance, including the State College parking structure and the Student Recreation Center. Fencing also surrounded the recreation center and the Titan Student Union. Paz said she believed Rubin’s appearance on campus would result in a less crazy atmosphere on campus in comparison to Yiannopoulos’ appearance. Following Yiannopoulos’ speaking event last year, eight protestors were detained, one person was arrested and several

people ended up with pepper spray in their eyes. “We did the very controversial, exciting thing before, and that was fun, but I think that this one is going to be a bit more substantive, and I think that’s a good route to go to kind of balance it out,” Paz said. In the meeting, Paz described Rubin as someone who is not their typical College Republican speaker. Rubin is a “classical liberal,” political commentator and comedian who hosts a show on YouTube known as the “Rubin Report,” a talk show about free speech and other polarizing ideas. According to his website, Rubin has firmly set himself apart from the modern day Democratic Party due to “taking political correctness and groupthink to a dangerous level.” He attributes his original political affiliation as a “left-leaning progressive” to his identity as a gay married man. Now, he believes people should embrace their individuality and refrain from taking sides in parties. “He felt like he had to identify with liberals, and as he was getting more individualistic in his ideas, he saw there was a lot of backlash, and I think a lot of students on campus feel the same way,” Paz said. Paz also encourages students who may not agree with Rubin to attend the Q&A to voice their opinions and engage in civil discourse. “Even though he is more on the left he does get a lot of backlash from the left. I’m sure we’ll still have some people who disagree,” Paz said. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite at $25 for students and $30 for non-students.

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Democratic Party takes the House Forty seats in the House, including seven in Orange County, flipped blue. ANDRE SALAZAR Staff Writer

This year’s midterm elections have finally come to an end with several close races, such as Democrat Gil Cisneros’ narrow victory over Young Kim in the 39th District. Overall, the Democratic Party has picked up 40 seats in the House of Representatives, including seven in California. Cal State Fullerton’s College Republicans club President Brooke Paz was surprised when she heard that Kim lost. She said Kim was a very likable person with plans to help students reduce their loans, and also a big advocate for CSUF, a university that Kim’s children attended. Paz is interested to see if Cisneros will be the same proponent for the university as Kim was. She said she feels uncertain about Cisneros’ plans for education. “Gil Cisneros, he’s not from the area. He just came in to campaign and get in this election. So I’ll be interested to see what he does. I’m not quite sure. He’s a little bit of a wild card,” Paz said. The final race was called Wednesday, when the Democratic candidate for the 21st Congressional District, TJ Cox, defeated Republican incumbent David Valadao by 529 votes, according to the Los Angeles Times. The ability to flip all those seats was something that CSUF Democrats club President Andrea Guzman, who refers to the winning of the House as a “blue

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Joe Biden, former vice president, endorsed Democratic candidates like Congressman-elect Gil Cisneros at CSUF.

wave,” was surprised by. Paz is disappointed in the result. She claims that though the victory was surprising, it is “a natural cycle” for seats to flip once a new president is in office. Dean Kazoleas, professor of public relations and advisor to the CSUF Republicans, agreed with Paz about the election cycle, noting the “historical trend” of the House flipping. “Only in the last — for example, like 80 to 90 years — only

two or three times have you ever seen a House not switch,” Kazoleas said. Scott Spitzer, associate professor of political science and advisor to the CSUF Democrats, views the win as a way to provide the Democratic Party the ability to focus more on issues like climate change and caring for those less fortunate. “It really reflects, I hope, a renewed energy on the part of the left in the United States to flex

their political muscle and sort of begin the process of shifting the country’s priorities back to what I think are the right priorities,” Spitzer said. In terms of the election, Spitzer did not expect the Democratic Party to win the way they did, sweeping all seven districts in Orange County, a region that has historically voted conservatively. “In 16 years, it went from very solidly red to a swing area,”

Spitzer said, referring to the change in political structure for the county compared to when he first moved there in 2002. Paz was also surprised by the Orange County outcome but sees the result as a way for the Republican Party to assess what it may have done wrong or what the Democratic Party did right in this election and prepare for the 2020 elections with that in mind. Guzman said Gil Cisneros’ victory in the 39th was the one victory that she was most excited about because she worked on his campaign. Cisneros was losing on election night Nov. 6, but was announced the winner on Nov. 17. “I knew he was going to win election night. We sort of saw the math and we’re like yes, right now it’s leaning toward Young Kim with the precincts reporting, but we know that they’re counting not just Election Day,” Guzman said. Kazoleas said he is unsure about the election results’ impact on CSUF due to people like Ed Royce not being around anymore, who Kazoleas called a supporter of the school. He said he is hopeful that Cisneros will become someone who will assist CSUF when the university needs it. Guzman said she believes that Cisneros will be a great representative for the district and that he’ll understand the needs of students from his work in his education foundation. “Before he even thought about running for Congress he was a student advocate,” Guzman said. “The district is very diverse, so Mr. Cisneros going into office, I believe, really represents the 39th and Cal State Fullerton and its very diverse student body.”

Art wall remembers HIV/AIDS activist

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Keith Haring was a prominent artist in the ‘80s and ‘90s and is remembered as an advocate of the LGBTQ community.

Keith Haring’s art challenged HIV/AIDS misconceptions. MIGUEL HIDALGO Staff Writer

Neon construction paper was manipulated into cutouts of clean-lined designs, displaying art in honor of Keith Haring’s life as an artist and activist as well as HIV/AIDS awareness in the LGBTQ Resource Center this week in the Pollak Library. Haring, a prominent artist in the ‘80s and ‘90s, is remembered as an advocate of the LGBTQ community for his art that challenged stigmas toward HIV/ AIDS and the gay community, VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM

said Chris Datiles, the center’s coordinator. He was born in 1958 and died in 1990 at the age of 31 from AIDS-related complications. Haring, an openly gay man, lived through the AIDS epidemic and ridicule of the ‘80s, but challenged stigmas surrounding the gay community through his artistic influence. With simple artwork of bold lines and human figures in very dynamic poses, he created art in a time when the LGBTQ community was often targeted due to the AIDS crisis, said Albert Xiong, graduate student assistant for the center. Before Haring passed away he worked with notable celebrities such as Andy Warhol, Madonna

and Yoko Ono. The art wall dedicated to Haring is one of several events planned to honor World AIDS Day, which falls on Saturday, Dec. 1. Datiles helped organize the art wall and shares the respect for Haring that is also felt by the community. “The art wall is something that students are able to participate in. They get to use one of the stencils that our team created that is based on Keith Haring’s art,” Datiles said. Haring’s art was so influential that many companies/galleries still sell his work. Xiong said he has seen many clothing companies feature his artwork.

“His artwork was very influential especially during the AIDS crisis because he would create pieces of work and depictions of empowerment, and many of his artworks were symbolic of homosexual liberation and acceptance,” Xiong said. Even after his death, Haring continues to contribute to HIV/AIDS awareness and funding through the Keith Haring Foundation. Since his artwork is still in circulation, the foundation is still receiving profits from Haring’s sales. “His work is still readily available. You can still find it online, you can find it in stores that utilize his art and work, so it can still be purchased to this day if

people are interested in purchasing it,” Datiles said. Shown through his relevance well after his death, Haring is a significant member of the LGBTQ community’s history, and not just because his art was aesthetically pleasing. However, many stigmas from the crisis remain. Datiles said he feels that for this reason, HIV/AIDS awareness and education is still necessary today. “There are still a lot of myths and misconceptions that you can contract HIV, AIDS or even STDs in a variety of ways,” Datiles said. “It’s important to demystify and debunk those for students so that they are not living in fear.”

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Political landscape changes for women Midterms will be remembered as landmark election.

SOPHIA ACEVEDO Asst. Opinion Editor

The 2018 midterms marked more than the arrival of an incoming blue wave in Capitol Hill; it set a historic moment for women who won a record number of seats in the House of Representatives. With a staggering 95 women that won seats during the midterm elections on Nov. 7, at least 35 of which were newly elected Democrats, the future of politics appears a bit more hopeful. Women can finally play a more pivotal role in defending and progressing legislative actions that support other women. Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won her district and was elected for the House of Representatives in New York, becoming the youngest woman ever elected into Congress at 29 years old. Her campaign video on Twitter from back in May easily described her challenging road to victory where Ocasio-Cortez boldly said, “Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.” Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar also became the first Muslim women elected to Congress, winning their districts in Michigan and Minnesota. These women introduce a very different perspective from the overwhelming majority of crusty old white men who currently reside

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in Capitol Hill. This new Capitol Hill will now know what it’s like to be a female minority who endures countless struggles that men simply can’t fathom. Not only do these midterm results portray a more accurate and diverse representative body in the House, they prove that voters want women to have a more prominent voice in politics. People chose to elect representatives that reflect their values and who will protect their rights, and more districts than ever before believed that women were capable of doing that. Current women’s movements like the Women’s March and #MeToo movement built up to this. They weren’t just empty words and chants for change;

instead, they continue to stir action and even momentarily silence bitter opponents who foolishly assumed all this talk would fade away once midterms came. Of everything that has occured during this year’s midterms, perhaps the most important takeaway is that people had a very strong reaction to the unsettling behavior of politics over the last year. The Trump administration and several Republican senators have responded poorly to sexual assault by either dismissing situations or toning down allegations so they seem like mere nothingness. Betsy DeVos has also provided a nightmarish definition of sexual harassment through a rewritten proposal on Title

IX that hacks away at previous progress made in colleges and universities by setting a more narrow interpretation of sexual harassment. In DeVos’ suggested proposal, the definition of sexual harassment is incredibly vague and subjective, stating that the the conduct must be “severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive,” which opens the door for universities to easily disregard sexual harassment cases for not meeting such extreme standards. In light of the #MeToo era, the conversation of sexual violence will only continue to become more prevalent, and while political moves like Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court back in October could be seen as detrimental for women, it did the exact opposite

by inciting frustrated voters to go to the voting booths on Election Day. With such a significant portion of women set to represent their constituents in January, these women have the capability of creating legislation that will be best for everyone — not just white men. There will be more protection for women’s rights such as reproductive choice and the continuation of help for sexual harassment victims. In all, while this year may have been frustrating, what with Kavanaugh’s confirmation and DeVos’ new rules, fortunately it’s coming close to an end, and the new year can be filled with fiery and passionate women ready to hold power in Congress.

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2018

‘Fallout’ series improves over time

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Fans who disagree with new directions need to chill out.

BRIAN BECSI Opinion Editor

The “Fallout” series of video games has become known for its post-apocalyptic immersion, open-ended mechanics and challenging gameplay. While wildly popular, fan resistance to changes are par for the course for the series. Fans of a series tend to form strong attachments and develop a sense of ownership. As its harshest critics, fans can often

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resist creative changes to a series, even if the changes make it better. It’s fine to disagree with Bethesda Games’ decisions or hold them accountable to fixing bugs, but they didn’t do anything to deserve all the fan vitriol. Bethesda took bold, and necessary steps to keep the series relevant through the years. The series has been through two major transformations. The first two “Fallout” games were turn-based RPGs that came out for PC in the ‘90s. “Fallout 3” and “Fallout: New Vegas,” came out during the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 generation and were dramatically different. The games were first-person shooters with heavy doses of RPG mechanics. “Fallout 4” shared a lot in common with “Fallout 3” and “Fallout: New Vegas,” but players noticed it felt like they had less agency. Interactions with

non-playable characters seemed less nuanced and the different endings felt like they were the same story just involving different people. The fans of the series tended to focus on these criticisms. The newest installment, “Fallout 76,” moves the series even further away from its roots. Fan opinions regarding the overall direction of the game have never been more polarized. Its harshest critics have called “Fallout 76” “not a real Fallout game” and a “travesty.” Most of this response is just a knee-jerk reaction to change rather than genuine critique of the game. Critics tend to overlook the things “Fallout 4” and “Fallout 76” do better than their predecessors. “Fallout 4” had been groundbreaking for the series in terms of its action, scale and added features like base building. With “Fallout 76,” Bethesda

simply plays to the strengths in “Fallout 4” by finding ways to make the game more cohesive. Fans are just having problems with the fact that Bethesda had to make compromises. Sure there are no story non-player characters, but there’s still a story to be told in West Virginia. Dungeons are filled with environmental storytelling and lore, and combat encounters themselves tell stories that are authentic, original and exciting. The ma p is also approximately four times bigger than “Fallout 4.” “Fallout 76” is entirely online. “Like many of you, we’ve always wanted to see what our style of game could be with multiplayer,” said Todd Howard, director of Bethesda Games, at E3 2018. Connecting with other players is easy, and playing together is rewarding. One of the things Bethesda did to make online gameplay more fun is to make the game

a lot easier than “Fallout 4.” While this is a bit of a disappointment, it was the right thing for Bethesda to do. The combat is more forgiving and survival mechanics feel like less of a chore and more like a natural part of exploring the huge world. If there’s something to be upset about regarding “Fallout 76,” it’s the stability issues that reflect poorly on the quality of the game. Bethesda released an unusually large patch, but only addressed a few specific issues in the patch notes, which is disappointing. Bugs aside, there are plenty of fans who think Bethesda’s choices with “Fallout 76” ultimately resulted in a more cohesive and enjoyable experience. Developers need to continue to make strategic improvements even if they aren’t in line with fan expectations because it keeps gaming the most creative and innovative medium.

6 Lifestyle

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Review: ‘Oxnard’ is rap with a message Anderson .Paak’s new album is jam-packed with smooth tunes. NATHAN NGUYEN Asst. News Editor

After being nominated for a Grammy as best new artist in 2017, rap, rhythm and blues artist Anderson .Paak continues his rise with the release of his album “Oxnard.” .Paak’s albums are typically named after cities that had an impact on his upbringing and “Oxnard” follows the same theme, preceding “Venice” in 2014 and “Malibu” in 2016. “Oxnard” was released on Nov. 16 with 14 tracks that span almost an hour long. Dr. Dre produced the album, which features big names like Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, Snoop Dogg, J. Cole and many others. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Paak said “This is the album (he) dreamed of making in high school,” drawing inspiration from Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint” and Kanye West’s “The College Dropout.” .Paak’s energetic soul-filled music is not to be taken lightly as it is often full of expletives and innuendos that convey a deeper message through his form of storytelling. The first track “The Chase” opens with the sound of waves on a beach and wind chimes in the background as soothing vocals from Kadhja Bonet complement the peaceful picture before .Paak jumps in to deliver his lines about feeling like the “Bad Boy” Pistons. .Paak has every reason to feel like a “Bad Boy” after his hit single “Bubblin” sparked a viral internet dance challenge earlier this year. Though not featured on the

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album, “Bubblin” gave a taste of what was to come, with high level production and puns in typical .Paak fashion. “Oxnard” currently sits at No. 11 on Billboard’s top 200 albums of the week, the highest ranking .Paak has ever received. The song that has gained the most popularity is “Tints” featuring Kendrick Lamar. The single, released on Oct. 4, was the first Anderson .Paak song that has received major airplay on mainstream radio. In addition, the music video has received over 2 million views on YouTube and immerses the viewer into a wild world of guns, drugs and lust that seems all too real.

.Paak gets political on “6 Summers” as he says, “We need more peace and less lone gunners, put down your heat and smoke marijuanas.” .Paak pleads for more gun control and says that reform should have come sooner, but nothing will change for at least six years. He looks to the heavens for help on “Saviers Road” as he says, “Lord forgive them for they do not know what they do, but God if you’re listening I could still reach you.” He compares his vision to Martin Luther’s, seeing the need for reformation saying, “I would sell you faith but you don’t believe.” For “Brother’s Keeper,” .Paak

attributes his rise to the top by keeping it low and also making sure that everybody around him shares in his success. This jam-packed song featuring Pusha T has a laid back feel to it with smooth transitions and is a perfect song to listen to while driving. “Anywhere” is another easygoing song as Snoop Dogg reminisces summertime back in Long Beach with Nate Dogg and Warren G, the members of early hip-hop group 213. Anderson .Paak gives an ode to Mac Miller in “Cheers” as he says the “music business movin’ too fast for me, wishin’ I still had Mac with me.” On Oct. 31, Paak and other artists held Mac Miller: A

Celebration of Life concert for the late musician at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. .Paak performed “Dang!” a song of Miller’s he was featured in, dedicating it to his brother Mac. .Paak also held a concert and carnival in his hometown of Oxnard the day of the album release for families affected by the fires in Southern California. Overall, “Oxnard” has many good songs but doesn’t live up to expectations from long time fans. For first time Anderson .Paak listeners, “Oxnard” might not leave the best impression and his previous album “Malibu” would be more suitable.

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An 11-2 run in the last five minutes of the fourth quarter gave Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball the 67-62 win over Dartmouth in Titan Gym on Wednesday. The Titans (3-4) trailed 6056 with less than five minutes in the game. Six of their final 11 points came from the freethrow line. “I think it was very important toward the end,” guard Raina Perez said. “To be honest, it was all Jade (Vega) going 14-15 throughout the game.” Dartmouth (2-3) seemingly took control of the second half with a 14-2 run that gave it an 8-point lead in the third quarter. However, Fullerton was able to claw back into the game from the free-throw line. In the last four minutes of the third quarter, CSUF hit six of its eight free throws to tie the game heading into the fourth quarter. They finished 24 of 32 from the line as a team. Midway through the fourth quarter, Titans head coach Jeff Harada yelled at his team for being in the wrong defensive set after a Dartmouth basket. The Titans seemed to respond to his anger as they held the Big Green scoreless for the last three minutes of the game. “We didn’t want to have a little slip-up and have them get a layup or an easy shot,” Perez said. “We needed to get a stop in order to win the game ... if you don’t get stops, you’re not

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gonna win the game.” Eight of Perez’s team-high 17 points came in the fourth quarter but none of her four assists came in the fourth quarter. She said her late dominance came because she was the open person. “Jeff likes us to see who’s open. If a person is open, then that’s who we’re going to,” Perez said. Neither team was able to establish a rhythm or control the game. Runs of double-digit points dictated who would own the lead each quarter. Perez attributed the lack of flow to “little mistakes” such as offensive rebounding. CSUF grabbed four offensive rebounds while Dartmouth had 20. In their first six games of the

season, the Titans attempted an average 20.3 3-pointers per game. Perez said Harada told the Titans to know their game, which led to them only shooting 11 3-pointers on Wednesday. “(He said) it’s not just a 3-point contest, but I think we took it too hard. We need to know what we can do best,” Perez said. Perez said the main thing she believes Fullerton needs to clean up before its game on Saturday against Cal State Bakersfield is its ball control. She guessed off-hand that the Titans average 20 turnovers per game, which is close to their actual rate of 19.1. Saturday’s homecoming game will tip-off at 2 p.m. in Titan Gym.

Cal State Fullerton will host Cal Lutheran University on Saturday for the second game of Homecoming 2018. The Titans (2-5) finished their five-game road trip with one win against Monmouth. Guard Khalil Ahmad scored a career-high 40 points in that contest. The Kingsmen (2-2) lost their last game against Pacific University in Oregon. Guard Austin Cole was two points away from his career high, scoring 34 points while adding 13 rebounds and four assists. Both teams played last season for Fullerton’s homecoming game as well. CSUF won that game 86-58. Guard Kyle Allman scored 22 points and forward Jackson Rowe added 15 points. Through their first seven games, the Titans are averaging 78.7 points per game. Allman and Ahmad are responsible for 40.5 of that total. Allman’s 39.5 3-point

percentage ranks marginally better than his field goal percentage, which is 39.4. Rowe is the third leading scorer on the team at 11.2 points per game. He’s also collecting seven rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, which lead the team. His 1.2 steals per game trail only Ahmad, who’s averaging 2.6 per game. The Kingsmen are shooting 52.5 percent from the floor and 41.6 percent from behind the arc as a team. Cole and guard Kyle Ferreira lead the team in points per game at 20.5 each. A common theme in Fullerton losses is rebounding. In four of its five losses, they have grabbed an average of 10.75 fewer rebounds than the opponent. The Titans’ only loss where they rebounded more than their opponent was against Wake Forest. CSUF had 41 rebounds while the Demon Deacons had 37. While Cal Lutheran averages more rebounds per game than CSUF, the Kingsmen don’t have a player on their team taller than 6 feet, 7 inches. This may become an area for concern as the Titans have five players at that height or above. Saturday’s game will start at 6 p.m. at Titan Gym.

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