Monday December 10, 2018

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Monday December 10, 2018

Volume 104 Issue 44

TITANS QUIETLY SUSPEND PLAYER ACCUSED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Student conduct will not comment on Landon Kirkwood’s suspension.

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The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team indefinitely suspended Titans guard Landon Kirkwood from all team activities after his girlfriend accused him of domestic violence in October.

The Orange County Superior Court issued an emergency protective order to his then-girlfriend Alexis Renea Barkley on Oct. 28, 2018, followed by a domestic violence restraining order on Nov. 2, 2018, court records show.

He has not played in a single game for CSUF this season.

The CSUF athletic department only confirmed Kirkwood’s suspension after becoming aware of the Daily Titan’s investigation.

CSUF officials would not confirm or deny if Kirkwood had

been suspended from the university. The team has not removed Kirkwood from its public online roster, as of press time.

Kirkwood declined comment for this story through an Instagram direct message after attempts to reach him through other mediums.

According to the emergency order, Barkley accused Kirkwood of grabbing and throwing her to the ground to prevent her from leaving his apartment on Oct. 28. Barkley also accused Kirkwood of pulling her out of her vehicle and throwing her to the ground to take her phone. She said the struggle left a scratch across her chest from the seatbelt as well as bruises on her wrists and knee.

The CSUF police officer who signed the emergency protective order for Barkley said that there were “visible injuries on Barkley.” Barkley posted photos of her injuries on Facebook on Oct. 30, as part of a 1,330-word post.

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Landon Kirkwood during a men’s basketball game in the 2017-18 season.

Obama Awards honor Democrats Officers

charged with battery Former Fullerton Police Chief David Hendricks could serve three years in jail.

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Gil Cisneros, 39th District congressman-elect was one of many Orange County Democrats honored at the 2018 Obama Awards ceremony.

Orange County flipped from red to blue, making the 2018 midterm elections historic.

NATHAN NGUYEN Asst. News Editor

NATALIE MEDEIROS Staff Writer

Triumphant cheers filled the air as Orange County Democrats, including Gil Cisneros, 39th District congressman-elect and Priya Shah, instructor of women and gender studies at Cal State Fullerton, were honored at the 2018

Obama Awards.

The event was hosted at the Newport Beach Civic Center on Saturday by the Orange County Young Democrats, an organization of young attorneys, businessmen and women, and students who seek to advance democratic values in the county.

Danielle Serbin, chair of the Orange County Young Democrats, joined the organization while in high school in 2004 and said she has been actively involved since graduating college in 2014.

“The theme was celebrating

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local change makers. All of these individuals have had a profound impact on Orange County in very different and diverse ways, and we wanted to capture that diversity in our awards we gave out,” Serbin said.

Serbin emphasized that young Democrats were the “life-blood” of this election and that millennials are the leaders of “the here and the now.”

Many districts in Orange County flipped from the red to blue in a traditionally conservative region in this year’s historic midterm

elections. Representative-elects Cisneros of the 39th District, Katie Porter of the 45th District, Harley Rouda of the 48th District and Mike Levin of the 49th District were celebrated for accomplishing this feat.

“It’s just very exciting that we were able to, not only flip our seat, but all of these Orange County seats. What it really means is that we’re going to be able to work on things that a lot of people have been pushing to the side,” Cisneros said.

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Former Fullerton Police Chief David James Hendricks and Capt.

Thomas William Oliveras Jr. were charged on Friday for battery on an emergency medical technician and for resisting and obstructing the investigation.

Hendricks could serve a maximum sentence of three years in county jail and Oliveras could serve two years in county jail for the misdemeanor charges.

Back in August, the policemen attended a concert with their wives while off-duty in Irvine. Emergency medical technicians were called for Hendricks’ wife who was in need of medical attention.

Hendricks allegedly pushed two of the EMTs and Oliveras allegedly held one in a headlock. Both are accused of delaying and obstructing the investigation, according to a press release from the Orange County District Attorney’s office.

The charge follows Hendricks’ retirement from the Fullerton police department last month, where he’d been on paid administrative leave since Aug. 25. Capt. Robert Dunn is serving as the interim police chief until the city council fills the position permanently in early 2019, according to a press release from the city of Fullerton in November.

Hendricks started working for Fullerton last year and previously served as the deputy police chief for the city of Long Beach. Hendricks’ and Olivera’s arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 9, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. in Newport Beach.

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MONDAY DECEMBER 10, 2018

Elections: Democrats celebrate record victory

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Congress member-elects including Katie Porter and Gil Cisneros were celebrated.

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Priya Shah, women and gender studies professor, received the Harvey Milk award for LGBTQ advocacy.

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Cisneros said the Democratic-elects can now focus on issues like immigration reform, common sense gun legislation, environmental sustainability and health care.

Tim Phan, Orange County Young Democrats academic division director, said the issues are not red or blue and that they will impact millennials on a deeper level than previous

generations.

Shah, who received the Harvey Milk award for LGBTQ advocacy, said the blue wave that was achieved with the midterm elections gives hope to the LGBTQ community.

“It means everything. It means that all of our queer youth have a chance,” Shah said.

“It’s an award not just for me, its for our entire community and it truly is a night to

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Phan stressed that individuals at the congressional level should remain as progressive as they can be and trust that leaders are building a foundation that will be responsive to their needs.

Ahmad Zahra, the newly elected representative for Fullerton’s 5th District on the city council, said he hopes to ensure that everyone has a voice within his term and make

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improvements to the city.

“That could be anything from the streets being well-lit, the parks being well-preserved and maintained, better police response time, better public safety and making sure people all have options of housing affordability and good paying jobs in the city,” he said.

Shah said she hopes that the newly elected representatives will listen to the constituents in ways they haven’t in the past

few decades, especially in the 39th District.

“I really want them to listen to what we the people need and have to say about health care, education and about opportunities for all people regardless of immigration status, race, religion or gender identity and sexual orientation,” Shah said.

Diane Ortiz and Hosam Elattar contributed to this article.

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MONDAY DECEMBER 10, 2018

Students explore philanthropic practices

The ‘Start Something that Matters’ event donated school supplies for disadvantaged children as part of a business class project Thursday.

The event was held to help students apply a “givingback” business model.

WILLIAM ROBBINS Staff Writer

Notebooks, pencils, highlighters and other school supplies were donated by students and staff as part of a class project for the honors business communication course at Cal State Fullerton.

Second-year students at CSUF organized a school supply fundraiser for disadvantaged children on Thursday.

The “Start Something that Matters” event, which was originally planned to be in the courtyard outside Mihaylo Hall, was moved inside the building where students gathered to escape the downpour on campus.

“It started with a book

assignment that they had to read for the whole semester called “Start Something That Matters” by Blake Mycoskie.

The whole book is about how to start a business with a giving-back model,” said Vanessa Ferreira, professor of marketing. “Part of our theme for our class was business cases, social responsibility and how we think about the community when we partake in certain businesses.”

Earlier in the semester, several groups in the class created business proposals with a giving-back model, and one was eventually chosen to be put into action on campus.

This particular business plan was for school supplies.

For every school supply purchased, an additional one would be donated to a child in need, following a business model similar to the shoe company TOMS. The business plan and event

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was organized by three second-year students who took Ferreira’s project requirements of creating a company to aid their community and manifested that idea in an effort to provide resources for education.

“It’s part of our group project,” said Kim Yumul, one of the students responsible for the event’s business plan. ”Some of us chose the environment and some of us chose education or animals. We decided to make it a real thing.”

While the class didn’t have the resources to actually start the company, the students were able to follow through with the business plan by reaching out to their fellow Titans at CSUF to donate their excess supplies.

“We feel like a lot of the students here at the university have school supplies that they probably don’t use and eventually throw away. Instead of doing that, which is a waste, we can

all donate it and give back,” Yumul said.

The objectives of their proposals were to create a complete business plan with budgets, timelines and consideration of competitors.

With that in mind, the students decided that their business would match inventory sales and donate directly to the Kids In Need Foundation, eliminating the possibility that donated revenue would be pocketed.

“One of the reasons why we chose Kids In Need was because a lot of the other foundations only accept money. (Kids In Need) accept not only donations, but also school supplies.

We thought it would be more meaningful to donate all school supplies because it’s something that we know we purchase and that somebody is going to be using it,” said Karina Castorena, another student member

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from the group that created the project.

This is the first year that the course has attempted the “Start Something that Matters” event, and Ferreira hopes that it can be something they do every semester.

“We did it as a pilot for the honors class to see how it goes.

We’ve been getting a lot of support. My hope is that it can be a yearly thing every fall,” Ferreira said.

Ferreira said the biggest message that the honors business communication class wants to spread across campus is to reflect on the things people take for granted on a daily basis.

“We have things lying around that might not be a big deal to us, and if we can think of the opportunities we take for granted every day and how we can share that with people, even in little ways, I think that’s the message,” Ferreira said.

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MONDAY DECEMBER 10, 2018

Astrology is meant to be entertainment Horoscopes provide a distraction from everyday routines.

SOPHIA ACEVEDO Asst. Opinion Editor

Like the comforting pastime that it is, astrology is available when a person needs it most. It can be found basically anywhere, residing in magazines, apps and even in the leisure section of our very own school newspaper, prominently snuggled up next to the sudoku and word search.

Absolute downers who would probably prefer to call themselves pragmatists may point out that astrology is just pseudoscience or that it’s fake, but they’re truly missing the point.

Astrology, and specifically horoscopes, aren’t meant to be the end all be all that dictates an individual’s every action in life; it’s meant to be an enjoyable activity that gets people through the craziness of daily life.

Over the past year, countless articles, from outlets like The New York Times and Refinery29, have described how astrology has become increasingly popular among millenials.

In some ways, it seems astrology has become a bit of a crazy trend among a younger, more naive generation.

However, this assumption fails to acknowledge how the millennial generation has grown up differently from the previous generations.

William Marelich, professor in psychology, said that while there isn’t any direct evidence to

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explain why millenials have become more interested in astrology, there are a few indirect reasons that can possibly explain this behavior.

For instance, Marelich said that millennials tend to be less religious. They also tend to be more stressed, and as a result, astrology can provide spiritual guidance or calm people down.

Another possible reason may be that millennials use the internet and are able to research astrology without facing criticism.

But astrology isn’t entirely blameless regarding all the criticism it receives.

When reading horoscopes, people may believe that everything described is incredibly accurate when in fact it’s not. The Barnum effect, also called the Forer effect, can help explain why people feel like horoscopes are personalized and completely true.

“The Barnum effect, in very simple terms, is when descriptions are provided to individuals either verbally or written that are purposely vague yet they are positive and also agreeable,” Marelich said.

By using the Barnum effect, con men and unscrupulous

businesses may try to trick customers by exploiting their beliefs, using the buyer’s love for astrology to make a profit. For this reason, people should be weary, especially because astrology has become more of a business.

As long as people recognize that horoscopes don’t predict their entire future or spend an obscene sum of money on tarot card readings, no one needs to delete their horoscope account or re-examine their love for all things astrology.

If it helps people destress during times of need or serves as spiritual guidance, just like

taking a morning jog or finding 10 minutes a day to meditate, then it’s not hurting anyone.

Astrology is a fun thing to learn about and it doesn’t deserve so much hatred or criticism. Just learning about one’s zodiac sign or getting a tarot card reading can give someone a moment of self-reflection or positive reinforcement that they need to carry on.

There’s enough stress happening in people’s day to day lives; astrology can be a breath of fresh air, and no depressing Debbie Downer can tell anyone otherwise.

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MONDAY DECEMBER 10, 2018

A story from Huntington Beach About 40,000 students are enrolled at Cal State Fullerton. They come from communities in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Some commute long distances to get to campus. The series Voices from Home tells stories about the people and places that make their communities unique. These are some of their voices.

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There are about 20 volunteers in the Huntington Beach Tree Society.

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Tracy Campbell, an accounting assistant and volunteer at the Tree Society, places mulch around a new tree.

The nonprofit has planted 7,000 trees in Huntington Beach since 1998.

The Huntington Beach Tree Society is a nonprofit that plants and maintains trees.

Nagy has unyielding optimism for the future of the program despite the uncertainty of what will happen with the nonprofit once she is gone and the looming fear of development on the land.

Nagy meets with people who work for the Huntington Beach City Council twice a month. Although they sometimes provide assistance in the form of water, they are not always able to provide the funds to maintain it.

That’s where the hard work of volunteers like retired musician Stephen Campbell, and his wife, Tracy, come into play.

“Nagy wears a lot of hats. She has to play the politician and everything else to keep this going,”

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The city of Huntington Beach often brings to mind a picturesque coastline landscape tucked close to suburban life and manicured lawns.

Forests are the last thing anyone would ever expect to find themselves in when wandering around the area.

But only two miles from the shoreline lies the Urban Forest in Huntington Beach Central Park,

an expanse of 2 1/2 acres where 7,000 trees have been planted all by one local nonprofit, the Huntington Beach Tree Society.

Jean Nagy is the president of the Huntington Beach Tree Society and a retired resident of Huntington Beach. She started the nonprofit in 1998 with a group of volunteers in the community, and ever since, they have dedicated their weekends to planting and maintaining trees in the park.

“When my husband was transferred here to Huntington Beach, I couldn’t get over how few trees there were, and this is like over 20 something years ago. We were coming from Northern California where it was quite lovely,”

Nagy said.

Urban Forest is what Nagy calls “a little piece of nature heaven.” It is located on the backside of Central Park and is part of a plan to create a natural trail from Central Park to the shoreline.

Throughout large parts of the area, drought-tolerant and native plants are dispersed and wildlife is never too far to be seen.

Nagy receives trees every year by filling out grants to the state of California.

On a typical day, only a handful of volunteers, mainly older women, are helping Nagy. On occasion, Eagle Scouts or high schoolers volunteer their time.

Stephen Campbell said. “I would like to think someone will fight for this place and keep fighting for this place.”

Nagy said she thinks volunteering at the Urban Forest provides an opportunity to feel connected to the city and to nature.

She said there is something special about having a forest within a city, and the impact it has on visitors is indescribable.

“There’s a feeling here that you have to come to get the feeling,” Nagy said. “The visual feeling, the quietness, the closeness to nature that you get that you will never get, and you don’t hear a car. Then you just zip home.

You’re not on that 405.”

Fullerton community lights up the night Spheres of Christmas lights and plastic cups adorn the Fullerton neighborhood.

BROOK FARIEN Staff Writer

With Christmas around the corner, one neighborhood near Fullerton College has joined in the holiday spirit by hanging lights from the treetops for its annual Sparkleball Street.

Every year these bulbous lights are strung up from Jeff Proud’s house and the surrounding neighborhood to ring in Christmas joy.

Proud said it all started when his neighbor Don Bales’ father started making the light-filled balls.

Proud received his first sparkleball from the Bales family for Christmas and later purchased six more to decorate his own home with.

What started as a means to brighten up his own house in the holiday spirit has turned into a Fullerton tradition.

The next year, the orbs hung outside four houses, then six and when Robert, his current neighbor, moved in the spread of lights began on both sides of the street.

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a little later but it’s still around that time. We do ours on Thanksgiving,” Proud said.

A sparkleball workshop carries on throughout the year in Bales’ garage, where he mends the old orbs and brings new ones to light.

“We have a big email chain that everyone is a part of in the community and they send out emails for certain nights in October and November. They meet at one of their houses and they make them, so they kind of give you an idea of what to bring, like the certain lights and all the cups,” said Kelsey Kendall, who lives in the neighborhood.

A single ball is made up of 50 cups and 150 lights strung throughout. The neighborhood uses a boom lift to hang them around the tree limbs on the street.

Passerbyers can see each ball hung from a cord off the tree, grouped together with the lights on the other branches.

The lights sparkle as from a distance, forming a spectacular sight of what looks like floating balls of light.

In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the street is framed by the colorful orbs.

“I have a little girl and I used to decorate for her. Now she is grown up and I have a grandchild, so it’s just kind of a tradition in my family,” Proud said.

“I love Christmas.”

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All of the sparkleballs that hang on trees in a neighborhood near Fullerton College are homemade by local residents.

Kendall said the neighbors are encouraged to have the lights on at dusk, and she lights hers every night from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. because they are on a timer.

While most people have stopped sightseeing and visiting

by 10 o’clock, some neighbors are determined to keep the stunning visuals alive and leave their lights on all night long.

“It’s cute to see all the families that drive down on the street and they are all like ‘Merry Christmas!’ A lot of

neighbors give out hot chocolate,” Kendall said.

For individuals who are smitten with Christmas spirit or love stunning visuals, this neighborhood is a spectacle that will make visitors’ eyes light up with holiday cheer.

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MONDAY DECEMBER 10, 2018

Head coach races for top recognition

John Elders has been with the CSUF athletic program for over three decades.

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It’s impossible to miss the slew of awards and history John Elders, Titans head coach for cross-country and men’s and women’s track and field, uses as decor when walking into his office at the very top of Titan Stadium.

On the left side of the wall is a framed article and picture of Mike Tansley, who was the first All-American in Track and Field for Cal State Fullerton, and the first Titan to ever qualify for a Division I NCAA meet in 1994.

Above Elders’ head, placed on a shelf, are two trophies — both championship trophies from the Big West conference men’s track and field for 2017 and 2018.

Despite the numerous achievements and awards Elders has won, he is still hungry for more.

“The goal is to win championships in all four sports,” Elders said.

“We feel like we have the coaching staff and an attractive university where we have a lot to sell here.”

Although coach Elders was hired as the head coach for the Titans in the spring of 1988, his involvement with the program began in 1984, when he was a fifth-year senior transfer and competed in both cross-country, and track and field teams.

After his senior season, Elders was brought on as a parttime assistant coach. Elders stayed in the position for three years while also teaching at Fullerton Union High School.

This is where Elders began to

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Head coach John Elders surrounded by the men’s track and field team during the 2017-18 Big West championship after the Titans sealed the title.

find his passion for coaching, and after 31 years of coaching, he hasn’t skipped a beat.

“I love what I do. Coaching at my alma mater, I’m in a sport that I’m passionate about.

I enjoy coaching and mentoring young people,” Elders said.

Besides winning championships, coach Elders is also recognized by being the longest tenured head coach in the history of CSUF. With a lot of experience under his belt, Elders still manages to keep up his energy and continues to be a role model, which athletes appreciate.

“I like the energy he brings,” said fifth-year sprinter Mason Rollins. “He wants to be our mentor, making sure we get

through all of our adversities and getting through the year.”

Elders has set himself apart from other coaching styles by being involved with the athletes.

“Some places, they just care about athletics. Coach Elders makes sure that your academics are good and that you’re doing good,” said sophomore sprinter Gino Long III. Just last year, for the first time in his coaching career, Elders was named the 2017 Big West Conference Coach of the Year.

However, before his recent success, both the cross-country and track and field teams struggled because of the lack of funding to the program and

lack of scholarships that were given out.

Before finishing first place in men’s track for 2017 and 2018, the highest the men’s track team ever finished was third place in 2006.

For women’s track, its top finish ever is fourth place and has yet to win a Big West title.

The constant struggles made it difficult for coach Elders to handle, especially being at the bottom.

“I can remember walking away from our conference championship meets year after year just being disappointed.,” Elders said.

“It was really difficult to handle being near the bottom of the conference.”

But because of his glass halffull mentality and the attitude to move forward and get better, both men’s and women’s track and cross-country teams are aiming to win their conference championships.

The women’s cross-country team lost by 6 points in the conference championship this year while women’s track was leading with three events left until it finished fourth last year.

Even with the ups and downs throughout his career, Elders still manages to joke around.

“I still feel like a goofy 18-year-old at 56. That part has not left me. I just really like to have fun with the kids. They just shake their heads most of the time,” Elders said.

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LIBRA (Sep. 23 - Oct. 22) Your sense of self-identity doesn’t necessarily align with your desires today. The discomfort you experience beckons you to examine what you truly value. If you have outgrown your previous preferences, but lack an immediate plan to replacement them, try not to cling to your past.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) You like to sink into the mysteries and hang out in the hidden parts of your community. This inclination to explore your emotions is exceptionally intoxicating now.

Consequently, inner work is both more personal and more readily accessible.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) It’s not that you dislike emotions, but they often seem unnecessary.

However, the strategic Capricorn Moon and enthusiastic Jupiter come into a synergistic exchange, inspiring you to expand your inner horizons.

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PISCES (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20) Your natural intuition makes you particularly vulnerable to absorbing negative energy from others. Your tendency to take on someone else’s pain is heightened with compassionate Chiron finally moving forward in your sign.

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It is Daily Titan’s policy to omit the names of people who are reported to be victims of domestic violence, but Barkley widely publicized her account on Facebook and spoke freely to the Daily Titan.

Barkley’s domestic violence restraining order required Kirkwood to “stay at least 100 yards away from” her, her home, workplace, vehicle and school, and forbid him to contact her in any way or attempt to obtain her address.

That order expired because neither Kirkwood nor Barkley appeared at a court hearing on Nov. 21. By then, Barkley said she had moved out of state and did not attend the hearing.

University Police will not release the November police report because the incident is part of an ongoing investigation involving other agencies, said University Police Capt. Scot Willey.

One month before Barkley obtained her restraining order against Kirkwood, University Police arrested her on suspicion of domestic violence, Willey said. Barkley said this was after a dispute between her and Kirkwood.

A spokesperson for the Orange County District Attorney’s office said the September case against Barkley was not pursued due to “lack of sufficient evidence.”

University Police would not release the police report from that incident without a public records request, which the Daily Titan has filed.

On Nov. 29, Barkley emailed Titans head coach Dedrique Taylor and members of his assistant coaching staff about what had happened, and included pictures of her injuries.

On the same day, she sent a similar email without the photos to Hallie Hunt, CSUF’s dean of

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Landon Kirkwood in the Dec. 4, 2017 match against Cal Lutheran. Kirkwood has not played in any of the Titans’ nine games of the 2018-19 season so far.

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Taylor and the athletics department declined comment beyond confirming the suspension through a team spokesman.

Hunt declined to comment.

Both the athletic department and Hunt cited the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) law to explain why they could not provide more information.

Hunt referred the Daily Titan to the U.S. Department of Education’s website, which explains FERPA. It states that “an institution

may disclose to anyone — not just the victim — the final results of a disciplinary proceeding, if it determines that the student is an alleged perpetrator of a crime of violence or non-forcible sex offense, and with respect to the allegation made against him or her, the student has committed a violation of the institution’s rules or policies.”

When presented with this passage, Hunt replied in an email, “FERPA says an institution may disclose information, not that it must. I do not have any information to share with you.”

The Student Press Law Center has criticized universities for using FERPA “to deny journalists’ requests for public records, even when the records have little relation to a student’s ‘educational life.’”

Jeff Cook, the spokesman for CSUF, said that CSUF President Fram Virjee was unavailable for comment and the university “would not have information available to share” with the Daily Titan.

In the Titans’ homecoming game against Cal Lutheran on Dec. 1, Titans guard Jamal

Smith began wearing jersey No. 12 — which was Kirkwood’s number with the team — and on Wednesday night against Loyola Marymount University, the Titans’ live box score credited Smith’s stats to Kirkwood.

A team spokesman said Smith’s white No. 1 jersey was lost on a recent road trip and Kirkwood’s No. 12 was used as a replacement.

The resulting box score error was eventually corrected, reflecting that Kirkwood did not play and wasn’t sitting on the bench.

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