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Thursday December 6, 2018

Volume 104 Issue 43

Lions maul Titans 59-49 in Titan Gym

Wednesday marked the first home loss for men’s basketball this season. JARED EPREM Sports Editor

Cal State Fullerton basketball suffered its first home defeat of the season Wednesday night, losing to Loyola Marymount University 59-49. Since the start of the 2017 season, the Titans have failed to score 50 points on only two other occasions: last season’s road opener against USC and the NCAA Tournament first-round game against Purdue. “(Loyola Marymount) played a different brand of team basketball. The shots that they took were the shots that they wanted to get. The shots that we took were non-aggressive ... versus working to get the kind of shots that we know we can take and make,” head coach Dedrique Taylor said. CSUF shot 34.8 percent from the field and hit only two of its 19 3-point attempts. SEE DEFEAT

Guard Kyle Allman led Cal State Fullerton with 14 points. He was one of two Titans to reach double figures in the game.

CSUF puts on ‘Winter Carnival’

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Decline in international students The drop comes the same year as the closing of a CSUF language program. AURIELLE WEISS Staff Writer

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Students sit on bean bags and pet puppies during the ‘Winter Carnival.’

Student Association holds an event on campus to help students destress. JESSE LIMA Staff Writer

With the temperature dropping below 60 degrees outside, the scene was set for a winter carnival at Cal State Fullerton. The winter-season celebration entertained with carnival games, bunnies and puppies. The “Winter Carnival” was held by Associated Students on Wednesday in the Student Recreation Center. The event was used to help students relieve stress and take their minds off of finals, as well as highlight how several cultures celebrate the holidays. Cultural organizations and clubs at CSUF had booths set up to inform other students how they

celebrate the holidays during the winter season. The Japanese Anime Club was one of the booths open to students, and Andrew Funkhouser, club president, said he enjoyed how the “Winter Carnival” had separate booths for students who were interested in learning more about other cultures. “We were having a mix of American and Japanese culture. We had a mix of an American Christmas tree and we had a wishing tree, which is a Japanese tradition where people take a piece of paper and write a wish they want to come true and they hang it on a tree,” Funkhouser said. Keanne Matsuno, a member of the Japanese Culture Club, attended the “Winter Carnival” event and appreciated the exposure to different cultures. “It promotes more of a global understanding of the world, and I

think that is very important. The only other times we would get that exposure are during Discoverfest and events like that,” Matsuno said. Elizabeth Rizzotto and Nicholas Smith, union and special programming coordinators for Associated Students, were responsible for setting up the “Winter Carnival” from start to finish. “The main purpose of what we wanted to do was to first of all give a little bit of de-stress for the finals coming up, and let people know that ASI understands that we are here for you,” Smith said. Free shirts, beanies and food vouchers were handed out to students. Many students were interested in the items handed out, especially two freshmen roommates, Viridiana Cisneros and Paulina Sarmiento. “I follow ASI on Instagram and I saw their story, and they were

giving out free stuff. My favorite part was making the snow globes because it is a cute little gift for someone,” Sarmiento said. With many holiday activities, including making snow globes, the third court of the Student Recreation Center was filled with holiday spirit and people of all different backgrounds. “I wasn’t even thinking about school, I was just thinking about making the snow globe and having fun,” Cisneros said. With finals week approaching fast, Smith said Associated Students will be busy during the month of December, especially with the all-night studies planned for finals week. Caitlin Bartusick contributed to this article. SEE DE-STRESS

The number of international students enrolling in universities in the United States decreased by almost 7 percent last year and another 1 percent in 2018, according to The Power of International Education. Cal State Fullerton has taken a fall with a loss of over 1,000 international students in 2018. In the fall of 2017, 3,158 international students from 86 nations were enrolled. In fall of this year, 1,975 international students from 79 nations were enrolled at CSUF, according to CSUF Strategic Communications. The drop comes the same year the 32-year-old American Language Program at CSUF, also known as the ALP, was closed in the 2018 spring semester. The program aided international students in learning English to help them pass the language test required to officially enroll at CSUF. The American Language Program allowed them to take courses meant to familiarize the students with American life through “conditional enrollment.” The CSUF administration said the decision was made due to funding issues, even though the program was self-supported. SEE WORLD 3 VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM

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Art professor brings creative talent to classroom Mateo Tannatt is CSUF’s newest art department faculty member. ANDRE SALAZAR ALEC CALVILLO Staff Writers

Mateo Tannatt grew up in Los Angeles as a “by-product of UCLA,” where he was raised in student housing by his parents, who attended the university. “My dad studied literature and I believe some linguistics, and my mom (studied) psychology and child development. She got her Ph.D. while I was in elementary school at UCLA,” Tannatt said. He went to Seeds University Elementary School, an experimental school with an unconventional approach to teaching that was located on the campus grounds. The teachers were not referred to by titles like Mr. or Mrs., and students weren’t given grades, he said. Tannatt is now Cal State Fullerton’s newest faculty member in the art department where he teaches sculpting. He said he found his passion for art at a very young age, even though art classes were limited at his school. Students had to be nominated to take the class, and he was chosen. It helped him become more aware of his talent, he said. “It was kind of like a natural thing that I liked. I was good at it and could spend hours doing. I took on other activities beyond just drawing or painting,” Tannatt said. Ryan Farley, a senior art history major, is one of Tannatt’s students and said he enjoys the professor’s teaching style. “I think Mateo’s a really great teacher, and he’s always open to help you. He doesn’t impose a lesson on you. He’s not going to sit and make everyone learn something that they may already know how to do, but if you need to learn a certain technique you

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UCLA alumnus Mateo Tannatt brings his own experiences to teaching art students sculpting at Cal State Fullerton.

can go to him and ask,” Farley said. Some of his inspirations came from literature, films and music. “The house was filled with jazz as well as classical and some sort of psychedelic rock. But it was kind of a combination of hearing a lot of that as well as kind of absorption, and seeing that culture didn’t necessarily have to be specifically visual,” Tannatt said. Tannatt attended a public high school, but the school didn’t have the art courses he was

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looking for. He found out there was a free arts school called Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. He applied to the school and was accepted. “I think it sealed my fate in a sense that that education advanced me exponentially because it was centered around being able to take art classes as well as being around people who are creative and found their way there,” Tannatt said. After high school, Tannatt attended UCLA like his parents and received a bachelor’s in

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sculpture. One of Tannatt’s works of art for the Hammer Museum involved a baby grand piano being dropped from eight stories high to capture the sounds of the piano smashing on the ground. “I had to talk to some people at MIT. It had to go eight stories high to really impact the complete crushing of it and it’s weight,” Tannatt said. “(The idea) came from growing up probably watching cartoons and thinking about experimental music as a performance as well as a piece of cinema.”

Before arriving to CSUF, Tannatt taught at UC San Diego for a number of years as an adjunct professor and was a fellow at the University of Houston in the sculpture department. Tannatt said he wanted to go back to Los Angeles when he found an opening at CSUF where he could utilize his experiences as an artist. “I bring my experiences teaching to the studio and I bring my personal experiences as an artist or working artist into the classroom,” Tannatt said. “They’re symbiotic.”

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Fullerton swears in new council members This is the first time that council members were elected by district. NATHAN NGUYEN Asst. News Editor

The Fullerton City Council officially swore in Jesus Silva and Ahmad Zahra into office on Tuesday, Dec. 4, a month after city elections were held. In addition, Silva was appointed as mayor of Fullerton in a unanimous decision by the council. “I never envisioned myself being up here 28 years ago,” Silva said. “When my family first came over here in 1970 I had no idea what was going to happen, and when I moved into Fullerton I immediately took a liking to the town.” The November election marked the first time in Fullerton’s history that council members were elected by district after Measure II was enacted on Dec. 13, 2016. The measure established elections in Districts 3 and 5 this year and for the remaining three districts in the November 2020 election. Silva earned 53.5 percent of the vote in District 3, edging out former Mayor Pro Tem Greg Sebourn, while Zahra received 33.1 percent of the vote in District 5,

according to the Orange County Registrar of Voters. With former Mayor Doug Chaffee moving on to serve as the Orange County supervisor, the council appointed a representative among themselves to serve as mayor. Councilwoman Jennifer Fitzgerald nominated Silva as mayor with all other council members in agreement. Silva then nominated Fitzgerald as mayor pro tem with the approval of the council. Mayor Pro Tem Fitzgerald has been a council member since 2012 and served as the Fullerton mayor in 2016. Curtis Gamble, an activist for the homeless, said he was happy with the change in the Fullerton City Council because he feels they will be more lenient to the transient population. “Now we can build a new city council on the reality of the truth. All people want shelter, safety, security, all people want that, not just regular residents. Any time you get a fresh new start it’s good. This time I can get it right, I’m excited about the opportunity that we can get it right this time,” Gamble said. Councilman Bruce Whitaker welcomed Zahra to the council and said, “Where it’s clear that there are interests that have been underserved, you will find an ally

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Jesus Silva was sworn in at Tuesday’s city council meeting and will serve as mayor.

in me on those issues.” Zahra, a Syrian immigrant who came to pursue the American dream, said that many people told him he couldn’t win an election in Fullerton because of his name.

He said he will do his best to not disappoint the “sacred trust” the community has bestowed on him and that District 5 now has a voice. “I know that we have a lot of challenges and what I’d like to

do is really work together so that we can overcome these challenges, not by putting each other down for our differences, but by uplifting each other for the common values of goodness that we share,” Zahra said.

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Jack Hobson, senior director of the Global Titan Center, said there has also been a slight decline in international students at the graduate level on campus, which normally has around 3,300 students in several stages of their academic career on campus. “I think across the board, across the CSUs, there’s been a modest decline, but that’s true amongst all U.S. institutions,” Hobson said. New enrollment of international students has slowly started to decline over the past few years. The steady decline was in both undergraduate and graduate students since 2016, according to the Power of International Education. The Open Doors report, which contains data and information about international students and teachers or students studying abroad, stated that international students make up 5.5 percent of all students throughout the U.S. California holds the top spot hosting 161,942 international students. Saudi Arabia is ranked No. 4 on the list right under South Korea. Saudi Arabia’s new

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Students traveled from 79 different countries to study at Cal State Fullerton for fall 2018.

enrollment has dropped by 15.5 percent in the 2017-18 academic year. The significant decrease in

Saudi Arabia’s enrollment has left many speculating if the United States’ political climate has had any effect, according to

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 6, 2018

Savannah Sunrise: Beautiful souls don’t need makeup I want to pass down the lesson of valuing inner beauty to my daughter. SOMMER CLARK Staff Writer

It’s time to get the walking shoes out and baby-proof every aspect of our lives because Savannah is standing up all on her own. It won’t be long now until she is fluttering her arms in the wind to propel herself away from her dad and I in a friendly game of catch the speedy baby. The time has come for her to become my little explorer, getting into everything, like I did myself as a child. In one instance, I got into my mother’s makeup drawer and located one lipstick tube that I wanted to put on my 5-year-old lips. My mom didn’t want me playing in her makeup, so I did it one day while she was at work. It was a dark shade, something that resembled the color of wine. I smeared it on, looking like a vampiress of the night (I watched way too much of “Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles” growing up). Feeling confident in my lip application I went to put the lid back on, but instead of closing it with no trace of my hands ever touching it, the lipstick was smashed down to its stump. My heart sank with fear, I thought my mom was going to be so upset with me, so my young mind planned on telling her the sun melted it. Yes, the sun melted

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it while it sat in a drawer that was nowhere near sunlight. My mom returned home and she found her favorite lipstick smashed as her daughter explained that it was probably the sun that melted it. I felt so guilty that I broke down

and told her that I was to blame. She was so proud of me that she did not punish me. Instead, she thanked me for being honest and continued asking me why I got into her drawer in the first place. My 5-year-old self replied with the innocent fact that I wanted to

be pretty like mommy and the girls in the movies like Olivia Newton-John and Michelle Pfeiffer. There has always been pressure to imitate the appearance of models and movie stars. My mother sat me down and told me that I’m beautiful without

makeup and I don’t need it, but if I wanted to use something then to ask her for permission next time so she could help. As a child, I brushed it off and thought, “Yeah, yeah, whatever you say mommy.” It wasn’t until shortly after that incident that she bought me my own child makeup kit. From my memory, it was a deep purple box with multiple compartments for eyeshadows and lip glosses. There was a point in my life where I couldn’t feel pretty unless I had makeup on. It was more of a chore that I felt I needed to do to make me feel beautiful. Now, I can see past that. There are so many more important things in life than not feeling good enough or pretty enough, like spending the morning with my daughter instead of taking an hour to apply precise winged eyeliner. When I do my makeup now, it is more for artistic expression than a mask of confidence. I hope to pass these beliefs onto Savannah because I want her to know that makeup is a form of expression that can be fun, but I want her to also know that makeup doesn’t make a person beautiful, their soul does. So I’ll wake to my Savannah sunrise, a bright one-toothed smile that reaches across my daughter’s entire face out from the satisfaction of successfully standing up on her own and waking me up. I’ll bend down to kiss her smooth marshmallow cheek and embrace her with love and show her on a daily basis that she is a beautiful soul, inside and out.

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A student focuses on making a snowglobe for the holidays.

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 6, 2018

Review: ‘Cam’ exposes online insecurity

“Cam” is the story of a virtual sex worker losing control over her persona. BRANDON KILLMAN Digital Editor

Netflix’s newest thriller film, “Cam,” exposes an audience to concepts surrounding the world of virtual sex work, and raises some interesting questions about how a cam girl with a fragmented personality explores her own identity. The film uses themes from Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking Glass” as a storytelling motif and is loosely based on the life of script writer, Isa

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Mazzei, who was formerly a cam girl. This is the first movie script written by Mazzei, and the quality of the dialogue often reveals her inexperience. Where the writing falters, some of the acting, plot concepts and the psychological thriller elements keep the viewer engaged. The first impression of main character, Alice (Madeline Brewer), is that she is sweet, innocent and in touch with herself and her fans. But the viewer soon learns that her online persona Lola, has a tendency to draw her further away from this down-to-earth personality. Lola performs her live online show in the middle of an

all-pink room, adorned with shagged carpets and neon lights, and the stylized aesthetic brings to mind the movie “Spring Break.” Alice falls into the looking glass when she wakes up to find herself locked out of her cam girl account. For the rest of the movie, Lola takes on a life of her own and the film follows her struggle to take back control. She is on the outside looking in as Lola begins taking over and performing in the online web show without Alice’s permission. Lola and Alice are people who are theoretically the same, but Lola pushes Alice to a place she never thought she’d go.

In the beginning of the movie, Alice has set some clear standards for her character, Lola, when performing live online; she doesn’t do public shows, no faking orgasms and doesn’t tell clients she loves them. But for Lola, the only objective is to reach as low a ranking as possible in order to be the best, and these rules may get in the way. When characters refer to the ranking saying, “You can drop 10 points easily” it makes the viewer wonder, at what cost? Maybe Lola is getting closer to the goal of a lower rank, but in doing so, does Alice lower her own standards, dignity and self-respect in the process? While watching, viewers are

bound to gain sympathy for Alice and wonder who is doing this to her. But as the movie progresses, pinpointing who the actual enemy is becomes increasingly difficult, as Alice begins to point the finger at other cam girls and even past clients who she has had relationships with. The film is reminiscent of “Black Swan,” where the main character also experiences a personality struggle due to the pressures of her job. The themes poke at fears of online popularity, the privacy of information and the effects of performing an erotic profession on such an incredibly public domain like the internet.

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K-pop promotes shallow stereotypes An open letter to K-pop fans and Asian male vanity.

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Dear K-pop fans, I’m sorry to break it to you, but your obsession with K-pop is just too much for me. Now before you begin to throw tantrums at me or tear me apart in an angry rant, I just want to say that I do acknowledge what K-pop has done for the Asian community. It has brought Asian pop culture to the world and changed the stereotypes of young Asian people, especially Asian guys. Contrary to the Asian stereotypes of the past, we are no longer being portrayed as a nerdy looking accountant with glasses or some random martial arts guy who knows Kung Fu. Young Asians are being represented by K-pop groups as talented and attractive people. It begs the question, however: Does it give us better representation? Does it change our stereotype for the better? K-pop bands literally redefine what is considered attractive. For example, members of BTS, who are arguably a part of the biggest K-pop boy band in the world right now, are all light-skinned, physically thin, decently tall and feminine. This new-found perception of attractiveness, however, can be both a gift and a curse. It is fortunate that we are considered to be just as attractive as any man

from another race, but it is also quite disappointing because the new beauty standard comes at the expense of masculinity and a more artificial look. For instance, many Asian guys are much more muscular and have a dark skin tone compared to these popular K-pop guys. The natural, baby face look of Asian men and women has also been turned into a trend of Asian guys competing to look just as pretty as their female counterparts. Dressing up like them, having their hair styled intricately and putting on makeup are normal behaviors among young Korean guys. The attractive features of these young K-pop musicians are often a byproduct of surgical operation and heavy makeup, and this is driving Koreans to increasingly seek plastic surgery. South Korea has the highest rate of plastic surgery per capita in the world, according to International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Also, approximately 1 in 5 South Korean women have undergone plastic surgery. K-pop idols like G-Dragon and Taeyang have influenced Korean men to seek plastic surgery. Forty-four percent of South Korean college guys considered getting plastic surgery, according to a survey done by the Korean Association for Plastic Surgeons. The use of makeup is so popular now that Korean guys contribute to over 20 percent of global men’s skin care sales, according to Euromonitor, an independent provider of strategic market research for global products and services. Koreans now see beauty as an investment for their success and their future because being really attractive is an essential part of many professional positions. This isn’t just competition for

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attention either. Appearance is openly acknowledged as a factor for employment in Korea. Obsession surrounding fame and beauty has been normalized in Korea. Plastic surgery perpetuates the notion that it is perfectly acceptable for young Koreans to go through plastic surgery simply to chase an unrealistic beauty standard. This chase of perfection has had serious consequences for K-pop itself, and the industry tends to exert tight control over its talent. Several record labels in Korea even prohibit K-pop members from dating outside work, citing reasons like the member being too young or that the ban only lasts for a few

years. In 2017, a member of the popular boy band SHINee committed suicide due to depression, leading many to speculate that a stressful working environment had been the cause. K-pop manufactures unoriginal music too. The distinctive and delicate melody produced by traditional Asian instruments such as the guzheng from China or their own gayageum are washed away and replaced by random basses and whistle sounds like in BTS’ “Idol.” It seems ironic that the lyrics of the song claim that they are able to be themselves and do not care about what other people think. After taking all of this into account, it makes me wonder if

these gifts of fandom and greater representation are more like a curse. It makes women believe that Asian guys are less masculine than other guys from different racial groups, a classic stereotype that remains relevant, and reminds us that all fans can hold a starry-eyed perception of their favorite music idols. While I don’t believe that you as fans should necessarily get rid of your obsession with these groups, I hope after reading this you’ll recognize that K-pop isn’t as dreamy as you think. Sincerely, Someone who K-pop.

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 6, 2018

Defeat: Titans make season-low 16 field goals CONTINUED FROM

CSUF shot 34.8 percent from the field and hit only two of its 19 3-point attempts. Guard Kyle Allman led the Titans with 14 points, sinking only four of his 16 attempts. Following their most recent victory against Cal Lutheran, the Titans were very vocal about the preparation necessary to compete with Loyola Marymount. Taylor said the Lions would present “a different challenge” for CSUF and guard Khalil Ahmad said the team would have

to “grind it out” to win the game. Taylor pulled no punches to defend his team’s performance, saying that the Lions “had their way” with the Titans. “They did absolutely nothing that we didn’t prepare for. The physicality was a little different, you cannot mimic that. But this group was prepared,” Taylor said. No Fullerton player was made available to the media despite requests from more than one reporter. The officiating created animosity for both teams. Throughout the game, Taylor

yelled at the referees for calls to no avail. With two minutes remaining in the game, Lions guard Joe Quintana received a technical foul for allegedly saying something distasteful to a referee, which led to head coach Mike Dunlap questioning the call. “You can say what you want about the officials but they’re a part of the game. You have to be willing to make adjustments and I don’t think our group made those adjustments tonight,” Taylor said. “That’s about as safe as I can say.” Last season, CSUF took down Loyola Marymount, 88-80,

on the road. The Titans barely reached half of that point total on Wednesday. Taylor emphasized that the Lions have grown as a team, and he said the Titans are “not even close” to playing the level of team basketball that he saw from the Lions. “You have to credit their staff ... I think you can see the difference in terms of their team,” Taylor said. “It’s not an individual deal. Their team is just different; they’re better because they’re bought into each other and they’re playing for each other.” The Titans will again leave

Fullerton for half of the month for a three-game road trip starting Dec. 10. Taylor said he believes that they will have to fix their problems because Saint Mary’s and University of San Francisco “do not beat themselves.” Last season, Saint Mary’s beat CSUF 76-57. “Right now, it’s incumbent for our ball club to fight for who we want to beat. We have to stop beating ourselves. We turned the ball over 16 times and they scored 20 points off of it. That’s beating yourself,” Taylor said.

Athletic travel creates academic road blocks CSUF athletics plan ahead to help student-athletes while away from school. SAMMY JONES Staff Writer

Student-athletes often face challenges balancing a regular school schedule with athletic commitments throughout an academic year, and most of the time their academics take a back seat. The NCAA requires student-athletes to maintain a specific GPA in order to be eligible for athletic contests. According to the NCAA website, officials use three measures to track athletes’ academic success: grades, minimum credit hours per year and the progress toward earning a degree. At the beginning of this year, the CSU system enforced more academic resources and different types of support an athlete needs when it comes to their school work. Cal State Fullerton requires every student-athlete to meet with an academic services counselor at

least once a semester. According to the CSU website, this will help the athlete understand the academic requirements they must meet in order to earn a degree. The real challenge comes with monitoring the athletes’ academics while on the road, and Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball will play a heavily dominated road nonconference schedule for the rest of this semester. Just last month, the team traveled across the country for a five-game road trip with stops in South Carolina, New York and Sacramento. The players missed a week of school over the 13-day trip. Before the team left on the trip, players met with academic services counselor Allyson Kelly to look ahead at upcoming assignments and what they should be working on. Kelly puts her notes from those meetings into an email and sends it to the coaches so they are aware of what each player needs to be working on. “I have a journal of what’s going in each class and what’s

coming up, so I’ll just look two weeks in advance and put that on. I copy and paste for every guy into an email so the coaches have that,” Kelly said. Players were required to participate in an hour and a half study hall session in the hotel after practice and before heading back to their rooms. Starting in the 2019-20 season, universities will be offered incentives for higher academic achievements and success and “Division I schools’ share of NCAA revenue will be tied to academic achievement,” according to the NCAA website. Assistant coach Anthony Santos is in charge of constructing the nonconference schedule and monitoring the players’ study habits while on the road. “Over a three day travel period, probably two of the days we will allocate an hour and half or more depending on the workload and let them sit in the meeting room and let them get working on their to-do list,” Santos said. “It’s providing a space to monitor them and, more importantly, a quiet space for them to get some

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work done.” Scheduling can be a little difficult around the time of finals, but Santos makes sure to allocate players’ academic schedules. “The biggest thing that we look at is finals, trying to plan our

schedule around finals before and after. There are certain parameters, other than finals, that we work with. Our league starts at a certain date, which I have no control of, and our season starts on a certain date,” Santos said.

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