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Thursday November 16, 2017

Volume 102 Issue 42

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

University of NebraskaLincoln doctoral student gives Digital Humanities Student Symposium keynote.

ASI member Nicholas Jakel gets involved on campus with ASI and marketing.

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Men’s basketball lost its second match on the road against Saint Mary’s University.

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Milo visit estimated to cost CSUF $90,000 Campus officials say the burden will not be placed on students.

JASON ROCHLIN News Editor

Current estimates by Cal State Fullerton suggest there will be an approximate $90,000 price tag for Milo Yiannopoulos’ Oct. 31 visit to campus.

This cost is only to date, said Chief Communications Officer Jeffrey Cook, which means in the next few weeks the number is subject to change.

“The items that are still being worked out are security costs still billable to the university by outside agencies, versus what is part of any existing mutual aid agreements,” Cook said. “That is the piece that’s still in flux, so the costs might not grow at all or they might grow somewhat.”

The cost estimated does not include Yiannopoulos’ pay, and will be solely the responsibility of the university.

“Students will not be receiving a bill for any of the costs associated with the event,” Cook said. “There isn’t even a mechanism for doing that.”

University Police has been in charge of compiling the expenses from Halloween, said University Police Capt.

Scot Willey.

He said there were about 30 different agencies with approximately 275 officers on campus that day, and that

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Provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was invited to CSUF by the College Republicans club to speak on Halloween as part of his ‘Troll Academy’ tour. Current estimates from the university said his visit will cost about $90,000, independent of the costs incurred for the on-campus club. The number is subject to change over the next few weeks.

most of the agencies, including those that directly work with University Police like North County SWAT, sent officers to CSUF free of charge due to the “amazing working relationship” they’ve built

over the years.

“I’ve been blown away by the response of all the Orange County agencies thus far. It’s just been amazing working with them,” Willey said.

“The second we put out the

word that we were going to need help with this ... We had everyone in Orange County saying, ‘Let us know what you need, and we’ll send you everyone we have.’”

It was necessary to ask for

mutual aid because University Police only has 30 officers. Willey said this was the first time the university asked for this kind of assistance since the CSUF lockdown on Dec. 12, 2012. However, he

said one or two of the agencies may still ask to be reimbursed, which is why the current $90,000 expense total is still tentative.

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Queens rule reality TV Performers talk social media, personas and LGBTQ community.

MEGHAN KLIEWER Asst. Lifestyle Editor

Titans hit the road for NCAA Men’s soccer hopes to continue its season past round one.

YARESLY SANCHEZ-AGUILERA Sports Editor

Although Titans Head Coach George Kuntz felt

“relieved” once his team clinched another Big West title, he knows the mission isn’t done yet.

The Titans will travel north to face the University of the Pacific Tigers in the first round of the NCAA tournament, and even though the team is thrilled with the result of Saturday’s match that made them champions,

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Fullerton goalkeeper Paul-Andre Guerin said the team is trying not to focus too much on its title.

“Winning the Big West tournament definitely helped improve the chemistry on the team, but it can be kind of a trap sometimes too because we need to move on and to stay focused,” Guerin said.

“It’s like a big sprint into the

final, and you feel like you’re done, but you’re not done.”

Guerin’s stellar performance against UC Davis kept the Aggies out of the net, and the victory gave him hope that he can reproduce the same results and keep the Titans’ season going just a while longer.

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It’s crazy how drag has affected lives and my life because I just met this girl Kimora who’s fiercely loud.

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CSUF midfielder and defender Alex Juarez (22) is one of two freshman on the roster who has had a chance to make an appearance in the starting lineup for the 2017-18 season, starting in 17 of the Titans’ 21 matches.

When Von Nguyen, better known as Kimora Blac, got into drag at 18, he only knew the four people at his club who liked drag.

“It’s crazy how drag has affected lives and my life, because I just met this girl Kimora who’s fiercely loud and I’m boring and shy,” Nguyen said. “It’s this person I’m so comfortable being when I’m in this costume.”

Two producers and two former contestants from “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” including Blac who placed 13th on season nine, visited Hunter Hargraves’ reality television class on Tuesday to speak

VON NGUYEN Drag queen

about the show’s impact on drag culture.

Drag originated as an underground phenomenon at nightclubs and was, for a long time, a joke or stereotype when it was featured on television. With “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” drag queens stepped into the spotlight of mainstream media.

“We’re lucky ‘Drag Race’ is on the air,” said Tom Campbell, the executive producer of the reality competition show.

“We went to Bravo, E! and Oxygen and they all said no.

They said ‘We love this but drag is too edgy for us.’ Then Logo said yes.”

The series started off on the small, lesser-known network but it was recently moved to VH1, which is owned by the same parent company as Logo.

The reality show provides an outlet for drag queens to show the world who they are.

“For me, I live a double life almost. Me out of costume, I love hair and makeup but I’m super calm and chill and quiet, but when I’m all glammed up and in my mode, I’m loud and obnoxious,” Nguyen said.

Not only is it a means of expression, but also a way to educate people about the different genres of drag.

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The rest of the cost includes the fencing and barriers that were put up a day before the event, campus security costs, food for those working the event and lodging for the statewide CSU Critical Response Unit. This unit can be called to any of the 23 CSU campuses if they have an event or issue that needs more of a police presence.

“The agreement is the Chancellor’s Office pays for the overtime, and the host department pays for the lodging,” Willey said.

A full breakdown of the expenses can only be released by Vice President of Administration and Finance Danny Kim, who Willey said is the head of their division. Kim’s office could not be reached by the Daily Titan on deadline.

“I think if you look at Berkley just a couple months ago ... The Ben Shapiro event was $600,000 and they had hundreds of officers there, double or triple what we had ... But we are always fiscally responsible on our end no matter what the event is,” Willey said.

Although Willey said they did everything they could to keep expenses down, safety was the university’s No. 1 concern no matter the cost.

“I’m not sure if there were necessarily expectations about the final cost, as safety was the top concern,” Cook said. “I think that for many, there was probably an expectation that the costs would be at least what they are to date.”

The university expects to

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Vice President of Administration and Finance Danny Kim said that expenses incurred by the university related to Milo Yiannopoulos’ visit will primarily be paid off through the University Police and facilities budgets.

have a finalized cost sometime in December. Cook said the approximate $90,000 is for university expenses only, independent of what the College Republicans club have to pay for arrangements inside the venue.

At the Nov. 2 Academic Senate meeting, Kim told senators that the expenses are going to be paid off with allocations from University Police and facilities budgets, as well as the university’s reserve if necessary.

Willey said he did not know how the University Police’s operating budget will provide funds to pay for the Yiannopoulos expenses and again pointed to

Kim’s office.

More information will be provided as it becomes available.

In terms of the event as a whole, Willey said CSUF should be proud of the fact that Yiannopoulos spoke on campus, unlike at other venues where his appearances were canceled, with overall only “minor issues, minor arrests and minor injuries.”

Willey said the issues at the event came from outside agitators, that the campus community kept everything peaceful. That helped officers leave earlier than expected, which helped lower the event’s overall cost for the university.

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Impostor syndrome is a constant feeling of inauthenticity, or lack of giving oneself credit for something. Gita Donovan, a Counseling and Psychological Services counselor and psychology graduate student, elaborated on the syndrome in a presentation on Wednesday.

Understanding ‘impostors’ CSUF Counseling and Psychological Services addresses self-efficacy.

JENNIFER GERBAUTZ Staff Writer

Impostor syndrome is a phenomenon largely affecting college students, and the majority may not even be aware of it.

Feeling inauthentic, never giving oneself credit and downplaying one’s success are usually the three main attitudes surrounding impostor syndrome, said Gita Donovan, a Counseling and Psychological Services counselor and psychology graduate student. It is most prevalent when an individual is in constant fear of not meeting the expectations set by themselves or others.

“(Impostor syndrome) is something I deal with as a professional and even as a graduate student that comes up in thinking about my self-worth, and this question of ‘Am I good enough?’” said Asian Pacific American Resource Center coordinator Jacob Chacko. “We thought it would be relatable to students.”

APARC and CAPS held a presentation Wednesday to open up a dialogue and bring awareness to the topic. CAPS counselors Will Concepcion, Ph.D., and Donovan led the hour-long interactive discussion.

“I thought (the talk) was a great idea because it seems like it’s something that affects everybody to a large extent, especially college students,” Donovan said.

Concepcion and Donovan suggested ways to tackle

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(Impostor syndrome) is something I deal with as a professional and even as a graduate student that comes up in thinking about my self-worth, and this question of ‘Am I good enough?’

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JACOB CHACKO Asian Pacific American Resource Center coordinator feeling like an impostor, including talking about it with peers and mentors, celebrating one’s successes and making an honest list of positive qualities.

Impostor syndrome is not considered a mental health issue itself, but it can lead to mental health issues like anxiety or depression, Donovan said.

“Mental health is not something that is often talked about in the Asian Pacific Islander American community, so we wanted to provide a space where we can have that conversation and

let our students know that this is a place where you can talk and address mental health issues,” Chacko said.

To Concepcion, perception is projection, and how one makes sense of the things they experience could possibly determine their destiny.

“Feelings related to impostor syndrome are not bad,” Concepcion said.

“It’s just the way on how you channel it and harness that kind of energy that propels you rather than hinders you.”

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NEWS 3 Uncovering the history of runaway slaves THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Doctoral student uses historical data to give depth to narratives.

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Christy Hyman, a doctoral student for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, focuses her work on using historical data and geography to track individuals who lived more than a hundred years ago.

and give depth to the personal narratives of enslaved people whose lives were not recorded.

Hyman said she makes it a point to spend time in the areas where the people she studies lived, and has spent time in the Great Dismal Swamp during hot and cold climates to experience the conditions

they must have felt.

“I hope that in highlighting the data collection, analysis and technical work involved in digital humanities inquiry, we can come to embrace the concept of slow (digital humanities) and emphasize the importance of sitting with the work, understanding the work and

reflecting upon to arrive at a critical sense of some form of reality,” Hyman said.

In the future, Hyman said she plans to transform her visual research into a GIF that she will include in a short film about freedom.

The keynote was a part of a two-day digital humanities symposium and

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When it comes to maps, (GIS historians) are trying to give you a visual that’s as close to the actual reality as possible.

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Cal State Fullerton’s Department of History and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences brought University of Nebraska-Lincoln doctoral student Christy Hyman, who studies 19th century American history using geographic information systems (GIS), to deliver the keynote presentation for the fall Digital Humanities symposium.

GIS uses location data and mapping to display patterns and relationships and can be used to visually show how locations relate to each other.

Hyman’s doctoral work is centered around using historical data and geography to track the patterns and movements of enslaved runaways and laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina.

Hyman started working in GIS after being introduced to the subject through a class with a GIS professor and archaeologist who made the class an “affirming space for learning.”

“We can get very close to a material reality, but when it comes to reporting things we can try as much as we might and do our due diligence to get as close to reality as the historical evidence allows us,” Hyman said.

“When it comes to maps, (GIS historians) are trying to give you a visual that’s as close to the actual reality as possible.”

At Wednesday’s keynote in the Humanities and Social Sciences building, Hyman talked about how she uses projections and GIS to shed light on hidden history

CHRISTY HYMAN Doctoral student the final practicum “Pseudo Towns: The Functions of Spaces Along the

Political Margins” will be held in Humanities room 585 Thursday.

Future educators learn writing skills Workshop gave prospective teachers writing tips.

NATALIE NUESCA Staff Writer

The College of Education hosted a weeklong series of events intended to assist and educate future teachers.

The third and final workshop on Wednesday, titled Writing in the Teaching Profession, taught students how to include relevant information in cover letters and how to prepare proper letters to send to parents of their future students.

Miguel Martinez, the College of Education career specialist, opened the workshop by explaining the need for teachers.

“We are now expecting in the next few years, 10 percent of the teachers’ job force is going to be retiring,” Martinez said. “That’s potentially where you’re going to get your job.”

Martinez offered to assist students with planning their careers as future educators before attending job fairs.

Jacqueline Calabrese, the Cal State Fullerton Community College Relations coordinator, showed templates for letters informing parents of their child’s behavior and welcome letters from teachers, which she said she will email to students who attended.

When writing letters, Calabrese advised students to maintain a professional tone, utilize formal conventions, stay positive and express both gratitude and appreciation when sending out letters to parents and administrators.

“Through your written communication, you want to

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CSUF Community College Relations coordinator Jacqueline Calabrese facilitated the workshop session by showing prospective teachers useful tips about writing cover letters, letters to parents and child behavior reports. Calabrese says teachers should use formal tone and express positivity in their letters.

make sure that you’re coming across as a generally nice person,” Calabrese said.

The coordinator followed with tips for applying for jobs, like highlighting skill sets and going in-depth on how one plans to support students when writing a cover letter.

Showing commitment to creating an “inclusive

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classroom environment” and including words like “equitable, diverse and inclusive” were some of the other tips students received.

Fourth-year child and adolescent studies major Maricruz Quezada found the workshop helpful because of all the resources the center has to offer. She said she plans to turn to Martinez for

any help with her resume and cover letter.

Quezada said she now understands the importance of focusing on better opportunities for future students.

“Since we all want to be teachers, we all need to stand together,” Quezada said.

Elissa Saucedo, a

third-year English major, said she learned more about professionalism through the workshop and plans on using the lessons when she starts applying to jobs.

Calabrese said her intention for the workshop was to provide more support to future teachers in areas they will encounter, like writing. She noted

the lack of programming for undergraduate students who want to be teachers, and emphasized the importance of holding events like this.

“There’s something about education that is so invigorating, that you can constantly not only renew yourself, but renew the students you teach,” Calabrese said.

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ASI member leads the CSUF community KIERA PEACE Staff Writer

Associated Students, Inc. Board Chair and Co-Director Nicholas Jakel approaches life the same way he does his work: With passion, focus and drive. He has been extremely involved on campus from the beginning of his college career.

When Jakel got to Cal State Fullerton, he knew he was going to be a business major. He heard good things about the business program, but after he enrolled, he didn’t find any enjoyment in accounting, economics or finance.

“Once I started taking some marketing classes I realized that the business program has a lot more data-driven marketing, and that’s where the industry is going. So I think that’s great,” Jakel said. “I do enjoy the creative side a lot, so I considered becoming a graphic design minor but realized that wasn’t offered by Cal State Fullerton.”

He decided to major in business marketing and minor in advertising and will be graduating in spring 2018. In fall 2013, he joined the student-run CSUF chapter of American Marketing Association (AMA) and fell in love with it. After becoming vice president of AMA last year, the chapter was recognized in the top 10 out of 400 other schools.

In AMA, Jakel helps solve business marketing problems for small to medium-sized businesses and nonprofit organizations, the latter of which he finds

especially rewarding.

“It’s really great to see our contribution and our ideas helping them raise funds and get more followers on social media for their cause,” Jakel said.

He is currently the executive director of AMA and is ASI board chair for the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics.

In 2014, he was a part of the ASI Spring Concert committee that helped bring rapper Waka Flocka Flame as a headliner. He’s also worked with the Community Engagement Commission.

ASI has taken up a big portion of Jakel’s time, but last spring, his internship was about to end, and he had an important decision to make: To apply for more internships and not challenge himself, or take a big leap and run for the leadership role of ASI board chair.

Jakel decided to run and was elected on June 1, 2017.

“I basically just wanted a really cohesive experience as a director, and I like to get the most value wherever I spend my time and being the chair would’ve allowed me to do that,” Jakel said.

As board chair, Jakel’s duties include facilitating ASI Board of Director meetings each week, serving as a liaison between the university’s administration and students, holding staff and student leaders accountable in their roles and inviting individuals from around the campus to answer student questions.

Jesse Rodriguez, a fourthyear political science and American studies double major, is vice chair secretary for the ASI Board of Directors. Rodriguez admires the way Jakel works because he knows how to

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Nicholas Jakel became vice president of the American Marketing Association last year. Although he is currently serving the position this year, he also serves as ASI board chair and co-director for the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics.

prioritize effectively, specifically regarding Milo Yiannopoulos’ Halloween appearance.

“I noticed Nick was levelheaded. He had conversations with the rest of the student leaders and directors about the whole situation.

It was a time where he was very understanding,” Rodriguez said.

Shahrukh Tailor, a fourthyear business administration major has worked closely with Jakel in AMA and is president of the CSUF chapter of the organization. He

met him on his first day on campus while Jakel was tabling on behalf of AMA and got him excited about joining the club.

“He’s really, really motivated, but at the same time, he really wants to get things done differently than other people,” Tailor said.

Jakel has a passion for leading teams and helping people develop, so he is considering a management role or a position within the Division of Student Affairs.

Another idea on his radar is to attend graduate school for

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I basically just wanted a really cohesive experience as a director, and I like to get the most value wherever I spend my time.

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Nicholas Jakel finds his calling in marketing and school spirit.

NICHOLAS JAKEL Associated Students, Inc. board chair and co-director his master’s of business administration in the next couple of years.

Looking back at his five years at CSUF, Jakel credits a lot of his memorable experiences to being actively involved on campus.

“If I hadn’t gotten

involved with anything, I think I would have probably not enjoyed my time as much,” Jakel said. “If you have more reason to come to school than just classes, you’ll have a better experience and a better time at Cal State Fullerton.”

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(Left to right) Drag queens Von Nguyen (Kimora Blac) and Elijah Kelly (Mariah Balenciaga) and executive producer Tom Campbell shed light on the process of filming ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race.’

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“It’s great to have so many different representations because that person from that culture can address that issue or that stereotype,” said Elijah Kelly, better known as Mariah Balenciaga, the ninth place contestant from season three.

Besides the drag queens, viewers also come to appreciate this subgroup of the LGBTQ community.

“I just think it’s a super cool way for gay men that are in that scene to express themselves.

I think it breaks a lot of barriers for the LGBTQ community and it teaches you a lot about them that we normally don’t get to know,” said Cree Andrews, a cinema and television arts major.

Campbell and the casting crew carefully select queens each season to build a well-rounded, diverse group.

“It’s so important to find that mix of cast where there’s the newbie, there’s the art queen, the ballroom or pageant kind of queen,” Campbell said. “It’s

not science, but an art form. We kind of put a collage of people up.”

Beyond showing a range of queens, the television show has also offered a personal view into these people’s lives.

“The first thought about ‘Drag Race’ was ‘It’s going to be a bunch of bitchy queens.

The fur will fly, the claws will come out,’ but it became something so different,” Campbell said.

Spending so much time on their feet and being tired and worn down from competition and criticism often led to the queens becoming more personal and opening up, like when season one contestant Ongina confided that she was HIV positive on screen, Campbell said.

Regardless of whether a queen wins or is sent home, being on the show gives them recognition that they can carry throughout their career. By making its way into mainstream, “Drag Race” has also gained negative social media interaction.

“Everyone’s a new critic because they’ve seen two episodes

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of ‘Drag Race,’ now they know what your craft is supposed to be or who you’re supposed to act like or what they expect of you,” Kelly said. “So it kind of turns into the opposite of what drag is supposed to be, which is self-expression, enjoying life and being yourself.”

However, social media does let the talent and producers of “Drag Race” track who’s following the show, especially celebrities they may want to guest appear. Lady Gaga made an appearance during the ninth season and Miley Cyrus attended the seventh season’s finale.

Cyrus also called upon some “Drag Race” queens to perform with her at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.

The show’s increased exposure of drag has welcomed more people into its community.

Nguyen has noticed that females are using cosmetics to experiment with drag looks. “‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ has a lot of meaning to it behind just finding the winner,” Nguyen said. “There’s a lot of inspiration for everybody.”

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OPINION 5 YouTube ad guidelines limit creators THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2017

As a result of flagged videos, users lose deserved revenue.

KATHERINE ABANDO Asst. Social Media Editor

YouTube has been known for being a platform that allows creative content to be shared with the rest of the world, but recently the restrictions and flagging of certain videos and content creators has raised tensions within online communities.

By deeming certain videos not fit for advertising according to its guidelines, YouTube has been removing ads from certain content creators trying to share their commentary on public issues, effectively leaving them with no revenue to continue creating.

These videos aren’t being monitored in the proper way, and as a result YouTube’s massive reach will be lost.

Known as the “adpocalypse,” ads from YouTube videos are removed because they violate ad-friendly policies that the company blankets across all videos.

Content on YouTube reaches a broad audience and deals with politics, gaming, entertainment and public issues. Removing ads from certain content holds YouTube creators back from practicing their work and sharing their voices.

YouTube’s policies consider sexually suggestive content, displays of violence with serious injuries and extremism events, inappropriate language, promotion of drugs and other substances and controversial or sensitive events relating to political conflicts, natural disasters and tragedies as non ad-friendly for content creators.

After the horrific shooting in Las Vegas, YouTuber Casey Neistat posted a video voicing his opinion on the

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YouTuber Casey Neistat posted a video about donating to victims of the Las Vegas shooting, yet had advertisements wrongfully removed. Neistat planned to donate the money made from advertisements to victims of the shooting.

tragedy and asked viewers to donate to victims of the shooting. Furthermore, Neistat mentioned that the ad revenue made from the video would also be donated.

Moments after the video was uploaded, Neistat was notified that his video would not be ran with advertisements because the content violated YouTube guidelines.

YouTube responded to Neistat’s complaint on Twitter saying “We love what you’re doing to help, but no matter the intent, our policy is to not run ads on videos about tragedies.”

Neistat is one of the most popular content creators, but YouTube stood by its policy and dismissed his content even though he focused on charitable contributions to the victims rather than the tragedy itself.

The guidelines are too broad

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to actually distinguish between controversial topics and a call for charitable donations.

It might not be a huge concern to big YouTubers like Neistat, but it is for small channels and new upand-coming creators who want to make money off their content while openly voicing their opinions.

Gaming YouTubers, in particular, are deeply affected by ad removals due to the explicit language and animated violence in shooting games like “Call of Duty” and “Battlefield,” which get featured in their videos.

With his 160,000 subscribers, Michael “Mtashed” Tash had 140 videos become ineligible for ads, leading him to consider utilizing another platform like Twitch or Patreon that would allow his commentary while playing “Counter Strike,”

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It seems the algorithms process violence in videogames the same way it would with the real thing.

As a result, violence may be defined broadly because it comes in different forms.

The guidelines might be too subjective because people have their own perspective of violence.

The algorithms might also be consuming so much information, but can’t stop for a second to recognize that the violence of war isn’t similar to what gamers are playing on their screens.

The same treatment may also applied to health topics, as the computer algorithm might fail to register what seems appropriate and what doesn’t. Dr. Aaron Carroll’s channel, which has discussed opioid abuse, treatment for diabetes and the cost of prescriptions had advertisements removed

from 27 videos because the algorithm viewed Carroll positively promoting drug use.

Carroll was objectively stating facts, statistics and ways to seek treatment for people dealing with opioid abuse.

YouTube has the right to make sure its platform’s content adheres to guidelines, but its overbearing policies are unnecessarily hurting its users.

The “adpocalypse” is becoming a war between human creators and the algorithm policing their every word.

By making changes to its policies and the ways it detects inappropriate content, YouTube can keep their YouTubers from switching over to less restrictive platforms and instead, speak their minds freely while still making a profit.

Mandatory attendance policies belittle students

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The amount of labor put into editing and filming a video might not be worth it in the end because it could be flagged.

For instance, some of Mtashed’s videos have reached 400,000 views. A video with approximately 47,000 views can earn him an estimated $188 at most, according to the social media statistic website Social Blade.

YouTube is supposed to welcome independent creators outside of mainstream channels to express their creativity and commentary, but these policies are making users question whether or not a career online is financially viable.

Another concern among YouTubers is that it’s not a human determining whether or not the videos are appropriate.

It’s computer algorithms.

University students have the responsibility of managing a financial budget and the ability to take out loans while simultaneously holding down full-time jobs. It seems only reasonable to give students the choice of whether or not to attend class without hurting their overall grade.

Yet, there are still point systems based on attendance in too many classes at Cal State Fullerton.

Many students have to balance personal lives, minimum wage jobs and actively moving toward graduation, so looking at a syllabus that states a deduction to their final

grades for every unexcused absence is juvenile.

Attending class does not represent a student’s academic ability. Each person has their own way of learning and they lack the freedom to tackle their academics however they choose.

A student’s development will be represented at the end of the semester through their final grades. Working outside of the classroom can show how students learn subject material.

Using a point system based on attendance treats college students like children. It signifies that professors don’t trust their students to take their education seriously.

Removing the point system won’t stop students from attending class. Instead, it might encourage students to attend class regularly if they can.

Many students draw motivation solely from their desire to learn. Therefore, the courses can motivate students to further their career goals. Eliminating an attendance policy will give professors an opportunity to see who genuinely cares

about their education.

Those who choose to attend class will do so because they want to be there, because they find the subject interesting and valuable.

Attendance policies reveal which students are the lazy students who care more about the letter grade than learning. These students wouldn’t be around to scroll through their music library while their classmates are learning.

Although some professors might find empty seats disrespectful, they could use that extra time to focus on those students who show up for assistance. “(It) frees me up to concentrate as much as I can on students who do show up and address their concerns,” said Tim Maloney, cinema and television arts professor in an email.

Some argue attendance policies help prepare students for their future job, where they will be required to show up everyday.

In 2015, almost half of all full-time students were also employed, according to a report from the National Center for Education

Statistics. Students managing class and work are already preparing themselves for their future careers in a much more practical environment than attendance policies could ever offer.

Plainly, there will be times when life just gets in the way and class just isn’t the priority.

When fifth-year communications major Raul Mendoza needed extra money, he worked an extra shift which caused him to his class, hurting his overall grade.

“If you show that you’re at least showing some type of growth in the material and you’re developing further understanding then initially, you shouldn’t be penalized,” Mendoza said.

Until the complete erosion of an attendance point system, students will have to coordinate their absences from class to avoid failing.

This is college. If students are expected to learn how to act in the real world, then they should be treated like adults. That means deciding what is valuable and what is not.

6 SPORTS CSUF falls short against Saint Mary’s

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Men’s basketball suffered its second loss on the road.

YARESLY SANCHEZ-AGUILERA Sports Editor

After the Titans took a tough loss against No. 10 USC, Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball Head Coach Dedrique Taylor said he was looking for improvement from his team against the No. 21 Saint Mary’s Gaels.

The Titans took another loss against the Gaels in their match Wednesday, falling short 76-57, but showed the type of fight their coach was looking for in the first half.

Fullerton turned the ball over 13 times in the first 20 minutes, but still managed to keep close to Saint Mary’s and only trailed by eight points heading into the break.

Kyle Allman and Jackson Rowe paved the way for the Titans to shoot 66 percent from the floor — almost 20 percent higher than Saint Mary’s — as Allman scored 11 points and Rowe chipped in seven in the first half.

The Gaels were quick to answer back.

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Jackson Rowe carried the Titans alongside teammate Kyle Allman against Saint Mary’s as both players racked up 13 points in Wednesday night’s match. Rowe also had the most time on the court, finishing the match at 34 minutes.

Saint Mary’s came out dangerous in the second half, quickly knocking down two 3-pointers. Tanner Krebs hit one, which was quickly

followed by Calvin Hermanson’s third of the night to extend the Gaels’ lead 52-41 with 15 minutes left.

Things only got sloppier

from there as the Titans racked up nine fouls to give the Gaels more easy points and further extend their lead before running away with the win.

Hermanson led the Gaels with 22 points, completing four of his seven 3-point attempts.

The Titans are now 0-2

overall and on the road, but will head home to Titan Gym to host Bethesda University on Saturday Nov. 18 at 2 p.m.

Women’s basketball hopes to bring home a win The Titans are using their last defeat as motivation.

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The Titans took their first loss of the season in their second game, a defeat Titans Head Coach Jeff Harada

credited to minor mistakes that are a part of the learning process for a new team that is still excited and hungry.

“It’s just the small things: Finishing layups, free throws, turnovers,” Harada said.

Having won one and lost one game, Cal State Fullerton is already off to a better start than last season.

However, its next opponent

the San Diego State Aztecs has yet to lose a game this season.

Under Head Coach Stacie Terry, SDSU women’s basketball has dominated over its opponents this season.

The team topped Cal State Los Angeles and Presbyterian College by more than 20 points each. The Aztecs’ most recent match against Cal State Northridge was the

closest to a loss they’ve seen this season, taking the win by only 3 points.

Last season, the Titans took one of their 24 losses to the Aztecs on Dec. 22.

However, Harada isn’t focused on that. He wants the Titans to emphasize working on the technical parts of the game for their next contest and said he always expects to win.

“We’re definitely going to work on our transition defense and focus a lot on our rebounding because we are an undersized team,” Harada said. “We’re not going to be bigger than most of the teams we play, so we have to be a good rebounding team.”

For any game and for the remainder of the season, Harada expects the Titans

to learn from their previous contests and hopes they will come out competitive in each one.

“It’s a learning process and it’s only been a couple games. So hopefully when we get to December and January, we’ll see where we’re at,” Harada said.

The Titans will face the Aztecs at noon on Saturday Nov. 18 at Viejas Arena.

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8 SPORTS Volleyball enters final two matches

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Big West conference play is nearing its end, and as they say goodbye to the season, four seniors will say farewell to Titan Gym for good.

KATHRYNE PADILLA Sports Editor

Of the 17 Titans who make up Fullerton’s roster, four of them will graduate before the 2018 season, and thus step into Titan Gym for the last time this weekend.

Holding a 1-10 record in conference play, Cal State Fullerton volleyball will gear up for its final two matches in the 2017 season against UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly on Nov. 17 and 18 at 7p.m.

The four veterans on the team have realized their final moments of being a Titan are fast approaching and their contributions on the team are left with the underclassmen.

Setter Katie Roux and outside hitter Katelyn Nielsen were two of the six athletes who remained on the squad during the coach its change back in 2015. Titans Head Coach Ashley Preston is grateful the two seniors decided to grow with the new team.

“To see Katelyn and Katie just continue to stick with the program and understand there’s going to be growth ... That’s tremendous,” Preston said. “Our relationship has grown. Those two, they know me like the back of their hands.”

Roux has appeared in all 21 matches this season, with nine starts, for a total of 76 sets, in which has made only two errors. She is the fifth highest in digs (147) and assists (16) on the Titans roster.

“I’m thankful for the coaches for 100 percent

believing in me to be a Division I athlete,” Roux said.

“I’m really excited to move out of the volleyball world.”

Before Preston took over the CSUF program, Nielsen started for the Titans. She made her starting debut for the 2017 season under Preston on Oct. 14 in the match against UC Davis where she was the second highest scorer for the Titans.

“I went through a coaching change. We went through tough seasons and being able to stick to it and making on the other side of that adversity is going to help me in life,” Nielsen said.

Outside hitters Kyra Hill and Shimen Fayad were recruited the same year Preston was assigned the head coach title.

Hill appeared in 11 matches in her junior year and earned a career high of 11 kills against Weber State.

However, an unforeseen injury before the 2017 season halted her career until she recovered. With Hill missing from the lineup the entire season, the Titans hope to give her one last chance to step on the court as a Titan before the official closure of conference play.

“Hopefully, we’ll be able have her serve for the last match of her career,” Preston said.

Fayad, also known as Preston’s “wild child,” was present in 22 matches and offered the Titans 114 kills.

She finishes as the fourth highest in kills with 127

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Katie Roux (4) sits in the fifth spot for overall kills and is one of four seniors who will not be returning next season. Roux joined Cal State Fullerton in 2014 and continues to make significant contributions to the team even after adjusting to a new coaching staff in

points and total attacks (379) on Fullerton’s roster.

“I just want my family to be here, to be able see me play,” Fayad said. “I’m a first generation (student) so it’s a big deal for them for me to have finished this without quitting when I could have.”

Although the four Titans will not make any appearances starting in 2018, their contributions to the team’s season this year are still recognized despite the tough losses Fullerton continuously endured.

Following their only win in conference play, the Titans broke a 12-game losing streak against UC Riverside, only to fall back into another losing skid that left Fullerton in ninth place in the Big West.

The relatively young team continued to return to practice to work on its serve-receive and passing as it has been motivated to be the best in those skills in every match.

“We’ve worked on more getting more service aces and siding out at a faster and

higher percentage,” Preston said.

The last time CSUF faced UCSB and Cal Poly, the matches were dominated by the opponents which led to 3-0 sweeps in late September.

Though the outcome of the season was not what Preston had expected, she is grateful for the growth the underclassmen showed that would prepare them for the next season.

“That’s one of the positive takeaways that we had,” Preston said. “We had a

lot of five-set matches that just didn’t go our way, but that shows that we’re competitors and we’re being tough.”

The results of their season was not what the Titans hoped for, but they value the growth they saw within the season and the seniors acknowledge the opportunities and memories they were given through the program.

“I’m just looking forward to put on my Titans jersey for the last two times,” Nielsen said.

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Fullerton goalkeeper Alfredo Cortez stepped in front of the net when CSUF was pushed into forced penalty kicks in the Big West Championship against UC Davis. Cortez’ diving save gave the Titans a 4-3 lead and a title.

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Titans defender Taylor Davidson said the Big West title has made the entire team more sure of themselves.

“I think everyone is obviously overjoyed with the victory last Saturday, and its given everyone that little confidence boost that maybe we needed at the end of conference play, and I think taking that with us going into the national tournament will be very pivotal to our performance,” Davidson said.

The Titans won’t have homefield advantage in their upcoming match. However, Kuntz said he thinks the road might be beneficial for the team.

“I think we have more focus on the road,” Kuntz said. “When you get in a comfort zone here, you

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TAYLOR DAVIDSON Titans defender don’t think so much about the details of the game.”

But while the Titans will have minimal distractions on the road, there may be some weather-related issues that could positively or negatively affect their result.

When CSUF faced Pacific last season, the Titans were forced to play a midday match on one of the hottest days of September 2016, something Kuntz said contributed to a “lethargic” 2-0 loss for the Titans.

“It’s kind of new because we haven’t played this team this year.

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We played them last year, but we just have to play our game with no fears,” Guerin said. “The best would be to win the game early, obviously, but we have to be ready for any situation.”

As the Titans head to Stockton to gear up for the Nov. 16 match at 7 p.m., they’re hoping to earn a win that will show they’re worthy to play on the NCAA stage.

“This is the place that this program wants to be and we’ve taken every step to get here,” Davidson said. “Now we’re looking on to go onto bigger and brighter things.”

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