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CSUF Constituents demand crime Rep. Royce town hall logged University Police detect bike thief, seek information.

SARAH WOLSTONCROFT Daily Titan Between Feb. 17 and Feb. 25, University Police made progress in closing cases but are seeking the public’s help to solve other ongoing cases.

Public indecency in College Park lot An email crime alert detailing a male who was “touching himself on the outside of his clothing” in Lot S was issued Friday shortly before 11:15 a.m. by University Police.

The alert described the man as being approximately 30 years old, 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9 and having “tan skin.”

Alerts sent out Oct. 24 and Feb. 1 detailed a similar suspect, who was described as having dark skin and hair and being in his early 20s.

The surrounding apartment managers and people in the area have been notified that police are searching for the suspect, Willey said.

“We have never been able to find him,” Willey said.

“We are hoping that the next time somebody sees him that they can sit and watch where he is from a safe place, call us and keep watching him so that we know exactly where he is going.”

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A crowd gathered near the alleged house of 39th Congressional District Rep. Ed Royce to hold a vigil-themed rally protesting the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and federal immigration policies.

Crowd entreats action from U.S. representative.

BRANDON PHO Daily Titan A procession of people holding candles lined Rodeo Road as organizers directed them up the street

and led the crowd in a somber hymn during a vigil-themed rally.

The crowd stopped in front of a row of houses, one of which allegedly belongs to CSUF alumnus and 39th Congressional District Rep. Ed Royce.

People proceeded to lay flowers and candles on the street as speakers went up one by one to “mourn” the Affordable Care Act,

immigration policies and Royce’s alleged avoidance of constituents.

Among the speakers was professor Shana Charles, Ph.D., of the health sciences department at Cal State Fullerton, who spoke alongside her daughter.

Charles, who is also co-chair of the action committee at Indivisible California D-39, an organization devoted to

holding congressional representatives accountable to their districts, said that Royce not only avoids meeting with people, but that he is “hostile to any communication.”

Royce could not be reached for comment on the matter.

“I got blocked from his Facebook page–I got blocked from commenting on his page,” Charles said.

Charles said she also got blocked from tweeting at Royce.

Charles’ daughter Lilianna Lavarreda, 10, said Royce blocked her on Instagram for a comment on one of his pictures imploring him to divert his focus from “handing out awards to librarians” to other issues.

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Students navigate ‘Tunnels of Oppression’

Exhibit encourages students to learn through discomfort.

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Displays of provocative language and visuals representing oppression covered the walls of various rooms of the Titan Student Union Monday.

“We ask that you take it all in and try to move through the process,” said Diversity Initiatives and Resource Centers (DIRC) director Joy Hoffman in a video shown in the first room of the event. “You might be uncomfortable, but we ask you to embrace the discomfort.”

“The Tunnels of Oppression” was created with the intent of raising awareness about controversial issues.

Students were asked to remain silent throughout the exhibit for the sake of processing and exploring the feelings they might have by the end of it.

Each room of the exhibit showcased several forms of oppression and intersections of identity including ableism, heterosexism, racism and Islamophobia.

DIRC, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and the Association for InterCultural Awareness (AICA) collaborated to bring the exhibit to life.

AICA Administrative Chair Nidhi Patel said that recognition of the oppression students face was low on campus since there aren’t enough events dedicated to the subject.

“We talk about going out and doing concerts and doing movies and celebrating college, but it’s also about bringing

Global disease conference held at CSUF

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Liberal studies department encourages interdisciplinary look at how epidemics affect the human race in different ways.

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awareness to students” Patel said.

Understanding oppression was “extremely” important when relating to issues like suicide on campus and Donald Trump’s immigration policies, Patel said.

Students on campus have had personal experiences that were particularly affected by this socio-political climate, Patel said.

“Of course, there’s thousands of more students out there that are being affected by it. We have 40,000 students on campus,” Patel said.

“There’s so many that you don’t know.”

Aurelio Agundez, psychological counselor for CAPS, said that one of the goals of the tunnels was to create a somber, discomforting and disturbing environment for students.

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Organizers led students on guided tours through different rooms in the TSU to view components of the exhibit that highlighted the topics of ableism, heterosexism, racism and Islamophobia.

Academy Awards not diverse enough

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The Oscars answer calls for black representation but fail to properly feature other people of color.

Men’s golf finishes eighth after day one

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Diversity Initiatives and Resource Centers (DIRC) collaborated with Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and the Association for InterCultural Awareness (AICA) to host the “Tunnels of Oppression” exhibit and offer students a safe space to learn about social issues.

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Students would then have an opportunity to talk about the experience and receive some kind of professional guidance, feedback and support, Agundez said.

“When they leave the

ex p e r ie n c e – c om ple t ely out of the building–they are feeling negative, but also positive,” Agundez said.

Those involved with the exhibit took precautions in case the overall experience became too overwhelming for some students. An ASI

member was available in each space to either support students or escort them into a debriefing area where a CAPS counselor and a DIRC staff member could further assist them.

Agundez was stationed in the final room, which provided tissue boxes for

students under chairs in case they needed them.

“Emotions are triggered by ideas and this event is primarily about ideas,” Agundez said. “Those ideas will trigger feelings they are not ready to manage and that is natural.

That’s normal.”

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“Cal State Fullerton cares about diversity and empowering multiculturalism. How can (Royce) stand to have a white supremacist in the people’s house if those are the values that you hold?” Charles said in regard to the fact that CSUF is Royce’s alma mater.

Charles says that she and other CSUF faculty members are preparing a “letter from faculty,” stating their displeasure with the current policies advocated by the White House.

Along with constituents, the vigil was organized in part by Unai Montes of SEIU 721 and was supported by other organizations like UDW Home Care Providers Union and Indivisible California D-39.

“The most important thing that we want is to make sure that his constituents are listened to,” Montes said.

Speakers like Margarita Guerrero of Fight for $15, an organization that advocates for workers receiving fair wages, addressed the need for unity among the crowd.

“I believe that if we stick together, we can do

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Protesters carry signs demanding attention from Rep. Ed Royce. The event also featured speakers from local advocacy groups.

this together,” Guerrero said.

Lt. Thomas Oliveras of the Fullerton Police Department said the event was “very peaceful.”

“These vigils were part of a statewide day of action,” according to a post from the Facebook page of UDW Home Care Providers Union.

Vigils were reportedly held at the homes of other California congressmen, including Darrel Issa, Kevin Mccartney and Steve Knight.

Mercy House seeks funds Nonprofits present at Fullerton community development meeting.

KEVIN LEY SARAH WOLSTONCROFT Daily Titan Mercy House Living Centers and seven other nonprofit organizations attended Fullerton’s Community Development Citizens’ Committee (CDCC) Monday night seeking community development block grants for programs.

Mercy House requested funding for its property on Kraemer Place in Anaheim where it plans to develop a year-round homeless shelter.

Mercy House representative Andrea Garcia said funding the development is important for the city of

Fullerton because it provides a year-round alternative to the armory programs, which only provide shelter in the coldest winter months. Garcia said it also helps provide resources for homeless cli-

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cities that have resources as well. Fullerton gets asked for a lot, so I would really please ask you to go to Buena Park and Placentia and Yorba Linda and ask them,” said Committee Chair Elizabeth Hansburg.

Personally, I am very much in favor of helping (the homeless), but I also think this needs to be a county-wide effort.

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ELIZABETH HANSBURG Community Development Citizens’ Committee Chair ents beyond just offering food and a warm place to sleep.

Committee members questioned if Fullerton was the only city footing the bill for homeless issues that they said are a wider Orange County problem.

“I’m not opposed in any way to helping the homeless, but there are

“Personally, I am very much in favor of helping them, but I also think this needs to be a county-wide effort.”

Garcia said that Mercy House has reached out to Tustin and Anaheim. She said Santa Ana will also be providing partial funding. When asked if the organization has asked for

help from Brea, Placentia or La Habra, Garcia said they have not.

“I’m concerned because Anaheim and Fullerton both gave half a million dollars to the effort.” said Hansburg. “We gave the money to the county to buy the property and our city money is so tight and we have groups here we want to help.”

Other organizations seeking funding were Solidarity, StandUp for Kids Orange County, Young Leaders of Orange County, YMCA of Orange County, Young Lives Redeemed, Pathways of Hope and Meals on Wheels of Fullerton.

The requested funds are for the 2017-2018 fiscal year and the CDCC will later make recommendations for funding to the city council.

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“Serial urinator” cited Campus law enforcement found a transient man University Police Capt. Scot Willey referred to as the “serial urinator” in the Performing Arts building around 4:30 a.m. on Friday, according to the University Police crime log.

Willey said the department has been receiving several calls from the Performing Arts department over the past few weeks of evidence that someone had been urinating in the hallways and the classrooms of the Performing Arts building.

“One of our officers went on a foot patrol just to look for that person and he actually could smell the urine and knew that the guy was in there,” Willey said.

The man was cited for lodging without consent and given a temporary stay-away order, Willey said.

“It tells them that they have interrupted the business of the university and that they are not allowed to come back for seven days,” Willey said.

“If he shows up before then, we can arrest him on a trespassing charge.”

University Police suspect that the man gained access to the room from a door being propped open or left unlocked, Willey said.

“He would stay inside these rooms and our guess is that he did not want to step out and get caught by anybody so he would just urinate in the room he was in,” Willey said.

Police and the Fullerton Fire Department were sent to the dorms area and a student resident was transported to the hospital.

“It was somebody that had taken a large amount of pills,” Willey said.

Attempted suicide in the dorms An attempted suicide was reported on campus in the Oak Dorm around 10:45 p.m. on Thursday, according to the University Police crime log.

Willey said that University

Female student arrested for assault A female CSUF student was arrested for charges of assault and battery, false imprisonment and annoying repeat calls following an altercation with a male student

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Between Feb. 17 and Feb. 25, some of the most frequently reported crimes on the University Police crime log included routine traffic stops, burglary and fire alarms in campus buildings and suspicious persons and vehicles. Larger crimes reported included a DUI, assault and battery charges and a lodging without consent charge.

she was formerly in a romantic relationship with, Willey said.

The arrest took place in the East Side Parking Structure shortly before 7 p.m. on Feb. 21, according to the University Police crime log.

“The female was the one that was grabbing on to his leg so that he could not leave and was not allowing him to get into his vehicle,” Willey said.

An emergency protective order, which is a temporary restraining order, was put on

the female student to keep her away from the male student, Willey said.

Title IX is now handling the case, Willey said.

Police cameras catch bike thief University Police is still searching for the student owner of a stolen bicycle they recovered to come forward and claim their property so they can charge a man they caught with theft, Willey said.

James Bailey, 20, was

arrested for possession of burglary tools on Feb. 17 after University Police officers in the on-campus dispatch center saw him attempting to steal a bicycle near the Juniper Dorm shortly before 7 a.m., Willey said. “(Bailey) was wearing a backpack,” Willey said. “He looks like a normal college student, but all he had in that backpack was bolt cutters.”

Bailey admitted to committing three other bicycle thefts on campus and to targeting bikes with cable locks

because they are easier to cut than U-bolt or chain locks, Willey said.

“We take it seriously because (bicycles are) a main mode of transportation for a lot of our students, especially in housing,” Willey said.

“We know that it may only be a $100 bike, but to them, that is a whole semester’s worth of travel … and they cannot just keep going out and buying bikes.”

Adriana Hymovitz contributed to this report

Conference examines global epidemics JADE LOVE Daily Titan Academic scholars at Cal State Fullerton are looking to change the way people think about epidemics.

The department of liberal studies held an interdisciplinary conference on epidemics this weekend called “The Shape of Global Disease: Socio-Historical, Artistic and Political Expressions and Epidemiologies.”

“You always have to be open-minded when you’re observing different cultures,” said Kevin Phan, a second-year psychology major at Cal State Fullerton.

The conference was also organized by Margaret Garber and supported by a donation from Ronald E. Clapper. Scholars from 12 disciplines attended to present their research on how epidemics shape and are shaped by culture, politics, science and the arts.

Navid Madani, an alumna of Cal State Fullerton and AIDS researcher, opened the conference with a discussion about the function of the HIV/AIDS virus in the human body and how the outbreak of this disease showed how humanity reacted to an epidemic. “(The HIV/AIDS epidemic) has allowed us to be able to collaborate across many different disciplines,” Madani said.

Jorge Fontdevila, a Cal

State Fullerton sociology professor, focused his discussion on Latino immigrants in Southern California to highlight how racial and sexual discrimination play a role in the lack of resources provided to queer men of color with HIV/ AIDS.

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Epidemics must not only be understood in terms of the devastating and deadly potential, but rather we must also recognize the shaping forces that promote scientific discovery that influences the arts, that change legal, economic and political policies.

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Impact of illnesses on societies explored in liberal studies event.

ANDREA PATTERSON Conference organizer He also said different cultural backgrounds affect how these diseases are being transmitted during sexual encounters.

Fontdevila used an example of a 54-year-old Caucasian man named Austin who told him he preferred to have sex with Mexican men and talked about his assumptions that other men in bathhouses would assume that they are risking HIV contraction just by being there.

Eliza Noh, a professor in the Asian-American studies department, and Terri L. Snyder, a professor in the American studies department, both asked

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what defines an epidemic when presenting separate research on suicide rates among people of color.

Snyder went back several hundred years in her research and looked at the history of the Middle Passage and the cumulation of slave suicides as an epidemic among the African slaves.

Though there were actual diseases that were killing many slaves, Snyder said there were even more cases of slaves either jumping off boats to their deaths or starving after refusing to eat.

Noh’s research specifically focused on the suicide rates among Asian-American women and how the model minority myth plays a role in their death rates.

“The inconsistency between the image of the successful model minority and the difficult financial realities of many Asian-American families produces lived contradictions characteristic of what I call cultures of terror,” Noh said.

The conference ended in a roundtable with all the scholars who presented research, debriefing the collective analysis of what the term “epidemic” means.

“Epidemics must not only be understood in terms of the devastating and deadly potential, but rather we must also recognize the shaping forces that promote scientific discovery that influences the arts, that change legal, economic and political policies,” said Andrea Patterson, one of the conference organizers.

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FEATURES Community center helps families in need PAGE 4 FEBRUARY 28, 2017 TUESDAY

Low-income parents receive assistance with health and education.

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On a warm Wednesday afternoon in Fullerton’s Richman Park, parents and children went to the CSUF Center for Healthy Neighborhoods for classes, counseling and after-school activities.

Student tutoring program coordinator Ernesto Rodriguez said he decided to continue working at the center despite already completing an internship there last semester.

“You see that progression and you don’t want to be like, ‘I just established this connection with them’ and you’re starting to be a part of them and then all of sudden, break off and say, ‘Okay you’re on your own.’

I don’t want that. I want to be with them as they grow,” Rodriguez said.

The center’s mission is to help reduce the cycle of poverty in low-income neighborhoods while also giving students a distinct opportunity to engage in multicultural and predominantly Spanish-speaking communities, said center director Jessie Jones. The center provides counseling, tutoring, health assessments and fitness courses.

“When I was the interim dean of the College of Health and Human Development, I decided that a lot of our students needed a more enriched experience with their internships and the community had a great need for services, especially for low-income, under-served populations.

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With a recently expanded tutoring program, the CSUF Center for Healthy Neighborhoods is growing to accommodate a greater demand for educational assistance by providing more graduates and interns to help with tutoring, according to center representatives.

between the university and the needs of the community,” Jones said.

The center began operating in Jan. 2016. The city of Fullerton offered the facility for a dollar a year.

Students from the College of Health and Human Development majoring in human services and health sciences do their internship work at the tutoring center as a graduation requirement, but the program is not limited to those two majors.

Cal State Fullerton students help keep the center operational with their

tutoring services. Students who receive tutoring range from kindergarten to high school students with the largest demographic ranging from kindergarten to 8th grade.

The students come from Title I schools in the area, which have a majority of low-income students. Parents and students can request more hours in order to help them with their studying, said Rodriguez.

The tutoring program started small, focusing on one-on-one tutoring and the demand for the center’s services has grown in

part because of its emphasis on direct care, Rodriguez said.

“We started off with 25 students and about nine interns,” Rodriguez said.

“Now, we have 63 students and 15 interns.”

The center has four firstyear social work graduate student interns placed into eight Title I schools to provide behavioral health services to elementary school students, said social work supervisor Michelle Fernandes. It allows the students to be advocates for the children at each location, she said.

The center partners with a variety of organizations and programs, including Second Harvest Food Bank and Women, Infants and Children to help aid low-income families, Jones and Fernandes said.

Laura Urrutia, who has two young children in the tutoring program, said the center provides valuable resources for herself and her children.

“It’s a really good place, a safe place and they help a lot,” Urrutia said. “I’m in the zumba (class), the community leader (program). I was taking a computer class

but I’m planning on taking it again … I trust (the center).”

Thanks to the partnerships with other organizations, along with donations, the center is able to continue to offer a plethora of free services and other programs for both parents and students.

“I think the area (Fullerton) is very vulnerable; there’s a lot of barriers to access resources that the community needs, so this was the perfect place to start,” Fernandes said.

“They just needed that little extra support from the community center.”

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FEATURES Interim dean relishes work with students

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Alisia Kirkwood strives to provide quality attention.

TAYLOR ENGLE Daily Titan

Being available to an entire student body requires a great deal of effort, but Alisia Kirkwood said she loves coming to work every day.

Kirkwood has been acting as interim dean of students since Jan. 1. She received her own master’s in higher education at CSUF in 2012 and is now enrolled in the doctoral program for higher education at CSUF. “I’m a Titan through and through,” Kirkwood said. “While this role is a big task to let each student know that they’re cared for by the university, it’s one that I take very seriously.”

Associate vice president for Student Engagement Tonantzin Oseguera recruited Kirkwood for the position. Oseguera served as dean of students from 2013 to 2016. She and Berenecea Johnson Eanes, the fifth-year vice president for Student Affairs, selected Kirkwood to take over the role. “(Alisia) has good relationships with folks,” Oseguera said. “She’s worked at the institution prior and that’s important in terms of being able to know a little bit of each of the areas and being able to send information to students.”

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In addition to being dean of students, Kirkwood is working to earn her doctorate in higher education.

While Kirkwood said the Dean of Students Office is often associated with student conduct, it offers more help than that.

“Any need, any concern, any inquiry students have, we’re the place where they come,” Kirkwood said.

The office regularly responds to student requests, directing them to the appropriate offices on campus according to their needs, said Oseguera.

The Dean of Students Office is looking to expand its food, home and security areas this semester, Oseguera said. “That’s a new area that we’ll definitely be expanding in terms of looking at how we do things, looking at resources for students, looking to have partnerships with the community so that we can refer students when we

don’t have the ability to do something or provide a support system.”

Student Affairs is working on a search for a permanent dean of students and plans to have a panel of finalists by March, Oseguera said.

In the search, it’s looking for an individual who can foster great relationships with students and faculty, has the knowledge about the institution necessary to do the job and is able to hold students accountable, Oseguera said.

As far as her plans for the semester, Kirkwood says she is focused on the present.

“My focus is just on doing the best job as interim that I can do. I think I owe that to the students,” Kirkwood said.

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Diversity not black and white

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n the past few years, a lack of ethnically diverse Academy Award nominees and winners for major categories like Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director caused major public backlash against the whitewashed award show.

Whether it be in direct response to that backlash or not, this year’s Oscars have been the “most diverse in cinema history,” according to the New York Post.

While nominating Denzel Washington for Best Actor and awarding Viola Davis for Best Supporting Actress takes a positive step toward minority representation in Hollywood, it’s not enough to be considered wholly diverse.

“If you’re only seeing a particular group of people at these awards ceremony being broadcasted all over the world, people are going to assume that they are an accurate representation of everyone, and they’re not,” said Chelsea

Hampton, a senior cinema and television arts major.

Considering no Latinx actors or directors were nominated for awards this year and Dev Patel being the only Asian to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor in “Lion,” a lack of cultural diversity has become a common occurrence with this awards show.

Over the past five Academy Awards, out of 125 nominations for best acting and directing awards, only three nominees were Latinx and two were Asian. Zero Latinas and Asian-American women were nominated during this time.

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not given the same opportunities as their fellow white actors.

Minority actors are given roles such as the Latina maid, the nerdy Asian or the loud and sassy black character, while most lead roles are defaulted to be portrayed by white actors.

Opportunities for minorities are not as readily available because people involved in greenlighting projects reflect the homogeneity within Hollywood, according to LA Weekly.

Since there is so much money involved in filmmaking, studio executives stick with what has worked in the past and

While the Oscars managed to etch in some diversity this year, it still doesn’t serve as a complete and truthful representation of the population.

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Oscars’ attempt at recognition is a good start but not enough.

ATHENA SOBHAN Daily Titan One would think that Hollywood would get with the program due to consistent backlash on social media and increased pressure from groups like the National Hispanic Media Coalition and Media Action Network for Asian Americans.

So why does Hollywood have such a diversity problem?

Content over the years has relied on stereotypical depictions of minorities to pass as diversity. This is typically seen in the film and television industries where minority actors are

are hesitant to take risks in casting and choosing minority directors/actors.

Using white leads over minority leads in films allows Hollywood to market a narrow view of American culture to consumers around the world.

“It’s an issue for people who want to work in this industry. They may hire you, but they hire you for a particular voice. So, (they think) a black writer could only write a certain type of movie versus a white writer, who would be able to write anything,” Hampton said.

Essentially, the image of diversity that has been an integral part of the of United States is not seen as profitable to Hollywood executives.

However, the statistics tell another story. Movies that feature a mix of white and non-white cast made a median ticket revenue of $122.2 million; more than double of the movies that feature all white actors, which made $52.6 million, according to a 2014 UCLA report.

Solving Hollywood’s diversity issue does not just include casting minority actors and actresses into different types of roles. Diversity also needs to be introduced behind the scenes with more non-white directors and producers.

“They need to open up to more stories, even stories that may not make as much money,” Hampton said. “They need to accept more writers that come from different backgrounds, not just the same writers, writing the same boring stories that we’ve heard a million times.”

Diversity is an important part of American society and culture. With ethnic minorities now making up 40.5 percent of the U.S. population, turning the spotlight away from minorities in films does not accurately represent the U.S. today.

While the Oscars managed to etch in some diversity in the show this year, it still doesn’t serve as a complete and truthful representation of the population.

Letter to the Editor In Response to:

‘An open letter to professors about dumb questions’ Dear Editor, Zack Johnston’s Feb. 21 opinion piece, “An open letter to professors about dumb questions” had some relevant points.

What’s missing, though, is a sense of student ownership of the learning experience. Professors don’t own the learning experience. Students do.

I am not writing to defend “dumb questions.” Anyone who’s ever sat in a college classroom has faced them. I won’t apologize for the faculty. Perhaps one or more of Johnston’s professors didn’t prepare fully for class or doesn’t have the best level of comfort with the subject matter. It happens.

I write, instead, to offer suggestions for Johnston and other students. You have the power to turn “dumb questions” into enriching experiences to prepare you for workplace challenges.

Don’t sit passively, irked about a professor’s question. Turn the question around. Answer, but then respectfully ask or demonstrate how the question relates to the learning outcomes of the class. Every CSUF course has student learning outcomes; they’re supposed to be in the syllabus. How does the question link with those outcomes? If you don’t see the connection, ask the professor.

The point of students coming to class is not to sit passively while their heads get filled with knowledge. The point of being in class (in person or online) is to take initiative, uncover the learning, find the relationships between seemingly disconnected phenomena, take the subject matter beyond what the professor dishes out and link concepts to real-world experiences.

Johnston wrote that a professor should be “someone who can relate to students and meet their sense of curiosity with educated answers.” I agree! At the same time, I would add that a student should be someone who takes even the most unimaginative, absurd information or situation and uses it to bolster learning and career preparation.

Johnston’s frustration won’t end after he crosses the stage at commencement. The workplace is filled with clueless people, aggressively asking ridiculous questions about poorly-orchestrated, unworkable projects. Prepare for that reality now. Take ownership of “dumb” classroom questions. Respond to them with respectful, appropriate, smart answers and win the admiration of your professor and fellow students.

Sincerely, Doug Swanson Professor and Interim Associate Dean College of Communications Feb. 23, 2017

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LEISURE

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TAURUS

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A lull in the action allows you a moment to steady yourself and enjoy a relatively quiet day. Although youʼre grateful for the change of speed, you canʼt help but think about what the next big event will entail. You can objectively reevaluate your ambitions today, and the range of possibilities is more apparent than before.

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SPORTS

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CSUF in back of pack after day one

Edberg offers glimmer of light in darkness.

HARRISON FAIGEN Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton women’s golf wasn’t looking up to par for most of the first two rounds of the Bruin Wave Invitational before play was discontinued due to darkness.

The Titans ended the day in 11th place midway through the second round, which will be continued on Tuesday prior to the third round.

Martina Edberg’s even finish led the way for the Titans, completing the day tied for third place. If the results hold, the tournament would be Edberg’s sixth straight top-five finish, continuing the trend of having the best score of any Titan in every tournament this season.

The rest of the team didn’t fare so well in the partially-completed tournament.

Pauline Welker finished with a 14-over par 73 and tied for 54th with the second round partially completed. Lou Daniella Uy (15-over) was tied for 61st when the day was called early while Elsa Lundquist (16-over) was tied

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Martina Edberg has finished first place out of her Titan competitors in every tournament of the 2016-2017 season. Edberg is averaging a score of 71, while her lowest round score of the season is 66.

for 64th and Brittany Farrell (17-over) tied for 66th.

The Titans finished the

first round in 12th place behind New Mexico, paced by Edberg’s 3-over par, which

was tied for the 19th-best score over the first 18 holes.

The rest of the roster couldn’t

keep pace, as none of the other Titans finished inside the top-40.

The second round of the tournament will resume at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.

Soccer stays busy in offseason Fullerton kicked off its preseason schedule over the weekend.

HARRISON FAIGEN Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer has kept busy since its season ended with its fifth straight Big West Tournament appearance in November. The team hosted a youth camp where they worked with children ranging from ages 5 to 12 and volunteered with children at the Fullerton Winter Market over the holidays.

Their regular season won’t start up again until next fall, but the Titans head back to the pitch for preseason soccer, hosting Azusa Pacific and UC Santa Barbara over

the weekend.

The Titans will play six more games this spring as they train for the 2017-18 season.

“We set up the 2017 spring schedule with a set goal for every game,” Cal State Fullerton Associate Head Coach Michael Thomas said in a press release. “We have a balance of matches that will provide us with an opportunity to develop players, continue to set our identity as a team and provide a good entertainment value for our fans that want to get a sneak peek at the 2017 version of the Titans.”

Additionally, CSUF will host the “Soccer for Hope” benefit on April 1 to help spread cancer awareness during a fourgame exhibition slate also featuring CSU San Marcos and CSU Northridge.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE March 16 at Titan Stadium 7:00 p.m. – CSUF vs. Cal Baptist March 26 11:00 a.m. – CSUF at Loyola Marymount 5:00 p.m. – CSUF vs. San Diego at Titan Stadium April 1 – Soccer For Hope Benefit at Titan Stadium Noon – CSUF vs. CSU San Marcos 3:50 p.m. – Soccer For Hope Event 5:00 p.m. – CSUF vs. CSUN April 23 at Titan Stadium 3:00 p.m. – CSUF vs. USC 5:00 p.m. – CSUF vs. Cal Poly Pomona

Men’s golf finishes eighth after two rounds The Titans didn’t finish the second round due to night fall.

BRYANT FREESE Daily Titan After day one at the Del Walker Intercollegiate Monday, the Cal State Fullerton

men’s golf team is in eighth place with a 20-over par.

The Titans got off to a slow start in the first round of the tournament hosted by Long Beach State, shooting a 17-over par on the first 18 holes of the day. The 297 first-round total left Fullerton tied for 10th place out of the 15-team field with Southern Utah.

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Every Titan that competed in the first round shot over par leading to their 20-over finish as a team. Freshman Michael Sharkey finished with the lowest score of the round with a 1-over par 71, leaving him tied for 14th place. Sharkey finished the front nine with a 2-over par but was able to get a birdie on the 18th hole to bring

down his score.

Sophomore Matt Wilson finished the first round with the second-lowest score for Fullerton with a 4-over par, which left him tied for 37th in the tournament.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo finished the first round of Monday’s tournament in first place with a 3-under par 280.

The Mustangs were the only

team to finish under par in the first round on day one.

While CSUF was unable to complete the second round, it did improve upon the firstround outing with a 3-over par over midway through the 18-hole course.

Sharkey continued his performance into the second with an even score through 16 holes. Wilson also slightly

improved on his first-round score with a 2-over par with two holes left to finish Tuesday morning.

Fullerton and the rest of the teams competing in the tournament were unable to finish the second round due to darkness. Competition will resume at 7:30 a.m.

Tuesday before heading into the final round.

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