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Monday August 28, 2017
Volume 102 Issue 2
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
CSUF physics department holds educational viewing for Monday’s solar eclipse.
Family members of the victims from 1976 CSUF Massacre are still fighting for justice.
OC Night Market offers deliciously diverse street food to Costa Mesa patrons.
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Records APPEARANCE FROM missing MILO IN THE WORKS in Study Abroad College Republicans close to contracting controversial speaker. JASON ROCHLIN Daily Titan
International programs lack documentation to meet safety standards. BRANDON PHO Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton has seen a nearly 100 percent participation increase in a study abroad program that is lacking safety records. A number of “control weaknesses” were reported in the program in an internal audit of CSUF’s “International Activities” released this year by the CSU System’s Office of Audit and Advisory Services. As of a July 18 board meeting, CSUF has only satisfied one of six safety recommendations from the audit. In her recent Convocation Address for the fall 2017 semester, CSUF President Mildred Garcia lauded a 97 percent participation increase in the program. “This University continues to support and value international study and travel for our faculty and staff,” Garcia said. That “value” isn’t reflected in the weaknesses noted in the audit, such as the lack of a documented process for selecting third-party providers of study abroad programs. SEE RECORDS
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The CSUF College Republicans club is finalizing plans to have Milo Yiannopoulos speak in the Titan Student Union Pavilions. College Republicans club president Emeritus Chris Boyle said the paperwork to reserve the space is on club president Amanda McGuire’s desk and that once the reservation is final, they can finalize details with Yiannopoulos who “doesn’t want to commit himself if he doesn’t know if he’s going to have a space.” “I’d say it’s about a step away before everything just needs to be signed,” Boyle said. “We’re pretty close to sealing the deal on this.” Yiannopoulos is a provocative, right-wing personality and former Breitbart News editor. Violent protests broke out at UC Berkeley when he was slated to speak there in February. “We have students all across the spectrum that feel an entertainer like Milo Yiannopoulos is someone that is going to offer them a sort of experience that they desire in terms of representation that they feel the university has yet to offer,” Boyle said. Boyle said the club has been talking with Student Life and Leadership, University Conference Spaces
and the University Police Department. SLL Director Vincent Vigil confirmed that the College Republicans club has talked with them about bringing Yiannopoulos to campus. Vigil said SLL monitors free-speech activities on campus when there are outdoor rallies, marches or speakers, like when preachers come to campus. However, the
plans for Yiannopoulos would be outside of his jurisdiction because the event would be inside the TSU. “We try not to talk about or promote guest speakers until a contract is signed because we can be held liable if we try to promote something when a contract has not been signed,” Vigil said. Interim Associate Director of the TSU Jeff Fehrn said the club initially made a request in May to reserve a space. “We’re still getting details and we’re still waiting on signatures,” Fehrn said. “I’ve got to get details down on paper so they can sign them.” University Police Capt. Scot Willey said University Police was not able to discuss any details regarding Yiannopoulos because “nothing has been finalized on that.” Boyle also said the club has been in contact with the Fullerton Police Department Chief of Police David Hendricks and
Mayor Bruce Whitaker to “make sure we’re coordinating with the locality” in case there is a large community involvement. Hendricks said he has not heard f r o m
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anyone regarding Yiannopoulos in an email. At the time of this report, Whitaker could not be reached for comment. Students for Quality Education started a petition on change.org to let
“the CSUF Administration know that we do not want Milo Yiannopoulos or any other ‘alt-right’ figures on our campus.” The petition is set to be delivered to nine individuals and groups, including University President Mildred Garcia, Interim Provost Anil Puri, the University Police Department and Associated Students Inc. It has received 3,103 signatures as of Aug. 27.
“The way we found out was through the administration because we’re a political group on campus and we’ve had problems with the Republicans group in the past,” said SQE member Liz Sanchez. Sanchez was not willing to divulge which member of the administration gave them the information. Chief Communications Officer Jeffrey Cook said that Yiannopoulos coming to campus would not be a university-sponsored event. “Mr. Yiannopoulos is certainly a very controversial figure, but it’s not the administration’s role to decide who can and cannot express their viewpoints on campus,” Cook said. “While many people here and in the community beyond may find his remarks distasteful, if not totally objectionable, even hateful speech is protected speech.” However, he said once the contract is finalized and the College
Republicans have a date and time reserved, the university will be planning to help assure the safety and security of the campus community. “I think the university is realistic about the kinds of planning that need to take place and the kinds of assessments that need to take place both in the short term and the longer term,” Cook said. A n y campus club registered by SLL can rent space in the TSU for anything from weekly meetings, to guest speakers through the University Conference Center on TitanLink. “We do not differentiate between any club. For any student group who wants to reserve a room we go through the exact same process,” said ASI Associate Executive Director Keya Allen. Allen said the TSU is filled daily and rooms often get rented on a firstcome, first-served basis. TSU staff helps clubs accommodate a speaker once a contract is signed but has no involvement in booking the guest. “Sometimes we have a ton of preplanning. It kind of depends on your reservation,” Fehrn said. “We’ve got weekly meetings where students in clubs are here for an hour a week and there’s very minimal planning, then all the way up to huge events where we are doing month’s worth of activities trying to figure things out.” SEE MILO
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Volleyball sweeps two games in Titan Tourney CSUF bounces back after its only loss against Drake. KATHRYNE PADILLA Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball had a rough 2016 season, ending with a record of 6-24. The Titans were also picked to finish last in the Big West 2017 Preseason Coaches Poll, but they aren’t letting either dull their enthusiasm for the upcoming campaign. “Personally, I think we could end top four or more. We’re more than capable this year. We have a lot of intense talent. The freshman are great. The transfers are great,” said junior outside hitter Madeline Schneider said. Titans Head Coach Ashley Preston said she didn’t see the ranking as a “shock,” and that she can also see some positives to the team being overlooked. “It doesn’t really phase me. It is what I expected it to be,” Preston said. “I like being an underdog, it makes
more movement.” The Titans’ 2-1 start to the season saw them beat Fairleigh Dickinson University and Bryant University. Their first loss to Drake University during their season-opening Titan Tournament has done nothing to dampen their spirits. The Titans’ main goal this season is to aim for the Big West title, a far cry from the many hardships they faced last season, one being accountability within their team. However, as their summer training progressed and preseason began, the Titans said that they have come together and changed each other’s attitudes. “Last year, we let way too many things slide,” Schneider said. “One thing we’re working on is progressive talk.” As the team enters the 2017 season, they are focused on strengthening their bonds. “We really put a focus on changing the culture and changing our mindset as a team and what we are going to do to make ourselves better, and we’ve done a lot of different things. We started
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Cal State Fullerton junior outside hitter Madeline Schneider was named tournament co-MVP after leading the Titans with 19 kills and 16 digs in their 3-0 win over Bryant University this weekend.
traditions and we started different ways of communicating,” said sophomore
setter Nastassja Bowman. One of the new traditions the team started was playing
one specific song -- a song they won’t reveal to the media -- in their locker room
before every match. SEE TOURNEY
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