Tuesday September 26, 2017

Tuesday September 26, 2017

Volume 102 Issue 15

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

The first in an annual lecture series looked at alternative facts in the context of slavery and animals.

Towne Park Brewery hosts grand opening in Anaheim, offering house-made beer.

Despite what President Trump thinks, athletes don’t have to stick to sports.

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Bicycle thefts see alarming rates

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CSUF awaits fossil feature

Student housing area considered a hot spot for bike snatching.

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TSU staff preparing for woolly mammoth installation.

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So far in 2017, there have been 13 bicycle thefts around the Housing and Residence Life area at Cal State Fullerton. The CSUF campus overall has a total 47 bicycle thefts reported thus far, just 14 fewer than the 61 bicycles reported stolen in 2016.

to class.

In reports gathered by University Police, 61 bikes were stolen in 2016, 14 more than this year’s current amount.

“We have an idea of where they’re hitting,” said University Police Capt.

Scot Willey. “As you can imagine, most of the bikes are over at housing, and that’s where most of the thefts are.”

Student housing has been a hot spot for bicycle

thefts, with 27 in 2015, 21 in 2016 and 13 so far in 2017. Although bicycles do

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at student housing are at higher risk. “(Those arrested for

We have an idea of where they’re hitting.

As you can imagine, most of the bikes are over at housing, and that’s where most of the thefts are.

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Walking across campus can seem exhausting when a student is already tired from a long day of studying and classes, and hopping on a bike serves as an efficient way to travel faster.

As long as that bike doesn’t get stolen.

Cal State Fullerton has been plagued by bicycle thefts, with 47 reported thefts so far in 2017, forcing many students to figure out another way to get

SCOT WILLEY University Police Department Capt. get stolen across campus, those parked in the sheds

stealing bikes) are basically saying, ‘The word is out.

It’s been out for years,’” Willey said. “(Bike thieves) are saying ‘Go to Cal State Fullerton, they got lots of bikes there.’”

Along with student housing, the most affected areas around the campus are near Pollak Library and McCarthy Hall. In 2016, five cases of bike thefts occurred near the library, compared to the seven that occurred this year.

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Volunteers make soaring difference The Flying Samaritans club provides health care in Mexico.

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At 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning, Cal State Fullerton’s campus is usually close to empty. But once a month, 20 to 30 students meet in the Nutwood Parking Structure with their passports ready.

They divvy themselves up into various cars and arrive at El Cajon, California by 8 a.m., where they meet both physicians and other students from the University of California, Riverside.

In El Cajon, the group of physicians and students split into numbered cars, each equipped with handheld radios and maps.

Their next stop: a small medical clinic in El Hongo, Mexico.

The Flying Samaritans is a CSUF club that gives students hands-on experience in medical care by allowing them to provide it to those without easy access to any.

Once a month, the club selects no more than 30 of its members to drive to El Hongo and provide care to those seeking medical attention.

The clinic is a community center hosted by the Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF), which the club president, Ken Rios, describes as “the Social Services of Baja”.

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CSUF students in the Flying Samaritans club volunteer to treat children in an El Hongo medical clinic in Mexico once every month.

This hands-on experience is enriching for patients and gives volunteers a sense of purpose.

DIF helps the club maintain the clinic by patching the ceiling, replacing floors and installing new sinks.

However, the Flying Samaritans are responsible for supplying both medication and physicians, so the club relies heavily on donations to continue its work.

Mary Lehn-Mooney, the

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club’s advisor, said that one dentist donated an old dental chair with a drill attached.

“Things that (are) here would become a piece of furniture, a curiosity in the house, could be what actually gives someone else care that couldn’t have gotten it,” Lehn-Mooney said.

Joseph Michaud, a CSUF alumnus and the previous president of the Flying Samaritans, led students to this clinic for 15 consecutive trips from June 2016 to July 2017.

But it was on his first trip that Michaud gained more than hands-on experience.

“It kind of blows your

mind just because it’s really not that far away,” Michaud said. “You see the stray dogs, and the roads are kind of in a worn condition. You look at the houses and you’re wondering, ‘How do they get by with what they have?’”

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A woolly mammoth fossil donation to Cal State Fullerton is expected to be completely installed by the end of fall 2017.

Gregg Drilling and Testing Inc. President John Gregg is the primary donor of the fossil. Project managers have not determined an exact date for an unveiling, but details about the bones have been confirmed by ASI director of administration Carol McDoniel.

“We know it’s from Alaska,” McDoniel said.

“We know this fossil was one animal and that they found the whole mammoth, all of his bones, and I guess he is like 85 to 90 percent intact.”

The mammoth will reside in the Chapman Atrium in the Titan Student Union, where a platform is being constructed for its arrival. McDoniel said those working on the installation are “excited for the move” because of its connection to CSUF’s mascot, Tuffy the elephant. “(Project overseers) refer to it as another way of expressing Titan pride,” McDoniel said.

Although he is not strongly affiliated with the university, Gregg has expressed interest in contributing to CSUF through various talks with administrators.

“It’s just through relationships that we built with the previous dean (David D. Bowman) and Mr. Gregg. He had this, and I think he had the desire to have it out in the public and let people experience it and enjoy it,” said senior director of development of natural sciences and mathematics (NSM) Mike Karg.

The fossil installation will highlight the work that CSUF does outside of campus.

The John D. Cooper Center has a partnership with the university that works on preserving fossils and different artifacts within Orange County.

Karg said that the connection to the Cooper Center managed out of the College of NSM is important to the fossil collection in Orange County.

Supervisors of the project believe the fossil will educate students or at least spark academic interest when passing by an exciting piece of history.

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campus tours come through here,” McDoniel said. “We have little kids come through here, so it’s some place that anybody in the public, because the TSU is a public building, is gonna be able to show up and look at it.”

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“Obviously there will be signage up around the mammoth talking about its history and where it comes from, and I hope that educates not only our students, but university guests that come to

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Many bicycle thieves that have been caught told University Police “the word is out” when it comes to student housing being a hot spot for stealing bicycles. University Police Capt. Scot Willey recommends students secure their bicycles with U-locks.

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“(Bike thieves) pay attention. They know when our semester starts. They know that’s when all the students are returning,” Willey said.

In order to take bikes from public areas, bike thieves need to be creative so they are not noticed.

“We’re noticing that they’re bringing backpacks so they look like a student, and there’s a hole in the bottom of their backpack where the bolt cutters go through.

So they’ll set their backpack up on a bike and look like they’re rummaging through their backpack, and they’re cutting the bike lock through the bottom of the backpack,”

Willey said.

To prevent bikes from getting stolen, University Police is actively patrolling areas like the bike sheds near student housing.

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made of alloy steel which can combat cutting and sawing.

Registering a bike is also highly recommended by the University Police,

There’s a lot of things that are happening that may take us away from (bike thefts) and not allow us to make more arrests but absolutely, we’re proactive.

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University Police also encourages students to buy durable locks. One of the best locks that students can get to ensure the safety of their bike is a U-shaped lock

as students who are subject to a stolen bike have a much better chance at getting their bike back once it’s in the database. Students can bring their bikes to the

University Police station and begin the process of free registration.

“There’s a lot of things that are happening that may take us away from (bike thefts) and not allow us to make more arrests but absolutely, we’re proactive,” Willey said.

Willey said he advocates a policy of “if you see something, say something,” as University Police wants students to be aware of their surroundings, and not hesitate to call them if they see something out of the ordinary.

“If (something is) making you just a little bit suspicious, it’s probably suspicious,” Willey said.

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NEWS 3 Looking at the roots of alternative facts TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Ongoing lecture series let two professors present theses.

BREANNA BELKEN Asst. News Editor

After Kellyanne Conway brought the idea of alternative facts into mainstream consciousness during an interview with “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd in January, the concept became one of the most talked about in the country.

Highlighting this, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences held the first of its annual lecture series “Interdisciplinary Conversations on Alternate Facts: Evidence, Interpretation and Reality” Monday afternoon in the Pollak Library.

The event featured two speakers: associate professor of African-American studies Tyler D. Parry and department of American studies lecturer Arlene Ring.

Parry’s presentation, “Slavery, Memory and the Persistence of Alternative Facts,” focused on slaveholders promoting narratives before and after the Civil War that painted slavery in a positive light.

Parry argued that alternative facts are nothing new to history and although they have always existed, they now have a common name. “(In my thesis), we look at the myths promoted by former slaveholders who would construct this idea of benevolent paternalism, particularly in the form of slaveholding,” Parry said. “They were able to suggest to a population that was not as familiar with the institution that perhaps former slaveholders deserved some sympathy in American history.”

Perry’s presentation was followed up by Ring’s talk “When Fake Becomes Real: Why We Changed Our Minds About Animal Stories.” Ring focused on debates in the 20th century

regarding stories involving animals like “Lassie” in literature and cinema, deliberating whether or not these stories too heavily ascribed human emotions and thoughts to other animals.

Though many of these stories were considered to be fake or untrue at the time, Ring argued that 21st century research into animal cognition makes the ideas more plausible.

“Alternative facts can be found anywhere, and the way we interpret them historically over time can change,” Ring said. “Truth can change. There really isn’t truth. That’s why we always need to read and study widely and deeply to get all points of view.”

Parry and Ring also examined the persistence of alternative facts from the past and how they affect modern day events.

“There are communities that would complain about (confederate statues) but they weren’t really listened

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African-American studies associate professor Tyler D. Parry gave a presentation on “Slavery, Memory and the Persistence of Alternative Facts” at an interdisciplinary lecture series Monday.

to until Charlottesville bubbled up,” Parry said.

Senior liberal studies major Nicole Quiroz said she attended the event for a class but found both presentations

informative and interesting.

“I think this is a very good thing for students to come and experience, and I think I’m definitely going to be back,” Quiroz said.

The lecture series will continue throughout the academic year. The next set of presentations will take place on Oct. 17 at 11:30 a.m. in PLS 360.

Tara Garcia to serve as chief of operations Human Resources, Diversity and Inclusion hires new leadership.

CASSANDRA HEARN Staff Writer

Cal State Fullerton Human Resources, Diversity and Inclusion named Tara Garcia as its new chief of operations Wednesday.

Vice President of HRDI David Forgues announced Garcia’s appointment in a memo sent to campus faculty and staff Sept. 20. Garcia will start as chief of

operations on Oct. 30.

“Based on the search committee’s recommendations, campus support and success in her current position(s) on campus as the executive director of university advancement for administration (and as the) finance/philanthropic foundation CFO, I am confident that she will provide outstanding leadership to the division as we continue to advance the mission of the university,” Forgues’ memo said.

HRDI aims to meet the needs of students and faculty while maintaining a diverse and multicultural

environment, according to the HRDI website.

“Human resources is all of the talent management. So staff, faculty, payroll, benefits, all the operational aspects, but it’s also diversity and inclusion. (It’s) diversity of degree, diversity of perspective and making sure that we’re inclusive of all that,” Garcia said.

As chief of operations of HRDI, Garcia said she will be “helping that (HR) team move the organization forward and foster the vision for HR.” University Advancement is CSUF’s advocacy program,

that focuses on building relationships with the community and supporting students and alumni. “(I) handle all the operations for the division’s side of the house,” Garcia said.

As the Philanthropic Foundation CFO, Garcia oversees the donations and gifts to CSUF from its benefactors.

“Anything that comes in from a donor ... we manage those funds and disperse them out to campus,” Garcia said.

Garcia graduated from CSUF in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice and a minor in

psychology and began working for University Advancement Major Events in 1997.

In 2002, Garcia handled budgets and human resources as part of a new position in University Advancement Services. In the years leading up to her current status as executive director, Garcia held several different positions but said she found a passion for HR. “If we didn’t have HR, we wouldn’t have faculty and staff to support our students,” Garcia said. “That‘s what we’re here for.”

For Garcia, her new position is the next step in a long

history as a Titan.

“CSUF is so innovative,” Garcia said, citing her excitement of having seen improvements in graduation as well as counseling and academic advising.

As chief of operations, Garcia said she will continue to support faculty and students while growing HRDI’s presence on campus.

“I’m just really eager to get into that role in a place I’m very passionate about,” Garcia said. “Cal State Fullerton is going to be the national model comprehensive university that the president wants it to be.”

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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

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Taking a personal approach with beer KYLE BENDER Copy Editor

An extensive structure houses the minimalist bar and patio of Towne Park Brewery, with only a single piece of wall decor besides the menu — a painted quote that reads, “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”

In what was formerly a warehouse on the northwest side of Anaheim, Newport native Brett Lawrence welcomed friends, family and future customers to his new brewery Friday evening for its grand opening.

Towne Park may seem oddly located, nestled between a car dealership and the I-5 Freeway, but Lawrence adheres to the philosophy of “If you build it, they will come.”

Lawrence looks forward to meeting the community and hopes to give residents of the surrounding Anaheim area something to be excited about.

“If I could give them the best experience ever, then they’re going to walk away from here and, I think, accept us into town,” Lawrence said.

Behind the bartenders, massive windowpanes give patrons a wide view of the tanks full of beer. Farther back, the warehouse has a small-scale production line for bottling and canning the beers brewed to be distributed around Southern California.

Towne Park’s menu is

simple, offering eight beers on tap, six of which will be shipped. Each beer is distinguished by the style (IPA, lager, pale ale, etc.) and given a name and nickname.

“Why make it complicated?” Lawrence said. “Beer has characteristics like humans … So I named all our beers after characters in our lives.”

The Towne “character” beers are, in many cases, identical to the people they’re named after, holding personal, intimate value to those involved with Towne Park Brewery.

“Jeannie is our pale ale.

That’s my mother. She’s from Colorado,” Lawrence said. “My father passed away in 2005. His name’s Rick and we have something at the ranch that says ‘Rick’s Café Lager’... and I named it Ricki.”

The personal and social aspects of brewing and enjoying beer are things that Lawrence hopes to emphasize going forward to stand out amid competition. “(Other breweries) are overthinking it, getting too complicated, focusing too hard on their beer, when they need to focus on the people,” Lawrence said. “If you have great beer, which I hope we do, people will come.”

Kevin Kidney, co-founder of design studio Kevin & Jody, has attended numerous brewery openings in the past few years and is excited about Anaheim developing and growing with new things to do and places to go.

“I hope that it’s another successful chapter in bringing more people (to Anaheim) and creating a wider reputation for Anaheim outside of just being the home

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Towne Park Brewery makes its eight beers in-house and distributes six. Owner Brett Lawrence decided to uniquely name the beers after those who are involved in his life. The pale ale is named Jeannie after Lawrence’s mother.

of Disneyland,” Kidney said.

Although the Anaheim native initially corresponded with the city to rent the warehouse to store pieces of art and design resources, Kidney was excited to hear that there were “bigger and more exciting plans” for the space.

“If nobody was here before, it was because there was nothing here to do,”

Kidney said. “Now there’s this lovely place to come.

On Friday evening, Towne Park Brewery drew in a siz-

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(Other breweries) are overthinking it, getting too complicated, focusing too hard on their beer, when they need to focus on the people.

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Anaheim Towne Park Brewery unveiled at grand opening.

BRETT LAWRENCE Towne Park Brewery Founder There’s great beer. I think it will just breed more cool stuff.”

able crowd as it hosted Mayor of Anaheim Tom Tait for an official ribbon cutting

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“It’s unique that you have a 35-year-old guy doing it. Usually, folks (starting breweries) are a little bit older,” Tait said. “It’s the largest (brewery in Anaheim) and, like all of them, I think it’s going to do really well.”

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LIFESTYLE 5 Clinic: Samaritans journey to Mexico TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

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Going on roughly 25 trips left Michaud with a sense of purpose.

“When you arrive, you can tell they’re really happy to see us,” Michaud said. “They’re just glad that we’re there and that we’re providing all these different supplies.”

Many people in El Hongo don’t have access to cars, making the trip to the clinic more daunting, but that doesn’t stop them.

“A few of them walk almost three hours to go to our clinic,” Michaud said.

When the Flying Samaritans aren’t in the area trying to provide patients with medication for the entire month, Rios said that there are government-run pharmacies in the town that people can go to. The club also has contacts at the clinic that inform members of what needs to be done during the time they are away.

Rachel Wood, a CSUF senior and health science major, has been a member of the Flying Samaritans for about two years.

During one trip, Wood was helping a partially blind woman and her children. As Wood was taking pictures for the clinic, she also took a picture of them. The woman, who spoke some English, told Wood that she had never had a picture taken of her family before.

“When I came home, I ended up getting the pictures developed, and I put them in a frame and I gave them back to her at the next clinic,” Wood said.

“She was very grateful for it. It was sweet.”

The Flying Samaritans also regularly visit the El Hongo orphanage.

The orphanage walls are painted a vibrant blue with bright-yellow arches, but it sits on a lot with no grass.

The children in the orphanage aren’t necessarily orphans, Rios said. Many of them are taken from their families because of a lack of provisions. Whatever the reason they’re there, however, the children are often left feeling unwanted.

The Flying Samaritans and physicians make an extra effort to make sure they don’t feel that way. Along with medical care, the group brings school supplies, toys and sports gear to give to the children.

Michaud said the December trips are particularly fun. During December, another group brings donations and Santa.

Wood and Rios laughed as they remembered Santa passing out presents as he sang.

“He just had a lot of character,” Wood said between laughs.

They donated hundreds of toys to the children for Christmas, and it was the reaction of the children that solidified Rios’ sense of purpose.

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You see the stray dogs, and the roads are kind of in a worn condition.

You look at the houses and you’re wondering, ‘How do they get by with what they have?’

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JOSEPH MICHAUD CSUF Alumnus & Former President of the Flying Samaritans “The pure joy that it elicited from the children – it was just, really moving,”

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CSUF students travel to a small medical clinic in El Hongo, Mexico every month where they supply medication and physicians while helping maintain the building’s structure.

Rios said.

Around 6 p.m., the students and physicians shuffle back into caravans to begin their trip home, sharing jokes through walkie-talkies and stopping for the occasional churro.

Before heading home, they stop for dinner to reconvene and share their experiences from the day.

By midnight, the Flying Samaritans flock back to CSUF and prepare for the next trip.

“I’m curious to see what our newest president, is excited about, what his vision is or what he might contribute,” Lehn-Mooney said. “I’d like it to go on long beyond me.”

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6 OPINION

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

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Pai not being sweet to net neutrality FCC chairman refuses to allow an open and free internet.

RISHU BHARDWAJ Opinion Editor

It takes no stretch of the imagination to guess that President Donald Trump would have brought America into the chaotic mess it’s become today. Trump’s been squabbling with the NFL and has revamped travel restrictions after nearly the entire world critiqued the first draft.

However, the one aspect that Trump himself isn’t smart enough to screw up on is the internet. Unfortunately, that task is left to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai. Though net neutrality doesn’t warrant picket signs

and celebrity outrage like a travel ban or an NFL callout, it is a vital issue and makes a big blow to today’s world.

With the influx of information, 62 percent of news is read on social media, according to the Pew Research Center.

It’s important that every form of interface is as unbiased and as easily accessible as possible so that the fears of George Orwell’s “1984” can stay fiction.

If the regulations of net neutrality are overturned, like Pai intends, internet service providers could throttle certain news outlets so they may be easier to access than others.

The news, as we consume it, could become one big agenda.

And with the help of Pai, Orwell may be rolling in his grave; that’s why it’s time to ditch Pai. Not only was he employed

by Verizon, a notoriously anti-consumer corporation that’s been aiding in Pai’s terribly greedy decisions, but Pai has been actively working against having a free and open internet.

Despite recent controversy

and increase in pressure, Pai has denied the public or any entity information that would otherwise help prevent the repealing of net neutrality regulations.

With three lawsuits by freelance journalists and a public request by nine senators to reconsider net neutrality regulations, the FCC is not looking too hot. Perhaps they need to lose some of their weight, and pie isn’t healthy.

Perhaps a shedding of weight might help, maybe a diet. Pie is no good for a diet.

The lawsuits against the FCC are harrowing enough to make them reconsider everything that’s going on.

With upwards of 22 million comments on the FCC’s page for net neutrality, there are around 1 million speaking out specifically in favor of the regulations. However, these are suspected to be fraudulent, according to Ars Technica.

Even with lawsuits filed and public outcry, the FCC continues to stay silent. It seems that millions of comments and multiple lawsuits won’t faze Pai. At a monthly FCC

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FCC chairman Ajit Pai continues to push his conservative agenda by rejecting any and all public outcry against his proposed reformations regarding net neutrality.

meeting Pai said, “The raw number is not as important as the substantive comments.”

It’s no shock that consumer opinion means as much to Pai as lawsuits do to the FCC. The question now is: What is there to do? If the chairman of the FCC won’t respond to the public’s outcry,

then what hope is there?

Thankfully, America is a pretty stellar place, one where if enough people come together and express an extreme opposition and displeasure to a certain public entity, that entity will be held responsible and hopefully extracted.

Now, this isn’t as easy as it sounds. The best way

to go about remedying the murky future of the internet is by telling the Senate to fire Pai by not reconfirming him at the end of the year.

The Free Press petition offers this service.

Hopefully, with enough votes and public notoriety, the Senate can give the internet the Christmas miracle it deserves.

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8 SPORTS Athletes shouldn’t be benched in politics

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

A career in sports doesn’t strip rights to speak on government.

HARRISON FAIGEN Managing Editor

Whenever a professional athlete tweets or does anything that can even be perceived as a political statement, a common refrain rings out in their notifications.

“Stick to sports,” cry out the egg avatars in unison, but President Donald Trump’s recent tiffs with the NBA and NFL have further emphasized that if politicians aren’t going to stick to politics, athletes should be free to talk about more than their day jobs as well.

It started Thursday at a campaign rally for Republican Senate candidate Luther Strange when Trump fired a shot across the bow of NFL players — most notably free agent Colin Kaepernick — kneeling during the National Anthem before games to protest inequality.

“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say ‘get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out. He’s fired’?”

Trump asked the crowd.

“Some owner is going to do that. Some guy that disrespects our flag, he’s fired …

For a week, (that owner will) be the most popular person in this country because that’s a total disrespect of

our heritage. That’s a total disrespect of everything that we stand for.”

Then, after two-time NBA MVP and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry said he would vote that the team decline any invitation to the White House to celebrate their 2017 championship, Trump made it clear no such invitation would be coming.

“Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!” Trump wrote in a tweet the day after Curry’s remarks.

The NBA community was quick to react, with Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James calling Trump a “bum” on Twitter and retired Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant tweeting that “a #POTUS whose name alone creates division and anger” and “whose words inspire dissension and hatred can’t possibly ‘Make America Great Again.’”

The top reply to Bryant’s tweet was telling him to “stick to basketball.”

The first reply to James’ was correcting his grammar, followed by a tweet comparing those participating in the Black Lives Matter movement to looters and murderers.

Responses like those are the reason athletes can’t be silent on these issues. Both leagues are predominantly made up of African-Americans, and Trump’s words minimizing the way the struggles of those communities give them as much of a right as anyone to speak up about societal injustice.

This is bigger than sports, and athletes have First Amendment rights to speak up for what they believe in

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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry opened the gates for other NBA star athletes to respond to President Donald Trump’s tweet uninviting Curry and the Warriors to the White House.

just as much as anyone else, especially because their words and actions have more potential to make a difference when it comes to getting people talking about the issues facing the country.

When Trump insinuates that athletes not wanting to stand for the anthem should be fired, or that Curry and his teammates shouldn’t be

welcome at the White House because he disagrees with Trump’s beliefs, he is attacking freedom of speech and freedom to demonstrate one’s beliefs, a core tenet of the American values he claims to be respecting.

Some people may not want politics in their sports because athletics are supposed to be an escape from

everyday life, but at no other job in America is anyone expected to only have thoughts about the place that employs them. Construction workers aren’t told to “stick to building things” when they express an opinion on politics on Facebook.

Athletes are humans with real thoughts and feelings just like anyone else, and

they are just as allowed to express them as any other person in America. Because if Trump thinks people should only be allowed to talk about what they do for work and nothing outside of it, he would’ve had to stick to being a failed businessman and pseudo-reality TV star instead of campaigning for president.

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