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The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Volume 106 Issue 43

Cal State Fullerton sued Pretrial

after student’s death

delayed to January Chris Chuyen Vo is facing a murder charge for the stabbing of Steven Chan. NOAH BIESIADA Asst. Editor

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The parents are suing the school and her sorority Chi Sigma Kappa for negligence and wrongful death.

The 19-year-old died of alcohol poisoning in March following a sorority event. JESSICA BENDA Editor

After a 19-year-old Cal State Fullerton student died from alcohol poisoning in March, her parents are suing the school and her sorority Chi Sigma Phi for negligence and wrongful death. Bea Castro had been rushing the sorority for months, a process that required heavy alcohol consumption. She attended an initiation on March 16, where she was forced to consume large amounts of alcohol on and oﬀ campus.

She died a day later after being found unresponsive at a private home in Garden Grove, and was pronounced dead from “acute ethanol intoxication.” The family is also seeking financial damages from the owner of the Garden Grove home where Castro was found, according to the OC Register. Chi Sigma Phi was a multicultural sorority, but is no longer on campus or recognized by CSUF, said Ellen Treanor, associate vice president of strategic communications. CSUF will be waiting for its lawyer to review the documents, according to Treanor. Less than a week after her death, a candlelight vigil was held

for Castro at the Becker Amphitheater at Cal State Fullerton. At the vigil, Castro’s sorority sister Vivian Ly shared how diﬃcult it was to cope with her death. “She was the one who made me whole. There’s a part of me missing now,” Ly said. “I hope she’s doing well up there, and I will see her soon.” Genesis Aguilar, one of Castro’s high school friends, also attended the vigil and spoke on her grief. “In my head she’s still here. To see her face, to see her name said, rest in peace and that she’s dead, its hitting home and it hurts,” said Aguilar. Fourteen fraternities at San Diego State were suspended in

November after the death of 19-year-old Dylan Hernandez. Following a fraternity event, Hernandez fell from his bunk bed and was hospitalized, where he died from accidental blunt force trauma to the head. It is unclear whether alcohol was involved, according to CNN. In January, an 18-year-old UC Irvine student and fraternity member Noah Domingo died of alcohol poisoning, resulting in the indefinite closure of UCI’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter. “We are so sorry for the grief suﬀered by the parents,” Treanor said. Baylee Maust contributed to this article.

Chris Chuyen Vo, the CSUF employee arrested on the charge of murdering former administrator Steven Chan, delayed his pretrial to January 10. Vo is charged with the murder of Chan, as well as special circumstance charges that could make him eligible for the death penalty if he is convicted on those counts. He has plead not guilty to all counts. Vo was arrested at his home in Huntington Beach, just two days after the murder of Chan that occurred in the College Park parking lot in August. Vo is represented by the law firm of Corrigan Welbourne Stokke, and was represented at his pretrial by Thomas Welbourne, a partner at the firm. Margaret Chan, Steven Chan’s widow, was present at the pre-trial as well as the arraignment on Oct. 4.

Titans fall From a dependent refugee to a in Titan religious freedom advocate Classic Women’s basketball lost to Delaware and Montana in the inaugural tournament. KASON CLARK Editor

A missed buzzer-beater capped off the weekend for Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball as they dropped both games in the inaugural Titan Classic hosted by Fullerton. The Titans suffered a narrow defeat to Montana, 7169, Saturday night after losing to Delaware, 72-55, the night before. After falling behind early against Montana, the Titan offense was fueled by a hot fourth-quarter start to get them back into the game. The Grizzlies held on to the win as CSUF junior guard Raina Perez, who is 12th in the country in points per game, missed the potential game-tying shot in the final seconds of the game. The teams went back-andforth at the beginning of the game as the Titans took the lead six minutes into the first quarter. SEE WINLESS 9

Tenzin Dorjee is a Cal State Fullerton professor who practices what he teaches. KIM PHAM Editor

“The one thing is to be respectful and open-minded about social-cultural diversity,” the human communications professor, Tenzin Dorjee tells his classes. From being a Tibetan refugee to being respected professor and religious freedom advocate, Dorjee has taken on every obstacle he has encountered to spread more compassion and knowledge to his students, international leaders and anyone willing to lend an ear. “I’m called professor, but what I know is very little, and there’s much more to be learned,” Dorjee said. Dorjee’s story is valuable not just because of the immense changes he has endured, but also from how he has continued to harbor a kind heart and positive outlook throughout his life, regardless of the circumstances. Born in Tibet, his parents fled with him to India when China had invaded, resulting in his status as a refugee. After mostly receiving a Tibetan education, it took him 10 years to complete all of his studies when he came to America. “I had no family members, nobody here and I was not young. But I was stubborn, and I pursued my dream, so now I’m a professor,” Dorjee said.

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Tenzin Dorjee teaches intercultural communication at CSUF with a focus

Before coming to America, Dorjee worked as a Tibetan translator in India, which was where he was first exposed to the professional value of good communication. While he initially wanted to go into the medical field, a lack of resources prevented him from doing so. However, that missed opportunity led him to his true calling in the field of communication, where his past experiences built him into the compassionate educator and

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person that he is today. “Don’t regret the things you couldn’t do, be happy and rejoice in what you could do,” Dorjee said. Despite being faced with limitations for what he could do in his career, Dorjee has always been open to experiences that he can learn and enrich from. This prompted him to consider several options within the realm of communications before settling on his final career course.

“I came here and thought, ‘Maybe I’ll become a journalist,’ but then I learned that I don’t like an everyday deadline hanging over my head,” Dorjee said. Dorjee realized that communication had been an integral part of his life and his work with translation services. At the same time, his past as a refugee and beliefs as a Buddhist made him fall in love with intercultural communication and similar studies. “That has shaped my perceptions, how I see the world, how I manage relationships and how I develop compassion, motivation and kindness to make contributions to the local community and global community,” Dorjee said. Dorjee began his educational career in the U.S. at Santa Monica Community College. After transferring and graduating from Long Beach State, he continued his education at the UC Santa Barbara for his doctorate in intercultural communication. Dorjee has never taken a break since graduating. Today he teaches four classes while also doing research with graduate students, he volunteers at a Buddhist temple on Sundays and holds the position as chair of the U.S. Commission for Religious Freedom. “I tell myself, ‘You can’t do everything,’ it’s a good excuse,” Dorjee said, as he works at the university for six days a week while balancing community work. SEE HUMAN 7

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MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2019

The public addresses the CSU chancellor search

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Emma Gibson, Cal Poly Pomona’s interim dean for the University Library, speaks in front of the Board of Trustees Special Committee at Cal Poly Pomona.

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The search for a new California State University chancellor continued with an open forum held at Cal Poly Pomona, on Nov. 22, to gather input from students, faculty and staﬀ on new leadership in the CSU. This was the fourth in a series of six forums to consider the selection of a new CSU chancellor following the announcement of Chancellor Tim White’s retirement after the 2019-20 academic year. The forum was hosted by the Board of Trustees Special Committee and gave CSU faculty, students and the general public the chance to voice their needs and concerns to the board during

the selection process. White served in the position for eight years, and under his supervision, the CSUs instituted the Graduation 2025 initiative to increase four-year graduation rates by 2025. White’s resignation comes on the heels of the revelation that the CSU had $1.5 billion held in a special fund that was exposed during a state audit of the CSU’s finances last year. Members of the committee sat listening to students and faculty members from various CSUs. The session was held to provide visitors with the opportunity to reflect on the characteristics, skills and experience they hope to see in a new chancellor, said Cal Poly Pomona President, Soraya M. Coley. CSUF faculty member and librarian Mark Bilby attended the forum to make sure that CSUF had a voice in the process and to advocate for more

open access policies along with linguistic diversity. Bilby said the future chancellor should be somebody who emphasizes academic literature, research and is aware of worldwide issues. He also voiced his concern on the lack of linguistically-diverse curriculum throughout the CSUs. “We have so many Spanish speakers, Korean speakers, Vietnamese speakers, Mandarin speakers in our community all around us, and when I walk around my campus, I hear that. And when I walk around my community, I hear that. But in our classrooms, I don’t hear that, and when I look at our curriculum, I don’t see that,” Bilby said. The main characteristic Bilby looks for in the next chancellor revolves around diversifying each university. He added that the educational system and state do not appreciate and respect diversity of linguistics. “We talk about diversity, but

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Staff and students voiced their concerns at an open forum at Cal Poly Pomona.

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We need leadership at the very top that recognizes that we live in a linguistically and culturally diverse world where knowledge is coming at us in a lot of different ways and forms.

MARK BILBY Assistant Librarian, Scholarly Communications Lecturer at CSUF. we don’t actually practice diversity in terms of languages in our courses, in our programs,” Bilby said. “We need leadership at the very top that recognizes that we live in a linguistically and culturally diverse world where knowledge is coming at us in a lot of different ways and forms.” Cal Poly Pomona’s ASI oﬃcer of civic engagement, Samantha Fidel, said the new chancellor should push for diversity and inclusion training for staﬀ and administration.

“I do get broken hearted when I hear the experiences of students who do not feel welcomed on this campus. I have heard plenty of my colleagues speak to me about how they feel discouraged when they speak to their administrators and their professors,” Fidel said. The next open forum for the chancellor search will be held on Tuesday at Cal State San Marcos in the Student Union Ballroom. The board plans to announce their selection for the chancellor at their board meeting in March.

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MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2019

First Palestinian American congresswoman visits Fullerton

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The Arab American Civic Council invited Rep. Rashida Tlaib to answer student questions at the Maverick Theater on Nov. 23.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib encouraged young Arab Americans to run for office. SOPHIA ACEVEDO Editor

as the oldest daughter of 14 children in Detroit, which she says shaped much of who she is today. She also spoke about how it took seven different people for her to run for office in Michigan. “It was finally the last person that said, ‘You know, Rashida, people like us never think about running for office and that’s the problem,’” Tlaib said. “Especially people of color, women, we tend to seek out permission to run for office.” Though Tlaib is representative of Michigan and not a California district, Al-Dabbagh said he felt that it was important for students to have a discussion with her and feel empowered enough to contact their own members of Congress. “We heard her encouraging that when she told one of the audience members to contact Katie Porter directly and speak to her about his concerns. And that’s what we are trying to encourage,” Al-Dabbagh said. Students and local community

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress, visited Fullerton on Nov. 23 at the Maverick Theater to speak with college students and local community members. The Arab American Civic Council hosted the intimate Q&A session between the congresswoman and students from local universities, encouraging Arab American students in particular to become politically involved. “My reasoning to bring her here is to have her communicate directly with all students, mainly Arab American students because they feel disempowered, they feel like they can’t voice

their opinions or their votes or opinions don’t matter. I wanted to make sure that they can have that discussion,” said Rashad Al-Dabbagh, executive director of the council. Johanna Mustafa, a community figure in Orange County, said Arab Americans tend to be politically inactive for good reasons. “People are afraid to be politically active, especially when they come from an Arab or Muslim background because we are often under attack,” Mustafa said. “Providing safe spaces for community to come together, especially when we’re bringing elected oﬃcials who actually represent us in Congress, I feel like that’s really important. Having Tlaib visit Fullerton allowed people to ask more questions and encouraged those who would usually be shy to ask tougher questions in a safe space, Mustafa said. Tlaib connected to the Fullerton community by first laying out the story of her childhood roots

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members raised several questions, ranging from gerrymandering and Facebook advertisements to wealth taxes and current democratic candidates running for president. Tlaib encouraged the community to work together to face large issues that can aﬀect them. “When I think about access to clean water in most of my schools in Detroit, I think of the West Bank, the occupied areas. And so much of the times that I see oppression of my black brothers and sisters, I see what happens to my cousins under occupation,” Tlaib said. “Don’t wait until it’s us.” Andrew Levy, Cal State Fullerton student and president of the College Democrats of CSUF, attended the event to ask the congresswoman about conflicts about Israel, the treatment of Palestinians and “Medicare for All.” “It’s extremely important for us to hear what she has to say and what her plans are for the

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future of the party. As you know, the party is changing right now, we’re getting a lot more progressive Democrats, which is in my opinion, great,” Levy said. Kareem Youssef, a UCLA student and community organizer based in Los Angeles, said that he is glad to have someone like her in Congress. “I’m looking forward to the next election cycle for more Congress people to bring in. More people like her, I think, will strengthen this country’s pursuit toward justice,” said Youssef. Tlaib encouraged young Arab Americans to run for oﬃce many who she said don’t have a seat at the table around the issues that matter to Arab Americans. “Sometimes we don’t feel like we’re being heard or seen,” Tlaib said. “People like us when we run for oﬃce, we finally feel like we can actually have input on issues that impact us.” Hosam Elattar contributed to this article.

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MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2019

Proposed CSU admission requirement under fire

Some critics claim that the system’s proposal limits access to students of color. HOSAM ELATTAR Editor

A recently proposed fourthyear quantitative reasoning requirement to enter the California State University has come under fire from students — some who interrupted November’s Board of Trustees meeting in protest of the requirement. CSU administrators are preparing to vote on the highly debated additional quantitative reasoning requirement in January. The board responsible for educational policy adjourned their November meeting temporarily as protesters demanded that their voices should be heard. During the meeting, students could be heard chanting “When our schools are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back.” Trustee Peter J. Taylor motioned to adjourn the meeting temporarily because of the student disruption, and Chairman Adam Day obliged. Among the protesters were members of Cal State Fullerton’s Students for Quality Education,

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I struggled to transfer to Cal State Fullerton with the quantitative reasoning requirements that were already in place at the time.

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who came to the meeting to rally against the proposed additional requirement. The requirements would affect first-time freshmen entering a CSU, starting in 2026, and would oﬃcially separate CSU requirements from those of the UC system. Quantitative reasoning includes mathematics, as well as variations of critical thinking and real-world application. The CSU wants to incorporate an additional year because they say it will ensure students who enter the system from diﬀerent backgrounds are prepared for various career paths. According to Students for Quality Education, researchers, advocates and activists said the proposed policy systematically keeps students of color from accessing the state system. Maria Linares, Associated Students’ board vice chair and a Students for Quality Education member, was one of the students who spoke out at the meeting. She pleaded that the board vote against adding the requirement. “I struggled to transfer to Cal State Fullerton with the quantitative reasoning requirements that were already in place at the time. It took me an extra year to transfer because of the math requirements. I almost dropped out of school because I believed higher education was not for me,” Linares said during public comments. Sharon Elise, the associate vice president of racial and social justice for California Faculty Association, also spoke out against the requirement. “Let’s talk about the irony of the CSU advancing a new admissions requirement for quantitative reasoning that is prohibitive to student access while pushing against ethnic studies that is conducive to student of color access,” Elise said during public comments. The requirement has been brought up at trustee meetings in the past, and the trustees have talked with stakeholders

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including improvements to the proposal based oﬀ those conversations ,said Loren Blanchard, executive vice chancellor of academic and student aﬀairs. “Academic preparation is key to ensuring authentic access, particularly with regard to quantitative reasoning skills which are critical to success in college, in the workforce and in daily life,” Blanchard said. David Turner, a lecturer in Africana Studies at Cal State Dominguez Hills, said he did not attribute his success to the four years of math he took in high school and that the requirement would not improve equity at the CSU. “Investing in ethnic studies, investing in educational opportunity programs and investing in mentorship programs, these are the things that will help improve

equity,” Turner said. According to the California Department of Education, 93% of admitted CSU first-time applicants already meet the proposed requirement. Eleni Kounalakis, lieutenant governor of California, said the data provided does not create a foundation for such a dramatic change in admission requirements and encouraged the board not to support the proposal during November’s trustees meeting. “Adding a fourth year of quantitative reasoning is not going to impact significantly our graduation rates if 93% of students are already coming in with a fourth year. That’s just very basic math that frankly doesn’t require a fourth year of quantitative reasoning to understand,” Kounalakis said.

The CSU’s Academic Senate passed a resolution and has consistently supported the proposed additional quantitative reasoning requirement. “It also recommends consistent with many of the comments here today that the CSU continue to work with our K-12 partners to implement the proposal and eliminate negative impacts on underserved districts and students,” said Catherine Nelson, academic senate chair. CSU Chancellor Tim White said the proposal has innumerous safety valves to assure it will not negatively aﬀect any student in California. “The nature of work in the future will require more quantitative reasoning. We want underserved students to be competitive in the future of work,” White said.

OC Weekly shut down before Thanksgiving The alternative newspaper was one of the few local news outlets in the county. HOSAM ELATTAR Editor

“Adios Motherf-----!” OC Weekly tweeted out after its owner, the Duncan Mcintosh Company, shut down the weekly newspaper the day before Thanksgiving. “It was probably one of the most difficult weeks of my professional career in journalism and having it arrive the day before Thanksgiving certainly wasn’t helpful,” said Gabriel San Roman, a former staff writer with OC Weekly. The award-winning paper was established in September 1995 and had a circulation of 60,000, reaching more than 500,000 readers a week. OC Weekly was one of the few local media outlets in Orange County. The Duncan McIntosh Company has not released a statement at this time about the shutdown. The company also shut down Boating World and Sea Magazine, according to former OC Weekly staff writer Anthony Pignataro, who wrote most of the tweet. “I’m not going to pull punches here, it wouldn’t have cost McIntosh anything substantial to keep all these magazines open through the New Year,” Pignataro said. “[He] rather just put everyone out of work the day before Thanksgiving. I mean it’s just appalling.” Pignataro said a full staff meeting was called on Nov. 25 at the company offices where the publisher announced the shutdown would take place and handed out termination packets. “Monday morning we get there, and everyone was kind of somber,” Pignataro said. “It was the first time since I’d been there that the entire staff had been in one location.” After OC Weekly was shut down, there was an attempt to sell the paper, but the purchase fell through because the potential owner wanted to cut the entire freelance budget and implement a 30% pay cut, Pignataro said. Pignataro said the company had already implemented a series of cuts to try and improve the paper’s finances. “We figured since we were enduring these series of cuts that there was a point to them and that things were going to VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM

get better and that this would ensure the life-long survivability of the paper,” Pignataro said. The shutdown was not a surprise for San Roman, who said with the freelance budget cuts, cuts to editorial, quiet layoffs and a page count reduction there was not much left to cut. “In the terms of death by a thousand cuts — the thousandth cut comes and there’s nothing left and that’s where I felt we had arrived and Monday’s morning meeting confirmed that. There was nothing left to cut except the entire operation itself,” San Roman said. He said that when the Duncan McIntosh Company took over OC Weekly in 2016, there was enthusiasm in the newsroom about being returned to local Orange County ownership, and the paper was winning awards. “Very publicly, very visibly that began to turn in October 2017 when former editor Gustavo Arellano resigned rather than implement 50% budget cuts to the newsroom,” San Roman said. Arellano now works as a features writer for the Los Angeles Times, and said OC Weekly was a Southern California institution. “To see such a vibrant, hell-raising paper go is terrible. The fact that someone couldn’t supposably make money off it and so had to sell it is a testament to the stupidity of the owner, and not the hard work of the staff,” Arellano said. For Pignataro, the end of OC Weekly contributes to what he calls the “news desert” that is Orange County. He said print media as it were in the county is dying, and the model for funding a newspaper is outdated. For San Roman, the end of the paper is a hit to long-form journalism in the county. “Long-form journalism is essential to the weekly brand and with the paper folding, where does that long-form journalism continue? Week after week we published what we wanted to be read as compelling by readership,” San Roman said. “The OC Weekly represented something unique that can’t be replaced.” Arellano said the only people celebrating the demise of the paper are corrupt politicians and white supremacists, two groups the paper would frequently write about. “OC Weekly was a refuge for freaks and geeks who wanted to do uncompromising journalism who wanted to talk s--- with facts,” Arellano said. “Comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable.”

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MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2019

Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield are faithful to the series Latest mainline entry brings the series has seen in a while. This game ties it all togethit to the home console after er by weaving in the Pokémon 23 years. world with the real one. TakDANIEL VENEGAS Staff Writer

As long as the Pokémon series had been around, fans of the franchise have been counting the days for a game in the mainline series to drop on home consoles. After 23 long years, Pokémon fans finally got their wish with the first mainline entries in the series with Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield — lucky for them, it was worth the wait. Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield is not a radical departure from its handheld counter parts. Players are still able to choose a water, grass or fire starter to accompany them on their quest to defeat eight gyms and become league champion. However, it improves on the formula that fans enjoy, while adding some much needed quality improvements that gamers have wanted for years. Best of all, the latest installments are the first games to match the spectacle of battling Pokémon in arenas depicted in the anime, as well as the first to give players a taste of an open world where they can catch diﬀerent Pokémon in a new setting where the adventure takes place. The Galar Region Players once again play as a new trainer starting out on their journey to become league champion in their native region. The rival and friend, Hop, is there to help guide the way to challenge the prolific champion in the region, who happens to be his brother. Game Freak likes to set their Pokémon game in fictitious regions inspired by real world locales. The games take place in the Galar Region, inspired by the United Kingdom. This influence is felt in every aspect of the game. Non-playable characters speak to you in the British English. Rolling hillsides and grassy knolls carpet most of the map, giving way to cities housing a mixture of medieval, gothic and modern architecture, with a few British landmarks replicated across the landscape. The entire region is obsessed with Pokémon battling, much in the same way England is obsessed with soccer. Every major town has an arena built to house their local Pokémon club, named as a gym. It is a big reason the game succeeds so well at creating some of the most exciting battles

ing cues from the movie “Detective Pikachu” and last year’s Pokémon Let’s Go series, the Galar region features Pokémon out of their “Poké Balls” and walking around the same routes and streets as the player. Pokémon will spawn in and around tall grass, allowing players the option to engage them in a battle if they want to catch them or gain some experience. Rare Pokémon spawns present themselves to players who walk through the grass, creating an exclamation point over their area. It is a welcome feature that makes it much easier to explore routes without the worry of getting swarmed every two steps by the annoyance of unnecessary battles. Hopefully, it becomes the new standard for catching Pokémon in future entries, but the real draw in the new games is the introduction of the wild area. The Wild Area While many were hoping this would be the Pokémon game to finally give a complete open world gameplay, gamers are going to have to settle for open area instead. Make no mistake, the wild area is a step towards that dream. The wild area allows players to roam and catch Pokémon to their heart’s content. It stretches almost two-thirds of the map, weaving around several major cities. The area features various areas that range from forest, lakes and desert terrains, all with their own weather systems. However, It is a bit jarring to lead the character through rain, shine and snow, all in a matter of seconds. The weather determines the spawn rates of diﬀerent types of Pokémon. Some Pokémon only come when it rains, whereas others come out in the snow, and the wild area follows the same format of Pokémon spawning as the routes in the game. Seeing wild high-level Pokémon like Gyarados or Onix tower over you as they walk by is surreal at first, but it quickly turns into frustration during the early stages of the game. The games allow you to encounter these powerful Pokémon early on and even battle them, but you cannot catch them until you have the proper gym badge. It does not make sense, as there are already mechanics in place to prevent trainers from using too powerful Pokémon in the game early on. To not even allow a

trainer to catch a Pokémon brings into question the purpose of having them appear early on in the first place. Thankfully, there are other ways of getting Pokémon with good statistics in the form of “Max Raid Battles.” Taking inspiration from Pokémon Go, the raid battles involve players taking on a giant, super-powered version of regular Pokémon, with an opportunity to catch them if they defeat it. Scattered across the map are beacons that can spawn these Pokémon for trainers to take on. The raids range from one to five stars, increasing in diﬃculty with each star. Tackling these raids on your own works for lower star raids, but once you reach the fivestar raids, it becomes important to have other players assist as these Pokémon can devastate your Pokémon with one shot. Unfortunately during online sessions in the wild area, the game really begins to drop as the area begins to populate with other players from around the world. The framerate in this area takes a huge, sustained dip that can be frustrating to play. It takes what was an enjoyable race through the wild and slows it to a crawl. It does not completely ruin the experience, but I found myself only connecting to the internet when I really needed other players to assist in taking down a tough raid. When not tackling monster-sized Pokémon in the wild, players can set up camp anywhere in the wild area to spend time with their Pokémon. Camping in this game is an evolution of the Pokémon-Amie mode from the recent Nintendo 3DS Pokémon games. Players can now watch all the Pokémon in their party interact with them, as well as with each other. Players can also use toy balls to play fetch with their Pokémon in order to bond with the Pokémon and receive extra experience points. Those bonuses extend to one of the more fun activities while camping, which is curry cooking. Ingredients like berries have always been in the game, but now they can be mixed with other special ingredients to cook curry for yourself and your Pokémon. There are dozens of recipes to discover that can have benefits like restoring health and increasing experience points. The cooking is not as in-depth as the cooking in games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but it is still an enjoyable experience discovering all the diﬀerent recipes. Camping with your Pokémon is all good and fun, but battling

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well-trained Pokémon is at the heart of becoming the very best. The latest entries leverage the increased graphical prowess of the Nintendo Switch to make these battles the most immersive to date. Battling and Dynamaxing As mentioned earlier, Galar is a region that is obsessed with Pokémon battles. In these games, trainers still battle eight gyms, but there are a few twists to the formula. Like in the Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon titles, players must complete a challenge before battling the gym leader. These games can be fun aside from sometimes, especially the version-exclusive gyms, but often, they felt like they just got in the way of the main event — the gym battles. Gym battles are a bit of a misnomer. Like the spectacle that soccer is in the UK, so too are the battles in regards to the gym battles and championship series. The gyms are not gyms anymore — they are giant arenas packed with fans cheering their trainers on. It is in these battles where the games truly shine. After completing the mini-game that precedes the battle, players walk through a tunnel that leads to the field to challenge the gym leader. There is nothing quite like having a packed arena with fans chanting along to the music to sell the fact these are proper spectacles. The in-game camera switches to borders and hovers around the stadium during the battle, giving the illusion that players are watching it from home on the TV. But battling in a giant arena is not the only thing bigger and better this time around. The Galar region is known for a phenomenon known as “Dynamaxing,” and it allows trainers to grow one of their Pokémon to gigantic proportions once per match, similar to how they do in the raid battles. Your Pokémon, while in this form, gain increased health and access to special moves that transform their regular attacks in to stadium-shattering attacks. It only lasts for three turns, so it forces players to choose wisely which Pokémon they Dynamax and when. Some Pokémon in the game also have the ability to reach a special form of Dynamaxing, known as “Gigantamaxing.” In this state, special Pokémon undergo an appearance transformation in not only size, but physical features, with the added benefit of a special move unique to that Pokémon. Pikachu turns into a giant version of himself, similar to its original design. Meowth turns into a stretched-out cat that looks like it is being dangled. It is an incredible mechanic

that really sells just how larger than life these battles can be. What is frustrating, however, is that Pokémon with the Gigantamax ability can only be found in diﬃcult raid battles, where tackling the giant Pokémon with three other people is a necessity. The Pokédex Pokémon is a special case in gaming, as it consistently introduces new monsters to catch in every new entry, while never leaving the older monsters behind. Got a Pokémon you caught 10 years ago? No problem, you can still import it to the recent game. And this was true until these games. Much has been made about the exclusion of many people’s favorite Pokémon, or the ability to transfer them to this game. Though not being able to bring your best Pokémon buddies to your new adventure is a downside, the entries softens the blow by filling the game with the largest number of catchable Pokémon in any game to date. With a Pokédex that hovers around 400 Pokémon, there is definitely no shortage of Pokémon to catch. There are around 80 brand-new Pokémon introduced in the newest installments. There are Pokémon exclusive to each version as well, with the poster children being the legendary Zacian or Zamazenta. The new Pokémon designs as a whole are pretty fantastic. The starter choices are adorably designed, with their evolutions mostly hitting the mark. Pokémon like Corviknight and Rolycoly, with their respective raven and coal motifs, really sell that these Pokémon come from the Galar region. Like in Pokémon Sun and Moon, the Galar region is home to variations of your favorite Pokémon from older games. The regional variations and new Pokémon designs are fantastic, easily becoming a standout compared to recent Pokémon from other regions. Conclusion Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield takes the standard battle formula and achieves new heights with the introduction of stadium battles and Dynamaxing. Finally, players can get a taste of the excitement Ash Ketchum’s battles portrayed in the anime. The raids are also a nice touch, adding replayability a cooperative dimension to the game, aside from battling and raiding. While the wild area in online mode still needs work, it shows promise and presents a glimpse of what Pokémon could be in the future if it were to embrace a truly open and online world.

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MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2019

W A V E S Follow a family into deep trenches and darker tragedies Movie

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Incapsulating visual and musical elements tell a story of love, loss and healing. KIM PHAM Editor

“Love is patient, love is kind, love is not rude, it doesn’t boast. Love also forgets wrong,” said a preacher from the family’s church. “Waves” follows the struggles of a suburban family, focusing on the downward spiral of the family’s children, as seemingly minor decisions lead to broken relationships, lost love and murder. Everything about the film, from the visuals, soundtrack, camera angles and plot are transcendent. What was supposed to be a film about family portrayed so much more, incorporating relationship issues as it is practiced in the world today. A single-shot panning view of Tyler, played by Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Alexis, played by Alexa Demie, happily singing in the car set the idea of their relationship up for disappointment as viewers could predict their happiness will quickly burn out. That’s exactly what happened. Following a turn of events where Tyler’s shoulder injury loses him a future in wrestling, news of Alexis’ pregnancy did not comfort him either. A conflict over aborting the baby ensued, leading to their breakup and Tyler’s mental fall. In an attempt to win Alexis back, Tyler approaches her at a party under the influence of painkillers, coupled with the smell of alcohol on his breath. In a heated argument where more than abusive words were exchanged, Tyler had lost Alexis once again and this time for good. Writer and director Trey Edward Shults outdid himself with this scene — tears ran down Tyler’s face while he sat in the backseat of

a cop car. The tears continued on the other end as his mom watched him get arrested, thinking about where she went wrong and how she could have stopped him. Red and blue lights turned purple as they switched back and forth on the silhouette of his face before he could realize everything he had done. To everyone’s dismay, this could have all been avoided if he had communicated with his parents about the tear in his shoulder instead of feeling pressured to break his body to impress his demanding father. Tyler’s actions and the consequences that followed were not out of the realm of possibilities. It was, however, overdramatic. The only issue he endured that was out of his control was an injury, but everything that followed could have easily been avoided with a little communication. It can be argued that Tyler’s father, Ronald, played by Sterling

K. Brown, is the one to blame for Tyler’s hesitation in being honest with his family. Ronald places a lot of pressure on Tyler to succeed in school, work and life. While that’s something many young adults can relate to, especially those with immigrant parents or have families who have been oppressed, it’s an insuﬃcient excuse for Tyler’s destructive behavior. The film takes an interesting turn when the protagonist switches from Tyler to his sister, Emily, played by Taylor Russell. While Tyler atones for his crimes behind bars, Emily suﬀers her brother’s mistakes by being socially outcasted at school, that is until Luke, played by Lucas Hedges. Emily’s narrative is as painfilled as it is beautiful. Her pain was manifested from the tortured flame of her brother’s trauma. While Tyler let that flame scorch his life, Emily used it as a means to grow into someone

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MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2019

Human: Educator spreads knowledge and acceptance

CONTINUED FROM 1 Dorjee said that one of the most rewarding experiences and privileges of his career is being able to serve on the commission. After receiving a surprise call from Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, in which he was invited to apply to the commission, he was formally nominated to the commission in December 2016. Two years later, Dorjee was unanimously elected to serve as chair of the commission for one year. “And that’s historic, I don’t think it ever would have happened,” Dorjee said. “So I’m the first Tibetan American to chair the commission in history.” Dorjee grew up as a dependent refugee in India, and said that to come from a place of oppression and serve in a position of authority where one can make a diﬀerence in the world, was one of the greatest honors he could ask for. “As a refugee, you’re victim of all kinds of oppressions you can

think of. You lost your country, your family got killed or persecuted and your country is still under invasion. After all these things, I became a commissioner,” Dorjee said. As a member of the commission, his responsibilities include travelling around the world to meet with world leaders to advocate for and discuss eﬀorts to promote the organization’s mission in defending the right to religion. “During the break, I travelled to Burma and Iraq as the commissioner. So, I met with high-level government oﬃcials or the religious leaders and members of the civil society and youth group to learn about the religious freedom conditions there,” Dorjee said. Despite his busy schedule, Dorjee would not have it any other way. To this day he is still a bachelor, as the love he holds for his work does not leave him much time to find a lover, but the band on his ring finger instead

represents his faith and the values he believes and teaches. “The symbol on this is my name, Dorjee,” he said. “This has a big symbolic meaning in Buddhism, it means indestructibility, and it represents, in some sense, some part of enlightenment which I aspire for.” From traveling and promoting religious freedom to world leaders, to leading a casual conversation in his human communication classes, Dorjee never ceases to practice what he professes. Transitioning from a dependent refugee to a representative of the U.S., Dorjee had struggled with his refugee mindset and how to balance the power and privilege that came with this prestigious position. “I could really experience this now. It’s not only theoretical, it’s a practical situation,” Dorjee said. “This all helps me with the identity negotiation, conflict management, the things I teach

and do research (on).” With much wisdom to spread and lessons to teach from the events he has encountered in his life, Dorjee’s responsibility as an educator, allows him to constantly learn from not only his

own research but from his students as well. “Always choose a job or profession you will enjoy doing all of your life, otherwise it’s not worth it,” Dorjee said. “Somehow, you got to keep yourself happy.”

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8 Sports

MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2019

CSUF takes one of three in Cable Car Classic

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Josh Pitts and other Titans warming up before their homecoming game against Stanislaus State on Nov. 16.

The Titans beat Southeast Missouri State before losing to Denver and host Santa Clara in the tournament. TAMEKA POLAND Asst. Editor

The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team grabbed a win from one of three games during the Cable Car Classic tournament in Santa Clara. After the Titans suffered their biggest loss of the season to Hofstra, 79-57, they hit the road to the Cable Car Classic in Santa Clara, California. Hoping to bounce back from the loss, CSUF took on Southeast Missouri State on Wednesday to start off game one of the tournament at the Leavey Center. CSUF started the game with six quick points in the first two minutes of the game. Throughout the first seven minutes of the game, the teams went back-and-forth with both teams matching shot for shot. With just over a minute to play before the end of the half, Fullerton pulled away with a 5-0 run. The second half started out the same with Fullerton still pressing on the gas and not letting up. As the game remained close, both teams scored 26 points in the second half, but that was not enough for the Redhawks as the Titans took the win, 64-57. The Titans shot 42% from the field and 33% from the 3-point line and 62% from the free-throw line. This game was a total team effort as CSUF recorded 39 rebounds, 12 assists and 11 steals against the Redhawks. Both teams had 28 points in the paint equally accounting for numerous turnovers. The Titans’ bench was outscored 24-to14 and only had a slight edge on fast break points. Sophomore guard Wayne Arnold was the leading scorer for the Titans with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks. This marks the fifth-straight game for Arnold scoring 10 or more points, a season high for him, and the most points he ever scored in his career against a Division 1 team. Senior Austen Awosika was the second leading scorer with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, while fellow veteran Brandon Kamga chipped in with 8 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals. Fresh off a win against Southeast Missouri State and with just one day of rest in between games on Friday, the Titans were ready to tackle their next opponent, Denver. This game started off slow, and for the first few minutes, the score was tied, 6-6. The Titans went on a 5-0 run for the next five minutes until a Pioneer trip to the charity stripe stopped their run. For the next three minutes, both teams went scoreless. Both teams scored 30 points in the first half. Denver started the second half with four quick points. With nearly 14 minutes left in the game, the game was tied, 42-42. The Titans gained some momentum and went on a 9-0 run to take a 59-46 lead with nine minutes remaining. However, CSUF went ice cold with in the final nine minutes of the game, which left the door open for Denver to cut into the lead. For the remaining minutes, the Titans could not drain a basket. As time wound down and the clock showed just 23 seconds left, Fullerton was up 62-61. Then, a foul put Denver on the line to take the lead, 63-62. A turnover contributed to a continued lack of offensive production, costing the Titans the game as it ended at the free throw line, 65-62. The Titans shot 44% from the field and 20% from the 3-point line and 66.7% from the free throw line. Both teams battled on the boards with the Titans VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM

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Johnny Wang going for the opening tip-off against Stanislaus State’s Luis Salgado (14).

grabbing 30 rebounds and Denver with 32 . Fullerton had 10 assists, 34 points in the paint, six fast break points and 13 points from the bench. For this game, the Titans had three players with double-digit points. Senior Austen Awosika was the leading scorer for the team with 18 points, five rebounds, one assist and one steal. Senior Davon Clare scored 12 points, while recording a career high in assists with six and steals with three. Sophomore Wayne Arnold added 11 points, six rebounds and one block, giving him his sixth straight game with more than 10 points. Fullerton won the first game, lost the second and needed to find a way to win their last game against the Santa Clara Broncos. Fullerton started their last game of the tournament down 16 points with nearly 15 minutes left in the first half. The team continued to struggle on both the oﬀensive and defensive sides of the ball. After 10 minutes without a made shot, they found themselves down at a large deficit, 21-2. The game continued to get away from them at the end of the first half, 42-19. The Titans did find a way to fight back in the second half by cutting the lead to 12 with a little over 10 minutes left to play at 51-39, but time was getting away from CSUF. With under two minutes, the light at the end of the tunnel was fading for the Titansas Denver maintained a 16-point lead. The Titans could not find the rim as they lost, 70-55. Fullerton shot 34.5% from the field and 25% from the 3-point line and 81.3% from the free throw line. Even though both teams had a total team eﬀort with 35 rebounds, over 30 points in the paint and just six fast break points, the Titans’ bench was outscored, 17-to-6, and had 15 turnovers. Titans had three players in scoring in double digits with senior Kamga leading the way for the team with 18 points, four rebounds, two assists and three steals. Awosika had his sixth-straight game scoring at least 10 points with 12 and two assists. Clare added 10 points, nine rebounds, three assists and one block. Next game for the Titans will be at Alex G. Spanos Center, in Stockton to play the Pacific Tigers on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2019

Volleyball freshman named to conference team

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Julia Crawford serving the ball against UC San Diego on Aug. 24.

Julia Crawford and Savahna Costello were honored by the Big West. KASON CLARK Editor

The Big West recognized Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball by naming Julia Crawford to the All-Big West First Team and Freshman Team, while Savahna Costello was named an honorable mention. Crawford finished the season fourth in the conference by recording 3.87 kills per set and eighth in the conference with 2.89 digs per set. The Lakewood native was the first Titan since 2014 with 368 kills and 398.5 total points for the season. Her 368 kills was the fifth best for any Big West players this season. The outside hitter had six matches where she recorded at

least 20 kills, including a career-high of 27 against Prairie View A&M in a 3-2 victory on Sept. 14. She also recorded 11 double-doubles this season. Crawford is the ninth CSUF volleyball player to earn a First Team selection, and the first since Kayla Neto in 2012. Costello received a Big West Honorable Mention for her play her junior season. She led the Big West by averaging 5.31 digs per set and led the conference with 531 total digs, 100 more than Hailey Harward from Long Beach State in second place. Her dig average was 13th in the entire NCAA. Her total number of digs was the sixth most in Titan single-season history. She recorded double digits in digs in every match, except for two games, this season and had 37 digs against Cal State Northridge in a 3-1 home loss on Nov. 8. Costello is currently sixth all-time in

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Savahna Costello making a play on the ball against the UC San Diego Tritons.

program history for total digs. Along with Crawford and Costello, the Big West recognized CSUF Head Coach Ashley Preston as the co-coach of the year along with Hawaii’s Robyn Ah Mow. The Titans ended their season on the road with a two-match losing streak. They were swept by

UC Santa Barbara and they lost, 3-1, to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Against UCSB, Crawford recorded eight kills while Costello had 10 digs. In their season finale against Cal Poly SLO, Crawford performed better as she led the Titans with 18 kills on a 0.302 hit percentage while also recording eight digs. Costello led the Titans

with 11 digs. The Titans finished 12-15 this season, including a 4-12 record in Big West play. That is the most wins overall for the volleyball program since the 2012 season and their most conference wins since 2013, but failed to make it into a postseason tournament.

Winless: Missed buzzer-beater ends comeback

CONTINUED FROM 1 However, Montana began to get into a rhythm, ending the first 10 minutes of the game on a 14-2 run for an 11-point lead. Montana carried the momentum into the second quarter to build a 33-16 lead with a little under five minutes left in the first half. Before letting the game get away from them, the Titans went on a run of their own to cut the deficit to 39-28 at halftime. The Titans were aided during this stretch by a pair of 3-pointers from Taylor Turney and Anniken Frey. Once the second half began, Montana regained control of the game, extending their lead early on with 16 points. CSUF stuck around in the game as they went on small runs to cut the deficit to single digits, but the Grizzlies would extend their lead back to a double-digit deficit. The Titans ended the third quarter with a 3-pointer from Gill to cut Montana’s lead, 60-53. The Titans came out on fire to start the fourth quarter, going on an 11-1 run to begin the final 10 minutes of play. Perez scored five straight points during the stretch to give Fullerton their first lead since the first quarter, leading 64-61 with under four minutes left in the game. CSUF Head Coach Jeﬀ Harada believes his team got back into the game after making adjustments that allowed them to limit Montana’s oﬀense. “I just think we finally decided to play better defense,” Harada said. “They took us out of our zone defense that we started the game with, so we switched up to man, and then we mixed it back up in the second half.” The Titans and Grizzlies would go on to trade baskets, with Montana’s Sophia Stiles hitting a 3-pointer to tie the game at 66 with a little over three minutes left. CSUF managed to gain a twopoint lead with a minute and a half left to go in the game, looking to complete the comeback. However, Montana took a lead with a 3-pointer by Taylor Goligoski, and then extended that lead to 71-69 with a free throw from Stiles with VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM

13 seconds left in the game. “Give credit to Montana. They hit big shots when they needed to, down the stretch especially,” Harada said. However, Stiles missed the second free throw, giving the Titans the chance to take the final shot in hopes to send the game into overtime or earn the victory. The Titans could not extend the game with Perez’s missed shot. Despite the miss, Perez led the Titans in scoring with 17 points. CSUF had the advantage over Montana in the paint. The Titans recorded 36 rebounds and scored 32 points in the paint. Montana grabbed 27 rebounds and scored 22 points in the paint, having a slight edge in other statistical categories, including shooting percentage, assists and turnovers. The day before, the Titans lost to Delaware starting off slow, and never recovering with the Blue Hens cruising to a victory. Fullerton struggled to put the ball in the basket as Delaware scored the first nine points of the game. The Titans could only get on the board early in the game with four free throws and trailed by as much as 14 points. Their first basket did not come until there was under four minutes left in the quarter. The Titans made two more shots as the first quarter ended with the Blue Hens leading, 23-11. Delaware continued to control the game as they held the Titans to just six points in the second quarter, and not allowing a point in the final five minutes of the quarter. A couple of jump shots and several free throws allowed them to extend their lead to 36-17 by halftime. The Titans offense performed better to start the second half, but they could not stop the Blue Hens’ offensive performance as they went into the final quarter trailing by 22 points. With a big lead in hand, Delaware rode its momentum for the final ten minutes of the game, ending it with a 72-55 victory over Fullerton. The CSUF offense struggled all night shooting, ending

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Freshman guard Anniken Frey going for a layup against Montana on Nov. 30.

the game shooting 27.9% from the field, while Delaware’s shot 38.7%. Junior Carolyn Gill and Perez led the Titans with 14 points. Perez’s 14 points broke her streak of five-straight games scoring 20 or more points. Delaware went on to defeat Santa Clara, 81-80, in overtime on Saturday to be named the champions of the Titan Classic with their 2-0 record. The losses dropped the Titans to 4-4 on the season. The Titans will next play at San Francisco on Dec. 4 at 5:30 p.m. Looking to get back to a winning record, Harada plans to focus on the details to get his Titans oﬀ to hot starts. “We got to do the little things. We have to learn how to finish out games and not start so slowly,” Harada said. “We have to learn to earn these types of games.”

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Nine of Anniken Frey’s 11 points came from the 3-point line.

10 Opinion

MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2019

‘Patriot’ must only describe historical leaders This word has been devalued from its constant misuse.

DANIEL VENEGAS Staff Writer

In grade school, history classes teach Americans to revere their patriots. There have been women and men who stood sternly as proud Americans in the face of war and tyranny. People like Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin, the Deborah Sampsons and the Harriet Tubmans, Luther Kings and Malcom X’s of our history— these are all important people and few would disagree that they are patriots. But, disagreements on what is and isn’t proper patriotic behavior are the hallmarks of America’s current political climate. With such diﬀering views on what America should be, there is also the contrasting idea of who constitutes a modern patriot. Throughout all the division there must be one thing that unites Americans: A determination to keep politicians and partisan media from determining who is and isn’t a patriot, thus stopping these groups and organizations from using the word altogether. The word patriot is derived from the French word compatriot, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Ironically, the word gained popularity, “during a time of political unrest in Western Europe that was characterized by infighting among fellow countrymen—especially among those of the Protestant and Catholic faiths.” While it seems that the word is being used the way it originally had been in 16th century Western Europe, there’s a modern impression that Americans have taken that word, and made it their own by simply reserving it as a designation for the true heroes of American history. Americans are raised to believe that those who are considered patriots are sacred in

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their own American way. It’s almost like the equivalent of achieving sainthood, except it’s written in history books rather than scriptures. Those Americans labeled as patriots are immortalized in the most American way possible, by having their faces plastered onto commemorative coins and stamps. Hollywood movies are produced about their harrowing lives and the unwavering love they held for their country, and they are of course featured in the most sacred American pastime — advertisements. Then there are the politicians who throw the p-word around for political gain. Take for example President Trump’s constant use of the word. He designates it to anyone who supports him and his policies. Trump has called farmers patriots for standing by him through the trade war with China, even though farmers are the ones who were hit hardest by this trade war Trump started. It’s unfathomable to view simple

complicitness in economic policy as an action which makes one a patriot. Another example is Trump’s re-election campaign, which calls anyone who donates to his re-election bid or joins his “Oﬃcial Impeachment Defense Task Force” a patriot. Aiding and supporting a political campaign for a president doesn’t make someone a patriot, it makes them a campaign donor. Every time the word patriot is used in a manner so frivolous, it devalues the worth of the actions real patriots have made throughout American history. But all of this insanity culminates to the most egregious example thus far, the first ever Patriot Awards, held by Fox News this year. The ceremony is meant to recognize everyday Americans who display patriotism in their daily lives. It all sounded well and good, until one realizes that these awards were being handed out to people whose actions line up with right-wing ideology, such as the hockey coach who won the “Most Patriotic

Sportsmans” award for threatening to bench any of his players who exercised their right as an American to protest during the national anthem by taking a knee. History should be the only thing that defines who is a patriot and who isn’t. Politicians and the media are too close to all the political turmoil to be the ones who decide such a high level of historical identity for another person. Only the passage of time, and the hindsight that comes with it, will allow Americans to see all these actions for their true nature, as well as be able to truly recognize the impact they have had on their country. So to the political pundits and politicians throwing the word patriot around like its just a meaningless word-of-theday, do Americans a favor by ceasing to use the word so carelessly. It belittles the achievements of some of the greatest men and women in American history, and it devalues the word for future generations to come.

Hi men, hymen tests are unnecessarily invasive Sex education is more productive than monitoring virginity.

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Procedures such as virginity testing have no place in modern medicine. With no real necessity or benefit, the only thing society should be concerned with is providing proper sex education. Earlier this month, during an interview on the podcast “Ladies Like Us,” rapper and actor Cliﬀord Joseph Harris, known as T.I., said that he actively monitors his eldest daughter’s

sexual health. He said, “We have yearly trips to the gynecologist to check her hymen. Yes, I go with her.” After receiving backlash for this comment, T.I. responded to the situation on the show “Red Table Talk,” stating, “In the age, or the time, when our women, black women, are the most unprotected, unattended, disregarded women on the planet, I’m being criticized because I’m willing to go above and beyond to protect mine.” For the rapper, this meant annual visits to the gynecologist. Whether this is an appalling violation of autonomy or a legal guardian’s right is entirely up for debate. However, the strongest opinions are made on informed decisions that cement one’s convictions, therefore, the need for sex education is vital. Sex education is defined by Planned Parenthood as a means to “help people gain the information, skills and motivation to make healthy decisions about sex and sexuality.”

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MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2019 As the nation’s largest provider of sex education, reporting a reach of 1.2 million people a year, Planned Parenthood is still misconstruing an important concept. The fact is, one does not simply lose their virginity. Unless an individual was forced into having sexual relations while unconscious — blatantly stated as rape — then virginity is consensually relinquished, or gifted as traditionalists might say. Because virginity is not something you can lose, according to the definition of loss, recognizing that each individual is in possession of the state of their body gives each individual a sense of authority they might not have realized they held. Another issue that fails to be addressed within sex education is that sexual relations aren’t always conventional, in the sense that not all forms of sexual

relations are reproductive. So a woman can technically be sexually active and have her hymen still intact, a possibility that might complicate the way T.I. sees his daughter. Virginity is conceptually subject to social constructs, and these social constructs, often patriarchal in authority and traditional is fundament, fail to recognize autonomy more often than not. While Deyjah Harris seems to support her parent’s decision to have her get a virginity test, nothing beats trust in familial relationships than invasive medical procedures. Virginity testing strips women of the authority they have over their bodies and puts young women in an uncomfortable position — or several. Virginity testing, which often involves a doctor inspecting the hymen for tears or stretching, is widely considered an

unnecessarily invasive practice by ethicists, which has proven the practice to hold no medical benefit. According to a report published by the National Institutes of Health, virginity tests can have a deeply negative psychological impact on women and girls. While parents should have access to their adolescent’s medical records, as legal guardians and sole providers of a minor, adolescent minors should also reserve the right to have private conversations with medical practitioners, legal guardians not present. According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, “The privileged nature of the communications between physician and patient has been a safeguard for the patient’s personal privacy and constitutional rights … the privacy of adolescent minors should be respected.” Especially when an adolescent

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has the legal right to give consent and is recognized before the law as an autonomous being, in such cases, confidentiality must be maintained. While there are no existing federal laws that specify at what age an individual can legally engage in sexual activities, state laws specify parameters and restrictions, with some recognizing an individual’s autonomy to consent beginning at 13 years of age. For the purpose of further understanding the social constructs of sexual conduct, legal policies should be discussed as a formal part for sexual education. In the state of California, for example, those under the age of 18 cannot legally consent to sexual relations. In Georgia, however, the state of residence of the Harris family, an individual can legally consent to sexual relations beginning at age 16, with the

majority of states setting the age of consent at 16 or 17. Sex education isn’t supposed to scare people into chastity, it’s supposed to teach people how to approach sex safely. And while a health class might not be the place to instill in young girls their worth as independent women, it can teach them to set their own boundaries and be comfortable in their own skin, because that’s where true self-respect can come from. Every individual has the right to claim autonomy once of age, and that autonomy should not be confined to social constructs, but determined solely by personal belief. Unfortunately, Mean Girls representation of sex education seems to be the epitome of what it’s like for most people, and Cady Heron really didn’t miss a thing having skipped the first day of health class.

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