2019-11-04 by Daily Titan

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Monday November 4, 2019

Volume 106 Issue 32

Students demand ethnic studies requirement

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Signs in support of state Assembly Bill 1460, which would make one three-unit ethnic studies course an undergraduate graduation requirement were held at last week’s academic senate meeting.

CSUs may change their academic senate meeting. mandating the requirement, but San Francisco State University. The bill would require CSUs people are in favor in general of “The fight for ethnic studies that curriculum 50 years after the to mandate one three-unit course having an ethnic studies requirebegan over 50 years ago at San department’s creation. HOSAM ELATTAR Editor

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As the fate of the ethnic studies requirement hangs on the decision of Assembly Bill 1460, students at Cal State Fullerton chanted in solidarity of the requirement during last week’s

of ethnic studies as a graduation requirement. While many students are in support of the bill, administrators are hesitant because the state would make a decision on the university’s and CSU’s curriculum, which is an unprecedented event, according to Alexandro Gradilla, the academic senate vice chair. “People are uncomfortable with the idea of politically

ment,” Gradilla said. In 1968, San Francisco State’s Black Student Union led students and faculty in strikes and protests to implement an ethnic studies department. After 134 days of protest, clashes between police and almost 700 arrests, the strike ended. In 1969, the College of Ethnic Students was created, according to Golden Gate Xpress, the student newspaper at

Francisco State is still going on, and that says a lot,” said Javi Rodriguez, a CSUF graduate student. “Ethnic studies are needed because people need to learn the historical context of racism and how it impacts all of us.” Chair of the senate and finance professor Mark Stohs said the main reason for the meeting was to provide feedback to the statewide academic senate on how to implement

of Fullerton on Oct. 30 as a result of a vegetation fire in the area between Castlewood Drive and Gilbert Street. Gilbert Street was closed between Rosecrans Avenue to Imperial Highway as Fullerton Police officers helped evacuate the homes in the immediate area. Fullerton resident Stella May was asked to evacuate her home off Castlewood drive, a home she has occupied since 1982. “An officer came and knocked on the door and said, ‘You guys need to leave,’” May said. “We

went around the corner to Coyote Hill and parked a little ways away to keep an eye on things. We were out for about four hours.” May said the flames were high, and she was worried for her home and her belongings. It was not the first time a fire has occurred by her home. “I saw smoke in one area and fire in the other, I was afraid that it might hop over. There were tons of helicopters, so luckily they kept an eye on everything to make sure no embers came over.

I was afraid of the embers,” May said. “We got a lot of brush behind our house.” The fire in Fullerton burned 11 acres of land before it was contained. The evacuation order was lifted a day after at 10:30 p.m. on Thursday. “The Fullerton Fire Department, with assistance from various LA County and Orange County fire agencies, has worked through the night to ensure that no homes were lost and no injuries were sustained,” according to post on the Fullerton Police

a ethnic studies requirement. Though a month was given to collect input and finalize the university’s suggestions, the meeting was held one day before the CSU’s deadline to submit initial feedback. “We tried to provide enough time to do what we could to get input and our meetings are normally on Thursdays. We could not go oﬀ that type of schedule because senators tend to have this time free,” Stohs said. SEE SENATE

Fires across California force evacutions Gov. Gavin Newsom declared state of emergency last month. BRIANA TORRES Staff Writer

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Fullerton, Brea, Diamond Bar and other parts of California were ablaze last week, as fires forced thousands of residents to evacuate their homes. Evacuations were issued to some residents in the west side

Department’s Instagram. A flare gun was located near the Gilbert Street Avenue and Castlewood Drive fire. Arson investigators are still determining the cause of the fire. A brush fire also started in the Brea dam area of Fullerton earlier that same day. Harbor Boulevard was closed in both directions from Brea Boulevard to Bastanchury Road, and the area was also evacuated. The fire was under control later that day. SEE FLAMES 3

Women’s Pumpkin launch hits its fall target soccer wins Big West

Flying fruit and family friendly activities at 12th annual competition. DIANA TRAN Staff Writer

Two second half goals secured the 2-1 victory over Cal State Northridge. KASON CLARK Editor

Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer defeated Cal State Northridge, 2-1, in their regular season finale. With the win, the Titans clinched the Big West regular season championship and homefield advantage in the Big West Tournament. The Titans started the game aggressively with six shots and five corner kicks in the first 20 minutes. The Titans finished the first half with 11 shots, but they could not break through as Matador goalkeeper Amanda Delgado recorded five saves to keep the Titans oﬀ the scoreboard in the first half. The Matadors only took three shots in the first half. However, they took the lead in the 42nd minute when Cindy Artega scored oﬀ an assist from midfielder Ashley Cruz. SEE CHAMPS

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The Goblin Mithril Mining Corporation’s trebuchet reached their target in the Intramural Fields.

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers won the first place trophy at the pumpkin launch.

Cal State Fullerton’s computer science and engineering department brought together 10 teams to compete on whose pumpkin launcher was the best on Nov. 2 at the Intramural Fields. The Discovery Cube Science Center collaborated with the department for the 12th annual Pumpkin Launch as trebuchets and ballistas lined up the fields to compete for the event’s “Supremely Powered Pumpkin Projectile Device Trophy.” Before pumpkins flew, CSUF’s archery team opened with a balloon popping demonstration. Six groups from CSUF participated in the pumpkin launch, including the Partnership for Applied Computer Engineering, the Society of Women Engineers, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Theta Tau, the American Society of Civil Engineers and Latinos in Science and Engineering. Among the collegiate pumpkin launching teams was the Laurel Magnet School of Career and Innovation, a young team consisting of nine elementary school children. The CSUF Society of Women Engineers was the team to beat, as the all-female team, which has finished in the top three since 2013, was prepared to defend their 2018 title. To win the competition, teams had to earn points by hitting targets at multiple distances that ranged from 45 to 340 feet away. Competitors were able to familiarize themselves with the playing field by taking practice launches before the oﬃcial competition began. A total of five rounds were held as a four-way tie in the last round led to a tiebreaker match. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers came out on top and won the competition, taking home the trophy, as well as a $300 gift card. SEE CATAPULT

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MONDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The role of language in cultivating inclusivity Prejudice can be more disabling than a physical or intellectual limitation. MELISA RYBALTOWSKI Asst. Editor

The Student Leadership Institute hosted a public workshop addressing the stigma surrounding disabilities and how to combat them in order to cultivate an inclusive community on campus last Friday at the Titan Student Union. Leading the discussion was Mireya Duarte, a Disabilities Support Services graduate assistant. “Language reflects how we view disability in society. Language is very powerful,” Duarte said. “We have moved from the medical model to the social model, and it’s been a long way coming. There’s still a lot of work that needs to be improved.” The medical model led to stereotyping and defining people by a condition or their limitations as it focuses on individuals, according to Art Beyond Sight, a

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Mireya Duarte, a Disabilities Support Services graduate assistant, led the presentation in the Titan Student Union.

nonprofit focused on bringing art and cultural experiences to people with disabilities. The social model promotes the notion that while physical, intellectual or psychological limitations cause individual impairments, “these do not lead to disability unless society fails to take (the impairments) into account and include people regardless of their

individual diﬀerences,” according to the nonprofit. During the discussion, Duarte emphasised the importance of “people-first language,” a social phenomenon addressing disabilities as circumstances and not labels. “Instead of saying disabled or handicapped, we say, ‘person with a disability,’” Duarte said.”It’s the

Senate: Bill is undecided

1 Of the 3,120 members of faculty and the 288 administrators who received the survey, 11% responded. During the meeting, the academic senate passed “a resolution supporting the campus autonomy in implementing an ethnic studies requirement” as well as reviewed the feedback submitted by faculty, administration, staﬀ and students on the matter. Over 30 minutes was spent debating the wording of the resolution and making amendments before approving the final product. The changes included an emphasis on the examination of oppression, racism, capitalism, patriarchy and their related social justice movements in any ethnic studies course. Multiple interjections from Claire Jenkins, the chief campus relations oﬃcer for Associated CONTINUED FROM

Students, asked to discuss student feedback before making any amendments to the language of the resolution. The senate continued to address the wording of the resolution. “If this is what the intent of our university is in this ethnic studies requirement, what we’re going with, our pathway, then why are we not incorporating the feedback from students, faculty, administration, everyone that filled out the surveys,” Jenkins said. Janica Torres, a women and gender studies minor, agreed with Jenkins. “It felt like an excessive amount of time on wording,” Torres said. “This thing should have been a ‘two-parter,’ and I feel like students’ voice should have been more prioritized.” Student input was the last matter of business. Input was collected

through an eﬀort by ASI, which held various focus groups to hear how students felt about AB 1460. Student surveys said the way in which the eﬀects of multiple forms of discrimination overlap or intersect especially in the experiences of those that are marginalized was missing and should include religion, women, gender and queer studies, as well as introduce Southwest Asian and North African studies, Jenkins said. Student leaders also brought up issues of shared governance, calling for the academic senate to listen to what students have to say on an ethnic studies requirement. Stohs said they could not get through all the input because the senate was rushed on time. Carlos Escobedo, an ethnic studies major, said there was a lack of a student voice at the meeting. “The way the whole senate is

person first, not the disability.” A sensitivity training video was shown during the workshop to demonstrate the importance of people-first language. “Some people don’t know what they don’t know, and they can say something that can oﬀend somebody else, and if you hear that, you can (address it). You don’t have to be mean,” Duarte said. “You can just take that moment to educate someone on how to be more inclusive in their language.” Some of the ways individuals are disabled by society are through prejudice, labeling, lack of familial support or familial overprotection, and not being able to acquire information in formats which are accessible to them, according to the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, a division of the British Mental Health Foundation. Heidi Elmer, coordinator of the Community Service and Leadership Program at Cal State Fullerton, explained that the Student Leadership Institute

often works in collaboration with other programs on campus to discuss the best methods of approach regarding community development. “I don’t want to have a whole session on the word ‘inclusivity,’ I want to talk about how we can apply this,” Elmer said. “We make sure that whatever we’re doing actually meets a need, and not what we think the need is but what the community needs.” If you or a student you know may benefit from the resources oﬀered by the Disability Support Services, visit their web page at http://www.fullerton.edu/dss/ or the department oﬃce at Gordon Hall 101, open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Disabilities can be invisible — short-term, long-term, in the fluidity of that, it goes both ways. If a student hasn’t accepted that part of their identity, they may not feel comfortable disclosing. If you give them that information beforehand, they have it and they know,” Duarte said.

set up, there is very little avenues for student voices to be heard, and I feel like that’s something that needs to be revamped,” Escobedo said. President Fram Virjee excused himself from the meeting early, prompting one student in the crowd to later stand up and ask, “Where is Mr. President?” Gregory Brown, California Faculty Association president for CSUF, said that Virjee had to leave because he had a class to teach. The meeting was held almost one week after Virjee rejected the Black Student Union’s demand for him to write a letter in support of the advancement of the assembly bill. Virjee has gone on record opposing AB 1460 in the past. In his response, Virjee also stated that the requirement would starkly omit women and gender Studies and the LGBTQ community from the area of study. Virjee was criticized for the statement from the department of women and gender Studies and

queer Studies, who issued their own statement last week in unequivocal support of the bill. “We want to be very clear that President Virjee did not consult with any faculty in women and gender studies and queer studies before invoking our intellectual fields and discipline in his response to the (Black Student Union),” wrote members of the department in the statement days before the senate meeting. The statement also said that ethnic studies is intertwined with gender and sexuality studies, and therefore could never omit their disciplines. Gradilla said looking at racism, sexism and homophobia is at the core of ethnic studies which he is happy to see students ask for. “One of the goals of ethnic studies is to get students inspired about their education. To get students to be involved in how the university makes decisions,” Gradilla said. “It reminds us that we are all accountable for making change.”

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MONDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Students learn how to navigate online dangers

Cybersecurity panel shows common traps that Internet users fall into. WENDY CHAVEZ ARIANA BURNS Staff Writers

In honor of “Cybersecurity Awareness Month,” the Cal State Fullerton Information Technology Department hosted its first cybersecurity event on Halloween where speakers shared their expertise on internet security and techniques to stay safe online. “Security is very diﬃcult because there’s no such thing as a secure network unless there are no users on it,” said Jason Weiss, a speaker and attorney for Drinker, Biddle and Reath Law Firm. Weiss’ presentation was about security issues that law enforcement encounters, and issues that may come in the private sector. Weiss said that there are three important networks that protect internet data, which are information security, information disaster recovery and information privacy that all aim to prevent unauthorized access. A recurring mistake that users make is reusing the same login and password for diﬀerent sources, which increases the chances of hackers gaining access to multiple accounts, Weiss said. In order to prevent this from happening, Weiss recommends that users download an encrypted app that will ensure password security even if the device is stolen. The event was hosted by Berhanu Tadesse, the associate vice

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Host Berhanu Tadesse and panelists Jason Weiss, Rojan Rijal and Mikhail Gofman talk about protecting information.

president for IT academic technology services, who stated that the primary issue for IT technicians is information security. “We need to have events like this so we can increase awareness among the campus,” said Tadesse. Weiss said, the most important defense against online threats are social awareness campaigns that educate employees and students about network safety. “Insiders are a far greater threat than external hackers,” Weiss said. “People don’t realize that probably 80% of acts take place from behind, from insiders.” Due to the new California Consumer Privacy Act, businesses can now be sued if member

information is leaked, encouraging companies to step up their security, Weiss said. This includes institutions like Cal State Fullerton where students may sue over breaches of private information. Weiss concluded his presentation by warning guests to not open unknown emails as they may load malware viruses onto their networks. On the panel was Rojan Rijal, computer science major and president of the Oﬀensive Security Society Club, who spoke about cybersecurity from the perspective of a hacker. The Oﬀensive Security Society is a student-run organization that hacks into companies and

conducts a report of their findings in order to improve their security. “The goal of (the organization) is to actually give (students) that industry experience,” Rijal said. “We have done diﬀerent events with companies so they actually network with companies.” Rijal explained although hackers carry a negative connotation, the club aims to represent how hacking strategies can help companies strengthen their system, which can help students to find career opportunities. Social engineering is a technique hackers use to manipulate people’s behavior into performing certain tasks by inflicting a sense of urgency or panic, Rijal said.

Flames: Thousands of acres burned

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Two Fullerton fire crews returned on Nov. 1 from Sonoma County after fighting the fire on the John Kincade and Burned Mountain roads, located northeast of Geyserville, for two weeks that burned up to 80,000 acres of land.

Fires have been burning all over the state with fires notably spreading through Los Angeles county. The fire just three miles away from The Getty Center initially sparked to life on Oct. 28 at 1:34 a.m. on 1800 N. Sepulveda Blvd, in Brentwood, which has been called “The Getty Fire” by the LA Fire Department. The

wildfire has aﬀected a total of 745 acres. As of Nov. 2, the LA Fire Department has been able to contain 79% of the fires and have lifted evacuation orders. No civilians were hurt in the fire, however 10 homes have been destroyed and 15 have been damaged. The blaze originated from a fallen tree branch that caught fire from a nearby powerline and spread due to high wind conditions. Firefighters have made progress extinguishing the fire in northwest LA as of Sunday, allowing authorities to lift all evacuation orders, according to reports by the LA Fire Department. As of Nov. 2, there are a reported 106,211 acres that are

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He said some methods include hackers sending text messages and threatening to lock user accounts if recovery codes are not sent. Students can find out if they were hacked by visiting the website haveibeenpwnd.com where a list of websites will appear if an email or password has been breached, Rijal said. In 2015, CSUF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science department established the Center of Cybersecurity directed by Mikhail Gofman that intends to educate students, develop its research and ultimately expand their community outreach. A cybersecurity curriculum was created with foundational courses that are still in progress. The curriculum aims to have an academic program that is recognized by the National Security Agency of Center of Academic Excellence by meeting its standards, said Gofman. Last spring, the program submitted a proposal to enable students to graduate with a concentration in cybersecurity. Students will be able to take courses in introduction to cybersecurity, network security, cloud computing security and various others. “Another exciting piece of news is that now, ‘Introduction to Cybersecurity’ is a mandatory core course for all computer science majors,” Gofman said. The computer science department has also hired three new faculty members to help with the development of future courses at CSUF. The department will attempt to meet the National Security Agency requirements by 2025.

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MONDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The Outer Worlds: Game plays up its unique features

Each time the character levels up, points are added to their various skills. This determines whether the character is good at shooting, dodging, sneaking or hacking. The level of customization allows the player to become any kind of character they desire to complement their play style. The writing in The Outer Worlds infuses the player’s surroundings with a sense of charming irreverence, bolstered by strong voice acting. Although settlements within the colony are falling apart and workers are brainwashed by company slogans, plenty of people tell their stories

with wit and real emotion. Characters are tasked with quests to complete alongside the main storyline, adding more depth to the universe through its diverse people and funny deadpan corporate robots. Although there is a strong sense of style in the world’s clunky machinery and propaganda posters, the graphics are not one of them. Depending on the system the user plays on, textures on armor appear blurry while other details can load inadequately. The shooting controls are The Outer World’s weakest aspect, only solid enough to not get in the way of combat most of the time. The aiming could be more precise, as battles often get hectic. Switching between weapons is more of a burden when it requires multiple face buttons to do the job. However, the variety of weapons and enemies keep fights interesting. Combat also rewards unique approaches, where players with a high stealth skill can choose to sneak around enemies. Players have the additional assistance of companions to recruit and an ability to slow down time to line up more accurate shots. The Outer Worlds set a standard in creating interesting gameplay within an enrapturing world. Strong design and character writing make each quest a joy to experience, while oﬀering a satire of technocratic capitalism. The game is out for Playstation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows, with a Nintendo Switch release in the near future.

discussions with questions to ask. The questions encouraged students and faculty to discuss the topic of reparations with the upcoming election Thomas Fujita-Romy, an associate professor for Asian American studies at CSUF, said the U.S. would not be where it is now economically if the cotton industry wasn’t built on the atrocity of slavery. “If you look at this and talk to economic historians, pretty much they agree the industrial revolution of the U.S. was based on

cotton, and cotton was an African American slave crop. That’s why it was that profitable. There was demand, and the labor cost was so low,” Fujita-Romy said. He added that reparations would be a start to economically repair all the harm done to the black community. “Clearly one of the lacks is resources. You go to anywhere, any kind of community, African American community, that’s in trouble, and that’s one of the things they tell you,” Fujita-Romy said.

Obsidian Entertainment’s latest release reels players into a cosmic world. DANIEL STEELE Staff Writer

On paper, The Outer Worlds is nothing new in the first-person perspective, role-playing game genre. Like the popular Fallout series of games, it is a shooting game set in an open and explorable world filled with monsters and characters hell-bent on making an already dystopian future more sordid. Despite the game’s familiarity, Obsidian Entertainment, developers of Fallout: New Vegas has crafted an engrossing game rich with characters, story and rewarding gameplay. The Outer Worlds oﬀers a level of quality for its large quantity of quests and storylines that sets it apart from nearly every game of its category. Its story takes place in the fictional future of the Halcyon Colony, a solar system colonized by competing mega-corporations seeking power and profit. The player is a colonist revived from a decades-long cryogenic slumber by scientist Phineas Welles. The colonist must explore the colony’s planets and uncover a conspiracy that may destroy its corporations. For those with deadend jobs itching to stick it to the man, The Outer Worlds delivers that fantasy on a cosmic scale. The most fascinating part of the game is its worldbuilding. There is an alluring world to explore the

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moment the player meets the first corporate trooper on the planet Terra 2. Companies in the game such as Spacer’s Choice and Auntie Cleo’s overwork their dependent, expendable employees to death and charge for every commodity down to their own coﬃns — think Amazon, but unregulated and in space. In a universe run by unregulated corporations that care solely for profit, citizens are only worth a little more than cogs in a cosmic machine. As the player encounters new characters, such as corporate bureaucrats and black-market

marauders, the game’s story changes based on how players deal with them. Dialogue options determine how people respond and whether they want to side with the player. These choices, along with deciding who to fight will alter the branching narrative. The theme of options extend to players themselves, who start the game by creating their character’s appearance, name and attributes, which have important gameplay implications. If more points are put into the body category than personality, the character will start oﬀ stronger in combat and weaker in conversation.

A community conversation to repair the rifts

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Graduate assistants Tebraie Johns and Elaina Sidney (left) explained the need for reparations to students.

Students and staff discussed how to create stronger cultural ties. DANIEL VENEGAS OLIVIA HAWKINS Staff Writers

Students from diﬀering backgrounds gathered in the African American Resource Center on Oct. 29 to hear presenters speak about reparations for Japanese Americans and those who have been enslaved. Presenters Tebraie Johns and Elaina Sidney, assistants for the African American and Asian Pacific American resource centers respectively, led the discussion and explained the history and importance of the reparations movement. “The program is called ‘Repairing the Rift’ and something that we wanted to do with this

presentation is bring the two communities together,” Sidney said. “We kind of wanted to repair the rift that’s been done between both of these communities whether it’s structural or individual by having a conversation and coming together over something that they might share in common.” From the start of the presentation, the speakers made it a point to not juxtapose the communities of who had it worse as they both suﬀered injustices. “We are not trying to say that this group had it worse, this group had it better. We are not trying to do that. We are just trying to address the ways the government went about redress,” said Johns. Achieving amends is a tall order for any marginalized group of people, as Sidney added, “Whether they were born here or

not, whether they came 40 years ago; when they are here, they all face the legacies of slavery, whether they have a direct connection to it or not.” The conversation around reparations is a timely one, as a bill is making its way through the house on reparations. The HR 40 bill would establish a commission to look at the lasting effects of slavery and recommend a plan of action. The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 HR 442 is a compensation bill for Japanese Americans that were incarcerated into internment camps during WWII. “With the bill that was passed in 1988, only did those who experienced internment received about $20,000 for their internment and these payments did not disburse until 1990,” Sidney said. After the presentation, the presenters allowed for small group

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MONDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Halloween made bright with the lights of Pumpkin Nights

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Dancer throws flames during the Spirit of Pumpkins Fire Show at the entrance of the pumpkin-lined trail.

Festival at Pomona Fairplex dancers throughout the night. The main attraction was outcelebrates the season lined by a colorfully-lit trail of without fright and gore. pumpkins in all forms of display, CELESTE SHARP Asst. Editor

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Carved pumpkins, Halloween-themed lights and inflatable bounce houses at Pumpkin Nights brought the community together to celebrate Halloween traditions without the fright and gore. This year marks the Pomona Fairplex’s second year hosting the festival and the fourth year for Pumpkin Nights since its creation in 2016 in Salt Lake City. The pumpkin-themed blowout featured multiple food vendors, beer, margaritas and performances from fire

some carved with faces that reflected Southern California culture. Joe Coddington, the event director, explained his intention to set it apart from other Halloween celebrations. “Halloween tends to be so much on the adult end. We wanted something that really the whole family could be, something that’s more awe and magic than ‘Boo’ and jump around the corner,” Coddington said. The festival oﬀered a variety of food vendors serving up tacos, funnel cakes and burgers that surrounded the viewing area of the main stage where multiple performances took place both nights. Outside the festival area, another trail of Halloween magic awaited

guests through a tunnel, lined with hanging carved pumpkins, as they made their way toward diverse sections of the half-mile path. “We came to see the pumpkins and the lights,” said Bree Agting, a Fullerton resident. Agting brought her family to the event to take pictures and enjoy the holiday. Those walking into the first section of the exhibit experienced the traditional Halloween fantasy as neon purple and orange string lights and classically hand-carved pumpkins decorated their paths. As the trail weaved around, guests came face-to-face with a pirate ship sporting a flag with a pumpkin and crossbones. Past the ship and into the pirate’s cove, bright blue lights covered the walls of the caves as pumpkins lined the walkway with warning signs for anyone who dared to enter.

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Eric Alcala, treasurer for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, was surprised when his team emerged victorious. “Our pouch ended up ripping, and I had to hand sew it together mid-competition,” Alcala said. “I’m kind of speechless, but I’m happy.” Alcala said it took nine weeks, and about 18 people to put together their launcher. The Partnership for Applied Computer Engineering tied for second place with about half the size of the first place team. The group also employed their computer skills by attaching a camera to the front of their launcher, which they connected to a laptop to aim at a target.

“We’re computer people for the most part, and this is a very mechanical project, so there was a lot of stuﬀ that was really foreign to us that we needed help on,” said Corbin Provost, a member of the runner-up team. “We got to the tiebreaker, and we’re really happy about that.” Malik Draper, a student from Cleveland High School, decided to stop by the event after taking a campus tour of CSUF. “I’ve never been to something like this before, so I think it’s really cool,” Draper said. “I wouldn’t be able to do the math and calculations for this, props to them for doing all this.” Kemafor Azodoh, president of the Society of Women’s Engineers, said she had fun at the event despite not being able to

defend their title. “We didn’t pull through this time, but we got it next time,” Azodoh said. Aside from the competition, audience members of all ages were welcome to watch the teams practice or try any of the activities. “Part of the festival is to get adults and kids participating in diﬀerent versions of what the actual competitors are doing,” said Sandra Parra, marketing and operations manager for the Discovery Science Foundation. Attendees could make their own miniature catapults while learning about potential and kinetic energy or build Alka-Seltzer rockets, combining physics and chemistry to create a personal launching device. “It’s diﬀerent people that are

Top to bottom: 1. Pumpkin spider awaits families for photos along the pumpkin trail. 2. Jellyfish and ocean decor light up ‘Under the Sea’-themed exhibit.

After attendees made it through the twists and turns of the pirate’s cove, they were sent out into an area full of ocean decor where hanging pumpkin jellyfish appeared to be floating in the sky as blue lights depicted the ocean floor. “I enjoyed the sea area where they had the bubbles and jellyfish hanging down. All the visuals I thought were just well put together,” said Denise Hackett, a Pasadena resident who brought her son and granddaughter to see the lights and celebrate their favorite holiday. Hackett said her family tries to do a group event every Halloween, choosing Pumpkin Nights for this year’s activity. “It is an opportunity to dress up,” she said. Continuing to wind past the pumpkins and lights, visitors

encountered more fun Halloween features: A dragon carved out of pumpkins, a giant pumpkin spider spinning a web and a viewing area to watch “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Along the way, there were many photo opportunities to take advantage of. “People want that Instagram photo and that’s great. We want you to come and get the perfect picture,” Coddington said. The option to take pictures with pumpkin gnomes in the enchanted forest or with a spooky owl made the holiday attraction appealing for the entire family to make lasting memories. Pumpkin Nights runs annually throughout the month of October in five diﬀerent cities across the U.S., Coddington said, “What’s Halloween without the lights of Pumpkin Nights?”

passionate about building, about engineering and about playing with kinetic and potential energy,” Parra said. Carlos Santana, assistant dean for the College of Engineering and Computer Science, said the event is great for encouraging

communication between the department and local community. “I think the goal has always been generating an interest for children and really people of all ages in terms of what it means to be STEM and what it means to be engineering,” said Santana.

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Champs: Strong second half spurs win

CONTINUED FROM 1 In the second half, the Titans played better defensively. The Matadors took four shots, but the Titans did not allow them to extend their lead with three saves from goalkeeper Noa Schumacher. The Titans continued the aggression with nine shots in the second half. It paid oﬀ when Maddie Bennet scored a goal in the 67th minute to tie the game, her 10th goal in the season. She received an assist from Atlanta Primus and Callie Petrey-Juarez for the goal. It was Primus’ 12th assist this season, and the second best for a season in the program’s history. Before letting the game reach overtime, the Titans took the lead in the 76th minute from a goal by forward Haley Brown from an assist by defender Savannah Sloniger. The Titans had only four fouls while the Matadors committed eight fouls in the match. In the second half, a yellow card was handed out to CSUF’s Kaya Hawkinson and CSUN’s Amber

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Edemann. The Titans finished the game with 20 shots, outmatching Northridge’s total of seven. Fullerton had seven shots on goal while the Matadors had four shots on goal. The Titans took 12 corner kicks to the Matadors’ one. The Titans had the edge in possession total as they controlled the ball for 57% of the game. The Titans finished Big West play without a loss as they stand in first with a 5-0-3 conference record.Fullerton’s season record only had two losses as it finished the overall season at 12-2-4.The Matadors finished their season 11-6-3, with a 5-3 conference record. The loss dropped them to fourth in the Big West behind UC Santa Barbara and Hawaii. The win gave Fullerton its ninth title in program history, but its the first title for women’s soccer since 2015. The title is an improvement from last year, as the Titans finished last in the conference with a 1-5-2 record. The Titans will host the Big West Tournament against Hawaii on Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m at Titan Stadium.

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Men’s soccer clinches tournament bid Two penalty kicks secured the Titans 2-1 victory over UC Riverside Highlanders. KASON CLARK Editor

Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer clinched their spot in the Big West Tournament after defeating UC Riverside, 2-1, on Saturday night at Titan Stadium. The win improved the Titans to 11-6-1 for the season, and a 3-4 record in Big West play. The Titans started the game aggressively, as they took seven shots in the first 30 minutes. They could not break through as Highlander goalkeeper Edwyn Gutierrez recorded two saves in that stretch. The Highlanders broke the tie with their first shot in the 30th minute when Ronaldo Lomeli passed by the Titan goalkeeper Paul-Andre Guerin to score. Falling behind early on during games is a trend that

Titan head coach George Kuntz wants to fix for the conference tournament. “We don’t like to give up early goals,” Kuntz said. “We’ve been giving up early goals and that sets us behind the eight ball.” The Highlanders took four more shots before the end of the half, but Guerin’s two saves kept the Titans within reach at halftime. Penalties played a huge role in the second half as the game got physically rough. Four yellow cards were handed out to UCR and one red card, which was handed out to midfielder Jonick Pineda. The Titans were also handed four yellow cards. Kuntz attributed some of the animosity to the Highlanders defeating the Titans in the Big West tournament last year. While Kuntz thought his team could have handled it better, he commended them for not receiving a red card. Forward Christian Pinzon believed his team was ready to match the physicality of the

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when representing the holiday can create Disney is not the only contributor to backlash. this type of cultural appropriation. MatIn 2013, The Walt Disney Co. filed nu- tel released a new Barbie doll this Sepmerous applications to trademark Día de tember, in which the doll has a decorative los Muertos. A trademark is often regis- skull-painted face and black hair adorned tered with the Patent and Trademark of- with yarn in braids, as well as a long tradifice so that the owner or licensee has ex- tional Mexican-styled dress. clusive use over it. In other words, The Besides the insulting use of culture as a Walt Disney Co. tried to own the Mexi- marketing tool, the price of the Día de los can holiday. Muertos Barbie seems ridiculous. The doll This action by The Walt Disney Co. is can be purchased for $75, whereas other another example where a prominent enti- Barbie dolls can be bought for under $20. ty tried to exploit Mexican culture for its Thank you Mattel for being another examown gain. The reason for trying to trade- ple of a disgusting company that exploits mark the holiday was for the title of an a culture in order to make a large profit. upcoming movie that revolved around Día de los Muertos is not a Halloween Día de los Muertos. Years later, that film costume, nor can it be bought and or used was named “Coco.” for profit. To respectfully emTrying to trademark an imbrace the colorful tradition, portant cultural holiday in there needs to be a true unDía de los order to sell products, is exderstanding of its meaning tremely disrespectful. It hurts Muertos is not and value within Mexican the true meaning and inten- a Halloween heritage. tion of the holiday. Disney’s The holiday will always selfish action only distracted costume, nor be a special celebration of from the main focus of the hol- can it be bought Mexican culture that emiday, which is bringing joy in and or used for braces the beautiful side of honoring dead loved ones and death and pays respect to the evoking pride to the Mexican profit. ancestors that have paved community. the way for life today.

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The traditional Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a time for families to honor and remember their loved ones who have passed. However, as celebrations arrived, so did cultural appropriation. This annual holiday invites the spirits of departed loved ones back in to the living world. Día de los Muertos is a two-day holiday where members of the Mexican not seem to have a full unIn terms of community make altars derstanding of the cultural to honor their dead loved immigration and issues that come with false ones and celebrate the cul- discrimination, it cultural representation. tural history of the holiday Jenner used this holiday through dance, music, tra- is only fair that as an opportunity to just ditional Mexican cuisine those who want to dress up. Dressing up is for and family reunification. and Día de los embrace Día de los Halloween, The holiday was created Muertos is not a costume. By from a mix of Aztec ritu- Muertos educate dressing up as such, Jenner is als and Catholicism, which themselves on the clearly appropriating Mexihas evolved over time. can culture. Without recogculture. This year, the famous nizing the importance of the mom and manager of the holiday, the meaning of this Kardashian-Jenner clan, holiday starts to fall flat. Kris Jenner posted a photo on her InstaWith the Mexican community constantgram which was supposed to be an hom- ly under scrutiny in terms of immigration age to the Disney movie, “Coco,” which and discrimination, it is only fair that those is about Día de los Muertos. who want to embrace Día de los Muertos Dressed up in a traditional Mexican ma- educate themselves on the culture. riachi costume while holding a white guiThe most respectful way to pay homage tar in hand, the photo caption said, “Thank to the tradition is to understand it’s meanyou for the amazing glam ... I loved dressing, especially when someone is not diing up for my grandkids!!” rectly a descendant of Mexican heritage. It should be noted that the Kar- Using the premise of the holiday as a cosdashian-Jenner family is not Mexican, tume takes the meaning out of the holiday nor are they of Mexican descent. Jenner and moves it in another direction. and her family have a record of exploitDía de los Muertos is a colorful holing other cultures for-profit and for the iday that can inspire others. Howev“fashionable” value. The family does er, the lack of genuineness one holds