Thursday April 25, 2019

Thursday April 25, 2019

Volume 105 Issue 44

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Dabka dancing celebrates culture

SouthWest Asian and North African week begins a new tradition at CSUF. HOSAM ELATTAR Asst. News Editor

The sound of percussion and flutes blared in the Becker Amphitheater yesterday as students stood hand in hand to perform the Dabka, a traditional Arabic dance usually performed during weddings and parties, at the SouthWest Asian North Africa culture mixer.

Along with dance, SWANA culture was exhibited through the free food provided at the event. Students lined up and helped themselves to a buffet of salad, rice, hummus, kofta and kabobs. The food was brought from Panini Kabob grill.

The Lebanese Social Club, the Students for Justice in Palestine, and Iranian Student Association invited the Freedom Dabka Group to perform and teach the traditional Arabic folk dance to students in attendance.

The professional dance group Freedom Dabka is based in New York and specializes in Middle Eastern culture.

Freedom Dabka dancer Momen Safi said the Dabka started as a war dance, but it is more about showing unity, which is exhibited in the holding of the hands incorporated through dance.

Safi said he got into the group

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Freedom Dabka performers, a professional dance group from New York, taught their traditional dance to students at the Becker Amphitheater.

after proving to his brother, a member of the group, that he could perform the dance at a wedding. Safi has been dancing the Dabka since he was 9 years old.

“It’s good to spread your tradition and we just love what we do. It just brings happiness and joy to people’s faces,” Safi said

about Dabka. “It means a lot to me. It’s not only a hobby, it’s not only a career, it’s something we love to do. Continuing your culture and spreading your culture around is just amazing.”

Sola Akanji, a civil engineering major, said he was drawn to the event by the music.

“I love the instrumentation. It

makes you want to move (and) get my hips and my shoulders in it. I love the live instruments — to me, that’s quality,” Akanji said.

Following Freedom Dabka’s performance, the group led a workshop teaching students how to dance the Dabka. Quickly, a circle formed in the center

of the Becker Amphitheater as Akanji and other students began kicking and rotating around.

Akanji said this is his first time being exposed to SWANA culture and that it’s important to have events like this to bring awareness.

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Tennis aims to take conference title Fullerton

on track for surplus

CSUF will begin the Big West Tournament in Indian Wells as the No. 2 seed.

JORDAN MENDOZA Sports Editor

After recording their best regular season in history last year, the Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis team will look to complete a program first by winning the Big West Tournament this weekend at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California.

The Titans will head into the tournament as the No. 2 seed after finishing their conference schedule at 6-2 and 14-5 overall.

Despite being in a tie with Long Beach State, CSUF captured the second seed after defeating the 49ers earlier this season, 4-3.

The top spot in the tournament belongs to UC Santa Barbara, who finished 7-1 in Big West play and is currently riding a four-game win streak. In their lone meeting earlier this year, the Titans fell to the Gauchos, 5-2.

With the second spot in the standings locked up, CSUF will open the weekend against No. 7

The city projects a general fund of $14.1 million for the 2019-2020 fiscal year.

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Senior Karla Portalatin gets ready to take a shot during a Fullerton practice at the Titan Tennis Complex.

seed Cal State Northridge.

The Matadors finished in a three-way tie for fifth place with UC Davis and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, but fell to the tournament’s seventh seed after losing to the Aggies and the Mustangs

earlier this year. CSUN was the only other Big West team this year to defeat the Titans, winning their home match against CSUF, 4-3, on March 16.

In that match, the Titans opened by sweeping the doubles

matches to take the first point of the day, and with three singles matches completed, the Titans needed one more point to secure the victory.

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Allan Roeder, interim city manager, and Michael O’Kelly, director of Administrative Services, presented city council members and residents with plans for the budget and the current state of finances at a Fullerton city council meeting on Tuesday.

Currently, the total general fund budget stands at $96 million, and around $68 million has been spent this fiscal year, according to O’Kelly.

Seventy percent of the general fund budget is allocated towards public safety institutions such as the local police and fire departments.

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Review: Beyonce takes viewers through last year’s Coachella

Preview: Affirmative action combats inherrent biases

The Netflix documentary “Homecoming” tells the tale of the Grammy-award winning artist’s legendary performance.

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Professor shared detention center stories The Noon-Time Talks series concluded with a talk on immigration law.

YVONNE VILLASENOR Staff Writer

Robert Castro delivered the final Faculty Noon Time Talks presentation for the semester on the conditions of immigration detention centers in Texas by talking about his work regarding Convention Against Torture claims and preparing reunited families for asylum interviews.

Castro is a professor for the Department of Politics, Administration and Justice at Cal State Fullerton and a pre-law advisor. He is also a volunteer with the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services.

His Tuesday presentation, “Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Doing Human Rights Work at the Karnes and Dilley Federal Immigration Detention Centers (TX)” discussed the conditions detainees experience at the nation’s largest federal immigration detention centers.

Estella Ramirez, a criminal justice major, attended the event to learn more about what is happening at the border. She said she learned how parental rights are severed and how children are put into the foster care system without their parents’ knowledge.

“This lecture kind of brought insight. I definitely have many questions that I’m gonna be asking him (Castro) and get more thorough information for sure,” Ramirez said.

Castro said he considers his pro bono work to fit his life as a professor since it allows him to better society, but to also bring his experiences back to students in hopes of inspiring them to pursue a life in public service.

“It’s important to continually ask yourself, ‘Is the way that justice is being rendered in our nation? Is that consistent with my own personal values?’ I think there is no better question to kind of continually reflect on,” Castro

Robert Castro, a political science professor, spoke about the families he interacted with in border detention centers.

said.

Castro talked about the federal government’s role regarding immigration law and policy. In Fong Yue Ting v. U.S. in 1893, the Supreme Court ruled that deportation was not considered a criminal sanction, meaning procedural rights typically found in criminal proceedings do not apply. He referred to immigration enforcement as complicated, organic and unforgiving in practice.

In May 2018, the Trump administration established the zero tolerance policy. Castro said in his presentation that this policy consists of prosecuting 100% of all illegal entrants, facilitating rapid deportation, and “liberal use of detention for asylum

seeking families.”

Castro defined asylum as a protected status where the United States provides sanctuary, whether temporary or permanent.

People who seek asylum say that they are leaving their country in fear of persecution. Asylum seekers are detained until they are deemed to have a credible and reasonable fear to leave their nation of origin through interviews, Castro said.

As the population grows in the detention facilities, the less equipped the facilities are to provide for those detained, according to Castro.

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he wanted in the world was to be apart from his dad,” Castro said.

A particular CAT claim client who was a young man from Central Americawas falsely imprisoned and beaten when he fled his village, according to Castro.

The man was kidnapped by a local gang, roped to a chair and repeatedly stabbed, Castro said.

Castro took note of the jagged cuts found on the man’s torso, shoulders and head to get him an attorney.

“I have never seen what I’ve seen in other places and spaces doing immigration law that I saw in the detention facilities — very kind of gritty and heartrending circumstances,” Castro said.

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Castro spent about an hour and a half with each client family.

“I think what remains with me most is the look in their eyes when they came into the consultation room. You could just see how deeply exhausted they were and for the kids in particular, how frightened they were,” Castro said.

He described a story of a 6-year-old boy who held onto the red tag of his father’s Levi jacket.

“Whenever his father shifted, he moved to make sure he had a hold of that little red tag because I guess at some point, they had been separated. The last thing

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Students learn the value of snacking

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The “FOODcation” seminar spoke on the basics of nutrition and was held in the Portico Room of the Gastronome.

TitanWell hosted a healthy eating seminar before finals in the Gastronome.

KAITLIN MARTINEZ News Editor

TitanWell hosted a lunch “FOODucation” seminar on nutrition basics in the Gastronome to educate students busy with classes and upcoming finals about healthy eating on Wednesday.

Fabian Aguilar and Vanessa Orozco, TitanWell Peer Health Educators, educated students about the meaning of calories, sugars, protein, fiber as well as the measurements for balancing

each category in a student’s daily diet.

The presentation was based on Choose MyPlate, a program from the United States Department of Agriculture that motivates people to eat healthier by balancing the five main food groups: fruits, vegetables, protein, grains and dairy.

Morgan Broadaway, a human services major, said that since she does not have a gallbladder, she wanted information on how to eat healthier in a way that would also accommodate her health circumstances.

“I wanted to come and learn better strategies to eat and stay healthy,” Broadaway said. “I wanted to have a better plan on

how to eat, so to eat more vegetables or get more protein instead of having to eat so much meat.”

Alondra Castro, child and adolescent development major, said she attended the event to make sure she was getting enough protein in her vegetarian diet.

“I definitely think that I can incorporate more into it, just because I’ve been very busy with school that I haven’t been cooking my meals right now,” Castro said.

In addition to getting information on the food groups, the students also participated in an interactive activity where they planned a balanced meal using

the MyPlate template and food pictures.

Castro said the activity was a helpful reminder of what a balanced meal looks like.

“I think it was a good way to have a visual representation of how your plate should look like during meals,” Castro said.

Castro also said that while planning is helpful, actually making healthy meals is another challenge.

Orozco gave an example of what a healthy meal or snack can look like: a peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat bread.

“I think for the most part, you can plan out your meal in your head, but the execution

doesn’t always reflect what your plate should look like, a healthy meal,” Castro said.

To be healthy, Broadaway and Castro recommended preparing healthy snacks to munch on between back-to-back classes or while studying.

“I think definitely the biggest takeaway is to just pack your own snacks. You know, that way you know what you’re putting into your body,” Castro said.

Broadaway also said a great tip while meal prepping is to buy plain mixed nuts at Walmart, and follow Orozco’s suggestion to buy bags of fruit at the 99 Cents Only stores to save money while eating healthy.

Budget: Public safety workers want support CONTINUED FROM 1 Despite the high percentage of funds for public safety, some people in attendance felt that city council was not doing enough to safeguard the well-being of Fullerton residents and workers.

Daniel Lancaster, president of the Fullerton Firefighters’ Association, attended the meeting to voice his concern that the Fullerton Fire Department is not being properly supported by the city council.

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as possible. Allow us, allow your fire chief to do his job and ride the ship. We’ve been putting in the effort day in and day out for years, only to watch our brothers and sisters go off to other departments for better pay and benefits,” Lancaster said.

Mayor Jesus Silva addressed the concerns, advocating for increased public safety measures and the retention of safety officials.

“For myself, I’d love to be able to fill those vacancies for fire and police, and I’d love to retain all of them, and right now we’re going to see if we can do that,”

Silva said.

The meeting also included a five-year budget forecast presented by O’Kelly and Roeder, which revealed a projected $14.1 million in the general fund budget at the beginning of the fiscal year 2019-20, $3 million over what was originally expected.

The bonus came from the city council approving the sell of underground utility credits about six months ago, bringing $2.4 million, with another half million coming from other bonus revenue.

“The reason for that is the city has carried a significant vacancy

rate in positions. “If you just do simple math, if our general fund budget for salaries and benefits is 70 million dollars and our vacancy rate has been in the 10-13 percent range, that would give you seven million in savings, but overtime fills in some of those,” O’Kelly said.

The projected budget plan takes into account retirement rates, a two percent increase for revenues and a six percent increase for property tax. The projection, to the dismay of Fullerton residents, does not include allocations for street improvements and changes to

infrastructure.

“This also has no street, road, infrastructure spending. If you come to these council meetings, you hear that that is a priority.

This does not include any funding for those purposes.” O’Kelly said.

Despite the extensive plan, the budget is subject to change, according to O’Kelly.

The official adoption of the budget for the fiscal year 20192020 is set for June 4.

Noah Biesiada contributed to this article.

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Review: Beyonce bares her vulnerability

“Homecoming” is full of intimacy as she details her journey to Coachella.

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BERNADETTE STEELE Opinion Editor

For those who are a part of the beehive, it’s time to get in formation. Beyonce, also known as Queen B, dropped another hit that fans are buzzing over, and no it’s not another typical bop.

The queen blessed fans with “Homecoming,” a behind-thescenes documentary released April 17 on Netflix.

The documentary follows Beyonce’s legendary 2018 performance at Coachella, starting with a camera pan over thousands of fans’ faces full of excitement, disbelief and pure joy when they saw their idol appear on stage. It was no surprise that Beyonce started her set with one of her most popular and energetic songs, “Crazy in Love.”

After getting the crowd hyped and aroused, with “Freedom,” Beyonce shifted to a more sophisticated tone and began to showcase her vocal range as she sang the national black anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” setting the tone of what her performance would showcase: black excellence.

The documentary allows fans to watch their favorite songs while also giving a window into Beyonce’s rehearsal process as she created her iconic performance.

In one of the behind-thescenes segments, Beyonce shared how she grew up in Houston, Texas. Although this is a well-known fact to most fans, she also shared that because she grew up in Houston, she had always wanted to attend a historically black college or

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university.

The artist then continued to express that although attending a historically black institution was a dream of hers, traveling around the world became her college and life became her teacher.

Although viewers are watching Beyonce’s performance from the comfort of their homes, the energy from the performance beams through the screen,

making them feel as if they are standing on the fields of Coachella watching her perform.

Beyonce’s love for her culture is what inspired her to curate the multi-faceted performance which featured steppers, dancers, vocalists, and a full orchestra and drumline, who were all black performers. At Coachella, Beyonce wanted to show the world that black culture is beautiful.

After sharing how she wanted the performance to feature a variety or characteristics, Beyonce said, “The amount of swag is just limitless. The things that these young people can do with their bodies, and the music they can play, and the drumrolls, and the haircuts, and the bodies. It’s just not right. It’s just so much damn swag. It’s just gorgeous and it makes me proud.”

The two-hour performance

took eight months of rehearsal and it shows. Every song, skit and dance was perfectly put together, exhibiting more than just the singer’s hit songs, but also the passion and story behind every moment in her performance.

Watching the behind-thescenes segments, viewers can feel how passionate Beyonce was about making this performance perfect. To her, this production was about more than just a festival. This was her time to showcase that although she is married and has a family, she is a queen who proudly embraces her culture.

Beyonce also shared very personal and human moments, giving a glimpse into why she had cancelled her performance at Coachella in 2017. She spoke about her unexpected pregnancy of twins, Rumi and Sir Carter, along with the toil and struggles that she had with her health and body after giving birth.

She titled the documentary and complementing album “Homecoming” because for Beyonce, this was her homecoming. This iconic moment was her first on-stage performance post-pregnancy back home.

For people who feel that Beyonce is overhyped, this documentary allows a shift in the public’s perspective. Once viewers see how much time and effort Beyonce puts into the sets, costume changes and each sound, it will be no surprise why people call her the queen.

It reminds fans, casual listeners or even people who do not enjoy her music, that even though Beyonce is a huge artist and has every right to be full of herself, she actually is humble and uses her platform to help others see their true potential and fuel their own confidence.

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Dancing in the circle along with Akanji was Maisune Abu-Elhaija, Associated Students’ board of directors vice chair treasurer.

Abu-Elhaija is part of the SWANA planning committee and is in charge of planning the four-day celebration. This is the first time Cal State Fullerton has had a SWANA week. The week has been nominated for a Tuffy Award in the category of Collaborative Program of the Year.

She said she introduced the term SWANA to the Diversity and Inclusion Resource Center department when she worked in the Asian Pacific American Resource Center as a social justice educator. Abu-Elhaija said the term helps the community be counted as Middle Eastern in CSUF’s census.

“Currently anyone of Middle Eastern or North African origin is listed under white on the census and in a census that makes us invisible,” Abu-Elhaija said. “We’re not counted on college campuses because we’re not counted in the federal census. In a sense, creating this new racial term identifies us as a group and gives a chance to reclaim our narrative and our numbers.”

CSUF currently does not count SWANA as a separate race.

Vincent Vigil, interim director

for the Diversity Initiatives and Resources Centers, said he came to the event to learn about the community and how to best advocate for the SouthWest Asian and North African students on campus.

“We want to make certain that all of our students feel supported and feel like they belong on campus. It’s important for programs like this to show they’re represented and they have a place here at Cal State Fullerton,” Vigil said.

Abu-Elhaija said there are still barriers that the SouthWest Asian and North African community have to overcome at CSUF such as getting more acknowledgement from administration and having a resource center that caters to the SWANA community.

Abu-Elhaija and other members of the SWANA planning committee are currently advocating for the administration to establish a SouthWest Asian and North African Resource Center.

The committee is planning on meeting with university president Fram Virjee and his chief of staff to discuss the details of creating a SWANA resource center.

“I never thought I’d see a SWANA week in my time as a student here so I can’t wait to see what else comes of our future at Cal State Fullerton,” Abu-Elhaija said.

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Students stand hand in hand to dance the Dabka, a traditional Arabic dance with kicking and stomping.

Column: Being a gamer girl in a boy world

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Video games haven’t just entertained me, they’ve become a part of who I am.

ANGELINA DEQUINA Asst. Opinion Editor

Video games bewitched me.

Playing them made me feel as though I was immersed in an art gallery that I entered with my eyes and explored with my wit. My love for them started when I was young, and has permeated into my adult life.

I can recall playing “Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell” after it came out in 2003. As my fingers twiddled with the controller, I caught a glimpse of my reflection in TV I played it on.

This was the first time I realized how focused video games made me, and the happiness I derived from playing.

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determined looks to have their story unfold before me.

I spent my days giggling at the funny clothes I could buy for Homer Simpson in “The Simpsons: Hit and Run,” and marvelling at the bursts of colorful attacks in “Super Smash Bros. Melee.”

When I started to play games that were more competitive, I was met with a startling realization about the gaming community. My appreciation for video games became less relevant than my gender while playing in the online community.

Suddenly, every splash of color and movement through the digital atmosphere visualized female etiquette.

It was not like before when I would pick a dress for Homer Simpson because its flamboyant nature amused me, the gaming community was often convinced that I picked that for Homer Simpson because it was a dress.

“Gamer girl” is a term that was formulated to encompass a certain kind of gamer. She

could be a professional gamer, a casual gamer or a Twitch streamer. Regardless, she is a girl where the most important part of her identity is being a gamer.

My experiences fitting into this category have been both good and bad. I am a part of a community that is both empowering and demeaning. Through this outlet, I have tried to take advantage of all the opportunities it has given me to grow.

One of my favorite games, “Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege,” offered me many of these opportunities. The game is a competitive first-person shooter that consistently holds a place on the list of most played games on Steam, an online game distribution platform.

“Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege” taught me the rigors of the first-person shooter world, which I had minor exposure to prior to buying the game. There are a number of female players in the game that I look up to, including AnneMunition and Goddess, two Twitch streamers

with immense skill and dedication to their craft.

Because of them, I learned about the kind of grit that a player must have in order to be successful in a game like “Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege.”

They showed me that the definition of a gamer girl is versatile and constantly evolving.

However, this is not to say that I haven’t also had my share of bad experiences in the game.

It is an understatement to say that identifying as a girl in a game changes the way that other players act around you.

I have been harassed over my gender countless times in games that I’ve played. The harassments are prompted by many things, but they are typically the unabridged thoughts of people who are still surprised to find a woman playing a video game.

To sum up these types of experiences, I defer to a tweet

by Daura Late Kale where she said, “A WOMAN? In a VIDEO GAME? What’s next? Women IN REAL LIFE?”

Another example of the things that women face in video games can be viewed in the YouTube series “OMG A GIRL”

by Spawntaneous. The series chronicles the daily harassment that she faces while playing games online.

The widespread ignorance toward female participation in video games is something that does not faze me anymore.

Dealing with the harassment I have faced in video games has made me a better player and a quick-witted person.

Being a gamer girl might have ostracized me to a certain part of the gaming world, but I have made the best use of this and learned to gain a real sense of community with other women.

I am still as enchanted by video games, but being a part of this community has also made me enchanted by the accolades girl gamers have achieved.

There isn’t anything in the world I would trade for that.

Not even a Steam card.

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Review: Best under-the-radar coffee shops and cafes around Fullerton

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The award-winning cold brew from Reborn Coffee in Brea.

Made Coffee is a trendy spot located in a charming section of downtown Fullerton.

The low-cost iced vanilla latte from Coffee Code.

With finals coming up, here are some of the best local places to get your daily dose of caffeine.

ELIZA GREEN Photo Editor

Whether you are looking for a cozy place to study, a comfortable place to chat with friends or just somewhere to enjoy good coffee, Fullerton and its surrounding area offers many wonderful coffee shops to accommodate anyone.

With finals around the corner, here are some places to get your daily dose of bean water.

Straying from the chain coffee shops that I normally frequent, I decided to test out lesser known local coffee shops in the area. I visited five coffee shops, ordering their signature or most popular drink and comparing the best of what each had to offer. I rated the shops based on atmosphere, quality of coffee and location.

Made Coffee (Amerige Avenue in downtown Fullerton) I ordered the iced-rose latte since it is one of the shop’s most popular drinks at the moment. The drink didn’t disappoint as it had a rich and smooth flavor complemented with subtle sweetness from the rose flavoring.

The atmosphere of this cafe was trendy yet cozy, with plenty of places to sit even though the space isn’t very large. The environment was hospitable for studying or working, which is a feature that seems to be utilized by the

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Pilgrim’s Coffee provides a relaxing atmosphere for studying.

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Intentional Coffee’s exterior is decorated with ivy and rustic furniture along with hanging plants on the inside.

community. There is also outdoor seating offered, which is desirable because the coffee shop is located in a nice segment of downtown Fullerton.

The negative to this otherwise perfect location is a scarcity of parking spots.

Although there are two large lots immediately next to this cafe, unoccupied parking spots are few and far between.

Reborn Coffee (Imperial Highway in Brea) This coffee shop’s signature drink is its award-winning cold brew, which costs around $5 and comes in small 12 ounce or 16 ounce cups. The overall feeling of this coffee shop was very fancy, almost to the extent of being snobbish. Reborn Coffee is located in a high-end shopping center and has a beautifully manicured patio area. Although the location was nice, I would personally have trouble feeling relaxed or at home here. On a more positive note, plentiful parking is provided within this shopping center.

In terms of the quality of its coffee, Reborn Coffee’s cold brew was enjoyable but did not live up to the hype. Even though the coffee was a little on the watery side, it had no undesirable bitterness and tasted very smooth as a whole.

Coffee Code (Rosecrans Avenue in Fullerton) This coffee shop immediately felt out of place in a generic and cheap-looking shopping center next to a busy street.

The strange exterior was soon forgotten due to the trendy, polished and simple interior. Although it was small inside and had limited seating, it was not

overly crowded and the atmosphere gave a very relaxing and comfortable vibe.

The iced vanilla latte that I ordered was decently priced and made quickly. I appreciated the quality customer service of this cafe. One thing Coffee Code does differently from other cafes is incorporate coffee cubes instead of regular ice in order to prevent the drinks from becoming watered down.

In theory, this was a good idea, but the stark comparison of the light and creamy latte with the strong black coffee encased in the cubes resulted in the coffee turning increasingly bitter.

Intentional Coffee (Orangethorpe Avenue in Fullerton) Even as I approached this coffee shop from the outside, it was obvious that it was aesthetically pleasing. The exterior wall was adorned with hanging ivy and sleek white benches. The interior was just as beautiful, with hanging plants, brick accents, a small mural and more ivy. Additionally, adorable garden patio seating was visible from the large window that lined the main wall.

The employees were very engaging and helpful, and encouraged me to order one of their specialities — the Spanish latte. This drink was comprised of two espresso shots, condensed milk, steamed milk and ground cinnamon. I had high hopes for this brew as I’ve never tried a Spanish latte before, but was intrigued by the ingredients. However, I was slightly disappointed since the latte lacked an abundance of flavor and the cinnamon gave it a chalky texture.

What this cafe lacked in flavor, it made

up in charm. Even though it was slightly crowded, this coffee shop had the best atmosphere of all the places I reviewed.

As evident by the name of the coffee shop, this is intended to be a place where people can connect and spend time with one another.

Pilgrim’s Coffee House (Wilshire Avenue in downtown Fullerton) This charming cafe is located just a block away from Made Coffee. Pilgrim’s Coffee is hidden from the public eye and with limited parking it involved a lengthy search even for a spot a few streets away.

I enjoyed the vibe of this coffee shop as it had a less polished look but was nonetheless very comfortable and appealing. This cafe was the most spacious out of all the coffee shops I visited and the environment made it a quiet place to study. There was limited noise and dim lighting inside which made it the perfect place to sit and work for extended periods of time.

I ordered the signature iced coffee which was relatively inexpensive. It had a smooth and bold flavor that was worth every penny. The staff was very kind and helpful and contributed to the genuine and calm nature of this cafe.

My quest for coffee was a rewarding experience and allowed me to establish a deeper connection to the local community. Each coffee shop had its own unique flair and style, leaving this area full of places to fit each type of coffee lover so the next time you are looking for a nice place to study, be sure to visit one of these charming hidden gems.

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Opinion 7

THURSDAY APRIL 25, 2019

Giant pickup trucks are the absolute worst An open letter to drivers who choose to buy these vehicles.

SOPHIA ACEVEDO Managing Editor

To all the annoying owners of pickup trucks, I think you’ve made a dire mistake in your car purchase because the vehicle you own is a menace to society.

You have indirectly made common driver lives, like mine, much harder by choosing to own a bulky, gigantic machine that really isn’t as great as you’d like to believe. There are too many scenarios in my daily life where I see you being obstructive and problematic, and I think you need to realize what you’re doing.

Not only are your trucks typically sluggish and clunky to drive, but they often have very poor gas mileage.

Frankly, I don’t understand why you decided to make this purchase.

It makes no sense to me that you would choose to have a truck when you could choose to purchase a more environmentally friendly vehicle with terrific gas mileage and a sizable appearance.

If you prefer to sacrifice your paychecks on a car with 25 mpg for the aesthetic, then I really question your sense of rationality.

It makes sense to own a truck if your job and lifestyle requires it. Construction workers, frequent wilderness explorers or maintenance laborers need to have trucks because they require the extra

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cargo space in order to live out their daily lives and manage their routines.

But, for anyone who has a truck simply for the rare occasion of moving out, let me tell you, you are wasting the one distinguishing factor that sets trucks apart from every other vehicle in the market.

You don’t need to own a truck if you just want to showboat it. More often than not, no one is impressed by your vehicle — especially, if you decide to switch your wheels for bigger ones and decide that a monster truck is essentially what you want. In this case, I really absolutely despise you.

You’re just trying to fulfill an outdated fantasy of what you think is cool. If you haven’t noticed country music artists are ditching the pickup trucks, like in the Billboard Hot 100 song “Old Town

Road” is talking about riding in a Porsche not a pick-up truck.

Adding extra wheels to your already sizable vehicle is unwarranted. Those wheels are expensive, and you can literally do just about anything else to personalize your vehicle. Out of all your choices, you chose the one thing that makes it difficult for everyone around you.

I’m not sure if you’re just selfish, or if you’re really ignorant.

Another situation you may not always realize is that having such a massive truck isn’t always the most convenient thing to ride in.

Imagine trying to have your fragile great-grandmother ride in a pickup truck with big wheels. The poor lady is going to have an unnecessary struggle just to get to her seat, which is just cruel.

To make matters worse, you aren’t always the best drivers. Now, I

know that’s a bit mean to say, but it’s the truth whether you would like to acknowledge it or not.

Many of you struggle to fit in a parking space because it’s far too small to fit your massive vehicle.

Hence, people like me who own sensible cars have to watch in horror as you back in and out until you ultimately park semi-crooked, leaving little to no space for anyone on either side of you.

Another situation I find myself in is when smaller cars like mine are behind you; it makes life almost impossible. You are slow, hesitant and (if you have those bigger wheels) even dangerous.

On freeways, you make life trivial. Driving on the freeway is meant to be faster than driving on the street, not slower. If you are worried about how much gas you end up wasting, then you should

have bought a more efficient car like most rational people.

I realize that at this point it would make little sense for you to suddenly buy another car. You’ve bought it, and now you can’t decide to buy a new one no matter how much money you own. That’s far too extreme, no matter how much I dislike you.

However, please recognize that people like me get really frustrated with you and that you should try to make a different purchase next time. Or, you know, maybe you could learn to drive and park better - I think either option would suffice.

Sincerely, An annoyed driver who is tired of you

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Opinion 9

THURSDAY APRIL 25, 2019

Affirmative action combats biases This policy assures an equal playing field for all applicants.

KORRYN SANCHEZ Editor-in-Chief

It is necessary for there to be diversity in the workplace and that our government continues to implement executive orders such as affirmative action to ensure that there is an ample amount of diversity in corporate America and in educational institutions.

Affirmative action is a policy that was implemented by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. Executive Order 10925 said do “not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color or national origin.”

The policy was created to ensure that employers were held accountable to take affirmative action when considering both applicants and employees. This executive order does not only affect employment but also applies to higher education.

Affirmative action is essential for preliminary schools that require an application. It also requires that colleges and

universities maintain a diverse student body, which enriches the education experience.

It is important to not only learn about, but understand and interact with people who come from different backgrounds to fully understand the world.

The education that school is supposed to provide people with is useless unless it can be applied to the actual communities that will benefit from it.

It can be impossible to fully understand any subject without hearing different perspectives from multiple groups of people.

Different races, ethnicities, ages and genders all have something new to contribute to the conversation about the many facets of life.

During President Barack Obama’s administration, he implemented a variation of affirmative action that required universities to consider race when reviewing applicants for acceptance.

Last July, President Donald Trump reversed this policy. He said his administration will not support an application process that takes race into consideration, and that he would only

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support “race-blind” admission standards.

This could be detrimental for not only educational institutions and students, but the potential applicants for these schools.

In a country that historically has been referred to as a melting pot, diversity is the core of the U.S. It is not supposed to be in our ideology to discriminate against a group of people.

Therefore, policies and processes like affirmative action are necessary to maintain not only the values and traditions that the U.S. was founded on, but the diversity that is

necessary to maintain a functional society where people feel safe and accepted.

With that being said, affirmative action is a beneficial form of societal engineering but it is not a perfect system.

This is a form of legislation that was designed to allow historically low-income or uneducated minorities groups to break away from the stereotypes that have been placed on them to get better jobs and earn a higher income.

Affirmative action does not mean that anyone, regardless of their race, can apply for any position and ensures that qualified applicants have an equal playing field regardless of their diverse backgrounds.

This policy does not give an advantage to minority groups but more accurately reminds potential employers the importance of diversity.

In a world of white supremacy and racism, it is absolutely necessary to regulate how many people of a certain race can work or attend a specific institution.

Affirmative action is not a form of handouts, as some might believe, and minority groups do not benefit blindly from it.

This is a necessary form of legislation that keeps a historically racist society in check.

Affirmative action ensures that schools, companies and organizations maintain diversity and continue to uphold the ideologies that the U.S. was founded on.

Instagrammers ruin events for everyone Social media influencers destroy peace for pictures.

EMILY MIFFLIN Layout Editor

Dear Instagramers and influencers alike, You have ruined the real world for me. You have saturated the world with unhealthy expectations for life and have presented a shallow representation of what happiness and genuinity is.

There are times when I’m on campus, at a local coffee shop, or even just walking around a local park and I see you taking photos of yourself.

This by itself isn’t negative.

But when it takes you multiple minutes with multiple angles to take the perfect photo, it reeks of self-absorption. It shows that more than anything, you care about your image. It really pains me to observe that you don’t live in the moment, you don’t stop and focus on the here and now.

I wish you and everyone else would take some time to stop and smell the roses, because when vanity takes over your life, it starts to leak into genuine experiences that others are trying to have.

For example, your behavior in Lake Elsinore, California caused the destruction of the Super Bloom. By walking off of the trails to prance around in the beautiful orange poppies, you probably got your perfect shot, but you and other Instagrammers ruined the natural beauty of the landscape by crushing delicate poppies and ruining the soil for years to come by compacting it with your trodding feet and oversized heads.

You ruined a beautiful landscape due to your inability to enjoy a moment without taking a picture of your beautiful self.

Anyone who knows me understands how much I love plants and wildlife.To see people ruin these poppies for their own self-image really showed me how much people disregarded them in the first place.

Places that used to hold the relaxing ambiance of the Studio Ghibli movies are now overrun by you making posts for social media. One of the places where I felt the most at peace was in the Self Realization Fellowship Meditation Gardens of Encinitas,a place where members have the opportunity to pray, study, meditate, or enjoy what is around you.

I went there expecting peace, isolation and self-reflection, but the day was disturbed by the clicking of cameras as you wandered through the gardens, taking photos of yourselves in a place dedicated to self-reflection and spirituality. Though

it is recommended that cell phones are not used in the garden, you were still there, wandering and taking selfies.

It made me and others who were trying to take in the beauty of the garden uncomfortable.

I’m just asking you to please put less time into your image and to look at the world around you and see it for what it is. To see things outside of how it appears on your phone and value it for more than its usability as an Instagram post.

While people flowed into Coachella the last couple weeks, influencers dulled the mood by focusing more on their images than having a good time. As patrons entered the main festival area, people had to walk past multitudes of influencers, who seemed to be there for the clout and opportunity to show their butts in assless chaps. Not going to name names, but James Charles, you and your sisters need to stop.

For people who were there to enjoy the sound of their favorite artists, influencers dampened

the mood and projected negative vibes by judging those who didn’t fit their perceived definition of beauty. Those who were just trying to enjoy the moment were looked down upon and made to feel like they didn’t belong in a festival made to be experienced.

It’s important for you to take things at more than face value, not only for yourself but for those who are under your influence through social media.

People need to know that happiness doesn’t come from taking an attractive photo, but through being in the moment and cherishing the present over likes and comments.

Because if you don’t, we will keep devolving around a culture based off of how we appear but not who we are, and that isn’t a world I wish to live in.

Signed, Someone who lives in the present

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10 Sports

THURSDAY APRIL 25, 2019

Baseball to face UCI amid losing streak

Cal State Fullerton has lost three of their last four home games.

KORRYN SANCHEZ Editor-in-Chief

After dropping their last three games, the Cal State Fullerton baseball team will look to get back into the win column this weekend when they host UC Irvine for a three-game series.

The Anteaters will step onto the field with an overall record of 26-9, while the Titans have an overall record of 16-20.

The first three games of the four-game series will be played at Goodwin Field before the Titans head to Irvine to play a non-conference game against UCI at Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark on Tuesday.

In conference play, the Titans have a record of 4-5 and are currently 5-11 at home. They have lost three out of their last four games on home turf.

However, the Titans have been more successful in scoring while on the road, as they have scored 80 runs at home and 99 runs while on the road. The pattern of the Titans performing better on the road does not just consist of RBIs and runs made, but also stands true for the Titans’ ability to make contact with the ball while at the plate, totaling 156 hits on the road and 139 hits at Goodwin Field.

UCI has also been successful away from home with a record of 11-7.

The Anteaters come

into the series third in the Big West Conference with an 8-4 conference record and are on a fivegame winning streak.

The Titans’ junior outfielder Mitch Berryhill leads the team with a .442 batting average, which is also the second-best average in the country behind New Mexico State’s Nick Gonzales, who is batting .451 this year. Berryhill is also on a 45-game onbase streak which started last season.

In addition to Berryhill’s on-base streak, he is now on a 13-game hitting streak, with nine of those games being multihit games. Of Berryhill’s 44 plate appearances in conference play, he has had 17 hits and eight runs.

The Anteaters’ pitchers have proven to be able to shut down steady hitters like Berryhill. UCI senior right-handed pitcher Taylor Rashi, who is 3-0 on the year in 18 appearances, has yet to give up a run this year and has struck out 32 batters while only walking two.

In the 6-5 victory against San Diego State on April 16, Rashi recorded a two-inning save with two strikeouts.

UCI’s Brandon Lewis leads the Anteater offense with a batting average of .345. Lewis also leads the team with 48 hits, 11 home runs and 40 RBIs. First pitch from Goodwin Field on Friday night is scheduled for 7 p.m., while the non-conference game at Irvine on Tuesday is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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CSUN currently boasts a .726 winning percentage in singles matches this year, while the Titans’ winning percentage is .554.

Four of 10 Matadors to compete this year have double-digit wins, with the most coming from the 16 wins by freshman Sibel Demirbaga and Ana Isabel Fraile Toboso. The two international students have a combined 32-4, with Fraile Toboso having just one loss on the year.

The winners of the match-up between the Titans and the Matadors will compete in the semifinals of the tournament against the winner of Long Beach State and Cal Poly SLO, who will then compete in the final on Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m.

Fullerton’s match against CSUN will begin on Friday at 11:30 a.m.

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Men’s basketball adds three-star recruit Emmanuel Taban is the fourth prospect to join the team for next season.

JORDAN MENDOZA Sports Editor

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Emmanuel Taban averaged 18.9 points and 5.6 rebounds in his senior year at Apollo High School in Glendale, Arizona.

The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team added another piece to their 2019 recruiting class last Thursday with forward Emmanuel Taban signing his letter of intent with the Titans.

The 6-foot-7 small forward comes to Fullerton from Apollo High School in Glendale, Arizona. He is rated as the 12th best prospect and a three-star product by 247sports.

“He’s got great size, he can shoot the ball with range, he can handle it as a wing, he can guard multiple positions, so the diversity piece is something that he gives to our program in terms of being able to play multiple positions. His skillset, in my opinion, is extremely vast, and the best basketball is yet ahead of him,” said CSUF head coach Dedrique Taylor.

Taylor followed Taban for the past three years, and discovered Taban while he was an assistant coach for Arizona State. “(I) got familiar with his program and got a chance to see him as a sophomore, and even the latter part of his junior year, and really thought he had a chance to be a really good player,” Taylor said. “We ended up being able to land him over some really good programs.”

Taban received offers from 11 Division I schools, including Arizona State, Wyoming, Kansas State and Texas Tech.

“It’s a huge step in the right direction to continue to grow our brand, and continue to grow our program to elevate it to be amongst some of the best in our conference,” Taylor said.

Taylor says that the location of the school, as well as recent success the Titans have had enticed the Arizona product to commit to CSUF over other schools.

“The opportunity to step in and have an opportunity to compete for minutes is definitely something intriguing to him,” Taylor said. “I think he’s seen the development of guys like him come through our program and get bigger, stronger and develop into all-league guys.”

Despite losing two assistant coaches in the past month, Taylor credited his coaching staff for being able to land recruits, and highlighted the importance of assistant coaches, something he hopes to have within the next week.

“Their ability to be able to evaluate a guy and project how good he can become at an early age, and then finding a way to be able to land him, I think, says even more about who those guys are,” Taylor said. “They’re the eyes and ears of everything we do from a recruiting standpoint.”

Taban will be joining three other new recruits on the court this year for the Titans, led by a three-star rated guard Tory San Antonio, who is the 16th ranked recruit in California fromRancho Verde High School in Moreno Valley.

The two other newcomers to join the Titans are guards Doctor Bradley from Junipera Serra High School and Mojus Mojus from Balboa City School in San Diego.

With the recent additions, Taylor said this team will keep up with the recent success his program has seen in hopes of making the Big West Tournament final for the third straight year.

“We’ve improved our athleticism, our length, our skillset overall, added some depth, but most importantly, I’m excited about the caliber of young men that we’re adding to our program,” Taylor said. “To be able to get another group of young guys and work with them in hopes of developing them to become all-league guys, that excites me just as much as anything.”

Softball set for first-place showdown The Titans will take their four-game win streak to second place UC Davis.

ARNULFO GONZALEZ Asst. Sports Editor

The Cal State Fullerton softball team attempt to maintain their stronghold for first place in the Big West conference against UC Davis this weekend for a three-game series.

UC Davis is currently second in the conference standings behind the Titans. Both of the teams are on a winning streak as the Aggies won six games in a row and Fullerton with four.

With less than a month remaining in the season, the Aggies retained solid play down the stretch as UC Davis has an 8-2 record in April.

Fullerton won seven of their last nine games during the same timespan. During this stretch, the Titans outscored opponents, 53-28.

Fullerton currently leads in RBIs (59), home runs (12), runs (63) and hits (99) in conference play. The Titans also have the best team average with a .315, while staying effective on the base paths, stealing a conference-leading 14 bases.

Eight of those stolen bases are a conference-best and come from Titan outfielder Ari Williams, while the other four are from fellow outfielder Kelsie Whitmore in second.

Fullerton is also represented offensively by Whitmore and catcher Julia Valenzuela, as both are in the top five for batting average in the Big West.

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Infielder Sam Kennedy slides in third base against Cal State Northridge on April 5 at Goodwin Field.

is fourth with a .370 average, and leading the conference in batting is UC Davis’ Marisa Given, with a .486 average.

To go along with her batting average, Given also has a teamhigh 11 RBIs against Big West teams.

The Aggie pitching staff is the best in the conference with a team ERA of 0.86 and a total

of 79 strikeouts with only 15 runs allowed.

When the Titans and Aggies faced off last season, Fullerton came out victorious and swept Davis. CSUF outscored UC Davis 15-10 to extend their win streak to eight and a 14-1 start to conference play.

Titan pitcher Dani Martinez continues to lead the way for

Fullerton, as she has the second-best ERA in the Big West at 1.10, behind only Davis’ Brook Yanez at 0.52.

Martinez has 37 strikeouts, which puts her at third in the conference. The Titan pitcher is one of the two Big West pitchers to have double digit appearances on the season.

Sophie Frost, Taylor Dockins

and Mia Marinakis are the other pitchers who have appeared in the conference play besides Martinez. Dockins has a 2-0 record in conference play to go along with her six strikeouts, while Frost has 3-1 record in the conference with 10 strikeouts.

First pitch of the doubleheader on Saturday is scheduled for 1 p.m. at La Rue Field.

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