The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Thursday October 4, 2019
Volume 106 Issue 18
Officer pleads not guilty
Former Fullerton police officer faces disorderly conduct charge. MADELINE GRAY Editor
OLIVIA HAWKINS
Jose Paez, Fullerton Union High School’s ex-resource officer, pled not guilty to the charge of disorderly conduct, on Oct. 2 at the North Justice Center in Fullerton. While Paez was not present in the courtroom during his arraignment, his attorney Jacqueline Goodman, entered a plea of not guilty. Investigation into Paez began in the summer of 2018 on allegations of disorderly conduct while Paez was still on duty. The Orange County District Attorney looked into the last five years of Paez’s on-duty public interaction after allegations came out. The former Fullerton Police Department officer is in violation for using his personal cell phone to make recordings and take photos up a 16-year-old high school student’s skirt, according to the Orange County DA. However, Paez’s alleged misconduct as a school resource officer dates back to August 2017 when he adjusted his body camera’s angle to capture video of a female teacher’s skirt and upper legs during an interview. The evidence used to assess the alleged disorderly conduct was retrieved from the footage Paez pulled from his cell phone and body camera, according to Friends for Fullerton’s Future. The recordings were made while Paez was conducting a police investigation on the Fullerton Union High School campus. The incident occurred in November 2017. The duties Paez held as a school resource officer included linking students to crime preventative service agencies and connecting students to counseling provided on the high school campus. In addition, Paez investigated and reported on crimes involving students and worked alongside detectives for reinforcement. During the investigation of Paez’s career within the police department, he was relocated from his school resource officer position to a desk assignment. After eight years of employment with the department, Paez’s employment ended in May 2019. These events make up a portion of the 23 recorded incidents that occurred over the course of Paez’s career at Fullerton Union High School, according to Friends for Fullerton’s Future. Paez’s pre-trial is set for Dec. 2 at the North Justice Center, with Deputy District Attorney Jake Jondle assigned to prosecute the case. If the former Fullerton Police Department officer is convicted, he may serve a maximum of one year in the Orange County Jail.
Associated Students host semester’s first town hall HOSAM ELATTAR / DAILY TITAN
A panel of student leaders answered questions from audience members at the Titan Student Union.
Panelists addressed issues like security measures at Cal State Fullerton. CELESTE SHARP Asst. Editor
Associated Students held its first town hall of the semester on the Titan Student Union Grand Stairs on Wednesday morning, giving the opportunity for students to meet their student leaders and express their concerns. Isaac Gonzalez, the Associated Students chief communications officer, hosted the event, which provided free lunch, Associated Students scholarship T-shirts and a Hydro Flask giveaway that students could enter. Gonzalez took questions from the audience as well as read pre-written questions asked by students who could not attend the town hall. One issue students brought up was Associated Student’s
involvement with campus security and the possibility of adding cameras or a higher police presence. “The university is discussing the possibility of a safety town hall to take place later this month for students, possibly next month, for students to really get out there and get those concerns in terms of how they feel the university could continue to enhance that safety,” said Aaron Aguilar, Associated Students president. Psychology major Andrew Flores brought up the $1.5 billion surplus found in a recent CSU audit, and asked if it was going to be addressed by those sitting on the panel. Aguilar stated that they are continuing to look into the information they receive on the topic. He also assured students that the results of the audit were being looked at, and that it will not be forgotten about. “There seems to be this idea that there was surplus, other folks
may refer to it as a mischaracterized reserve in a sense, for the purpose of economic uncertainty for the entire CSU,” Aguilar said. “We’re not just going to take these words from the chancellor’s office or folks in university administration at face value.”
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The university is discussing the possibility of a safety town hall to take place later this month for students
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Staff Writer
AARON AGUILAR ASI President Aguilar also touched on last week’s CSU Board of Trustees proposal to increase the salary wages of university presidents. “I personally don’t think we should be looking into salary increases when there are students with basic needs, food insecurity and housing insecurity and all
these different issues we’re facing,” Aguilar said. “I would like to think that our university President Fram Virjee would agree with me on that.” Aguilar said that starting January 2020, the two Cal State Student Association representatives who sit on the CSU Board of Trustees will have voting powers. He added that Associated Students will advocate for more student representation on the board. Jessica Ferrer, a member of Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán de CSUF, said that at the first Social Justice and Equity Commission last week, Associated Students Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer Monica Morales-Garcia said activists should calm their anger and aggravation through masturbation. Ferrer said that the statement is invalidating to marginalized students. SEE FORUM
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CSUF Hall of Fame class announced Eight new members to be inducted into the Titan Hall of Fame. JORDAN MENDOZA Editor
Cal State Fullerton Athletics announced the eighth class of its Hall of Fame, which includes recognition of Titans in basketball, baseball, volleyball and now defunct athletic programs. Those announced include Bobby Brown of men’s basketball, John Fishel of baseball, Brittany Moore of volleyball, Heizaburo Okawa of fencing, Dick Wolfe of gymnastics and the 1984 football team. Brown played in the men’s basketball program from 20042007, and he left his mark en route to a professional basketball career.
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In four seasons, Brown played a total of 116 games for the Titans, starting 103 of them. In his career, the guard from Los Angeles averaged 16.9 points per game, including a career high 20.2 in his senior year. Brown was named the 20032004 Big West Freshman of the Year and was named to the Big West All-First Team in 20052006 and 2006-2007. Brown ranks in the top three of many career records at CSUF, including being the alltime leader in points, field goals made and 3-point field goals made. SEE CLASS
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MATT BROWN / CSF ATHLETICS
Titan alumnus Bobby Brown holds the record for most field goals made.
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