2019-12-04

Wednesday December 4, 2019

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Volume 106 Issue 45

Las Posadas celebration immerses ASI students in Latinx culture moves up elections Festival activities taught Latinx heritage and encouraged kindness.

MARIAH SANCHEZ

HOSAM ELATTAR Editor

Associated Students’ Board of Directors convened to approve new resolutions to change policies regarding ASI elections and performance management for student employees as the academic year reaches the halfway point.

The policy change regarding ASI elections will move the student body elections up one week to be three weeks before spring break.

The policy change for performance management will mandate student employee evaluations to be conducted from Jan. 1 to March 31 instead of after the completion of a certain amount of work hours. As long as they have completed the introductory period or three months of work, student employees will be guaranteed an evaluation.

Under the previous policy, student assistants would receive evaluation after 280 hours of work, then 680 hours, then 1,000 hours and every 1,000 there after.

“The evaluations means a potential increase in pay,” said Marcus Reveles, representative for the College of Education on the board. “All employees are going to have a chance at a certain time of year to get that pay increase.”

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Music blasted from the quad in front of the Humanities Building where Mesa Cooperativa hosted an event Tuesday dedicated to Las Posadas, a traditional religious festival celebrated in Mexico from Dec. 16-24.

The festival is characterized by a procession of children going house to house, asking for refuge and being denied, but receiving refreshments along the way. The tradition originates from the biblical story of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem in search of shelter for Mary to give birth to baby Jesus.

While the event was primarily hosted by Mesa Cooperativa, they collaborated with a multitude of different Latinx organizations. The goal was to bring all the organizations together said Yesenia Martinez, the president for Latinos in Science and Engineering.

Each activity was hosted by a different organization under the theme of Las Posadas and Christmas. Students received a stamp card and after completing five activities, they could

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I wasn’t really raised in Latinx communities. So I’m trying to get more in-touch with that and learn more about it.

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Board of Directors change election date and employee evaluations.

GABRIELLA CUNA Latinx Student Psychological Association board member

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Attendees made lanterns from scratch at the Las Posadas festival in the quad in front of the Humanities Building.

redeem the card for a tamale and champurrado, two very traditional Latin American dishes.

Both Latinos in Science and Engineering and the Latin American Studies Student Association helped attendees build piñatas. Students at another table made lanterns from brightly-colored construction paper, which are used in the festival when the procession is walking down the street.

Nearby, the Latinx Student Psychological Association hosted a table where students created small lantern candles and choose essential oils to use for each candle’s sweet aroma.

Gabriella Cuna, a board member with the Latinx Student Psychological Association on the Mesa council, chose to help with the event because they wanted to be more immersed in Latin culture.

“So, I actually am a

first-generation college student, and I’m Hispanic, but I don’t really have the culture, I feel like I wasn’t really raised in Latinx communities. So I’m trying to get more in-touch with that and learn more about it,” Cuna said.

“So, it was kind of cool to have other people teach me more about the things that they grew up with that’s part of my culture but I didn’t grow up with.”

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Honors keep raining in for basketball star Raina Perez wins Athlete of the Month thanks to her Big West leading 21.0 points per game.

JOHN CORONA Asst. Editor

Raina Perez earned Titan Athlete of the Month for November following productive performances in each of the past eight games to open the Titans 2019-20 season.

The honor should not come as a surprise because Perez was named Big West women’s basketball player of the week for two consecutive weeks in November.

The 5-foot-4-inch guard is currently tied for 12th in highest points per game with Chelsea Dungee of Arkansas and Micaela Kelly from Central Michigan and is also tied for fourth most points scored overall at 168 with Dungee.

The redshirt junior took on heavy playing time with 36.9 minutes per game scoring 21 points per game along with four assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals.

Perhaps the most key contribution coming through points since the teams points per game this season is 67.3.

Last year, in her first season with the Titans as a redshirt sophomore, Perez led or tied her teammates in points, steals and assists, which led to her earning a 20182019 Big West Honorable Mention award.

She put up a combination of numbers that exhibited her as the first Titan to average 13 points and 5 assists per game since the 199697 season.

Although it is still early in the season with 21 more games to go in the regular season before the Big West Tournament in Long Beach, it is interesting to note now that her points per game average jumped an entire eight points up from last year’s 13 points per game.

Perez is no stranger to records in those categories.

At her alma mater, Millenium High School in Goodyear, Arizona, the guard recorded the most career points, assists and steals over her four-year span starting

on varsity. Not to mention being named All-Division 1 First Team in 2016 and Division 1 Player of the Year in her junior year, falling just short of a state championship.

Her inflated points per game this season can be attributed to double-digit performances in each of the past eight games including a stretch of five-games where she scored over 20 points.

Her season high so far coming against Loyola Marymount with 29 points, where she also c o n t r ib u ted six rebounds and five assists.

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Raina Perez dribbling agianst Utah State on Nov. 20.

Preview: Poets slam the mic at poetry competition

After dropping Gabrielle Union as a judge because of her ‘difficult behavior,’ the entertainment industry still has strides to make.

Associated Students’ first-ever poetry slam competition featured a guest artist, free food, prizes and passionate poems.

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Administrator provides for students’ needs from Mexico to Cal State Fullerton Tonantzin Oseguera helped launch the Tuffy’s Basic Needs Center in 2017.

MELISA RYBALTOWSKI Asst. Editor

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In 1989, Tonantzin Oseguera, Associate Vice President of Student Engagement, crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.

In 1989, Oseguera crossed the Mexican border never to return home. Her experiences of illegal immigration greatly shaped who she would become as an advocate for student wellness. ”Not a lot of people have that experience of being an immigrant

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Not a lot of people have that experience of being an immigrant and coming to this country. Much less crossing the border.

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While walking through the Cal State Fullerton campus one might come across large elephant footprints making its way to Tuffy’s Basic Needs; these footprints are part of Tonantzin Oseguera’s legacy.

Having arrived at CSUF in 2013, Oseguera has made a place for herself in the Office of Student Affairs. The former dean of students now holds the title of associate vice president of student engagement on campus, overseeing several university programs, including the Dean of Students Office, the Division of Student Affairs’ Diversity Initiatives and Resource Centers and Student Life and Leadership.

One of the most recent initiatives to be launched under the direction of Oseguera is Tuffy’s Basic Needs Center, established in 2017. Located in McCarthy Hall 143, Tuffy’s Basic Needs is a collection of resources formerly provided by several different organizations scattered through campus.

The service identifies and serves students who are experiencing unforeseen hardship or crisis, and is designed to promote wellness and help students complete their education, according to their website.

“Student Life and Leadership, for a really long time under their volunteer service programs, were hosting the hygiene drive and it was very successful,” Oseguera said. “Every year it would get depleted, so I said, ‘Why don’t we put that under Basic Needs?’ And instead of doing the hygiene drive just once or twice a year, it’s constant and people can come in and get it all the time.”

At the time, the WoMen’s Resource Center also ran a career closet, but rather than limit it to women, Oseguera said it would be beneficial for all students and included the service under basic needs.

“Now we have a beautiful career closet that is available to all students and they can come and use it any time,” Oseguera said.

“For a lot of our students, just that extra help goes a long way.”

Oseguera said she was an undocumented student and often found herself lacking resources growing up, but it was Osegueras’ experience that taught her the value of education as a “metric for how you improve the quality of life of a family, not just a person but a family.”

Oseguera said she felt a sense of responsibility, having made it to the other side.

Tonantzin Oseguera

Associate Vice President of Student Engagement

and coming to this country. Much less crossing the border,” Oseguera said.

According to a report published by the US Department of Education in 2015, approximately 65,000 undocumented students graduate from U.S. high schools annually and 25,000 of those students graduate from California high schools.

Of those, about 5-10% of undocumented students pursue higher education and far fewer successfully graduate with a degree.

Tuffy’s Basic Needs, which is designed to promote student wellness and enable the completion of education at CSUF, seeks to aid students struggling to make ends meet and dealing with social pressures, including those facing

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immigration status issues.

“It’s a stress that isn’t experienced by everyone,” Oseguera said. “Not everyone has the pressure of knowing that if you leave home, you might get picked up.

Especially now, in this political climate.”

Oseguera also said that the threat of family separation is ever present in the minds of undocumented students as well.

Considering her time as an undergraduate student, Oseguera recognized this very stress as the hindering factor in vocalizing her experience. It wasn’t until her master’s program when she began to discuss topics such as identity development where Oseguera began to share her story.

“Mass deportations have always occurred in this country,”

Oseguera said. “There’s always been an element of family separation, and so if you exposed yourself, you were exposing not just yourself but your family — so we didn’t talk about it.”

On Sept. 16, Oseguera’s efforts toward progressing Latinx representation in the local communities were recognized by Congressman Gil Cisneros during a Hispanic Heritage awards ceremony held in Hacienda Heights.

“For me, obviously you can tell, it’s still very real,” said Oseguera through watering eyes as she remembered her time as an undocumented resident of the United States.

“I didn’t know how to express it, I don’t think I had the language for it,” she said. “Now we say ‘representation matters.’”

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e d r n Cal St u s l e n a n te F u T uller ton are off limits Despite regulations, students have ventured freely into the underground tunnels.

JESSICA BENDA Editor

BRIANA TORRES Staff Writer

As students sit through classes on Cal State Fullerton’s campus, most of them are unaware of the network of underground tunnels that lie just beneath them.

Though the underground passageways are meant for repair access and maintaining the campus, they have also been a destination for adventurous students.

“The tunnels are secured and off limits to anyone but trained facilities personnel,” said Tuan Nguyen, physical plant director.

“We have not heard of any recent reports of students accessing the tunnels by elevator or any other means.”

However, several Daily Titan reporters were able to access the tunnels on multiple occasions with ease earlier this semester.

There were no signs that denied access to students or unauthorized personnel at the entrance of the tunnel in the Humanities Building when those students ventured into the tunnels.

After interviews with the facilities department and police, Daily Titan staff tried to see if there was still access to the tunnels through the Humanities Building, but the elevator would not go to the basement.

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Most of the people at the university don’t know that they exist ... They’re very interesting and a little spooky.

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them for a field trip with a professor.

“They were getting the tour, and that they were observing how it looks down there, and what I know is, it’s just really dark, and it’s very tight,” Avalos said.

Avalos added that the potential for students to sneak down into the tunnels is a safety hazard, considering how dark and extensive the tunnels are.

Though some students have heard of or even entered the tunnels, Willey said that the tunnels

remain relatively unknown to the majority of the public.

“They’re little known to most people, most of the people at the university don’t know that they exist,” Willey said. “They’re very interesting and a little spooky.”

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The tunnels connect the Humanities Building, McCarthy Hall, Pollak Library and the Kinesiology and Health Science building.

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The elevator outside the humanities building allowed for access to the tunnels earlier this semester.

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SCOT WILLEY University Police Captain

In the past, another former CSUF student ventured down and even created a website with photos of the inside of the tunnels.

Capt. Scot Willey of the University Police said the tunnels are a safety hazard for people who are not supposed to be there. Anyone found in the spaces could be referred to Student Conduct and can be arrested for trespassing.

“It’s not good to have access if you don’t know what you’re getting into,” Willey said. “It’s not a place where you’d want anybody that doesn’t know what they’re doing it to be down there.”

He said that University Police had not been aware that students had been accessing the tunnels and would be checking the entrances.

The tunnels have been inspected at least annually by Environmental Health and Safety and the Physical Plant staff, said Pearl Boelter, director of the department. She added that as part of a quarterly safety walk initiative, inspections of the tunnels will occur quarterly.

Built in the 1960s, as the campus expanded, the tunnels allow facilities crews to repair and maintain utilities like water temperatures and IT wiring systems, Nguyen said. He said that facilities management inspects different areas in the tunnel monthly to “perform preventative maintenance work on equipment and piping.”

The underground passageways connects several buildings on campus, including McCarthy Hall, Pollak Library and the Humanities Building. Concrete walls and floors, open wiring and dim or, at times, nonexistent lighting can all be found in the tunnels just beneath the tidy campus of CSUF. Although fifth-year computer engineering major Jasmin Avalos has never been down to the tunnels herself, she knows of students who have toured

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Sending a mass email is harder than it seems for ASI Student leaders share the effort that goes into informing the campus.

JESSICA BENDA Editor

ADAM MALDONADO Asst. Editor

Though sending an email may seem simple, the process of launching mass emails from Associated Students Inc. isn’t as simple as pressing “send”.

An email from ASI has to go through multiple steps before making it into the student body’s inbox. A drafted email is edited by several members within ASI, reviewed by ASI executive director Keya Allen and finally presented to the Dean of Students before being sent out from Student Affairs, said ASI Vice President Mansi Kalra.

“Personally, I think it’s good,” Kalra said. “I think that having these levels helps to make sure that we’re all on the same page of running the information out. As an organization, we’re united.”

The process and lack of accessibility is a reason why ASI doesn’t send things out frequently, Kalra said.

Lorren Baker, chair of the ASI Board of Directors, said that she goes back and forth on the matter. The added barriers prevent misunderstandings or sensitive information from being sent , but it is also

a hindrance to jump through hoops and talk to different people, Baker said.

“I would think that everything can be improved upon.

It would be reasonable if ASI had its own ability to have mass emailing directly through us,” Baker said. “We are a separate entity from the university, but at the same time, I don’t know if there’s anything that’s prohibiting us from doing it.”

Earlier this year, ASI used focus groups to gather student input about an ethnic studies requirement, instead of sending out a mass email to the campus.

“The service was supposedly down, so we couldn’t utilize it even though we asked to,” Baker said. “Whenever it was actually fixed, we might not have gotten the proper information or communication. There are some aspects of it that can be kind of difficult.”

Isaac Gonzalez, chief communications officer for ASI, says the method they currently follow is a tool that isn’t necessarily broken. In recent years, there hasn’t been a demand from students to see more emails directly from ASI, which is part of the reason they expect to maintain their current model.

Kalra thinks social media is more effective than mass emails when it comes to engagement with students. Throughout the CSU ASIs, Cal State Fullerton has the biggest social media

following, she said.

“Students check their Instagram or Twitter more often than students will check their email.

When students see an interesting picture, they’ll look into it,” Gonzalez said. “That way they can share it around and they post it on their stories and it can spread to other friends.”

ASI President Aaron Aguilar echoed Gonzalez’s statements, noting the success of the ASI Instagram account, which currently sits at over 10,000

followers.

“That’s typically how we get out a lot of our information,” Aguilar said. “For larger scales for emails about focus groups or we have specific events we want to respond to on campus, that’s when we go to the Dean of Students.”

Other methods from ASI to divulge information to students include the ASI podcast and their new video series, “Direct from the Board,” which allows those who want to stay

informed have access to what ASI is working on.

Despite a high number of engagement from students on social media, Kalra says personal interactions is one of the most effective methods of communicating with students.

“I think the best form for us to engage with students is actually out at events, talking to people,” Kalra said. “The best way for students to receive information is from someone that they trust.”

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Policy: Student leaders pass 2020-25 strategic plan 1 Isaac Gonzalez, chief communications officer for Associated Students, said as a previous student employee, the policy change is appealing.

“With this new policy people know exactly ‘OK I am getting one in this time frame’ and also guarantees you one as long as you pass through that initial time frame,” Gonzalez said.

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leadership, 2. diversity, equity and inclusion 3. to build and develop student leaders and employees and 4. embrace and pursue innovation.

“ASI strives to improve, diversify and expand our leadership into professional development opportunities, programs and services to enhance student life and the Titan experience,” said Scott Martin, Associated Students associate director of marketing & design.

Martin said the three goals of the broad plan are to enhance student leader and student

employee development and success, advance organizational excellence and strengthen community within Associated Students, on campus and in Fullerton.

Associated Students President Aaron Aguilar also addressed the board on the status of nine Associated Students resolutions contributing to student success.

A majority of the resolutions presented were about supporting different communities on campus.

The first resolution discussed was in support of black student success. Aguilar said there are initiatives and programs that the

university has developed since the passing of the resolution to retain and recruit black students at CSUF, such as the development of the black alumni network.

The percentage of black students at CSUF has declined since the resolution was passed, from 2.3% to 1.9%.

The Associated Students president spoke about a 2017 resolution to expand mental health resources for students on campus. An ASI Wellness survey launched Monday to see how satisfied students are with the

current resources offered.

The Associated Students president also discussed resolutions regarding undocumented and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students, Project Rebound Scholars, students with Disabilities, Native American students and LGBTQ+ students.

Aguilar encouraged the board to make an extra effort to help these communities.

“There’s still a long way to go with all of this and I know we have a lot of talented people in the room who can make it happen,” Aguilar said.

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Letter to the Editor Disclaimer: My opinion is just that: my opinion. I am writing this as an independent faculty member at CSU Fullerton, not as an official voice for Hillel or any other group.

During the last week of classes prior to Thanksgiving break, the Students for Justice in Palestine displayed a wall in the middle of campus, painted with provocative criticisms of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, which the Daily Titan reported on Nov. 19.

While I applaud these students’ earnest efforts to raise campus awareness of the difficult plight of Palestinians, I also wanted to voice the concerns of Jewish students, faculty and administrators at Cal State Fullerton who feel that this display is misinformed and hurtful.

The conflict between Israel, her Arab neighbors generally and Palestinians, more specifically, extends back to the early part of the 20th century, and is deeply complex.

The club’s protest may have the positive effect of heightening campus interest in this important issue, but in offering gross exaggerations and launching false accusations against Israel, it will also make it less likely that students, faculty and administrators who have different views and personal connections to Israel and Palestine will find ways to build bridges and to seek peaceful solutions for the conflict.

The large and imposing exhibit was placed in the middle of campus, and had graphic text accusing Israel of being an Apartheid state, of starving citizens of Gaza of drinkable water, of walling off Palestinians from their homeland and, most disturbingly, proclaiming in a boldly painted statement that “Zionism = Racism.”

While there are many violations of the rights of Palestinians in and around Israel, the Jewish faculty, administrators and students I know are opposed to these acts of oppression and have consistently criticized the government for such policies, while holding out hope for a peaceful and just end to the conflict.

We are not “racists,” but we are Zionists – committed to the one and only Jewish state and to a just and sustainable future for her… and for her Arab neighbors, including and especially the Palestinian people.

While there are some extremist and racist Zionists, that does not make all Zionists racist.

Likewise, Israel is not an apartheid state, even when there are highly visible extremists in and abroad Isreal who wish to deny Palestinians any right to national self-determination. Israel has a system of government that provides its Arab citizens the right to form political parties, run for office, to serve at all levels of government, and to vote: this is patently not an apartheid system.

Gaza citizens face the unenviable position of being governed by Hamas, which is openly and officially dedicated to

the destruction of Israel. Since Israel left the Gaza strip in 2005, the Palestinians living there were given full control over their land.

Unfortunately, Hamas was elected to power, and has engaged in repeated efforts to wage war against Israel by launching missiles and rockets at neighboring innocent civilians. Although the plight of Gaza citizens is a humanitarian crisis, Hamas’s continued use of violence to address their people’s suffering does little to create the possibility for effectively addressing this heartbreaking situation.

Lastly, the wall that the SJP protest is intended to signify was not built by Israel to purposefully keep out Palestinians from their ancestral homes. After the West Bank came under Israeli occupation, following the 1967 war between Israel and all of her Arab neighbors, there was no physical barrier between Israel and the occupied West Bank.

But with the second intifada, Arabic for uprising, there were hundreds of suicide bombings on Israeli buses, restaurants and other public areas, killing thousands of innocent citizens. Israel responded by building a barrier and policing it to prevent further terrorism.

In some ways, this was enormously successful, nearly eliminating suicide bombings in Israel. But in other ways it created new problems, as checkpoints between Palestinian areas and Israel became new sites for tensions and, all too often, abuses of Palestinian civil rights.

Rather than facilitating a meaningful discussion of the very difficult issues that flow from two groups of people with conflicting claims to the same land, the club’s exhibit has become the very thing it is protesting: a wall of separation.

Many Jewish faculty, administrators and students stay away from the controversial wall entirely, hoping to avoid it and waiting for it to “just go away.” University administrators seeking to prevent a conflict, seek to prevent any direct confrontation between pro-Israel students and protesters.

This is not a productive situation: there are no meaningful exchanges of ideas or discussions of issues. In future semesters, I hope that the commendable and engaged club members can work with Hillel, with Jewish faculty and administrators, and with other interested members of the CSUF community to begin the difficult and necessary work of educating each other on our respective experiences of this conflict.

By moving in that direction, CSUF has an opportunity to provide national leadership for how to productively engage a diverse campus in directly addressing one of the most contentious political issues in the world.

Signed, Scott Spitzer Associate Professor of Political Science Faculty Advisor to Hillel

‘America’s Got Talent’ and intolerance Men with power continue to silence women in media.

JESSICA BENDA Editor

Though one of America’s founding principles is the right to speak one’s mind, Gabrielle Union is the latest to prove that free speech isn’t always free.

NBC recently dropped Union as a judge on “America’s Got Talent” after just one season, reportedly after being labelled as “difficult,” according to the Daily Beast. Her crime? Calling out racism and a negative workplace environment.

It was reported that Union was frustrated at racist remarks on set, such as a joke about a Korean stereotype by guest host Jay Leno, or judge Howie Mandel reportedly saying that a choir of African members should sing something from “The Lion King.”

According to Vulture, she earned a spot on fellow judge Simon Cowell’s bad side after she requested that he didn’t smoke indoors because the smoke seeped into her dressing room, and she has an allergy to cigarette smoke. In return, she was reportedly told by an NBC executive and production staff that no one could stop him from smoking, even though smoking in an enclosed workplace is against California law.

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was cut from the network. Her dismissal is a grim reminder that racism and sexism is still thriving in the entertainment industry, despite arguments that Hollywood is progressing.

Historically, women have been told to keep quiet. Ida B. Wells-Barnett was threatened, and her newspaper office was burned after publishing documents against lynchings. Alice Paul was imprisoned while vouching for women’s suffrage.

Malala Yousafzai was shot after speaking up for women’s rights

to receive an education.

Though Union’s firing may not have been as extreme, it’s still another example of the suppression of a woman’s voice.

Furthermore, it’s a testament to why women’s voices are needed, and the importance of speaking up instead of sweeping things under the rug.

As an African American woman, Union has already faced more struggles than most in the industry. She was told that her hairstyles were “too black” for the audience of “America’s Got

Talent”, according to Variety.

Though some like to believe that racism has disappeared, it’s evident to anyone willing to open their eyes that it’s still rampant.

Regardless of their ethnicity, everyone can and should support each other against issues like these. Though some will say that enough progress has already been made, activism is still essential. Speaking up can and often will have consequences, but it’s the only way to enact change.

Union may have been dropped

from “America’s Got Talent,” but her actions have earned her the support of several notable people, like Ellen Pompeo, Ariana Grande and even 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro.

Through her refusal to ignore racial injustice and a reportedly negative work environment, Union shows herself as a trailblazer, and NBC reveals it is yet another network that would rather drop an employee pointing out a problem than actually solve the problem itself.

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Whispers of new concepts weave in and out of your mind today. You might wonder if your current radical ideas are valuable or if you are taking things one step too far.

Resolving a dilemma is easier when operating from a foundation of trust. People tend to resist change when they lack information or if they wonder what you say is true.

You might jump to a faulty conclusion when conversing with friends today. In fact, you could judge someone too harshly if you let your feelings color your perceptions.

Your competitive spirit needs a playground to roam today, so considering retreat is an unwise idea. It really doesn’t matter where a relationship goes now.

Your noncommittal approach to conflict might just prove to be your magic sword today.

Questions from a coworker or friend could rope you into a melodrama that isn’t yours.

You want to take others at face value today, but something strange stands between you and reality.

An unexpected event or chance meeting might send you tumbling back in time.

You can achieve nearly anything you set your mind to if you’re willing to venture into unknown territory.

Others might caution you not to take a risk but the cosmos is encouraging you to explore.

Constructive advice that offers assistance is very different from discouraging criticism. Your work ethic is exceptional, and yet there might be detractors who still wonder why you are the leader.

Handling black and white issues is easy when you have a clear choice. But every once in a gray while, you must face the realization that opposites are not quite as different as they seem.

Thoughts of prosperity dance around in your head, encouraging you to throw yourself into enterprising new opportunities. Impulsive thinking is likely to lead you into a swamp today.

Someone must be willing to face the truth, but you wish you didn’t have to be so painfully practical all the time. You might secretly envy those who seem more than happy to set aside all the facts and figures.

Idealism comes from both hope and promise, so refine and polish your best vision of what is possible. However, conflicts may arise from disputes between the people who achieve results and the dreamers.

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CSUF went 4-1 during that period with wins over UNLV, Loyola Marymount, Utah State and Grand Canyon; the only loss came against San Diego State.

The Titans lost their past two contests against Delaware and Montana during the Titan Classic, where Perez scored 14 points and 17 points respectively.

CSUF will be on the road in two games against San Francisco on Wednesday and against San Diego on Saturday.

They will follow with a threegame home stand against Cal Baptist University, Air Force and Seattle University next Friday.

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Raina Perez scanning the court during the Titans 83-62 win against Utah State on Nov. 20.

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CSUF continues northern roadtrip against Pacific Men’s basketball has lost three of their last four games, being outscored 271-238.

DANIEL BRITO Staff Writer

Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball will travel to Stockton, California on Wednesday, facing off against the University of the Pacific.

The Titans enter the matchup sitting at 3-5 on the season and stand at fifth in the Big

West Conference , while the Tigers currently sit at 7-3 on the season.

CSUF dropped two games in a row in the Cable Car Classic last weekend, losing to Denver, 6562, and to Santa Clara in a blowout loss, 70-55.

The Titans have struggled mightily on the road and neutral sites so far this season, going 2-4 with their lone victories against Wyoming and Southeast Missouri State and losses against Stanford, BYU, Denver and Santa Clara.

A constant theme for the Titans this season has been their offensive struggles. Statistically, CSUF comes in last in a few major offensive categories in the Big West.

The Titans are last in the conference in scoring, averaging 61.5 points per game while making shots at the worst percentage in the conference at 39.5%. The team also struggles from beyond the arc, shooting a conference worst 26.7% from three.

Senior guard Austen Awosika has been the main catalyst

for the Titans offense as he leads the team in scoring with 15.6 points per game, fourth in the Big West, as well as leading in assists averaging 3.1 per game.

Awosika also averages a healthy 5 rebounds per game, a solid number for a guard.

Alongside Awosika, sophomore guard Wayne Arnold has arguably been the Titans’ most well-rounded scorer, leading the Titans starters in 3-point percentage at 34.9% and from the free throw line at 93.8%, which would rank first in the

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Jonny Wang having a shot blocked by Stanislaus State’s Darius Scott during a Nov. 16 matchup.

conference if he qualified for the statistic by hitting at least two free throws a game.

The scoring duo will need to be on point as they face a stern test against the Tigers.

Pacific currently sit the middle of the pack in a West Coast Conference that is also home to basketball powerhouse Gonzaga.

The Tigers are coming off of back-to-back wins against Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and Longwood University.

The Tigers have already faced two Big West teams, losing to Hawaii, 72-67, and beating UC Riverside, 58-51. Both Hawaii and UCR are tied at the top of the Big West standings at 6-2.

Pacific has an efficient offense, shooting 46.8% overall and 33.3% from the 3-point line.

They are currently outscoring opponents by an average margin of 11.8 points per game.

The Tigers’ senior guard Jahlil Tripp leads the team in scoring with 12.1 points per game and rebounding with 6.6 points per game. Tripp is also an opportunistic defender, leading the team in steals.

Junior guard Broc Finstuen is another key player for the Tigers, as he often comes off the bench and provides a spark for the team with extremely efficient scoring. Finstuen is third on the team in scoring, and does so shooting 60.7% and 37.5% from the 3-point line. He only averages 18.3 minutes each game, starting four games and coming off the bench in six.

The Titans will face the Tigers at Alex G. Spanos Center on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Winning record on the line against San Francisco Women’s basketball will be led by Raina Perez who leads the Big West in scoring.

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Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball is travelling up north to face the University of San Francisco Dons today and kick off a two-game road trip.

The Titans are off to a 4-4 start to the season, tying with Hawaii and UC Santa Barbara for the best record in the Big West conference, but are coming off two straight losses in the Titan Classic this past weekend where they fell to Delaware and Montana.

The Titan’s matchup is the first of two back-to-back away games, the second being at the University of San Diego.

CSUF has played well on the road this season, going 3-2 so far with wins over UNLV, Grand Canyon, and a win over Loyola Marymount in an overtime thriller.

The Titans are playing well-rounded, but unspectacular basketball so far this season as they rank in the middle of the pack in most team statistics in the Big West.

Offense has not been an issue for the Titans most of the season

as they are averaging 67.3 points per game which ranks third in the Big West, behind UC Irvine and UC Davis. Their shooting percentages are average in the Big West, shooting 40.2% and 30.1% from deep.

CSUF has been exceptional in converting from the free throw line, making 75.4% of their free throw attempts, ranking second in the conference.

The Titans are led by redshirt junior guard Raina Perez, who was just named CSUF Student-Athlete of the Month.

Perez has been outstanding this season, leading the Big West in scoring with 21 points per game, nearly three points more than Katie Toole of UC Davis who ranks second.

Perez averages the most minutes on the team and on average takes about eight more shots than anyone else on the team.

She scores efficiently, shooting 46.9% while also being a pest on defense, averaging 1.4 steals per game.

Amiee Book is another exceptional scorer for the Titans, serving as the team’s sharpshooter and hitting nearly three shots from deep a game. Book is shooting 43.8% from beyond the arc and is second on the team in scoring with 14 points per game.

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Taylor Turney dribbling the ball up the court against Utah State on Nov. 20.

The San Francisco Dons currently have the same standing as the Titans, with an identical 4-4 record.

The Dons have had a tough

schedule so far, with losses coming against the third-ranked Stanford Cardinal and tenthranked Mississippi State. They are currently on a two-game win

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Taylor Turney passing the ball while being guarded by Utah State’s Faith Brantley in a Nov. 20 83-62 Titan win.

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streak with a 64-56 win over Bowling Green and a 80-57 win over Houston.

San Francisco struggles on defense, allowing 71.5 points per game and are at a -2.9 scoring margin this season.

Where the Dons excel is in rebounding, led by forwards Leilah Virgil and Mikayla Williams, who average 9.9 and 8.8 rebounds, respectively.

Williams is also an effective scorer for the Dons, ranking second on the team with 13.4 points per game.

From the Czech Republic, guard Lucic Hoskova is a major threat to score from beyond the arc as she is hitting at 48% from deep and is averaging 13.1 points.

With the Titans having lost two games in a row and the Dons riding a two-game win streak, the Titans will look to flip the script and open up their twogame road trip with a win.

The Titans will face off against the Dons today at 5:30 p.m. at the Sobrato Center in San Francisco.

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Slam Poetry event brought friendly competition and community KIM PHAM Editor

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There’s nothing like starting off the month of December than with a Poetry Slam competition, where Cal State Fullerton students can express their semester’s worth of stress, loss, love and expectations for the upcoming holidays and new year.

With a grand prize of $100, competing poets came into the Titan Student Union Pub yesterday hot and hungry. Audience members attended eagerly for free food and prizes, opportunity drawings and good old fashioned rhymes and raps.

Contestants were required to have two three-minute poems and one one-minute poem prepared for a total of three rounds. Prizes were awarded to poets who advanced onto the next round, as decided by judges chosen from the audience.

“They’re all good and talking about different topics, so it’s like, ‘Is this one better than that one?’” said Poetry Slam judge Tianhui Song, Associated Students, coordinator. “They’re really emotional, very expressive.

It’s really easy to understand what kind of message they’re trying to convey.”

Hosting the event was Willa Madrid, a Pub Coordinator for Associated Students. The poetry slam competition wasn’t her first, as she is also the host for CSUF’s Speak Yo’ Truth night.

With experience from running these open mic platforms, Madrid has displayed her expertise in small and intimate events garnering a not-so-small impact. With the goal to create a safe space for people to be vulnerable in the form of creative expression, anyone can feel comfortable to participate.

“I want to be able to engage the whole audience. I want all of us to be on the same vibe and have a really great energy.” Madrid said in the podcast, “Fully Informed,” in promoting the event. “I feel that’s kind of the point of my events, to know that your voice is important and heard, and that your experiences are important, and you can relate to other people.”

Though the event was held to encourage friendly competition and community, each contestant brought their all as they took turns on stage to share their work. Passion poured into the mic and hit audience members in waves as cheers, snaps and applause met each poet upon the conclusion of their set.

“It’s very interesting because it’s really raw and authentic, but it’s also encouraging and hopeful because it’s like a conversation between the poet and the audience. We all kind of share this relationship where we understand each other, and we’re kind of being there for each other at the same time,” Madrid said.

Stage fright isn’t an uncommon occurrence, even in an environment as inclusive as Madrid’s. But that tension quickly went away with each performer that went up on stage, ready to share their successes, failures and everything in between.

“To be honest, when you first go up there, it’s very nerve wracking. It’s very nerve wracking in general to go up on stage and talk about your real inner, deep feelings. But, it was also very therapeutic because while I was going up there sharing my thoughts and personal experiences, I really felt that the audience really resonated with me,”

Madrid said.

RJ Abesamis, a frequent open mic goer, kicked off the competition with a little humor, edge and style. All eyes were locked on her as she acted out her poem with her hands, preaching about her experience as a third-generation daughter.

“Many people will look at your race, but they don’t see the intersectionality behind it, and the generational differences that come with it, not just if it’s you’re third generation, but if you’re queer or not queer.

A lot of that comes into play with identity, it’s not just one part of the intersection,” said Abesamis.

As she continued onto the second round, Abesamis recited her poem, “Ms. Philippines,” which was meant to bring awareness to the political situation in the Philippines as it’s under the reign of what Abesamis calls a dictatorship.

Audience members resonated with Abesamis as she read the poem from her blue notebook, not only because they could relate to using their college exam papers for non-test-taking purposes, but because it was a reflection of her anger and pride for her heritage.

Seleena Mukbel, a public relations major, made it to the second round of the competition after surprising the judges with her spoken word poem, “I Want,” which details all of her desires and more as she combined her self-made quotes and poetic style.

“My favorite line is, ‘I want to live a life where I’m too busy moving forward, there’s no time to look back,’” Muckbel said.

Jaime Estepa, a spoken word poet from San Diego, was welcomed as a guest artist for the event and delivered a performance that spread chills throughout the entire pub.

As an educator, Estepa dedicates himself supporting the growth and development of the people he works and surrounds himself with. As an artist, Estepa works towards highlighting queer voices and the voices from people of color.

Outside his day job, Estepa is active in the community as he continuously supports local art events, hosts workshops, and attends community-oriented seminars. Though juggling a fulltime job and his love for poetry isn’t easy, Estepa still remains active in the open mic and slam scene.

“One of the great things about arts events, especially open mics and slams, is a lot of them are in the evenings or on the weekends. If I know I want to go to Slam that night I make sure I go to bed before early and mentally prepare myself to go in with that social and artistic energy so it takes a lot of planning,” Estepa said.

Despite coming in all the way from San Diego, Estepa wasn’t too tired to show the crowd why he was the night’s guest poet.

From poems about his queer identity and Filipino culture to depression and domestic violence, he tackled these hard hitting topics with a furious elegance that could only be felt if one was present in the room.

“I think sometimes when we are pushing ourselves, there’s a different type of work that can come out from that, or a different type of inspiration that can be sparked when we are trying to push ourselves past a certain creative limit,” Estepa said.

The third round came down to three contestants and an excited audience ready to hear the last and best poems of the night. Though every poet put up a good fight, McKinley Bundick Jr., known as Blakghost, emerged as the winner of

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the competition.

Going into this event, he hadn’t had his mind set on which pieces he was going to present because he felt it was important to first assess his audience and

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It’s really raw and authentic but it’s also encouraging and hopeful because it’s like a conversation between the poet and the audience.

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Passionate poets show vulnerability in the Titan Student Union Pub.

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what they wanted.

“If the crowd was like heavily African American, I’ll do a piece on my heritage, but if the crowd is heavily Asian or Asian American, I can’t do that. There’s a relationship, there’s a bridge. It’s like taking the Brooklyn Bridge versus the Manhattan bridge,” Bundick said.

Throughout his performance and for his acceptance speech, he wanted to remind the audience that he was from Virginia because there is a misconception that talent only exists in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas and similar metropolitan areas.

“When you’re from Virginia, you grow up knowing that everybody is either going to clown you for not being good or not,” Bundick said. As a man of his word, he showed that Virginians do have talent by earning the $100 giftcard to Titan Shops last night.

“Godchild told me, another poet from Virginia, he told me open mics are like a public service, they do the public a service. I think open mics and poetry events are like a therapist’s office that’s free or not as expensive,” Bundick said. “It’s just a way for you to get your feelings out, and I love events like this.”

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Judge Tiunhui Song, a senior communications major, was one of five judges to score the contestants’ poems.

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Slam Poet winner Blakghost performed a spoken word poem called, ‘I love her,’ dedicated to his wife.

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10 Lifestyle Movie

REVIEW

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4, 2019

‘Knives Out’ takes a cutting edge approach to a classic storyline

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This new comedy-mystery movie kicks off with a birthday foul and murder.

KASON CLARK Editor

Sharpen your knives and your wits for “Knives Out,” the new “whodunnit” from director Rian Johnson that will leave you distrusting your own family members.

In this comedy-mystery, acclaimed writer Harlan Thrombey is found dead after his 85th birthday.

While his death is initially ruled a suicide, the eccentric private investigator Benoit Blanc suspects foul play, claiming that a member of Harlan’s dysfunctional family was responsible for his death.

Johnson gathered an all-star cast for this film. Christopher Plummer plays Harlan Thrombey while Michael Shannon and Jamie Lee Curtis play his two children. Don Johnson plays Curtis’ husband, and Chris Evans portrays her son.

Toni Collette is the widow of Harlan’s deceased son. Rounding out the cast are Ana de Armas as Harlan’s caretaker and Daniel Craig as private detective Blanc.

This film approaches the typical format of a murder mystery from a different angle. Most murder mysteries start out with the audience knowing very little and as the film progresses more is revealed about the story.

In contrast, this film almost abolishes this format.

Early on in the film, the audience learns information that would normally be revealed at the end.

The upfront introduction of this information puts the audience on the edge of their seats and makes them question whether this information is reliable.

Viewers soon begin to assume there must be more beneath the surface.

While the film is about a murder, it offsets the serious situation with a tongue-in-cheek tone. The dialogue and interplay between the characters produce plenty of laughs.

Despite the film’s use of gross humor, it restrains from being excessive and is used at the perfect moment.

The stacked number of cast featured leads to one of the film’s shortcomings, causing some talented actors to not get their deserved screen time.

The most notable was LaKeith Stanfield as the normal police officer working alongside Craig’s detective. He has shown great talent in films such as “Get Out” and “Sorry to Bother You,” however, his biggest contribution to this film are a couple of funny lines which is a waste of his talent.

Plenty of fun and eccentric characters are brought to life by great performances and a sharp script.

Surprisingly, de Armas steals the show as the house caretaker. She carries the more dramatic and likeable aspects of the film’s story and gives audience members a rooting interest.

Craig is also great as the detective as he hams it up with a hard Southern drawl. The combination of his accent and the dialogue

produced some of the greatest laughs of the film.

The rest of the cast bring the dysfunctional family to life with aplomb. Curtis plays the strong matriarch of the family with a quiet vindictiveness. Johnson and Shannon portray her petty husband and brother respectively. Collette plays the airheaded widow who serves as a parody of “influencers.”

As the family’s black sheep, Evans playfully portrays the smug prick who his family despises. These family members are similarly awful characters, but the interactions between them create the most entertaining and hilarious parts of the film.

While these interactions tend to be funny and eccentric, at times they can also feel uncomfortable and too close to life.

The conflict over the family’s wealth after Harlan’s death and the arguments over politics within family may hit home for some.

In one scene, the characters argue over Trump’s immigration policies with some family members defending them and others

opposing them.

Family members refer to each other as “SJWs” and “alt-right trolls.” Considering fights that real-life families experience around Thanksgiving and Christmas, this aspect of the film makes it perfect for the holidays.

The family’s dysfunction articulates the downfall of wealth.

The only thing that the characters care about is Harlan’s wealth after his death.

Even the ones who seem kind at first, especially to de Armas’ caretaker, reveal their true intentions when they do not get what they want.

The film also examines the nepotism and privilege of wealthy families.

Harlan’s children coasted off of his wealth and never made anything of their own merit. They believe they are entitled to his wealth because they are his family, without doing anything to deserve it.

“Knives Out” is exactly what it needs to be to attract audiences: a hilarious, stylish and highly entertaining murder mystery with a great cast and subversive script.

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Tradition: Students carry on culture CONTINUED FROM 1 Across the courtyard, students colored poinsettias, a flower associated with Christmas. Martalinda Leiva, the treasurer for Central Americans For Empowerment, said this flower was chosen because it originated from Mexico.

To encourage kindness this season, students wrote small messages of encourage-

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It’s a really good event that not only brings together Latinx organizations, but promotes awareness of our culture.

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ment to help support their classmates during this stressful time.

The activity was created by Jatziry Hernandez, the president for Latino Medical Students Associations in collaboration with Ballet Folklorico de CSUF. “What we wanted to do with our activity with the holiday cards is offer words of encouragement to other students,” Hernandez said. “I think it ties back to being there for each other, even though you don’t know everyone, even though you don’t know that person. So, just being present and offering a hand, especially since it’s holiday time.”

Asociación de Alumnos y Ex-alumnos de Español created a special version of lotería, or Mexican bingo, which used Latin American holiday food dishes as the spots to fill. The

switch was made in an effort to highlight the different Latin cultures, not just Mexican.

“For example, we have a traditional ponche which is from Mexico. We have mofongo which is from Puerto Rico. We have arroz natural, which is from Brazil,” said Gaby Alvarado, a member of Asociación de Alumnos y Ex-alumnos de Español.

The event brought students of varying cultures together through fun and informative activities.

“I think it’s a really good event that not only brings together Latinx organizations, but promotes awareness of our culture, and also just brings organizations together on campus, and creates an event that’s not fully academic,” Martinez said.

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Attendees assembled their own piñatas during an activity to represent the celebration of their culture.

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Ephraim Smith Janet Smith John Smith Doremus Snuggs Romney Snyder Terri Snyder Kathleen Soto Roberto Soto Gabriela Soto De Acosta Georgia Spiropoulos Stephen Stambough Marcia Starcher Bradley Starr Ann Steichen Michael Steiner Beth Stiel Joanne Stohs Mark Stohs Dallas Stout Debbie Stout Elizabeth Suarez Richard Swanson Christopher Swarat Su Swarat Berhanu Tadesse Asma Taha Barbara Talento Fu-Ming Tao Michelle Tapper Dedrique Taylor Linda Taylor Michelle Taylor Alexander Tebbe Atul Teckchandani David Thompson Leroy Thompson Jie Tian Marcelo Tolmasky Pawan Tomkoria Mary Torres Jeanne Tran Ellen Treanor Candace Trevino Kavin Tsang Justin Tucker Sharnette Underdue John Vaca William Van Cleve Willem Van Der Pol Alan Van Fleet Stephanie Vaughn Jennifer Vicuña Sachel Villafane-Garcia Jesus Villarreal Jerica Villasenor Fram Virjee Martha Vogeler Gayle Vogt-Schilling Todd Waite Eileen Walsh Matthew Walsh Shawn Wang Nancy Watkins Jeanette Weir Penny Weismuller Sonya White Thomas Wilcox Lawrence Wilk Colleen Wilkins-Fey Amber Wilson Shannon Wilson Stephanie Wilson Debra Winters Karla Wirth Susie Woo Nelson Woodard Rochelle Woods Toya Wyatt Shelli Wynants Yan Xiao Emeline Yong Ray Young Danielle Zacherl Marina Zarate

Great care was taken to ensure the accuracy of this list. Please notify Grace Johnson at 657-278-4795 or grjohnson@fullerton.edu to report any errors or omissions.

This year, SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union sponsored the inaugural Top 10 Challenge with a $10,000 contribution to encourage giving. The ten CSUF funds with the most faculty, staff and emeriti donor participation during the month of October received an additional $1,000. The campaign was such a success that SchoolsFirst has promised to contribute another $10,000 next year!

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