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Wednesday October 2, 2019

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Volume 106 Issue 17

Accident on Nutwood

TitanWell normalizes sex talk

There were no serious injuries sustained in the two-car collision. BRANDON PHO Editor

TitanWell presenters Zoe Hollister and Brittney Bonfield demonstrate how to use a condom and other protective barriers.

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Condom demonstrations and makeshift dental dam tutorials took place on the second floor of Gordon Hall as a small group of students listened to presenters from TitanWell talk about birth control and sexually transmitted infections. A detailed pre-test kicked oﬀ the event to assess the general knowledge of the room. Though that most students

possessed basic knowledge on birth control and safe sex practices, the presentation served to remind them of the healthy practices that are usually forgotten about or ignored. “Whether they’re having a lot of sex, or whether they’re having no sex at all, it’s just being more knowledgeable about birth control and their barrier methods,” said Frankie Guevara, a peer educator for TitanWell’s sexual health team. While there wasn’t a huge crowd, the few people who did take an hour of their day to learn about sexual health became much more knowledgeable about diﬀerent barrier methods and STIs. Leading the sex discussion

was Guevara, teammate Zoe Hollister and graduate assistant Brittney Bonfield.

“curable STIs are not all but they’re all treatable and livable

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Students learn about the importance of safe sexual behavior to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.

ZOE HOLLISTER TitanWell sexual health team peer educator Through extensive research, lots of rehearsing and referencing up-to-date information from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the three speakers turned a typically uncomfortable topic into a necessary one.

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“Talking to your partner about whether they’ve gotten tested, talking to them about their birth control methods, about those barrier methods and normalizing sex. That’s kind of our whole goal, is to normalize sex,” Guevara said. This presentation took place at the request of the Women’s Adult and Reentry Center to preface their domestic violence week. “We have this little tagline, ‘STIs are not all curable, but they’re all treatable and livable,’ and I think that’s really important, especially for college students who don’t want to get tested because of fear,” Hollister said. SEE LATEX

Alumnus speaks on his identity African American Resource Center Coordinator advises and helps students. LYDIA KELLEY Asst. Editor

Since last April, Torrell Foree has held the position as coordinator of the African American Resource Center. As students come to the center, he noticed that they tend to gravitate towards the black student welcomes and film discussions. Especially being in Orange County, where there are not many black students. Bethany Whittaker, a senior communications lead for the center, said that the center focuses on making sure the student comes first. The center ensures that each student is provided with resources where they can feel that they are excelling academically as a black student on campus, Whittaker said. Foree said that the center consistently collaborates with other resource centers on campus to

Torrell Foree, the African American Resource Center coordinator, working at his desk.

help students that have multiple identities and plan events with along with them. One of his goals is to plan upcoming events with other coordinators from the other resource centers. The center currently has events planned with the Chicana and Chicano Resource Center as well as the Asian Pacific American Resource Center.

Foree said it’s better that now all of the resource centers are located in the same area and that students are able to define what they want for themselves. “Students can move in and out of centers to explore their identities and to explore their communities. To me, that’s dope to see that I don’t have to stick to one

A two-car accident in front of the College Park building at Cal State Fullerton left no serious injuries or road closures on Tuesday afternoon. A Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Optima collided at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Nutwood Avenue. Warner Peter Gustav witnessed the accident while waiting for the Route 26 Orange County Transport Authority bus to Placentia and ate a few poke bowls “that somebody bestowed me with across the street,” he said. He said he was on his second poke bowl when the two cars collided and called Fullerton police. Although not a student at Cal State Fullerton, Kyle Cotrain, the driver of the Kia, had just dropped his girlfriend oﬀ to campus. “I was going in the far right lane because I was going to merge on the freeway. The middle lane was full of cars, and the intersection had a few cars in the middle of it as well, and the other driver just turned left right in front of me. I didn’t even see her, and last-minute, slammed my brakes,” Coltrain said. Coltrain said he didn’t have any serious injuries. The driver of the Hyundai declined to comment. Gustav said the traﬃc light at Nutwood Avenue needs to have “full left turn phasing and not this doghouse configuration, but as you know, it takes somebody dying first before they’ll spend the money to do an upgrade.” Another car accident happened two weeks ago at that same intersection, where one driver received minor injuries to her arm and was helped at the scene. Hosam Elattar and Sophia Acevedo contributed to the article.

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place,” he said. “You don’t have to be boxed into any particular identity. You get to define what that is for yourself.” Foree gave three pieces of advice for African American students at Cal State Fullerton struggling with identity issues. SEE DIRC

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The Kia Optima was damaged.

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Community calls for street designation of ‘Little Arabia’

Brookhurst Street is home to many Arab American owned business, hookah lounges and Mediterranean resturants like Desert Moon Grill.

Locals hope Anaheim will officially recognize their contributions. HOSAM ELATTAR Editor

A state measure introduced in August is looking to designate a part of Anaheim as Little Arabia. The measure would designate the area on Brookhurst Street between Interstate 5 and Katella Avenue as “Little Arabia”. In 2010, local Arab American groups like the Arab American Civic Council built a social media campaign to garner support the designation. “There wasn’t enough support, so we started a social media campaign and branded the area as ‘Little Arabia,’” said

Rashad Al-Dabbagh, executive director of the council. Anaheim is home to thousands of Americans of Arabic heritage who make up at least 1.5% of the city’s population. The area is also home to Arabic grocery stores, Mediterranean restaurants and hookah lounges owned and operated by Arab Americans. One such businessman is Kassem Elkatat, owner of Manarah Meat Market on Brookhurst Street, who has been in Anaheim for 17 years. “It’s a great place to do business, to entertain and to meet others from the same community,” Elkatat said about Anaheim. “You get recognized by people who live in this area because they’re used to seeing you, and they’re used to seeing faces that look like that.”

Al-Dabbagh said the designation would help these businesses. “West Anaheim has been an important part of the Arab American community that kind of revitalized the area after the Middle Eastern-owned businesses came and opened their shops,” Al-Dabbagh said. Elkatat said the designation might attract more people to the area, and he supports the campaign. “Why do other communities have those areas? Why shouldn’t we? We do exist in Southern California,” Elkatat said. Al-Dabbagh said there is a lack of recognition of the Arab community in America. “In Garden Grove, there is a recognized and designated Little Saigon, there’s a Korean district, and in Los Angeles, there’s

all kinds of ethnic enclaves that are designated,” Al-Dabbagh said. There is widespread support from the community to designate the area as “Little Arabia” with privately-funded signs identifying the area by that name. The measure would request that California’s Department of Transportation cover the cost of erecting appropriate landmarks and signs in the area. “Even the mayor and the council members who did not want to designate it started to call it ‘Little Arabia,’” Al-Dabbagh said. Arab American Civic Council is asking for signatures in support of the designation. “‘Little Arabia’ is important because it is a place where Arab Americans and Arab

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immigrants and refugees feel safe. It’s a place that welcomes them. This is where they come when they first immigrate,” Al-Dabbagh said. Seleena Mukbel, vice president of Students for Justice in Palestine, said he would like for the city council to recognize the Arab community. “I support that 100%. Everybody already knows once you go on the streets, a lot of the stores and restaurants (signs) are written in the Arabic language. It’s definitely visible already,” Mukbel said. Al-Dabbagh said it’s a home away from home for Arab immigrants and Arab Americans. “When they first come here they come to Anaheim. They come to ‘Little Arabia’ and they feel at home as new immigrants,” Al-Dabbagh said.

DIRC: Black Culture CONTINUED FROM 1 First, he suggests that the center is a place where they will find people that look like themselves. Second, he wants to them to find their community because their community will hold them down and will always be there for them. Third, for them to explore. “If I limited how I viewed myself every day; how others define me, I wouldn’t be here. It was because I took the opportunity to explore,” he said. “Be open to everything.” Foree himself was a student at CSUF and earned his undergraduate degree in history and African American studies as a double major and a Master’s Degree focused in higher education in 2016. “At that time, I had equated blackness with struggling. The struggle was like your authenticator of how black you are. I didn’t have a lot of cultural experiences that you would tag me as black,” Foree said. Foree said he was struggling to give meaning to his racial identity, which further emphasized his identity issues. He got involved in his community by reading black literature and learned more about black culture which helped him define himself. He said growing up, black culture was not overtly presented to him and remembered seeing pictures of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., but never knew who they were until he got to college. Foree said he now admires Malcolm X after reading his autobiography. “The way that he spoke, FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN

the words that he used, he always spoke truth to power. And when I read that book, it sort of lit a fire in me that made me feel confident in who I am,” he said. Foree still enforces the notion of speaking “truth to power” as he advocates for black students. In college, Foree joined the center, Alliance for the Preservation of African Consciousness and Afro-Ethnic Student Association to surround himself with other black men. The new coordinator said that his college experience of searching for his identity allowed him to “explore black culture on a whole diﬀerent level.” Foree said he knew he wanted to do a job that he was passionate about. It was conflicting at first because he felt that

it would be weird to go back to his alma mater. When the position to be coordinator for the center opened up, he immediately knew that it was meant to be. It was everything he had been building towards. Now as a staﬀ member, Foree interacts with this new generation of students that he describes as hungry. He knows that these students are hungry for change, and they want this to be a vibrant place. He said he was originally going to become a professor, and hopes that one day, he eventually will. Foree said that CSUF stands out to him and he encourages students to always ask for help. “It’s my alma mater. I care about black students everywhere, but this is home, it just means more to me,” he said.

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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2, 2019

CSUF ranked third-best public school on West Coast Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo hold the top two rankings. APRIL SHELBY Staff Writer

Cal State Fullerton has been ranked the third-best public school in the west by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News & World Report has been releasing the best colleges list for 35 years and use 15 diﬀerent measures to categorize which schools are the best. U.S. News & World Report also ranked CSUF seventh in

having the best undergraduate teaching, as well as tying for 17th as a top regional university on the West Coast. Forbes ranked the university among the top U.S. institutions and Diverse Issues in Higher Education ranked CSUF fourth in the nation for awarding baccalaureate degrees to underrepresented students, according to the CSUF News Center. Yamato Eguchi, a first-year pre-business major, said that the university’s overall rankings don’t matter to him as long as his educational needs are met. “It doesn’t really matter too much for me. It’s more about the education and what I get

out of it. Even if it’s the rank, and say it’s the best, and I don’t get the education that I want, I don’t get the classes that I want, it really, you know, doesn’t mean anything,” Eguchi said. CSUF is not the only CSU to top the list of best public schools in the west. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly Pomona top the list at first and second, respectively. There are seven CSUs as the top 10 public colleges in the west. According to U.S. News & World Report, all of the rankings are based on academic measures only and not based oﬀ of factors such as student life and athletics.

The rankings are calculated in several areas, including graduation and retention rates, class size, per-student spending and alumni giving. Karina Cruz, an undeclared first-year student who came to CSUF through word-of-mouth instead of looking up rankings, believes that students like herself also come through the same way. “I feel like if they have a good program or if they hear that they have a good program, then I think that they would come here for that,” Cruz said. CSUF is considered 26th in the West Coast for being one of the best values schools. U.S.

News & World Report defines a best value schools as colleges that have the best academics in comparison to the net cost for a student after average-level financial aid is received. Cerise Valenzuela Metzger, associate director of news media services for CSUF, said the university appreciates when rankings confirm the university’s beliefs about itself. “We, of course, know that a Cal State Fullerton education can be life changing for our students, especially our first-generation graduates. It is wonderful when a national publication calls attention to that significance,” Metzger said.

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Cal State Fullerton Parking and Transportation Services, in partnership with the Sustainability oﬃce and Coalition for Clean Air, hosted Titan Clean Air Day in front of the Titan Shops on Tuesday. Nestled next to the Associated Students, Inc. Farmer’s Market on Titan Walk, advocates for fresh air educated students and shoppers about methods to help keep the air clean. Last semester, the CSUF Fresh Air Advocates held a cigarette butt cleanup at Titan Walk in celebration of CSUF’s five year anniversary of being a smoke-free campus. Stephanie Del Rosario, a sustainability analyst with CSUF’s Sustainability oﬃce, said there are three main ways to clear the air. “You can plant a home garden. You can cut lower vehicle emissions. The third thing is you can also switch out something

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like your home air filter or car cap and air filter,” said Del Rosario. One way to reduce emissions is by idling. “Don’t have your engine running when you’re not driving,” said Andrea Aguilera, a transportation student coordinator from Parking and Transportation Services. Aguilera said she carpools to work and encourages people to carpool or find alternative transportation methods to campus. In addition to carpooling, some other tips to reduce emissions include biking, walking and taking the shuttle to get to school or work. At the event, participants were instructed to fill out the clean air day pledge at cleanairday.org. “We’re trying to spread the word around campus and make a change because I feel like the whole program is a good way to start promoting ways to help the environment itself with how much you hear on the news,” said Vanessa Robalino, a parking student oﬃcer. Robalino said over 200 people signed up before the event ended at 2 p.m. to take the pledge online and that it was

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Preach for impeachment of the president To restore America’s democracy, Trump must fall from power.

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The bells of impeachment are tolling, and despite what he may think, President Trump is not burning at the stake for his actions. The impeachment proceedings are necessary to restore the faith of democracy in the United States, and to prevent tyrants, like Trump from abusing their power. It’s essential to impeach President Trump to insure that he is out of the 2020 Presidential election. With his cyclical process of consistently conspiring with foreign leaders to undermine the campaigns of presidential candidates, it is obvious that Trump cannot be trusted to continue to run this country. His latest move to inquire with newly-elected Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, about investigating Democratic candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, undermines the American democratic process and inhibits a fair election procedure. It is assumed that Trump targeted Biden and his son because it appears that Biden is the presumptuous Democratic nominee for the 2020 Presidential election. For him, politicking is a game where he will discredit and damage his potential opponent in the upcoming race. Seems oddly familiar, eliciting memories of the 2016 Presidential election and the uncovering of Hillary Clinton’s emails. But the similarities do not VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM

stop with Clinton. Conspiring with a foreign leader reminds the public of Robert Mueller’s investigation on Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia. Trump’s recklessness with national security is cause for apprehension. His patterns of deceit and misconduct are alarming. The underlying concern — he is truly unpatriotic. This is further illustrated in the anonymous whistleblower’s complaint, which uncovered the alleged misconduct with Ukraine. “In the course of my official duties, I have received information from multiple U.S. Government officials that the President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election,” said the whistleblower in their anonymous complaint to Adam Schiff and Richard Burr, both representatives in Congress. Trump’s divisiveness not only causes division among the nation, but within his office itself,

as many of his own staﬀ have expressed their uneasiness of having witnessed his actions. Someone who values democracy would not continue to use divisive language that goes beyond partisanship, and undercuts the authority of America as a world power. If democracy truly was respected, Trump would not see this necessary impeachment proceeding as a witch hunt, but as a just trial. If his inability to prioritize national security isn’t bad enough, his continuous jargon spewed across the internet is equally as dangerous and illustrates his true background as a Hollywood personality, not a politician. On Sept. 28, three days after the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, filed an impeachment inquiry to remove Trump from oﬃce. The President posted a tweet with some of his classic vernacular acting as a guise to cover his guilty conscience. The tweet read, “They are

trying to stop ME, because I am fighting for YOU!” followed by a video attached to the tweet in which Trump delegitimizes the impeachment inquiry by calling it “the greatest scam in the history of American politics.” He listed the various things that Democrats are allegedly trying to “take away” from the American public, like healthcare and guns. The process of impeachment is filled with twists and turns. First, a request of impeachment is sent to the House Judiciary Committee, a bipartisan group of judges, which includes the evidence of impeachable behavior which is gathered by House members. Then, the evidence is forwarded to a subcommittee on the Constitution, which draws out the actual articles of impeachment, and sent back to the House Judiciary Committee for their vote. If a majority of the Judiciary Committee votes in favor of impeachment, it is then passed on to the House, and then the

Senate. With two diﬀerent stages in Congress, there are many worries and speculations about who will cross party lines and who will stay loyal to their soil. According to a CNN count, there are at least 223 House Democrats that have declared their support for the impeachment proceedings, however this doesn’t guarantee they will vote in favor of impeachment when the time comes. For a conviction, 67 Senate votes are needed. Trump must alter his public relations strategy to stay in power. Without correcting the unjustifiable actions of President Trump, the U.S. is laying down the foundation for future leaders to further disrupt the democratic process, and only allowing fascist tyrants to act freely without consequence. No one is above the law. This unpatriotic act elevates Trump’s self-indulging behavior and his ambition to cause divisiveness amongst the nation.

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Black politics discussion emphasizes the importance of being an informed voter Students discuss African American stereotypes and representations in the current political climate. WENDY CHAVEZ DANIEL STEELE Staff Writers

Students voiced the need for political involvement in black communities from an open discussion on black politics in the African American Resource Center on Tuesday afternoon. Torell Foree, the center’s coordinator, and Tahnea Carter, the center’s social justice educator, held a discussion to get students’ thoughts on the current political climate. The discussion gave students an outlet to express their concerns about their misrepresentation and the stereotypes that are often placed on African American voters. Carter decided to coordinate an open discussion with topics ranging from the lack of black student involvement in politics and racism in the media, to the power of voting and resources available to students. “The goal in tonight’s discussion was mostly to get everyone thinking about the upcoming elections and just getting people informed on the process, as well as how they can inform themselves,” Carter said. Carter understands that life can get in the way of students educating themselves in politics, but holding these discussions help students stay informed locally to create well-rounded voters. Students need to take the time to educate themselves on both political parties, Carter said. Deven Dickens, a political science major, said black voters should dismantle the “victim

mindset” and the idea that their votes do not count. Dickens said black people need to know how important local politics are because that is where the real changes that directly affect the community are. He said in order to see change within the community, members must stop supporting organizations that are in favor of the opposing party and have better control of where their money is being invested. “One of my issues with American politics, as a whole, is that we tend to sweep things under the rug. We’ll send people to jail to make money for profit prisons, but we don’t act like progressive countries like Sweden or Norway who have rehabilitation centers to stop crime,” Dickens said. Dickens talked about his experience being the only African American student in his classes and having to remain affirmative when speaking because his classmates are often willing to challenge his stance. Foree encourages students to not be afraid of having different beliefs and political views. He reminds them that students have more than two party affiliation options and to seek more information if they feel they do not align with the ones being advocated. Students shared their experience when voting and admit to not being as knowledgeable as they’d like to be, due to the lack

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Students discuss incarceration, rehabilitation and the election in the African American Resource Center.

of credible information available online. The discussion looked at how politicians use coded language to refer to black communities. Carter said the tactic is used to say one thing about a group while meaning something else entirely. Foree gave an example through discussing the war on drugs, which was meant to take

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The presenters covered a wide spectrum of topics related tof sex. From revealing the success rates of different birth control methods to listing the worst places to store condoms, students received more information than they bargained for when they walked through the doors of Gordon Hall. Students dispelled common myths about birth control, like symptoms including weight gain and effects on infertility were unlikely for most women and should not serve as a discouraging factor when deciding what methods of birth control to use. Balancing out the lecture-heavy presentation, students were invited to join Guevara, Hollister and Bonfield in an internal and external condom placement and removal demonstration. While no one accepted the offer and remained seated, the visual elements of the session made the experience more memorable for future use. Taking a more serious note, the second half of the presentation described the symptoms and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, empowering students to take control of their sexual health and make healthy decisions. According to the CDCl, 15 to 24-year-olds account for more than 25% of the sexually active population, yet make up about 50% of the 20 million sexually transmitted infections that have happened in the United States annually. Chlamydia and gonorrhea are the most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases that occur on VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM

campus, and recently there have been additional cases of chlamydia in the throat, according to TitanWell data. Bonfield highly encourages students to get tested either every three months or after every partner, especially since chlamydia and gonorrhea commonly don’t show any symptoms. When a student gets diagnosed, it should not be treated like it’s the end of the world. If a student gets diagnosed with chlamydia, then they can seek treatment, take antibiotics and also let their past partners know that they got a chlamydia diagnosis. Family PACT, a family planning and reproductive health service, is a free option for low-income women and men who live in California. This service is available at the wellness center and can be used in other locations as well.

The organization does not discriminate on the basis of citizenship or sexuality. Whether a student is documented, queer or both, they will have access to Family PACT’s service, which is included in their semester’s tuition. At the end of the presentation, students took a post-event assessment, filled with a description of the services available on campus from when they came in. Students were free to take any of the pamphlets and free items that were kept on the front table, filling out one last questionnaire before heading out the door. “Sexual health can be very taboo, but it is important just to take control of your own health, have really good communication with your partners, asking the awkward questions,” Bonfield said. “Just protect yourself so you can get through college safely.”

narcotics oﬀ the streets but instead put many people of color in jail. “There’s a lot of language being used to describe people,” he said. “That’s why we hear people talking about ‘crack babies’ or ‘crack mothers’ for example.” Foree said the same language is not used on other groups, such as white opioid users,

where rehabilitation is emphasised instead of incarceration. “That sort of connotation is not put on those communities as it is on our communities,” Foree said. Carter and Foree will be hosting the next open discussion on Thursday Oct. 10 at the center where a screening of the American documentary, “13TH,” will also be presented.

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Stress falls with do-it-yourself dolls Muñecas quitapenas converts worries to wisdom with the help of the goddess Ixmucané. MELISA RYBALTOWSKI Asst. Editor

The Latinx Student Psychological Association hosted an arts and crafts social in which attendees created their very own muñeca quitapena on Tuesday. Muñecas quitapenas, known in English as “worry dolls,” are handmade totems that have the power of exchanging worries for wisdom overnight, according to a Mayan legend. Children place the dolls under their pillows when they go to sleep and wake up with the knowledge to solve their problems. Emilio Lara, a board member of Latinx Student Psychological

Association, shared that as a child his mother always encouraged him to share his problems. “It was just the importance of expressing yourself and vocalizing all your problems in order for them to be materialized,” said Lara. “To just feel that you can actually do something about them.” Dolls crafted out of wool, wire, yarn and cloth serve as an emblem of Guatemala. According to Common Hope, an organization dedicated to creating opportunities for under resourced communities in Guatemala,the worry doll has its origin in a local legend about Ixmucané, the Mayan goddess of corn crops. According to the Mayan story of creation, Popol Vuh the first attempts of bringing humans to life failed because they were made of rock and mud. Upon the third attempt, Ixmucané

suggested mankind be made of corn and humanity came to life. Ixmucané transformed to reincarnate the hand-sized dolls made by artisans who aﬃrm the belief of accompanying humanity and helping rid them of their worries. Rebeca Vasconez, a club member, said a worry doll is a good outlet for people to relieve their stress,pointing out that it is cheaper than paying a therapist. While CSUF oﬀers medical resources free-of-charge dedicated to assisting students in time of need on campus, in her experience, they did not accommodate to student life. “I tried to make a meeting at the (Counseling and Psychological Services) Center, and I called at 2 p.m., and she said, ‘Oh no, sorry. We are booked for the day’,” said Vasconez. “So I called the next day and they said

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Students created their own muñecas quitapena dolls out of wood, yarn, cloth, wire and cardboard.

‘We’re already booked within the first 10 minutes.’” Dolls are often used in modern pediatrics and psychology as agents between children and parents, therapists and educators, according to the presentation. “This practice highlights how diﬀerent cultures approach mental health,” Lara said. Jacqueline Montero, president of the Latinx Student Psychological Association said although none of the members are of Guatemalan heritage, the activity was selected on the basis that it was Latinx. “We specifically chose this because it has to do with mental health,” said Montero. “We are the Latinx Psychological Association, with psychology being one of our main focuses, so that’s what initially led us to this.” The event was also organized to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated amongst

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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2, 2019

Titan alumni take over the MLB postseaon

Six former CSUF baseball players eye a World Series championship. ARNULFO GONZALEZ Editor

The Cal State Fullerton baseball program is well represented as the MLB playoﬀs start this week. There are currently 11 players in the MLB who are Fullerton alumni, and six of them will be playing in the postseason. The teams that will be represented by the Titans in the postseason are: the Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland Athletics, Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals. The Dodgers have two CSUF alumni with infielder Justin Turner and reliever Dylan Floro. Turner attended CSUF from 2003-2005 where he started his conquest in baseball after beating

out veteran Jason Corapci for the starting second base spot. The infielder has put up some strong numbers in the regular season, as he has tied his career record for home runs with 27, ended the season batting a .290 average and collected 67 RBIs. Floro played for the Titans from 2010-2011 where he led the pitching staﬀ with 25 appearances in his last season. His numbers with the Dodgers in the 2019 regular season include a 5-3 record with 46.2 innings pitched, along with 42 strikeouts. The Athletics are represented by infielder Matt Chapman and outfielder Khris Davis. Chapman had his best oﬀensive year in 2019 as he hit 36 home runs and batted in 91 runs. He also showed good discipline at the plate as he earned 73 walks. Chapman played for Fullerton for the 2012-2014 seasons. He

showed promise in his first year with the Titans as he was named the Big West freshman of the year, along with being a Big West honorable mention in 2012. Davis had a relatively quiet year as he hit 23 home runs and batted 73 runs in, both declining from his numbers in 2018. The Washington Nationals have one CSUF alumni on their team, catcher Kurt Suzuki. Suzuki has managed to significantly contribute to the Nationals despite having limited opportunities. In 85 games, Suzuki hit 17 home runs and managed to collect 63 RBIs. The catcher played for CSUF from 2002-2004 and won the 2004 National Championship, along with Turner, under Head Coach George Horton. The Houston Astros are linked to CSUF through their relief pitcher Chris Devenski.

Devenski has a 2-3 record this season, along with a 4.83 ERA in 69 innings and 72 strikeouts while pitching for an Astros team that finished with the best record in the MLB with 107-55.

The first game of the postseason was between Suzuki’s Nationals and the Milwaukee Brewers which the Nationals won, 4-3, Tuesday night. Suzuki started the game but finished the night, 0-3.

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French player leaves mark on Fullerton soccer Paul-Andre Guerin’s defense has helped Titans acheive best start in program history. BILLY HUYNH Asst. Editor

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Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer is off to their best start in program history with an undefeated record of 8-0-1. The successful opening to the season has been because of the efforts of starting goalkeeper Paul-Andre Guerin. The CSUF senior goalkeeper is one shutout away from holding the program’s all-time record. The senior’s introduction to the sport began in France. Born on the island of Corsica, Guerin left his home at the age of 12, entering a professional academy to pursue a career in the game he was quickly proving to be adept at. In 2015, the French goalkeeper, who was 18 years old at the time, played in two games for his island’s home team, Gazélec Ajaccio, in Ligue 1. However, upon the conclusion of the 2015 season, Guerin found himself in search of a new team and a chance at increased playing time. After an offer fell through with a third division French team, Guerin saw an opportunity to move to America and play for CSUF. The Titan coaching staff was eager to bring over the goalkeeper. “One of our assistants was able to get a hold of his profiler and his recruiting agent back home. Our coach that was recruiting him showed me video, I gave my thoughts. From there and on we pretty much were sold on him,” said Jonathyn Lomeli, former Titan goalkeeper coach, who helped bring Guerin into the program. Although the opportunity was exciting for Guerin, there

was apprehension toward leaving home and moving to a new country. “I had an appointment with the American embassy. I pushed it back like two or three times because I was so scared to come,” Guerin said. “I’d never come to the U.S. before, so it was the first time. Then I just did it. Honestly, it was the best decision of my life.” Guerin came to America and CSUF in 2016 in search of a new opportunity. An immediate challenge that the Frenchman faced upon arriving was the language barrier, which made it diﬃcult to communicate and understand the instructions given by his coaches. “I could read and write with my phone, like Google Translate, but I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t have a conversation because I wouldn’t understand,” Guerin said. Helping ease the transition for Guerin was Lomeli and Christopher Castillo, fellow goalkeeper and roommate. “My goalkeeper coach at the time, Jonathyn Lomeli, played a big role in helping me. He would stay behind the goal and just talk to me. He would repeat what the coach would say slowly,” Guerin said. The French goalkeeper successfully adapted to his new environment, however, there are still things that he misses about home as he misses Corsica and he craves for the bread back home. Guerin misses his parents the most and is eager for any chance to communicate with them. “I call my parents every day. I’m an only child. I don’t have any brothers and sisters. I call them every day. I’m still the baby of the family,” Guerin said. Guerin has started every game for the Titans this season. In the nine games played, the French

Paul-Andre Guerin is one shutout away from overtaking the program record.

goalkeeper has only conceded 6 goals. The team’s strong start came as a surprise to the senior. “I didn’t expect that to be honest. We lost a lot of seniors last year, so we have almost a brand new team. We have a lot of new guys starting,” Guerin said. The senior credits the diﬀerent mentality the team now exudes, which began in the oﬀseason. “We tried to change the culture of the team. We started preseason two weeks earlier. The years before we used to try that, but like five or 10 people would just show up. This year, we actually had 25 to 30 people every morning at 7 a.m.,” Guerin said. The goalkeeper hopes that the strong start to the season and the team’s new mentality can

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help the program reach newer heights. “One of the goals is to win the Big West, but we shouldn’t just stop after that. We should try to go further than that,” Guerin said. “I would want the team to go far into the NCAA Tournament. My sophomore year we went to the first round. I think this school deserves to go further than that.” After his time at CSUF, Guerin has career plans for both soccer and real estate, the school subject he is focusing on. “I want to try to play professional after and then keep learning real estate slowly on the side. Then, maybe at 35, I would like to do something bigger in real estate,” Guerin said. Meanwhile, the goalkeeper’s

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soccer future is one that his coaches and teammates are optimistic about and excited to see progress. “I would like to see him in a professional environment. He has the qualities, he has the work ethic and he has the determination to move on to the next level,” said Andy Gutierrez, Guerin’s current goalkeeper coach. Even with all of the buzz of a possible professional future, Guerin is focused on maintaining the Titans’ great start and sharing his love of the game with younger kids by coaching. “I love to spread the passion to young kids,” Guerin said. “They come to the games often. I love to see them asking me questions and sharing my passion of soccer.”

Women’s golf adds another victory CSUF take the Rose City Collegiate, for their third straight tournament win. KASON CLARK Editor

Cal State Fullerton women’s golf won their third straight tournament to start this season in the Rose City Collegiate in Portland on Tuesday. They shot 22-over-par 886, six strokes ahead of second place Portland State, the tournament’s host. Seattle finished 32-over-par 896 to finish third and Northern Colorado finished 41-over-par 905. Rounding out the top five was Eastern Washington, who shot 48-over-par 912, thanks to a third round performance that moved them past Weber State. Three Titans finished in the top ten: Freshman Brittany Shin and senior Elsa Lundquist tied for second with Portland State’s Valerie Hernandez as they all shot 3-over-par 219. They finished four strokes behind first-place Madalyn Ardueser from Eastern Washington, who shot 1-under-par 215. Despite Shin’s second place finish, her performance in the third round was her worst of the tournament. She shot one birdie compared to seven from her first two rounds andshot twice as many bogeys in the third round than she did in her first two rounds. She finished with a double bogey on her last hole. Despite a poor third round, this second place finish was the best of her season after she placed fifth at the Boston College Intercollegiate and 20th at the Hobble Creek Fall Classic. Lundquist bounced back in the third round after a rough second round where she shot

two bogeys, a double bogey and a quadruple bogey. She again shot two bogeys and three birdies to move up three spots from the previous round. Sophomore Lisa Djerf took fifth place as she shot 5-overpar 221. Djerf bounced back from a second round where she shot four bogeys and a double bogey and shot two birdies and three bogeys to finish the tournament. However, the first round remained her best round this tournament where she shot three birdies and one bogey. Her finish has shown steady improvement over this season as she finished 15th at Hobble Creek to start the season and placed 10th at the Boston College Intercollegiate. Freshman Nodoka Honda tied for 16th with Seattle’s Kimberlee Tottori and Portland State’s Windy Huang as they all shot 11-over-par 227. Honda fell eight spots from the second round as she recorded two birdies against four bogeys and two double bogeys in the third round. Not all the Titans placed high, as freshman Sofia Legaspi tied for 55th in her first tournament this season. She tied with Montana State’s Lucia Prieto Romano and Idaho State’s Tyler Erickson and Jamie Connell to finish 26-over-par 242. Even though she shot three less bogeys than she did in the second round, she shot two double bogeys and a triple bogey to finish the tournament. Women’s golf will next play in the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational in Lakewood, Washington in two weeks. The tournament will be hosted by Seattle University, who finished second after CSUF in the Boston College Intercollegiate.