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Graffiti found close to dorms Police investigating vandalism incident near Gastronome SAMUEL MOUNTJOY Daily Titan

MARIAH CARRILLO & WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan Top: Sophomore Brittany Wiltz walks the runway in a neon top and flower pattern shorts for the CSUF Fashion Club event Monday, which is part of Arts Week.

Left: Models wait backstage before entering the runway to show off garments from designers. Right: Sophomore Maggie Fly shows off her black-and-white garments on the runway.

A new voice for Cal State Fullerton students Harpreet Bath starts his presidential duties this coming fall semester JOHNNY NAVARRETTE Daily Titan

Life presents a wide array of obstacles and challenges that shapes who a person becomes. A person’s true character can shine through during some of the darkest moments in his or her life.

For Harpreet Bath, the Associated Students Inc. president-elect, his strongest values are honor, respect and passion; all traits he will share with Cal State Fullerton as he takes his spot as the new president next fall.

Bath, 21, grew up in Bombay, India before moving to the United States at 11 years old. He graduated from Alhambra High School and started attending CSUF as a commuter student. However, growing up and adjusting to a new culture was not always easy.

As with many individuals who come from a different culture, a transitional period takes place. This

was no different for Bath. He went through difficulties, such as bullying in middle school and being someone who kept to himself at a young age.

“It was a bully incident and it happened in front of other kids,” Bath said. “At that time, I was a very quiet kid. A kid who just did his own thing and activities that were just on a individual basis.”

After the incident, Bath said he realized how little people knew about his Sikh-American culture and how being socially awkward was impacting his life. From that point on, he made sure to change how he took on challenges.

“I am going to put myself into situations that completely take me out of my comfort zone, challenge me and eventually educate others of who I am,” Bath said. “I am not talking about preaching, but gaining that respect through ‘this is who I am so don’t misjudge me or take for somebody else.’”

Since his freshman year as a Titan, Bath has been heavily involved with the school and the community. He held numerous positions, such as president of the CSUF Finance

Association and representing the College of Engineering and Computer Science on the ASI Board of Directors. This semester, he served as the chief governmental officer for ASI. While getting involved is a big part of who Bath is now, it was not always that way. His development as an individual from the time he stepped onto the CSUF campus up until present day has been monumental.

“Huge, huge change,” said Bath, a first-generation college student.

Bath was not content with just attending classes, he said he wanted to experience what other opportunities CSUF had to offer.

“I was going to classes and all of that was fine, but coming from high school and being involved in the sports and other activities, I just felt a lack of belonging,” Bath said. “I just felt like I come and go and it just didn’t seem right.”

In order to enhance his experience at school, Bath got involved with the speech and debate team, and then got a job on campus.

“I picked up a student assistant job at the library and started talking to students,” he said.

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University Police officers are seeking more information on vandalism that caused $1,000 in damage to the Gastronome.

Gray graffiti on benches, an electric utility box and a door was reported Friday and was cleaned up by Monday afternoon.

The graffiti appears to have been applied at some point during the day Friday, because employees said the graffiti was not there Friday morning.

Police are currently reviewing security footage and seeking witnesses who may have seen the perpetrators in the act or have seen people carrying spray paint.

“If any of the residents have seen anyone in those areas spray painting or with spray paint, we are looking for any information that can assist us in identifying and apprehending the responsible party,” said Capt. John Brockie, the public information officer for University Police.

The tagging consisted of letters and numbers, and investigators are trying to determine whether or not the graffiti was gang-related.

“A lot of times, that’s somebody’s specific signature, but we haven’t been able to link it to anything yet,” Brockie said.

There was no significant damage to the electrical systems or other property as a result of the graffiti.

In 2013, there were 51 cases of vandalism, according to University Police crime statistics.

Of these, 10 were in the dorms area, which includes the Gastronome.

The area had more vandalism incidents than any other section of campus.

To report a crime, or to provide information which may aid an investigation, contact University Police at (657) 278-2515. Crimes can also be reported in person at the University Police Station on the west side of campus.

GRAFFITI MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan Harpreet Bath grew up in Bombay, India and moved to the U.S. when he was 11.

Fast forward to the present day.

Bath is making his mark at CSUF, not only by continuing to build relationships, but also becoming the person he wants to be. This is why he has such a deep affection for the school and community.

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MARIAH CARRILLO & WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan Left: Sophomore Maggie Fly has her make-up touched by artist Tatiana De Blase in-between runways walks for a CSUF Fashion Club event.

Right: Piano player from the band Athntc PPle plays a cover of Kanye West’s “Flashing Lights” for crowds in-between fashion show changes.

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Pro-Russian militants in Eastern Ukraine have expanded their occupation of government buildings, and the country is on the brink of war or dissolution, according to the Washington Post.

Acting Ukrainian president Oleksandr Turchynov had made an ultimatum to militants to surrender their weapons and stop their occupation; later, he called for a referendum to vote on the future of the country.

After Turchynov’s failed attempts to make progress, he proposed a peacekeeping intervention by the United Nations.

Pro-Russian forces have not responded favorably. They have continued to take more territory, recently seizing a police station in the city of Horlivka.

AMAL ROCKN / Daily Titan The Red Cross will host a week-long blood drive next week. A group of public relations students has partnered with the charity to raise additional awareness before it begins.

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Free pizza is almost always a cause for a crowd on campus, but when it’s for a good cause, the excitement is even greater.

A public relations senior capstone marketing group is putting together a red-carpet event as part of Titan Lifesavers to encourage people to donate blood.

The event will be held Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Quad on campus.

“The Titan Lifesavers Event celebrates the gift of life and opportunity to inspire CSUF students and staff to donate blood and register as an organ/tissue donor and bone marrow donor,” said Guinevere Endter, senior account manager for Red Cross.

The Red Cross started participating in Titan Lifesavers five years ago, Endter said.

Donate Life, an organ and tissue recovery organization, started this college-based campaign five years ago and invited them to participate.

After a couple of years of organizing the event, Donate Life could not continue spearheading the event, so Endter decided to continue the event with the help of the Volunteer and Service Center.

“It’s such a great event and we have the potential to save so many lives if we can reach out to the student body and urge them to take action,” Endter said.

The student group chose American Red Cross because they knew that they were active on campus, which appealed to them.

Endter said her desired outcome is to save more lives than last year, when they collected 192 units of blood in four days. For each person who donates one unit of blood, up to 576 lives could be saved.

Endter said she hopes to have at least 1 percent of the student body participate, which would be about 350 people. This could save 1,050 lives.

“Using the knowledge and experience we have gained from our communication classes, we created several strategies and tactics to put this project together,” said group member Domonique Isabeau, 24.

They sent out pitch letters, contacted sponsors, blasted social media, researched where the client lacked visibility on campus, created and passed out flyers and came up with the red-carpet theme.

“We also knew that they are always looking for volunteers, and it just so happened that they had their big life-saving event during the course of our class,” said member Kelly Riek, 23.

As a group, they hope to get 100 people to sign up for blood donations and/or register as organ donors.

They also hope for the same number to participate in their Instagram photo contest, in which participants will take a photo with Buddy the Blood Drop on the red carpet.

To participate in the

contest, participants use the hashtag #redcarpet4redcross to join a random drawing to win prizes, in addition to receiving a free T-shirt and a slice of pizza while supplies last.

The group will set up a red carpet in front of the Red Cross bus, where participants will be able to walk down and take a photo with Buddy the Blood Drop.

Additionally, those who found images of Buddy around campus Monday will receive a slice of pizza.

After the event, the group will evaluate their success of the campaign by measuring how many people signed up to donate, how many participated in the photo contest and how much more awareness American Red Cross received as a result.

“We all have done several public relations campaigns throughout our communication classes, but with this project, we actually got to use our ideas and see them come to life,” Isabeau said.

For those who can’t donate blood because they aren’t eligible or for religious or personal reasons, there are other ways to save a life, such as registering to be a bone marrow, tissue or organ donor.

“I believe strongly in blood donation and do it whenever I can, so to be helping the American Red Cross in any way feels good but actually using my public relations knowledge to gain them awareness is amazing,” Isabeau said.

Endter, a CSUF alumna, is proud to be part of this event every year. “I want to show other colleges that Titans are lifesavers,” Endter said.

A bomb that exploded at a bus station in Nigeria on Monday killed at least 72 people and wounded 164 others, according to the Associated Press.

The blast took place in Abuja, the nation’s capital, at about 6:45 a.m., destroying at least 40 vehicles.

The bomb is suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram, a militant Islamic terrorist network.

The group has been responsible for other attacks in Nigeria, including an incident in March when Boko Haram raided a military barracks, killing more than 600 people.

The official death toll has not been confirmed, because victims whose bodies were dismembered by the blast have yet to be identified.

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Utah woman confesses to killing babies A Utah woman admitted to police that she killed six of her own babies just after they were born, according to the Associated Press.

Megan Huntsman was arrested Sunday after her estranged husband, Darren West, discovered the bodies of the newborns packaged in boxes within the garage.

Huntsman said she strangled or suffocated the babies immediately after being born and wrapped their bodies in a shirt or towel before packing them away. A seventh stillborn child was also found.

The killings reportedly took place between 1996 and 2006, according to a police statement released Monday. Huntsman is currently being held on $6 million bail and faces six murder charges.

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Event focuses on social justice issues and their solutions MAGDALENA GUILLEN Daily Titan

“Think Global, Act Local” is the topic of this year’s Social Justice Summit to be held Saturday at Cal State Fullerton.

The summit will feature over 25 workshops that will address pressing global social justice issues such and will host civil rights advocate Rev. James Lawson and spoken-word artist Abraham Medina.

“We don’t just want people to think ... we wanted people to act,” said Eloisa Amador, 24, project director of workshops. “The little things that you do, might change the whole world.”

Workshop topics were selected based on student feedback concerning what they felt are the most pressing social justice issues today. “We talked to many students on campus to see what they wanted to see at the summit,” Amador said.

She explained that many times, students go to conferences or workshops, receive the information but, “then what do you do with the information?” The summit will not only provide information about the issues, but will provide a method of how to take action.

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It’s important to know that students can make an impact on any of these issues, Amador said.

Once the topic of the summit was selected in September, a team of student volunteers started to plan logistics.

The summit is completely student-run and is funded through donations and fundraisers held throughout the semester.

Carlos Amescua, project director of fundraising, said this year, the summit will cost about $15,000 to $20,000.

An important aspect of factoring in cost is the price of desirable speakers. Lawson said he liked what Students ACT was doing with the summit and decided to speak free of charge.

Influenced by the nonviolent resistance techniques developed by Mohandas Gandhi, Lawson used these types of practices to motivate civil rights movement leaders in the 1960s.

While studying at Oberlin College, Lawson met Martin Luther King, Jr., and King encouraged Lawson to pursue an active role in the civil rights movement. Lawson took his words to heart.

He helped organize the 1960 lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville and was involved with the Freedom Riders, a group that demonstrated against segregation on public transportation systems.

Lawson has remained active in several immigrant

Courtesy of Cal State Fullerton and Joon Powell The Social Justice Summit at Cal State Fullerton will feature multiple speakers. Keynote speaker Rev. James Lawson (left), a former Freedom Rider, was inspired to join the civil rights movement in the 1960s by Martin Luther King Jr. Abraham Medina, a spoken-word artist and UC Irvine alumnus with a degree in sociology, has advocated for greater rights for immigrants.

and human rights campaigns and has remained a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University.

The second speaker, spoken-word artist Abraham Medina, is an advocate for human rights, targeting issues such as immigration. He became involved in the summit as a high school student and later became a speaker.

Medina helped start a youth group called Un Mundo En Resistencia (UMER), and he also works with numerous advocacy groups, including El Centro Cultural de Mexico en Santa Ana,

the Orange County Dream Team, Cop Watch and the Orange County May Day Coalition.

Medina encourages students everywhere to work collectively, especially in the community, in order to make a difference. He said simply making a call or attending a workshop can make a significant difference.

“We have to be mindful that those actions we do take—or we do not take— will impact those who come after us,” Medina said.

Hopefully, students and other attendees will heed

speakers’ calls to action after attending the summit, Amador said.

“I think the summit is a great experience for students to come and learn about different issues. I know that sometimes we have a very busy schedule and we think that those issues do not affect us but sometimes they do and they affect us more than we think,” she said.

The event is organized by Students Advocating Civic Transformation. For more information on the Social Justice Summit, visit Fullerton. edu/Volunteer/Summit.

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Students hope to turn lemons into aid Titan Lemonaid Week will help fight childhood cancer KYLE NAULT Daily Titan

“Don’t give cancer power, make a face that’s sour!” is the rallying cry for the first ever Titan Lemonaid Week, a weeklong public relations campaign, put forward by a team of Cal State Fullerton students, to raise funds and awareness for children fighting the deadly disease.

The students are enrolled in a 400-level communications course that requires students to pair up with a nonprofit organization to create a specific platform for that given organization’s goals as part of the curriculum.

“It’s really close to our heart knowing that someone has sacrificed or suffered through cancer and given their life up due to less research provided and they couldn’t be cured because they didn’t have the funds for it,” said team member Priya Gohel.

Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in children, and about

10,450 children in the United States under the age of 15 will be diagnosed with cancer this year, according to the American Cancer Society. “(Childhood funding) is really needed out there,” Gohel said. “Not many funds go to childhood cancer research; it mainly goes to adult cancer research.”

To combat this problem, Gohel and other colleagues have teamed up with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), a philanthropic organization that has contributed over $75 million to over 375 pediatric organizations, to help provide further funding specifically for children.

The foundation emerged from the front yard of 4-year-old cancer patient Alexandra Scott in 2000.

Scott decided that to raise money for her treatments and the treatments of other children, she would open a lemonade stand.

The team hopes to raise $3,000 for the foundation from the sale of lemonade and other baked goods incorporating lemons, as well as through online donations, which already total $100, said team member Danielle Tallungan.

“I am always inspired to see the enthusiasm of college students and their philanthropic efforts as they make a difference for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and pediatric cancer research,” said Tish Hearne, ALSF’s Southern California community outreach specialist, in a press release.

For the public relations team, making a difference does not stop at raising money. The team is also actively raising awareness through several different avenues, including social media services Facebook and Instagram.

“Cal State Fullerton has a huge social media network, so we decided to do that and to connect with people,” Tallungan said.

The social media strategies employed by the team include taking picture of individuals’ sour faces to show their disapproval of cancer and using several different hashtags.

“It takes us really showcasing that (lack of funding is) a problem,” Tallungan said.

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Equality for transgendered NICOLE WEAVER Daily Titan

People should be able to enter the bathroom they more identify with California’s “co-ed bathroom” bill will likely find itself on the ballot later this year.

The Pacific Justice Institute is attempting to put Gov. Jerry Brown’s transgender bill back on the ballot in fall.

While opponents are eagerly trying to flush this seemingly controversia l mea-

su re , is it really such a bad thing?

In August of last year, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a historic transgender students bill into law, giving supporters and transgender students who had yet to feel included at school a sigh of relief, while prompting opponents to hastily begin work on repealing the measure.

If the coalition is successful in gaining enough signatures, that current law allowing students to choose the bathroom of their choice, as well

as athletic facilities, could be overturned.

Many schools already have unisex bathrooms, including Cal State Fullerton. The current law allows students K-12 to access co-ed bathrooms, as well as engage in the proper physical education class or sport teams that fits their particular gender identity.

This law is meant to reduce bullying against trans-

gender students, and it also aims to help these specific students assimilate into the student body without judgment or fear.

Yet opponents of this bill say

that allowing students to use the bathroom of their choice will invade other students’ privacy.

Among organizations fighting to dismantle the ballot measure, Pacific Justice Institute has set itself apart by making a “valiant” effort in expressing their specific opin-

ions on the subject at hand.

“We stand ready and willing to defend anyone who will

be victimized as a result of this new law,” said Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute. “That includes someone whose privacy rights are violated in the bathroom, in the locker room, in the showers, or someone who is prevented from playing on a sports team because someone from the opposite gender took their place.”

But how m a n y peo-

p l e would be victimized because of the ability to choose which bathroom to go into?

It is likely more than the amount of transgender

students who have felt discriminated against for not having access to the same type of programs their non-transgender peers have.

Everyone has the right to express themselves as they seem fit, especially if they feel trapped within their own body. America is a country that prides itself on giving absolute liberty to its residences, yet the same people who deem themselves “constitutionalists” are fighting to limit certain freedoms.

Why are others so obsessed with someone else’s bathroom procedures? What right do people have to control an individual’s right to expression?

What makes America so unique is that it is always evolving. Instead o f

fighti n g t h i s change with bigotry and judgement, people should continue to pave the way for new ideals.

Society, like life, is not black and white.

Not everyone is going to fit the mold of what is “normal,” nor is there an instruction manual that dictates these particular rules. People seem to forget this country was created due to radical notions of free thinking and expression.

After all, these notions of freedom are what made this country unique to begin with.

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“I love Cal State Fullerton,” he said. “Not only because it has a huge hand in shaping the person I am and will be in my future, but you can come in however you are and become whatever you want to become.”

Over the past year, Bath has worked alongside current ASI President Rohullah Latif and Executive Vice President Jonathan Leggett, who selected him as their chief governmental officer.

Being ASI president, Latif said, comes with its share of criticism and negativity, so it is important to accept that as a challenge to improve oneself, which Bath does.

“I’ve challenged him multiple times and at the end of the day he comes back and he becomes better than he was,” he said.

“It’s great to have a leader like that, who understands that they’re not perfect and they are open to listening to anyone.”

Both Latif and Leggett praised Bath’s approachability and knack

for making people feel comfortable.

“He’s got that big, funny smile,” Leggett said.

“Once you break it down, he is really relatable and he just has that type of character.“ Although some students feel the need to always please others, Bath remains true to himself and what he believes in, such as being involved and respectful.

Bath takes on his presidential duties this coming fall and will become the main voice of the students, for the students.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Titan engineers design and build Formula race car MICHAEL CHEN Daily Titan

From car engines to airplanes, mechanical engineers study all aspects of physics and material sciences in order to design and produce tools and machines.

With careful precision, students in the mechanical engineering major go on to develop the safest and most efficient machines that can be produced.

Mechanical engineering is a field of study that many students find daunting and can be overwhelmed by the workload.

As intimidating as the study sounds, the work engineers do impact people in their everyday lives.

Eliot Horner, a fourth year mechanical engineering student, is actively engaged in the Society of Automotive Engineers, which takes what he learns in engineering classes at Cal State Fullerton and applies them to his automotive build on campus.

“We all work together in here and (work) to build a race car,” Horner said.

“We build it not only to learn, but we go to a design competition in Lincoln, Nebraska.”

The project car, called the Titan VII, is under production by the handful of mechanical engineers

Courtesy of Eliot Horner Left: Carlos Gibson, a CSUF student majoring in mechanical engineering, is machining a part for the differential unit of the car. Right: Michael Crull and Bryan Humburg are laying carbon fiber on a foam mold that will go on the project car, called Titan VII. The students will submit the race car to Forumula SAE when it is complete.

on campus. The students intend to submit the race car to Formula SAE. Horner takes many of the mechanical engineering theories he learns in class and applies them to the process of building the race car; taking his classroom learning to another level as he is inserting his knowledge of mechanical engineering in real-world applications.

“There’s tons of really cool engineering jobs so I’m interested in a lot of fields … I think that if I had the opportunity to work pretty much anywhere in engineering where I can get hands on experience, that would be fun,” Horner said.

However, the field of mechanical engineering is not all fun and games.

Matias Araya, Horner’s

teammate and a mechanical engineering student, said he understands the workload that comes with becoming an engineer.

While putting together the race car project, Araya actively recalls everything he learns in class and applies that knowledge to the structure of the car such as forces and torques, which engineers call “moments.”

“The class that I took last semester, was statics. By using statics, I was able to see what kind of braking torque the car has and then translating (it) to part design, which is using the forces over the area, called stress,” Araya said. “Using the stresses from your acceleration and your braking, then you can design a part that will be able

to reach a good factor of safety, which means how many times that part will be able to withstand that force.”

Many mechanical engineers develop safe products for people to use. The next time someone goes on a plane or drives a car, he or she might consider the work that a mechanical engineer put into making them safe.

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ARIES

(MARCH 21 - APRIL 19):

Pluto turns retrograde (until 9/23), and power struggles decrease. It’s still not a good time to argue. Pressure eases, and you can take time to look back. Secure the ground taken. Be cautious with long-distance travel, and take it slow.

Watch conditions for changes.

TAURUS

(APRIL 20 - MAY 20):

With Pluto retrograde for the next five months, political control issues ease.

Careful financial review reveals future expenses, so keep it frugal and stick to the budget. Pay bills. Do the research to craft a plan that fulfills a brilliant idea.

Share your dream.

GEMINI

(MAY 21 - JUNE 20):

Listen, but don’t argue. Intuitively, you know which path to take. Don’t gamble or spend on treats for the kids. Push yourself recreationally. For the next five months, re-affirm and revise partnerships. Wait to see what develops. Someone’s saying nice things about you.

CANCER

(JUNE 21 - JULY 22):

Figure out how much you can afford to put away. Your intuition gets validated.

With Pluto retrograde (until 9/23), authoritarian pressure eases, and you can relax and recharge. Express your emotions artistically. Settle into a pleasant routine at work. Make future plans.

LEO

(JULY 23 - AUG. 22):

Don’t gamble with your reserves or buy stuff you don’t need. Check on supplies.

Over the next five months, strengthen relations with your community and partnerships. Take time to knit structures together for mutual support.

Work for peace, beauty and freedom.

Talk is cheap.

VIRGO

(AUG. 23 - SEPT. 22):

Discover family secrets from the past over the next five months. Get into the research. Take time for personal discovery, and capture it in words and images.

Indulge in creative chaos. Get outside and taste freedom. Schedule more time for rejuvenation and relaxation.

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Bossy overlords get distracted while Pluto’s retrograde (until 9/23). Savor creative freedom, and push your personal agenda. Consider possibilities, and make long-range plans. Budget carefully, and play by the rules. Listen to your intuition about the road ahead.

Communicate your passionate commitments.

SCORPIO

(OCT. 23 - NOV. 21):

Love and spirituality soothe like balm.

Nostalgia can be profitable, with Pluto’s retrograde (until 9/23). Don’t bet the farm, though. Maintain frugal financial routines. Look back and gather insight on where you’ve been. Enjoy creative freedom, and invent. Look ahead and envision your desire realized.

SAGITTARIUS

(NOV. 22 - DEC. 21):

Over the next five months, reassess your resources. Include talents, affinities, and connections. You have more than you think. Keep equipment in repair. Avoid wasting time indulging gossip. Communications could unveil surprises... make statements as if everything you say were public. Keep secrets to yourself.

CAPRICORN

(DEC. 22 - JAN. 19):

The intensity lets up with Pluto retrograde for the next five months. Use this break to review strategies. Write the roadmap to reach a future personal goal accomplished. Cultivate your leadership. Take it slow to avoid accidents. A new contraption isn’t reliable.

AQUARIUS

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Prepare a retrospective, dig into family history, or write your memories. Study and explore. Plan a peaceful retreat.

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PISCES

(FEB. 19 - MARCH 20):

Let love spur you to make or renew a commitment. New information could change options. A decision could get reversed. Listen to your senses. Take on new responsibility for greater independence. For five months (with Pluto retrograde) review and refine plans. Learn from the past.

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FITNESS Get buff in 90 days

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APRIL 15, 2014

THE DAILY TITAN

TUESDAY

P90X provides good workouts that can become expensive ANDREW FORTUNA Daily Titan

Courtesy of Insanity Insanity creates a quick, well-balanced workout that can be done from practically anywhere.

Although it is extremely difficult initially, dedicated athletes have noticed the results quickly.

Shaun T’s Insanity takes it to the brink The popular workout program requires a strict diet TROI MCADORY Daily Titan

Trying to stay fit and eat healthy is difficult to juggle with being a part-time student and having a job.

And with summer slowly approaching, getting that dream beach body almost seems impossible.

Insanity, the popular workout program, can help students achieve that goal if they make the time to dedicate consistency and patience to its workout regimen.

Insanity came about from fitness trainer Shaun Thompson, better known as Shaun T, in 2009. Thompson formed a partnership with Beachbody, a marketing company geared toward selling fitness, to launch his new program.

Thompson came from an active background. He did track-and-field at Rowan University where he graduated with a degree in sports science. From there, his love for health and fitness followed him as his career began to bloom.

He started out in 2007 with a dance fitness program called Hip Hop Abs followed by Rockin’ Body in 2008. He also launched a program for children nationwide to help reduce the chances of obesity called Shaun T’s Fit Kids Club.

Thompson did not limit himself only to sports, because he minored in theater. This led to appearances on Ellen DeGeneres, Six Feet Under and The Jay Leno Show.

He has also been known to work with several

renowned companies such as Nike, RadioShack and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Even though Thompson’s program took off after the highly talked about P90x workout, he has still managed to hold a faithful and secure audience.

Mayra Flores, a Cal State Fullerton student, said she has been consistently using Insanity for four months.

The senior criminal justice and chicano studies double major enjoys using the workout program because it “pushes her to her limits,” which she finds challenging.

Despite this, she has been patient with her workouts and has been going about it in a healthy way.

“I’ve noticed an increase in energy throughout my days,” Flores said. “I also lost six pounds in the first four weeks.”

Like many who have probably thought of using the program, she was skeptical. She didn’t think she would be cut out for something as intense as Insanity because she wasn’t as fit as people portrayed on television.

Flores has loved her results so far. For those thinking of trying the program, she does believe nutrition plays a large factor in muscle gain and weight loss.

“I stopped consuming soda and started eating a lot more vegetables,” Flores said.

She also said she drinks more water than she did prior to starting the Insanity workout and that the diet plan included in the program doesn’t necessarily work for everyone because everybody is different.

Derek Luther, head trainer at True Fitness in Fullerton, is an avid supporter of high intensity interval training. He also agreed

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with using the Paleolithic or Paleo Diet as an example.

“I do find benefit in the Paleo Diet because it is high in proteins and uses low fat carbs,” Luther said.

“But carbs are not the only source of energy but fats.”

Like any diet, it works for some but not all.

When Luther recommends fats for energy, he’s referring to healthy fats such as avocados and almonds. He said to successfully lose weight people need to lower their carbs and not be compulsive eaters.

“Eat when your body is hungry and what is the right percentage for your body,” Luther said.

Eating carbs to fill the space of hunger is what causes us to gain weight and not get the proper results we seek. Luther also said up to 80 percent of a healthy and rewarding workout is all based on food intake.

As much as Luther prefers using personal trainers for motivation rather than video programs influenced by infomercials, he said skipping a day won’t drastically hinder results.

“Over time, a woman tries to lose 40 pounds, loses 10 and has a cheat day,” Luther said. “She goes out and returns with five pound weight gain. It’s all water weight.”

Luther said he sees this all the time and explains it’s the sodium in foods that make the body retain water.

Overall, Insanity is a tool used to aid Americans into healthier lifestyles. If students are to start now while they’re young, they can potentially increase their lifespan and avoid long-term diseases such as diabetes.

For people trying to change their bodies and improve their overall health, P90X might be the answer.

P90X is an intense home fitness workout program that consists of 12 intense workouts. The workout has gained popularity recently due to many users or the program seeing noticeable results.

The program was first developed by elite American fitness trainer Tony Horton Jr., who spent 20 years of fitness training before putting together P90X. His boot camp like style commands absolute dedication and requires the most out of individuals who are looking to slim down.

P90X costs $119.95 and comes with 12 DVDs, a 100page fitness guide and a 113day nutritional plan. Also included is a 90-day calendar to track your individual progress.

The title of the program stays true, as it’s designed to get participants “ripped” in 90 days.

Michael Esco is a professor at Auburn University of Montgomery who received a Ph.D. in exercise physiology.

“These challenging workouts require lots of

dedication to complete,” Esco said.

For those considering it, there are some requirements that are essential to factor in. P90X requires up to two hours for six to seven days a week which can be hard for those who work and have busy lifestyles. The workout is not easy and requires a lot of energy and effort.

Additionally, to use P90X one must have space in their apartment or home to work out in. The exercises need space, so a cramped living room probably wouldn’t be the best option. For those who are serious about fitness, turning their garage or a separate room into a workout area would be ideal.

However, P90X can get a little pricy besides the cost of the DVDs. The program requires the purchasing of resistance bands, a yoga mat, dumbbells and a pull up bar.

Justin C. Lin, a physical therapist, said he feels that they are designed for those used to being in shape and going through similar training.

“Don’t be fooled by these insane and inane programs.

They may only work for a short time but the price you pay later may be high. I’m going to leave these workouts for the athletes who are already training in this explosive manner and the military personnel,” Lin said in an article for The Notice.

On the other hand, one of the ways the program has

been so effective is the mix of different workouts. Some of the benefits are that P90X isn’t intended to just drop weight but also transform the body by toning, shaping and building muscularity.

The program involves resistance, body-weight, martial arts, ab workouts, yoga and cardio workouts.

The broad spectrum of exercises hits all parts of the body. For example, one of the 12 workouts is the “Chest and Back” workout. It hits shoulders, chest and multiple areas of the back with three different push-up styles, pull downs with resistance bands and rowing involving dumbbells and resistance bands.

The nutritional plan that goes along with it is just as important as the workouts. P90X’s plan has three phases, starting out with a fat shredder that implements high protein and low carbohydrate intake.

Phase two helps to propel people through the midday slump with an energy-boosting diet that has a balance of protein and carbs while staying low on fat. Phase three serves as the endurance booster with a tier system of high complex carbs dropping down to a medium amount of protein and a small amount of fat.

P90X has a great reputation of getting people in shape. Before choosing, factor in the time, energy and requirements for the training regimen to see if it’s right for you.

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