Wednesday, May 7, 2014

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W EDNESDAY, M AY 7, 2014

Volume 95, Issue 52

Twitter During the lockdown at Cal State Fullerton in December 2012, which was caused by armed robbery suspects attempting to evade police on campus, some students and faculty barricaded their classroom doors. However, in numerous lecture halls throughout the campus, doors did not have locks, and the recommended barricading technique can be foiled by doors that open outwardly.

Door locks complicate security

Issues with many CSUF facilities invalidate safety procedures KAYLI CRAIG, DAVID COATS & ASHLEN DOMINGUEZ Daily Titan

Just a few days before finals week in December 2012, the Cal State Fullerton campus was locked down when alleged armed robbery suspects fled through

Steven G. Mihaylo Hall. The campus remained locked down for eight hours as police searched the buildings. Some students and faculty barricaded themselves inside classrooms, but others were unable to do so. CSUF has since purchased a video titled Shots Fired On Campus – When Lightning Strikes, which explains what to do if an active shooter is on campus, and the university has encouraged students and faculty to view it.

The video recommends if it is not possible to safely escape, the best course of action is to hide in a room that can be locked and/or barricaded. However, most classrooms on campus can only be locked from the outside, and a key is required to lock them. Assembly Bill 211, passed in 2011, mandates that classrooms with five or more people should be lockable from the inside. This fairly new law only applies to K-12 schools that receive

state funding, and existing buildings are not affected by it. Since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in December 2012, at least 16 shootings have occurred at college campuses in the United States, according to the Washington Post. The buildings that have classrooms have at least one door within them that cannot be easily locked in case of an active shooter. The door would first need to be opened, then locked

from the outside with a key. For example, Steven G. Mihaylo Hall has 22 lecture halls, none of which can be locked from the inside. Approximately 1,000 feet from where the suspects who caused the lockdown had entered campus, Jason Shepard, Ph.D. was teaching communications law to 115 students when the lockdown occurred. SEE LOCKDOWN, 3

ASI supports neutral restrooms University Affairs next to discuss genderneutral restrooms NICOLE WEAVER Daily Titan

Courtesy of Love War Student DJs have made a career with their music, creating tracks for companies like Ryan Seacrest Productions and MTV Productions.

Titans hope to spin DJ scene Students have found success in music career GINA VAN STRATTEN Daily Titan

Two Cal State Fullerton students hope to one day make their mark on the music industry, and they are already walking the path of making that dream come to fruition. Alex Tirheimer and Alex Evert, 22 and 21 respectively, are radio-TVfilm majors at CSUF and DJs outside of school.

They have been making music together, going by the name Love War, and that music has become a huge part of their daily lives. They said music is more than a hobby. “Music has recently become more of a habit for me and I am glad, because I don’t think I could ever be happy being in a regular nine-to-five kind of job,” Tirheimer said. Making music has become a source of income for both Tirheimer and Evert. SEE STUDENT DJS, 5

Associated Students Inc. has recommended a policy that would implement gender-neutral restrooms on Cal State Fullerton’s campus. The recommendation will be discussed during the University Affairs meeting Thursday. A gender-neutral restroom would qualify as being a restroom that anyone of any gender can use, and would either be a single stall or a multi-stall facility. In previous years, CSUF has designated certain restrooms gender-neutral during events such as the regional Queer People of Color Conference and the Social Justice Summit. ASI has considered the recommendation for some time. “Meeting with a number of students throughout the year, this topic of gender-neutral restrooms came up and we decided to take it on in the committee,” said Carlos Navarro, the ASI chief

administrative officer. “Also … I noticed that many other CSU campuses were opening up gender-neutral restrooms on their campuses while Fullerton was not.” The recommendation is intended to allow restrooms to be more inclusive, as well as provide a safe personal space for those who fall outside the male-female gender binary. People who would benefit from gender-neutral restrooms include transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals, parents and other guardians of small children, caregivers, people who are breastfeeding, and people who are in need of extra privacy. Navarro said he expects slight backlash at first by the student body on the grounds that they will not understand the issue at hand. “We do not wish to see multi-stall facilities converted into gender-neutral facilities, but rather rebranding existing single stall restrooms to say ‘gender neutral’ and for all future buildings constructed on campus to include one of these types of restrooms,” Navarro said. Gender-segregated bathrooms compromise the

SCOTT BEALE / Flickr Associated Students Inc. recently approved a recommendation in support of adding more gender-neutral restrooms in the future.

safety of transgender and gender-nonconforming people, Navarro said in a presentation to the University Affairs committee. “Almost no one—transgender, queer, or cisgender—conforms perfectly to gender norms all of the time, thus the gender binary is restrictive for all. Policing gender in or outside of the bathroom can lead to discrimination and violence,” Navarro said in his presentation. Based on a campaign University Affairs participated in over the past, the response so far to

gender-neutral bathrooms has been favorable. Students who were surveyed during the “temperature check” campaign this past year responded positively when asked about gender-neutral restrooms. In terms of University Affairs and the ASI Board of Directors agreeing on the recommendation, Navarro is confident in the outcome. “I feel as though our University Affairs committee and our Board of Directors will see the benefits of gender-neutral restrooms,” Navarro said.

For the Record: In the issue published May 6, in the article titled “No plan for parking,” the article incorrectly refers to the Cal State Fullerton Geographic Information System Research Center as Geological Information Systems. Additionally, the graph shows the availability of parking on Feb. 3, not Feb. 2.

INSIDE CSU RESEARCH Web developer for Obama campaign will keynote student research conference NEWS 2 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @DAILY_TITAN

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