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TSU annual art show opens

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Student artwork is on display in the TSU until Nov. 4. Before that date, the Programs & Services committee will evaluate each piece to determine whether or not the art seems worthy of purchasing by the Titan Student Centers. These decisions will then be brought to a vote by the TSC governing board, which can approve or deny the purchases.

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The Titan Student Union (TSU) Annual Student Art Show opened on Monday with a reception for artists who submitted pieces to see their work hung up for the first time.

Entries for the show came exclusively from current Cal

State Fullerton students, with each artist only able to submit one piece that had to be ready to hang or install.

“We reach out to students all over campus, not just art students or visual art students, but students from every major and every discipline,”

said Danielle Clark, the TSU Gallery Coordinator and organizer of the TSU Annual Student Art Show. “In that sense, the show is important because it’s our primary way of showcasing the artists that are throughout campus.”

Clark said the show is

usually held in the spring semester, but she decided to hold it earlier this year.

“I try to include as many works as I can in the gallery space. Admittedly I’m not able to include everything,” Clark said.

The show officially opened

around 12:15 p.m., at which point artists and other curious passersby could explore both galleries where artwork was being held and enjoy some snacks that were laid out.

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Junior kicks up offensive tempo in different role HARRISON FAIGEN Daily Titan

Before Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer finds their rhythm on the field, they need some music. As the Drake station on Pandora blares from defender Lindsay Stasinis’ phone, the Titans dance, chant and try to pump themselves up.

Sometimes freshman get pulled to the center of this routine. Other times, it’s the Titans’ leading scorer this season, junior Tala Haddad.

“You can see that energy from the locker room onto the field,” Haddad said.

“If we can come out with a bang in the first minute, the first five minutes, the first ten minutes, and score and press, that’s going to help us throughout the game and keep getting us wins.”

Haddad has certainly found success using this method. The junior has helped CSUF get rapid scores in two of their three wins. First, with an arcing shot from 30 yards out in the second minute against San

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Tala Haddad sits on the sidelines at Titan Stadium. Off the field, she revels in her schoolwork. “I love to learn and I actually like doing homework,” Haddad said. “You don’t hear that all the time.”

Jose State.

The next game saw forward Connie Caliz find the back of the net even quicker, scoring in the first minute on a cross from Haddad.

After scoring just one goal in her first two years at CSUF and shifting positions to play defense, Haddad’s scoring success was anything but a given.

“I didn’t expect to be

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playing left back, I was a left mid, so going back there, I didn’t think my individual success would come from such a defensive position,” Haddad said.

CSUF Head Coach Demian Brown appreciates the way Haddad has not only embraced the change but flourished in the role.

“It’s obviously something that we never thought we

would have to do, but it’s nice to know that we have players in our program that have that type of soccer knowledge and that type of trust in the program that they can make a change like that and be successful,” Brown said.

More than just her production on the field, Haddad has helped keep the the team light off of it. Whether

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it’s busting a move for her teammates before games or always being ready with a joke, the player her teammates call “Bonkers” (both for the way the bun on her head bounces when she runs and her propensity to crash into people on the field) has contributed to a positive team culture.

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Michael Long’s eyes narrowed as the bumper of the car in front of his car grew closer. Everything seemed normal at first, but something didn’t seem quite right– there were no registration tags.

Long called it in on his radio and flipped on his lights. The blue and red revolving lights painted the night, as an arm popped out of the window motioning for Long to follow the tagless car to the side of the street.

After meticulously typing the license plate information into his computer, he walked over to the dimly lit car, leaned over into the window and strolled back to his cruiser soon after holding a license coupled with registration papers.

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The 2016 TSU Annual Student Art Show is split between two locations. The primary part is currently being held in the Center Gallery while more pieces are on display in the TSU underground.

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Clark said this is her second year putting together the show, but the show has been held at CSUF for at least 20 years.

“Last year, I think we had about maybe 40-50 submissions. This year, we have close to 70 submissions,” Clark said.

The submissions varied widely as well. There were paintings and drawings of all different mediums and subjects, from self-portraits of students to pop culture references like Pokémon. There were also physical sculptures on display.

“I encourage students to submit their favorite pieces, their “best” pieces, the pieces that they are most proud of,” Clark said.

“There’s no real theme that we kind of try to publicize or put out there for students to submit work to. I like to just get a big swath of everything.

Junior transfer student Christina Zuniga, an entertainment art and animation major, created her piece “Floral Violence.”

“I guess it’s just kind of like an interest in the darker side of nature, because I notice people always go for the happy nature stuff and they never think about the rotting aspects of it,” Zuniga said.

Like Zuniga, junior studio art major Avery Caren Anderson had a lot to say about the thought process behind the work she submitted to the show, “Into the Deep”, a portrait of one of her friends.

“It’s about basically being within yourself and knowing yourself and actually expressing your emotions,” Anderson said.

“I’m really glad I got to participate, and I love everyone’s piece.”

According to the TSU Arts Program website, the Art Acquisition Committee reviews all the pieces put up in the Central Gallery for the show in order to make purchasing recommendations.

However, this year the Art Acquisition Committee was absorbed into the Programs and Services Committee said junior Jared Hill, Chair of the Titan Student Centers

(TSC) Governing Board and ex officio member of the Programs and Services Committee.

“It used to be that there was two committees of the Governing Board,” Hill said. “It worked well, but it wasn’t perfect.”

The TSC Governing Board is a separate entity from the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors that oversees buildings owned and operated by ASI, including the TSU, the Irvine campus lounge and fitness center and the Student Recreation Center (SRC), Hill said.

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The show is important because it’s our primary way of showcasing the artists that are throughout campus.

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DANIELLE CLARK TSU Gallery Coordinator “We’re more of the ‘hammers and hard hat’ type people,” Hill said, comparing the TSC Governing Board to the more policy-oriented ASI Board of Directors.

Three new sub-committees now have seats at the Governing Board that are able to make recommendations and suggestions: The Marketing & Outreach, Facilities & Operations and Programs & Services committees.

Clark will bring the Programs & Services committee on a tour of the gallery on Sept. 28, where they will review the show on display and pick out pieces they want to purchase and add to the permanent art collection.

“After the show, the hope is that we can help students that are future artists and current artists,” Hill said. “We actually go through and try to purchase a couple pieces to hang in the student center.”

Once interested artists have been contacted and set a price for their artwork to be purchased, the committee votes to send their recommendations to the Governing Board, which can approve or deny

A bomb squad inspected a PVC pipe this morning in Fullerton that was later rendered safe, according to ABC 7.

The suspicious pipe was evaluated in the 3000 block of Euclid Street. Homes in the area were evacuated and the street was closed in both directions.

The pipe was detonated by a bomb squad robot and was found to have no explosives inside.

A spokesperson for the police department tweeted around 12:30 p.m. that the pipe was not a threat.

Fullerton Police Sgt. John Radus said that the incident was a good indicator that residents are being vigilant and that they “stay on top of things”.

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the purchase.

The TSU’s second floor hallway overlooking the brick path between the TSU and the Titan Bookstore has student artwork purchased from the show in the past by the committee hanging up on the wall. There are also pieces in the Irvine Center and around the SRC. “People will just immediately think, ‘bring in a well-known person to do something’ or ‘bring in someone that has so much experience in their field,’ but I think right here on campus we have so many people that are doing great work,” Hill said. “Giving them the opportunity to be seen by over 40,000 people that use the student centers, it’s really a neat opportunity and I’m excited that I can be a part of that partnership.”

While pieces in the TSU Annual Art show will have the possibility of being purchased by the TSC Governing Board, there will also be “best of show” monetary prizes awarded to three pieces that are currently displayed in either gallery.

The artist who wins best of show will receive $250, while $150 will be given for second place and $100 for third. All the money comes out of the TSU Art Galleries budget according to Clark.

“The judging committee, it’s a committee of five members, will be deciding who will be awarded first, second and third prize,” Clark said. “I’ve reached out to all the club members in the Society of Museum Associates and asked who would like to participate in the committee.”

The show will be on display in both the TSU Center Gallery and the TSU Underground until Nov. 4, and the best of show awards ceremony will be held on Oct. 3, two weeks after the initial artist’s reception.

“It exposes a lot of students on campus to the arts. I think the arts are really underfunded,” Clark said.

“I think it also encourages other students too that you don’t have to be an artist... If you want to submit something.”

Ahmad Khan Rahami was captured on Monday in connection for the bombings that occurred in New York and New Jersey over the weekend, according to CNN. Rahami was found sleeping in a doorway at a bar in New Jersey.

When police arrived, a shootout ensued where the suspected bomber was injured and then taken to a hospital for surgery.

Rahami has been charged with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

Rahami is a naturalized U.S. citizen with connections to Afghanistan.

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Saudis arrest ISIS personnel Saudi Arabia security forces have arrested 17 people linked to ISIS on Monday, according to CNN. The group was found in possession of sticky bombs, suicide vests, automatic rifles and other firearms. They also had about USD 160,000 on hand.

The Saudi Interior Ministry said that the group’s intent was to terrorize citizens, scholars, security forces and military and economic facilities.

Fourteen of the suspects were Saudi nationals while the other three came from Yemen, Egypt and Palestine. The arrest comes after an intensive months long investigation into the terror group.

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NEWS Sisters welcome new recruits

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More than 400 CSUF students invited to join Greek Life ZACK JOHNSTON Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton chapters of the Panhellenic Council had their annual “Bid Day” at Tuffy Lawn on Monday, where soon-tobe sorority sisters found out which house they had been accepted into.

The tradition concludes a four-day vetting process in which the recruits socialize and narrow down their choices for which chapter to join.

Emotions ran as each student’s bid was revealed, and the sisters welcomed their new members.

The new recruits converged in the Titan Student Union at 4:30 p.m. Underneath each chair was an envelope containing which sorority each of them had been accepted into.

Meanwhile, members of the CSUF Panhellenic sorority chapters grouped themselves together on the Tuffy Lawn baring welcome signs and matching outfits; building up enthusiasm for what was to come.

The new recruits moved from the TSU to the East side of the lawn and faced the groups of sisters. Once instructed, the recruits opened their envelopes and ran across the lawn to their respective groups.

The scene was joyous, to say the least.

“It’s been a crazy, long ride,” said Suzette Ortiz, Vice President of Recruitment Chapter Relations.

Of the 463 students who signed up to rush a sorority, 413 were there accepting their bids, Ortiz said.

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Current members of Alpha Delta Pi embrace their new sorority sisters on the annual Bid Day celebration on the Tuffy Lawn. Six sororities were represented in this year’s formal recruitment: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Chi Omega, Gamma Phi Beta, Zeta Tau Alpha, Sigma Kappa and Delta Zeta.

Some of the recruits decide to drop out of the recruitment process if they don’t think it’s right for them or the timing is wrong, but a very small amount of students don’t get asked back.

“We do offer them a lot of options,” Ortiz said.

There is around 50 more recruits being accepted this semester compared to previous Bid Days, said

Cassie Vance, Panhellenic President.

CSUF has one of the the largest greek communities in the Cal State University system, Vance said, and the numbers show that.

“Even though we didn’t have as many girls sign up, we’re having more that are receiving a bid this year than last year,” Vance said.

The sorority chapters themselves are seeing the

difference from previous years.

Sigma Kappa is accepting 69 new members, said Megan Luong, a member of Sigma Kappa welcoming the recruits.

“We’re super excited because we’ve never gotten this big of a class,” Luong said.

After receiving their bids, the sororities have a celebration to welcome their new

members. Some go back to their sorority houses while others go somewhere off campus.

Sigma Kappa members welcomed their new sisters in Anaheim, while Gamma Phi Beta celebrated at their house.

Eighteen-year-old health science major Shelby Elsasser is one of the newest members of Gamma Phi Beta and was very pleased

to receive their invitation.

“I’m so excited, this was my number one choice,” Elsasser said.

Elsasser’s main factor for her decision was what the sorority stands for.

“The philanthropy is all about building strong girls. It’s about giving girls a better environment to grow up in, and making sure they have strong self-confidence and self-love as they get older,” Elsasser said.

International students struggle to get classes Differences between foreign and domestic education cause issues JACQUELINE LINDENBERG Daily Titan The transition to and from other schools involves a lot of time and effort, but Cal State Fullerton works to offer all the help it can give.

The International Students and Scholars (ISS) office strives to provide as much information and assistance to international and exchange students as possible, but also current CSUF students.

Attending a school with around 38,000 students enrolled each semester is new for students who haven’t dealt with such a mass amount. Although the process is difficult for the first few weeks, preparation is key and CSUF provides as much support to students who are stepping into a whole other lifestyle than what they may be accustomed to.

In the fall 2015 semester at CSUF, a grand total of 38,414 students were enrolled and 2,410 international students accounted for the large enrollment number.

Mari Five and Bastian Hvitmyhr are studying journalism abroad at CSUF for their first fall 2016 semester. What started out as a rocky start soon turned into a smooth ride.

The high number of students attending the university creates a struggle to add necessary classes. In Norway, classes are pre-selected for them, making the process much simpler.

“It’s really easy. We just

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Bastian Hvitmyhr (left) and Mari Five (right) are international students from Norway studying journalism at CSUF.

sign up for a major and they do pretty much everything for you. You don’t have to apply for courses. It’s just set up... That’s why the adjustment was so hard, because the differences are so huge,” Five said.

In addition to overpopulation, the two international students also have to make sure classes coincide with their university in Norway.

“I was just preparing myself to do the courses that I applied for, and when I didn’t get them, it was a surprise and shock,” Five said.

Hvitmyhr has a J-1 Visa, which allows him to participate in study based exchange visitor programs. Due to his visa, he was not required to pay direct tuition but didn’t receive any of the classes he originally pre-enrolled in.

“Everyone at the international office had helped us, but there should be a system to make sure that we have all the classes before we arrive,” Hvitmyhr said.

One of the main problems that arose from the situation was having

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classes approved for credit from their university in Norway on a deadline.

A way to solve that issue is to find courses online and sit through various ones to see which best fits to their specific academic needs, also called “crashing courses,” Five said. “...It’s coming to a space and place where everything you have known your entire life is different and you have been kind of thrown into it with no kind of support system and that’s also what ISS does. said Maria E. Grandone, Ph.D., the director for International and Intercultural Programs at Cal State Fullerton. “We become the support system for the student body.”

After “crashing courses,” and working with the faculty, Five and Hvitmyhr are now in the flow of a semester at CSUF with the ideal amount of courses and enjoying their time here.

“I’m here in California and I’ve never been here. I just want to experience as much as possible,” Five said.

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He stood in the moonlight waiting for confirmation on the plate number– everything checked out.

He made his way back over to the open car window and presented the license, registration papers and a warning to make sure the missing tags are placed in their rightful place.

All in a night’s work for a CSUF university police officer.

“Why CSUF? Why not?” newly sworn in Officer Long asked while driving around campus on his second night as an official university police officer. “I’ve done some research and amongst the Cal State’s, if I was going to work for a university, I would want to do it here.”

Long, 32, was sworn into the University Police Department on Apr. 26. The end of his training period and the beginning of his work as a university officer began on Sept. 11.

He entered the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Academy in 2007, fulfilling his dream of becoming a police officer.

“That’s just something that’s always been an interest of mine, as a little kid even. I got started at it at a pretty young age,” Long said.

Long received his bachelor of arts degree in business administration from

California Baptist University in 2014.

“We’re very happy to have him as an addition to our police force here at the university,” University Police Captain Scot Willey said. “We think he really brings in a wealth of information from his previous work in police service.

Also, he has a really good understanding of what it’s like to work in a university environment with students, faculty and staff.”

Long said that his emphasis in management within his degree helped him to interact and handle people.

“It’s definitely a good knowledge base to have,” Long said. “It never hurts to have more training, experience or knowledge.”

Officers in training go through a 26-week field training program, Willey said.

In addition, after training, new officers have a one year probation period, Long said.

Training is labor intensive and a lot of studying is involved despite having previous experience working in law enforcement, Long said.

“I’ve been doing this for almost nine years now total, but you still learn things everyday. It’s an evolving profession with case laws constantly changing. Penal code and vehicle codes are updated every year,” Long said.

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Officer Long’s first night on the job was Sept. 11. He brings nine years of law enforcement experience to the campus police department and holds a bachelor of arts in business adminstration from California Baptist University.

Trainees are evaluated on their knowledge of radio codes, penal codes, their ability to interpret a map of the surrounding city streets, their efficiency when asked the direction of travel, the time it takes to get to partnering officers in emergency situations and basic knowledge of the police department and university, Willey said.

“It’s an intensive program, just like the police academy is,” Willey said.

“They have to take tests every shift. They’re tested from

the second they come in until the second they leave that night.”

In addition, Long also learned about specific university law enforcement regulations pertaining to Title IX, The Cleary Act and the administrative process associated with on-campus housing.

Long’s UPD field training officers included: Sergeant Patrick Launi, Corporal Jose Rosales, Corporal Jason Miller, Officer Monica Corona and Officer Chauncey

Fonner, Willey said.

Corporal Miller mentored and observed Long for three out of the four phases prospective officers undergo during the training process.

Miller got to know Long very well during his training days that ran 12 hours, the average length of an on-duty shift.

“His performance overall through the program was above expectations throughout the whole training period from phase one through phase four,” Miller said.

Long transitioned seamlessly into the CSUF agency because of his previous law enforcement experience.

He is fitting in well with his partners and the rest of the department. The training staff expects great things from him in the future, Miller said.

“I’ve always thought it was a noble profession,” Long said. “I feel like at the end of the day, you’ve hopefully made a difference and had a positive impact, and I think that’s rewarding.”

The impact of tech in the classroom Faculty implements mobile device policies in different ways JULIANN FRITZ Daily Titan To anyone taking a walk around the Cal State Fullerton campus, it might look as if everyone has their face buried in a cell phone. Enter any classroom and they will see an increasing amount of students using laptops and tablets to take notes.

Educators at CSUF, and on college campuses everywhere are faced with the decision of how to implement and allow technology in order to enhance learning, while also limiting the distractions mobile devices can cause.

Malia Hoffmann, Ed.D., assistant professor of educational technology, has conducted research on students’ and professors’ use of mobile devices in the classroom and beyond. Hoffmann sees more benefits than negative effects associated with technology when it is deliberately implemented in the classroom.

“I think that the devices are very powerful and that we’re not using them nearly to the extent that we could be using them,” Hoffmann said.

Hoffmann has found that if instructors direct their students to use devices for specific applications, then the students will use them for academic purposes and not become distracted.

In her own classes, the technology policy allows students to use their devices in any way they want. If she finds that they are using them for things that are not related to the class, she takes time to figure out why.

“I feel like if my students are not on task – if they are using Snapchat or Twitter during my class – then I must be doing something wrong where I’m not engaging them,” Hoffmann said.

“If I see that, then I take a second to reflect on what it is that I’m doing and try to pull them in and try to get them involved.”

According to the Pew Research Center, there has been an increase in tablet and smartphone ownership across all demographics. eighteen to 29-year-olds

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have the highest percentage of smartphone ownership.

A study by the Journal of Media Education found that students spend about a fifth of their class time using mobile devices for non-class related purposes.

The prevalence of mobile devices being used for non-educational purposes may be why some professors choose to inhibit technology during class time.

Randy Hoffman, lecturer of accounting, is an instructor on campus who strategically implements technology in the classroom while simultaneously having a strict mobile device policy.

Hoffman’s class meets twice a week. On Tuesdays, the class participates in a group case analysis, where students come together to work on case studies related to the course content. The students are encouraged to bring laptops during this time to help with collaboration and research.

In the second class meeting on Thursday, students work to solve problems and address the more difficult concepts in the course.

Hoffman hands out classwork with problems for the

students to solve.

“There is no need to be actually on your laptop when we’re talking about solving these problems,” Hoffman said.

There are strict consequences for students who are caught violating this policy during the lecture portion of the class. Hoffman takes off 25 points from a student’s grade if they are caught using a mobile device during the lecture. This policy has been said is very effective in keeping students off their devices during his Thursday classes.

“It only happens once or twice a semester,” Hoffman said.

Other instructors on campus are more liberal on how their students may use mobile devices.

Andrew Howat, Ph.D., assistant professor of philosophy, is lenient about technology use, and he offers a reason for his policy.

“One of the reasons why I have never gone completely no-tech is that textbooks are extremely expensive and they are a very heavy burden on students,” Howat said.

Howat uses technology to limit the financial burden of

textbooks by providing open source texts and fair use excerpts, all provided for free on Titanium. The only thing he requires is that students have the text in class with them in some form.

An open dialogue always takes place at the beginning of the semester about technology. The discussion establishes a unique class policy designed to benefit both technology and non-technology users.

“One of my classes, for example, decided we should have laptop users on the outskirts of the room so they are less likely to be in the visual field of other students, therefore less likely to be distracting,” Howat said.

Students themselves have an array of feelings when it comes to classroom mobile device usage and policies.

Maggie Baheeg, a human communications major, said that most of her professors this semester have ruled that laptops, phones and tablets are not allowed during class.

“At first it was kind of annoying because I’m faster at typing than at writing,” Baheeg said. “But it also kind of made things easier

because I just had to carry around one notebook as opposed to a laptop that is heavy.”

Stephanie Valdes, a junior biology major, said her professor’s policies are mostly moderate when it comes to technology, but she doesn’t worry about it.

“I just never look at my phone when I’m in class, so it’s never been an issue,” Valdes said.

Jenny Escalante, a junior biology major, said she is not very affected by classroom technology policies because she takes notes by hand.

“By handwriting, I’m more engaged and actually listening,” Escalante said.

“Because I feel like with your phone you’re half (paying attention), but in reality you’re really not paying attention.”

Mobile devices have become ubiquitous across all demographics and in an increasing number of settings.

When it comes to educational settings, instructors and students will have to continue to collaborate in order to maximize technology’s benefits while minimizing its’ negative and distracting effects.

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OPINION Diverse storytellers fix stereotyping

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All black writing staff lends to a more authentic voice JADE LOVE Daily Titan Actor, writer and comedian Donald Glover produced a new hit series “Atlanta” on Fox that is finally changing how people of color are viewed and understood through the mainstream media.

In a time when cultural appropriation and appreciation are substantially being blended, Glover’s all black writing staff highlights the necessity of authenticity. “Atlanta” is a drama that strategically focuses on the authentic black experience through the lives of characters Paper Boi, aspiring rapper and his cousin Earn, played

by Glover.

Glover purposefully addresses the story of these two young men from a racialized and class based perspective that is often not accurately represented in mainstream media.

“I wanted to show white people, you don’t know everything about black culture,” Glover said in an interview with Vulture.

Anthony Sparks, an assistant professor for Cinema and Television Arts at Cal State Fullerton, is a fellow expert in the television industry. Sparks supports the message that white writers have controlled characters in media for far too long.

“It is a show that is comedic but clearly takes its characters seriously, and that does not always happen with ‘black television shows,’ or shows that have black characters,” Sparks said.

In order to understand the black experience, it is important to have black writers tell the story. Important cultural crossroads came when the network wanted to place Paper Boi in a “trap house,” and Glover, understanding of the culture and not falling into stereotype to create a character, wouldn’t allow it.

“We were like, ‘No, he’s a drug dealer; he makes enough money to live in a regular apartment, there were some things so subtle and ‘black’ that people had no idea what we were talking about,” according to Glover in an interview with Atlanta Black Star.

Just by trying to place Paper Boi in a trap house reveals stereotypical notions that the black body is deviant of. Instead of understanding that Paper Boi sells drugs so he can take care of himself, he is immediately viewed as drug dealer with no moral purpose in his activities. Intricate details such as these are crucial when understanding a specific cultural standpoint because it makes the show a direct representation of that lifestyle without any biases.

Television is a part of American culture. It is how we understand each other and the lives we live. The relationship between white people and people of color in media has outstandingly been white people either owning or controlling artistic voice, but now there is one more authentic voice that is finally illustrating the life of real America.

Even though there are shows today such as “My Wife and Kids” that place black families in a positive light, there are still shows that we love today that do

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Donald Glover’s new show allows black culture to thrive with honest storytelling by writers who have lived through the things their characters have. Cultural appropriation seems to finally be becoming a minority when it comes to storytelling.

not accurately represent diversity. “Orange is the New Black” had great success in hiring a diverse cast but failed to do so with its writers. The black and Hispanic/Latino culture in that show is somewhat saturated by its white writers. ”If you have a black television show that is created and largely written by white writers, that means white writers are deciding what blackness is and that’s a problem, right?”

Sparks said.

“The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” was a hit show in the 1990’s but was written by white writer Andy Borowitz.

Borowitz’s interpretation of Will Smith’s life in the show is shaped from preconceived notions of blackness that is often represented in Hollywood. Will’s character is developed from stereotypical notions of black masculinity and tattered familial connections. He is portrayed as loud, hyper-sexual and

someone who never properly assimilates into the upper class. Will often hits on women throughout the entire show representing himself as hyper-sexual and a trickster because he is constantly trying seduce women anyway that he can.

“The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” has some authenticity to its narrative, but it places Smith’s character in a stereotypical box that does not necessarily highlight the intersectionalities

of his life as a black man.

Shows like “Atlanta” are important because they finally give those of color a voice about who they are as a people in this society and how they live their lives separately from what white mainstream America has decided for them. Hopefully the show can spread the trend of authentic storytelling through those who have actually lived through the trials and tribulations of the characters that are shown throughout the world.

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Tala Haddad’s teammates call her “Bonkers” for her silly demeanor and the quirky way she plays the game. “She has a stellar left-footed cross shot and she’s not even naturally left-footed,” said teammate Tatiana Rizzotti.

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“She’s just really outgoing.

She’ll literally go up to anyone and have a conversation, no matter who it is,” said junior defender Tatiana Rizzotti. “Her presence just makes us all happy.”

Soccer has always hit home for Haddad, whose father put a soccer ball in front of her almost as soon as she could kick one.

“I’ve been playing since I

was four-years old. My dad played when he was in high school and throughout his childhood, and so it was just kind of innate in me to start playing,” Haddad said. “My dad and I share that same passion.”

Haddad’s family oftenmakes the trek down from Bakersfield to watch her play, but the business marketing major spends most of her time between school and the soccer field. The ability to

have a singular focus is part of what drew her to CSUF.

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It really gives you a purpose and you know you’re here to get things done.”

Part of the reason for Haddad’s willingness to shift to a new position is that while leading the Titans in scoring is great, there is something else she wants to get done this season.

“We’re a very serious team and we have very high goals for our program, and we’re not going to stop until those goals are reached,” Haddad said. “We are just going to keep pushing through because conference is what’s

important and we’re hoping to win another Big West Conference Championship.”

The 3-6 Titans have some ground to cover if they want to keep dancing after their final game of the season, but Bonkers has certainly done her part on and off the field to keep their goals alive and the music playing.

“She just brings that camaraderie that we need as a team,” Rizzotti said. “It really brings us together.”

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