Daily Titan | October 24, 2022

CSUF to increase security

NOLLYANNE DELACRUZ Editor

Cal State Fullerton approved a new project at the Associated Student meeting Tuesday that will install one thousand more security cameras and additional lighting efforts to improve campus safety.

The plan is led by the Division of Information Technology with the support of Capital Programs and Facilities Management to place security cameras around campus and improve campus security, said Beth Moody, the operations and communications specialist at Capital Programs and Facilities Management.

The security cameras will be all over campus, including bike racks and elevators, said Willey. He also said security cameras that may point at windows will black out those areas for privacy reasons.

These cameras will include technology that allows a description of a suspect to be searched across all cameras.

The project is funded by the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, which is intended to assist institutions in improving remote education efforts and campus health and safety. The university received a total of $142 million for institutional use. The money has also been used for providing masks, cleaning and virtual instruction.

The camera project will cost $11.2 million. It is currently in the first phase of four, which consists of continuing to replace outdated cameras and installing new ones where the infrastructure allows for easy installation.

The lighting project is ongoing with no end date, Moody said. The areas where lighting will be installed or replaced is based on an annual safety assessment report, compiled by Capital Programs and Facilities Management and other campus departments.

Moody said the cost of installing exterior lighting is about $1.8 million, which includes $550,000 for installing lights during upcoming winter break.

During the meeting, students expressed concern over the safety of the path along the Arboretum toward the parking lots and structures. Aime Arellano, a second-year communications major, said that she would like to see more lights on that path and in parking Lots A through G.

Arellano said knowing about the security camera and lighting plans made her feel safer since she lives in student housing.

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Fullerton keeps fire department; negotiations with union to come

CARLOS CORDOVA DILAN FARIES Sta Writer

Despite pleas from the fire department, the Fullerton City Council declined to join the Orange County Fire Authority, but authorized a plan that will temporarily offer less services while the department works to strengthen its resources.

Last Tuesday, the council voted 3-2 against joining the fire authority and chose to follow a six-year plan to bring the department to a sustainable level laid out by the city’s fire Chief Adam Loeser.

As a first step, council members voted unanimously in favor of starting labor negotiations with the firefighter’s union. The decision to keep the 114-year-old fire department comes as the city battles budget constraints

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Local candidates meet with community

DAVID NUÑEZ Asst. Editor

Orange County candidates called attention to the lack of diversity among Orange County judges at the candidate meet and greet forum last Monday. The event was hosted by Fullerton College, Neighborhoods United for Fullerton and the Fullerton Observer.

With three weeks left until the election, Fullerton residents had a chance to meet each candidate in person.

Michelle Steel did not attend the forum. Steel currently represents California’s 48th district but due to redistricting, she is running for house representative in the newly formed California 45th congressional district, which includes the city of Fullerton.

Peggy Huang, a candidate for the Orange County Superior Court Judge, was invited by Jodi Balma, a political science professor at Fullerton College.

While Steel did not attend the event, Huang said she knows Steel is passionate about the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders community but hopes a representative for Steel showed up.

Jay Chen, another candidate for house representative and Steel’s opponent, attracted a large crowd at the forum since the election could affect whether democrats and republicans control the House of Representatives. During the forum, Chen said Steel co-sponsored legislation that puts a federal ban on abortion.

Chen said if elected, his first priority is to protect Roe v. Wade and solidify abortion rights into California law. He said Steel refuses to show up and provided a list of forums she missed.

Huang said she decided to run for Orange County Superior Court judge because she noticed she could bring diversity as a Taiwanese American.

Huang said she was surprised about Michelle

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Jay Chen, a candidate for the 45th congressional district, attracted a large crowd at the candidates' forum.

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cameras and doing those nightly walks makes me feel more safe on campus,” Arellano said.

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“Walking sometimes at night does feel a little scary, and them implementing more lighting and even more surveillance

However, Porter said that installing more lights in that area may be di fficult due to issues with infrastructure availability and cost to install infrastructure.

“Due to where that is located in the pathway along the way,

sometimes the cost to trench and put in infrastructure to have lights can be somewhat expensive,” Porter said.

Previous efforts to improve campus safety included escorts, trimming trees to allow for more light and adding blue phones that immediately connect callers to a dispatcher.

Budget: Fire services to be reduced citywide

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“Not everybody can a fford the level of service that they desire. Plain and simple,” said Orange County Fire Authority Fire Chief Brian Fennessy.

“Regionalization may indeed be the future of services, but it isn't right now for me,” said Mayor Fred Jung before voting against joining the fire authority. “The chief's plan is not perfect, but it's a good plan and I will trust it moving forward.

Fullerton has scaled back its general budget by 2.5%, cut executive compensation by 10% and laid off all part-time employees in order to alleviate the city's budget deficit. Jung said the incurring cost of joining the fire authority would put the city in peril as the nation nears a recession.

Loeser proposed an alternative “best case scenario” plan for the city to bring the department to a sustainable level and address three major concerns: compensation, equipment replacement and firefighter deployment.

The timeline for Loeser’s roadmap for the fire department's future is projected to take six years.

Non-competitive compensation is an issue Loeser said he plans to

Loeser proposed giving his department a 16% raise over the next two years to entice firefighters to join and stay within Fullerton. The funds will come from a proposed budget increase that is set to be negotiated in the coming month.

Replacing outdated fire equipment was second on Loeser’s todo list. The department's three fire engines are 20 years old with over 210,000 miles on each, according to the chief's report.

The National Fire Protection Association recommends that a fire engine should be in service for 15 years and an additional five years as a reserve engine. Loeser’s report suggested that all engines are at the point of no longer being within their normal use.

Loeser’s plan calls for a temporary change in how firefighters are deployed to help with their current sta ffi ng shortage. It suggests the department reduce the number of firefighters on each engine at three out of the six stations in the city.

“I am happy that the city council provided direction,” Loeser said. “As with any plan, we will move

forward with it and evaluate as we go to make sure it is meeting the department’s and the city’s needs.”

The council chambers during Tuesday's session were filled with mixed opinions regarding the fate of the fire department.

Council member Ahmad Zahra said he felt this had been a year wasted on coming to a decision and is not sure if the council will follow through with its commitment to ensuring Loeser’s plan is successful.

“I believe that we were entrusted by the public to provide public safety and at this point, we are not doing so. This council is failing our public,” Zahra said. Zahra and fellow council member Jesus Silva were the only two who voted yes on joining the fire authority.

Mayor Jung and Mayor Pro Tem Bruce Whitaker joined Dunlap in a no vote for the city to maintain total control over the fire department.

However, the council voted 4-1 to direct the city manager's office to start a labor negotiation agreement with the firefighters within the next 30 to 45 days. Dunlap was the only council member to vote no.

Apart from negotiations, Loeser said his next step is to start open recruitment for new firefighters to join the department.

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Huang said that she has managed to work across the aisle in the past by working under two democrats and a republican senator.

“Can’t get more non-partisan than that,” Huang said.

Michele Bell is running for judge against Huang. She said she decided to run for the seat because she feels she has a lot of support on the bench

“I applied for the Orange County Public Defenders office, and luckily they wanted me,” Bell said.

Bell worked as a public defender for 13 years and said that experience helps her as a county commissioner. She said public defenders have been appointed as judges by the governor but very few public defenders have been elected to a judge position in Orange County.

Bell said it is her current court commissioner position that separates her from her opponent.

“I’m doing the job of a judge right now, I have my own courtroom, people call me ‘your honor’,” Bell said.

Bell said that she has never served in a public office before, and thinks that is important because the public wants judges who are trusted and can maintain neutrality. Bell's opponent, Peggy Huang, is a sitting Yorba Linda City Council member.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at UC Irvine pushes Green New Deal

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JOSHUA JURADO Sta Writer

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, and the Sunrise Movement organized a rally at UC Irvine on Sunday, which featured five speakers who highlighted key issues in Orange County and promoted voter participation in the upcoming election.

Ocasio-Cortez’s visit came a week after President Joe Biden’s visit to Irvine Valley College, where he discussed his administration’s efforts to relieve inflation.

The Sunrise Movement, a political advocacy organization that advocates for action on climate change, hosted the event.

Kyler Chin, the executive director for Sunrise Orange County, said the county is a swing district, with narrow margins between current Democratic representative Katie Porter, D-California and her opponent Scott Baugh, who are running for California’s 47th congressional district.

Two weeks prior to midterm elections, Ocasio-Cortez said it is crucial that they lay the foundation to encourage and maintain high voter turnout as generational shifts occur.

“UC Irvine, I need you to vote,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

Chin said Ocasio-Cortez chose to run the event with the Sunrise Movement because they have worked together to expand the reach of the Green New Deal, a piece of progresssive legislation aimed at addressing climate change championed by Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrats.

The rally began with an opening statement from Nini Wu, the financial director for the Orange County Young Democrats. Wu introduced Kathleen Treseder, a UCI climate

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professor and candidate for Irvine City Council.

Tommy Vietor, former spokesperson for Barack Obama, followed her speech. Vietor welcomed Arlis Reynolds, a Costa Mesa council member, onto the stand, followed by Wu once again. This sentiment was reflected in other guest speakers. Wu said there has historically been low youth turnout at UCI and Orange County.

“We have to be sure that we turn out every soul to the polls this election,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

Treseder said Irvine has the power and resources to prove that cities can become greenhouse neutral and environmentally friendly.

Branda Lin, candidate for Irvine mayor, highlighted the urgency for Irvine to approve a climate action plan. She said Irvine needs strong leadership that works with the community to once again lead the way as an environmentally-friendly city.

“We need to get a climate action plan in place,” Lin said. “We can lead the way on the municipal level again, we just need the right leadership.”

Lin said that the Orange County Power Authority, a collaboration between Fullerton, Irvine, Huntington Beach and Buena Park, aimed at obtaining energy from sustainable sources. However, Lin criticized the Irvine representatives on the council and the CEO in handling the startup of this initiative.

“There’s just a complete lack of transparency and unqualified leadership, including the executive, the CEO that’s been hired,” Lin said. “He had zero energy experience, he didn’t have a college degree, and didn’t even know what a kilowatt-hour was.”

Lin said because of the poor leadership, residents who were automatically enrolled in the initiative had an increase in their energy bill.

“Some were saying their energy bill went up 18%,” Lin said.

An article titled "Evolving language sets the bar for inclusivity" said that South Asia is made up of three countries: India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. However, many geographers say South Asia consists of as many as eight countries: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The article also said that Taiwan is South Asian; Taiwan is most often considered to be part of East Asia or Southeast Asia.

The demographic term “Desi” refers to the people of the Indian subcontinent, which sometimes includes Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.

All quotes in the article were taken from the Associated Students board meeting of Sept. 20.

While Ocasio-Cortez briefly touched on climate change, stating that she wanted to continue pushing the Green New Deal, she did not touch on climate issues in Orange County or the Orange County Power Authority.

The congresswoman from New York addressed rising costs of tuition

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Review: "She Said" is a powerful retelling of Weinstein's downfall

ALYSSA ORTIZ Sta Writer

Four years after Harvey Weinstein’s arrest for sexual assualt, the film “She Said” is a tribute to the #MeToo movement that changed the world.

After debuting at the New York Film Festival Oct. 13, the Newport Beach Film Festival showed an advance screening of “She Said” on Tuesday at the Newport Theater.

Directed by Maria Schrader, “She Said” stars Carey Mulligan as Jodi Kantor and Zoe Kazan as Megan Twohey, the New York Times reporters who led the investigation on sexual assault allegations against director Harvey Weinstein. In 2019, Kantor and Twohey wrote a book about their experience in breaking one of the most powerful investigations in recent memory, which ignited the #MeToo movement and earned the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for public service.

The film reenacts the stories and interviews of Weinstein’s accusers, culminating in an ending sequence where the article is published.The film beautifully captures the story that launched the #MeToo movement and uncovered decades of abuse in Hollywood.

On Oct. 5, 2017, the day the article was published, Weinstein’s sexual abuse of women in the workplace was made public after celebrities worked together to tell their stories to the

New York Times. The allegations didn’t stop there. The article sparked a conversion about sexaul assault in Hollywood.

The actors’ phenomenal portrayal of the lead journalists and women clearly illustrates the amount of work they put into writing and publishing the article. Through glimpses into their personal lives, we see how much this story took over the lives of the

many women involved. Some of the women portrayed themselves in the film, such as Ashley Judd, whose allegations against Weinstein kickstarted the investigation.

The film features beautiful skyline scenes with lots of camera work in the busy streets of New York City. However, what stood out the most was the eerie cinematography that gave perspective to each woman's

experience.

The musical score, composed by Nicholas Britell, helped build intensity and suspense in scenes. Whether it was waiting on a call or listening to the women recount their experiences, the musical intensity engrossed the audience in the world of the film.

The screenplay, written by Rebbeca Lenkiewicz, stays true to each detail as written in the book the film

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was adapted from. The film is not only informative to those unfamiliar with how the events unraveled, but it is engaging and thrilling, primarily due to its raw depiction of the victims’ stories. It’s a true wonder to showcase investigative journalism in its purest form for a story that started a movement.

“She Said” will premiere in theaters on Nov. 18.

CSUF student shares her voice on singing competition

Grajeda said.

Gonzalez-Vargas recalls finding her passion for singing at the age of five. By the time she was 11, her parents noticed a growing interest which led to professional lessons from Grajeda.

“It was more of a general curriculum that I actually created for her specifically,” Grajeda said. “When I first heard her sing I was so incredibly struck by her tone and her natural ability. She had a great presence.”

Although it was not the outcome Gonzalez-Vargas hoped for, she is not discouraged from pursuing a career as a full-time artist. Gonzalez-Vargas said the feedback she received allowed her to gain a better understanding of how the music industry works.

“Song choice is very important and, of course, making music your own,” Gonzalez-Vargas said. “Obviously, being an artist is all about individuality: what makes you stand out. So I definitely took that to heart in what they said. I need to find my sound, find something and make it my own, and obviously, execution is super important.”

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major with a minor in music, auditioned for season 22 of "The Voice."

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A twenty-year-old Cal State Fullerton student recently made her television performance debut on the popular singing competition “The Voice.”

From San Diego, Yelka Gonzalez-Vargas, a third-year communications major with a minor in music, accomplished her dream by taking the stage and auditioning for one of her favorite music shows.

After submitting a virtual audition last November, she was finally selected to perform a blind audition on the live show.

Being of Mexican and Peruvian descent heavily influenced the type of music she listened to growing up, Gonzalez-Vargas said. Although Gonzalez-Vargas describes her sound as pop and R&B, her culture inspired her to choose “No Me Queda Mas” by Selena, an American-Tejano singer, for her audition.

Unfortunately for Gonzalez-Vargas, her performance did not garner a chair turn from the judges.

“I went up there, and I sang my song the best I could in that moment that day,” Gonzalez-Vargas said. “And obviously, it was a little sad when I didn't get chair turns, but like I said, there's really nothing negative that I took from the experience.”

Gonzalez-Vargas describes the highlight of her experience on the popular television show as having the chance to meet and become friends with the other contestants on the show.

“Obviously, you become close with all the other people that auditioned for the show. So I made a bunch of

friends. We all have things in common, which is music, our passion,” Gonzalez-Vargas said.

Antonio Grajeda, who has been Gonzalez-Vargas’s musical mentor since she was 11, said he believed that she should have advanced in the competition.

“I wish they allowed her to show more of her pop side. She loves singing Sam Smith and Harry Styles and some of those other artists, and I would have been kind of curious to see how they would have responded to her singing those other tracks, but her vocal performance was great,”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Gonzalez-Vargas said she reflected a lot on the next step in her career and felt confident enough with her ability to audition for “The Voice.”

Recently, Gonzalez-Vargas began learning music production with Grajeda and released her first EP titled “Made of Memories” last year.

Gonzalez-Vargas said she hopes to create more music this year and become more involved at CSUF.

“People have meditation, and some people have exercise or whatever it is that they do to cope with the stressors of life. Mine's music. Music is a part of me. I wouldn't be me without it.”

Gonzalez-Vargas, a third-year communications

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Microblading is the secret to natural brows at this Fullerton business

FERRY BAYLON Sta Writer

Microblading: a scary word that illustrates the thought of tiny blades slashing into the skin for a tattooed appearance.

Michelle Montes, a licensed esthetician, opened her studio Project Beauty Brow Art to help individuals overcome the hurdle and fear of microblading. Montes describes the process as a cosmetic procedure that gives the illusion of natural and fuller brows — with no knives involved.

"It's considered a semi-permanent cosmetic tattoo for the eyebrows," Montes said. "The color is implanted with a blade of tiny needles, and it's applied to the skin beneath the surface to give the appearance of natural-looking hair strokes."

To those new to the brow game, Montes highly recommends microblading as their first and last eyebrow procedure.

"Unlike previous brow tattooing methods, which had very heavy and Sharpie-like appearance, microblading is perfect for people who want to define, fill in gaps, or create a new shape as a result of scarce or over-plucked eyebrows,” Montes said.

Joanna Flores, a third-year child

adolescent education major, has been getting her eyebrows microbladed for two years. Despite spending at least $450 on every appointment, Flores believes the procedure is worth it because the semi-permanent tattoo lasts for a year and a half. Flores gets touchups twice a year to upkeep a clean and well-defined look.

"Doing makeup and stuff would take quite a while. So with having my eyebrows done, like all the time, I can just do little touch-ups on mascara or eyeshadow or anything else needed, and then I'd be done real quick," Flores said.

This is the beauty of microblading: woke-up-like-this brows that are fuller and appear natural without having to spend hours drawing on brows before leaving the house.

Montes has an arsenal of experience in the bag, having started in the beauty industry 25 years ago. She began as a makeup artist working for Bobbi Brown and MAC Cosmetics. Though Montes did not go to cosmetology school, her hands-on training involved working at fashion show events, television and print magazines. After acquiring her esthetician license in 2015, she set up shop in downtown Fullerton's Villa Del Sol two years later.

Montes trained at PhiBrows

MicroBlading Academy to ensure that her services are maintained at a high standard.

"I truly believe in taking care of everyone to the highest level of excellence, and I don't look at it as each person that walks through the door as a number," Montes said.

In her first microblading appointment, Flores said she was shaking because it was the first time doing a drastic procedure to her face.

"At first, I thought it was really scary because I would watch Youtube videos about it," Flores said. "It wasn't that bad. I have really high pain tolerance, so I didn't really feel anything."

Montes added that she knows the level of trust her clients give her and does not take that lightly.

"There's a certain level of anxiety that everyone brings with them because when you're doing a procedure like this, you're trusting someone with your face, and that is a big deal," Montes said.

Customers like Flores feel confident using Montes’s services because she shares a deep passion for her art.

"If you pursue everything in excellence, the success will follow. And that's obviously not just in my business. I feel like that's whatever business is on someone's heart to pursue and to open up," Montes said.

ADANELI GARCIA Sta Writer

Over 150 Taylor Swift fans lined up outside the Titan Student Union, awaiting entry to an unforgettable night that welcomed the pop star’s new album.

Associated Students celebrated the release of Taylor Swift’s album “Midnights” by hosting a listening party for all students Thursday at the TSU.

From karaoke to food and photo opportunities, those in attendance enjoyed a night of activities before the album’s release at 9 p.m.

Cecilia Castillo, a fourth-year liberal studies major and ASI program coordinator, said the turnout was entirely unexpected. When planning the event, Castillo felt there was a community of Taylor Swift fans on campus, sometimes called “Swifties”, but she did not fully understand how many fans there were until the night of the event.

Although ASI did not expect more than 75 people to attend, Titan Link checked more than double that by the end of the night. However, this estimate did not account for those that continued to trickle in throughout the night after ASI no longer checked in students.

The idea of hosting a listening party was something Castillo originally discussed with her friend and co-lead coordinator Timothy Harris, a fourthyear business administration major.

“This campus needs so much more community involvement, and bringing together big groups like this that share similar interests is such a good way for people to find their people,” Castillo said.

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Instagram and an event flyer posted inside the College of Humanities and Social Sciences building. Gonzalez was one of the few students dressed up as Swift. Gonzalez said the event was a perfect distraction from the stressors of school.

“I’ve been obsessed with ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ ever since last year, so that’s my top one right now,” Gonzalez said. “And then also, I think ‘Fearless’ because ‘Fearless’ was the one that when I first saw ‘You Belong with Me,’ that was the song that made me a Swiftie.”

Gonzalez said she expected Swift’s new album to be a bit sad and looked forward to the song “Snow on the Beach.”

As for Rhea Chowdhary, a second-year graduate counseling student, the listening party allowed her to make friends within her department by posting on her social media that she was in attendance. Chowdhary said she hoped to hear a bit of each of Swift’s eras in her new album.

“By posting that I am here on my Instagram story, so many people on my program are reaching out to me and also saying that they are fans,” Chowdhary said.

Harris said this was one of the first events ASI hosted that centered around bringing people together through music.

“Music brings people together in a way that unites people across majors, across everything,” said Becca Case, a communicative disorders major in her last year of graduate school.

Case did not expect the album to be like Swift’s past pop projects. Instead, she expected a more mellow vibe like the albums “Folklore” and “Evermore.”

Students gathered in the Titan Student Union for a Taylor Swift listening party. Swift's anticipated album "Midnights" released at 9 p.m. on Oct. 20.

Johana Gonzalez, a second-year communications major, said she first found out about the event through

“I am going to be relistening to this, on repeat, all day tomorrow; I have the day off,” Case said.

Michelle Montes is the owner and main artist at Project Beauty Brow Art located at 305 North Harbor Blvd.

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Women's cross country places 4th at home meet

ALYSSA ORTIZ Staffwriter

Hosting the John Elders Invite on Friday, Cal State Fullerton women’s cross country team finished in fourth place in the 5K race with 101 points. The men did not place, with only three runners participating in the 8K race.

Valor Track Club, a USA Track and Field adult and youth running club based in Irvine, finished in first place in the women’s race with 23 points.

In the men’s race, Westmont College was tied with Master’s University atop the leaderboard at 46 points each. Westmont College earned the tiebreaker due to their fifth runner finishing ahead of Master’s University’s fifth runner.

Most of the top runners did not

compete for the Titans, opting to hold out for the Big West Championships next week. Despite this, the reserve teams had a strong showing in their respective races.

Leading CSUF women's team was sophomore Jicel Fernandez Ramirez, who ran her personal best time of 18:00.9 to finish in 11th place. Following her was freshman Maria Hernandez in 16th place with a time of 18:11.5 and freshman Quinn Roldan, who ran a personal best of 18:19.8 for 20th place.

Sophomore Sally Silengo ran a personal best time of 18:32.1 and finished in 24th place, while senior Emily Olson followed her in 30th place with 18:44.7. To round out the Titans runners, junior Sarah Jamil placed 34th with a personal best time of 18:47.0.

On the men’s side, freshman Justin Singer led the Titans with a personal best time of 25:03.9 to finish in 18th place. Following Singer was freshman Mason Ma, who placed in 58th place with a time of 26:14.6.

Senior John Welch rounded out the Titans by finishing in 84th place with a time of 26:41.6.

Next, the Titans will compete in the Big West Conference Championships at UCR’s Agricultural Operations course Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Men's soccer suffers first home loss

NAVTEJ HUNDAL EDITOR

In a game that was decided in the final seconds, Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer suffered their first home loss of the season, 1-0, against the Sacramento State Hornets on Saturday.

After Titans defender Mason Lamb committed a foul in the 90th minute, Hornets defender Genaro Alfaro kicked the ball into the penalty box toward defender Bryan Gutierrez, who headed the game-winning goal, leaving the home crowd in disbelief.

“It has to be better marking at the end, you have to be able to win the moments, and when those duels even when you’re in the final moments of the game until the final whistle, and we didn’t play through the final whistle,” said Titans head coach George Kuntz.

The Titans failed to capitalize on a plethora of scoring opportunities, shooting 30 shot attempts compared to Sacramento State’s five.

The Titans fall to 8-5-5 overall and 3-2-3 in conference play, dropping them to fifth in the Big West standings.

Titans midfielder Jessy Sotelo had an early shot on goal that went out the right side of the goal in the sixth minute.

Men's golf tied for 9th in Stockton

CHLOE HONG Staffwriter NICOLE TRINIDAD Staffwriter

After three rounds, Cal State Fullerton men’s golf tied for ninth place with an overall score of 1-over-par 853 at the Visit Stockton Invitational this weekend.

Grand Canyon University finished at the top of the team leaderboard with a 22-under-par 830 score.

George Washington University’s Jakub Hrinda took first place on the individual leaderboard with a 14-under-par 199 score.

Harry Doig was the Titans’ best performer in the invitational, tying for 11th place with a score of 5-under-par 208.

After going 2-under-par in the first two rounds, Doig shot two birdies and one bogey to earn a score of 1-under-par in the final round

Four minutes later, Titans midfielder Sebastian Cruz passed the ball to forward Reziq Banihani, whose header attempt went out on the right side of the goal.

The Titans continued their pursuit for a goal in the 12th minute with forward Julian Varela’s shot attempt outside the penalty box sailing above the crossbar.

The Titans turned toward Cruz, whose shot attempt was saved by Hornets goalkeeper Edgar Guerra in the 18th minute.

Hornets forward Dominic Vegaalban had an opportunity to put his team ahead in the 29th minute as he shot the ball from the left side of the field to the bottom right corner of the goal, but Titans goalkeeper Tetsuya Kadono anticipated the attempt to prevent a goal.

In the final seven minutes of the first half, the Titans could not convert their final two goal attempts from midfielders Erick Serrano and Sotelo.

As desperation to get on the scoreboard rose, CSUF’s offense continued applying pressure on the hornets’ backline as they attempted 20 shots in the second half.

In the 59th minute, the Titans missed five consecutive shots within a minute span, with four of the attempts coming from Cruz and Banihani.

As the game got closer to the final

whistle, tensions rose between the two teams.

After Hornets midfielder Francisco Magana tackled Cruz in the final minute, Titans midfielder Justin Jovel got into an altercation with Vegaalban, who Jovel tripped, which led to Sacramento State’s game-winning set piece in the closing minute.

Kuntz stressed the importance of

the Titans final game of the regular season and remained focused solely on their next opponent.

“We have a big game coming up in a week and that's going to determine everything,” Kuntz said. “All we're talking about is the next game.”

CSUF will host their final game of the season against Cal State Northridge Saturday at 7 p.m.

Following Doig was Matthew Schafer, who tied for 30th individually with an overall score of even par 213.

Schafer shot eight birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey to score 4-under-par in the first round. He followed up with an even par in the second round. However, Schafer struggled in the final round with four bogeys, two birdies and a double bogey to score 4-over-par.

Howard Yoon tied for 37th place with an overall score of 1-overpar 214. After scoring 1-under-par through the first two rounds, Yoon finished with three birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey to score 2-over-par in the third round.

Garrett Boe tied for 72nd individually with an overall score of 9-over-par 222.

After opening the first two rounds with a 2-over-par score, Boe struggled in the final round with five bogeys, three birdies, a double bogey and triple bogey to end with a 7-over-par score.

Trevor McNary closed the invitational for the Titans by tying for 80th place with a 10-over-par 223 score.

McNary began the invitational with six bogeys and six birdies to score an even par in the first round. However, McNary struggled in the following two rounds where he scored 5-overpar in each round.

CSUF will return Feb. 13 at the Orange County Collegiate Classic in Coto De Caza, California.

Volleyball truimphs passed UC Riverside

JONATHAN GONZALEZ Staffwriter

In a hard-fought five-set bout, Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team reigned victorious over the UC Riverside Highlanders, 3-2, on Saturday.

The Titans improve to 11-7 overall and 5-5 in both conference play and games on the road. They are fifth in the Big West standings.

Outside hitters Lyla Traylor, Julia

Crawford and Danielle Jefferies continue to be catalysts for the Titans’ offense as they combined for 39 kills.

Setter Elizabeth Schuster led the Titans with 50 assists, while Crawford posted a game-high 25 digs.

The Titans took advantage of an error-filled first set by the Highlanders to take an early 13-8 lead. The Highlanders committed 13 errors in the first set compared to the Titans’ five errors. After UC Riverside’s middle blocker Isabella Scarlett committed an attack error to put CSUF at set-point,

Crawford served a kill to win the set, 25-21.

In the second set, the Titans lost in a similar fashion by producing eight errors and a low hitting percentage of .170. The Titans were up late in the set, 22-19, but a 5-0 scoring run left the Highlanders a point away from a set victory.

After a kill from Traylor to bring the Titans’ deficit within one point, outside hitter Lolo Fonua committed an attack error to clinch a 25-23 set victory for the Highlanders. The third set kept up the high

intensity with the teams going back and forth with seven lead changes in the set, eventually tying at 23-23.

With the help of a service ace from Highlanders setter Makena Tong and an attack error from the Titans, the Highlanders won the set, 25-23.

The Titans found themselves in a similar situation they have been in multiple times this season, being down two sets to one and forcing a fifth set.

Traylor helped ignite the Titans with five kills in the fourth set.

Jefferies added another three, while Crawford and Fonua each produced two more. A collective team effort along with the help of the Highlanders’ 10 set errors helped the Titans send the game to a fifth set.

The Titans came out with a 11-3 lead and ultimately finished with a kill by Crawford to win the set and game, 15-6.

The Titans will finish October with a two-game homestand starting with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Friday and Cal State Bakersfield the following day.

Junior Kaitlyn Atkinson placed 67th place in the women's 5K race.

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Midfielder Sebastian Cruz attempted 9 shot attempts against Sacramento State.

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Tenure for disgraced administrators is unjust

SIGUENZA Asst. Editor

The CSU system should rescind guaranteed tenured positions, or retreat rights, as it unfairly grants administrators the leeway to save face in higher education.

Former CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro is one of many CSU administrators who possess retreat rights. Castro’s contractual retreat rights enable him to serve a tenured faculty position, despite any misconduct allegations, investigations or disciplinary actions.

After mishandling sexual harrassment complaints as the former Fresno State president, he will comfortably sit as a tenured professor in Orfaela’s College of Business’s Management, Human Resources and Information Systems at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He will teach leadership and public policy.

Matt Lazier, a Cal Poly SLO spokesperson, said Castro will be instated as an employee at the university Feb. 18 and will begin a full teaching assignment in spring 2023.

Often, administrators that have been away from their disciples for years lack relevant research, publications or teaching experience when they enter tenured faculty positions. This gap in relevant experience may impact students' learning.

The California Faculty Association, the union that represents CSU professors, criticized Castro’s settlement for giving him a tenured position in the business college for a “discipline that he does not hold a degree in.”

Castro holds a bachelor’s in political science and a master’s in public policy from UC Berkeley and a doctorate in higher education policy and leadership from Stanford University. Yet, Castro is just one example of educational administrators exercising their retreat rights to secure positions they may not be qualified for.

A 2021 report of CSU employees’

pay retrieved from the State Controller’s Office showed that the former chancellor’s total pay in the calendar year was more than $700,000. After his resignation, Castro will continue to receive a $400,000 salary until February 2023. He was also classified as an advisor on the CSU board of trustees’ executive transition program under the terms of the settlement agreement.

Educational administrators who have been scrutinized by the public should not be allowed to continue their careers as faculty members, especially if they have not maintained a steady and clean record. This executive perk must be eliminated.

In the board’s meeting in July, interim Chancellor Jolene Koester stressed the importance of maintaining retreat rights because it effectively recruits applicants for administrative positions who have already earned tenure that cannot afford to forfeit and assume another position.

Yet, this crack in the door allows sly administrators to retreat to high-paying positions within the CSU, effectively giving them a fresh slate.

For instance, Patrick Pellicane, a former associate vice president of student affairs at CSUF, allegedly engaged in unwelcomed and unprofessional physical contact in the work environment, according to an investigator’s findings. According to university documents, he was fired in 2015. Five days later, he accepted a faculty position in CSUF’s math department. He resigned that October.

Mike Uhlenkamp, senior director of the CSU strategic communications and public affairs, wrote in an email to the Daily Titan that, “the CSU’s system wide policy on retreat rights for administrators was implemented several months after Dr. Castro’s resignation. That policy, approved in July, is forward looking and does not impact retreat rights granted prior to its effective date.”

The board’s additions to their employment policy revokes retreat

rights when the administrator is non-retained, terminated or separated upon settlement terms. Immediate ineligibility may be enforced if the administrator’s retirement benefits have been rescinded under The Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act due to criminal misconduct.

Castro was not found guilty in any court of law for wrongful misconduct, and the board’s policy was implemented after Castro resigned, allowing Castro to keep his retreat rights. Due to the severity of his misbehavior, this privilege should have been reconsidered.

Shockingly, in the September board meeting, Leora D. Freedman, the CSU’s associate vice chancellor and deputy general counsel, said that “CSU may take action at any time in connection with alleged misconduct committed by an employee while serving as an administrator.”

Proactive decisions, not reactive decisions, would prove that the CSU system is as concerned with students’ well-beings as it claims to be.

The CSU needs to assess its workplace climate and empathetically listen to students and employees’ concerns who may fear retaliation.

The board is currently in the process of deciding whether CSU should remove the executive transition program that allows executives to exercise their retreat rights, as reported by the Daily Titan. This program should be eliminated immediately.

According to a statement from the California Faculty Association that was released after the settlement, “it sends a message that the CSU Board of Trustees endorses rewarding bad behavior when it comes to our administrators. Trustees are more interested in business as usual and damage control than they are in addressing severe and systemic harassment and abuse across the CSU.”

The CSU system’s business culture can no longer give the benefit of the doubt to high ranking administrators.

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