2019-10-28

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Monday October 28Thursday October 31, 2019

Volume 106 Issue 31

Virjee responds to BSU President Virjee released a response to the Black Student Union’s demands.

NOAH BIESIADA Editor

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Freedom Dabke, a professional dance group from New York, performed in front of the Humanities quad for Southwest Asian and North African week.

Dabka dance symbolizes unity weddings or parties. For many,

California-based

Arabic

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be heard is crucial for our success

dance.

Music from Egypt, Lebanon, Algeria, Armenia, Iran, Palestine, Syria and all over the region echoed across a campus where students have been advocating for greater recognition of their community.

Southwest Asia and North Africa encompasses not only countries where the population speaks Arabic, but also includes Armenia, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Cyprus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and many more.

Passersby were attracted by the percussion, melody and rhythm being spun by Southern

The event was hosted by the Lebanese Social Club, Students for Justice in Palestine and Iranian Student Association as part of a weeklong cultural celebration.

Linda Halisi, a public relations officer for Students for Justice in Palestine and community engagement lead for the Asian Pacific American Resource Center, said it is important to hold events that showcase Southwest Asian and North African culture on campus.

“We don’t have a platform to speak on campus, we are not recognized by the census, and so for us to finally be in one space together to celebrate and for our voices to

are important to embrace diversity, understand the culture better and break down stereotypes.

“You have the good people who are like, ‘Your culture is amazing, it’s great.’ Then you have the ignorant people who automatically associate you with things like terrorism. It’s the sad truth,” said Amanda Salloum, a kinesiology major.

Students for Justice in Palestine, who helped organize the cultural week, invited the Black Student Union and the African American Resource center to participate in the celebration.

Southwest Asian and North the dance is a form of resistance Franky Flow, some even risking for students,” Halisi said.

African week concludes with and unity symbolized in the hold- being late to class to dance and Other students from within the ing of hands when performing the eat. community said events like this cultural celebrations.

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The second annual Southwest Asian and North African week came to an end last Thursday in true form — dabka night with a DJ, professional dancers, mediterranean food and music.

The quad in front of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences was converted to a dance floor as flags from countries in the region draped around the ledges by the entrance of the building.

Dabka is a traditional Levantine dance usually performed at

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Women’s basketball builds off last year’s improvements The Titans will begin their season against Biola.

JOHN CORONA Asst. Editor

KASON CLARK Editor

The culture of women’s basketball continues to grow as head coach Jeff Harada enters his third season with the Titans.

This year, the team will include eight returnees, two transfers and four freshmen. Notable players to watch out for this season are Raina Perez and Aimee Book.

Perez is named to the six-woman Big West Preseason All-Conference Team in preseason polls after being named as an All-Big West Honorable Mention last season, and Book was named Big West All-Freshman and Best Sixth Person last season.

After transferring from Northern Arizona, Perez started 28 out of 29 games for the Titans last season, her first as a starter after redshirting her first year at Cal State University Fullerton. She tied for the team lead with 13 points a game and shot 42.1%. She also led the team with 5 assists and 1.5 steals a game. She was the first Titan to average 13 points and 5 assists a game since the 19961997 season.

Last season, she reached

double digits in scoring in 23 out of 29 games.Her strongest performances last season came in the beginning of play. She scored 20 points against Washington in her Titan debut, and she scored 23 points in her Big West debut against Hawaii.

Book played in all games for the Titans last season, starting seven games as a freshman.

She was fourth on the team with 9.7 points a game despite only starting seven games. She led the team and shot 43.2% from three-point range, which was second in the conference and third-best in the program’s history.

Another returning starter for the Titans is junior Carolyn Gill, who started 29 games last season. She averaged 6.5 points in 28.7 minutes a game, and she ranked second on the team and third in the Big West with 7.7 rebounds per game. The Titans will rely on her to continue making a defensive impact, as she was second on the team with 34 steals and 23 blocks.

A new player that the Titans hope to make an impact is redshirt-junior Taylor Turney. She redshirted last season for her first year at CSUF after she transferred from San Jose State.

In her last season as a Spartan, she started 26 games and she averaged 13.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4 assists and 0.7 steals in 25.6 minutes a game.

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The Titans are predicted to finish seventh by conference media and ninth by coaches in the conference.

However, Harada still continues to build the program since he’s arrived. In his first season, the Titans went 8-21, which was more wins than the Titans had the previous two seasons combined.

The Titans improved in his second season, when they went 14-16, their best record since the 2009-2010 season.

The Titans have their first opportunity to showcase their skills in an exhibition match on Saturday, Nov. 2 at home versus Biola.

Tip-off will take place at 1 p.m. in the Titan Gym. KASON CLARK / DAILY TITAN

Junior forward Carolyn Gill is one of eight returing players for the Titans.

President Fram Virjee issued a response to the Black Student Union’s demands Friday, approving and denying several of the initial requests made out of concern for the well-being and future of black students on campus.

The Black Student Union’s demands were issued during a town hall meeting held Monday, where black students spoke about their experiences at Cal State Fullerton in response to the fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa posting a flyer on social media with the N-word watermarked at the bottom right corner.

One of the demands was a response from Virjee on Friday, which was also signed by members of Virjee’s cabinet, including Harry Le Grande, vice president of Student Affairs and a member of the town hall’s panel.

The Black Student Union’s demands spanned a wide variety of topics, including an increase in the hiring of black faculty, an increase in funding certain programs and changes to university policies regarding hate speech and crimes.

The union asked for a total of $500,000 to be spent across scholarships, the establishment of a peer-mentoring program and the funding of the Afrikan Black Coalition Conference set to be held at CSUF in 2020.

The only funding that was approved in the response were funds for the Afrikan Black Coalition Conference, which the university pledged $75,000 toward hosting and promised additional funds if it became necessary. The peer-mentoring program was discussed, but had no statement of committed funding.

However, the scholarship funds were denied on the basis that California law prohibits universities from raising or distributing funds based on race, according to Virjee’s letter.

Other state and federal laws were used as a denial for several other requests in the letter, including the hiring of two full-time black psychologists and specific quotas for the number of faculty and students who identify as black at CSUF. Despite the university’s inability to work for the specific requests from the Black Student Union, the letter did state its goals to increase the number of tenure-track black faculty and stated they hired a new liaison to the African American Resource Center for Counseling and Psychological Services department.

Virjee also refused to speak on the final punishment for Phi Sigma Kappa, which has not yet been determined. In his letter, he said that all student organizations deserve due process and that the outcome from that would determine if any restorative justice was required.

However, the letter did state that there would be a review of the university’s rules regarding “racially discriminatory conduct of any kind,” and that new diversity training would be instituted for fraternities and sororities.

The letter’s conclusion stated that this would not be the final response from the university on the Black Student Union’s goals, and that it should be viewed as a “launching point” for future discussions.

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MONDAY OCTOBER 28- THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, 2019

Senate passes resolution to support black students

Faculty members vow to evaluate Cal State Fullerton’s hiring practices.

CELESTE SHARP Asst. Editor

The Academic Senate gathered last Thursday morning and passed a resolution to address issues of diversity and racism brought up in the Black Student Union’s town hall meeting on Oct. 21.

At the town hall meeting, Black Student Union put forth a list of demands for President Fram Virjee to respond to by the end of the week.

The meeting was held after Cal State Fullerton’s chapter of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity advertised an event on Instagram that contained a racial slur. The post has since been removed.

Among the list of demands was that ethnic studies should be a requirement for students, which will be discussed at the academic senate meeting on Oct. 31.

Vice-chair Alexandro Gradilla and senate secretary Eileen Walsh began by reading the resolution to the Academic Senate to take action on the incident.

The two began the presentation by condemning the actions of the fraternity.

“The CSUF Academic

Senate heard, and witnessed the demands of the BSU community and agrees that it is an overdue time for action,” Walsh said.

“The Academic Senate condemns any behavior or action that causes any student, faculty, staff or community member to feel unsafe, unwelcome or unsupported.”

The resolution will require the senate academic life committee to review CSUF student conduct policies to ensure restorative justice and appropriate sanctions for discriminatory acts.

The original provisions listed the requirement of diversity and inclusion training for all full and part-time staff.

Carolina Valdez, assistant professor in the College of Education and senate member, suggested to amend the wording of the resolution saying it needed to be more detailed in order to fully meet the demands made by the Black Student Union. After discussing the specific language, diversity training, including specifically anti-racism training, will be a requirement.

The amended resolution also called for the reviewing of current hiring practices to be reported back with suggested changes by the diversity and inclusion committee and the faculty affairs committee to the senate.

The resolution stated that various senate committees should meet the provisions by the end of the 2019-20 academic year and report back to the senate.

Following an amendment made by Associated Students representative Lorren Baker, the document will now also

be distributed to the National Pan-Hellenic Council, along with the president, certain leaders of Associated Students, campus diversity leaders and the president of Black Student Union.

Virjee spoke later regarding his thoughts on the town hall meeting and what students should reflect on from the meeting.

“This is a problem that stems not just from an isolated flyer,” Virjee said. “It is a long-standing systemic problem that we have.”

Virjee said he was grateful for the meeting and the students who spoke, and that the community should collaborate on the effort for change on the campus.

“The only way to make this right is to as a community, commit to make that change,” Virjee said. “I stand with my black students, I stand with my black faculty and staff, but I can’t stand alone. We have to stand together.”

Children’s Center to add more cameras New surveilance cameras will be put on the outside perimeters of the center.

DIANA TRAN

The children’s center was allocated $80,000 from Associated Student to move forward with the camera replacements and install additional cameras.

“(Associated Students) just wants to provide the safest center that we can, and we want to use the resources we have available in order to do that,” said Carol

McDoniel, director of administration for Associated Students.

The money will also be used to upgrade door locks. McDoniel said the cost for these

Staff Writer

About 15 new security cameras will be installed at the Cal State Fullerton Children’s Center in January 2020, which is more than double the number of cameras currently at the center.

The new cameras are going to be added so there is full coverage of the center’s perimeter as well as it’s entrances and exits.

Discussions about improving security cameras began in 2017 when Information Technology infrastructure at CSUF underwent upgrades.

It was found that the 10-yearold system for the center’s cameras was outdated, said Lydia Palacios, the CSUF Children’s Center director.

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The footage will be feed to the University Police who will check it if there is a call for help or an alarm is triggered.

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improvements will be under budget, so whatever is not spent will be kept in a building fund for future projects.

There was an idea of having cameras in classrooms, but the children’s center staff, parents and even student interns from child adolescent studies were uncomfortable with the idea.

Parents and the children’s center staff were in close communication and were in favor of adding cameras for full coverage of the center’s perimeter, and entrances and exits, McDoniel said.

Some parents had concerns about who had access to the cameras and how the video was going to be monitored. A panel of parents, faculty, and several people from all over campus met regularly to discuss these concerns, said University Police Capt. Scot Willey.

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MONDAY OCTOBER 28- THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, 2019

Fullerton police receive $460,000 grant New traffic grant focuses on educating the public and establishing checkpoints.

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The Fullerton Police department has been granted $460,000 from the California Office of Traffic Safety to help fund education and enforcement programs to reduce deaths and injuries in California.

The grant will be used in the 2020 fiscal year to fund the officer training and enforcement of DUIs, driver’s license checkpoints, education on distracted and impaired driving and bicycle and pedestrian safety, according to a press release from the department.

Funding will also be used to create a list identifying repeat DUI offenders and patrols that target speeding, improper turns, running stop signals, right-ofway violations and driving on the wrong side of the road, according to the press release.

HOSAM ELATTAR / DAILY TITAN “The whole purpose of the Office of Traffic Safety is to im- The Nutwood and Commonwealth Avenues intersectiona oddwe a common location for traffic collisions in Fullerton. prove traffic safety throughout the state of California,” said and it’s incredibly important to priority for patrols. take traffic safety incredibly seLt. Jon Radus, public informa- us.”

“We are one of the three riously, and we work very hard tion officer for the Fullerton PoViolations of the California agencies that teach a program to make sure that our roads are lice department. “For us here in hands-free cell phone law and called the drug recognition ex- safe.”

Fullerton, we have received this vehicle code that put other road- pert,” Radus said. “We want In California, there were 352 grant for the past several years, way users at risk will also be a the community to know that we fatalities that resulted from

Safety: ASI allocated $80,000 for improvements and replacements 1 McDoniel said only the University Police will be able to monitor any footage from the children’s center. Associated Students ASI and the children’s center staff will not have access to security cameras.

“When we say monitor, we don’t have 24/7 coverage of a person sitting and watching all the cameras, but the cameras are CONTINUED FROM

monitoring and recording 24/7,” Willey said.

Footage is checked when there is a reason, such as an alarm going off or a call for help coming into the police department. Otherwise, they are not watched all the time.

Palacios said staff, interns and unpaid volunteers are required to get fingerprinting done and undergo extensive background checks and screening.

Access to the children’s center also requires a sign-in sheet to be filled out and a valid ID to be scanned.

There are strict staff-child ratios that the center enforces, such as there being one staff member for every three infants, four toddlers or eight preschoolers. This ratio does not include interns and volunteers, so supervision for children exceeds the minimum, said Palacios said.

Willey said he was impressed by the level of security at the children’s center.

“I have two kids, so I’ve seen (children’s centers) over the years and used several places around the city,” Willey said. “(The CSUF Children’s Center) is probably one of the most secure places that I’ve seen as far as cameras and alarms and just the overall perimeter security, how it’s all enclosed.”

drug-involved collisions in 2016, according to a 2018 report from the traffic safety office. The report also states that the highest number of fatal and severe injuries from drug-involved driving collisions in the state derive from Southern California, especially the Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties.

The traffic safety office aims to reduce traffic-related deaths and injuries by awarding local and state grants to public agencies. This includes funding programs to educate the community, enforce laws and help diminish fatalities and economic losses caused by collisions.

The Office of Traffic Safety was able to provide funding through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Some campaigns from the Office of Traffic Safety include: “Click it or Ticket,” “Put Your Phone Down. Just Drive,” “Pedestrian Safety” and “DUI Doesn’t Just Mean Booze.”

“The partnership is between us and the community, so it’s up to the community as well to make sure that they are not only wearing a seatbelt, but to make sure that they are safe and also following the rules of the road and making good decisions, not to drink and drive,” Radus said.

Palacios said she feels the cameras will add the security that the center needs.

“I feel like it will enable the police to be able to directly see if anyone happens, gosh forbid, to get into a classroom,” Palacios said. “I want to have a safe place.

I want to ensure we have security measures in place that will protect us as much as possible.”

McDoniel doesn’t like to talk about the worst case scenario happening at the children’s center, but says there needs to be a plan for it.

“We would always rather be too cautious than not cautious enough, especially when you’re talking about children,” McDoniel said.

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MONDAY OCTOBER 28- THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, 2019

Inducing intoxication for education Brew Ha Ha Productions’ Halloween-themed event featured unique tastings.

MADISON AMIREHTESHAMI JULIAN OROZCO Staff Writers

In honor of the 10th anniversary of Brew Ha Ha Productions, the craft beer event organizers hosted its first-ever Halloween-themed beer festival at the Orange County Fair and Event Center over the weekend.

Friday, Oct. 25 marked the first day of the two-day “Boo Ha Ha - A Haunted Octobeerfest” event, where guests were invited to have a wicked time with the festivities at the fairgrounds.

“Boo Ha Ha” focused on Oktoberfest and German-style lagers as well as West Coast beers, with three hours of unlimited tastings from unique local breweries.

The several breweries in attendance at “Boo Ha Ha” displays how the event allows them to embrace the uniqueness of their beer and their story, and share it with crowds of thirsty event-goers.

Peter Saavedra, an assistant brewer for the Good Beer Brewing Company, brought a plethora of barrel-aged sour ales for guests to sample. To make this beer specialty, he uses wild yeast, bacteria and lactic acid to create the sour flavors one might not expect to find at a beer festival.

“We feel like a lot of people think they don’t like sours.

They’ve had a bad experience in the past and we want to bring something that they can try and maybe change their mind,” Saavedra said.

Jesse Sundstrom is the co-owner and head brewer of Ten Mile Brewing Company, a family-owned and operated business based out of Signal Hill,

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Boo Ha Ha featured breweries and local businesses tabling under an overhang as guests sampled their drinks.

California.

After homebrewing with his father for 10 years, Sundstrom’s beers took gold and silver at Pacific Brewers Cup, the largest homebrew competition on the West Coast.

Since then, Ten Mile Brewing Company has grown into an established brewery, offering many beers such as the Kentucky Common, Blonde Ale and Weissbier.

“It’s a historical pre-Prohibition style beer. It actually looks really dark but drinks really light. This is what you would have been served at a saloon back in the 1850s. We kind of get to bring that story back and introduce it to the modern-day beer drinker,” Sundstrom said.

Alongside the breweries in attendance were cheerful drinkers and enthusiastic business owners.

Johna Nilson, confectioner and founder of So Rich Chocolates, joined the long row of businesses tabling the event to promote local craft beer.

Nilson, a North San Diego native, met Brew Ha Ha event organizers through mutual friends in the craft beer industry.

She said chocolate is better paired with beer than wine for many scientific reasons. Consequently, Nilson has been pairing the two together since 2011.

“I want people to try a style they wouldn’t go to anyway and the festival is the perfect opportunity because there’s like 200 beers here. So there’s something everyone’s going to like. If it’s a beer that they think is a little bit different or funky, the chocolate makes it makes sense,” Nilson said.

Although the drinks were the main attraction, a variety of food

was available for purchase.

Sausage King and a Meat Up food truck served long lines of hungry guests from the start of the event to 9 p.m. when food began running out.

Other activities during the night included stein-holding competitions and best costume contests.

Of those in attendance, Lisa Takagaki and her husband made a last-minute decision to come after seeing general admission tickets for sale on Groupon; they joined the Halloween festivities by getting their faces painted.

“I love October knowing it’s the month of my birthday but I like Halloween, dressing up, getting candies, making face paintings and stuff like that. That’s all part of Halloween,” Lisa Takagaki said.

Although Halloween was a defining factor of “Boo Ha Ha,” the

underlying theme of the night was philanthropy.

The proceeds from “Boo Ha Ha” ticket volunteer sign-ups went to Big Brothers Big Sisters for the Pour for a Purpose initiative.

Big Brothers Big Sisters has teamed up with Brew Ha Ha Productions for several festivals to support their youth-mentoring programs.

Through mentoring, Big Brothers Big Sisters aims to decrease the number of disconnected youth in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

According to its website, “empowered youth have the potential to change our world.”

Volunteer Jodi Lozano worked the VIP section serving attendees their choice of select brews.

Originally from San Diego, Lozano has worked several Brew Ha Ha events including the Christmas-themed Brew Ho Ho. “I like donating my time for good causes and everything and it’s really fun,” Lozano said. “A lot of festivals and companies that do big events, just take the profits for themselves and I like something that is actually giving back to the community. That’s why I do it.”

Lozano also said she was excited to see the live performance by the headlining band Dead Man’s Party.

Devotional The Depeche Mode Experience, opened for the band earlier in the night.

Dead Man’s Party followed the electronica ‘80s music with tributes to Oingo Boingo.

A large crowd gathered around the main stage singing and dancing along to the music.

Event-goers enjoyed the throwback tunes along with their craft beers and fresh food long into the night to celebrate Halloween and giving back to the community.

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“We recognize the current climate on campus, and we saw a great need to uplift their spirits. So not only are we supporting them and standing behind them, we are also hoping to immerse them into our community,” Halisi said Kyree Jackson, the president of SisterTalk, and other members of the student organization came to the event to show support.

Jackson said she was grateful for the invitation.

She added that watching the dabke dancers was her favorite part of the night and she loved seeing the culture.

“Having them show all the flags were really cool. I really liked that and the DJ. It was really good energy to be surrounded with,” Jackson said.

Halisi said that while there are differences between the struggles of Southwest Asian and North African students and black students at Cal

State Fullerton, there are also similarities.

“We are both resisting oppression everyday from institutions that don’t recognize our existence,” Halisi said. “We recognize our resistance is also there’s.”

Freedom Dabka Group, a professional dance troupe based in New York, returned this semester to partake in the celebration, holding a workshop to teach students how to perform the traditional dance.

“Dabka is our roots, our culture. It’s part of who we are,” said Amer Abdelrasoul, a dancer with the group. “I’ve seen other students came from different backgrounds, and they liked it.”

Abdelrasoul said he hopes that coming to CSUF to perform becomes a tradition.

Jihad Jaber, part-time professor in the math department, joined in and to the music. As a circle of students gathered around the professor cheering him on.

“I’m a Palestinian. I’d like to see this everyday not just once a year,” Jaber said.

Jaber credits his dance skills to his heritage and said he is learning how to dance dabka in his spare time.

“It’s in my blood. It’s natural when you love music,” Jaber said. “I’ve been doing this back home when I was little.”

For Mary Chammas, founder of the Lebanese Social Club on campus, said the best part of weeklong celebration is the gathering of people.

“I’ve never seen everyone unite than how they do at (Southwest Asian and North African) week,” Chammas said.

“The fact that they all come, and they’re all holding hands (as) we’re dancing our dance together just shows unity.”

Chammas said next year’s event will be even better.

“We’re bringing more dabka dancers, more zaffa dancers, DJ louder than ever,” Chammas said. “It’s going to be 10 times better. Wait for it.”

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MONDAY OCTOBER 28- THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, 2019

Community takes the toxicity out of masculinity The 20th annual Violence Prevention Conference focused on men’s roles.

REBECCA MENA JORDAN MENDOZA Editors

Sharing stories of past trauma and open discussions of men’s role in society, toxic masculinity was the topic of discussion in the Pavilions of the Titan Student Union on Friday. “(MEN)toring for Change: Breaking Gender Stereotypes in Violence Prevention,” an event put on by the Cal State Fullerton WoMen Adult Reentry Center introduced guest speaker Milo Dodson, a senior staff psychologist at UC Irvine.

He commenced the 20th annual Violence Prevention Conference with powerful opening remarks in regards to oppressive

language that is borne out of toxic masculinity, and is a subject for men to solve, not women.

“Racism is not people of color’s issue to solve, it’s white people’s,” Dodson said. “You can’t expect someone to be a survivor, to be able to put up with all of the race-related trauma, all the other violence people are experiencing and solve that problem in the first place.”

Every year the center hosts a different themed conference.

This year’s theme put men in mentoring by inviting male speakers who were experienced on the duality of masculinity. The conference held three breakout sessions, giving attendees the opportunity to sit in on different lectures offered at the conference.

Andrew Guerrero, a prevention education specialist at Laura’s House, a domestic violence

agency, gave a presentation on exploring masculinity and the stereotypes that come with it. He felt it necessary to give disclosures before starting, especially about the discomfort that cisgender males might experience throughout the presentation.

“This presentation is not in any way meant to —I feel like I have to say this every time, because a lot of (cisgender) men do get defensive — it’s not in any way trying to antagonize men,” Guerrero said. “It’s just trying to get us to critique and analyze what masculinity has traditionally meant, and kind of to deconstruct that, demystify it.”

He touched upon the subject of machismo when an attendee brought it up. Although it does originate from the concept of Chicanx and Latinx culture, the word machismo is used to refer to male pride and dominant

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David Christian, a CSUF instructor, gave a presentation on ‘Toxic Masculinity and the Creation of Manhood in America.’

behavior.

Guerrero also went over masculinity and femininity, both terms packed with traditional gender roles and adjectives attributed to men and women.

While men are seen as the head of the house, disconnected from their emotions and hypersexual with cisgender women, women are seen as the homemakers, weak and delicate, and are often hypersexualized by men, specifically by cisgender men said Guerrero.

As an example of how toxic masculinity can be, Guerrero showed the controversial commercial from the razor and shaving product company, Gillette, that came out earlier this year.

The backlash it received was evident in the comment section below the video, one stating, “A 117-year-old company destroyed in (1 minute, 49 seconds) because it listened to what a feminist had to say about masculine”.

Guerrero took this as an example of who should be able to critique this behavior towards a company that wanted to redefine masculinity by calling out previous problematic behavior and how it still exists today. He also recognized that redefining it is a challenge in itself, especially if the behavior has been present for a long time.

“Shouldn’t a feminist have a say in what masculinity is?”

Guerrero said. “It’s a lot of energy to be told your whole life how to enact in a box and then be told to change.”

David Christian, a lecturer at CSUF in gender studies, went into depth on toxic masculinity and how it not only impacts women and people of color, but also men.

“Rethinking, redefining, and I sometimes think it’s difficult to reimagine, rethink and define unless you have a great, clear idea about what it is that you’re trying

to reimagine or define,” Christian said.

Carlos Andres Gomez, a keynote speaker of the event, shared personal stories of instances when his masculinity was called into question by his friends, including when he discovered his love for poetry, an experience that moved him to tears.

“I grew up in a very restricted atmosphere when it came to how I was allowed to understand masculinity, and as I got older, I just started to ask questions about the things that I took for granted or had just accepted as being what I had to become,” Gomez said.

Gomez, an award-winning Colombian American poet and star on HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam,” shared poems revolving around family, including one about his daughter titled, “If a Princess Tries to Kidnap Your Daughter.”

“Seven seconds after emergency surgery, seven seconds from suffocating, our daughter will be a neuroscientist, a biochemist who discovered the cure to Ebola, our daughter who shoots 90% from the free throw line,” Gomez said. “She is many things, she is everything, all things radiating in at once, but one thing she will never be is a princess.”

Despite growing up in a traditional Hispanic household where men were meant to be emotionless and tough, Gomez said that he has learned to accept himself for who he is, and that helped him later in life.

“I make it a point to to very transparently break away from those narratives and very publicly say, ‘I’m just not going to do that,’” Gomez said. “I think me being emotionally literate, me being nurturing, me being tender are vital tools for being a father and a husband.”

Nathan Nguyen contributed to this article.

Disabilities do not dim artistic passion The Segerstrom Center of the Arts hosted an event for artists of all abilities.

DIANA TRAN Staff Writer

Individuals with disabilities sang songs, danced and played instruments at the second annual All Abilities Celebration last Saturday, outside of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts at the Julianne and George Argyros Plaza.

Straight Up Abilities, an organization that provides lowcost dance training to children and adults with disabilities, performed musical numbers from the movie “The Greatest Showman.”

Over a dozen organizations set up booths about the resources available for disabled individuals. “(This event) is really an extension of our passion as an organization (at the center) to make sure that everyone has access to the arts no matter how their bodies are made or how their brains work,” said Jason Holland, vice president of community engagement at the Segerstrom Center.

The Segerstrom Center hosts a fully inclusive dance and music school for youth with disabilities, which has been around for more than three years and teaches about 150 students.

VSA Orange County, an organization with a mission to increase artistic opportunities for people of all abilities, co-hosted the event with the Segerstrom Center.

“We know a lot of performers with different abilities, so (the center) reached out to us to kind of recruit the talent for this event today and just to help out,” said Marleena Barber, a VSA coordinator.

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of eyes, hair and skin. She is an advocate for the disabled and has been singing since she was 12 years old.

Cristina Jones sang an opera piece at the All Abilities Celebration after receiving an invitation from Barber. Jones said that both VSA and this celebration are great because their goal is to uplift individuals with disabilities in the arts.

“Just because we have a disability does not mean that we are any less of an artist,” Jones said.

She has been blind for four years and while studying at CSUF for a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance, she had to have her eyes removed.

“CSUF was fantastic about helping me out during that time. The thing that I loved about CSUF was they were really creative about getting me on stage,” Jones said. “CSUF really, really helped me to develop as an artist, and I know I wouldn’t be where I would be if I didn’t have CSUF behind me.”

Lisa Cline, a mother who home-schools her son, is also grateful to CSUF for helping her son find his passion. “(CSUF) had an acting class for special needs adults, and it was phenomenal. They did an amazing job and developmentally, it really pushed him,” Cline said.

Cline said she was also happy to see her son socializing at the celebration, as he is normally withdrawn.

Attending a piano accompanist of Jones and Barber, it was Jessica Cosley’s first time at the event. Cosley and Jones have been friends since they both attended CSUF, where Cosley graduated with her bachelor’s and master’s degrees to teach music.

“As a teacher, or educator, you’re always looking for ways to include everybody, teach everybody and make sure you’re

meeting them at that level, so events like this are really good for that,” Cosley said.

Emily Neely, manager on the community engagement team at the center, said it was exciting to see the event have more organizations, performances and a bigger crowd than the previous year.

“Hopefully, we’ll be able to do it again and expand even more,” Neely said.

Holland said he hopes the event helps break the stigma that people with disabilities are limited in what they can do.

“What I really want people who are here watching the performers to take away from this, is that there are no limits,” Holland said. “That difference is a teacher, and we celebrate differences here. We love what makes us different from one another and makes us unique.”

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Cristina Jones performed the song ‘Candide,’ an opera by Leonard Bernstein.

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The Speech and Learning Development Center’s Hi-Tops dance group performed at the All Abilities Celebration.

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MONDAY OCTOBER 28- THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, 2019

Titans gets back in win column

The Titans defeated Cal Poly SLO 1-0, for their first victory in the last four games.

KIM PHAM Editor

Despite a slow start to kick off the game, Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer defeated Cal Poly San Luis Opisbo, 1-0, at the Alex G. Spanos Stadium in San Luis Obispo, Sunday afternoon.

As CSUF occupies the first place spot in the Big West Conference, the Mustangs came in as the underdogs and dominated the first 15 minutes with an aggressive offense.

The first shot of the match

was taken under two minutes into the game by Cal Poly SLO’s Brooke Rubinstein, followed by three more shots from the Mustangs within the next eight minutes.

The Titans received the pressure well, while the Mustangs were unable to put any goals in the net to show for their dominance during the period.

Their heavy possession was overturned by the Titans making a comeback with their own offensive plays, as Sarah Davidson scored the first goal of the game off a corner kick from Atlantis Primus 18 minutes in, tallying her assists to 11 after this match.

As CSUF gained momentum playing for first place in

the tournament, Cal Poly SLO’s stakes were set on fourth place.

Regardless, the two teams delivered an aggressive game with a total of nine fouls called on CSUF and 11 on Cal Poly SLO. Unphased by the introduction of six pairs of fresh legs from Cal Poly SLO toward the end of the first half, CSUF continued to dominate the game, gradually integrating four substitutions into the last 13 minutes of the half.

Going into the second half, the Titans were met with more contention from the Mustangs.

A majority of the plays were taking place in the center of the field with both teams going back and forth in maintaining

possession.

There was an increase in the Titan’s defensive action as they worked to protect their one-goal lead, steadily countering Cal Poly SLO’s offensive attacks as goalkeeper Noa Schumacher racked up a total of five saves from the match.

A shot on Schumacher at the beginning of the half nearly tied the score, if not for the wide-right aim by Cal Poly SLO’s midfielder Camille Lafaix who put it out of bounds.

With ten minutes left in the game, a one versus one situation between CSUF midfielder Haley Brown and Cal Poly SLO’s goalkeeper Sophia Brown resulted in a near goal, but Brown shot too wide left.

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Though she is a midfielder, Brown spent the majority of the game up the field towards the goal and taking a total of three shots.

In the 88th minute of the game, CSUF received a corner kick, carried out by Sarah Davidson. As the Mustangs seeked to equalize, the Titans bided their time, using it to their advantage.

The last seconds of the game fell on a throw-in that never happened, as the sound of the whistle signaled the Fullerton’s victory.

CSUF will play to its last conference match against Cal State Northridge on Nov. 3 at Titan Stadium for the Big West Conference championship title.

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Knowing what coworkers and supervisors expect of you makes it easier to get along with them. Perhaps you derive comfort from your harmonious interactions because you don’t need to think about your next steps.

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Your job isn’t to regain dominance over current circumstances. Instead, it’s to return to your own practice of self-mastery.

Step away from haos to listen to the reliable beat of your own heart.

You could go overboard as you provoke people’s reactions with your behavior.

Although you want to make others think by stimulating animated discussions, it’s still necessary to respect everyone’s boundaries.

Your objective eye allows you to see multiple sides of a problem. Naturally, you want to help lift the fog for all involved, but your idealistic impulses might encounter a snag if you misread the situation.

You may try to lose yourself into someone’s fantasy world today.

Your sentimental mood might prompt you to start a movie or pick up a book and then forget to put it down.

Embrace experiences that beckon you while integrating disparate elements of your being. Give yourself permission to diverge from expectations to converge on an authentic expression of who you are.

You might have to show a colleague some tough love today. If they have trouble looking at a situation realistically, you may need to patiently illuminate reality for them.

An unanticipated issue with family shifts your priorities around today. Obviously, you must handle the most immediate concerns as quickly as possible.

But additional issues also require your attention once you catch your breath.

A schedule change dramatically alters how you function at either place. An adjustment to a coworker’s or household member’s routine could wreak minor havoc on normally smooth operations.

Your clever ability to deliver a message enables you to caution friends about potentially risky behavior without being a buzzkill. It’s difficult to play the role of a referee with people you love so dearly.

Your mind is running rampant with a deluge of information today, but you might not know what to do with it. Fortunately, the advice you offer to others is likely well received.

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MONDAY OCTOBER 28- THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, 2019

Men’s soccer loses overtime thriller UC Davis scored in double overtime to drop CSUF to 2-4 in conference play.

ADAM MALDONADO Asst. Editor

Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer found themselves on the wrong side of the scoring column after being dealt a 2-1 double overtime defeat from the UC Davis Aggies Saturday night at Titan Stadium.

After ten minutes of back and forth play to open the contest, UC Davis scored first after a shifty move and through ball by midfielder Max Arfsten allowed for a wide open opportunity for midfielder Emmanuel Doherty to put the ball into the net for a 1-0 advantage.

The Titan deficit was not for long as forward Christian Pinzon answered back with a stunning screamer from way out on top of the box to tie the game, 1-1. Sebastian Cruz was credited with the assist for the goal, his third this year.

Pinzon, who returned from a lower body injury a week prior, currently has six goals for the season.

UC Davis made an aggressive push to break the tie, but the Titan defense remained, holding off the attack for the remainder of the first half to keep the game tied before heading into the locker room.

The Aggie offense came onto the field in the second half with the same mindset, firing four shots early in the opening minutes.

Goalie Paul Andre-Guerin held the fort down for the Titans, recording three saves off the shooting spree. He had seven saves from nine shots on goals for the night.

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Midfielder Sebastian Cruz (55) assisted in the only goal scored on UC Davis.

The score remained stagnant throughout the second half. Despite multiple shooting opportunities both teams had for the night, neither of them were able to find the back of the net by the end of regulation.

UC Davis dominated time of possession in the first overtime, but both were able to score by its conclusion.

The second overtime followed a similar script with UC Davis holding the advantage in time of possession over Fullerton.

Fullerton had a scoring opportunity midway through the second overtime, but a save by UC Davis goalkeeper Wallis Lapsley dispelled the brief burst of momentum.

At the 107th minute of the match, on their 19th shot, UC Davis was finally able to score when a through ball by Marte Formico led to a well-slotted shot for Adam Mickelson to give the Aggies the 2-1 victory.

UC Davis, who boasts the number one defense in the conference, came into the match looking to break loose from a three-way tie for first in the Big West conference with UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine.

With their win on Saturday, the Aggies are now tied for first with UC Irvine, who won their matchup against Cal Poly this weekend. UC Santa Barbara tied with CSU Northridge over the weekend.

The Titans currently sit at sixth place in the conference, still in playoff consideration.

The Titans return home looking to cap a three-game home

stand on Saturday, Nov. 2 against UC Riverside for their final match up in Big West Conference play before possibly heading to playoffs.

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Column: Vivid dreams restlessly chase me The reality of this experience is nothing to be envious of.

REBECCA MENA Editor

College life has rendered my days into a repetitious itinerary. Wake up, go to class, go to work, go back home and fall asleep. However, sleep often includes a restless pit stop each day: vivid dreams.

“I wish I had vivid dreams!

They sound so fun! I never remember my dreams when I wake up!”

Whenever I hear comments like those about wanting to dream vividly, I shut them down immediately. Not for the sake of being rude, but for the sake of not wanting anyone to deal with unrestful nights.

I get it, vivid dreams sound tempting. At first, when I found that I had the ability to have vivid dreams and remember them each night, it was fascinating and fun. I found it especially amusing when I recounted my dreams to friends and family. Their reactions of awe would boost my confidence in creativity, which I desperately sought.

This process of storytelling consisted of solving mysteries in surreal worlds and walking through a magical village of shadow people. As time passed, my whimsical dreams morphed into night terrors. Terrors

that would wake me up more than three times in the early dawn, make my body jerk and break out in feverish sweat, and have me speaking in tongues throughout the night until I woke up with words drooling out of my mouth. Because of the graphic and upsetting nature of my vivid dreams, my love for recounting them came to an end.

I slowly moved away from telling my friends and family about my dreams, and instead only told my partner about my countless restless nights. I did not want to concern the majority of the people I care about with my vivid dreams that might hint at my pessimistic outlook.

Even if my vivid dreams do hint at my way of thinking, there is a possibility that there might be more to it. After years of waking up tired, regardless of receiving the eight hours worth of sleep which falls in the range

of recommended hours needed at my age I still do not know why I have these dreams.

A handful of my dreams have felt enigmatic and prophetic, as if they were trying to tell me something that is beyond my subconscious. These are the ones that tire me out the most, leaving me emotionally drained and disturbed the next day. Within these dreams, I witness haunting experiences that place my loved ones in dire situations and amplify my fears of mortality.

Unfortunately, I am not the only student who suffers from vivid dreams. It feels nice to find commonality, but I would rather people have a good night’s rest rather than go through a night of disturbances.

It is not rare for college students to have vivid nightmares when they have gone through traumatic childhood experiences and dissociative episodes

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that detach them from what is going on in front of them, according to an article published in Principles and Practices of Sleep Medicine. I do not find this surprising since college students often talk about their lack of sleep and the extreme workload they have to deal with on a daily basis.

I consider myself to be stable enough to not let my mental health issues affect my academic work, but it is hard to be sure of that when my mind is clouded with questions as to why my dreams show me so much detail, let alone how tired I feel after waking from them.

My vivid dreams prevent me from concentrating on my academic work since I am too tired to process the information that is being given to me through lectures.

As a student, I find it hard to put self-care first when assignments pile up and work becomes

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too much. But I know that can’t stop me from seeking a solution to my unhealthy dreams. Before going to sleep, I go to my living room and practice meditation so I can sort out any troubling thoughts I am carrying.

If that is not enough, I take a warm bath, pour some Florida Water into the tub and put on some ambient music to create a relaxing atmosphere. Once I feel sleepy enough, I head to bed and fall asleep within five minutes.

Since practicing these methods, I’ve found that the frequency of my vivid dreams has dwindled, but they are not completely gone yet.

I cannot expect them to vanish all at once, after all, they have been a part of my life for more than a decade.

But while these vivid dreams may chase me, I will continue to chase my dreams regardless of their existence.

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