IRA's Travel Cap Grounds Study Abroad Programs

Tuesday October 20, 2015 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 98 Issue 27

FB.COM/THEDAILYTITAN WWW.DAILY TITAN.COM INSTAGRAM & TWITTER @THEDAILYTITAN College IRA’s travel cap grounds to get elevator study abroad programs 2014-2015 facelift $286.3k budget Changes to Existing International: $1,500 College Park Study Abroad New International: $1,000 elevators are slated Domestic: $500 to get upgrades IRA Budget

BREANNA VASQUEZ 2015-2016 Daily Titan $366.5k budget Travel budget per student

One of the four elevators 9 programs in the College Park build- funded out ing is closed for mainte- of 11 that nance, and the renovations applied are expected to lead to shorter wait times and min- IRA decides to imal energy use. impose travel cap Each elevator will be re- for IRA programs. paired one at a time, and $36 student IRA fee each renovation is expected to take between eight and leads to more 12 weeks, said Frank Mum- available funds for 18 programs ford, executive director of study abroad funded out Cal State Fullerton’s Auxil- of 23 that iary Services Corporation. programs. applied “We are totally re-doing all the mechanical and analytical part of the cars,” NATALIE GOLDSTEIN / DAILY TITAN Mumford said. An influx of applicants forced the IRA committee to further divide up funds, forcing the committee members to impose a $1,500 per-student travel cap on The elevator renova- international programs. The travel cap left programs under-funded, leaving students with a much higher travel bill. tion will cost $689,968 and will include new hardware, Some international academic programs. high-impact practices. Romine said they decided not the new Vietnam Mission pro- new car operating panels The Vietnam Mission pro- “Students not only learn to fund the new Vietnam Mis- gram and his long-running in- and new visual door edg- programs never got gram was a collaborative ef- journalism, nursing and lan- sion program because there ternational journalism class. es to indicate when the a chance to depart fort between the College of guage skills; they become hu- was confusion with program The International Journal- car is opening and closing. Communications, the Nurs- manitarians. They learn com- titles, and the proposal de- ism Program has previously The renovation is expected ing School and the College passion. That’s what this class scription seemed similar to taken communication students to keep the elevators up to DARLENE CASAS of Humanities and Social is about,” Brody said. “It’s Brody’s long-running Vietnam to Vietnam, Cambodia and date for the next 30 years. Daily Titan Sciences. amazing that the IRA com- Project, an international jour- Guatemala. The class, which Although a previous Dai- Four students from each mittee can overlook it. It’s just nalism program. is going to Costa Rica this fall, ly Titan article reported school would participate in a shocking.” Brody gave a presentation has received $17,290 of fund- that the repairs had to be Communications professor week-long humanitarian mis- However, Associated Stu- in front of the committee and ing from the IRA this year. done by July 8, ASC has Jeffrey Brody was shocked sion during the spring to serve dents, Inc. (ASI) Vice Pres- sent emails to the ASI Director The program received less been in constant commu- when last year’s Instruction- the people of Vietnam. ident of Finance, Laura Ro- of Financial Services, Jeannie IRA funds compared to last nication with the Depart- ally Related Activities (IRA) Brody said this pro- mine, who was one of the Mollenauer, to clarify his pro- year’s budget of $26,650 be- ment of Industrial Rela- committee didn’t fund his program is a “service learn- students in the IRA committee posals. He was willing to cut cause of the influx of programs tions (DIR). posal for a new 2016 program, ing” study abroad program last year, said they were un- his proposal for a new Span- applying for IRA funding. one that meets the universi- that meets President Mil- aware of the details of the new ish international journalism SEE FACELIFT 3 ty president’s expectations for dred García’s vision for Vietnam Mission program. course in order to fund both SEE CUTS 2 Program aims to cultivate friendships Freshmen learn Christina Acoff, Ed.D., the Experience serves 576 fresh- Office of First Year Experi- men; 320 signed up to go on and bond at the ence’s program coordinator the trip. Getty Museum and supervisor. “That’s a pretty good re- The program had about sponse rate to have that $400 less this year than many on a Friday say, ‘Yes I LIZETH LUEVANO it did last year for the trip will join you from 11 to sev- Daily Titan which Brent Foster, Ph.D., en o’clock at night,” Foster the Office of First Year -Ex said. perience’s interim director, From this trip, he hoped A group of over 300 fresh- said is a “co-curricular and a students would get to know men chanted “CSUF” and high-impact practice.” each other better. proudly executed the “CSUF In the previous years that “A trip to the Getty has clap” in front of the J. Paul the program has done this to do with learning some- Getty Museum on Friday. trip, it got a couple hundred thing about culture and This group spent the day students to attend and had art … It’s also about rela- bonding with each other and plenty of room to spare. This tion-building,” Foster said. experiencing historic art out- year, however, the trip at- “Our office is very invested side the classroom setting. tracted more students and in retention … essentially The Office of First Year the number of students who from my history as a teach- Experience, formerly the Of- could attend was maxed er for 16-plus years, what I fice of Freshman Programs, out. know about retention is re- was able to provide a trip “Here we are using the tention has to do with rela- to the museum with a grant smaller amount and impact- tionships, and the more you that they received from IRA ing more people. But, at this feel comfortable with me funds. The office received point because we did such or we feel comfortable to- close to $8,000 in grant a good job marketing it this gether or I mentor you, the funding to provide students year, we’ve had to turn some more you will feel connect- with the trip, which includ- people away or put them on ed to this institution.” LIZETH LUEVANO / DAILY TITAN ed transportation, food and the waitlist,” Foster said. A group of over 300 freshmen visited the J. Paul Getty Museum on Friday. The trip, provided by the entry to the museum, said The Office of First Year SEE GETTY 4 Office of First Year Experience, allowed students to experience culture and historical art.

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FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 OCTOBER 20, 2015 TUESDAY NEWS Cuts: Provost’s task force to assist IRA CONTINUED FROM 1 committee took an additional dean of the College of Natu- their travel guidelines seemed ollow us 5 percent off all programs, ex- ral Sciences and Mathemat- unfair, and she hopes the new However, Brody said he cept for athletics and adminis- ics, had their budget decreased task force will provide them was mostly concerned about tration. Minutes show that ath- from $54,910 to $30,115. some guidance because it is on his new Vietnam Mission pro- letics did not get cut because “We are no longer going to difficult for students to try to gram that was left completely the funding is a part of a direc- take the students that are best value one program against an- unfunded, the first time this tive, while the administration fit for the program; we are go- other. She has received emails has occurred for one of his budget is set at 7 percent. ing to take the students who from a former committee programs. Bonuso said her biggest can afford to go,” Rhodes said, member saying the process of Romine said the commit- concern is that IRA funds also who developed the class in randomly looking at each indi- tee was unaware that Brody’s support programs that stu- 2013 to serve students interest- vidual IRA program request is international journalism pro- dents need to graduate, such as ed in earth science issues that ineffective. gram had gone to Guatemala Geology Field Camp, which are not research-oriented. “The fact that in 2011 they in the past, because it was not takes geological science ma- Rhodes said the geology were already thinking that — mentioned in the proposal’s jors to Montana. If IRA trav- department does not have the we are long overdue for an description. She is considering el funds are further cut, geol- kind of funding to replace the update,” Romine said, adding reformatting the request appli- ogy students will have to face nearly $35,000 the IRA had that the process makes it dif- cation to help both professors bigger financial burdens, she cut. Applying for scholar- ficult to see how the budget is and committee members. said. ships from the university can allocated. “If we were a standing com- CSUF students pay $550 be highly competitive and it Cruz said the task force mittee that had the same peo- for this course, but the same would likely only be awarded will be a separate group com- FOR THE RECORD ple every year, I can under- course taught by other Uni- to a few of the 12 students who posed of students, staff and stand why you would only versities would charge them attend the six-week summer faculty members. The group It is Daily Titan policy to correct factual errors want a brief description be- $3,500, said Geology Depart- program. will assess the IRA’s current printed in the publication. Corrections will be pub- cause everyone already knows ment Chair Phil Armstrong, The SMRT program has procedures and organization- lished on the subsequent issue after an error is about the issue,” Romine said. Ph.D. partnered with the Louis al structure to see if it match- discovered and will appear on page 2. Errors on “But we are new people every The Earth Science Issues in Stokes Alliance for Minority es campus policies and stan- the Opinion page will be corrected on that page. year, so I think there should Thailand (ESIT) program is Participation (LSAMP) pro- dards at other institutions. The Corrections will also be made to the online be a page with an actual full unlikely to run next summer, gram for several years, and task force will also ensure the version of the article. description.” Armstrong said. Their fund- LSAMP director and chemis- IRA committee is in full com- Please contact Editor-in-Chief Rudy Brody sent several emails to ing dropped to $17,100 from try professor Christina Goode pliance with risk management Chinchilla at (657) 278-5815 or at Mollenauer in May explaining $50,782 last year. said it was unreasonable to standards. [email protected] to report any errors. the differences between his “I don’t know what we apply a travel expense cap to The Academic Senate Ex- proposals, but Romine said the would do if that had been cut study abroad programs. ecutive Committee will iden- committee was not informed the same as the ESIT program “It is one of our strategic tify new faculty members to about these emails. They did was cut,” Armstrong said. initiatives and yet the mon- appoint to this year’s IRA not further discuss the new Geology professor Brady ey has been cut,” Goode said. committee. The faculty mem- Vietnam Mission program af- Rhodes, director of both ESIT “It’s going to rule out the ma- bers will be chosen from ter they decided not to fund it and the Science and Math Re- jority of students because of those programs not applying in April 17. search in Thailand (SMRT) that cost.” for IRA funds in the current IRA committee minutes program, shared similar “It was never part of the re- year. from April 17 show that the concerns. sponsibility of this committee Cruz said he hopes the task committee rejected the Viet- The change in funding to decide one program is more force will use the remainder of Editorial nam Mission proposal be- would now require students worthy than another,” Mol- the school year to form recom- cause they thought it was the to pay $5,000 to participate in lenauer said. “We have eval- mendations for the 2016-2017 Editor-in-Chief Rudy Chinchilla same as International Journal- the ESIT program, with air- uated the applications against IRA committee. Managing Editor Lizeth Luevano ism program. fare costing up to $1,700, he the criteria; if we tried to rank “I think the committee that News Editor Spencer Custodio “If they did not consider my said. Rhodes, who is retiring, these we would have to go all will be working this year will News Editor Gerard Avelino programs because they made also said that his departure the way to the president.” be mindful of some of the les- a mistake, they need to make would make it difficult to find sons learned from last year,” News Assistant Darlene Casas amends and fund it,” Brody a new director as familiar with TASK FORCE & FU- Cruz said. “But the major News Assistant Imani Jackson said. the program as he is. TURE OF THE IRA ideas on how to reform the News Assistant Jason Rochlin Romine said Brody was Rhodes said there is a dis- COMMITEE process will come from the News Assistant Kaleb Stewart on her list for contingency re- association between the ad- task force.” Sports Editor Alan Bernal quests and hopes to have the ministration, which is trying Romine said she is excit- “Each and every IRA pro- Sports Assistant Ryan Porter 2015-2016 IRA committee to increase high-impact study ed to receive more guidance gram provides experiential Sports Assistant Aaron Valdez formed by November. abroad programs, and the IRA from the university through a learning opportunities to the Opinion Editor Zack Johnston Mollenauer said there was committee. proposed task force organized students, real learning expe- Opinion Assistant Gino Riccardi also a service learning pro- Rhodes said the commit- by University Provost José riences that have the potential Features Editor Veronica Felipe gram going to Vietnam direct- tee did not evaluate the value L. Cruz; Executive Director to positively affect their en- Features Assistant Vivian Pham ed by history professor Lynn of the study abroad programs, of ASI David Edwards; Vice tire academic lives,” Bonuso Sargeant. which are the most expensive, President of Student Affairs said. “How does one quanti- Features Assistant Hayley M. Slye “It is fair to say there was “at a time when the universi- Berenecea Johnson Eanes; and fy which high-impact practice A&E Editor Vivian Chow confusion,” Mollenauer said. ty is trying to increase the op- Emily Bonney, Chair of the is better than another? This A&E Assistant Emily Dieckman portunities for students to have Academic Senate. is something the future IRA A&E Assistant Angie Perez IRA COMMITTEE AP- these kinds of experiences.” Romine said the commit- committee will really need to Copy Editor Clayton Wong PLIES TRAVEL CAP SMRT, which is run by the tee received feedback on how take a long look at.” Copy Assistant David Leos Copy Assistant Woaria Rashid “We tried to be really fair Copy Assistant Breanna Vasquez to all the new programs and Layout Editor Lizeth Luevano everyone is welcomed to ap- Layout Assistant Chris Sheats ply for contingency,” Romine Layout Assistant Gustavo Vargas said. Mollenauer, who has pro- Photo Editor Yunuen Bonaparte vided staff support for the Photo Assistant Renzy Reyes IRA chair for seven years, said Photo Assistant Allan Le these travel expense guide- Photo Assistant Paolena Comouche lines were put in place to fairly Photo Assistant Patrick Do evaluate travel requests across Multimedia Editor Frances Luthy all programs, including those Multimedia Editor Alana Garrett with a long history of success Multimedia Assistant Ryan Tillman and high-impact practices. Illustrator Natalie Goldstein This year’s IRA budget for study abroad programs was Adviser Bonnie Stewart $366,510, which is $80,112 more than last year, and in- Editor-in-Chief (657) 278-5815 [email protected] cluded seven new study News Line (657) 278-4415 [email protected] abroad programs. These new programs were budgeted a to- Advertising tal $142,500. Director of Advertising Ayesha Doshi Romine said the committee Asst. Director of Adv. Paige Mauriello decided on a per-student trav- Sales & Promotions Dominick Lorenz el budget guideline in order to Graphic Designer Hossro (Mir K) Khorsand avoid deficits. Graphic Designer Justine Eisner “I wish there were unlim- Account Executive Leslie Gomez ited funds for these great Account Executive Marco Roza things,” Mollenauer said. “But Account Executive Nehemiah Norris that’s not the case.” Account Executive Gustavo Flores Mollenauer said the IRA committee has always had Account Executive Patrick Chen plenty of money to fund pro- Ariel Cortez Account Executive grams. In the past, she would Adviser Michelle Kurland urge advisors from different departments to apply. “This is Distribution Thomas Grimes the very first year we had this kind of challenge.” Advertising (657) 278-4411 Fax (657) 278-2702 Geology professor Nicole [email protected] Bonuso, who sat on the IRA committee for seven years, © Copyright Daily Titan 2015 All Rights Reserved said they based their funding model on ASI student research The Daily Titan is a student publication, printed every Monday through grant guidelines. This resulted Thursday. The Daily Titan operates independently of Associated Students, in $500 per student for domes- Inc. College of Communications, CSUF administration and the CSU. The tic travel, $1,500 per student Daily Titan has functioned as a public forum since inception. Unless implied by the advertising party or otherwise stated, advertising in the for international travel and Daily Titan is inserted by commercial activities or ventures identified in $1,000 per student for new in- the advertisements themselves and not by the university. Such printing ternational programs. is not to be construed as written or implied sponsorship, endorsement Bonuso, also the official ap- or investigation of such commercial enterprises. The Daily Titan allocates plicant for Geology depart- one issue to each student for free. ment programs, said that after the travel cuts were made, the

RENZY REYES / DAILY TITAN A work crew replaces the hardware at the base of the elevator shaft inside the College Park building. The upgrades and renovations began just before the semester began and each elevator is expected to take up to eight weeks to finish. Officials said that only one elevator will be worked on at a time, leaving three elevators operational at all times in the building. Facelift: Work to last through spring CONTINUED FROM 1 17 and that all four eleva- previous Daily Titan arti- Mumford said. Mumford said they had not Daily Titan did try to con- tors needed to have their cles reported that PM Re- A representative from been contacted, and if the tact ASC in the past about The DIR has faced un- hoisting ropes replaced. alty owns College Park. PM Realty said that the Daily Titan had come to the elevators, however, derstaffing issues that have Mumford and Alexander However, ASC owns the building belongs to the them and asked about the somewhere along the lines resulted in requested in- said that all four elevators permits, they would have of communication the in- spections taking anywhere have since had their hoist- “ responded, “yes it says ‘ex- quiry was intercepted by from six months to a year ing ropes replaced. We are totally re-doing all the pired,’ but we’re working former media relations of- to complete, said Jim Al- The permits will be up- “mechanical and analytical part of the with an agency,” Mumford ficial Christopher Bugbee. exander, director of prop- dated individually after cars. said. ASC encourages those erty development. The DIR each elevator undergoes “We always haven’t been who do not want to wait understands that the work renovation and inspection, FRANK MUMFORD on the best of terms (with for the elevator while reno- will be done, and they have Mumford said. The first Executive Director of ASC The Daily Titan), if you vations are taking place to granted ASC an extension inspection for the current will, to a certain extent, access the stairwell located for the repairs, he said. elevator undergoing reno- building as a 501-C3, a campus. and we sort of said, ‘well, on the west side of College Paola Laverde, public in- vation was scheduled yes- nonprofit public benefit When asked why there it needs to go through our Park, until all four eleva- formation officer for the terday, Oct. 19. corporation, and its only was no response about pre- public relation folks,’” Al- tors are completely renovat- DIR, confirmed the eleva- Based on inspector find- purpose is to assist in the vious questions from the exander said. ed. The project will contin- tors were inspected April ings that Laverde cited, mission of the university, Daily Titan, Alexander and A reporter from the ue into the spring of 2016.

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VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM/NEWS FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN PAGE 4 OCTOBER 20, 2015 TUESDAY FEATURES ‘Bat Night’ teaches about wildlife Families learned about nocturnal animals Saturday evening

JENNIE VU Daily Titan

Five minutes away from the Tucker Wildlife Sanc- tuary, kids ran around and explored in a nearby field while their parents — Cal State Fullerton alumni and faculty members — waited for a shuttle to take them to “Bat Night.” CSUF’s Natural Scienc- es and Mathematics department held the event Satur- day night at the sanctuary. Approximately 900 people were in attendance. Eric Ey, the sanctuary’s resource developer, said that even though the event is called “Bat Night,” it is meant to educate visitors on other animals as well. “It’s kind of hard to say ‘Nocturnal Animal,’ it gets pretty long on the flier, but ‘Bat Night’ allows us to give people the idea that we JENNIE VU / DAILY TITAN are going to come, we are Forrest McNeill admires a snake at Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday night during the sanctuary’s annual “Bat Night.” About 900 people attended the event, including going to do some fall ac- Cal State Fullerton alumni, faculty members and families. Arts and crafts tables kept children entertained with face painting and pumpkin carving throughout the night. tivities and learn a little bit more about creatures of the guests on the wild animals. of the wolves, named Do- the fences. The next activi- storytelling group where Later at a barbecue din- night,” Ey said. She described what kind muse, has been in four mu- ty was a talk given by Paul kids hung onto every word ner, there were glass box- Upon entering the sanctu- of wolves were there, what sic videos so far, one of Stapp, professor of biology the storyteller said and pe- es containing snakes and ary, attendees encountered they do and what they eat which was with Lindsey at CSUF. Stapp debunked riodically yelled, “Boo!” newts. Opportunities for two white wolves and one while in captivity. Stirling, a YouTuber known myths surrounding bats along with the story. kids to learn about the an- black wolf resting behind a Project Wildsong is an or- for her violin covers. and educated the audience “I think it’s a great event. imals were everywhere, fence. ganization that specializes Project Wildsong collab- as to what they are really Kids are definitely loving entertaining children Maria Hernandez in education, collaboration orates with schools, univer- like. it. I like that it helps get throughout the night. Figueroa, who works in and conservation of wolves sities and nature observa- Aside from the educa- them interested in the sci- “I like the wolves. I like the Center for Scholars at and other indigenous wild- tories year-long to educate tional aspect of the event, ence of everything,” said the bats. I like the snakes. I CSUF, attended “Bat Night” life, Kraus said. The wolves students on the importance crafts and entertainment Brett Wiseman, who took like bingo and the crafts,” for the first time after hear- they have were “hand- of wildlife animals. were also provided. Chil- his son, Oliver Wiseman, Oliver said. ing about it through the raised” from as young as six At the event, families dren carved and decorat- to the event. Figueroa was impressed event’s student volunteers. to 12 weeks old, she said. were invited to interact with ed pumpkins, made bat The creepy-crawly an- with the event and its edu- “I love it. I’ve never seen The wolves are “wolf dogs,” the wolves. They could pet necklaces and spider hats imal theme continued cational goals. a real wolf before and it was which means they are not them and even pose for a and had their faces paint- throughout the event with “This is a great event and beautiful,” Figueroa said. pure wolves. picture with them. ed. Kids left the paint- snakes slithering in contain- I’m so happy that Cal State Kimmi Kraus, Project All of the wolves they Later, guests continued ing station with butter- ers at the Reptile Rescue Fullerton and Tucker Wild- Wildsong executive direc- have raised are trained for walking down a trail with flies, pumpkins and snakes Orange County table. One life worked together for tor, was there with other an- the purpose of education, the help of the glow from adorned on their faces. worker even wore a yellow families, for community,” imal trainers to educate the film and photography. One a string of yellow lights on There was also a snake around her neck. Figueroa said. Place Your Ad Here!

LIZETH LUEVANO / DAILY TITAN Freshmen visited the J. Paul Getty Museum on Friday. The Office of First Year Experience, formerly the Office of Freshman Programs, provided the trip with a grant they received from IRA funds. Getty: Office hopes to make an impact CONTINUED FROM 1 join the program enroll in have (in the program) do University Studies 100, it out of the kindness of Natalie Betancourt, Stu- which teaches time man- their heart or the desire to dent Services professional agement, learning strate- help freshmen students. at the Office of First Year gies and resource use on That really speaks a lot to Experience, said that this campus. Each of these us that there are professors trip is important for build- classes have a peer mentor that are really dedicated ing the community. Stu- as additional support for and passionate about these dents were allotted a cou- students. first-year students having ple of hours to explore the “It’s very hard to transi- a successful transition,” museum as they wished. tion. So, having someone Betancourt said. “This trip allows you that has been through that The Office of Freshman to meet other freshmen and that knows the way Programs will transition that you didn’t know were around the school, that’s to the Office of First Year in the program,” said se- what got me into being a Experience by fall 2016 in nior peer mentor Christy peer mentor,” Martinez an effort to support more Martinez. said. students. Betancourt and Marti- Samantha Grady, nursing “As the office begins to im- nez were both in Freshman major, has found that the pact more people — freshmen Programs during their first program is helpful in guid- and transfers — we want to Call Us: year at Cal State Fullerton ing her through resourc- continue to look for opportu- and they both found it to be es on campus and is also a nities to create study away and foundational and helpful. great way to meet people. these kinds of relation-build- “I felt like I had a lot of Anabel Garibay, health ing experiences for more support from faculty and science major, said that freshmen and transfer stu- 657.278.4411 the program and from peo- Ginamarie Scherzi, her dents,” Foster said. ple that I was meeting, es- University Studies 100 pro- It should be noted that the pecially my peer mentors,” fessor, has an energy that Daily Titan reporter took the Betancourt said. she finds contagious. bus ride with the group to the All of the students who “All the faculty that we Getty Museum.

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM/FEATURES PAGE 5 OPINION TUESDAY OCTOBER 20, 2015 Drone use needs regulation Questionable aircrafts the country have interfered will soon require legal with firefighters, flown into tall buildings and crashed registration into bystanders on the ground. Criminals have used them to JESSICA BUTALLA smuggle contraband into pris- Daily Titan ons,” according to The Wash- ington Post. More than 700 drones have Registration of drones is been sighted by pilots in the needed for the safety of others, air and 18 sighted above wild- the country and airspace. fires, according to ABC News. Although many people use These recreational aircrafts drones for recreation, the use should never be seen crossing of drones has brought about paths with airplanes or inter- safety concerns throughout fering with firefighters. the country. “The signal we’re send- Transportation Secretary ing today is that when you’re Anthony Foxx and Feder- in the national airspace, it’s al Aviation Administrator a very serious matter,” Foxx Michael Huerta announced said. Monday that for the first Even with recreation- time, drone operators will al use, some safety precau- be required to register their tions need to be taken into COURTESY OF WIKICOMMONS aircrafts, according to The consideration. The Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday that they plan to require drone owners to Washington Post. In September, a New register their devices so that they can be traced back to the owner in the event of illegal usage. Because drones often go York City teacher who unnoticed by radars, register- crashed a drone into an un- Operators are not allowed expected to be in effect by unchecked, it could easily get There is no excuse for ing them will be useful to help occupied seating section at to fly their aircrafts above Christmas. New owners will out of control. drone operators not to fly their law enforcement officials track the U.S. Open was arrested “400 feet or within five miles register their purchases online, A $1.9 million fine was drones responsibly. Owners down drone operators who use and faced charges of reck- of an airport without permis- according to ABC News. proposed by the Feder- should be educated complete- their devices unethically. less endangerment, accord- sion,” according to The Wash- The size and the kind of al Aviation Administration ly as to all safety regulations While recreational use ing to ABC News. ington Post. drone will determine if it has last week against a Chica- and should continue to have is not seen as an immedi- Drones can be extreme- Requiring owners to regis- to be registered. Most light go drone company, SkyPan. respect for federal laws. Re- ate threat, some drones have ly dangerous if the owner ter their personal drones will drones can reach 1,000 feet. SkyPan had flown dozens cent incidents regarding the been at the root of incidents does not fully understand hopefully increase safety for People have taken advan- of unauthorized flights over behavior of drone operators that are the cause for growing how to use the aircraft or all. tage of the availability of un- Chicago and New York start- have threatened public safety, apprehension. does not follow the instruc- Plans for an unmanned air- manned aircrafts and their ing in 2012, according to and with hope this new regu- “Nuisance drones across tional guidelines. craft registration program are useful capabilities and, if left NBC News. lation will put an end to that. US should not contribute to war crimes Saudi-led coalition weeks. The recent airstrikes intelligence, flying Amer- they do so under a set of important because it sits on United States, Lebanon, against Yemen uses demonstrate an ongoing ican fighter jets and drop- rules spelled out in legisla- the Bab al-Mandab strait, a Egypt and Germany contin- trend of bombs that fall ping U.S.-made bombs,” tion … the (law) prevents narrow waterway linking ue to take in refugees and U.S. resources far from military targets. according to Public Radio the United States from pro- the Red Sea with the Gulf of deliver aide. “More than 2,100 civilians, International. viding training or equip- Aden, through which much It’s true that politics make GINO RICCARDI including at least 400 chil- The fact that the Amer- ment to foreign countries of the world’s oil shipments strange bedfellows, and Daily Titan dren, have been killed in ican artillery used in the whose forces violate human pass. Egypt and Saudi Ara- there is no stranger bed- the conflict,” according to bombing campaigns is rights,” according to PRI. bia fear a Houthi takeover fellow to the United States Amnesty International. bought and paid for doesn’t Not that it’s anything would threaten free passage than the Saudi government, Last week, Michigan In a time when the Unit- let the United States off the new, but the United States through the strait,” accord- with its continuing record Representative Debbie ed States purports to play hook for the collateral dam- has blood on its hands and, ing to the BBC. of human rights violations Dingell, along with oth- an integral role as an arbi- age incurred during the at- as usual, it has everything Besides taking an aggres- and outright refusal to help er liberal members of Con- ter and peacekeeper in the tacks. Besides intelligence to do with oil. sive stance against their im- stabilize its own region. gress, issued a formal let- middle east, the Saudi-led that is beyond monetary The rebel force in Yemen mediate neighbors to the American citizens should ter to President Obama coalition to back exiled Ye- value, the United States in- threatens to destabilize po- south, Saudi Arabia has follow the example of Deb- vocalizing concerns over meni president Mansour serts moral clauses into litical alliances in the re- been among the wealthy bie Dingell and begin a U.S.-aided Saudi military Hadi against Houthi rebels contracts attached to weap- gion, and its geograph- countries in the region that large-scale letter writ- campaigns in Yemen. has been largely fueled by ons deals. ic position in the area is refuses to help alleviate ing campaign to President The letter follows the pub- American resources. “When foreign govern- of concern to neighboring the massive crisis currently Obama to cease hypocriti- licized Saudi bombing of “The Saudi-led coalition ments purchase weapons countries. plaguing Syria. cal behavior as a proxy war- two wedding parties in two has been guided by U.S. from the United States, “Yemen is strategically Meanwhile, Turkey, the lord in the Middle East. Amazon’s lawsuit targets the wrong people Paid review writers consider a product’s reviews security firm and investment shouldn’t be blamed before purchasing an item, bank Wedbush. according to U.S. News & However, merely victim- for sellers’ offense World Report. However, users izing those who offer their posting fake reviews for profit praises for profit won’t stop GABE ESPIRITU is nothing new. the wave of false reviews from Daily Titan The seemingly archaic act, pouring into the site. It takes sometimes called “astroturf- two to tango, and Amazon ing” has led to Amazon us- seems to be failing to target Amazon has aimed a gun ing complex computer algo- the real culprit: the products’ at the wrong people’s heads rithms and hired investigators sellers. as the company recently filed to scour its users’ postings. A gun is nothing without a suit in King County Superi- Adversely, it has also led to a trigger finger, and a variety or Court in Washington State various tools being created to of Internet postings offering against more than 1,000 peo- aid sellers in finding people fraudulent services is nothing ple for offering to post fake re- willing to post reviews that without an employer willing views on the online retailer’s Amazon deems “false, mis- to shell out money for his or site. leading, and inauthentic.” An her products’ high ratings. The move, which has fool- example is Fiverr.com, a web- Amazon is wasting profits ishly focused solely on the re- site that allows internet users and resources pursuing harm- viewers, has been deemed by to offer various services for as less postings of people desper- some as “one of the most ag- low as five dollars. ately hoping to make a quick COURTESY OF WIKICOMMONS gressive attempts yet by a ma- The 1,114 defendants tar- dime. Online retailer Amazon filed a suit against more than 1,000 review writers that were paid by jor U.S. e-commerce compa- geted in Amazon’s lawsuits, Amazon’s rules prohibit Amazon sellers, but the suit should really target the sellers themselves. ny to fight back (against fake all currently identified as paid or fictional reviews, ac- reviews),” according to U.S. “John Doe,” are facing legal cording to ABC News. How- reviewers, going as far as promise to use multiple ac- company since they would News & World Report. action for writing five-star ever, Amazon’s lawsuit al- agreeing to send them empty counts and IP addresses to be registered within the The Amazon sellers paying “awesome” reviews for prod- leges that those posting on envelopes to make it seem as leave the reviews, meaning website. off these reviewers, however, ucts they have likely never websites such as Fiverr are the if the reviewers purchased the the only information Ama- Ultimately, the discretion are being given a break that even used or purchased. ones reaching out to the sell- products. zon knows about their target of a review is left up to the they don’t deserve. “Suing the reviewers is a ers and offering to write the Amazon also has to find a is their online handles, ac- consumer. As Forrester ana- A Forrester Research study way to discourage them from reviews under their names. solution to its problem of an- cording to NBC. lyst Sucharita Mulpuru said, showed that approximately doing it again,” said Mi- The sellers are still the onymity in the fraudulent re- Finding the sellers, how- “Online shopping is a leap 45 percent of online shoppers chael Pachter, analyst for the ones actively hiring those views. Some paid reviewers ever, would be easier for the of faith.”

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Sports this week 5

Women’s Soccer Vs. Cal State Northridge • Home, Titan Stadium • Sunday, Oct. 25th at 5 p.m.

Men’s Soccer Vs. Cal State Northridge • Home, Titan Stadium • Wednesday, Oct. 21st at 7 p.m. Vs. UC Riverside MATT CORKILL / DAILY TITAN STOCK PHOTO • Home, Titan Stadium Third-year Head Coach Dedrique Taylor will see how well his team’s chemistry evolved in the offseason when veterans and incoming talents play in this year’s preseason match. • Saturday, Oct. 24th at 7 p.m. Titans to tip off Women’s Volleyball Vs. UC Irvine • Home, Titan Gym annual Blue vs. • Friday, Oct. 23rd at 7 p.m. Vs. UC Davis • Home, Titan Gym Orange opener • Saturday, Oct. 24th at 7 p.m. Men’s basketball will Remaining starter, se- his free throws by hitting mix its new and old nior Kennedy Esume, is a very respectable 81.5 Men’s Basketball the only player listed as a percent from the charity players in scrimmage true center, standing at 6 stripe. Blue-Orange Scrimmage feet 10 inches. Esume led One young player to BRENT CABATAN the team in blocks, with keep an eye on throughout • Home, Titan Gym Daily Titan 19 throughout last season, the season is 6-foot-4-inch but only averaged 3.3 re- freshman shooting guard • Saturday, Oct. 24th at 11 a.m. bounds per game and must Khalil Ahmad. He is a lo- The Cal State Fullerton improve that number in or- cal raised in Corona who men’s basketball season is der to make up for the re- graduated from Centennial scheduled to get underway bounding that McClellan High School. The two-star Titan Ice Hockey Oct. 24 with the Blue-Or- once provided. recruit ranked in the top ange Scrimmage at the Titan The players who will 100 at his position in the Vs. Montana Tech Gym. most likely fill the scoring entire nation, according to The Titans look to im- void left by Harris are the ESPN. • Home, East West Ice Palace prove from their disappoint- new backcourt duo of ju- While the promising ing 9-22 season record un- nior Tre’ Coggins and se- freshman boasts an impres- • Friday, Oct. 23rd at 9:15 p.m. der Head Coach Dedrique nior Malcolm Brooks. Both sive high school résumé, Taylor and Associate Head guards redshirted with Ahmad will still have to Vs. San Diego State Coach John Smith, both go- the Titans last year after earn his minutes on the ing into their third season of quality seasons with each team. Some of the return- • Home, East West Ice Palace coaching. of their respective former ing veterans, as well as the The starting lineup will teams. scoring backcourt tandem of • Saturday, Oct. 24th at 9:15 p.m. look different after the team Before coming to Ful- Coggins and Brooks, occu- lost four starters in the off- lerton, Coggins averaged py the guard spots and Ah- season, including the squad’s 16 points per game. He mad will undoubtedly have leading scorer and former shot 38.7 percent from be- to fight for his spot. Women’s Tennis senior guard Alex Harris, yond the arch and 78.4 per- With a returning coaching who averaged 15.8 points per cent from the free-throw staff and well-balanced mix CSUN Fall Invitational game. line during the 2013-2014 of veteran players and young Another notable start- season on the Air Force talent, the CSUF men’s bas- • Location TBA er who won’t be returning team. ketball team is primed to is forward Steve McClellan. Brooks played for Pep- compete at a high level this • All day Friday Oct. 23rd to Sunday Oct. 25th McClellan was the leading perdine during the 2013- season. rebounder on the team, aver- 2014 season, averaging CSUF will tip off the 2015- aging 8.1 rebounds per game, 10.3 points per game and 2016 season with the Blue-Or- and was second in blocks, shooting just shy of 40 per- ange Scrimmage between the having 10 throughout the en- cent from the three-point Titans on Oct. 24 at 11 a.m. at tire 2014-2015 season. line. He made the most of the Titan Gym.