Comic Enthusiast Creates a Haven for Geeks
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Tuesday April 30, 2019 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 105 Issue 46 Jewish students react to recent CSUF wins shooting and other hate crimes research awards Students win four accolades in CSU-wide competition. ESMERALDA FIGUEROA Staff Writer Four Cal State Fullerton stu- dents won the 33rd annual CSU Student Research Competition, which recognizes students for their achievement in research throughout the CSUs. CSUF winners and their re- spective fields are: Jessica Bar- ragan and Kendra Paquette, who won second place in Behavioral and Social Sciences undergrad- uate research; Evelyn Bond, who won first place in Biological and Agricultural Science graduate re- ANGELINA DEQUINA / DAILY TITAN search and Thilakraj Shivakumar, Cal State Fullerton alumnus Daniel Levine (right) stands near the CSUF Hillel club table on Titan Walk. who won first place in Engineer- ing and Computer Science gradu- CSUF Hillel responded to last Saturday, the last day of the murder in the first degree, three county that is welcoming of all ate research. recent violence against Jewish holiday Passover. counts of attempted murder in faiths,” said Bill Gore, the San The competition was a two-day their community. The San Diego County Sher- the first degree and was taken Diego County Sheriff, in a press event that took place last Friday iff’s department said they iden- into custody without incident. release about the shooting. and Saturday. Students present- tified 19-year-old John Earnest The San Diego County Sher- Among the casualties were: Al- ed their research to a panel of ANGELINA DEQUINA Asst. Opinion Editor as the gunman who opened fire iff’s department said they be- mog Peretz, 34; Noya Dahan, 8; jurors. on the Chabad of Poway syna- lieve Earnest worked alone in Lori Gilbert Kaye, 60 (deceased); Each CSU campus was allowed gogue in Poway, California, with the attack. and Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who to send 10 delegates to compete A shooting at a synagogue an AR-15 style rifle while yelling “We don’t condone threats was shot in both hands. and given 20 minutes to present. near San Diego left a woman anti-semitic slurs. and acts of violence against dead and three people injured Earnest was booked for places of worship. We are a SEE FAITH 2 SEE SCIENCE 2 Comic enthusiast creates a haven for geeks YVONNE VILLASENOR / DAILY TITAN Enrique Muñoz, owner of Comic Hero University, opened his shop in December 2012 and currently operates next to the Fullerton Station. Owner Enrique Muñoz Visitors are not only welcomed guests to an arcade room with pin- talking about comics. His ability to understand English has turned his hobby into by a Spider-Man kiddie ride, but ball machines and multiple 90s ar- “I feel more rewarded dealing registered when he recognized his a lifelong career. a smiling owner who can of- cade cabinets. with the customers on (a)the regu- favorite superhero, Spider-Man. ten be seen sporting Spider-Man The store’s tagline is “Not just lar basis — that these people con- “There was something about the apparel. comics, but community.” Mu- tinue to come back, people contin- comic book — the picture and the YVONNE VILLASENOR Staff Writer Enrique Munoz opened the store noz said that he wanted to create ue to want to talk to me and they word. That particular combination in December 2012. Comic Hero a space for customers to hang out continue to engage me,” Munoz is what clicked in my brain, and University specializes in supply- and enjoy their interests without said. that’s what got me to understand Tucked away at the Fullerton ing new and rare comics. Munoz any judgment or elitist behavior. In the second grade, Munoz’s reading comprehension.,” Mu- train station is a gem for comic decided to open his own store after Munoz has a regular trio of cus- teacher told him he would not noz said. “ So for me, Spider-Man enthusiasts. This place, known ex- realizing his potential of making a tomers who come in weekly to amount to anything if he could not is and always will be my hero be- clusively as Comic Hero Universi- living with his previous experience chat about comics. HeMunoz re- speak English. Munoz came from cause he’s the one who taught me ty, has an entrance that is covered at convention circuits and comic called one customer who told him a Spanish-speaking family, and how to speak.” with comic posters and iconic su- shops. they appreciated how approachable was frustrated with his inability to perhero symbols. Inside the store, a red sign guides and nonjudgmental he was when speak and read English. SEE HERO 3 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM 2 News TUESDAY APRIL 30, 2019 Science: Scholars present new discoveries CONTINUED FROM 1 According to Nathalie Car- rick, faculty fellow for Stu- dent Creative Activities and Research , approximately 50 CSUF students participated in a research competition during the last week of February to present their research and win the opportunity to compete in last week’s competition. Ten of those participants were selected to represent CSUF in last weekend’s competition. Saul Lopez, a CSUF math- ematics graduate student, pre- sented his research on the eco- nomical generating sets of the monoid of partial order preserv- ing injections; a mathematical structure that has limited re- search behind it. “We combined abstract alge- bra, which is a field in mathe- matics, we combined combina- torics which is its own field,” Lopez said. “And we also com- bined graph theory, so we com- bined three fields in one.” The competitions were orga- nized into 22 sessions with 10 different fields, two of which had graduates and undergradu- ates who competed against each other in the same session. To prepare for the presen- tations, CSUF students met and trained with faculty and mentors. Shivakumar said he felt con- fident presenting thanks to his mentors and appreciates that he gets the opportunity to present his work. “I always wanted to have this opportunity to present my work so that everyone knows it,” Shi- ESMERALDA FIGUEROA / DAILY TITAN vakumar said. “This is a great CSUF student Sydney Adams (left) hands an award to Terri Patchen (right), Faculty Fellow of Scholarly Creative Activities and Research. platform for me to extend my project.” Two students from each of results and also future limita- accused of crimes they didn’t forms aren’t seen as suspicious Carrick, who organized the the 22 sessions were select- tions and implications,” En- commit. Co-presenting with and they still have effects on event at CSUF alongside Dr. ed as winners of that session’s riquez said. “Also, their overall CSUF alumna Jessica Barragan, memory.” Terri Patchen, another faculty competition. organization and creativeness their research focused on test- The awards ceremony took fellow, said students who win Judel-May Enriquez, one of and also how it helps our soci- ing eyewitness memory through place in the TSU Pavilion Car- the award also receive a cash the jurors for behavioral and so- ety in general.” different police lineups. rick and Patchen handed out prize. First place was awarded cial sciences, said there are sev- CSUF psychology major and “We investigated eyewit- awards after a message from $500. eral criteria they use to judge a competition participant Kendra ness memory for suspects who President Fram Virjee and Dr. The money doesn’t have to be presentation. Paquette said she wants her re- wear disguises,” Paquette said. Ganesh Raman, the CSU as- used specifically to further the “We’re looking for the clar- search in the behavioral and so- “We talked about more subtle sistant vice chancellor for student’s research, Carrick said. ity of their research, the meth- cial sciences field to help keep forms, such as a baseball cap research. “It’s just a prize.” odology, the discussion of the innocent people from being or clear glasses because these Editorial Faith: Club speaks Editor-in-Chief Korryn Sanchez Lifestyle Assistant Darlene Vasquez Managing Editor Sophia Acevedo Copy Editor Tabitha Butler Senior Editor Megan Garcia Copy Editor Ayrton Lauw on religious attack News Editor Noah Biesiada Copy Assistant Bianca Noone News Editor Kaitlin Martinez Copy Assistant Rivka Pruss white supremacism, he wrote News Assistant Hosam Elattar Copy Assistant Dimitra Doiphode CONTINUED FROM 1 that he was inspired by Austra- News Assistant William Robbins Copy Assistant Stepheny Gehrig The shooting occurred six lian white nationalist Brenton News Assistant Andre Salazar Layout Editor Emily Mifflin months after the Tree of Life Tarrant’s attacks on mosques News Assistant Adam Maldonado Photo Editor Joshua Arief Halim Synagogue shooting in Pitts- in Christchurch, New Zealand, News Assistant Taylor Arrey Photo Editor Eliza Green burgh, Pennsylvania, that left last month, according to the Sports Editor Julius Choi Photo Assistant Natalie Medeiros 11 people dead. The assailant, Los Angeles Times. Sports Editor Jordan Mendoza Photo Assistant Sol Villalba identified as Robert D. Bowers, The news prompted Levine to Sports Assistant Matthew Mendoza Social Media Editor Lauren Wong also carried an AR-15 style ri- reflect on the internet’s effect on Sports Assistant Arnulfo Gonzalez Social Media Editor Kameron Leong fle, according to The New York the Passover shooting. Sports Assistant Demetrious Herrera Social Media Assistant Charity Clark Times. “I really think the internet is Opinion Editor Alyssa Lopez Social Media Assistant Julia Pihl At Cal State Fullerton, the a double-edged sword because Opinion Editor Bernadette Steele Illustrator Anita Huor crime was deeply felt by the people have access to informa- Opinion Assistant Angelina Dequina Illustrator Alex Bosserman Jewish community in the CSUF tion more than ever before in Opinion Assistant Madeline Gray Illustrator Assistant Rebecca Mena Hillel student organization.