CSUF Promotes Healthy Living Fraternity Seeks to End Ban Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity Has Not Been Recognized by CSUF for Over 20 Years
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Wednesday September 26, 2018 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 104 Issue 13 CSUF promotes healthy living Fraternity seeks to end ban Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity has not been recognized by CSUF for over 20 years. NOAH BIESIADA News Assistant In 1998, the Cal State Fuller- ton chapter of Tau Kappa Epsi- lon fraternity received several different complaints including someone firing a handgun, an alleged rape, 700 people par- tying on the street and a bottle rocket setting fire to a neigh- boring roof, according to 1998 Fullerton City Council meeting minutes. The fraternity received 13 noise complaints in a six-month period for several parties, ac- cording to a 2011 Daily Titan JOSHUA ARIEF HALIM / DAILY TITAN article. The Price Tastes Right activity in the Quad on Tuesday gave students an interactive learning experience about saving money on food. After 20 years of operating off campus, the CSUF chap- The Healthier Campus CSUF joined the initiative on at the St. Jude Medical Center kind of move it to the next level,” ter is attempting to return to Intiative advocates nutrition May 3, according to Partnership for the Healthy Communities Bryars said. campus. and fitness. for a Healthier America, a non- Initiative. The nonpartisan, nonprofit The Interfraternity Coun- partisan, nonprofit group that runs The Healthier Campus Initia- group aims to encourage “greater cil, who governs and promotes the nationwide program. tive is just one part of the Partner- physical activity and healthier eat- relations between the differ- SOMMER CLARK On Monday, the university be- ship for a Healthier America, an ing habits” among college students, ent fraternities and the greater Staff Writer gan hosting Healthy Campus organization dedicated to fight- said Tracy Bryars, manager at the campus community, will have Week, as part of the Healthier ing childhood obesity that part- St. Jude Medical Center for the the final say in November, said Cal State Fullerton is the sec- Campus Initiative. ners with Michelle Obama’s Let’s Healthy Communities Initiative. Chris Osmond, the current pres- ond CSU to become an approved The nonpartisan, nonprofitMove! campaign. The Healthier Campus Initiative ident of the fraternity’s Fuller- part of the Healthier Campus Ini- group aims to encourage “great- “We are very excited because is just one part of the Partnership ton chapter. tiative and has created an advi- er physical activity and healthier Cal State Fullerton has committed for a Healthier America. sory group called the Wellness eating habits” among college stu- to enhancing the health and well- Council. dents, said Tracy Bryars, manager ness environment of the campus. SEE WELLNESS 3 SEE TKE 2 Pumpkin patch partners with Sanrio Tanaka Farms in Irvine shows that Halloween doesn’t have to be scary. ANGELINA DEQUINA Lifestyle Editor Hello Kitty and her friends harvested happiness on the first day of fall at the Tanaka Farms’ annual pumpkin patch in Irvine on Saturday. The unique pumpkin patch was born out of a collaboration between Sanrio, the creators of Hello Kitty, and Tanaka Farms, an Irvine-based family farm. The sun shone brightly as an- imated guests of all ages mar- veled at a myriad of displays. A real-life Hello Kitty made a special one-time appearance in the early hours of the event. Those who missed her are not entirely out of luck, however, as she remains enshrined in differ- ent sections of the farm. Throughout the pumpkin patch, cardboard Hello Kitty and friends can be seen posing as they welcomes guests into a sunflower field, drive a trac- tor and pick vegetables in the fields. Five different types of pump- kins are available to pluck from the vast farm. Tanaka Farms also provides guests with a list of pumpkin names and charac- teristics, like “a good dessert pumpkin” or the pumpkins’ weight on average. On the list are two pumpkins named Cinderella and Porcelain Doll — but this is only a frac- ANGELINA DEQUINA / DAILY TITAN tion of the quirky pumpkins A cardboard cutout of Hello Kitty and friends is placed in front of the pumpkin patch in Tanaka Farms guests can encounter. After choosing a novelty At the heart of the pumpkin pumpkins adorn the back ends state. and yearning for a place like pumpkin, guests will have plen- patch lies a John Deere trac- of the patch. Straub said she moved to Cal- home led her to Tanaka Farms’ ty of opportunities for Insta- tor positioned next to Hello For Rae Straub, a visitor of ifornia a year ago. Ever since, pumpkin patch. gram-worthy photo-ops to cap- Kitty and her friends. To the the event, going to the pumpkin she’s been on the hunt for a ture memorable moments on the right of the tractor, sunflower patch was a pleasant remind- farm that’s isolated from the SEE FALL 6 30-acre piece of land. fields radiate joy while piles of er of Connecticut, her home city. Her love for Hello Kitty FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM 2 News WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 Municipal codes can confuse transients WENDY CHAVEZ / DAILY TITAN Every Thurday, the Placentia Presbyterian Church provides a soup kitchen meal from 5:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Codes vary in shelters and cities, which can cause member for Bridges at Krae- minimum of eight parking spots citations or become involved in another. You never really know individuals to mistake rules. mer Place, a 24-hour emergen- for bicycles available at emergen- an altercation with officers, Gam- who’s coming and going, that’s a cy homeless shelter facility in cy shelters, while the Anaheim ble said. huge challenge,” Willey said. the city of Anaheim that serves municipal code says that bicycle “Best practice (policies) work Ruth Cho, outreach coordina- homeless single men and sin- racks must be provided by the fa- well in the office setting when tor for H.I.S. House, a Homeless WENDY CHAVEZ Staff Writer gle women in the North Orange cility but does not list the specific you come up with the idea, but Intervention Transitional Shelter County area. amount of spots required. it doesn’t work that well when and House in Placentia, said peo- Homeless shelters like Bridges Gamble said codes should be you’re out there in the streets and ple who work with homeless peo- Homeless individuals in Or- at Kraemer Place, have come to consistent with other cities and you’re faced with the police of- ple need to be well-versed in the ange County often confuse re- adapt best practice procedures. shelters to prevent individuals ficers who don’t know anything resources offered to them. spective city codes and best prac- In Anaheim, shelters must ad- from unknowingly making mis- about it,” Gamble said. “The “In emergency shelters, some tice policies within shelters, said mit people on a first-come, first- takes. For homeless people travel- worst scenario is that it ends of those workers are young kids. Curtis Gamble, a 58-year-old serve basis, according to the city’s ing from place to place, Gamble up being like a Kelly Thomas They’re just working in a job activist. municipal code. However, Ful- said distinguishing between the situation.” where they don’t know about Best practice policies are unof- lerton’s municipal code does not two can be difficult. Kelly Thomas was a homeless these resources,” Cho said. ficial shelter rules that are wide- explicitly state how people are “I’m looking for awareness just man who was killed in a parking When this occurs, Cho said ly accepted as procedure because admitted. as much as consistency of the lot at the Fullerton Transportation homeless people lose faith in the they’ve proven to be effective According to the City of Ful- codes,” he said. Center after a confrontation with system. in the past. These policies vary lerton website, municipal codes University Police Captain Scot police officers in 2011. “Ultimately the worst thing among shelters and do not always are rules that are designed to Willey said most homeless people Providing more transparent in- that happens from clients leaving follow city code. protect citizens from health are not moving around every day, formation to transients is anoth- emergency shelters is that they Gamble, a former homeless and safety hazards and estab- usually they stay in the same area er challenge police officers face, don’t trust the system anymore,” individual, attended a Sept. 18 lish the uses permitted in certain and will learn what the rules are Willey said. Cho said. “They don’t want to Fullerton city council meet- neighborhoods. for their local shelter quickly. “How do you do that to a pop- work with the system so they ing regarding the appointment Fullerton municipal code At times when codes are un- ulation that is literally transient, choose to be homeless because of a community advisory board also states that there must be a clear, transients may face police they’re moving from one place to they’ve tried it.” TKE: CSUF Editorial chapter wants to Editor-in-Chief Briggetta Pierrot Copy Editor Kristina Garcia Managing Editor Caitlin Bartusick Copy Assistant Bianca Noone be acknowleged News Editor Diane Ortiz Copy Assistant Julius Choi News Editor Hosam Elattar Layout Editor Korryn Sanchez campus was still around, but no CONTINUED FROM 1 News Assistant Noah Biesiada Layout Editor Emily Mifflin one was moving for it, Rodriguez News Assistant Ian Finley Photo Editor Riley McDougall said. News Assistant Nathan Nguyen Photo Editor Joshua Arief Halim CSUF Student Affairs placed “The chapter was fairly small, Sports Editor Jared Eprem Photo Assistant Dominique Kaye Villamor the fraternity on a 6-month pro- but there was never a set plan,” he Sports Editor Megan Garcia Photo Assistant Jessica Ruiz bation in 1998, but within the year said.