Committees Approve Four Bills Titans Take Road Loss CSUF Falls to San Diego in Third Meeting of Season
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Wednesday April 19, 2017 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 101 Issue 37 FB.COM/THEDAILYTITAN WWW.DAILY TITAN.COM INSTAGRAM & TWITTER @THEDAILYTITAN Committees approve four bills Titans take road loss CSUF falls to San Diego in third meeting of season. BRYANT FREESE Daily Titan After dominating the first two games of a nonconfer- ence series against the Uni- versity of San Diego with a combined score of 21-4, No. 8 Cal State Fullerton base- ball could not overcome a five-run first inning from the Toreros, falling 11-6. With runners on first and second, the Titans were able to get the second out of the first inning and looked to be in good shape to get out of the early jam. CATHRYN EDWARDS / DAILY TITAN However, San Diego cen- The California State Assembly Judiciary Committee approved AB-21 and the Assembly Higher Education Committee approved AB-393, AB-1464 and AB-1038 ter fielder Colton Walt- Tuesday. The California Faculty Association supported all four bills, each related to higher education. ner stepped to the plate and ripped an RBI single to left Members of the California Faculty California State Assem- enforcement activities.” The what it was on Jan. 19. field to score Hunter Marco- bly committees approved four bill will head to the assembly The committee took testi- do-Hood from second base, Association support legislation about bills supported by the Cal- appropriations committee. mony on AB-21, titled “Ac- starting an onslaught of runs ifornia Faculty Association Introduced by Assembly cess to Higher Education for the Toreros. higher education in Sacramento. Tuesday. member Ash Kalra, the bill for Every Student,” as well Titan pitcher Joe Wills The Judiciary Committee also provides that Deferred as three other bills support- walked the next batter HAYLEY M. SLYE approved AB-21, which en- Action for Childhood Arriv- ed by the California Faculty to load the bases for San Daily Titan sures that “institutions of high- als (DACA) students will not Association. Diego. er education are safe spac- lose financial aid if there are es free of immigration and changes to DACA policy from SEE BILLS 3 SEE LOSS 8 Affordable housing gains $1M in funds Nonprofits, park manager’s unit, at 336 E. Santa Fe Ave. furnishings, Of the 55 units pro- housing discussed. posed, there will be 5 stu- dios, 22 single bedrooms, 14 two-bedrooms and 14 SARAH WOLSTONCROFT three-bedrooms available. ASHLYN RAMIREZ Rent prices will vary de- Daily Titan pending on the Area Median Income (AMI) of the city. Fullerton City Council in- The proposed amend- creased affordable housing ment also partially satisfies funds by $1 million and de- certain portions of the 2013 ferred a decision regarding York Settlement, by allot- leftover CalRecycle funds at ting 6 housing units that will Tuesday’s meeting. strictly be available for ex- tremely low-income, or 30 Affordable Housingpercent AMI households. decision “We commend the city for Fullerton City Council bringing this problem to our approved increasing city fi- attention,” said Suzan Sabyl nancial assistance from Landrum, an attorney for the $7.2 million dollars to $8.2 Legal Aid Society of Orange million dollars for the Ful- County representing plaintiffs lerton Family Apartments of the settlement. “We support project, opening dozens the amendment which increas- of new affordable housing es the number of extreme- units in an effort to combat ly low income units available homelessness. for occupancy by two or few- The $1 million dollar in- er individuals which is con- crease will “account for an sistent with our settlement unanticipated financing gap, agreement.” BAILEY CARPENTER / DAILY TITAN resulting from a tax cred- All funds, which totals $1 Fullerton Parks and Recreation director Hugo Curiel (above) advised the Fullerton City Council to make a decision Tuesday regarding it crisis in December 2016,” million and another $10,000 the remaining $87,660 in CalRecycle funds to ensure the time-sensitive process is underway before the city has to forfeit the funds. according to the amend- for legal fees, are to be derived ed Affordable Housingfrom the city’s Low and Mod- The council’s vote on the at its next meeting. Coun- funding options to the council fourth option which proposed Agreement. erate Income Housing Asset appropriation of CalRecy- cilmember Greg Sebourn was during her presentation. allocating the full funds to The project adds 55 fam- Fund (LMIHAF). cle’s remaining $87,660 fund not present to break the tie. Councilmember Jennifer purchasing park furnishings. ily housing units, 54 afford- ended in deadlock and will Parks and Recreation Man- Fitzgerald and Mayor Pro tem able family units and one CalRecycle fund options be brought before the council ager Alice Loya presented four Doug Chaffee supported the SEE FUND 2 2017 Coachella a massive improvement Devil’s Advocate: ‘13 Reasons Why’ CSUF bested by Bruins in Brentwood With headliners Two Daily Titan Cal State Ful- like Radiohead opinion writers lerton soft- and Lady Gaga, present oppos- ball couldn’t the first week- ing opinions on snap its losing end of the festi- Netflix’s teen streak to UCLA val is one of the drama, which is in Tuesday’s best in recent based on reali- nonconference A&E 4 memory. Opinion 6 ties of suicide. Sports 8 matchup. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 APRIL 19, 2017 WEDNESDAY NEWS DTBRIEFS Fourth CSUF President Milton Gor- don dies Cal State Fuller- ton’s former Presi- dent Milton Gordon died at the age of 81 on Tuesday. Gordon started his presidency in 1990 and served the university for more follow us on than two decades. CSUF grew from 25,600 students @theDailyTitan when he began as president to more than 36,000 when he retired, with ap- proximately 122,000 students graduating during that span. FOR THE RECORD COURTESY OF TITAN PUBLIC RELATIONS In his first year of Titan Public Relations and the nonprofit Working Wardrobes, which provides professional clothes presidency, CSUF It is Daily Titan policy to correct factual errors to individuals re-entering the workplace, will hold a clothing drive at Choux Creme Thursday. students were near- printed in the publication. Corrections will be ly 59 percent white. published on the subsequent issue after an error By the time he had is discovered and will appear on page 2. Errors on announced his re- the Opinion page will be corrected on that page. tirement, about 57 Drive collects percent of students Corrections will also be made to the online were minorities. version of the article. “Only the fourth Please contact Editor-in-Chief Hayley M. Slye at African-American (657) 278-5815 or at president in the [email protected] to report any errors. used clothes largest system of higher education in Titan PR and Working items include used clothing Mendez said that the the country, Pres- Wardrobes collect in all sizes. one-day event is more of ident Gordon, like The event is more than a “meet-and-greet” with a his predecessor Jew- business wear. just collecting clothes, “it’s clothing competition, ice el Plummer Cobb, to spread awareness for the cream and a raffle at the shattered glass ceil- ings for thousands MARIA ONG nonprofit organization that end of the night. of people, like me, Daily Titan we’re working with,” said “We talked about how Editorial Titan PR account executive we should always pres- who aspired to fol- Editor-in-Chief Hayley M. Slye Leslie Mendez. ent something different to low in his footsteps,” Managing Editor Micah Augimeri-Lee Titan Public Relations Titan PR worked closely the client, so we wanted said current Presi- News Editor Jason Rochlin (PR) and its client Working with Working Wardrobes to think outside the box,” dent Mildred Garcia News Editor Sarah Wolstoncroft Wardrobes will host the for the past year, Mendez Mendez said. in a letter to faculty. “He was an incredi- News Assistant Brandon Pho “Beauty Comes in All Siz- said. Last semester, it held Mendez said the atten- ble inspiration and News Assistant Priscilla Bui es” clothing drive at Choux a weeklong clothing drive dance of fashion bloggers Creme April 20 at 6 p.m. at Titan Walk that benefit- and other planned activ- mentor to me and Sports Editor Bryant Freese Choux Creme, a liquid ed those in need. ities will make the event one for the first peo- Sports Social Media Editor Harrison Faigen nitrogen ice cream shop Account coordina- “more like a social and a ple to reach out to Sports Assistant Mariana Vera in Downtown Fullerton, tor Franky Barajas said clothing drive.” me when I came to Opinion Editor Rishu Bhardwaj agreed to give 20 percent preparation for the event “I think it’s great. It’s the CSU.” Opinion Assistant Ilana LaGraff discounts to anyone who began at the start of the for a nonprofit client, so Gordon oversaw Opinion Assistant Ashlyn Ramirez donates items to Work- semester. it’s definitely giving me at CSUF’s largest con- Opinion Assistant Athena Sobhan ing Wardrobes, a nonprof- Fashion bloggers, Min- least a lot of exposure to struction period. Features Editor Kyle Bender it whose goal is to provide dy of Threads-N-Breads what it means to work for More than $636 mil- Features Assistant Briggetta Pierrot professional clothes to in- and Ria Lazo, are also a nonprofit,” Barajas said. lion worth of reno- vations were made A&E Editor Kaleb Stewart dividuals re-entering the scheduled to attend the “(Titan PR) definitely gets to facilities includ- A&E Assistant Sarah El-Mahmoud workforce.