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Thursday February 23, 2017 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 101 Issue 10 FB.COM/THEDAILYTITAN WWW.DAILY TITAN.COM INSTAGRAM & TWITTER @THEDAILYTITAN Lecturer suspended for striking student Disciplinary action A Cal State Fullerton lec- accused of striking a stu- Communications OfficerAfter the altercation, Canin will insist that respect be turer has been suspended dent, in a text message. Jeffrey Cook in an email. said he “did not touch any- afforded to the right of oth- is ongoing, CSUF for striking a student during A CSUF internal inves- The altercation occurred one” and said in a text mes- ers to assert those views,” officials say. a Feb. 8 counter-protest on tigation concluded that “a between Canin and mem- sage that he was “confident Cook said. “Responding campus. campus employee struck a bers of the CSUF College any video would exonerate” with violence to speech we SARAH WOLSTONCROFT “I am suspended and may student and that as a con- Republicans club during him. disagree with cannot and JASON ROCHLIN not talk to students or em- sequence, the speech of its counter-protest in re- “Even when we find op- will not be tolerated.” Daily Titan ployees of the university,” the student group was sponse to the No-Ban-No- posing views objectionable, said Eric Canin, the lecturer stopped,” said CSUF Chief Wall protest on campus. ours is a campus where we SEE CANIN 2 Views shared across the aisle CSU Students from both sides explain political perspectives. issues MEGAN MAXEY Daily Titan reaction Whether it be the execu- Chancellor White tive orders President Don- ald Trump signed during reiterates stance his first month in office or on immigration. the effectiveness of pro- tests, Cal State Fullerton HAYLEY M. SLYE students have something to MICAH AUGIMERI-LEE say. Daily Titan Where some see uncer- tainty, others see hope. Post-election and because CSU Chancellor Timothy of Trump’s rhetoric Enedi- White issued a memorandum na Lopez, a first-year health Wednesday that read “unless science major and first-gen- otherwise required by law,” eration student, said she University Police will not “en- now fears some of the ram- ter into agreements with law ifications of Trump’s immi- enforcement agencies for the gration policy. purpose of enforcing federal “Before, [my parents] immigration law.” weren’t scared because they “Our University Police de- thought he was all talk, but partments will not honor im- now that things are actually migration hold requests, and happening … [my parents] our University Police will not are more cautious,” Lopez contact, detain, question or ar- said. rest individuals solely on the Conversely, Christopher basis of being–or suspected Boyle, business major and of being–a person who lacks president of the CSUF Re- CATHRYN EDWARDS / DAILY TITAN documentation,” White said in publicans said he believes With overwhelming changes occurring in todays political climate, students voice their opinions, expressing their views and fears on the statement. America is heading in a national security, protests and education. White’s statement was in re- good direction regarding sponse to memoranda issued regulation cuts and national starting to cut down on reg- think a lot of those were Fullerton’s voices from to be honest,” said Valenti- Monday by Homeland Securi- security. ulations. We saw him is- very, very effective,” Boyle both sides of the aisle de- na Coria, a 27-year-old so- ty Secretary John Kelly about “One of the things sue a number of executive said. serve to be heard. ciology major. how to carry out President (Trump) is doing that I orders within his first few With such a diverse “I’m quite embarrassed to Donald Trump’s executive or- think is fantastic is he’s days of presidency, and I student body, Cal State be an American some days SEE POLITICS 4 ders on immigration which strengthened enforcement of immigration laws. The chancellor’s statement indicated the executive orders do not affect DACA students. Titans knock off Big West best “We want to reiterate to our CSUF controls the six points in the first half, DACA students or any stu- largely due to the scoring dents of illegal immigrants glass in upset over of Tre’ Coggins, who net- that are concerned or are UC Irvine. ted 11 of the Titans’ first 24 afraid to come talk to law en- points. forcement: Please don’t be,” The referees swallowed said University Police Capt. HARRISON FAIGEN their whistles in the first half Scot Willey. “We’re here for Daily Titan as both teams went to the their protection.” free-throw line a combined White also advised students, seven times in the first 20 faculty and staff “approached Despite trailing for most minutes. Khalil Ahmad con- by federal, state or local offi- of the first half, Cal State verted the Titans’ only free- cials asking for information or Fullerton men’s basketball bie of the first 20 minutes. documentation regarding im- never lost faith that it could That trend flipped follow- migration status” to immediate- beat first-place UCI. Just like ing halftime, after which ly contact University Police. when they rebounded from a the Titans forced their way The statement reiterated that 2-4 conference start to win into the lane to draw 13 free “CSU’s flexible system-wide their fourth straight game throws in the second half. set of policy guidelines are in- and sixth of their last seven, The Titans’ renewed phys- tended to remove the CSU the Titans’ faith was reward- icality also manifested itself from the enforcement of federal ed with a 56-54 win. on the boards, where fresh- immigration laws.” “I want to help my team, man forward Jackson Rowe “We don’t want any of these whatever I can do, I’m there wouldn’t let possessions die. laws that are out there to dis- for them,” said Titan guard The Big West’s fourth-lead- suade anybody from coming Lionheart Leslie after scor- ing rebounder snagged 12 forward and reporting a crime ing nine of his 11 points rebounds in the game, with or discussing different crimes in the second half. “I love seven of them coming on the or any issues with the police them. I got their back.” offensive end. KATIE ALBERTSON / DAILY TITAN department,” said Willey. The Anteaters couldn’t ex- Freshman forward Jackson Rowe leads the Big West in field goal percentage and ranks fourth in Sarah Wolstoncroft contrib- tend their lead to more than SEE REBOUNDS 8 the conference in rebounding. uted to this report. CSUF physicist excels in his field of study Moon should be the only venture for NASA Titan baseball falls to San Diego State 5-4 Professor at Cal American After a strong State Fullerton’s Space Agency start to the Gravitational shows hubris as season, CSUF Wave Physics it continues to took a step and Astronomy set it’s eyes on back with a Center receives Mars while for- sloppy loss to research grant eign agencies the Aztecs at Features 4 for black holes. Opinion 5 settle close by. Sports 6 Goodwin Field. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 23, 2017 THURSDAY NEWS Police cite four men in stolen car for possession of burglary tools University law of alcohol under the age of 21. Jonathan Zaragoza, 21, was enforcement conduct the fourth passenger. ongoing investigation. None of the men in the ve- hicle is a Cal State Fullerton student, Willey said. SARAH WOLSTONCROFT The passengers told police Daily Titan that the car belonged to a man named Wesley but offered no University Police officer further explanation, Willey Matthew Bauer noticed a ve- said. hicle with lights that were CSUF detectives later follow us not working and a passenger found that the vehicle Mar- who was violating the law by tindelcampo was driving was flicking his cigarette ashes reported stolen, though it had @theDailyTitan out of the window as the ve- not been reported at the time hicle traveled down Placentia of the traffic stop, Willey COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY POLICE COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY POLICE Avenue shortly before mid- said. Jordan Drake, 26, was cited Rudy Martindelcampo, 18, night on Feb. 20. for possession of controlled was the driver of the vehicle Bauer, who was training Someone may substance paraphernalia and and cited for driving without officer Tongkou Xiong at the possession of burglary tools. a license and possession of time, signaled for the vehicle “question why we burglary tools. to pull into the Valero gas would do anything FOR THE RECORD station on Placentia Avenue and Orangethorpe Avenue. off of campus when It is Daily Titan policy to correct factual errors “They got everybody out of we are Cal State printed in the publication. Corrections will be the car because they started Fullerton police published on the subsequent issue after an error noticing things in their laps,” is discovered and will appear on page 2. Errors on said University Police Capt. officers, but having the Opinion page will be corrected on that page. Scot Willey. “One guy was that mile radius Corrections will also be made to the online holding a metal baseball bat around (campus) is version of the article. and … another passenger had an open container.” extremely important Please contact Editor-in-Chief Hayley M. Slye at “ Police were given permis- (657) 278-5815 or at to us and this is a sion to search the vehicle. great example of [email protected] to report any errors. They found a checkbook that did not belong to anybody in why.