Lecturer Suspended for Striking Student

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 protests, 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 scoring 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 vehicle 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

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© Copyright Daily Titan 2016 All Rights Reserved appropriate action, al- teaching Canin’s Anthro- though we are unable to the right of others to assert those views. pology 305 class, said ju- The Daily Titan is a student publication, printed every Monday disclose specific informa- Responding “ with violence to speech we nior civil engineering ma- through Thursday. The Daily Titan operates independently of tion as the process is un- jor Carlos Solorio. Associated Students, Inc. College of Communications, CSUF admin- derway and ongoing. disagree with cannot and will not be “The substitute teach- istration and the CSU. The Daily Titan has functioned as a public forum since inception. Unless implied by the advertising party or CSUF police sent the tolerated. er said she would be fill- otherwise stated, advertising in the Daily Titan is inserted by com- case to the district attor- JEFFREY COOK ing in just for awhile be- mercial activities or ventures identified in the advertisements them- ney’s office Feb. 9, said CSUF Chief Communications Officer cause Dr. Canin had to selves and not by the university. Such printing is not to be construed University Police Capt. deal with something, but as written or implied sponsorship, endorsement or investigation of Scot Willey. she did not specify,” Sol- such commercial enterprises. The Daily Titan allocates one issue to Canin may be sum- decide whether to charge could take weeks, Wil- orio said. each student for free. moned to court, but the him with a misdemeanor, ley said, because the Ashlyn Ramirez con- district attorney will Willey said. That process case is not likely to be tributed to this report.

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KATIE ALBERTSON / DAILY TITAN Steven G. Mihaylo Hall’s Center for Entrepreneurship is looking for students with business plans and “strong entrepreneurial drives” to pitch their ideas for the 2017 Business Plan Competition. COURTESY OF THE ASI FACEBOOK PAGE The issues tackled in this year’s Tunnels of Oppression exhibit will include ableism, racism and heterosexism.

The annual interactive ex- portray schizophrenia,” Pa- hibit Tunnels of Oppression tel said. “(There will be) a Competition to evaluate will be held Monday, raising lot of paintings, a lot of pic- awareness about ableism, tures and a lot of easy-to-gr- racism and heterosexism ab info.” and how these topics affect Patel said the exhibit will CSUF students. mostly consist of silent dis- student business plans “(We will also) be talking plays with stories from stu- about mental disabilities, dents of all backgrounds that Final deadline for originally started with a required to submit a rough audience and compete for mental illnesses ... things will be set up to protect the Mihaylo College center partnership between the draft of a business concept scholarships and in-kind that people don’t normal- identities of those involved. Center for Entrepreneur- online. Students can apply services on April 14 in Pa- ly see,” said senior and As- She said there will also be event on March 5. ship and Steven G. Mi- either individually or in vilion A of the Titan Stu- sociation for InterCultural statistics available to show haylo’s company Crexen- groups. dent Union. Awareness (AICA) Admin- how many people are affect- PRISCILLA BUI do. When Crexendo moved Semifinalists will be Specific awards for this istrative Chair Nidhi Patel. ed to further boost student Daily Titan on, the Center for Entre- announced on March 16. year’s competition have Patel said AICA’s goal awareness. preneurship continued to The semifinals on March not been announced yet, is to make students aware Based on last year’s turn- participate in the business 24 will give individuals or but more than $5,000 in of the different oppressions out, AICA is expecting be- The 2017 Center for En- plan competition. teams the chance to present scholarships and $10,000 present on campus. tween 150 and 200 students trepreneurship’s Business “Each year the applicant their pitches to a panel of in-kind awards, payment Patel said the ableism to walk through the tunnels. Plan Competition is look- pool has grown, the inter- judges before the number made in the form of goods room will have testimony Patel hopes students will ing for students with strong est has grown, and we’ve of competitors is decreased and services, are being from students with disabil- come out of the event more entrepreneurial drive who been able to attract folks down through the rounds offered. ities and how they function informed about what others are willing to pitch their other than just within the to the top-five finalists. The cash sponsors in- in their daily lives, the rac- may be going through. ideas for a new business. business college,” Medina “We had judges literal- clude the Dan Black Fam- ism room will talk about “I know a lot of this is “(It’s) a competition that said. ly around the whole pa- ily Foundation, Vijay Ra- President Donald Trump’s triggering, so I’m hoping encourages students across While the competition vilions and so each team man and Robert Jechart. recent actions and how they that students are able to the university who have an will be hosted at Cal State would go from one red dot In-kind services include are affecting students and go through the entire tun- idea and are brave enough Fullerton, Medina said to another red dot and give Hein, LegalZoom, College the heterosexism room will nel and just gain experience to basically develop a pitch other universities, typically their pitch. That’s how we Web Media and more. have poems assembled by and insight into what other and present that,” said in California, will be com- whittled down to the final “From my perspective, the LGBTQ community on students are facing,” Patel client project specialist peting as well. She said it groups that got stage time I’m just really proud of display. said. Charlesetta Medina. is also open to students of to present a little bit lon- (students) being able to “We might be having an Tunnels of Oppression The competition has all majors. ger,” Medina said. step out of their comfort activity where we have an will be held in the Titan Stu- been taking place for at The deadline to apply The top contenders will zone and do something like actor come in and whisper dent Union Pavilion C Mon- least six years and had is March 5. Students are then present to a public that,” Medina said. things in your ear to kind of day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Trump reverses Obama’s guidelines Transgender that align with their gender be designated as “all-gender” The nine restrooms can be Diversity Missions and Re- Resource Center located in the bathroom policies left identity Wednesday. rather than “gender-specific.” found in the Titan Student source Centers. TSU in room 254. The cen- By rescinding these guide- At Cal State Fullerton, there Union, the Student Recreation As of Wednesday evening, ter is open Monday through to state discretion. lines, the Trump administra- have been efforts to ensure that Center, the Health and Coun- the CSUF administration did Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 tion allows policies regarding students who identify as trans- seling center and the Human- not issue an official statement p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 12 JADE LOVE transgender restroom use to de- gender are able to use the re- ities and Social Sciences build- in regard to Trump’s newly p.m., Datiles said. Daily Titan termined by individual states stroom in single-occupancy ing, Datiles said. Efforts to passed law. “(Gender nonconforming and school districts, according spaces. Nine of the 74 single convert the other 65 restrooms Obama’s guidelines were students) can come into the to the Associated Press. restroom stalls at CSUF have into gender-inclusive spaces not legally binding, but center anytime and talk with The Trump administration Lifting the guidelines has been converted into gender-in- are ongoing. were conditional for federal any of our student staff or my- lifted federal guidelines imple- no affect on California, where clusive restrooms, said LGBT “We are very confident as a funding. self,” Datiles said. mented by the Obama admin- the law states that all restrooms Queer Resource Center co- department in making sure that Students who are con- Jason Rochlin and Sarah istration that allowed transgen- that are considered “single-oc- ordinator Chris Datiles in an we are supportive of students,” cerned about transgender is- Wolstoncroft contributed to der students to enter bathrooms cupancy restrooms” have to email. said, Joy Hoffman, director of sues can visit the LGBT Queer this report.

VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM/NEWS FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN PAGE 4 FEBRUARY 23, 2017 THURSDAY FEATURES Politics: Importance of discourse recognized CONTINUED FROM 1 to anybody,” Flowers campus through divisive seeing. We’re seeing said. rhetoric, Boyle said. people who want to Coria said she sees Support for Trump’s Silberman said he was shut down free- the actions at the top policies is not entire- afraid to speak his mind ways, smash already affecting peo- ly void throughout because of how students windows or ple at the local level. campus. who don’t agree might create cha- There’s a lot of under- Kevin Silberman, label him. os,” Boyle lying hatred and racism graduate student and “It’s going to get a lot said. she said she’s seen this media specialist for the worse before it gets bet- C o r i a election uncover. CSUF Republicans, said ter, that’s for sure,” Co- said vio- Coria isn’t the only he supports the presi- ria said. lence reflects badly on student on campus dent’s decision to put With division comes protesters. shocked by the actions a halt on immigration passion, and passion “The irony of protest- taken on the fed- from seven dominantly runs deep at CSUF. It ers saying that Trump eral level. Muslim countries. is observable through is aggressive while they Wi l low “I’m very sympathetic political activism on themselves are the ones Flowers, to the cause,” Silberman campus. being aggressive is hyp- commu- said. CSUF students have ocritical,” Coria said. n icat ion Boyle said the pres- likely gotten used to the Flowers said protests s t u d i e s ident wants to keep sounds of protests while can be effective and major and Americans safe by vet- walking to class. This, positive only if they member of ting refugees. combined with the na- are handled correct- the CSUF Col- ”There’s nothing un- tional coverage of pro- ly. “There’s a fine lege Democrats, realistic or unreason- tests, begs the question: line between a pro- voiced her concerns able about expecting to Are protests effective? test and a riot.” While about Trump’s choice know who you’re letting Coria said there is no she doesn’t condone for the secretary of into the country,” Boyle better way to fight for any destruction of education, Betsy De- said. rights than to link up property, Flowers said Vos. She said CSUF Regardless if one with like-minded people that voicing ideas is an might feel negative identifies as a conser- and make people’s voic- important thing and effects especially be- vative, liberal or in- es heard. should be protected. cause it is a public dependent, some stu- “(Protests) stem from Jesus Gomez, a fifth- institution. dents agree that there a really important and year criminal justice “I really don’t is a growing division in positive place but that major, asked, “Why want to see ed- America. doesn’t always neces- can’t people fight with ucation pri- “I feel like it’s just sarily get reflected,” ideas and words vatized, and getting worse ever since Flowers said. and not take I don’t want the election happened. While there have been it to phys- to see a com- It’s just escalated, and several peaceful pro- ical vi- petition be- everyone’s been try- tests, Boyle said vio- o l e n c e? tween private ing to argue. This is the lence sometimes stems I think universities and time we need to get to- from these gatherings. t h e r e ’ s public universi- gether the most,” said “Peaceful protests are m o r e ties. I think ed- Felicia Vo, 23-year-old a great thing. If you’re power behind ucation is some- biology major. protesting peaceful- ideas.” thing that should The effects of this ly, that’s fantastic, but Daniel Inga contrib- be accessible election are seen on that’s not what we’re uted to this report. Professor reaches goals, studies black holes CSUF physicist produced by colliding black Professor Jocelyn Read receives research holes. As a husband, teacher often collaborates with and researcher, Lovelace ap- Lovelace. She said they grants. proaches these things with were both hired at the same passion. time, applying for grants to- KEVIN LEY In an attempt to focus gether shortly after Cal State Daily Titan Lovelace’s career plans, his University Fullerton start- mother would bring him ed their gravitational-wave books. One of these books physics department. They When two black holes col- was “Black Holes and Time combined their startup mon- lide, it creates a violent and Warps: Einstein’s Out- ey to fund the Orange Coun- powerful force that sends rageous Legacy” by Kip ty Relativity Cluster for As- out gravitational waves that Thorne, which helped pave tronomy (ORCA), one of affect space and time. This his career path at 14 years CSUF’s supercomputers. was previously theorized, old. It was then he decid- “Every physicist I meet but on Sept. 14, 2015, Geof- ed to major in physics so he that knows Geoffrey is quite frey Lovelace was part of could study black holes for a fond of him as a person. He the LIGO Scientific Collab- living. has a dry sense of humor oration (LSC) team of more He went on to receive his that may not immediate- than 1,000 scientists who bachelor’s of physics from ly be obvious,” Read said. caught the first recording the University of Oklaho- “He ends up being a very of gravitational waves from ma in 2002. Eventually, he fun person to work with and two black holes that collided would go to California Insti- hang out with.” into each over about a bil- tute of Technology to earn “A CAREER award is lion years ago. his doctorate. It was there given to those who exempli- “We’re part of a really big he met and worked with the fy the teacher-scholar mod- effort all around the world,” man who inspired him as a el. You have to be good at Lovelace said. teen. science and you have to be Lovelace was recent- “I was walking to lunch good at education,” said ly awarded one of science’s one day, and one of the other Marie Johnson, Ph.D., dean KEVIN LEY / DAILY TITAN greatest awards, the Na- grad students said ‘Hey are of College of Natural Sci- Geoffrey Lovelace received the National Science Foundation’s early CAREER award, including a tional Science Foundation’s you going to Kip Thorne’s ences Mathematics. “Your grant of $400,000. (NSF) CAREER Award, class?’” Lovelace said. “So success lifts us all up. It says along with a five-year grant I just said, ‘Oh well yeah, we are the kind of school the money will go into em- waves to be more sensi- gravitational-wave sci- of $400,000. Lovelace I guess so,’ and I followed that attracts a colleague like ploying student research- tive. On the education side, ence where they’ll have and his team at Cal State him in, ended up taking his Geoffrey. We are the kind of ers who will help use su- CSUF will bring in about a chance to work with Fullerton’s Gravitation- class and that’s how I end- school where someone can percomputers to calculate 20 students from Santiago supercomputers. al-Wave Physics and As- ed up joining his research do the kind of work Geof- colliding black holes and Canyon College and Cit- “The hope is it will inspire tronomy Center are study- group. So he ended up being frey is doing.” calculations to help the rus College for a week each them to look into STEM ca- ing the gravitational waves my Ph.D. advisor.” Lovelace said some of detectors of gravitational year to introduce them to reers,” Lovelace said.

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NASA must ditch concept,” said Johann-di- group could prove to have needed for stainless steel etrich Woerner, the direc- better results than when being depleted from over- Mars venture to save tor general of the Euro- each space agency works population, is a telltale face and money. pean Space Agency, in a alone. Chances to share sign that it might be too press conference. knowledge and learn from late to fix the only planet While the moon rests a others will further the hu- we have, at the moment. mere 400,000 kilometers man race’s survival rate. There’s no way to re- away, NASA has its eyes “I think all the agencies verse the damage that’s set on finding a question- agree that they would like been done with count- able habitat on Mars, 401 to work together more of- less oil spills, frack- million kilometers away. ten,” said Geoffrey Love- ing that induces earth- NASA was working on lace, an assistant professor quakes and constant wars a moon base in 2006, but of physics at CSUF. Love- abroad using dangerous a project called the Con- lace, who studies gravi- chemicals. stellation Program was tational waves and black Humans have also wiped ASHLYN RAMIREZ shut down in 2011 due to holes, said that the lack of out a massive amount of Daily Titan budget cuts, according to funding for NASA is part animal species from the Smithsonian Magazine. of what impacts big proj- planet and there are indi- Humankind has always “It’s really expensive to ects like this. cations that the Earth may had an obsession with get to the moon. It’s way Exploration involving have problems with the the moon. Now, there’s a more expensive to get to humans in space are not rise in extreme catastroph- chance that it can actual- Mars,” said Dustin John- only costly, but they are ic weather. Just another ly be inhabited. But only son, a physics teaching a point of national pride, sign that it might be time if people from different associate and a gradu- which can make it harder for the human race to start countries work together. ate student conducting re- for the agencies to work figuring a way to graceful- The result would end in search on astronomy and together. ly bow out. a permanent base on the astrophysics at Cal State It’s also hard to commit Woerner believes that moon, called the “moon Fullerton. to long-term projects that small steps will bene- village,” according to the Johnson, a fan of both will take decades to com- fit humankind, and the European Space Agency projects, said in an email plete, said Lovelace. This American government (ESA). that both the moon and is due to the fact that in needs to follow suit. Mars Possible stakeholders in Mars would either set up America, the government is certainly not a “small this venture include the human space exploration administration changes ev- step.” ESA, NASA and Russia’s for the future or at least ery four to eight years. Americans need a back- Roscosmos, according to put humans onto another Going to the moon is a up plan, considering they Sputnik News. Different planet. Mars, however, is a not only a passionate step cannot even say the en- space communities need to far riskier factor to play. forward for science, but deavor will even work in come together for projects On top of that, tech- a necessity for human- the first place. NASA, be of this magnitude in order nology isn’t advanced ity. Denying the pollu- a pal and extend an offi- to ensure a plausible and enough to terraform Mars tion of our planet is caus- cial hand to Europe. This tangible home for future and make it habitable like ing the proactiveness of is far bigger than a group generations. Earth. Johnson said that its residents to become science project; this is the Although the idea of the space agencies of the stagnant. next step in the chapter of a moon base for hu- world absolutely need to The way the Earth is be- the book of mankind. mans is still just work together to make ing sucked of all it’s non- a concept, it is manned exploration a fea- renewable resources, being called sible endeavor. like the ma- a “per- A project that’s co-pro- t e r i a l s m a n e n t duced by such a diverse

CATHRYN EDWARDS / DAILY TITAN Mourning celebrity deaths goes too far Fans losing parts of the lengths people go to for syndrome is an “obses- of proportion,” said Rob- who died Jan. 10, 2016. but more for the death of themselves when their grieving. sive-addictive disorder ert Segarra, a senior ac- “People loved Bowie be- the summer they spent lis- People get names and fac- where an individual be- counting major at Cal State cause he was able to go out tening to that icon’s album idols die isn’t healthy. es of celebrities tattooed on comes overly involved and Fullerton. and be fabulously dressed every single day, or the year their bodies; fans rush out interested with the details While outwardly honor- like the queen of England, back in high school when to grab a collection of the of the personal life of a ing the dead may be legiti- but if you live in the Mid- they styled their hair ex- greatest hits; commercials celebrity.” mate, it’s also internalized. west and you’re a little actly like the person they reincarnate celebrities of Griffiths describes in his Their legacy is being hon- queer kid, you can’t dress looked up to and gained the past, like Audrey Hep- article the three dimen- ored, but people are seeing like the queen of England,” their confidence. burn in Gap and Galaxy sions of celebrity worship: their own unrecognized po- said Patrick Covert-Ortiz, While “Celebrity Wor- chocolates commercials. “entertainment-social, in- tentials in themselves. lecturer of American stud- ship Syndrome” may not be While it’s understandable tense-personal and border- “People like to associate ies at Cal State Fullerton. as dangerous as one might and common to honor a late line pathological.” themselves with an icon, Considering the fact that think, it needs to be taken relative, it’s puzzling that While it can be therapeu- so by promoting someone Bowie’s album “Blackstar” seriously, especially when TAYLOR ENGLE many people honor dead ce- tic in some ways to live vi- who’s died, they’re shining helped promote vinyl sales people are inking up in re- Daily Titan lebrities; people they have cariously through a celebri- the light on themselves as to be the largest in 25 years, membrance of someone never actually met. ty, it can come dangerously well,” Segarra said. according to the Telegraph, they’ve never met. This brings up the notion close to a loss of individual These celebrities are an as well as beating out cur- The loss of a part of one’s Sadly, 2016 hosted a trag- of “Celebrity Worship Syn- identity. image of what we wish to rent artists in the 2017 self is something to be un- ic year for celebrity deaths, drome,” a phenomenon that “It seems a little bit silly be. They are stars, some- Grammy awards, it’s easy derstanding of, but wheth- as if it had been conduct- Mark Griffiths, professor of to hype them up so much. thing far away we are not to say that his image and er that may be in the form ed by George R. R. Mar- behavioral addiction at the I mean, they were just able to attain. So when they persona will not be dying of a highly revered actor or tin. Unfortunately, 2017 Nottingham Trent Univer- people. We can appreci- die, the dreams that an in- anytime soon. a grand performer, it’s con- hasn’t been much better. sity, talked about in a 2016 ate what they did and who dividual held so high die However, those mourn- cerning that people could But as the numbers of fa- Huffington Post article. they were in person, but we along with them. Take Da- ing are not doing it so much be “losing their identity” mous graves grow, so do Griffiths said thedon’t need to blow it out vid Bowie, for example, for the death of the icon, when their idol dies.

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VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM/OPINION FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN PAGE 6 FEBRUARY 23, 2017 THURSDAY SPORTS Errors plague Titans in loss to Aztecs Fullerton gives up top of the third inning, he two of five runs on didn’t have a great outing in his first Division I start, Pab- fielding mistakes. ich went three innings pitched while giving up four hits and BRYANT FREESE one earned run and not show- Daily Titan ing control on any of his off- speed pitches. “It hurts that the pitchers On a crisp Wednesday can’t throw two pitches over night at Goodwin Field, Cal the plate. They can throw State Fullerton baseball sur- a fastball but the second- rendered a lead to San Diego ary pitches aren’t strikes so State twice, losing its second all they do is sit and whack game of the season 5-4. a fastball,” said Head Coach “We didn’t play Titan base- Rick Vanderhook. ball. I’ll put it that way and The Titans answered back that’s about it,” said catcher in the third inning. With two Chris Hudgins. outs, left fielder Hunter Cul- Orange Coast College len doubled down the right transfer Jack Pabich made his field line to give Fullerton starting debut on the mound its first hit of the night. One in a Titan uniform. Pabich batter later, Dillon Persing- struggled early on, giving up er hit an RBI single to drive a leadoff double to second in Cullen from second base baseman Alan Trejo on the while advancing to second on first at bat of the night. a throwing error by the right BAILEY CARPENTER / DAILY TITAN The second batter in the or- fielder. Fullerton shortstop Timmy Richards rounds first base on his only hit of Wednesday night’s 5-4 loss to San Diego State. Richards is 2-13 der, Andrew Brown, ground- Right fielder Ruben Carde- at the plate with a .154 batting average in the first four games of the season. ed out but allowed for Tre- nas continued his hot hitting jo to advance to third on a streak from Tuesday night’s David Hensley from second. Cardenas once again drove throughout the night as Ful- inning that led to the winning fielders choice. Pabich then exhibition game. Cardenas Cullen attempted to make a in Persinger on an RBI dou- lerton committed four er- run on a sacrifice fly to give threw a wild pitch that got stepped to the plate and roped diving catch on the play but ble to left center field to tie rors that resulted in two Az- SDSU the 5-4 lead and win. past Hudgins, allowing Tre- a line drive to center field to was unable to come up with the game at 3-3. A few bat- tec runs. While the box score “I didn’t think anybody had jo to score and give the Az- bring home Persinger from the catch and let the ball ters later, Taylor Bryant drew lists four errors, Vanderhook a good game, no one,” Vander- tecs a 1-0 lead. It was the first second base and take the sneak past him in the pro- a bases-loaded walk, bringing said there were at least five. hook said. “I give us a grade time in four games to start the 2-1 lead in the bottom of the cess, giving Hensley the time home Cardenas to take a 4-3 In addition to all the errors, everyday and they got an F season that the Titans did not third. to round third base and cross lead. there were several wild pitches tonight.” scratch first. Fullerton relinquished the home plate. The Titans’ offense was from the Titans that ended up The Titans will travel to Las While Pabich was able to lead in the top of the fifth in- It didn’t take long for the able to bounce back a couple in the dirt or hitting the oppos- Vegas next to take on UNLV get out of a jam with the bas- ning when Brown hit a sin- Titans to respond. In the times to take the lead. How- ing batters, these wild pitches in a three-game series starting es loaded and one out in the gle to left field that drove in bottom of the fifth inning, ever, the defense struggled included two in the seventh Friday night. Fullerton looks to bully CSUN Matadors Women’s basketball contributions of sophomore some words of encourage- suits up for penultimate guard Jade Vega and junior ment for his Titan squad. guard Iman Lathan, who “We weren’t there last game in lost season. have both scored in double week, we took a step back, digits the last two games. but I felt this week really CHRISTOPHER SHEATS II Lathan is the leading took a step forward,” Park Daily Titan scorer for the Titans at 15.6 said. points per game and Vega The Matadors will enter has been the team’s sec- the game with a record of Cal State Fullerton wom- ond-best 3-point marks- 15-11 (8-4 Big West) and en’s basketball will play man, hitting 32.7 percent are on a seven-game win- in its second-to-last home of her attempts on the ning streak after their vic- game of the regular sea- year. tory against the University son when it faces Cal State The Titans go into the of Hawaii. University of Northridge game riding an eight-game CSUN’s sophomore cen- Thursday. losing streak, dropping ter Channon Fluker has In the last meeting be- their most recent contest had an exceptional season tween the two teams, the 75-63 to UC Riverside on and leads her team in both Titans were unable to keep Saturday. It was a game scoring and rebounding for the Matadors from convert- plagued with multiple er- the year. KATIE ALBERTSON / DAILY TITAN ing from deep. CSUN shot rors as CSUF committed The Titans are in last Cal State Fullerton guard Jordan Jackson calls a play in the Titans’ 75-63 loss to UC Riverside Saturday 45.2 percent from behind 19 turnovers against the place in the Big West con- night. This season, the redshirt junior is averaging 8.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. the arc in a 58-41 victory. Highlanders. ference with a record of The Titans will Despite the loss, Head 1-11 (4-21 overall) and are strong against the fourth- at 7 p.m. in the Titan Harrison Faigen con- rely heavily on the Coach Daron Park still had hoping to finish the season place Matadors Thursday Gym. tributed to this report.

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CONTACT US: [email protected] VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 8 FEBRUARY 23, 2017 THURSDAY SPORTS Titans run circles around Roadrunners Softball jumps above .500 after clinching one hit in 1.1 innings. back-to-back games against Cal State Golden closed the game for the 7-2 victory. Bakersfield in nonconference series. Game Two TODD HADLER The bats came alive in Daily Titan game two with both teams combining for 25 hits. The Titans jumped out to Cal State Fullerton inning when Ariana Wil- an early lead with a two- softball used a combi- liams scored after two run homer by catcher Lexi nation of small ball and consecutive sacrifice Gonzalez. The team al- the long ball to win both bunts. The Roadrunners most matched the previ- games in a doubleheader answered back in the bot- ous game’s hit total of four against CSU Bakersfield tom of the second with just in the first inning. Wednesday. a two-run single by Ba- In the bottom of the kersfield outfielder Josie third inning, the Titans Game One Flores. added three more runs The doubleheader, The Titans regained the to their lead, highlight- originally scheduled for lead in the top of the third ed by a two-run double by Tuesday, was pushed to as Fullerton scored an un- Rippy. Wednesday due to rain. earned four runs off of Titan pitcher Sophie Reigning Big West Pitcher only three hits. The Road- Frost immediately found of the Week Kelsey Kes- runners gave up two er- herself in a pickle in the sler got the start in game rors in the inning. third inning, giving up one. Kessler earned the Kessler continued to with three singles and win, giving up two earned dominate in the innings two walks, which allowed runs and striking out nine that followed, throwing the Roadrunners to score in 5.2 innings. two 1-2-3 innings in the three runs. BAILEY CARPENTER / DAILY TITAN The theme for the Ti- third and the fifth. Delynn Frost opened the fourth After an up-and-down start to the season, Fullerton softball has brought its record above .500 for tans in the first game was Rippy also helped going inning giving up a pair the first time with two wins over CSU Bakersfield Wednesday afternoon. small ball, as they scored 3-5. of singles before getting their seven runs on six Shortstop Shianne pulled for Cerissa Rivera. lead for one full inning be- 10-7 lead. Rippy finished the while Rivera earned the hits. CSUB helped the Ti- Brannan had the distinc- Rivera gave up a single, fore the Titans came back day going a combined 7-10 win. tans’ cause as the Road- tion of getting hit three loading the bases for in- and scored five runs in the with six RBIs. The Titans improved their runners gave up two er- times in game one, tak- fielder Maddi Clark. Clark sixth inning. Colenzo, Bran- The Titans were able to overall record to 6-5 and rors and hit four Titan ing on a fourth in game cleared the bases, hitting a nan, Rippy and left field- hold onto the lead for the will face the University of batters. two. Kessler was relieved grand slam to give CSUB er Samantha Vandiver each rest of the game with Golden Houston Cougars Thursday The first run of the in the sixth inning by Syd- the 7-5 advantage. picked up a RBI single in coming in as closer, earning at 6 p.m. at Anderson Fam- game came in the second ney Golden, who allowed The Roadrunners had the the inning, giving CSUF the her first save of the season ily Field. Tennis extends historic undefeated start to season CSUF continues start for us,” said Alexis work in today.” strong start to season Valenzuela. In doubles, Valenzuela In singles matchups, and Camille De Leon won with win over LMU. the Titans played well in their matchup 6-3, while the KATIE ALBERTSON / DAILY TITAN the first two sets, need- Portalatin and Nuno pair CSUF bench celebrates as the Titans are able to complete the comeback over Big West Conference- ERIC DOMINGUEZ ing only sophomore Sar- won their match 6-1. leading UC Irvine. Daily Titan ah Nuno’s 6-0 win in the “We had a slow start but third to take the victory. we were able to pick it up Nuno’s strong play hasn’t with our energy,” De Leon Cal State Fullerton wom- gone unnoticed, having said. “We tried picking on Rebounds: en’s tennis won its eighth recently been named Big their weaker player and we CSUF straight match Wednes- West Conference Wom- just played our game.” day, tying the record for en’s Tennis Athlete of the With an 8-0 record, Ful- consecutive wins in pro- Week. lerton is the only undefeated gram history after defeat- Sophomore Karla Por- team remaining in the Big ing Loyola Marymount 4-1. talatin (6-4, 7-5) and junior West Conference. completes comeback With the victory, the Titans Danielle Pham (7-5, 6-1) “We just need to keep fo- CONTINUED FROM 1 making one of two free the court, where they took a now trail the all-time se- were the only Titans to win cusing on the present and throws. The sequence gave timeout with 0.9 left on the ries against the Lions 15- their first two sets. putting the work in,” Matias “This group of guys took the Titans a 55-51 lead with clock. 3, but have taken the last “I felt that we came out said. the challenge, and they 13 seconds remaining. Leslie’s swarming de- three meetings. prepared and sharp,” said The Titans look to extend stepped up tonight,” said Ti- UCI guard Luke Nel- fense didn’t even allow “LMU has always been Head Coach Dianne Matias. their hot streak when they tan Head Coach Dedrique son (20 points) answered Nelson to get a shot off at a tough team. They’ve had “We knew the match was welcome Eastern Michigan Taylor. “There were some back with a 3-pointer with the buzzer, sending CSUF some big wins this season, going to be really close. We this Friday at 1:30 p.m. huge, big-boy rebounds that three seconds left, putting to Hawaii for a Saturday so for us to come out with were mentally prepared and Bryant Freese contributed this group got tonight, and I the game back in Coggins’ matchup with the Rainbow the win is a really good we were ready to put the to this report. thought that was the differ- hands at the free-throw line Warriors, confident it can ence in the game.” after an intentional foul. hang with any team after The Titans held a 19-8 Coggins made one of two, knocking off the Big West’s advantage on the offensive giving UCI the ball back best. glass over UCI, and none trailing 56-54 with two sec- “We all came togeth- were more crucial than onds to go. er and we said we had to when Rowe snared Coggins’ UCI big man Brad believe,” Coggins said. ollow us blocked three-pointer to Greene’s touchdown pass “That’s what we did and keep a possession that even- was able to advance the ball now we’re all where we on tually ended with Ahmad into the Anteaters’ side of want to be.”