Thursday November 15, 2018 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 104 Issue 35 Anti-Semitic language found on campus University Police are investigating the graffiti as an act of vandalism. CAILTIN BARTUSICK Managing Editor KORRYN SANCHEZ Layout Editor An electrical city box at Cal State Fullerton was vandalized with the words, “For the many, not the Jew,” on Tuesday. The box is located next to the inter- section of Nutwood and Com- monwealth avenues at College Park. The anti-Semitic vandalism appears to be a reference to the British Labour Party manifesto “For the many, not the few.” The graffiti was taken down the same day by engineers in College Park, and University Police are investigating it as an act of vandalism, not as a hate crime, said Capt. Scot Willey. “Hate crimes are very spe- cific. They’re intent crimes that have to show they are directed at a certain building that houses a certain group. If that was on a synagogue or where campus Hil- CAITLIN BARTUSICK/ DAILY TITAN lel group meets, then we could Anti-Jewish graffiti was written on a Fullerton city electrical box near College Park on Tuesday. categorize it as a hate crime,” Willey said. “If we get any more information, we will prosecute it hate crimes. incidents, not just in anti-Semi- CSUF crime statistics, there year and double major in jour- to the fullest extent.” The Anti-Defamation League, tism, but ‘alt-right’ and white su- were two hate crimes reported in nalism and Spanish, said she was Willey said there are no leads an organization founded in 1913 premacists on college campuses, 2016 and none reported in 2017. shocked and angry when she re- on the investigation. dedicated to fighting anti-Sem- over the past two years. One of the reported hate alized how close this vandalism Hate crime trends itism, released data in February We’ve seen an incredible in- crimes in 2016 was aggravat- was. New data from the FBI shows showing an “alarming increase” crease in extremist and hate and ed assault and the other was re- “I guess I’m just really hurt that there was a 37 percent in- in white supremacist propaganda bigoted posterings, graffiti, -fly ported bias on sexual orienta- because you want to think of col- crease in anti-Semitic hate on U.S. college campuses. ers, on college campuses,” said tion. Willey said the university lege campuses as a place where crimes between 2016 and 2017. California is one of the states Peter Levi, regional director of has “little to no history” of hate students come together, learn In 2016 there were 684 anti-Jew- that has experienced the most the Anti-Defamation League crimes occurring on campus. and are accepting and respectful ish bias-motivated incidents, and incidents of campus flyer pro- in Orange County and Long Student impact of all cultures,” Pruss said. in 2017 there were 938. paganda, according to the An- Beach. The anti-Semitic writing hit Across the country, college ti-Defamation League. According to the 2018 Annu- close to home for some students campuses have also seen a rise in “We have seen increased al Security Report that collects on campus. Rivka Pruss, a fourth SEE CRIME 3 ESPN writer speaks at CSUF Student Baxter Holmes talked about his career and the stops he’s overcomes made along the way. MEGAN GARCIA prison Sports Editor After a life behind bars, Students are no longer able to wear certain gym attire at Joseph Cruz became a the Cal State Fullerton Student Project Rebound scholar. Recreation Center due to recent dress code changes. DIANE ORTIZ News Editor The dress code was initiated ALEC CALVILLO and enforced two months ago, Staff Writer and while it applies to all gen- ders, the students who appear After spending 23 years in pris- to be most affected are women on, Joseph Cruz, psychology ma- who use sports bras, said Ryan jor, said he went straight to college Lim, Student Recreation Center at Cal State Fullerton. customer service worker. Cruz was one of four panel- “We get a few incidents ists at the Project Rebound panel where floor attendants have to called Deconstructing the Effect talk to students. It’s mostly with of Criminalization in the Latinx girls, but also with guys too. Community on Wednesday. Guys aren’t allowed to have cut The panel was a part of the “Al out tank tops,” Lim said. Tanto: Latinx Community Sym- Clothing like sports bras, ex- posium” that took place in the Ti- treme stringer tank tops and tan Student Union and focused other revealing apparel have on several issues impacting Lat- been banned from use. inx communities including in- A sign is placed at the en- carceration, immigration and trance of the recreation cen- gentrification. ter that details and visualizes “I guess most stereotypes, I fall what is appropriate sportswear COURTESY OF ANDREW D. BERNSTEIN under. I’ve lived the life of gangs, for the center. According to the Baxter Holmes spent four years on the Los Angeles Lakers beat, much of which involved writing about Kobe Bryant. I’ve sold drugs, I’ve done a lot of sign, it is a goal of the center things at this point in my commu- to continue providing students guys couldn’t have their shirts result of skin-to-skin contact of California Los Angeles and nity and I’ve perpetuated those with a “safe, clean and support- off so I think it’s essentially the with pads, mats and equipment Riverside, as well as others all stereotypes,” Cruz said. ive environment” to meet their same (idea),” Khuat said. in areas like gyms, according to employ a similar dress code. However, it wasn’t his commu- exercise goals. Lim said the changes were in- the Center for Disease Control While the changes to the nity that led Cruz to become a The change has been met by troduced during an SRC staff and Prevention. dress code do have their sani- gang member, but rather it was his criticism from students and was meeting and are enforced to Associated Students super- tation and cleanliness founda- time in prison. one of the topics brought up ensure the hygiene of the cen- vises and funds the Student tions, Lim said that one of the “The funny part of it is that I during the Associated Students’ ter’s equipment as the restric- Recreation Center, and support underlying factors that influ- didn’t become a gang member un- first town hall meeting earlier tions minimize the risk of bac- the “belief that fitness should be enced it was to “promote body til I went to prison. Prison created this month. teria and bodily fluids, such as for all — no matter your size, positivity.” a gang member,” he said. However, CSUF student sweat, getting on the workout shape, fitness level, or phys- “The (Student Recreation When incarcerated, Cruz was Krystal Khuat said the recent equipment. ical ability,” according to its Center) is a service and is asked which gang he was from dress code changes have not af- “Wearing open clothing is a website. meant for every student,” Lim because it would help them fected workout routines very lot less hygienic,” Lim said. The dress code update is said. “It’s about fitness mental- place him to live with either the much. Some of the common infec- not exclusive to CSUF. Oth- ity and also supposed to prevent Northerners or the Southerners “I usually wear a shirt. I tions that can occur from bac- er universities such as Cal drawing eyes.” in the prison. wasn’t sure about the dress code teria left on equipment are ring- Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal before, but I think I knew that worm and MRSA, which are the State Northridge, University SEE EXTENDED 8 SEE PROGRESS 2 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM 2 News THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2018 Social worker becomes tenure-track faculty Professor hopes to bring a I’m in a job like this in a social school-based social work work training program in a uni- program back to campus. versity. In a lot of ways this is the dream job,” Capp said. AURIELLE WEISS Before he was a social work- Staff Writer er, he was teaching at the ele- mentary and middle school lev- el in Colorado for six years. Some may say there is a mis- It is there that Capp decid- conception that social work- ed to explore a different career ers jobs require them to break path. up families and yank children “I had a lot of students. They from their homes, but Gordon had issues with their families, Capp, assistant professor of so- they had things going on inter- cial work at Cal State Fullerton nally and I kind of realized that said they spend most of the time I didn’t actually care if they did just trying to make people’s their language arts homework. I lives better. thought, ‘All right what else can “They’re really working to be I do that’s going to allow me in a place where they can effect to continue working with kids change for people and make and maybe with schools,’” Capp things better for people,” Capp said. said. “We do our best to try and One of the most difficult jobs figure out how to help them and Capp said he had in social work make their life better. That’s the was when he was at Orange- goal.” wood Foundation, a foundation The 43 year old has taught for foster children and commu- at CSUF for about seven years nity youth.