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Thursday May 5, 2016 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 99 Issue 49 FB.COM/THEDAILYTITAN WWW.DAILY TITAN.COM INSTAGRAM & TWITTER @THEDAILYTITAN Film tackles abortion Contract reveals Spring Concert rights in rappers’ requests America Documentary focuses on ‘TRAP’ bills in the South KATE JOLGREN Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton’s Moot Court Club, in asso- ciation with the Division of Politics, Administra- tion and Justice, screened the film “Trapped,” which highlights modern is- sues facing women’s re- productive health freedom in the United States on Wednesday. “Trapped” is a documen- tary that follows one of the latest landmark abor- tion cases, Whole Wom- an’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which presented arguments PATRICK DO / DAILY TITAN to the Supreme Court in In the contract between Associated Students, Inc., and Spring Concert headliners Rae Sremmurd, the hip-hop duo requested various food products and toys be March. The Center for Re- delivered to their dressing room. productive Health rep- resents the abortion clinics Spring Concert to cost nearly $400,000, including main act’s various contract stipulations. in the case, and a ruling is expected from the Supreme “almost dangerous” levels of contract revealed, among Sremmurd will be paid Edwards, E.D., executive RUDY CHINCHILLA Court in June. music, plus an assortment of other things, that the hip- $70,000, co-headliner Por- director of ASI. Howev- Daily Titan Over the past six years, food, drinks and trinkets. hop group is set to play ter Robinson will be paid er, that figure was based several states in the South Through a California 60 minutes of preferably $75,000, according to cur- on the money allocated for have faced such legisla- What does it take to book public records request, the non-explicit music in order rent ASI Spring Concert the 2014 iteration of Spring tion. These laws are what an artist for Cal State Ful- Daily Titan was able to ob- to receive payment. Coordinator Brian Miles Concert, said Laura Ro- the Center for Reproductive lerton’s Spring Concert? tain a copy of the contract The total cost for this Garibay. mine, ASI’s vice president Rights calls “Targeted Reg- In the case of Spring Con- between Rae Sremmurd’s year’s Spring Concert will Originally, ASI was al- of finance. ulation of Abortion Provid- cert 2016 co-headliners Rae representatives and Asso- be $389,000, the same cost located $216,000 to host ers,” or TRAP. Many clin- Sremmurd, it takes $70,000, ciated Students, Inc. The as 2015. And while Rae the 2016 concert, said Dave SEE CONCERT 3 ics in the South have been forced to close due to their inability to uphold these rulings, according to the film. The film focused on the Professor’s outstanding work praised repercussions of the pas- sage of House Bill 2, a Award commends bill that Texas legislators passed in 2013 that creat- math enthusiast’s ing multiple restrictions for dedication abortion services. “Trapped” also high- lights the struggles women AMBER MASON face in states like Missis- Daily Titan sippi, Louisiana and Ala- bama, where bills similar to House Bill 2 are pending In the whitewashed base- and are designed to shutter ment of McCarthy Hall, math abortion providers. students must navigate a maze House Bill 2, for exam- of offices to find Scott Annin, ple, requires doctors who Cal State Fullerton math pro- provide abortion services fessor, when they’re stumped to obtain admitting privi- by their course work. leges at a local hospital no When they approach the farther than 30 miles away whiteboard inside Annin’s of- from the clinic in which fice, they write and erase and they practice. It also re- then write and erase again quires that each health care until they have reached what facility that offers abortion Annin calls a “mountaintop services must meet par- moment.” ticular building specifica- “Every time I have one of tions to essentially serve as these experiences (with a stu- mini-hospitals, according dent), I reinforce the idea that, to the Center for Reproduc- ‘Yeah, I’m really glad I decid- tive Rights. ed to become a professor,’” “They just zoom in on Annin said. doctors who provide abor- One day, while Annin tion services,” said Cen- was giving his students a NOLAN MOTIS / DAILY TITAN ter for Reproductive Rights test, he saw the faces of Scott Annin, Ph.D., math professor, received the “Outstanding Professor of the Year” award for 2015 from CSUF. President and CEO Nan- people approaching his cy Northup, in the film. classroom through the win- greeted him with balloons assistant math profes- around making the stu- University of Nebraska be- “They’re designed to make dow on the door. The faces and exciting news: he was sor Adam Glesser, said dents and the university fore going on to complete it harder for them to pro- were that of President Mil- being recognized with the he could not imagine any- better,” Glesser said. his Ph.D. in mathematics at vide those services.” dred Garcìa and some mem- “Outstanding Professor of one more worthy of the Annin completed his UC Berkeley in 2002. bers of the Outstanding the Year” award for 2015. award. undergraduate math and SEE TRAPPED 2 Professor committee. They Annin’s colleague, “Everything he does is physics degrees at the SEE AWARD 4 Statistics colloquium focuses on big data Alumnus creates low-budget video company Men’s golf falters in conference playoffs Wikimedia Monkey Suit Despite Matt Foundation data Productions’ Wilson’s solid scientist Mikhail owners have third-place Popov speaks invested over finish, Titans about studying $5,000 to create end weekend data for one of their first proj- seventh out of the world’s big- ect, a fantasy nine at Big West News 3 gest websites Features 5 horror show Sports 8 Championship FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 MAY 5, 2016 THURSDAY NEWS DTBRIEFS Smoking age raised to 21 in CA Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday raising the legal smoking age to 21 in California, ac- cording to The New York Times. Brown also signed a bill that would place licensing sales on electronic cigarettes as they are on regu- lar tobacco products, including raising the age to 21 as well. Though the tobac- KATIE ALBERTSON / DAILY TITAN co industry objected Pamela Fiber-Ostrow, Ph.D., associate professor of political science, talks to students who attended the film screening of “Trapped,” a documentary about to the legislation, it female reproductive health in the United States. was passed in a land- slide by the Demo- cratic legislature. FOR THE RECORD “The tobacco bills the governor signed It is Daily Titan policy to correct factual errors Trapped: Film tackles will reduce the toll printed in the publication. Corrections will be pub- smoking takes on the lished on the subsequent issue after an error is health of Californians discovered and will appear on page 2. Errors on and the health of our the Opinion page will be corrected on that page. female health issues state budget,” said Corrections will also be made to the online CONTINUED FROM 1 Clinic closures in other procedure, usually 24 hours. Anthony Rendon, the version of the article. states may cause California In some of the most severe Democratic speaker Please contact Editor-in-Chief Rudy Chinchilla at As more clinics close in the and neighboring states to feel cases, women may even con- of the Assembly. (657) 278-5815 or at U.S., abortion providers are repercussions, she said. sider home options for abor- - MICAH AUGIMERI-LEE [email protected] to report any errors. forced to recommend patients “Every time you have a tion if clinics are unavailable. to other abortion services that state that makes it nearly re- The film presented testimoni- may not often be in the pa- strictive — if not entirely re- als from women determined tient’s vicinity, according to strictive — to have abortions, to find home solutions, even “Trapped.” the states around must absorb if they were dangerous or In some states like Texas, those patients,” Ostrow said. unhealthy. the nearest open reproductive “Essentially, your ZIP code Kate Mika, entertainment Marine health provider may be locat- determines whether you have and tourism management ma- ed 200 or more miles away or access to autonomy over your jor, said that fighting for wom- dies in car in another state entirely, the body.” en’s rights is a collective effort. Editorial film said. In other instances, Often, regulations even re- Just because Californians may accident open abortion providers are quire that women engage in in- not be affected directly by cer- Editor-in-Chief Rudy Chinchilla able to accept new patients, but formed consent, making them tain oppressive laws, it is still Managing Editor Zack Johnston there may be a two-to-three- receive counseling prior to re- necessary to help others, she A U.S. Marine died News Editor Micah Augimeri-Lee week-long waiting list for the ceiving abortion services. Ac- said. on the northbound 57 News Assistant Jason Rochlin procedure. cording to the Guttmacher In- “It’s important to dive in Freeway in Orange after he crashed into News Assistant Jillian Salas “It’s not just an issue in the stitute, as of March 1, 2016, and figure out why this is the concrete railing News Assistant Gerard Avelino South,” said Pamela Fiber-Os- 38 states mandate that wom- happening,” Mika said. “It’s trow, Ph.D., associate profes- en receive counseling before disheartening to see that his- Wednesday morn- News Assistant Monse Rodriguez sor of political science.