Thursday September 24, 2015 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 98 Issue 13 FB.COM/THEDAILYTITAN WWW.DAILY TITAN.COM INSTAGRAM & TWITTER @THEDAILYTITAN Doctor Professor recognized lectures on heart for work to end violence health Heart disease symptoms differ between sexes DARLENE CASAS Daily Titan A woman dressed in busi- ness attire went to the doc- tor and was treated for heart disease. That same wom- an — now garishly dressed — visited another doctor complaining about the same symptoms, but was told to take Xanax. This anecdote was told to 45 audience members by John Zamarra, MD, during an Osh- er Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) medical series lecture at the Fullerton Elks Lodge Wednesday morning. Zamarra, who has been a solo practitioner since 1976, explained that women’s heart disease is often untreated or misdiagnosed because for the YUNUEN BONAPARTE / DAILY TITAN past half century, most stud- Criminal justice professor Gregory Chris Brown works with the Southern California Cease Fire Committee in order to reduce gang-related violence in Los Angeles. ies on heart disease have been Brown’s involvement in the SCCFC is helping him conduct research on original gangsters and how they become involved in gangs. done by men. Heart disease affects wom- Gregory Brown hearty and unrestrained laugh- State Fullerton. ‘70s, Brown said. happening in the streets of en more than it does men be- ter comes from an office, fill- Brown works with the The city of Los Ange- LA, but also to be success- cause women typically have helps community ing the destitute halls. This is Southern California Cease les recently recognized ful,” Brown said. smaller coronary arteries activism in LA the laughter of a man who, at Fire Committee (SC- Brown for his work with the With the combination of and react to stress different- 10 years old, sold candy after CFC). The committee is SCCFC. the ex-convicts’ knowledge ly; women also exhibit dif- school for income, was shot at comprised of individuals Brown began working in the intricacies of gang-re- ferent symptoms, Zamarra WOARIA RASHID multiple times throughout his working to bring an end with the committee about lated activities, and Brown’s said. The rise of women in Daily Titan life and attended more funer- to gang-related violence in three years ago in order to academic background and the work force increased the als than the average teenager. Los Angeles through com- continue his research on organizational and structur- number of women with heart “I was one of those munity activism. Many gangs. However, he soon re- al skills, the team continues disease, but Zamarra provid- On the fifth floor of Univer- youths that didn’t believe members of the committee alized that he could help im- to work together to combat ed ways to ameliorate this sity Hall’s dimly-lit hallway, I would live to see 25,” are ex-convicts who want prove the committee. gang-related violence in the growing issue. among the sound of printers said Gregory Chris Brown, to end the gang violence “I wanted to assist (SC- streets of LA. humming and footsteps tap- Ph.D., associate professor they were once responsi- CFC) to use the best prac- SEE HEART 3 ping on the marble floor, a of criminal justice at Cal ble for in the late ‘60s and tices to intercede what was SEE ACTIVISM 5 Defying stereotypes, one verse at a time CSUF senior “Why can’t you just say rapper?” De La Cruz said. performs “That just goes to show how empowering music the gap between males and females in the rap genre is.” Classifying someone as a DARLENE CASAS female rapper is condescend- Daily Titan ing and unprogressive, De La Cruz, 22, said. Even though De La Cruz Her face was flushed with has written hundreds of nervousness. One 19-year-old songs since she began rap- woman was about to perform ping at the age of 12, she in a hip-hop lineup of just plans to refine her lyrics and men. record more music. De La But then Denise De La Cruz hopes to complete an Cruz, a communications and entire body of work instead radio-TV-film major at Cal of rapping freestyles and in- State Fullerton, began to complete songs during her rap. performances at local Whit- “To my surprise, peo- tier venues. ple were feeling me,” De La De La Cruz’s passion for Cruz said. “It was a huge music was ignited by hip-hop. YUNUEN BONAPARTE / DAILY TITAN adrenaline rush.” She remembers watching the As a full-time student, Denise De La Cruz spends most of her time at school or studying, but she writes and raps her own music Rapping at a bar in her Beastie Boys perform on tele- during her spare time. Her passion is music, but she is also pursuing a degree in communications and radio-TV-film. hometown of Whittier was vision at a young age. She the first time De La Cruz per- further explored the genre by thought De La Cruz’s interest musical taste influenced who Lauron said. Kendrick Lamar’s mu- formed in front of a crowd. digging into rap records from in the Beastie Boys and Left she was. Lauron said De La Cruz sic influences her to incor- De La Cruz was the only fe- the ‘80s and ‘90s. Eye from TLC was bizarre. “Her path ultimately led always wanted to stand porate refreshing styles in male rapper to perform that When De La Cruz met her But as their 10-year friend- her to what she is now, which out. Her lyrics and unique her rapping. night, but she prefers not to longtime friend Alysha Lau- ship began to unfold, Lauron is completely different from tone are both presentable use the term female. ron in middle school, Lauron realized that De La Cruz’s the norm of hip-hop rappers,” and empowering. SEE RAP 4 LGBTQ center develops queer leaders ‘Stonewall’ film being judged too soon Volleyball can resurrect season in Big West Students gain Allegations of Losses have more knowl- whitewashing been stacking edge on both in upcoming up this season, queer issues gay rights film but the Titans and leader- “Stonewall” are can make up ship skills in unfairly based for it all with a an eight-week on the movie’s fresh 0-0 con- News 2 workshop Opinion 6 trailer alone Sports 8 ference record FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER 24, 2015 THURSDAY NEWS OLLI hosts lecture on Middle East DTBRIEFS Free “Eclectics” discuss the ongoing politi- Jeng said. Angels re- lecture series cal situation in the troubled “We invite lecturers region. from any subject area you fuse park- continues Thursday “It continues to be a sub- can think of,” Jeng said. ject of interest,” said Janice “All of our lecturers are ing lease GERARD AVELINO Jeng, vice president of pro- experts in their fields.” LT Global was unable Daily Titan grams at OLLI. The top- Future lecture topics in- ic was chosen to keep lec- clude aromatherapy, the to come to an agree- ture attendees up-to-date anthropology of the Olmec ment with the Anaheim The Osher Lifelong on Middle Eastern geopoli- civilization, the aftermath Angels in order to use Learning Institute (OLLI) tics, she said. of the World War II nuclear space for its LT Plat- invites the public to learn Thursday’s event is attacks in Japan, improv- inum Center project: more about the state of af- part of the Eclectics lec- ing access to healthcare a planned hotel, resi- fairs in the Middle East ture series, in which ex- services with Geograph- dential and commercial during their free lecture se- pert speakers are recruited ic Information Systems, complex, according to ries, continuing Thursday to provide information on and traveling the world on the OC Register. at 12:30 p.m. in the Mack- various topics of interest to motorcycle. LT Global, a Chinese ey Auditorium of the Ruby OLLI members. The Eclectics lecture se- development company, Gerontology Center. Jeng and her team sub- ries is part of a University had applied for 1,300 George Giacumakis, scribe to various news ser- Extended Education effort parking spaces in June professor emeritus of his- vices and academic bulle- to provide life-long learn- from the Angel Stadi- tory at Cal State Fullerton tins to look for potential ing classes. While this um’s parking lot. Of- and director of the Muse- speakers at OLLI lectures. program does target OLLI ficials for the Angels um of Biblical and Sacred Their search extends be- members, both series are stated Tuesday that no Writings at Biola Univer- yond CSUF to various or- open to the public, free of parking spaces would sity, will present part two ganizations in Orange charge. be given to LT Glob- of his lecture, “The Middle County that offer lectures, Information on future al, resulting in a down- East and the USA: What Is such as Chapman Univer- events in the Eclectics series scale of $50 million for Going On?” sity, Cal State Long Beach is available on the OLLI web- the project. Giacumakis will and the Bowers Museum, site at olli.fullerton.edu. ERICA SHARP / DAILY TITAN STOCK PHOTO “We went through a lot of discussions and there was no deal that FOR THE RECORD was interesting to the Angels,” Randy Jeffer- It is Daily Titan policy to correct factual errors LGBTQ center fosters son, executive director printed in the publication.