Wednesday December 4, 2019 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 106 Issue 45 ASI Las Posadas celebration immerses students in Latinx culture moves up Festival activities taught Latinx heritage and elections encouraged kindness. MARIAH SANCHEZ Board of Directors Editor change election date and Music blasted from the quad employee evaluations. in front of the Humanities Building where Mesa Cooper- ativa hosted an event Tuesday HOSAM ELATTAR Editor dedicated to Las Posadas, a tra- ditional religious festival cel- ebrated in Mexico from Dec. Associated Students’ Board 16-24. of Directors convened to ap- The festival is characterized prove new resolutions to change by a procession of children go- policies regarding ASI elections ing house to house, asking for and performance management refuge and being denied, but for student employees as the ac- receiving refreshments along ademic year reaches the half- the way. The tradition origi- way point. nates from the biblical story of The policy change regard- Mary and Joseph’s journey to ing ASI elections will move the Bethlehem in search of shelter student body elections up one for Mary to give birth to baby week to be three weeks before Jesus. spring break. While the event was primari- The policy change for perfor- ly hosted by Mesa Cooperativa, mance management will man- they collaborated with a multi- date student employee evalu- tude of different Latinx organi- ations to be conducted from zations. The goal was to bring Jan. 1 to March 31 instead of all the organizations togeth- after the completion of a cer- er said Yesenia Martinez, the tain amount of work hours. As president for Latinos in Science long as they have completed and Engineering. the introductory period or three Each activity was hosted by months of work, student em- a different organization under ployees will be guaranteed an the theme of Las Posadas and evaluation. Christmas. Students received a MARIAH SANCHEZ / DAILY TITAN Under the previous policy, stamp card and after complet- Attendees made lanterns from scratch at the Las Posadas festival in the quad in front of the Humanities Building. student assistants would re- ing five activities, they could ceive evaluation after 280 hours redeem the card for a tama- Nearby, the Latinx Student first-generation college student, of work, then 680 hours, then I wasn’t really le and champurrado, two very Psychological Association host- and I’m Hispanic, but I don’t re- 1,000 hours and every 1,000 “raised in Latinx traditional Latin American ed a table where students cre- ally have the culture, I feel like there after. dishes. ated small lantern candles and I wasn’t really raised in Latinx “The evaluations means a communities. So Both Latinos in Science and choose essential oils to use for communities. So I’m trying to potential increase in pay,” said I’m trying to get Engineering and the Latin each candle’s sweet aroma. get more in-touch with that and Marcus Reveles, representative more in-touch“ with American Studies Student As- Gabriella Cuna, a board learn more about it,” Cuna said. for the College of Education on sociation helped attendees build member with the Latinx Stu- “So, it was kind of cool to have the board. “All employees are that and learn more piñatas. Students at another ta- dent Psychological Association other people teach me more going to have a chance at a cer- about it. ble made lanterns from bright- on the Mesa council, chose to about the things that they grew tain time of year to get that pay ly-colored construction paper, help with the event because they up with that’s part of my culture GABRIELLA CUNA increase.” which are used in the festival wanted to be more immersed in but I didn’t grow up with.” Latinx Student Psychological when the procession is walking Latin culture. Association board member TRADITION 11 SEE POLICY 4 down the street. “So, I actually am a SEE Honors keep raining in for basketball star Raina Perez wins Athlete of the Perhaps the most key contribution on varsity. Not to mention be- Month thanks to her Big West coming through points since the ing named All-Di- leading 21.0 points per game. teams points per game this season vision 1 First is 67.3. Team in 2016 Last year, in her first season and Divi- JOHN CORONA Asst. Editor with the Titans as a redshirt soph- sion 1 Play- omore, Perez led or tied her team- er of the mates in points, steals and assists, Year in her Raina Perez earned Titan Ath- which led to her earning a 2018- junior year, lete of the Month for Novem- 2019 Big West Honorable Men- falling just ber following productive perfor- tion award. short of a state mances in each of the past eight She put up a combination of championship. games to open the Titans 2019-20 numbers that exhibited her as the Her inflated points per game season. first Titan to average 13 points and this season can be attributed to The honor should not come 5 assists per game since the 1996- double-digit performances in each as a surprise because Perez was 97 season. of the past eight games including named Big West women’s bas- Although it is still early in the a stretch of five-games where ketball player of the week for two season with 21 more games to go she scored over 20 points. consecutive weeks in November. in the regular season before the Her season high so The 5-foot-4-inch guard is Big West Tournament in Long far coming against currently tied for 12th in high- Beach, it is interesting to note now Loyola Marymount est points per game with Chelsea that her points per game aver- with 29 points, Dungee of Arkansas and Micae- age jumped an entire eight points where she also la Kelly from Central Michigan up from last year’s 13 points per contribut- and is also tied for fourth most game. ed six re- points scored overall at 168 with Perez is no stranger to records bounds Dungee. in those categories. and The redshirt junior took on At her alma mater, Millenium f i v e heavy playing time with 36.9 min- High School in Goodyear, Arizo- assists. utes per game scoring 21 points na, the guard recorded the most MARIAH ROSS / DAILY TITAN per game along with four as- career points, assists and steals Raina Perez dribbling agianst Utah State on Nov. 20. sists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals. over her four-year span starting SEE POINTS 7 Preview: ‘America’s Got Talent’ and ignorance Preview: Poets slam the mic at poetry competition After dropping Gabrielle Union Associated Students’ frst-ever as a judge because of her ‘difcult poetry slam competition featured WHAT’S behavior,’ the entertainment a guest artist, free food, prizes industry still has strides to make. and passionate poems. INSIDE? Opinion 5 Lifestyle 9 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM 2 News WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4, 2019 Administrator provides for students’ needs from Mexico to Cal State Fullerton Tonantzin Oseguera helped launch the Tufy’s Basic Needs Center in 2017. MELISA RYBALTOWSKI Asst. Editor While walking through the Cal State Fullerton campus one might come across large elephant foot- prints making its way to Tuffy’s Basic Needs; these footprints are part of Tonantzin Oseguera’s legacy. Having arrived at CSUF in 2013, Oseguera has made a place for herself in the Office of Stu- dent Affairs. The former dean of students now holds the title of as- sociate vice president of student engagement on campus, oversee- ing several university programs, including the Dean of Students Office, the Division of Student Affairs’ Diversity Initiatives and Resource Centers and Student Life and Leadership. One of the most recent initia- tives to be launched under the direction of Oseguera is Tuffy’s Basic Needs Center, established in 2017. Located in McCarthy Hall 143, Tuffy’s Basic Needs is a collection of resources former- ly provided by several different organizations scattered through campus. The service identifies and serves students who are experi- encing unforeseen hardship or crisis, and is designed to promote wellness and help students com- plete their education, according to their website. “Student Life and Leadership, for a really long time under their volunteer service programs, were hosting the hygiene drive and it was very successful,” Oseguera said. “Every year it would get de- pleted, so I said, ‘Why don’t we put that under Basic Needs?’ And instead of doing the hygiene drive just once or twice a year, it’s con- stant and people can come in and GABE GANDARA / DAILY TITAN get it all the time.” At the time, the WoMen’s Re- In 1989, Tonantzin Oseguera, Associate Vice President of Student Engagement, crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. source Center also ran a career closet, but rather than limit it to In 1989, Oseguera crossed the and coming to this country. Much immigration status issues. Oseguera said. “There’s always women, Oseguera said it would Mexican border never to return less crossing the border,” Oseg- “It’s a stress that isn’t experi- been an element of family separa- be beneficial for all students and home. Her experiences of illegal uera said. enced by everyone,” Oseguera tion, and so if you exposed your- included the service under basic immigration greatly shaped who According to a report pub- said. “Not everyone has the pres- self, you were exposing not just needs.