Monday, March 8, 2021 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 109 Issue 8 Theme parks may reopen in April If Orange County enters Orange County enters the reopen theme parks at 15% Orange County has re- county’s health officer, said the red tier, Disneyland can red COVID-19 reopening capacity and sports parks at mained in the purple tier, the he expects the county to hit open at 15% capacity. tier, according to California 20% capacity. most restrictive reopening the red tier in a few weeks. officials. No out-of-state guests will tier, since Nov. 16. Howev- There are four COVID-19 ANTHONY ROBLEDO At a news conference on be allowed visitation in the er, health officials expect the reopening tiers that a Cali- Editor Friday, Dr. Mark Ghaly , the park and indoor dining will county to enter the red tier fornia county can be based on secretary of the California not be permitted. as soon as health metrics im- COVID-19 testing positivity, Disneyland and Knott’s health and human services, Angel Stadium will also re- prove and COVID-19 cases case rates and health equity. Berry Farm can reopen said that starting on April 1, open once the county reaches decline. at 15% capacity when counties in the red tier can the red tier. Dr. Clayton Chau, the SEE CASES 3 Guests walk at the entrance to Downtown Disney in Anaheim on March 7. (Danica Huynh / Daily Titan) Club organizes student-led TED Talks TEDxCSUF encourages speakers. Right before the on- to performing his own TED in my life.” School. After graduating high speakers to share their set of the pandemic, a group of Talk as a part of TEDxCSUF, a Khira Mistry and Saleem school, Haider said he knew unique perspectives. students set out to bring the ex- campus club that began in Janu- Haider are co-founders and that this was an event he wanted perience of TED to Cal State ary 2020 to independently orga- co-presidents of TEDxCSUF. to bring to college. KRISTINA GARCIA Fullerton. nizes TED events. The organization serves as a Asst. Editor Ryutaro Ichihara is a CSUF “I couldn’t just believe that. I platform for students and fac- SEE VOICE 5 international student from Ja- was always watching the TED ulty who want to share their From topics of pseudoarchae- pan who started watching TED Talk, and I’m finally like the ideas globally during its annual NEWS: Campus ology to video game skills, TED Talks when he was 16 years old one who’s speaking now. That conference. fitness center awaits is a nonprofit organization that to learn English before coming was an amazing feeling for me,” Mistry and Haider were class- introduces audiences to a va- to the United States in 2016. Ichi- Ichihara said. “I wanted to do mates at Valencia High School green light to reopen riety of topics through inspir- hara said that he went from not it one day, but I didn’t think in Placentia, where they partic- this fall. ing presentations and passionate understanding a word of English that it would come this early ipated in TEDxValencia High SEE PAGE 3 Basketball teams head to Big West Tournament Senior forward Johnny Wang, seen here on Feb. 19 at Titan Gym, is the only player to have Junior center Janette Mensah, seen here on Mar. 5 at Titan Gym, has seen her minutes postseason experience with Fullerton. (CSUF Athletics) increase in her latest appearances. (CSUF Athletics) Men’s team takes on Cal Women’s team meets up Poly in first round with Riverside find themselves in the finals again, the No. 1 seed UC Davis Aggies on ADAM MALDONADO and this time, to claim the Big West ANTHONY BAUTISTA Wednesday to open the quarterfinal Editor Asst. Editor championship, a feat they accom- round. plished in 2018, before they lost in the These two teams faced each other After making back-to-back Big championship round in 2019. Cal State Fullerton women’s bas- earlier in the season during a week- West championship appearances, In order to get on the right track, ketball will open the Big West Tour- end series on Feb. 5 and 6 which re- Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball however, Fullerton will need to re- nament with a matchup against UC sulted in a UC Riverside sweep, but did not have the opportunity to make bound from the weekend’s back-to- Riverside on Tuesday at noon in Las Fullerton head coach Jeff Harada not- a run at a conference title last year back losses for their first round match- Vegas. ed that the team’s record does not tell due to the cancellation of the Big up on Tuesday in Las Vegas against The Titans finished the regular sea- the entire story of the season. West tournament. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, which the son in last place in the Big West with SEE PLAYOFFS 6 This season, the Titans hope to Titans have not faced this season. a record of 3-17 overall and 2-14 in Fullerton comes into the tour- conference play. CSUF will enter the nament with a 6-9 overall record, tournament as the No. 9 seed. LIFESTYLE: NEWS: Lack of COVID-19 and a 5-7 record in conference play, The Highlanders, the opponents, Column: Tuffy’s Book Nook vaccination requirement good for the seventh seed in the Big enter as the No. 8 seed with an over- previews quick reads for concerns some students. West tournament. all record of 7-11 and a conference busy schedules. SEE TITLE 6 record of 5-9. The winner will face SEE PAGE 2 SEE PAGE 4 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM 2 News WEEK OF MONDAY, MARCH 8 Campaign combats online misconduct toward public relations stu- cities through email in late De- KRISTINA GARCIA dents, this national case study cember 2020, keeping it open Asst. Editor competition gives students the for a week and a half. Catan- opportunity to create and ex- ghal said that the team received Ethan Catanghal, a senior ecute a public relations cam- a total of 255 responses. public relations major at Cal paign using education and the According to the survey, State Fullerton, said the in- experience they have gained 31.90% of people say misun- filtration of one of his class- with internships, according to derstandings have caused nor- es’ Zoom session is a weekly the society’s website. mal conversations to become occurrence. Virtual trespass- This year’s theme will tack- negative, while 78.81% of peo- ers send profanities and harass le the problem with incivili- ple preferred in-person com- other students as they are told ty during public discourse. To munication because reading to stop and leave the session. narrow down the topic, Catan- physical and verbal cues help “People just got away with ghal’s team decided to focus on understand the message. things like that just because online incivility. Misunderstandings and in- they’re in an online format. “Virtual engagement is go- civility can be a risk to pub- Just getting away with harass- ing to be a part of our indus- lic health and lead to societal ing people, calling people out,” try and the rest of our lives, issues such as cyberbullying, Catanghal said. so might as well try and find according to the campaign’s After seeing online incivil- something to try and com- website. ity worsen, a group of CSUF bat this problem,” Catanghal Most of the campaign’s out- students decided to start their said. reach has been over social me- own campaign as part of a The campaign is a call to dia and reaching out to student competition. The campaign, action for students to sign the organizations, student leaders called “Communicate with pledge on their website and and media outlets, Catanghal C.A.R.E.,” serves to promote practice the four-pronged said. civil online discourse by focus- C.A.R.E. approach when Julia Islas, a senior commu- ing on the importance of clear talking to others online, as well nications major with an em- communication and appropri- as encouraging them to learn !COURTESY OF ETHAN CATANGHAL" phasis in public relations, is the ate virtual engagement. more information and read oth- team’s outreach executive for “With Communicate with ers’ testimonies about their on- R: Research more about a “The reason why there is a the campaign. She looks for in- C.A.R.E., we want to try and line experiences. subject if need be breakdown in communication fluencers who care about com- prevent that. We want this to When communicating with E: Elaborate the words you in an online format is because munication, social justice work stop being a norm,” Catanghal C.A.R.E., the team is asking are trying to communicate to there’s a misunderstanding be- or mental health, she said. said, who also serves as the their pledges to embrace their better ensure the other person tween the involved parties. “There’s tons of social anx- team director and executive. four-pronged approach, ac- can understand. These misunderstandings can iety on what you post or who “We want to address the ele- cording to their website: Catanghal and his team be caused by both a lack of you communicate with and phant in the room.” C: Consider the differ- came up with this approach physical and verbal cues,” Cat- what if the messages cross,” Every year the Public Rela- ent ways a message can be after doing some primary and anghal said.