Thursday March 22, 2018 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 103 Issue 26 ASI controversy continues; Expert says meetings illegal The elections judicial council convened at least three times to hear complaints without posting agendas, which are required by ASI bylaws and California law. AMY WELLS BREANNA BELKEN KYLE BENDER Daily Titan Associated Students violated a California open meeting law over the last two weeks by failing to post agendas for three closed meetings, according to a legal expert. The Associated Students elections judicial council held meetings on March 7 at 4 p.m. and March 14 at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. They addressed complaints filed against Celine Mou- bayed and Colin Eacobellis, Associated Students president and vice president candidates, respectively. The elections judicial council failed to post agendas for the meetings as required by the Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act, a California law regulating student governments. Apparently, it is standard practice for the elections judicial council to fail on posting agendas for its meetings. “There are no agendas for the meetings. They are pretty standard. We receive a complaint and the person that filed the complaint and the person the complaint is filed against receives an email from me letting them know that the com- plaint has been received,” said Rachel Langenfeld, Associ- ated Students election director and elections judicial council chair. Agendas for board of directors or committees meetings must disclose items to be discussed in a closed session be- forehand, according to the Associated Students’ bylaws and the Gloria Romero Act. “We can clearly say they violated the law by not posting no- tice of agenda,” said Mike Hiestand, attorney and senior legal consultant for the Student Press Law Center. According to its own bylaws, the Associated Students board of directors and all of its councils and committees are required to comply with the Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act. Violations of the act can carry consequences. AMANDA TRAN / DAILY TITAN SEE COUNCIL 3 University Police teach self-defense Rape Aggression Defense how to defend herself if a strang- classes taught by three er tried to kidnap her, Cappuccio certified instructors. said. “There are so many women that are just naive to any of the CODIE HAYS concepts, or naive to the fact that Staff Writer by coming and living on cam- pus you are more vulnerable, In an attempt to combat the and statistics show that (sexual dangers of rape and sexual as- assault) is more likely to occur,” sault on campus, Cal State Ful- she said. lerton University Police officers All of the officers have stories are teaching students self-de- and examples to back up why fense tactics for real instances they are showing students how of danger. The Rape Aggression to defend themselves. The ulti- Defense class, or RAD, is held mate goal is to reduce the risk of at the Student Recreation Center students becoming victims, Cap- and is a 3-day 12 hour program puccio said. In their last class, held once a semester by nation- Cappuccio said a woman ap- ally certified instructors. proached her about concerns she had about the way women are Officer Katie Cappuccio perceived in society. With a little over six years un- “There is this unspoken rule der her belt as a RAD instructor, that if a man tries to ask you on a Officer Katie Cappuccio con- date or puts his arm around you, tinues to teach the classes with and says ‘Can I buy you a drink,’ GABE GANDARA / DAILY TITAN FILE PHOTO intensity. that we’re supposed to allow Sophie Frost averaged a 1.96 ERA and 81 hits in her 13 appearances in the pitching circle. As a child, she didn’t have any these things to happen, because type of self-defense training and we don’t want to be conceived as preferred cheerleading and ballet being rude or mean,” she said. over karate and martial arts. Her Cappuccio hopes women parents told her about “strang- will become aware of differ- Softball suffers 3-1 loss in er danger,” but she didn’t know ent self-defense techniques. She said there are many skills to be There are so many learned in this course, like how women carry themselves on a game one against Loyola “women that are just daily basis and their awareness Late hits by the Lions The Titans’ pitching circle outs and we did not put the bat naive to any of the of surroundings when walking resulted in the Titans 18th finished the three innings pri- on ball like we’re capable of. concepts, or naive to to and from a campus parking loss of the season. or with several runners left on From the last time we saw LMU lot. base. However, the Lions were to tonight, they got better. We the fact that by coming “Thinking back on my past able to find enough hits when it took a step back.” said Titans and living on campus, and the situations that I’ve found JARED EPREM mattered to secure the victory. Head Coach Kelly Ford. myself in, I think if I had the Sports Editor CSUF had runners on first The players shared Ford’s dis- you are more vulnerable skills of the women who take and third with two outs in the appointment with their produc- and statistics show“ that this class after completion, I Loyola Marymount’s two-run bottom of the seventh and a tivity in the postgame huddle. (sexual assault) is more maybe wouldn’t have ended up double in the top of the seventh chance to close the game out, Ford said only one player said in some of these incidents or sit- from outfielder Brooke Chris- but third baseman Bryanna they were happy with their ef- likely to occur. uations that I found myself in,” tensen helped lift itself over Cal Ybarra failed to make anything fort in the game. KATIE CAPPUCCHIO Cappuccio said. State Fullerton softball for a 3-1 of the final at-bat of the game. University Police officer victory Wednesday. “We did not have productive SEE DEFEAT 8 SEE RAD 2 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM 2 News THURSDAY MARCH 22, 2018 COURTESY OF RAD Cal State Fullerton’s rape aggression defense classes are taught by University Police officers. Officer Katie Cappuccio is the only female instructor. RAD: Instructors hope to prevent more assaults CONTINUED FROM 1 Officer Jose Rosales Officer Jose Rosales be- Cpl. Hoang Lequang came an instructor for RAD Cpl. Hoang Lequang has been over seven years ago when he an officer for 17 years and a began to see a trend of women RAD instructor for seven. being sexually assaulted in his “We have a K-9 unit, we have career as a police officer and bike patrol, we have motor, we detective. have SWAT, but believe it or Rosales also has a lot of not, this might sound crazy, but women in his family and said I choose this one,” Lequang he would want his daughter said. to be able to defend herself if Before completing his na- necessary. tional certification to become a “It’s not that they can’t do it, RAD instructor, Lequang said it’s that they don’t have anyone he thought, “A woman can eas- to show them,” Rosales said. ily defend herself, push back or The instructors have also be- say no.” COURTESY OF RAD COURTESY OF RAD COURTESY OF RAD gun RAD workshops, a con- University Police officer Katie It wasn’t until a scenario ex- University Police officer Hoang University Police officer Jose densed version of the program, Cappuccio ercise during his training that Lequang Rosales to get the word out. Rosales Lequang said his perspective said throughout the three days changed. He was told to walk ‘Okay, open your eyes and get assimilate,’” Lequang said. “On the last day, we dress up of RAD classes he sees the into a room with his eyes closed up,’ that I felt completely hope- Lequang said he has now in full pads and they beat us up,” women’s confidence levels in- and lay down while multiple less ... I couldn’t move and dedicated himself to educating Lequang said. “I had to take six crease dramatically. men held him against the floor. right then and there, it hit me, as many women as he can on advil because these girls were “It’s really just about empow- “It wasn’t until they said, that this is what they wanted to self-defense. hitting me so hard.” ering them,” Rosales said. 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