**CSUF celebrates Earth Day with the Earth Week Expo**
CAL STATE FULLERTON — The Cal State Fullerton Environmental Advocacy program is planning an Earth Week Expo featuring films, workshops and art shows to encourage students to become more environmentally aware.
Beginning Saturday, Earth Day kicks-off with Green Scene, the largest plant sale in California for over 20 years, at the Arboretum. Patrons travel from as far as Arizona and Washington to buy, sell and trade anything that has to do with plants.
Monday will feature Keeping it Green in the Quad, where environmental organizations such as Greenpeace and Surfrider Foundation will showcase green products and community outreach programs.
_By Frances Lee_
_The Daily Titan_
**National sexual assault awareness campaign launches**
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY—On Monday, Vice President Joe Biden announced a national sexual assault awareness campaign which will be introduced in K-12 schools and colleges.
The national campaign aims to educate students on how to prevent and report sexual assault, file sexual assault complaints, assist victims, and pursue disciplinary action against students accused of sexual assault, according to a Department of Education news release.
Also spearheaded by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the campaign will support Title IX — the federal law that prohibits sexual discrimination, violence, and harassment in schools. The campaign will send letters to schools and universities outlining their obligations to educate students on sexual assault under Title IX, according to the press release.
Nationwide, at least one in four college women will be sexually assaulted during her academic career, according to 2010 statistics from the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault. At least 80 percent of all sexual assaults are committed by an acquaintance of the victim, according to the same statistics.
_By Alison Goldberg_
_The Daily Collegian_
**Controversial hearings stir Muslims on KU campus**
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS — In an attempt to improve and ensure national security, Rep. Peter King, R-Ny., Chairman of the Committee of Homeland Security, is holding another round of hearings on the radicalization of Muslims living in America.
The hearings aim to investigate possible radical tendencies of Muslims in the U.S. and are considered controversial.
The tension hits close to home for members of the Muslim Student Association at the University.
“I didn’t realize there was such a divide between Muslim-Americans and other Americans,” said Garrett Fugate, secretary of MSA.
Fugate said it is encouraging to know there are people who stand against these hearings and who remind the public that Islam is a peaceful religion. But, he said, it is still surprising that more people have not stood against the unjustness of the hearings.
Ibrahim Alanqar, president of MSA, said he pondered how the “radicalization” hearings fit in with American ideals.
“Segregating based on faith hits against the core values the U.S. was established on,” Alanqar said.
_By Chelsey Derks_
_The University Daily Kansan_