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April 16, 2012

Vol. 91 Issue 38

Eighth Annual Social Justice Summit

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Students of the Volunteer and Service Center organized the Eighth Annual Social Justice Summit that took place Saturday. This event serves to promote social and political change regarding various human rights issues.

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HUNDREDS ATTEND SOCIAL JUSTICE SUMMIT

CAMPUS | Budget shortcomings

Diminishing funds yield program cuts Sports and recycling affairs bear the brunt of budget problems MICHAEL MUNOZ Daily Titan

WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan Christian Lopez, a high school senior, gives a speech to a large audience about work he has done for disabled students at the Eighth Annual Social Justice Summit on Saturday.

Guests ‘Unite to Rise Above Apathy’ Students, teachers, activists lead workshops and address current social justice issues AMBER STEPHENS Daily Titan

The Eighth Annual Social Justice Summit was held in the Titan Student Union with more than 600 attendees. The free all-day event organized by the Volunteer and Service Center featured speakers and workshops with the theme “Unite to Rise Above Apathy.” More than 50 student volunteers facilitated 24 workshops during three sessions led by campus professors, community activists, artists and students. The hourlong workshops Saturday featured discussions and presentations about the most pressing social justice issues today. Students had a diverse range of workshops to choose from over the course of the day. Cal State

Fullerton professor Jarret Lovell, Ph.D., hosted a circle discussion about nonviolent civil disobedience. The “Occupy” workshop featured activists from Occupy Santa Ana and Occupy Los Angeles, with the discussion starting off with a “Mic check!” During the workshop “RACISM-Alive and Breeding: Recognizing its Different Forms,” led by Don Han, from OC Human Relations, participants broke off into groups to discuss their experiences with racism. The presentation given by Santa Ana’s El Centro Cultural de Mexico, “Immigration Policy Change at a Local Level through Arts and Culture,” started with guitars and songs leading into a presentation about local activism. Ron Thomas, father of Kelly Thomas, who was beaten and tasered by police last year in Fullerton, presented information about homelessness and mental illness during the workshop he led in the Titan Theatre. Other workshops featured presentations on topics

such as Middle Eastern relations, human trafficking, feminism, organic food, immigration, free trade policies, women of Juarez and U.S. militarization of Latin American schools. Michelle Portillo, Fullerton resident and CSUF alumna, came to the summit after reading about the event in a community paper. The preschool teacher and mother of four brought her husband Carlos and 15-year-old son Jesse. “I think I’ve been very apathetic … there’s been so many cuts to education, (the preschool has) felt it and we don’t have a whole lot of support,” said Portillo. “I was feeling discouraged, and I saw ‘Rise Above Apathy’ and I thought, ‘Oh my goodness, I have got to grab my family.’” Portillo and her family went to the workshop, “Abolishing the Prison Industrial Complex,” presented by CSUF professor Brady Heiner. See JUSTICE page 2

At the Academic Senate meeting Thursday, Cal State Fullerton’s Intercollegiate Athletics Department and Recycle Waste Management discussed the various ways they are coping with the budget cuts on campus. The diminishing budgets have resulted in cutting sports and recycling centers. CSUF is a NCAA Division I school that currently holds 335 student athletes on 15 teams. All sports are in the Big West Conference. The Intercollegiate Athletics Budget is composed of three parts: Stateline Baseline Budget, Student Fees, and Generated and Other Revenue. The 2010-2011 total budget was $7.8 million, an increase of 18 percent from the 2003-2004 budget of $6.6 million. However, the increase comes from less revenue being distributed from the state. In 2010-2011, the Stateline Baseline Budget was $3,365,966, a 1 percent decrease from the 2003-2004 budget that provided CSUF with $3,415,367. The increase of the overall revenue budget comes from within CSUF. Steve Walk, professor and chair of the Kinesiology Department, said the increasing of student fees and marketing and sponsorship agreements, notably advertisements in CSUF’s successful baseball team, take care of a very high percentage of the budget. Even with the revenue budget increase, spending costs have increased, and with less revenue coming in, measures had to be

taken by the Athletics Department to keep the budget balanced. A measure taken to stay aligned with the budget, since 2003, is the elimination of four sports programs: men and women’s fencing, wrestling and women’s gymnastics. With the elimination of these sports, the Athletics Department estimates eventual savings of $609,500. The decision to cut these sports was based on the priority they are within the Big West Conference. Wrestling was in the Pac-10 Conference and gymnastics was in the Big West Conference. These sports were also chosen because there has been a decline in interest at the collegiate level. The Athletics Department labeled eventual savings because they are still honoring the scholarships received by the student athletes whose sport was cut. Aside from these sports, there has been a reduction in overall athletic scholarships of approximately $96,000. “While this achieves substantial savings, let’s not lose sight of the fact that cutting programs like this, particularly with the rich histories that both of these programs have had, cuts connections to the communities and fundraisers and other people who have supported these programs for a number of years,” said Walk. “There are national championships and All-American athletes in these programs, and these programs are now gone.” One hundred and twenty-two scholarships were awarded in 2010-2011, which amounted to 12 students less from 2003-2004. However, due to the tuition hikes, spending expenses for scholarships are up 39 percent. See BUDGET, page 2

SPORTS | Softball

Titans blanked by Pacific CSUF softball team falls one game under .500 after being swept GREG WOODSON Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton softball team traveled to Stockton, Calif. over the weekend where the Pacific University Tigers swept the Titans in a three-game series at Bill Simoni Field. The losses dropped the Titans to 16-21 overall and 4-5 in Big West Conference play. In Sunday’s series finale, the Titans lost to the Tigers 10-5. Titans pitcher Katey Laben suffered her third loss of the year and Tori Shepard got her 10th victory in the circle for the Tigers. The Tigers put together 13 hits

to CSUF’s eight. Pacific took a 4-0 lead in the first inning on a Nikki Armagost RBI single and a Taylor Petty three-RBI double to left center. The Titans would counter, scoring four of its own in the top of the third. After Ashley Carter reached base on a fielder’s choice, Adri Martinez singled and Nicole Johnson walked to load the bases for slugger Anissa Young. Young then belted a grand slam to center field to tie the game, 4-4. But Pacific would rally for one in the third, three in the fourth and two in the fifth en route to the victory. Johnson was not able to garner a hit in the game, ending her hitting streak at a career-high nine games. Saturday saw the Titans lose

both games of a doubleheader to the Tigers, as CSUF was only able to put together 11 hits to Pacific’s 22 on the first day of the threegame series. In game two of the doubleheader the Titans lost to the Tigers 9-0 in five innings. Titans left-hander Desiree Ybarra took the loss in the circle in four innings pitched, allowing three-earned runs on 10 hits. Pacific’s Dani Bonnet got the victory in five innings pitched, allowing only four hits while striking out two. Kirsten Lambertson, Carter, Johnson and Young managed to get a hit apiece in the game for the Titans. See SOFTBALL, page 6

ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan Senior infielder Anissa Young warms up before Cal State Fullerton’s win over Florida International in the 2012 Demarini Invitational at Anderson Family Field Tournament. Young hit a grand slam in game three against Pacific Sunday.

April 16, 2012

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JUSTICE: Gender neutral facilities ...Continued from page 1 “For me, I always thought the punishment fit the crime,” she said. “The statistics (he) talked about gave me a different set of eyes now because I have more compassion and I realized that it’s unjust.” The summit began with keynote speaker Jeb Middlebrook, Ph.D., from the Solidarity Institute, and ended with Abraham Medina, a Santa Ana-based spoken word artist and activist. Medina said he has been a part of the event before, and was drawn back into it by the theme of this year’s summit. “Apathy and the illusion of neutrality can be fatal in a moment of crisis,” said Medina. “When you have to take a stand, when you have to take action … definitely one of the first things … (is asking) ‘What are the consequences of not doing anything?’” Among his performances were passionate pieces about the experiences of undocumented immigrants, including a piece about the controversial Arizona legislation SB 1070. He said his spoken word pieces are an attempt to humanize the undocumented immigrant experience for his audience. “We first have to overcome the fear,” Medina said. “The first thing is

being undocumented and unafraid because our stories have to be told … at the moment that you personalize the issue, people relate to you.” Medina shared the floor in front of the stage with Christian Lopez after his performance. Lopez, in a wheelchair due to muscular dystrophy, was Medina’s surprise guest speaker. They met during the summit earlier in the afternoon where Lopez shared his work with Medina. Medina invited him to join in the spotlight. After Medina’s performance, Lopez read a piece about the injustices relating to discrimination against the disabled. Karley White, a project director for the event, said the annual Social Justice Summit encourages participants to get out of their comfort zone to learn about issues affecting them. To go along with the idea of “getting people out of their comfort zone,” the summit in the Titan Student Union was complete with signs on the restrooms that read “Gender Neutral,” the idea of public restrooms not conforming to the gender roles of society. White said the small change to the restrooms in the TSU for the conference shows it is not just an event, but instead an experience where organizers and speakers strive to change perceptions as well as create dialogue.

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ELEONOR SEGURA / For the Daily Titan Kris White of the “Florian” exhibit gives a demonstration about the uses of pruning tools at the Green Scene Plant and Garden Show April 14. He is just one of the many vendors who were present for the Green Scene event that kicked off the beginning of Earth Week.

Green Scene for Earth Week

The Arboretum event is the first of many festivities for this week HAILEY MORAN Daily Titan

Earth Week 2012 began this weekend at Cal State Fullerton with the Green Scene Plant and Garden Event at the Arboretum. Nearly 100 vendors were there to sell plants, flowers and offer gardening advice to eager customers with green thumbs. The 38th annual Arboretum event now has a reputation in the community that it tries to uphold each year. “Green Scene Plant and Garden Show is the largest outdoor gardening show in Orange County, a celebrated community gathering as well as a premier industry event for gardening enthusiasts in Southern California,” said Janet McGarvey, Green Scene coordinator. The show, which has averaged close to 5,000 attendees over the past few years, also serves as an open house for the Arboretum, giving the Orange County community the chance to see what it has to offer. “Proceeds from Green Scene help to provide new plant collections, much-needed garden maintenance and important education programs for local elementary schools and the community,” McGarvey said. One of the highlights of the Green Scene event is the “We CAN Garden Showcase.” With Fullerton Ace Hardware and the help of community leaders, different groups and organizations

in Fullerton are given a galvanized trash can and use that as a natural canvas for a plant to flourish. “As part of our mission to encourage gardening, as well as strengthening our community partnerships, we began our ‘We CAN Garden’ program … to help us create awareness of the fact that we can garden any place, anywhere, in any manner of ways,” McGarvey said. Green Scene had something for everyone, from the green beginners to the seasoned veterans of the gardening trade. The event offered miniature classes for people to learn helpful information that they can use for their garden at home, and there were about 100 vendors from all over California with different fruits and vegetables. Earth Week continues all week on campus, a feat that could not be accomplished without the help of the Earth Week sponsors. John Bock, Ph.D., the director of the Center for Sustainability, leads a group that actively sponsors and puts on events aimed at awareness for a healthier planet. “The Center (for Sustainability) has been a prime sponsor of Earth Week for the last three years,” said Bock. “Having many interesting events during Earth Week helps us reach out to students and other members of the community to encourage learning about sustainability and how to incorporate sustainability into our daily lives.” The Center for Sustainability is sponsoring the Local, Organic, and Sustainable Food Expo, which will take place Tuesday outside the Student Recreation Center. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., local

farmers, vendors and businesses, as well as student organizations from campus, will be there to explain the sustainable food movement and to sell food. Food trucks will also be there to allow students to taste the different ways the movement is being used in everyday meals. Also sponsoring the event is Green Campus. Since the campus group was established in 2010, the student-led internship program has been focused on raising sustainable awareness through outreach and modern sustainable practices. Sean Takayoshi, 27, a civil and environmental engineering major, is the team manager of Green Campus. He is looking forward for the opportunity to raise awareness and excite students with the new technology on campus. “(We have) new technology such as CSUF’s very own trigeneration power plant. It is basically a housed jet engine on campus that we fire up and use for heating and cooling on campus,” Takayoshi said. Students will have a chance to tour that facility Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in University Hall Room 252 at the Green Making Green Panel Discussion, where students will learn how to pursue a greenliving career. Earth Week will end with the iCare Festival at the the Student Recreation Center, sponsored by Titan Recreation. The goal of the event is to inspire a green, healthy lifestyle, and it will feature a 5K run/walk, youth 1K, vendor fair and children’s education/play area. They will also be taking donations of new or gently used shoes for the charity Soles4Souls.

BUDGET: Recycle Waste Management deals with cuts ...Continued from page 1 “Tuition increases are of course not the responsibility of the collegiate athletes, but they are expenses the department has had to absorb,” Walk said. “The department has had to find ways of cutting its own budget, including cutting scholarships, in order to balance its budget each time fee and tuition costs go up.” Walk said the budget cuts will continue to affect student athlete scholarships. “Of course they are going up again in the fall, so that issue is

coming again,” Walk said. Student athletes are not the only ones being affected by the increasing budget cuts, but also sports personnel. The nonrenewal/ nonreplacement of coaches and the nonreplacement/consolidation of administrative positions have saved $159,000 and $93,750, respectively. Compared to other campus’ in the Big West Conference, CSUF ranks in the bottom in terms of intercollegiate budgets. CSUF’s Recycle Waste Management also deals with budget constraints. Their perspective on CSUF garbage and recyclables reflects their goals of keeping with the budget and reducing the university’s carbon footprint. CSUF does not currently have a recycling program; all garbage is thrown away to a waste hauler. However, the waste hauler separates all the materials from recyclables to true waste. The partnership with the waste hauler company is done to save money. “Part of the reason why the program we have right now is cheaper is because we give everything to a waste hauler,” said Willem van der Pol, director of the CSUF Physical Plant. “They separate it … (and) they sell everything that way, that’s why we pay a much lower price for our contract with the company. If we don’t do that and start selling ourselves … the remainder for the hauler would become less attractive and the contract price can go up.

I’m not saying it’s the best way, but it was the cheapest way.” Van der Pol said they did extensive researching when hiring a waste manager to create a recycling center on campus, like that of Cal State Long Beach, but found that it was too expensive to take that route. “With all the campuses that we looked at, their budget was hit on average with $200,000 if they went that way,” van der Pol said. Although CSUF has no active recycling center, measures have been taken to be more conscious toward purchasing recyclable materials. In the Gastronome, the student housing cafeteria, the goal when developing a contract with companies was sustainability in the part of providing recyclable materials. “All of our purchasing is green … Everything that we purchase in the Gastronome is recyclable. All the materials for the to-go items are recyclable compostable materials,” said Drew Chasen, associate director of housing dining services. “We use no Styrofoam, nothing that will harm the environment.” Van der Pol said there are a number of strategies, including buying less products and going electric to minimize the number of waste CSUF produces. He also suggested CSUF start a waste management and recycling study to figure out the best way to handle waste on campus. He also noted that the study could be affected by a budget impact to support such a program.

In an initiative by Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, the education of current and future nurses looks to recognize and care for veterans, service members and their families. Cal State Fullerton has joined other nursing schools and nationwide organizations committed to furthering nursing education. One goal is to prepare nurses in communication with veterans and their families. Depending on each nurse’s practice setting, they will help veterans with injury, depression and other combat-related issues, such as post-traumatic stress disorder. Approximately one in six veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from brain injuries. The initiative was announced Wednesday and is a campaign led by The American Nurses Association, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the National League for Nursing, in coordination with the Department of Veteran Affairs and Defense. Brief by Colin Penkoff

Secret Service Investigated President Barack Obama called for a “thorough” and “rigorous” investigation into allegations involving 11 Secret Service agents soliciting for prostitution during a state visit to Colombia, according to CNN. The agents allegedly brought several prostitutes back to their Hotel Caribe rooms in Cartagena, Colombia. None of them were part of the president’s personal protective detail. Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told CNN that government personnel brought prostitutes to their rooms and “one of the women did not leave the room in the morning.” After the hotel manager tried to enter the room, the woman emerged and said the men owed her money, King said. Five U.S. soldiers are also under investigation for “misconduct” and missing curfew at the same hotel. The suspected misconduct occurred before Obama arrived for the Summit of the Americas event, where Obama and leaders of several Latin American countries discussed diplomatic relations with Cuba and regional drug wars. Brief by Ian Wheeler

Afghanistan Suffers Attack The Taliban attacked Afghanistan forces in Kabul and New Delhi, Sunday. Death tolls included eleven police, five civilians, and 19 insurgents, reported the New York Times. The attack succeeded for seven hours, until the afternoon when the Afghan Security Forces surrounded and contained the threat. Spokesman for the Afghanistan Directorate of National Security, Lutfullah Mashal reported that two Taliban suicide bombers with an armed accomplice were on their way to the home of Mohammad Karim Khalili, Afghanistan’s Vice President, for an assassination. Taliban forces attacked police headquarters, airfields and reconstruction facilities in eastern Nangarhar, Logar, and Paktia provinces. Diplomatic mission and NATO headquarters in the Akbar Khan neighborhood were targeted by attackers from high-rise construction sites in the area. U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) said that the attacks are “probably a manifestation that the Taliban still has some strength.” The U.S. Embassy entered a state of lockdown during the attack. The embassy complimented the Afghan forces for their effort in shutting down the offensive threat with a good response. Brief by Colin Penkoff

April 16, 2012

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Emotions arise at conference

Alarm triggered by Panda Express TSU evacuated, fire department says there was no actual fire LAUREN HARRITY Daily Titan

Guest speaker discusses the controversial issue of immigration from Latin America ANGEL MENDOZA Daily Titan

The fifth annual Cal State Fullerton Latin American Student Conference was held inside the Titan Theatre Friday at 9 a.m. with Hector Perla, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Latin American and Latino studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as guest speaker. He discussed various issues affecting Latinos and Latinas all over the world. Perla noted how migration and immigration is a “hot-button” issue that seems to have become racialized. “When we talk about migration in the mainstream media, when we hear about it, they’re talking about Latinos — they’re talking about Latin America,” said Perla. “The political pundits never go into what’s the root cause of this migration and what role does U.S. government policy have in that migration.” Perla also addressed the overwhelming notion that poverty and undemocratic governments are the reason there are so many immigrants in the United States. He expressed his disdain with that theory. “We know that the number of Latinos in the United States has really only begun to grow in the last 40 years. Previous to that, the numbers were relatively small,” Perla said. “But how long has Latin America been poor? A lot longer than that … Poverty can’t be the same explanation why there wasn’t migration before and why there is migration now.” At one point during his presentation, tears began to flow from Perla’s eyes as he talked about the pride he felt in seeing so many students from working-class families attending universities. The entire theatre began to clap while he said jokingly how he always seems to cry when he participates in these sorts of events. In addition to the keynote address by Perla, several CSUF students gave presentations

STEPHEN McGLADE / Daily Titan Agrupacion Llajtamasis perform a traditional dance during the Latin America: Past and Present Conference in the Titan Theatre on Friday. Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, was one of the other topics discussed by students.

on various topics regarding Latin American Studies. Oscar Trinh, 20, a business major, introduced many attendees to capoeira, a Brazilian martial art. It combines elements of both dance and music and is known by its quick and complex moves. It was created mainly by descendants of African slaves with Brazilian native influences. One point Trinh made was the tradition of the use of nicknames in the capoeira world. Most participants obtain their nicknames through their physical characteristics or playing style. The tradition goes back to the early days of capoeira when the police would repress all who would participate. The “capoeiristas” only knew each other by their nicknames. Trinh said this type of martial art is a great opportunity for people to find out what their physical and spiritual challenges are. “There’s a lack of machismo, and there’s a more playful tone to it. They’re very nurturing, and there’s not that atmosphere of hazing in order to enter the in-group,” Trinh said. Noemi Gonzalez, 22, a history major, displayed her research on the advantages of having light skin in Mexico in a presentation

We know that the number of Latinos in the United States has really only begun to grow in the last 40 years. Hector Perla Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at UC Santa Cruz

titled “Whiteness and Color in Mexico.” She noted how having light skin is seen as desirable and how the Mexican media predominantly emphasizes lighter-skinned individuals over those with darker skin. Gonzalez’ take-home message was to be aware of how the media tends to portray certain people. “Pay attention to everything that’s going on in Spanish television. Even if you don’t understand Spanish, just look and you’ll see that it’s mostly all white people,” said Gonzalez. “They’re all light-skinned, and it’s like ‘Where are all the people that represent Mexico in general?’”

The Titan Student Union food court was evacuated April 4 due to a malfunctioning exhaust fan at Panda Express, which triggered a fire alarm at around noon. The Chinese food eatery is a popular lunch spot among students at Cal State Fullerton and is known for its wok-cooked entrees and meals. Patrons of the restaurant can see that the food is prepared over an open flame. An exhaust fan over the stove is meant to keep smoke from filling the restaurant, but the fan malfunctioned. “The exhaust motor for the Panda Express burned out. That caused the heat level to increase in Panda, setting off the fire alarm,” said Christina Martinez, general manager of the food court. Food court staff quickly evacuated the area. University Police and the Fullerton Fire Department responded to the alarm and determined that there was no fire. Responders quickly determined that the problem was caused by an exhaust fan’s motor burning out. Students and staff were allowed back into the food court at approximately 12:30 p.m. “Our protocol is that if an alarm goes off, we evacuate the building,” said Lt. John Brockie of University Police. “The fire department responds and determines if there is or isn’t a fire. Once it is determined that there isn’t a fire, the alarm panels reset and then people are allowed access back into the building.” While the TSU food court reopened along with its restaurants including Togo’s, Round Table

Pizza and The Garden Café, Panda Express remained closed for the rest of the day. “After the fire department came in and verified that there wasn’t a fire and it was safe to go back in the building, we did,” Martinez said. Building engineers began a search for new motors to operate the exhaust hoods over the stove in the Panda Express kitchen. The restaurant reopened the next day with replacement motors operating the exhaust fans. “I wasn’t on campus when it happened, but it sounds like it was just a false alarm,” said Ashley Quintez, a CSUF student. “I hope it doesn’t happen again.” Coincidentally, CSUF had a planned campus-wide evacuation drill scheduled at 2:40 p.m. on the same day as the Panda Express incident. While the rest of the campus participated in the evacuation drill at that time, emergency services determined that the TSU did not need to evacuate for a second time that day. The state of California mandates that a campus-wide evacuation drill be conducted twice per year, or once per semester. Two drills are conducted, one during the day and one at night, because different people are on campus at those times and emergency services would like everyone to participate. CSUF Emergency services notifies staff and students of any planned evacuations in advance. If a fire alarm goes off, other than during a drill, it should be treated as a real emergency, and all students and staff should evacuate immediately. A CSUF liaison issued an explanation on the CSUF Reddit. com page for the Titan Student Union’s evacuation and an apology to anyone inconvenienced.

Consul weighs in on Euro crisis German consul general discusses the far-reaching effects of Europe’s problems MATT ATKINSON Daily Titan

With the European Union trying to decide how to solve the debt crisis in Greece, students listened to a lecture Thursday about the history of the European Union and what the crisis means for Europe and the rest of the world. The event was hosted in part by the European Studies program, the European Studies Society, Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars and Associated Students, Inc. The lecture on the Euro crisis was presented as a part of Humanities and Social Sciences Week. Wolfgang Drautz, consul general of the Federal Republic of Germany, gave the lecture based on his experience working in German foreign affairs. “The Euro crisis is not just a European crisis,” said Drautz. “It affects the United States as well as the entire world. We are all interconnected.” Drautz also said there were some positive effects from the current economic crisis. He said when he first started as consul general stationed in Los Angeles in 2009, students and Americans in general did not seem very interested in Germany, and many could not even name the German chancellor, but the situation has changed. “Now I am excited to see so many students interested in Germany and Europe,” Drautz said. “This is something that affects you as well.” Cora Granata, Ph.D., director of the European Studies program at Cal State Fullerton, said student interest was the primary reason for inviting Drautz. “We sent the consulate a letter … We were so pleased that he agreed right away to come and he was thrilled,” said Granata. “This was

his first time on the CSUF campus and he was really delighted.” The lecture followed the history of the EU, leading up to the problems and criticisms that the supranational body has faced today with economic crashes in places like Greece and Italy. “Many have asked why we allowed Greece to join the EU when we knew they were not economically strong,” Drautz said. “I believe it was much more of a political decision than a financial one.” At the time of Greece’s entry to the EU in 1981, it had overthrown a dictatorship and had become a democracy. This was the primary reason for allowing them entry, said Drautz. “We could not say ‘Oh, good job at becoming a democracy and joining the free world, but you can’t join with us,’” Drautz said. “It was political as an act of encouragement towards our European friends after such an historic event.” Drautz said similar thinking affected the decisions to allow Spain, Portugal and members of the former Soviet Union to join the EU. The lecture also covered some of the other problems the EU faces, such as how much sovereignty to give up and retain upon joining the EU. This is especially notable in times of political or economic

crisis in countries. Drautz said many countries in the EU are asking for more German leadership, a position Germany is hesitant to take after World War II. “Even the Polish prime minister, of all people, said he could not believe he was saying it but that he wanted more German leadership in the eurozone,” Drautz said. These requests come because Germany’s economy is still strong, and Germany has measures in place to use its economic power to help countries like Greece. Drautz said the German government is hesitant to take a stronger role and use the EU to overpower individual governments. Drautz has been stationed as consul general in Los Angeles and covers the Southwest region of the United States, from Southern California to Arizona and Utah. The consul is different from an ambassador, who lives in Washington, D.C. and acts as the direct link from one head of state to another. There was a large crowd throughout the lecture, and students had the opportunity to ask questions at the end. “(The lecture) was good,” said Martin Ugelstad, a history major who attended the event. “It was interesting. Maybe a little more time for questions (from students) would have been good though.”

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April 16, 2012

OPINION

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Re: Christianity under attack Some who value the separation of Church and State are nonbelievers, while others are Christians. Claiming that “atheists are attacking Christians’ rights” is a stereotype. To continue in this paranoid persecution complex does not bring people together. It is a divisive “us vs. them” mentality. We need unity, not disunity. Speaking of unity, the original de facto motto of the United States of America was E Pluribus Unum, which means “out of many, one.” This was replaced by “In God We Trust” in the 1950s due to fear of Communism. I suggest we seek the unifying principle of the original motto. Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, and nonbeliever, alike — out of many, we are one. The “rights” Mr. Anderson claimed were being robbed are not rights. The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment grants you the right to believe whatever you wish. Though, the Establishment Clause ensures one religion is not forced onto others or endorsed by the government. Having the word “God” on your money is not a right. If it were, would it be a right for Muslim or Hindu Americans to demand “Allah” or “Brahma” printed on U.S. currency? The First Amendment grants us all the right to believe (or even disbelieve), and protects us all from one religion being granted favoritism. Speaking of rights, the Mormon Church spent millions on Proposition 8 to deny civil liberties to homosexuals. The Catholic Church would deny the reproductive rights of women. This year alone, at least five states have proposed creationism bills. Lawmakers of a particular Christian perspective, not scientists, are legislating personal religious beliefs into the classroom. They are forcing nonscience into science classes — not the other way around. Nobody is “forcing” anybody to learn a secular ideology in school. Evolution is not an ideology. Scientists from diverse fields, in many countries and from many backgrounds, have come to this consensus. Experiments have proven evolution time and time again — just as it has with Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and Newton’s Theory of Gravity. Should we stop teaching biology and gravity in high schools to appease one particular version of Christianity?

Creationism is not a unified scientific theory. Rather, it starts from a presumption of faith. There are “young Earth” and “old Earth” creationists. There are “theistic evolutionists” or “evolutionary creationists.” Then there are varieties based on a literal interpretation of the Bible. Science cannot speak to the concept of a talking snake shilling magical fruit to a man made from clay and a woman made from his rib. Which nonscience-based version of creationism should be forced on America’s children? The Muslim version? The Hindu concept of samsara? Theistic evolution as Pope John Paul II supported? Or just one particular version of Christian creationism? Like anything else we are told on television or in a classroom, we can choose to believe evolution or not. The parent’s responsibility is to guide their child as to what to believe, but it is the teacher’s responsibility to teach science as it is currently understood. Mr. Anderson complained about atheists mocking religion, but we must understand that because a few atheists mock religion, does not mean all atheists do. I can attest to the many times I’ve been personally insulted by Christians. Does this mean all Christians are intolerant? One cannot walk through campus without encountering at least two preachers who hold up signs (some offensive, saying “sodomites” will burn in hell) while shouting at students. Yet there is one quiet, little group respectfully handing out fliers for the secularist events they arrange for an underrepresented group — Titans For Reason. How are these atheists attacking anyone’s rights? Separationists are simply trying to take religion out of the public sphere and place it where the Founding Fathers thought it should be — a personal and private matter. I suggest, instead of making the divide larger and resorting to “us vs. them” thinking, we look for common ground. Consider the original U.S. motto and try to reach out to your fellow Americans (even those who disagree with you). E Pluribus Unum.

Christopher Ortega Anthropology/Comparative Religion Major

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It is times like these where I truly begin to thank my parents for the upbringing I’ve had. My parents did not teach me that stealing, lying, cheating, cursing and killing were bad because the Bible told them; it was never mentioned. Rather, my parents taught me that it was common sense that these actions were bad. I accepted that at my parent’s word, and my own feelings and sense of moral obligation. I attended a few church services in my quest for truth. What stunned me was the amount of fear invoked when referring to God. When I heard about so many things we do makes us heathens, it appeared as though many have already earned their tickets to hell unless they accept Jesus. This just seemed immoral. I didn’t understand why such an all-powerful God would also “design” things that were allegedly so awful. I began to question all I had heard at church, and the more I questioned, the quicker my reason kicked in. I realized the reason I felt certain things were right from wrong was because, predominantly, I have reason. It hasn’t been until now, that I finally step forward to utilize my rights as a citizen, that I have felt such disdain for some of my religious “brothers and sisters.” It is not that I have contempt for their religion, as much as I have anger toward how the Bible is being misconstrued in the 21st century. With scientific, philosophical, technological and medical advancements today, most of the biblical ways of thinking are completely outdated. Please understand, I am all for religious freedom, as long as it doesn’t interfere with my life or anyone else who wishes it should not. I fail to see this “war on Christianity.” All we — as secularists, atheists, agnostics and even people with different religions — are asking of Christianity is for the fundamentalist majority to stop acting like spoiled, overprivileged children. It is no more your right to have “In God We Trust” on the currency you handle than for me to have “In Reason We Trust” on the currency I handle, or “In Allah We Trust” on the currency that a Muslim believer handles. The solution? Take in “In God We Trust” off of

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Imagine getting a congratulatory admissions email from the university of your dreams sent to you by mistake. Now imagine being a hard working student and not being able to have a spot in the school of your dreams. Instead, other students who did not work as hard were accidentally admitted. Last week, the University of California, Los Angeles sent out nearly 900 emails telling applicants that they had been admitted to the school. The school sent follow up emails informing those students that there

the U.S. currency and replace it with the original motto E Pluribus Unum, or “Out of Many, One,” and “One Nation Under God” out from the Pledge of Allegiance. This embodies the America that our forefathers wanted to see; an America where its citizens are all unified as Americans. These changes are not impeding on your rights as a citizen, Mr. Anderson, as much as they are respecting others’ rights and, most importantly, pushing this great nation toward tolerance and unity. Stating that creationism should be taught as a science class is just downright foolish. The MerriamWebster Dictionary defines science as “knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws, especially as obtained and tested through scientific method.” This being said, creationism, with no evidence or laws, contains no legitimate basis to even be considered a scientific requirement, while evolution does. I do agree that, to be fair, creationism should be an option for students in school, however, not as a science class. Mr. Anderson, no one is telling your children that they have to believe in evolution, or that they cannot believe in God; no one is saying that evolution, reason and religion can’t coexist either. If we can manage to keep religion out of our school systems, out of our government and out of the public sphere in general — while keeping it at home (or in church) — it becomes a matter of individual preference. Our forefathers created our country to have a separation of church and state. However, in the recent years it seems like many people have forgotten that. The Constitution protects our right to freedom of religion, whether that is with or without religion, and that is a right that no one should be excluded from. When we can all begin to respect each other’s rights, thus will be the beginning of true coexistence.

had been a mistake, which was the right thing to do, seeing as how some of those students hadn’t truly earned their way to the Bruin title. According to U.S. News, UCLA apologized for mistakenly telling 894 high school seniors that they were admitted to the highly competitive school when they were actually still on the waiting list. The website further states, “UCLA spokesman Ricardo Vazquez attributed the mix-up to human error, telling the newspaper (Los Angeles Times): ‘We realize this is a particularly anxious and stressful time for students and their families as they try to make decisions about college admissions. We sincerely

apologize for this mistake that may have led some of them to think they were admitted when they remain on the waiting lists.’” The school did right by making the mistake known to the public in addition to informing each student who had mistakenly received the email that it was a “mix-up.” Many students who had received the email by mistake feel as if they are entitled to admission simply because the school had gotten their hopes up. Being accepted to a university is nothing like finding $40 jeans that were accidentally marked down to $9.99. Negative. Try again. Unlike department stores, universities cannot be held liable for those kinds of mistakes. Robert Pugsley, professor of law at Southwestern Law School, stated that UCLA can’t be held liable legally because it quickly caught the mistake and apologized. Many people must realize that a university is nothing like a department store. Mistakes are going to be made, especially when there is technology involved. “Snafus like these are more likely to occur today, as the Internet is used for correspondence, than 10 to 20 years ago, when the use of snail mail predominated. Today, admissions offices, often understaffed, are managing more applications than ever, along with long email listservs that connect students with information from several departments,” according to an article on the website for City Town. And this is definitely not the first time that a university has made a technological mistake. “Other colleges and universities have made similar errors in the past. Among others, Vassar College mistakenly accepted 76 people earlier this year. In 2009, the University of California, San Diego, sent letters of acceptance to 28,000 applicants who had actually been turned down, according to the L.A. Times,” the website stated. Thousands of students apply to prestigious universities all over the world, and it is safe to assume that these same schools have and will continue to make mistakes pertaining to admissions protocol. At this point it should be left up to the students to take responsibility when it comes to going over the informational aspect of reviewing their school documents.

April 16, 2012

DETOUR

CSUF’s DJ Dash wins

Film

Released after long shelf-life

Horror cliches trumped The Cabin in the Woods

The winner of the Red Bull DJ Master had his entourage doing backflips while he was spinning

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DJ Dash (Damon Wilson) earned his spot as the opening DJ for the 2012 Spring Concert after winning the Red Bull DJ Master presented by Associated Students, Inc. Productions. The DJs battling it out included DJ Dash, DJ Deftonik (Adrian Hernandez) and the DJ duo of Dyphekta (Jonathan Thiranop and Ian Martinez). Dyphekta took second place and won Red Bull X-Fighter tickets, while third place went to DJ Deftonik who won a case of Red Bull. This is the first year ASIP hosted a battle of the DJs, where first place won the opportunity to spin at the concert. Student involvement in the Spring Concert is really important, said Lynn O’Connor, ASIP Spring Concert coordinator. “Getting a student artist to be able to open for our headlining artist is a great way to do that,” said O’Connor. The battle of the DJs and having a student DJ hypes up the concert and will hopefully bring out more people, added O’Connor. The criteria the DJs were judged on included their ability to amp the attendees, blending songs seamlessly, selecting songs (not using expletives) and using at least one part of any Mike Posner song in one of the two 10-minute sets, along with tricks and stage presence. Two judges at the battle decided the first, second and third winners. Nigel Johnson, one of the judges, said they chose DJ Dash because he had the best overall performance. “We thought his choice of music and his skills in terms of mixing was really clean, and then just the little performances he put on,” said Johnson. DJ Dash’s interactions with the crowd, ability to keep the crowd hyped and his stage presence were major factors in him taking first place, said Johnson. The largest crowd DJ Dash has ever spun in front of is in the low thousands. Now he will be performing in front of 3500 people. DJ Dash said he is excited about the exposure he will receive from the concert and to perform at such a major Cal State Fullerton event. During his first round, DJ Dash knew he was going to play in front of a diverse crowd and

WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan DJ Dash (Damon Wilson) will open the Spring Concert for headliners Mike Posner and Hunter Hayes. DJ Dash took first in the competition with his mix of music, as well as his nose and hat tricks.

made sure he had music from multiple genres. He included music from hip-hop, reggae, top40 hits and Hispanic genres. “I made sure to involve everybody and blend it well,” said DJ Dash. “In my second set, I just had fun because that’s what I do on a regular basis.” DJ Dash crowned his hat trick and nose trick as his trademarks. While spinning, he took off his hat and rubbed the bill of the hat against the record to make a scratching sound. Later in his set he used his nose to turn a dial. “I do those tricks when (there’s) a lot of people and a lot of energy,” DJ Dash said. Johnson was impressed with DJ Dash’s trademark tricks. “We thought that with all his tricks and mixing he just really brought it together,” Johnson said. Dyphekta took second place in the battle of the DJs. As soon as the duo heard about the competition they went to work. Hitting the tables and mixing early in the morning prepared them for the competition. “We don’t really have a normal routine,” said Martinez. “We kind of just have a certain set of songs and just feel what the crowd wants and adjust to it.” Even though Dyphekta did not win, both Thiranop and Martinez said the battle of the DJs was a great way to get the students involved and get students talking about the Spring Concert. “I would have been happy with anyone who won the competition because we are all great talents for the Spring Concert,” said Thiranop.

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DJ Deftonik had the support of his friends there to cheer him on during his battle. He said even though he messed up a few times, overall he thought he did okay. “I could have done better,” said DJ Deftonik. “I could always do better.” For the Spring Concert, DJ Dash will add more songs as newer ones are released. He will have various genres similar to his set at the battle. “I’ll make sure to cater to everybody,” DJ Dash said. “They’re going to have fun, and that’s all.” In preparation for the battle, DJ Dash read over the judging criteria materials and went over his set. Family and friends of DJ Dash came out to support him in his battle. Members of his entourage even began dancing and doing backflips to his set. Attendees of the Spring Concert will see DJ Dash opening for headliners Mike Posner and Hunter Hayes. Everyone will have to wait to see which one of the three performers will really steal the show.

The Cabin in the Woods is quite the contradiction. It has pretty much every element of any horror movie you can think of, but the film is quite original. It breathes new life into a genre that has been stale for far too long. If you don’t know, The Cabin in the Woods was completed and shelved in 2009 due to MGM going bankrupt. The reason it did finally get to see the light of day was because one of the actors, Chris Hemsworth, is gaining some attention thanks to his starring role in Thor and the upcoming The Avengers,the latter being directed by Joss Whedon, who co-wrote this movie with director Drew Goddard. Lions Gate Studio bought the distribution rights believing the film was marketable now. Good thing too, seeing that the film is quite good. It is hard to call The Cabin in the Woods a horror movie. It feels more like an analysis or criticism on the genre by two incredibly smart film geeks. Now, there are actual scares throughout the picture, unless years of torture porn flicks have desensitized any feeling of emotion you have, but then again, you have far worse problems than a movie not scaring you anymore. However, the film is equally funny and maybe more so than it is frightening. It seems there are more laughs and horror film references here than there is in all the Scary Movie films combined. The film is hard to talk about without spoiling things. The

commercials and trailers have given way the fact that a group of five friends go to a secluded cabin for a vacation, similar to the plot of the Evil Dead trilogy, well, the first one at least. They are then manipulated into many horror movie clichés or troupes by scientists working in an underground lab for some unknown reason. That in no way covers any of the actual twists and surprises the movie has in store. In fact, you meet the two main scientists played by Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins right after the opening credits. This leads to one of the strangest and funniest title credits for any film, which sets the tone for the rest of the movie. The movie isn’t without its issues. The foreshadowing is so blatantly obvious it almost hurts. And while it is a horror movie, a little more character development is always nice. You feel nearly nothing for most characters when something happens to them. Even if you make them horrible clichés, your audience will be overjoyed when they die, which is why it’s so fun to watch slasher movies. This is the directorial debut of Goddard, who worked with Whedon on some of his television series and was also the writer of Cloverfield. He does a fine job, but at no point does this movie feel like his own. There is just too much of Whedon’s famous wit in the dialogue. When it’s your first film, you’ve got to show that you have your own style and voice. That is just not here. The Cabin in the Woods delivers laughs, scares and tons of gore, but more importantly it is a good movie that should be seen by horror and non-horror fans alike. If nothing else, it might get you more excited for The Avengers next month.

An untitled art piece erected near University Hall A student’s abstract structure has others questioning their lives TJ REYNOLDS For the Daily Titan

Do we define ourselves by the things we do? Do we find identity, or can we, in the minutiae of life, those small bits of humanity, evidence of our existence; can we find ourselves in these? I think the answer is yes. Last week, some may have noticed a tripartite art display just outside University Hall. Calli Welsch is the author of that art. It is the culmination of her master’s project in the English 590 class. Under the tutorship of Dr. Bonca and Dr. Norton, she explores the nature of our identities and how they are formed. Welsch received her undergraduate education from Whittier College, earning a double major in English and theatre. She came to Cal State Fullerton to complete her master’s in English, and while she currently works at a children’s museum, she has loftier aims. Calli plans to instruct at the college level in interdisciplinary arts, i.e. English, comparative literature and theatre arts. The idea behind the piece was inspired, in part, by the “found” poetry of William Carlos Williams. His poems celebrated the simple things that life offers up to us on a daily basis. Small ‘thank you’ notes to a friend, shopping lists, a receipt from the drugstore — these are the things that are praised in Williams’ poetry. Welsch was also inspired and interested in the physicality of art. Modern devices, ebooks, tablets and laptops are convenient projectors of art and pop culture. We no longer need books because we have captured their data, but is there not something lost when we no longer come in contact with the medium and instead experience it abstractly through technology? The art piece is untitled by choice of the artist and consists of three large pieces of plywood painted with poetical and engaging

You must ask yourself why we seem to worship the mundane, our daily vices, the crutches that help us hobble day to day.

words. My favorite states, “Nothing is Free Everything is Connected We Should be Afraid.” Under the letters stand human silhouettes shaped and molded from articles of life. These included a scratcher lottery ticket, receipts, CD covers and magazine cuttings. The full scope of the project was incrementally revealed to the shifting crowds of Fullerton. As days passed, more of the puzzle art was uncovered. Students began stopping to look closer at what they could see rising from the sands. Spencer Gower, a full-time CSUF student, commented on the underlying theme of the piece, saying, “Maybe the different pieces of pop culture are supposed to say something about how we identify ourselves.” Gower managed nicely to summarize much of Welsch’s vision and artistic curiosity. What do the cash-colored Starbucks lids piled under your car seat say about you? Regardless of how you perceive this provoking piece of environmental art, you must recognize its pith — the intrinsic meaning and the questions it ponders. You must ask yourself why we seem to worship the mundane, our daily vices, the crutches that help us hobble day to day. Some lives are littered with Rockstar cans and candy wrappers, others collect concert or movie ticket stubs to record life’s progress. Prufrock measured his life in spoonfuls of coffee. Well, I measure mine in cloth diapers and the feed/ sleep cycles of my 10-monthold boy. My house has too many Q-tips, collected by a most zealous shopper, my mother in law. We literally have cases.

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TJ REYNOLDS / For the Daily Titan The art work, made from everyday objects, explores the nature of self identity and how they are formed.

What do these things say about our personalities, our lives, the meaning that we derive from our actions and experiences? “It seems like a progression of life

... or maybe how we live it,” said Michael Belongia, a student. Evidence of our existence, the tweets, the blogs, the blurbs; this does in some way define us. Does it not?

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April 16, 2012

SPORTS

Bats struggle in game one against Anteaters The baseball team got its first and only hit of the game in the ninth inning MARK PAYNE Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton baseball players were left with a sour taste in their mouths after Thursday’s loss to UCLA, and they had hoped to change that with the sweet taste of victory in the series opener against UC Irvine Saturday at Cicerone Field. But instead they were served a bitter slice of humble pie, courtesy of UCI. UCI (18-12, 4-3) starting pitcher Andrew Thurman (3-2) flirted with a nohitter for eight innings until Titans left fielder Austin Kingsolver broke the hearts of Anteaters fans with a slow chopper in front of third for a single to open up the ninth inning and finally break up the nohitter. It was the only hit CSUF (21-12, 5-2) could muster the entire game as they fell to UCI by the score of 4-1. Thurman was so effective at moving his pitches around and keeping the Titans hitters off balance that five of the six CSUF hitters he struck out went down looking with their bats still on their shoulders. Anteaters Manager Mike Gillespie decided to pull Thurman in the ninth

after Kingsolver’s single and a walk to Jared Deacon. He left to a standing ovation from the knowledgeable crowd. Thurman walked only one batter and was in such a rhythm on the hill that he retired 27 of the 28 batters he faced through eight innings, as well as putting down 17 Titans in a row before Kingsolver got his high chop — but clean — single. Thurman put the Titans down in order in every inning but the third, when J.D. Davis led off and reached first on an error by Anteaters third baseman Dillon Moyer. Davis managed to reach third after a sacrifice bunt and a ground ball out, but Thurman promptly got the Titans’ hottest hitter Richy Pedroza on a grounder to first. “I felt great, and it was good to get a start against CSUF, for the most part. I had the fastball and changeup working, and we worked in and out with the fastball,” said Thurman. “We played well as a team. We played great defense. We hit the ball and we had clutch hits all around.” After Kingsolver’s single and walks to Jared Deacon and Richy Pedroza loaded the bases in the ninth, it looked as though the Titans might put together another one of their late rallies, since they’ve managed to get 12 come-from-behind wins so far this year. It was not to be on this day, however,

because UCI turned a nice double play on a ball hit by Anthony Trajano, and then third baseman Dillon Moyer made a smooth pick-up and throw to get Michael Lorenzen in a close play at first to end the game. Titans pitcher Dylan Floro (5-3) had the unenviable task of starting opposite Thurman in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. Floro made it a pitchers duel for most of the game, as he matched zeros with Thurman through four innings. “I never really got tired, just got a little frustrated when I didn’t pitch well,” said Floro. “My fastball was moving pretty good, and my changeup was a lot better than my slider was today. My slider wasn’t very good.” UCI got its first run off Floro in the fifth when Kris Paulino singled to lead off the inning, and after back-to-back strikeouts by Floro, both D.J. Crumlich and Tommy Reyes singled, with Reyes’ single driving in Paulino. The Anteaters managed to score two unearned runs in the sixth after an error by third baseman Matt Chapman and a passed ball that got by Jared Deacon. Christian Ramirez scored on the passed ball and Kris Paulino drove in Jeff Stephens. They would go on to add one more earned run in the seventh.

ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan Junior pitcher Dylan Floro winds up to throw to an opposing TCU batter in a February game. Floro threw for six innings allowing two earned runs Saturday against UCI in the 4-1 loss in game one.

Assistant coach Chad Baum said he felt the Titan hitters lacked some aggressiveness at the plate and weren’t really committed to attacking (Thurman’s) fastball, and that Floro had a lot of pressure on him because of the way Thurman was pitching.

“Obviously it’s hard when a guy against you is throwing a no-hitter, he (Floro) knows he has to be perfect and he kind of got behind … They (the Anteaters) did a good job of playing for a run an inning, and it wears on you as a pitcher,” said Baum.

Tennis team falls to the Gauchos in conference play No. 1 singles player Tiffany Mai earned the only point for the Titans ANGEL MENDOZA Daily Titan

Coming off a disappointing shutout loss to rival Cal State Long Beach, the Cal State Fullerton tennis team looked to get back on the winning track against visiting UC Santa Barbara. Unfortunately for the Titans, the Gauchos were able to come out of Fullerton with a 6-1 victory. Although they only managed to win one point, Titans Head Coach

Bill Reynolds was pleased with the effort his team displayed. “I felt like we weren’t competitive at Long Beach and we were competitive here,” said Reynolds. “They’re happy to be back home, playing in front of the home crowd. I was happy with the way they played, they fought hard.” The afternoon didn’t start out well for the Titans, giving up the doubles point to the Gauchos by losing two of three doubles matches. Juniors Avriel Tomalko and Malorie De La Cruz couldn’t get anything going against their

opponents at the No. 3 spot. They were down 2-5 early and eventually fell 2-8. Junior Monica Rodriguez and freshman Kalika Slevcove didn’t fare any better at the No. 2 spot. They were down 1-6 and lost 1-8. Even when they hit the ball well, their opponents seemed to find a way to get to it and win the point. Nothing was going their way in this match. Reynolds feels his team has room to improve with its doubles play. “We still need to work on our doubles. We still need to get more aggressive at the net,” Reynolds said. “We need to take over the

net before the other team does, but we’re letting them do that. We’re letting them dictate the doubles at the net.” The bright spot in doubles came at the No. 1 spot thanks to juniors Tiffany Mai and Morgan McIntosh. They were up 6-3, but the Gauchos made a run and actually went up 7-6. Mai and McIntosh managed to make it 7-7 and won the tiebreaker, earning the Titans their only doubles win. McIntosh credits their aggressiveness in winning the hard-fought match. “Usually we tend to get a little tight and not play our game,” said McIntosh. “This time we were taking advantage of the net, winning points at the net, not staying back and just changing things up a little bit. We didn’t let them control the net.” Following doubles play, things didn’t fare much better for the Titans in their singles matches. Mai defeated her opponent 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 to give CSUF its only victory. Mai’s opponent was obviously frustrated with her inability to slow down Mai and became very demonstrative. Throughout the match, she was yelling at herself, hitting the ball towards the net in frustration and even threw her racket toward the ground a couple of times.

STEPHEN McGLADE / Daily Titan No. 1 singles player Tiffany Mai returns a volley from a UCSB opponent Saturday at Titan Courts. Mai gave the CSUF tennis team its lone point in the 6-1 loss.

“When I played her my freshman year, she would never get this angry. It just kind of let me know what I was doing was right.

The angrier she got, the better it was for me,” said Mai. The Titans play at UC Riverside at 2 p.m. Thursday.

SOFTBALL: Titans get swept on road to Pacific ...Continued from page 1 Pacific jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the home half of the first inning on a Armagost RBI single and two-run home run off the bat of slugger Nicole Matson — her 12th of the year. The Tigers would go on to score six more runs in the bottom of the fourth en route to the victory. Armagost led the Tigers going 2-for-2 from the plate with three

RBIs and two runs scored. Game one for the Titans was not much better as the Tigers defeated them, 7-2. CSUF’s Laben suffered the loss in six innings of work, allowing six earned and 12 hits to the Tigers. Armagost went the distance in the circle for Pacific to earn her ninth victory of the year. Pacific scored early on an RBI double by Amy Moore to take a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning.

But CSUF would tie the game 1-1 in the top of the third after Carter doubled to lead off the inning and later came home to score on a Johnson single. The Tigers would take a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the third on a Petty two-run single up the middle before seeing the Titans tack on one run of its own in the top half of the fifth. Young’s single to right field drove in Adri Martinez — who reached on an infield single and moved to third on back-to-back walks to Johnson and Eliza Crawford — cutting the Pacific lead to 3-2. However, Johnson was thrown out at the plate on the play as well after trying to score the tying run from second base behind Martinez. Pacific would then put the game out of reach in the fifth when Petty’s two-run single to right field and Moore’s RBI groundout extended the Tigers lead to 6-2. The Tigers would add one run in the sixth to seal the victory. Johnson and Young each had two hits for the Titans in the game while Petty led the Tigers, going 3-for-3 from the plate with four RBIs. CSUF will be back at Anderson Family Field where it will face the UC Riverside Highlanders in a three-game series beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. The series finale will be on Sunday at noon.

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Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You’re entering a romantic phase. Find a quiet place to complete your projects where you’re less likely to be disturbed. Avoid risky propositions. Keep your promises.

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) When it rains, it pours. Make the most out of publicity. Add efficiency to your work to withstand any storm. Don’t gamble or get distracted. Take advantage.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Work out strategy with someone who’s opinion you value. Logic is only one side. Clarify things by listing the facts. Look at emotional factors, too. New ideas arise.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Work on the chores that you’ve been avoiding but that you know you really ought to complete. You have a keen sense for finances now. Research the pros and cons before deciding.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) The day promises to bring you many surprises, for the good and for the bad. Accept a challenge and learn from your failures. A loved one teaches you.

40 Kind of rap 41 Former Romanian president 42 Utter nonsense 44 Secure behind one’s head, as long hair 45 Make a mess of 46 Really bugs 48 Synagogue 49 “Rock-__ Baby”

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Things are getting fun. Friends want you to play almost all the time these days. The invitation says “dressy.” Invent your own style. New options surface.

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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Follow through on details for the next few days. Be sensitive to a loved one’s wishes. Invent a new story. It’s important to show you care. Call home if you’ll be late.

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Cancer (June 22-July 22) You’re stronger and more confident. Meditate on the value of compassion. Come up with a new future vision. Others encourage you to a challenge. Travel later.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- All of a sudden, everything starts making sense. Old puzzles get solved. Consider your friends’ suggestions, but it’s okay to turn down an outrageous request. Gemini (May 21-June 21) A new assignment brings in new revenue, and the temptation to spend it all could arise. Rake in the dough, but count it first. Save some for repairs. Check for changes.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) The forseeable future is good for making changes at home. Set juicy goals for yourself. Pull together as a team. Whistle while you work, and feast after.

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Horoscope

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2 One skilled in plane talk 3 Fiats 4 Legal hangings? 5 Little bit 6 Pancho’s peeper 7 Jet age 2011-’12 TV drama 8 Hoover led it for 37 yrs. 9 Political pollsters’ targets 10 Winter glaze 11 Mollusk named for its pair of long earlike appendages 12 Rest 13 Responds 19 Espied 21 Catch some rays 25 Injure severely 26 Marceau, notably 27 Verve 31 Don Ho’s instrument 34 Sra.’s French counterpart 36 Crosses (out) 37 A student’s GPA blemish 38 Caesar’s “I saw” 39 “__ it my way”

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50 Actor Quaid and pitcher Johnson 52 Pharm. watchdog 55 Internet giant with an exclamation point in its name 60 According to 61 “__ Song”: #1 country hit for Taylor Swift 62 Hockey great 63 Opener on a ring

April 16, 2012

SPORTS

DTSPORTSBRIEFS BASEBALL Titans Offense Overwhelms UCI in Game 2 Win Kenny Matthews pitched five scoreless innings against the UC Irvine Anteaters in the Cal State Fullerton baseball team’s 13-2 win Saturday. The defense surrendered two runs to UCI after the fifth inning. The game was the second of a doubleheader. The Titans’ bats and baserunning produced 11 runs within the first three innings. Starting pitcher Kenny Matthews had great run support to work with. By the fifth inning, Matthews had kept the Anteaters scoreless. Matthews earned his fourth win to move him 4-0 on his 2012 Titan season. The Titans redeemed themselves from a

loss to the team earlier that day by tallying 12 more runs and 17 more hits than the first game of the doubleheader. Runs produced in the early innings pushed the Titans ahead in the game. Clay Williamson, Michael Lorenzen and Matt Chapman each came through with three RBIs. Tyler Peitzmeier relieved Matthews with two innings of one-hit baseball. Irvine starter Crosby Slaught suffered the loss giving up four hits and five runs, all earned, moving him 4-4 on his season. The Titans’ victory improved their record to 22-12 on the season and 6-2 in the Big West Conference. Brief by Colin Penkoff

BASEBALL Titans Take Series, Tie for First Place in Big West The No. 16-ranked Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team (23-12) won the final game of a three-game series, 5-3, at UCI’s Cicerone Field in front of a crowd of 1,150. With the win, the Titans were able to take two of three games and win the series against the UCI Anteaters (18-14). The Titans also tied with Long Beach State for first place in the Big West Conference standings with a 7-2 conference record. The Titans bullpen was excellent, especially sophomore pitcher Michael Lorenzen, who received the save. The save made Lorenzen a perfect 12-0 in save opportunities on the year. Freshman pitcher Grahamm Wiest earned the

win, allowing only three hits, bringing his overall record to 3-3. The Anteaters sophomore pitcher Phillip Ferragamo was given the loss. On the offensive end, the difference for the Titans proved to be freshman infielder, J.D. Davis, who hit a home run in the sixth inning. The score was tied 2-2 going into the sixth when Davis brought in himself and junior outfielder Anthony Hutting, giving the Titans a 4-2 lead. The loss dropped UCI’s Big West Conference record to 4-5. The Titans’ next game will take place Tuesday at their home, Goodwin Field, as they take on Pepperdine University at 6 p.m. Brief by Justin Enriquez