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CSUF Professor Joseph Biel ranks in the top 25 of teachers nationwide on popular rating website FRANCES LEE Daily Titan

Joseph Biel, a Cal State Fullerton associate art professor, was rated 24th yesterday on RateMyProfessors.com, the largest online destination for professor ratings. “I had no idea!” said Biel. “I think it’s pretty cool. I have to admit that I don’t pay attention to it and have never even looked at it. I assume students are being pretty frank and there is a measure of truth.” RateMyProfessors.com is the highest trafficked U.S. college professor rating site, with 6,500 schools and over 10,000,000 ratings. “The annual RateMyProfessors. com lists shine a light on a handful of the amazing educators in colleges and universities around the country who are challenging students to be the very best they can be,” said Carlo DiMarco, senior vice president of Strategic Partnerships & Campus Programs for mtvU. “The ratings often reflect instances where students were inspired and motivated by their professors in a way they never expected. Those professors need to be recognized.” See RATE, page 2

WHAT’S INSIDE NEWS Student leader Aissa Canchola’s journey ........................................3 OPINION Trump needs to get his priorities straight ........................................4 FEATURES For Your Health: How to stay in shape for summer ........................................7 SPORTS Rounding Third: Titans need win-streak form to end year .......................................8

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CAMILLE TARAZON / Daily Titan The biweekly Texas Hold ‘em Tournament, held Wednesday in the Titan Bowl and Billiards, attracted around 25 CSUF competitors, all vying to win a plaque and recognition. The atmosphere was competitive but friendly. David Monay was declared the winner of this week’s tournament.

Glitches fixed on Blackboard WILLIAM CHEN Daily Titan

The frustration over Blackboard malfunctions on campus has been resolved through in-house hosting and the piloting of the new learning management system, Moodle. Server downtime, Blackboard quiz glitches and unlisted classes on Blackboard are some issues students and faculty have faced with this web application.

In order for students and faculty to interact effectively with class materials, a reliable web application is required to serve as a medium between the two parties. In fall 2009, the Blackboard servers were warehoused off campus. Before they move the servers in-house, the servers were hosted by Blackboard and if there were any issues, the Information Technology Department would have to notify them for service. This includes servers going down or databases crashing. Since complaints have been brought to the IT Depart-

ment, they have brought server hosting in-house, which means the IT Department manages and maintains the servers as opposed to calling Blackboard when issues arise. Matt Aloha, the IT consultant, explains why they migrated to local hosting. “We weren’t happy with the support we had, so we moved in-house,” said Aloha. See SERVER, page 2

Snow team places sixth among colleges Brown-Tomasso, Lloyd earn individual awards SABRINA PARK Daily Titan

The Southern California Collegiate Snowsport Conference, a college-level snowsport association under the United States Collegiate Snowsport Conference, held an awards banquet for collegiate snow teams across Southern California Friday through Sunday in Las Vegas, Nev.

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The awards ceremony took place Saturday at Voodoo Steak and Lounge, a restaurant on the 50th floor of the Rio All Suite Hotel. While only three members of the team were able to attend the banquet, Andrew Brown-Tomasso, a civil engineering major and vice president of the Cal State Fullerton snow team, said he and two of his teammates, Aaron Honda and Wyatt Kiedrowski, were also present at the event’s conference meeting, where they discussed the turnout of their season and scheduled plans for next year. According to Brown-Tomasso, team awards were only distributed to the top three teams. However, individual awards were given to Brown-Tomasso, who placed third in the overall Men’s Snowboarding category, and Markie Lloyd, a ceramics major who placed sixth in the overall Women’s Snowboarding category. “I’m really excited about it because this is my very first year on the team,” said Lloyd about receiving her award. Lloyd said she was excited that she ranked above 10th place because she’d never participated in a competition before. “I definitely think we did better individually as the season progressed. Overall, it was just a lot of fun and I’m definitely going to come back next year,” said Brown-Tomasso.

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JC VERA / For the Daily Titan Gustavo Arellano speaks during a presentation in “Gustavo’s Awesome Lecture Series!” at the Fullerton Public Library.

‘Asking a Mexican’ about success Gustavo Arellano, part-time Chicano studies professor, dishes the details FRANCES LEE Daily Titan

When Gustavo Arellano eats his meals, he doesn’t skimp on portions and he doesn’t get scared of new ﬂavors. He orders precisely what he wants without holding back and always uses the proper utensils. Intellectual to the core, a selfproclaimed nerd and open to trying new food options out of eagerness to

grow, he sat across from me at a Hawaiian restaurant in Irvine and spoke to me about his work. Ferociously soaking his chicken in a spicy dipping sauce with a wellpracticed hand in chopstick use, he said, “To me, when it comes to food, all I care about is good food.” “What is this hot sauce made out of?” he asked the waiter as the food was brought to the table. “This isn’t Sriracha and it’s not a sweet and sour sauce. It’s something else, but it’s really good though.”

Arellano, a part-time professor in Chicano studies, has been “the subject of press coverage in the Los Angeles Times, Detroit Free Press, San Antonio Express-News, Mexico City’s El Universal newspaper, The Today Show, The Situation with Tucker Carlson, Nightline, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s The Hour, The Tom Leykis Show and The Colbert Report. See ARELLANO, page 5

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RATE: Art teacher rates high ...Continued from page 1 The site provides an automated system for quickly researching and rating professors from colleges and universities across the United States and other international territories. Each professor is rated on a fivepoint scale on easiness, helpfulness, clarity and rater interest. Each entry is given a chance to write a review on the professor, which students may use to their advantage or disadvantage. Although CSUF did not place anywhere on the site as a high-ranking university, Biel did place in the top 25 ranked professors at the universities under Michallene McDaniel from Gainesville State College and before Tom Gufrey from Cal State Long Beach. “What I try to do is assume people are adults and I don’t adopt the mean parent or bad cop role; it’s not my way,” Biel said. “I also think that I come across as someone that loves the subject and I take my subject really seriously. I really walk the walk and I’ve devoted my life to making art.” Biel has been teaching at CSUF for seven years after moving from Portland, Ore. He believes his motivation to become a teacher came from his mother, who taught piano. “I learned if you have 30 students, you might have to explain the same simple concept 30 different ways,” Biel said. “You can have a formula but it may or may not work so well. Also,

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you have to be straight up with them and have a certain tone of professionalism.” His patience and ease in teaching has earned respect from many of his students, which shows in his good reputation on RateMyProfessors.com. “He is really lenient and lets you design what you want to do and do your own thing,” said Kelly Chen, a sophomore graphic design major. “He’s always checking up on students so they don’t have to ask questions because some people don’t want to say anything, and he gets you on the right track.” Biel appreciates students at CSUF because they “don’t have a prima donna attitude and are not spoiled kids.” “Most of them work and kind of have to scrap it together,” Biel said. “I love cultural and ethnic diversities. They really want to learn and have a good attitude.” Biel is also extremely passionate about his subject and implements his love of art in his students, but is realistic about the harsh life of an artist. “Art culture doesn’t put huge rewards in success in terms of day-today living,” Biel said. “You can’t necessarily promise people a lucrative living, not saying one can’t do that, but it’s a dicier game in the real world. Sometimes there are certain ideas and principles that take years to understand, and I might not be around when students get it. It is really like planting seeds; you don’t necessarily see flowers.”

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DTSHORTHAND Bin Laden Photo Not to Be Released After much debate, President Barack Obama has decided not to release the photo taken after Osama bin Laden’s death, according to White House officials. The president said the photo won’t make any difference as “there’s no doubt” that it’s bin Laden, and he is more concerned that the photo would incite antiAmerican violence. “There’s a long history of images like that being used to rally opinion against people, to turn people into heroes,” said Jay Carney, a White House spokesman. As there are many people questioning the legitimacy of Osama’s death, “the fact of the matter is he won’t be seen walking on this Earth again,” according to the president. An official close to Obama said he was never in favor of releasing the photograph, though many assumed it would be leaked at some point. Brief by Ashley Loera

Police Searching for Fullerton Thief The man who robbed a bank in the Metrocenter Fullerton Shopping Center Saturday is still on the loose. According to the Orange County Register, police are still searching for the possibly armed robber. The OC Register reported that a man entered the Chase bank at 1107 S. Harbor Blvd. at 9:07 a.m. He then handed the teller a note demanding money with his other hand in his pocket as if holding a gun. No actual weapon was visible to either the teller or the police. Once the man received the cash from the teller, the man drove off in a silver car with another male driver waiting for him outside. The amount of cash given to the man is still unknown. The police followed the two men for some time before losing sight of the car. The police failed to find the two men after searching around the 1600 block of South Highland Avenue.

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However, this required more staffing to watch over the servers and responsibility is heavily weighed on Cal State Fullerton to maintain the servers. The benefit of off-campus servers run by Blackboard is that on a regular basis, there was no need for frequent checkups on database servers. But since Blackboard has been expanding quickly, it may have been harder for them to manage all the servers. Bringing the servers in-house required more resources to set up the servers, like cluster databases. But there’s a faster response rate now that the servers are on campus and after this change, the performance of the Blackboard servers dramatically improved. Another advantage of having the servers in-house is that now they can fix the problems themselves. Now if something happens, we know exactly how long it will take and what we need to do to fix it,” said Rommel Hidalgo, the assistant vice president for IT. Hidalgo explained that the tradeoff between staffing more people to maintain servers and getting better responses was worth it. “When you’re managing less databases, it allows us to do more things, but because we wanted to provide a better service to students, we wanted to bring it in-house,” Hidalgo said. The service has dramatically increased because of the in-house transition. “Because we wanted to provide a better service to students, we decided to bring it in-house, and we’ll manage it and have better response rates if something goes wrong,” Hidalgo said. “If something is not working out, then we look for ways to make it better.” The IT Department is looking for more ways to further the usability of learning management systems while keeping costs low. Because of these two standards, the IT Department has looked into Moodle, an alternative course management system. Moodle gives the ability to em-

features, so moving to Moodle is not only cost-benefit, but also has more efficient services to students.” Since fall of 2010, certain faculty and students have already tested out Moodle and given a response. Some faculty members have been bothered by the new interface in Moodle. But an upgrade to the newer Blackboard 9 would also have a different interface and the costs of Blackboard 9 would be significantly higher. For the most part, students and faculty have found Moodle to be helpful in the learning experience. Ahmed has received feedback from users. “More intuitive is the key word here, because most of the feedback we’ve gotten is that it’s easier to use for both faculty and students,” Ahmed said. The move from one application to another will require campus involvement because of the need for training and feedback. Regardless of the final decision on which application to run, the fees spent will not affect student tuition. The fund for the software is from Academic Affairs, and tuition increase happens on the chancellor side and not from on-campus distribution of funds.

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bed YouTube videos and other multimedia easily. There is more of a drag-and-drop function that may be more user-friendly for students today. There is the ability to upload pictures and a chat feature that is more intuitive. It’s an open-source learning management system, which means that the source code is available to the public to copy, change or distribute without charge. This would greatly reduce the costs of the servers on campus. Several CSU campuses have already transitioned from Blackboard to Moodle. At CSUF, some professors have already been trying out this new application during fall 2010. There has generally been positive feedback in using this application. The IT Department will be piloting Moodle alongside Blackboard for at least a year to see which one is more efficient. After the year, there will be feedback from professors as to whether the application was user-friendly. The plan is to have both programs running side by side for at least a year and receive user preference on which web application is more helpful. All applications will be the same, but will also allow for more services. Transitioning to a different learning management system will require additional training for both the students and faculty. “Because [Moodle] is going to be new, we’re making sure there (are) a lot of training materials for faculty and students,” Hidalgo said. Training will be provided for this learning management system for both professors and students. These training materials are in the process of finalization. Some materials that will be provided include instructions on navigating the new interface and functions of Moodle. “The features will be the same and you will find them at different places and the things that students use are going to be the same,” said Shariq Ahmed, the learning management systems administrator. “There will also be additional

Cal State Fullerton will be hosting a multitude of cultural celebrations for graduating students beginning this Saturday through the commencement ceremonies. The Asian and Pacific Islander Graduate Recognition Ceremony will be held in the Portola Pavilion in the Titan Student Union. Former state Senate and Assembly member Sheila Kuehl will be speaking at the LGBT Pride Recognition Ceremony Thursday, May 12 in the Portola Pavillion. The Filipino American Graduation Celebration is scheduled for May 13. Roselyn Estepa Ibanez, a member of the Filipino American Library Board, is scheduled to speak at the event. Two events are scheduled for May 14. The Pan-African Student Recognition Ceremony will be held on the lawn next to the Engineering and Computer Science Building, while the Chicano/Latino Graduation Celebration will be held in the Portola Pavilion. Brief by Patrick Corbett

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MARK SAMALA / Daily Titan Aissa Canchola has served on the ASI Board of Directors for three terms, serving two of them as the board chair. She is also involved in the California State Student Associaton.

Student leader discovers her passion From involvement with student government to a passion for justice, one student’s journey CYNTHIA RODRIGUEZ Daily Titan

The phantom clock tower strikes 6 p.m. on a Wednesday and Aissa Canchola, 21, a political science and American studies major with a minor in sociology, is one of a few students standing in front of Aloha Java trying to get some water for a cough that has left her throat dry. With her shoulder-length, brunette hair tied back in a ponytail, her blue Associated Students Inc. hoodie, jeans and black Toms, she looks like an average college student looking for a caffeine pick-me-up. However, what the employee fails to realize as Canchola walks away without her water, which she learns is not free but costs 50 cents, is that she just spoke to the chair for the ASI Board of Directors. But that is not all Canchola is a part of. She’s also a member on the California State Student Association (CSSA), the chair for the Multicultural Caucus and a member of the Government Relations Team Force, just to name a few. Despite growing up in a neighborhood with violence around the corner, her parents and self-motivation helped her become the successful woman she is today. Humble Beginnings As a child, Canchola grew up with parents who were both union stewards. Sonia Canchola, Aissa’s mother, said they would take her in a stroller when they would strike for union rights. Because Aissa was exposed to advocacy at such a young age, Sonia would like to “take credit” for Aissa’s tenacity and eagerness to be involved in different projects. “She always saw her parents fighting for injustices, and I think that has given her the sense that she can go and help the underprivileged,” said Sonia.

But despite a happy home, Canchola said she didn’t come from the best neighborhood. She lived in Rialto, a city in San Bernardino County, by a street notorious for violence. “I saw a lot of stuff in high school and I meet people here and they never saw that stuff,” said Canchola. She remembers seeing riots of blacks versus Mexicans on campus and thinking, “We need to empower ourselves.” Canchola was raised around different ethnic backgrounds and didn’t understand that just because someone came from a different ethnicity, didn’t mean he or she was different as a human being. “It’s just a rude awakening and being an American studies major, we study ... (that) institutional racism is still around,” Canchola said. Even in the midst of the riots, Canchola took AP honor classes and graduated in 2006 from Carter High School. While in high school she played soccer and was in theatre. She moved to Orange County her freshman year of college. “Coming to Orange County, you don’t really see (racial tensions) very much and so it was a culture shock coming over here,” Canchola said. “It’s very different.” College Life Despite Canchola’s double major and minor, she came to CSUF undeclared, only knowing that she “wanted to save the world.” She took her first American studies class as a sophomore and fell in love with the subject. “One day I remember I saw a ‘run for Board of Directors’ kind of thing, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, that sounds cool,’” Canchola said. She went to the meeting and remembered thinking, “I can do this. How hard can it be, right?” Then incredulously added, “Yeah, right.” “Then I came to my first election and I just got out there,” Canchola said. “I put myself out there, talked to students, wanted to see what it

was all about, and I got on.” After getting involved with ASI and CSSA, Canchola felt she “was at a disservice not knowing anything about the political system.” That was when she double-booked her major. “(Taking political science classes) was just to kind of get to know how our politics work, structural-wise,” Canchola said. “I was always involved with politics. It was so interesting knowing about it.” The Beginnings of a Leader Canchola was involved with the Social Justice Summit before anything else. The Social Justice Summit is a day-long event, educating students about local, national and global injustices, and that is just Canchola’s cup of Aloha Java. “My minor is sociology, so I’m always about the injustices and, you know, racial hierarchy,” Canchola said. When Canchola became one of the representatives of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences for the board, she helped plan the Humanities and Social Sciences Week in collaboration with the Inter-Club Council and the Arts Department. “This was around the time that they were talking about decreasing (art and humanities) majors,” Canchola said. “I just went up to (the arts meeting) and went, ‘Look, they’re canceling our programs, this is our one chance to (say) we are essential to our society, whether it be through poetry, art, dance (or) culture itself.’”

Canchola was a representative for the board for one semester, and this is her second semester as chair. Sonia said once her daughter has her mind set on something, there is no stopping her. She remembered one time when her daughter failed, but she had to think about it for a second. It was Canchola’s senior year and she lost homecoming queen. More recently she lost to Eric Nui for ASI president. But even those are seen as stepping stones for her daughter. “It has given her the strength and the character, the motivation, and it has made her who she is,” Sonia said. Teach for America After graduation, Canchola hasn’t decided if she wants to apply to law schools to work for civil rights or join Teach for America. Canchola has “always had a passion for advocating underrepresented communities.” Canchola said she always gets teased by her friends when she says she would ask Teach for America to send her anywhere. Students can have preference of where they want to be sent. Her only preference would be teaching in a Spanish-speaking community because she knows the language. “(I wouldn’t just) teach my students, but empower them to ‘look, I didn’t come from the best neighborhood either and look what I’m doing, and you can do it too,’” Canchola said.

Genius.com, and the worst is a 2-7 unsuited. KAMY WEST The tournament was set up Daily Titan where the pool tables are down on the lower level of the TSU. There If you’re not too far from the were three tables set up and about Titan Student Union on campus 25 people there for the semi-finals and are looking to take a break of the Texas Hold ‘em Tournafrom tedious studying, take a walk ment. down to the lower-level floor of Jane Ccaihuari, 22, a psycholthe TSU to the Titan Bowl and ogy major and an employee at the Billiards and sign in to play Texas Bowl and Billiards, mentioned Hold ’em in tournaments that are that usually there are more people held every other Wednesday. here to play. Monica Zepeda, 20, a market“The closer it gets to finals, the ing and public relations major, is less people we have,” said Ccaian employee at Bowl and Billiards. huari. She feels strongly about stuConversations around the table dents utilizing the Bowl and Bil- consist of winning the trophy and liards as a way to give the students the plaque with your name, where a chance to relax from intense they will play poker now that onhours of homework and studying. line poker was shut down by the “If you live close by I think FBI, and sports – the Lakers and spending a few hours here playing the Celtics. pool, poker, bowling and video All the guys at one table showed games will take your mind off a look of astonishment when one your studies and give your brain a of the two girls in the tournament rest,” said Zepeda. bet $200 before the cards came According to TexasHoldEm- out. “Good strategy,” one guy said Poker.com, the at the table sitgame is a poputing next to her. lar variation of “I have never won Sandy Murpoker. phy, 19, a busihere at school in this To start, two ness major, cards are dealt tournament. I vow to stood up from face down to win before I graduate.” the table and each player. - Sandy Murphy began to grab F i v e Business Major his things after “c o m m u shaking hands nity” cards are with one of the placed face up by the dealer. players at the table in response to Then a series of three, then two a game well played. “It is my first additional single cards are dealt, time playing in this tournament. with players having the option to I lost. I went all in and I lost to a check, bet, raise or fold after each kicker.” deal. For example, betting may ocA kicker is someone who had a cur prior to the flop, “on the flop,” card that was a little higher than “on the turn” and “on the river.” the person who obviously lost, he The objective of the game is explained. for individuals to compete for an Murphy lost to Brandon Brown, amount of money or chips con- 24, a criminal justice major, who tributed by the players themselves has never won here at the TSU (called the pot). Texas Hold ‘em Tournament but The cards are dealt randomly is adamant about doing just that. and outside the control of the “I have never won here at school players; each player attempts to in this tournament. I vow to win control the amount of money in before I graduate; that is why I’m the pot based either on the hand holding off graduation and I’m he’s holding or on his prediction double majoring,” he said jokas to what his opponents may be ingly. holding. The winner of the semi-finals, A pair of aces is the best starting David Monay, was proclaimed two hand, according to OnlinePoker- hours later, just before 7 p.m.

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Dump Trump The Donald is much better off trying to run a business than trying to run America PATRICK CORBET Daily Titan

Osama bin Laden was a terrible person, yes. It is fantastic news that the United States was able to find and kill him, ending a decade-long manhunt. Maybe it will provide some measure of closure for those affected by his terrible deeds. Perhaps it will leave al-Qaida in a state of flux. Yet there is one thing we can be positive about. Osama did us all a favor before he took that bullet to the head. He knocked Donald Trump out of the news. Although, it would not be a surprise if Trump asked for the death certificate. It was not a good week for supporters of Trump’s inevitable bid for the Republican presidential nomination for the 2012 Elections. President Barack Obama released his birth certificate Wednesday, taking away Trump’s claim to the limelight as the most outspoken proponent of the “birther movement.” Then, Obama roasted Trump at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, with Trump in attendance. Obama showed a clip of his “birth,” as the birth scene from The Lion King flashed onscreen. “… No one is prouder to put this birth certificate to rest than The Donald. Now he can get to focusing on the issues that matter. Like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened at Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?” Obama said before the audience. Obama gave the final order Friday to pursue the operation that killed bin Laden, the day before his remarks on Trump. “We do not have time for this kind of silliness. We’ve got better stuff to do,” Obama said after releasing his birth certificate. He clearly did have better stuff to do. While Trump was calling for

Obama to produce his birth certificate, the president was holding National Security Council meetings on bin Laden. What exactly made Trump worthy of the coverage he was receiving? Did anyone actually consider him a legitimate presidential candidate? A poll released by Fox News last week had Trump fourth among potential Republican candidates, behind Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin. While some polls have shown him at the top of the list, he is far from a runaway choice among Republicans and has received backlash from those within the party. “There’s a lot of things Mr. Trump can be proud of, but some of his rhetoric and this focusing on the president’s birth I do not think is the way for us to win the White House,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina on Fox News Sunday. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida was more blunt to the Los Angeles Times. “I’m more concerned with issues that are happening back here on planet Earth,” said Rubio. Trump has stated that his platform would be based on running America like a business. Sure, his net worth is valued at $2.7 billion, according to Forbes. However, his businesses have experienced financial trouble themselves. Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2009. This was the third time the company had filed for bankruptcy. It is not like Trump will be leading the company back to prominence. He resigned from the company’s board. After the release of the president’s birth certificate, Trump is now calling for Obama’s college transcripts. While multiple reports have said Trump has already decided to run for president in 2012, he will not officially announce anything until the end of his show, Celebrity Apprentice. NBC interrupted Trump’s show Sunday to cover Obama’s speech. It was a fitting end to the week for The Donald. Obama was right. We don’t have time for Trump’s silliness. We have better things to do.

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The Spring Concert is just around the corner and will most likely be a flop like the last one. After being postponed, Associated Students Inc. announced that rising R&B sensation Jeremih will be performing, but it doesn’t seem like ASI is holding up to Spring Concert standards. Every Cal State Fullerton student pays student fees and from those fees a certain percentage of that money goes to ASI so it can give us free concerts. The weekly concert series by ASI Productions has shown variety from week to week, while the Spring Concert lacks diversity. Last year, electro hip-hop duo LMFAO performed with openers O.N.E. The concert attracted many attendees, proving successful. The year before featured artists Kanye West and Three 6 Mafia.

According to Ginny Cheung, the ASI Spring Concert coordinator, the performers are chosen based on student feedback about which artists they want. This is easy to understand, but there are just as many rock ‘n’ roll, alternative rock, indie and pop fans as there are hip-hop fans. I’m sure just as many students would attend if Kings of Leon or Vampire Weekend performed. The problem is that although ASI has the ability to hire a decent artist to perform, it’s not really putting 110 percent effort into finding different acts. ASI has had since the beginning of the fall semester to prepare for the Spring Concert; there’s no excuse for not taking the time to find someone. This year, not only did it lag on finding an artist on time, but it chose the same genre and only one artist to perform. ASI has a large budget to work with and although it’s cool that it aims for big names, it doesn’t fully consider all its options. The tickets are free for students and for guests it’s a small

amount of $10. It’s beyond a doubt that people would still attend if the act wasn’t hip-hop, rap or R&B. Cheung says that ASI goes through its agency, which is called Pageantry, and tries to negotiate with artists based on availability and price. After the artist somewhat agrees to the price, they do a presentation for the ASI Board of Directors and they vote whether or not the artist will get approved. If not, they have to find another artist and go back to the board. If the artist gets approved, ASI tells its agency and negotiates with the artists’ side to get the contracts signed. ASI won’t officially announce anything until a contract is signed because they don’t want to break any promises to students. This year, ASI’s coordinator resigned in December, applications were out during winter break and Cheung was chosen to be the coordinator. “I had to be approved by the Board of Directors before I could learn anything or do anything regarding Spring Concert,”

said Cheung. She also stated that they had difficulties with artists this year because the music industry operates in a very high-paced manner. Maybe the problem isn’t the availability of artists but ASI being picky about who it wants playing. If the music industry is high-paced, it should give an extensive list to choose from. ASI tried getting Far East Movement, another hip-hop group, but Cheung said it didn’t work out because they “couldn’t work out logistical and transportation issues. [FEM] had an event the day before and the day after our Spring Concert.” The process took even longer afterward, as ASI went through several other artists but was unable to work out the contracts with them as well. Sure, some artists won’t be able to, but from what Cheung explains, ASI is only choosing Power 106 chart toppers. ASI needs to stop booking who it thinks students want to see and take a chance with another genre. It might just make the process easier for ASI.

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Protecting your skin from sun damage LISA HOSBOYAR For the Daily Titan

As Cal State Fullerton students say goodbye to winter and hello to sunny spring and summer, they suddenly trade in long pants for shorts, sweaters for tank tops and textbooks for beach towels. The change in season leaves students with longer days and harmful exposure to sun rays, especially on pale skin that has been hiding underneath clothing for months. As the Beach Boys made it clear decades ago, Southern Californians pride themselves on their perfect sun-kissed skin, but what the Beach Boy generation did not know and later found out was the degree of harm sun exposure without the right protection can lead to. “Those of us fortunate enough to live in Southern California should be particularly careful about sun damage. We have so much sunshine in SoCal (that) your skin is susceptible to damage from simply being outside going about your daily activities. That’s why sunscreen can be so helpful,” said Gail Love, Ph.D., who serves on the committee for the Center of Cancer Disparities Research for the Department of Health Science. The sun’s light has two different ultraviolet rays that cause harm to skin. UVA rays are linked to longterm damage and contribute to skin aging, wrinkling and skin cancer, while UVB rays are linked to sunburn and damage to the immune system, according to LiveStrong.com A sunscreen or sunblock should protect against both types of UV rays, according to LiveStrong. com. Most sun damage occurs when students are walking around campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The face is particularly vulnerable to damage because it is exposed to the sun the most. Facial skin damage results in deep wrinkles in later years. No matter how many antiwrinkle products someone uses, without proper sun protection, premature aging is unavoidable, according to Mary M. Becerra, director of Health Education and Promotion. “Students have to get in the habit of using sunscreen everyday, even in areas where they might think they don’t need it, like on the top of the ears. Skin cancer can happen anywhere on the body,” said Becerra. The most effective way to protect against premature aging and

cancer of the skin is to stay out of the sun as much as possible and to use sunscreen or sunblock with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 30, Becerra said. Less than 30 is not enough and more is necessary, according to SkinCancer.org. Reapplying is also a key factor since perspiration and water can make it less effective. Purchasing an expensive sunblock is not necessary. Neutrogena is recommended by dermatologists and ranges from $4 to $10. Out of 10 students surveyed (five female, five male), only four out of 10 used some sort of SPF daily on their skin. “I personally burn within 15 to 20 minutes of sun exposure. I grew up knowing the repercussions of no sun protection because my dad had skin cancer and still deals with it today. I feel like our generation is much more informed on this issue than my parents’ generation. There should be no excuse to not take care of your skin,” said Serrania Bruflodt, 24, a psychology major. With so many brands on the market, deciding between sunscreen and sunblock can even become an issue. Sunblock literally blocks and reflects the ultraviolet rays, acting as a wall between the skin and the sun, according to Family-Healthand-Nutrition.com. Sunscreen protects the skin, but allows a certain range of UV light to be absorbed into the skin. Any kind of protection, whether it be sunscreen or sunblock, is better than no protection at all, according to Family-Health-andNutrition.com. Skin cancer has become the most common cancer and affects nearly one million people in the United States every year. The National Cancer Institute suggests performing regular selfexaminations and check for the ABCD’s. A stands for asymmetry; one half of the mole should be the same as the other half. B stands for border irregularity; this occurs when the edges are notched, uneven or blurred. C is for color, which should be even. D is diameter; this should not be greater than six millimeters. If any one of these four problems is noticed, a dermatologist should be contacted right away. “The ABCD’s are definitely something students should keep an eye on. It doesn’t take a lot of sun damage to cause skin cancer,” Becerra said.

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JC VERA / For the Daily Titan Audience members listen to Gustavo Arellano’s presentation at the Fullerton Public Library about his motivation for work, life and how his heritage played into his success.

ARELLANO: Part-time professor discusses passion for food and community ...Continued from page 1 “Gustavo’s commentaries on Latino culture appear regularly on National Public Radio’s Day to Day and Latino USA program, the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Glenn Beck Show and Paciﬁc News Service. Gustavo was a ﬁnalist for the 2005 Maggie Award’s Best Public Service Series or Article category for his work on the Catholic Diocese of Orange sex-abuse scandal, a topic for which he was the recipient of the Lilly Scholarship in Religion from the Religion Newswriters Association.” His love of food and Mexican culture is evident in his work and life. Author of a best-selling book and writer of the famous OC Weekly column “Ask a Mexican!,” he is the Orange County version of Andrew Zimmerman. “I love good food. I don’t care if you throw it at me, I don’t even care if you spit it at me,” Arellano said. “If it’s good, that’s all I care about.” Arellano came from humble roots. His father being an illegal immigrant who snuck into the country in the back of a truck and his mother a tomato canner, they worked very hard to educate and raise their four children to be amazing assets to society. Elsa Arellano, his younger sister, said his love for food came “from seeing my mom and aunts in the kitchen during special occasions.” “I remember when we moved as kids. For his birthday my mom made Mexican gorditas with beans, and some of his new classmates came over to eat and play Nintendo,” said Elsa. “Food is such a unifying part of Mexican culture – most cultures as a

matter of fact.” Elsa also believes his motivation comes from hearing about their family’s journey and experience navigating American culture with their Mexican heritage. “Some people’s close-mindedness to other cultures (to the point of vilification) has driven him, sometimes through sarcasm and humor, to break down cultural barriers,” Elsa said. In March, Arellano went to Lonchera Lane, a long stretch of Main Street in Santa Ana lined with “some of the best food trucks in Southern California.” He tasted food from every truck, such as the Roasted Corn Kings, Hot Taco and Los Reyes del Elote Asado, and chose his favorites. Rico Reville, the marketing and publicity director of Soho Gourmet Taco Catering, was chosen as the Best Food Truck in Orange County last year by Arellano in a food truck contest. “Absolutely amazing food,” Arellano wrote in the article that was published April 7, 2011. “Behind the counter, Gabriel or Andres will make virtually any taco or burrito you can dream up with the items available, always using made-that-morning tortillas and providing fried-that-morning chips. And if they’re not there, the tacos still impress: tripas fried until they’re more decadent than bacon, salsa that sears, fresh-squeezed orange juice. Sure, the only seating is outside and affords you scenes of moms pushing strollers—but you’re in a carnicería in the barrio, not Javier’s.” After the publication of the article, Reville claimed that their business immediately doubled. “He’s not easy to please and he is not shy about how he feels about the

food,” said Reville. “If you’re gonna make Mexican food in Orange county, it better be goddamn good. If you read the OC Register, it is too bland and there is rarely any criticism except (from) Gustavo. He goes out on a limb and says it’s bad. I appreciate his honesty and his intelligence.” There are three things Arellano loves. The first is obviously food, the second is his Mexican heritage and the third is “helping the people that get screwed over.” This is where his journalistic talents come in to play. His platform against bigotry, racism and stereotyping is evident in his articles in the OC Weekly, where people send in questions about anything to do with the Mexican culture. Naida Jannet Jimenez, a Cal State Fullerton alumna who graduated in 2005 in international business, has followed his lectures and read his books in the past year. The Fullerton native said she “really likes the fact that he supports people that also support our community.” “He profiles people that aren’t people in the mainstream media issues and aren’t profiled in mainstream media,” said Jimenez. “It’s not giving opinion, but he’s very informative. He’s not ranting on his opinion, but he backs it up with history.” His book, Ask a Mexican!, an organized compilation of questions he has received over the years, is organized on topics such as ethnic relations, food and culture. “The questions he is asked are mostly negative,” Jimenez said. “Some people think that some explanations he give(s) don’t apply to all Mexicans, but there are different levels of assimilation. People see him as a threat because they don’t understand or appreciate him and realize how active he is in the community.” Among many platforms that Jimenez appreciates about Arellano, the one most characterized among his friends and followers is his dedication to his community. “All of his events focus on people that succeed or do good in the community,” Jimenez said. “He talks about people that work for the improvement of our community. I find it very inspirational.”

Last week, Jimenez attended a lecture Arellano sponsored that featured William Nericco, the chair and professor in the English and Comparative Language Department at San Diego State University. Nericco is an author of four books, one of which won the Outstanding Academic Title in 2007 by the American Library Association in the category of Film Studies. “Most writers are narcissists; they are so much self-loved and self-important in being a successful writer,” said Nericco. “Gustavo is generous. He shares the spotlight. He puts writers in the spotlight. What he does with this Fullerton series is reaching out to the community and sharing his contact list to his audience.” Nericco, who has known Arellano for ﬁve years since writing him a fan email, has invited him to SDSU several times and is always surprised at “how willing he is to give up his time to young students, journalists and writers.” “He gave his presentation and went to the campus restaurant and hung out with students,” Nericco said. “He wanted his students to hang out with me and him, like an apprenticeship. He pays it forward and shares everything with his students so they are used to writers, teachers who run graduate programs.” Although Arellano has made many positive impressions in the community, he is also known to receive hate mail and threats because of his work. “The people (who) hate him the most are the most racist,” Nericco said. “If you look at the level of commentary on one of his pieces, the commenters are usually the least educated, least articulate, small-minded people on the planet. The ones that are most adamant are Southern Californian racists. This is the country we live in, anti-Mexican hate. Gustavo, God love him, is the best American. He defends the weak and the speechless.” Arellano’s next lecture will be Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Fullerton Public Library. The topic will feature a wide array of taco trucks for foodies to enjoy. For more information, call the Fullerton Library at 714-738-3122.

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ARIANNE CUSTER / Daily Titan Animals such as birds, wallabies, kangaroos, reptiles and insects populate the natural land of Australia, which features rock formations in addition to forests, waterfalls and mountain ranges.

Admiring Australia’s animals, witnessing wildlife down under Whether you want to sightsee in the city, hike in the mounARIANNE CUSTER tains, venture in the swamplands Daily Titan or snorkel in the clear-blue ocean when this semester is over, Australia is the place to go, and no matter what city you visit there, you’re likely to be within inches or a few feet of exotic mammals, birds, insects, fish, reptiles and amphibians. While on a two-week trip to Australia last summer, I had so many exhilarating encounters with wildlife that I bought two books on the animals of northern, coastal and southern Australia so that I could checkmark each one off. It didn’t matter if we were in the city or the country, there were so many animals just out and about. Here are a couple of places and encounters my husband and I had while on the trip. At times they were quite comical and at other times, simply exhilarating. There are too many to list, so I’ll tell you about some of our favorite moments and mention the other intriguing animals that you’re likely to experience if you decide to go on a “walkabout, mate.” The domain in Sydney You might think that this 223-year-old city would have too many buildings and people to allow for interactive wildlife experiences, but you would be wrong. While walking through the Royal Botanical Gardens on the way to the Sydney Opera House, we approached a flock of sulfur-crested cockatoos. As they were cackling amongst one another, picking up twigs and landing on top of one another’s heads, we couldn’t stop laughing. I thought this would be a great opportunity to take a picture, as we were surrounded by dozens of birds foraging the ground and in midflight as if we weren’t even there. Just as my husband grabbed a bag of bread crumbs to throw to them and I pulled out my camera, the cockatoos decided that I looked like the more amusing target.

Sitting at home with a big bag of chips in front of another Family Guy re-run may sound like a good idea, but you’re not doing your body any favors. Having good fitness and a proper diet will not only improve quality of life, but boost self-esteem. “I have a personal trainer, so I run, do pull-ups and lift weights,” said Jacque Oleskiewicz, a sociology major. “I try to eat well, but it’s tough.” Being physically fit means being able to consistently train and not give up after one week. The key is staying motivated and being patient with results. However, working out hard in the gym for hours on end may not be the solution. “I have a workout planned for every day, but it’s not about killing myself with hours of work,” said Jonathan Blake, a training UFC competitor. “I will do a combination of weightlifting and cardio for only about 45 minutes, but I’ll do it six days a week.” Diet can also play a huge role in maintaining physical fitness. Eating healthy is not about staying unrealistically thin, but feeling great, having more energy and keeping yourself as healthy as possible. The first step to this is cutting out fast food that has become very easy to obtain, especially on campus. “From what I see, I think students need to eat a lot better than they do,” said Laura Louchis, a front desk attendant at the Student Recreation Center. “There is a lot of fast food on campus and it’s pretty bad. I understand it’s easy to get, but people need to pack healthier food from home.” According to HelpGuide.org, instead of making a large change in diet, small incre-

Before I could click the camera button, I had one sitting on my head, two on my left arm and another on my right. They bobbed up and down with laughter, tugged at my clothes, nibbled on my ears and went for a ride as I ran up and down the sidewalk until they finally flew off. If I wasn’t such a bird lover, I would have been scared out of my mind. It was one of the funniest moments of my life, though, and I’m sure one of the many foreigners that day in the park with us will also never forget. I’d like to say I got a good picture of it, but my husband was laughing too hard to get one in focus. Some other animals in the park that day that were exciting to watch were the colonies of screeching and fluttering red flying foxes (bats) hanging from the trees as though they were ornaments. I’d, however, had enough animals-go-wild adventures that day, so we just admired them from a distance. The Blue Mountains The Wombeyan Caves are located deep in the Blue Mountains National Park and are entirely worth driving the treacherous, winding, one-lane road to get to. We arrived just an hour before sunset and had missed all of the guided tours. As long as we got back before dark, the ranger was more than happy to let us explore the path to the limestone caves. After walking only a few feet from the station and flipping the map several times to figure out which way to go, we looked up to see two wallabies hopping down the mountainside just to the left of us. I, of course, needed to get my camera out and again before I could snap the shot, dozens more wallabies started filtering out from the brush. They hesitated only a few seconds to check us out before hopping further out into the fields to eat. Before we knew it, we were surrounded by at least 50 wallabies of all sizes, including a few joeys and what were clearly females and males. My husband and I took turns posing just within a few feet of the boisterous wallabies.

mental steps are much easier and lead to success. Making small changes to a diet is more realistic for people looking to eat healthier. Soon, these small changes become habit and can leave room for more change in the future. Fruits and vegetables are crucial in maintaining a proper diet. Corn, carrots, beets, sweet potatoes, apples, oranges and mangoes are all low in fat and calories and high in minerals and vitamins. These simple foods can help a student’s quest to become more fit and healthy. There are simple everyday things students can do to improve their fitness and health. Many of these things can be accomplished without a visit to the fitness center or a gym membership. “I think students need to walk and take the stairs more instead of riding a bike or taking the elevator,” Blake said. “Water is also a good way to go. Almost everyone drinks soda. You have to stay properly hydrated to be healthy.” Water helps flush the system of harmful waste products and toxins. Yet many people go throughout their daily lives without drinking enough water, causing dehydration. This can cause tiredness, low energy and headaches. It is common to mistake thirst for hunger, so staying well hydrated will also help a student make healthier food choices. With just a few minor changes to everyday life, students can become healthier and more physically fit. Walking to class and taking the stairs could be the start of a healthy and happy lifestyle.

Even though we were pretty sure that we were going the wrong way, we kept walking through the field, amazed at the sight, before stopping short. Two males had reared up just in front of us, thankfully on the other side of a small bridge, and gave out a war cry before pounding each other in the face. At first we couldn’t stop questioning, “Oh my gosh, this really happens?” as we watched dumbfounded and then decided to split when they stopped battling to see why we were looking at them. It was an awe-inspiring scene, but seemed to be the right time to back up slowly in between the calmer wallabies so we could head down the intended path. We’d only walked about half of a mile, where I decided to take a picture of a vibrantly colored bird nesting in a tree, when I heard a loud noise in the brush and looked up to see my husband planted flat against it. A mountain goat, pointy horns and all, had just rushed passed him. It was my turn to laugh as I looked up the cliff side to see that sure enough, a goat was chomping away as though nothing had happened while my husband’s heart was still clearly beating out of his chest. More Australian areas and wildlife These adventures all happened within the first few days of our trip. Obviously there are too many to mention, so here is a list of the other places that we visited and animals that we encountered so you can imagine what experiences we had and what you just might see if you make it “down under.” Kangaroo Island – Eastern gray kangaroos, koalas, wedge-tailed eagles, New Zealand fur seals, fairy penguins and blue-winged kookaburras. Kakadu National Park – Dingoes, man-eating crocodiles, wild mustangs, rocket toads, green ants, frilled lizards, whistling ducks, forest kingfishers, jabirus, egrets and tree frogs. Great Barrier Reef – Southern cassowary, pistol shrimp, lorikeets, tiger shark, giant humphead wrasse, clown and parrot fish.

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DTSHORTHAND Men Finish 8th at Conference Finals The Cal State Fullerton men’s golf team wrapped up its season with an eighth-place finish at the 2011 Big West Conference Men’s Golf Championships at the Mission Viejo Country Club. The two-day tournament concluded Tuesday. Dakota Duerr shot a par 72 in his second round to complete a first-day score of 149 across 36 holes Monday. Scott Ruzbin shot 153, Mike Anguiano shot 155, Corey Gard shot 158 and Nick Ellis shot 161 for the Titans. Ellis finished tied for 28th after a 2-over-par 74 Tuesday gave him a 235 for the tournament. Ruzbin finished 36th with a score of 238 while both Anguiano and Gard finished tied for 37th with 239. There were 45 total individuals in the tournament. UC Davis won the tournament with a 7-over-par 871, beating runner-up Pacific. Cal State Northridge finished third, followed by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, Long Beach State, CSUF and UC Riverside. UC Davis’ Austin Graham won the individual championship with a 6-under 210. He shot three rounds of 70. Graham also won the individual championship at the 2009 Big West Conference Championship. Brief by Patrick Corbet

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Calling Signals... Titans face big test against rival Long Beach State JEFF PRENOVOST Daily Titan

Two of the Big West Conference’s most prestigious softball programs will face off this weekend when Long Beach State hosts its longtime rival Cal State Fullerton with a doubleheader Saturday, televised live on ESPN-U. With just two weeks left in the Big West title race, co-leaders Long Beach State and University of Pacific (11-4 Big West) both host three-game sets against CSUF and UC Santa Barbara (8-7 Big West). The Titans (21-20, 10-5 Big West) will have to bring their A-game into 49er Softball Complex if they hope to dethrone LBSU, who are coming off a threegame sweep over UCSB. With the national spotlight on the Titans and 49ers Saturday, CSUF softball could use a better start in game one than they have been getting off to so far in league play. The Titans have previously gone just 1-4 in a game one, having been outscored 27-8 with their only win of a divisional series opener over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo April 16. In game one against the 49ers, two of the best pitchers in the Big West will face each other in the circle. The Titans will send senior Ari Cervantes (14-12), with 94 strikeouts, a 2.89 ERA and two-time Pitcher of the Week this season, against the 49ers’ freshman ace Erin Jones-Wesley. Jones-Wesley (19-5) has already thrown two nohitters this season, both in March, and has racked up 143 strikeouts with an impressive 1.26 ERA. Jones-Wesley earned her sixth Big West Conference Pitcher of the Week award this season after winning all three games last weekend against the Gauchos. Co-leader Pacific plays a doubleheader Friday, and the getaway game Saturday against the Gauchos will

be played at 10 a.m., so both LBSU and CSUF will know what they have to do to keep pace with the Tigers when they meet Saturday for game one at noon. The Titans took the final game of their divisional series against Pacific last weekend by a final score of 8-1. Junior third baseman Nicole Johnson crushed her fifth home run of the season, and afterward junior designated player Morgan LeMond went back-toback with a home run in the first inning to give the Titans an early lead. The offense kept rolling along and the Titans avoided a sweep to Pacific after the Tigers took the two previous games by scores of 10-0 and 8-0. The offense smacked a season-high 17 hits in the win Sunday over the Tigers, and the defense was error-free. Cervantes only allowed five hits and struck out three in seven innings of work for the Titans’ 8-1 victory. Sophomore catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama and Johnson led the Titan offense at the plate, both going 3 for 4 with five RBIs between them. Sophomore left fielder Ashley Carter, freshman second baseman Lauren Mario, senior first baseman K.C. Craddick, senior center fielder Torrie Anderson and LeMond all went 2 for 4 at the plate; Craddick and LeMond each got an RBI. Cervantes helped her own benefit with an RBIdouble in the fourth inning to put the Titans up by seven runs. The Titans have played well so far in their road games, going 6-3 in the Big West, but their toughest challenge awaits them in rival LBSU and pitcher Jones-Wesley. After the getaway game Sunday, the Titans will know where they stand in regards to the Big West’s automatic bid to postseason play, and they will finish the regular season with a home series versus Cal State Northridge starting May 13.

SNOW TEAM: Snowboarders and skiers attend ‘most prestigious banquet’ ...Continued from page 1 Aaron Honda, a business management major and snow team president, said the rest of the final team results were released after the actual awards banquet. CSUF placed seventh in Men’s Alpine Skiing and Women’s Alpine Skiing, placing seventh for the Combined Alpine Skiing category. CSUF’s Men’s Freestyle Skiing placed sixth, while Women’s

Freestyle Skiing placed eighth and received an integrated score of seventh place in the Combined Freestyle Skiing category. Men’s Snowboarding placed third and Women’s Snowboarding placed sixth, with a total score ranking them fourth in the Combined Snowboard Team category. Overall, the CSUF snow team placed sixth (Men’s and Women’s, Alpine, Freestyle and Snowboard combined). “It was a good season. I had

a lot of fun. It was my first and last season since I’m graduating. I know that Andrew and Aaron kind of saved the team this year because they took over. They did a really good job of running the team and making sure everything went smoothly,” said Kiedrowski, a team snowboarder and physics major. According to Honda, the CSUF snow team was able to attend one of the most prestigious banquets in the USCSA.

“I would say it was a fun season,” said Honda. “We had a good group of riders and I hope next year we’re able to recruit more members.” Since the club’s formation three years ago, the team has gathered a total of 12 members—nine snowboarders and three skiers. Anyone interested in joining the CSUF snow team, look for it at this fall’s DiscoverFest. The snow team is available through Facebook.

CAMILLE TARAZON / Daily Titan Center fielder Ivory Thomas leads off first base. Thomas has a total of 16 stolen bases.

Rounding Third... Cash in on those errors WILLIAM CHEN Daily Titan

The resilient Titans closed out a series again this past weekend against the No. 8 University of Pacific and need the momentum to crush No. 5 UC Riverside this weekend. The Titans are holding first place with three games ahead of UC Irvine. Titans need to make each game count this weekend against the Highlanders. Coming out of the series against the Tigers, the Titans have learned to minimize unforced errors in the last game and managed to play exceptional defense on the field. They came away Sunday with a 6-4 win after sophomore Carlos Lopez sent the ball out of Goodwin Field to earn two RBIs. The Sunday game was a hardfought game that kept the Titans on their heels. The Titans were able to capitalize on Hummel’s poor pitching that walked two players. Nick Ramirez was able to secure the win after stepping in at the top of the eighth. Ramirez has been consistent in silencing teams, so if the Titans can take the lead in the seventh or eighth inning, Ramirez can close out the game. Other relief pitchers that have helped the Titans include senior righthander Raymond Hernandez, who

struck out two Tigers, allowing only one run and three hits in 2.2 innings Friday. Junior right-hander Colin O’Connell, named Big West Player of the Week, has been struggling during the last series, allowing six hits and five runs in only 2.1 innings. Having an off game is bound to happen, but he can’t let that poor performance cripple him from performing well in the future. Junior right-hander Tyler Pill was also in trouble when he pitched Saturday, giving up seven hits and seven runs in 6.0 innings. After losing the first game against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the Titans have had a shattered win streak. They have swept over teams like UC Davis, who is tied for fifth with UC Riverside, and can do it again this weekend. Nevertheless, the Highlanders will give a tougher fight than the Tigers. Tyler Hairgrove, Big West Player of the Week and College Baseball Insider’s West Region Baseball Player of the Week for the games played April 18 through 24, will be a major threat. During the week, Hairgrove batted an average of .538 with a .571 base percentage. His perfect shortstop performance in handling all 14 chances in three games drew attention as well. The Titans will need to prepare playing against his hot streak offensively and defensively.