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Bill Clinton’s message to California: Proposition 227 will not work. The president blasted the ballot measure that will eliminate bilingual education from California public schools, if passed by voters in June. But while the Clinton Administration criticizes the measure as too harsh to young children, educators and parents are taking action to fix what many say has done a disservice to native and non-native speaking children. “Bilingual education has been a colossal failure,” said Jim Colon, parent of four children in the Santa Ana school district, “and as soon as administrators own up to the truth, we can help our kids.” Bilingualism has long been blamed for contributing to California’s poor showing in standardized tests and contributing to the high rate of remediation necessary to prepare incoming freshman for college level studies. Colon founded the Academic Booster Club at the predominately Hispanic Saddleback High School
Through the School of the Arts, 30 scholarships are available for students. In the Art Department there are not enough students applying for departmental scholarships, but in the Music Department, more students audition for the 14 available scholarships than the department has to give out. “There is a desperate need for scholarships, we have almost none,” music professor Martha Baker said.
in Santa Ana, where parents can actively participate in their child’s education. Improving SAT scores and reducing the drop-out rates are the first items on the club’s agenda. The state Department of Education reports that the Santa Ana school district’s SAT scores average 911, one of the lowest in the state—where bilingual education weighs heavily. He said his hardest job is breaking through apathy on the part of parents and the untruths the District purportedly stands behind. Colon dismisses Saddleback’s 13 percent dropout figure as incorrect, claiming the rate is much higher. He plans to press the district for money to employ SAT preparation trainers. Other parents anxious to make up for their children’s lack of performance are turning to private reading programs designed to improve comprehension and word attack skills. The Institute of Reading Development has enrolled 10,000 students statewide for this summer’s program, a higher number than last year. “People call here from all backgrounds, and this time of year is our busiest time,” said director of enrollment, Paul Wienholz. “The English language is more complicated than many other languages and it sometimes is not logical.” The 23-campus CSU system is
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Above, Stacy Chung gets a temporary tattoo from Lynn Burtnett of Body Art by Lynn. The tattoos will be available again on Thursday. Below, Cindy Jimenez has her ankle decorated.
Body Art by Lynn—as in Lynn West—left its mark on the student body Tuesday in front of the Humanities building, selling temporary tattoos to those curious about, but not committed to, decorating their bodies. West said that men typically go for tribal art while women’s selections vary. The Wests return on Thursday so students can, for $5-$20, experiment with body art.
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many people applying for music scholarships, one professor has decided to begin a new scholarship.
SOFTBALL: Two games against Fresno State Tuesday night were no walk in the park. —See Sports page 8.
parents are trying to fix problems they blame on bilingual education.
Empire companies try to recruit students from universities.
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While advocates for a new hightech Inland Empire economy are stressing the importance of relationships between universities and industry, one Claremont college has been setting the example for nearly three decades. Harvey Mudd College students have been tackling real, high-tech business problems for 28 years in small task forces called “project clinics.” On Monday The college unveiled the results of 40 research projects that students conducted on behalf of companies—including heavy hitters like TRW Inc., NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Hughes Space & Communications Co., and Bank of America. Each company paid $36,000 this year to work with a team of engineering, computer science or math students from Harvey Mudd, one of the top-ranked science and engineering schools in the nation. This year, students are devising a computerized system that will tell therapists at Optivus whether patients are lined up correctly for proton beam cancer treatment. The procedure requires careful placement of the patient’s body; placement which is currently done manually by technicians. Another Harvey Mudd team is building a physical therapy exercise machine for Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. “We’re delivering the machine prototype. If they like what they see, they can build and market them,” said student Kari Miyamoto. As de facto president of Inland Empire Technology Entrepreneurs, Slater thinks other Inland Empire’s high-tech companies could benefit by getting involved in the Harvey Mudd program. If local companies don’t use opportunities like clinics and internships to introduce themselves to students, the Inland Empire will continue to lose its high-tech graduates to other regions, he said.
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One music professor is working to establish another music scholarship to help foreign piano students afford the tuition here at Cal State Fullerton. “Foreign students have to pay about $7,000 for tuition,” music professor Eduardo Delgado said. “The university can’t provide enough help, so I decided to start my own endowment fund.” Like other music scholarships, students will audition for Delgado’s new scholarship, the Del Larrocha Scholarship. The auditions will be held in March and judged by a committee of experts from various music disciplines. Delgado named the scholarship for his friend, Del Larrocha, an international pianist. The four-time Grammy award winner Del Larrocha will be attending the benefit. Following the concert, a reception will be
held in his honor. “I’ve known her for 30 years. She is a wonderful human being and a great pianist,” said Delgado. “I feel the young don’t know great artists. I hope to attract students who admire her art and be worthy of the prestige of such a name.” To establish the scholarship, money is raised for an endowment fund. The money raised—the principal—is never taken out of the bank; only the interest is used for scholarships. Department chair Gordon Paine said the goal of the endowment fund is to raise $20,000 by September 1998. Delgado, himself a concert pianist, will perform at the Richard M. Nixon Library in Yorba Linda on May 1 at 8 p.m. to begin the fund raising. He will perform works by Liszt, Bach and other composers. “It takes time to get contributions,” Delgado said. “I am hoping
for a minimum of $10,000 or more (for this concert).” Delgado, from Argentina, joined the CSUF Music Department twoand-a-half years ago. Prior to that he performed concerts in Tokyo, New York and Moscow. He is taking the week off from teaching to prepare for the concert. “I find teaching to be exhausting, it’s important to isolate to perform,” Delgado said. “It requires tranquillity, solitude and piece of mind.” This is Delgado’s second benefit concert. He gave the first concert, a faculty recital, last fall. The concert will be held this Friday at the Nixon Library, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd. in Yorba Linda. Tickets are $20-$25; reception tickets are $40. Tickets can be bought at the Performing Arts Center Box Office, 278-3371.
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of Boulder, Colo., is moving to Santa Barbara to tap the California body market. By Carly Schulaka Knight-Ridder Newspapers
For more than seven years, University of Colorado students and Boulderites looking for a new form of self expression have been getting all sorts of body parts pierced at K&K Body Piercing on the Hill. Although Koko and Tony Vayedjian, the brothers who own the shop, have been successful over the years, they will close their Boulder piercing parlor on May 2 and head to California to open a larger store in the Santa Barbara area. Their brother, Mike, also works at the shop. “There are a few reasons to move,” Koko Vayedjian said. “The main rea-
son is my family. My whole family is out there.” The Vayedjian brothers, who are of Armenian descent, were born and raised in Lebanon. Their mother, sister and several cousins now live in the Santa Barbara area. Vayedjian said he and his brother have been considering moving the business to Southern California for a couple of years. “There’s a bigger market for what we do there,” he said. But Lance Talon, owner of Bolder Ink, a tattoo and piercing parlor in Boulder, said the market there is healthy. Although Bolder Ink does more tattoos than piercings, Talon said he will probably see more piercing business with the absence of K&K. K&K opened as a 350-square-foot store in the early 1990s. The business expanded and moved to its current 1,400-square-foot location five
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Business Communicators Club revival of the International Association for Business Communicators, a student chapter of the professional organization, will provide opportunities and a networking forum for Communications and Business students. A table will be set up in front of the Titan Bookstore on Thursday to pick up information and sign up for membership. Cynthia King, a public relations professor, will be advising the revived group. The first evening meeting will begin May 5 in the Titan Student Union, at a time to be announced.
Exceptional Student Fellowship Award Bernadette Borgelt, a business admistration major, has been honored with the Exceptional Student Fellowship Award from State Farm Companies Foundation. The award is presented yearly to 50 full-time university juniors or seniors studying in the field of business. Borgelt will receive an award paying a one-year stipend of $3,000 toward her first year of graduate studies. She plans
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years ago. Vayedjian said K&K has a strong base of repeat customers—many of whom are students at the University of Colorado—and he expects several Boulder customers to visit the new California store. “We’ve put out an address book in the store for customers to sign so we can eventually mail them our new address so they can come see us,” he said. So far, more than 400 customers have signed the address book.
to attend the University of San Diego to obtain her master’s degree in business administration.
The brothers have not yet finalized a Santa Barbara location. Vayedjian said the new store will be at least three times the size of the Boulder store and will have a piercing parlor, waiting room, recovery room, DJ booth and clothing and jewelry for sale. “We will always miss Boulder,” he said. “In the future, because we are so attached to Boulder, I think we will end up having an outlet (there). That has always been our goal. The reason we want to stop here for now is to concentrate on the new store.”
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planning higher graduation standards and is phasing out remedial classes. Administrators forsee a couple years of high remedial rates before the trend starts reversing. CSUF’s Academic Senate is developing general education learning goals that would demand writing assignments in all classes including math and theater arts. CSU has a vested interest in student readiness, since potentially 47 percent of freshman could be denied admission which would cut CSU’s financial base. In 1996, the Board of Trustees committed a plan to reduce the need for remedial education from the current 47 percent to 10 percent by the year 2007. Seven strategies now being implemented were published in a March 20 CSU newsletter: • Strengthening teacher preparation.
School of the Arts presents “Romeo and Juliet,” running through May 3 in Little Titan. Admission is $8, or $6 with a Titan ID card. For information on running times, call the Performing Arts Center, 278-3371. The Department of Mathematics presents “The Rookie Season,” a panel discussion on teaching mathematics in high
school and middle school today from 4-5 p.m. in Langsdorf Hall, room 402. For further information, call 278-2728. Associated Students Productions presents “Wag the Dog,” starring Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman, in Titan Student Union Titan Theater Thursday at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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Media Advisory Invitation Western State College University of Law invites members of the community and the media to the dedication of the new law library today at 8:30 a.m. It will eventually house a 400,000-volume collection. The three-story library will provide students with resources to practice law in an advancing technological legal arena. Marc Adelman, California State Bar president and WSU alumnus, will open the dedication cermony. Faculty, alumni and students will welcome many of Orange County’s leading attorneys and judges to WSU. The new library will feature a 31-station computer lab with access to a legal database services, various word-processing programs, tutorial programs, internet connection and a 56-bay CD-ROM tower. For more information call 9579791. The Western State University is located at 1111 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton—Law Library Plaza.
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• Setting clear standards and assessing performance to ensure students meet high school graduation and university admission requirements. • Communicating university competence standards and expectations to students, parents and schools. • Informing high schools and community colleges of student performance after the first year of attendance at the CSU. • Developing early intervention programs so those who need remedial education can receive it while still in high school. • Using CSU students to tutor and mentor K-12 students. • Providing early assessment after university admission and before enrollment to help ensure that those who need remedial education receive it during their first term of enrollment. When he replaced Barry Munitz, Chancellor Charles Reed said, “This state university system is potentially a world-class place. The eyes of the rest of the country always look to California.”
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POLICE BLOTTER APRIL 20 • An Emerson radio valued at approximately $150 was taken from a professor’s office. The instructor was out of the office at the time. • A blue GT Ricochet bike was taken from a bike rack near Langsdorf Hall. APRIL 21 •‑A suspect was cited and released for giving false information to an officer. •‑Jason Jung was cited for falsifying information to an officer in a quiet room in the Library. JEREMY SCHERER/Daily Titan
Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Boys, shown here performing Sunday at the Hub in Fullerton. They will appear today at Becker Ampitheater at noon.
APRIL 22 • While parked in Lot D, an
orange Pontiac was booted for outstanding tickets. • Ernesto Ramirez complained of pains and was transported to St. Jude Medical Center.
• Hsu Hao Hung was cited for driving without a license.
APRIL 23 •‑The permit machine in Lot D was left open. • Annette Bow reported a need for medical aid in EC 199. She was transported to the Health Center. • Vance Martin was cited for driving with a suspended license.
APRIL 27 • Peter James Jamison was cited and released for being under the influence of a controlled substance. • The Pontiac that was booted on Tuesday was towed from the first floor of the parking structure. • A blue backpack was taken from the Library on the first floor.
APRIL 24 •‑Miguel Citron Jr. was cited for disorderly conduct.
APRIL 26 • A dog was left inside a car in Lot G.
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voter initiatives have pushed the sensitive race button. By Andrea Lampros Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Wearing a black cap and the white arm band of a student leader, he came to protest what he called the racism of California’s Propositions 187, 209 and 227. “We’re having a walkout for student rights,” said Chinchilla, “We’re trying to get our education, but these things are coming up and trying to bring us down.” Chinchilla is not a lone voice. He is among many Californians who see Proposition 227 as the latest mutation of a nativist, racially tinged trend in the state. Three ballot initiatives in the last four years have—intentionally. Unlike some of the 2,000 student protesters who walked out of class Wednesday morning to demonstrate in suburban Contra Costa County, Calif., 18-year-old George Chinchilla knew exactly why he came. Proposition 187, which voters passed in 1994, tried to bar welfare, health care and public schooling to undocumented immigrants before most of it was struck down by the courts. Proposition 209, in 1996, scrapped public affirmative action programs for women and people of color. Proposition 227, which goes before voters June 2, seeks to end bilingual education in the public schools in favor of English-based programs. “I think Latino voters and families are feeling threatened and they’re
feeling undue attention on them,” said Guillermo Rodriguez, executive director of the statewide Latino Issues Forum. “Somehow they are being questioned on how American they are. Unfortunately, Proposition 227 fans the flames of 187 and Governor (Pete) Wilson’s 209 debate.” Some Hispanics and others see the initiative as an effort to quash Spanish and other native languages and in essence, to denigrate immigrant cultures in California. To some, that’s racist. But voters and the initiative leaders are tired of being cast as racist or anti-immigrant for supporting statewide policy changes. They say the race card has been used to whip up opposition but is not based in reality. They insist that Proposition 227 will benefit immigrants. Ron Unz, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who is co-sponsoring Proposition 227 and who provided major funding for Proposition 209, loudly opposed Proposition 187 and distances himself from anti-immigrant organizations. Most Republican leaders who took the helm on Propsosition 187 and 209 are mum about Proposition 227 for fear of alienating Hispanic voters. And most polls indicate that Hispanic voters might favor the initiative. With white people fast becoming a minority in California, some see a wicked backlash that began with Prop. 187 at the height of the state recession. For example, Wilson showed images of undocumented immigrants sneaking across the U.S.Mexico border in his 1994 gubernatorial campaign advertisments. The
advertisments, according to civil rights groups, fanned fears of a Hispanic invasion. Alex Saragoza, an ethnic studies professor at the University of California, Berkeley, notes the connection of immigration, ethnicity, race and language is an ongoing theme in American history. “I think we’re going through another period of anti-immigrant hysteria,” Saragoza said. “It’s just like we did with Poles, Greeks and Italians at the turn of the century.” Unz and initiative co-sponsor Gloria Matta Tuchman don’t see it that way at all. They insist that Proposition 227 is about promoting English literacy and benefiting immigrant children who have been shortchanged by bilingual education. Unz commonly refers to protests against bilingual education by immigrant parents in Los Angeles as the inspiration for his financial and political backing of the cause. Tuchman emphasizes her Mexican roots and scoffs at the notion that Proposition
227 is anti-immigrant. Unz notes that the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which spearheaded Proposition 187, actively is trying to defeat Proposition 227 by asking members to flood radio talk shows and newspapers with criticism. The anxiety felt by some Californians about Proposition 227 and race might be a byproduct of the intolerant reputation of the English Only movement that began in the early 1980s. The official campaign to defeat Proposition 227 is staying focused on academic and financial pitfalls
associated with the measure and steering clear of the hot racial arguments. Some insiders say the message that Proposition 227 is racially biased, even it it’s true, won’t win them any “no” votes. But groups such as Californians for Justice, a statewide grass-roots civil rights organization, have opposed all three ballot initiatives and have argued that the efforts scapegoat people of color and immigrants. For them, Proposition 227 comes from the same ugly well as Proposition 187 and 209. Using the same campaign tactics
that they used to challenge the last two propositions, Californians for Justice members are campaigning door-to- door in low-income communities to get the word out against Proposition 227. “This campaign is not about education,” said Mimi Ho, the organizing director. “It’s all coded words to talk about race. Even though he (Unz) promotes himself as pro-immigrant, he’s not. He’s taking away funding from communities of color in the schools.”
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Former inhabitants of a Japanese internment camp t was an unlikely location for a high school reunion. The bitter cold wind blew at 35 miles per hour, while the blazing sun beat mercilously at the dried out shrubs. Glenn Miller played softly in the background. You can almost picture the Class of ‘45 dancing to the World War II swing music at their much anticipated high school prom. Fifty-three years later, some of the fomer students of the Class of ‘45 gathered together at their alma mater. Except the school isn’t there anymore. In fact, the bank, the fire station, the hospital and their homes are gone, too. Barbed wires, broken plates, rusty furniture and an old auditorium are the only things remaining— with stories to tell. Stories of how thousands of Japanese-American citizens and residents were ordered to evacuate their homes without reasons or charges. With little more than clothes on their backs, they rode on a bus to an unknown future. When President Roosevelt signed Excutive Order 9066 in Feb. 19, 1942, he signed away many hopes and dreams of the Japanese American community. Over 10,000 Japanese-Americans from Southern California were sent to Manzanar, a lonely deserted valley between Lone Pine and Independence, shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Sue Embrey was only 18 when she arrived at the camp. Embrey and her family arrived by train at Lone Pine station and a bus took them to Manzanar. It was pitch dark when she stepped out of the bus. Not knowing what was going on, Embrey made her way through registration, and a shot was administered to her before she settled down at her assigned barracks. “Life at Manzanar wasn’t easy. It was kind of a hardship because it was very different from the life we were leading in the big city and we had very little privacy and we couldn’t leave,” said Embrey. “Here we were citizens and we were deprived of our civil rights. It was disillusional and it took a while to get over it.” Less than a year after the end of World War II, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leveled the complex. In December 1969 a group of about 150 people, mostly young Japanese-Americans visited Manzanar. “I was asked to participate on the first one (annual pilgrimage),” said Embrey, who is now the chairperson of the Manzanar Committee. After a year-long campaign led by the Manzanar Committee and the Japanese American Citizens League, in January 1972, Manzanar was designated California State Historic Landmark #850. Last Saturday, the Japanese American community celebrated the 29th Annual Pilgrimage. Hundreds of people showed up for the event. It was a simple ceremony of a make-shift stage and chairs. Little children ran around, oblivious of the injustice done to their parents and grandparents decades ago. Former internees, families and college students walked around, reflecting on the many years that have gone by. “I feel very appreciative for those that were unfortunately interned here. Without their endurance and perseverence, I probably wouldn’t be here right now,” said Brian Ikeda, a biology major at Cal State Fullerton. “From time to time, we have to look back and appreciate those before us and this is the time to do that.” Wendy Ryono, a Japanese major at CSUF, said that it was her second time at Manzanar. “My grandfather was at Manzanar and I kinda wanted to pay a tribute to it while he is still alive,” said Ryono. Toshi Ogura, a former internee, was 14 when he came to Manzanar. “I was very young, I
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adapted very easy to it and I made the best of it,” he said. “I worked at the caucasion mess (dining) hall as a junior cook and then I moved over to the fire department. I could sense that a lot of older people had bad feelings about it.” A sturdy white monument stands tall above the dried out shrubs. Under the supervision of Ryoz Okado and 15 cents from each family to purchase cement, the obelisk was eracted in 1943. The Japanese inscription on the monument, I Rei To, or “Soul Consoling Tower,” pays tribute to the 86 souls buried there. Among the six remaining graves around the obelisk, baby Jerry Ogata’s little grave attracted the most attention. Pennies were placed on top of the tombstone as a sign of offering and respect. A little stuffed toy lies quietly at the corner of the tombstone. Matthew Narita, a representative of the Asian American Drug Abuse program, ran from Los Angeles to Lone Pine. He ran for five days and 250 miles with only one goal in mind, to place his recently deseased grandfather’s baseball cap on the white obelisk. Half of Narita’s family was interned at Gila Rivers in Arizona, while his grandfather and granduncles fought in the all JapaneseAmerican 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The government told Harry Imota, Narita’s grandfather, that he could either fight or go to
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prison. Imota and his brothers believed that if they fought, their families would not be incarcerated. When they came back, they realized that it wasn’t true. “Because of that, the Japanese American heritage of my family was wiped out because they were so ashamed,” said Narita. “Something that’s powerful enough to wipe out the heritage from a family, I had to come and see.” Narita was only five when he gave a baseball cap to his grandfather. After Imota’s death, the cap was returned to Narita and he knew that his grandfather would want him to place the cap on the monument. “Yesterday I walked around this whole camp, we planted flags and I was just crying and it was crazy,” said Narita, as two little girls climbed up over his towering shoulders. “I thought, ‘Oh wow man,’ I’m just going to go up there. I’ll be real cool, put my grandfather’s hat on the monument and I was just going to walk away but when I walked in, I was like, ‘oh my god.’” John Reynolds, Regional Director of the Pacific West Region, drove all the way from San Francisco to make it to the pilgrimage. “It seems to be only proper that some place in our nation that we should have a very special part of of the park service that relates to the struggles of the variety of all our citizens to become free and an equal part of the greatest nation on earth and that truely is unfinished business,” said Reynolds. “Creation of this national historic site and it’s on going, coming into its own, is a reflection of the
fact that it is unfinished business.” Nearly 43 years after the war, the government made a formal acknowledgment of the injustice they caused during World War II. President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which awarded compensation of $20,000 and an official apology to each former internee. “I got the letter from President Bush and got my $20,000. It made me feel better although the apology was not very well written but at least it was something,” said Embrey. “I think for a lot of Nisei (second generation Japanese American), it was kind of a permission to talk about it without feeling that they were victim. Without feeling that it was their fault.” The amount of money awarded is insignificant compared to the assets and property lost during the relocation. “It didn’t really cover much because he lost a lot of property and stuff,” said Ryono. The 29th Annual Pilgrimage ended with a catholic, Christian, Buddhist and Shinto service. People lined up in an orderly fashion and respectfully placed carnations on the obelisk. Many bowed and obeyed a moment of silence. The number of people dwindled, leaving behind footprints and memories. No one will leave without being affected. “This is my first time back. When I left this camp, I said I’ll never come back, and here I am,” said Ogura, as he took one last look at the place he called home for two years.
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Titans put their win streak on the line n BASEBALL: Titans are
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Daily Titan Staff Writer They are fresh off a three-game sweep of Long Beach State and two weeks are left until the start of the Big West Conference Tournament, which should feature CSUF as the No. 1 seed. So now what for the Titans? Today Cal State Fullerton will travel to Loyola Marymount to face the Lions in a non conference match-up. And while the Titans (20-4 in conference, 35-12 overall) have a reasonably tame portion of the schedule coming
up (six games remain with UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), they know they can’t take LMU lightly, as evident by the 11-3 upset the Titans were handed last season. It was the largest margin of victory for any LMU team over the Titans. LMU is 7-11 in the West Coast Conference and 28-18-1 overall. The Lions are led by three hitters with more than seven home runs: Scott Walter (.391; seven home runs, 59 RBI), Kevin Gustorf (.274; 7 home runs, 36 RBI) and Anthony Angel (.287; eight home runs, 35 RBI) But the Lions’ Achilles heel is their pitching. LMU’s team ERA is 6.65, and the team’s best starter, Billy Traver is 3-3 with a 5.40 ERA. The game is set to start at 2:30.
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Second baseman Nikki Hart tries to turn a double play in the first game of last night’s double header against Fresno State. The Titans lost 3-0, and then 10-1 in the second game.
While the first game of last night’s softball doubleheader featured solid defense from both teams, the second game highlighted the Fresno State offense as the Bulldogs swept the Titans 3-0 and 10-1. Only one FSU error in the first game marred an otherwise gem of a game in the field for both teams. But two costly Cal State Fullerton miscues in the second contest aided FSU (43-8, No. 4 in the nation) in its trouncing of the Titans. “They (FSU) hit the ball really well,” said Titan Head Coach Judi Garman. “But some of those should have been
outs.” While the Titan offense fizzled, the pitching kept the games close—until late in the second game. “I have to give our pitchers credit for giving our hitters a chance,” Garman said. Chrissy Hartman started the first game and allowed eight hits and three earned runs over four-plus innings. Donna Coombes came in for relief and shut the Bulldogs down for the remaining two and a third innings. “My change-up wasn’t on like it should have been,” Hartman said. CSUF (27-26) scattered five hits in the first game, but FSU’s nine hits came in bunches, manufacturing three runs. Two straight singles, a walk and a fielder’s choice set up the go-ahead score for the Bulldogs in the third inning. Third baseman Jaime Maxey singled to drive in two runs for all the offense
FSU would need. Nina Lindenberg added a home run in the fifth for some added insurance. Game two was decided quickly as the Bulldogs used a Titan error and three hits to bring two runs across the plate in the first inning. FSU loaded the bases in the second before Lindenberg’s triple drove them all in, staking the Bulldogs to a 5-0 lead. The Titans got one run back in the second. Nikki Hart singled with one out, followed by a Kristy Osborne single. One out later, Stacy Pierson singled in Hart for CSUF’s only tally. Noticeably absent from game two was shortstop Christa Saindon, who was benched for the second game to rest for today’s series against the University of Pacific. Saindon left the field and will be suspended for today’s contest.
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