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Students protest fee hike CSU Board of Trustees sided with tuition increase despite creating additional obstacles By PHILIP FULLER Daily Titan Staff
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As the sun rose Thursday over the waters of Long Beach, students from Humboldt State awoke on the bay-front lawn of the California State University Chancellorʼs Office. They had driven 12 hours the night before to join students from 23 CSU campuses in urging the Board of Trustees to vote no on a proposed 8 percent tuition hike for undergraduate students. The proposal also included a 10 percent hike in graduate tuition. More than 200 CSU students and members of the California Faculty Association shared passionate pleas with the trustees on the hardships of student life and the difficulties of financing an education. But to no avail. The board voted, 13-1, in favor of a tuition increase for CSU students. The tuition increase marks a milestone in CSU costs: Tuition has gone up 90% since 2002. Student board member Corey Jackson, who had originally planned on voting to approve the increase, cast the only vote against it. He decided to stand against the board because of the student presence at the meeting. “I was the only one here who was going to vote no,” Jackson said. “Iʼm interested in what we can do together. Me, who represents the students, and everyone else: What can we do to make sure we donʼt get a fee increase? ... Iʼm not interested in symbolism. Iʼm interested in doing something that makes a difference.” TUITION
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Debra Burger and Kay Mc Vay of the California Nurse’s Asscation speaking against prop 75 Thursday Oct. 27, 2005.
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Successful women speak at conference celebrating achievements in equality By VALERIE SWAYNE Daily Titan Staff
While a large group of protestors picketed outside in opposition of Proposition 75, Californiaʼs First Lady Maria Shriver on Thursday welcomed more than 11,000 women gathered inside the Long Beach Convention Center for the 19th annual California Governor and First Ladyʼs Women and Families Conference. “It takes a huge amount of courage to be a woman in todayʼs world,” Shriver said. “So many of us have trouble recog-
nizing courage in ourselves, whether itʼs to fulfill a dream or cope with an illness or aging,” she said. She acknowledged her bipartisan marriage and the increasing criticism of her husband. “The truth is, I am the Kennedy that married the Republican,” she said. “People are screaming at me to denounce him on one side, while people are screaming at me to support him on the other.” NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw moderated a panel discussion featuring a diverse group of influential women, including journalist Barbara Walters, writer-producer Linda Ellerbee, journalist-author Isabel Allende, and former athlete Billy Jean King. Each shared their personal experi-
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media portrays as just a violent conflict, said Frank Romero, a campus organizer for Middle East Fellowship. “What we donʼt hear, what the media chooses not to report and By ERIC SANDERS chooses not to televise, are the Daily Titan Staff images of nonviolence,” Romero The occupation means that your said before introducing the speaklife, at any time, is under control, a ers. The first speaker, Jonathan Palestinian speaker at Nonviolent Resistance to the Separation Wall Pollak, one of the founders of the Israeli group told an audience at Anarchists Cal State Fullerton on Against the Wednesday. What we don’t Wall, started The event was part hear ... are the with a short of a national speakimages of nonvioing tour about the historical Palestinian and Israeli overview of lence. nonviolent movethe Israeliment that was initiPalestinian conflict. ated by International Frank Romero “Iʼll really Solidarity Movement Middle East Fellowship do my best to and co-sponsored by do 100 years other grassroots organizations that collaboin ten minrated in bringing the tour to the Los utes,” Pollak said. “But please bear Angeles and Orange County areas. with me because itʼs so in-depth.” It featured two major figures After the brief history lesson, from the nonviolent struggle he discussed Israelʼs 2002 conagainst Israelʼs military occupa- struction of a security wall and its tion, in an effort to challenge the WALL 3 dominate narrative of what the
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ences attaining personal successes in their careers. “We have come a long way. Women are running big companies,” Walters said. Breakout sessions in the morning and afternoon – held by such guest speakers as Ellerbee, TV personality Leeza Gibbons, and motivational speaker Dr. Stephen Covey – focused on topics such as family, business, health and wellness. Walters, hailed by Brokaw as the “godmother of TV journalism,” spoke with Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day OʼConnor in a historic one-on-one lunch interview. OʼConnor recalled her career, first struggling to find a position as a lawyer,
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Titan baseball players head to the locker room after practicing with the rest of the team at Goodwin Field on Friday.
Author discusses religion’s role in pop culture CSUF students talk with columnist about Christian reformation By DIANIKA ABBOTT Daily Titan Copy Editor
In a talk held at Cal State Fullerton and sponsored by Associated Students, Inc., Humanities and Social Science Inter Club Council and the Comparative Religion Student
Associations, author and Orlando Sentinel columnist Mark Pinsky declared Friday that there is a major intersection of between religion and popular culture emerging. Pinsky, author of “The Gospel According to The Simpsons” and “The Gospel According to Disney: Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust,” said evangelical Christians are learning how to adapt and adopt the modalities of popular culture. “As the emerging market of
people defining themselves as evangelical Christians has grown politically and culturally, the commercial producers of secular popular culture have recognized this and has then integrated religious plots, motifs, characters and ideas into what was once secular popular culture,” Pinsky said. Historically, Christians are mistrustful about all forms of popular cultural. In fact, many fundamentalists thought commercial popular culture was evil, over sexual-
ized, toxic and violent. Pinsky said that Fundamental Christians would not allow their children to take part in any form of popular culture. “Fundamentalists said ʻDonʼt go to movies; donʼt listen to music; donʼt play musical instruments because itʼs of the devil,ʼ” he said. As time progressed, parents realized that their children lived in the real world and that popular culture is inescapable. Pinsky said that many reli-
gious people then grappled with whether they should reject popular culture, shun it or find a way to use it. As a result, evangelical Christians have developed an alternative for every form of popular culture, including books, music, movies, radio, stand-up comedy and even theme parks. Pinsky said that the secular culture has discovered and has begun to use Christian content in EWLIGION 3
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Today: The annual haunting of the Queen Mary is back. The Halloween Terror Fest goes through the weekend, from 7 p.m. until midnight. Tickets range from $16 to $30. For more information, call (562) 435-3511, or contact the TSU Information & Services for possible discounts.
World Group confess to terrorist bombings NEW DELHI – A little-known group that police say has ties to Kashmirʼs most feared militants claimed responsibility Sunday for a series of terrorist bombings that killed 59 people in New Delhi. Authorities said they already had gathered useful clues about the nearsimultaneous blasts Saturday night that ripped through a bus and two markets crowded ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali, one of the yearʼs busiest shopping seasons.
Today thru Nov. 29: Faculty, staff, students and friends will bowl for eight weeks every Tuesday to win cash prizes in the Titan Pride League. Email recgames@fullerton.edu to reserve a spot or call (714) 2782144.
GIs charged with assault of detainees
Today thru Saturday: “Orphan Muses” is playing at the Grand Central Theater on 125 N. Broadway in Santa Ana. For dates, times and ticket prices, call (714) 278-3371.
KABUL, Afghanistan – Two U.S. soldiers have been charged with assault for allegedly punching two detainees in the chest, shoulders and stomach at a military base in Afghanistan, the military said Sunday. The announcement came just 10 days after the military launched an investigation into television footage purportedly showing a group of U.S. soldiers burning the bodies of two dead Taliban rebels.
Hurricane sweeps ashore in Nicaragua
Today thru Nov. 4: An exhibition of student artwork will be on display for the TSU Student Art Show. Titans can find these exhibits at the TSU Center, Atrium, and Plaza galleries. For more information, call (714) 278-3085.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Hurricane Beta swirled onto Nicaraguaʼs central Caribbean coast Sunday, ripping off roofs, toppling trees and flooding low neighborhoods before weakening to a tropical storm. Heavy rain in Honduras caused four rivers to overflow and damaged farm crops. No deaths or injuries were immediately reported, but officials said about 10 people were believed missing after trying to escape the storm by boat.
Wednesday: Students can bring their questions and concerns to CSUF President Milton A. Gordon as well as the ASI president at Pizza with the Presidents from noon to 1 p.m. in the Quad. For more information, call (714) 278-4220.
Nation Rove advised to resign from both sides WASHINGTON – The Senate Democratic leader said Sunday that presidential adviser Karl Rove should resign because of his role in exposing an undercover CIA officer, and a veteran Republican senator said President Bush needs “new blood” in his White House. Rove has not been charged, but he continues to be investigated in the CIA leak case that brought the indictment and resignation Friday of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, an adviser to Bush and the top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney.
Wednesday thru Thursday: Students can let their voice be heard by voting for the ASI Board of Directors during ASI Elections. Students can vote online at vote.fullerton.edu or at polling stations all around campus. For more information, call (714) 278-3296.
Washington holds tribute to Rosa Parks
Thursday: Students can find out how to make the most of the facilities and services available to them campus organization by attending the Blueprints Workshop at TSU Ontiveros BC, 10-11 a.m. For more information call (714) 278-5867.
WASHINGTON – President Bush, members of Congress and Americans paid tribute to Rosa Parks under the soaring dome of the Capitol Rotunda on Sunday, honoring the woman whose defiant act on a city bus challenged segregation in the South and inspired the civil rights movement. Parks, a former seamstress, became the first woman to lie in honor in the Rotunda, sharing an honor bestowed upon Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy and the nation’s greatest leaders.
Local Man goes on spree, kills two people ALISO VIEJO – William Freund went on a rampage Saturday, using a 12-gauge shotgun to kill a woman and her father, who lived within 100 yards of Freund, police said. Freund fired into another home and aimed his gun at a neighbor before returning to his own house and committing suicide.
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1:35 p.m. Oct. 24 A 50-year-old man had a stroke at College Park. He was going to a speech therapy class when he collapsed.
A traffic accident occurred on North State College Boulevard. Reporting party said a vehicle in the Nutwood Parking Structure hit her and no one was injured.
1:17 p.m. Oct. 23 An officer arrested a man at Langsdorf Drive and Nutwood Avenue in Fullerton.
7:07 p.m. Oct. 24 A studentʼs vehicle was reported stolen. The vehicle was recovered in Gardena.
10:27 p.m. Oct. 23 A man with black jacket and sweats was trying to break into a silver Honda. The vehicle was parked at Camden-Parkside apartments on Associated Road.
2:57 p.m. Oct. 25 A stolen vehicle was reported from Lot A. An officer took a report.
8 a.m. Oct. 26 A traffic accident occurred on North State College Boulevard. Officer assisted and no further details available.
6:14 a.m. Oct. 24 Two suspicious people, one male the other female, were at McCarthy Hall. Officers were unable to find them.
10:30 p.m. Oct. 25 Suspicious circumstances were reported at the Birch residence hall. A womanʼs ex-boyfriend left several threatening messages on her phone regarding her current boyfriend. 1:10 p.m. Oct. 25
1:50 a.m. Oct. 26 A driver stopped on the southbound side of the 57 Freeway near the Chapman Avenue exit in Fullerton. The vehicle did not have a license plate. An officer arrested the driver. 11:57 p.m. Oct. 26 A driver was arrested during a traffic stop on Chapman Avenue in Fullerton.
Friday: CSUF students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in a Video Game Tournament. The games and recreation program will be held at he TSU Underground at 1:30 p.m. The cost is $5 for students and $7 for faculty and staff. For more information, call (714) 278-2144. Saturday: CSUF is honoring former Titan greats at the Inaugural Titan Athletics Hall of Fame at the TSU, starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are $75 a person or $750 for a table of 10. For tickets and information, call (714) 2783480.
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Guys tricked, Drivers treated to check girls treated at festivities Police officers held sobriety test points to make Halloween safer By CHRISTINA SCHROETER Daily Titan Staff
Fraternity Halloween parties leave Titan males out in the cold By LAUREN PADILLA Daily Titan Staff
Wes Pingree, a business major at Cal State Fullerton, came to a rude awakening Friday night as he tried to attend the Halloween fraternity parties. “Being involved in the college party scene is hard for guys who aren’t in a frat,” Pingree said. “They won’t let us in if we aren’t on the guest list – but all girls are welcome, guest list or not.” Pingree and six of his friends attempted to go to the fraternity parties Friday, but only two of his friends got in. The two that were granted entrance were the only girls in the group, Crystal Esperanza, a child development major, and Jaclyn Ibarra, a theater major. “It’s horrible when you come with guy friends who aren’t in the fraternities because it’s so hard to get them in,” Esperanza said. Ibarra said they know they will be taken care of when they come in an all-female group. The CSUF fraternities have worked to help improve the Greek image on campus. They are required to attend certain presentations on alcohol and drug abuse provided by the Health Center.
“We knew when joining the Greek system we would undergo much more scrutiny than other students. We are watched under a microscope and are working hard to improve our image,” said Zach Wheeler of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Campus and Fullerton police have noticed the positive change in the fraternities’ efforts. Each is required to register an event or party at least a calendar month in advance, and is allowed only three registered parties or events per month, unless approved. The police will normally close down the side streets near the fraternity houses to prevent people getting hit by cars. “CSUF and the fraternities themselves have done a pretty good job of making themselves more accountable. They are making sure to card students to help cut back on underage drinking and make sure that students aren’t being charged entrance fees,” said Lt. Steve Matson of the Fullerton Police Department. When asked about the different treatment of girls and guys, Matson understood the difference. He acknowledged that it is pretty easy to see why girls have an easier time getting into the parties. “Of course fraternities are going to want more girls to come in; they’re guys,” Matson said.
In an effort to keep those cruising the city streets safe from drunk drivers on the weekend before Halloween, the Fullerton Police Department conducted a sobriety checkpoint Friday night. However, it was a slow night for the police officers monitoring the checkpoint. They only arrested one person for driving under the influence of alcohol and issued two citations for possession of marijuana. The checkpoint was held on Chapman Avenue between Commonwealth Avenue and State College Boulevard, the same location where Fullerton Police Department conducted its first checkpoint on Saint Patrickʼs Day. “We pick the location by basing it off prior DUIs, collision rate, and things like that,” Officer Rob James said. “We really had no idea how it would work out, but one of the things we thought of was a lot of people leave downtown that get DUIs along here live in Chino Hills and they get onto the freeway from this street.” Five officers took turns lining up along Chapmanʼs center divider to inform every fifth driver of the effects of driving under the influence as they smelled their breath and examined their eyes. Members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving provided alcohol
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order to make money. “What we see is big commercial publishers and producers starting their own Christian divisions or buying Christian houses and making them their own divisions,” he said. Over 100 students packed the lecture hall in hopes of learning about the religious aspects of “The Simpsons,” the long-standing animated series about a dysfunctional working-class family. Pinsky said that the idea for his books and research developed as a result of him watching the television shows and movies with his children in order to ensure that the content was age appropriate.
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so candid. All you see is her stern, steady face until you get to hear from page 1 her speak,” McLeod said. She became involved with the then becoming one of the first conference after reading an e-mail female Supreme Court justices. “Iʼve always said that itʼs excit- asking for volunteers. ing to be the first to do something, “One thing I did learn from but not the last,” she said. CSUF is volunteerism, to be She reflected on the way society involved. If you want something has changed its view of men and to change, you have to do something about it,” she said. women as caregivers. Shriver also handed out sev“I see more fathers now taking responsibility at an earlier age; eral awards named for California thatʼs a great thing. I see younger iconic goddess Minerva. More than 500 young women in families today making different adjustments. That wouldnʼt have high school were honored as the Minervas of Tomorrow. happened in my day,” she said. Four $25,000 scholarships went OʼConnor remembered her reaction to being diagnosed with breast to third-year college women studying diverse fields. cancer in 1988. Three $10,000 grants went to “I was just shocked. I was sitting in the doctorʼs office and I couldnʼt outstanding women in the commubelieve I had this thing inside me nity: Anita DeFranz, for making that had the potential to kill me,” professional sports accessible to inner city youth; Janice Mrikitani, she said. “It changed my attitude toward for establishing transitional promy own life. I began to appreciate grams for at-risk women and chiland treasure every single day that I dren; and Sister Jenny Lectenberg, for building a multigenerational had on Earth,” she said. OʼConnor also examined the learning center in Los Angeles. A special lifetime achievement effect of her ruling in Roe v. Minerva award went to Betty Ford Wade. “The issue of abortion has divid- for her work in fighting for a ed more people in this country than womenʼs equal rights amendment, any other issue. We havenʼt been publicizing the reality of breast able to achieve any overall unity cancer with her diagnosis in 1974 on this subject,” she said. and establishing Betty Ford clinics Her life experiences especially to treat addiction. touched Cal State Fullerton alumGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger na Chyrel McLeod. made a special appearance to con“I didnʼt know a lot about her gratulate the Minerva award winbackground. I never knew she was ners.
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repercussions, which was the main topic of the event. “Farmers who own land on the other side of the wall must also obtain permits [to get access from one side to the other]. These permits were supposed to be easy to … [obtain], but in 2004, twentyfive percent of the farmers who requested a permit were rejected with absolutely no explanation except two simple wo rds: ʻsecurity reasons,ʼ” Pollak said. “So the
responsibility literature to those who drove through the checkpoint, while retired volunteers also observed the event. “This is the best volunteer event Iʼve ever done,” said Mary Beyer, a retired volunteer. “I enjoy it, and Iʼve learned a whole lot.” Police extensively tested one young man, with abnormally large pupils, for narcotics but eventually released him. “Apparently, one percent of the male population with dark hair and blue eyes has large pupils,” James said. By 12:30 a.m., 491 sober drivers had driven through the checkpoint until one young man fumbled to put out a joint as he approached the officers standing along the center divider. He and his friend were issued citations for the possession of marijuana. “He had ashes all over his shirt,” Sgt. George Crum said. “He couldnʼt put it out fast enough.” Many impaired drivers concentrate on driving rather than their surroundings, and approach the checkpoint thinking it is a construction zone despite the numerous police vehicles, James said. A very cooperative 23-yearold male was arrested for driving under the influence. Sgt. Lorraine Jones listened to what the young man had to say and advised him that attending a class would teach him alcohol responsibility. “This is the first time the light goes on that they have drinking as a problem,” MADD volunteer Sharon Herbert said. “They come in so angry and they will leave so
The tuition increase was part of a pact made between the governor and the CSU system in which the state would increase funding to the CSU system schools. The deal would provide an increase in state funding to allow campuses to boost enrollment by 2.5 percent to 3 percent a year. Many present at the trustees meeting feared that the board will
Police said perhaps issuing alcohol responsibility literature and holding sobriety checkpoints has educated people to plan their nights out responsibly. “The objective is not to take everyone to jail, itʼs about educating the public,” Crum said.
Pinsky at a conference and decided to use his book about “The Simpsons” as a required textbook in her class. “It engages students and also helps raise questions about institutionalized religion and fundamental questions about the soul,” she said. Students enjoyed the topic so much that they waited around to talk to Pinsky and purchase copies of his books. “I thought [the talk] was very interesting,” said Mario Londa, a geography major at CSUF. “I never noticed the connection between ʻThe Simpsonsʼ and religion until today.” For more information about Mark Pinsky, go to www.markpinsky.com.
wall is actually a very successful means to expropriate land from their rightful owners.” This is devastating because the Palestinian economy is mostly a small-scale agricultural economy highly dependent on farmers to market their produce, he said. Palestinian activist Ayed Morrar, who led his community in a peaceful campaign of more than 50 protest marches to stop the construction of the wall, went on to explain its affects on Palestinians. “At the checkpoints theyʼre waiting for you to look into the
eye of the soldier, theyʼre waiting for you to seem angry or for you to ignore the soldier,” Morrar said. “You have to keep down.” He said their goal is to keep people down, to keep them from raising their heads. At this point, no one can live life regularly or peacefully in his own land, he said. “If you are going to your job [or] your university, security will be waiting for you. Maybe you will not come back to your work because the high number of people killed day and night.”
As he was speaking, a slideshow of pictures showing ravaged lands, armed soldiers and children protesters was being displayed behind him, going along with his stories of civil disobedience. “I think we have to achieve freedom. As the Palestinian people we have just two alternatives: The first one [is] to spend our lives crying. We have many reasons to cry,” Morrar said. “The other alternative is to struggle; we have to struggle against the occupation; we have to struggle nonviolently.”
your world is not our world. Youʼre telling us that the tuition hike would only be 8 percent, but to my community and my people, that 8 percent means control over 100 percent [access],” Richardson said. Trustees said that they count on financial aid, which will increase “dollar-for-dollar along with tuition” to cover the cost for many students who would be unable to afford the tuition hike. Critics worry that this will lead to a “de-facto privatization” of the CSU system. Cal State Fullerton political science major Sean Beal urged the Board of Trustees to vote against the tuition hike because higher education is the cornerstone of every historically successful society. He worries that a tuition increase would push higher education out reach to those who most need it, affirming its place as an institution for the elite. “Higher education should be made available to those who are not elite,” Beal shouted at the trustees. Jackson, the student representative to the board, blamed the state legislators for not properly funding the CSU system. “The legislators keep playing with our budget, passing the responsibility of raising tuition like a football. They refused to be tackled holding it,” he said. “We need to fix this budget so we can continue to be the Golden State, not the silver or bronze state.”
Bob Foster, board member and president of Southern California Edison, told the students that he sympathizes with their plight and called their stories “heartbreaking.” His duties on the board, however, meant that he must do whatever makes fiscal sense for the $1.5 billion under-funded CSU system, forcing him to vote yes on the tuition hike, he said. He did, however, promise students that he would help them in their efforts to lobby the legislators in Sacramento for more funding in order to keep tuition costs down. Feeling disenfranchised by the outcome of the vote, many students discussed efforts to ask Sacramento for more funding. “The same commitment and passion that you all brought here today has to go beyond today,” Jackson said to a room full of students after the board meeting. “Students are paying their fair share. Itʼs time for everyone to pay their fair share too ... We have to get over this fear of [increasing] taxes.” At the same Board of Trustees meeting, the board also approved a 13.1 percent pay raise for the 23 CSU presidents and a 3.5 percent increase to faculty. The board also approved a $45,808 pay raise for CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, who now makes $362,500 – about $30,000 of which is privately funded.
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happy. It really makes a difference.” The officers expected more people to drive through the checkpoint close to 2 a.m. after last call, but no more inebriated drivers approached them, unless they all avoided the large “Sobriety Checkpoint” sign.
“My children wanted to watch ʻThe Simpsons,ʼ he said. “And because I said ʻIʼll watch with you,ʼ I discovered religion in ʻThe Simpsons.ʼ” He said that after seeing the family pray, go to church on Sunday and read the Bible, he realized that they were just like any other Christian family. “This family reflected the faith lives of most Americans more than any other show on TV show,” Pinsky said. The Simpson family dealt with issues involving blind faith, theology, evangelism, Godʼs power and organized religion. Jeanette Reedy Solano, advisor of the Comparative Religion Student Association and assistant professor at CSUF, said she met
Students from the CSU system, including CSUF senior political science major Sean Biel, assembled at the Chancellor’s office in Long Beach on Thursday to speak out against another 8 percent fee hike.
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Officer George Crum watches over a DUI suspect at the Chapman Avenue sobriety checkpoint Friday night. The vehicle’s other passenger sits on the curb, also under the eye of an officer.
pass any costs not covered by state funding to students. Rex Richardson, Associated Students, Inc. president at Cal State Dominguez Hills, told the trustees he already spends more time at work than he does studying, as do most of the students at his university. A hike in tuition would compound his problem, and could deny lower income students access to a higher education. “Iʼm asking this board for simple things. Iʼm asking you to realize that
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Volunteers gather to haunt Friendly fire arboretum for Halloween helps ROTC ʻFriendsʼ dress up to scare at Haunted Garden fundraiser By CAMELLIA MUNGUIA Daily Titan Staff
A lit pumpkin lantern hangs opposite the waterfall, its smile a staple of Halloween tradition. Along the pathway into the garden, a tall Dracula sits between two witches on a bench. The creepy witches giggle and joke. The pathway of lights leads to the Heritage House where a tall, lanky, white-faced mad doctor stands wearing a tuxedo and a top hat. On a long table, a white sheet covers a body with a large pumpkin head. The mad doctor takes a drill and places it over the body. The body slightly moves. Is it alive or dead? It isnʼt clear until he begins to drill. His morbid laugh echoes into the night scaring children who dare enter the Fullerton Arboretum. The Fullerton Arboretum held its second annual Haunted Garden over the weekend. Christy Twentier, the special events coordinator and a member of the Friends of the Arboretum, organized the nearly 40 volunteers, who set-up the garden for the haunt, brought their own costumes and
prepared to spook the visitors. Linda Ash, a retiree and volunteer, dressed up as the bride of Frankenstein. She ordered the movie online and waited a month before she could study Elsa Lanchester, the actress who plays the bride. “I was drawn in,” Ash said. “Itʼs a classic.” Ash bought a renaissance pattern and modified the neck to resemble the actual dress. She bought white fabric and spent 24 hours making her dress and heavily padding the shoulders. To imitate the brideʼs arms and hands, she wrapped a pair of gloves with bandages until they were thick enough to resemble the brideʼs bandaged arms. Making costumes and decorations allows Ash a freedom of expression. Decorating the arboretum is a blessing, since there is no more space to decorate her yard, she said. “This is a yard big enough to suit me,” Ash said. In a ghoulish tone, volunteer Mike Ash, dressed as an undertaker, recites a poem he wrote. He holds a pocket lamp and flickers it under his chin. The flickering light brings out his bulging eyes from the white makeup. From behind the bushes of the Channel Islands Garden, Leroy Lance, an orthodontist and volunteer, dressed as a mad naturalist
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Linda Ash volunteers at the second annual Haunted Garden at the Fullerton Arboretum. comes out carrying a net with a child-size skeleton and is accompanied by Freddie Kreuger. “I am looking for bones, bones, bones,” Lance said. “Know where I can find any?” He awkwardly smiles and glares, his deformed, overgrown, decaying teeth overshadow his green face. As visitors enter the garden, screeching voices and screams echo among the darkness and lighted
path in the garden. Some of the children visiting the arboretum also dressed in costumes. After their guided walk, they arrived at the Administrative Building where they can pick up a bag of candy and listen to some Halloween tunes. Volunteers are delighted to participate in the new tradition.. “I get to make a costume and scare a whole lot of people,”Ash said. “Itʼs fun!”
shoulder, just like Mardi Gras, but “Youʼre hot!” a passing man tells everybodyʼs in costume,” Spieler Hughes. Spared the brunt of Katrinaʼs said late Saturday, the spooky celebration in full swing two days wrath and the flooding that folearly. “Itʼs the first big, fun drink- lowed when levees ruptured, ing night since the hurricane.” the French Quarter has steadily Much of New Orleans remains revived since reopening a month a ghost town, but the French ago. Quarter teems with wicked witchIts bars, restaurants and Tes and pimps in shirt shops purple velvet. have been kept Elvis struts the afloat by a tranIt’s the first big, sient stream of sidewalk flanked fun drinking construction by Supergirl and workers, relief Marilyn Monroe. night since the volunteers and An Amazonian Hurricane journalists. blondeʼs skimpy Trash cans cop outfit flirts with overflow with indecent exposure. Diane Dpieler discarded Others share New Orleans Resident beer cups. the Katrina theme, Shoes stick dressing as discarded refrigerators and to sidewalks the blue tarps that cover broken lacquered in spilled liquor. city roofs. Outside the Bourbon Street Blues “Enough clean-up – time for Company, a woman lifts her shirt a drink!” says Bobby Hughes, in return for a shower of beads 23, a Loyola University graduate tossed from the balcony. student sporting a blonde pig“Different parts of the city, tailed wig, a plaid skirt that is too the Garden District and everyshort on his 6-foot-6 frame, and thing, are not the same at all,” a blouse knotted above his waist said Dawn Carroll, 33, dressed as a “Tool Time” character from that bares traces of a red bra. “Helgaʼs my name tonight,” the sitcom “Home Improvement,” says Hughes, joined by girlfriend only with a naughty tool belt. Kat McKibben, a “love bug” with “This makes you think that itʼs floppy antenna, feather boa, but- going to come back. Itʼll be back terfly wings and fuzzy slippers. full-force.”
Bourbon Street may not be kidfriendly and many neighborhoods remain too wrecked for door-todoor trick or treating, but children havenʼt been neglected. Outside De La Salle High School in the Garden District, little Batmen and butterfly-winged fairies fill sacks with chocolate bars and lollipops from bowls on tables lining the sidewalks. Indian braves and cheerleaders dance to zydeco music, oblivious to the downed power lines in the median of St. Charles Avenue. “Mom, give me a Sweet-Tart,” 14-year-old Philip Oncale calls to his mother. His fingers are wedged into gloves with gluedon 7-inch foam blades – Edward Scissorhands has trouble feeding himself. Cherly Oncale worked on her sonʼs costume for two weeks during their hurricane exile in Atlanta. Their flight from Katrina took them to five hotels in five cities. They returned two weeks ago, to a friendʼs house – their own home, she said, is still “a mold incubator.” “We need a good party right now, to kind of reground us,” says Oncale, a 52-year-old dermatology nurse. “Because everybody is kind of functioning from a Twilight Zone. At least thatʼs how I feel.”
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The margarita Diane Spieler sips during her nocturnal masquerade on Bourbon Street perfectly matches the glow-in-thedark green of her hideous face, airbrushed in dreadful detail with reptilian scales and skeletal hollows. Is she a radioactive ghoul? An alien sea serpent? “If somebody asks me, I just tell ʻem Iʼm Katrina,” the 57year-old New Orleans accountant says, glaring through ghostly pale contact lenses beneath hair molded into spikes. “Doesnʼt it look mean and freaky!” Two months after the monster hurricaneʼs horrifying rampage, Halloween has brought back the French Quarterʼs thirst for theatric horror and debauchery, its Mardi Goth mojo in the heart of a city long known for its reverence for voodoo and Anne Riceʼs glamorously gothic vampire novels. “Halloween is the best kept local secret. Itʼs shoulder-to-
spectator in one of the rounds. “The flag established here is simulating their command post, and so the squad protecting it [is] defending it against their attackers who are trying to capture the flag, which By LISAJOYCE VERGARA simulates that they have captured Daily Titan Staff their command post,” Sturgell said. “So the squad is supposed to have Pow! Pow! Pow! some type of defensive perimeter The frequent sound erupted from setup around to prevent the enemy paintball guns blasting away at from coming.” Tombstone Paintball Park in Corona If the flag is not captured withlast Friday, as the Cal State Fullerton in the 15-minute time span of the ROTC had its annual paintball round, the squad fails; the defenders win. excursion. “This exercise gives them some The cadets have been coming to reality of being hit with the paintball the park for about five years. Manger James Scarcella wel- and it makes them think about all comes the cadets to the playing the actions they couldʼve taken and fields every year. prevented from being hit,” Sturgell “Itʼs a great event that gives the said. “Itʼs something we can do cadets a posiwithout real bullets tive, team-buildand get a good turnThis exercise gives ing experience,” out.” Scarcella said. “It Some cadets said them some reality builds their leadthe exercise allows of being hit with ership, and at the them to practice the paintball ... same time, they the stuff they have have a great time learned. to let loose a bit “The whole Daniel Sturgell and have fun.” experience here is Master Sgt. The park feaa lot of fun, and tures about seven when weʼre training at Cal State fields and is the closest paintball field to Orange Fullertonʼs soccer fields, we donʼt County. The park has been in busi- really get to put anything to use,” ness since 1998 and is open on week- Cadet Jeff Linzey said. ends to the general public. Events Cadet Deric Hillard was on on other days can be arranged by Linzeyʼs first-round winning team. appointment. “While I was doing this event, I Prior to the event, Cadet Capt. learned the smaller the squad is the Jason Pham and other cadets in more … [quickly] you are able to charge of the event conducted a move,” Hillard said. rehearsal to make sure the fields Phamʼs expectation for the event and equipment were properly secure was to build teamwork and have before the cadets arrived. fundamental training for the cadets. After explaining the rules as “This exercise created leadership cadets stood in formation lines, opportunities for the cadets, making Pham explained the object of the the cadets work under stressful situations,” Pham said. “Weʼre going to exercises. Each squad will have a flag post- pressure them on where to go, push ed at their starting point. The squads them and guide them under limited will commerce at the opposite time during the chaos.” ends. The object is to capture the Pham believes when cadets are opponentʼs flag within 15 minutes. under pressure they tend to lose their Each squad has to execute a plan of inhibitions and rational thinking. action, or tactical instruction, to get “If you donʼt have experience to the flag. under pressure, you have to practice Each squad had about six mem- or you can make stupid decisions bers. There were three 15-minute that can hurt somebody,” Pham said. rounds during which the cadets got “One of the things in ROTC is that the chance to battle against other cadets have to be ready to make squads. decisions under pressure during Master Sgt. Daniel Sturgell was a stressful situations.”
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ROTC cadents practice military tactics using paintball simulations.
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What about your friends? Harriet Miersʼ withdrawal from her Supreme Court justice nomination late last week proved what political analysts and we at the Daily Titan have been speculating for weeks. Sheʼs simply not the right person for the job. In a letter to President Bush, Meirs announced her withdrawal, stating her nomination proved to be too negative for the bi-partisan legislature. She didnʼt want to “create a burden for the White House and our staff that is not in the best interest of the country.” How thoughtful that her socalled pal Bush used Miers as a sacrificial lamb to appeal to the Democrats. Truthfully, she likely never wouldʼve withstood the Senate Judiciary Committee to become an associate justice. The president sold out Meirs, attempting to quell the wrath of liberals whoʼve been asking a moderate be nominated to a court that is teetering on the edge of a conservative majority. And nominate he did. Miers, something of a lib-
eral Republican, didnʼt know what was coming. Right-wingers blasted her for not being conservative enough, while leftwingers voiced concerns about her affiliation with an evangelical, unflinchingly anti-abortion church and her claim that the president is the brightest man she knows.not supporting Bushʼs nomination. Now, with her withdrawal, the president is free to choose whomever he wants – likely a strict constructionist in the mold of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas – because heʼs already tried to get Miers in. Bushʼs next nomination needs to bring the Senate together for a positive reason. Liberals and conservatives must agree that the country will be well served by whomever the president nominates, rather than, as was the case with Miers, finding their common ground in skepticism about the nomineeʼs qualifications or views. This country deserves better. We deserve a justice who will uphold precedent and who will interpret the Constitution to protect personal rights.
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Halloween celebrates evil acts of the world which marked the end of the summer, was observed on Oct. 31, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. The Druids, who were feared because of their cruelty, magic pracBy DIANIKA ABBOTT tices, animal and human sacrifices, Daily Titan Copy Editor torture and sexual molestations, celebrated this holiday in honor of Itʼs that time of the year again. Samhain, the god of death. People go out and spend lots The fire festival, known as of money buying costumes and Samhain, was a fertility festival candy. thanking the spirits – or demons Excited children parade around – for the crops of that year, accordneighborhoods as witches, ghosts, ing to an article written by the goblins, fairies and monsters in European American Evangelistic Crusades. hopes of recieving free candy and During the other goodies. night, black If one would delve Houses are decmasses (a satanback in history, he orated with spider ic parody of the or she would see webs, jack-oʼ-lanChristian Mass that Halloween is terns, witches on where a Satanist not a holiday that brooms, ghosts and participates in a black cats. rite to receive should be taken Why? magical powlightly. ers) were conItʼs all in ducted. the name of The Druids Halloween. Dianika Abbott Daily Titan Copy Editor taught that on But as you can Halloween, see, Iʼm not the ghosts, spirits, biggest fan of this fairies, witches and elves would holiday. Not only am I not partial to going come out to harm people. The “holiday” was also thought around dressed like a fool, but as a Christian, Iʼm aware that the ori- to be the most favorable time for gins of this holiday are celebratory divinations concerning marriage, of all the evils of the world. luck, health and death. If one would delve back in In the year 700 A.D., the churchhistory, he or she would see that declared Nov. 1 “All Saintsʼ Day”; Halloween is not a holiday that and out of the peopleʼs refusal to give up old Pagan rituals, the should be taken lightly. In ancient Britain and Ireland, churchʼs festival and the festival of the Celtic festival of the Samhain, Samhain were combined, creating
Origins of Oct. 31 not so innocent as some may believe
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Letter to the Editor: On American deaths: Dear Editor, The number of American casualties in the Iraq theater is uncalled for [“American deaths in Iraq at 2,001” published Oct. 27, 2005]. It is wrong for the current administration to utilize the American military for its ulterior motives. Our military is a deterrent, not to be used to promote a few peopleʼs motives. God be with those who have perished and the families that have lost loved ones. Paul Perez, senior Comparative religion KING FEATURES SYNDICATE
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the modern form of Halloween. While Halloween is thought of as a fun-filled holiday in which people innocently dress up, trick-or-treat and attend parties, the origins of this holiday are deeply rooted in Satanic worship. According to the Bibleʼs Deuteronomy 18:10-12, ”There shall be not be found among you anyone that maketh his son or
daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all these things are an abomination unto the Lord.” How can I or anyone else who professes to be a Christian be Christ-like if they participate in such an evil holiday?
BEST QUOTE WE HEARD TODAY ... “I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with the roughest courage. When they are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work, but the solidest thing we know.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer
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placing 32nd. “It wasnʼt our best times; it just wasnʼt our day,” Blazquez said. “We have regionals and track season to look forward to.” The Titan menʼs team, which raced with only five members, had a sub-par day, finishing sixth out the seven teams that competed. “It was a disappointing day overall,” Elders said. “The race started with a fast early pace and they werenʼt prepared for it.” One consolation for the Titan men was junior Damien Nievesʼ 20th place finish in a time of 24:49.9. “Iʼm satisfied that I gave it all I could,” said Nieves, who finished 22 places ahead of his next team member. “It went good, but Iʼm disappointed the way the last couple of
miles turned out.” That next team member was sophomore Jonathan George, who ran the 8K course in 26:14.2. “If youʼre one of the front-runners, the pace wasnʼt too bad,” George said. “If youʼre behind them, like me, then you go out fast and pray you donʼt die.” Cal Poly SLO dominated the menʼs event, taking six of the top ten places and scoring 24 points – 14 fewer than second-place UC Santa Barbara. UC Irvine won the womenʼs event. Chris Ashley, a junior from UC Santa Barbara, won the menʼs race in 23:51.7, and Amber Steen, a senior from UC Irvine, won the womenʼs race in 20:55.5. In two weeks, the Big West teams will compete with other western conferences at Stanford for the West Regional Championships.
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The field of women runners competing in Saturday’s Big West Conference Cross Country Championships begin their attack of the 6K course at the UC Riverside Arboretum. Karina Ortiz placed first for the Titans and 12th overall with her CSUF-best time of 21:50.3 at the meet.
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two kills by the Titans and three errors by the Aggies sealed Davisʼ fate. “[The Aggies] played us tough in that third game, but we stuck to our game plan and we were finally able to play how we are capable of playing,” Fullerton Head Coach Carolyn Zimmerman said. The Aggies were not able to execute their game plan. They had 26 errors compared to 25 kills in Saturdayʼs match. “We had a lot of confidence coming into tonight [and felt] we were playing much better,” UC Davis freshman outside hitter Chantal Paschetta said. “Fullerton had been struggling a bit, so we thought we could take advantage of it. But we just were not able to come out and establish consistency,” Paschetta said. “ With all the errors we committed, we really beat ourselves and Fullerton took advantage.”With all the errors we committed, we really beat ourselves and Fullerton took advantage.” The Titans, who are now 2-0 on the season against the Aggies, were lead by junior Danielle Hitzeman (12 kills, 11 digs),
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Fullerton junior midfielder Lauryn Welch goes up against freshman defender Julie Megorden and a Long Beach State teammate during Sunday’s contest at George Allen Field. The Titans won 3-0 to win the Big West.
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Ashley OʼBrien helped the Titans stay in command. The combined shutout between Fullerton goalkeepers Karen Bardsley (87 minutes) and Shayla Sabin (three minutes) was the teamʼs
tenth of the season, extending their single-season record. The Titans final goal came once again off the foot of Cox, a 25-yard strike that found the top of the net. “Our main goal is to make it to the NCAA Tournament and this was just another game to get there,” Khosroshahin said. “We have one of the nicest facilities in college soc-
cer and it will be nice to showcase it in the Big West Tournament this weekend.” The Titans will play the second game of a double-header against fourth place Pacific on Friday evening at Titan Stadium. Long Beach State, who finished in third place in the Big West, will play the opening game against UCR at 5 p.m.
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Fullerton Head Coach Carolyn Zimmerman and assistant coach Stephanie Moreno give the Titans a pep talk between games Saturday. sophomore Vanessa Vella (12 straight games and have lost 17 digs), and senior of their last 18 Amy Dixon (six games. It’s definitely been service aces). Fullerton The Aggies has six matchtough for us out es remaining in were led by freshthere, but if we man libero Nichole start playing like we its 2005 schedule. The Titans Brown, who had 12 did tonight, then will play Cal digs and three serwe should be fine.” vice aces. Paschetta Poly San Luis Sarah Morrison finished with nine Obispo this Fullerton Outside Hitter kills but had 10. Friday on With their loss the road and to the Titans, the Saturday at Aggies have now dropped five UC Santa Barbara.
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Kellie Cox scores two goals as team captures championship, record
this season. “Itʼs always good to get the first goal. You get the momentum to go in your favor,” Cox said. The Titans extended their lead late in the first half when junior By ANDY STOWERS midfieder Lauryn Welch scored on For the Daily Titan a header off a crossing pass from freshman midfielder Sara Johnson. The Cal State Fullerton womCoach Ali Khosroshahin had enʼs soccer team won the Big West subbed Johnson into the game just Conference on Sunday afternoon by seconds before she collected her defeating Long Beach State 3-0 at second assist this year. The goal George Allen Field. was Welchʼs fifth this season. The win, along with three straight A majority of the action in the UC Riverside ties, wrapped up the first half took place on Long Beach league title for Stateʼs side of the the Titans, giving field. them the hostʼs The Titans outOur main goal is shot Long Beach position for next to make it to the State 13 to three in weekendʼs postNCAA Tournament. the half. Fullerton season Big West This was just also played much Tournament. another game to more physically, “Itʼs great that obtaining 12 fouls we will be playget there. ing the tournain the first 45 minAli Khosroshahin ment at home,” utes of play. Fullerton Coach senior midfielder “We are a physical team,” Cox Kellie Cox said. “We get home field advantage, our said. “We adjust to the other team, adjust to the refs and play as physigreat fans, and our own facilities.” The Titans (15-3, 6-1) set a new cal as we need to.” The Titans went into halftime, school record for wins in a season with their 15th victory. They clinging to their 2-0 lead. also tied another school record after Long Beach State came out in the seven straight wins. second half playing more aggresThe game started off with the sively. The Titan defense stepped Titans scoring early. After a great up to the challenge, preventing Long save by Long Beach State freshman Beach from catching any momengoalie Liz Ramos, Titan midfield- tum. er Kellie Cox struck the ball and Strong defensive efforts by Erica scored unassisted at the 4:42 mark, Janke, Marlene Sandoval, and giving the Titans an early 1-0 lead. CHAMPS 6 The goal was the fourth for Cox
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Sophomore forward Lauren Cram, right, battles 49er defender Jenna Duncan for the ball in the Titan’s 3-0 win at Long Beach State on Sunday.
Ortiz breaks record on Big West’s stage
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Fullerton outshoots UCSB but loses, 2-0
Junior runs fastest 6K in CSUF history; team best finish since 1994
MENʼS SOCCER – Ivan Becerra and Eric Avila scored second-half goals Saturday night to lead UC Santa Barbara to a 2-0 Big West Conference menʼs soccer victory over visiting Cal State Fullerton. Becerra broke a scoreless tie in the third minute of the second half, booting a through ball past Titansʼ keeper Bobby Armstrong. The Gauchos clinched the match with about five minutes to play when Chris Pontius scored on a header. The win kept the No. 17ranked Gauchos unbeaten in Big West play at 5-0-2 and 10-3-3 overall. The Titans saw their modest 2-game win streak end, and they fell to 4-10-1 and 1-4-1 despite outshooting their hosts, 13-10.
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WOMENʼS B-BALL – True freshman Toni Thomas had a double-double in her first appearance in a Cal State Fullerton uniform Sunday afternoon with 14 points and 13 rebounds, but it wasnʼt enough to keep the Titans from losing an exhibition game to Love & Basketball, 63-51. No other Titans were in double figures as Coach Maryalyce Jeremiah substituted freely, playing 15 players. Andrea Adams had nine points but her 3-of12 shooting was typical for the Titans, who shot only 21 percent from the floor.
The Titan women placed fourth at the event. UC Irvine won the event, followed by UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State. “It was definitely a step forward for the womenʼs program,” By STEPHANIE PARK Fullerton Head Coach John Elders Daily Titan Staff said. Senior team captain Maria Junior Karina Ortiz broke the Blazquez (22:21.4) vacated her Cal State Fullerton womenʼs record usual role as the teamʼs No. 1 for the 6K, and her teammates ran runner, placing fourth among the Titansʼ runners and their best team finish 25th in the race. since 1994 at the Big “Maria put too West Conference It was a crazy race. Cross Country Coach [John Elders] much pressure on Championships at said it would start herself,” Elders said. “Hopefully in two UC Riverside on to pick up at the weeks at regionals, Saturday. mile marker and it sheʼll be able to run Ortiz placed did. a little more free.” 12th with a time of Karina Ortiz Carolyn Ellis 21:50.3, eclipsing Fullerton runner (22:09.1) and Juliane the mark set earliMasciana (22:12.1) er in the season by placed 20th and teammate, senior 21st. Maria Blazquez. “Juliane and Carolyn ran their “It was a crazy race,” Ortiz said. “Coach [Elders] said the race would usual tough races.” Elders said. Senior Dahamar Perez (22:47.5) start [to pick up] at the mile marker and it did. After that first mile, most rounded out the top five Titans, people stayed in the same position for the rest of the race.” BIG WEST 6
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Senior setter Alyssa Opeka goes for the ball as four Titan teammates and two Aggies look on. Fullerton swept the Saturday match against UC Davis at home, ending its six-game losing streak.
Fullerton sweeps out of its funk Teamʼs losing streak snappee with strong showing at home By BELAL SIMJEE Daily Titan Staff
With Fullerton (12-11, 3-6) coming into its match on a sixgame losing streak and the UC Davis Aggies (3-21) riding a four-game losing streak, something had to give Saturday in Titan Gym. It did. The Titans swept the Aggies 30-18, 30-14, 30-27.
The Titans pulled together through injuries that have hampered them during their losing streak. “Itʼs definitely been tough for us out there,” senior Sarah Morrison said. “If we start playing like we did tonight, then we should be fine.” Neither team started off particularly well in the first game. with the score tied at 10-10, the Titans rallied with a 20-to-eight run to put the Aggies away. The Titans trailed 7-3 in the second game, but again rallied with a quick 8-0 run. Fullerton went on a 27-7 run to win the
game. The Titans hit at a .448 clip in the game while the Aggies were held in the negative, hitting -.192. “They came out fighting,” Davis Head Coach Stephanie Hawbecker said. “Fullerton was very difficult to play against tonight. They were on their game and held us down.” Game 3 was a closer contest. The Aggies started off with the lead again and kept things close. With the score tied at 25-25, SWEEP 6