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Volume 93, Issue 38

NEWS 2

Anaheim recycling center catches fire OPINION 4

Senate cannot forget gun legislation DETOUR 5

Student exhibit colors up Arboretum SPORTS 6

Baseball takes series over Mustangs

MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013

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Economists forecast optimistic climate DAVID HOOD Daily Titan

“My whole freshman year I was not involved in a single thing, not one club,” said Leggett. “To see the progression since I got involved, what I’ve been able to do and what I’ve been able to accomplish, he is just so pumped.”

Next year, Leggett’s younger sister will be a CSUF freshmen and he looks forward to supporting her through her first year in college. His two sisters eagerly helped by putting together flyers for the campaign.

Economists from the Cal State Fullerton College of Business and Economics predicted a sunny economic forecast for the rest of the year and well into 2014 on Thursday at their Midyear Economic Forecast presentation in Irvine.

Anil Puri, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business and Economics, said their predictions were probably the most optimistic in recent years despite rampant uncertainty stemming from the fiscal policy in Washington, D.C. The so-called “fiscal cliff” decision made in the midnight hours of Jan. 1, as well as the sequester, or across-the-board cuts to government spending and an averted government shutdown in the past few months, has shieded investors away from placing their faith and money into the U.S. economy.

Regardless, Puri said the private sector has been “holding up reasonably well” with U.S. real gross domestic product up 2.2 percent, clocking a 14-quarter full recovery from the recession four years ago. U.S. real GDP rose 7.6 percent since the second fiscal quarter of 2009.

However, when compared to the pre-recession peak in fourth fiscal quarter of 2007, real GDP has only risen a meager 2.6 percent, a “paltry gain for such long period of five years,” according to the forecast.

“We expect U.S. real GDP to continue to expand during this year, boosted primarily by steady consumption, robust motor vehicle sales, continued business investments and ramped-up construction spending (particularly in the residential sector),” the report said.

Puri said that 2013 started with “trepidation,” but they believe the rest of the year will be better.

In October 2012, before the presidential election, the college held the second of their biannual economic forecast event and last Thursday Puri said everything they predicted has “come to pass.”

“Overall, the state of the economy is much better today than what we had in October,” said Puri. “If anything, this is probably the most optimistic forecast in the last four years than we’ve done. The last four to five years have been terrible for national economy and the Orange County economy as well.”

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Rohullah Latif, left, and running mate Jonny Leggett, right, celebrate their victory in the 2013 ASI presidential elections inside the Pub on campus Thursday night.

Latif and Leggett triumph in ASI election SAMUEL MOUNTJOY Daily Titan

Feelings of joy, exhaustion and relief filled the air Thursday night when Rohullah Latif and Johnathan Leggett were announced winners of the Associated Students Inc. 2013 presidential election.

Latif and Leggett edged out their opponents, Carlos Navarro and Kim Haycraft, by just over 200 votes in last week’s run-off election.

A crowd of nearly 100 packed into the Pub at the Titan Student Union underground just minutes after polls closed.

Supporters of both camps sported the custom shirts they had been wearing since the campaigning began.

President-elect Latif, 22, a mechanical engineering and philosophy double major, celebrated his victory with hugs, not a speech.

“We are all ASI,” said Latif.

“We need to embrace that inner ASI in all of us.”

Latif and Leggett, 21 an economics and international politics major, spent much of their campaign focused on their desire for increased communication.

They will push for electronic billboards around campus to increase recognition of events on campus and club meetings, they said.

The pair said they have big plans for next year and hope to get students more involved with the campus.

“It’s a year, it’s going to be a sprint, but I’m a sprinter,” said Latif.

Latif and Leggett were unique as the only candidates who had previously served on the ASI Board of Directors, a board they will be working closely with.

“Having served on the board, we know about the budget we know about the process of ASI,” said Latif. “We know the ins and

outs of what we need to do to get the job done.”

The two said they already have a good relationship with next year’s board members, but will need to appoint a few more in order to fill empty seats.

Two weeks ago, no candidate reached the necessary majority to win office, and the race went to a second round of voting, a run-off, which concluded Thursday.

Latif said it was an emotional decision to run and something he never thought he would do.

Latif came to the U.S. from Afghanistan shortly after the Sept.

11 attacks, and did not speak any English.

“Middle school was hard, I didn’t know what to do, nobody would talk to me,” he said.

In high school, he gained confidence through his involvement with police programs, and his improved English skills.

“It’s a year; it’s going to be a sprint, but I’m a sprinter.”

ROHULLAH LATIF ASI President-elect After CSUF, he hopes to go to law school and become a lawyer focusing on patent law.

Leggett wants to study international economics in graduate school, and hopes to work with macroeconomics.

He is a first-generation college student, but his step-father is a CSUF alumnus who was involved with the College of Business and Economics and is the president of the American Marketing Association.

Leggest said his step-father encouraged him to get more involved with the campus.

LOCAL | California

SPORTS | Softball takes game one

Education summit identifies public school problems

Antunez no-hits Rebels

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Bob Huff, republican senator and major figure in education reform, led a summit titled “Preparing Students for College and the Workforce” on Thursday outlining the current problems with the public school system and hopeful solutions that could salvage future careers.

The summit speakers not only offered their own perspectives on how California public school system has faltered in recent years, but also insight on how the system has been improved and how further strengthening it could improve the American economy. “(The California public school system is) losing credibility when it comes to education because we have to do better,” said Huff. “If we’re going to continue to be at the forefront of the nation; we have to get our schools to perform better than the bottom 5 to 10 percent as they are now. We can’t lead the nation if we cannot turn our educational system around.”

The audience was filled with current

and former public school educators as well as concerned citizens, all wondering how California could salvage the educational careers of struggling students, who according to Fullerton College President Rajen Vurdien, Ph.D., have had major problems with English and math placement when entering community colleges.

Fullerton College leads community colleges in California as a shining example of a high rate of student transfers to major universities which would in turn lead to a higher number of degree appropriate individuals ready to enter the workforce, according to Vurdien.

The students would graduate with a smaller fraction of debt due to lower community college costs.

Vurdien said that while there are problems with K-12 standards that fail to give students certain necessary skills, Fullerton College is working to bring students up to academic speed in order to make them acceptable to major universities.

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ALEX CALISH / For the Daily Titan Freshman pitcher Jasmine Antunez throws a pitch during the first game of a doubleheader against UNLV. She recorded her first career no-hitter.

It was a bright and sunny day as Jasmine Antunez no-hit the University of Nevada Las Vegas Rebels (18-25) to help the Titans improve to 21-25 on Saturday during the first game of a doubleheader.

Antunez went the complete game without giving up a hit while only walking three batte rs and striking out four to record her first ever no-hitter.

Timely hitting by Carissa Turang and Ashley Carter helped drive in key runs while the defense also played great.

“I just went out there and played my game,” said Antunez.

“My team did awesome, they had my back all the way.”

Even though hits and especially runs were scarce to come by in the first game, Cal State Fullerton was able to keep their heads in the game. The team never seemed to give up, even though they did not score a run until the bottom of the fourth inning.

The team was only able to get sev-

en hits throughout the game as the opposing pitcher, Amanda Oliveto, also pitched extremely well.

Oliveto pitched six innings and struck out three as her defense was not able to match her performance and let ground balls go past them.

“Their pitcher actually did a really good job today,” said Head Coach Kelly Ford. “We just found a way to get the ground ball through.”

Throughout the middle innings of the game, the crowd came to realize what they were watching as the people became more tense every time the Titans went out to play defense.

There was a tense atmosphere in the stadium as the crowd would anticipate the fielders making a play and keeping the no-hitter alive.

There were a few instances when the runner would get close to first but the ball would zip in, just in time to get the runner out.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Titans were able to get a runner on first and second as Turang came up to bat.

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ASI ELECTION VOTER TURNOUT

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“I have to make my little sisters proud,” said Leggett.

Carlos Navarro and Kim Haycraft marked the end of their run with an emotional group hug.

Supporters and campaign workers huddled close together for one last moment together as a campaign team.

“I’m just so proud of our entire team,” said Haycraft tearfully. “Carlos and I love (CSUF) and we will never stop giving back.”

Navarro said that losing the presidency will not stop him from giving back to the campus, and he will continue to follow his passion for helping students in any way he can next year.

Despite the final results, Navarro is still proud of the campaign he ran and the friends he made.

“I don’t think our group is going to disband anytime soon, we spent too much time together to ever forget this amazing experience,” said Navarro.

He hopes to go into student affairs and pursue a career working with students.

The close race had a turnout that surprised ASI elections commissioner Megan Martinez.

More than 2600 votes were cast in the second round run-off votes last week, a total which came close to the first round of voting two weeks ago.

The approximately 200 votes that separated the two candidate teams repeated trends that emerged during the first vote.

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Cal State Fullerton’s 2013 Associated Students Inc. presidential run-off election held last week maintained a moderate voter turnout compared to previous years.

This year’s runoff was the third in four years.

The number of students who voted in the run-off election was virtually the same as the last runoff in spring 2011.

The second ballot election from last Thursday resulted in 2,686 votes, while the runoff in spring 2011 received 2,672.

The run-off election occurred since none of the candidates received the 50 percent of votes needed to win on April 11.

Megan Martinez, ASI Elections commissioner, said that run-off elections typically result in a low voter turnout because students believe the voting already happened.

Rohullah Latif and Jonathan Leggett won the run-off race with 54 percent of the vote.

The number of students who voted in this semester’s initial election phase increased since last year by 39 percent.

There were 2,726 students who voted this

1,665 total votes

Navarro & Haycraft

2,726 total votes

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semester, while 1,665 students casted a ballot in spring 2012.

Martinez and her staff created a new promotion for the run-off election, which included posters, flyers and handouts.

The candidates also helped increase the overall voting numbers by setting up tables and reaching out to students more, she said.

The total votes in the first election this semester makes up 6 percent of the campus population.

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FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISH ANAHEIM FIRE

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WILLIAM CAMARGO / For the Daily Titan

Firefighters from the Anaheim Fire Department finish extinguishing a fire at a recycling center on Sunday.

Firefighters put out a large fire at an industrial metal plant in Anaheim early Sunday evening.

The fire was contained as of 6:05 p.m. Sunday but firefighters were expected to stay at the recycling facility until late Sunday night to make sure it was fully contained, said Maria Sabol, a spokeswoman for the Anaheim Fire Department.

“There’s no more active fire burning,” said Sabol, adding that the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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Firefighters from the Orange County Fire Authority and Brea, Anaheim and Fullerton fire departments began putting out the fire at Sunwest Metals, a large recycling center on the 1100 block of Anaheim Boulevard, around 5 p.m. Sunday.

The recycling center is four miles southwest of Cal State Fullerton.

The fire was upgraded to a three-alarm fire, a designation meaning a fire is large and difficult to contain, at 5:50 p.m.

The fire also spread to an Anaheim police impound next door to the recycling facility, which is one of the county’s largest centers at 65,000 square feet.

One firefighter was transported to the hospital to be treated and released Sunday night, Sabol said.

According to Anaheim Fire Rescue, 30 units responded to the fire.

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MONDAY

DTBRIEFS Boston suspect communicates with authorities Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is awake and responding to questions from federal authorities.

Tsarnaev is currently unable to speak due to a serious throat injury but is communicating with law enforcement through writing, according to NBC News.

Investigators hope to gain more information about last week’s bombings, and find out whether or not Dzhokhar and his older brother, Tamerlan, received assistance from others.

Dzhokhar remains in critical condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital.

The charges against the surviving brother were to be announced by law enforcement on Sunday, but Justice Department officials have delayed the announcement until Monday at the earliest. They did not give a reason for the delay.

A special high-value detainee interrogation team will question Dzhokhar without reading him his Miranda rights. Investigators question a suspect in this way when they believe that he or she may know vital information that threatens public safety.

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Funds increase for cyber warfare The U.S. Military is increasing its budget for cyber-warfare and expanding offensive capabilities by 2014, according to USA Today.

The increases in the 2014 defense budget will allow for equipment that will give field commanders the ability to blind an enemy’s radar or shut down its command systems in the event of war.

Additional money will also allow development of offensive computer network attacks, according to two defense officials.

The Pentagon is nearing the completion of a revised set of secret “rules of engagement,” which will help field commanders determine how and when to use the new cyber-capabilities.

According to U.S. officials, there is a wide range of sophisticated cyber-attack capabilities that are available if needed by commanders in a conflict.

By complying with internationally accepted rules of warfare, the Pentagon will respond proportionally.

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According to their studies, unemployment will improve to 7.5 percent in 2013 and 7.2 percent in 2014.

During the recession, the economy lost about 8 million jobs and gained back about 5.2 million. According to Puri, the labor market is “healing slowly,” even though long-term unemployment is still high.

For the second part of the presentation, Puri invited Mira Farka, Ph.D., the co-director of the Institute for Economic and Environmental Studies and associate professor of economics at CSUF, to speak more in-depth about the job market and labor outlook for 2013 and 2014.

Farka quoted baseball legend Yogi Berra to characterize the economy: “We have deep depth,” meaning that the U.S. economy is on a moderate climb; it isn’t as bullish as most economists would prefer, but it is on an uptick, she said.

“Clearly, we’re going toward a move in policy in cutting deficits and sort of trying to rein in and pull down our debt,” said Farka.

She said while U.S. real GDP has risen from a negative, it is not at an “inspiring” level.

The national unemployment rate receded from a 10 percent high in October 2009 to 7.6 percent in March 2013 while Orange County’s rate of unemployment dropped from a high of 9.2 percent in January 2011 to its current level of 6.5 percent in February 2013.

“One of the main reasons for this is the dramatic collapse of

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Christopher Amatuzzi, an attendee, sips his drink during CSUF’s Mid Year Economic Forecast presentation in Irvine on Thursday.

the housing sector in the County, which surpassed the overall slump in the nation. If that is correct, we should expect the County to show a sharper recovery and faster decline in unemployment rates now that the housing market has begun to recover rather strongly in Orange County as well as nationally,” the report stated.

Fullerton Mayor Bruce Whitaker attended the event, and said he appreciated the optimism in the short-term.

“But anyone who’s looking 10 or 12 or 15 years out, there are some problems and potholes in the road– largely with entitlements,” he said.

The mayor encouraged students who are looking for jobs to stay in the area because jobs, although are competitive, are available in Orange County, and Fullerton specifically.

“So if you’re already here, I think I’d be reluctant to tell people to try to chase their fortunes elsewhere, unless there are some international possibilities,” he said.

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Republican Senator Bob Huff speaks at a summit titled “Preparing Students for College and the Workforce” on Thursday.

Authorities have reported that the suspicious packages found on State College Boulevard and Chapman Avenue on Friday are not dangerous.

The Fullerton Police Department received a call of suspicious packages in the area at approximately 9:10 a.m. on Friday.

According to Fullerton Fire Department Chief Julia Kunze, three suspicious packages were found in the State College and Chapman area.

Authorities evacuated the southeast and southwest corners of State College Blvd. and Chapman Avenue and the 2400-2600 blocks of East Clarke Avenue.

Fullerton Fire Department, Fullerton Police Department, CSUF Police Department, Anaheim Fire Department Hazmat, the Orange County Bomb Squad and the FBI were on scene.

Firetrucks at Clarke and San Carlos left the scene around 12:15 p.m.

The area was cleared as of 1:10 p.m., according to to CSUF.

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FORECAST: OC unemployment continues to drop

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“We will need to have a workforce that goes to college,” said Vurdien.

“The future of California, the future the United States, depends on an educated workforce, and Fullerton College is working to make this happen.”

According to Vurdien, Fullerton College has had more transfers than any other community college in the past two years.

Even with Fullerton College’s achievements, the panel of guests agreed that the public school system was failing to prepare a large portion of students for even community college standards.

Marshal Tuck, CEO for Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, said that even with advancements made to the LA Unified School District and some of its poorer areas, a large percentage of children are still highly unprepared for Cal State or UC level courses.

Tuck mentioned that there are many problems with the current school system and many changes that educators want to make, the changes have become a daunting task.

“I think the hard part in education is there are so many things that we want to do, and everything helps kids, so the focus can get lost at times on the most important things to do,” said Tuck. “What I’ve

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learned, in some cases the hard way, particularly when we took over our most neglected schools is we tried to solve too many problems.”

Vu H. Pham, Ph.D., president and managing partner for Spectrum Knowledge, claimed that the future of a stronger public school system and stronger economy is through diversity of race and gender and that even the current business world is creating stagnation of ideas and industry.

“Half of diversity is innovation. ” VU PHAM, PH.D. President & Managing Partner, Spectrum Knowledge “Half of diversity is innovation,” said Pham. “Because if all of us look alike, think alike, come from the same background, we’re not going to innovate, it’s impossible.”

Pham’s notion of diversity also tied in to the need for cooperation for importing and exporting goods between different countries, and that learning the applicable language for foreign countries is a major boon to ensure a good business relationship.

The cycle of poor industry sales, Pham said, would lead to a poor economy and therefore lead to even less money for public education.

“If you don’t speak the language, don’t know the culture, they’re not going to buy from you,” Pham said.

“If you don’t sell anything, which our exports have decreased over time, our country gets poorer, our education system gets worse and it’s a vicious cycle and a downward spiral.”

The panelists largely agreed that the appropriation of funds of the state are used without the best interest of education at stake.

Vurdien said that community colleges get less funding for a fulltime student than at a Cal State or UC, even though the workloads are nearly identical for the first two years of college.

Though the problems facing the California public school system are many, Tuck was optimistic that through hard work and planning, success rates for children entering college at acceptable levels will be improved and said it is only a matter of time.

“What I know, I’m sure Senator (Huff) knows from his experience and most (audience members), is we can do it,” said Tuck. “There’s no question that we can get all young people college and career ready. It may take a decade, it may take two.”

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The double-edged sword of social media If you attended Cal State Fullerton last semester, you very well may have been unlucky enough to be at school during the campus lockdown.

During that startling but relatively uneventful night, I wrote a column lauding the effectiveness of social media—the way it connected its populous in a way that would have been impossible in generations past. I stick by these assertions and continue to support the very important role that sites like Twitter and Facebook play in times of crisis and tragedy.

However, I must admit that in that column I somewhat skimmed over or otherwise sugar-coated several of the more questionable aspects of that night’s social media storm. True, there was an overwhelming level of good.

But there also was also a huge amount of, well, dumb. Aside from information being passed around and families confirming their loved one’s safety, there was also some misinformation passed along before confirmation (guilty). Someone convinced others that they were one of the suspects and there was a sense of chaos through parts of the night.

See, the problem with giving everyone a voice is that it makes everything substantially louder. What I mean is that instead of things proceeding orderly or intelligently, the quality of discourse does degrade when one has to pick the good out of a din of chatter voices. This is doubly true on social media because while the idea of everyone having a voice simply an idea in most settings, on the Internet it literally means everyone.

Usually in a crisis one wants as many people helping in whatever way they can—that’s a conventional thought at least. However, social media has a tendency to disprove

some traditional ways of thinking; occasionally for ill.

In this case, it’s that maybe not everyone should be “helping.”

Which brings us to the tragic events of last week. The Boston Marathon bombing should still be fresh in most people’s minds. Although the alleged perpetrators of this horrible crime have been dealt with in one way or another, it was a key moment for social media to prove its usefulness on a national scale—a trial by fire.

Again, it might indeed be true that sites like Twitter and even Reddit proved invaluable in exchanging information—particularly with authorities passing along alerts and warnings at an unprecedented clip. However, it is also equally true that the shouting masses on these sites did more than their fair share to help make a chaotic situation more chaotic.

The fallacious reports, according to the Los Angeles Times, included but were not limited to an account that a library had been targeted, that more than the three confirmed deaths had occurred and that there were more than two bombs that went off. There was also a severe issue with speculation, names being named and fingers being pointed repeatedly over social media sites overtook some Internet communities; and some tips were taken very seriously by law enforcement.

Even “Czech Republic” trended for a good amount of time because people mistook the home country of the alleged bombers, Chechnya, a Russian Republic, for the Eastern European nation.

While I would normally rush to the defensive, I must agree with assertions that social media may have done a bit more harm than good in this case. My lone defense—that one should consider

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RICARDO GONZALEZ the source of information and never take a single account as a confirmation of truth—seem dwarfed when the scale of these accounts are really examined.

It also comes down to the aspect of permanence I discussed in my column a couple of weeks ago. Yes, what these individuals said online does not necessarily have any repercussions towards them, as they were “just trying to help.” However, those who had been accused—those like missing student Salah Barhoun and Brown University student Sunil Tripathi—now have their names permanently etched in the minds of many, despite doing no wrong.

Their names resonate with an incident that has nothing to do with them. Thus is the nature of the Internet beast.

Nicco Mele, an author and expert on technology and social media at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, said something very poignant, but perhaps for unintended reasons.

In an interview with ABC News, Mele said, “It’s like David and Goliath, except now there’s an army of Davids out there and what our institutions need to do is give slingshots to all those Davids.”

I think we, as social media users, already have those slingshots.

The problem is that, as evidenced by current events, too often we end up pelting things (and people) we shouldn’t.

In the wake of recent massshooting tragedies, such as the one at Sandy Hook Elementary last December, a number of gun-control measures were brought to the Senate to vote on last Wednesday These amendments included bipartisan compromises to expand gun buying background checks and bans on assault weapons and highcapacity gun magazines. To some, the amendments in the gun bill seemed certain to pass. President Barack Obama claimed that 90 percent of Americans were behind the expanded background checks.

However, in the end, none of the amendments received the necessary 60 votes from the members of the Senate to become laws.

If what Obama said about so many people being on board for the changes was true, why is it that none of these amendments passed?

Understanding the situations of a few senators who voted against some of the amendments might provide an answer as to why the gun-control package failed.

While most Republicans opposed the gun control laws, there were a few Democrats that joined the majority of Republicans voting no.

In fact four Democrats opposed the Manchin-Toomey background checks amendment. Reuters reported those in question—Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Mark Begich of Alaska, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Max Baucus of Montana—are all facing re-election in conservative states.

All four of these senators are the only Democratic senators who decided to vote no against the background check. The only other Democrat who voted no was Harry Reid, the man who helped spearhead the gun control bill.

Though, apparently he only did so in order to bring the matter up again at a later date.

Having this knowledge alone says so much about the failure of bringing about better gun control: These four felt pressured by their states into making the decisions due to a political agenda, not an ethical one.

Courtesy of MCT Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid voted against the gun legislation after it was clear it would not pass, so as to be able to return to it at a later date.

While those five extra votes wouldn’t have changed any of the failed amendments regarding background checks and assault weapons, having just two votes would have pushed the results for the gun trafficking amendment to the necessary 60 votes.

But it’s not just pressure from within their states that affected the decision making for some senators. It’s also due to the influence of gun interest groups.

According to OpenSecrets.org, “Nearly all of the members who voted against the amendment have received substantial amounts of money from the political action committees of gun rights groups, including the National Rifle Association.”

The mention of the NRA brings up another interesting facet to to the topic.

The Washington Post even reported that, “National Rifle Association is flooding congressional offices with calls and emails and is launching a $500,000 Internet ad buy to oppose legislation backed by President Obama, Democratic senators and a handful of Republicans.”

Clearly, the members of the NRA don’t want their guns to be messed around with. The group made sure that it did what it could to do to

make sure the laws were not successful, not only with gargantuan amounts of funding leading the way but also by misleading the public.

The NRA has gone as far to circulate rumors among its members that the bill would institute some kind of national registry for gun owners. The funny thing about that claim is how untrue it is.

Understandably, differing opinions from both sides of the spectrum will create a lot of arguing over what is and isn’t true, but simply reading through the amendments themselves shows none of what the NRA had said to its members was factual. Despite that, the NRA simply did what it could to make sure the right people got the right amount of money to ensure that they could hinder the success of the measures.

Some might say that the amendments wouldn’t have made a difference in any of the past mass shootings. Whether or not that’s true, those who contributed to the failure of the bill don’t seem to realize the importance the bill’s intent, which was to find a solution to similar violent acts in the future.

Hopefully we don’t have to wait for another tragedy before bringing gun control back to the Senate’s attention.

Call ‘bait’ what it is: Entrapment SERGIO GOMEZ Daily Titan

In an effort to decrease crime and apprehend criminals, police around the nation have often used “sting” tactics to catch people in the act. These tactics involve things such as a bait car or bait bags, but can be practically anything that can potentially bait a criminal.

These tactics seem smart in theory and look effective on paper, but theory does not always meet reality. These baiting tactics often catch regular folk—not criminals.

Baiting isn’t any different from entrapping; the same concept is behind both.

Entrapment happens when police officers coerce or convince someone to commit crime—an illegal tactic. Baiting someone to steal cars, purses or money is broad entrapment with police persuading someone to commit a crime.

The New York Police Department is coming under fire for its baiting tactics. According to the Associated Press, the NYPD says the practice has been a valuable tool for catching career criminals and deterring thefts in public places, but a recent court case ruling begs to differ and is casting a negative light on these tactics.

The court ruling found a woman—a single mother with no criminal record—along with her 15-year-old daughter were framed by the “sting” operation and the baiting tactic was unjust. In it, police left an abandoned car—with what looked like money in the front seat—in the middle of the street. When the woman went up CONTACT US AT: OPINION@DAILYTITAN.COM

to the car to investigate, she was arrested before she actually had any idea what had just happened.

She had done nothing wrong.

This “career criminal” had to spend more than two years fighting charges of petty larceny and possession of stolen property thanks to these baiting tactics. If this was meant to catch criminals in the act then there’s no reason why a single mother with no criminal record should be subjected to such harsh treatment.

When the people being punished are anything but criminals ... then there is a problem with the system.

If these tactics are so ineffective, why are police departments around the nation using them?

According to the Dallas Morning News, Dallas police Chief David Brown is getting $3 million in funds to use on bait cars, along with other things. The plan is to purchase about 16 bait cars used to trap car thieves in the act. Current funding already will purchase enough equipment to continually target 10 areas, but he is asking for private money to fund more.

The city already has some 700 crime watch groups that are already working on preventing

crimes, but Brown claims they need over 1,000 watch groups.

If 700 crime watch groups aren’t getting the job done, what are 16 more bait cars going to accomplish in an area that has thousands of cars?

It won’t help, but only create more situations like the one in New York.

In San Francisco, the show Bait Car, a reality show on truTV about police departments using bait cars to catch criminals in the act, will pay the San Francisco Police Department to entice citizens to steal cars—meaning the police departments are getting incentives to use baiting. Police in San Francisco have since caught more than 30 car thieves.

What isn’t shown, however, is that producers, KKI Productions, donated two specially outfitted bait cars worth $31,000 to the police department. According to San Francisco Weekly, the production company paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime to dozens of police officers.

Once the cameras are off and cases go to court, many cases have been dismissed for a lack of evidence and that those caught were just set up by the police. The baiting tactics are costing people money and the police departments have incentives to use these tactics.

In theory, baiting criminals into stealing cars or other items to catch them in the act is a good idea. When the people being punished are anything but criminals while actual criminals aren’t getting caught, though, then there is a problem with the system.

Theory does not meet reality.

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Renowned poets host reading JENNIFER NGUYEN Daily Titan

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Cal State Fullerton will be hosting a poetry reading Thursday, featuring renowned poets Kerry Shawn Keys and David Hernandez.

The event was organized by Irena Praitis, a literature and creative writing professor; Tu-Uyen Nguyen, an Asian-American Studies professor; and Jie Tian, a librarian and coordinator of reference and electronic resources at the Pollak Library.

Nguyen’s love for poetry is what influenced her to become involved in the event.

“I think that the more exposure you get to different poets and different types of poetry, hopefully the audience members will learn about the diversity of poetry and also the talent that we have locally,” Nguyen said.

Each year CSUF invites poets from off-campus to share their work during National Poetry Month.

Poets who have participated in the past include Oliver De La Paz, Marilyn Chin, Ilya Kaminsky, Shirley Geok-lin Lim and Garrett Hongo.

“It’s been a really good range of people and a huge representation of poetry that we’ve had,” said Praitis.

Att 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Kerry Shawn Keys, a poet, writer, playwright and translator, will read from some of his poetry publications.

Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Keys currently resides in Vilnius, Lithuania where he formerly taught translation theory and creative composition at Vilnius University.

Keys’ literary works include

theatre-dance pieces, flamenco songs and meditations on the Tao Te Ching.

He is the author of 40 books, including Decoy’s Desire, A Gathering of Smoke, Tao Te Ching Meditations: Bones & Buzzards and The Burning Mirror.

He has translated many books from Czech, Portuguese and Lithuanian into English.

In 1992, Keys received the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. In 1995 he received a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship.

Keys’ most recent book Night Flight is his fourth collection of poetry from Presa Press. Night Flight includes poems such as “Springtime at the Edge of Paradise” and “Tennessee Williams Comes to Mulberry Street.”

David Hernandez, the Writer-inResidence at CSUF, will read from his work at 1 p.m.

Hernandez teaches at UC Irvine and holds poetry workshops at Cal State Long Beach.

His poetry books include “Always Danger” and “A House Waiting for Music.”

“Hoodwinked,” his most recent poetry collection, won the Kathryn A. Morton Prize.

His poems have been published in The Missouri Review, The Southern Review, FIELD, The Threepenny Review, Ploughshares and Poetry Daily.

Hernandez started out as an art major at Cal State Long Beach before switching to creative writing.

Following a poetry class he took, Hernandez discovered his newfound passion in poetry.

“My sketchbook became filled more with prose and poetry than with drawings,” said Hernandez. “And I finally recognized that my desire to be a visual artist was being replaced.”

Some particular themes in Hernandez’s poetry are love, death, compassion and “waiting for a parking stall to open.”

“I’m planning on reading a new poem that was inspired by the Parking FAQ on the school’s website. I kid you not!” Hernandez said.

People often see poetry as something that doesn’t apply to them or that they find uninteresting, Praitis said.

“It’s sometimes more difficult to relate to poetry than to stories because we tend to work in story, we talk stories. At the end of the day, we tell stories,” Praitis said. “And poetry seems to be a little more removed from the immediate experience, and I think it’s because it’s doing slightly different work than storytelling is doing.”

Poetry is the one of the best ways to celebrate or record moments and changes in one’s life where there were feelings of amazement and wonder, Praitis said.

The poetry readings this week can be a “relatable experience,” she said.

“I think (poetry) is for certain things, the best way of articulating intensity of emotion and immediacy of experience,” Praitis said. “This is the opportunity for anybody who’s a least bit curious to come in and to listen, and it’s a welcoming space.”

The readings will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the dorms in Juniper Room 150. The event is free and open to the public.

Splash of watercolors at Arboretum KRISTEN CERVANTES Daily Titan

The natural surroundings at the Arboretum will be depicted through the eyes and brush strokes of Cal State Fullerton student paintings created for an art exhibit that began Saturday.

The exhibit, “Springtime at the Arboretum,” is part of the Arboretum’s 39th annual Green Scene Plant and Garden Show. The Arboretum will display the paintings Saturdays and Sundays through May 26.

Around 40 paintings will be publicly displayed, including one from Lawrence Yun, a CSUF art professor.

Yun, who has been teaching at CSUF for 12 years, said he developed the idea for the exhibit because he wanted to showcase his students’ talents.

“We have all of (these) wonderful images, but never really found any venue to either publish or showcase in a gallery,” he said.

Janet McGarvey, Arboretum special events coordinator, said Yun takes his classes on trips to the botanical garden to observe the landscape for inspiration.

With painting palettes in hand, students looked for items in the Arboretum and studied the different elements to them.

Yun featured student paintings in the Arboretum’s annual report last year, according to McGarvey.

“The artwork was so extraordinary we pursued the idea of showing some of his students’ work at Green Scene,” she said.

McGarvey added that the Green Scene is a primary fundraiser for the Arboretum and proceeds assist in maintaining the garden and expanding collections.

“This exhibition is not just showcasing talent, but also serves a function to be a fundraising potential for (the) Arboretum,” Yun said.

“Springtime at the Arboretum” marks the first time that Yun’s students will have their work displayed in a gallery setting.

According to Yun, the exhibit will feature work from about 20 of his students, all of whom were inspired by the Arboretum.

Students are also able to experience having their artwork shown at a gallery, which is what most artists aspire to do, added Yun. “(Students) feel that they’re being validated in a gallery setting,”

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Yun said.

Yun’s painting that will be displayed has the same title as the art exhibit and was created specifically for the event. The painting displays the Arboretum’s flowers.

“My intention was to illustrate the Arboretum flowers in a most beautiful, glorious and flourishing setting through grafted manipulations,” Yun said.

The students featured in the exhibit come from various art backgrounds, such as illustration and drawing.

Maria Sandoval, 26, an art education major, will have two paintings displayed in “Springtime at the Arboretum.”

Each painting will fall into either the category of flower or landscape.

Sandoval took pictures at the Arboretum during class trips to find inspiration for her landscape painting, “Nature’s Reflection.”

The painting focuses on a bench since it’s where people can sit and enjoy nature in the Arboretum, she said.

Sandoval added that she enjoys painting nature because she can take in the weather and environment.

With working three jobs and going to school full-time, she said that painting helps her relax from everyday stresses. “(Painting) makes me realize this is what I want to do because it makes me happy,” she said.

As expected, Sandoval is excited for people to see her work because the exhibit is her first at CSUF. “It’s a positive motivation for

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students that would like to be in the show,” Yun said. “And of course, they want to show their best.”

Yun added he hopes to make the art exhibit into an annual event at the Arboretum to benefit the “campus culture.”

The art exhibit will be located in the Nikkei Heritage Museum.

The Green Scene entrance fee is $8 for the general public, while Arboretum members and anyone with a TitanCard can get in for $6.

Courtesy of Blizzard The stormwind gameboard guides players through combat using key terms in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.

Gamers wage war through cards JOHN PEKCAN Daily Titan

War wages on in the Warcraft universe following the Mists of Pandaria expansion, but rather than the typical format of a massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG), the combat is now dictated through a trading card game.

Trading card games have been around for decades, most notably Magic: The Gathering published

by Wizards of the Coast. In fact, enthusiasts continue to gather for Friday Night Magic at game stores nationwide including Dice House Games in Fullerton.

Chief creative officer of Blizzard Entertainment, Rob Pardo, said in the early Blizzard Entertainment days, many the developers would spend their free time playing this very trading card game.

Inspired by Magic, Blizzard Entertainment aims to bring the trading game card scene to spotlight with their revelation of Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft free-to-play title. The game was announced at Penny Arcade Expo East (PAX) on March 22, in Boston, Mass. Fans around the world watched a live stream in anticipation of the newest game.

The chief creative officer expressed desire for a smaller development team, which he claimed would mean faster rollouts for updates to their game.

This was a crucial statement to be made from a company notoriously known to delay the release of their products.

The statement “we will release the product when it’s ready” is often made. These famous words cause gamers around the world to shudder.

“Big experiment for Blizzard, to see if they can announce a game and release it in the same year,” Pardo joked.

Release dates aside, Hearthstone boasts of a new generation of collectable card games. The differentiation must be made.

Hearthstone is strictly an online game that will be playable on Microsoft and Apple operating systems, as well as iOS for iPad support.

However, Blizzard has not

claimed that players will be able to trade their cyberproperty. Hearthstone will be a collectable card game as opposed to a trading card game.

The game allows players to “forge” a desired card by destroying duplicates or less desirable cards.

Destroyed or “disenchanted” cards will give a player “Arcane Dust,” which acts as resource to forge other cards to add to one’s arsenal.

That’s the nuts and bolts of the game. The addiction lies within the action. Hearthstone is a turn-based dueling card game based on the Warcraft universe. Players will be able to pick a class from the original nine heroes such as Shaman, Warrior, Priest, Mage, Hunter, Paladin, Warlock, Druid and Rogue.

Each hero has distinct abilities that separate them from the rest.

Some heroes excel in melee combat, some in the powers of magic and others in the art of healing. There are of course heroes capable of doing a multitude of these abilities but lack the prowess of other designated roles.

Upon selection of a hero, the player thus has the ability to assemble their deck and arsenal of abilities.

The deck is referred as a “library” in trading card games. The library contains abilities specific to the hero and the ability to summon allies to the battlefield to ensure victory over one’s opponent.

It is up to the player to allocate their “mana” or available resources per turn to maximize damage towards opponents or mitigate incoming damage. Although the

computer can assemble a ready-toplay deck, many players prefer to customize their deck.

Players tend to develop their technique through playing the game and spend endless hours trying to perfect their method.

The meticulous arrangement of a player’s library can be the difference between winning or losing.

If someone chose a hero such as a Warrior and their opponent chose a magic-wielding hero such as a Mage, it is imperative they carry some abilities to counter the magic damage that the opponent may send their way.

The opponent must also be able to take direct hits of a melee weapon due to the fact that Mages lack heavy armor for protection.

What starts out as a friendly card game amongst friends can quickly turn into a premeditated assault.

The combination of cards are expected to be near-limitless as the collection of playable cards will expand. The initial release claims an excess of 300 cards to be supplemented with future expansions.

Rob Pardo said that Hearthstone will be available for beta testing in the summer and full release by the end of 2013.

Players as well as the curious are encouraged to visit playhearthstone.com for more info as well as beta registration information. The website contains videos showing gameplay, a list of frequently asked questions and more.

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Baseball stampedes Mustangs ANGEL MENDOZA Daily Titan

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Junior outfielder Leesa Harris attempts to slide into second base against the UNLV Rebels. The Titans swept both games of the doubleheader, while Harris accumulated three hits and one RBI against the Rebels.

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On the fourth pitch of the at bat, Turang managed to ground the ball through the middle of the infield, evading the shortstop by just a few feet.

The hit managed to notch on the first run of the game as Gabby Aragon was able to safely head in to home plate.

“I knew I had to do my job and get the runner in so I was just up at bat and getting the runner in,” said Turang.

Turang was also very proud of

teammate Antunez as she was excited to celebrate the no-hitter with her. Right after the game ended, she ran up and gave her a big hug to congratulate her.

The game showed how resilient the pitcher can be. When calls did not go her way, she continued to push on and get the batter out.

There were several instances during the game where the crowd felt like the Titans did not get the calls to go their way, but that did not faze Antunez at all.

In the fifth inning, Tiffany Sheffler made a great defensive play,

turning what would have been a foul ball into an out. The ball was flying over the fence by the Rebel dugout when Sheffler reached over and was able to make the catch.

When the final out of the game was made, the whole team rushed out to congratulate Antunez while she received a standing ovation from the audience. This was the first no-hitter for the Titans this season.

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After going 9-1 in their last ten games, the No. 4 ranked Cal State Fullerton baseball team looked to keep riding their wave of momentum as they visited No. 23 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for a three-game series against their Big West foe.

Fortunately for the Titans (34-6, 10-2 in Big West), they came out the series winners, taking two of the three games on the road.

Game one went to Cal Poly, as they were able to stifle the Titan offense from the get go. CSUF scored a run in the first inning, but the Mustangs’ pitching staff shut out the Titans for the rest of the game as Cal Poly came out victorious in a 2-1 win at Baggett Stadium Friday night.

Although Mustang starting pitcher Joey Wagman (8-2) gave up a run in the first by way of a Michael Lorenzen sacrifice fly, he shut out the Titans for the next six innings. Wagman surrendered six hits and issued two walks in seven innings on the mound.

The Titan offense failed to support Titan starter Thomas Eshelman, who gave up two runs on seven hits and no walks in 7.1 innings of work. The second run for Cal Poly came in the bottom of the sixth inning as Mustang outfielder Nick Torres smacked a two-out RBI single up the middle. Centerfielder Jordan Ellis was able to beat Lorenzen’s throw to the plate and scored what would be the game-winning run.

Game two was a much different story as CSUF exploded on offense and evened the series with a 10-5 victory. The Titans were led by Matt

Game three was a thiller for the Titans as they were able to score two runs in the top of the ninth inning to clinch the series with a 6-4 victory Sunday.

Chapman and Chad Wallach at the plate, while freshman pitcher Justin Garza improved his record to 8-0 this season.

Chapman went 3-5 with a gamehigh three RBIs on two doubles.

Wallach batted, going 3-5 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored. Although he earned the win, Garza didn’t have a spectacular outing, allowing four runs on four hits—two of them home runs— while allowing a career-high four walks in seven innings.

The Titans took a 4-0 lead in the top of the third inning as they took advantage of the back-to-back walks issued to Carlos Lopez and J.D. Davis. With two runners on, Michael Lorenzen then smacked a ball toward the left side that traveled into center field, scoring Lopez from second base. With two on, Wallach hit a two-run single through the left side as CSUF took a 3-0 advantage. After hitting into a fielder’s choice, Jake Jeffries stole second and scored the fourth run of the inning following a Chapman RBI single.

After Cal Poly cut the deficit to 4-3, Greg Velasquez helped build a 6-3 lead after hitting his second home run of the week—a two-run shot to left center field in the top of the sixth inning. Following another Mustangs run that cut the deficit to 6-4, the Titans put the game out of reach in the top of the seventh by

scoring three runs. With runners on the corners, Jeffries hit it to the right side and brought in Carlos Lopez, building the Titan lead to 7-4. Chapman followed with a bases-clearing two-run shot as CSUF’s lead increased to 9-4.

In the loss, Matt Imhof (4-2) of Cal Poly allowed six runs on seven hits and four walks in five and onethird innings of work.

Game three was a thriller for the Titans as they were able to score two runs in the top of the ninth inning to clinch the series with a 6-4 victory on Sunday afternoon. Cal Poly trailed 4-1 after the third but scored single runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to bring the game to a 4-4 tie entering the ninth.

Austin Diemer started it off with a one-out single through to the left side, while Matt Chapman singled through the right side to put runners on the corners. Austin Kingsolver then beat out a potential double-play ball and instead hit the game-winning RBI, as Diemer was able to score on a fielder’s choice.

Richy Pedroza reached base via catcher’s interference, and Carlos Lopez provided the insurance run as he hit a run-scoring single to right, scoring Kingsolver from second to give the Titans a 6-4 lead.

Mustang reliever Reed Reilly (22) was charged with the loss after giving up two runs on three hits in two innings.

Softball sweeps UNLV Rebels JUSTIN ENRIQUEZ Daily Titan

Coming off a historical milestone performance by Jasmine Antunez, the Cal State Fullerton softball team looked to complete the sweep with an impressive encore in game two of the doubleheader.

The Titans (21-25, 6-8 in Big West) were able to muster up some late game heroics en route to a 12 inning, 5-4, victory over the University Nevada Las Vegas Rebels.

The game two performance by both squads was definitely a change of pace from Antunez’s no-hit performance from the pitching circle in game one, as the teams combined for 28 hits in the game.

No hit was bigger than senior outfielder Tiffany Sheffler’s gamewinning bases loaded RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning. The hit sent sophomore infielder Eliza Crawford home for the fifth and deciding run of the ballgame.

Leading up to that game-winning score was no walk in the park for the Titans as they had to come from

behind to tie up the ballgame twice previously in the game.

The Rebels (18-25, 4-5 in Mountain West) jumped out to a threerun lead in the third inning as shortstop Tayler Aleman crushed a ball over the wall. The three-run home run scored Garie Blando and Katie Uriarte who both reached via singles earlier in the inning.

The Titans were able to answer right back in the bottom of the third, cutting the Rebels’ lead to one run. Senior outfielder Ashley Carter got the Titans on the board with an RBI groundout that scored junior outfielder Leesa Harris. Shortly after, a wild pitch

by Rebel’s pitcher Francesca Foti sent junior outfielder Jena Rubio home for the second Titan run.

CSUF was finally able to tie up the ball game at 3 in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Sophomore infielder Carissa Turang led off the inning and reached with a single, then advanced to second after a passed ball. With Turang in scoring position representing the tying run, Harris came

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to the plate and was able to convert tying up the game with an RBI single right down the middle.

Harris was 3-for-5 in the ballgame including that RBI and the run she scored in the bottom of the third.

In the bottom of the 11th inning, Rebels catcher Heather Harrison hit a solo home run to left field giving UNLV the 4-3 lead.

However, the Titans once again responded in the bottom of the inning after an error by Aleman that allowed Turang to reach base. This was shortly followed by a two-out RBI single to center field by Carter to once again tie the ballgame at 4.

It didn’t take Antunez (14-13) long to follow up her no-hitter in game one with a win as she was awarded her second win of the day.

She pitched six innings only allowing one run off five hits, two walks and three strikeouts.

Freshman pitcher Monique Wesley got the start, but gave up that three-run home run in the third before she was taken out of the ballgame. She was relieved by sophomore Desiree Ybarra who threw three innings, striking out one and allowed only two hits.

The loss was given to Rebels pitcher Amanda Oliveto (15-13), who blew the save in the seventh.

She gave up two runs, one of which was earned in 5.1 innings of play.

Their starter Francesca Foti threw six innings and gave up three runs (none earned) off six hits and walked two batters.

The Titans seem to be hitting their stride as the win brings them to a five-game win streak, their longest of the season. In addition to the two wins over UNLV, they have conference wins against UC Riverside twice and one against Hawaii during the streak.

CSUF will be traveling forty minutes east to UC Riverside on Wednesday to take on the conference opponent Highlanders at 3 p.m.

With just three conference series left in the season against UC Davis, Pacific and Cal State Northridge, it is important that they keep this hot streak going to end the season.

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Tiffany Mai returns a forehand against UC Riverside. The senior played her final match in front of the home fans.

Women’s tennis storms Highlanders CSUF ends regular season by downing UC Riverside, 6-1, at Titan Tennis Courts SERGIO GOMEZ Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis team ended its season and sent Head Coach Bill Reynolds into the sunset with a 6-1 victory over the visiting UC Riverside Highlanders this past Thursday at the Titan Tennis Courts.

“It was bittersweet. I am very happy moving on and I am ready to move on, but at the same time I’m going to miss the girls and the competition,” said Reynolds.

In what was Reynolds’ last match coaching at Cal State Fullerton before retiring, the Titans held an emotional ceremony before the match to honor seniors Tiffany Mai, Monica Rodriguez, Avriel Tomaiko and Malorie de la Cruz along with Coach Reynolds’ 22-year tenure with the team.

“It was a great feeling having gotten the win for coach as I was very emotional before the match and even cried a bit during the ceremony,” Mai said. “Going out with a win on senior day and my final match

here was great, especially after losing in doubles.”

After losing their last three matches down the stretch, the Titans were able to overpower the lowly Highlanders (1-15, 0-9), losing only two games during the match.

Senior Mai, playing in her final match at CSUF, was too much to handle for the Highlanders’ No. 1 player, Jamie Raney, as she won straight sets by scores of 6-1 and 6-0.

The match of the day was in the singles match of senior Rodriguez, who was also playing her last match at CSUF, and it seemed as she never wanted her match to end. After winning the first set 6-0 against No. 4 Natalie McKay, McKay was able to make some adjustments and give Rodriguez a good long fight in the second set, tying the set at 6-6 but Rodriguez was not going to end her tenure at Fullerton with a lost set and ran the table to get the 7-6 set victory for the victorious match.

“It was tough and frustrating knowing that she never gives up and always battles,” Rodriguez said. “I started to get a little nervous as she started to come back but I just stuck in there and got the set.”

Titan junior Morgan McIntosh was able to sweep Taylor Raney (6-

0, 6-0) in the No. 2 singles match.

Her doubles partner, sophomore Kalika Slevcove, got the only loss for Fullerton in singles play as she was defeated by Kat Saltarelli (6-4, 6-1) in the No. 3 singles match.

Playing the No. 5 singles match, Titans sophomore Megan Sanford defeated Courtney Pattugalan (6-2, 6-0) while the No. 6 singles match, Titan freshman Rebekkah Ermac defeated Kate Bergeson (6-4, 6-1) to give the Titans 5 single’s points.

The No. 1 team of Mai and Rodriguez were the only Fullerton team unable to win their match as they fell (8-3) to the No. 1 team for the Highlanders of Jamie and Taylor Raney.

The No. 2 team of McIntosh and Slevcove beat the No. 2 team for the Highlanders 8-2, while the No. 3 team for Fullerton of Ermac and Sandford were able to defeat the No. 3 team of the Highlanders to earn the Titans a doubles point.

The Titans finished the season with an 11-13 record which marks the best record for the program since the 2004 team finished the year with 12 wins and their 4-5 record in Big West Conference play is the best finish for the Titans since the league started round-robin play in 2006.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) Celebrate Earth Day your way.

Set priorities, and then stick to them. Avoid distractions.

Disconnecting from social media temporarily may not be a bad idea. Optimism increases, especially when you get out in the sun.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Find happiness in relationships, rather than possessions, even though work would like to interfere with romance. Find the sweet spot. What you’re learning clashes with your old routine. Listen to all the considerations.

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Gemini (May 21-June 20) Don’t count your chickens just yet ... there’s more work to be done. Changes at home are required, and they lead to more changes. Don’t spend money you don’t have. Share your love instead.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Your mind wants to play, but work takes precedence. Make it fun and your productivity increases. Stick to your budget, and stash away the surplus.

Reward yourself by getting outside somewhere beautiful.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Focus on service, cheerfully, and the money will follow. Don’t take it for granted; you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. Once this conflict is resolved, you’ll be stronger. Enjoy a peaceful sunset.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Stand firm, despite bothersome regulations or criticism. Teasing could cause jealousies. Don’t throw away something you’ll need. Practice makes perfect, in work and in love. Set priorities, and don’t overbook. Leave time to play.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Let family take precedence over your career. Follow your heart, and be patient. Repair a neglected item. Read the instructions. Use resources you have.

Separate yourself from an argument. Let the small stuff go.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Tried and true methods work best.

Cash is delayed, so curtail spending. Barter could work.

Consider consequences. Watch where you’re going. Reschedule an outing, and make apologies. Get restored by nature.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Accept coaching from a critic, and put in the correction respectfully. Save some of your earnings for mad money or seed funds for a new project. You feel more optimistic afterward. Love deeply.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) List the pros and cons of a project, and define your terms. Sidestep a challenge or disagreement.

Together, you might beat City Hall, with a lucky break. Make positive changes without touching savings. Use imagination.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) There’s more work involved than you thought there’d be. Confront financial barriers. Set up a private conversation, and be respectful. Accept coaching. A mountain figures in your thoughts. Things look up.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Notice what stops your partner.

There may be a conflict to resolve. Work interferes with playtime, as you double-check data and procedures. Don’t expect others to provide everything. Keep in communication.

How To Play: Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9: and each set of boxes must contain the numbers 1 to 9.

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