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CAMPUS | Humanities

Fullerton officials welcome García

Students celebrate Anthro Day Professors and students discuss research from monkeys to the Maya ERINN GROTEFEND

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An official “Welcome to Fullerton” ceremony was held Friday for Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García.

Mayor Bruce Whitaker and Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva gathered with CSUF deans, professors and students at the Fullerton Community Center to celebrate García’s relatively new post.

“There is nothing quite like taking over as president of such a distinguished university,” García said. “But it’s not only becoming an administrator, or becoming a president, you become part of a community.”

García took office last June, and recently completed her Strategic Plan for the university. Part of the Strategic Plan is to engage with the community through internships and service learning.

“I came to work with you, to look into our community, to make it even better than you have already made it,” García said. “We need to hear from you, not only the good things we are doing, but how we can make it better.”

The ceremony was held at the recently completed Fullerton Community Center on Commonweatlh Avenue.

City administrators enjoyed the opportunity to show off the new facility and gather leaders from the city’s largest institution, CSUF, and the city of Fullerton.

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More than 20 local high schools bussed about 4,000 volunteers to this year’s games. Anaheim’s Servite High School and Fullerton’s Rosary High School brought their entire schools.

“We get our volunteers from so many different places, and they always go back and say they got just as much out of it as the athletes did,” said Whaley.

Cal State Fullerton anthropology students and professors gathered in the Titan Student Union Friday for an afternoon of discussion and celebration as the school year comes to an end.

Anthropology Day welcomed students of all majors to take part in discussing current and future research while snacking and mingling.

Robert Albrighd, president of the anthropology Lambda Alpha Honor Society, said the first Friday of every month is dedicated to bringing faculty and students of the anthropology department together.

He added that the event is also meant to promote the program and get students involved in the different associations.

“At the end of each semester, we try to go a little bit further … and get student involvement,” said Albrigdh.

Eric Canin, Ph.D., an anthropology professor at CSUF, has been conducting research for the past five years in southern Mexico and spoke to attendees about his findings.

Canin explained that his research focuses on the traditional Maya civilization and the end of the world phenomenon.

He said the traditional Maya do not have an apocalypse and even though some believe the traditional Maya died out, this is not the case.

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Patrick Lee, 7, reaches for a rainbow-colored parachute during the 28th annual Kathleen E. Faley Memorial Special Games on campus Friday morning.

Special Games draws thousands Locals volunteer with developmentally disabled athletes on campus SAMUEL MOUNTJOY Daily Titan

More than 7,500 special athletes and volunteers from local schools and organizations converged at Cal State Fullerton Friday morning for the 28th annual Kathleen E. Faley

Memorial Special Games.

Crowds applauded and cheered their support for the day’s athletes as they entered a long walkway on their way to be paired with their “buddy” for the day.

Local high school and middle school students buddied up with a developmentally disabled athlete and supported them in different activities.

Athletes sprinted down the track, threw footballs and beanbags and

took hard swings at whiffle balls under the blistering sun at the Practice Field.

CSUF alumna Lisa Whaley, who created the games in 1986, continues to serve on the Special Games board of directors.

The special games grew from 90 attendees in total the first year to more than 2,500 special athletes this year.

It is the largest event of its kind in the county and is free for all attendees.

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Titans finish off Dirtbags, complete season sweep

Donald Faison: From Clueless to Kick-Ass 2 Celebrity comedians prank regular citizens in TBS’ new hidden camera comedy show CHELSEA BOYD

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In the final matchup of the season against Long Beach State, two big innings would be more than enough for No. 4 Cal State Fullerton to defeat the Dirtbags 9-4 in a Big West Conference game Sunday afternoon at Goodwin Field.

Trailing 2-1 in the fifth inning, the Titans (39-7, 15-3 Big West) got some help in the form of erratic pitching and a poor defense by Long Beach (21-24, 9-9 Big West). Two errors and a walk loaded the bases for junior Michael Lorenzen, who proceeded to draw a walk of his own, allowing Austin Kingsolver to score from third, tying the game at two.

A pitching change for the Dirtbags would prove to be costly as Ty Provencher, who replaced reliever Nick Sabo (2-3), threw his first pitch in the dirt, resulting in a passed ball that brought senior Carlos Lopez in to score, giving the Titans their first lead of the game at 3-2. Two pitches later, Titan senior Anthony Hutting capped off the inning with a two run single to right field to extend the lead to 5-2.

Hutting led the Titans offense, going 3 for 4 with three RBIs. In the sixth inning, Lopez put the game out of reach as he connected on

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Carlos Lopez (17) high-fives third base coach Chad Baum (36) after hitting a three-run home run Friday at Goodwin Field.

a fastball, sending it over the wall in right center for a three run home run, putting Cal State Fullerton up 8-2.

Lopez, who just missed hitting a home run in his previous at bat in the fifth inning, talked about the feeling of his key home run, his second of the season.

“I thought the first one was over for sure. Maybe the wind caught it, I don’t know,” said Lopez, a candidate for the NCAA’s Senior CLASS Award. “The second one I knew was gone right away.”

For the Titans, they were led on the mound by starter Grahamm Wiest (8-2), who threw seven strong innings, allowing four hits and three runs while striking out six. He ex-

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plained what was working for him against the Dirtbags after the game.

“Establishing the fastball early, then being able to throw my changeup and slider, that’s a key to my success,” the sophomore righthander said.

With an offense that collected seven hits on the day and has showed the potential to put runs on the board quickly, the sophomore right-hander noted the offensive attack is a big help to the pitchers.

“It makes it easy,” said Wiest. “It makes it so you can get ahead of batters and just throw normal.”

The victory completed the season sweep over Long Beach State. The Titans went 6-0 against their Big

West rival this year, scoring 30 runs and allowing 14 during the season series. This was the 16th sweep in the series history for Cal State Fullerton, who has not lost a series to the Dirtbags since 2008.

It has been a fantastic season for the Titans, but Head Coach Rick Vanderhook knows his squad still has room to improve.

“Scoring runs is the biggest thing for us,” said the second-year Titan coach. “We’ve been winning games two to one, three to two, and our pitchers can’t do that all the time, especially with some freshmen pitchers. You have to take the pressure off of them.”

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Actor Donald Faison has been making audiences laugh for almost two decades. Yes, it has been 18 years since Clueless became a ‘90s classic when Faison gave us the lovable character of Murray.

Faison has come a long way since then, but he continues to find new ways to crack up audiences on his TV Land comedy, The Exes, and now with his new prank show, Who Gets the Last Laugh.

Who Gets the Last Laugh takes the traditional prank show a step further by pitting pranksters against each other in a competition for who can come up with the best practical joke.

These are no ordinary pranksters, however. Famous comedians are coming after ordinary citizens and competing for $10,000 that will be given to a charity of their choice.

So far, comedians like Bill Bellamy, D.L. Hughley, Natasha Leggero and Andy Dick have plotted outrageous pranks and put them up to a live audience vote on the show.

Faison is the host of the “punk’desque” show and said the celebrity on citizen pranking is an exciting element.

“It’s a beautiful thing,” said Faison. “Now anybody can get it. You guys (the audience) can’t laugh at us anymore. Now, you’re a target.”

Fans might remember Faison’s appearance on an episode of Punk’d where he collaborated with host Ashton Kutcher to pull one over on his Scrubs co-star, Zach Braff.

Some of the producers of Punk’d are behind the new show. Faison said audience members should be on the lookout because this time around, no one is safe.

“I’m just warning you out there next time you’re getting pulled over, you’re probably getting pulled over, but there’s a possibility it’s one of our pranks … just sayin’,” Faison said.

This week, Who Gets the Last Laugh will feature one of Faison’s favorite pranks from the one and only Charlie Murphy.

“I can’t give it away because I get in trouble every time I do, but, he has a limo driver drive around and do illegal things—purchase some illegal things—and then they get pulled over by the cops. That’s all I’ll say,” Faison said.

With his history as a prankster and now as the host of a hidden camera show, Faison is a prime target for having the tables turned on him.

“I’m always looking out for it now, especially after I pranked Zach Braff when we were doing Scrubs,” Faison said. “There will be no pranking on me. They tried to do it on The Exes but it didn’t necessarily work.”

He would not get into the specifics of the on-set shenanigans, but did say that footage of the attempted prank may show up on a future episode.

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AMID BOOMING STOCK MARKET, WAGE GAINS STILL LOW Hourly wage up 4 cents to an average $23.87 635,000 added jobs by employers

7.5% unemployment: 12 million jobless Americans

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The economy seems to be climbing with stock markets and corporate profits reaching record levels, but hourly wages stay stagnant, according to USA Today.

About 635,000 jobs were added in the past three months, but average wages have barely budged. Hourly wages grew 4 cents in April, maintaining the same 2 percent pace that has persisted since the economic recovery began in mid-2009.

While 4 cents in a month may seem like good growth, inflation makes that rate virtually negligible.

An average worker who was paid $49,650 at the end of 2009 is making about $545 less now, adjusting for inflation.

Constrained consumer spending has bogged down the recovery, slowing its pace.

Corporate profits hit a record in the first fiscal quarter, and their impressive gains have catapulted stocks. The April jobs report has given stocks even more of a leg-up.

This all means the wage gap is widening. Early in the recovery, average net worth rose for the top 7 percent but actually fell for the rest.

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U.S. Senators are expected to vote on a bill which would allow certain states to require online retailers collect sales tax on purchases made by their residents, according to USA Today.

This would only apply to online retailers which have sales of at least $1 million in states where they lack a physical operation such as a store or a warehouse.

This bill would also only apply to states which already charge a sales tax on physical sales made there.

Earlier procedural votes have given the bill broad support, and it has a fairly good chance of passing the final Senate vote Monday.

Supporters of the bill have argued that it would not enforce a new tax, but rather simply bring online retailers in line with taxes already charged at physical stores.

Studies have estimated an additional $12 billion will come from sales taxes collected from online purchases.

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After two Israeli-executed airstrikes on Syria in the past 48 hours, Israel has hurried to strengthen rocket defenses along its northern border Sunday, according to USA Today.

Israel’s increased involvement in the Syrian civil war was previously unheard of.

A possible retaliation was hinted at by Syria and allied Iran, though it was not officially stated.

However, the threats seem to have been taken seriously

by Israel. Their military positioned two batteries of Iron Dome rocket defense system in the north of the country.

Both airstrikes targeted shipments of Fateh-110 missiles bound for Hezbollah, said a senior Israeli Official.

The Iranian-made guided missiles could deliver powerful half-ton bombs into Israel with pinpoint precision.

Syria’s government said the offensive attacks were a violation of international law, and that the Middle East has become more dangerous.

Syria’s information minister, Omran al-Zoubi, said Syria has the right and duty to defend its people by all means necessary.

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“Cal State Fullerton is the largest, it’s the titan in the Cal State system,” said Whitaker.

“We’re very proud to have that city within our city.”

Whitaker is a fan of García’s governing practices, and said he feels she is fitting in quite well.

“I sense from her a lighter touch on the regulatory side and it’s the way I believe in governing too,” said Whitaker. “(Allowing) maximum freedom, in a way, you’re allowing the maximum level of accomplishment.”

Whitaker and García have engaged in recent months on projects such as CollegeTown, the planned plaza rezoning of the area south of CSUF. García said these meetings have gone well.

Quirk-Silva, a former Fullerton

mayor, got to know the president while serving on the presidential search committee last year.

“The biggest indicator of a college president’s success is people graduating with a good education.”

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She said she enjoyed the energy possessed by García and is pleased

to see that energy continuing after she assumed office.

The student success rate at Dominguez Hills during García’s tenure was one of the items that impressed Quirk-Silva and made García a standout candidate.

“The biggest indicator of a college president’s success is people graduating with a good education,” she said.

Education is a hallmark of the city, Quirk-Silva said.

Providing a good education, through college, will make sure important occupations are filled by qualified graduates, QuirkSilva added.

“With over 75,000 students that attend our colleges here just in the city of Fullerton, we not only take education seriously, but those who lead us in education are not only part of our leadership but part of our family,” Quirk-Silva said.

President Barack Obama is meeting with South Korean President Park Geun Hye for the first time in person on Tuesday at the White House to primarily discuss alliances and North Korea, according to USA Today.

The meeting will occur during a week-long South Korean-U.S. summit in Washington.

The summit will give Obama and Park a chance to have a deeper conversation about North Korea’s persistent talks of war. “(Leaders) will try to mix hard words and soft words, to show North Korean provocation will not be tolerated, but dialogue is still open,” Kim Sung Han, the South’s vice minister of foreign affairs and trade, told USA Today.

Hye, South Korea’s first female leader, is expected to support the alliance between South Korea and the U.S. in a joint meeting with Congress on Wednesday.

A more touchy subject to be discussed this week at the summit will be on how Seoul believes the nuclear energy pact with the U.S. should be updated, said Daniel Pinkston, a North East Asia expert for the International Crisis Group in Seoul.

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Nick Reinders, 16, a Servite High School junior, paired with 13-yearold Troy, a sixth grader from South Jr. High.

Reinders and Troy spent much of their day playing basketball— Troy is an avid Lakers fan and wore a bandage on his finger, just like his favorite player Kobe Bryant, Troy said.

“I work with students on a baseball team who have autism and I’ve never really known how to deal with them,” said Reinders.

By working with Troy’s mentor, Reinders said he gained an understanding of how to deal with children with autism, which he hopes to bring back to his baseball team.

This was Reinder’s third year at the games, but his first with a buddy.

“I did food my first time, and played the soccer nets my second time, but it wasn’t as special as having a buddy,” said Reinders.

Organizers work closely with the Cal State Fullerton Disabled Students Services office and a multitude of other organizations to handle the now-mammoth scale of the day’s event.

Police officers from surrounding cities, as well as University Police, parked their patrol cars and opened their doors to athletes.

Boys and girls had the opportunity to sit in the driver’s seat of a real-life police car and turn on the sirens.

In their second year at the games, therapy dogs wearing red vests embroidered with their name patrolled the games led by volunteers from Prescription Team, a therapy dog organization.

Krystal Emery, director of Pet Prescription Team, worked with a young developmentally disabled

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“The big people moved away from the big cities with all of the temples,” said Canin. “The advanced civilizations collapsed, or died out, so people went to go live in smaller villages.”

Canin said the latest theories include that the Maya overused their resources and they were not able to plant new crops.

He added that the rulers took the peoples’ crops and eventually the people disappeared and were no longer considered “high profile.”

Included in his research is the idea of chronocentrism, which Canin described as a general human tendency where people think their time is the most significant in history.

He related chronocentrism to ethnocentrism, a common term used in anthropology, which is the tendency of people to believe their culture is the best or most important.

Canin contrasted the Western belief in a linear timeline to the cyclical timeline of the Maya.

Western cultures have the tendency to believe the world will simply end one day, but the Maya believe time is similar to a circle and when one time period ends, another will begin and the process continues indefinitely.

Before starting his research in southern Mexico, Canin conducted research in Nicaragua.

It was his interest in the traditional Maya that made him decide to begin a new path of research.

“I’ve always been fascinated with the Maya,” Canin said. “I’ve always been fascinated with the whole phenomenon of end of world movements, so this kind of brought these two together.”

As students mingled, they began discussing with one another their areas of research.

Derek Boyd, 22, president of the Anthropology Students Association (ASA) and an anthropology major, said the celebration is meant for students to meet faculty and begin thinking about research projects.

“It’s a nice time for students to network with the faculty and try to start working on some summer research projects,” said Boyd. “We really push our students to do grad studies.”

Boyd, who is graduating in spring, is working on a project that focuses on the impacts of parasitic swellings on gelada monkeys.

Parasitic swellings, or parasitic infections, are large masses that appear on the gelada monkeys’ bodies.

“Parasites invade their body and grow and eventually they rupture but they can also stay behind,” said Boyd. “It’s very gruesome, but it’s fun research.”

Boyd added that he is looking at

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Anthony Rodgers, 14, tosses a bean bag during the Special Games on Friday. Games ranged from a bean bag toss to a 50-yard dash.

boy to guide Diggity, an Australian shepherd, through the hoops and around the bars of an agility course.

The boy cheered as Diggity leapt over a bar and sat to collect his treat.

Pet Prescription Team regularly works with disabled children using agility equipment to encourage their use of fine motor skills and to develop verbal skills.

“The dog gets their mind off of the work that they’re doing,” said Emery. “We’ve had cases where kids who had never spoken started speaking when working with the dogs.”

Dachshunds, golden retrievers and dogs as large as a Saint Bernard happily withstood the pulling, pet-

ting and constant attention brought on by attendees.

The games were born out of a class project in 1986 by the thenCSUF senior Whaley and three other students for a public relations management class.

Whaley explained that strenuous competitions, such as the Special Olympics, still require a high degree of function. The CSUF Special Games are non-competitive and give developmentally disabled students a chance to play games such as basketball and whiffle ball safely, with a buddy.

“Everyone is treated the same, everyone is a winner—including the volunteers,” Whaley said.

MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan TOP: Eric Canin, Ph.D., an anthropology professor at CSUF, gives a lecture on the Maya civilization in the Titan Student Union Friday night.

BOTTOM: Robert Albrighd, president of the Lamda Alpha Honor Society, and Derrick Boyd, president of the Anthropology Students Society, share ideas during Anthropology Day.

the impact the swellings have on reproduction and survivorship.

Though the research field site is in Ethiopia, Boyd completes “data crunching” at CSUF during lab hours with anthropology professors Nga Nguyen, Ph.D., and Peter Fashing, Ph.D. Boyd said he looks through the database of swellings and analyzes the trends between male and female gelada monkeys.

He then measures female interbirth intervals, or periods between their births, and sees if females with swellings have longer periods in be-

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tween births than females without swellings.

Based on the assumption of energetics, Boyd said, time allocated to one thing is time taken away from another thing. Instead of focusing on surviving, the gelada monkey would have to worry about their swelling.

“It takes away from their locomotion, it takes away from their ability to get resources … and the same goes for reproduction,” said Boyd. “Time spent towards trying to fix the problem is time taken away from reproduction.”

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The fallacy of ‘Peak Oil’ theory DANIEL BARBEAU For the Daily Titan

There are plenty of reasons to fret about our nation’s future.

Government debt is growing at an unsustainable rate. Increased taxation and regulations calcify the sinews of the economy and monetary distortions threaten to sow the seeds of a future economic calamity. However, many people fear a world bereft of energy resources.

Politicians and scaremongers stoke these fears through fallacious theories like Peak Oil, which foretell an imminent world shortage of oil, and warn that we must follow a centrallyplanned energy policy that conveniently steers millions of dollars to well-connected donors and lobbyists of so-called green energy firms.

Thus through the failures of our central planners, we not only retard our own energy development by slowing domestic production, but produce a twisted form of crony capitalism that results in taxpayer funded collapses such as Solyndra and Fisker.

Politicians often promote the unrealistic fear of Peak Oil by exploiting latent popular insecurities and anxieties.

In 1865 (when coal was the prevailing hydrocarbon fuel), economist William Stanley Jevins warned fellow Britons that at the contemporary rate of depletion, his fellow countrymen would soon burn through all available coal in the country and be left facing unheated winters. Of course, coal is still cheap and plentiful today, more than a century and a half later.

Likewise, American doomsayers predicted in 1956 that domestic oil production would begin to decline in the 1970s. However, modern production projections conclude that by 2020 the U.S. will surpass Saudi Arabia to become the largest oil producer in the world.

All of the aforementioned calculations were correct in their day, so how are these discrepancies possible?

In short, they failed to incorporate

the explosive growth in new discoveries of earth’s useable energy resources.

Exploration and drilling are of course very expensive; therefore, exploration slows in times of cheap oil since that new production would often prove unprofitable at low market prices. When oil prices rise, exploration and the expensive start-up costs of production again becomes cost effective and new fields are found and developed.

New technology and higher oil prices also allow drillers to re-work previously exhausted wells. For example, the long declining wells of Texas have increased production for the first time in decades, using new technology to squeeze more oil from presumably exhausted wells, and new oil discoveries ranging from the Caribbean to South Dakota are constantly increasing known reserves.

Of course, someday there will be a point when the world has “peaked” in oil production, but in such a scenario, rising costs associated with lower supply will push energy production into other resources as natural gas and coal that offer a competitive price advantage. North America possesses massive amounts of both energy sources, and the natural gas boom in the Dakotas and Canada continues to unfold.

Instead of peak oil production, the future appears to promise global peak oil demand by 2020, after which global consumer thirst for oil decreases in preference of less costly alternatives.

Despite presumptions, no central planner can predict or direct a more efficient energy policy better than the billions of decentralized decisions made by millions individuals acting in their own self-interest; real-time information is provided through the price medium in a chaotic process also known as the free-market. For this reason, political attempts to promote so-called green energy companies on the taxpayers’ dime are both wasteful and ill-conceived.

Despite the high hopes of pandering politicians, solar and wind power

will never be market competitive with natural gas, oil and coal without an astounding efficiency breakthrough.

However, through lofty rhetoric and unscrutinized promises, politicians continue to steer governmentbacked loans and grants to questionable green energy companies with insider connections. Recent bankrupted taxpayer funded companies include electric car maker Fisker (leaving taxpayers on the hook for $193 million), battery producers A123 ($249 million), Ener1 ($118 million) and solar panel maker Solyndra ($535 million), to name a few.

Of course, our central planners and associated statists understand that solar and wind power will never compete in the free marketplace with hydrocarbons. If given the choice, the vast majority of consumers will purchase cost-effective energy. For this reason, so-called green energy proponents must resort to political influence by regulating coal power plants from existence, inventing various cap-and-trade tax schemes and blocking the construction private infrastructure (like the Keystone Pipeline) to achieve their goals.

Only through restricting the choices of millions of people through taxes, heavy regulations and generous but uneconomical subsidies can central planners attempt to dictate human behavior while dressing these restrictions in a façade of lofty intentions.

Ultimately results, not intentions, are what affect the quality of life for millions of people, and the artificial raising of energy prices through politicized reductions in supply will lower the standard of living for all Americans, especially the poor.

Perhaps Jevins was right and we will someday reach a peak production of energy. However, likely inconceivable to him, any modern peak energy production will be the result of an artificial and political straightjacket that stunts humanity’s long rise from our impoverished past.

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RICARDO GONZALEZ

Verified as too bot to handle “Thank god my family all likes the same team as me.”

This was a fairly innocuous tweet that Ricardo Gonzalez sent out on May 1. Prior to that, there was another unremarkable tweet concerning what the man, who claims to “like food” in his Twitter bio, had eaten for lunch.

These are certainly tweets that Ricardo Gonzalez—the Ricardo Gonzalez whose article you are currently reading—would probably send out.

Except it isn’t a tweet he sent out. Rather, it’s the tweeting of an imposter Ricardo; a doppelganger of sorts that has somehow materialized out of the mysterious ether of the swirling social media whirlpool so many of us inhabit.

“Hold on,” you might protest.

“Ricardo Gonzalez is a fairly common Latino name. How does there being another Ricardo prove there’s some kind of mischief about?”

To that I say, “You’re right, you overly articulate and whimsical protester.”

Yes, there being another person on Twitter named Ricardo Gonzalez does not necessarily mean that I’ve had a modicum of my identity stolen. Having another person with my name, with a Twitter handle almost exactly the same as mine (only one letter off), and with a Twitter bio identical to mine seems to suggest otherwise.

But despite this potentially troubling development, there isn’t anything really sinister about this “other” Ricardo. In fact, this oddity seems to be some kind of Frankenstein monster created by that Twitter troublemaker of troublemakers—the bot. These procedurally-created accounts typically take public information from users and tweet usually with the purpose of phishing information from the hapless and the unaware.

Okay, that sounds slightly sinister when it’s stated outright.

The thing I’m attempting to get at is that Bot-cardo doesn’t seem like an outwardly malicious attempt at usurping me. Rather, it just looks like I got caught in the crossfire of one bot’s data harvest.

I’m not the only one, either, as the tweet I referenced at the beginning

Twitter doesn’t seem to be wholly interested in recognizing me as being the one true Ricardo. of this article came directly from a man in Washington; he too is now tied to this bizarre situation.

This did get me thinking, however, about Twitter’s way of proving to the world that you are who you say you are. I’ve discussed the idea of “catfishing” and the like in this column before, and I’ve even mentioned “verified accounts” before, but I’ve yet to really talk about what “verified” actually means.

Part of that is because I’m not 100 percent certain how it works myself.

I do know that Twitter does not accept verification requests from the general public, instead only giving the blue check-mark badge to “highly sought users in music, acting, fashion, government, politics, religion, journalism, media, advertising, business, and other key interest areas.” The process is somewhat random in that, even if you feel as if Twitter should recognize you as who you are (so to speak), you cannot ask to be verified. Instead, some mysterious “Twitter Illuminati” selects you to be verified on the site.

Again though, for a regular Joe like me, Twitter doesn’t seem to be wholly interested in recognizing me as being the one true Ricardo.

Basically, Twitter’s response to me attempting to become verified is “no dice.”

So indeed, Twitter’s verified status must truly be the measure of identification and confirmation, right? It must be replete with long processes with multiple background checks and double-checking of sources to confirm that, indeed, that Taco Bell account is the Taco Bell account.

Well, if you quantify a series of three questions regarding social media use as a long process of identification, then Twitter does set the bar.

This inside look was chronicled

by blogger Anil Dash who, after gaining 500,000 followers, was given the opportunity to be verified. Dash was shocked to find that getting “verified” seemed to be little more than having some name recognition and showing that one knows how to “tweet effectively.”

As such, verification is less about “verification” and more about finding users who reach other users, making sure those people are not completely lying about who they are (or who they represent) and, probably more important to the social media site, that they understand how to use social media effectively. It is an extremely odd revelation that really makes me feel different, if not a little uneasy, about Twitter’s idea of identification and the people it has given that blue badge to.

So, while I could technically report my doppelganger as being an imposter and likely could get his/her(/its?) account taken down, Bot-cardo could in theory gain verification before me if the right things are done as there is absolutely no real required confirmation for verified users.

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Much like hosting a prank show, working on a traditional sitcom is new territory for the actor whose last foray into television was the much loved Scrubs, a single camera comedy with no live audience.

Faison said working on a show with a live audience is a totally different experience for him.

“There’s a rhythm with how the jokes and the laughter—with how they exist together,” he said.

The Exes is one of the network’s highest rated shows and even garnered an NAACP Image Award for Faison, who plays ladies’ man Phil.

Up next, Faison will appear in the forthcoming Kick-Ass 2 alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace

Moretz and Jim Carrey. He plays Doctor Gravity in the film scheduled to hit theaters in August.

Faison said he would love to do more action or sci-fi movies and even put out a Christmas album.

He claimed to have only been joking about the Christmas album, but with the many adventurous turns Faison’s career has taken over the past 18 years, anything is possible.

In discussing his continued success, Faison reflected on the struggles of making it in the entertainment industry.

“The fact that you hear ‘no’ all the time. (Hollywood) is the industry of ‘no,’” he said.

Clearly, Faison has figured out how to navigate the industry despite those hardships and in the process he

has become one of the most recognizable stars of his generation.

“You guys can’t laugh at us anymore. Now, you’re a target.”

DONALD FAISON Actor Season three of The Exes premiers June 19 on TV Land at 10:30 p.m.

Who Gets the Last Laugh airs Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. on TBS.

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Iron Man 3 Iron Man may be a well-oiled machine, but the latest film in the superhero franchise has a few loose screws.

The third installment of the superhero action series, Iron Man 3 tells a more personal story of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and his journey to prove he is more than just a man in an armored suit.

Flashing back to a Y2K New Year’s Eve party, Stark is working on an experimental regenerative drug with scientist Maya Hansen, played by Rebecca Hall (The Town). Guy Pearce (Memento) is also at the event, portraying Aldrich Killian, a nerdy, disabled scientist.

When he finally meets the billionaire prodigy, Killian requests that the two work together, to which Stark declines in humiliating fashion.

Fast forward to 2013 and Stark has become a recluse in his ocean cliff Malibu mansion. Creating and modifying multiple Iron Man suits is all Stark does now, as he cannot sleep.

His insomnia and the panic attacks that follow are directly

linked to the alien invasion that took place in New York in 2012’s The Avengers.

He has also developed a deep fear of losing his girlfriend, Pepper Potts, played by a physically fit Gwyneth Paltrow. She, on the other hand, believes that everything that comes with dating Iron Man may be too much for their relationship to handle.

Stark’s best friend, Col. James Rhodes, played by Don Cheadle (Crash), has also become a national icon with the Iron Man suit he confiscated in the previous film, only now it has been given a fresh coat of red, white and blue paint, and given the name “Iron Patriot.”

Meanwhile, Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) plays a terrorist dubbed The Mandarin, who wreaks havoc with bombings and televised threats.

Stark becomes a detective of sorts to track down The Mandarin and his orange glowing henchmen with the help of a curious young boy.

The film is different than its predecessors. In Iron Man 3, Stark is the narrator to his own story— stay until the end of the credits for this to make sense.

Furthermore, series director John Favreau has been replaced by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), which has changed the overall style and tone.

Iron Man debuted in 2008 with an origin story about a rich and vain genius weapons manufacturer who changed his ways after being attacked and held hostage.

Using the technology that kept him alive, he built the iconic redand-gold suit to become Iron Man, vowing to protect those his company has harmed.

An accomplished cast highlighted by fantastic special effects provided a solid base for Marvel Comics’ newest movie franchise.

Two years later, Iron Man 2 was

released and fell into the usual sequel slump of having to live up to high expectations.

Stark’s vanity ballooned as he believed Iron Man was personally responsible for creating world peace. Russian villain Ivan Vanko disagreed and set out to prove even Iron Man could bleed.

The flawed, but fun, sequel was overshadowed by the news of the upcoming Avengers movie, which made it more of an appetizer than a main course.

Iron Man, along with other Marvel superheroes, assembled to create the third highest-grossing film of all time. The Avengers showed that a group superhero movie could work, as long as you have a decent story line, throw in some laughs and mix in a giant bowl of special effects.

After the mega hit, each superhero went back to their respective franchises.

Iron Man 3 never gives the sense that it may be the end of its trilogy. It tries to wrap everything up in the final ten minutes.

The movie’s pace does not seem to know what it wants either. It goes back and forth between comedic and action. It is scattered without a consistent flow and unfortunately includes shameless product placement, like “Verizon FiOS” displayed on computer monitors.

However, it does continue its streak of great villains played by great actors, adding Pearce to the list.

But they did waste Kingsley, for they could have done so much more with his talent.

The special effects, as always, are a sight to behold and the real star of the movie.

Iron Man 3 shows off many amazing suits; it is just a shame that the film itself does not fit quite right.

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Grand Central Art Center’s last spring play showcases an unconventional script that balances comedy and drama.

Spain travels through a magical dream CHELSEA BOYD Daily Titan

A jilted wife, a cheating husband and a sassy best friend—the ingredients for a typical romantic comedy.

But throw in a 16th century Spanish conquistador and a mysteriously omnipresent figure and you have something far from typical.

The result is Spain, the final installment in the spring theater season at Grand Central Art Center.

Five actors, a minimal set and an unconventional script poured into Grand Central Art Theatre Friday for the opening of Jeremy Lewis’ full length directorial debut as a grad student, although he’s directed other performances before.

Jim Knable’s script, while convoluted in sections, provides magical source material for this strange but honest production.

It is clear from the beginning of the show that the play is not set in the realm of reality.

Barbara, played by junior acting major Melissa Booey, sits on her living room floor dressed in mismatched pajamas, rifling through photos and having a dreamlike exchange with a resounding voice that has a heavy Spanish accent.

The audience learns that Barbara’s husband, John, has just run off with a much more voluptuous woman.

Soon, the owner of the resounding voice and exotic dialect suddenly appears on Barbara’s couch.

He is El Tigre, the conquistador charmingly played by senior Nick Waaland.

Barbara and the conquistador wander erratically down this journey, but neither of them is able to tell if it’s a dream, reality or both.

Waaland takes the conquistador on a journey of self exploration that

is unexpectedly touching.

Booey does a wonderful job of handling her complex character, who on paper could easily become unlikable. Granted, anyone who has just been cheated on and dumped is entitled to some unlikable behavior, but Booey keeps the character grounded amidst the chao. Her character is relatable and truly drives the play.

“She was perfect,” said Janelle Kester, a senior theater major who attended Friday’s show. “I think she had a really excellent balance between handling moments that were more comedic ... and also having the emotional depth for the serious moments. I just thought she was wonderful.”

Bouncing in and out of the dream is Barbara’s aptly named best friend, Diversion, played with miles of sass by musical theater senior Amanda Sylvia.

Diversion serves as Barbara’s tether to reality throughout her experience with the conquistador.

Satisfying similar “tether” duties for the dream world are Ancient and John/The Guitarist, played by acting seniors David Contreras and Gary Fields, respectively. Contreras shows up in multiple forms throughout the show, impressively playing somewhere around five different characters.

Fields, who steals quite a few scenes, worked double duty as both actor and musical director.

Music plays a major part in the show, guiding scene transitions as well as underscoring key moments.

“I think on a practical level, (music) helps the audience stay engaged,” said Fields. “Also, I think it’s really useful in setting the mood … getting audiences ears kind of attuned to that Spanish music.”

The show is performed without an intermission, a choice that not only served as a method of continuing “the dream,” but also gave Fields a chance to give the audience a wonderful musical surprise (not to be ruined in this review) in lieu of a bathroom break.

The non-intermission is an example of Lewis’ decisiveness as a director. It is important that the director have clarity with a script like Spain, which could easily be confusing.

The enthusiasm of all the actors and the details of the design prove how well Lewis has become familiar with the play. He understands it, even through all of its confusion and twists and turns.

That understanding helps guide the audience.

Sam Forbes, a junior playwriting major, took note of the Lewis’ and the designers’ ability to bring the world of the play to life in the small space.

“In the script, they had like two lines about where they were, but I feel like the lighting was really strong and the sound was really strong in creating where they were,” Forbes said.

Lighting designer Harrison Haug provides what Lewis called “another character in the show.”

The technical aspects, including the sound design by Varag Vick Kamali, jolt the characters and the audience in and out of the multitude of delusions provided throughout the show.

After the show ends, it feels much like waking up from a dream. Some parts were confusing, some parts made total sense and some moments were just flat out weird, but mostly, it was nice to trade in the humdrum of reality for the adventure of a dream.

Social justice for LGBT groups through art BEVI EDLUND Daily Titan

To promote social justice and support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, Art with an Agenda presented: Love.

Sex. Unity. Respect.

More than 100 artists banded and produced 156 works based on this subject at the Magoski Arts Colony in Downtown Fullerton.

The exhibit opened Friday.

Most of the works on exhibit were up for bidding. The proceeds were split between the artists and the AIDS Walk Orange County.

“Art with an Agenda was created to fuse art with social justice. It’s more effective than yelling,” said Stephen Baxter, coordinator and creator of Art with an Agenda.

Baxter, who worked on the exhibit for five months, calls himself a “progressive heterosexual.”

The first Art with an Agenda was in reaction to Kelly Thomas, a homeless man who died after an altercation with the Fullerton Police Department, whom Baxter knew personally.

Thomas’ mother even showed up to the private showing of the exhibit Thursday night, according to Baxter.

Baxter felt that it was effective to get a lot of artists to paint or sculpt on one subject in different mediums.

He gave the artists broad leeway, while specifically addressing marriage inequality.

He added that the exhibit will feature symbolic and direct works.

“We need heterosexuals here to buy art too,” said Baxter. “To have so many people come at something from so many different directions with a common goal is powerful stuff.”

This is the first time the LGBT community is being celebrated in Fullerton, according to Baxter.

“In the past it was the hate that emanated from the city ... In a way, I’m doing this for my city. Not just for the LGBT community I support. We want to put Fullerton on the right side of history,” Baxter said.

His favorite artwork in the exhibit is the eight-foot wedding cake, which he commissioned. “Rick and Randy’s Wedding Cake Installation” showcases about 180 pictures of gay couples.

“If you look at that cake you will find that many of them gravitate to the same thing that most people do, which is family,” Baxter said.

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Byron Adams, 22, artist and an Anaheim resident, said he is excited that an exhibit like this is in Orange County because its history is conservative.

“It’s showing some sort of progress,” said Adams, who also has a piece displayed in the show.

Upon entering the exhibit, visitors are greeted with portrait paintings and a large sculpture.

One painting in particular was the familiar face of Oscar Wilde— appropriately titled “Oscar Wilde”—by Melinda Hagman. Wilde was associated with the gay community, according to Hagman. She has been inspired by Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh.

Located on Sana Fe Avenue, The Magoski Arts Colony connects five different galleries: Violet Hour, Artside, Hibbleton, The Dicky Jones and Pas. The gallery is large and expansive, and also serves as studio space for artists as well.

This location has been zoned for the manufacturing of art and not for retail space, according to Brian Prince, owner of Pas Gallery.

Therefore the gallery does not have typical hours. It is only open to the

public on the first Friday and Saturday of the month.

The exhibit featured works using a pupu platter of mediums including sculptures, photography and paintings.

Many artists seemed to paint ropes, ribbons or veins in their paintings to show a physical connection with another.

Paul Sargent’s ink drawing “Two Hearts” features two seemingly male figures, labeled figure 1 and 2.

The figures are constructed of black veins. Their heads are not human, possibly deers with antlers. The only color in the painting are the red hearts that connect to the other with a knot tied in the middle.

Another work, “From One Bus to Another” by Nancy Johnson, shows a wedding cake with two males as a cake topper placed on the back seat of a bus. This is a play on Rosa Parks. Johnson wanted to focus on civil rights from the past to the present time, when blacks couldn’t sit in the front of the bus.

“That’s where we’re at today with gay marriage,” said Johnson.

“It’s not accepted yet, kind of like Rosa Parks, she wasn’t accepted as a colored woman and was put in

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Much of the art displayed at the exhibit was up for bidding. The proceeds were split between the artists themselves and the Orange County AIDS Walk.

the back of the bus.”

Johnson said art exhibits like this need to be shown more often. She added that people still have stereotypes about what gay is.

“They’re just regular people,” she said, “With this kind of art, it softens people and (they will) realize that they lead a normal life ... I think this (exhibit) is really showing that.”

Perhaps the most shocking piece showcased was a 10-12 foot piece

of art called “Anima/Animas: A Portrait of God” by Rene Cardona.

The tall figure tributes all sexes simultaneously. There is a black unbilacord that moves off and around the canvas. It also is muscular and strong. The figure stands in front of a background of thick, rainbowcolored lines that move diagonally across the canvas.

A closing reception for the exhibit will be held May 25.

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Baseball takes game one, 3-2 CHRIS KONTE Daily Titan

After winning five of seven games on the longest road trip of the season, No. 4 Cal State Fullerton reacquainted itself with the Goodwin Field faithful on Friday night by taking game one of a three-game conference series over Long Beach State, 3-2.

Starting pitcher Thomas Eshelman (8-2) was splendid in rebounding from his only non-quality start of his college career. The freshman scattered seven hits through seven innings of work, allowing two earned runs while striking out six and walking one.

The Titans (39-7, 15-3 Big West) got on the scoreboard early without a hit, thanks to two Dirtbag errors.

Leadoff man Richy Pedroza began the game by drawing a nine-pitch walk and scored when Long Beach third baseman Juan Avila threw wide to first base on a Michael Lorenzen ground ball, giving CSUF a 1-0 lead.

Long Beach (21-24, 9-9 Big West) tied the game in the top of the third with an RBI single off the bat of first baseman Jeff Yamaguchi, but back-to-back doubles in the bottom of the inning by Carlos Lopez and J.D. Davis put the Titans back on top by a run.

The Dirtbags threatened in the top of the fifth. Colton Vaughn, the Long Beach second baseman who finished a home run short of the cycle, led off with a triple into the right field corner. But Eshelman was able to bear down and record three strikeouts to protect the 2-1 lead.

“I just took a deep breath and got back to what I was doing, and made my pitches and got guys out,” said Eshelman.

After Eshelman escaped the jam, Titan left fielder Austin Kingsolver led off the bottom of the inning with a booming home run over the right

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Senior shortstop Richy Pedroza slides into second base against the Dirtbags.

field wall. It was his second roundtripper of the season, and it extended the CSUF lead to 3-1.

“That was a big home run,” said Head Coach Rick Vanderhook.

“And for him to take that many pitches ... that was probably one of the best at bats I’ve seen him take in a long time.”

A sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh inning pulled the Dirtbags back to within a run, but the Titan bullpen was able to preserve the win for Eshelman by pitching two perfect innings. Koby Gauna set down Long Beach in order in the eighth, and Lorenzen pitched a clean ninth for his 14th save in 15 opportunities.

A crowd of 3,136 fans greeted the Titans in what was their first home game since April 14.

“We feel like the road warriors.

It’s nice to get back home and play in front of our own fans,” Vanderhook said.

“The atmosphere here and the playing surface is like no other,” added Eshelman.

The Carlsbad native has now defeated Long Beach twice this season.

In March, he allowed just a single in eight innings pitched during a 6-0 CSUF win, but he was forced to labor Friday. The Dirtbags managed to put five runners in scoring position during his seven innings on the mound.

“I think they had a better plan tonight,” Vanderhook said. “They went the first two innings, never swung at a first pitch. Then in the third inning, the first four guys all swung at the first pitch.”

“They came out and played a hard game tonight,” Eshelman said.

With the victory, CSUF has won its first four meetings against Long Beach, ensuring a victory in the season series.

All time, the Titans are 128-60 headto-head against the Dirtbags.

AMANDA SHARP / For the Daily Titan Sophomore designated hitter J.D. Davis hits a double in the fourth inning of game two against the Dirtbags.

Titans win game two, clinch series CHRIS KONTE Daily Titan

For Cal State Fullerton, only one thing could be sweeter than clinching a series victory over rival Long Beach State: doing so in front of a national TV audience.

Starting pitcher Justin Garza improved to 10-0 in his freshman season, Michael Lorenzen closed the door on Long Beach for the second night in a row and the Titans (397, 15-3 Big West) won the weekend conference series with a nail-biting 2-1 win Saturday over the Dirtbags at Goodwin Field in a game that was broadcast on ESPNU. Garza was facing a familiar foe, southpaw Jake Stassi, who held the Titans to one run in seven innings during a March game in Long Beach. If it were not for CSUF’s best comeback of the season, Garza would have been handed the first loss of his career.

Both starting pitchers traded zeroes through six innings before Justin Garza surrendered a twoout, two-strike RBI double in the top of the seventh to Dirtbag designated hitter Zack Rivera that broke the scoreless tie. Left fielder Austin Diemer nearly ran down the long drive, but his leaping attempt at the warning track was unsuccessful as the ball short-hopped the wall in left-center field.

Diemer, however, found himself

in a crucial situation in the bottom of the inning. With right fielder Greg Velazquez on third base and two outs, Diemer muscled an inside fastball over the head of Long Beach third baseman Juan Avila for the game-tying single.

Garza returned to pitch the eighth inning and worked out of trouble after allowing a one-out double.

“I knew my team picked me up last time, and I knew I had to pick them up this time and keep them in the game,” said Garza.

“He was throwing 94 (mph) in the seventh and eighth, so there’s nothing wrong with that,” said Head Coach Rick Vanderhook. “I’ll take that every night.”

Titan first baseman Carlos Lopez led off the bottom of the eighth with a towering double off the center field wall, and Stassi was removed for relief pitcher Jon Maciel. Designated hitter J.D. Davis then laid down a sacrifice bunt attempt with the hope of advancing Lopez to third, but the ball sprang back to Maciel, who likely would have had enough time to throw to third for the out. However, he was unable to field the ball cleanly, and both runners reached base safely. Lorenzen then hit into a double play, but the go-ahead run scored to give the Titans the 2-1 lead.

Lorenzen moved from center field to the pitcher’s mound to start the ninth inning, seeking his 15th save.

After a three-pitch strikeout, Lo-

renzen promptly walked the next batter on four pitches, putting the tying run at first base. A pair of singles followed, and the star closer suddenly faced the pressure of facing the Long Beach home run leader with the bases loaded.

Vanderhook briefly visited the mound to settle Lorenzen down, and Lorenzen induced a groundball to third base off the bat of the powerful Jeff Yamaguchi. Third baseman Matt Chapman threw home for the force out at the plate. Lorenzen then got pinch hitter Zack Belanger to chase a two-strike curveball in the dirt for the game’s final out.

“I want him to pitch in those situations,” Vanderhook said. “Last night, with 1-2-3 and nobody on, it’s easier. Tonight with the bases loaded and having to dig down a little deeper and find a way to get out of it, that’s what closers need to do, and he did it.”

Stassi (4-2) was the tough luck loser, pitching into the eighth inning and allowing two runs (one earned) and five hits. He walked three and struck out five.

“That was a good game,” Vanderhook said. “I’m glad we came out on the right side.”

“It’s where you want to be as a pitcher,” Garza said of the pitcher’s duel he was engaged in. “You live for outings like those, to see who comes out, who battles harder.”

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Sophomore infielder Matt Chapman fields a ground ball in the third game of a series against Long Beach State.

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With nine games left in Big West Conference play, Cal State Fullerton is in sole posession of first place, holding a one game lead over Cal State Northridge, who the

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Game one: Titans cage the Tigers

Game two: Titans earn comeback

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After losing two of three last weekend, the Titan softball team started off strong in the first game of a doubleheader this past Saturday and defeated the visiting Pacific Tigers, 5-3.

The Titans (26-27, 11-10 Big West) took control of the game right off the bat in the bottom of the first inning on a two-out rally.

Sophomore designated player Desiree Ybarra started it off with a double and then advanced to third base on a wild pitch by starting pitcher Nikki Armagost.

With the count full and Ybarra on third, sophomore third baseman Eliza Crawford came through in the clutch with an RBI single to give the Titans a 1-0 lead.

Titan freshman starting pitcher Jasmine Antunez kept the Tigers (28-25, 12-9 Big West) in their cage for the most part in the first four innings, but the Tigers came bursting out in the fifth inning, putting three runs on the board to take a 3-1 lead.

Antunez walked the leadoff batter to open up the inning, and then with one out, right fielder Sara Anderson hit a huge runscoring triple to tie things up at 1-1. After loading up the bases on consecutive walks with two outs, Antunez was pulled from the game for Ybarra, who quickly walked a run in to give Pacific the 2-1 lead.

Catcher Amy Moore widened the lead to 3-1 with an RBI single up the middle.

“It was really important to hold them there, especially being put in like that, you want to come in and

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Utility player Gabby Aragon trots into home base at Anderson Family Field.

set the tone,“ Ybarra said. “I didn’t come in too well but just knowing your teammates are behind you makes it easier.”

All three runs were charged to Antunez as she finished the game with three earned runs on four hits with two walks and one strikeout in 4.1 innings pitched.

The Titans showed their resiliency in the bottom of the fifth inning when catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama got things started with a single.

After advancing to second base on a sacrifice bunt by center fielder Ashley Carter, Tsuchiyama was joined on the base paths by Crawford, who drew a walk to put runners on first and second with two outs.

Shortstop Gabby Aragon showed why she was put back in as she hit a double off the center field wall to score both runners to tie things up at 3-3.

Titan first baseman Melissa Sechrest then hit a line drive shot over the first baseman that scored Aragon from second base for the 4-3 lead.

Then second baseman Carissa Turang put the nail in the coffin

when she hit a triple to deep leftcenter field to score Sechrest all the way from first for the deciding 5-3 lead.

“It was really big and really important, as all these games matter if we want to make it to the postseason, so it was really great and really nice to see my teammates pick me up and get the win,” Ybarra said about the team rallying back for the win.

The Titans got strong relief pitching from Ybarra as she was able to shut down the Tigers offense in 2.2 innings pitched.

After allowing a hit to lead off the seventh inning, Ybarra got bailed out by left fielder Leesa Harris as she made a great catch at the wall to prevent any scoring by the Tigers and preserve the 5-3 win for the Titans.

Ybarra allowed just three hits and three walks for her seventh win of the season.

“She’s a groundball pitcher and has done her job unbelievably,” said Titans’ Head Coach Kelly Ford. “She comes in and she throws the off-speed, which they roll over the top of the ball and it’s a groundball.”

The Titans kept their playoff hopes alive as they swept a doubleheader against the visiting Pacific Tigers by taking game two in comeback fashion in a 3-2 victory Friday night at Anderson Field.

Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning, catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama came through with a clutch two-run single to center field to give the Titans the 3-2 lead and eventual victory after a costly error on a routine pop-fly by shortstop Megan Allen.

“You know when Ariel has that look in her eye she is just going to produce, and that was beautiful,” said Head Coach Kelly Ford.

“That pitch was off the plate and she just threw her hands and got a good piece of the ball and scored two for the win.”

The Titans (26-27, 11-10) struck first again as shortstop Gaby Aragon hit a line drive shot over the left field fence to give the Titans a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning.

The Titans put two runners on second and third base later in the inning but were unable to drive any of them home.

The Tigers (28-25, 12-9) didn’t lie down quietly as in the top of the third inning they quickly answered right back with a blooper that dropped out of the reach of the diving center fielder Ashley Carter that scored a runner from third base to tie the game at one.

The Titans had a chance to put more runs on the board in the bottom half of the inning but once again stranded two runners on base.

Pacific then made the Titans pay for their inefficiencies as they put another run on the board in the top of the fifth inning on a two out rally that was started with a single by second baseman Alexi

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Sophomore infielder Carissa Turang swings the bat, she had one hit in the game.

Johnson. The single was then followed by a huge double by center fielder Megan Hom to score Johnson from first base for the 2-1 lead.

After stranding two more runners in the bottom of the fifth, the Titans finally got a clutch hit with Tsuchiyama’s two-run single in the bottom of the sixth to give the Titans the 3-2 win and the doubleheader sweep.

“We kind of struggled with not being able to score runners up and down, and this time we knew we were just going to end up doing it and we had confidence,” Tsuchiyama said. “I was just seeing the ball really well and it was about time as I was struggling lately and I’ve been working really hard and I knew this was my time.”

Titan starting pitcher Monique Wesley and reliever Desiree Ybarra kept the Tigers honest all game.

Wesley allowed only two runs on

six hits with one walk in 4.1 innings pitched. Ybarra finished the game with no hits allowed on two walks in 1.2 innings pitched and earned the win, her eighth of the season and second win on the day.

Jasmine Antunez then came in to shut the door in the top of the seventh inning as she allowed no hits on one walk for her second save of the season.

The Titans now look to add more wins to their current four-game winning streak after finishing the series sweep of Pacific with a 5-2 victory on Saturday as they push for the playoffs.

The Titans will wrap up their regular season next weekend, as they will play host to the visiting Cal State Northridge Matadors at Anderson Field starting with a doubleheader this Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. while the second game is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Game three: Softball completes sweep TAMEEM SERAJ Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton Titans softball team brought out their brooms Saturday afternoon as they came back from an early deficit to complete the sweep of the University of the Pacific Tigers, 5-2.

With both softball and baseball at home this weekend, the CSUF ballparks were the place to be.

“There was electricity in air and lots of excitement in the field and in the stands and they are feeding each other back and forth,” said Head Coach Kelly Ford. “And with baseball across the way with a big series this weekend, this is a venue that is full of electricity.”

Freshman pitcher Jasmine Antunez (14-14) started for the Titans (26-27, 11-10 Big West) and had a busy first inning. Antunez struck out the leadoff batter but then gave up a single and walked the next two batters to load the bases, something that became a theme throughout the duration of the game.

Antunez then got Pacific’s catcher Amy Moore to ground into an inning ending double play and the Titans were still left unscathed. The Titans threatened in the bottom of the first by getting runners on second and third baee but junior shortstop Gabby Aragon grounded out to end the inning.

In the second Megan Allen led off and belted a pitch over the left field wall to give the Tigers the lead. Antunez settled down after the home run, retiring the next three batters. Antunez some help from the defense, including a spectacular diving catch from center fielder Ashley Carter. Her teammates were also impressed with Carter’s catch.

“It was amazing, but to be honest, that’s routine for her,” Aragon said.

“She goes balls out on every play.”

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“That was a game changer right there. If she doesn’t catch that, then the game could have gone either way,” said sophomore Desiree Ybarra. “As a pitcher you like to see that kind of effort.”

The Titans were quick to respond in the bottom of the inning. Freshman first baseman Melissa Sechrest worked a leadoff walk and senior right fielder Tiffany Scheffler reached first on a throwing error.

The next two Titan batters failed to reach base and it appeared as if the Titans would leave runners on base. But junior catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama walked to load the bases, and then sophomore second baseman Carissa Turang cleared the bases with a triple off the left field wall.

Ybarra followed up with a double to score Turang which gave the Titans a 4-1 lead.

Antunez came back out wanting to preserve the lead her team just gave her but she plunked the lead-off batter. She got the next batter to ground out but then gave up a double and a walk before Ford called on Ybarra to come on in relief.

With the bases loaded, Ybarra got the next batter to fly out to Turang. Ybarra walked the next batter which brought the Tigers back within two runs. Ybarra then quelled the Tigers rally by getting the next batter to ground out which is her specialty. “(The bases loaded situation) didn’t seem like a big deal because we have done it so many times this year and coach Ford has really tried to prepare me for it,” Ybarra said.

“I knew my job was to get in and throw ground balls so that’s what I focused on.” “(Ybarra) is a ground ball out pitcher so truthfully she is at her best with the bases loaded because we know we have a force anywhere,” Ford said. “What many people don’t know is we often

throw around batters and intentionally walk them and load the bases for her.

The Titans regained their three run lead in the third inning with singles from Aragon, Sheffler and Carter. CSUF could have stretched its lead even further but left the bases loaded with the score at 5-2.

In the fourth, Ybarra was worked into another bases loaded situation off of two errors and a walk, but still managed to get out of the inning without giving up a single run.

Despite being down three runs, the Tigers had one final push in the seventh inning as they loaded the bases once more off of a single, a walk and an error. Ybarra shined once again when her team needed her and got the next batter to ground out to second and the Titans preserved their 5-2 win and completed the sweep.

Ybarra (9-12) was credited with the win and Shepard (6-6) took the loss. Ybarra was credited with wins in all three games this weekend and the Titans came from behind in every game this weekend. The sweep boosted the Titans into fourth place in the Big West standings, one game behind the Tigers.

“We are trying to make it to the postseason right now so we are trying to get above .500 so we needed these,” Aragon said. “It was just a team effort and everyone was on their game this weekend.”

The Titans will try and even their record next weekend at home against Cal State Northridge (2429, 10-11 Big West) in their final series of the season. The Titans and Matadors will have a doubleheader on Friday starting at 4 p.m. and finish their season on Saturday with a noon game.

For more information on the softball team and their run toward the end of the season, visit FullertonTitans.com.

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