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No haunted garden this year

Titans take down Northridge

Lack of funds, volunteers prevents Arboretum’s annual Halloween event

CSUF women’s soccer earned a key conference victory over CSUN

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Monday October 20, 2014

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

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Volume 96 Issue 27

Cooling tower work begins Multi-million dollar project will add another cooling tower to improve building cooling times

AUBREY SAULS Daily Titan

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Over 60 runners took part in the Sautrday Costume Dash Fun Run, with proceeds going to support the Student Recreation Center. Shelby Hernandez, a junior sophomore kinesiology major, won the race dressed as an athletic version of The Flash.

Scaring up SRC support ASI-hosted Halloween run draws over 60 runners to costumed 5k race

ALEXANDER DOMINGUEZ Daily Titan Ghosts and ghouls raced superheroes and zombies around campus Saturday in the name of fitness and charity. The Halloween-themed race saw Cal State Fullerton students and alumni, along with local community members, dressed in costume for the annual Costume Dash Fun Run which benefits the Student Recreation Center (SRC). The event, put on by Associated Students, Inc. (ASI), took place in front of the SRC from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and included a DJ, live band and food, in addition to the 5K run. Over 60 people in costumes varying from superheroes, to children’s characters, to horror themes participated. “I think it’s been really successful,” said Kris Cuasay, a sophomore kinesiology major who volunteered at the event. “It looks like they’re having a lot of fun.” The course took the runners through and around the CSUF campus. SEE RUN

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To keep up with a growing campus, Cal State Fullerton has begun construction on a third tower in the Central Plant. The tower will improve capabilities of cooling systems and increase the speed at which buildings can be cooled down, according to CSUF officials. Funding for the $2 million project will come from CSUF’s utilities budget. The tower is expected to be completed by the 2015 spring semester. Two existing towers at the Central Plant store hot or cold water to be used by the the $20 million Trigeneration Plant, known as TriGen, that was built in 2010. The campus creates about half the energy it uses—using solar panels and a 4.4 megawatt natural gas powered turbine. TriGen gets its name from the three components it uses: electricity, chilled water and hot water. The TriGen plant cools water with two environmentally friendly 1,310 ton absorption chillers, which operate like a massive version of a car’s radiator. The chillers use water as a refrigerant, eliminating the need for chemicals that can deplete the ozone layer. TriGen operates cleaner than the coal-burning plant that preceded it. Building the third tower for TriGen also involves manufacturing controls, piping and valves. SEE TOWER 2

Cooking class caters to vegetarians Gastronome and Health Center join together in celebration of Vegetarian Awareness Month

KRISTINA HILLIARD Daily Titan An aroma of spices filled Pine Residence Hall Room 140 Wednesday as students learned how to prepare healthy vegetarian and vegan dishes. Cal State Fullerton’s Health Center recently wrapped up its first vegetarian cooking class in honor of Vegetarian Awareness Month. The Health Center partnered with the Gastronome to deliver different food options to students with different food preferences, as well as educate students on healthier choices. The motivation for the class came from the success of a previous cooking class held in the spring semester, which had the same goal of giving students better food options. “A lot of students had questions about it and they were so thrilled that we had this provided for them, so we wanted to provide it again. So this is Vegetarian Awareness Month, so we wanted

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The Cal State Fullerton Health Center partnered with the Gastronome to host a vegan and vegetarian cooking class in honor of Vegetarian Awareness Month. Both vegetarians and meat-lovers attended the Wednesday class.

something a little bit different,” said Caitlen Busch, peer health counselor. On the menu was a lentil stew, a vegetable enriched smoothie, salad with homemade strawberry vinaigrette dressing and haupia for desert. The demonstration was put on by one of the

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Gastronome’s sous chefs. “I think its just good skills for the future, so you know when you grow up how to cook for yourself and make yourself your own food and be healthy at the same time. I had a blast and it was really good food,” said Nick Mantilla, third year health science

major. “It was really helpful to know good substitutes (to meat).” Vegetarians and meat-lovers alike came to watch the demonstration and learn about healthier options. Jennifer Fong, a 21-yearold health science major and vegetarian of six years, also

came to enjoy the class. “America’s meat industry is a little weird, I don’t really support that and its just a healthier lifestyle,” Fong said. “I was really excited when there was a cooking class that was specifically about vegetarian food because I feel like you don’t really see that a lot

of the time or anything that’s specifically geared towards vegetarians and it can be hard to eat anywhere when there aren’t that many options besides salads to eat.” Darany Hoang, a health educator at the Student Health and Counseling Center, was also responsible for coordinating the event. For Hoang, an event like this was very important to put on for the students. It helped teach students that the key factors to a healthy lifestyle include nutrition and balanced food intake. “We contacted the Gastronome and we partnered with them. This is our second cooking class and based on the month, since October is Vegetarian Awareness Month, we decided to go with a vegetarian meal,” Hoang said. In addition to the healthy turnout at the vegetarian cooking class, the Student Health and Counseling Center is hoping for another big turnout at their next event for students, which will be “Nightmare on Phun Street,” an alcohol awareness event to teach students to make better and smarter choices using alcohol. VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM


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