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Cleaning up Mihaylo

University singers play Meng

Business Inter-Club Council cleans up cigarette butts at Mihaylo Hall

University Singers and Concert Choir performed at Meng Concert Hall Saturday

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The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

ECS unit waiver OK’d

Magic Johnson to speak in spring ASI Board of Directors has approved $40,000 of Johnson’s speaking fee

Nine GE unit waiver for College of Engineering and Computer Science approved by senate

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Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors has approved $40,000 to bring retired NBA legend and businessman Earvin “Magic” Johnson to campus to deliver a talk at Cal State Fullerton in the spring. The funds were allocated to the Business Inter-Club Council (BICC) from ASI’s contingency fund. “We have never actually allocated funding until this year to a specific speaker event, and it was only through the hard work of NSM (Natural Science and Mathematics) last year partnering with a lot of the ICCs that we brought one of the first high-rated speakers here to campus, which was Bill Nye,” said Chief Governmental Officer Kelsey Brewer. Following the success of Nye’s keynote speech at the Explorations in Citizen Science symposium in March, the 2013-2014 ASI Board of Directors allocated $40,000 to the executive senate budget for an event hosting a high-profile speaker, Brewer said. The vast majority of Johnson’s $90,000 speaking fee was paid by the ASI funds and a $40,000 donation from Anil Puri, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business and Economics, but many campus clubs and ICCs also donated. The CSUF Athletics Department will provide the use of Titan Stadium as a venue for the event. SEE MAGIC

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Senior Adriana Gjonovich scored her only goal of the season at the perfect time to defeat Cal Poly 1-0 in the regular season finale.

Undefeated in Big West Titans cap off miraculous 2014 regular season with unbeaten Big West record

RUDY CHINCHILLA Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team clinched the Big West Conference regular season championship Sunday, beating Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 1-0 at Titan Stadium. “This is an absolutely great result for the program. I am incredibly proud and impressed with our women,” said CSUF Head Coach Demian Brown. “To be able to battle the way that we did, not just today, but throughout the course of our conference season—to conclude with a game like this is absolutely tremendous.” The Titans were eager to win, not just for the opportunity at a regular season title, but also for the opportunity to send off the team’s seniors in style. “Our conversation in the locker room was, ‘They don’t want it

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After winning the conference tournament last year, Cal State Fullerton dominated Big West competition in the regular season as they hope for another NCAA Tournament bid.

like we do. This is our home field, this is our senior day and this is our time, and we’re not going to let them take something from us that they don’t deserve,’” said winger Adriana Gjonovich. The Titans were honoring five departing players on senior day, including Gjonovich and team captain Chelsey Patterson.

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After deliberating for over an hour, the Academic Senate approved a nine-unit general education exemption for students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) in a divisive vote at their meeting Thursday. Students in the ECS college will not be required to complete the A.3 Critical Thinking, B.2 Life Science and D.5 Social Science portions of general education. Current students will be grandfathered in to the exemption and will not be required to complete the courses if they haven’t already. The exemption will take effect depending on the provisions of the signatures by CSUF President Mildred García and California State University Chancellor Timothy White. The proposal drew heavy criticism from the body, and narrowly made it past the General Education Committee of the senate. In January 2013, the California State University Board of Trustees limited all majors except specialty degrees to 120 units, a move that has been widely criticized and denounced by the CSU Academic Senate in a resolution passed in May. “This isn’t equal. This isn’t quality. This isn’t preserving the best interests of our students, necessarily. This is meeting a requirement,” said Academic Senator Nancy Fitch, Ph.D., chair of the Department of History, at the senate meeting. SEE ECS

Three potential TSU designs unveiled Design firms show campus possible outcomes of $20 million TSU renovation

JAMIE CORPUZ Daily Titan The final three design proposals for the impending Titan Student Union renovation were revealed to the campus for the first time last week at the Titan Student Centers (TSC) Governing Board meeting. Students will have a chance this week to review the designs and submit feedback forms at drop-in sessions, which will be held through Wednesday. The TSC Governing Board and members of the Facilities and Planning Management team will consider the feedback before choosing the new design. The designs will not be posted online, and the dropin sessions are the only chance students will have to provide feedback on proposed designs. The three teams of contractors and architects designed their proposed renovations to the TSU, keeping the $20 million budget in mind. The budget for the redesign

project was approved last September using funds that come from available Associated Students, Inc. and TSC program reserves, said Kurt Borsting, TSC director. Over the next few weeks, the technical proposals for each of the designs will be reviewed by a committee consisting of student representatives as well as design and construction staff, including Jay Bond, Cal State Fullerton’s campus architect and the associated vice president for Facilities and Planning Management. The Governing Board’s requests obligated the architects to expand into the patio areas to the south and east of the TSU and to utilize the Garden Cafe as a sunken courtyard. These spaces would be incorporated with the existing first floor and basement levels, and redesigned as a “wow space” where students can collaborate and hangout. The second floor, which houses student government and administrative offices, will be redesigned to improve circulation, create more open work spaces and relocate office spaces according to departments and programs.

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Students view potential designs for the Titan Student Union during the first drop-in session last week.

The three proposed designs The architects who designed the Student Recreation Center are among the teams vying to redesign the TSU. The C.W. Driver and Gensler team

also designed the Facebook headquarters, the AT&T Foundry and Airbnb office in San Francisco. Gensler’s designer, Li Wen, described their plan as free-flowing and climate appropriate, engaging

the indoors with the outdoors. The “wow space” is created using tiered staircase-like lounge areas to create a three-story multi-purpose amphitheatre style atrium that will connect the TSU

Underground to the first level up to the second floor offices. The design is very fluid and open, but still creates somewhat separated nooks and levels. SEE TSU

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Associated Students, Inc. and Anil Puri, Ph.D., Dean of Mihaylo College of Business and Economics each contributed $40,000 to pay the speaking fee for Magic Johnson, retired NBA legend and entrepreneur.

BICC President Lydia Wang and her team have been presenting to different ICCs and gathering student surveys online and around campus to allow students to voice their opinions on a big speaker for next year. After gathering 893

student surveys, Johnson won out against comedian Kevin Hart and Shark Tank judges Barbara Corcoran and Daymond John. “Magic Johnson touches a lot of different generations as well, so I know that he will help bring a lot of attention to the school, not only for students on

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campus but for the community around us,” Wang said. The reception from the board was mixed with concerns such as relevancy of topics, funding and success of the event. During the discussion, board members and executive staff had some reservations about

giving such a large amount of money to one college over another. “It’s not really our money; it’s the students’ money and we have to think what they would want us to spend their money on. When students pay their fees, they want to see something big happen

from it,” said Katy Johnson, College of Health and Human Development board member. Once the BICC has solidified 99 percent of their funds, they can begin other marketing and fundraising such as raffling sports merchandise and a meet-andgreet with Johnson.

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Fitch plead that the senate should not pass a proposal as a reaction to the unit cap without first looking for other options. “If we’re going to pass this, we need to make it really clear that we don’t believe we’re preserving quality,” Fitch said. “We don’t for a minute think this is quality education.” Much of the disagreement came from the critical thinking exemption. Academic senator Jon Bruschke, professor of human communications at CSUF, cited a study that shows critical thinking education increases grade point average, the likelihood that the student will attend graduate school and students’ chances of getting a job in their field. “The vote was a significant loss for engineering students, and a deep and painful blow to those of us who have dedicated our lives to the teaching and studying of critical thinking,” Bruschke said following the approval. “It won’t better prepare engineers. It won’t speed up graduation times, but it will put our campus badly out of step with organizations like the American Association for the Advancement of Science that are calling for more critical thinking curricula, not less.” Had the proposal failed,

the senate would have had to argue a compelling academic reason for an exemption to the CSU Board of Trustees, which has never approved an exemption to the unit cap. Exempting ECS students from general education units is the product of a years-long process the college has gone through to reduce unit count from as many as 142 units.

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College of ECS Raman Unnikrishnan, Ph.D., at the senate meeting. The proposal came about as a reaction to the unit cap and the situation would have differed if the college had the luxury of constructing curriculum from the ground up, Unnikrishnan said. Following the approval of the proposal, Unnikrishnan said he felt relieved. “The alternative would have dragged on this discussion unnecessarily,” Unnikrishnan said. “The senate as a large body, even though there are individual differences and very strong views, as a university body has always done what is right.” Having a cap of 120 units is part of being a public institution and the system of checks, balances and directives that colleges must abide by, and the college must do everything to make sure they follow what the system calls for, Unnikrishnan said. The college is currently in the process of revising curriculum to adjust for the removal of the nine units by making changes to a complicated flowchart of ECS course requirements. It is more than just removing three “bricks” in the required coursework, Unnikrishnan said. The college will look at program structures to ensure balance of workload.

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Commercial spaceship crashes One pilot, Michael Alsbury, died and anoter, Peter Siebold, was injured after a Virgin Galactic spaceship separated from its mothership in flight and crash-landed minutes after takeoff Friday afternoon. Alsbury and Siebold were the only ones aboard SpaceShipTwo, a ship specially designed to take up to six passengers over 76 miles above Earth to spend about 10 minutes exploring the atmosphere and experiencing zero-gravity. The flights are planned to cost up to $250,000. An investigation is underway and could take up to a year to discover exactly what went wrong. - BRYAN CIFUENTES

Hit-and-run kills three teenagers Several arrests have been made following the hit-and-run deaths of three teenage trickor-treaters in Santa Ana Friday night. The girls, all 13, were crossing the street in a crosswalk on East Fairhaven Avenue near North Grand Avenue when they were struck by a Honda CRV. All three died on the scene. The SUV was found in a nearby shopping center and was traced to an address, but the vehicle’s owner no longer lives there. Based on witness reports, police conducted a manhunt over the weekend for the driver and the passenger. It was unclear whether the owner of the car is one of the suspects. - ROSELYNNE REYES

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Perkins+Will’s design added a bright orange floating extension off the second floor which would overhang and create a shade along the outdoor entryways. The extension’s interior would house additional administrative boardrooms. Much of the plan focuses on creating new workspace suites with feature walls and whiteboard surfaces and breakrooms for the student government and administrative offices. Their “wow space” plan also includes an atrium, but one that is very open with a skylight, like an inner court of a shopping mall. Their concept for this design was the idea of “seeing and being seen.” “We really wanted the students to be on display,” said Sing Sing Lee, project designer for

Perkins+Will. Steinberg and PCL Construction, which designed the Gastronome and the student housing residence halls, hopes to bring a tall and sleek look to the TSU with floor to ceiling untinted glass. The “wow space,” also an atrium, is described as open and flexible. The second floor opens in the middle and looks down into the lower level court, much like a mall. The square opening in the middle creates spaces along the sidelines: a lounge area for students, a board room on one side and an entrance to administrative offices on another side. Should all things go according to plan, construction would begin summer 2015 and the new facilities would open spring 2017, Borsting said.

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Members of the Cal State Fullerton Business Inter-Club Council clean up trash and cigarette butts in the orange groves adjacent to Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics Thursday in an effort to make a statement to fellow students to keep the campus clean.

Students kick the butts out Business Inter-Club Council cleans up the Mihaylo orange groves to better its image

ROSELYNNE REYES Daily Titan The Business Inter-Club Council (BICC) is doing its part to make Cal State Fullerton a little cleaner. Members picked up trash and cigarette butts in and around the orange groves next to the College of Business and Economics last Thursday. The idea to clean up the area came to BICC President Lydia Wang after passing through the groves to her business classes from the parking structure and

seeing cigarette butts “everywhere,” Wang said. Even with a campuswide smoking ban since last August, the benches in between the orange groves have remained a popular spot with smokers. As a result, cigarette butts continue to litter the seating area within the groves. As president of a business club, Wang said she believes that the trash reflects poorly on the college behind it. She decided to do something about it and enlisted the help of her executive board. BICC is composed of 10 executive board members

and about 20 representatives from every club within the College of Business and Economics.

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LYDIA WANG President of Business Inter-Club Council The 10 executive board members met up, distributed

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gloves and bags and went to work. “All of our students are from Mihaylo,” Wang said. “I think it was a really great way for them to contribute back.” While there are plans to do this again this semester with all of their members, Wang said she doesn’t want this to be a regular activity. Instead, the council hopes that this effort helps make a statement to their fellow students. “I really hope that I don’t have to do it again, just so that students can stop littering and also stop smoking on campus,” Wang said.

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The two ensembles were led by conductors Christopher Gravis and Christopher Peterson. Gravis counducted the University Singers and Peterson conducted the Concert Choir. Two guest conductors were prominent; conductor Larry Timm and graduate student Ray Medina. Medina is working on his master’s degree in choral conducting here at Cal State Fullerton.

Concert displays student vocalists The University Singers and Concert Choir performed Saturday in the Meng Concert Hall

DARRELL KING Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton University Singers and Concert Choir performed Saturday night in Meng Concert Hall. Led by CSUF Conductors Christopher Gravis and Christopher Peterson, each performed as ensembles in two different segments. The Concert Choir, led by Peterson, performed the first seven songs of the night.

They were greeted with cheers from the audience as they approached the stage and readied themselves for their performance. The crowd was captivated by the grace and tone the Concert Choir sang with from the very beginning. The first song of the night was O Clap Your Hands by Ralph Vaughan Williams, a prominent European musician in the 1920s. Jabula Jesu, an African folk song by Stephen Hatfield, is based on emotion and spirituality. It got the crowd going as the sounds from the bongo drum created a special

atmosphere in the room. Peterson, a professor of music at CSUF, had full command of the choir the entire night and was satisfied with his students’ expressive performance. “We wanted the audience to be moved by our singing. We wanted to give our gifts to them, and I felt our students were engaged and I felt like they gave everything they had,” Peterson said. He said the students have been rehearsing the music since the end of August. “We have some of the best students here at Cal State Fullerton,” Peterson said.

“Our students are dedicated, they’re talented, they work really hard and they’re nice people, very professional.” After the performance of Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noel, a special guest and prominent conductor, Larry Timm, led the choir in Song for the Mira. The piece was written by Allister MacGillivray, a singer and songwriter from Nova Scotia, Canada. Hold on, a modern take on a classic African-American spiritual, was the last song performed before intermission. The Concert Choir was

given a huge round of applause and standing ovation by the audience. The second half of the show was led by Gravis. All of the songs performed captured the audience’s attention, but the one that stood out most was Mass in G Minor by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Graduate student Ray Medina conducted the University Singers’ last song. “I’m getting my master’s degree here in choral conducting, so it’s definitely an honor to stand in front of those singers. It’s pretty powerful when you’re standing that close to them and making

music. It’s not a very difficult job when you’re working with singers like that,” Medina said. The University Singers and the Concert Choir were applauded by friends and family afterwards. Everyone left Meng Hall with smiles on their faces. CSUF music student Marina Macias was one of the many in attendance who enjoyed the concert. “It was not only very inspiring, but very impressive. It made me realize I have a lot to learn, which is a good thing,” Macias said.

Glass and Ceramics show opens at Grand Central Art lovers can buy the art on display at the annual Glass and Ceramics art show

AMBER UDDIN Daily Titan The Glass and Ceramics exhibit opened Saturday at Grand Central Art Center (GCAC) in Santa Ana featuring glass and ceramic art from the local community and Cal State Fullerton students. Almost all of the artwork in the exhibit is for sale, so visitors can take a unique piece of art home with them if they choose. The exhibit features everything from uniquely glazed mugs and crackled clay to glass vases and hand-blown glass figurines. Beautiful handcrafted bells and jewelry are also on display. Visitors perused the dozens of one-of-a-kind pieces that included small pieces of jewelry and 3-inch vases. Many of the pieces were purchased within the first couple of hours, but according to GCAC Director and Chief Curator John Spiak, there are more pieces that have yet to be displayed. The exhibition is an annual tradition for GCAC and many artists look forward to having their work featured as much as visitors look forward to buying the new items on display. Lise Orwig, a student at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at CSUF, said she was drawn to the exhibit because of her interest in ceramics. Orwig and her husband, Carey, spend their time in the museum admiring the pieces and speculating

about the different techniques the artists could have used to create them. “I am going to OLLI at Cal State Fullerton and taking a ceramics class, so I suddenly developed this eye and interest in looking at all of the things that people make,” Orwig said. The exhibit features both decorative and functional pieces that can be used at home, like mugs and plate. Each artist used their own unique textures and techniques in their works. “The quality is really good. I was looking at some of the smaller pieces. Obviously, everything in here is done by people who know what they are doing, and it’s wonderful to see this many different artists displayed,” said Carey Orwig as he examined a stoneware vase by Brandon Lipe. Artists and passersby were able to take a look at the bottles, bowls, handblown glass ornaments and clay teapots. “I used to paint a long time ago,” said music major Seta Oknaian, who was visiting GCAC from the San Fernando Valley. “I think it’s great. You know, we should have more of these kinds of exhibits. We don’t have enough ... young people should be really encouraged to do more arts.” Oknaian said her favorite piece was a clay mug by artist Annie Nguyen. “I was born in Cairo, Egypt and it’s nice to see clay stuff. Egyptians have a lot of clay things,” Oknaian said. The exhibit is open to the public and will have new pieces on display until Jan. 11, 2015.

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National park art a cause for concern Creative expression is important, but artists should post their art in the right locations.

ALEX GROVES Daily Titan Imagine the pristine beauty of Crater Lake in Oregon, a place marked by crystalline blue water and vibrant green pine trees amidst rocky cliffs. That placid and idyllic landscape was one of dozens across the country to have its beauty violently interrupted with cartoonish artwork painted in garish shades of color. Not only do such drawings negatively impact the aesthetic of an otherwise beautiful landscape, they’re also illegal. The primary suspect for the vandalisms is Casey Nocket, 21, who is being investigated by officials at the National Park Service (NPS). Nocket shared the paintings on her Instagram account, @creepytings, until the account was recently deleted. She is believed to be responsible for paintings in Joshua Tree, Death Valley, the Colorado National Monument, Rocky Mountain in Colorado, Crater Lake in Oregon and Zion and Canyonlands in Utah. Nocket has defended the work through social media, calling it art. Whether the work is art or not is debatable. What is not debatable is the illegality of Nocket’s alleged actions. The Code of Federal Regulations, which applies to

national parks, defines vandalism as “destroying, injuring, defacing or damaging property or real property.” Nocket used acrylic paint, a hard to remove substance, to alter the appearance of rocks. Park officials are still unsure of how to clean off rocks in a way that doesn’t involve scraping them. She could very well be looking at jail time in addition to fines if the NPS decides to prosecute. Vandalism in public parks can be considered a felony, rather than a misdemeanor, if the damage is extensive enough or in specially-protected areas. In our modern era, there are hundreds of options for individuals to express themselves creatively while remaining within the boundaries of the law. Nocket, who apparently has an affinity for social media, could have disseminated images of her artwork on deviantART, Twitter and Instagram, even if it was in more obscure locations. These sites function as platforms for getting a person’s art to a large audience. She could have gotten her work commissioned by a municipal or state agency. The National Assembly of State Art Agencies has information on the 27 states that have public art or percent for art programs. Oregon, Utah and Colorado— three of the states Nocket placed her artwork—have such programs. Nocket could have also worked to be included as part of an art gallery or

exhibit. Clara Lieu, an adjunct professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, wrote a piece last year on how she worked to get included in galleries and exhibitions as a young and blossoming artist. It was a process that included searching galleries in her local area online and contacting each and every one of them to see if she could have her work shown. Talking about the illegal nature of drawing and painting in national parks doesn’t quite reach the heart of the issue, which is that these lands belong to everyone. They have been set aside by the federal government for the enjoyment of generation after generation. There’s something truly magical about seeing them in their unadulterated beauty with their crystal blue waters, huge trees or deep canyons; there is something other-worldly, which is probably why they were saved and set apart to begin with. Nocket should be held accountable for her actions. She should be prosecuted and made to pay fines and restitution for essentially what amounts to a form of vandalism if she’s responsible for what happened. That form of consequence would serve as a lesson to wannabe copy cats—while there’s nothing wrong with creative expression, there is something wrong with using public lands as a platform for it.

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Despite being out with a torn ACL since the Titans’ game against Hawaii, Patterson started the match. She got a touch on the ball before being substituted off 13 seconds after the opening whistle and continued to inspire her teammates despite being forced to sit out. “Seeing Chelsey Patterson go down, who was the stronghold of our team in the center—that just put that fire in our hearts that this is a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity and there’s nothing that we’re ever going to get like it,” Gjonovich said. After the emotional sendoff, the game kicked off. In the second minute, Gjonovich fired wide, a rare instance of attack for the Titans, who struggled to find their rhythm throughout much of the first half. The lack of sharpness from CSUF allowed Cal Poly to begin mounting some pressure. The Mustangs had a chance to go ahead in the 22nd minute

courtesy of Elise Krieghoff’s shot, but thankfully for the Titans, goalkeeper Jennifer Stuart made the save. Rebecca Wilson tried to create something for Fullerton in the 26th minute, but she fired wide of the net. In the 40th minute, Emily Hansen tried her luck for Cal Poly SLO, but her shot was also off target. In total, the first half ended with only five combined shots, as both teams struggled to score. The Titans started hot after halftime. In the 47th minute, Serena Smith-Banas got a head on the ball, but her attempt couldn’t find the back of the net, and Gjonovich’s effort in the 51st minute sailed over the crossbar. Fullerton was able to force two saves from Mustang goalkeeper Alyssa Giannetti. She denied senior Brianna Chapman in the 62nd minute and then did the same to Christina Burkenroad in the 70th. The dam finally broke in the 82nd minute. Burkenroad dribbled down the right flank and sent a

cross over to the far post to Gjonovich, who slotted in the winning goal. “The easiest goal of my soccer career: right on the line,” Gjonovich said. “The first goal of my senior year, and no better time to score it.” The lone goal was enough for the Titans to win the regular season crown. “There was a point in our season where we could have packed bags and considered it a loss. And to be able to keep consistent with our thoughts and training and get to the point where we are today is just a major credit to our women,” Brown said. They will now look ahead toward the Big West Tournament, which begins Thursday in San Luis Obispo. The Titans will play Cal State Northridge in the semifinals. “This happened to us two years ago, where we won the conference and didn’t win the tournament, and nothing is a gut check like that,” Gjonovich said. “We don’t want to experience that feeling again.”

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Junior Christina Burkenroad has been a key initiator for the Titans all year, keeping the offense afloat throughout the difficult Big West Conference slate of games.

Cross country has strong showing in Riverside Both the men’s and women’s teams finished fifth as Titans focus on NCAA Regionals

JOSEPH ANDERSON Daily Titan Both the Cal State Fullerton men’s and women’s cross country teams finished in fifth place at the Big West Championships on Saturday at the Ag/Ops Course in Riverside. In Fullerton’s second appearance on the course this season, the Titans seemed comfortable as they had an

impressive showing against their conference foes. The men’s team was paced by sophomore Jose Penaloza, while Tejera Dial led the women’s contingent. For the second consecutive season, the Fullerton women finished fifth in the conference meet, and their 149 points fell two shy of their best finish in the event all-time when the Titans finished fourth. Dial was the top finisher for the women’s team, posting a time of 21:41.3 to finish in 18th place in the 6k

course. Junior Emily Taylor was close behind, finishing 25th with a time of 21:51.0. Junior Ana Valdovinos was the other top-30 finisher for Fullerton, earning the 30th spot by coming in at 21:58.0. “The women’s team looked good early on, but we tailed off a bit toward the end of the competition,” Head Coach John Elders said to FullertonTitans.com. “Tejera Dial really posted a breakthrough performance to lead the women. Overall, it was a positive meet and

I’m very proud of all our student-athletes.” UC Davis won the Big West Championship on the women’s side, edging out two-time defending champion Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The Aggies had five of the top 15 runners in the event. The Titan men’s fifth place finish tied their best showing since 2006. Penaloza led the way for the men’s squad, completing the 8k course in 24:43.5. His 14th place finish was the best for a Titan in the

conference meet since Jordan Horn finished 10th in 2006. Freshman Samuel Garcia and sophomore Daniel Ramirez were the next Titans to finish on Saturday, finishing in 20th and 29th place with times of 24:48.0 and 25:11.8, respectively. “I’m really proud of our guys as we were able to muster up one of the best finishes over the past eight seasons,” Elders said to FullertonTitans.com. “Jose (Penaloza) ran a really solid race, while we expect a strong

performance from him as he also yearns to run at an elite level on the big stage. Sam (Garcia) also posted a good race, overcoming many obstacles and showing a great deal of perseverance to get to this point.” UC Santa Barbara clinched the men’s title, ending Cal Poly SLO’s four-year run as conference champion. Cal State Fullerton will now head to the NCAA West Regional Championships held at Stanford University on Nov. 14.

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