Thoreau play amazes audiences
Men’s soccer advances
Philosophical play opens in the Young Theatre with themes of moral justice.
The Titans beat UC Davis 2-1 Saturday to move on in the Big West Tournament.
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The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
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Crowd grills CSUF admins Students ask questions of campus leaders in Pizza with the Presidents event Thursday
JAMIE CORPUZ & CYNTHIA PLEITEZ Daily Titan
COURTESY OF THE BIG WEST CONFERENCE
CSUF has not lost a single Big West game all year, continuing its dominant streak with two wins in the Big West Tournament to clinch a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
Back-to-back champions Christina Burkenroad leads Titans to NCAA Tournament for second consecutive year
JOSEPH ANDERSON & RUDY CHINCHILLA Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team won its second consecutive Big West Tournament championship Sunday at Alex G. Spanos Stadium in San Luis Obispo. CSUF began its road to the title Thursday, downing Cal State Northridge 1-0.
“We’re in places where we wanted to be, where we’re meant to be and to make sure that we behave accordingly and react and respond in situations accordingly. We’re not just visiting, this is where we’re meant to be,” CSUF Head Coach Demian Brown told FullertonTitans.com. The Titans headed into the game on a five-game winning streak. Ironically, the first win in that stretch came against Northridge. A Rebecca Wilson spot kick lifted Fullerton over the
Matadors on Oct. 19. It took a little longer than usual for Fullerton to get the ball rolling. The Titans, who normally are able to get off a shot within the first two minutes of a match, had to wait until the fifth minute for Amanda Howard to create the first chance. Howard’s shot went wide, but so did the headed attempt of CSUN’s Kendall Moskai 10 minutes later. Both teams would continue to misfire until the 33rd
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Left: Cristian Sanchez, a CSUF business administration major, pitches “Guppy Tank Jr.,” a program which teaches children entrepreneurial skills. Right: A panel of judges, including Dan Black (far left)–whose donation named Dan Black Hall–and Geneva Acholonu (middle), a previous Fast Pitch Competition winner watch pitches.
Making the pitch in just 60 sec.
Competing for scholarships, students pitch concepts for products to panel of judges
DARRELL KING Daily Titan Innovative business ideas can take years to develop, plan and eventually pitch. But sometimes all you have is 60 seconds. That’s exactly the challenge that groups of innovative high school and college students had at the Fast Pitch hosted Saturday
by the Cal State Fullerton Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education. Teams from nearly 20 high schools and universities pitched their business ideas to a panel of judges, hoping to grab the honor of winning the competition as well as the scholarships that come with victory. “It was exhilarating. Just getting up there for the first time,” said CSUF business major Brian Brady. “It’s
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amazing, just the thrill and energy that comes to you when you have such an idea that you love, and you get out there and present it.” Brady earned third place and a $500 scholarship with his product, “Cybertext,” an online book-renting company that would allow students to rent textbooks for a small fee on their laptop, phone or tablet only when they need it. Student teams pitched
their ideas to a panel of judges that included CSUF alumnus Dan Black, entrepreneur Vas Arora and previous Fast Pitch winner Geneva Acholonu. Joining them to judge the business ideas were Suzanne DeRossett, president of Empire Building Services, and local businessman Bill Taormina. The competition took place in two parts. During the first half, contestants had 60 seconds to pitch
their business idea and give a brief explanation of their product to the crowd and judges. After each team completed their 60-second pitch, judges picked five finalists from both high school and college to enter the lightning round—a three-minute round during which judges were able to ask finalists in-depth questions about their product. SEE PITCH
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The $20 million redesign of the Titan Student Union was a center of contention Thursday during a dual-purpose Pizza with the Presidents town hall. The event was also an opportunity to give feedback on proposed TSU designs. Proposed designs drafted by three competing architecture firms were unveiled for the first time less than two weeks ago. Since then, the Titan Student Centers Governing Board, which approved the redesign, has sought feedback on potential designs through open forums held on campus. Representatives from the Fullerton chapter of Students for Quality Education, a student advocacy group, were concerned with the fact that $20 million had been allocated from reserves for the redesign. Carie Rael, a history grad student and member of the group, said there should be a way to divert funds from Associated Students, Inc. and the student centers to help the campus in ways that would benefit the campus as a whole, like repairing and reopening the closed floors of Pollak Library, she said. Floors 1, 4, 5 and 6 of Pollak Library South have been closed since the magnitude 5.1 La Habra-centered quake in March. The floors are likely to stay closed for at least another three years as the library prepares for a large-scale renovation that was planned before the earthquake. Students at the Thursday meeting asked for a stronger push from Associated Students to both distribute funds and change the way funds are allocated to allow money to be diverted to emergency needs within the university. “ASI is a state-incorporated entity and (California State Student Association) could come together and allocate funds that would come from ASI fees to pay for something like the library, especially in cases where a university doesn’t have access to books. That’s the issue,” Rael said. Associated Students representatives did not acknowledge a resolution for redistribution of funds for library repair. “These fees were also allocated before the library earthquake happened, so there is no way for us to kind of use these exact fees for that because they were allocated in the past and they were saved up in the past for this expansion,” said Associated Students Executive Vice President Michael Badal. SQE, however, is demanding more action and accountability from Associated Students. SEE PIZZA
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