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Titans strike gold against 49ers, win third straight cup

García denies appeal Math professor Alain Bourget’s reprimand stands SPENCER CUSTODIO Daily Titan

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The Titans ended a dominating season with a hard-fought win against rivals Long Beach State. CSUF managed to sneak by the 49ers by one goal, clinching an NCAA Tournament spot in the process.

Women’s soccer retains the Big West Tournament cup RUDY CHINCHILLA Daily Titan In a repeat of the 2014 Big West Conference Tournament final, the Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team took on the the Long Beach

State 49ers, seeking to defend its tournament crown for the third time in a row.

Both teams came into the game on the end of hardfought semifinal victories, with Long Beach downing UC Riverside 1-0 in overtime, and Fullerton dispatching UC Santa Barbara 4-2 after battling back from being down 2-1.

In the end, though, the sides played out a tight game that saw CSUF come out as champions with a 1-0 win. Senior

forward Christina Burkenroad also claimed her second consecutive Big West Tournament MVP trophy.

Sunday’s game had extra meaning to it, given that the winner would not only be Big West Tournament champion, but would get an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. For Fullerton, that would signal a third straight NCAA Tournament appearance.

And while Thursday’s game

against the Gauchos was dictated by astute tactical tinkering, CSUF Head Coach Demian Brown deviating from his usual 4-4-2 in favor of a 4-3-3 and then a 4-2-3-1/4-5-1 when things weren’t working out for him, Sunday’s game proved to be more a war of attrition.

“It was always going to be one of those games where it was not necessarily based on skill and playing the best soccer,” Brown said. “It was a final and you had to grind it out

and you had to be tougher than your opponent.”

The game was full of half-chances and expert clearances from both sets of defenders and goalkeepers.

One of the few clear-cut goalscoring opportunities fell Fullerton’s way in the seventh minute, but the Titans were denied thanks to a fine double save from Long Beach goalkeeper Imani McDonald.

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CSUF alumnus debuts new play Bev Arrowsmith presents play at STAGEStheatre ERICA BUESA Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton alumna Bev Arrowsmith is an actor, director and playwright whose newest production is titled “Packages.”

The play had its first stage reading Saturday at STAGEStheatre, a local playhouse in Fullerton. Her play was chosen to be featured by the Orange County Playwrights Alliance (OCPA) and there were only two rehearsals before Saturday’s performance.

Besides being a member of OCPA, Arrowsmith also belongs to the Dramatists Guild and SAG-AFTRA. As a mother of two, Arrowsmith said one of her

fond memories of attending CSUF in the early 1990s was the opportunity to attend school with her daughter.

“She was doing her undergrad when I was doing my master’s and we were in the same theater arts department together,” Arrowsmith said.

Arrowsmith’s daughter, Michele Arrowsmith-Rowe, graduated with a degree in dance and was a part of the first graduating class with this certification from CSUF. Like her mother, she is an actor and member of SAG-AFTRA. Arrowsmith uses her directorial skills as an acting professor at Saddleback Community College. She teaches an emeritus class where participants are at least 55 years of age. Although Arrowsmith never imagined becoming an educator, she loves teaching and enjoys the experience.

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Playwright and CSUF alumna Bev Arrowsmith presents a staged reading of her new play, “Packages” at STAGEStheatre in downtown Fullerton. The play is set to finalize next Chri stmas.

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Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García denied a letter of reprimand appeal

by Alain Bourget, Ph.D., on Thursday evening, when the president decided the reprimand would stand.

An administrative hearing was held for Bourget on Oct. 23, where he was able to plead his case before a faculty panel. The panel was unable to reach a decision, finding that both Bourget and the math department were at fault, so it deferred to García. She issued her decision the same day the panel deferred to her.

Bourget asked to use an alternative textbook for a spring 2014 Math 250B section. An email exchange between Bourget and Stephen Goode, Ph. D., math department chair, showed that the current text was never officially adopted through a department motion.

The book was written by Goode and co-authored by Math 250B course coordinator Scott Annin, Ph. D. “My recollection is that when my text became available (around 1989), we adopted it by unanimous consent so no formal motion was necessary,” Goode said in the Oct. 17, 2013 email.

There was a formal vote to place Goode and Annin’s book as the course-wide text in March 2014, nearly six months after Bourget asked to use an alternative text.

Months before the official vote took place, Bourget thought existing policy and the unanimous consent were too weak to be binding. He used an alternative text for the spring 2014 semester, which resulted in his reprimand letter on June 11, 2014.

Associate math professor Tyler McMillen, Ph. D., testified at the hearing that he sat on an ad hoc committee where four out of five members opted to allow Bourget to use a different text than Goode and Annin’s textbook.

Bourget wanted to use a book by MIT professor Gilbert Strang, Ph. D., because he thinks it is not only cheaper but also more effective.

Testimony from Robert Koch, Ph. D., former dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, refuted McMillen’s statements at the hearing. Koch said that that committee could not reach a general consensus.

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“(The ad hoc) committee was kind of a joke, to be honest,” Bourget said.

In her decision, García reasoned that Bourget didn’t have sufficient evidence at the hearing and allowed the reprimand to stand. Nothing in García’s response mentioned any policy surrounding math textbooks, or the vote to legitimize Goode’s text after Bourget used an alternative. Instead, she cited an article from the collective bargaining agreement between faculty and administration.

García was not present at Bourget’s appeal hearing.

Under the collective bargaining agreement of the California Faculty Association — a union for the

professors — the president had 21 days to either uphold the letter, overturn it or send the case to arbitration.

Carol Lundberg, chair of the Faculty Hearing Panel, sent Bourget a letter that held the panel’s decision, via campus mail just before noon Thursday. Lundberg and the panel found troublesome how the textbook was chosen and who was in charge of the operation.

“In a situation where the department chair (Goode) and course coordinator (Annin) are the authors of a multi-section course text, it seems especially prudent to create a process for deciding on course texts that enables faculty to express their honest views about a text. That process did not seem to be in place,” the letter read.

The panel found that there was a lack of policy and mechanism for textbook changes.

The panel also reasoned “that the department leadership authored the text, (which) created a situation wherein making a change was likely quite difficult.”

Bourget did not make his textbook change proposal in a timely manner, the panel reasoned.

In the letter, the panel also decided that the process of making a department consensus on a book was flawed. They cited the ad hoc committee, formed by Koch, that allegedly didn’t come to a consensus.

“We are not confident that members of that committee felt free to advocate for a change,” said the letter from the panel.

A bright blue light was seen in the skies of Orange County on Saturday night which was the result of a missile test in the Pacific Test Range, according to the OC Register.

Many onlookers mistook the test missile, which was launched by a nuclear-powered submarine, as a potential meteor or a UFO. According to Navy Cmdr. Ryan Perry, notifications about launches remain fully classified until the launch is made. Various test launches are conducted to ensure the functionality of the system by collecting information during the test.

Emergency lines were inundated with calls from residents who witnessed the event, said an Orange County sheriff’s 911 dispatcher.

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Marie Murgolo-Poore, Ph.D., spoke of her international experience working at universities in China, Australia and England.

Dean candidate talks business Finalist for dean of communications outlines experience DANIELLE ORTENZIO Daily Titan Marie Murgolo-Poore, Ph.D., was the final candidate to speak in an open forum Thursday for the College of Communications dean position. She explained how her background in business and international experience has prepared her for the position.

She began her work experience immersed in business, but switched to academia shortly after, she said. Murgolo-Poore said that, while working as a businesswoman, she noticed that her interns were unprepared for the job. She mentioned this trend to a program director in Australia, and she said he challenged her to “put your money where your mouth is, get over here and teach a class.”

Murgolo-Poore, an alumna of Cal State Fullerton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communications.

She obtained master’s and doctorate degrees in marketing from Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia.

The candidate for dean has international experience teaching in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, the University of the West Indies, University of London

and the University of Nevada, Reno.

The university in Australia where Murgolo-Poore taught had a large, diverse student body as well, she said.

Murgolo-Poore also said she felt she had found her calling as a professor.

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Years later, Murgolo-Poore said, she went from an being an academic tenured faculty member at a research university, to being an administrator at a community college in Northern Nevada. It was there that she started a number of student success initiatives.

As a director of department of business, which was then in the college’s school of social science and humanities, she turned a

“discredited department into a division of its own right.”

“Within two years we had the flagship transfer degree, graduation numbers had increased by 151 percent, retention had increased by 17 percent and enrollments had increased by 12 percent,” Murgolo-Poore said.

Murgolo-Poore said the skill set she developed in business was essential to her role as an administrator.

“Being able to budget, being able to understand how the budgets work, and to be able to support decision making with the fiscal responsibility that goes with it, is more and more important in education,” she said.

In the Q & A portion of the forum, Katie McGill, faculty member of University Advancement, asked what excited Murgolo-Poore most about the prospective job.

“What excites me is there’s a lot that needs to be done,” Murgolo-Poore answered. “I like to be challenged, and I like to take things to the next level. I like to make people feel really proud and fulfilled of what they’re doing.”

Murgolo-Poore acknowledged that she will have to work to earn respect, and is willing to do so. She also said transparency is important.

“It’s much better to understand exactly where you stand and why. ‘Why’ is important; I’m always willing to explain that,” Murgolo-Poore said.

A 23-year-old Fullerton resident was pronounced dead Saturday after being stabbed in the 1800 block of East Grove Avenue in Orange at around 9 p.m., according to the OC Register The victim, whose name has not yet been officially released, was a known gang member and authorities are investigating this case as a possible gang-related homicide.

The suspect has yet to be found and the Orange County Police Department is reaching out to the community looking for anyone with information on the incident.

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Leaders of China, Taiwan meet Chinese president Xi Jinping and Taiwanese president Ma Yingjeou met Saturday for a mostly symbolic meeting, the first between leaders of their countries in over 50 years, according to Al Jazeera.

Despite their proximity, the governments of the democratic island nation of Taiwan and the communist mainland China haven’t had a proper meeting since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.

There was some talk of building peace in the brief meeting. Xi expressed concerns over pro-independence forces in Taiwan as being the biggest threat to peaceful developments, while Ma spoke of worries over Chinese missile deployment.

Taiwanese protests broke out over the unapproved meeting with the communist leader, while people on Chinese social media grumbled over Ma’s commentary being censored in favor of Xi. - JASON ROCHLIN

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Geography Club hosts convention New research showcased at annual conference MEGAN TAMBIO for the Daily Titan The 20th annual “All Points of the Compass” geography convention, hosted by the Cal State Fullerton Geography Club, drew people from both on and off campus.

The event, held in the Titan Student Union on Friday, featured multiple speakers, many of whom were Cal State Fullerton alumni and faculty, who gave presentations on a variety of geography-centered topics.

“It’s interesting to see all the different people from all the different schools show up,” said Angie Hamilton, a member of the Geography Club since 2013, who helped out at the event for the first time. “We’ve had a lot of good feedback.”

San Bernardino Valley College student Sam Parker found the talk particularly interesting, noting how it opposed the “dominant narrative” of how income inequality causes conflict.

CSUF alumna Andrea Wittig presented her research on America’s public lands and natural resources. Inspired by her coursework at Fullerton, Wittig talked about the rises and falls in nature preservation within American government.

Wittig elaborated on public lands and how they belong to the American people. She said that people can do almost whatever they please, as long as it’s within the laws, on public lands such as nature

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Cal State Fullerton students presented their research at the “All Points of the Compass” geography convention, hosted by the CSUF Geography Club. Cynthia Davis featured her work on the demographics of communities at niche gatherings like Anime Expo in Los Angeles.

preserves and national parks.

Environmental acts like the clean water and clean air acts also helped to shape public lands, Wittig said. Endangered species legislation helped curb development of public lands to a minimum, she said.

CSUF professor Brian McCabe then gave a lecture on how conflict is shaped by geographical elements.

Using his “Intersecting Themes Model,” McCabe showed how historical conflicts were influenced by multiple circumstances such as economy, culture and state lines.

Using his model, McCabe was able to trace back some of the conflicts that

arose between Europe and Africa. He also illustrated how Ferguson, Mo. felt the effects of the model.

“We have culture and social creating a community tension ... which is really a form of dysfunctional cooperation,” McCabe said of the socioeconomic divide in Ferguson. The shooting of Michael Brown is the result of the tensions, McCabe said.

The convention then had a brief intermission where attendees could talk and look at poster displays of grad students’ research. The displays showed the diverse topics that geography covered. One poster, by CSUF student Cynthia Davis, featured thesis work on the

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Contestants at the Discovery Cube’s eighth annual pumpkin launch event calibrated their equipment before flinging the gourds across the Cal State Fullerton athletic fields Saturday.

demographics of temporary communities formed in niche gatherings like the Anime Expo in Los Angeles.

The sessions resumed with CSUF geography professor Mark Drayse, Ph.D., and students from the study abroad program in South Africa. Each student gave his or her own presentation about different aspects of the trip, including the history of apartheid, eco-friendly communities and the impoverished suburb of Langa in Cape Town.

“You can’t put a price on travel,” said Rwanda Carter, one of the students on the panel. “It’s important that we get out and understand how other people live.”

CSUF graduate student

Eric Foltz then discussed solar panel energy efficiency. Through intensive research, Foltz determined that equipping capable commercial and residential buildings with solar panels would exceed Irvine’s energy needs by 44 percent.

Andrew Shensky showcased an app he developed to bring school gardening into the modern era. The app not only allows students to learn about gardening but also create a digital log for their own class garden.

CSUF Waste Management Specialist Kevin Mattson outlined the campus’ goal for “zero waste,” discussing the various strides made in recent

years (recycling bins, reusable water bottle stations, hand dryers in restrooms) to reduce waste.

Keynote speaker Steve Herbert, a professor at University of Washington closed out the convention.

Herbert’s presentation explored the culture of police brutality through the example of John T. Williams, a Native American who was shot five times by an officer while carving a small, wooden totem in 2011.

The Geography club chose the keynote topic this year in addition to working on all aspects of the event.

“Everything you’re seeing is volunteer activity,” Salin said. “It’s a very student thing.”

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Pumpkins fly across CSUF fields in launching contest Event focused on teaching science to local children CONNIE LEE Daily Titan Pumpkins soared through the air Saturday the Discovery Cube’s eighth annual Pumpkin Launch event at Cal State Fullerton.

While members of the 16 different teams tested out their equipment, crowds of people arrived early in the morning to the CSUF athletic fields to get a good seat. Others sampled the food from the several gourmet food trucks, while others explored other activities the educational event had to offer.

“We did this here specifically so the kids would come to the education event,” said Mike Fuhr, Director of Corporate Relations at Discovery Cube. “They actually see that there’s a higher education you need to go to if you’re going to become an engineer.”

Before the actual launching

competition began, there were tons of hands-on activities that the children and their families could participate in that were both fun and educational.

Ivan Bernal, vice chair of the Engineering and Computer Science Inter-Club, talked about the numerous items that CSUF brought to display and teach people. Among these items were a rover, cars and different structures for civil engineers.

“We have projects showcased here to really show the community here what we do at Cal State Fullerton,” Bernal said. “I see (children) get excited about little things like this. It’s going to be something that sticks with them.”

The Pumpkin Launch contest concluded the day’s events. Teams built everything from slingshots to trebuchets that sent the pumpkins soaring.

Throughout the five-round competition, the audience was entertained with the pumpkins’ launch height. However, there were also some blunders, such as when a few

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pumpkins shot backwards toward the Titan Gymnasium.

CSUF entered the competition with six teams. After a few rounds, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) became ecstatic after scoring the first points with their slingshot. They were the only CSUF team to earn points in the competition.

SWE ended in third place in the competition, while “Medieval Mayhem,” a local family team, took first. The team from Valadez Middle School in Placentia took second place.

Anthony Robledo, who brought his family to see the launches, was beyond impressed by the Pumpkin Launch. He said the event catered to people of all ages, especially children who might become future engineers.

“I love the fact that Cal State Fullerton teamed up with Discovery Center to bring technology and engineering awareness to these kids,” he said. “It allows these kids to be inspired, and inspiration is what helps creates new things.”

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Alumna Bev Arrowsmith’s new play called “Packages,” is a Christmas story set in modern day Los Angeles. The play follows the individual stories of an ensemble cast of washed up entertainment industry types. A staged reading of the play will help Arrowsmith work out any kinks and incorporate audience feedback in the final version of her script.

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When she isn’t teaching, performing or directing, Arrowsmith is constantly writing and finding inspiration in everything she does.

“I wrote ‘Packages’ last December. I was directing a play, ‘Greetings,’ down at the Cabrillo Playhouse in San Clemente and I thought, ‘There are more plays like that that needed to be written outside of “Scrooge” and “It’s a Wonderful Life.”’ We need more,’” Arrowsmith said of her inspiration in writing “Packages.”

Although “Packages” was not presented in full

production, the actors did appear onstage in costume and included blocking and movement across the small stage.

The actors strategically used their scripts as props, which worked well for the stage reading. “Packages” is a modern day Christmas play set in Los Angeles.

The play takes place in a large apartment building full of couples whose glory days in the entertainment industry are well behind them.

One character, Crissy, plans a holiday party so she can get everyone in one place in hopes of

networking to bolster her budding career.

Arrowsmith’s writing takes the audience on a journey in the first act through the apartment building, introducing each character by means of a delivery person bearing packages for each couple.

Act two brings all the characters together in one room, when the most important package of all is delivered.

The show is a comedy with a heartfelt surprise ending that keeps the audience laughing throughout.

Although the play was chosen by OCPA,

Arrowsmith did get to direct her production and choose the actors from her pool of friends and colleagues.

One featured actor is her daughter, Arrowsmith-Rowe, who played Victoria, a headstrong divorcée who refuses to settle for anything less than she deserves.

Another character, Martha, is played by Rina Holden, who has known Arrowsmith for years.

Holden plays an ex-pornstar who produces and directs pornography with her husband Tony.

For Holden, this role was fresh and exciting.

“I loved my spicy part with my New York accent,” Holden said. “It was the polar opposite of me, so it was fun come out and just really portray something completely different from my own personality,” she said.

Once the stage reading ended, Eric Eberwein, an OCPA member, joined the actors onstage and posed questions to the audience so Arrowsmith could receive a package of her own: valuable feedback.

The audience seemed to really enjoy the play and offered plenty of constructive criticism.

After the play and

commentary, Arrowsmith was satisfied with her cast and the feedback she received.

“I’m really proud of my cast. They really came through as they usually do.

Overall, I was extremely pleased,” Arrowsmith said.

Arrowsmith plans to take the audience feedback and use it to rewrite the play.

She also noticed a few mistakes of her own that she would like to change as she sat among the audience.

Arrowsmith plans to rewrite immediately and have the play ready for production by Christmas 2016.

Fall Dance Theatre shows physical poise Students will perform vignettes featuring the power of dance CONNIE LEE Daily Titan Students are getting ready to sway and twirl like the leaves falling off the trees for this year’s “Fall Dance Theatre.”

The nationally acclaimed show is back for another year to showcase the hard work that Cal State Fullerton students, faculty and guest artists have put together.

Gladys Kares, dancer and show coordinator, is excited to see the new direction that the performers have taken the show this year.

“We actually have some funny stuff and the variety this time is so unique,” Kares said. “People have different ideas.”

The process of moving from tryouts to the actual show was a long one, Kares said.

Dancers auditioned at the beginning of the semester and worked with choreographers so the actual pieces could be auditioned right

before the first production meeting.

Nadine Tran, a student choreographer, created a contemporary modern piece for this year’s show and is thrilled at how fresh it is going to be compared to last year’s production.

“It’s very diverse in movement quality as well as subject matter. Every piece has a statement, and that statement is very strong,” Tran said. “There’s happy, then deep and thoughtful and then there’s something in between.”

Tran is going to be dancing in two segments of different genres. One is a contemporary ballet piece about overcoming shyness by meeting and dancing with new people. The other is a modern dance about experiencing rain in the desert.

On top of all that, Tran is also choreographing a piece called “The Journey We Take Together,” about a group of people venturing out, overcoming obstacles and sticking together until the end.

CSUF dance major Vanessa Heffernan is in her third concert and, like Tran, is going to be busy this summer.

“I am actually in three pieces,” Heffernan said. “All

three of them are in the second half of the show so I have some quick changes.”

Heffernan started dancing at 14 years old and has been playing catch-up since then.

To make sure she got into the dance program, she practiced diligently and took meticulous notes from her professors, she said.

For Heffernan, the main difference she noticed about this semester’s show is the diversity in the pieces, which contrasts with the shows put on in previous years.

“Our show gets stuck in this angsty, dramatic, artsy thing,” Heffernan said. “I think this show’s really nice because there are funny pieces. We have a cute ballet, a dramatic love story and some fun student pieces.”

Every student will be bringing her own flair to the stage, leaving every audience member with her own particular impression and memories.

“Fall Dance Theatre” will be running Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. in the Little Theatre from Nov. 12 to 22.

Tickets will be $14 for general admission and $12 with an advance Titan discount.

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Ghosting is easy, but cowardly

Avoiding a significant other is the worst way to end a relationship ALANA GARRETT Daily Titan

Breaking up is no longer hard to do.

Unfortunately, one of the worst possible ways to end a relationship has also become a very common one: “Ghosting.” It might seem hard to say “I’m not interested” or “This isn’t going where I thought it would,” but it’s more honorable than simply disappearing like a ghost.

So what is ghosting? Two people meet, start dating and things seem to be going well, but then one day one of them stops receiving text messages and phone calls from the other. After a considerable amount of time goes by, he or she gets worried. Did something happen? Maybe the other person got into a really bad accident? Did this person die? No, this person ghosted.

Ghosting is a term used for when someone suddenly ends the relationship or friendship by simply disappearing. This person will suddenly stop calling or texting without warning.

Gone are the days when men and women properly break up with each other. No longer do people have the courage to say, “It’s over.” Today, people are taking the cowardly way out by ghosting each other.

The person who ghosts someone is a coward who is afraid of confrontation.

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Ghosting refers to when someone in a relationship decides to end it by simply avoiding all contact with the other person. Although this is a very common, and very easy, option it is certainly the most rude and cowardly. It is better to take the respectable route and end the relationship with the other person face-to-face.

ghost but he is also timorous if he refuses to say he doesn’t want to be in this relationship anymore.

Thirteen percent of people surveyed in a YouGov/Huffington Post poll say they have been ghosted, while another 11 percent have ghosted another person.

Many people have been ghosted, but why do people ghost and how does it feel for the victim that is

waiting for the person to text them back? According to responses to a recent New York Times article on ghosting, many readers expressed pain and anguish.

“My best friend of six years did this to me, and it was one of the most painful things I’ve ever gone through,” said Rebecca Theim, a reader from Las Vegas.

Similarly, Chanel Kennedy, an 18-year-old

psychology major at Cal State Fullerton, said that she has been ghosted before. Kennedy thinks that people ghost because, “they don’t care enough” or “that the two individuals aren’t on the same page.”

It is also a matter of maturity, Kennedy said.

“Even if you don’t like the person like that and you are mature enough, you wouldn’t do that to someone,” Kennedy said.

Ace Dannbring, a 19-year-old CSUF art major, believes ghosting happens because it’s easy.

“It’s so easy to shove away the problem, (and) put it aside,” Dannbring said.

However, ghosting can be condoned depending on the situation. If it can protect you, then you should ghost.

“If your safety is in danger because your partner is abusive or dangerous, then

by all means — get out as fast as you can,” Lisa Bonos wrote in a Washington Post article.

It’s all about taking responsibility for our actions and feelings. If a person doesn’t feel the same way about someone, they should say so. Tell the person to his or her face or call him or her on the phone and say “It’s over,” because after ghosting, it’s hard to come back from the dead.

Obama’s pipeline rejection is best option Keystone XL Pipeline would offer only temporary benefits ZACK JOHNSTON Daily Titan A government’s job should be to make decisions that will have the best longterm effects for its citizens and to avoid the quick and simple ones that won’t make real change.

President Obama and the State Department lived up to that principle on Friday by rejecting the request from a Canadian oil company to build the Keystone XL Pipeline.

For the past seven years the conceptual cross-country pipeline, which would carry over 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day across 1,179 miles between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico, has been a politically heated issue concerning climate change, job creation, oil dependency and energy security.

With such a controversial

issue, Obama took it upon himself to reach a decision on the pipeline before the end of his presidency.

At first glance, the pipeline may seem like a lucrative and harmless project, but Obama’s administration has made the right move by rejecting it for economic and environmental reasons.

With the help of public outreach and cabinet agencies, Obama has avoided the decision that would merely make temporary positive change and wouldn’t benefit the country in the long run. In other words, he has done what government leaders should be doing.

“The pipeline would not make a meaningful longterm contribution to our economy, so if congress was serious about wanting to create jobs, this was not the way to do it,” the president said in a press conference Friday.

State Department analysis estimated that the twoyear construction period

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of the pipeline would generate 42,000 jobs, but those would all be temporary. There would only be 35 permanent jobs created from the pipeline, according to The New York Times.

As far as economic concerns go, the pipeline would not make a big enough positive change on specifically the oil industry to justify its construction.

“The pipeline would not lower gas prices for American consumers. In fact, gas prices have already been falling steadily,” Obama said.

The president also backed up his decision with environmental concerns, which are perhaps the strongest force driving the controversy of this issue.

“Shipping dirtier crude oil into our country would not increase America’s energy security,” Obama said.

Environmental activist groups are rejoicing in Obama’s decision, as many have campaigned against

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President Obama has rightly rejected the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, a massive oil line which only would have yielded temporary benefits for the economy.

the pipeline, citing reasons concerning climate change, according to The New York Times.

“The process of extracting that oil produces about 17 percent more planet-warming greenhouse

gases than the process of extracting conventional oil,” according to The New York Times.

A good government is one that considers the big picture of what a country needs when making

decisions. The facts surrounding the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline clearly show how it is not the best decision for the long-term financial and environmental prosperity of the country.

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On the right side, Ivy Diego sent in a low cross for which McDonald dove low to palm away. Burkenroad pounced on the scraps and took a shot, but McDonald was able to save with her leg.

In the 21st minute, Long Beach forward Ashley Gonzales received a throw-in inside the Fullerton box, but no teammate could get on the end of her pass across the face of goal.

The match would continue to be defined by crosses and long balls into the box as the midfielders from both teams continually stifled the flow of the game with continued pressure and timely interventions in the center of the pitch.

That style of play, however, was more suited for the Titans.

“We’re a crossing and finishing team. We’re a possession-oriented team. So staying calm, collected and poised is just part of who we are,” Burkenroad said.

The team’s steady pressure in the attacking third finally paid off in the 56th minute, when senior striker Rebecca Wilson got on the end of a deflection from the right side thanks to the work of midfielder Connie Caliz.

With her back to the goal, Wilson spun around and got

a shot off from 15 yards out.

McDonald dove to make the near-post save, but the rebound fell straight to freshman midfielder Alba Barrios inside the six-yard box. Despite being under pressure from a defender, Barrios struck the ball low and into the back of the net.

“It wasn’t a pretty goal, but I had to get it done and I knew I needed to get it into the back of the net,” Barrios said.

From then on, the Titans were in the driver’s seat.

While the game at times seemed like it might turn dirty, with players on both teams leaving their studs in on a few rough challenges, Fullerton was able to see out its lead without major incident.

The Titans will find out their NCAA seeding Monday, Nov. 9. The NCAA Tournament Selection Show will begin airing at 1:30 p.m. on NCAA.com.

Fullerton hopes to have learned a lesson from last year’s tournament appearance, having lost to Stanford 5-2 in the first round of last year’s competition, despite initially leading the PAC-12 school 2-0 at halftime.

“It’s either now or never,” Burkenroad said. “It’s one game at a time and each game is the most important day of our lives.”

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Christina Burkenroad and the rest of the Titans were able to pull out a win against a very capable 49er squad. Very little separated CSUF and Long Beach State, as both teams were evenly matched in a game that ended 1-0.

Men’s basketball puts out the Flames CSUF put on a strong performance in its last preseason game CHRISTOPHER SHEATS Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team beat the Bethesda University Flames 106-66 on Friday for its last game of the preseason.

The Titans started out strongly by controlling the opening tipoff and working the ball into the paint for the first two possessions.

They went on a 10-0 run and held Bethesda scoreless for over three minutes.

The catalyst of the Titans’ offense was redshirt junior Tre’ Coggins, who hit three shots from behind the arc. Coggins finished the game with a team-high 18 points and converted all seven of his attempts from the free-throw line.

Coggins set the Titans’ 3-pointer trend in the first half as the team combined for a total of seven makes on 15 attempts.

“We’ve got some guys who can put the ball in the hole from behind the

3-point line,” said Head Coach Dedrique Taylor, who emphasized how the Titan’s game plan this year will be to stretch the floor and get good looks.

“I don’t want to necessarily live and die by (the 3-point game), but I do think we’ve got some sharp-shooting guys,” he said.

The Titans looked strong on the boards, both offensively and defensively, as they combined for a total of 48 rebounds. It was a large contribution by senior forward Malcolm Henderson and freshman guard Khalil Ahmad, who finished for a combined total of 15 rebounds.

“Coach is always telling me to be aggressive and crash the boards,” Khalil, who finished with seven rebounds, said.

The Titans had no trouble converting in the first half, as they shot 51.4 percent and limited their turnovers to only six, compared to the 11 given up by the Flames.

Taylor received support from his bench players as they scored 49 points with freshman guard Kyle Allman Jr. leading the pack

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with 14 points of his own.

At the end of the first half, the Titans led the Flames 52-22 and held their opposition to a 26.9 field goal percentage.

Bethesda tried to stir things up in the second half by switching to a fullcourt trap in order to disrupt the Titans’ offensive flow.

The Titans opened the half with a flurry of turnovers within the first minute, and Taylor was forced to take a timeout in order to rotate in a different squad.

“I wanted to stop the run that Bethesda was making with a new group of guys to see if they could execute our press offense,” Taylor said about his team’s start to the second half.

After the timeout, the Titans cleaned up their mistakes and went on a 6-0 run for the next two minutes.

The Titans looked to attack the basket more in the second half, as their shot attempts from beyond the 3-point line dropped to only three.

Taylor stressed the importance of running an up-tempo offense, but also pointed out that it is

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In their last exhibition match of the year, the Titans blew out Bethesda University 106-66. Fullerton junior guard Lionheart Leslie played well against the Flames recording nine points and two steals.

necessary to slow down the pace in order to establish the inside game.

“We want to get up and down the floor and play up-tempo as much as possible, but we want to try to

establish an inside presence, which I think makes the game a little bit easier for us,” Taylor said.

The Titans went on to rout the Flames 106-66 behind a team effort that saw

five members score in double digits.

The Titans play their regular season opener Friday against Loyola Marymount University at 7 p.m. at the Gersten Pavilion.

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The Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team won its last preseason game, this time against the visiting Hope International University. Unlike their tight game against Cal State Los Angeles, the Titans overtook the Royals in commanding fashion with a final scoreline of 72-58.

Women’s basketball beats out Hope The Titans rout of the HIU Royals round out the preseason games ALAN BERNAL Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team wrapped up its preseason Friday with a 72-58 win over the visiting Hope International University Royals.

Over the summer, the Titans saw many upperclass

leaders exit the team. Former points leader Chante Miles left a major void in need of filling in the Titans’ rotation.

The 5-foot-3-inch guard led Fullerton’s attack with 19.4 points per game and had a team-high 46 steals in the 2014-2015 season.

To compensate for the loss of leadership, the Titans have experimented with different rotations due to the introduction of eight new players this season.

Freshman guard/forward Michelle Berry is the

earliest candidate to fill the gap left by Miles. The 6-foot-2-inch Miami native had dominating preseason performances that fueled both of Fullerton’s wins thus far.

Since cooling off from her 23-point game against Cal State Los Angeles, Berry recorded a team-high 18 points against the Royals.

The game started off slowly for CSUF, as miscommunications on both sides of the floor and missed opportunities among the team led to an early HIU

3-pointer and subsequent 5-point lead. But the Titans recuperated, trading baskets with the Royals until the end of the first quarter, leaving the score tied at 15.

Freshmen guards Lauren Nubla and Jade Vega traded off at the point guard position against Hope International. Vega shined in her 24 minutes of action, posting eight points on the board while setting up her teammates another eight times.

Fullerton controlled the

flow of the game in the first half, finding open shots and limiting the Royals’ opportunities, ultimately ending the first 24 minutes, 40-22.

Hope International brought some life back into its game in the second half of the competition, outscoring CSUF 36-32.

The Royals came out hot in the third quarter, going on a 12-2 run to start. The surging visitors made the Titans call a timeout, which saw CSUF slowly groove its offense back into rhythm.

The third period ended

with a long buzzer-beating 3-pointer from sophomore guard and forward Amanda Tivenius, which padded the Titans’ lead heading to the fourth, 57-43.

Although CSUF was outscored in the second half, they held HIU to a fieldgoal percentage of 42 and outrebounded the Royals 23-16.

The Titans ended their preseason term with two wins and head toward their regular season opener Friday against Portland State University in the Titan Gym.

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The Titans lost in straight sets to the UC Riverside Highlanders, marking their fourth shutout loss in a row. The Titans trail UC Santa Barbara by two games in the Big West Conference.

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The Titans, now 0-11 in conference play and 0-23 overall, were competitive at the start of the the first round. The Titans and the Highlanders were neck-and-neck, tied 6-6, until UCR strung together seven points to take a 13-6 lead.

Some more back-and-forth tallies would tie into another long string of consecutive Highlander scores to end the first round 25-13.

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Riverside led 17-6 until Fullerton bounced back with four points to trail the visitors, 17-10. It would not be enough to match the Highlanders’ dominating prowess. UCR won the last round 25-17, giving the Titans their 15th sweep of the season.

The Titans recorded a meager .081 hitting percentage while only putting up three aces, two blocks and 38 digs.

Freshman Megann Delgado led the Titans’ offense, dropping 10 kills, while freshman Summer Kerins came up behind with six of her own.

Senior setter Mackenzie Olsen led the team in assists with 24, and junior outside hitter Paige Reed came up with 13 digs to attempt to keep the Titans from falling too far behind.

The game was mostly a

one-sided affair, as the Titans had to shift their emphasis to defense to keep the dominating Highlanders from scoring. UCR recorded a .303 hitting percentage and was able to stop any Titan attack, preventing CSUF from reaching 20 points in all sets.

The Highlanders put up eight blocks, 53 digs and served four aces to hand the Titans their 23rd loss of the season.

Regardless of the loss, sophomore Kyra Hill set a new career high of 12 digs, but fell short of scoring double digit-kills for the first time since the Titans’ game at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

The eighth-place Titans are still two games behind seventh-place UC Santa Barbara, and with only five games left in the regular season, the Titans are yet to win their first game.

CSUF hits the road to take on the CSUN Matadors on Tuesday at the Matadome.

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