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Volume 97 Issue 10

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Cathy Torrez

Pay to park meters installed Row of machines displaced faculty, student parking

After arrests made in 2007, murder trial begins in death of Cal State Fullerton student.

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The parking lot outside College Park recently got an update when Cal State Fullerton’s Facilities Operations installed $29,000-worth of pay-to-park meters.

The meters were installed in a Park and Pay zone—37 consecutive parking spots near the south side entrance, funded through Parking and Transportation services.

The zone—the sixth to be implemented on campus—is part of a pilot program and may not be permanent.

Each parking spot costs $2 per hour, and the resulting data from the resulting transactions will be used to determine parking demand, a university official said.

The revenue collected will be put toward maintaining and operating current parking facilities, a university official said.

The program is too new, however, to provide any projected ticket sales, the official said. The number of parking spots may change depending on the collected data.

The parking spots now being used for the Pay to Park zone used to be faculty spaces but, due to a faculty and staff bargaining agreement, the faculty spaces cannot be removed entirely.

The agreement requires the replacement of parking spaces that are redesignated for other uses or lost to construction projects, a university official said.

As a result, a row of parking in the student lot is now being used for staff parking to accommodate the agreement.

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Former Cal State Fullerton student Cathy Torrez was murdered in 1994.

On Trial

SAMUEL LOPEZ

XAVIER LOPEZ

Cathy Torrez’ former on-again-offagain boyfriend Age: 43

Samuel Lopez’ cousin, arrested along with Samuel Age: 43

February 14, 1994 Cathy Torrez’s mother, Mary Bennett, reports her as missing.

At 8 p.m., Cathy Torrez is last seen leaving the Sav-on Pharmacy in Placentia where she worked.

Later that night, Cathy Torrez is killed by a dozen stab wounds in her chest and neck.

February 12, 1994

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February 19, 1994 Cathy Torrez’s body is found stuffed in the trunk of her 1990 burgundy Toyota Corolla. The car was parked in a hospital parking lot a mile from Torrez’s workplace.

Cathy Torrez is memorialized at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Placentia.

About 1,200 attend.

February 25, 1994

It was 21 years ago today that 20-year-old Cathy Torrez, an honors student and sociology major, was stabbed to death. After her friends and family searched in vain for more than a week, the body of the Cal State Fullerton student was found stuffed in the trunk of her burgundy Toyota parked near a hospital less than a mile from her workplace.

The disappearance of Torrez, who friends described as bubbly and likeable, shook the campus. Her friends and family passed out more than 5,000 fliers during her search and more than 1,200 mourned her at her Placentia funeral, according to a 1994 Daily Titan story.

“You have robbed the world of a precious human being,” said David Baumann, a priest who eulogized Torrez at her funeral. “You have given grief beyond measure to her family.”

Speculation was rampant, and many suspected her onagain-off-again boyfriend, Samuel Lopez, but a lack of physical evidence linking him to the scene delayed prosecutors from moving

July 3, 2007

forward, reported the Los Angeles NBC affiliate.

Thirteen years passed before arrests were made.

Cousins Samuel and Xavier Lopez were arrested in 2007 when technology had advanced to a point at which prosecutors could use DNA evidence to link the two to the crime, NBC reported.

The Lopez’s charges carry a torture enhancement.

Samuel’s brother Armando is being charged as an accessory to the crime. The trial began last week with opening statements that ended Wednesday.

In court earlier this week, prosecutors told the story of a jealous boyfriend whose story kept changing and didn’t help out in the search effort, NBC reported.

The defense said the case was bungled from the start and that blood found on Torrez’s car belonged to Xavier, not Samuel.

“If it wasn’t a mess, it would not have taken us 21 years to get here,” said defense attorney Lewis Rosenblum.

A hearing in the case is scheduled for Tuesday.

February 17, 2015

Cathy Torrez’s on-again-off-again boyfriend Samuel Lopez and his cousin Xavier Lopez, both 35 at the time, are arrested and charged with Torrez’s murder.

Trial set to continue in Courtroom C34 at the North Justice Center in Fullerton at 9:10 a.m.

Opening statements begin in the trial.

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Club supplements fragile funding

Glass sale aims to bridge gaps in group’s funding ANGIE PEREZ Daily Titan

Most people settle for chocolate or candy hearts for Valentine’s day, but one club on campus chose a slightly different approach—molten glass.

For the first time, the Cal State Fullerton Glassblowing Club hosted a demo, part of the club’s Valentine’s day glass sale Wednesday.

Throughout the semester, the club puts together glass sales and sells oneof-a-kind pieces made by students.

From 1-5 p.m., the Glassblowing Club held the sale at the Visual Arts Studio in room 130, home to the ceramics and glass blowing on campus.

The sales are the major source of income for the

Glass Program, said Leslie Guardado, a Ceramic and art education major.

More than 20 hearts, roses, cupcakes and bowls were on display.

Depending on the effort and time that went into glass pieces, prices ranged from $5 to $20.

The money made from the sale goes to the students and supplies, including tools, equipment and glass.

The funds create an important bridge to help cover funding gaps in the Glass Program.

Guardado is in her third semester of glassblowing.

She transferred to CSUF because it is one of the few schools that offer glassblowing in California, she said.

“You assume that, being in a big collegiate university, you’re going to get funded, and then you realize the reality is we are pretty much sustaining ourselves,” Guardado said.

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Members of the glassblowing club hosted a demonstration as part of their Valentine’s day sale Wednesday.

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Glass: Club raises funds Multiple members of the club are also enrolled in the same glassblowing class.

Previously, the class was divided into separate beginner and advanced classes, Guadardo said.

Now, however, beginning and advanced students share the same course.

The single course is split into two days according to skill level—Monday for beginner students and Wednesday for advanced students.

Last semester the group made an estimated $3,000 in profit, said David Gutierrez, a studio art major and the club’s Inter-Club Council representative.

The program recently purchased $4,000 worth of glass, which took the majority of their savings, Guardado said.

Professors also usually let students keep a portion of the sales, Guardado said.

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You assume that, being in a big collegiate university, you’re going to get funded, and then you realize the reality is we’re pretty much sustaining ourselves.

LESLIE GUARDADO Ceramic and Art Education Major

The group hosts the sales frequently to help bring in as much revenue as possible. The next sale will be held for Mother’s day.

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Glass items made by members of the club were for sale at the Valentine’s day sale Wednesday.

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Tax season is in full swing and the Cal State Fullerton chapter of Volunteer Income Tax Assistance is offering free tax return preparation.

The Tax Assistance program is a part of a larger, national program developed by the Internal Revenue Service to serve people with disabilities, the elderly, limited English speakers and low income people, according to the IRS website.

The program is comprised of volunteers who provide clients with basic income tax preparation free of charge, and all volunteers go through mandatory training and certification in order to participate in the program.

The CSUF chapter of the national program is offering free income tax preparation and filing for individuals who have an annual income of $60,000 or less.

Ricky Cavazos, president of the program’s CSUF

chapter, said he expects the group to file between 700800 returns this year.

“Last year we had a 97 percent accuracy rate,” Cavazos said. “We partner with the IRS and we have to certify under the IRS test, so we definitely have enough training … but there is always someone who is more experienced that reviews them, so every

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ADALIA ZARATE CSUF Health Science Major return that gets done gets reviewed by either myself or one of the more experienced coordinators.”

Cavazos estimated that the volunteers can handle about 40 to 50 people during a Saturday or Sunday session, but clients must arrive at the location one hour before the end time to ensure a smooth workflow.

The earlier people visit the program the better, volunteer student site

coordinator Ivette Castro said.

This is Castro’s second tax season with the program. As site coordinator, she performs quality checks before tax returns are filed.

“It’s nice to help out the community, so I decided to do it again this semester,” Castro said.

The program benefits the student volunteers as well, allowing business students to grow their skills.

“The more you volunteer, the more you get the practice and it becomes easier,” Castro said.

Adalia Zarate, CSUF health science major, said normally she would drive to someone’s house for tax help but decided against it this year for the convenience of the on-campus service.

“It was just more convenient because it was on campus and I’m really busy this semester,” Zarate said. “My least favorite is just having to go and wait and actually getting them done.”

The service is open to the public and is offered from 7:15-9 p.m. Thursday, noon to 4 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Mihaylo Business building until April 11.

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Health officials announced 10 measles cases spread to Canada after a trip to Disneyland Resort, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Quebec’s Lanaudiere health and social services agency confirmed that none of the measles patients had been vaccinated before their visit.

Dozens of cases have already been linked to patrons visiting the park between Dec. 17-20.

Since December over 100 people in North America have contracted the California measles.

Measles symptoms are easily detected and should be treated by a doctor immediately so they do not lead to pneumonia, inflammation of the brain, or worse—death.

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Official arrested for theft Lake Forest councilman Adam Nick has been charged with illegally removing campaign signs, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

Nick is a known proponent of harsher penalties for this crime. In 2014, he amended the municipal code penalty for tampering with or removing campaign signs from an infraction to a misdemeanor.

Nick instructed an accomplice to remove signs that belonged to one of Nick’s fellow councilmen Scott Voigts, a mayoral candidate at the time.

Upon investigation, deputies found ten of Voigt’s signs in the backseat of Nick’s car. Nick was serving as the city’s mayor pro tem at the time.

Nick has been charged with petty theft and stolen property and faces a maximum sentence of one year in county jail if convicted.

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Three shot in possible hate crime Three University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students were shot to death Tuesday evening in an apartment by the campus, CNN reported.

The victims were identified as a newlywed Muslim couple Deah Barakate and Yusor Abu-Salha, and the bride’s younger sister Razan Abu-Salha. All three victims were shot in the head.

Families of the victims believe the shooting was a hate crime, committed because the victims were Muslim.

The gunman and neighbor, Craig Stephen Hicks had a history of threatening the victims over a parking situation in their apartment complex.

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Serving up a slice of conversation Students converse with campus officials in biannual event CECILY MEZA Daily Titan Students gathered in the Quad to get answers to their questions and concerns Wednesday afternoon at Pizza with the Presidents event.

President Mildred García, Associated Students, Inc. President Harpreet Bath and other campus officials were on hand to answer questions about issues including safety, funding and regulation enforcement.

Katelyn Nielsen, a freshman student who lives in on-campus housing, asked the panel about how they ensure the safety of students.

She said she does not feel safe walking on campus at night when she has to park farther than the Residence Hall parking lot.

In order to mitigate possible safety threats to students, the university has been working with campus police officials to increase the number of escort services and expand the number of hours those services run, said Danny C. Kim, vice president for Administration and Finance.

Campus Parking Lot E, which is south of the Residence Hall, is an option for when the Residence Hall parking fills up. The lot is open for valid permit holders after 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, said Joe

Ferrer, director of CSUF’s Parking and Transportation Services Office.

President García said she would put a demand on getting this information out to the students in order to ensure their safety on campus.

Another concern brought up by Gloria Gallardo, a double major in health science and biology, was the lack of funding for Spanish for Health Services, a club that is part of an umbrella campus organization Mesa Cooperativa.

Gallardo is the president of Spanish for Health Services and was concerned that other campus organizations receive funding, but Mesa Cooperativa does not get much funding for club events, conferences and scholarships.

Bath explained that the disparity is a result of the difference between two councils—funding councils and funded councils— that receive funding from Associated Students.

The college based Inter-Club Council are funding councils and have the ability to allocate funding to other clubs and organizations, he said.

Mesa Cooperativa, however, is a funded council and is on the receiving end of allocated funds.

Associated Students is currently in the process of putting together a budget for the next academic year, Bath said. He encouraged Mesa Cooperativa to submit their budget to get the funding.

“I’m very open to having

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Associated Students, Inc. President Harpreet Bath and Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García respond to a wide variety of student questions during the biannual Pizza with the Presidents event that took place Feb. 11.

those conversations,” Bath said. “Maybe we can set up a path for Mesa Cooperativa to get where all the clubs and organizations want it to be.”

Michael Nicholes, business major, brought up another concern with the lack of enforcement there has been with smoking on

campus.

Kim said he has been aware of students continuing to smoke on campus and hope those on campus confront those who are smoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes to stop. The university, however, has decided not to move forward with writing tickets for smokers, he said.

“We’re constantly working on what to do about these small pockets on campus where we have people who are smoking,” Kim said.

García and Bath encouraged students to leave feedback, through email and the resources on the Associated Students website, to give

suggestions about enhancing the enforcement.

Other issues and questions included bathroom cleanliness and functionality, international student housing concerns, an update on library renovations, an increase in student pride and promotions for on-campus events.

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Changes to lot spacing had been in the works since November of last year.

The spaces were implemented to meet a need a for short-term parking for staff and student visitors, a university official said in an e-mail correspondence.

Visitors to the Speech and Hearing clinic of College Park were meant in particular to benefit from the implementation of the parking spaces.

“The clinic was one of those because they do work with people who need to park close by. They might be stroke victims, they might be families with little children who have identified issues,” said Edward

Fink, Ph.D., interim associate dean of the College of Communications.

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The clinic was one of those because they do work with people who need to park close by.

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Given the current scarcity of available parking spaces, reception to the removal of an entire row of student parking has been mixed.

“I think that it’s nice that they do that, I think it’s a good thing,” said Kornel Ui, sociology graduate student. “I’m just a little worried that (there were) unintended consequences it may have caused.”

Ui said he felt the university should have found a way to expand parking, rather than cut a row of spaces for students.

There are no plans to expand student parking in the Spring 2015 semester, but options to increase parking will be evaluated for the fall semester.

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A row of parking on the south side of College Park has become pay-to-park and will charge visitors $2 an hour. The new spaces were implemented to accomodate short-term visitors.

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Magic is more than an illusion ALEX FAIRBANKS Daily Titan When Cal State Fullerton theater major Paul Vu saw his first magic trick as a child, he was dumbfounded.

It was the classic thumb trick, where the illusionist fools spectators by “ripping the thumb off.”

“It was the single most astonishing moment of my life and it was that feeling of the impossible that made me so happy ... it was something so small, but something that left a big impression with me that I have carried on for my entire life,” Vu said.

Ever since then, he wanted to know more about magic.

“It was just that one magic trick that led me on a path to become a magician,” Vu said.

Now 20 years old, Vu is already on his way to living his dream as a magician as a member of The Magic Castle.

The Magic Castle in Hollywood, California— an extremely exclusive club only available to magicians and supporters of magic—is like the epicenter of magic, Vu said.

Last weekend, Vu performed with fellow Magic Castle magicians at Hotel Del Coronado with more than 500 people in the audience.

Only Vu’s life wasn’t always so magical.

Vu has four parents.

Along with his biological parents, he has a stepmother and a stepfather.

He said the constant effort of hopping between families and living away from his siblings proved to be a struggle.

“I always thought that I would have that perfect family with just the right amount of people and it would be awesome, but it

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Vu dreams of having his own one-man Broadway show. Vu said he wants to mix theater and magic to create a unique experience which hasn’t been done before.

“You know every school’s got that one guy who thinks he can do magic tricks, well Paul is the guy who actually can do magic,” said CSUF theater major Jeremy Mercado. “(Paul) made a deal with the devil and got magical powers,” Mercado said.

When Trent Wasco, 19, also a theater major, first met Vu in one of their theater classes, Vu was performing magic tricks for a

You know how every school’s got that one guy who thinks he can do magic ... well Paul ... can actually do magic.

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Theater major uses magic to cope with personal challenges

JEREMY MERCADO Theater Major wasn’t ever like that,” Vu said.

The hardest part for Vu was seeing his father remarry in another country.

“Basically, he just dropped me and my family to start a new family, and that was the biggest struggle in my life—knowing that my dad was going to start a new life without us,” Vu said.

Despite everything, “I still call him dad,” he said.

bunch of people.

“At the time, I thought that was kind of weird,” Wasco said.

However, after that initial meet, Wasco and Vu became close. “Paul can go up to a stranger and have a conversation with them, which is something I can’t do or a lot of people can’t. He is just really charming at talking with people and is really nice, and down to earth,” Wasco said.

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Paul Vu, 20, theater major at Cal State Fullerton practices his card tricks on campus.

Making gaming a credible career Twitch.tv transforms gamers into entrepenuers ALEX FAIRBANKS Daily Titan From the casual to hardcore gamer, Twitch.tv has created a new platform for gaming that is transforming the concept of gaming culture, as some users are finding ways to flip the hobby into a legitimate career.

The website, Twitch.tv, is an online platform where gamers host live video streams of their video games.

Some of Twitch.tv’s more famous users have thousands of viewers every time they stream.

“You can stream anything, there’s games like Hearthstone, Dota 2, League of Legends, StarCraft, World of Warcraft,” Atik Bhakta, 21, president of CSUF’s League of Legends club said.

When a gamer decides to start streaming, they often download a streaming program from Twitch.tv, set up a webcam and start playing their favorite video game.

When watcing a Twitch. tv stream, the gaming action can be observed, as well as the user who is playing the game.

Twitch.tv also allows users to interact via chat, where everyone watching the stream

can communicate with each other and the host streamer.

The host often interacts with his or her community.

Twitch.tv streamers often teach their viewers how to play the game that they are streaming. The big draw for people watching video game streamers is both getting educated on a particular game and being entertained by the streamer.

“Twitch.tv offers partnerships for streamers if they net a certain amount of viewers a month,” Bhakta said.

The partnerships are essentially business contracts with the host site, Twitch.tv.

These partnerships allows the streamer to earn money from streaming and in turn, Twitch.tv gets a portion of what the streamer earns.

Twitch.tv viewers can pay $5 to subscribe to a particular stream every month, Bhakta said. The paid subscription gives users added features that creates a more interactive environment. Streamers have the opportunity to generate an income through online advertisements and subscriptions.

“The really popular streamers on Twitch are projected to make about $250,000 to $300,000 a year,” Bhakta said.

Jeffrey Shih, better known as his Twitch.tv alias, “TrumpSC,” is one of the more famous streamers on Twitch.tv.

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The key to Shih’s popularity is his skill and ability to explain his moves, he said in an email. There are many factors that make a streamer popular and he argues that you don’t have to be very good at the game to be popular.

“Charisma, taking opportunity, technology, interactiveness and consistency are factors too,” Shih said.

Shih gets tens of thousands of viewers everytime he streams and has commanded more than 400,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

Shih has also been mentioned in publications, such as Forbes.

Anyone can start streaming and maybe even become famous like Shih, but they must be able to handle Twitch.tv chat.

“It’s one of those places that is not for the faint of heart,” said John Denton, 24, computer science major and Twitch.tv enthusiast.

In the Twitch.tv chat community—especially in the streams of popular streamers—there are hundreds of inside jokes in the form of

spam messages that often target the streamers directly.

Denton explained that the Twitch.tv chat commentators poke fun at the streamers and retired professional players even though they are probably not that good at the game themselves.

Poking fun at streamers or tricking them into thinking something wrong is often called trolling in the online gaming community.

An example of Twitch.tv chat trolling is whenever the streamer shows the slightest frustration with the video

game he or she is playing, the entire Twitch.tv chat will spam the text ‘PJSalt.’ When this is typed in chat, it creates an emoji of a little salt can. The meaning of this is to mock the streamer for being angry.

“Twitch.tv chat is like the degenerates of human thought,” Bhakta said.

Twitch.tv is a complex environment, but users are showing that streaming video games could be a viable enterprise that many gamers are turning to as a professional career.

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Brothers inspired by illness LEON ROMERO Daily Titan On the morning of April 23, 2012, Ricardo Cachua, 23, a Cal State Fullerton business major, was exiting the Student Recreation Center making his way home when he suddenly heard his phone ring.

He expected the call to be from a friend, as his 21st birthday dinner was coming up. When he answered it was his doctor. The doctor told him he had testicular cancer.

“My initial reaction was a combination of despair and fear … I immediately thought I was handed my death sentence,” Cachua said.

On the ride home, he couldn’t help but wonder if this was the finish line for him. Interestingly enough, death wasn’t Cachua’s biggest fear in that moment. It was the fact that he would have to immediately tell his family of his diagnosis and how this distressing news would affect his family, Cachua said in an email.

Together Cachua’s family helped prepare him for the removal of his tumor, scheduled four days after the day of his diagnosis.

Leaving only one weekend to recoup before his 21st birthday dinner, Cachua went through with the surgery.

During his birthday dinner, Cachua’s mind was

consumed with the dread that regardless of the surgery, the cancer might still be growing.

After two weeks of more tests, Cachua was given the news he was cancer free, Cachua said in a press release.

Eric Cachua, 22, Cachua’s younger brother and business major, worked with his brother’s struggle and used it as motivation to create a clothing line that he hoped would be both

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My inital reaction was a combination of despair and fear ... I immediately thought I was handed my death sentence.

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Diagnosis motivates students to create a clothing line

RICHARDO CACHUA Buisness student trendy and influential.

Eric used his love for hiphop, his previous education in garment construction, inspiration from his brother’s current unforeseen situation and his infatuation with trendsetting street fashion to create LXGNDXRY clothing brand, he said.

The clothing line’s name, LXGNDXRY, came from one night that Eric Cachua and Aaron Garcia, co-founder of LXGNDXRY clothing brand and Fullerton Junior College business student, were listening to hip hop artist Wale’s song Legendary. The song’s hook was extremely relatable to their current situation and always influenced them to strive to become legendary, Garcia said.

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The founders of LXGNDXRY clothing line Eric Cachua (left), Ricardo Cachua (center) and Aaron Garcia (right) all sporting the lines’ t-shirts, long sleeve shirt and hats.

“LXGNDXRY goes beyond fabrics and prints. We aspire to instill the idea of becoming legendary in one’s own way. It’s manifesting your own greatness while provoking the same in others,” Eric said.

The clothing line’s designs hold a profound meaning behind everything that makes it onto the clothing pieces.

The stripes on the garments

represent the battles one overcomes throughout life, and the FXGHTER patch commemorates resilience in the darkest of moments, according to the website.

LXGNDXRY clothing line’s online presence at www. lxgndxry.com, offers visitors the option to shop for LXGNDXRY hats, t-shirts and outerwear. The LXGNDXRY

flag t-shirt is priced at $25 and features glossy contrast print designs on the front and back.

The clothing line’s founders aspire to see LXGNDXRY grow within the fashion industry through pop-up shops in fashion capitals like Los Angeles, New York and Tokyo within a five to 10 year time frame. They’d like to see

one established in their hometown of Santa Ana as well.

“To my family, my friends and every person that made me laugh or smile throughout the past three years, I thank you.

You gave a broken soul a reason to continue living,” Ricardo Cachua said on LXGNDXRY’s blog.

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The Muslim Student Associaion along with dozens of students gather in front of the bookstore to pay respects to three Muslim students who were murdered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Candlelight vigil held in wake of shooting Muslim Student Association honors victims of violence ANDREW MCLEAN Daily Titan Officers responded to a 911 call and arrived to find three victims shot dead. The victims have been identified as Deah Shaddy Barakatas, 23, his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Sahla, 21, and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Sahla, 19. The victims were found with gunshot wounds to their heads. Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, has since been arrested, according to The Independent.

This incident has struck a chord in the the Muslim community.

“I tie a turban, I do stick out, and it just horrifies you that there are people out there that don’t take the opportunity to understand the diversity that our country has,” said Harpreet Bath, president of Associated Students, Inc. The candlelight vigil gave Muslims as well as other CSUF students a forum to pay their respects to the victims, while shining light on racial violence, a problem that has been prevalent in American culture.

“One of the signs said, ‘All lives matter,’ all lives do matter,” Bath said.

The event was put together by Berkeley graduate Hanna Jalanbo and Bayanne Kanawati, president of the Muslim Student Association.

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During the vigil, spectators stood with candles in hand, as the speaker announced a moment of silence. Soon after, onlookers took to the microphone to voice their opinions on the matter, giving condolences to those with a heavy heart.

“We wanted to just do something for our community, to bring us together, for us to mourn together and to also pray for the families and for the victims,” Jalanbo said.

At the event, signs were held with uplifting messages, hugs were shared and tears were shed over this tragic event. All with the hopes that this will be the last time they would be brought together by something so damaging.

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P I N I O N

Your best friend is your soulmate SABRINA PARADA Daily Titan Your soul mate doesn’t necessarily have to be the romantic man or woman in your life, oftentimes the person who knows you better than you know yourself is your best friend.

The best friend who has been there since the third grade, the person who would do any favor you ask of him or her and is essential to your daily routine.

This person is already part of the family.

It’s pretty obvious your parents have accepted this

extra addition to the family, and you’re convinced they like them more than you.

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Your soulmate isn’t always the person you’re dating or are married to, it’s the person who’s been by your side the whole time.

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Best friends are all you need to be happy and complete

At this point, when family chats involve your best friend, it’s nothing out of the ordinary.

They know when you’re going through something and they’re not afraid to tell you when you need to calm the heck down.

This person is the one who offers you clarity in

cloudy situations.

Unlike your significant other, your best friend is more than willing to admit that the two of you should probably not live together.

It’s been said that the worst people to live with are your best friends and honestly, maybe that holds some truth.

Your best friend also isn’t afraid to lecture you on your terrible driving skills.

This person is probably the one who isn’t drinking, so he or she can save you from doing anything embarrassing.

Your best friend is the one making sure you have the time of your life, while making sure you get home in one piece.

When it comes to fashion, your best friend is there to let you know which pieces of clothing make you look like a million bucks or just do

absolutely nothing for you.

They’re not scared to tell you that maybe it’s time to lose some weight.

Your best friend will have no problem bringing you down to earth and reminding you it isn’t always about you.

When your life starts seeming like an MTV reality show, your best friend is the one to step in and take measures into their own hands.

Stop being a brat, he or she just cares about you.

In many ways, your best friend is the one person who will stay by your side, no matter what happens.

Your soul mate isn’t always the person you’re dating or are married to, it’s the person who’s been by your side the whole time.

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Happiness is a matter of balance

Happiness can come from friends and family, not just love MEGAN MENDIBLES Daily Titan

Valentine’s Day is an inescapable holiday.

It’s a day specially marked on every official calendar.

Long before the month of February begins, stores begin to line aisle after aisle with pink and red expressions of love.

I will be that single girl on Valentine’s Day. Let’s be real, I’m that same single girl the other 364 days of the year, and that’s okay.

I’m one of those single

people who doesn’t care about Valentine’s Day one way or the other, but I do think couples should be able to enjoy it.

I’ve seen the romantic comedies conditioning us to believe if we’re single, we should throw hate parties for Valentine’s Day. That doesn’t sit right with me.

Why waste time wishing you were in a relationship or reminiscing about one that didn’t work?

While being single, I’ve had time to learn about myself and here are a few things I’ve learned along the way.

Be in the moment. Learn what makes you happy, appreciate those around you and celebrate your feats, no matter

the size.

I grew up the oldest sibling in my family. Being the oldest, I could watch things like Saturday Night Live with my dad.

At a young age, I picked up what it meant to be funny.

To this day, I laugh at my own jokes and keep things light.

More importantly, I’ve learned to be able to laugh and move on.

My last relationship ended about two years ago, and it wasn’t very long or meaningful.

That relationship was not the best move for me, but I can still look back and laugh at it.

I can think, “Wow, did I really pay for the majority of

our dinner dates?” especially after I was his ride for all of our dates.

I can laugh at my own small mistakes rather than spend time putting myself down.

It’s a waste of precious time spent thinking about past relationships that exes don’t deserve.

When it comes to friends, I try to have at least one day a week where I spend time with them.

In those times together, I realize how lucky I am to have these people grounding me in my life.

My friends have all said at one point or another that I make them laugh just by being myself.

That’s one of the greatest compliments I could receive.

I’ve always been an independent soul as well, not always needing the company of others.

That’s where entertaining myself comes in handy, like my personal favorites, shopping and Netflix.

Time alone has given me a lot of perspective on the ins and outs of what makes me happy, which can be useful in potential relationships down the line.

I have to remind myself to be proud of my accomplishments, big or small, everyday.

That in turn keeps me motivated for my future and in tune with what I’m capable of in life.

I will always make a conscious effort to find

happiness, no matter where it lies.

It may vary from day to day, but I know it’s there no matter how small.

Overall, I’ve come to find a comfortable balance of happiness with myself and those around me.

Being single is what you make of it, same with a relationship and with life.

It doesn’t matter. Find your happiness, wherever it may lie.

Just do it for you and maybe someone else will find your happiness intoxicating.

Whether it’s Valentine’s Day or not, never stop moving forward.

That’s the advice the single life has taught me.

Take the dive and don’t be afraid to be in love Stop overthinking it, tell a potential love interest your feelings LEON ROMERO Daily Titan The moment you realize you’re falling in love with someone, it can either be a heartwarming moment of recognition or one of the scariest things you’ll ever experience in your life.

In my case, I was absolutely petrified.

I met my current boyfriend

three months ago through OkCupid, an online dating app.

He sent the first message and the rest is history.

A couple of weeks ago, we were talking over the phone and he dropped the infamous “L” word on me.

The moment he uttered the word, the biggest smile beamed across my face for the remainder of the conversation.

Before we both hung up I asked him, “Did you really mean that?”

There was a brief moment of silence before he responded, “I honestly do. I

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love you, Leon.”

The goofy smile across my face then slowly transformed into a horrified expression, because I loved him too.

I hung up the phone after I assured him I would call him later that day.

I made sure to not return the “I love you.”

The feeling of being loved by someone and loving him or her in return is a feeling I hope everyone experiences at least once.

It’s a feeling that will cheer you up even in your darkest days.

Because of this, I hope

nobody ever experiences similar feelings of immense fear and hesitancy to accept their true feelings the way I did.

I overthink everything so it goes without saying that I was over-analytical of this relationship from the start.

I relentlessly questioned if I actually loved this guy or if I was just falling for him to forget about my previous relationship.

How could I love a stranger I met three months ago? I shouldn’t, but I do.

I experienced this draining internal struggle for a few days and kept it to myself.

I didn’t let him know how I felt and I didn’t tell my friends.

I convinced myself they would believe I was delusional for falling for him so quickly.

If you’re dating someone and you realize that you love them, tell them.

The worst that could happen is that he or she doesn’t feel the same way, and that’s okay.

People learn to love their significant other at different paces, so don’t freak out over their response if it’s not what you’re expecting.

The other option is that they feel the exact same way and with this realization comes a completely new sense of comfort with that person.

You’ll feel safer with them.

The next time I went out with my boyfriend after the “L” word incident, I made sure to look him in the eyes and tell him, “I love you, Zac. I really do.”

I then saw a bright smile beam across his face the same way I did when he first told me.

The only thing I fear now is losing him.

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Baseball to throw first pitch The Titans kick off their 2015 season Friday in Florida DREW CAMPA Daily Titan Preparation and practice will finally give way to actual play for the Cal State Fullerton baseball team, which kicks off its season Friday afternoon on the other side of the country.

The Titans, who begin ranked No. 23 in the Baseball America preseason poll, get going in the threeday long Clearwater Tournament held at the Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida.

Fullerton is one of two ranked teams in the competition, with No. 12 Louisville, and plays against host South Florida at 4 p.m. at Bright House Field.

The Bulls are coming off a tough 2014 campaign, in which the team finished with a 27-31 record, placing fifth in the American Athletic Conference.

The Titans will face a South Florida squad transitioning under first-year skipper Mark Kingston.

Despite the change, the Bulls may still be very formidable, especially if the

Titans face ace Jimmy Herget (8-6, 1.26 earned run average in 2014). The junior was an All-AAC firstteam selection last season and fanned 90 batters over 107 1/3 innings with only 27 walks.

Yet, Fullerton is more than equipped for any arms battle, boasting two pitchers on the preseason Golden Spikes Award watch list—juniors Thomas Eshelman and Justin Garza.

Eshleman finished 8-3 last season with a 1.89 ERA and 99 strikeouts against only eight walks in 123 2/3 innings pitched. Garza was 5-4 last year with a 3.22 ERA and fanned 60 batters over 72 2/3 innings while not serving up a homer.

Fullerton will take on Alabama State at 11 a.m.

Saturday.

The Hornets are a program on the rise as the team set a school record for victories last season in going 3720, finishing atop the Southwestern Athletic Conference East standings.

Alabama State was nipped in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament title game by Jackson State, 9-8, to earn the conference’s lone bid to the NCAA Regional playoffs.

The Hornets recently had four players named to the

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Cal State Fullerton baseball will begin its quest for the fifth national title in the program history Friday when they kick off their 2015 season in Florida. The Titans will compete in the Clearwater Tournament against South Florida, Alabama State and Louisville.

All-SWAC preseason squad, including Southwestern Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year Joseph Camacho (10-1, 2.34 ERA and 63 strikeouts in 96 innings) and designated hitter Waldyvan Estrada (.347 batting average with six home runs, 60 RBI and 51 runs).

After Alabama State, perhaps the tournament’s top

game is slated for Sunday at 8 a.m. as Fullerton tangles with Louisville.

The Cardinals are arguably the top team on the Titans’ schedule this year, with No. 11 UCLA also a strong candidate.

Louisville is coming off a wonderful 2014 season, the squad captured the American Athletic Conference

regular-season title and finished 50-17 overall.

Louisville eventually advanced to the College World Series before going 0-2 and making a quick exit.

This season, the Cardinals are making the jump to the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Like Fullerton, Louisville has its own player to watch in junior pitcher Kyle

on

Funkhouser, an All-American a year ago who tallied a 13-3 record with a 1.94 ERA. Funkhouser was a strikeout specialist, having recorded 122 K’s in 120 1/3 innings, although he did walk 65 batters.

Following the tournament, the Titans will make their home debut Tuesday against USC at 6 p.m.

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Junior third baseman Missy Taukeiaho crushes her first home run of the season against then No.22-ranked Notre Dame. Taukeiaho and the Titans cracked into the top-25 this week after a stellar opening weekend and will look for another strong showing in Vegas.

Softball travels to Sin City for Desert Classic The Titans will look to keep up winning ways in Las Vegas DREW CAMPA Daily Titan Having shined at its own season-opening tournament, the Cal State Fullerton softball team is hoping to bring its winning ways across state lines this weekend.

The Titans will face five teams over three days in the UNLV Wilson/DeMarini Desert Classic being held in both Henderson and Las Vegas, Nevada beginning Friday afternoon.

Fullerton slammed its way to a 4-1 record at last weekend’s SoCal Collegiate Challenge at Anderson Family Field with the highlight coming in Saturday’s 8-7 upset victory over the then No. 22-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Fullerton won’t face a team as acclaimed as Notre

Dame this weekend.

Yet, that doesn’t mean the Titans will have a cakewalk either.

The Titans will play against Boise State Friday at 3:45 p.m. at the Stephanie Lynn Craig Complex in Henderson before wrapping up the day with a 6 p.m. tilt against the University of Nevada.

Boise State is 3-2 this young season and has shown a penchant for the extremes.

The Broncos have bludgeoned opposing teams in their three victories by a combined score of 25-5. Yet in its two defeats, Boise State has allowed 27 runs in 14 innings.

The meeting will be the first of three between the Titans and Broncos, who later square off in the Long Beach State Tournament on Feb. 28 and at the Easton Tournament at Anderson Family Field in Fullerton on March 13.

As for Nevada, the Wolfpack have had a rough start to the season, having tallied a 1-4 mark. Yet the team was

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more than competitive in its last contest, with a 12-8 defeat to the No. 2-ranked Oregon Ducks on Sunday afternoon.

In fact, Nevada twice led before surrendering five runs over the final three innings.

Fullerton will begin its Utah swing against Brigham Young University at UNLV’s Eller Media Stadium Saturday at 11:15 a.m.

The Cougars are 2-3 this season and were most recently defeated by Fullerton’s Big West Conference rival Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 3-1, last Saturday.

Following Brigham, Fullerton encounters the Pac-12 Conference’s University of Utah at 1:30 p.m.

While the Utes (2-3) are coming off a 5-3 victory over Long Beach State on Sunday, Utah has struggled to score, having plated only 10 runs through five contests.

Finally, Fullerton closes out play in Henderson Sunday at 9 a.m. against Utah Valley University, only the

second of five teams with a winning record.

The Wolverines are 3-2 and have notched victories versus Wisconsin and Virginia by scores of 9-5 and 5-4, respectively.

In the case of the Titans and, in particular, junior Missy Taukeiaho, Fullerton enters the Desert Classic red hot.

The third baseman showed why she deserved to be named to the USA Softball College Player of the Year watch list by batting .563 through the five-game SoCal Collegiate Challenge with three homers, four RBI, six runs and 18 total bases.

Outfielder Courtney Rodriguez also had a memorable five-game effort by batting .467 with seven RBIs, two doubles, two triples and two runs scored.

Junior outfielder Sarah Moore also added five RBIs and a home run, while junior pitcher Desiree Ybarra picked up two wins and a save for the Titans.

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