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Board puts fee changes in effect Student vote could rescind fees starting in 2021 SAMUEL MOUNTJOY Daily Titan

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Students participate in the Chalk Off Challenge Sunday, creating murals with chalk on the Titan Walk in preparation for the beginning of homecoming week. Murals will be judged by students Monday from noon to 1:30 p.m. Other events will take place throughout the week leading up to the game Saturday.

Kicking off homecoming Week of events will place focus on students ELAIZA ARMAS Daily Titan Each day leading up to the Saturday homecoming game will feature events and programs to encourage students to get into the homecoming spirit and support their teams. The week got a colorful kick-off Sunday as university clubs, organizations and students embellished the Titan Walk with Titan-themed murals for Cal State Fullerton’s Chalk Off Challenge. “What we wanted to do is create a huge chalk mural on Titan walk so that when students get here on

Monday, they know that it’s homecoming week,” Titan Tusk Force Director Lauren Vivanco said. The event will continue Monday at noon with the Chalk Off Judging, in which students who walk by the Titan walk will receive three different tickets to vote on three different criteria that they believe best represents Cal State Fullerton. The judging will run until 1:30 p.m. and students who participate will also be entered in a raffle to win Titan gear. On Tuesday, students wearing apparel with the CSUF logo will receive a free taco during CSUF’s annual Titan Taco Tuesday. This year the women’s basketball team will be serving the tacos alongside Associated Students, Inc. in an effort to increase

support for the women’s team. “They want to promote that obviously homecoming isn’t just to celebrate men’s basketball, but women’s basketball also, so they’ll be serving and it will give them a way to interact with students,” Vivanco said. “It’s something we’ve never done before.” The event will take place in the Central Quad from noon to 1:30 p.m. Students will be guided through campus by Tuffy’s footprints on Wednesday for the Orange Out Scavenger Hunt. Starting off at the first station, students will be handed a tote bag to collect items to create a spirit pack to wear to the game. The event will start in the Central Quad and end at the Titan Gym from noon to 2 p.m. SEE WEEK

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A Cal State Fullerton student prepares part of a mural to be judged Monday as part of the Chalk Off Challenge.

The California State University Board of Trustees has required that future success fees must now be approved in a binding vote by the student body following an information campaign. Of 12 campuses, including Cal State Fullerton, that have success fees, just two were approved with a student vote–but neither vote was binding. Since the beginning of a two-year moratorium of success fees enacted by the state legislature in June, trustees have been meeting with campuses and gathering student input on the process. In November, a working group tasked with researching the process and reporting to the trustees found a need for consistency among the system used for success fees across the CSU system, as well as a more rigorous adherence to student input. Detractors have called the fee a workaround to a tuition freeze put in place by Gov. Jerry Brown. Supporters, however, have praised the fee’s additional revenue in the wake of shrinking state contributions. CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White approved a $181 semesterly success fee at CSUF last spring. Existing fees are unaffected by the new rules except for a provision that gives students the ability to rescind fees by a vote after Jan. 1, 2021. SEE BOARD

Casting call for neighborly Titans

Series looking for actors to promote civil etiquette ADRIANA NAJERA Daily Titan

Everyone can appreciate a good neighbor every now and then. Cal State Fullerton will be hosting an open casting call in partnership with the Associated Students, Inc. Community Engagement Coalition for students to appear in short episodes for the Good Neighbor Campaign project, which sprouted from a conversation between CSUF and the Fullerton community. CSUF was receiving minor complaints about issues that students may or may not have been intentionally causing, like parking and trash, Community Engagement Coalition Director Claire Kim said. After weeks of

brainstorming, the Community Engagement Coalition came up with the idea of doing a short video series, in hopes of relaying these messages with our student body. The campaign is designed to create responsibility in every college student and spread an awareness of being a “good neighbor.” In a college neighborhood and community, there will always be interactions between college students and non-student residents. This blend can lead to conflicts, which may or may not be issues such as littering, partying and parking. This series of videos is aimed towards helping college students keep the harmony between themselves and their neighborhood. “As a student, whether they might live on campus or off campus, there is an expectation to live by the common values, and ultimately, to behave as a good neighbor,” Kim said. Those who feel they have what it takes to show

Fullerton neighbors their good side and represent CSUF can come to the casting call Wednesday. No acting experience is required, just a love for Titan pride. “We’re looking for fun, enthusiastic college students who are willing to volunteer their time for this campaign,” Kim said. The cast will be made up of three main characters (one non-student neighbor & two college neighbors), and additional side characters. There will be one male neighbor between the ages of 28-35, who will play the main hero of the story. This character will provide the audience with some laughs as well as knowledge. The first college neighbor, a male between the ages of 21-22, will play the antagonist turned good-guy hero. He will begin as the typical party-crazed college student uninterested in anything but throwing huge parties on the weekends. SEE CASTING

CASTING CALL

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4

1st Audition • 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Titan Student Union Stearns

2nd Audition • 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. • Location: Titan Student Union Bradford A STEPHEN MCGLADE / DAILY TITAN FILE PHOTO

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President Mildred García will come on stage soon after Thursday’s performance by Captain Nomad at the Becker Amphitheater, and men’s basketball will follow to pump up the crowd for Friday. The Orange Madness Homecoming Rally will start at 6 p.m Friday as the first 600 students waiting in line to be checked in receive free In-N-Out meals. Once checked in, the men’s and women’s basketball three-point and dunk contest will begin, and a performance by the spirit squad and dance team will follow. Then, the crowd will decide which DJ will perform at CSUF’s Spring Concert during the final Battle of the DJ’s contest before headliner Ty Dolla $ign performs. “I think that’s one of the big staples of ASI this year,” said Brandon Harris, Associated Students

productions director. “If we’re going to have an event, it’s going to be a legit event.

Monday • Titan Chalk Walk • Noon - 1 p.m.

Tuesday

• Taco Tuesday • Noon - 1 p.m.

Wednesday

• Orange Out Scavenger Hunt • Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Thursday

• Becker Amphitheater performance and pep rally • Noon - 1 p.m.

Friday

• Orange Madness Homecoming Rally • 6 -9 p.m.

Saturday • • • •

Titan Festival 3 p.m. Homecoming Game 6 p.m.

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Vanessa Schotborgh, a human services major, works on her mural during the Chalk Off Challenge Sunday.

SQE fee petition to go to Gov. Brown Group calls for changes to CSU success fee policies MARICELA GOMEZ Daily Titan

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Students for Quality Education, including the chapter at Cal State Fullerton, has created a petition to be sent to Gov. Jerry Brown requesting changes be made to the implementation process for Student Success Fees. The petition, which has collected 222 signatures to date, takes aim at the current success fee policy, including the student approval process and policies to be adopted once the fees are implemented, according to the Students for Quality Education website. CSUF implemented its success fee in Spring 2014, following an initial two-week consultation process, another two weeks to garner additional student input and final approvals from the chancellor’s and president’s offices. The final fee was approved at $181 upon full implementation, which will take effect in Fall 2016. Currently the fee adds $60 a semester to existing student fees. The petition, as listed on

the group’s website, calls for a number of changes to the success fee policy, including a requirement of 50 percent plus one participation by the student body in an approval vote and a binding yes or no vote. If fees are implemented, the petition calls for a threeyear sunset clause for fees, transparency reports to be distributed to students and open meetings hosted by the campus president to inform students on how the success fee funds will be spent. One of the main issues brought up by Students for Quality Education is the lack of student participation in approving the fees. CSUF received 3,809–representative of roughly 10 percent of the student population–valid paper and online surveys during the weeks-long student consultation process.w Elyse Rickard, a member of CSUF’s students for Quality Education, said that the 50 percent plus one threshold advocated by Students for Quality Education as a student binding mark was not met while approving the success fees throughout the CSUs. The group surveyed 4,200 students across the CSU system, she said, and 90 percent of respondees did

not support the success fee on their campus. During its Jan. 24 meeting, the CSU Board of Trustees approved a resolution that requires all future success fees to be approved by a binding vote after an informational campaign. Rickard said the group has yet to decide how to move forward after the success fee recommendations voted on by the CSU Board of Trustees. It will, however, continue to persuade the California governor to freeze the success fees through laws, appeals and actions, she said. Rickard said the fees go against the 2012 tuition freeze implemented as part of Prop 30. “That’s textbooks, that’s groceries, that’s gas money, that’s a semester parking pass,” Rickard said. “Gov. Brown established a moratorium on tuition (hikes) and they’re using a lot of our money … for tuition purposes,” she added. Students for Quality Education approached students personally and promoted the petition through facebook, email blast and the Students for Quality Education website to educate students on how the fees are created, she said.

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SQE members protest student fees. The group has since created a petition to implement changes to the ways success fees are implemented and coordinated.

Al Jazeera journalist released Imprisoned Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste was released from a Cairo jail Sunday, according to Reuters. Greste and Al-Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were captured by Egyptian authorities in December 2013 on charges including spreading lies to help a terrorist organization. Their imprisonment drew international condemnation from the journalistic community. The trio was initially sentenced to seven to ten years’ imprisonment in Egypt, a country where many people see Al-Jazeera as a mouthpiece for the Muslim Brotherhood and as a force for destabilizing the country. Greste’s return to Australia comes after 400 days of imprisonment. Meanwhile, Fahmy is expected to be released to Canada within days. Mohamed’s future remains uncertain, however, since he does not possess a foreign passport.

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Terrorist group ISIS released another beheading video on Saturday, this time showing the beheading of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, according to The Guardian. The beheading comes after a deadlock in prolonged negotiations in which ISIS militants pledged to release Goto in exchange for Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi terrorist facing execution for her part in suicide bombings in Jordan in 2005. “Because of your reckless decision to take part in an unwinnable war, this knife will not only slaughter Kenji but will also carry on and cause carnage wherever your people are found,” an ISIS militant said, addressing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. No mention was made during the video of Muath al-Kasasbeh, a Jordanian pilot believed to be held captive by the group.

Correction The previous edition of the Daily Titan contained a photo caption erroneously stating that the CSUF baseball team has not lost the alumni game in the past six years.

In actuality, the baseball team has not lost the past six games in the last eight years because the alumni game was cancelled in 2008 and 2009.

After trailing by 10 heading into the fourth quarter, the New England Patriots came back to beat the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX. The Patriots began the scoring with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to wide receiver Brandon LaFell in the second quarter, then ended it with a threeyard pass from Brady to Julian Edelman with 2:02 to play. The Patriots won their fourth ring and Brady won MVP for the third - DARLENE CASAS

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NEWS Board: Student vote required for fees

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January 2011 Cal State Long Beach becomes first Cal State campus to enact a success fee.

January 2014 CSUF Student Fee Advisory Committee agrees to pursue success fee through an alternative consultation process – meeting with the campus community to discuss the then-potential fee and gather feedback.

June 2014 California state legislature places nearly two-year moratorium on new student success fees being enacted at CSU campuses. Cal State Trustees charge a working group to obtain student, staff and administrator feedback to report back to trustees and state legislature.

Fall 2014 Semester CSUF students begin paying success fee.

January 27, 2014 CSUF begins alternative consultation process.

September - October 2014 The Student Success Fee Working Group holds three open forums at Cal States Northridge, Sonoma and Los Angeles to gather input from students, staff and administrators at those campuses. A small amount of representatives from other campuses, including Fullerton, attended these forums.

February 13, 2014 CSUF decides to extend consultation period in reaction to lower-than-expected amount of feedback.

March 9, 2014 Consultation period begins in earnest and Student Fee Advisory Committee begins reviewing feedback.

March 2014 Student Fee Advisory Committee approves $181 success fee at Cal State Fullerton to be phased in through 2017.

November 2014 Working group reports back to trustees having found issues with accountability and transparency in fee implementation process and recommended that new fees require a binding student vote to be enacted.

January 28, 2015 Board of trustees approve new guidelines for enacting a success fee at a Cal State campus.

Late March 2014 Cal State Chancellor Timothy P. White approves CSUF success fee.

January 1, 2016 Moratorium on new success fees ends.

Janurary 1, 2021 Earliest date at which existing success fees can be rescinded by student vote.

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CSUF was among campuses which did not give students a chance to vote on the fee. CSUF used an alternative consultation, during which campus administrators held more than 100 sessions with students and provided them an opportunity to give input on how the fee should be used. An online form was also used. A campus-wide, yes-or-no vote was never held. Input provided through the sessions and online was used by the Student Fee Advisory

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The CSU Board of Trustees recently required that all future student fees be approved through a binding vote from the student body.

Committee to adjust the fee from the proposed $240.50

down to $181 to be phased in through 2017.

Osher Institute to expand offerings International trips and tech classes are on OLLI’s horizon ADRIANA NAJERA Daily Titan A program geared toward helping active retirees move, groove and learn will be expanding its focus and providing new offerings this spring. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute offers 140 non-credit courses to individuals who are retired, semi-retired or nearing retirement to help them maintain an active lifestyle. In the years since its founding, the institute has seen its membership grow to about 16,000, with members ranging in age from their 50s to 90s, institute president Mike Stover said. This spring the program will be offering a series of lectures focusing on an array of topics from space exploration to the histories of various people. The program is also hoping to reinitiate its travel opportunities, something Stover said he’s very excited about. “We have had day travel for a long time,” Stover said. “We would take a bus and take people down to the crime lab, forensic lab in Orange County and get a tour down there, but now we are going to go over to Catalina Island and do an overnight there.” In addition to overnight travels, the institute is also planning to offer international travel opportunities. Institute leaders are also in the beginning stages of planning a service-based international program, Stover said. Kari Knutson Miller, Ph.D., dean of University Extended Education, is a part of the planning process for the program which would also include CSUF students, Stovel said. There has been an increased emphasis on classes to teach members about the wireless aspects of

their lives. As part of this, the institute has expanded classes on how to use online resources, smart phones and social media, Stover said. Those classes come in addition to expanded music classes offered to institute members, Stover said. “You learn some of the most fascinating things and what’s really good here is two things; one is you have the opportunity to learn things and experience things that you never thought you would, and you never thought you’d be interested in,” said Judy Alter, a member of the the institute’s Board of Trustees.

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Alter was first introduced to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute four years ago by a friend. She said she became a part of the board through her passion for extending her knowledge and involvement. “The biggest thing about OLLI that I think is the most wonderful are the people,” she said. “There are people who have different experiences than you. People are fascinating, because these are not people who are getting old so they roll up the carpet, it’s not like that at all.” More information and a calendar of institute events are available at Olli.Fullerton.edu.

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• Tom Nolan of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena will be speaking on the basic human characteristics of exploration.

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February 10 • Willem Van der Pol, director for facilities operations, will be speaking on the sustainability of CSUF. Topics from conservation to curriculum development will be presented in an effort to begin a discussion on sustainability on campus.

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March 5 • Psychology Professor Nancy Segal, Ph.D., will present on a study that began in 1979 of twins who were raised apart.

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March 19 • Catherine Bauknight, documentary filmmaker and photojournalist, will show A Voice for Sovereignty, which follows the Hawaiian people Kanaka Maoli after the Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown

April 14 • John Ibson, Ph.D., professor of American Studies, will speak on the shifting relationships men have with each other. The presentation will feature images from Ibson’s book, and will focus on the mid-1900s.

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Charming Liars to hit downtown Fullerton on West Coast tour ANGIE PEREZ Daily Titan

Downtown Fullerton’s Slidebar Rock-N-Roll Kitchen is known as one of the goto spots for great live music in Orange County. Wednesday, Slidebar will be hosting an upand-coming British/American rock band, Charming Liars. Currently on a West Coast tour, the band is making stops at the hottest music scenes in California. They will play in Hollywood, San Diego and in Fullerton. The five-member group is based out of Los Angeles, but originated in London, England. In an interview with Groovey.TV, an entertaiment website, the band said 2014 was a

successful year. They dropped their second EP We Won’t Give Up, produced by the notorious Bob Rock, who has worked on albums with Metallica and Bon Jovi. Charming Liars also had the opportunity of sharing the stage with bands such as Becker, Weezer and MGMT at the Corona Capital Festival in New Mexico. Mike Browne, Charming Liars’ spokesman, said the band is currently in the studio working on new music and set to drop their third EP early spring of 2015. The original band members, Charlie Cosser, Karnig Manoukian and Mike Kruger, were born and raised in London. At an early age, the three shared a love and appreciation for rock music, especially the LA music scene. The teens decided to record a demo, the first step in pursuing their dreams of making it big

in the states. With their demo in hand and passion in their hearts, the trio left friends, loved ones and a college education to move to LA. “We were fighting a lot of things that were holding us back in the UK: family, relationships, dead-end jobs and deciding not to go down the path that all our friends did, which was the conventional path. We really were going to give this a go, and we have never regretted it,” Cosser wrote on the band’s official website. Guitarist Nick Krein and drummer Zack Riel joined the band after the move to the states. The Charming Liars is scheduled to hit Slidebar’s stage at 8 p.m. this Wednesday night with free entry. For additional shows and information of their West Coast tour, visit the band’s website at www. charmingliars.com.

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After their sucess in 2014, Los Angeles-based rock band Charming Liars will play Slidebar Wednesday night.

Local band pioneers electric grunge

FMLYBND will bring a unique sound to the Becker Amphitheater ALEX FAIRBANKS Daily Titan

The electronic grunge group FMLYBND is coming to CSUF this Wednesday, Feb. 4. The band will be jamming at the Becker Amphitheater at noon. The two vocalists of the band go by Mac Montgomery and Braelyn Montgomery. Mac also plays the guitar. The other band members include

Erik Mason, who controls the synthesizers, and Ethan Davis, who plays the drums and also does the sampling. Their songs have a steady beat, ghostly echoing vocals and hypnotic synthesized sounds. This makes their music emanate an electrified pulsing trance. FMLYBND comes out of Isla Vista California. They live in a “rad ghetto beach town. It’s grungy. It’s dirty,” Mac Montgomery said. Growing up there, listening to ‘90s grunge music from Seattle, striving to be themselves and always

trying to maintain a party vibe all led to their self titled genre “Electronic Grunge,” Montgomery said. The members of the band came together in early 2013, and it has been a lot of hard work so far, but it has been 100 percent worth it, Montgomery said. They wanted to create more mindful electronic music that requires a band to play it, and not just one DJ slamming buttons on a sound board, Mac Montgomery said. “Four people playing and vibing off of each other live really brings an element of freshness to the

table,” Mac Montgomery said. In efforts to stand out from other bands, FMLYBND is going to be giving away a free song every month this year. The idea behind this is that the majority of the world downloads music for free anyways, so why not just make it easy for the world to access their music and give it away for free, Montgomery said. Being in a band and trying to make a living is not easy, Montgomery said. They have to make enough money from their music and performances to pay the rent and provide for their families. “The struggle is too real,” Mac Montgomery

said. Despite the difficulties, they are moving forward one step at a time, he said. It also helps that they love what they do. Playing live, having everyone react to the music and frequencies they create and then getting crazy and partying with the crowd is one of the most rewarding things in life, Mac Montgomery said. He thinks it is beautiful that his band can impact other people’s lives. Students will be able to enjoy this band live this Wednesday and maybe some of them will even be letting go of their stress after listening to FMLYBND perform.

He’ll be the typical handsome, social guy who is also smart and sophisticated. The second college neighbor, a female between the ages of 21-22, will play the best friend of the first college neighbor, and will also help him turn over a new leaf. She’ll help him become a leader to the neighborhood. She likes to party, too, but also values respect and resourcefulness.

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We’re looking for fun, enthusiastic college students who are willing to volunteer their time for this campaign. CLAIRE KIM Community Engagment Coalition Director

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British band to charm Slidebar

Casting: TSU to hold open call

Other side characters (college students) will be casted as well. These characters will participate in a scene, a college house party and will have little to no dialogue. For more information on the Good Neighbor Campaign project, email the Community Engagement Coalition at asicec@exchange.fullerton.edu or call (657) 278-3295.

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Disneyland Resort is becoming inaccessibile to most middle-class citizens, with the recent price hikes making a day at the park an elusive reality for many Southern Californians.

Disneyland prices out middle class Anaheim park a commodity for the rich and wealthy MARICELA GOMEZ Daily Titan Disneyland may be the “happiest place on earth,” but it definitely isn’t the cheapest. Disney’s house of mouse has slowly launched its admission prices to sky rocketing heights the average person can hardly reach. The Disneyland website lists a ticket to Disneyland or Disney’s California Adventure for $96 for adults and $90 for children. The price may look attractive for one person, but for a family of four, the price becomes horrifying, summing up to $372. But what if people want to visit both parks on the same day? Well, that’s going to cost $144-$150 per person. The annual pass prices aren’t so glamorous either, ranging from $289-$699, with the option of monthly payment plans. Is Disneyland Resort only accommodating the wealthy? Apparently it is. As people slide their ticket through the whistling scanner and walk below the bridge to enter the land of adventure, frontier, tomorrow and fantasy, everything

becomes untouchable. From those inescapable plastic Mickey ears to the copious amount of Disney-themed clothing, the prices fly to infinity and beyond. George Lopez’s Disneyland joke about licking the churro and passing it used to be funny until it became a cruel reality. Even a person’s appetite and thirst has a pricey cost at Disneyland. Although the massive turkey legs, ice cream, chicken strips, french fries and fancy cuisine from Blue Bayou are tempting, the food seems unaffordable for a family of four when figuring in the prices. A Dasani water bottle or a bag of Frito Lay chips cost around $3 each, when each item costs around $1.50 anywhere else. Disneyland really wants to keep the average person from coming frequently. Not only is Disneyland economically exploiting innocent and humble families through their admission, they’ve extended it through their food, parking and souvenirs. Those Mickey Mouse ears aren’t fooling anyone. The economic boundary Disney has marked upon the average person is unacceptable, pricing everything at a wealthy person’s dime. But those mouse ears better listen up. It takes the average Disney-goer many hours of tough

labor and annual savings to bring the entire family to the Disneyland Resort; and all to waste it on overpriced food and merchandise that creates a dent through their wallets and their hearts. Disney’s economic burden has curtailed many families’ chances to experience the intergalactic world of Space Mountain, the cherished meet and greets with Mickey and Friends, the Sleeping Beauty castle and the breathtaking fireworks as much as they’d like. Walt Disney would be upset at the economic machine Disneyland has become. Disneyland was created so every person could have the chance to experience and enjoy a memory-filled day with family and friends. Unfortunately, the economic rage of the people does not affect Disneyland resort whatsoever. Eventually, the admission prices will reach thousands of dollars and wealthy tourists will continue to fill Disney’s pockets, with no end in sight. All we can do is take a trip to Yesterland and reminisce about the time tickets cost around $40-$50 and the entire family could enjoy and appreciate Disney’s accessibility. If I ever wished upon a star, I would wish that the Disney price hikes would stop.

Living without staying connected The art of face-toface communication is a dying craft SABRINA PARADA Daily Titan It was exciting to experience visiting the Anaheim Packing District recently, with so many trendy eateries practically begging to be featured on Instagram and other social media outlets. The ambience is absolutely beautiful and the amount of photogenic food was endless. It’s difficult trying to choose the one place to document as the landmark photo of the visit. Everyone knows this routine. As the night progressed, another destination found its way into the itinerary. This place was a theme park very close

to campus. As one can imagine, this place is a plethora of social media possibilities. It seems pathetic; the urge to document one’s experience on social media. So, is 2015 the year to put your phone down? Is it time to enjoy being in the moment and ignore the craving to document dinner on Instagram or tag friends on Facebook? The answer is yes. It’s time for millennials to look up from their screens and enjoy the times ahead. Everyone is lost in the World Wide Web and is forgetting what else is going on. There is so much time wasted trying to find the perfect picture of dinner or the perfect selfie to post. Imagine all the errands that could be finished,

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all the people to see and talk with. The days would slow down. Social media is a prevalent and pervasive presence today and it’s one this generation has grown up in, but maybe it’s time to set the phone aside and actually have a conversation with someone, read an actual book or go outside and take a walk. The art of communication is slowly fading, as people don’t know how to talk to one another anymore. Physical contact is becoming a weird task for many, which is quite baffling. There are so many friendships to be made, possible relationships to form and new opportunities to take if one simply looks up. Who knows who or what could pass us by while our eyes are fixated on our phone screens. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN/OPINION

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Titans drop OT thriller to the 49ers Mike Caffey paced Long Beach with 34 points in the win ANDREW MCLEAN Daily Titan After allowing a second half lead to slip through their fingers late in the game, the Titans dropped to 0-6 in conference play Thursday night, as they fell to rival Cal State Long Beach. “Since I’ve been here for the past four years, it has been one of the biggest games on the schedule for us. Every time we play them, it’s a good crowd and good energy in the building,” said Titan guard Alex Harris. There were 2,090 in attendance to watch this Big West rivalry game. Free shirts, as well as posters with the faces of Head Coach Dedrique Taylor and forward Steve McClellan were handed out before the game. This created a loud atmosphere in the Titan Gym. The crowd did everything they could to lift players and create a hostile playing environment for Long Beach. “It motivated us, it definitely helped us. If we’re ever getting down, they’re always there to pick us up,” Harris said. Whether the Titans were ahead or behind, the crowd maintained their energy and noise, with one of the loudest moments of the game coming when Harris hit a deep 3-pointer as the first half buzzer sounded. At halftime, Fullerton’s men’s and women’s soccer teams were honored because of the Big West Conference championships both teams attained this past fall.

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Junior guard Lanerryl Johnson drives the ball down the court past the 49er defenders. Johnson finished the game with 16 points, two rebounds and two assists in the loss to Long Beach State on Thursday at Titan Gym. More than 2,000 supporters were in the stands for the highly-anticipated Big West Conference rivalry game.

The Titans began the second half with a fivepoint lead and hold on until the closing minutes. The student section jumped to their feet with joy as Harris drained a 3-point shot, putting the Titans ahead by 11 points with 4:14 remaining in the second half. High fives were shared as the crowd of students and alumni chanted, “Defense! Defense!” Neither the fans nor the players could expect what happened next.

Three costly turnovers and a number of missed opportunities by the Titans allowed the 49ers to gain momentum down the stretch and tie the game at 75-75 with 16 seconds remaining. A missed shot by Harris with a second remaining sent the game into overtime, where the 49ers outscored the Titans 1610, elevating their record to 5-1 in the Big West Conference. After the game, Taylor recognized his team’s

strong play and cited reasons why he believed they fell short of the victory. “For the most part, we played exceptionally well. Just down the stretch, we had way too many turnovers,” Taylor said. Harris’ team-high 28 points and McClellan’s 12 rebounds were not enough to overcome the 19 turnovers that the Titans committed on the night. A heartbreaking loss can prove to be damaging to a team’s psyche, but Taylor believes the Titans will

Women’s basketball rally falls short in Long Beach The loss drops the Titans to 3-3 in the Big West Conference

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Senior guard Chante Miles led the charge on Saturday with 25 points in the 74-70 loss to rival Long Beach State on the road. Miles is second in the Big West in scoring with 19.7 points per game.

The Titans surrendered 15 straight points and fell behind, 25-15, with 5:57 left in the first half. Before the buzzer had sounded to conclude the half, Long Beach guard Anna Kim, a Fullerton native, hit a jumper to give the 49ers a 39-28 halftime advantage. The hosts extended their lead to 50-39 in the second frame after a layup from Devin Hudson (12 points, 14 rebounds) at 13:01, before Fullerton responded with a 17-6 run. The spurt was aided by four points apiece from Kathleen Iwuoha (12 points, five rebounds and four steals) and Butler (17 points, five rebounds and four steals), and was highlighted by three 3-pointers from Miles.

The last of Miles’ triples came at 8:04 and knotted the game at 56. Long Beach responded by scoring five of the next six points and taking a 6157 lead with 7:25 left. Miles, who has totaled double-digit scoring in 17 straight games, brought the Titans within four points with 1:14 left in the game. However, Benton matched Miles’ shot, hitting a jumper with 43 seconds remaining to put her team up by six. Fullerton again fought back behind a pair of free throws and a layup from Miles with a defensive stop in between to climb within 72-70 with 24 seconds remaining. The rally, however, stopped there. Benton was

fouled with 21 seconds left and sank two free throws to put Long Beach ahead, 74-70. The Titans had their chances, but missed two 3-point tries while committing a turnover over the final 21 seconds. Fullerton never led after that point. The Titans will look to bounce back at UC Riverside (13-8 overall, 4-3 Big West) Thursday at 7 p.m.

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plays down the stretch.” The Titans will look to capture their first conference win against Cal State Northridge Thursday. The game will be held at Titan Gym; tipoff is at 7 p.m.

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Men’s golf finish 12th in Arizona Senior Ryan Tetrault led the Titans with a five-over-par 218 DREW CAMPA Daily Titan

DREW CAMPA Daily Titan Having rallied from a double-digit deficit, the Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team showed a flair for the comeback Saturday evening versus host Long Beach State. What the Titans lacked, though, was an ability to pull ahead in the second half, as the 49ers dominated bench and painted productivity in a 74-70 Big West Conference defeat for Fullerton. With the loss, the Titans fell to 9-10 overall and 3-3 in conference play, which puts Cal State Fullerton seventh in conference. The 49ers (18-3 overall, 5-2 Big West) dominated scoring in the lane on Saturday, 52-16, and had 30 points off the bench, compared to none for Fullerton. Perhaps the player best representative of the divide among reserve squads was Long Beach State’s Raven Benton. The guard scored 20 points in 20 minutes and hit crucial baskets late. Benton was countered by Fullerton senior guard Chante Miles, who tallied a game-high 25 points along with five rebounds, three steals and three assists. Fullerton pulled ahead for much of the first half. The Titans took a 15-10 lead after a 3-pointer from Tailer Butler at 11:11, but then they quickly started leaking points.

bounce back. “I think there’s no quit in this group, there’s a lot of fight in this group,” Taylor said. “We just got to continue to learn how to make winning championship

Back in action for the first time in three months, the Cal State Fullerton men’s golf team didn’t appear to show any rust. On the contrary, the Titans posted their second-best effort this season by taking 12th place at the two-day, three-round Arizona Intercollegiate tournament, which concluded Tuesday at the Sewailo Golf Club in Tucson, AZ. Overall, the Titans finished 25 shots over par in carding a total score of 877 on the par-71, 7,262-yard course. The Arizona Intercollegiate was the second tournament the Titans played out-of-state this season and the first action of any kind since the team took 19th at the Bill Cullum Invitational on Oct. 21. Arizona State captured victory at the Tucson event, shooting a 12-under-par 840. Meanwhile, the University of Texas at El Paso (851) was second, and McNeese State (856) took third. Arizona State junior Max Rottluff won the individual portion of the event with a 10-under 203. Fullerton turned in its best effort in the final round in carding a four-under-par 280, the third-best score tallied by any team in the third round. Only Arizona State (277) and McNeese State (279) shot better in the last round. The Titans’ final-round score was impressive given the team also had to

play portions of the second round on Tuesday morning due to darkness that suspended play Monday, and then had to complete the 18-hole third round later that same day. Fullerton had also tallied scores of 299 and 298 in the first two rounds, respectively, before dropping 18 strokes in the final action. Ryan Tetrault led the way for Fullerton, as the senior carded a five-over-par 218, which tied him for 27th overall with six other golfers. Fullerton was only one of five teams in the top 15 to place its five golfers within the top 70. Junior Marcus Mercado-Kiel followed for the Titans and tied for 50th with a nineover 222, while Matt Murphy tallied a 10-over 223 (tied for 54th), Mark Cobey shot an 11-over 224 (tied for 59th) and Josh Park finished with a 14-over 227 (tied for 69th) for Fullerton. Cobey turned in the team’s best single-day effort when the freshman carded a three-under 68 in Tuesday’s final round, fueled by three birdies through the front nine. Fullerton’s best team finish this season was an eighth-place showing at the Southwestern Intercollegiate in Westlake Village on Sept. 9. Up next for Fullerton, the Titans will look to defend their own tournament championship at the two-day long Folino Invitational at the Industry Hills Golf Club, located in the City of Industry, beginning Feb. 16 and ending Feb. 17. Last season, Fullerton captured its first-ever Folino tournament championship by defeating Sacramento State, 863-879.

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A pair of sophomores will be crucial to success in 2015 TAMEEM SERAJ Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis team came into the 2015 spring season looking to improve on its lackluster 2014. The 2014 squad went 8-15 overall, with a dismal 1-7 Big West Conference record in Head Coach Dianne Matias’ first year at the helm. Now in her second year, she is equipped with young talent ready to make some noise in the Big West. Alexis Valenzuela and Camille De Leon were both freshmen last year, but their youth didn’t stop them from having spectacular seasons. Valenzuela finished with a stellar 23-6 singles record, while De Leon also eclipsed the 20-win mark with a 21-14 mark. Now in their sophomore campaigns, the duo are looking to set more records for the CSUF program. The season started on Jan. 17 with a nail-biter against the Nevada Wolfpack. The match came down to the top singles game between Valenzuela and Sheila Morales with the score at 3-3. Valenzuela lost the first set 6-2, but rallied to win the next two sets 7-6 and 6-2, respectively. Valenzuela’s victory secured a 4-3 win for the Titans in the season-opener. “I’m really proud of how our team competed today,” Matias said to fullertontitans.com. “Today was a full team effort and the matches could have gone either way, but our team stayed calm and composed when the matches became close and just kept fighting.”

The Titans then took on UC San Diego on Jan. 21 in another highly-competitive matchup. Valenzuela did not participate in the singles portion, but Emilia Borkowski lifted the Titans with a win in the No. 2 match over regionally-ranked Britta Mosser. Borkowski’s win came in comeback fashion, the redshirt sophomore rallying after dropping the first set to pull off the upset. Victories in the fourth through sixth matchups, and the doubles point gave Fullerton the 5-2 win. Fullerton’s momentum was halted three days later when they traveled to San Diego to face San Diego State. Valenzuela’s 6-1, 6-0 victory over Kristin Buth in the top singles match would be the only point that Fullerton collected, as they fell 6-1 to a

tough Aztecs squad. Rounding out the trio of San Diego schools, Fullerton next matched up with the University of San Diego the next day. The Titans were again overpowered, as senior Jessica Pepa secured the only point for CSUF with a 6-2, 6-0 sweep of Carly Naslund. The Titans dropped their match 6-1 for the second consecutive game. The streak of losing 6-1 reached three games on Friday after the Titans dropped their conference-opener against rival Long Beach State. De Leon obtained the lone point for Fullerton with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over 49er Hayley Thompson. The Titans will look to right the ship when they host Azusa Pacific for a non-conference match Wednesday starting at 1:30 p.m.

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Robertson sets school record RUDY CHINCHILLA Daily Titan Morgan Thompson led the way for the Cal State Fullerton women’s indoor track and field team, as it finished up the second day of competition at the University of Washington Invitational on Saturday. Thompson earned second place in the 200 meter

dash, clocking in at 24.69 seconds, nine-hundredths of a second behind UC Davis’ Ashley Marshall. Thompson’s second place showing was the best that any Titan could muster on a day of mixed results. Ty’Jalayah Robertson tied for 19th place in the triple jump, but produced a much better performance in the high jump. Roberton’s jump of 5

feet 7 inches tied her for fifth place and broke the previous CSUF record of 5 feet 5.75 inches. The 4x400 meter relay team of Tyler Hardge, Janaya Shorty, Alexandra Stewart and Elizabeth Claustro posted a time of 3:52.54, good enough for fourth place. The Titans will next compete at the Northern Arizona University Invitational, beginning Feb. 13.

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