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Jury to deliberate in trial for murder of former student SPENCER CUSTODIO Daily Titan Closing arguments ended Friday after two days of statements from prosecution and defense attorneys in the trial of Samuel Lopez, who is accused of murdering former CSUF student Cathy Torrez in 1994. Torrez’s body was found in a car trunk outside a Placentia hospital in February 1994 and Samuel Lopez has been the prime suspect since then. The two were high school sweethearts. Defense attorney Lewis Rosenblum told the jury throughout his closing argument that the prosecution has no physical evidence that pins Samuel Lopez to the murder of Torrez. “There’s virtually no evidence against my client,” Rosenblum told the jury. “I’m going to reshape the way you look at this case.” He aruged police found no bloody clothing, no stolen items, no murder weapon or anything else to pin Samuel to the murder. The defense maintained that Xavier Lopez, Samuel’s cousin, is the murderer. Xavier’s fingerprint and DNA were found on Torrez, Rosenblum said. Xavier Lopez is being tried separately. Rosenblum argued that the prosecution had only one story—that Samuel’s reluctance in the search for Torrez and his demeanor in the interrogation room pointed to the fact that he killed Torrez over a conflicted marriage proposal. Senior Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy said that Samuel killed Torrez because she didn’t want to elope. Rosenblum contested the eloping claim and said that there were conflicting versions of that story among witnesses. Some witnesses said Torrez rejected his proposal, others, however, said that they brought it up jokingly and that the two were more friends than an actual couple, Murphy said. The prosecutor sidestepped the conflicting eloping claim made by the defense and instead focused on the defense’s depiction of the murder, saying it didn’t make sense. In response to the argument that Samuel’s DNA should have been all over the car that Torrez was found in, the district attorney concluded that Samuel simply did not shed any DNA. The defense called the claim that Samuel is not a DNA shedder outrageous. Samuel’s attorney told the jury that the prosecution should have provided proof that Samuel doesn’t shed DNA before starting the trial. Rosenblum also asked the jury if they heard any evidence of Torrez’s car being cleaned. SEE TRIAL

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Five fire agencies responded to a fire at Dillon’s Bar and Grill early Sunday. The blaze was put out shortly after 9 a.m., but no part of the building was undamaged by the fire, leading fire officials to declare the building a “total loss.” Nearby businesses were also evacuated, but tenants were allowed back in later in the day.

Fire began Sunday morning, resulted in ‘total loss’ ALEX GROVES Daily Titan About 80 firefighters from five agencies fought a structural fire that broke out Sunday at Dillon’s Bar and Grill on Nutwood Avenue in Fullerton, Deputy Chief of Fullerton Fire Department Julie Kunze said. The bar was described as a total loss with no part of the building unscathed by the fire. The fire was first reported by an eyewitness shortly before 6 a.m. and a one-alarm

fire battalion was assigned to fight the blaze, Kunze said. Additional resources were assigned as the blaze grew over the next few hours. The fire reached a four-alarm, four battalion designation before resources were able to control it. The fire was knocked down shortly after 9 a.m., but firefighters remained throughout the day to douse the structure with water in order to cool it down. While she couldn’t assign an exact dollar amount to the damage, Kunze said the bar’s owners could be looking at somewhere between $2-3 million-worth of damage. SEE FIRE

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The fire, which was reported around 6 a.m., caused an estimated $2-3 million in damage, a fire official said, but no civilians or firefighters were hurt as a result of the blaze.

Titan baseball sweeps Baylor

CSUF offense erupts for 28 runs in the series MATT CORKILL Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton’s offense seems to have finally shaken the offseason rust, as it exploded for 28 runs on 38 total hits this weekend during the Titans’ three-game series sweep over the Baylor Bears. With the wins, Fullerton pulls to .500 on the season at 5-5. With weather forecasts promising rain over the weekend, the three-game set was pushed to a doubleheader on Friday and the final game on Saturday. During the Friday doubleheader, the Titans set their season-high hit total at 15 in the first game, before setting the new mark at 16 in the next. In game one, junior starter Thomas Eshelman (12) took to the mound tied

for the nation’s fifth-best strikeout-to-walk ratio at 18-1, but had yet to earn his first victory due to a lack of run support during his prior starts. That was not the case on Friday, as the Titans rallied for four runs on seven hits in the first three innings to give Eshelman all he needed. Eshelman went seven innings, allowing one earned run on five hits, with seven strikeouts and two walks in that stretch. “I just kind of beared down. In the back of my head I was just thinking that these guys picked me up, so I need to pick them up right now,” Eshelman said. “... It was just one of those days where I needed to make big pitches at big moments, and it happened for me today.” The offensive surge in game one saw six Titan batters with multiple-hit games, including junior left fielder Tyler Stieb’s three-run, two-RBI performance. “It feels great. We needed

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Sophomore outfielder Hunter Cullen celebrates scoring a run in the Baylor series. The Titans would go on to score 28 runs in the homestand and sweep the Bears 10-1, 11-6 and 7-6.

that. It’s been a hard start, but now it’s all starting to come together and we’re starting to figure it out,” Stieb said following the 31 hits collected on Friday.

Game two began with the Bears and Titans exchanging the lead three times in the first four innings, before the Titans found themselves trailing

by three runs in the top of the sixth inning and down 5-6 coming into the bottom of the eighth. SEE BASEBALL

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Los Angeles Police Department officers shot and killed a homeless man on LA’s Skid row shortly after noon Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reported. The confrontation between a group of officers and a homeless man was caught on video, which was later posted to Facebook by a bystander. Witnesses gave conflicting accounts of the incident, some saying that the man had been fighting with another person when the police arrived and others contending that the man was lying on the ground when officers arrived. In the video, the homeless man is seen struggling with four officers before at least one officer began shooting at the man. The man has not been identified, but was declared dead at a hospital after the shooting. Police have not said how many officers were involved or how many shots were fired. - CYNTHIA WASHICKO

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No civilian or firefighter was injured as a result of a blaze that began Sunday morning.

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Fire officials will not know if the fire was the result of arson until the conclusion of their investigation, Kunze said. Officials were waiting until a later point in time to investigate the building, which was still hot in certain places and structurally unsound because the roof had collapsed, she said. “It will be fenced off within hours,” she said.

“And then it will be shored up sometime tomorrow when they can get structural engineers out so that the walls are stable, because there’s no roof holding it together anymore.” Nearby buildings to the west, including The Habit Burger Grill and Which Wich Superior Sandwiches, were vacated due to smoke. Firefighters shut down power to the complex. At around 5 p.m., fire officials had restored power

to neighboring businesses. Tenants will be allowed back inside, but officials didn’t have an exact time for when that would happen, Kunze said. Motorists should expect traffic delays on Nutwood Avenue and obstructed access to the College Park parking lot from the east. No civilians or firefighters suffered injuries and resources were expected to remain on scene until about 6 p.m. Sunday, she said.

Talk focuses on gender equality Former UN official discussed gender imbalance in India DEVIN ULMER Daily Titan Changing social norms and empowering women in South Asia may be a difficult objective to measure, but the former head of a United Nations organization believes positive changes can be facilitated through non-traditional research methods. Shreyasi Jha, Ph.D., former head of Strategic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation at UN Women South Asia, spoke to students and shared her research Wednesday during her presentation, “Addressing Gender Equality in Multilateral Development Agencies: Prospects and Challenges from South Asia.” The lecture, held in the TSU, focused primarily on the state of gender equality in India, one of the most populated and toughest countries for women to live in worldwide. From childhood to old age, women in India constantly face a life filled with various

forms of discrimination, from selective birth to domestic violence, Jha said. Families often chose to abort female children because male children are preferred, a phenomenon that has resulted in a women-to-men ratio. There were 917 women for every thousand men, according to the 2011 India census data. Violence is also prevalent. Two-thirds of Indian women face domestic violence and 40 percent think that there isn’t anything wrong with it, Jha said. Indian activists and researchers are trying to solve these issues and others, but they have become so ingrained in normal cultural practices that these individuals are having a tough time making change, Jha said. Part of the problem with making effective change is finding a way to measure whether movements are making a difference, and to what extent, she said. Due to the struggle in finding quantitative data, Jha and her team conducted research and used other methods of finding out if women are truly feeling empowered through social change.

Christian hostages released Nineteen Assyrian Christian hostages were released by the Islamic State militants Sunday, according to CNN. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an activist group based in London, reported that 18 of the hostages were a part of the group of at least 220 Assyrians captured during a Feb. 23 attack on multiple villages in al-Hasakah, a province in Northern Syria. The release came after an Islamic State court called for the release of 29 hostages. It was not immediately clear why the hostages were released or why only 19 were set free. The same court said that the remaining hostages’ fates will be decided by Islamic State jurists. - CYNTHIA WASHICKO

They employed the Circles of Empowerment research method to see how women’s mindsets were changed in response to cultural changes. As a part of the method, a mat was placed on the floor and women would answer questions that applied to them by moving dolls in and out of the circles in response to the questions. The research method aims to create an environment that can capture tangible results, but also leaves an opportunity for discussion. With methods like Circles of Empowerment, Jha and her team can efficiently measure if the efforts of their organization to promote women empowerment are actually making a difference. UN Women isn’t just limited to dealing with issues of inequality. It was formed in 2011 as the standalone agency to work with all women’s issues across all UN agencies, Jha said. Southeast Asian countries, like India, rank very low on the Gender Inequality Index, which measures gender equality on several dimensions— India was ranked 132 out of 148 countries on the index.

Vigil held for missing woman Hundreds of people attended a candlelight vigil in honor of a Laguna Hills woman who went missing in the early morning hours of Feb. 15 after she left a club, according to a report from the Orange County Register. Erica Alonso went missing after she left the Sutra OC Nightclub in Costa Mesa, where she had gone on a Valentine’s Day date. Vigil attendants included Alonso’s friends and family. Alonso’s sister, Patricia, said she believes her sister is still alive. Orange County Sheriff’s officials meanwhile are treating Alonso’s disappearance as a missing person case and have not released any information about possible foul play. - ALEX GROVES

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NEWS Parking structure spray-painted

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Campus sees third defacement vandalism this semester MARICELA GOMEZ Daily Titan The upper level of the State College parking structure was vandalized with graffiti Feb. 15, the third instance of property defacement during the Spring 2015 semester. The incident occurred at approximately 11:51 p.m., according to the daily police log. A corner wall near the the daily parking pass machines was spray-painted in black with the words “Simon 2K15 1R.” The name could be the tagging moniker for the perpetrator, a University Police official said. The graffiti was determined not to be gang-related, and resulted in an estimated $321.62 in damage, the official said.

A CSUF Community Service officer reported the incident via radio phone to the police communications center, the official said. The incident was closed on Feb. 19 due to insufficient evidence, the official said. Cal State Fullerton’s Facilities Operation’s paint shop was in charge of removing the graffiti, the official said. The graffiti has since been painted over. Two incidents of property defacement were reported to campus police in January. The trigeneration plant was vandalized on Dec. 31, 2014 and the incident was reported this year on Jan. 2. Another incident of vandalism occurred at the Holly Dorm on Jan. 29. During the Fall 2014 semester, the Nutwood Parking Structure was vandalized with at least 23 caricature-like faces spray painted on walls inside the structure. That instance marked the first vandalism

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The upper level of the State College structure was spray painted, marking the third defacement-related vandalism to occur this semester.

in 2014. The official said that the latest vandalized parking structure had no connection to last semester’s graffiti incident. Despite the multiple instances of vandalism this

year, it does not appear that the defacement of property is an ongoing crime trend, the official said. Out of the 51 cases of vandalism in 2013, 22 were graffiti and three arrests were made, according

to the official and 2013 crime statistics. Data from 2014 has not yet been made available by University Police. Intentionally damaging or defacing unowned property with graffiti or etched

materials can result in up to a year in jail and a fine between $400-$1,000. Anyone with information on the vandalism can report to the Cal State Fullerton Police by calling (657) 278-2515.

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The defense contended that Samuel is not a college educated man and wouldn’t be able to fool investigators by telling witnesses what to say to police and to the court during cross examinations. Murphy dodged that claim, asking whether a college education would have changed Samuel’s behavior in the interrogation room or throughout the investigation. Defense attorney Rosenblum contended that point and said Samuel put up fliers around stores.

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There’s virtually no evidence against my client. I’m going to reshape the way you look at this case.

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LEWIS ROSENBAUM Lopez’s defense attorney The prosecution is vilifying Samuel by showing the jury how he acted in the police interrogation room and saying that he didn’t do anything to help find Torrez while the search was being conducted, Rosenblum

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Samuel Lopez, who was arrested in 2007, is accused of murdering former girlfriend Cathy Torrez in 1994.

said. “If you hate him, you’ll convict him,” Rosenblum told the jury. In his rebuttal, Murphy again focused on how Samuel acted in the police interrogation room upon learning of Torrez’s death. “Why is he not enraged on that video tape? This is life at its hardest, and he’s reading a Coke can,” Murphy said. Rosenblum compared Murphy’s version of the story to the narratives around the Salem witch hunts and

Nazi Germany’s persecution of the Jews. Both narratives were driven by belief, but were short on facts and evidence, he said. “This is the first time I’ve been compared to Hitler,” Murphy said. He maintained his story that Samuel killed Torrez over a rejected marriage proposal throughout his final closing statement. Jurors received their jury instructions Friday morning. No verdict had been reached as of Sunday.

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Puppies arrive on eve of Business Madness Week ALEX GROVES Daily Titan Cotton candy, buttered popcorn and nearly a dozen four-legged friends kicked off a carnival-themed event from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Thursday in the Steven G Mihaylo Courtyard. The event, The Business

Madness Carnival, attracted nearly two dozen people and was aimed at getting students excited for a week of business oriented events that will include resume reviews, Q&A panels, a business pageant and a business career expo. An anticipated portion of the weeklong series will be the arrival of basketball star

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turned businessman, Magic Johnson, who will be leading a discussion in the Titan Gym about business and his own work as an entrepeneur. The event was sponsored by Associated Students, Inc., The Business Inter-Club Council and the Kind brand. Megan Mendibles contributed to this report.

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Summer Twins to bring their late-’50s sound to CSUF HEAVEN OCAMPO Daily Titan Riverside band, Summer Twins, will be performing at the Associated Students, Inc. concert series Wednesday at noon at the Becker Amphitheater. The group is comprised of two Riverside sisters inspired by famous garage rock bands. Sisters Chelsea Brown, 24, and Justine Brown, 27, formed the band in 2008. The duo describe their sound as “dreamy rock n’ roll with a touch of California sun.” Their cute late’50s retro style has a feel good energy from song to song. “We started a while back now, when we were about 13,” Chelsea said. “We started getting into bands like the Ramones and the Donnas, and we just liked the idea of having a band.

We didn’t actually know how to play our instruments or anything, we just wanted to start a band.” After picking their instruments, Chelsea on guitar and Justine on drums, the girls taught themselves cover songs and honed their skills. The content of their songs is closely tied to their personal experiences. “I think that I do tend to write a lot of songs that are about going for it and getting over your personal fears and doing what you love to do no matter what anyone says,” Chelsea said. “A lot of times when I am writing, I am writing it to myself.” Twenty-one-year-old Doris Munoz, an associated students Productions Wednesday Concert coordinator, heard about the Riverside band from a friend and knew that she needed to bring them on for the concert series. “(Their songs) strike a chord with you and they stick with you and they kind of just make you have a good day ... It will give a

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Riverside locals, Justine Brown (left) and Chelsea Brown (right), otherwise know as Summer Twins, will play the Becker Amphitheater Wednesday at noon. The rock duo describes their music as “dreamy rock n’ roll.”

nice vibe to the Becker,” Munoz said. Associated Students Productions will also be giving away tickets to Burgerama Four, a two-day long music

event presented by Burger Records at The Observatory in Santa Ana. Headliners include Weezer, TY Segall, the Black Lips and will feature a

performance by the Summer Twins, who are on Burger Records’ label. Summer Twins recently finished recording an album titled Limbo, which is

expected to be released later this year. For more information on upcoming shows and where to find their music, visit summertwins.com.

Magician amazes Titans in TSU Pavilion Jim Munroe presents dazzling tricks and inspiring story JUSTIN PATUANO Daily Titan Veteran magician Jim Munroe performed in front of a packed pavilion inside the Titan Student Union at “The Maze” magic show on Thursday.

From the start, he got the crowd going. With the start of a countdown, everyone was excited and anxious to see what was going to happen. The room suddenly got dark once the countdown to the show hit zero. Munroe did more than perform magic tricks, he got those in the audience involved. The crowd participated both on and off the stage.

Coco, Munroe’s teddy bear and trusty companion, decided which lucky person was to participate. Some of Munroe’s more death-defying tricks had students, like theatre major Emma Petersen, afraid for her safety, but was in no real danger. After a short intermission, Munroe commenced with the second part of his show. He spoke mostly about faith, spirituality and

Christianity. He talked about his fight with leukemia. His time in the hospital was documented on video and was shown to the audience. A search was conducted for a bone marrow donor match. Luckily a match was found for the bone marrow transfer Munroe needed. A young woman, 19 years old at the time, donated her bone marrow to Munroe. His story and perspective

on spirituality really brought the show together and was interesting and thought-provoking, Peterson said. “I thought it was really interesting, I wasn’t expecting it to be spiritual. I really enjoyed that part of it too. I thought it gave more depth to his performance,” freshman theatre major Deja Cannon said. It all unfolded in the end, literally. Stuffed inside Coco was a folded sheet of paper

which contained a handwritten message. After unfolding the paper, Munroe read the message with help from a student audience member. The message, written with a red marker, matched what was said by participants, both on stage and in the crowd, and included what transpired throughout the show. “It was (everything I expected) and more, it was really cool,” Cannon said.

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Conductor Richard Carrick and mezzo-soprano singer Laurie Rubin bow after their performance for the annual New Music Festival on Saturday.

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Margaret Lancaster plays her flute Sunday in the Meng Concert Hall. Her and the rest of the concert group, Either/Or, played For Philip Guston, which is known for its musicianship and endurance. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN

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Guitarist Elliott Sharp performs Friday in the Meng Concert Hall. The concert featured solo performances by Sharp, as well as performances with the Cal State Fullerton New Music Ensemble and Either/Or.

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OPINION Drones can become assets

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Regulated use of drones can help save lives of innocents DEVIN ULMER Daily Titan As more drones begin to take flight, the debate about whether or not their wings should be clipped becomes more prevalent. A recent debate of the overall safety of unmanned flying machines has created a dispute over whether they will truly benefit military, law enforcement, firefighters and civilians alike. Despite concerns, drones can be beneficial to the growth of technology with the proper method and degree of regulations. The military can benefit from using drones. Drones don’t have to be exclusively used as weapons, they can also be used as a safety precaution. Before a team enters a dangerous battlefield or unknown territory, drones can be used to search the premises and give troops on the ground a live read of what’s happening from above. Similarly, law enforcement and firefighters can benefit from knowing how

to approach a situation before putting people in dangerous positions or risk losing their lives. Drones could possibly be equipped to put out a fire without sending real firefighters into unpredictable situations. The key to successful drone use in both government and civilian arenas is to put together regulations in order to ensure that people will remain safe and privacy rights will be upheld. The Federal Aviation Association is assembling regulations and guidelines for owning and operating unmanned civilian aircrafts. In order to ensure a sense of security, the drone laws need to manage the height of flight, the location a person can fly the drone and how far it can travel. If these guidelines are followed appropriately, drones can become safe and non intrusive assets. Killing other people with drones is unacceptable, yet it is understandable that the military wants to use the best equipment to complete a task while preventing unnecessary casualties. With regulations in place, drones will be widely accepted and technology can continue to thrive.

Drone Uses Deliver medicine to rural areas • Companies are developing copters that will deliver food, water and medicine to isolated regions • Inspecting issues, pinpointing leaks and locating security risks

Monitor Wildlife

• Drones can help scientists and conservationists cheaply collect information on endangered wildlife species

Fight Wildfires

• Drones can easily spot wildfires, track movements and help extinguish them

Save the Planet

• Eco drones can pinpoint flood/ landslide risks, map deforestation/river erosion and locate illegal poaching

After much research on the hotly debated issue of the Keystone XL Pipeline, two clear-cut conclusions have quickly emerged, currently polarizing the entire political nation. Depending on which side of the aisle a person walks, only wonderful benefits or terrible consequences are imaginable. That’s the problem with the politicalization of an issue. Rational discussion gives way to fiery discourse with little serious debate in between. On May 4, 2012, TransCanada Keystone Pipeline L.P. petitioned the U.S. government for permission, “that would authorize construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of pipeline facilities on the U.S./Canadian border in Phillips County, Mont. for the importation of crude oil,” according to Regulations.gov. The government notes that on the U.S. side, the pipeline would extend approximately 850 miles through three states where it would hook up with an

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to answer for the lucky few that actually get hired. Another prominent argument is that oil taken from Canadian tar sands would imperil the Earth. James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, wrote in the New York Times on May 9, 2012 that, “If Canada proceeds, and we do nothing, it will be game over for the climate.” But is it really that bleak? “On a lifecycle basis, greenhouse gas intensity of the average oil sands

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existing pipeline in Steele City, Nebraska. The government estimates that 830,000 barrels will be transported from Steele City to the Gulf Coast. For supporters, this is an important part of the proposal. There will be a creation of jobs for the construction of and ongoing maintenance of the pipeline. Though the exact amount of jobs is a figure that is vigorously contested. A total of 42,100 “direct, indirect, and induced” jobs

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would be created, according to a Keystone XL Project Executive Summary issued in January 2014. Yet, the very same report states, “approximately 3,900 (of these jobs) would be direct construction jobs” if the project took the predicted two years. Total numbers drop even lower after completion to “approximately 50 jobs during operations.” Does such a small number of jobs really warrant the construction of the pipeline, at least from a jobs creation viewpoint? That’s an easy question

import is about 6 percent higher than that of the average crude oil consumed in the United States,” New York Times columnist Joe Nocera cites a 2011 report from IHS Cera Global Oil Group. Again, 6 percent, not 60 or 600 percent. However, this is just one report, there’s much more research, facts and figures to take into account. It’s a polarizing topic, and people are going to be on different sides of the matter, but it should be real figures, not public opinion that places them there.

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Women’s hoops slips up once more

Titans suffered third straight loss against Long Beach State TAMEEM SERAJ Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team (1017 overall, 4-10 Big West) tumbled to its third straight defeat Saturday night, falling once more to rival Long Beach State, 69-62. The loss marks the third straight to the 49ers, with the last Titan victory over Long Beach coming nearly a year ago on Mar. 1, 2014. Long Beach (21-7 overall, 8-6 Big West) came out of the gates with full-court

pressure, forcing many early Fullerton turnovers. The Titans turned over the ball five times in their first six possessions. Head Coach Daron Park said he was frustrated because the coaching staff knew Long Beach would press early, but his players weren’t aggressive enough to counter the strategy. “It’s so unusual and interesting because we knew it was coming. We had all the pieces in place to attack it the right way, but for whatever reason the decision was made not to attack today,” Park said. “If you’re passive against them, then you get into trouble.” After going down early, 7-0, the Titans finally got their first points of the match

nearly four minutes into the game from a Chante Miles layup. Miles tied the game at seven with a 3-pointer at the 13:53 mark of the first half to spark the Titans offensively. Another Miles 3-pointer three minutes later gave Fullerton their first lead of the contest at 12-10. The Titans would take their largest lead of the match when senior guard Tailer Butler drained a shot from downtown, putting the Titans ahead by five points. However, Fullerton struggled to find points over the next six minutes, allowing Long Beach to regain the lead with a 16-2 run. The 49ers did not give up the lead from that point on.

Sophomore guard Samantha Logan put in a layup at the buzzer to take the Titans into halftime down 32-28. In the second half, Fullerton brought the score within two on two separate occasions, but they would not be able to tie the game. Every run the Titans made was immediately quelled by the 49ers with some timely shooting. “They made big shots. Kids that are role players for them stepped up today and wanted to win a game,” Park said. “I can’t tell you how many three’s they made with two seconds on the shot clock ... They were excited to be here and that’s exactly what killed our momentum every single time.”

After Long Beach opened a 13-point advantage, the closest Fullerton would get was five points. “I keep hoping and waiting for our kids to latch onto that feeling of what it feels like to compete so hard and to win something that you just want to do that over and over again,” Park said. “Long Beach had that today, and we didn’t.” Miles would finish with a game-high 19 points on 7-of16 shooting, while Logan chipped in 17 points by hitting five 3-pointers on nine attempts. Senior forward Kathleen Iwuoha grabbed 13 boards to go with her seven points. Long Beach was paced by three double-digit scorers,

including Lauren Spargo (17), Hallie Meneses (16) and Cecily Wilson (12). The Titans will get their chance to rebound from this tough loss when they travel to UC Irvine Thursday. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. “We got to try to find that hunger. We got to try to play hard like that. We got to try to understand that this still matters,” Park said.

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Cal State Fullerton softball looked to rebound at the Long Beach Louisville Slugger Invitational after a disappointing loss to San Diego at the USD Softball Complex. The Titans compiled a 4-1 record at the tournament, co-hosted with Long Beach State. Thursday Tournament play got off to the perfect start for the Titans when they took on the Wichita State Shockers at Mayfair Park in Lakewood. Christina Washington got the starting nod. Fullerton started off brightly against the Shockers. In the first inning, a Delynn Rippy single put teammate Courtney Rodriguez in scoring position early. Junior Missy Taukeiaho earned an RBI when her single to left field drove in Rodriguez to put the Titans ahead 1-0. Sarah Moore then made it 2-0 and earned an RBI of her own when her ground-rule double drove in Rippy. The inning concluded with Fullerton in the lead, 4-0. Taukeiaho gave the Titans their third run as she walked home from third off an illegal pitch. Samantha Galarza aided in the fourth run, her RBI single down the left field line allowed Moore to cross home. The Titans then went scoreless in the next four innings, but Washington kept the Shockers in check, striking out four batters and

allowing zero runs in the next five innings. Fullerton once again got on the scoreboard in the top of the sixth inning. Taukeiaho, Moore, Shianne Brannan and Mikaela Francis all earned an RBI apiece, while Galarza notched another two to give the Titans the 10-0 lead. The Fullerton defense then wrapped things up in the bottom of the inning to ensure the mercy-rule victory. Friday Friday’s first game saw more success from the Fullerton bats. Against the Southern Utah Thunderbirds, though, the Titans had to work for a late comeback. Washington gave way to Jasmine Antunez in the circle. Antunez’s pitching, though, was suspect at best. The junior gave up two hits in the first inning, one of which was a grounder from Southern Utah’s Lindsey Healey that allowed Kylee Wolf to score and put the Thunderbirds ahead 1-0. Antunez then walked Kaitlin Williams before the Titan defense closed out the inning. In the second inning, Antunez walked Taylor Dumas, then moved her to third after consecutive wild pitches. She redeemed herself by striking out Tanisha Anderson to close out the inning, but then faltered once more in the third, where she walked two and loaded the bases before Head Coach Kelly Ford replaced her with Washington to stop the damage and keep the score at 1-1. Washington once again came up big for the Titans, striking out two and allowing only two hits for the remainder of the game. Eliza Crawford’s homer

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Eliza Crawford recorded two home runs and registered five runs batted in as the Titans went 4-1 at the Louisville Slugger Invitational.

to right-center field pulled Fullerton ahead 2-1 in the fourth inning. Rodriguez extended the lead in the fifth, her two-RBI single drove in Brannan and Samantha Vandiver to make it 4-1 in favor of Fullerton. Rodriguez then scored herself off a sacrifice fly from Taukeiaho to extend the lead to 5-1. Crawford hit a two-RBI double to left-center field to drive in Rippy and Brooke Clemetson to extend the lead to 7-1, before Galarza’s RBI single down the right field line made it 8-1. Vandiver put the final nail in the coffin in the bottom of the sixth when she crossed home off an RBI single from Rippy, cementing the 9-1 final score. While the Titans had perhaps become accustomed to shorter games after two consecutive mercy-rule blowouts, their next game saw them go to extra innings. Against Northwestern, the Titans fell 5-4 in the eighth inning. Fullerton went down 2-0 in the top

of the third off a two-RBI double from Andrea Filler that drove in Andrea DiPrima and Sabrina Rabin. Fullerton responded in the bottom of the same inning, halving the deficit to 2-1 after Vandiver scored on a fielding error. Taukeiaho then hit a three-run jack to left-center field to put the Titans ahead 4-2. The Wildcats responded immediately. Anna Edwards scored in the fourth and Filler hit a homerun in the fifth to level things once more at 4-4. Neither team scored in the remaining innings, and off to extra innings they went. Unfortunately for Ybarra, the demons of San Diego resurfaced against Northwestern, as she gave up a hit to Brianna LeBeau that allowed Amy Letourneau to score and put the Wildcats ahead, 5-4. Fullerton could not score in the bottom of the inning, taking its only loss of the tournament. A visibly frustrated Ford begrudged her team’s one-inning scoring. “If we

continue to not adjust our swings, then we’re gonna get the same outcome,” she said. “I need the players to leave it all out on the field,” Ford said. “When you leave it all out on the field and you lose, there’s nothing you can do and you walk away with your head high. But when you play about 60 percent of your ability and you lose, and you don’t care, then it’s hard to make an adjustment. There’s a sense of urgency. We’ve got to feel that sense of urgency.” Saturday Fueled perhaps by their coach’s words, the Titans came out winners on Saturday. Washington started in the circle once more, recording two strikeouts and a complete-game shutout in her team’s 2-0 victory over Boise State. Fullerton once again managed runs in only one inning, but Crawford’s homer, which also drove in Moore, was

enough to secure the Titan win of the day. Sunday Fullerton was back in Lakewood for Sunday’s encounter. In their win over the Portland State Vikings, the Titans finally managed the multi-inning scoring that Ford desperately desires. Fullerton got off to a 1-0 lead when Clemetson scored off a Vandiver bunt in the fifth inning. They then extended the lead to 3-0 in the sixth after Arianna Espinoza and Gabrielle Rodas scored off a throwing error by the catcher and a wild pitch, respectively. Brannan crossed home and made it 4-0 off an RBI single from Vandiver. Fullerton extended the lead to 6-0 in the seventh. Portland State scored three in the bottom of the same inning, but Fullerton held on for the 6-3 win. The Titans next play the Michigan Wolverines Wednesday at Anderson Family Field. The game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

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In the bottom of the eighth, the Titans broke it open against the Baylor bullpen, rallying for six runs on five hits before the first out was recorded, to take an 11-6 lead over the Bears. Sophomore first baseman Josh Estill led the way offensively for the Titans, going 3-for-5 and recording the go-ahead 2-RBI single to right field with the bases loaded to secure the Titans’ first winning homestand of the year. Estill went 6-for-12 with six RBIs during the series against Baylor. “Today we took quality at-bats every single inning, so nothing really changed. It just so happened we executed, got some runners on and took care of business,” Estill said, reflecting on the six-run rally in the eighth. As the clouds hovered above with the threat of rain, the Titans completed their series sweep against

the Bears, overcoming yet another three-run deficit in the final game of the homestand, 7-6. Junior starter Justin Garza was less than his typically-stellar self, allowing two earned on nine hits and

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another RBI triple to tie it up, before being brought home for the go-ahead run on the Estill single to the right side. Olmedo-Barrera led the team Sunday, going 2-for-4 with three RBIs and three

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TYLER STIEB Junior Outfielder recording only two strikeouts over just four innings pitched. The Titans offense, though, continued to produce as they rallied behind their pitching staff. After the Bears jumped out to a 6-3 lead with two runs in the top of the fifth, Fullerton’s offense responded immediately, scoring two of their own in the bottom half off junior designated-hitter David Olmedo-Barrera’s RBI triple and Estill’s sacrifice fly. In the seventh, Olmedo-Barrera came through with

runs scored, while going 5-for-10 with five RBIs and five runs scored during the series. The series sweep is the first successful homestand for the Titans after dropping two against Stanford last week. Fullerton now pulls to 4-3 at Goodwin Field this season. The Titans will look to take the momentum from this series forward as they host Pepperdine (6-5) on Tuesday for Youth Night, with first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. at Goodwin Field.

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CSUF men’s basketball can’t mathmatically qualify for the Big West Tournament after losses to CSUN and Long Beach State.

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Senior Megan Sandford returns with a forehand shot. Sandford won her No. 3 singles match against Pacific junior Christiana Ferrari 6-4, 7-5., but lost her doubles match with teammate Camille De Leon 6-4 to the Pacific duo of Iveta Masarova and Hana Ritterova.

Women’s tennis falters in doubles play to Tigers Titans succumb to late collapse with finish line in sight

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MATT CORKILL Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis faltered late as they dropped two pivotal doubles matches to fall 3-4 in a non-conference match against University of the Pacific (5-2) at the Titan Courts on Saturday. Due to the chance of rain, the singles matches were played first. The Titans (5-6 overall, 0-3 Big West) were on the verge of closing out the match against the Tigers without the need to play for the doubles point, as they took an early 3-2 advantage, having won the No. 1, 3 and 5 singles matches. But Pacific’s Iveta Masarova

4 defeated sophomore No. 2 Camille De Leon in a threeset thriller, 7-6 (8-6), 2-6, 6-4, to force doubles play. Starting with the singles matches seemed to have caught the Titans flat-footed, the Tigers pouncing on the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles matches in a hurry to hand the Titans the overall match loss, 3-4. “You have to hand it to Pacific, I think they did a good job of just carrying the momentum from the last match into doubles. No. 1 doubles we just got down

so fast and you know, by the time we caught up, they still had that momentum,” Head Coach Dianne Matias said following the match. “It was just super close. It was just a matter of points here and there, but overall, I felt like the team competed well and unfortunately it just didn’t go our way today.” Titan sophomore No. 1 Alexis Valenzuela continued to fight through her back injury, winning both her singles and doubles matches and remaining optimistic about the Titans’ performance following the team loss. “When we came out into doubles ... the pace, you know, we just kinda rushed through it all, we should have just took our time a little bit, but that was the only difference. Everyone came out strong and we all fought till the end,” Valenzuela said.

No. 5 Titan, redshirt-sophomore Emilia Borkowski, came out absolutely fired up during her singles victory against Tiger Gergana Boncheva, winning the match 6-0, 6-2. “I just felt super pumped and I was trusting my shots and felt super confident, everything was just working for me today, so I had a lot of confidence and built off of that,” Borkowski said. The Titans are looking to pick up their first Big West Conference victory of the season on the road against UC Irvine (7-3 overall, 2-0 Big West) at the Anteater Tennis Stadium Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. “We’re just going to focus on preparing how we’ve been preparing and we’re just going to learn from this match and continue doing what we’ve been doing,” Matias said.

All that remains of the season for the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team is two games. That’s because, unfortunately for the Titans, they will be the odd team out when the Big West Conference Tournament gets underway in Anaheim, starting March 12. Fullerton dropped an 82-72 game at Cal State Northridge Thursday, followed by a 70-47 road defeat versus rival Long Beach State on Saturday. The setbacks not only extended the Titans’ losing streak to a season-high seven consecutive games, but also mathematically eliminated Fullerton from postseason consideration. With two games remaining, the Titans (9-20 overall, 1-13 Big West) cannot leapfrog Northridge (9-22 overall, 4-11 Big West) for eighth place and the final postseason bid, and will miss the conference tournament for the first time since the 200102 season. A postseason berth seemed a reality for the Titans on Thursday, as they welcomed back senior guard Alex Harris from a severe thigh contusion that cost him three games. Against the Matadors, Harris led his team with 18 points and seven assists, and Fullerton raced out to a 2917 advantage after a 3-pointer from Jordan Mason (nine points, four rebounds) with 7:17 remaining in the first half. Yet, the Matadors fought back to close their deficit to 39-35 at the half. Fullerton pushed its lead up to 48-41 after a layup from Steve McClellan (12 points, six rebounds) with 15:20 remaining in the contest and held a lead with under eight minutes left. However, Northridge finally surged ahead, 57-55, on a 3-pointer from Stephan Hicks (22 points, four rebounds) with 7:11 left in the contest. Hicks’ field goal was part of a Matadors’ 12-0

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70 run capped by a free-throw from Stephen Maxwell, who scored a game-high 24 points and added 13 rebounds. The free-throw with 5:21 remaining put host Northridge ahead, 64-55. While the Titans responded with a 3-pointer from Moses Morgan and a layup from Harris to climb within 64-60, Northridge answered with a layup from Hicks and never allowed the Titans to get any closer than four points again. As for Saturday, the Titans staggered out of the gate, surrendering 24 of the contests’ first 31 points and falling behind, 24-7, after a jumper from 49er Jack Williams at the 9:17 mark. Fullerton trailed by as many as 20 points in the first half before scoring the final four points of the half on two free throws from Lanerryl Johnson and a tip-in from Kennedy Esume at the buzzer to slice the deficit to 43-27 at the break. In the second half, the Titans struggled to generate offense, scoring 20 points while never cutting their deficit to fewer than 14. Long Beach, led by sophomore Travis Hammonds and his game-high 16 points, had three scorers in double-digits. On the flip side, Fullerton shot 32.6 percent and didn’t have a player with 10 or more points. Esume paced Fullerton with nine points, while Harris contributed seven points and four assists. Johnson and Temjae Singleton also added seven points. Fullerton will close out the season with two contests, first traveling to UC Irvine Thursday for a 7 p.m. tip. The Titans then host Hawaii Saturday at 5 p.m.

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