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Plans aim to increase minorities on Fullerton council SAVANNA CLEVENGER Daily Titan The City of Fullerton held an open forum Thursday for community members interested in the Fullerton District Election Mapping at the EvFree Church.

The meeting aimed to reach a consensus on how to resection the Fullerton districts to comply with the Voting Rights Act and better include minority votes.

Previous meetings allowed participants to draw out their own ideas of where the different districts of Fullerton should be.

Dave Ely, who works in Compass Demographics for the City of Fullerton, created a variety of maps based on the different districts designed by the citizens.

These districts will affect the composition of city council, hopefully granting each district better representation for the different groups within Fullerton, especially minority groups, said Ely. The 2000 California Voting Rights Act has impacted the need for districts in Fullerton.

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Sophomore right-hand pitcher Connor Seasbold recorded his first win of the season against Wichita State on Saturday. He pitched six innings in the 5-0 shutout and brought his ERA down to 1.10. Fullerton went on to sweep the Shockers at Goodwin Field.

Titan baseball team picks up on lack of offense RYAN WHITEHEAD Daily Titan Coming off lackluster performances against the Arizona State Sun Devils, the Cal State Fullerton baseball team swept the Wichita

Friday The Titan offense came to life in Friday’s 9-1 beat down. Fullerton first baseman Tanner Pinkston went three-for-five at the plate, drove in four runs and also hit his first home run of the season.

Fullerton outfielder Dalton Blaser also contributed

two hits and extended his hitting streak to six games.

Infielder Timmy Richards chimed in with three hits of his own, going three-for-six with three runs scored.

The Titans’ best inning came in the seventh, when they sent 10 batters to the plate and scored four runs with two outs.

Starting pitcher Blake Quinn picked up his third win of the season, going six innings while only

allowing one run on three hits.

Saturday Saturday’s affair centered around Fullerton’s pitching as standout freshman Connor Seabold pitched a one-hit shutout in a 5-0 victory. Seabold went six innings with six strikeouts and allowed no walks.

With his performance, Seabold lowered his ERA

to 1.10 and now has a total 20 strikeouts on the season. Josh Vargas led the Titan offense with a two-forfour performance, adding his first career home run during the game.

“We’re all just staying calm; we’re having fun out here,” Vargas said. “We’re staying loose, taking our breaths and just taking it one pitch at a time.”

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The Merry Wives of Windsor

Women break away from traditional gender roles in play KATE JOLGREN Daily Titan During Women’s History Month, it seems only fitting that Cal State Fullerton’s Department of Theatre and Dance includes an adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most revered plays in which women take both their husbands and would-be suitors along for a lighthearted ride.

Directed by Sarah Ripper, M.F.A. directing student, the theater production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” opened Friday at the Clayes Performing Arts Center in the Young Theatre.

Audience members were given the chance to follow mistresses Ford and Page as

they foil Sir John Falstaff’s lecherous plan to seduce and swindle the two women out of their money.

The energy shared between Mistress Page, played by Tina A. Burkhalter, M.F.A. acting student, and Mistress Ford, played

by Tamara Veres-Vailant, B.F.A. theatre arts major, was frenetic yet joyous to watch.

The timing between the two ladies allowed a playful back-and-forth that did not feel contrived as they allowed their husbands to join in their trickery against Falstaff.

The play relied on lightning-fast comic timing between the actors and carefully choreographed motions to further the plot.

The protagonist, Sir John Falstaff, played by Wyn Moreno, M.F.A. acting student, seduced the audience with his charm. Moreno effortlessly played a convincingly lascivious character

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State Shockers in a threegame series at Goodwin Field over the weekend.

Fullerton citizens celebrated their commitment to keeping the city green by planting trees at Coyote 3 Hills Tree Park

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as his exceptionally timed responses and emotive body language enticed audience members.

Set in 1940s England, this Shakespearean play tells a compelling tale about female characters making decisions regarding their own lives and desires.

Post-World War II, women entered the workforce for the first time having to rely solely on themselves instead of the traditional patriarchal society, where women were treated as property.

“The Merry Wives” reveals women’s sparkling intuitions as they manipulate and control their own lives as well as the lives of men around them.

Cross-dressing was common in Shakespeare’s plays because women were not permitted to act, therefore female roles were played by males.

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Ensemble members Jeff Garrido (second from left), Ivy Creel (third from left) and Edward Salas (fourth from left), who also plays Robert, danced their way between scenes, creating smooth transitions.

Nation should open voting to more youth

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Ohio recently solidified its position on under-18 voters, and it’s time for the rest of the United States to 5 follow suit

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City: Redistricting talks continue CONTINUED FROM

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The act is designed to protect minorities from being overridden by the majority, especially when a minority group may make up a percentage of voters that, despite their numbers, are not being heard, said Josh Newman, member of Neighbors United for Fullerton (NUFF).

“Fullerton’s a perfect example. You have two groups: Latinos on one side and Korean-Americans on the other,” Newman said. “Together, they comprise about 50 percent of the electorate. But if you look at the current council, not only are there no Koreans or Latinos on the council, but there have been very few in the last 20 years.”

The new election mapping hopes to help give minority groups that are usually drowned out by the majority

their own voice. This will help give equal weight to minority ideas and votes and level the playing field of potential city council members, Newman said.

The cost of running for city council is high and can cost around $50,000 to $60,000 for a campaign. Some campaigns even cost over $100,000, Newman said.

“It tends to mean that there’s a certain type of person who runs. They have access to money to campaign, but there’s obviously a lot of the city that, for a bunch of reasons, wouldn’t be inclined to do that,” Newman said.

The districts are not entirely based on ethnicity, said Lucinda Williams, Fullerton city clerk.

“It’s based on communities of interest,” she said. “So if that happens to be on ethnicity, then that’s definitely a

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Dave Ely, demographics expert for the City of Fullerton, explained his redistricting proposals to the community last Thursday.

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Hopefully, the chosen district boundaries would offer opportunities for people who otherwise couldn’t get involved in city politics, Newman said.

CSU system to look into student poverty Study aims to focus on solutions for hunger and homelessness AMBER MASON Daily Titan

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Chancellor Timothy P. White announced Feb. 26 that the Cal State University system would become the first in the nation to study food and housing insecurity among students.

The initial phase of the study found that over 100,000 undergraduate students across the Cal State system were affected by these issues, said Elizabeth Chaplin, interim public affairs manager for the Office of the Chancellor, via email.

The first phase of the research involved interviews with faculty, staff and administrators, as well as online surveys and focus groups. The aim was to establish perspectives on food and housing security among students, said principal investigator and CSU Long Beach professor Rashida Crutchfield, Ed.D. “The reality is that we have students who are facing social and economic inequality, but despite those barriers, they are going to college,” Crutchfield said.

While she did not specify which schools participated in the focus groups due to privacy reasons, she said the location of the schools was spread out among the CSU system. Including Northern

and Southern California.

Representative schools were chosen from suburban, urban and rural areas. The study tried to include as many demographics as possible, Crutchfield said.

Cal State Fullerton administrators also participated in interviews and surveys.

The research concluded that “an estimated 8 to 12 percent of students live in unstable housing situations, and 21 to 24 percent are food-insecure,” according to the report from the chancellor’s office.

The ultimate goal is to assess how widespread the issue of hunger and homelessness is among students, and to create intervention programs to support student success and degree completion, Chaplin said.

“We would be hardpressed not to respond to a student who is clearly impassioned to graduate from college but has to skip meals or live in their car to accomplish that goal,” Crutchfield said.

The study found that 11 of the 23 campuses in the Cal State system offered assistance to food-insecure students. Only one campus had a program directed to displaced students, according to the official report.

Cal State Fullerton has a short-term emergency loan that provides immediate assistance to students in urgent circumstances.

Domonique Isabeau, financial aid quality service representative of CSUF,

said that rent has been the most common reason she has personally seen for obtaining the loan in the last year.

“Out of all of the emergency loans that I have processed, it’s usually ‘my financial aid isn’t coming in on time and I could possibly be kicked out,’” Isabeau said.

Students may apply for the loan as long as they are enrolled in at least six units and are able to repay it, Isabeau said. The maximum loan is $800 and must be paid back within 45 days.

The suvery made several recommendations, including creating a systemwide policy, filling leadership positions and continuing financial support for training and services. It also recommended that further research on student experiences be conducted.

“This issue is important to the CSU and Chancellor White, and this research is an important first step to ensuring CSU campuses are environments where all students can thrive and succeed,” Chaplin said.

Phase two of the study is set to start this fall, Crutchfield said. It will focus on gaining the student perspective on the issue by conducting surveys and interviews and looking for solutions to address the problems. In phase three, a model program will be implemented to address the issues of this population of students.

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DTBRIEFS Car bomb kills 34 in Turkey A car bomb killed at least 34 people and injured 125 in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Sunday evening, according to Reuters. It was the second bombing in central Ankara in less than a month.

Turkish security officials said a preliminary investigation found that supporters of the Kurdistan Workers Party were responsible. The militant organization has been at war with the Turkish state for over 30 years, fighting for the right for self-determination.

There was no immediate claim for responsibility of the attack.

Interior Minister Efkan Ala said the name of the group responsible for the attack would be announced after an investigation.

The explosives, detonated in a major transportation hub, were similar to those used in the Feb. 17 attacks.

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SXSW apologizes to Olympian The South by Southwest (SXSW) art festival apologized Sunday to Olympian fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad for asking her to remove her hijab for an identification picture Saturday in Austin, Texas, according to Reuters.

SXSW organizers have said in a statement that they are embarrassed, regret the incident and have apologized to Muhammad in person.

SXSW representatives said in an email to Reuters that the volunteer who asked Muhammad to remove her hijab was removed for the remainder of the event.

Muhammad, 30, will be the first Olympian to represent the United States wearing a hijab at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Two Rite Aid stores burglarized Two Rite Aid stores in Orange County were burglarized within two hours early Sunday morning, according to the OC Register.

The first store, in Westminster, was robbed at 1:50 a.m., while the second was broken into around 3:30 a.m. in Dana Point. Both stores were robbed in a similar manner, with ATM machines found tampered with and missing cash. Law enforcement believes the events to be part of a series of burglaries in the county.

“This does not appear to be an isolated incident and may be related to a burglary series targeting the ATM machines inside Rite Aid stores,” said Westminster Police Sgt. Eddie Esqueda.

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City earns $24k to plant trees Annual Arbor Day reforests Coyote Hills Tree Park area KATE JOLGREN Daily Titan The City of Fullerton, together with Fullerton Beautiful, Inc., turned a formerly desolate turf area into a bike trail destination at the city’s annual Arbor Day event Saturday.

Fullerton residents, council members and local Girl Scout troops volunteered their time to plant California live oak and pepper trees in the newly repurposed Coyote Hills Tree Park.

“It’s a great way to get the community together and show everybody that we care about our city, and we’re trying to reforest for our next generation of residents and kids,” said Clifford Jennings, a Fullerton arborist.

Each year, the city of Fullerton decides on a new area of parkland to rehabilitate.

“Annually, we look at the whole city and try to determine a good location based on where we had it the year before and try to include different parts of Fullerton,” said Deputy Director of Public Works Dennis Quinlivan.

Because of the drought and water shortage over the past year, Coyote Hills Tree Park was not provided enough water to sustain its tree growth, Quinlivan said.

“We did the $2 a square foot rebate, so we got $24,000 to do this project which helped us purchase a lot of these trees and helped in other water-saving programs throughout the city,” Quinlivan said.

The sandy nature of the soil here made it really difficult to maintain the turf and required a lot of water on it to keep it green, Quinlivan said.

With the tightening of water regulations by Gov. Jerry Brown, less water was available for use in parks such as Coyote Hills.

It became evident that maintaining water levels at the park would be hard, Quinlivan said.

The older, broad type of irrigation used in Coyote Hills Tree Park has been replaced with an irrigation

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Residents and volunteers along with the City of Fullerton and Fullerton Beautiful Inc., came together to reforest Coyote Hills Tree Park at Fullerton’s Annual Arbor Day celebration. Volunteers helped transform the desolate area into what will be a shaded bike trail in five years.

drip system to control water usage.

“Now we’ve got individual drip systems that go to each plant, each tree,” Jennings said. “It’s going to use a lot less water and the survivability on this is going to be great.”

The city of Fullerton transformed Coyote Hills Tree Park with the assistance of the Metropolitan Water District’s rebate and Turf Removal Program.

In order for a location to be eligible for a rebate for turf removal, the area must have had existing grass with the plan to turn it into a new landscape that will include plants rather than turf, according to the Metropolitan Water District’s website.

As Fullerton celebrates its 35th year of being “Tree City USA,” by meeting the four standards set by the Arbor Day Foundation, the drought and stringent water mandates have posed a challenge to the community.

“One of the biggest challenges I think that we face is maintaining residents’ interest in planting trees and

having trees in their own yards,” Quinlivan said.

Jennings tries to encourage residents to maintain their trees to provide shade for lawns and help retain more moisture as the drought continues.

“It makes my job a lot easier knowing that we’re ‘Tree City USA’ because it helps me get my point across to some of the residents who don’t want trees,” Jennings said.

But with the number of trees being taken out for drought resistant lanscape and disease, events such as Arbor Day become even more crucial to preserving the city’s urban forest.

Maintaining an urban forest is important, said council member Bruce Whitaker.

“We need to maintain a certain amount of trees to plant in lieu of what we take out,” Quinlivan said.

“If we’re not putting them back in, we’re losing the urban forest.”

The newly planted trees will likely grow bigger within the next five years and provide shade along the bike trail, Quinlivan said.

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The city of Fullerton transformed Coyote Hills Tree Park with a $24,000 rebate from the Metropolitan Water District.

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Wyn Moreno (left), who plays Sir John Falstaff, and Miguel Torres (right), who plays Mistress Quickly, provided comedic performances during opening night. “The Merry Wives of Windsor” is a Shakespearean play about women making decisions on their identity and desires through the manipulation of men. It will play in the Young Theatre at Clayes Perfoming Arts Center until March 26.

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In this adaptation of “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” Ripper chose to continue this style, giving the audience the opportunity to watch the enthralling performance of Miguel Torres, M.F.A acting major, as Mistress Quickly.

Everything about Quickly was large, from her big hair to her larger-than-life personality.

Torres’ exaggerated performance matched the frenetic pitch of the play, with Quickly’s fingers in every pie and a perfect puppet master to oversee the gentlemen’s tomfoolery.

Some of the most entertaining scenes involved the jealous soliloquies of Mr. Ford, Mistress Ford’s husband, played by Christopher Yu, B.F.A. acting major.

As he imagines another

man attempting to beguile his wife, Yu was able to emote internal rage with such physicality that the audience could nearly see blood boil beneath his skin.

Choreographer William F. Lett used the stage to its full capacity, allowing ensemble characters the opportunity to dance and sashay their way through each scene change.

These dance pieces created a smooth transition

as tables and chairs glided on and off stage.

The use of the ensemble created continuity in the play, carrying the audience along with the lilting melodies.

Scenic designer Ann Sheffield made use of all the space available in the Young Theatre.

The most prominent set piece was the two-story house, which serves as both the Ford and Page residences, as well as the

local tavern.

The ingenuity of the rotating set allowed the characters to flow from one scene to the next while allowing the audience to see within the walls as antics took place.

Sound designer Benjamin Hawkins filled the theater with soft jazz between scenes to evoke an aura of the era.

With the costume design provided by Kaylynn

Sutton, and makeup and hair designed by Kaylee Truenow, the play looks, feels and sounds like the cast has just stepped out of 1940’s England.

While there appeared to be some nervous energy among the cast, causing accents to slip in and out, the play was still a jovial and valiant foray into Shakespeare.

“The Merry Wives of Windsor” will continue its run until March 26.

Band takes listeners on jazzfilled journey of imagination DESIREE HALEY Daily Titan The sound of jazz coming from Meng Concert Hall on Saturday night depicted a butterfly’s struggle to break out of its cocoon.

As a charismatic bunch enters the stage, Jonathan Rowden and his saxophone start the show. He breathes into his instrument a few times and loops the sound.

Pianist Ryan Pryor, chimes in, playing over the loop, and the rest of the band joins in for a captivating introduction to what can only be described as an enchantment.

The sound, embodies the butterfly almost giving up.

It bursts from its shell as the music suddenly takes audience members from a heart-wrenching experience to a serene escape.

While most of the audience members sat with eyes glued to the stage, some actually closed their eyes to fully engulf themselves in the sound.

The show took audience members through a magnificent journey filled with edge-of-your-seat, almost nerve-wracking moments, to very pleasant and uplifting sounds of triumph and accomplishment.

“It was a wonderful performance,” said audience member Lawrence Singleton, who brought his son, Zachary Singleton, to the performance.

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bobbing his head to the music until the very end.

Zachary Singleton’s parents let him pick his own instrument to play two years ago, and he chose the trumpet, Lawrence Singleton said.

Jonathan Rowden and Pryor are both graduates of Cal State Fullerton. They earned their master’s degrees in music in 2011 and have been playing together for 10 years. This performance was their first time back to CSUF since their graduation.

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It’s great to be playing as a guest artist... It’s kind of a big deal for us, personally.

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Music alumni return as guest performers at Meng Concert Hall

JONATHAN ROWDEN Saxophonist Pryor relished the opportunity to play in the Meng Concert Hall.

“Most places don’t have a $150,000 piano. So, you know, it’s kind of a privilege to play on these kinds of instruments,” he said.

Jonathan Rowden said he saw many of his heroes at the Meng Concert Hall.

“It’s great to be playing as a guest artist,” he said.

“It’s kind of a big deal for us, personally.”

Jonathan Rowden freelances as a music instructor and has substituted classes for CSUF Jazz Director Chuck Tumlinson, Ph.D. He was happy to be invited back to CSUF as a performer.

Saturday night’s performance consisted of two guest-star musicians; Sezin

Ahmet Turkmenoglu on the bass and Chris Wabich on the drums. While they don’t always play with the Jonathan Rowden Group, their musical talent merged with the others as if they always have.

“When you have really great musicians playing for you, it takes maybe a couple rehearsals to get everyone square on the music and you just go,” Pryor said. “I’ve played with Ahmet many times, and I have played with Chris before.”

Jonathan Rowden’s mother, Bonita Rowden, said that it’s quite common for them to change band members because in the jazz community most players are involved in at least two or three bands.

Jonathan Rowden describes himself as a starving musician and explains that his goal is to make music, even if it doesn’t pay. He founded a nonprofit organization called “Tear It Down Los Angeles | Orange County,” which hosts community events and music showcases.

“We are producing a DTLA Arts District modern jazz festival for November of this year,” he said. “We are launching an album fundraiser, (which) will be linked to www.jonathanrowden.com.”

The Jonathan Rowden Group is hoping to launch its second album by June 2016. The new album, tentatively called “Flight,” is inspired by video game music, electronic music and general “nerd-culture/ fantasy,” he said.

“Expect music that is programmatic in the sense that it takes the listener on a journey into their imagination,” Jonathan Rowden said.

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The latest decision in Ohio that reaffirms the state’s stance on underage voting should be applied to the rest of the nation. It’s in the United States’ best interest to have young people vote as soon as possible to encourage greater turnouts in future elections.

Nation needs more young voters More states need to open the door for youth to cast ballots ALAN BERNAL Daily Titan Ohio County Judge Richard Frye reaffirmed Friday that 17-year-olds will be able to vote in the state’s upcoming primary elections, overturning an attempt to change the law and signaling a victory for democracy.

The decision may be a source of ire for some people, but it’s a resolution that benefits the democratic process by allowing a greater

volume of citizens to cast a vote.

Moreover, the rest of the states that do not already allow 17-year-olds to vote in the primary should reconsider their laws to more accurately represent the nation’s popular opinion come election time.

The conflict came when democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders sued Ohio Secretary of State, Republican Jon Husted, accusing him of “quietly” changing the law and prohibiting 17-yearolds from primary voting booths.

“The secretary of state has decided to

disenfranchise people who are 17 but will be 18 by the day of the general election,” said Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager.

The ruling specifically applies to 17-year-old Ohio voters who are already registered to vote and would have turned 18 by the time of the November general election. It should also be noted that the order protects the group’s right to vote in Tuesday’s primary, but not on ballot issues or contests that would elect anyone to office.

A problem that’s been consistent in the recent history of presidential

elections has been the low voter turnout among younger generations.

Forty-five percent of people aged 18-29 voted in the 2012 general election, compared to 66 percent of people 30 years old and above, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE). Fewer than half of young people cared to give their input to decide that term’s president.

According to CIRCLE, voting is habit-forming.

When people are introduced to the voting process at a younger age, it encourages them to return the

following year. By protecting the right of the newest generation to cast a ballot, the Buckeye State is leaving the door open for recurring voters to develop.

Fewer than 25 states or territories already give those who have not yet reached the age of 18 some kind of voting power in presidential primaries, which leaves more than half of the country possibly subduing voter turnout.

It is crucial that these voters get into the booths.

“46 million young people ages 18-29 years old are eligible to vote, while 39 million seniors are eligible to vote,” CIRCLE reported

this year.

This constitutes roughly 21 percent of all voters, and if trends from past elections keep up, many of them could go unaccounted for.

CIRCLE’s analysis of the 2014 Census Population and Housing shows that there are about 16.9 million potential new young voters that could submit their votes for the first time in the upcoming elections.

The entirety of the nation needs to put into effect methods for younger voters to be introduced to the election process in order to not only increase, but retain higher voting numbers.

CSUF needs to section off the smokers School needs another method to enforce Directive No. 18 GABE ESPIRITU Daily Titan A deep inhale ignites a spark, illuminating the lungs. A heavy breath out brings small white clouds, ready to invade another unsuspecting body.

It becomes symbolic, almost, that with each drag the Cal State University system’s goal of banning cigarette smoking on campus goes up in smoke.

Various areas on campus are still cloaked in cigarette smoke, affecting

those who try to avoid it.

As Cal State Fullerton’s efforts to thwart smoking on campus have been seemingly ineffective, creating a designated smoking area at CSUF would benefit both those who want to inhale a cigarette and those who don’t want to be anywhere near it.

The CSU Board of Trustees has delegated authority to CSU campus presidents to adopt rules to regulate smoking on campuses.

Under the President’s Directive No. 18, “California State University, Fullerton prohibits smoking in all interior and exterior campus areas and locations,” including any buildings or vehicles on

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university-owned, leased or rented land, including parking structures and lots.

Recent health studies have prompted the school’s efforts to reduce secondhand smoke, according to the directive. However, the directive’s failure to enforce its intentions has further doomed the lungs of its students and faculty.

Since the smoking ban was executed in August 2013, student and faculty smokers could be seen convening behind the Humanities building to get their nicotine fix.

Since CSUF’s Facilities Management built a $100,000 brick enclosure, complete with a “SMOKE/

VAPE FREE CAMPUS” sign, at the beginning of the fall 2015 semester in the interest of safety and functionality, the new popular smoking section has become the shady trees at the Humanities building facade.

In the interest of everyone’s health, CSUF is in desperate need of a smoking section. Forty million people in the United States are addicted to smoking, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s study, “Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults – United States, 2005-2014.”

Among those, approximately 7 million are smokers between 18 and 24

years old, according to the CDC. Roughly 16.7 percent of smoking Americans are those who fall in the average college age.

As stated under Directive No. 18, “the success of this policy depends on the thoughtfulness, civility and cooperation of all members of the campus community, including visitors.” It also states that accountability for keeping the smoking ban in order ultimately falls on smokers to not light up around campus.

University Police rarely has any involvement in the enforcement of the directive, according to a presentation by University Police Capt. Scot Willey. Trying to confront

smokers is an act that could put some people in harm’s way over something small, according to Willey.

“While it’s really important for some people here, it’s not really important to us,” Willey said.

The smoking section should sequester campus smokers into an area that is preferably not in front of a busy building. Allowing other campus-goers to know exactly which areas of campus to bypass in their attempts to keep away from secondhand smoke.

Once the powers that be open their eyes and accept the truth, then perhaps others can freely open their lungs and enjoy a breath of fresh air.

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SPORTS CSUF bounced out of Big West Tourney

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Men’s basketball’s season concludes with loss to Hawaii BRANDON ROSS Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team ended its season in substandard fashion Thursday as it dropped the Big West Conference Tournament quarterfinal to the University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 75-44 at the Honda Center in Anaheim.

CSUF ended its 20152016 campaign with a 1020 overall record. Hawaii (25-5 overall, 13-3 Big West) will go on to compete in the semifinals Friday.

Fullerton came off a difficult regular season, finishing last in the Big West Conference standings.

However, due to Cal State Northridge’s ineligibility for the tournament, CSUF was deemed eligible.

The beginning of Thursday’s matchup saw Hawaii take an early 16-8 lead with 11-and-a-half minutes left to play in the first half. Junior guard Lionheart Leslie led the charge for the Titans down low, grabbing three early rebounds and two points off the bench.

The Rainbow Warriors tacked onto their lead, maintaining a 21-13 advantage with seven minutes left in the half. Senior guard Roderick Bobbitt came out firing for Hawaii, recording eight points and two rebounds by the end of the half.

CSUF responded with a 13-6 run to end the first half.

Sophomore forward Jamar Akoh nailed a

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Khalil Ahmad (left), Head Coach Dedrique Taylor (middle) and Lionheart Leslie (right) look frustrated on the sideline in Cal State Fullerton’s 75-44 loss to the University of Hawaii on Thursday. This game would mark the end of the road for the Titans as they finished the season with a 10-20 overall record.

buzzer-beating shot from behind the arc to bring the Titans within one, trailing Hawaii 27-26 at intermission.

Akoh led the team in scoring entering the half with nine points and two rebounds.

“Our team gave a great effort, executed the gameplan pretty well in the first half,” said CSUF Head Coach Dedrique Taylor.

“But Hawaii is the No. 1

seed for a reason. They’re a very good basketball team.

They imposed their will and took over the basketball game.”

Ahmad’s pair of free throws to start the second half gave the Titans their first lead of the game, 2827. However, the Rainbow Warriors responded quickly with a 30-5 run to take a 57-33 lead with 10 minutes left in regulation.

Hawaii continued to pour

it on and eventually won the game by a wide margin of 31 points.

“I’m super disappointed,” Taylor said. “I didn’t feel like we fought the way we were capable of fighting.”

Akoh led the Titans in scoring with 12 points while junior forward Tim Myles notched 10 points and crashed the boards, nabbing 12 rebounds.

The Titans had a dismal

display of shooting. Fullerton went 17-57 (30 percent) from the field, compared to the Rainbow Warriors, who shot 47 percent (3064). Hawaii outscored CSUF 48-18 in the second half.

Despite Hawaii’s success, the Titans gave the Rainbow Warriors a run for their money in their regular season matchups.

On Jan. 16, CSUF forced Hawaii into overtime at

Titan Gym, only to end up losing the game 86-79.

However, Hawaii took it to the Titans 76-59 at the Stan Sheriff center Feb. 13.

Heading into the offseason, Taylor had a simple message for his team.

“Be the best you, every single day,” Taylor said.

“Whatever that is for every individual in our program.

If we can do that, we have some positive results to look forward to.”

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Sophomore right-handed pitcher Connor Seabold put together a nice performance in the Titans’ second game against Wichita State. In six innings, Seabold only gave up one hit with six strikeouts.

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Six other Titan players contributed with hits, including Tyler Stieb, who hit a triple in the second inning.

Sunday In Sunday’s matinee game, freshman sensation Colton Eastman took the mound as the Titans looked for the sweep. CSUF got on the board early with a solo blast to left field by shortstop Timmy Richards in the first.

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the the next inning as Taylor Bryant tripled to right-center, bringing Steib home from first base to make the score 2-0. Vargas led off the third inning with a solo homerun to right field.

Fullerton added four more runs in the seventh inning.

Stieb doubled down the right field line to start the inning and Bryant followed by reaching on a Shocker error, allowing Bryant to advance to second base and Stieb to score.

Vargas and Chris Hudgins each went on to record an RBI in the

remainder of the inning.

Eastman completed his outing with seven shutout innings pitched, giving up only four hits while picking up four strikeouts. Relievers Scott Serigstad and Maxwell Gibbs did well to close out the game.

“He’s (Eastman) pretty poised; he’s done a good job every time out,” said Head Coach Rick Vanderhook.

The Titans will continue their homestand Tuesday against the San Diego State Aztecs at Goodwin Field at 6 p.m.

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Cal State Fullerton’s junior infielder Alexis Gonzalez hit six-for-15 with a double during the Long Beach State Tournament over the weekend. The Titans were victorious in all five of their games, improving their overall record to 18-8.

Titans run the show in Long Beach Softball wins all five games in tournament over the weekend RYAN PORTER Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton softball team (18-8 overall) cleaned house during the Louisville Slugger Invitational hosted by Long Beach State, winning all five games at the 49er Softball Complex over the weekend.

Friday The Titans began the tournament with a 9-2 win over the Utah Valley Wolverines.

The tournament opener saw nine different Titans get hits, including Alexis Gonzalez,

Ariana Williams and Shianne Brannan, who got one hit and two RBIs each.

Fullerton was efficient, getting nine hits, nine runs and nine RBIs. Sydney Golden held the Wolverines in check, keeping them to four hits in five innings pitched. She struck out three batters and did not give up a run.

Saturday CSUF initiated the second day of the tournament with a 2-0 victory over the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

The Titans struggled at the plate, as their only hits came in the top of the third inning. However, one productive inning is all it would take to come out on top.

With runners in scoring

position, Missy Taukeiaho doubled to right field, bringing in Delynn Rippy and Williams.

Desiree Ybarra was dominant in the circle, as she gave up four hits but no runs in a seven inning, shutout performance.

The Titans went on to play their second game of the day against Princeton, defeating the Tigers 4-0.

On the offensive side, Taukeiaho led Fullerton with two hits, two RBIs and a run. Gonzalez recorded two hits and an RBI, while Brannan earned two hits and a run on two at-bats.

Cerissa Rivera dictated the game from the circle, pitching a complete game and giving up just two

hits and one walk with six strikeouts.

Sunday The Titans nearly lost their sweep of the tournament in the first game on Sunday against the Iowa State Cyclones, entering the seventh inning trailing 1-0 to the Cyclones. The 2-1 victory gave the Titans their fourth consecutive victory.

Iowa State scored its only run in the second inning, forcing a stagnant Fullerton offense to play from behind until the seventh inning.

With two outs in the top of the seventh, Sydney Colenzo doubled to second and reached third on an error in right field. The Titans were in a precarious position as they could not hit a sacrifice

fly to score the runner at third.

Fortunately for CSUF, Brannan, the next batter, walked, putting runners on first and third. Rippy stepped up to the plate and tripled to right center to bring in Brannan and pinch runner Williams.

The Titans held off the Cyclones in the bottom of the seventh and claimed victory.

In final game, Fullerton faced another thriller in a rematch against Mississippi State that saw the Titans come out on top 3-2.

The Titans took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second thanks to a well-executed squeeze play by Brannan, which allowed Williams to score.

Mississippi State tied

the game the following inning and took the lead in the fourth. In the bottom of the fifth, Gonzalez hit a single up the middle but was thrown out after attempting to advance past second base to third, but not before Rippy had the opportunity to score and tie the game 2-2.

The Titans came right back in the sixth inning when Sydney Colenzo single to right field, allowing Ybarra to take the go-ahead run.

Golden kept the Bulldogs in check in the top of the seventh and clinched the Titans’ fifth straight win.

The Titans return to Anderson Family Field on Tuesday for a double-header against Yale at 4 p.m. and Princeton at 6 p.m.

Fullerton’s win streak comes to an end

Women’s tennis splits its nonconference road swing in Nevada AARON VALDEZ Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis team split its nonconference, two-game road trip, falling to the University of Nevada Wolf Pack 4-2 on Friday but defeating the Montana State University Bobcats 5-2 on Saturday.

Last week, the 20152016 Oracle/ITA Division

1 Women’s Collegiate Tennis Ranking ranked CSUF 67th nationally, shortly after Fullerton improved its overall record to 10-1. The Titans donned an eight-match winning streak going in the weekend, the longest in program history.

Friday’s matchup at the Caughlin Club in Reno, Nevada against the Wolf Pack saw the Titans fall short after they squandered the crucial doubles point for only the second time this year.

CSUF’s duo of freshman Sarah Nuno and sophomore Danielle Pham opened

doubles play with a 6-3 victory, but Nevada took a major advantage going forward, winning the competition’s two remaining matches.

As a pair, Fullerton juniors Alexis Valenzuela and Camille De Leon were finally dealt their first loss of the season, ultimately clinching the doubles point for the Wolf Pack.

In singles competition, Nevada won three out of the six matches played. The match that featured Titan freshman Masako Makiba against Nevada’s Monika Magusiak was left unfinished.

With its win over CSUF, Nevada improved its overall record to 4-6.

The Titans hoped to bounce back in next game against Montana State the following day.

The Titans returned to the Caughlin Club on Saturday, putting together a better performance in their matchup against the Bobcats.

Fullerton managed to sweep the Bobcats 2-0 in doubles play as the second match was left unfinished.

Partners Valenzuela and De Leon worked their way back into form, defeating

Montana State’s No. 1 duo of Naomi Holopainen and Laura Middel by a score of 6-3.

Valenzuela was not included in the singles order since she was not feeling well going into the competition. As a result, the Titans moved every player up one rank, giving freshman Caroleen Fararji the opportunity to compete in her first singles match of the season as the No. 6 seed.

Fararji excelled in her singles debut as she triumphed over opponent Shelby Cerkovnik by set scores of

7-6 (2-0) and 6-2.

Despite Valenzuela’s absence, CSUF went on to clinch the team victory, taking four out of the six singles matches.

Montana State’s overall record dropped to 4-9 after its tough loss to Fullerton.

The Titans completed their weekend in Nevada with an 11-2 overall record.

The Titans will return home Tuesday for a fourgame homestand beginning with a match against the Colorado State University Rams (3-7 overall) at 1:30 p.m. at the Titan Courts.

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