Monday March 7, 2016

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The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Monday March 7, 2016

Volume 99 Issue 18

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Fullerton dominates at the Judi Garman Classic

Portal created to evaluate debates

Faculty members analyze political discourse SEAN KELLEY Daily Titan

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In the final game of the Judi Garman Classic against the North Carolina Tar Heels, Mikaela Francis (center) cheered with her team in celebration of Alexis Gonzalez’s (left) game-tying homerun in the bottom of the first inning. The Titans would go on to win the game 6-5.

Titan softball takes four out of five games at home HAYLEY M. SLYE Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton softball team regained its early-season dominance this weekend, taking four out of five games in the Judi

Garman classic and improving to 13-7 overall. The success came after a lackluster 1-4 performance at the Mary Nutter Classic in Palm Springs during the prior weekend. On Sunday, with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh and the score tied at five, CSUF shortstop Shianne Brannan stepped into the batter’s box at Anderson Family Field and ripped a single to right.

Her hit ended the classic with a dramatic flourish, giving her team the 6-5 win against the North Carolina Tar Heels, its fourth in five games. “I’ve been struggling hitting, so to get that hit was just amazing,” Brannan said. “I almost cried. It was very emotional.” The success at the Judi Garman Classic after a hard weekend in Palm Springs mirrors the last game of

the tournament. The walkoff win came after the Tar Heels took a two-run lead in the top of the seventh while the Titans squandered a bases-loaded, one-out opportunity in the previous inning. “I think it shows how we can come back from such a devastating tournament,” Brannan said. “We can come back and turn it around the next weekend.” On the first day of the

tournament at Anderson Family Field, the Titans found success in a 3-2 extra-innings win against the Arizona State Sun Devils (18-5 overall) and a 6-3 win over the San Jose State Spartans (6-15 overall). In the Arizona State game, lefty Desiree Ybarra pitched all eight innings, striking out four and giving up only two earned runs. SEE CLASSIC

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Cal State Fullerton’s College of Communications has created the CSUF Presidential Debate Portal, an online resource center for students and faculty members to educate themselves and participate in the current election year debates. The department wanted people who had an expertise in politics, debate and argument to make informed decisions on who won the debate, Jon Bruschke, Ph.D., associate professor of human communications, said. “At the end of the debate, if you want to know who convinced the most people, you could just take a poll and be done with it,” Bruschke said. People don’t really have an outlet if they want to find an answer to which candidates actually presented the most reasonable and logical arguments, he said. “The purpose of the debate portal is to help interested people focus on the issues that were raised in the debate and figure out who made a better case based on reason, evidence and logic,” Bruschke said. SEE PORTAL

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15th annual Festival of Winds aims to educate University Wind Symphony mixes jazz and classical music DAISY ORTIZ Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton’s University Wind Symphony captivated an audience of family, friends and future university musicians Friday night. The performance was part of the 15th annual Festival of Winds, held at the Clayes Performing Arts Center in Meng Concert Hall. Admission was free and open to the public. The Friday and Saturday all-day event featured performances of an extensive variety of music from high school wind bands from all over Southern California. The University Wind Symphony, directed by Coordinator of Wind Studies and Director of Bands Mitchell J. Fennell, consists of CSUF’s

best and brightest wind studies majors in the CSUF School of Music. The ensemble has performed all over the world including Portugal, South Korea and Japan. They performed three songs on Friday, which included “Lincolnshire Posy,” a piece by composer Percy Grainger that was adapted from various English folk songs, and “Bachseits,” a somber but powerfully chaotic composition by Dutch composer Johannes Stert. “I loved, particularly, the last two sets of songs,” said Mitchell Wong, a 26-year-old illustration major. The former voice major’s love of live orchestral music brought him to the show that evening. The highlight of the evening, and audience favorite, was the “Concerto Grosso for Saxophone Quartet and Band,” a complex, jazz-infused contemporary classical piece by American composer William Bolcom. SEE WIND

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Sacramento artist to perform at Slidebar

A&E

Indie artist So Much Light tours to bring experimental R&B to Slidebar Rock-nRoll Kitchen with his visit Tuesday 4 night

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The Hyperion Saxophone Quartet, also members of the University Wind Symphony, performed Friday night in the Meng Concert Hall as part of the weekend-long 15th annual Festival of Winds.

Fox debate filled with childish rhetoric

Opinion

GOP candidates faced off in Detroit, but the topics of discussion quickly devolved into empty insults and lewd 5 comments

Titans steal series from Red Raiders

Sports

In the final game of the weekend, freshman pitcher Colton Eastman recorded his third con6 secutive win VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM


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