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Tuesday March 8, 2016
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Gastronome receives “A” rating after complaint
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Rising YouTuber finds fan base in niche gaming
Serving of alleged raw chicken spurs food inspection AMBER MASON Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton Gastronome maintained an “A” food safety rating following an inspection conducted after reports of undercooked chicken. According to the CSUF Food Facility Inspection Reports, conducted by the Department of Risk Management and Environmental Health & Safety, Inspector Justine Baldacci carried out the Feb. 24 inspection three days after students lodged complaints. Baldacci also performed the Gastronome’s last inspection on July 28, 2015. The dining facility received a score of 95. The department scheduled a reinspection date for Nov. 20, 2015. However, no inspection report for November was filed on the CSUF Risk Management and Environmental Health & Safety website. The most recent inspection report states that Baldacci inspected the facility following a report of allegedly undercooked chicken served to a customer. The inspection found that “the processes, procedures and record keeping for batch cooking were reviewed with management and found to be adequate.” SEE DINING
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Drew Durnil started making YouTube videos in high school. He and his friends started a skit channel, but after that channel didn’t take off, Durnil began a strategy gaming channel, BAStartGaming. His channel now has over 42,000 subscribers, making Durnil about $2,000 a month.
Student channels passion into ‘Let’s Play’ videos VERONICA FELIPE Daily Titan When Drew Durnil told his parents he was going to quit his server position at Lucille’s, a job he had held for five years, to pursue a career in making YouTube
videos, their initial reaction was confusion. “I’m okay with not making that much money and doing something I like to do,” Durnil said. The 23-year-old Cal State Fullerton student spent the last two years grinding out videos and growing his gaming channel. “In the beginning, when you are at like 1,000 subscribers or below, it’s so hard to stand out from the
flood of content that’s out there,” Durnil said. The cinema and television arts major realized that in order to be noticed, he had to narrow his audience and find his own niche. “Originally, I started off with kind of gaming journalism and it was me and a few other people. We produced content for PlayStation games, Xbox games and computer games. It wasn’t until I started doing
more ‘Let’s Play’ content, where it’s just me in front of a computer, that it started taking off,” Durnil said. Let’s Play content is focused on showcasing gameplay with commentary from the player. Durnil now runs “BAStartGaming,” a Let’s Play channel that features games such as Civilization 5, Europa and XCOM, which focus on strategizing and planning moves
in order to win the game. He started the channel in 2013 and has reached over 42,000 subscribers since then. “There’s the type of channels that do get that boom, that huge ‘pshh’ of growth with a bunch of subscribers and a bunch of views. My channel was never really like that. It was always a really slow growth,” Durnil said. SEE VIDEO
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Fullerton serves up another victory
Women’s tennis wins its eighth consecutive match VICTOR GALLEGOS Daily Titan
The Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis team continues its dominance as it defeated the Utah State Aggies 5-1 on Monday at the Titan Courts. Fullerton (10-1 overall, 3-0 Big West) extended its program’s best start to the season to eight consecutive wins, and matched last season’s win total at 10. The Aggies (4-7 overall) dropped the third of their last four matchups. With noticeable winds in play, the Titans still managed to command the matchup in the back half of the roster, as they have
done all season. Junior phenom Alexis Valenzuela defeated Ekaterina Tugarinova 6-3, 6-1. The win moved Valenzuela to 13-4 on the season in singles play, as well as gave her a four-match winning streak. Junior Camille De Leon also won her fourth match in a row, defeating Maggie O’Meara in the No. 3 spot of singles 6-3, 6-2. With the win in singles play, she improved to 11-7 on the season. The Titans were up 2-0 after the De Leon and Valenzuela matches and only needed two more wins to secure the victory. Portalatin earned her third consecutive match win the hard way, beating Sabrina Demerath in a scrappy, three-set battle, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. SEE SERVES
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Center to highlight women’s achievements
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Danielle Pham (left) high-fives her teammate in the Titans’ 5-1 win over the Utah State Aggies. Pham earned her third consecutive win by a score of 6-0, 2-6, 6-2.
Sanders separates from rest of pack
Opinion
The Vermont senator takes on the important issues that most presidential candidates have made a 6 habit of dodging
Titans find the green on first day of tourney
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