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Mediator releases findings from salary proposal VERONICA MARQUEZ-ESHELBY Daily Titan The fact-finding stage of the proposed salary increase by the California Faculty Association has confirmed that California State University faculty salaries lag behind market comparators, giving the CFA the legal right to strike this month.

Fact-finder Bonnie Castrey published her report Monday, March 28, on the stalled negotiations over CSU faculty pay, now in the second year of the contract.

The report offered four major recommendations: -“Increase faculty compensation with a General Salary Increase of 5 percent.”

-“Provide Service Step Increases to the approximately 43 percent of faculty eligible.”

-“Continue to study the faculty salary issue. Develop a list, agreeable to both sides, of comparable universities that award bachelor’s and master’s degrees and do a comparison using available AAUP (American Association of University Professors) data and include a cost-of-living comparison.”

-“Develop a joint strategy and documentation to go to the California Legislature and the governor to seek the needed state funding for the CSU budget.”

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Cal State Fullerton baseball began Big West Conference play on a high note as it took all three games against the Cal State Northridge Matadors this past weekend. The Titans improved their overall record to 16-11.

Baseball sweeps Matadors in first conference series HAYLEY M. SLYE Daily Titan In its first conference series of the season, Cal State Fullerton baseball pulled off a sweep over the CSUN Matadors, leaving the weekend with a spotless Big West record and a

16-11 record overall.

Despite the triumph, the dramatic series was anything but three relaxing days at the ballpark.

“You hate but you love Titan baseball games,” said senior designated hitter Dalton Blaser. “It keeps you on your toes” In Friday’s game, Josh Vargas hit a triple that sent three runs home and propelled the Titans’ lead to 7-3 after the Matadors tied the game in the eighth.

On the mound, starter Blake Quinn struck out seven through 4.1 innings, contributing to a combined 12 strikeouts by Titan pitchers.

CSUN scored one run in the ninth, but the Titans held on to secure the 7-4 win.

Saturday’s game was a closer contest as Fullerton managed to come away with a 2-1 win.

At the top of the fifth, right-handed starter ConnorSeabold gave up a single and pegged two batters to load the

bases. He went on to strike out RBI leader Branden Berry and the following Matador hitter to end the threat.

“Those were two huge strikeouts against their three and four hitters,” said junior Timmy Richards. “It was awesome to watch, it got me pretty pumped up out there at shortstop.”

Seabold went six innings, striking out eight and allowing only one CSUN run.

With starter John Gavin making a solid first outing in

relief this season, the Titans kept Northridge at just one run.

The Titans’ prowess on the mound proved to be crucial in securing the victory, considering the offense left a runner on base in all but one inning and left 11 on base in total.

“One-run games are huge,” Richards said. “To be able to win those games will definitely pay off later in the season.”

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Local art center unveils ‘Video Project Space’ Artwalk embraces community’s creativity and originality AARON VALDEZ Daily Titan Local art enthusiasts made their way to Cal State Fullerton’s Grand Central Art Center (GCAC) on Saturday night for a showcasing of “Polaris,” a short video and sound work by Cuban artist collective Los Carpinteros.

Located in the heart of downtown Santa Ana, the GCAC sits adjacent to the vibrant 2nd Street Artwalk and serves as a satellite unit for CSUF. On the first Saturday of every month, the Artwalk Promenade provides community members with an opportunity to tap into their creative sides and explore

the wonders of art.

A plethora of restaurants, museums, galleries, musicians and street vendors are sure to keep attendees entertained with their intriguing art pieces and dazzling performances.

The Artwalk has brought in revenue to GCAC and the surrounding businesses as its lively and culturally diverse environment attracts over 3,500 guests every month.

Saturday night’s iteration of the monthly festivities featured numerous artists displaying their unique craftsmanship while music groups from local schools filled the air with refined and well-rehearsed symphonies.

Upon entering the art center, visitors will notice a wide variety of sculptures and paintings on display made by a mix of local students and independent artists.

The main event of the

evening, “Polaris,” was shown through the art center’s newest exhibit, “Video Project Space.” The exhibit is designed to show new video work on a continuous loop from artists all around the world.

GCAC Director and Chief Curator John Spiak, who has been affiliated with CSUF since September 2011, discovered “Polaris” while attending Los Carpinteros’ studio during his trip to Cuba last May. Spiak was immediately fascinated with the work and knew it was something he wanted to bring back and share with his local community.

“They were showing it in their studio and when we started doing the ‘Video Project Space,’ I thought, ‘Wow, that’s that piece I wanted to show,’” Spiak said.

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Los Carpinteros’ “Polaris” captivated audiences during the monthly Santa Ana Artwalk at Cal State Fullerton’s GCAC ‘Video Project Space’ exhibit Saturday night.

Policy about repeating courses examined

Vegetarianism could help the environment

Softball doesn’t skip a beat against UCR

Students may have to seek adviser approval before taking a class over again after a failing or in3 complete grade

People should incorporate more veggies in their diets to reduce the harm meat production companies have 5 on the world

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Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014, was the keynote speaker for the 8th annual Women’s Conference at Cal State Fullerton. An advocate for women’s education in the fields of science and technology, Davuluri urged women to share their stories of encouragement to the world.

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Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014, spoke about women empowerment through education at the 8th annual Women’s Conference hosted at Cal State Fullerton.

The conference is organized yearly by Congressman Edward R. Royce (R-Fullerton) and aims to address issues most important to women in the district. Davuluri was this year’s keynote speaker.

Davuluri, a graduate of the University of Michigan, is a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) advocate who partners with the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Education, and collaborates with Google and Facebook to promote women’s education in STEM. Davuluri also campaigns nationally on behalf of diversity and cultural competency through her social media platform, “Circles of Unity.”

Davuluri asks people to share “representative thoughts and stories about their experiences on how we as a nation can advance cultural awareness.”

Davuluri shared how her mother received an education

in India and emigrated to the United States to pursue a computer programming career.

“All of you have a call to action to actually tell these stories and to encourage others to do what you can,” Davuluri said, “whether it’s through a social media tweet or campaign or partnering with something.”

The free event featured four breakout sessions offering attendees advice on financial independence, healthy living, defense against identity theft and lessons from a life coach.

Celebrity chef Jamie Gwen, a lifestyle expert and cookbook author, hosted a session on healthy food choices.

Gwen has been a judge on Fox TV’s “Master Chef,” is a contestant and winner on Food Network’s “Cutthroat Kitchen” and is a featured chef on KTLA Channel 5’s morning show in Los Angeles.

Gwen, who attended the Culinary Institute of America straight after high school, stressed the importance of going to college.

“I would tell your children as I have told my own, get a four-year degree and then go figure out what’s next,” Gwen said.

Gwen shared her “Food Trend Report,” which highlighted foods and ingredients to look out for in 2016. High on her list were oatmeal, fresh turmeric and gochujang, a

Korean hot pepper paste.

Tammy Hotsenpiller, personal trainer and president of Total Life Coach, LLC, shared tips and tools to help people succeed and enjoy the life they have been given.

Hotsenpiller spoke on the philosophy of her favorite acronym, FAT: “Faithful to yourself, available to others and teachable at all times.”

Sara Catalán, Royce’s deputy chief of staff, explained the importance of the Women’s Conference Survey that is filled out at the end of the day.

The survey helps set up the next conference by using direct feedback from attendees.

Respondents are asked to critique breakout session speakers and suggest topics to cover in the next conference.

Royce’s office confirmed over 700 RSVPs to the event, which included single mothers, small business owners, students and women planning for retirement.

Royce, also the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, touted the conference as a resource for women from all walks of life.

“Empowering women begins with an education, especially the education in science, or technology, engineering or math,” Royce said. “It’s critical that women are given the encouragement and given the opportunity to pursue these fields.”

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The report vindicated CFA’s proposal, officially concluding the end of the statutory bargaining process under California labor laws. The CFA has scheduled a series of strikes from April 13-15 and April 18-19 if no settlement is reached in the interim.

“The fact-finder’s report unambiguously supports the union’s bargaining proposal of a 5 percent pay raise for all CSU faculty and an SSI. A neutral, outside voice has confirmed that these raises are affordable, reasonable, justified and necessary,” said CFA President Jennifer Eagan in a statement on the CalFac website.

In the CSU Administration’s dissent of the fact-finding report, CSU Vice Chancellor Bradley W. Wells stated that the CSU agreed with the report’s findings that CSU faculty salaries lag behind the market comparators.

However, the CSU system is unable to grant additional

increases beyond the 2 percent increase already offered because the budget has already been allocated for the current school year.

Any changes would take away from existing student initiatives, he wrote.

The university “remains committed to negotiating in good faith with the CFA to resolve these structural salary issues over a multiyear period so that the university faculty salaries more closely align with the comparable higher education institutions,” the dissent letter said.

However, the CFA disagreed with these statements and believes that the CSU system can amend the budget to accommodate a 5 percent General Salary Increase, as well as provide Service Step Increases to the roughly 43 percent of the faculty who are eligible for them.

Meanwhile, CSUF students and teachers have been rearranging their schedules to accommodate changes in coursework as a result of the strike.

“I think what I want students to know is that going on strike, even for one day, is not an easy decision for anybody to make — especially for faculty,” said Michelle Barr, president of the CSUF chapter of the CFA. “We are faculty because we love our students, we love to teach and we love to see them be successful, so this was not an easy decision for us to make.”

The constant raising of tuition, excessive fees and overpopulated classrooms are ultimately hurting students, Barr said. The fact that faculty are not being offered the compensation that they need leads to lower-quality hires.

“We’re losing a lot of our up-and-coming, bright, young scholars because they just can’t financially do it here.” Barr said. “It’s not about hurting our students at all. If anything, it’s about preserving the quality of the CSU for everybody, and taking a stand for that. This isn’t going to fix everything, but it’s at least a start.”

The California Legislature voted Thursday on a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The plan, approved by a 26-12 vote, is set to raise the minimum wage to $10.50 by 2017, $11 by 2018 and gradually increase by a dollar per year until 2022.

Businesses with fewer than 26 employees would be allowed an extra year to comply, and in the case of another economic recession, increases would be delayed by one year.

No other state has a higher minimum wage than California’s $10.

Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign the bill into law Monday.

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Long Beach police clear bomb scare A suspicious package found at a Long Beach bus stop prompted the evacuation of residents Sunday, according to reports from NBC Los Angeles and the Press-Telegram.

Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman Marlene Arrona said that police, along with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Arson/Explosives Unit, were dispatched to the area of Atlantic Avenue and 45th Street around 12:35 p.m., and traffic was halted between Del Amo Boulevard and San Antonio Drive.

Streets were reopened around 3:30 p.m. after no explosives were found at the scene.

Police wouldn’t comment as to what was in the package that raised suspicion.

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Azerbaijan announces ceasefire After seizing contested territory, Azerbaijan has announced a unilateral ceasefire in its territorial conflict with Armenia, according to The New York Times.

The announcement comes after a sudden, armed clash in the unstable Nagorno-Karabakh region left at least 30 dead over the weekend. Azerbaijan and Armenia blame each other for starting the fight.

The two countries, straddling the Caucasus mountains in West Asia, have been in a state of open hostility since the early ‘90s, when each declared independence from the Soviet Union.

Minor incidents of ethnic violence have since plagued the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, even after a long-standing armistice from 1994.

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Members of Cal State Fullerton’s Academic Senate discussed the possibility of a policy change regarding students who retake courses. The draft policy, which will be up for a vote in an upcoming Academic Senate election, states that students will have to get permission from an academic adviser before being able to repeat a class more than once.

Course repeat policy examined Students may have to seek advising to retake classes AMBER MASON Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton students who receive an incomplete or failing grade more than once for the same course may have to see an academic adviser before they will be allowed to take the class again, according to a proposal at the latest Academic Senate meeting on March 24.

There is a huge problem with students repeating courses multiple times using things like grade forgiveness and grade averaging that get them “into a very deep hole that often prevents their graduation,” said Lynn Sargeant, Ph.D., professor of history.

Academic Senate members discussed intervening before students reach these limits and are prevented from retaking a course at CSUF. Since fall 2009, students have been allowed to retake a course a maximum of three times at CSUF. This is in addition to a 16-unit

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limit for grade forgiveness, and a 12-unit limit for grade averaging.

The current policy was imposed after former CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed signed Executive Order No. 1037, establishing CSU system-wide policies for repeating classes. According to the CSUF Admissions website, exceptions are only granted in extreme cases by petition.

According to the proposal, after a student receives an incomplete or failing grade on a repeated course, the student would have to see an academic adviser. The adviser would

then make sure the student understands the university’s course repetition policy.

The idea behind the proposal is to get students to see advisers before they have exhausted all of their resources so they can complete their degrees, Sargeant said.

“I can’t imagine people not agreeing to something like this,” said Nancy Fitch, Ph.D., professor of history.

She said that while all students could benefit from more advising, students who had to repeat classes would especially benefit.

“Obviously, if students are

repeating classes, they’re students that are really in a category to need more advising,” Fitch said.

Not everyone shared this sentiment.

Shawn X. Wang, Ph.D., professor of computer science, said that because some computer science courses require a C or better to get credit, students should be free to repeat certain courses as long as they are necessary.

“The student has a right to complete a program,” Wang said.

There was also concern about who would be advising

students at this critical point.

“We want to make the advisers who are listening to and talking to these students truly understand the nature and the major and the courses,” said Kristi Kanel, professor of human services.

This was the first reading of the proposal, which aimed to gather opinions from senate members and get approval for its inclusion on an upcoming Academic Senate elections ballot.

All issues and details are expected to be hammered out in further stages of planning and implementation.

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Banned film resurrected into notariety “Panic Movement” relived through controversial movie GABE ESPIRITU Daily Titan The unattainable love, happiness and freedom found only in the mythical city of Tar are what young lovers Fando and Lis search for in legendary Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s twisted production of “Fando y Lis.” Loosely based on produced by artist Fernando Arrabal, Jodorowsky’s first feature-length film takes viewers on a 96-minute ride of surrealistic scenes.

The boundaries of social acceptability were pushed with its premiere and its ban by the Mexican government in 1968, to the digitally restored U.S. premiere at The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana this past weekend.

First screened at the Acapulco Film Festival, “Fando y Lis” contained graphic nudity, misogynistic violence and disconcerting representations of Christianity. However, this proved to be far too blasphemous and disturbing for the era, and incited a riot in the theaters that forced Jodorowsky to sneak out of the building, only to have his limousine pelted with rocks by moviegoers.

During the film’s debut in Mexico City the following week, fights broke among audiences once again, resulting in the

film’s ban.

The vague, surrealistic and seemingly random arrangement of images in “Fando y Lis” bring forth a sense of confusion and a variety of perplexing emotions. Divided into four different sections, the film follows the journey of Fando and his paraplegic lover, Lis, as they trek through a post-apocalyptic world of ruins in search of the utopian city of Tar. The couple believes their problems will be solved upon arrival, assuming Lis’ inability to walk will be cured.

Throughout the rocky journey, Fando alternates with pushing Lis on a wagon and carrying her on his back as they encounter strange characters and scenarios.

Bizarre situations include Fando and Lis being swarmed by a group of drag queens, fitting the two into each other’s clothes; Fando encountering a group of old women in a card game by a cliff, playing for the intimacy of a young shirtless man and the young couple coming across a group of living dead in a pool of mud in which Fando tries to abandon handicapped Lis. As their attempt to reach Tar becomes seemingly futile, Fando begins to disrespect Lis, blaming her and often physically harming her, only to apologize and convince her he truly loves her. Perhaps the most unsettling scene of all comes when Fando, in a devious fit of anger, chains down Lis to the wagon, strips her and bellows to attract a

group of strange men. The sinister Fando tells the men how beautiful Lis is and encourages them to fondle her naked body, leaving the viewers in discomfort.

Created in the midst of the “Panic Movement,” “Fando y Lis” embodies the beliefs of Jodorowsky, Arrabal and Roland Topor, the movement’s creators.

Taking inspiration after the sexual prowess and virility of the god Pan, the collective sought chaos in art and imagery, finding beauty and serenity in destruction.

Jodorowsky’s ideals are evident in “Fando y Lis” amidst the disturbing chaos and deep symbolism of Christianity. Fando and Lis’ consequential actions offset the movie’s black and white presentation.

As the helpless Lis journeys to a promised kingdom, she endures a passion where she is forced to sacrifice herself out of love for Fando, similar to Jesus’ suffering printed in the Bible. In the end, Fando handcuffs her and stones her to death.

Her corpse is placed in a white coffin as a crowd of random people appear with scissors to cut off pieces of her flesh and consume it, exhibiting a deranged symbolism of communion in the Catholic church.

For Jodorowsky, his work is his attempt to resurrect it.

“Films are made to make money. It’s an economic industry, not an artistic one,” Jodorowsky said in a 2015 VICE interview. “I see it another way. To make an

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Movie director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s film “Fando y Lis” premieres in the U.S. at Frida Cinema in Santa Ana for the first time after the Mexican government banned it in 1968.

experimental film, like poetry, like a work of art, first off, get rid of the industry — that is, make it disappear.”

The uninhibited

independence that Jodorowsky seeks is represented in his work. As “Fando y Lis” comes to an end, a title card leaves the

audience with an insight into the artist’s mind.

“When the reflection faded away in the mirror, it gave way to the word ‘Freedom.’”

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Los Carpinteros was founded in 1992 in Havana, Cuba by artists Marco Valdes, Dagoberto Sanchez and Alexandre Zambrano.

The video illustrates an unidentified, adventurous musician carrying three conga drums through the majestic Pyrenees mountains, bordering Spain and France. The musician is determined, dragging each drum one by one, up the snow-covered mountains.

After returning to the campground from his second trip, the musician decides to wait until the next day to take the final drum up the mountain. Despite feeling very fatigued, the musician ultimately reaches the mountaintop with his complete set of conga drums and begins to play them until the scene fades to the end credits.

“Polaris” uses silence to engage the audience as the video features hardly any noise other than the soft and relaxing sounds of Mother Nature. Along with the serene imagery of the mountains, the soothing sounds of blowing winds and babbling brooks help viewers appreciate the artistic ingenuity of Los Carpinteros.

In a time when the United States is working diligently to reestablish its ties with Cuba, Etienne Lavallee, gallery assistant and art history student at CSUF, valued the importance of showcasing a prestigious art piece like “Polaris.”

“There is still some difficulty in getting some of the most beautiful qualities of Cuban culture out here, so we’re extremely fortunate to actually get this particular representation of their

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collective,” said Lavallee.

Along with “Polaris,” the GCAC invited other artists to share their work, including an interactive performance piece called “Public Trust” by Paul Ramirez Jonas. Orange County-based artist Jasmin Sanchez displayed her mural “Flux,” which depicts how urbanization collides with nature.

By the end of the night, Spiak was pleased with all the hard work he and the rest of the GCAC staff put into the event, and recognized the positive impact it can have on students and community members.

“It’s a space where research and inquiry happens,” Spiak said. “By seeing these exhibitions, there’s inspiration, there’s interaction and there’s thought about process, about what’s going on in the world around you.”

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A local artist allowes attendees to paint and contribute to his lowrider vehicle. The ArtWalk is held the first Saturday of every month fostering local artisan street art, vendors, music groups, galleries and more.

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OPINION Vegetarianism is a fruitful alternative

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Cutting back on meat consumption could yield many benefits EMILY DIECKMAN Daily Titan College is a time for experimentation, for trying new things and broadening horizons. For some, this means learning about and adopting new lifestyle changes such as vegetarianism.

While not every trend that college students try out is positive, eliminating or reducing meat consumption is a lifestyle change with far-reaching benefits for animals, human beings and the environment.

Many vegetarians would argue that there is not an inherent problem with eating animals, rather than unethical ways that animal products are produced in the factory farming system.

First, there are the classic, horrifyingly sad PETA videos, such as “Glass Walls,” that no one wants to watch because they’re too upsetting. There’s some pretty gruesome practices going on, like grinding up male baby chicks because they won’t grow up to be egg-producing hens.

Animals are bred to grow as big as possible as quickly as possible, which means that they are filled with hormones and live lives of suffering. Pigs are as intelligent as dogs, elephants and even humans in some capacities, according to the International Journal of Comparative Psychology.

However, they are oftentimes driven literally insane by the constant confinement found in commercial farms, according to an Oklahoma State University report.

Humans are suffering due to the rise of “big ag,” or corporate farming. The average poultry farmer will spend over $500,000 to build two chicken

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To keep up with consumer demand for meat, corporate farms have resorted to using despicable methods to increase how much product an animal yields. Switching to vegetarianism could reduce those demands, and hopefully eliminate practices like using growth hormones that hurt animals and the environment.

houses, and then make only $18,000 a year, according to “Food, Inc.,” a 2008 documentary about the food industry.

Eating less meat may also be beneficial to human health.

Vegetarians are about 24 percent less likely to die of ischaemic heart disease, according to a study by Oxford University. Vegetarians were 77 percent less likely to develop myeloma than meat-eaters, according to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Risk of lymphatic

and hematopoietic cancers was also 36 percent lower in vegetarians.

The aspect of vegetarianism that is most likely to have far reaching effects is the potential impact it would have on the environment.

Cows produce 150 billion gallons of methane every day, according to Cowspiracy, a documentary about animal agriculture. Methane is the primary constituent of natural gas and is believed to be the second-biggest driver of climate change after

carbon dioxide, according to Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law organization. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) found that animal agriculture produces 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

Thirty-three percent of the arable surface of Earth is dedicated to agriculture, which means an enormous part of Earth is being used and abused. Agriculture is responsible for 75 percent of

the global deforestation, according to study by the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a global agriculture research group. Up to 91 percent of deforested rainforest land is used for animal agriculture, according to a World Bank study.

It takes about 2,464 gallons of water to produce one pound of meat (from all of the transportation, crop-growing and increasingly complicated food production process), according to a study by the Water

Education Foundation.

Cutting down on meats could reduce the load that corporate farmers put on Earth and improve living situations for thousands of animals.

Vegetarianism is a lifestyle that can benefit animals, humans and the environment. For those who aren’t quite ready to give up pepperoni on their pizza, simply reducing meat consumption through measures such as a “meatless Mondays” can have a positive impact going forward.

Letter to the Editor In response to “Learning foreign languages should not discourage students” FROM MARJORIE MOTA, OLLI BLUE BOOK PROGRAM EDITOR Gerard Avelino’s article in the March 17, 2016 Daily Titan opinion section, “Learning foreign languages should not discourage students,” deserves praise from those of us who have long experience with foreign language learning and teaching. I am writing from the point of view of a retired California school teacher who taught English to newcomers. Now I

teach Spanish at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), which has a chapter on the CSUF campus.

Our members are of retirement age and pursue a variety of courses, including foreign languages. We are not interested in obtaining diplomas or adding anything more to our résumé — we just want to learn for the pure joy of learning. Even without the pressures

of grades or exams, language learning is just as anxiety-provoking for us at our stage of life as it is for the average university student. Avelino paints a vivid word picture of all the fears that haunt us when we take up a foreign language, but he also suggests some sound remedies for facing down those anxieties. I hope his article encourages many.

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Game three began in a different fashion, but ended in another Titan win.

With two outs and Berry on first, Justin Toerner homered to right, giving the Matadors a 2-0 lead in the first inning. The CSUN lead didn’t last long, however, as the Titans knocked in three base hits to tie the game in the second.

“We had a good plan against the (CSUN) starter, so we stuck to our plan and put a couple runs on the board,” Blaser said.

Fullerton continued to dominate the Matador pitching in the third, sending all nine Titans to the plate in the five-run third inning.

“You’ve got to swing it to hit it,” CSUF Head Coach Rick Vanderhook said. “They were just better pure at-bats (in Sunday’s game).”

Despite giving up three home runs, Titan starter Colton Eastman picked up the win and struck out

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Senior infielder Jerrod Bravo went 3-7 and notched two RBIs in Cal State Fullerton’s conference series sweep of Cal State Northridge. Bravo crossed the plate three times in the TItans’ 8-5 victory on Sunday.

seven. In the sixth, Eastman struck out the two, three and four-spot Matador hitters in order.

Fullerton won the game 8-5 and secured the sweep in its first conference series.

“It’s good to start

conference the way we have so far. Obviously, it all matters when you get to conference,” Seabold

said. “I think we have good momentum right now.”

The next challenge for the

Titans is a one-game matchup against the University of San Diego on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Goodwin Field.

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Women’s golf has unimpressive outing at Bryan National AARON VALDEZ Daily Titan

Competing in its second tournament in less than a week, the Cal State Fullerton women’s golf team showed no signs of life as it finished 14th out 15 teams at the Bryan National Collegiate in North Carolina over

the weekend.

Before the Bryan National Collegiate, though, the Titans returned from a two-and-a-half week hiatus early last week when they competed in the John Kirk/ Panther Intercollegiate in Stockbridge, Georgia. As a team, Fullerton finished the tournament in the middle of the pack, placing seventh out of 15 teams with a 21-over-par 915-stroke score.

Junior Martina Edberg produced yet another

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outstanding performance as she placed second overall in the individual standings.

Her 3-under-par 213-stroke effort earned her a Big West Conference Athlete of the Month honor.

Unfortunately for the Titans, Saturday’s first two rounds at the Bryan National Collegiate were not kind, as they completed the day in 13th place. The first round saw the Titans record a score of 307, followed up by a 312 score in the second round.

Edberg was once again

the best Titan on the course, placing in the ninth spot with a 4-over-par 148 score after two rounds. During the second round, Edberg managed to record a total of three birdies, but was heavily weighed down by a triple bogey on the eleventh hole.

The final round Sunday turned out to be worse for Fullerton as the Titans logged in their least impressive effort of the competition, shooting a 46-over-par 334. This totaled an overall

stroke score of 89-over-par 953, placing the Titans 14th in the standings, in front of only the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Edberg did not perform as well as she did during the first two rounds but still managed to muster a solid third round with a 7-over par 79 score. However, this dropped her to a five-way tie for 21st place in the individual standings.

The next-best player for CSUF was freshman Brittney Sok, who completed

the tournament in 67th place with a 27-over par 243. Senior Nadine Rivera and freshman Pauline Welker finished closely behind Sok with a 28-over-par 244 score and a 29-over-par 245 score, respectively.

Heading into their final competition of the season, the Titans hope to bounce back for the Big West Championships at Kapalua Golf Course in Hawaii. The tournament will open Sunday, April 17 and last until Tuesday, April 19.

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Softball opens Big West play with sweep over the Highlanders RYAN PORTER Daily Titan Coming off a close 5-4 loss to UCLA last week, the Cal State Fullerton softball team swept the UC Riverside Highlanders 3-0 in its opening conference series at Anderson Family Field over the weekend.

Game 1 The Titans got off to a rock-solid start as Missy Taukeiaho blasted her fourth home run of the season for a 1-0 lead in the first inning.

“She already knows coming in she’s not going to get a lot of good pitches, and those are intentional,” said Fullerton Head Coach Kelly Ford. “That first at-bat she makes that statement; that was incredible.”

Taukeiaho was locked in, continuing her exploits as she walked twice and hit an RBI double to left field in the bottom of the sixth inning.

The Highlanders tied the game 1-1 at the top of the third when Haley Harris singled to left field, scoring Madeline Richard.

The tie was short-lived, however, as Alexis Gonzalez hit a two-run homer to left center field, giving the Titans a 3-1 lead at the bottom of the third.

Fullerton released the hounds throughout the remainder of the game, scoring two runs in the fourth inning and four more in the sixth to force a 9-1 mercy-rule finish.

In the circle, Desiree Ybarra pitched a complete game, allowing only one run, giving

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Senior infielder Missy Taukeiaho hit a grand slam in the third inning of Sunday’s game against UC Riverside to give the Titans an 8-2 lead in the third inning. Fullerton went on to win the conference game 12-2 and secure the sweep in its first Big West matchup of the season.

up five hits and striking out seven batters.

Game 2 Freshman righty Sydney Golden got the nod in the circle for the second game of the afternoon against UC Riverside.

Taukeiaho, just as focused as she was in the prior game, belted a double to right center, scoring Samantha Vandiver to give the Titans an early 1-0 lead in the first inning. Taukeiaho later walked home off a fielding error to take the Titans’ lead to 2-0 in

the first inning.

Golden and the Titan defense controlled the game until Riverside strung together a few hits and scored an unearned run off a throwing error at the top of the fourth.

The Highlanders threatened to score again in the sixth inning as they gathered two hits but left a runner on base.

Ybarra came back to close out the game and the Titans won their second straight of the day 2-1.

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Once again, Taukeiaho led the charge for the Titans, as she batted 2-for-3 and bombed a grand slam over the left-center fence in the bottom of the third.

The Titans had taken an early 3-0 lead in the first inning off of runs from Vandiver, Taukeiaho and Gonzalez.

Fullerton scored again in the second inning when Gonzalez hit an RBI single, scoring Megan Estacio and taking a 4-0 lead.

The Highlanders’ only runs

of the day came in the top of the third when Chelsey Holley doubled down the right field, bringing in two runs to make the score 4-2.

The threat did not materialize into a comeback as the Titans went on to score five more runs at the bottom of the frame and three more in the fourth inning to force another mercy after five innings.

Fullerton’s sweep over Riverside gives the Titans a 2810 overall and a 3-0 Big West Conference record. With the start of conference play, the

Titans will now get longer rest periods between games.

“It’s a little bit easier for us now. We know we got three (games), got to get through the first two and just keep the momentum going,” Taukeiaho said. “It prepared us big time playing five games in one weekend; now this is money, we’ve only got three.”

Fullerton softball returns to action next week, as it travels to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for a three-game series against the Mustangs on Saturday and Sunday.

Titans make their mark at UCLA Invite Fullerton provides notable perfomances during weekend meet BRANDON ROSS Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton track and field team saw multiple impressive individual performances at the UCLA Legends Invitational in Westwood over the weekend.

Besides CSUF, participants included UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Minnesota, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine, Cornell, Kansas State, Nevada and host UCLA. Fullerton’s most noteworthy performance came from the speedy legs of junior sprinter Darion Zimmerman, who recorded a first-place finish in the 400-meter dash with an impressive 47.50-second time.

In the same event, freshman sprinter Tommy Medina finished sixth overall with a solid 48.88-second time.

Sophomore sprinter Eli Penick finished second in the 100-meter dash, tying a season-best 10.59-second time. Freshman distance runner Stephanie Cortez participated in the 1,500-meter run and recorded a personal best of 4:44:35, placing her in second.

Redshirt junior thrower Steven Parsons set a new personal record and placed third in the hammer throw with a distance of 55.21 meters. Parsons set another personal best in the shot put competition, throwing a personal record of 14.59 meters.

Junior mid-distance runner Shelby Hernandez Jr. performed well in the 800-meter run, as he set a season-best record with an astounding 1:51.30 time.

On the women’s side, sophomore sprinter India Owens set her own personal best in the 100-meter hurdle run, clocking in at 14.48 seconds. Sophomore jumper Laura Hamann set her own personal record as well, with a distance of 11.61 meters in the triple jump.

The UCLA Bruins arguably had the best tournament results, as they finished first in multiple events such as the men and women’s shot put. UCLA had the top three finishers in the men’s long jump and another first-place finish in the women’s pole vault competition.

According to Fullerton Head Coach John Elders, however, the men and women’s squads had a solid weekend, despite resting multiple athletes during the Legends Invitational.

The Titans return Friday to host the Big West Challenge at the Titan Track Complex.

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