September 13, 2016

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CSUF GOP hosts 9/11 memorial Students honor victims with flags on Tuffy Lawn JILLIAN SALAS Daily Titan Nearly 3,000 American flags decorated the Tuffy Lawn in memoriam for 9/11 victims Monday morning.

Each flag planted by the CSUF Republicans honored those who lost their life 15 years ago. Every flag was dedicated to a specific individual who passed away that day.

Names could be seen written on each flag in the lawn.

In a moment of solidarity, the organization paid tribute to the attack victims by reminding past, present and future generations that “we can still come together as humans, and not parties,” said College Republicans Vice President Amanda McGuire.

“We are kind of making sure to tell (students) that we are the Republican Club on campus, (but) we are here nonpartisan. We are just here as Americans, mourning the lost lives of fellow Americans,” said club member Jacob Salcido.

There are times when we just need to put aside our differences and come together as Americans, Salcido said.

The CSUF Republicans is an organization that aims to increase student political activism across campus while also increasing political awareness, according to its TitanLink page. The club offers access to volunteer and internship opportunities with local, state and federal politics. Also known as the CSUF GOP, it further sets its purpose to help

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Students involved in the CSUF Republicans club arrived early on campus Monday to place nearly 3,000 flags in the Tuffy Lawn. Each one of the flags has the name of a 9/11 victim written on a slip of paper attached. This is the first event the club has put on since it was reestablished this year.

students become informed voters.

Joseph Calleros, senior business administration major, said the CSUF Republicans is

doing a good job in spreading awareness of this historical event. Calleros visited New York City two years ago where he came to better understand

the impact of the tragedy than when it actually happened when he was nine years old.

Paired with their memoriam were small pamphlets of the

U.S. Constitution the organization had on display. Salcido said that it was important for students to have, the document not only to honor Constitution

Day this Friday, but because it was one of the “foundational building blocks of our nation.”

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Fire drills spark safety concerns Facility

CSUF police advises students to know evacuation routes ZACK JOHNSTON Daily Titan

Buildings in Cal State Fullerton have been undergoing routine fire drills, as well as few false alarms in recent weeks, begging the question: are students prepared in the event of a real fire?

In a drill during the first week of the semester, some students in the Humanities and Social Sciences building found their evacuation to be less than impelling.

It took 22-year-old psychology major Tony Hrebien roughly 10 minutes to evacuate the building from the fifth floor due to congestion in the stairway, Hrebien said.

The Humanities building’s evacuation area is the parking lot behind the building, and it is advised to stay at least 50 feet away

from the building.

Hrebien and many other students evacuated into the quad and were standing only about 20 feet away.

Since it was a routine drill and there was no actual danger, many students chose not to take it seriously, said 20-year-old English major Carla Huezo, who also evacuated into the quad.

Cesar Ledesma, 20-yearold psychology major, said he was led to the correct evacuation area but still found that students were not taking the drill seriously.

Campus Emergency Preparedness offers a map of campus buildings and their corresponding evacuation areas. Many of those evacuation areas are some of the campus’ more open spaces.

It is highly advised that students do not evacuate into the quad. It may seem like the ideal spot, but if all buildings surrounding the quad evacuated into that space it would fill up rather quickly.

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Students for Quality Education convene

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Organization gathers to discuss social problems on campus, in the community and in all of higher 2 education.

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Local company gives insight into recycling process ALYSSA MARTINEZ Daily Titan Blue bins are scattered throughout campus and a number of signs are posted as friendly reminders for students and faculty to properly dispose of trash as well as reusable materials.

Proper disposal of materials, however, is only the beginning of the recycling process.

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Every building on campus has specific evacuation areas that students should move toward in the event of an emergency. However, students are advised to stay clear of the Central Quad.

Professors research factors behind choices

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Faculty in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences researches the influences behind student 4 decision-making

Where does recycling go?

The recycling program at Cal State Fullerton is made possible by the partnership between Republic Services and CSUF’s Sustainable Waste Management Services.

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Among the various topics discussed at the Students for Quality Education meeting, high tuition rates was one of the most popular. Members discussed the possiblity of free higher education.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a historic bill on Monday, expanding overtime pay to California farmworkers over a four-year period set to start in 2019, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Once initiated, the law will decrease the overtime threshold by half an hour each year, going from 10 hours per day to eight by 2022.

The bill also reserves power for Brown to suspend the phase-in process for a year if economic conditions are unfavorable.

The United Farm Workers of America sponsored the bill and said it addresses issues that have adversely affected farmworkers for nearly 80 years. However, opponents say it will limit work hours and force farmers to employ more workers.

Activist group talks university privatization

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Members of organization fight for social justice at CSUF

Students for Quality Education (SQE) held its weekly meeting and a workshop concerning student activism hosted by the Sociology Club Monday.

During the meeting, interns of the organization, Liz Sanchez and Ashley Rojo expressed their statewide and campus goals including the pursuit of free higher education and tackling the problem of the constant rise in student fees and tuition.

“Students become conditioned that this is a commuter campus and the administration doesn’t step in,” Sanchez said. “ASI doesn’t step in and say ‘how can we build a larger community that works on these issues together?’”

SQE has gained members through demonstrations, townhalls and presentations on reasons that privatization of higher education is a problem, Rojo said.

“Our biggest demonstration so far was performance art activism at Discoverfest,” Sanchez said.

The demonstration included Rojo wearing a mask of CSUF President Mildred Garcia while walking a chained Sanchez in bloody clothing around campus. The demonstration aimed to represent the president and university ignoring student needs and

suffering, Rojo said.

The group has faced some obstacles in the past. When trying ot plan a townhall, the organization was unable to reserve a room because they are not recognized as a campus club.

In spite of setbacks, Rojo believes that SQE’s demonstrations have been successful because they have gained the support of strong allies, including Dean of Students Dr. Tonantzin Oseguera.

“I support a robust and healthy conversation about issues,” Oseguera said. “We need to listen to perspectives that are different than our own, and I think that’s important in order to have good discussion.”

After the gathering, SQE held a workshop at the Sociology Club meeting that was open to anyone interested in an open discussion about topics ranging from student fee allocation, the privatization of the education system and radical activism.

“Why do we have to act a certain way to get a message across?” Sanchez asked.

“Why do we have to follow certain rules to be heard?”

The attendees were then asked to focus their attention toward a powerpoint presentation featuring quotes and ideas from prominent players in major social movements including Michel Foucault, Audre Lorde and C. Wright Mills.

Topics discussed throughout the presentation included the “sociological imagination”, the “relationship between power and knowledge” and “conflict and

feminist theory.”

“Just the humanities in general – I feel like it’s just this place of wonderful knowledge that helps us expand, but yet we’re so scared to fight the system for some reason,” Sanchez said.

Sanchez emphasized that the ideals and standards in modern society are nothing but a false narrative set in place over the years by the ruling class.

Sociology Department lecturers Ivan Sanchez and Burrel Vann Jr. expressed their concerns with radical activism.

“If you start out as a radical organization then you’re not going to gain that residence,” Vann Jr. said in the open discussion portion of the workshop. “It’s important, but you don’t want to be overlooked. But, if you build yourself as a strong organization that’s doing various other things, those radical things get brought into the fray as an important aspect of the social movement and not just a crazy thing that the organization is doing.”

Sanchez referenced Kesiena Boom’s piece on black versus white feminism, stating that we shouldn’t be afraid to fight back and take an aggressive approach toward social change.

“I don’t care what I look like to you. You need to hear my message, and I’m trying my best to get your attention,” Sanchez said. “I think the mainstream wants you to think that (activism) is distracting from the message so that you can stop people from doing it. They want you to play by the rules.”

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University Police’s 2015 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report outlines some of the protocol for reporting a fire and staying safe.

Students, faculty and staff can report a fire by simply calling 911 and speaking with a University Police dispatcher. They can also activate the nearest fire alarm or use emergency blue-light phones.

“When you call 911, the dispatch office will simultaneously notify the fire department and the police department,” according to the report.

Knowing what kind of

fire is burning and how to extinguish it can make a very big difference. Never use water to put out a burning liquid fire, grease fire or electrical fire.

With a small, contained fire, use a fire extinguisher if you are familiar with its use and watch for smoldering or flare up.

In a small fire that is in danger of spreading, use a fire extinguisher only if it doesn’t risk your or others’ safety. When evacuating the building, do so quickly while knocking on doors to alert others of the possible danger.

If you see or smell smoke in a hall or stairway, choose a different exit.

In a large fire, exit the building immediately, also knocking on doors. To avoid smoke inhalation, it may be best to crawl close to the ground while exiting.

If there is a towel or blanket at hand, it can be used to protect from flames or smoke. Close doors behind you to contain the flames but do not lock them.

Do not attempt to save any possessions and follow all instructions from emergency response personnel.

In all cases of a fire, call 911, use the back of your hand to check the temperature of a door before deciding to open it and never allow a fire to get in the way of an exit.

The Los Angeles Rams played their first season game yesterday against the San Francisco 49ers after the team announced its return to Los Angeles in January.

The Rams were the LA team from 1946 to 1995 before theyrelocated to St. Louis, MO. After 21 seasons away, the fans are excited to welcome them “home.”

The Rams and 49ers faced off in the Bay Area Monday night and the 49ers came out on top.

They won with a shut-out score of 28 - 0.

Over the summer when the Rams launched a season ticket campaign, they received 56,000 deposits in two weeks, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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5.3 quake rattles South Korea A 5.3 earthquake was recorded Monday around 9 p.m. near Seoul, South Korea, according to the Busan Regional Meteorological Administration, the official meteorology agency of South Korea.

They found the epicenter to be near Naenam Elementary School in Gyeongju, roughly 300 miles away from the country’s capital.

The quake was said to have been felt throughout the nation by the Korea Meteorological Administration.

Around 45 aftershocks were felt throughout the night with more predicted, all around magnitude 2 or 3.

Though this was the most powerful earthquake the country has felt since the 1980s, no damages or injuries were reported.

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The organization was disbanded last year but has since been reformed under new leadership this semester. In its first two meetings of the new academic year, the CSUF Republicans hosted Assemblywoman Young Kim from Fullerton and have addressed the future direction of the club.

Besides spreading awareness of the Republican and Conservative platform, the club will be hosting other keynote speakers such as Steven G. Mihaylo and Andy Puzder, the CEO of CKE Restaurants, Inc., the parent organization of Carl’s Jr in October.

In the next few months the CSUF Republicans plan to revitalize its organization and move forward with platform advocacy. Club meetings are held on Thursdays and contact information to the organization can be found on TitanLink.

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The Tuffy Lawn, located in front of the Student Recreation Center, was decorated with America’s colors the day after 9/11. Students were welcome to observe the quiet memorial and pay their respects to the victims. CSUF Republicans Club members handed out pocket-sized Constitutions while at the memorial.

Honors program to offer intersession classes Traditional spring and fall courses available during intersession ROBERTO MUNIZ Daily Titan The University Honors Program will offer its first intersession course, 101B, during session B from Jan. 3 through Jan. 20.

There are two reasons why the intersession course was not offered before, according to Sandra Perez, director of the University Honors Program.

“One is tradition, honors courses have traditionally only been offered in the fall and spring,” Perez said. “The other piece is absolutely funding.”

The University Honors Program is transitioning from a traditional approach of only offering classes in fall and spring to doing more to help students graduate at the time that they choose.

When Perez first came to the University Honors Program, she said she heard its offerings were difficult for certain majors, particularly engineering and art

major students.

Honors students are concerned with graduating on time and by providing them with an intersession course, it allows students to move on to graduation quicker, Perez said.

“One of the goals (aligns) with the university goal to support our students in graduating as soon as they would like to or are able to,” Perez said.

Offering an intersession course extends the same flexibility to honors students as the university

offers, Perez said.

The planning process to get an intersession started begins in May when the University of Extended Education (UEE) reaches out to each departments’ chairs and deans, according to Karen McKinley, director of Summer Session, Intersession and Special Session Classes.

McKinley said the process of getting an intersession course begins with an academic department scheduling the intersession classes they want.

Then, beginning in August, UEE starts the

process of scheduling into Titan Online, McKinley said.

Michelle Hernandez, program analyst/specialist for Summer Session, Intersession and Special Session classes, is a facilitator of the schedule meaning that all departments send her the proposed schedules.

Hernandez’s job includes double checking all the scheduled classes are correct.

There can be concerns when creating an intersession course, such as making sure there’s

enough time in the session to teach the course and provide students a good learning experience, McKinley said.

“I’ve been overseeing intersession for many years and I don’t think we’ve ever done an honors class,” McKinley said.

The course is expected to accept about 15 students which is a common cap in honors classes.

“I’m committed to making changes that better serve honors students and I think this is one of them, and there shall be more to come,” Perez said.

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Cal State Fullerton started a recycling program through Republic Services in Anaheim due to state regulation AB-34, which requires commercial businesses and universities to recycle or have a recycling program in place. Republic Services offers tours of its facility for students who want to learn more about the recycling process.

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Republic Services is a 35-acre waste management facility located in Anaheim, that services 10 cities throughout north Orange County. The company has been around since 1949 as the company’s very first contract, with Disneyland, signed by Walt Disney himself.

“The reason (we started a recycling program at CSUF) was because of a regulation called AB-34, which mandates commercial businesses, including universities, to recycle or have some kind of recycling program in place,” said Lisa Robles, recycling coordinator of Republic Services.

Republic Services’ recycling center is known as a material recovery facility (MRF).

All the waste and recycling picked up by Republic Services from CSUF and other Orange County

locations goes to a centralized location.

“A lot of people have this misconception that the trash trucks pick up trash and it goes directly to the landfill, or they come here and get turned into something new because we’re the trash company,” Robles said.

What happens when it gets there?

Once the materials arrive at the MRF, they are processed, sorted and separated to move forward on their journey to the scale house and then to the transfer station.

The scale house is where the amount of waste being produced in every city is weighed to ensure that sustainability goals are being met by each commercial business or university.

“We want to weigh how much waste is being produced in every city,” Robles said. “Cal State Fullerton has sustainability goals that

they want to reach, so we’re going to keep track of how many tons of recyclable materials they’re recycling, how many tons of actual waste is going to the landfill, and so forth.”

The transfer station is where the destination of the waste is determined, whether it be a landfill, a recycling manufacturer or a place like the Long Beach docks.

According to Sustainable Waste Management Specialist, Kevin Mattson, CSUF is committed to doing its part in support of the statewide target of diverting 80 percent of California’s waste from landfills by 2020.

What is considered good, recyclable waste?

According to CSUF Facilities Operations, recyclable material includes: paper, plastic, glass and metals.

When waste does not fall into any of these categories, or if it contains food or liquids, these materials are

considered contaminated and therefore cannot be recycled. A more detailed list of what can and cannot be recycled can be addressed on the CSUF Facilities Operations webpage.

Disposing of waste is not black and white. Confidential documents, hazardous materials, batteries, furniture and electronic waste all have specific places throughout campus for safe and proper disposal. A campus-wide disposal guide is available to students and faculty so everyone can be informed on what to do with their waste products that do not belong in a recycling or landfill bin.

When waste materials are making their way through being sorted and separated, they can end up on either a clean line or a dirty line depending on each material’s condition.

Recycling materials collected from residential recyclable bins and various commercial businesses goes to

the clean line, also known as a single stream sorting system.

“What it’s doing is using technology and machinery and human beings to sort and separate recyclable, clean dry material,” Robles said.

Waste from commercial businesses such as shopping centers, as well as from dumpsters at places like apartment complexes, goes to the commercial line, or the “dirty line.”

“In that line, they are sorting actual, municipal solid waste,” Robles said. “They don’t have the three-cart system like residents do, so we do sorting for them.”

Mixed recyclable materials along with food and bathroom waste end up on this line. The goal of the dirty line is to preserve any recyclables found in the municipal solid waste.

Why recycle at all?

Businesses and communities can help recycling

centers preserve more recyclable goods, keep them from ending up in landfills by properly disposing of their reusable materials and keep them dry and free of contaminants.

Sustainable Waste Management Services at Cal State Fullerton works to reduce the amount of waste generated through source reduction, recycling reuse and composting. It states on its webpage that its methods have environmental, financial and social benefits that include: conserving energy, reducing disposal costs and ultimately reducing the amount of waste that enters landfills.

To understand the recycling process in-depth, Republic Services offers a free recycling tour to the public.

These tours give a one-hour look inside what happens to waste after it is disposed and are offered to students through CSUF’s Sustainable Waste Management Services’ webpage.

Researchers study decision-making Faculty analyze the reasons behind students’ choices

JACQUELINE LINDENBERG Daily Titan Human beings are faced with decisions every day, and there are a number of factors that influence the choices they make. Cal State Fullerton professors Melinda Blackman, Ph.D., and Douglas Navarick, Ph.D., are just some of the people on campus researching the complex process of decision-making.

College students face a handful of potentially life-changing decisions, ranging from which major to choose to how to structure their class schedule each semester. Few things affect the decision-making process of students as much as procrastination.

Procrastination, especially in association with school, is putting aside work until the very last minute. Work and other extracurricular activities easily affect students’ abilities to complete homework and projects on time. However, external conflicts aren’t the only reason for the rising popularity of procrastination in schools.

“The concept of procrastination is now seen in a more positive light than in years past,” Blackman said in an

email interview.

Blackman is currently conducting research on how the way interviews are conducted can affect the hiring process and the role of personality in personnel selection. Her research into counterproductive workplace behavior makes her qualified to discuss procrastination and its effect on students.

Since procrastination is not seen in a negative light, students find it easier to wait to do something rather than completing a task right away.

Blackman also pointed out that many CSUF students are balancing school with commuting, working and even being a parent. These busy students find themselves united by procrastination rather than disdaining it.

“Students tend to brag that they procrastinate and are still able to pull a good grade out of the paper or test at the last minute,” Blackman said.

However, it is possible to overcome procrastination by making the first step toward completing a task. The choice to put off an assignment, or to finally stop putting off an assignment, is fairly simple.

College students are also faced with moral decisions about what is right and wrong, and these decisions are much more complicated.

“When deciding whether to do something, we are more sensitive to prospective

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punishment, the costs, than to prospective rewards, the benefits and the difference increases the closer we get to making a decision,” Navarick said in an email interview.

Navarick and his team are currently studying the feelings people experience when faced with morally complex situations. Moral compasses come into play when it’s time to make decisions, and not just for students.

Navarick said his research focuses largely on the concept of moral ambivalence.

“It’s essentially a state of tension and conflict where the action we are judging both repels and attracts us, with the result that we may vacillate between judgments of right and wrong and prefer to just stop thinking about it and make no judgment at all,” Navarick said.

The decision not to decide is something that many college students are familiar with when it comes to the world of politics, considering young adults, including millennials, have been historically less likely to vote than older adults.

“I believe that in this election, the key decision people will make is whether or not to vote,” Navarick said.

The upcoming U.S. presidential election is a broader issue that involves a decision that may take months to make.

Each candidate undergoes

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The Humanities building on campus is home to the psychology department, where some faculty members are researching the process of decision making.

numerous debates to state his or her stance on a particular policy, and campaigns in strategic areas to connect with and appeal to voters. However, the statements and actions of presidential candidates aren’t the only thing that dictate voters’ decisions.

“I think fundamentally, for most voters, it’s about feeling drawn to or repelled by a candidate rather than about reasoning and analysis of the candidate’s policies,” Navarick said. “These feelings may result more from incidental things like body language, facial expressions, tone of

voice, and mannerisms, than from well-reasoned policy positions.”

Feelings about a candidate or an issue can be influenced by home environments, extracurricular activities or social connections.

“If the student is part of a sorority or fraternity or a tightknit group, this could definitely influence their voting direction,” Blackman said.

“There is a strong tendency for conformity.”

Whether making decisions about when to do homework or which candidate to vote for, research indicates that most

people’s decisions are influenced by more factors than they think.

“Many of our judgements are based upon an interaction of our past experiences, personality tendencies and socio-cultural norms,” Blackman said.

Whether it be external or internal factors, the decision-making process is complex and powerful. The research being done at CSUF can give students better insight as to how and why they make the choices they do, as well as give them the opportunity to practice their decision-making skills.

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OPINION Censorship inhibits online freedom

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“Napalm Girl” photo blocking finally reveals Facebook bias ANDREW SALMI Daily Titan

Over the last few years, the vicegrip of censorship enforcement by social media platforms seems to be slowly creeping up to assume “Big Brother” territory. But, thankfully users are becoming more vocal about the issue of the perceived corruption at hand, as Facebook is rightly being put under the limelight for denying the postage of a controversial picture and effectively

free speech.

Last month, protests in Norway erupted after Facebook deleted the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Napalm Girl” taken by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut from the Norwegian Prime Minister’s page.

However, Facebook attempted to fall into the public’s good graces by saying over the weekend that it will allow postings of the iconic 1972 photo of a naked, screaming girl running from a napalm attack in Vietnam. This occurred only after Facebook received some serious backlash from users in Norway.

Facebook recently became the first social media platform to exceed a billion users,

currently sitting at 1.71 billion.

It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that so many people are reacting this way toward the increase in censorship, as freedom of speech is unequivocally important to our rights.

With that landmark, Facebook attempted to redact its initially controversial response to the picture by saying, “In this case, we recognize the history and global importance of this image in documenting a particular moment in time,” according to the Associated Press.

Facebook has said that it aims to censor things like violence, nudity and hate speech, according to CNN.

This isn’t the first case of controversial censorship by the social media giant. Other occasions that the company has backpedaled include a woman in Turkey’s somewhat untasteful post critiquing a satirical magazine by Charlie Hebdo, according to CNN. The strict enforcement of community guidelines is happening across many other social media platforms besides Facebook as well. Most recently, Twitter has come under the crosshairs of the public as it was found purposely omitting certain hashtags.

The recent DNC email leaks were on Twitter with the hashtag #DNCleaks and was trending for a while until it

disappeared. In the time it was gone, those looking for information were blind to the near 250,000 tweets that included the hashtag. When it came back, the tag was changed and Twitter was effectively rid of most of the harmful content.

Facebook claimed the reason for blocking “Napalm Girl” photo was that in some countries, the picture would be considered, “child pornography.”

However, the fact still stands that Facebook was wrong in not allowing such a historic picture to be posted.

Understandably, it can be seen as somewhat inappropriate at first, but if you block that image, you’re blocking history.

Facebook’s censorship has some work to do.

Social networks like Facebook and Twitter are putting in a good deal of effort to influence people into strictly posting content that they approve of. This is not the stance these social media platforms should be enforcing.

As freedom of expression continues to deteriorate across social media by the day, the only topic that needs to be discussed online is how to achieve an open internet. With the internet being such an important aspect in our lives, it’s important that it remains in the hands of the public.

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Your nerves are on edge and you may be caught off guard by surprising events. However, itʼs best not to overreact when tensions return from the past, perhaps stronger in intensity than before.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20 - May 20)

You are swept up in a whirlwind of activity today, which may not leave you much time for yourself. As a result, you could strike out angrily in judgment against a friend.

GEMINI

(May 21 - Jul. 20)

Deep bonds from the past can cloud a current relationship, so be mindful when clarifying the differences between your memories and current events. A Mercury-Sun conjunction squares pugnacious Mars in your 7th House of Relationships

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Although these are intense times for nearly everyone, your current challenges are centered around sharing your truth and the acknowledgment you want from others.

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It doesnʼt take much to get your motor running now, whether youʼre heading off for a rendezvous with someone new, initiating changes at home or reshuffling your priorities. The emotional temperature is rising.

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You could run into a rough patch today if everyone takes extreme positions in a disagreement. Even if you know what you want, you might be sorry if your ambitions drive you too hard.

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MATT BROWN / CAL STATE FULLERTON SPORTS MEDIA

Sophomore Matt Wilson (above) enters 2016-17 coming off a strong freshman season in which he earned an All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention. On Monday, Wilson finished the day 5-over par and tied for 28th place.

TITANS TEE UP IN WASHINGTON CSUF ends first day of season-opening tourney tied for sixth HAYLEY M. SLYE Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton men’s golf had a decent first day at the season-opening Itani Quality Homes Collegiate in Pullman, Washington on Monday.

Fullerton finished day one tied for sixth overall, shooting 19-over par. Mark Cobey, Ty Stites and Matt Wilson were the best golfers for the Titan squad, all shooting 5-over par through both rounds and tying for 28th overall.

Round 1 Senior Martin Manalo shot best for Fullerton in Round 1, beginning even par on the 17th hole before sinking a birdie on the 18th.

Manalo eventually accumulated four birdies total to

offset his three bogeys and one double bogey, leaving him at 1-over par.

Stites sunk an eagle on the ninth hole of Round 1, plus two birdies on the back nine. It was not enough to keep him afloat as he also collected six bogeys and one triple bogey, leaving him at 76 strokes, 5-over par.

Fellow freshman Michael Sharkey also sunk an eagle on the ninth hole while Manalo and Wilson finished even par.

Round 2 The second round started off rockier for Manalo, recording a bogey on the 18th hole after shooting 5-over par on the 17th. He ended the round 11-over par.

Sharkey performed best for the Titans out of the gate in Round 2, ascending to the top 20 overall for a moment.

Stites and Cobey starred in Round 2, each recording three Birdies on the front nine to keep them under par.

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Last season at the OGIO UCSB Intercollegiate, Mark Cobey (above) finished 2-under par, tying for fifth place in the tournament.

Stites kept up, ending the round shooting even par.

Wilson also shot well in the second round, finishing even par on the back nine and 3-over par on the front.

Washington State and Pacific stayed solidly on top of the leaderboard throughout the day, shooting 1-under par as a team

after the first round. Washington State took first place through two rounds, finishing 6-under par while Pacific would drop to fifth overall by the end of the day.

The Titans will play the final round of the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate on Tuesday at Palouse Ridge Golf Club.

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No Fullerton team enters conference play until women’s volleyball takes on UC Riverside at home on Sept.

24, but here’s how their records stack up against Big West opponents:

MEN’S SOCCER Record: 3-3 Streak: W2 With a .500 win percentage on the season, Fullerton and CSUN have the best records in the Big West South. UC Santa Barbara has collected the most wins in the Big West as a whole with a record of 4-1.

WOMEN’S SOCCER Record: 3-4 Streak: L1 Fullerton has the worst record in the conference.

Conference rival UC Santa Barbara remains undefeated with seven wins on the season. Santa Barbara came in second to Long Beach in the Big West Preseason Coaches Poll.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Record: 5-6 Streak: W2 UC Santa Barbara also owns the best record in Big West women’s volleyball, logging an 8-2 record, three more wins than the next-best Hawaii. Fullerton is one game under .500 with the fifth-best record in the conference.

UP NEXT: FRIDAY: Men’s soccer at San Francisco, 7 p.m.

Women’s soccer at Arizona State, 4 p.m.

Women’s volleyball vs. San Jose State, 4:30 p.m. at SDSU/USD California Mixer SATURDAY: Women’s volleyball at San Diego, 10 a.m. at SDSU/ USD California Mixer Women’s volleyball at San Diego State, 2:30 p.m. at SDSU/USD California Mixer SUNDAY: Men’s soccer at St. Mary’s, 1 p.m.

Women’s soccer at UNLV, 1 p.m.

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