Monday, November 29, 2021
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Volume 110 Issue 14
Jailed CSUF employee still awaits trial after 2019 stabbing Chris Chuyen Vo is facing a murder charge for the campus killing of his coworker, Steven Chan.
Bloodhounds from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department were brought in to track the assailant on Aug. 19, 2019, the day that former CSUF administrator Steven Chan was fatally stabbed in the College Park parking lot. (Nathan Nguyen / Daily Titan)
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Women’s basketball AARC programs center defeats Pepperdine Black queer experience
After falling behind early, women’s basketball came back to defeat Pepperdine on the road, 68-63. NAVTEJ HUNDAL Asst. Editor
Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball ended their two-game skid against Pepperdine University, 68-63, at Firestone Fieldhouse on Nov. 27. Freshman guard Lily Wahinekapu and sophomore center Ashlee Lewis led the Titans in scoring with 14 points each. Wahinekapu dished out eight assists, the most on the team. Sophomore guard Gabi Vidmar provided a spark off the bench with 13 points and secured eight rebounds, the most on the team. The majority of the game was one-sided as the Waves remained ahead. It wasn’t until the fourth quarter that Fullerton flipped the switch on offense and defense after closing the third quarter strong. From scoring from beyond the arc to forcing turnovers, the Titans outscored the Waves 21-13 in the final period. Fullerton carried their momentum from the third quarter into the fourth as the Titans regained the lead, 53-52, after Wahinekapu and Vidmar scored back-to-back three-pointers, giving them their first lead since they scored the first basket of the game. Fullerton never looked back as the team went on a 14-4 run, extending their lead to seven points, with a score of 61-54. In the closing seconds of regulation and down by five points, Pepperdine missed two three-pointers that would have put the game on ice for Fullerton. In the first quarter, Pepperdine guard Malia Bambrick had the hot hand as she scored 10 points along with two three-pointers to help the Waves build an eight-point lead. They finished the quarter with a score of VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM
22-14 while shooting 56% from the field. The second quarter saw both teams shoot poorly as the Titans shot 41% from the field while the Waves shot 43%. However, the Titans made three three-pointers in the period, with two coming from Vidmar and one from junior forward Kathryn Neff. With under two minutes left in the first half, the Waves led 34-26 before Vidmar nailed a three-pointer from the left corner to trim the lead to five. Bambrick responded with a layup on the other end and in the closing seconds of the second quarter, Lewis made a jumper from the high post to cut the deficit and make the score 36-31. The Waves converted 13 points off turnovers while the Titans had zero in the first half of play. The Titans scored 10 points in the paint compared to Pepperdine’s 20 points in the paint. Pepperdine also outrebounded Fullerton 20 to 17 after two quarters. In the first three minutes of the second half, the Waves went on a quick 6-2 run after redshirt junior Becky Obinima scored a layup. The Waves held their nine-point lead, the biggest lead of the game, 42-33. After Vidmar shot and made the first two free throws of the game for the Titans with just over six minutes left in the third, both teams nearly went three minutes without a scored basket. The drought came to an end with just over three minutes left when Hernandez scored a second-chance layup following a block from Wahinekapu on the other end to cut into the deficit and make the score 44-39. In the closing minute of the third, Washinekapu scored five points to make it a one-possession game, 50-47, heading into the fourth where Fullerton went on to close the game out and earn the victory. Fullerton’s record now stands at 3-3 as they prepare to face Grand Canyon University on Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. at Titan Gym.
The African American Resource Center will host week-long workshops and discussions. ANGELO ESPINOZA Staff Writer
The African American Resource Center is focusing on the Black Queer experience this week by providing students with a series of programs that include workshops and discussions centering on the Black Queer experience. As part of this week’s festivities, the center will also host their final Diaspora Dialogue of the semester on Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. that will explore
the intersections of the Black Queer experience. “One of the things that we recognize is that we are the African American Resource Center, and absolutely we have a LGBTQ Resource Center as well. But sometimes for Black Queer students, it’s almost like well ‘Do I go to the African American Resource Center,’ ‘Do I go to the Queer resource center when it comes to those intersecting identities,’ and so we’re doing a Black queer week to focus on those intersecions of our Black queer students,” said Torell Foree, the center’s coordinator. For the week of Dec. 8, the center planned activities like meditation, movies, card games and also a paint
and “whine” night to give students an opportunity to destress for the week of finals. Located on the first floor of the Pollak Library in room 182, the center has also launched a new peer liaison resource program for its students that officially started this fall. This program features a liaison who works with first-year students in their academic college to inform them on the potential resources made available from the center as well as some identity conscious, college specific programming. SEE OPPORTUNITY 5
The African American Resource Center is located in the Pollak Library South 180 in room 182. (Angelo Espinoza/ Daily Titan) FOLLOW US: @THEDAILYTITAN