Monday, February 28, 2022
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Volume 111 Issue 6
Titan Student Union temporarily closed by explosive threat warning The incident shut down the building for nearly two hours which delayed “A Conversation with Angela Davis’.” JESSICA CHOI SPENCER OTTE Editors
AMBER JUAREZ Deputy Editor
Emergency alarms blared, lights flashed and an announcement to evacuate sounded at the Titan Student Union around 4:40 p.m. on Thursday, after a police bomb dog detected a substance that triggered an explosive threat warning. Capt. Scot Willey of the Cal State Fullerton Police Department said the dog reacted to a substance in a trash can near the entrance to the TSU Pavilion, which was set to host civil rights activist Angela Davis at 5:30 p.m. Willey said that it is the university’s protocol to sweep for explosives before large campus events. “Cal State Fullerton police department has our own bomb dog and that bomb dog was going into the building to do a sweep, as we do it at all of our events,” Willey said.
Bomb squad dogs checked the area. (Jon Buzdar / Daily Titan)
He said the building was closed until the Orange County bomb squad could check the building. When the bomb squad arrived, they swept the area with dogs and a bomb detection robot. No explosive devices were found in the trash can.
CSUF PD blocked off access to TSU. (Jon Buzdar / Daily Titan)
“They basically found the trash can was empty,” Willey said. “There was something around that trash can, or in it, that made him alert. And they weren’t able to identify exactly what that was, it could have been some of the cleaning materials that they were
Activist Angela Davis returns to CSUF after 50 years
using.” Everyone in the TSU, including the Associated Students and food service workers, were asked to evacuate by the university police. Students and staff members waited outside while security and building marshalls
blocked off the parking lot in front of the TSU. Around 6:30 p.m., the building was determined to be safe and the TSU Pavilion was reopened for the event. SEE CLEARED
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Men’s basketball splits crucial weekend contests Guard Jalen Harris scored the game-winning basket in Fullerton’s 66-64 defeat over UC Irvine on Feb. 24. ZIMRY HERNANDEZ & MATTHEW KEYSER Staff Writers
During her speech Angela Davis said the same issues from five decades ago are still occuring. (Courtesy of ASI)
Civil Rights leader and lecturer spoke about social justice and historical change. MICHELLE IBAÑEZ Asst. Editor
After a rather peculiar evening that included an explosive threat warning, “A Conversation with Angela Davis,” the much
anticipated event hosted by Cal State Fullerton’s Associated Students on Feb. 24 at the Titan Student Union Pavilion, did not lose its momentum, even after an almost two-hour long delay. “Now, let me pour myself a cup of tea,” Davis said, taking out her own f lask. “And I’m sorry that because of the drama earlier — you know, what a welcome — we won’t have as much time as we might
have, had we started on time.” With her recogn izable wh ite a fro, activist, wr iter a nd educator A ngela Davis is k nown for her radica l suppor t for so cia l justice cha nge. She was a lso heavily active as a member of the Black Pa nther Pa r ty, a nd has been a key voice on ma ny other socia l issues. SEE DISCUSSION
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Review: “The Proud Family” revival keeps orignal flare
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Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball split its weekend contests as they lost, 81-76, to UC San Diego on Feb. 26 after they secured a 66-64 victory against UC Irvine on Feb. 24. After a three-game winning streak, Fullerton’s record now stands 17-9 overall and 10-3 in the Big West. They are tied with Long Beach State for first place in the Big West. The Titans were trailing Irvine for most of the game, as they were down by five points at halftime. Even in the second half, Fullerton found themselves trailing by 10 points at one point, but rallied together and came up with eight steals and forcing 10 turnovers during the second half alone to make it a close game. Senior guard Damari Milstead grabbed a rebound and scored a layup to tie the game at 62-62 with a little over a minute left in the game. Senior guard Jalen Harris hit a clutch, game-winning elbow jump shot to make the final score 66-64.
“I didn’t have a great game offensively,” Harris admitted. “Towards the end, you know, I kind of got it going but that’s credit to the team. They put me in the right position, they trusted me and I just made the shot.” He finished the game with eight points, two assists and a steal. The Titans trailed the Anteaters for most of the game. “We’re fighters, you know,” Harris said. “That’s something that we pride ourselves on, is handling the good and the bad. So, through the highs and the lows, we stayed together, I think that really showed tonight.” CSUF head coach Dedrique Taylor echoed that same sentiment. “I think we just let our hair down and started to play. We weren’t on our heels, we weren’t timid. We just started to execute the game plan and a big part of the game plan was energy and effort and compete,” Taylor said. SEE BASKET
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