Monday, March 14, 2022
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Volume 111 Issue 10
CSUF men’s basketball celebrated their victory over Long Beach State on March 12 at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. (Tre Penn / Big West)
Titans advance to March Madness ANTHONY BAUTISTA Managing Editor
NAVTEJ HUNDAL Deputy Editor
Despite falling behind by 14 in the first half, Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament as the team defeated Long Beach State, 72-71, in the Big West Tournament championship game. With the victory, CSUF head coach Dedrique Taylor became the first head coach in CSUF’s history to lead the team to the NCAA Tournament twice. When asked about setting the milestone, Taylor acknowledged his assistant coach and long-time
assistant of the program, Anthony Santos and the rest of the coaching staff. “There’s one guy that I think deserves a lot of credit, he’s been here from day one, his name is Anthony Santos. This championship is for him,” Taylor stated. “It does say a lot about our staff. It says a lot about the guys that are responsible for the behind the scenes work.” CSUF was led by the Big West Tournament MVP, E.J. Anosike, who finished with 22 points and eight rebounds while shooting a perfect 6-6 from the field despite going scoreless for a majority of the first half. Senior guard Damari Milstead had 17 points, with 15 of them coming from beyond the arc. Junior guard Tray Maddox Jr. provided a spark off
the bench with 13 points, while the Big West Sixth Player of the Year senior guard Jalen Harris added 10. The Titans went on a 17-2 run at the end of the first half to lead 32-31 at the break. Maddox Jr. was a catalyst during this run as he made 11 of his 13 points in the first. Fullerton’s 3-point shooting in the second half kept Long Beach from separating themselves. As a team, the Titans made seven of their 10 3-point attempts in the second half. This comes as a surprise for Fullerton as they entered the contest ranked sixth in the Big West in 3-point shooting at 33%. While the Titans made a plethora of 3-pointers, Long Beach had their fair share of 3-pointers as
well. Long Beach shot 8-14 from deep and answered many of Fullerton’s triples throughout the second half. Milstead acknowledged Long Beach’s offensive outburst, but the Titans weathered the storm with their own offense. “At one point in time, it was made shot after made shot after made shot. But credit to Long Beach — their style of play is very fast, up-tempo but we matched them. We were just as aggressive as them and we ended up getting the win,” Milstead said.
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Chris Chuyen Vo pretrial Students elect new rescheduled to May 6 ASI board Former CSUF employee awaits hearing on murder charge. CHRISTIAN AGUILAR Staff Writer
The pretrial for Chris Chuyen Vo, a former Cal State Fullerton employee charged with the fatal stabbing of another CSUF employee, Steven Shek Keung Chan, was rescheduled yet again for May 6. Vo, who is currently awaiting pretrial at the Theo Lacy Facility, a maximum-security jail in Orange, is charged with murder, being armed during the commission of a felony and grand theft by embezzlement, among other crimes. Judge Sheila Hanson, of the Orange County Superior Court, presided over the case, which was previously scheduled on March 11. Although Vo was not present in the courtroom, T. Edward Welbourne of the Corrigan Welbourn and Stokke law firm was in attendance during the proceedings. Vo was an employee working in the finance for Student Services and International programs VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM
department, where he served as director of budget and finance. The Fullerton Police Department discovered surveillance footage that captured Vo walking towards and then fleeing from the College Park parking lot after Chan arrived. Chan was later discovered with multiple stab wounds by a construction worker. Chan died shortly after. Following the stabbing death of Chan in August 2019, Vo was arrested at his home in Huntington Beach. During the investigation of the parking lot, a backpack containing a knife, duct tape, zip-ties, and an incendiary device was found underneath Chan’s vehicle, which authorities claimed was consistent with a planned kidnapping. Vo was an employee working in the finance for Student Services and International Programs department, where he served as director of budget and finance. Prosecutors alleged that Chan’s stabbing death was an attempt to conceal the discovery of embezzled funds in the range of $200k that Vo had made to personal accounts between 2017 and 2019. Vo has pleaded not guilty to all charges as of October 2019.
Voter turnout was nearly five times more than the fall 2021 election. JAQUELINE ROSALES Staff Writer
After two days of voting, Lydia Kelley and Christapor Mikaelian were elected Associated Students president and vice president. The newly elected officials said that they want to enhance student engagement on campus through new programming and support of student run organizaions. With a total turnout of 2,628 students, 202 abstaining, the campaigning team of Kelley and Mikaelian led with an overwhelming vote total of 1,497. Their two other opposing candidates, David Velazquez-Zamarripa and Marcus Arnwine, ended with a final vote of 567, and Marcos Zelada-Rodas and Gabriella Antos with 362 votes. Kelley, a third year communications major, already serves on the board of
directors for the College of Communications for the 2021-22 academic year. Joining her as vice president is third-year international business major, Christian Mikaelian, who serves as the inter-fraternity council community service chairman and has helped promote events like campus blood drives and homeless outreach. The elected candidates promoted the need to encourage student mental health and empowerment of all communities on campus. They were amplifying the voices of students and issues of students and campaigning to serve an inclusive space for all. Polls closed on March 9 and results were announced on March 11. Two candidates running for the board of directors for the College of Communications were removed from the ballot: Nataly Pugh, who withdrew from the race, and Maysem Awadella, who was disqualified. Their votes were redistributed based on vote rank order preference. SEE VOTE 2 FOLLOW US: @THEDAILYTITAN