Daily Titan | January 23, 2023

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Cal State Fullerton Police Department will be inviting the public to a series of events as part of an internal diversity, equity and inclusion training program designed to build trust and create discussion between the department and the CSUF community.

CSUF Police Capt. Scot Willey said that he hopes to reach the entire campus community, including those who want to disband the police department.

The public will be able to attend the events in-person or on Zoom by completing an online form. The program had taken place in the morning from 7-7:45 a.m and afternoon from 6:30-7:15 p.m., the first of which took place in December.

CSUF’s police department public affairs and communications specialists, Marissa Garza and Lieutenant Robert Mullaney, will lead the Cultural Competency Initiative.

Willey said the initiative is part of numerous outreach attempts that CSUF PD started in 2015 in order to connect with various organizations and cultural groups. In the morning session of December’s program, there were 10 to 14 individuals who attended.

Despite these efforts, CSUF alumna and member of CSUF’s Student for Quality Education Janica Torres said the campus should focus on having a safe environment. She said that the Black Student Union held forums for Black students and students in on- and off-campus housing in September, where students expressed how they felt unsafe on campus.

Both BSU and the Afro-Ethnic Student Association held forums after a racist message was found on a dumpster at University Village Apartments on Sept. 2, as previously reported by the Daily Titan.

Torres said she thinks that holding these initiatives will not be effective, mentioning the need for individuals who perform harmful actions to take responsibility.

“Having there be accountability for people who perpetuate these instances of harm, denoting them, providing care, resources and truly shift the culture, which really you can’t do through cultural competency initiatives,” Torres said.

Each initiative will occur every other month during the calendar year, but it is subject to change. The next initiative will take place in February.

Homeless shelter to open in February

MELANIE NGUYEN Asst. Editor

Following the recent rain and winter temperatures, the Fullerton City Council unanimously approved the use of the Independence Park gymnasium as a temporary cold-weather homeless shelter in

partnership with the Orange County at Tuesday’s meeting.

The gymnasium, located at 801 W. Valencia Dr., will tentatively serve as a temporary shelter starting Feb. 1 and will operate for 60 days with the potential to extend the contract to 90 days. It will have a 5 p.m. check-in and 7 a.m. check-out period daily and will not accept walk-ins.

The temporary shelter will be paid for and operated by the county and People Assisting the Homeless, an organization that strives to provide more affordable housing and end homelessness in California.

Curtis Gamble, a Fullerton resident and advocate for the homeless, was homeless for about seven years and was an Orange County

Transportation Authority bus driver for 14 years. Gamble said that while the homeless community has had support, they need more support from the city council.

Water polo makes splash in debut; women's team wins opener, 24-3

GOTTIE CHAVEZ Editor

Cal State Fullerton women's water polo kicked off their inaugural season at the UC Santa Barbara Winter invite Friday, where they finished with a 2-3 record over the weekend.

Captain Mia Solorzano was the Titans’ top scorer, scoring 17 goals over five matches.

Day three of the tournament saw the Titans take on their toughest competition, the No. 14 ranked Indiana University Hoosiers. The Titans attempted to keep pace with the Hoosiers ending the first quarter with a score of 5-2. Ultimately, the Hoosiers outscored the Titans’ 14-3 to win the match, 19-5.

The second day of the tournament saw the quality of opponents drastically increase for CSUF, as they

competed against two nationally ranked teams No. 15 Wagner College and No. 21 San Diego State.

Wagner’s Seahawks immediately began to dominate the Titans, putting together an early 6-0 scoring run early in the match. Solorzano responded with a goal of her own, but this did not stun Wagner's dominant offense.

The Seahawks continued their high tempo offense by putting together 11 unanswered points. CSUF freshman Gabrielle Zaretskiy's late goal in the fourth quarter was the Titans’ last response before eventually losing the contest, 24-2.

Heading into the match against No. 21 San Diego State Aztecs, the Titans were looking to make up for a missed opportunity. Into the third quarter, CSUF kept the match close, 6-4, and entered the fourth quarter still within range of the Aztecs. However, San Diego State scored six unanswered goals to win the match 12-4.

In day one of the invitationals, the Titans played against the newly formed UC Merced Bobcats’ water polo team. However, the Titans quickly demonstrated that despite their youth, the two programs' skill levels were not comparable.

The Titans set the tone of the match almost immediately after junior Kieran Scout Bates scored the first point of the match within the first 15 seconds. This sparked an early 8-0 scoring run for CSUF, leading to the Titans’ first win in program history in dominant fashion, 24-3.

This match saw 10 different Titans appear on the score sheet, and they were led by Solorzano, who netted seven goals against the Bobcats. Freshman Delaney Wilder led the team with five assists and also scored two goals of her own.

Moreover, despite the offensive dominance, this was a full team effort as goalkeeper Haden Skye Bates

collected the first win of her career after contributing nine saves.

In the second game of day one, CSUF showcased their resilience after falling to an early 2-0 deficit to the Ottawa University Spirit.

The Titans responded to this with a 5-0 scoring run to take the lead. However, Ottawa University Spirit continued their pursuit and leveled the match at 5-5. CSUF scored one more goal just before halftime.

Returning from the half, back and forth play brought the score level to 8-8 entering the fourth quarter. Solorzano continued her dominance from the first match, scoring two early fourth quarter goals to bring the score up to 10-8. The Titans would hold onto this lead until the end of the game.

The Titans will be on the road again Thursday to face California Baptist University at 6:30 p.m. at Lancer Aquatics Center in Riverside.

Curtis Gamble, a Fullerton resident, said he wished this temporary cold-weather homeless shelter opened sooner at the city council meeting Tuesday night.

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Fullerton Museum opens internment camp exhibit

through art.

“This is the chance for a museum to bring these stories together and, and give us these experiences,” Zahra said.

The Fullerton Museum welcomed four to five guests who were forced to live in the camps to see the exhibit. Rubalcava said when the survivors saw the photos taken by Adams, it brought back happy and sad memories for them.

“Because as we know, sometimes history repeats itself. And these messages, the message of the show, the discussion, the critical thought, it all is really important that we continue to have these discussions,” Rubalcava said.

Manzanar was one of 10 internment camps where the U.S military incarcerated Japanese residents and Japanese Americans during World War II. It is estimated that nearly two-thirds of those who lived in the camps were born in the United States.

The Fullerton Museum opened an exhibit on Saturday featuring photographs and artwork inspired by the history of Japanese internment camps in California during the Second World War.

The museum, located at 301 N. Pomona Ave., is displaying 50 photographs taken by landscape photographer Ansel Adams. The images taken by Adams show the living conditions of an internment camp in Manzanar, California, where more than 110,000 Japanese immigrants

and Japanese Americans were forced to live in overcrowded conditions behind barbed wire and guarded towers during World War II. Along with Adams’ photos, more than 25 other pieces of artwork from various artists and documents are being displayed for public viewing.

According to the Library of Congress website, just two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This led to thousands of Japanese Americans and Japanese descendants being incarcerated and forced to live in prison-like camps across multiple states,

including California, Washington and Oregon.

Elvia Susana Rubalcava, executive director of the Fullerton Museum, said that the Fullerton Museum booked the Manzanar exhibit to help students of all ages make historical, artistic and human connections with the history they are learning in school. Sharing U.S. history like what occurred at Manzanar is important to know in order to do better as a country and speak up in moments of injustice, Rubalcava said.

Rubalcava said this exhibit has been in the making for a long time. This show was booked between the years of 2018 and 2019 to be unveiled

Cold: Gym to be temporary housing

CONTINUED FROM 1 to provide medical treatment at the shelter because he said he believes healthcare for everyone is a basic human right. Jung said basic preventive care for the homeless community would be more cost-effective and humane.

“Getting a cold-weather homeless shelter, temporary shelter is outstanding. I am very happy that we are doing something. I wish that we could have done it a little sooner but that’s okay. We’re going to get it done now,” Gamble said.

Ahmad Zahra, a Fullerton councilmember, said the delay to open a cold-weather shelter sooner was because the county could not find a location to host the shelter.

“Some cities didn’t step up and so the county has been searching for a city to step up and putting the word out and no one did. So that’s why it took a long time and finally we did,” Zahra said.

The city of Fullerton previously hosted a similar temporary homeless shelter at the Independence Park gymnasium during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mayor Fred Jung said Fullerton was not asked by the county to host the center until a few weeks ago even though it has been cold since November.

According to the National Weather Service, Fullerton experienced over five inches of rain this month and the lowest recorded temperature in January so far was 39 degrees Fahrenheit.

Jung also requested the county

Zahra also asked about the safety of the temporary shelter at Independence Park due to security concerns with the gymnasium.

Robert Dunn, the chief of police in Fullerton and a member of Orange County’s Commission to End Homelessness, said the county is responsible for fencing the gymnasium to make the shelter compound-like. Dunn said the gymnasium might be safer with the homeless shelter.

“It is kind of in a run-down state and sometimes when our facilities are in those conditions, it does attract people who are unsavory or have nefarious intentions. And so having something that is occupying actually could be a benefit for a short-term solution,” Dunn said.

Curt Johnston, a Fullerton resident who has been advocating for the homeless for over 10 years, said the Fullerton community needs to care enough about the homeless to change.

“We want them to be able to interact and maybe have a program where the homeless can interact, not just go to the shelter and sleep because a lot of them won’t go. It

feels like jail. They need something to do, something to volunteer,” Johnston said.

Zahra also said the city should start seeking long-term solutions, starting with destigmatizing the attitudes toward homeless people.

“If you have people within the community who are unhoused this a ffects all of us and I think it’s important that we take initiative and we take steps to help everybody and that, in turn, results in a positive impact on the entire community,” Zahra said.

Jung said he thinks everyone are morally obligated to care for our most vulnerable communities. He said he hopes the Fullerton community is compassionate to its fellow men and women in need of care.

Shana Charles, a Fullerton councilmember, said if this program is successful, the city may consider having this cold-weather shelter again next year.

The Orange County Board of Supervisors will now negotiate operation and construction details for the temporary shelter.

“The rest of all of this now is in the hands of the county and the sooner they can get this done and the process is, the sooner we can get folks off the street and out of the cold,” Jung said.

this year.

Despite the long wait, Rubalcava said this is one of the one of the museum's most popular show openings with about 300 people having visited the exhibit within the first hour and a half of its opening.

Fullerton councilmember Ahmad Zahra, who also served as representative on the museum board, said that showcasing the photographs of what occurred at Manzanar is helping bring more awareness to the important history of the internment camps. Along with the diverse community in Fullerton and Southern California, Zahra said that this is an important representation of cultural diversity

Adams took photos at Manzanar in 1943 and 1944 for his book, “Born Free and Equal: The Story of Loyal Japanese Americans.” The book documents what Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants' living conditions were like.

At the time the book was published, Adams faced backlash for his photography and his takes on the issue. This book discussed Adams' belief that the Japanese Americans were facing unfair treatment and were being punished for a crime they did not commit.

After being in the photography business for over six decades, Adams passed away in 1984.

Adams' 50 photographs of Manzanar and 25 other documents and artwork will be displayed in the Fullerton Museum until April 9.

ALEXCIA NEGRETE Deputy Editor

Visitors of the Fullerton Museum view historical photos of a Japanese interment camp at Manzanar, California, taken by landscape photographer, Ansel Adams.

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LGBTQ nonprofit organization welcomes community

NOLLYANNE DELACRUZ

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An Orange County nonprofit organization that offers several youth and young adult programs aimed for the LGBTQ community held a homecoming event in Santa Ana on Saturday to promote their services and programs after being closed for over two years.

Over 60 people attended the event at the LGBTQ Center OC at 1605 N. Spurgon street, where they were invited to take snacks, fliers for upcoming events and programs, condoms, stickers and T-shirts.

Stephanie Camacho-Van Dyke, the director of advocacy and education at the LGBTQ Center OC, said that the event was intended for everyone, not just those who identify with the LGBTQ community.

“We serve the LGBTQIA+ community members throughout Orange County. We also serve folks who are within the trans community as well, so trans, nonbinary, gender nonconforming and gender-questioning folks. Ultimately, everyone’s welcome,” Camacho-Van Dyke said.

Camacho-Van Dyke said that the goal of this event was to invite people to the center so guests can see the center in-person and learn about their resources and upcoming events.

“After a long two and a half years, a lot of programming was remote, and so, with the beginning of the year, we wanted to bring people back and kind of checking out the center and letting them know that they have a space here to mingle with community,” Camacho-Van Dyke said.

The center’s employees gave a presentation about the services, programs and support groups that

are offered to the community for teenagers and young adults, such as Genderflood, Prism and the Queer Men’s Group.

The LGBTQ Center OC also works with public schools and school districts to advocate for the LGBTQ community and educate people about LGBTQ issues and sexual health.

The center’s employees also highlighted their educational initiatives for LGBTQ youth to enhance school involvement, connectivity and academic success. These programs include the Queer College Prep Series, Financial Literacy Empowerment Series, Healthy Relationship series and Literacy Education in collaboration with Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine.

Other programs promoted were for Spanish-speaking families and quitting tobacco.

A high school senior, who prefers to go by the name Daphne Y., attended the event and said that they wanted to go to the event to come and support people who might be visiting the LGBTQ Center OC for the first time.

“I know it can be a very scary time coming out and just figuring out who you are, and I thought a friendly face would be fine, to just see that there are people who are comfortable in their sexuality and gender identity,” they said.

Myles Agatep, a member of the Youth Leadership Council at the LGBTQ Center OC, said that he felt excited for the homecoming event. He said that this was an opportunity to invite both new and old faces to the LGBTQ center after the pandemic, since they had not been there in-person during that time.

“I was really excited for this homecoming event, because it was an opportunity for new people to

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come or old people to come in person if they haven’t been in person or just come back to the center in general,” Agatep said.

Camacho-Van Dyke encouraged people to stop by, inviting

anyone who was interested to volunteer for the center and be a part of their community.

“If you haven’t been to the center before, I encourage you to stop by. We have something for everybody

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Riley Williams, Jocelyn Gomez and other employees of the LGBTQ Center OC presented on the resources o ered to the community in Santa Ana on Saturday, such as their Tobacco Cessation program.

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Small businesses bring Disney magic to Fullerton

RANIEL SANTOS Asst. Editor

This month’s ToonTown Market in Fullerton brought fairytale fashion and magical meals from over 50 Disney-inspired vendors and activities.

The month’s honey-sweet theme, decided via an Instagram poll, was Winnie the Pooh. Wednesday, January 18, was National Winnie the Pooh Day.

The market’s 59 vendors were not limited to just Disney-themed vendors. They included pet vendors like Jessica Urbina of Enzo & Friends, who traveled to Fullerton from Inglewood to sell her handmade dog bandanas at the market, picture vendors like caricaturist

Joshua Manning and photographer

Brent England, and food vendors like Kassandra Vizcaino of the Baked Tier bakery.

Vizcaino said, “I think the popups help small businesses with their names getting out there and stu ff.”

The vendors surrounded the grassy area, all eager to bring the magic of Disney to the Fullerton community, who were equally receptive. The filled parking lot resembled a Piston Cup crowd, and the grassy setting of the market evoked the Hundred Acre Wood.

The market was founded by Brianna Mandujano. Mandujano, who runs Bri’s Toon Town, a business selling Disney and Marvel-themed phone cases, T-shirts and tote bags, said she had trouble selling her products at regular farmers markets and artisan markets. Inspired by her experiences and aware that she wasn’t the only Disney-themed vendor with these struggles, Mandujano announced ToonTown Market on Instagram in April 2022. She described it as a place to express love for all things Disney and support small businesses.

In her posts, she encouraged pin trades and cosplay, and stayed up until midnight some nights to illustrate flyers. Mandujano, a second year

nursing student at Fullerton College, said her best friend and roommate, Naomi Zumudio, also helped her out. “She helps me so much when it comes to my time management, and the day of, when it comes to setting up, she helps a lot with that as well,” Mandujano said.

The inaugural ToonTown Market was held June 4, 2022 at 2311 E. Chapman Ave. in Fullerton, where it has remained since.

Mandujano said the first market, where 60 vendors and 200 people showed up, was “kinda slow.” Mandujano said, “Our food did not do so well. Our vendors, they were just really hot. They were, I wanna say, a bit irritated, just cause we were on the pavement at the time.”

Since then, she said her planning for the market improved. “We’ve moved to a grass area, I’ve better spaced out everything,” Mandujano said. “I feel like it’s just the little kinks that I’ve switched that’ve made the world of a di fference.”

Mandujano said she was surprised

at ToonTown Market’s increasing success, particularly with the Lilo & Stitch-themed luau event last August, which boasted almost 70 vendors and over 1,000 attendees. She said, “We’ve always been blessed to have an amazing amount of people come by, and it’s honestly just one of the best things I could ever have hoped for".

Since the first ToonTown Market, Mandujano said it has evolved just by how many people come by. “Now we have about 700 to 800 regularly. And they come by, they shop. A lot of my vendors will sell out, thankfully.” Mandujano said.

Another memorable element of ToonTown Market is their scavenger hunts. Mandujano’s close proximity to Disneyland and Downtown Disney allow her team to organize scavenger hunts there. They hide items from the parks, but they always try to include free vouchers to promote the vendors of the month.

“The moment you find the package, you’re just gonna wanna look

through it, see everything that’s in there,” Mandujano said. “So it’s just amazing to be able to see that.”

In just eight months, ToonTown Market has been considered a landmark for pop-up shops in Orange County, and has attracted guests from Vacaville, Sacramento, Escondido and other cities across California.

It has even inspired some customers to turn their own hobbies into businesses and become vendors themselves, including The Mouse Would Never founder Kassandra Mier. “The customers are great, the atmosphere’s awesome,” Mier said.

As for the future, Mandujano said her primary goal is to bring her passion project back home to the Bay Area. “I’d love to bring that little bit of Disney back home and kinda share it with everyone who’s out there,” Mandujano said.

ToonTown Market will next appear on Feb. 18, with the theme, “Sweethearts’ Night” centering around princes and princesses.

Enthusiastic fans gathered at the small business event, ToonTown Market in Fullerton on Saturday to celebrate a shared passion for Disney related memorabilia and merchandise.

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Fruit sale returns to Arboretum

The grocery store produce has a limited shelf life, so the arboretum utilizes the higher nitrogen levels in the expiring fruit to create a compost concoction.

As the final stretch of the work week arrives, students and community members can purchase freshly picked fruit from the Fullerton Arboretum every Thursday to savor over the weekend.

For decades, the arboretum has served the local community by producing and harvesting seasonal fruits. During the colder months citrus, including Valencia oranges native to Southern California, is sold in bundles for five dollars. The spring season brings peaches, nectarines, plums and pluots to the stand. Apples, pears and persimmons are harvested during the fall months.

With 26 acres of land, the arboretum houses typical fruit found in grocery stores, along with several uncommon fruits, according to arboretum data.

Amy Bulone, a horticulturist, said all fruit-bearing trees are found on the arboretum grounds while the more uncommon trees are located within the rare fruit collection.

“We decided the plan is that we are going to pick fruit every Thursday morning and, hopefully, Thursday afternoon there will always be fruit on the stand,” Bulone said.

Between April and Dec. 4, over 200 pounds of fruit were sold, according to arboretum data.

Beginning at noon on Thursdays, fruit is placed on the stand and remains for sale until all items have been sold. Typically, the sale runs through Sunday, but with large crowds gathering at the arboretum on the weekends, the fruit sells quickly, Bulone said.

Before reopening after the

pandemic, the arboretum staff established a plan to harvest fruit weekly to give back to the community.

“We decided the plan is that we are going to pick fruit every Thursday morning and, hopefully, Thursday afternoon there will always be fruit on the stand,” Bulone said.

The campus food pantry partners

with the arboretum and several grocery stores to provide students with freshly picked fruit each week.

Bulone said that between February and December of 2022, the arboretum donated over 1,300 pounds of fruit to the food pantry, and that they composted nearly 5,000 pounds of waste from grocery stores.

“We do not generally use fertilizer,” Bulone said. “We make the compost and we spread it under the trees, so it kind of gives the nutrients back and we generally don’t use any pesticides.”

Community members and student volunteers are welcome daily to help tend to the plants and prepare the fruit for the sales. With a flexible sign-up calendar, volunteers are welcome to participate with no long-term commitments.

Regular volunteers allow the arboretum to harvest plenty of fruit to sell over the weekend. Volunteer positions include tree pruning, fruit picking, spreading compost around the trees and removing weeds from the area.

“If we don’t have any volunteers, we just pick it by ourselves, so the volume of fruit picking can vary depending on how many people are participating,” Bulone said.

Volunteers are essential from March through the beginning of the summer as the Valencia oranges ripen. The arboretum houses large masses of these oranges, which must be picked once ripened to reduce waste.

An orientation and information meeting for new volunteers will be held at the arboretum Feb. 4 from 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. and Feb. 9 from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Review: 'M3GAN' o ers fresh take on killer dolls

BORCHERS Asst. Editor

Killer doll movies have been popular in the horror genre for many decades.

M3GAN is a new perspective on the horror trope and provides social commentary on our society’s over-reliance on technology and how it is never a solution for grief.

Directed by Gerard Johnstone, M3GAN, which came out Jan. 6, is a fun ride that does a great job of blending horror and comedy while maintaining a lot of heart.

M3GAN follows Gemma, played by Allison Williams, a roboticist working for a toy company specializing in toys powered by artificial intelligence technology. Gemma’s new prototype is a lifelike AI doll called Model Three Generative Android, or M3GAN for short. M3GAN, portrayed on screen by Amie Donald and voiced by Jenna Davis. Gemma designed the AI doll to be a companion to her nine-year-old niece, Cady, portrayed by Violet McGraw, after her parents died in a car accident.

At first, the narrative seems to follow the story of a little girl who has

just lost her parents and gained a new friend. Throughout the film, the audience sees that Cady has developed an overreliance on M3GAN, and the deadly consequences of having the cybernetic companion around acts as analogy for different instances where technology leads to death, such as texting while driving.

Williams portrays Gemma as a very awkward aunt who was thrust into caring for Cady after unexpected circumstances. The film presents devices as a replacement for the human connection between parents and children.

Gemma and Cady are not bonding the way they should be, considering that Cady has been through a traumatic experience and is using M3GAN as emotional support.

Gemma, having experienced the loss of her sister, distracts herself with work. She creates M3GAN to be a caretaker, but M3GAN eventually becomes a wedge between Gemma and Cady, an apparent critique of parents who rely on technology to take care of their children.

Donald and Davis give depth to the character of M3GAN as Cady’s best friend and caregiver. The two actors convince the audience that M3GAN is

more of a person than a robot. M3GAN proposes technology as an appealing alternative to caretaking. With M3GAN as the cause of the many tragedies throughout the film, screenwriter Akela Cooper furthers the notion that technology has destructive effects on familial relationships.

McGraw does an excellent job of portraying Cady from being depressed to reaching happiness through meeting M3GAN. Despite Cady’s apparent happiness, it is only a temporary distraction from her true feelings.

The film shows that Gemma relies on M3GAN to care for Cady while focusing on her work, a critique of parents who give their children a device and call it a day.

‘M3GAN’ gives the audience insight to a caretaker who does not engage with their child, and instead chooses to take on a passive role over an active one. Toward the end of the film, Gemma takes on a more active role, but it is far too late.

As a horror movie, M3GAN does not rely on jumpscares, but the real horror is the damaging effects of overreliance on technology, which is already happening.

M3GAN is now playing in theaters with a PG-13 rating.

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Jewel Rogers, 21, a game art and interactive media major at CSUF volunteers at the Arboretum to prepare the fruit stand.

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Northridge stuns men's basketball in OT

a game-high 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds and one steal.

Despite narrowly winning the turnover battle 15-13, the Titans were inefficient from the field shooting 39.2% in comparison to their season average 42.3%.

However, CSUF’s bench outscored CSUN 15-7, providing assurance from a lowly scoring performance from the starters.

With just 2:26 left in the second half, senior Garrison Wade scored a pair of free throws to extend the Titans’ lead to 60-55. However, the Matadors fought back, draining a three and a free throw to bring the deficit to one point with less than a minute remaining. CSUN hit two more free throws to send the two teams into overtime, 61-61.

Immediately the Titans struggled to gain control, allowing the Matadors to jump to an early five point lead at the start of overtime. However, CSUF guards Vincent Lee and Grayson Carper each earned free throw attempts where they made one each to bring the score to 66-63 with just three minutes left on the clock.

Jones knocked down a three point shot with 50 seconds remaining, putting the Titans by 2, 68-66. Both teams missed shots on each side of the court, so the Titans were forced to foul in the last three seconds.

CSUN’s Allen-Eikens made one of two free throw attempts, bringing the score to 69-66.

With this loss against CSUN, the Titans’ conference record now falls to 4-5.

CSUF guard Max Jones led with a career-high 18 points. Jones also contributed six rebounds, three assists,

two steals and a pair of blocks.

Following Jones was senior guard Jalen Harris who scored 17 points and added three rebounds.

Leading the Matadors was junior De'Sean Allen-Eikens who scored

CSUF’s Harris attempted a late three point jump shot to send the game into double overtime, but it was unsuccessful.

The Titans will return home to Titan Gym Thursday to take on UC Irvine at 7:00 p.m.

Women's basketball to face conference-leader UC Irvine

GOTTIE CHAVEZ Editor

Following a tough win over Cal State Northridge, Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball will head south to meet their Orange County counterpart, UC Irvine, looking to put an end to the Anteaters ninegame winning streak.

The Anteaters currently sit atop the Big West standings and are currently 7-0 in conference play. The last time these two teams met, UC Irvine earned a dominant 18-point victory over CSUF in Titan Gym on Jan. 11.

CSUF’s defensive efforts will be key against UC Irvine as the Titans are currently presenting an average of

63.4 points per game while the Anteaters average 64.6 points per game and are currently 10-0 in games where they score over 63 points.

The Titans will also need to minimize fouls to keep the Anteaters’ offense at bay, as UC Irvine has proved to be efficient from the line, shooting 92% from the charity stripe.

CSUF will be led by point guard Una Jovanovic who was awarded the Big West Player of the Week last Monday, following a dominant performance in the Titans’ 67-51 win against UC Davis on Jan. 14.

This performance against UC Davis saw Jovanovic achieve a new career high scoring 26 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the field and a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line.

Jovanovic ranks third in the Big West Conference for scoring with an average of 14.5 points per game and is very efficient when shooting from the charity stripe, ranging second in the conference for free throw percentage with an impressive 89.5% clip.

CSUF will need a similar scoring output from Jovanovic as the Titans hold a record of 7-6 in games where they score a minimum of 53 points.

Hitting that mark will be a tall task for CSUF as UC Irvine's defense is averaging 52.6 points per game which is significantly less than the Titans’ scoring average of 59.5 points per game.

Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. on Thursday at the Bren Events Center in Irvine.

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In the second matchup between Cal State Fullerton men's basketball and Cal State Northridge on Saturday, CSUF lost 69-66 in overtime, moving their overall season record to 10-11.

CSUF's Una Jovanovic, shown above against CSUN, was named Big West Player of the Week last Monday.

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Guard Jalen Harris against the University of Vermont on Nov. 13 at Titan gym. Harris contributed 17 points and three rebounds.

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Food trucks have gained traction in recent years within the U.S., which has helped serve smaller communities during the pandemic and allowed people to be chefs and business owners. However, mobile food vendors face high costs that affect their ability to become small business owners.

With the significance of street food vendors to a culture’s culinary identity, the U.S. needs to offer more accessible methods for obtaining licenses and permits while providing support for business owners to start and run a food truck.

Chefs like Roy Choi, owner of the Los Angeles-based Korean BBQ food truck, Kogi BBQ, have started getting into the mobile food business as a more accessible method of launching their own unique culinary experiences.

While opening a food truck is a great stepping stone for those who want to eventually open a restaurant, there are many fees that affect both the owners and consumers.

Christian Murcia, co-owner of the Crepes Bonaparte food trucks and restaurants in Fullerton serving traditional, French-style crepes, said he participates in most events like farmer's markets. Fees can make about 8-10% of sales, which is usually manageable as a business owner. For festivals like Coachella, event fees can get as high as 40%.

“That just means, essentially, any price that I would have has to be double whatever it would be anywhere else. So a lot of that premium that you're paying at these music festivals is not necessarily because it's higher quality food,” Murcia said.

Another added cost that food trucks

have to deal with are startup and operation costs, which also affects the food pricing.

Murcia said buying a custom truck could cost around $100,000 to $125,000, with used trucks costing around half of those prices. Trucks can also be rented for about $3,500 a month.

Another high cost for startups is licenses, permits and insurance, which can be up to several thousand dollars a year.

Adam Amiri, co-owner of Common Ground Kitchen food truck based in Anaheim, which serves primarily Latin food but also food influenced by cultures around the globe, said to operate with an Orange County health permit, you have to rent and operate in a parking lot certified by the health department.

Monthly costs for operating a truck, not including food, electricity or gas, can be upwards of $6,000, said Amiri.

Amiri and Murcia said maintenance is the biggest issue they face with operating a truck. A lot of the equipment that breaks down tends to be crucial to operations, the business can’t operate without them.

“If the generator goes down, you can’t operate that day. If the fridge goes down, you can’t operate that day,” Amiri said.

These high operation and startup costs are reflected in the prices of the food, and the notion that food trucks are a cheaper alternative to restaurants is no longer the case.

April Lugo, a Chicago native who frequents Southern California for its food trucks, said she felt food trucks aren’t necessarily cheaper than restaurants and understands that there are added costs that come with being a mobile business.

These costs need to be addressed now more than ever following the pandemic since food trucks are a convenient and easy way of providing food to communities or businesses that don’t have open cafeterias or are not able to offer a wide variety of food.

Murcia said over this last year, they have been providing food alternatives in office buildings, university dining halls and apartment communities.

Murcia said one of the major benefits of operating food trucks over traditional restaurants is being a mobile kitchen.

Additionally, Amiri said food trucks allowed him to change his menu depending on the venue and experiment with new menu items in the market immediately.

Food trucks are also a great starting

point for chefs to launch a brick-andmortar restaurant while experimenting with the culinary arts. King Taco, which opened their truck in 1974 in Los Angeles and is considered the first traditional food truck, has adapted their business into a fast food chain.

Murcia, who currently has two restaurant locations, said they initially went with a food truck since it was the best way for them to stay true to traditional, street-food style crepes.

Amiri said a goal for a lot of gourmet food trucks is eventually opening up a restaurant to improve exposure and revenues.

Food trucks are a great, mobile method to supplement communities that need food. They allow chefs to experiment with a flexible and customizable menu and provide

consumers with a convenient and unique dining experience that comes to them.

“There’s a lot of people who have really great food but can’t afford a whole full restaurant, so they do food trucks,” Lugo said.

Since most trucks are small, independently owned businesses, the monthly operation and startup costs of owning a food truck are a huge barrier for many small entrepreneurs.

Local counties need to offer methods to alleviate the costs and provide accessible forms of obtaining the required licensing and permits. By offering this kind of support, aspiring chefs can have room to inspire their culinary business, both benefitting local economies and communities that don’t have access to a diverse variety of food.

Food trucks have become a big part of the U.S.'s culinary culture, as seen here with the Alebrijes taco truck.

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