Daily Titan | March 20, 2023

Titans take on pros, tying LAFC2; MLS club to rent Titan Stadium

Preview: Activist visits CSUF

Los Angeles Football Club 2 partnered with Cal State Fullerton athletics department to use Titan Stadium for 14 matches during their current season with the MLS NEXT Pro soccer league. Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer competed

against the minor league club on Sunday, tying 1-1 at Titan Stadium in LAFC2’s final exhibition game before starting their season.

LAFC 2 is one of 27 Major League Soccer-affiliated clubs competing in the MLS NEXT Pro league that began last year. LAFC 2 functions as the club's minor league program, sitting below the LAFC first team.

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This partnership will financially reward Titan Athletics and Cal State Fullerton. In addition to Titan Athletics renting the usage of the stadium to LAFC 2, Titan Athletics is communicating with corporate sponsors about venue signage to accumulate funds. Considering this is a

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Students with disabilities reimagine recreation

out that we didn’t know how to use.”

Vo stabbing hearing delayed; trial in July

MATTHEW ROSOFF Sta Writer

LUIS VIZCAINO Sta Writer

In honor of Disability Awareness Month, the Student Recreation Center hosted their Adaptive Rec Day on Friday, showcasing their new accessible equipment and training to help disabled students in their fitness journeys.

SRC’s rock wall now boasts new climbing equipment and a trained sta ff to help disabled students participate in the sport. Paradox Sports, a company dedicated to making rock wall climbing more accessible, was hired to train the sta ff in adaptive climbing equipment. Students can access a weight reduction modification that helps them climb by removing weight through an attached rope system. For students with limited mobility in one arm, an ascender system is available to aid in moving up the wall.

Wheelchair users can also participate in rock climbing with a new seated pulley system that uses straps to secure students in a seated position and a handle to pull themselves up the wall.

Michael Brown, the climbing wall and outdoor adventure coordinator at the SRC, pushed to include more adaptive training and equipment at the SRC.

“It’s taken us a couple of months to get the training, get the equipment and be ready to facilitate an event like this,” Brown said. “We wanted to make sure that, whenever we had it available, that we weren’t just throwing things

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Students could also see how exercise equipment can be modified and what alternatives

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The pretrial hearing for Chris Chuyen Vo, a former Cal State Fullerton employee who was charged for the murder of another CSUF employee, has been rescheduled for June 9, 2023. This is the ninth time that the pretrial has been delayed since Vo’s arraignment in 2021.

Vo and his attorney, Thomas Edward Welbourn, were not in attendance at the pretrial hearing on Friday. The pretrial was presided over by Judge Sheila F. Hanson.

Kate Corrigan, a criminal defense attorney from Corrigan Welbourn Stokke law firm, called in on Welbourn’s behalf. The Orange County district attorney, Jeff Moore, was present at the pretrial hearing.

On August 19, 2019, Steven Shek Keung Chan, a former administrator at CSUF, was killed in his car on campus at the College Park faculty parking lot.

Chan was a consultant for a project in the University Extended Education department.

At the time, Vo was the director of budget and finance for CSUF’s Student Services and International Programs.

Vo was arrested two days later and charged for Chan’s murder.

The charges against Vo include murder with personal use of a deadly weapon and two special circumstance charges of lying in wait, or to hide and wait with the intention of killing someone, and murder for financial gain. He is also charged with grand theft by embezzlement.

Vo pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him and denied the two special circumstance charges, as well as personal use of a deadly weapon at his arraignment in May 2021.

Vo is currently being held without bail at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange. The Daily Titan previously reported Vo’s trial was scheduled for July 14, 2023 at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana.

Rock wall attendant Lucas Pfenning (left) help Aleks Moore (middle) use the wheelchair accessible rock climbing gear.

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Banda artists to perform at CSUF

"Bring your boots, bring your sombreros."

"I try to find beauty all around me, along the peaks and valleys of the road called life." Column on page 5

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CSUF transitions to digital parking permit system

MATTHEW ROSOFF Sta Writer

By 2024, Cal State Fullerton students and faculty will no longer need to place a parking permit sticker on their windshield, as the university transitions from physical sticker parking permits to campus-wide virtual permits.

The switch to virtual permits will help alleviate the need to wait for permits to arrive in the mail, replace a lost permit and eliminate the need to stick the physical permit on the front windshield of a car.

This move is also environmentally friendly as it will reduce production of plastic permits and waste, Melanie Bates, the Parking & Transportation Services Communications and Project Specialist, wrote in an email.

“Honestly, I would prefer to have a virtual permit,” said Rachel Miyagawa, a senior majoring in psychology. “I’m always a little bit afraid that the sticker might get lost in the mail and you know, it cost like what, $334? So there’s always just that worry,” she said.

The transition is taking place in a multi-phase system, and it will be completed in the spring 2024 semester. The system is currently in its first phase, in which only housing residents are using the virtual permits.

Chris Doshier, a senior majoring in English

and an on-campus housing resident, has been using the virtual housing permit and said he thinks it is working out fine. Doshier had an issue in the past when the permit sticker came off of his windshield and he received a ticket.

“This is nice because I don’t have to worry about a sticker falling off or a placard falling off or anything like that,” he said.

Phase two will commence in summer 2023 and continue into the fall semester. In spring 2024, faculty and staff will make the switch to virtual parking permits, which begins the third and final phase of the virtual parking permit system.

License Plate Recognition technology uses license plates to verify parking permit status. Parking enforcement officers will drive through the campus parking lots using cameras and software capable of recognizing license plate information and checking it to see if the vehicle is associated with a valid permit. The system will prompt a citation in the event that a vehicle does not have a valid permit on file.

The new changes will also apply to those utilizing off-campus parking permits at the Fullerton Free Church on Brea Boulevard.

Students are only allowed to register one car on their parking portal account. Faculty and staff, however, are allowed to have a maximum of three cars registered on their parking accounts. Only one of the three vehicles may be

parked on campus at any given time.

Of the 23 institutions in the California State University system, CSUF is the tenth to introduce virtual parking permits. Long Beach State, Cal State Los Angeles and Cal State San Marcos are three universities in the area that currently utilize virtual parking permits on their campuses.

The switch to virtual permits will save Parking & Transportation Services money after the LPR system is implemented, Bates wrote in an email. This reduction in costs, however, will not

change the price of a student permit.

“Any cost savings from the removal of permit printing will be utilized towards operating expenses,” Bates wrote.

There are initial costs involved in this switch, such as the purchase of hardware and software programs to allow parking enforcement to virtually check license plates.

As of spring 2023, a semester-long permit costs $334 for a vehicle, $140 for a motorcycle and $100 for off-site parking.

Associated Students to spotlight Norteño music

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In an effort to promote Latinx culture on campus, banda artists Martin H. Castro and Arriesgados are making their way to the Becker Amphitheater on Tuesday for a concert to be hosted by Associated Students Inc. Associated Students programming coordinator German Romero, who organized the Day of Norteño event that will begin on March 21, noticed a lack of Latino-themed

events on campus and is looking to bring the community together through music and dance.

Norteño, meaning “northern” in Spanish, is a genre of Spanish music that involves stylings from northern Mexico, including states like Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila and Nuevo León.

Romero said that the event invites everyone on campus to listen to music and dance. The event is expected to provide Mexican candies and pan dulce.

Romero said, “Bring your boots. Bring your sombreros.”

Health center o ers free abortion pills

DOMINIC SAMANIEGO Sta Writer

With the passing of Senate Bill 24 in January, Cal State Fullerton has begun offering medicated abortion services to students.

The Student Health and Wellness Center will not provide surgical abortions, only medicated abortions. Based on the law, every student health care services clinic on a CSU or UC campus can offer abortion by medication.

Although advertising for this service has not begun on campus, it is readily available and accessible for qualifying CSUF students.

Under the California Commission of the Status of Women and Girls, the university received $200,000 in funding to prepare for the service change.

Through these one-time philanthropic funds, the health center only received an initial batch of 50 pills to offer students free of charge.

Vincent Vigil, the senior associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students, said funds had to come from other sources because the mandate is unfunded.

Kerri Crooks, the associate director of Health Services at CSUF, said students are allowed at the health center to discuss the method they feel is appropriate in terminating a pregnancy, should they meet the necessary criteria.

“The mechanism for how the two different types of abortions work are different, and students

may choose whichever method is better for them,” Crooks said.

s must meet specific qualifications. These requirements include: a positive pregnancy test from the Student Health and Wellness Center, the pregnancy must be less than 70 days along and students must not have any conflicting medications or health conditions that would otherwise hinder their ability to obtain the prescription.

Locally, medicated abortions range in price from $150 to $900 without medical insurance.

“While at health services, the price for students could vary once we are through that initial batch of medication. We anticipate it ranging from $50 to $100,” Crooks said.

Students who receive the medicated abortion pill will also be provided with aftercare.

“When students have completed the medication abortion process, they’ve taken both pills, they have followed up with us so we will have someone in contact with them to check in with them, see how they’re doing,” Crooks said.

Although advertising to the public has yet to begin, health services have provided presentations and workshops to various departments and student groups on campus to promote awareness. Health services are also working on updating their website and social media to begin advertising.

Crooks said students and faculty should expect these updates to go live sometime in March.

For Norteño, a band of instruments is called conjunto norteño.

Conjunto norteño features the accordion; the Bajo Sexto, a 12-string bass guitar; and the commonly-known six-string guitar, which is also heavily used in mariachi music.

Gerardo Colon, a sophomore Chicano student at CSUF, said, “Growing up in a Mexican household, I've been surrounded by a lot of norteño music, listening to banda, grupo, corridos, that’s how I kinda define it. A lot of Vicente Fernandez, too.”

As of Fall 2022, Cal State Fullerton’s student body is 50.2% Hispanic or Latinx.

Colon said norteño music extends beyond the music. It is about the culture and community that’s created when listening and dancing to music, especially in rodeos and jaripeos.

Jaripeos feature artists performing while riding horses, often including bull riding.

“Like, when do you have the chance to dress up with your boots and to go out?” Colon said. Traditional attire

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for jaripeos and norteño dance parties includes tucked-in button-up shirts with buckled belts and suede or skinned leather boots.

Colon said that most Hispanic people he knows at CSUF are interested in norteño, reggaeton, cumbia and other Latino American musical genres.

“There are also other forms of Latino music, but this is a good way to show representation, like letting people know that there’s this type of people and this type of culture that exists on campus,” Colon said.

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Activist highlights importance of local advocacy

gun control activists have helped to overturn that law and others like it.

DOMINIC SAMANIEGO Sta Writer

Gun control activist and school shooting survivor David Hogg spoke to CSUF students about gun violence and activism Friday at the Titan Student Union as a keynote speaker for Social Justice Week.

The event was hosted by the Associated Students in conjunction with the Division of Student A ffairs and Human Resources, Diversity and Inclusion, which was hosted by Christopor Mikaelian, the vice president of ASI.

ASI invited Hogg as part of the Beyond the Conversation series where guest speakers are invited to speak to students and create discussion and awareness surrounding diversity and inclusion.

After surviving the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14, 2018, Hogg worked with other survivors to kickstart the March For Our Lives movement, which has helped enact stricter legislation on gun control.

Part of the reason why Hogg decided to come to CSUF was because his father is a university alumni. The event started with Hogg giving a speech, sharing his personal testimonies and experiences.

Aida Aryan, the chair of the Association for Intercultural Awareness in ASI, introduced Hogg to the stage, highlighting Hogg as one of the most compelling voices of his generation.

Hogg began passionately, speaking

about the importance of mobilizing

young people and younger generations to get involved in local politics.

“We all pay attention to the national elections, and it's important to vote in those, but your local elections matter too, if not more,” Hogg said. “The people in this room can be the change that make the change in that election.”

Hogg also said that gun violence and deaths are still a pressing issue today, even after the school shooting in 2018.

“No fewer than 200,000 Americans have been mercilessly slaughtered since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School,” Hogg said. “They have been killed in our streets, our homes,

Campus housing launches contest to reduce water use

MELISSA RENDON Sta Writer

To help alleviate California’s drought, Cal State Fullerton Capital Programs and Facilities Management’s O ffice of Sustainability and the Resident Student Association teamed up to host a water conservation competition for the student housing buildings this month.

This is the first time a water conservation competition has been held between the student housing buildings at the university.

The competition began on March 5 and will continue until the 25th, tracking both the housing buildings and the Suites.

Stephanie Del Rosario, a sustainability analyst, will keep track of the gallons each building has saved throughout the threeweek competition. While some of the housing buildings hold a larger number of residents than others, the calculations will be done based on the average person.

Residents of the winning building will receive prizes once the competition has ended. Each floor will be awarded a gift basket full of sustainable products, some of which include water bottles, tote bags, reusable straws and recycled paper notebooks.

After the first week, the Pine Residence Hall placed first on the leaderboard, reducing its water percentage by 13.9% per person. The Fig Residence Hall followed closely behind with 13.8% per person and Elm Hall was in third place with 13.2% per person.

“Living in California, obviously, we are in a bit of a drought; so we definitely want to work on using water to the fullest advantage we can and conserving it as much as possible,” said Charlie Duval, the marketing director for the RSA.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, as of early March, there is no extreme

or exceptional level of drought within California. The current levels are due to the recent rain and snow. Most of the higher levels have cleared in the central parts of the state, leaving the desert and Northern regions to currently be experiencing severe levels of drought.

The Southern California Geographic Coordination Center estimates temperatures will be above normal throughout the months of April and June this year.

CSUF has made water conservation efforts since 2014, some of which were based in student housing such as switching to front-loading washers in 2016 and water-saving dishwashers in 2019.

The university has also reduced its annual water levels in recent years, bringing it below 120 million gallons compared to the former average between 130 to 160 million gallons.

In an email to the Daily Titan, Beth Moody, the operations and communications specialist for CPFM, wrote, “The competition aims to educate students on how to conserve water and foster a community that understands the environmental, economic, and social impacts of saving water.”

Moody wrote some of the ways student housing residents can conserve water are by taking shorter showers, only washing their clothes in full loads and turning off the faucets when they are not in use.

Two other ways students can help are by reporting on-campus leaks to CPFM and using any of the water bottle refill stations around campus rather than buying bottled water.

Housing residents are still able to participate in the water conservation competition, with less than a week left until tracking is officially completed.

The final results will be announced online on Monday, March 27.

our classrooms, our churches, our mosques, our synagogues.”

In his speech, Hogg spoke about the importance of advocating for greater research into gun violence.In 1996, a law that prohibited using federal funds to promote gun control and ended all Center for Disease Control funding to conduct firearm-related research. Hogg said that the efforts of

“But because of our work, it is now gone. We now have the extraordinary opportunity to fund research. To discover the exact causes and implement better laws that make a lasting change,” Hogg said.

Hogg encouraged those in the crowd to become advocates. He said there are many ways people can engage in activism and fight for the causes they believe in. Hogg also said students should recognize their privilege and use it to advance a cause.

“Starting out small, like getting involved in local politics more than anything. There is so much untapped power with your state legislators and with your members of city council and others,” Hogg said. “Focus on something that you all care about.”

Aryan said she felt empowered after the event and was inspired by Hogg and his advocacy work.

“It was amazing. It was empowering. I learned a lot. I kind of teared up, but I was holding it back,” Aryan said. “Looking up to him and his experiences and taking such a big role, such as March for Our Lives, really just like, the whole time was inspiring me to do more.”

Hogg said it is important to speak to students and that education can be powerful in creating justice.

“One of the really amazing things I just learned about Cal State Fullerton is how good it is for upward mobility for people, especially lower-income students, and others. I think it highlights the importance of a ffordable college education and the good it can bring to our communities.” Hogg said.

Visual arts buildings to be completed in 2024

DIANA MICHELLE ROBLES Sta Writer

The Visual Arts Modernization Project, a twoyear $65 million construction project for two new buildings and renovations to the other arts structures at Cal State Fullerton, is set to be completed in September of 2024.

Representatives from the College of the Arts and contractors officially broke ground last August. New technology for the project will include advanced film equipment, full 24-station labs for both iMac and PC, a student-use lab, virtual reality headsets, cameras, lighting, motion capture suits, 3D printing technologies and makerspace building tools and equipment.

The large budget for this project covers the cost for the actual construction and renovation portion of the project, but the department is relying on donation efforts to get them to their goal of $10 million to cover the costs for furniture, material and technology.

They received a large donation of $250,000 from photographer Darryl Curran, who founded the photography program at Cal State Fullerton.

“The Darryl Curran gift is the ‘kick off’ donation for the Visual Arts Modernization Project and establishes an endowment and site naming for the Creative Photography & Experimental Media discipline that will fund annual scholarships and specialized photography equipment purchases,” Jade Jewett, former chair of the Department of Visual Arts and current professor of Visual Arts Special Projects, wrote in an email.

Building F was fully demolished last fall to make room for new buildings G and H. Building G will be focused for student exhibition in the form of three new student galleries in addition to the established Nicholas and Lee Begovich Gallery. This 15,000 square foot, one story building will also include a research center and an area for exhibiting students to prepare their work.

Building H, set to be located along State College Boulevard, will have two floors totalling at 37,000 square feet. The first floor will be home to the dean’s office, a computer lab, a common room, and two studios for animation and illustration. The second floor will have two kinds of classrooms, ones that are convertible between

artistic disciplines, and others, like the green screen room, that are specifically geared towards a single program. This floor will also have a room for film screenings and computer labs.

Building A will only be undergoing partial renovation that includes fixing lighting and adding two new graduate studios, a seminar space, and a new drawing and painting classroom. These new additions will be utilizing the space formerly used for the Begovich Gallery. The existing office spaces for faculty will remain.

Building E, an existing two-floor building, will be adding new faculty offices and an instructional room for photography. The first floor will have work areas and classrooms, along with a revamped home for the photography program that includes studio space, an updated computer lab, a print wash room and a renovated darkroom wet lab.

The office of College of the Arts dean Arnold Holland, as well as many Visual Arts faculty offices and classrooms have been relocated to the first floor of McCarthy Hall while the project is underway.

The new buildings were designed by HGA Architects. C.W. Driver, the construction company in charge of building the two new structures, has been working around some delays in construction due to weather. The construction company works on the buildings’ interiors when it rains. This is how construction has stayed on schedule, Jewett said.

Jewett recalls an old modernization project being on the master plan for the college since before she began working for CSUF 30 years ago.

“I started in 1992 when there was a new Gallery Building visible on documents for 1990s planning & the masterplan—during a major economic recession and subsequent changes to state funding models for new buildings,” Jewett wrote in an email.

Because of the return of state funding for new campus infrastructure, the current modernization project was made possible.

“This project addresses decades-long changes in how arts education is taught and how much the Department of Art has grown, from 1,200 students to approximately 2,100 students, and includes new technologies and digital production methods,” Jewett wrote.

Gun-control activist David Hogg was 17 years old when a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida.

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Face the facts, everyone has skin concerns

Because men don't feel comfortable discussing skin care with other men, consuming skin care products becomes invisible.

Eric Hang, a public health graduate student, said he takes care of his skin by using Curology, a product prescribed by licensed dermatologists.

While he doesn’t participate in an extensive skin care routine, Hang said he has a lot of guy friends who do.

“They're taking care of themselves, and that's awesome,” Hang said.

Hang said skin care is essential. “It's for everyone. It's not just for girls. It's for guys, girls, everyone. Anyone can do it.”

Although, there are some critical differences in skin based on sex. Cisgender men are more prone to have oily skin that is 20% thicker skin than a cisgender woman’s skin and contains more collagen.

For cisgender women, their skin loses collagen at different intervals in their life, especially after menopause, as opposed to cisgender men, who lose collagen at a constant rate.

Basic skin care is crucial to the health of everyone’s skin. Yet, men often use these products less than women because of marketing or the fear of being labeled feminine or homosexual.

Skin care companies must stop marketing mainly to women and instead base their products on skin types and concerns. Taking care of your skin has nothing to do with gender or sexuality.

Skin care company Shiseido has a

product called Ultimune Power Infusing Serum in their men’s line. It comes in a dark, gray and white, 30 mL bottle that is $71.

Shiseido’s other product within the Ultimune line is called Power Infusing Serum. The bottle is red and costs $75 for 30 mL. While this product does not exclusively say it’s for women, the advertising shows exclusively women using it.

Shiseido’s price differences are known as the “pink tax,” an upcharge on products targeted toward women to exploit the social construct of gender. According to Statista, 63% of skin care product users in the United

States are female.

To eliminate this “tax” on skin care products, brands must start marketing products for concerns like oiliness, dryness or acne instead of gender.

Rebecca Dolhinow, a women and gender studies professor at Cal State Fullerton, believes skin care marketing creates a societal restriction on who should use skin care, excluding both men and nonbinary individuals.

Dolhinow said no one is exempt from common skin care issues, like wrinkles, acne, scarring or skin cancer. The health of a person’s skin is not gender related.

Lack of proper skin care can result in clogged pores, oily skin and an increased likelihood of acne breakouts, according to L’Oréal Paris’s 2020 article, “5 reasons why skin care is important.”

According to Angela Byrne and Katie Milestone’s 2023 study, “‘He wouldn’t be seen using it….’ Men’s use of male grooming products as a form of invisible consumption,” because men don’t acknowledge skin care, it is considered “invisible consumption.” This occurs when a person cannot see the direct effects of a product’s use, becoming invisible to certain consumers.

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The beauty in the struggle

matter what challenges they may face. But if their individual paths to success don’t involve education, I would be equally happy for them.

There is no one path to success. To think di fferently is dumb.

With March being “Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month,” it got me thinking of rapper J. Cole’s song, “Love Yourz.” One of the rapper’s lyrics in the song is, “beauty in the struggle.”

I try to find beauty all around me, along the peaks and valleys of the road called life. I keep pushing myself toward receiving my degree, no matter how much I struggle along the way.

It could be easier to give up than deal with the daily struggles, but I am not just getting this degree for me. I’m also doing this to show my two nieces that if their “sick” tío can do it, so can they.

I want to see them achieve their dreams, no

We all have someone in our life who is successful without a higher-education degree, and they are thriving in their field or just happy overall.

We don’t think we are better because of the fancy-schmancy diploma hanging on the wall, right? Because none of us should feel better than anyone.

At the end of the day, we all bleed the same.

There’s that saying, ”Man plans, God laughs,” which explains why we need to just roll with the punches of life because no matter what we plan for, it could change when we least expect it.

Just like it did for me with my MS diagnosis.

Just like it might with my nieces and whatever career they decide to pursue.

In the movie, “The Fault in Our Stars,” the

character Augustus Waters tells his love interest, Hazel Grace, “I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up.” In the movie, they are both cancer patients and meet at a cancer patient support group. After falling in love, their time together is brief.

While this movie reminds me of how unknowing our futures can be, it also reminds me to live life to the fullest and still push myself to achieve my goals. “The Fault in Our Stars” is the best combination of, “beauty in the struggle,” and “Man plans, God laughs.”

With all of that being said, we are halfway through the semester. So if you are graduating at the end of the semester or trying to finish out this school year, no matter where you are in your educational journey and life, keep pushing forward.

It can be hard sometimes, though, mentally or physically. That is why it’s so important to have a good support system, to uplift and push you to be your best continuously.

While this shows some sex-based differences, this ignores the transgender and nonbinary communities. Also, not all skin is the same, meaning skin care marketing needs to be diverse and considers skin concerns, not just sex or gender.

Despite the universal importance of skin care, women are still the target market. Skin needs to become the target market.

Today, skin care brands like The Ordinary, Grown Alchemist, Youth to the People and Dermalogica provide gender-neutral advertising and products. Other companies should take a page from their book to ensure people feel more comfortable buying products for their skin health.

After receiving my MS diagnosis, I frequently heard the term “support system.” Doctors and nurses wanted to ensure I was supported and knew where to turn if struggling. I found that encouragement within my family.

Highland Springs Speciality Clinic defines a support system as people who can help you, in a practical or an emotional sense. Having people that can support you can help with anxiety and get you through tough times

Hopefully, your support system is your family, but that is my opinion. I understand everyone’s situation varies.

If it’s not your family, I hope you have found a community or friend group that can be your support on this beautiful and perplexing journey on this road called life.

I hope we can all achieve the goals we have in mind.

Find the “beauty in the struggle” of whatever you face. Keep pushing forward.

By brands not marketing skin care for speci c concerns instead of gender, nonbinary people and men feel excluded.

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Three spring break trips under three hours

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Amid Southern California’s repeated storms, coastal floods and record-breaking snowpack, spring break this year looks to be in bad shape if you have to stay local.

Flying to Miami or jetting down to Cabo San Lucas might sound like the way to beat this month’s gloom, but for most of us who are anticipating student loan debt or saving up for summer, plane tickets and resorts are not realistic.

Here are three less popular road trip ideas for Cal State Fullerton students that will be kind to your savings account but can still make this spring break memorable. Gather up a few friends or loved ones and get ready to see something other than the 57 Freeway.

Trip #1: Goleta, CA.

Clocking in at three hours from campus, this town just north of Santa Barbara has plenty of low-cost attractions,

including a Monarch Butterfly Grove with views of the coastline and beginner-level hiking trails with no entry fee. For adventurous visitors, Orchid Skatepark, a privately owned skatepark, features half-pipes painted in beautiful floral designs and is open to the public through reservations.

Goleta is the perfect location for exploring more than just the downtown area, as the 101 Freeway offers scenic ocean vistas. The food scene is similar to most of coastal California with a wide variety of Mexican restaurants and quaint cafés.

A standout stop nearby in Santa Barbara is the downtown public market, an indoor food hall with coffee shops, Italian, Mediterranean, Japanese and American restaurants within walking distance of the main downtown area. Food halls are a great option for traveling with friends and family who crave different things but still want to sit down and eat together.

Cost-wise, the Goleta Motel 6, located adjacent to the 101 Freeway, supplies just the basics, but is under

$100 a night for a room. Nearby hotels can cost up to $300 a night, so splitting a less expensive motel with friends would be the best option.

Trip #2: Julian, CA.

While Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead are the go-to mountain spots for Southern California residents, the recent influx of snow has left them unsafe for tourists. However, located around 120 miles south from CSUF lies Julian, a lesser-known mountain town in San Diego County is just as beautiful without the dangerous snowpack.

About 30 minutes from downtown Julian is the Three Sisters trailhead, which leads to a refreshing waterfall and stunning mountain views with the wildflower blooming season happening in spring. The hike is about four miles round trip, and a $5 day pass is required to enter.

Julian itself is a charming small town of just over 1,300 people with a bustling city event calendar, including farm tours that feature archery, tomahawk throwing, reptile shows

and farm animal visits for $22 per person. While food options in Julian are not the most diverse, one place in particular stands out from the rest.

The Julian Pie Company is a family-owned business that sells homemade apple pies and apple cider donuts. They have a selection of over 20 different pies, including a unique Caramel Dutch Apple pie that looks like a delicious post-hike treat.

To stay in the Julian area and avoid pricey tourist cabins, camping is a great choice. William Heise County Park is a 10 minute drive from Julian, and has camping sites with restrooms, coin-operated showers, multiple trails and a small museum. Tent sites are $24 a day, with a $3 parking fee.

Trip #3: Indio, CA.

For those seeking something other than mountains or beaches, Indio can be a great desert alternative. Located about 110 miles east of Fullerton, Indio is known for hosting the Coachella music festival every April.

However, Indio provides a good home base for visiting nearby

attractions, such as Joshua Tree, a national park in the Coachella Valley perfect for groups who like to hike while admiring expansive desert views. The weather is also perfect this time of year, staying in the low 70s before the summer heat kicks in.

While Joshua Tree is a more popular desert attraction, Indio is also an hour away from Salvation Mountain, a man-made mountain and art monument 50-feet high painted and created by folk-artist Leonard Knight. The mountain is covered in religious messages and adorned in bright colors that is a sight to behold. Salvation Mountain also makes a perfect subject and backdrop for a photoshoot at no cost, but donations are appreciated.

The Budget Inn Motel is one of a few cost-conscious motels off of Indio Boulevard, located less than 20 minutes away from casinos and the Living Desert Zoo. While it lacks fancy bells and whistles, its $125 nightly price tag for up to four guests means you’ll have a little extra cash to spare for souvenirs and good eats.

Fitness: Rec Center expands disability access

equipment can be modified and what alternatives are available to those with disabilities. If someone has a physical disability below the elbow, they can still participate in deadlifting by using a strap on the bar and on their elbow to lift it. Velcro pads are available for impaired students to find the center of bars and there are large white medicine balls that can be easily spotted.

Jump rope modifications are also available for students to account for amputations or lower extremity disabilities, including cordless and one-handed versions.

The cordless jump ropes use two individual handles attached to smaller pieces of heavy rope that can be swung like a traditional jump rope. The weight of the ropes helps simulate the motion of using a jump rope without having to jump.

One-handed jump rope uses a bar with a rope attached on both ends to simulate holding the handles.

Basketball is also now accessible to students who use wheelchairs with the addition of sports wheelchairs. The chairs are lightweight

Students use new wheelchairs to play basketball as one of the SRC's inclusive recreational activities. Other activities include underwater cycling and jump ropes.

with two large inclined wheels and three wheels to help maneuver on the court.

To play basketball, students use the wheelchairs to move around the court while holding the ball in

their lap. They can pass the ball by bouncing it on the court floor or by tossing it to each other.

Aquatics scheduled an underwater cycling class in the pool to show an alternative to traditional cycling.

However, due to a lack of participants, the class was canceled.

The funding for the equipment and training was secured by Brown last year as part of the MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett award. He acquired

$80,000 for the changes to help more students reach their fitness goals. Students can look forward to seeing more inclusive equipment at the SRC as more students can access the different activities the center offers.

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Queer prom returns as an enchanting experience

ROSE MENDEZ Sta Writer

Students adorned in whimsical romantic layers expressed their authentic selves at the enchanted forest-themed Queer Prom Friday night, featuring everything from a flowered archway to table centerpieces that resembled mini terrariums with lights, butterflies and flowers.

The event, hosted by LGBT Queer Resource Center, was the first Queer Prom since 2019 as the COVID-19 pandemic and financial complications put it on hold until now.

Students had many photo opportunities to showcase their outfits with big light up letters spelling prom at the entrance, a flower wall, flowered mirrors and an interactive 360 photo booth.

A words of affirmation tree decorated a wall where guests had the opportunity to write messages, confessions or advice on paper leaves for others to read.

The event was previously planned by the Queer Trans People of Color Collective club and the Queer Straight Alliance club before the three-year break.

Queer Resource Center senior coordinator, Nat Betancourt Arellano, said it had become difficult for the event to be consistent since it was previously being put together only by students.

“Back then, it was all student run. All put on just by the students of student organizations,” Betancourt Arellano said. “Students come and go and you're also focusing on being a student, so it's just hard to put on a big event.”

This year, the queer prom partnered with Associated Students and the Queer Resource Center, which brought more funding.

The partnership and push to bring back the queer prom was done by Izzy Manigault, the education program and activities lead at the Queer Resource Center. They connected with their roommate, who was on the ASI programming board, and developed a budget for the queer prom together.

Manigault said one of the main reasons they wanted to bring back

the queer prom was to provide the authentic prom experiences to people who felt like they missed out during high school.

“Queer prom is really important because most of us didn't have the privilege of being out and being our full authentic selves in high school. Events like prom were probably where we felt like we needed to hide ourselves or couldn't celebrate ourselves the best way we possibly could. So having this opportunity after high school, to really envision that in a queer way, I feel like it's really important and really special,” Manigault said.

Communications major and Diversity Initiatives & Resource Centers sta ff member, Gabriela Angiuli, said events like the queer prom are important to have on campus because it allows for the spread of queer joy. Angiuli said without events like this, the LGBTQ community can feel isolated.

The prom had a planned capacity of 120 people, but there ended up being 170 people, with tickets selling out in four hours. Betancourt Arellano said they were getting many questions about whether more tickets were going to be available, but it all came down to if people gave up their tickets.

Students who were able to attend were treated to a desserts table, aguas frescas and a variety of food. The dance floor was also quick to be filled with guests dancing along to the music, with an impromptu catwalk that Betancourt Arellano joined in. Titan Radio provided curated music for the event.

Helix Lemaster, a junior transfer art and animation student, said they felt so lucky to be in a welcoming space with their girlfriend.

“It's so nice that they have this event so that anybody who may have missed it, or anybody who didn't feel comfortable being with the person they were with gets to experience it,” Lemaster said. “I'm glad that I get to go to prom with my girlfriend because I didn't get to do that. Now we get to have this experience as if we met in high school.”

Betancourt Arellano said their goal is to have a queer prom in the spring semester and a drag show in the fall semester every year.

Fullerton Arboretum gives oak trees room to grow

MARGARET TREJO Sta Writer

One of the many trees that provides shade for the visitors of the Fullerton Arboretum are Channel Islands Oak trees, a species that is at risk of going extinct but is being grown at the arboretum to be preserved.

The arboretum is part of the Global Conservation Consortium for Oak that sends oak trees from around the world to members who have a similar climate to where the native plant is from.

The mission of the consortium is to bring together oak specialists, conservationists and botanical garden communities to make sure that no wild species of oak goes extinct. If one of these species were to go extinct, it would have major repercussions on the environment.

Gregory Pongetti, the Living Collections Curator at the arboretum, said oak trees are vital to the survival of their ecosystem. In the case of the oak trees, they produce acorns, which many birds and mammals will eat and provide shelter for other life to grow.

Many animals depend on oaks for protection. If the oaks were to go extinct from its natural habitat, it would upset the balance of the forest habitat, according to the American Public Gardens Association.

The Channel Islands is one of the locations that the arboretum has oak trees from, since the islands’ climate is so close to the environment

in the arboretum. Pongetti said the trees from this region only grow there and nowhere else in the world. This is why the Channel Islands oaks are so important to conserve; if a disaster were to occur and the oaks were to go extinct, there would be severe environmental impacts to the habitats of the islands.

Pongetti said they are able to conserve trees from the Channel Islands because of how similar the climate of Channel Islands exhibit at the arboretum is to the actual islands.

Another threat oak trees face is animal grazing, especially from invasive species like cows and goats. Animals grazing on oak seeds makes

it difficult for conservation in areas such as Catalina Island, where they have been conserving the Quercus Pacifica, or the island shrub oak, in their nurseries before replanting them.

“They also have sent out some of the oaks to places like the arboretum, and now we have planted those oaks here in our garden. So that's just one example of one of the plants that came to us from Catalina Island,” Pongetti said.

Invasive plants can also escape into natural landscapes through animals or people and drastically impact the environmental habitat.

Pongetti said one of the major reasons why global oak conservation is so important is because oak seeds can’t survive in the cold environment necessary for seed banks, a type of preservation method for plants.

“For oaks and other plants, they don’t store well,” Pongetti said. “So since they can’t be seed banked, they need to be stored as parts of living collections throughout all of these different botanic gardens.”

Not all oaks are conserved, Pongetti said. He said many oaks can be found all over the place, such as coast live oak trees in California, and aren’t endangered or threatened.

The arboretum does their best to take care of all the trees in their care. Since these plants are adapted for a dry environment, overwatering can be a concern.

”It's a fine balance you have to reach between having enough and not doing too much,” Pongetti said.

Students, such as Kat Krichman (top left), experienced a queer-friendly prom where they could be themselves with their community.

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The Fullerton Arboretum is home to several endangered oak trees from the Channel Islands.

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Cultural excellence on display at CSUF art show

RYANN KIRK Sta Writer

To cap off Social Justice Week at Cal State Fullerton, the Diversity Initiatives & Resource Centers held its Colors of Culture event to celebrate cultural diversity and community.

DIRC held the event in partnership with the Associated Students at the Titan Student Union Pavilion Thursday.

Colors of Culture is an art show that allows students to display all kinds of art. It is meant to give people of different cultures a chance to showcase the love and hardships they have experienced in their preferred medium. From paintings to poetry to performances, this event allowed everyone to share their emotions and experiences the way they wanted to.

Mariham Iskander, the associate director of DIRC, believes that self expression is one of the key ways people communicate.

“Words are not always the best. We have all different kinds of communication. We have body language, we have emotions, we have all these things, so art is a very important piece that students should be able to share with each other and their communities,” Iskander said. This event served as a way for people to inspire and bring people from di fferent cultural backgrounds together.

Ghildha Mercado, a third-year fine arts major, said events like these are essential because of how they show the di fferent ways people process their emotions.

“It shows not only our struggles and our passions, but also how we process those types of heavy emotions. It’s important to allow students to have a space to experience these like a crowd,” Mercado said.

Dalena Ponxay, a fourth-year public health major who performed a traditional Lao dance at the show, also shared similar sentiments.

“I think it's important for people to express their culture and take pride in who they are and show that,” Ponxay said.

Not only does art provide a platform for expression, but it also provides a platform to

advocate. This gallery gave artists a chance to show that activism.

“Art and justice are not mutually exclusive — they're hand in hand. Some people advocate, some people protest, some people write, some people speak. Everyone has how they engage with trying to change what the world is, and we wanted to really give people that opportunity too,” Iskander said.

In the past, DIRC would typically hold the Colors of Culture event in the Brave space, which is the lobby for the centers. This is the first time they have expanded to a bigger venue, allowing for more submissions, live performances and more room for people to attend.

Iskander said the bigger space allowed them to engage more with the community while planning the event, resulting in a larger submission and participation turnout than in previous years.

RJ Abesamis, the front desk programming assistant lead at DIRC and the lead for this event, explained that this bigger space gives these lesser-known artists space to showcase their talents.

“It gives people visibility not just for their audiences, but visibility for the actual artists who are submitting,” Abesamis said. “Now, these artists know that they have actual spaces that are catered and crafted for their specific identity, and I think it's important because

even on the artist's side, no artist should ever have to settle for a mediocre space for their work to be shared.”

Along with the art displayed inside the hall and outside the pavilion in the atrium, nine performers sang, danced or performed poetry. They also had tables full of food from Porto's Bakery and a little photo-taking area decorated with flowers. Titan Radio was also there to provide music before the performances started.

At the moment, DIRC is working on plans for future recognition celebrations and partnering with other resource centers for the upcoming heritage months. Their upcoming events can be found on the DIRC website.

Tuffy's Table: Vegetarian spin on a classic Mexican dish

Optional: substitute desired amount of chicken in place of cauliflower

Instructions:

Preparation:

Boil or steam both the broccoli and cauliflower until tender enough to break apart into small pieces. Recommended cooking time is eight minutes for broccoli and 11 minutes for cauliflower.

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Mexican cuisine is one of the most popular types of food in California, and it is also the perfect cuisine for an end-of-midterm exams celebration. This green enchilada recipe works for both meat-lovers and vegetarians alike and is the perfect food to soothe the midterm blues.

The great thing about enchiladas is that they are easily scalable. You can prepare a few of them if you are only making some for yourself, but just as easily team up with some friends and roll up a few dozen together.

These green enchiladas are a good mix of savory and spicy, thanks to the enchilada sauce that is absorbed by the tortilla when baked. The melted cheese both on the inside and top of the enchiladas pairs perfectly with the baked cauliflower and broccoli, or chicken for those meat-lovers out there.

Preparing the ingredients will take longer than the baking process, but once you have all your prepped

ingredients ready in bowls, the process of assembling enchiladas will fly by, especially when making them with friends. If you want the authentic Mexican experience, pair these enchiladas with Jarritos or Mundet soda, preferably the glass bottle version.

Although this recipe is specifically for vegetarian enchiladas, meat-eaters can substitute cauliflower for chicken. This recipe will serve four to six people.

Caution: An oven and a hot stovetop are required.

What you will need:

Medium to large sized baking dish

(ceramic preferred for baking evenly)

Small frying pan

Steamer

Ingredients:

1/2 lb of broccoli

1 lb of cauliflower

14 oz of queso fresco

28 oz of green enchilada sauce

18-count bag of white corn tortillas

3/4 cup of olive oil

8 oz of Mexican style blend of shredded cheese

Heat the olive oil in a pan to medium heat and individually flash fry all the tortillas. Be sure to cook them no longer than one or two seconds per side of the tortilla. This is done so the tortilla doesn’t become soggy when baking. You want a firm tortilla that is still soft enough to be rollable.

Break the broccoli and cauliflower into small pieces and place in a bowl.

Crumble the queso fresco into small pieces and set aside in a bowl.

Add a light layer of green enchilada sauce to the surface of the baking dish so the enchiladas won't stick during baking.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Cooking directions:

Prepare the enchiladas by placing the queso fresco in the center of the tortilla, add the cauliflower and broccoli, then roll the tortilla up and place it into the baking dish with the rolled edge facing down.

After placing all the rolled tortillas into the baking dish, add the green enchilada sauce on top of the rolled tortillas evenly.

Add broccoli, cauliflower and Mexican style cheese on top of the green enchilada sauce.

Place in the center rack and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

Let enchiladas sit for five minutes then serve.

Enjoy!

Samantha Lujan dedicates her rst live performance to the outcasts with an original song, along with covers, highlighting her experiences with her parents.

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Vegetarian enchiladas make for a greener alternative for post-midterm parties.

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Goal: LAFC2 to host 14 games at CSUF

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long-term rental, there are many opportunities in the collaboration for Titan Athletics and the men’s soccer team at CSUF.

“The stadium has to hold a certain amount of people and have things like a video board and locker rooms, and our facility just checks all the boxes,” said Senior Associate Athletic Director and Chief Operating Officer of Titan Athletics, Greg Paules.

Paules recalled last year when Angel City FC played three games at

Titan Stadium. A financial incentive for the athletic department was gathered during those three games with a packed stadium.

Titan Stadium is perceived as one of the best soccer facilities in the nation, sitting below Dignity Health Sports Complex, as it was initially built for Cal State Fullerton's NCAA FCS football program before it was quickly dropped. The stadium was built in 1992 and has a 10,000-seat capacity featuring 2,000 chair-back seats and 2,500 bleachers with backrests. This

includes about 5,000 seats on concrete steps, a press box that seats more than 50 and 10 booths for broadcasting.

LAFC 2’s assistant technical director Jordan Harvey mentioned that he instantly pushed hard for Titan Stadium as he loves the professional environment and thinks it's a perfect stadium with the ideal size for the environment they are looking for.

Paules is excited about this partnership's professional opportunities for the CSUF Men’s Soccer Team. Recently, Big West honoree and team

captain, Sebastian Cruz, signed with the Kansas City 2 pro club. Paules speculates more opportunities like these to arrive for the team, especially considering that while professional MLS clubs are recruiting for their minor league teams, having the collegiate athletes close brings an advantage.

“At the end of the day, it’s a great relationship to have our coaches be in close communication with theirs. It's an honor,” said CSUF defender Giovanni Calderon.

Calderon hopes LAFC 2 can fill out

the 10,000 seats Titan Stadium offers. Paules mentioned that the agreement came together around December, as LAFC 2 is currently working their way around scheduling their games around CSUF’s events, like commencement.

With 14 matches already scheduled for LAFC 2 at Titan Stadium, LAFC 2 is looking forward to the upcoming schedule that spans until September. Their next match at Titan Stadium will be on Sunday, March 26 against North Texas SC at 5 p.m.

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Titans mid elder Erick Serrano takes control of the ball away from Jaime.

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UC Davis upsets Titans in Big West opener

EMILY WILSON Deputy Editor

In their first conference series of the season, Cal State Fullerton softball defeated UC Davis 2-0 Saturday, after the Aggies had initially swept the Titans during Friday’s doubleheader.

Friday’s series was the first time the Titans had lost a series against the Aggies since 2013.

On Saturday, Titans pitcher Myka Sutherlin pitched a complete game shutout against the Aggies, striking out eight batters. She currently leads the Big West conference in strikeouts with 101 on the season.

Sutherlin split her starts, earning the win on Saturday and picking up a loss in Friday’s opening game. Pitcher Haley Rainey’s only appearance of the series was in Friday’s second game in which she started and earned her fourth loss of the season.

CSUF softball head coach Kelly Ford praised the defense and how the team took advantage of offensive opportunities for their lone win.

“The defense really stepped up,” Ford said. “We supported Myka tonight. That was the biggest piece of the puzzle that was missing yesterday.”

Despite the pitching sta ff holding the Aggies to a .194 batting average over the weekend, the Titans’ own offensive struggles were the reason for the series loss.

UC Davis has the second lowest combined ERA in the Big West conference, including having three pitchers ranked among the top six pitchers in the conference.

The Titans have not had much success with runners in scoring position this season and more of the same occurred against the Aggies. In the two losses, CSUF batted a respectable

.239 but left a combined total of 18 runners on base.

With star outfielder Megan Delgadillo still out due to injury, first baseman Daisy Munoz stepped up offensively over the weekend to propel the Titans’ only win.

Over the weekend, Munoz led the team with a batting average of .444,

including hitting her first home run of the season on Saturday, which put the Titans up 2-0 in the third inning.

“It felt really good. It’s been a long time coming for this season, so I’m glad I finally got the first one out of the way,” Munoz said.

Munoz is currently on a 11-game hitting streak and is second on the team

in batting average behind Delgadillo.

For their next conference series, CSUF will look to get back on track against CSU Bakersfield, a team that ranks last in the Big West in pitching, batting and fielding.

“Every conference series is knockdown, drag-out,” Ford said. “We can’t look ahead, look beyond any

opponent; we can’t coast in any way, shape or form.”

After the series loss, the Titans now sit in eighth in the Big West with a conference record of 1-2 and an overall record of 14-13.

CSUF will face Loyola Marymount University on Wednesday at Smith Field. First pitch is set for 5 p.m.

Tennis snaps losing streak; beats Fordham, 4-1

BAILEY TO Sta Writer Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis broke a three-game losing streak on Sunday, beating the Fordham Rams, 4-1, to maintain an overall winning record thus far this season.

The Titans began the match ahead after securing the first doubles point.

In doubles competition, CSUF’s Diana

Yanotoskaya and Kaytlin Taylor opened the match beating Rams’ Eleni Fasoula and Rachelle Yang, 6-4.

Fordham won the next doubles match with the duo Valeriya Deminova and Avery Aude beating Titans Natalie Duffy and Camila Garcia, 6-4.

Titans Zoe Olmos and Milena Gevorgyan won the final doubles match, beating Lindsay Hung and Carlota Casasampere Escoda in a close match with the score ending 7-6.

Following securing the first point of the

match, the Titans continued to coast through their competition.

In singles competition, Titans Du ff y defeated Deminova in a competitive three set match, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2.

The next match saw Titans Olmos defeat Hung in two competitive sets, 6-2, 6-4.

Up 3-0, The Titans secured the match win after Gevorgyan won her match against Rams Aude in three sets, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.

The Titans would suffer only one loss in

singles competition with Titans Garcia losing to Fordham’s Casasampere Escoda in a threegame set, 6-2, 2-6 and 6-2.

With this win, the Titans snap their threegame losing streak and improve their overall record to 7-5 and their conference record to 2-1.

The Titans will play a doubleheader at home on Thursday against St. Thomas and Sacramento State. First serve against St. Thomas is set for 10 a.m. while the match against Sacramento State is slated to start at 1:30 p.m.

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