Week of Monday, April 19, 2021

Monday, April 19, 2021

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Volume 109 Issue 13

Softball Graduation limited despite Baseball defeats upcoming state reopening sneaks

by UC UC San Davis Diego The Titans earned late victories to clinch the series against the Aggies last weekend.

CSUF’s 14-game winning streak came to an end despite taking the series.

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Cal State Fullerton softball clashed against UC San Diego on the road, as the Titans claimed the first three contests over the Tritons to win the fourgame series last weekend.

Their 14-game winning streak came to an end with a loss in the final game of the series on Saturday. Although the first three games counted toward their conference record, the final game was considered a non-conference matchup.

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The Titans sign will be one of five of the designated graduation photoshoot spots.

(Cara Pedersen / Daily Titan) Cal State Fullerton inperson commencement ceremonies are scheduled to take place from June 12 - 15.

ROBERTO ROMERO Staff Writer

Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to fully reopen

California’s economy on June 15, Cal State Fullerton’s spring graduation ceremony will still not allow guests.

Orange County currently resides in the orange reopening tier. Orange tier guidelines for higher education set the capacity for indoor lectures and student gatherings at 50% or 200 people,

whichever is less.

In an email to the Daily Titan, Ellen Treanor, the associate vice president for strategic communications, said the university continues to monitor the requirements and plans on moving forward with its current plan.

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Cal State Fullerton baseball picked up another series victory, this time against UC Davis, winning three out of four games on the road against the Aggies.

With the series finale on Sunday, Fullerton stole the deciding matchup from Davis in the eighth inning when the Titans scored three runs to take a 7-6 lead and eventually clinch the series.

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Returning to the stage with spring concert The school theater and dance department will host its annual dance recital in May. MARIA MARQUEZ Staff Writer

With the pandemic putting off live audiences due to safety restrictions, theatre and dance shows have not been able to let spectators in to experience a live performance. This will continue

for the foreseeable future at Cal State Fullerton, or at least until some restrictions are lifted for the upcoming fall semester.

CSUFs Department of Theatre and Dance will stream its Spring Dance concert in May. The concert will feature four student choreographer pieces and four faculty pieces. The department has been preparing all semester for this concert even though it will be virtual.

This upcoming week will be the first time that performers

will be able to step on the stage, although they won’t be able to see each other’s work, as they will be following all COVID-19 guidelines and protocols. For CSUF student Hannah Barton, rehearsing at home for the past month, with the challenges of receiving corrections and improvements from her instructors via Zoom, has been a new feat. She has not been on stage for three years but through virtual practice, she will be one of the student choreographers showcased during the concert.

“I’m very excited to be back on the stage, I haven’t even touched a stage in three years, as a dancer you do so much hard work, there is so much strengthening, training and injuries happen so that moment when you step on the stage, the lights shines on you and the rush of adrenaline it all just falls into place,” Barton said.

Show coordinator Joshua Romero said that because of the nature of this upcoming broadcast, this concert will primarily

feature solo performances. Duets are only allowed if the performers live together, different from its past showcases of larger ensembles. This show also serves as Romero’s debut coordinating the spring dance, and he planned the broadcast based on his experiences from CSUF productions prior to the pandemic. He had to make sure this was a production that could keep a virtual audience entertained.

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Cal State Apply to add Local business new ethnic identity creates sweets Incoming SWANA students will be able to input their ethnicity starting fall 2022.

MICHELLE IBAÑEZ Editor

The Southwest Asian and North African, also known as SWANA, identity will now be an option on Cal State Apply

after a long-standing push for representation from Cal State Fullerton students.

The proposal to add the identity on the application, presented to the Cal State Student Association in mid-February, had previously received the green light from the chancellor’s office.

But SWANA students, along with Associated Students leaders, wanted to solidify

the support in writing.

Mary Chammas, co-founder and president of SWANA at CSUF, said the resolution was passed April 10.

She said that the new resolution will be implemented in fall 2022, and that it will hold its own category with a drop-down list of many SWANA countries.

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She is a mother, solo

entrepreneur and founder of the Fullerton small business, Open Road Candy Co. Anne Osgood combined her passions for chocolate and travelling into a charitable candy business that allows her the f lexibility to excel in all her roles.

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Guests: Ceremonies to be livestreamed “Even as the economy is opening up and there is a potential date for the lifting of most restrictions, not everyone would still be comfortable participating in an event without some restrictions to keep everyone’s health and safety at the forefront,” Treanor said. “With that in mind there has been no consideration for a completely unrestricted version of commencement in the 2021 calendar year.”

On March 22, Provost Carolyn Thomas and Vice President for University Advancement Greg Saks announced the final

graduation plans for graduating students, adding an in-person element specifically for graduates.

On June 11 graduating students will be invited to join a virtual ceremony that includes the entire class of 2021. Afterward, each college will have its own virtual celebration with a program that is specific to that college.

Following the virtual ceremonies, 2020 and 2021 graduating students will be able to attend a limited in-person commencement stage walk organized by

each college that will start on June 12. The event will be livestreamed for families and guests of graduates to safely view at home but are not permitted at the event.

“We want to make sure that all graduates feel comfortable and safe to return to campus and participate in the in-person aspect of the event. This is why we are taking steps to ensure that the students are being distanced and that they will be at the event space no longer than it is required for them to complete their walks,” Treanor said.

Treanor said the university must follow the current requirements even though they are optimistic that California will reopen on June 15 with the conditions that COVID-19 case rates stay low and vaccine distribution continues.

Treanor said that the safety and health of everyone at a campus event is a top priority and CSUF wants to ensure that everyone attending feels comfortable.

CSUF held a virtual 2021 GradFest from April 12 through the 15 where the university

answered student’s questions about graduation.

Treanor said students can register for the graduation ceremony until May 14 and can update their photo with a message for the virtual commencement ceremony until May 25.

There will be five designated photo locations that will be marked for social distancing including the Langsdorf fountain, entrance to the Promenade, Titan letters, Titan fountain and the Titan Towers on State College Boulevard and Nutwood Avenue.

Cal Sate Fullerton plans to offer 60% of fall classes in-person and 10% hybrid, said Provost Carolyn Thomas. (Roberto Romero / Daily Titan)

Increase in vaccination Some incoming CSUF eligibility supports students excited to campus return plan start in-person The university will only continue with their efforts to resume in-person instruction if the campus community has equitable vaccine access.

TAMEKA POLAND Asst. Editor

Cal State Fullerton is continuing its plan to offer 65% of fall courses in person and 10% partially in person, said Provost Carolyn Thomas, as the state is allowing anyone 16 and older to receive a COVID-19 vaccine starting in May. “The time of remote work and virtual instruction is nearing its end,” Thomas said in a statement earlier this month.

Fram Virjee, CSUF president, said in March that the school urges every Titan to get vaccinated when they can, but that it is not currently required. He added that if the university does not reach the goal of widespread vaccinations throughout the campus community, CSUF will likely need to alter its in-person transition plans.

Shalani Patton, a junior majoring in English, said she will wait until she is forced to get the vaccine before she returns to campus.

“I feel like if you are older, then, I say go for it so you can get all the protection that you can get.

But me as a young adult, I personally don’t see the point in getting it right now,” Patton said.

Patton said she is in no rush to return to campus as she enjoys virtual instruction, especially since she works. She added that virtual classes are easier for anyone who is working because the class can be taken anywhere.

Alexis Vigil, a senior majoring in communications, said she looks forward to returning to campus, especially since she’s being charged full tuition. She added that she looks forward to talking and networking with others again.

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However, she said that she is nervous about being around people again.

“Having to do classwork or tests in person. I think that is going to be scary because I got used to the comfortability of being in my own home,” Vigil said.

Vigil said she understands the magnitude of wanting to return to campus in the fall, but also understands that not everyone is comfortable getting the vaccine and is glad it’s not mandatory.

“I would also understand that just because there were a few different vaccines, students are required to get before going to any college or any school in California,” Vigil said.

Torrell Foree, coordinator of the African American Resource Center, said he is excited about returning to campus “I just like seeing people in person, right? I mean, seeing y’all on Zoom is great, being on Discord and all that, but nothing can replicate that in-person connection, right? And also, we’re just not built to be virtual,” Foree said.

Foree said he already got his first dose of the vaccine and his second is scheduled for later in the week.

While CSUF has not made vaccinations mandatory, Foree said he believes that as long as the necessary steps are implemented, everyone will follow the rules.

“It is a little weird, right? Because, some folks may not be vaccinated and all that. But I think at the end of the day, we’re going to be able to get all that I think we’re going to be able to navigate that,” Foree said.

Cal State Fullerton’s welcome day offered a virtual campus tour, meet and greets with deans and activities.

CARA PEDERSEN Staff Writer

As the university prepares events for Welcome to Cal State Fullerton Day, newly admitted first-year and transfer students share their thoughts on returning to campus after a year of virtual instruction and quarantine.

Welcome to CSUF Day begins on April 17 and will continue until April 23, and though the event is normally held in person, new students can virtually tour the campus with a Titan ambassador, meet deans and professors from the eight different colleges and check out some on-campus lifestyle activities, such as clubs and student government.

“I’m a bit anxious I would say because, you know, going to college during these sort of unprecedented times, I don’t really know what to expect so I’m hoping for the best,” said Max MacCallum, an incoming first-year majoring in business administration.

While new students will be able to explore the campus in-person in the fall semester, MacCallum said he hopes that in addition to masks and social distancing, the university will also limit the number of people in classrooms and in dorms.

Class registration for the fall began on April 9 with a combination of in-person, hybrid and virtual options for various courses. In a letter to the campus community on April 7, Provost Carolyn Thomas said that about 65% of classes offered in the fall would be in-person.

“I would like to go in-person as much as possible, especially now since I’m vaccinated and I feel a little more secure than other people but I just want to get the most out of my college experience as I can, you know? Feeling normal, I guess,” said Nicholas Munoz, an incoming freshman majoring in computer science.

CSUF announced that while vaccination is not required to return to campus,

it is highly recommended, and that they will continue with their reopening plans for fall as vaccine access increases.

Nathan Pelaez, an incoming first-year civil engineering major, said that he is planning to choose all in-person classes and make the most out of his college experience while still taking precautions and wearing a mask.

“We’ve been in a lockdown and I couldn’t really have the full senior experience in high school,” Pelaez said. “But I’m planning to dorm there so just meeting new people and exchanging ideas and learning new perspectives.”

As a first-generation student, Pelaez said he is looking forward to more faceto-face access to resources, rather than having to experience his first year of college virtually.

Sydney Duarte, incoming communications studies transfer student, said she has spent the remainder of her time at Fullerton College online. Having barely left her home in the last year, Duarte said she is excited to return to a somewhat normal college experience.

“Even though I do enjoy online, I feel like it’s kind of needed and I am spending a certain amount of money to go to this school, so to enjoy the perks of going to the classes so I’m going to try to find a happy medium where I have some in-person and some online,” Duarte said.

As of now, classes are expected to be mostly in-person with some online arrangements made for those who do not feel comfortable coming back to campus.

New students can expect continuous updates about what to expect when returning to campus in the fall.

“I’m pretty excited,” MacCallum said.

“I hope that, I don’t think it will be the typical ‘normal college experience’, but I hope that it will be somewhat returned to normalcy.”

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Resource center supports assault survivors NICOLE MARIONA Asst. Editor

Cal State Fullerton’s campus advocates and help services for survivors of assault will continue to assist students as they transition from remote learning into in-person courses.

Jazmin Monterrosa, Campus Confidential Advocate said campus members who are educated in violence prevention can bring awareness to students by defining what sexual assault is, what it means to be a bystander and how to practice consent. As April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Monterrosa said persons of violence prevention at CSUF like Stephanie Toledo, a health educator from the Student Health and Counseling Center, will provide presentations and events bringing awareness to sexual assault to students who reach out.

She also said as students spend most of their time on campus, the Health and Counseling Center provides resources accessible to students experiencing trauma from any misconduct.

Monterrosa said some of the resources include making sure students are able to succeed academically, and moving through the processes to reach the end goal of graduation.

Monterrosa said on average, about 10 to 15 students each month reach out to the center with referrals of assault, saying at least eight of them tend to be sexual assault.

“We do see people coming forward and reaching out for resources and referrals as well,” Monterrosa said.

Monterrosa said she also refers students to the Title IX and Gender Equity department, which accepts students’ reports of misconduct, including discrimination, harassment, dating and domestic violence, sexual misconduct and university employees entering relationships with their students.

“I can also assist in reporting to local law enforcement, and being a support person that goes with them and also kind of helps guide them through the system,” Monterrosa said.

Students experiencing assault

outside of campus can report the incident to the Student Health and Counseling Center, which assists students being referred to Title IX, Monterrosa said.

Sarah Bauer, the CSUF Title IX coordinator, said school employees and other people reporting sexual assault, misconduct and discrimination are processed under the California State University policy EO 1096. Students who report an incident are processed under the CSU policy EO 1097.

Under the policies, any student or faculty report of the incident will be “in process,” Bauer said.

The Title IX division will notify all parties involved in the event of the assault or act of misconduct.

When students are referred to the Title IX and Gender Equity department, they can expect to be contacted by their office via email with resources and information about the process under CSU policies, Bauer said.

Bauer said that the division contacts the student or faculty member reporting the incident through email, inviting students to meet with a member of Title IX to

discuss the process, resources and measures they choose to take.

Monterrosa said students who report an incident can be referred to resources outside of campus.

She said the Title IX division has connections to community services with assault units to help with any reported incidents.

Those connections assist in “getting them referred to like local community partners for, whether it be for counseling, or like support groups, personal empowerment groups,” Monterrosa said.

She said the Title IX division also helps students in cases where the perpetrator knows where the victim of assault lives and the student needs to sign documents to break a lease and change their area of living, without damaging their deposit.

Monterrosa said as part of the Student Health and Counseling Center, she is an advocate for students going through the process.

“I take that burden away from them — to really try to make it like a feasible option for them to move forward,” Monterrosa said.

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president, respectively, who said they are especially proud of their involvement in the movement.

Chammas said they have a lot of plans in store, including more events geared toward the SWANA community on campus, and hopes that in the next year they will be able to

establish a Middle Eastern studies department at CSUF. “We want to see what’s best for our community, and we want to see the people within the community succeed, and if it’s just these basic resources that no one’s going to give us, then obviously we’re going to fight for it,” Chammas said.

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Chammas said they felt really frustrated and confused, and felt the town hall demonstration would be a better place to bring awareness to their movement.

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because they were not partaking in students’ day-to-day life.

“I definitely saw the community, and there was no way to unite it,” Chammas said.

“There was no resource center, there was no staff, there was no SWANA person to really go to or talk to about it.

ASI began working alongside the SWANA community in spring 2020 after the town hall, which resulted in the passage of the first resolution, and allowed for more resources but limited their ability to have a resource center.

Their issue with the first resolution, however, was that they didn’t know how many SWANA students were actually on campus, so the new proposal will give them a better insight of CSUF’s demographic in order to establish a space, Chammas said.

Chammas said the demonstration was a product of the university’s lack of support after they had promised them an event that would celebrate the different SWANA cultures, but ended up not going through with it.

“The university wanted to put on an event for SWANA students, so we went dressed up in our cultural clothing, took pictures, you know did all these things for the university,” Chammas said. “Things fell through the cracks, they didn’t tell us that it wasn’t happening anymore, or they put it on the back burner, and so we kept asking, they kept ignoring.”

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Chammas said she is happy for the support and involvement the movement has garnered which has caused it to grow exponentially in the last year.

“We’ve done all these things and it’s a team effort at the end of the day but, seeing all the support from different communities and different people really helped us with our end goal of getting recognition and support,” Chammas said.

Last spring, SWANA students took to an ASI town hall meeting and voiced their discontent with the university’s lack of a resource center for the community.

During the town hall, many members and allies of the SWANA community took turns expressing the lack of support they were receiving from the university. Former ASI President Aaron Aguilar said more conversations had to happen before anything could be guaranteed.

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Artist paints across Painter Sandy Rodriguez spoke at the final Begovich Gallery visual arts lecture on April 16 about using history and culture to tell stories.

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Sandy Rodriguez painted works titled “Lecherona-Asclepius curassavica from the Codex Rodriguez Mondragon” (top), “De los Child Detention Centers, Family Separations and other Atrocities” (right) and “Borderlands No. 2: They almost got me (Pajarita Wilderness).” (bottom)

With every stroke of their brush, artists channel unique inspirations to tell stories that are emotionally evocative, but for Sandy Rodriguez, the authenticity and emotionality of her work relies on breaking boundaries as she uses intersectionality to tell current stories through a historical and cultural lens.

The Begovich Gallery hosted the seventh and final installment of their visual arts lecture series on April 16 and closed out the semester with Sandy Rodriguez, a Los Angeles-based painter whose work focuses on the history of painting across cultures.

“I’m a painter that explores the history of the area of the U.S. southwest and Mexico to really understand what have been the cultural histories and the development of artistic practices,” Rodriguez said in an interview for the L.A. Times Today Show. “I bring both of the scientific and the cultural together to tell a current political story.”

Before she became a full-time artist, Rodriguez said that she had a 20-year career in art and museum education. She said that it wasn’t until about four years ago that she had the opportunity to commit fully to art while continuing to teach part time.

This year, Rodriguez was awarded the 2021 Creative Capital Award and the 2021 Caltech-Huntington Art and Research Residency. Her current work in progress, “Codex Rodriguez-Mondragón,” captures her use of intersectionality to shine a light on different cultures, histories and artistic production methods.

“We’re reclaiming and reaffirming the indigenous artistic practices of the Americas,” Rodriguez said. “In my work, a multitude of records and documents and maps are combined and juxtaposed to really inform an interpretation of space where all of this is recovered, reinvisioned and painted as a codex — a macro and micro view of humanity in relationship to time, power and land.”

Rodriguez added that her artistic production process also includes the use of plant materials, mineral-based pigments, organic-based pigments and a type of paper known as ‘amate.’

“The use of plant materials in the production of the work as well as in the work, depicted in the work, is significant, not only for situating the object within specific floristic provinces, but

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Treat: Local business supports wildlife conservation CONTINUED FROM 1 Osgood grew up in Fullerton and currently does wholesale with other local businesses, as well as shops in Yorba Linda, Anaheim and Costa Mesa.

Before she opened Open Road Candy Co., Osgood said that she spent several years doing nonprofit fundraising in Los Angeles, where a donor she worked with became the catalyst for her business startup.

She did not want her candy company to be ordinary, so she decided to integrate her love for traveling with her sweet treats, hence the brand name.

“I really just love traveling in California and across the United States to our national parks.

And so that’s why I decided to theme it around road trips and wilderness, and then donate a portion of the profits back to the National Park Foundation and the Santa Monica Mountains Fund, which is based in L.A.,” Osgood said.

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travelling stems from the road trips she took with her family growing up and the valuable connections she was able to form with the friends and family she traveled with.

“I just feel like that’s such a unique way to be trapped, you know, in the car, and you have to tell stories and talk and get to know each other better,” Osgood said. “You just don’t know what’s going to happen, so it’s that sense of adventure and exploration. It’s just such a unique combination.”

At the beginning of the fall 2020 semester, a group of communications students from Cal State Fullerton’s Practical Advantage program approached Osgood to offer their skills and help ensure that Open Road Candy Co. is supported during the pandemic.

“She did participate in the program prior to this semester.

However, the team was unsuccessful because they kind of, I guess, ended up bailing on her

at some point throughout the semester. So my team and I really wanted to do a good job for her second time doing it and we weren’t going to let failure be an option,” said senior Landon Fletes, the group’s media content manager.

Osgood said the students offer support through skills in public relations, as they help promote small businesses in Fullerton through social media and communication strategy advising.

“I immediately saw Open Road Candy Co. and I was immediately interested just because I love candy. But, then I started researching her and the company a bit and I loved her whole purpose and the wilderness-y type of vibes that she had with her candy company — I’ve never heard of it before,” said senior Daisy Dena, one of the communication students who helps run Osgood’s Instagram page.

Giving back is a huge part of

her company’s brand and purpose. Whether it’s through donations or sharing information, Osgood believes it’s important to take an active role in supporting the sustenance of national parks, wildlife and historical sites, she said.

Kara Kitchell, another student on Osgood’s social media team, operates as the client services coordinator for her Practical Advantage team. She is the primary point of contact with their client, Osgood. Having worked with Osgood for almost a full semester, Kitchell said that she does a great job of integrating her two passions.

“I love that her initiative aligns with her as a person. She has a story that she told us about why she started the business in the first place and I think that really connects with people,” Kitchell said.

Alexandra Grosse, a CSUF student and campaign schedule manager on the team, shares Kitchell’s appreciation

for Osgood’s brand and staying true to her business’ founding purpose to support wildlife conservation.

“She also keeps it very down to earth and she is doing it for a specific reason. She’s doing it because she loves nature. It was created out of her love for spending time with family and creating chocolate on her downtime,” Grosse said.

Osgood follows her own business philosophy and intuition, noting that she isn’t in a rush to work on too many projects and spread herself thin.

She added, “Keep it simple and do it well.”

Osgood is driven to be a successful business woman as much as she is determined to be a present mother. Open Road Candy Co.’s one-woman business model allows her the flexibility to do both, but that is not without the support of people who believe in her product.

“I feel like there was a real sense of validation when I

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cultures and history also for their medicinal and utilitarian use on top of their healing properties,” Rodriguez said.

“This makes my maps not only a representation of place, but the objects that serve as an active embodiment of their constituent parts.”

Aside from the practical application of plant-based materials, Rodriguez said that her work also involves research about plant knowledge over time. During her fellowship with Caltech and the Huntington Art, Rodriguez said that she studied the use of color over time with a group of students.

Rodriguez said that each map takes around six to nine months to complete. Her process includes translations, archival investigations and careful color testing. In 2014, Rodriguez said that she didn’t use the materials she uses now, but her days of painting with oil and store bought water color ended after she realized how powerful materials could be.

While on a trip in Oaxaca, Mexico, Rodriguez said she came across a new type of red powder. After she turned the powder into paint and tested it on her canvas, Rodriguez said that she was amazed by the color’s glow. It was after this experience that she encountered the news about the protests in Iguala, Mexico in response to the disappearance of 43 students in 2014.

“Now, you’re looking at the marches and demonstrations, government buildings on fire, overturned vehicles and that was the moment when I understood that I could move away from Western European paints and supports and really use a material that supported the content in this really poetic and beautiful way,” Rodriguez said.

While Rodriguez’s art focuses heavily on historical influences, her work also comments on current political issues. In 2020, the artist joined the conversation on border violence with her painting titled “You Will Not Be Forgotten — Mapa for the Children killed in Custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 2018-2019.”

“I included the sites where the children took their last breath as well as the landscapes where I did field study,” Rodriguez said. “You’ll see the images of the crying fathers much like you saw the images of the crying mothers in the past.”

To end her presentation, Rodriguez said that despite the traumatic patterns of the past, looking to history for inspiration can remind people about their resiliency and help them gain a better understanding of the present.

“It’s an opportunity to recognize these things that are highly, highly disturbing and then look throughout time to understand ‘How the hell did we get through it the last time?’” Rodriguez said. “It’s about really digging through a lot of different sources and texts to make sense of this present moment.”

Sandy Rodriguez painted works titled “Nopalli Opuntia basilaris from the Codex Rodriguez Mondragon,” (top) “De las Señales y Pronosticós & I.C.E. Raids de Califas” (left) and “Cempoalxuchitl Tagetes erecta from the Codex Rodriguez Mondragon” (bottom).

Show: Future productions to be livestreamed CONTINUED FROM 1 “It’s definitely a challenge to choreograph movement on yourself, for yourself and it’s trying to create a storyline so that the audience doesn’t get bored, especially since it’s going to be on film,” Romero said. “We can’t create these eight to 10 minute long pieces that audience members can see from upfront and be

moved into wholesale and I started to sell my candy through other businesses,” Osgood said. “That was, again, total strangers saying ‘I believe in your product. I believe in you enough to have it in my shop and stand behind it.’ And so that was really a proud moment for me as well.”

Open Road Candy Co. products can be found on the shelves of local Fullerton businesses such as MADE Coffee and The Green Place in Downtown Fullerton.

mesmerized by, it’s much different to see it on film. It’s a bit of a challenge.”

Performances have now moved to a broadcast method, with Dave Mickey, department chair, expressing that it is something that they will continue with future productions. Having all the necessary broadcast tools allows them to record

the shows and keep them on their site for a certain time.

Friends and families of performers who may not be able to come in for shows can see their creations from anywhere anytime.

The ability to be safe and still produce shows and performances, and give performers the chance to broadcast their pieces, is

something that they will continue to do into the fall.

Mickey said although students may be allowed back on campus for the fall semester, as of now shows will not have an audience.

“If California allows us, we might have a very small student audience during the filming in the fall,” Mickey said. “Because it’s so

unknown and we have to plan a year in advance, we are planning to be filming virtually.”

The Department of Theatre and Dance will be streaming productions this month such as “Focus: Shift,” “Women of Will: The Oppressor’s Wrong” and “Policarpa,”, as well as their Spring Dance concert in May.

Anne Osgood, the owner of Open Road Candy Co., visited Sequoia National Park during her travels. (Anne Osgood)

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Tuffy’s Table bakes banana bread STEPHENY GEHRIG Editor

If you’re looking for a snack, gift or dish to bake, this simple and easy banana bread recipe is the way to go.

In elementary school, my mom used to send me to school with my own mini loaf, and it was such a popular snack with my friends that they would ask my mom if they could get their own loaves. This sweet snack is perfect for lunch bags, because it’s filling enough to satiate that pesky hunger pang.

It serves as a great gift for significant others, coworkers, neighbors and family, as its sweet flavor makes for a nice expression of how much you appreciate them.

Wrap it in colorful cling wrap or put it in a nice bag to spice up the presentation — it’ll let them know that you put a lot of time and effort into it.

It’s also a fun partner activity. While you’re smashing bananas, someone else can mix the ingredients. Crank up some music, fire up the oven and whip up some banana bread — my mom and I usually listen to ‘80s music when we make our batches. Make it an experience that’s fun for both you and your sous-chef.

The bread can be eaten by itself, or you can add some butter on top. Either way, it’s going to be remarkable. Needless to say, this snack will be enjoyed by everyone.

Although I like to enjoy this bread plain, my mom

loves to add walnuts on top of her loaves. You can be creative, and make this recipe your own by adding any of your favorite treats like chocolate chips, raisins or nuts for added flavor. These fun ingredients can be added to the batter before you bake it.

This recipe creates four mini loaves or one large loaf. Baking and preparation time takes about 45 minutes with an extra 20 minutes to let the dish settle after baking.

Ingredients: 3 ripe bananas 2 large eggs ⅔ cup of sugar 1 ⅔ cup of flour ⅓ cup of vegetable oil 1 ½ teaspoons of vanilla 2 teaspoons of baking powder ½ teaspoons of salt ¼ teaspoons of baking soda 1 stick of butter Tools: A medium bowl A large bowl A fork Wooden spoon A knife Wire cooling rack

Measuring cups and spoons Instructions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Peel the three bananas. Using a fork, smash all three in a large bowl. Try to make the consistency as smooth as you can, and smash through all the lumps.

Add the sugar, vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla into the bowl with the bananas.

In the medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.

Carefully pour the dry ingredients into the large bowl with the wet ingredients. Pour it in little by little and mix together with a wooden spoon as you pour. Again, look out for lumps and try to keep your batch as smooth as you can. Thoroughly grease a bread pan with butter, and make sure to get all the edges. This will ensure that the bread doesn’t stick to the corners.

Pour in the batter, and place the dish in the oven for 45 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

You can check to make sure that your bread is done cooking by sticking a toothpick in the center of it after it’s taken out of the oven. If the toothpick comes out clean without any doughy pieces, then your bread is ready to cool. If there are bread pieces stuck on the toothpick, add five minutes to your cooking time and check again. Make sure to let your bread cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes and then carefully loosen the bread with a knife.

Simple to prepare and bake with low-cost ingredients, banana bread is a treat that’s perfect for any occasion. (Stepheny Gehrig / Daily Titan)

Magician treats CSUF with virtual show Illusionist Kevin Blake shocked guests with tricks and wonder at an Associated Students event on April 15.

STEPHANIE CASTILLO Asst. Editor

With a slide of their hand and playful trickery, Cal State Fullerton’s Associated Students hosted Kevin Blake’s virtual magic show on April 15 to engage students in mind blowing magic experience through their computer screens.

Kevin Blake is a critically acclaimed magician that has been featured on several shows, including “America’s Got Talent,” “Penn & Teller: Fool us” and “Thrillist.”

Blake hosted from a vintage theater that had secret rooms, a bar and a library. He kicked off the night with simple tricks by inviting students to join him on the virtual stage as he pulled out every card that they named from a stack of playing cards.

Throughout the show Blake maneuvered his way through the theater, performing a different trick in each room — making the theater its own character in his show. With his second trick, Blake engaged a student audience member with a card trick that brought out the student’s “extra sensory perception.”

“The idea that you might be able to send something extra with an extra sense. It’s kind of like having psychic powers right,” Blake said.

After the student successfully named all of the cards without seeing them, Blake left the audience asking themselves how he pulled it off.

Blake’s biggest trick of the night was left for the end of the show. After making his way around the theater, Blake ended up right where he started, on the front stage. It was there that he invited another student to help set up his next trick.

“I want us to choose a word, I want to put on the checklist a list of words that are synonyms or related to the idea of magic and you’re gonna help me choose one. So all you’re gonna do is you’re gonna help me choose a word, we’re going to roll some dice and roll them on the table.

We’ll add them up whatever number we get,” Blake said.

After shuffling and adding, Blake came up with the word “phantasmagorical.” From then on he asked six students to participate by giving him a number. Blake noted the numbers and pointed to a box.

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“This box has a wish inside. I wished for a lottery ticket. Every single day, I ask six people to give me six numbers, and every single day, they get them wrong,” Blake said.

Blake shocked his audience by revealing a printed lottery ticket with the six numbers students had just provided him with.

As students looked on in wonder, the magician wrapped up the show by adding in the magic word.

“This whole night it’s been absolutely phantasmagorical,” Blake said.

The last trick demonstrated how Blake tied together the whole show with subtle bits and pieces that he had been giving the audience throughout the night.

Zaynab Alhakawati, one of the ASI event coordinators, said the idea to host a virtual magic show came from Trang Tan, ASI’s student programmer.

“I know we wanted something really engaging and that was something that we definitely got out of this event. It was really cool to see him call out students, and kind of like, be in the studio in person on Zoom. So I really enjoyed that aspect as well,” Alhakawati said.

Just like the audience, Alhakawati said that she had no idea how Blake pulled off his impressive tricks.

“Of course like none of us are experienced in magic or anything like that. But it was kind of fun to sit there and kind of analyze, ‘oh my god how do you think he did that?’” Alhakawati said.

Alhakawati said that the planning process meant that they had to leave a lot of trust in the artist’s hands. That trust paid off because Alhakawati said she was happy with the results.

Alhakawati and her ASI colleagues said that they hope to put on a live in-person magic show for students if they’re able to return to campus safely in the fall.

“If the pandemic ends and we were able to go on campus, having a show like this in person, let’s say like at the pub in the TSU or something like that would be really cool as well, so kind of thinking of different opportunities for the future,” Alhakawati said.

Alhakawati also said that she encourages students to keep an eye out for future events.

“We’ve been putting a lot of work into keeping students engaged virtually this past year, and it’s definitely challenging, but it’s a great way for us as coordinators to get more experience and kind of like help out other students,” Alhakawati said.

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Stop pressuring couples to have children especially painful.

According to Fertility Partnership, 20% of couples are faced with “unexplained fertility,” which can be devastating for those that are trying to conceive. Unexplained fertility is a term used when the male’s sperm ALLISON SWEIGARD Staff Writer meets normal standards and the female has regular ovulation, as well as a normal egg supply and open fallopian tubes. In other words, the couple First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a car- is healthy, their reproductive organs are normal, but they are still unable riage, right? Well, this is not the case for everyone, especially newly- to conceive. weds or longtime married couples.

When faced with infertility, many couples look to in vitro Unfortunately, social norms continue to place unfertilization, or IVF, which is the process of fertilizing necessary expectations on couples and older indian egg, or eggs, with sperm inside of a petri dish; viduals to have children, labelling those who the eggs are then transferred by catheter to the can’t or don’t want to conceive as selfish. mother or carrier’s uterus.

However, in reality, nobody should feel Basic IVF treatments can cost anyshame or guilt when choosing passions where from $10,000 to $15,000, which and life routes that do not include is a huge sum of money for an average children. Friends and family memcouple. bers need to consider this before These couples may not only deal judging people’s decisions. with the disappointment of being Social rules and opinions from unable to conceive, but also posloved ones can often put a lot of sible financial stress. The strugpressure on couples to have kids, gle of infertility is already a huge despite whether or not they want weight to carry, so when others to conceive. Bringing up the topare constantly asking couples why ic of children to a couple and exthey have not had a baby yet, that pecting an affirmative answer can weight becomes overbearing. bring on a feeling of shame for Many couples, women especially, them. can feel shame and disappointment Angela Ruth, co-founder and marin themselves and their bodies for beketing director of a payment company ing unable to get pregnant. They tend called Due, said that she is not passionto blame themselves for this sometimes ate about having children, and those who unexplainable burden. feel the same way shouldn’t have them even Choosing to have children is a personal if it breaks social norms. choice, and is not for everyone. Many feel enSome people feel more passionate about their titled to ask couples they are close to about their JADE MCINTYRE / DAILY TITAN businesses or careers than about raising a family — efforts to have children, but it’s time to break that and that’s okay. Having children can be incredibly stressnorm. ful and too much of a responsibility for those that are extremely foAs interesting as it may be to ask a newly married friend if they are cused and dedicated to their careers, and people shouldn’t have to going to have kids or if they are trying for kids, think again. These types feel guilty for avoiding that responsibility. of questions need to stop being so commonly asked and instead people Parenting is a sensitive topic for anyone, but for those trying need to respect the privacy that couples deserve when it comes to conto conceive and are unable to, the expectation to have a baby is ceiving and infertility.

Reinforcing expectations to conceive induces shame for those who are infertile or work-oriented.

Superiority complex is killing the planet Arrogant attitudes toward other species result in environmental devastation.

BRIAN GARCIA Staff Writer

Whether we like it or not, humans are a part of the animal kingdom and share the same space with every other organism on Earth. Despite this, the human species has created and upheld the false conclusion that we are far smarter than and superior to the rest of the animal kingdom.

While this inaccurate opinion may seem simple and unimportant, its dangers reveal themselves through human-made damages to the planet’s environment.

The idea of superiority undoubtedly comes from the belief that we have become more “civilized” than the other animals we share

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the world with. It definitely makes sense seeing that most of the world is covered by cities, towns, states and countries that vastly outnumber the wilderness surrounding, but the advancements of human civilization do not provide leeway for environmental destruction.

The devastating effects of humans’ superiority complex is evident in too many places to count. In the ocean, there have been multiple oil spills that have decimated ecosystems, there are island-sized piles of trash where currents meet and fish populations are being overfished. The rainforest has seen similar issues like being cut down at an alarming rate leading to animals being pushed out of their homes and driven dangerously close to extinction.

These are just two examples, both revealing the devastation humans can

cause through their supposed intelligence. While other species are unable to perform similar tasks to humans, the human race is the only one creating exponential harm.

Just one example of a species that offers more good to the world than humans is insects.

Insects like ants and bees, while they may seem insignificant, are actually incredibly complex and perform a variety of different jobs for their survival.

There are different types of each insect that do specialized jobs for the good of the colony such as construction, foraging for food and protecting eggs among many others.

They do all of these jobs while keeping a complex hive or hill that they live in which can look surprisingly similar in structure to human roads and neighborhoods.

Additionally, they perform a number of

important tasks that are essential to our own survival like the pollination that bees perform for most of our crops.

Humanity is on a dangerous course to disaster that many scientists have warned us about, specifically in regard to climate change. If we don’t change our actions fast, we will seal Earth’s fate before future generations will ever have a chance to experience the beauty and splendor of our great home. But, it doesn’t have to be this way If we listen to the signs that mother nature is constantly sending us then we can realize that it’s time to change the way we live. Humans need to accept that we are no different from other species, we don’t own the Earth and we need to stop focusing on consumption and live within our means.

We run the planet like there is an infinite amount of

resources, yet that couldn’t be further from the truth.

We act like nothing we do has any real consequences yet everyday we continually contribute to practices that are lowering what could be an incredibly long lifespan for our planet.

The chance of us existing on Earth is so miniscule, and the luck of being on a planet that can sustain life is even smaller than that. Yet humans celebrate that luck by selfishly hurting the planet while other species endure the consequences to our mistakes.

It’s time for humans to accept that we are just a fraction of living things on this planet and we don’t have the right to condemn all life. For a species who has made it to the stars and built skyscrapers taller than mountains, humans are capable of saving the planet and its wildlife before it’s too late.

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Sexism sparked Suez Canal accusations Women in maledominated industries face unwarranted criticism.

MATTHEW COOK Staff Writer

On March 23, the Suez Canal, a central route of passage between Europe and Asia, faced a blockage by a massive container ship named the Ever Given, halting global trade for nearly a week.

Soon after media platforms started covering the canal blockage, fake headlines quickly started culminating online accusing Capt. Marwa Elselehdar of being at command of the ship and thus responsible for the obstruction. In reality, Elselehdar was working in Alexandria, several miles away on a different vessel when the incident occured.

The blame placed on Elselehdar, Egypt’s first female sea captain, is just one example of the sexist and unwarranted criticism that successful women face in male-dominated workforces.

The rumor that Elselehdar was responsible for the Ever Given getting stuck was not a simple mistake or blurb of false information. Trolls on social media deliberately altered a headline by Arab News about the Suez Canal to read “Cargo Ship crashes into Suez Canal, First female Arab Llyod captain involved in incident” and shared the fake headline online.

Instead of reflecting on the seriousness of global trade being halted by the canal’s blockage, these social media users chose to spread lies about Egypt’s first female sea captain in an attempt to tarnish her reputation.

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According to the International Maritime Organization, women only make up 2% of the 1.2 million workers. While Elselehdar’s accomplishment in becoming a sea captain deserves high praise and recognition, it was the accusatory and defacing rumors about her that made headlines.

In an interview with BBC News, Elselehdar shared her experiences with sexism in her profession, even before the Suez Canal blockage.

“Onboard, they were all older men with different mentalities, so it was difficult not to be able to find like-minded people to communicate with,” Elselehdar said in reference to her nautical training.

She went on to explain the idea her society had with a woman working at sea.

“People in our society still don’t accept the idea of girls working in the sea away from their families for a long time,” Elselehdar added.

Elselehdar’s accomplishments being twisted to make her look bad is nothing new for successful women. Madeline Heilman, professor of psychology at New York University, said, “Success is OK for a woman if it’s in an area that is not off limits to them.

What we are seeing is a reaction to their violation of stereotyped norms.”

A study by the American Psychological Association shows that successful women in male-dominated professions are looked down upon. The study proved that women in fields such as education or employee assistance are less likely to be perceived negatively. However, women who are successful in jobs composed mostly of men, such as finance or engineering,

CINDY PROAÑO / DAILY TITAN are treated unfairly because of biases their co-workers and members of society have towards women working in these fields.

It is already difficult for women to achieve success in male-dominated industries.

When women do achieve this success and are subsequently scrutinized, they are taught to feel shame for their accomplishments and those who look up to them are taught to lower their expectations for their career path.

Women have a right to work in any profession just as much as men, and it’s time for people to put their egos and biases aside to make way for the best potential candidates in their professions.

In response to the unnecessary criticism against her, Elselehdar stated, “I felt that I might be targeted maybe

because I’m a successful female in this field or because I’m Egyptian, but I’m not sure.”

Being blamed for simply being a successful female or having a certain ethnicity should never be tolerated, and Elselehdar’s feelings towards her critics are valid.

Not only were media platforms in the wrong for making false accusations, but those who believed these lies and continued to spread them carry just as much responsibility for this insult against Elselehdar’s reputation.

While Elselehdar was unjustly faced with discrimination, the news of the Suez Canal blockage and fabricated stories about her part in it at least allowed her to gain global recognition.

The general public would most likely have remained unaware of Elselehdar or her accomplishments as Egypt’s first

female sea captain if social media trolls did not try to tear her down.

Now that the truth has come out and Elselehdar’s reputation has remained intact, it is clear that this sea captain is an inspiration for women of color and a symbol of strength and perseverance for women in male-dominated industries.

The unjust bias toward women in fields like Elselehdar’s needs to change. Whether it’s sexual harassment, equal pay or false accusations, sexism toward successful women in unexpecting professions has been embedded in our society that women are treated unfairly in the workplace. The world needs to teach young women that they can strive for anything they want and offer support for the women who fought against gender bias to achieve their dreams.

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Clutch: Titans earn wins in final innings 1 Fullerton’s Caden Connor recorded the winning RBIs, bringing in two runners home off a double. The freshman outfielder has put up impressive numbers in his first collegiate season, maintaining a .333 batting average in addition to 18 RBIs on the season.

The series opened on Friday with a Fullerton victory, with the Titans’ offense putting up nine runs and 13 hits in their 9-3 rout over the Aggies.

Already ahead 2-0, Fullerton surged in the fifth inning where they recorded five runs in the fifth inning. Brendan Bobo put a stamp on their scoring spree with a threerun home run, his third of the season.

Pitcher Tanner Bibee provided a solid performance for Fullerton in his start, earning the win through seven innings of work while allowing five hits and three runs. Landon Anderson performed well in his two innings of relief, as he struck out four batters without CONTINUED FROM

giving up a run or a hit.

Jason Brandow was effective at the plate, batting 3-5 with two RBIs. Saturday provided a doubleheader, where Davis was able to rebound from their loss the night before on their way to a 9-7 victory in comeback fashion.

After Fullerton took a 5-2 lead in the top of the fifth, Davis quickly flipped the script and scored five runs in the inning to take the goahead lead. The Aggies managed to add a run in each of the next two innings to extend their lead.

Although Fullerton was able to add a pair of runs in the eighth inning, Davis pitcher Nick Johnson kept the Titans from adding any more, retiring the side and closing out the game.

Saturday’s second game followed shortly after, and while the first two contests saw both offenses light up the scoreboard, game three of the series was a defensive battle that came down to the final inning, as Fullerton took the 2-1 victory.

It was pitchers’ duel between Fullerton’s Michael Knorr and Davis’ Tim Wieser, who kept both of the team’s batters from generating much offense. Knorr came out the victor in the matchup, earning the win over his counterpart. Through eight innings, he only gave up five hits and one run while striking out five batters.

Down 1-0 in the ninth inning, Fullerton put runners on the corners, which gave Cole Urman the opportunity to take the go-ahead lead and the eventual victory with a two run RBI single.

After starting their season 4-12, the Titans have crept their way to a near .500 overall record of 15-16 in the midst of conference play.

Fullerton has a 8-4 record during Big West competition, good for third place in the conference.

The Titans continue their conference slate this weekend with a four-game series against Cal State Northridge. Game one of the series is scheduled to start on Friday at 3 p.m.

Caden Connor, seen here on April 10, brought in the go-ahead RBIs against UC Davis on Sunday. (Andre Gomez / Daily Titan)

Steal: Tritons take final game of series 1 The Titans remain at the top of the leaderboard at No. 1 in Big West, as they remain undefeated at 12-0 during conference play. Fullerton started off strong as they won the first game, 123, which forced the game to end early at six innings. Senior Sophie Frost excelled from the mound as she went five innings with two strikeouts and zero earned runs.

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Although most of the runs came in the first and third inning, the Titans finished the last inning with five runs, thanks to RBIs from senior Julia Valenzuela, and freshmen KK Humphreys and Peyton Toto.As the series progressed, the Titans continued to lose their grasp on a dominant win, and struggled to stay on top of the scoreboard. By the second game, things were already getting shaky as the Titans

fought the Tritons back and forth for the 7-4 win. Fullerton scored in the first inning to start off the game and UC San Diego snapped back by matching the score at the bottom of the first, and did so again as they matched the CSUF’s two runs in the third inning. It wasn’t until the top of the fifth inning when the Titans took back their lead and ended the tie, 5-3.

The Tritons’ ultimate sabotage

Peyton Toto, seen here on April 10, batted 1-2 against UC San Diego on Saturday (Andre Gomez / Daily Titan)

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was their own batting, especially in the bottom of the sixth inning as they failed to put much pressure on Fullerton’s defense. UC San Diego made the inning easy for Fullerton as all three batters grounded out to shortstop for three back-to-back outs. While the Tritons were able to score one last run in the final inning, it wasn’t enough to beat the Titans.

For Saturday’s doubleheader, the Titans took the first win of the day, 1-0, as Frost threw a complete-game shutout in the extra-innings contest.

Batters for both teams made fielding their hits easy plays with fast innings as they batted grounders, pop flys and striking out swinging. The game lasted nine innings with Humphreys getting the winning RBI. For the second game of the evening, the Titans finally met their match as they lost their 14game winning streak, losing to the Titrons by a score of 6-5. It started out a stalemate as Fullerton went the first three innings without scoring a single run.

The Titans carried over their batting habits from the first

game to the second and these habits caught up to them by the bottom of the third, as UC San Diego scored its first run with a sacrifice bunt.

Although the Titans were able to catch up and eventually surpass the Tritons by the fifth inning, the match proved difficult as both teams went back and forth with runs.

While the Titans were leading 5-2 at the top of the fifth inning, the Tritons were able to climb back into the lead with RBIs from senior Isabel Lavrov, redshirt junior Bobbi Aguirre and senior Danica Kazakoff. The score remained close until the Tritons fought off the Titans and won, 6-5.

The Titans had a chance in the seventh inning, but their efforts fell flat as they left the game with a loss.

The next game for the Titans will be this week at home against the Gauchos of UC Santa Barbara. It will be a fourgame series spanning over the weekend with the first game starting on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Anderson Family Field.

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Titan athletes compete at two meets CSUF split the team to participate in Azusa and Las Vegas this weekend.

KARINA GUTIERREZ Editor

Cal State Fullerton’s track and field teams participated in a pair of meets over the weekend, where the men’s team took home the victory and the women’s team came in second at the Silver State Classic, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The women and men throwers excelled during the hammer throw and shot put events on Friday at the Silver State Classic.

Sinai Fatafehi won the women’s hammer throw while she beat her own personal record with a new best of 55.31 meters.

In men’s hammer throw, Connor Anderson placed third with a toss of 59.64 m, setting him closer to besting the school record of 61.82 m.

In Saturday’s track events, the women’s 4-x100 m relay team placed second, with the squad composed of Deja Allain, Naiah Boardingham, Amir’a Edmond and Hailey Murdica finishing with a time of 46.63 seconds.

When the Titans returned on the second and final day of the meet, Fullerton achieved new bests, such as Christian Wood who leaped 7.20 m which

Marcel Sylvester, seen here on March 13, finished the Silver State Classic at UNLV with a high jump of 6.72 feet on Saturday. (Adam Maldonado / Daily Titan) landed him second place in men’s long jump. Reyte Rash set a personal record with a time of 52.52 in the men’s 400 hurdles.

Corey Gilbert managed to secure second place in the men’s discus with a throw of 53.55 m, and Maya Occiano also beat her personal best in the women’s 400 with a time of 1:01.77, enough for second place.

Remaining undefeated in the 2021 outdoor season, Iesha Hamm won the women’s high jump with 1.78 m. Jelani Minx

snatched third place after clearing 1.62 m, moving her up to the eighth spot on the Titans All-Time list.

Back in Azusa, California, Fullerton’s distance runners scored some new personal records on day one of the Bryan Clay Invitational.

Trinity Ruelas finished with a time of 16:29.86 in the women’s 5000 m, breaking her school record of 16:32.56 which was previously set in March 2019. Meanwhile, Sarah Hollis came in

sixth and surpassed her best time by over 10 seconds in the women’s 3000 m steeplechase.

On the men’s team, Bobby Brana finished in sixth with a time of 9:14.34 in the 3000 m steeplechase with Tony Chavez not far behind as he came in seventh with a time of 9:42.85.

Closing out the meet on Saturday, distance runner Sam Ayala finished with a time of 3:43.05 in the men’s 1500 m, surpassing his own school record, just one week after

breaking Steve Frisone’s 27-year-old record at the Fullerton Spring Invite.

Sam Huerta landed in eighth place during the women’s 1500 m, setting a new personal best of 4:18.20. Demi Marine placed eleventh with a time of 37:03.4 in the women’s 10,000 m, allowing her to secure a spot in the Titans Top 10 AllTime list.

The sprints and distance runners will return on April 22 to compete in the OC Dual hosted by UC Irvine.

Tennis team continues winning streak CSUF earned victories against Hawaii and UC Irvine last weekend.

TAMEKA POLAND Asst. Editor

Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis extended their win streak to four matches as they picked up two victories last weekend, defeating Hawaii and UC Irvine.

During Thursday’s match against Hawaii, the Titans swept in all six singles games while winning two of three doubles games to extend their home court record to 8-2 on the season. The victory handed Hawaii its seventh loss of the season.

After Fullerton’s Eira Tombrand and Misaki Kobayashi lost to their opponents Nikola Dolakiva and Satsuki Takamura, 6-1, the remaining doubles teams managed to defend their home court and pick up the key point.

They were followed by fellow Titans YuSeung Suh and Natalie Duffy as they outplayed their opponents Madison Kim and Lea Romain to get the 6-2 victory.

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Misaki Kobayashi, seen here on March 20, led in her singles match against UC Irvine before the match was forced to end early on Saturday. (Andre Gomez / Daily Titan) matches up 1-0.

In the singles matches, Fullerton won all six games, with three games going unfinished and one game being retired.

Fullerton’s Juliette Daries defeated Rebecca Ehn in both sets, allowing under five points in both games with a 6-4 and 3-1 score before retiring her opponent.

Tobrand went down in her first set 2-6, but made a dominant comeback to defeat her opponent in the next two sets, and won both sets, 6-2.

Duffy played a tough opponent in Alexis Merril as she won the first game 6-1, but lost the second game, 5-7. However, she fought back and won, 6-1, in the third game to secure the conference victory, 4-0, for the Titans.

Acidera and Suh sent their singles matches to a third set, but they also were forced to conclude their matches early as Fullerton had already clinched the victory.

Seniors Acidera, Taylor Valenzuela and Genevive

Zeidan were celebrated as the team congratulated them on their success and time at Fullerton. The three seniors were a part of history when they helped the team reach the Big West Conference Championships in 2018.

On Saturday, the Titans were back on the road to take on UC Irvine for their second meeting of the season. The last time these two teams met was in February when the Titans beat the Anteaters, 4-3.

The Titans swept the series

against the Anteaters, 4-0, extending Fullerton’s road record to 3-3 and their overall record to 11-5.

Fullerton, still riding high on their momentum, won two out of three doubles games and won the first three singles matches to end their afternoon early.

Tobrand and Kobayashi defeated Jessica Tsukiji and Alyssia Fossorier, 6-3.

To finish out the doubles matches Suh and Duffy defeated Emily Fowler and Dasee Carter, 6-2, and gave the Titans the lead, 1-0, heading into the singles matches. Garcia and Acidera’s matches were cut short while they held a 5-3 lead.

In the singles games both Duffy and Acidera beat their opponents in straight sets.

Duffy defeated Arianna Tilbury 6-3 in both sets, while teammate Acidera defeated her opponent Fossorier, 6-4 and 7-5.

Already up 3-0 after the first two singles matches, Garcia faced a tough opponent in Dasee Carter who went three sets with Garcia and lost the first, 3-6, but mustered up a comeback winning the next set 6-0 and a nail-biter in game three 7-6, securing the 4-0 victory for Fullerton.

Fullerton will continue on the road and resume play against their last conference opponent Cal State Northridge this Wednesday at 2 p.m. This will be the last game before the Big West championships that are set to begin on Friday.

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Leisure 11

WEEK OF MONDAY, APRIL 19

WRITTEN by Stepheny Gehrig

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This week, try to remember your dreams.

You might find that the solutions you dream up might be useful in your day-to-day life.

Your schedule will go accordingly this week.

Everything will fall into place. You have a lot to look forward to.

Keep yourself in check this week. You might see yourself losing track of your tasks, but if you set a list or some reminders, you can be more successful this week.

Try to ground yourself and distance yourself from the influences of others. You may be easily swayed, but distancing yourself would allow you to form your own opinions.

Take on your challenges this week. You might find yourself to be more resilient and up to taking on your challenges.

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Cherish this week. Cancer, you will be hit with all the love that you have been dreaming for. Take in all the love coming your way.

Keep track of those around you and keep in mind how they treat you. Taking note of these things could lead you to realize the toxicity in some of your relationships and the beauty in others.

Take advantage of your creativity this week. As you come into the week, you’ll find yourself to be more creative than usual. Use this to your advantage and find new hobbies to take up.

Obstacles may come up this week that will set you back. But if you reach out to others, you might find that you can find perseverance through the support of others.

You might be feeling that you’re distanced from others recently, but this week take the effort to reach out to others.

Relationships work both ways, make sure you put effort in to nurture your relationships.

Use this week to learn to not doubt yourself. You might feel doubts toward your intuition this week, but take some time to recognize what the source of that doubt is.

Chipotle’s Guacamole Recipe Ingredients Avocados Lime and lemon juice Salt Red onion Jalapeño peppers Cilantro 1. Cut a few avocados in half depending on how much guacamole you want to make. Remove the pit and scoop out the avocado.

2. Toss the avocado in the bowl with lemon and lime juice. Mash them together.

3. Finely chop cilantro, red onion and jalapeño peppers and add it to the avocado mixture.

4. Add salt to taste and mix it all together.

5. Enjoy!

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12 Sports

WEEK OF MONDAY, APRIL 19

Women’s golf start Big West championships The Titans will tee off on Monday against Long Beach State and UC Irvine in Yorba Linda.

HUGO RIOS Asst. Editor

In their potential final tournament, Cal State Fullerton women’s golf looks to finish their season out strong in the Big West women’s golf championship starting on Monday.

The three-day tournament will host nine teams from the Big West at the Yorba Linda Country Club. Due to current COVID-19 guidelines, spectators will not be granted entrance inside the country club.

The Titans have struggled this season placing high as a team, only finishing in the top half of their tournaments just once this season back in February at the Valley Invitational, in which they placed third.

Despite the team struggles, sophomore Brittany Shin has come into her own this season, and has yet to finish outside the top-20 individually in any invitational this year.

Shin has also claimed two 1st place finishes this season, with her most recent victory being the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic earlier this month.

After her most recent win, Shin was named the Big West women’s golfer of the month for the second time this season earning golfer of the month honors for the third time in her collegiate career.

This year has been rather unusual for the Big West, with all nine teams subjected to shorter seasons than years prior due to COVID-19. Not one team has competed in more than six tournaments this season, while teams like Cal State Northridge and UC Davis have only competed in three and four, respectively.

While Fullerton has struggled to place high throughout the season, only three teams in the Big West in Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Davis and Hawai’i have managed to secure top three finishes in an event this season.

Cal Poly SLO has finished

in the top three in three out of six events this season. While the team has been rather inconsistent, and failed to finish in the top eight in three consecutive events. They finished in third place at the Fresno Classic last week, led by redshirt sophomore Vanessa Wang, who finished in 5th individually and secured the No.1 seed heading into the Big West championship.

Even though UC Davis finished in last place in their second tournament of the year, the Aggies have been consistently near the top ever since, winning the Anuenue Spring Break Invitational in March and finished 6th in the Fresno Classic.

After a disappointing 11th place finish to start the season, Hawai’i has been the most consistent team in the Big West conference. The Rainbow Warriors have finished near the top at every event they have competed in, winning the Pearl Collegiate Classic in February and finished in 3rd and 2nd place in their following events. Their lowest finish since their first event was 7th place at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic, which still landed them in the top half of the event.

While there is plenty of uncertainty for most teams heading into the Big West championship, it will be interesting to see which team shows up to win it all and claim bragging rights in the Big West. Long Beach State currently lays claims to the Big West title, having won the honors in back-to-back years in 2018 and 2019.

The tournament is set to begin on Monday with Cal Poly SLO, UC Davis and Hawai’i starting at 7:30 a.m. followed by Long Beach State, UCI and Fullerton at 8:20 a.m. and UC Riverside, Cal State Bakersfield and Cal State Northridge starting at 9:10 a.m.

Brittany Shin has been CSUF’s number one golfer this season.

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