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April 5, 2010

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Small businesses cope in Fullerton

Several small businesses discuss how they have been managing their companies during the downturn NEWS, Page 4

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Titans sweep Big West foe

Venue change requested in Stewart case By cort tafoya

Daily Titan Staff writer news@dailytitan.com

Defense attorneys for Andrew Gallo, the man accused of killing Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others in an alcohol-related car-crash a year ago, requested a change of venue April 1. The attorneys cited negative pretrial publicity as the primary reason to move the trial out of the Orange County area. The motion to move the trial will occur May 28 in front of Superior Court Judge Richard Toohey. Gallo, who is charged with three counts of seconddegree murder, drunken driving causing great bodily harm and driving under the influence, had pleaded not guilty. Gallo’s minivan ran a red light April 9, 2009, and crashed into a Mitsubishi Eclipse that was carrying Adenhart, 20-year-old former Cal State Fullerton cheerleader Courtney Stewart and Henry Pearson, a 25-yearold law student. The fourth passenger and only survivor was 24 year-old Jonathon Wilhite, a former CSUF baseball player who is still recovering from injuries.

photo By sue lagarde/For the Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton baseball team looks on during the Titans’ 3-0 non-conference victory over the Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors March 26 at Goodwin Field.

we proved to ourselves we could come from behind and win a close one. This was a character builder for this team.” In his third start of the season, senior righty Kyle Mertins overcame some early control issues (six walks including a hit batsman) to throw 6.2 innings allowing just two runs on four hits, while striking out five. “I think a couple times I just got too amped up and tried to do too much instead of just going back to my old self and throwing strikes,” Mertins said. “I think I found my groove in the middle of the game, just throwing strikes. I felt good.”

By Brian Whitehead

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

Though the Cal State Fullerton baseball team (15-11, 3-0) did not score 20 runs (like they did on Thursday) or 23 runs (like they did on Friday), they did score just enough Saturday to squeak out a 3-2 win against the visiting UC Davis Aggies. “If the coaching staff could’ve scripted it any way, this would be the way,” Titan Head Coach Dave Serrano said. “We proved we could win the lopsided games pretty easily and

The Aggies got on the board first via an RBI-single in the first inning by sophomore right fielder David Popkins. Popkins padded the UC Davis lead to 2-0 in the top of the third with an RBI groundout. With two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Titans loaded the bases for sophomore right fielder Tyler Pill who tied the game with a twoRBI double to left field. Pill’s double scored junior shortstop Christian Colon (who started the two-out rally with a single) and junior center fielder Gary Brown (who followed Colon’s single with getting hit by a pitch).

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“I was looking for something I could drive,” Pill said. “I knew he was going to throw the fastball because he was struggling with everything else, so I just went with the pitch. I just got what I wanted.” With the score knotted at two, sophomore first baseman Nick Ramirez led off the sixth inning with a double to left-center. In an attempt to move Ramirez to third, senior third baseman Joey Siddons’ sacrifice bunt hugged the third-base line for a single. See SPORTS, Page 10

Theater majors must face juries By Lindsay White

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Finals are a stressful for college students, but on top of exams, secondyear theater and musical theater majors have to showcase their skills in front of juries every May. This process determines whether the students will be permitted to continue on the path to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Cal State Fullerton’s theater department is highly impacted and there is not enough room for every student, no matter how talented, said theater

graphic Courtesy UNited States Geological survey The Salton Sea and Baja California (above) were centers of seismic activity Sunday with 20 quakes magnitude 4.0 or higher.

professor Eve Himmelheber. The jury is used as an assessment process to see how far along the training has taken students, said theater professor Maria Cominis. It is to see where they stand after the first two years of training. Throughout their second year, theater and musical theater majors prepare for each of the juries. At the end of the first semester, the students perform in front of their first jury, Cominis said. The faculty then cuts the number of students from 100 to about 70. See THEATER, Page 2

By cort tafoya

Daily Titan Staff writer news@dailytitan.com

photo By lindsay white/For the Daily Titan Kaitlyn Etter performs in front of her class while many of her peers must prepare for their jury showcase.

Cuts continue to harm Fullerton programs Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

When Christina Garner led her Fullerton High School Spanish class on a virtual tour of a museum in Uruguay last year, she was amazed at how many students had never been inside a museum. That day, she made it her mission to get them to as many ‘real-world’ museums as she could. Her students have been to six this year, including The Muckenthaler and the Fullerton Mu-

seum Center. decades may become relics of the past. “So far I’ve met my goals. I’ve taken On March 9 the city council held the them to almost every first of several budmuseum I can get get workshops to try them to. And I’m goto close the gap on a ing to keep doing it,” $5.5 million shortfall Garner said. for fiscal year 2010Maybe not. Like 2011, which begins many cities across the July 1. country, Fullerton Although cuts are is grappling with a expected to be made – Zoot Velasco massive budget defiin all departments, executive director cit and the arts and one hotly-debated cultural programs edissue is a proposed ucators and residents have enjoyed for $80,000 funding cut to The Mucken-

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I’m willing to take a cut, but our cut should be more proportional.”

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By Jennifer Karmarkar

thaler Cultural Center, which has provided arts and cultural programs to the community for more than 40 years. Since the announcement, the city has received dozens of letters supporting The Muckenthaler. Last month about 150 people attended a city council budget meeting to protest the cuts. “The cuts (to the Muckenthaler) will cut out a lot of programs that are actively being used by a lot of different parts of the community,” Garner said. See BUDGET, Page 2

Multiple earthquakes erupted Sunday afternoon in Southern California and Mexico resulting in scattered power outages and aftershocks felt in three different states. The largest earthquake, a 7.2 magnitude, occurred near the Mexicali region of Mexico at 3:40 p.m., causing aftershocks that rattled Orange County. The quake happened along the Laguna Salada fault line in Baja California. Two students working in the Titan Recreation Center reacted to the aftershocks felt on Cal State Fullerton’s campus. “I saw all the lights shaking. The water in the pool was shaking,” said Vince Rosas, a 19-year-old mechanical engineering major. “I looked up and was hoping the lights over head weren’t going to fall on me. Everyone in the gym literally stopped moving.” Another CSUF student, Quang Ho, a 19-year-old kinesiology major, was working in the SRC’s weight room when he also felt aftershocks. At first he thought he was experiencing nausea. “I thought something was wrong with me. I thought I was going to pass out if I didn’t sit down,” Ho said. “I went to see what the procedure was (in case of an earthquake). Then I went back to my desk and tried to stay calm.” All of the earthquakes in Southern California were minor and no major damage has been reported. Professor David Bowman, associate professor and chair of the department of geological sciences at CSUF, said he is trying to get permission to take a trip with a team of earthquake experts to Mexicali to study what happened. He also said Orange County residents should expect additional aftershocks.

April 5, 2010

IN OTHER NEWS theater: Juries for the fine arts

INTERNATIONAL

Iraq bombers target embassies, killing 4 BAGHDAD – At least 41 people were killed and 237 wounded Sunday in three suicide car bombings targeting the Iranian and German embassies and the Egyptian Consulate in a span of 30 minutes. The attacks, which Iraqi government officials blamed on the Sunni Arab extremist group al-Qaida in Iraq, came less than two days after unknown gunmen in uniforms massacred 25 people in a Sunni district south of Baghdad. The ongoing carnage raises fears the security situation could unravel before Iraq’s next government is formed, as armed groups and political parties look to exploit the uncertain period after last month’s national elections.

NATIONAL Michelle Obama’s brother writes a memoir WASHINGTON –The news might have set off alarms in some past administrations: The president’s brother-in-law has written a book. But you won’t find dirty laundry in a memoir from first lady Michelle Obama’s brother, Oregon State basketball coach Craig Robinson. The book, “A Game of Character,” which has a foreword by their mother, Marian Robinson, is due out April 20. Craig Robinson writes that he and his parents didn’t think Barack Obama stood much of a chance with his sister when they met him. He and his parents were out on their porch on a hot summer night in Chicago when the couple stopped by to say hello on their way to a movie. “Well, he’s tall,” Marian Robinson said while Obama was out of earshot. “Not a bad-looking guy either,” said her husband, Fraser. But even though the suitor struck the Robinsons as a self-possessed man with a nice smile and firm handshake, they figured he wasn’t a keeper. “Too bad,” Marian said. “Yep,” Fraser answered. “She’ll eat him alive.”

STATE

Redlands vote to affect Wal-Mart

REDLANDS – The fate of a Wal-Mart Supercenter and big-box development will soon be in the hands of city voters. An initiative called Measure O will appear on the June 8 ballot. It proposes to greatly restrict the development of large retail stores like Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart. If passed, the initiative would stop Wal-Mart from building a new Supercenter in north Redlands. But Measure O is written to prohibit all big-box stores from building in Redlands – not just Wal-Mart. “This is not singularly a Wal-Mart issue,” said Aaron Rios, a spokesman for Wal-Mart. “This will limit the choices of the city of Redlands for years to come.” Measure O could prevent any business from expanding the same way Wal-Mart has in mind. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kathie Thurston suggested Kmart.

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“We receive assessment forms after the first jury to see what needs improvement,” said Abby Hankins, 19, musical theater major. Hankins is currently a secondyear student who passed the December jury and is preparing for the May jury. In December, Hankins sang two songs for her singing jury and performed a three-minute scene for her acting jury. In May, singing, acting and dancing juries are held. These analyses normally occur during the week of finals, Himmelheber said, with voice students auditioning on the Saturday before finals, dance students on Sunday and acting students on Monday and Tuesday nights. Each theater major has to perform in front of the acting jury, Himmelheber said, but if the student doesn’t pass, it’s not the end of the line. “If a student does not pass (he or she) is not out of the department, (he or she is) just not in the running for a BFA,” Himmelheber said. “There are still other degrees offered in the theater department.” Other degrees that the theater department offers include a Liberal Arts Degree and a Bachelor of Arts Degree, Himmelheber said. Students can choose an emphasis, whether it’s in directing, lighting or any of the other areas of theater. The students hear back from the faculty on whether they passed the jury by the Wednesday or Thursday of finals week. A letter with a list of courses that are required for the next semester is sent to each student who has passed, Himmelheber said. The faculty makes sure to send the notifications out after finals are over in the theater classes so students don’t slack off. Once students pass the jury, they are assigned certain classes to take, and have to meet with faculty ev-

By Leonard suryajaya/For the Daily Titan Bat Boy, a comedic production shown by the Theater Department was a creation of the now-out-of-print, Weekly World News.

ery semester to report the progress, Himmelheber said. “Even as a junior, the students are still on probation and continue performing for juries,” Himmelheber said. “And any student can be released from the BFA running if they are not responsive to the training or if they have bad grades.” Many of the students who don’t pass continue as theater majors and

receive their Liberal Arts Degree and are still able to act. “I encourage all of my students to give (the jury) a shot,” Cominis said. “If they don’t pass the BFA jury it doesn’t mean they won’t act.” The goal of the juries is to prepare the students to be successful in the industry, Himmelheber said. Students are put through a lot of

pressure, but it gets them ready for the real world. “I completely agree with the program here,” Hankins said. “They don’t baby us; if we aren’t putting out our best work then we get cut from the program. It prepares us for the professional world. If we want to do this for a living then we need to be prepared for the pressure.”

budget: the culture of fullerton is affected From Page 1 “The car show crowd is totally different than the crowd that comes to see the dancers from Guam, which is totally different than the kids that go see the hip-hop event. They’re serving so many sectors of the community and it would really be a shame to lose that. It would really cut down on the vitality and life of our city,” Garner added. The proposed cut represents 12 percent of The Muckenthaler’s overall budget and 100 percent of their programming budget, Executive Director Zoot Velasco said. If the cut is approved, they could lose three part-time staff positions and would have to implement a five to 10 percent salary decrease. Several classes and programs could also be eliminated, including the Korean Sister City exhibit with Yongin, Korea, in July and three free summer festivals. “We love the city, they’ve been a great partner,” Velasco said. “I just think that this is a bit unfair to ask us to take a 100 percent cut when Parks and Recreation was asked to cut their whole dept by 10 percent. I’m willing to take a cut, but our cut should be more proportional.” Velasco said some of the city money is used to match funds for grants, which allows them to compete for better programs. He added that for every dollar the city gives them they raise five, which makes them, a “really good buy for the city.”

“We’ve been knocked for being successful for raising other funds and you would think that would be a plus,” Velasco said. “The city is happy about that but when something like this happens they say you don’t need that $80,000 because you can raise funds on your own.” Fullerton City Manager Chris Meyer sees things differently. “From a city management standpoint, I’m focusing on providing basic core services and I’m doing the best to protect (the city) so that’s why the recommendation went forward.” Meyer said Parks and Recreation was asked to cut about $323,000 and The Muckenthaler’s portion amounts to 25 percent of that cut, which doesn’t strike him as particularly large. “You have to ask yourself where your priorities are. At this point, we are trying to focus on protecting core services, which to me are police, fire, sewer, water, streets and street lights,” Meyer explained. City officials said the city is currently spending $5 million more a year than they take in, a rate that will deplete their cash reserves within 18 months. About $3 million in cuts have been unofficially approved by the city council. They include eliminating three vacant firefighter positions, closing the Hunt Branch library on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and closing the main

library on Fridays. Budget cuts will also impact maintenance services, youth sports programs and senior van transportation. “This is a tough year and next year is going to be tougher,” Meyer said. “I think we’re going to have a “new normal” in terms of service and revenues coming in. We’re just now getting to the point where we’re starting to see what that’s going to be.”

March 5, 2010

Whitman’s deep pockets put her ahead of Brown, poll shows

photo By Juanita Vasquez/Daily Titan Staff Writer Students Sammy Quezada, 21; Christine Tirona, 28; and Jesus Herrera, 19; making ice cream during California Science Teachers Association’s The Science of Ice Cream event on March 25.

Students learn art of ice cream By Juanita Vasquez

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

It's cold. It's sweet. It's creamy. And that burst of vanilla mixed with the satisfying thought that the ice cream is your own creation is incredibly refreshing. During The Science of Ice Cream, an event sponsored by the student chapter of the California Science Teachers Association (CTSA), students learned to make their own ice cream – with science. Around 10 students, not all members of CSTA, gathered in a sixth-floor classroom in McCarthy Hall March 25 to create the creamy frozen treat. "It's a science experiment," said Megan Tommerup, the faculty adviser to CSTA, as students poured ingredients into bags. "If it doesn't work one way, then try it another!" It seems that the highest quality ice cream has the fewest ingredients. Besides cream, ice cream has just a few essential ingredients, mainly: sugar, milk and vanilla. After students placed the liquid ice cream mixture into small Ziploc bags, they were placed inside a larger bag filled with ice cubes and rock salt. Then came the 10 min-

utes in which they rocked, massaged, kneaded and rolled their ice-filled bag until the contents of the smaller bag solidified. Christine Tirona, 28, said she heard about CSTA in one of Tommerup's classes. Although she had never made ice cream before, but she had made butter with the special education students she works with in Garden Grove. Tirona said she liked her ice cream, but "the process was really cold." A fact sheet provided by Tommerup explained the function salt plays in the making of ice cream. When salt comes into contact with ice, the freezing point of ice is lowered, creating and an environment in which the milk mixture can freeze at a temperature below the freezing point of water. When the kneading was over and the frozen contents of the bags was poured onto plates, students decorated their ice cream with toppings, green cherries being the cause of some commotion, and indulged in their frozen creation. Ruth Prendez, a child and adolescent studies major and co-president of CSTA, said that they had been planning the event for about two weeks. "We weren't sure how many people were going to come because it's late," Prendez said. "So we just went around trying to get people involved, ’cause we're just trying to promote that sci-

ence is fun and it's for everybody. Science is everywhere!" she added. The student chapter of CSTA seeks to provide opportunities for future teachers of science and science enthusiasts to promote and support aspects of effective science learning and teaching, to increase scientific literacy and the application of science to everyday life and to make science fun for everyone. "This is the first semester that CSTA is recognized as an actual club," said CSTA Co-President Sammy Quezada, a 21-year-old liberal arts major who joined in spring 2009, when the organization was loosely started. "We knew what we wanted to do but we were a little unorganized," said Tommerup. "So I recruited these guys (Quezada and Prendez) and we got a core group going last fall that really is into it. They're inspired and seem to really want to get things done." According to the United States Department of Agriculture, in 2006, the U.S. led the world in annual production of ice cream and related frozen desserts at about 1.6 billion gallons. The USDA also placed California as the manufacturer of the largest volume of ice cream and related frozen desserts in the United States.

MCT– Republican Meg Whitman's unprecedented spending spree in the race for governor of California has rocketed her into a narrow lead against Democrat Jerry Brown, while incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer is holding her own as a trio of little-known GOP candidates vies to challenge her, a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll has found. Whitman, who gave her campaign a record-breaking $39 million to finance a blistering pace of television advertising, carried 44 percent of voters to Brown's 41 percent. The campaign by Brown, the former governor and current attorney general, has been the antithesis of Whitman's, operating under the radar except for a brief burst of publicity in early March when he an- who sells real estate in southern Los Angeles and northern Orange counnounced his intent to run. In her first bid for elective office, ties and who has tentatively sided with Whitman was easily outdistancing her Whitman. "I'm not discounting the fact that fellow Republican, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, with a 40-point Jerry Brown has dedicated his life to lead in the poll as they move toward California and needs to be honored for that," Sutton, a nonpartisan voter, said the June primary. in a follow-up inIn the Republiterview. "I prefer can Senate contest, Meg Whitman former U.S. Rep. because she has Tom Campbell corporate expeheld a slim lead over rience and exone-time Hewlett pertise to create Packard chief Carly – Donald Sutton jobs." Fiorina, 29 percent Real Estate Agent Brown was to 25 percent. Combeing propelled ing in a distant third by party loyalty was Orange County Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, at 9 –Democrats far outnumber Republicans in California – and lingering percent. At this early stage of the campaign, goodwill from his eight years as govBoxer had a comfortable cushion over ernor, ending in 1983. His positive a generic Republican, 48 percent to 34 ratings increased along with the age of percent, as she seeks her fourth term. the voter, from a 24 percent favorable While somewhat diminished in popu- impression among those 18 to 29 years larity, Boxer maintains a positive im- old to 48 percent among those 45 and pression among California voters, the older. "I'm a Democrat and I'm going to poll found. The survey indicated broad dissatis- be voting for a Democrat, it's as simple faction with the direction of California as that," said Marion Elliott, 63, an arand the nation, but pessimism was far chitect from San Francisco. The state's persistent troubles apmore pronounced when it came to the state, a reflection of the bleak fis- peared to be taking a heavier toll on cal news and high unemployment rate state figures and institutions. In the four that have dominated here for months. months since the last Times/USC Col"Jobs, jobs, jobs – I don't care who lege of Letters, Arts and Sciences poll it is, get me jobs," said Donald Sutton, was taken, Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneg-

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Jobs,jobs,jobs – I don’t care who it is, get me jobs.

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ger's job approval ratings have fallen 8 points, to a record low 25 percent. During the same time, Boxer's approval dipped only three points, to 40 percent, and fellow Sen. Dianne Feinstein's by two points, to 46 percent. The Legislature was the least popular entity, with only 18 percent of those polled voicing approval, about the same as last fall. Two-thirds of California voters said they had seen a political ad this year, and the overwhelming majority had seen one by Whitman, who has divided her advertising stream between generalized, feel-good commercials for herself and mocking slams at Poizner. Six in 10 Californians said they could identify Whitman, a leap from her largely unknown status outside the business world last year. Poizner, whose ad buy has been dwarfed by Whitman's, was known by fewer than half of voters. And all three GOP candidates for Senate were known by fewer than four in 10 voters. The ads clearly have benefited Whitman. Seventy-two percent of those who had seen one of her commercials backed her over Poizner, compared with 38 percent among those who had not seen ads. Similarly, 53 percent of those who have seen her ads backed Whitman over Brown in a general-election match-up

April 5, 2010

Downtown still struggling

photo By Jacob lopez/For The Daily Titan A building stands vacant among the many businesses in Downtown Fullerton that have faced financial difficulties in recent years.

By Jacob Lopez

For The Daily Titan news@dailytitan.com

Two years after the recession began, local businesses in Downtown Fullerton are still trying to recover. In order for the small “mom and pop” businesses to survive, they need to have something that sets them apart from others. They need to have a niché, said Bill Evans, owner of Black Hole Records in Downtown Fullerton. Between the struggling economy and music downloading, Evans' record store has seen tough times. He said he is surviving because he sells rare music in the form of CDs and vinyl records that are “not found anywhere (else).” Evans said what he strives for is “bringing in more high-end records and making the best collection possible." For Billy La Traille, a senior Radio-TV-Film major, Downtown Fullerton is a fun place to go. “There are a lot of mom and pop stores,” La Traille said. “I’m glad to still see (it) around.”

Lavender’s Flowers & Gifts, located on Harbor Boulevard, has seen a drop in sales as well. It has been “really slow because people aren’t ordering flowers. Weddings are having smaller budgets and flowers are no longer center pieces,” said Rachel Nolff, a sales associate at Lavender's. Trying to reach out to more customers, Lavender’s Flowers & Gifts has created Facebook and Twitter accounts, Nolff said. She added that constant contact through e-mail helps keep customers coming back. For some places like The Brick Basement Antique Mall, being well established helps keep businesses afloat, said Connie Gayhart, owner of the 15-year-old family-operated shop. To help keep her target market of high school and college students coming back, Diana Huang, manager of Lollicup Coffee and Tea, has promotions like student discounts. Students get 15 percent off drinks with a valid school ID. Keeping her customers coming back is important, especially when there are less people coming by, Huang said.

She pointed out that the closing of businesses around her caused less people to visit her business. Zing's Bistro & Bar has seen a major shortage of customers in the past couple years said David Ortiz, a cook who has been with the restaurant for the past five years. He said for the first two years he worked at Zing's it was “really busy with hour-long waits, but for the last couple years it has been completely dead, maybe 30 orders a night.” The lack of costumers has caused the prices to go up, less hours, as well as more wasted food, Ortiz said. What keeps Zing's “thriving” is the nightlife, said manager Ted Vega. Zing's turns into a Night Club at night. He said throughout the recession alcohol sales have improved. He thinks it is because people are depressed and want to have fun, so with the money they have, they use it to go out and have a good time. To Nicole Cossani, a communications major, Downtown Fullerton is a “diverse place. Everyone is nice, and people are more open.”

April 5, 2010

The formula for success Twelve CSUF engineering students are the first ever to construct a racecar in hopes winning the Formula SAE California competition

Pagan students unite By rosa belerique

For The Daily Titan news@dailytitan.com

photo By graham pence/For The Daily Titan Design team member and mechanical engineering major Jason Gardiner with the chassis of the miniature Formula SAE car being built by CSUF students for competition in its early stages of completion.

By graham pence

For The Daily Titan news@dailytitan.com

For the first time ever, Cal State Fullerton students have been entered in the Formula SAE Collegiate Design Series that will take place at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana June 16 - 19. As their senior project, 12 CSUF engineering students are building a miniature Formula SAE car which will be entered in the Formula SAE California competition and tested in five different events. “We started building at the beginning of last semester,” said Jason Gardiner, mechanical engineering major and member of the design team. “We’re almost done now. It’s just putting all the pieces together.” After going through the technical inspection, their car will be tested in many different categories, including design, structure, endurance, acceleration, engine noise and fuel economy. “We’re tested on the design aspect and our presentation,” said Fred Hogarth, graduating senior and team leader.

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when we gave them the receipt; that’s the process they use,” Gardiner said. The students are hoping to make a great showing at the competition this year because their team leader already has some experience with this contest. “I was on a team in the Formula SAE last year as an undergraduate, but our car didn’t do much,” said team leader Hogarth. “I’m hoping we’ll do a lot better this year.” The team is currently going through the process of finding drivers for the competition. - Jason Gardiner Design team member They’re looking for six drivers, five for competition and one alternate. “It’s not easy finding the right member of the design team. The Formula SAE Collegiate guys,” said Jeff Nelson, who’s the Design Series began in 1978 and contact person for the search. was originally called the Mini “We’re having a meeting with all Indy, in reference to the India- the interested drivers ... to try and napolis 500. find the right guys.” The team has had a few reWith the overwhelming success this program has seen, competi- sponses from potential drivers but tions have expanded to three lo- they want to have more interested cations nationwide and four loca- people sign up so they can choose tions internationally. the drivers who best fit the team’s The CSUF team has been spon- goals. sored and supported financially by Interested drivers must be curthe on-campus inter club council rent students at CSUF and at least (ICC), which reimbursed the stu- 18 years old with a valid driver’s license. Preference will be given to dents for their $2,000 entry fee. “We had to pull our money graduating seniors in the engineertogether so we could pay for the ing department and racing experientry fee. ICC had to pay us back ence is preferred. “We also have to do a cost analysis as a manufacturer.” Formula SAE California is one of the three all-collegiate competitions that SAE International hosts across the United States. “This contest only has 80 entries, which isn’t many when compared to the 120 that enter into the Michigan contest,” said Jeff Nelson, graduating senior and

We started building at the beginning of last semester. We’re almost done now. It’s just putting all the pieces together.

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photo By Jason Gardiner/For The Daily Titan The nearly completed miniature Formula SAE car CSUF students will race.

“And it harm none, do as you will,” is the golden rule of the Wiccan faith, according to Hayley Arrington, 25, anthropology major and founder of Gaia’s Titans, the on-campus Wiccan/ Pagan club. Paganism and Wicca are both Earthbased religions, Arrington said. Wicca specifically involves goddesses, Witchcraft, “magick” and following the rules of karma, she added. Paganism is more of an umbrella term that covers a variety of people who practice Earth-based religions, she said. Pagans are commonly polytheistic with gods and goddesses or pantheistic, which is an understanding of all gods. Arrington, raised Christian, found out she was a Pagan in middle school. “Paganism is a very welcoming and liberating spirituality,” Arrington said. Arrington’s beliefs led her to start Gaia’s Titans last semester in hopes of bringing together Pagans and those interested in Paganism without having to feel concealed, she said. The name of the organization came from Greek mythology, said Charles Royston, 39, anthropology of religion professor. Gaia (also spelled Gaea), is known as the Goddess of the Earth and creator of the Titans, the race of giant deities. Royston has taken the role of club adviser for Gaia’s Titans. Royston is not Pagan but supports all faith-based groups, especially the minorities, he added. One of Royston’s students was drawn into Arrington’s presentation and joined that day. “I really didn’t know I was a ‘NeoPagan,’ which is a bit of a misnomer for me,” said Tara Simonds, 22, illustration major. But, the attraction to the older gods was something she had in her mind over the years, she added. “Recently, I’ve turned to magick as a tool to help me cope with the stress of university life,” Simonds said. “None of it is black magick, of course, I never touch the stuff.” When asked if their organization is different than most faith-based organizations, Royston said yes and no. They are the same in that they have beliefs that they base their lives around, but many would argue they are different because Pagans do not try and convert people and many others do, he said. They are also different because they are the only religious club on campus that is not Judeo-Christian or Islamic, said Arrington. “The lack of diversity within the faith-based clubs is disheartening and can be alienating to people who feel strongly about their religious and spiritual beliefs,” Arrington said. “I truly appreciate our First Amendment for allowing me this opportunity. Not many people may understand my choice, but because Pagans and Wiccans tend to be very flexible with their beliefs, I find myself gravitating to them for support,” Simonds said. In the end, Gaia’s Titans, “Hopes to encourage those who are interested in a deeper inquiry to explore a multiple approach to religion,” Royston said.

April 5, 2010

Immigration reform: Immigrant students call for action and for a secure future By Juanita Vasquez

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

The U.S. Census Bureau projects that if overlooked, immigration will be a major player in the 50 percent increase in our population during the first half of the 21st century. A factor that holds such importance in the national future should be regarded with comprehensive and thoughtful consideration by the nation as a whole. Immigration reform, which failed in Congress in 2006 and 2007, is endorsed by President Barack Obama. Although some lawmakers oppose attempts to legalize an estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants, the need for a reform is one which we must address as soon as possible. Not only would it reduce school dropout rates, it would also increase income and produce a legal American workforce. This research by The National Center for Education Statistics also shows that Hispanic students have higher high school dropout rates and lower high school completion rates than white or black students. So immigration reform would encourage immigrants to graduate from high school and finish college, would increase tax revenues and reduce government expenses. The National Center for Education Statistics shows that although Hispanic enrollments in colleges and universities increased between 1980 and 2000, a smaller portion of Hispanics complete college compared to whites and blacks. As students, we should consider what the real value of education is. For most of us, we hold the belief that education is not only the key to our future success, but also the nation’s future. But how is that future secured when there are thousands of students who continue to study knowing that once they graduate there will be no secure foothold for them in the job market? Hard-working individuals have been critical players in the growth of American economy, so if there is a way these workers can continue to be in the country legally, then we can ensure economic health. But for un-

documented students who graduate from institutions of higher learning, their degree’s worth is diminished because of lack of opportunities and access to scholarships, internships and jobs. At the moment, those individuals who were brought into the U.S. illegally years ago have no way of changing their immigration status. Although they are able to go to college and work towards a better future, the monetary hardships are such that it is sometimes impossible for these people to continue on to higher education. If a reform were to be passed, such as the DREAM Act, we would ad-

Photo Courtesy MCT Protesters participate in a ‘March For America’ demonstration calling for immigration reform in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sunday, March 21, 2010.

dress the immigration problem by guaranteeing that upon graduating high schools, students enroll in an institution of higher learning so that they would qualify for conditional legal status. Then, as stated in the DREAM Act, this conditional status would be made permanent if they continue on to post-secondary education or serve in the military. Students who apply for this must also meet other criteria, including earning a high school diploma, demonstrating good moral character. The National Immigration Law Center reports that based in a 1999

RAND study, an average 30-yearold college-graduate Mexican woman will pay $5,300 more in taxes and cost $3,900 less in criminal justice and welfare expenses each year than if she had dropped out of high school. This sum amounts to a total annual increased economic contribution of more than $9,000 per person each year. We forget that a lot of the younger undocumented immigrants are residing in the U.S. because they were brought in when they were young children and as a result think

of themselves as Americans, so they should not be blamed for the choices made by their parents. On Sunday, March 21, only two days after Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Lindsey Graham issued a blueprint for an immigration reform, thousands of protesters gathered at the U.S. Capitol to demand a move on the long-delayed immigration reform. Under their proposed plan, both senators want to lay down a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants, the creation of a biometric Social Security cards and stronger border patrol measures.

Although President Obama promised to reform immigration laws during his presidential campaign, the race to prioritize national issues has held up efforts to legalize and offer a path to citizenship to immigrants. It seems unfair that these people, many of them successful students, be prevented from entering society like any other citizen, because of past decisions. If we want every American to be a valuable member of society, then we cannot delay a comprehensive immigration reform any longer, it’s time we move away from promises and offer solutions.

April 5, 2010

Kids These Days

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The coming porta-paclypse Welcome to the porta-pocalypse. The streets have become flooded with smart phones, BlackBerries, portable gaming devices such as the DS and the PSP, netbooks, eReaders and iPhones. The app culture has exploded beyond anything we could have expected and guess what, it is only going to get worse with frequent updates, new models and smaller time gaps between each model’s release. The iPad promises to revolutionize the way we view casual computer use. The Nintendo DS has already revolutionized portable gaming and continues to push the boundaries, possibly until the bubble bursts. To be honest, everyone needs to take a breather. On April 3, Apple’s new iPad launched, causing thousands of people across the nation to rush to Best Buys and Apple Stores to either purchase or get hands-on time with the product. So far, it has been accepted with open arms by the public and given the stamp of approval by many gadget critics. How long that will last? Probably until the second generation iPad gets released by Christmas. Much like HD-DVD and MiniDisks, the iPad will launch successfully and slowly but surely lose its appeal to users. What Apple created is something worth trying; a cheaper laptop/more expensive iPhone that did everything a casual computer user would want it to do: access the Internet, allow them to watch videos, type small messages to friends, read eBooks and download hundreds of apps. However, the economics of the iPad are where things get complicated. The low price set for applications by early developers makes it hard for companies to price their content appropriately. Are premium developers hoping their $20 app will compete with the hundreds of dollar apps on the market, or are they willing to drop that price down to $10 or less? This works the opposite way as well: are established newspaper companies, already hurting for cash, willing to invest in the money it takes to program intuitive, interactive and innovative apps that will get readers to pay for a full paper and their premium app on the iPad? If not, then papers are doomed to handing out free .pdf files and Internet articles. Which brings us to the eBook. The $10 price point for the average new eBook release is going to have to eventually. Soon, users are going to realize they are paying top dollar for a README file.

Yes, the iPad has done something bold, but sadly users are going to need to use Excel, or PowerPoint, or Word, or basic Flash programs, or hook up a USB device at some point and when they realize their first generation iPad can’t do that, they will think twice about buying that fourth generation 250gb iPad. The next bit of evidence in this case against rapid gadget expansion and all things portable is the Nintendo DS. Since its initial release in 2004, it has become the best selling portable gaming device in history. Some schools in Japan even allow students to use it for studying because of its education-based games and – here’s that magical word again – apps. There have been, as of last week, four iterations of the DS product. The original clunky grey DS, the far superior DS lite, the app heavy, Wi-Fi friendly, iPhone/DS hybrid called the DSi and the more recent (iPad/DS hybrid) DSi XL which was released March 28. People complained about all the versions of the Game Boy and it’s only become worse with the DS. Too many hardware types with not enough time to accept them (or the time to save up for them). Although every iteration has been successful in its own right and sold very well, but things are still getting out of hand. Just a week before the launch of the DSi XL, Nintendo sent out a press release stating they would unveil their newest portable device, the 3DS, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in June. Yes you read that right – a 3-D DS. The idea of the 3DS is actually kind of exciting. The recent embrace of the 3-D format was sure to catch on in gaming and the DS is the perfect place to experiment with that. What is hard to fathom is why Nintendo would announce this anywhere near the release of new hardware. This kind of marketing can only lead to a loss in sales and the customers mistrust in the developer. Why is anyone going to pay the $189.99 for the DSi XL when the 3DS is potentially going to release around Christmas? The advance of technology is great, but when it causes developers to flood the market with gadgets faster than ever before, it puts a strain on the users acceptance of the new product. For those users trying to keep up with the best technology, it will also put a strain on their wallets.

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“Observing teen culture so you don’t have to”

Cera loses virginity again by Danielle Flint

Daily Titan Copy Editor opinion@dailytitan.com

So, you want to make a teen movie? Good luck, the art of the teen movie is both complex and deep. Those brave enough to write a teenage epic spend years in editing, rewriting every line of dialogue over and over until the final product is fresh, original and thought-provoking. Nah, just kidding. Writing and directing something teenagers will spend money to see is about as hard as making it all the way through a Tyler Perry movie (In that most people can do it, but a good portion refuse to). Follow these simple guidelines and you’re almost guaranteed a winner. An Awkward Protagonist This works best for male leads. It’s almost unheard of to cast an ugly girl in a lead teen role without the earth spinning off its axis and spiraling into the sun. When casting a female, try to offset her attractiveness with something unattractive, like a job as a waitress or intelligence. This tactic is much easier to pull off with male leads, given the vast abundance of gawky teen boys waiting for your recycled screenplay. Hey, maybe you could have Michael Cera lose his virginity, again! Pair with busty woman for him to lust after, add water, let set for twenty minutes, enjoy success! Worst Offender – Michael Cera. It’s always Michael Cera. Pop Culture References A fancy way of saying “A handy marker for identifying period in

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which movie was made.” This device serves the important purpose of being product placement and shameless vying for your money without the nasty burden of subtlety. Example: “We should go see Lady Gaga at The Block tonight before heading down to Coachella this weekend. I should check my Facebook to see if anyone wants to play FarmVille with me before. That would be hella fun. Please dear God see this movie, I swear we’re hip. Didn’t you see the references I made to your culture? See? I mentioned Southern California in a way only a native could! Please give us your money!” Worst Offender(s) – Pick any recent film where someone whips out an iPhone. Shame. Prom It doesn’t matter where your epic teen movie is set, what the plot is or who the characters are: the climax will play out at the prom. Tear-jerking speech about acceptance? No better time than during prom queen crowning. Need to reveal that a character isn’t who he/she said he/she was? Prom will do. Are your characters navigating the Amazon with a tribe of natives to find the lost city of gold? Better get them to prom so the male lead has a place to admit his true feelings for the female lead. This is especially hard for me to grasp, given that my prom might have been the most uneventful night of my young life. Maybe sweaty gyrating just isn’t my thing. Worst Offender(s) – 10 Things I Hate About You, A Cinderella Story, Mean Girls, Saved!... really, the list goes on.

Gore For some creepy and unexplained reason, teenagers have a terrifying attachment to severed human limbs in their blockbuster films. The days of a well-placed shadow and chocolate syrup swirling down a black and white drain are far gone, passed by ditches filled with syringes and bloody farm equipment. Captive audiences will forget about the recycled plot and main character’s unwillingness to shot the serial killer in the face when he had the chance as long as someone’s CGI foot comes flying at them before the credits roll (In 3-D!). Maybe this trend is a sign of our youth’s understanding of mortality and the frivolity of the physical, rooted in a deep appreciation for the meaning of wholeness? Perhaps, but chances are better they’re just sociopaths who really want to see someone’s head come off, or any form of dismemberment really. Worst Offender(s) – Final Destination, Hostel, Hostel: Part 2, Saw I, Saw II, Saw III, Saw... OK, you get it. Did it work? Keep going! The final marker of a great teen film is the ability to produce hundreds of them. Even the most original plot can be recycled over and over again with a quick shuffling of characters and a number on the end of the title (Saw VIII: Michael Cera meets Jigsaw). The key is to never give up, even when hoards of movie critics hold your family hostage until you agree to stop making films. I’ve found that strategy only works about 76 percent of the time.

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April 5, 2010

The Walk-Off: Duke will cut down the nets

Senior forward Gerard Anderson was not able to bring back any hardware April 1 at the 2010 NCAA Slam Dunk Contest. Anderson was analyst Jimmy Dykes’ pick to win it all. On his first attempt, he used his left hand to grab the side of the backboard and threw down a windmill dunk with his right. Anderson received 50 points out of a possible score of 50 – one of two full scores on the night, including a spot on ESPN’s “SportsCenter.” However, on his second dunk in the first round, he was unable

By brian whitehead

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

Around this time last year a couple of my buddies and I made a friendly bet. With all three of our teams (Duke, UCLA, North Carolina) in the NCAA basketball tournament, we agreed on a simple, single-stipulation wager: If another friend’s team won the national championship, the other two had a year to wear a Hello Kitty T-shirt to school. So, as a Duke fan, you can imagine my chagrin when North Carolina cut down the nets in Detroit following an 89-72 drumming of Michigan State. It’s one thing to watch helplessly as your most hated rival wins something that includes the word “Championship,” but it’s another thing to know that sooner or later you have to don a Hello Kitty T-shirt in front of 38,000 students. As luck would have it, almost a year to the date the tables have turned. Duke is in the national championship game, North Carolina didn’t even make the NCAA tournament field and UCLA fell off the face of the earth. Chances are, you’re going to watch tonight’s championship game between the Butler Bulldogs and Duke Blue Devils and not know a single soul on the court. It’s OK, you won’t be the only one. In a matchup of “Everyone Had Us Losing in the Second Round” teams, tonight’s game will not showcase Top-10/lottery, first or secondround NBA draft picks. You won’t see one-and-done superstars trying to pad their imminent 9-figure paychecks during their last collegiate game of the season.

Titan falls short in Dunk Contest to connect on an alleyoop attempt off the side of the backboard. California’s Jerome Randle assisted Anderson with the dunk, but the duo could not execute the spectacular play. His three attempts were all unsuccessful – which ruined his chances to move on to the semifinals – as Anderson could not fully extend to complete the sequence. Out of a field of eight competitors, Vermont’s Marqus Blakely final dunk of 41 defeated Bradley’s Chris Roberts to take home the top honor.

photo courtesy mct Duke basketball fans celebrate during the Blue Devils’ 78-57 victory over the West Virginia Mountaineers in the national semifinal.

Freshman John Wall, freshman Evan Turner, junior Wes Johnson, junior Cole Aldrich, freshman DeMarcus Cousins – they’re all home looking at real estate in Hawai’i. You won’t see any highlight-reel dunks, passes or plays that make you stand up and say, “Wow!” Unfortunately, nobody has called out an opposing player’s toughness, flung a sexual innuendo at one of the opposing team’s cheerleaders or been caught driving a Range Rover paid for by USC Athletics. Nothing. Instead, what you’ll see tonight is a matchup of college kids who will probably have office jobs this time next year. College kids you’ll look at and say, “I wouldn’t pass them the ball in a 24-Hour Fitness pickup game.” College kids who are, well, college kids. When the Bulldogs (33-4) and Blue Devils (34-5) tipoff in Indianapolis, what you’ll see is an underdog versus an overdog (if there is such a word). A little-known, beloved school in Indianapolis versus a historically-prestigious, hated school in North Carolina.

David versus Goliath? Hardly. After being ranked as high as No. 11 in the national standings, Butler comes into tonight’s championship game riding a 25-game win streak. Now, while wins No. 1-22 aren’t anything to scoff at, wins No. 23, 24 and 25 are undoubtedly what stand out. To get here, Butler knocked off top-seeded Syracuse in the Sweet 16, second-seeded Kansas State in the Elite 8 and last year’s runner-up, Michigan State, in the Final Four. If that’s not impressive enough, the Bulldogs became the first team since the 1985 Villanova Wildcats to hold five straight NCAA tournament opponents under 60 points (all five opponents went into the postseason averaging over 72 points per game). Bulter’s defense, the immovable object. Duke, on the other hand, comes into the game on a more modest six-game win streak, the last two of which nobody expected. Plagued by a history of being the polar opposite of “athletic,” Duke has always had problems matching up against athletic teams. Add to

that the heavy reliance on the threepoint shot and Duke isn’t necessarily a team that can survive if their shooting is off. But when junior Kyle Singler, junior Nolan Smith and senior Jon Scheyer are hitting their three-pointers, Duke is damn near impossible to beat. Just ask Baylor, who had to endure 11 three-pointers, or West Virginia, who had to endure 13. The Blue Devils are playing for their fourth national title, the Bulldogs are playing for their first. Duke is returning to the championship game after an eight-year hiatus, Butler is returning after a 48-year hiatus, otherwise known as their school’s history. Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski is looking for win No. 868, Butler Head Coach Brad Stevens is trying to get No. 90. And of course, Duke comes into the game averaging over 78 points on the season. Duke’s offense, the unstoppable force. I’m taking the Blue Devils, and in no way is that a bias opinion solely based on my desire to see my buddies in a Hello Kitty shirt. OK, maybe just a little.

photo By mark samala/For the Daily Titan Senior forward Gerard Anderson failed to get out of the first round.

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Baseball: Hot bats take care of Aggies However, the Titans failed to capitalize on the first-and-third-no-out opportunity as the Aggies escaped the jam by inducing a groundout and two flyouts. In the bottom of the eighth inning, senior catcher Billy Marcoe broke the 2-2 tie with a lead-off, solo home run to left-center. “All game I was looking for fastballs in, and he kept throwing me curveballs away, fastballs away, and finally he gave me a fastball up and in,” Marcoe said. “I finally got my pitch and I stayed with it.” Following 1.1 scoreless relief innings by sophomores David Hurlbut and Derrick Dingeman, Ramirez shut the door on UC Davis, earning his fourth save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth. The weekend sweep of the Aggies put the Titans’ four games over .500 for the season and atop the Big West Conference standings with a 3-0 mark.

“There’s a belief now in this dugout that it doesn’t matter what the circumstances are, the Titans are going to find a way to scrap and claw and come out on top,” Serrano said. The Titans will travel to Jackie Robinson Stadium Tuesday to take on the UCLA Bruins at 6 p.m. GAMES 1 AND 2 By nicholas fortes

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

Cal State Fullerton baseball opened league-play April 1 against UC Davis in an extraordinary fashion, blowing out their conference foe 20-4. Sophomore starting pitcher Noe Ramirez (5-1) earned the victory for the Titans, hurling for seven innings giving up eight hits, two earned runs and fanning seven. “I had a really good outing last weekend, so I tried to stick with the same thing,” Ramirez said. “I had a

Sophomore Noe Ramirez throws seven strikeouts with no walks on April 1.

couple tweaks in my pitches, trying to keep them down and stay within myself.” Four Titans had a multi-hit game, including four from junior shortstop Christian Colon, who blasted a three-run home run in the second inning. “Our approach is different now we’re playing hard and we’re forgetting about the results and sticking with the approach we have and it’s helping us have those big innings,” Colon said. “We’re not thinking about anything else but playing hard and seeing the ball, doing your job and sticking with your mechanics.” The Titans had 18 of the 25 players on the league roster were in the game at one point or another. “This doesn’t happen a lot, but when it does it’s perfect because I feel like the younger guys see what it really takes for a Titan to be out there and get in the game and get their A.B.s (at-bats) and feel more comfortable each day,” Colon said. CSUF scored two in the first, three in the second, four in the third, two in the fifth and nine in the sixth en route to rolling the Aggies 20-4. “We’re really deep,” Ramirez said. “During the fall they were so good and it was tough facing them, and I see themselves coming out now.” UC Davis’ pitchers couldn’t seem to find the strike-zone and when they did the Titan hitters made solid contact. Redshirt sophomore starter Dayne Quist came into the game with a 4-1 record and a 2.90 ERA in 40 innings, but only lasted five innings giving up 11 hits and 11 runs in the loss. Senior reliever Tim Busbin had the same fortune on the mound, pitching one-third of an inning, giving up three hits, six walks and nine runs, one of which came on his first pitch in relief from junior second baseman Corey Jones’ home run. Sophomore right fielder Tyler Pill and Colon led the Titans with four RBIs apiece, sophomore first baseman Nick Ramirez with three and Brown and Jones batted-in two each. Redshirt freshman designated hitter Carlos Lopez had his team leading 17-game hitting streak come to an end, while Brown extended his to 15 games, hitting safely in 23 of 24 games. “We had an approach and our guys stuck with it. We talked about

photos By camille tarazon/Daily Titan Staff Writer Junior Walker Moore hits a single to right field, bringing in the ninth run in the sixth inning against UC Davis at Goodwin Field.

having our guys stay back and see walk for the first time this season. the ball deep, they laid off the balls “I thought that tonight was (Rendown, which is something he likes to ken’s) best outing of the year, We do and for nine innings we had a re- were up 12 early and he went out ally good approach. It was awesome and competed through the strike to see and they did well,” Titan As- zone and those guys can swing the sistant Coach Greg Bergeron said. bat. I have a lot of respect for UC CSUF dominated UC Davis Davis and the way they swing the April 2 in game two of three in their bat,” Titan Head Coach Dave Serconference-opening weekend series, rano said. “He didn’t walk a guy, which I crushing the Aggies 23-7, setting season-highs in runs scored in a game really try to install in my pitchers, and I walk away (23) and hits in a tonight knowing game (25). that tonight was The Titans his best outing of put up 20+ runs the year.” in two straight The Titans games for the first (14-11, 2-0) battime since 1980. ted around in the “The Big West – Nick Ramirez, first and second has woken up Sophomore innings scoring a sleeping giant six runs in each, and our offense but the big hit is clicking right now, one through nine is pretty spe- came off the bat of Ramirez who cial,” said sophomore first baseman blasted a grand slam deep over the right field fence to boost the Titan Nick Ramirez. Junior starting pitcher Daniel lead up to 12-1 after two innings. It was the first grand slam for Renken (3-2) earned the victory for the Titans as the CSUF offense the Titans since Feb. 27 of last year dominated the Aggies pitching staff. when Jared Clark blasted one against Renken pitched seven full innings, Stanford. Ramirez fell a double short in giving up seven runs on 12 hits, five strikeouts and didn’t surrender a hitting for the cycle and Colon also

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homered for the Titans with his eighth of the year. “It was all a see the ball hit the ball kind of thing, not trying to do too much and when I knew I was a double away I really wanted it because I’ve never really done it,” Ramirez said. CSUF scored runs in six of nine innings and multiple-runs in five of those six. Brown now is second all-time in Titan baseball history with 15 triples in his career and needs just three more to tie first-round draft pick Dante Powell with 18. “We’ve been building up to this (offensive production), this is what we knew we had, it’s just a matter of everyone clicking together and it’s happening now and it’s a matter of sustaining it,” Brown said. After the Titans had a huge lead, the non-starters got their chance to play and they made the most of it. Freshman right fielder Casey Watkins, who turned down his option to redshirt, got his first hit and RBIs of the season in his second at-bat for the Titans when he hit a bases loaded double in the sixth inning. “It felt great, I’ve been working hard and it all paid off,” Watkins said.