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Volume 103 Issue 19

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Monday March 12, 2018

Assault with deadly weapon reported Play review: ‘‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore’ CSUF student Chase Vaughn Marhoff was identified and arrested following the report.

News

Director Kyle Cooper’s rendition of the gory Shakespearean satire is poignant and unsettling.

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CSUF basketball wins Big West tourney

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Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball took home the Big West Tournament championship with a 71-55 win over the UC Irvine Anteaters. Only two members of Irvine’s team scored in double digits as Fullerton held its opponent to 31 percent shooting from the field. The Titans also turned the ball over five times, their lowest total of the season.

The Titans earned their first conference championship since the 2007-08 season. KATHRYNE PADILLA Asst. Sports Editor

Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball defeated UC Irvine 71-55 to earn its third Big West Tournament Championship in program history. “Unbelievable accomplishment. They picked the right game to play their best

basketball. Most importantly the competitive spirit that we needed, the togetherness, the unselfishness that these guys displayed, it’s hard to put into words how proud I am of this group,” said Titans Head Coach Dedrique Taylor. The game started off slow for both teams, when five shots were missed before Irvine was able to get on the board. However, Titans guard Kyle Allman answered back with the first 3-pointer of the match and converted two early free throws to start his efficient night. Before long, the Titans jumped out to a

10-point lead six minutes into the half. The Anteaters fought back and retook the lead at 23-22 with five minutes left in the period. Fortunately for the Titans, that deficit was short lived, as CSUF bounced back to take a 29-25 lead at the break. Unlike in its two previous tournament games, Fullerton held the lead for the entire second half. Irvine cut the deficit to 3 points early in the period, but as the game progressed, they trailed by as much as 18 points. Allman and guard Khalil Ahmad were

unstoppable offensively, combining for 49 of the Titans’ 71 points while shooting a combined 53.8 percent from the three-point line. “I knew I had to play well. It was a lot of pressure but I just played my game and my coach set me up to have success, so I just went out there and took my shots,” Allman said. Much like in the Titans first two games, they relied on netting free throws to help them extend the advantage. SEE CHAMPS

Baseball loses to Clem Guthro out as library dean Oregon State

CSUF was unable to carry momentum built in the first game into the next two. KAILA CRUZ

Asst. Sports Editor

Cal State Fullerton baseball played a three-game series against No. 2 Oregon State University this past weekend and took a 1-2 loss against the Beavers. The Titans are now 3-4 against the Beavers all-time, playing one series in 1977 and one game in the 2017 College World Series. Game 1 Sophomore Sahid Valenzuela was the hero who cemented the 5-3 upset over Oregon State. In the bottom of the ninth, Valenzuela hit a two-out RBI single to secure a win at Goss Stadium.

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Things are clicking and I think we’re coming together and things are going good for us right now. So, hopefully we can keep it going.

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SAHID VALENZUELA Titans infielder

The Titans handed the Beavers their first loss (13-1) of the season and believed that game put the team on track to success. “Things are clicking and I think we’re coming together and things are going good for us right now. So, hopefully we can keep it going tomorrow,” Valenzuela told Titan Sports Media. Fullerton headed into the final inning of the game tied 3-3 until junior Hank LoForte drew a walk and advanced second after a wild pitch in the next at-bat. Valenzuela then hit the game-winning knock to bring LoForte home. Offensive powerhouse and outfielder Ruben Cardenas pushed a Beaver win out of sight with a hit that brought in Valenzuela and took the score to 5-3. Defensively, pitcher Brett Conine earned his second save of the year after throwing a shutout inning in the bottom of the ninth. “They’re a good team but so are we,” Titans Head Coach Rick Vanderhook told Titan Sports Media. “The guys took good at-bats and kept their poise in a very hostile environment. At the same time, it’s one win and we’re not going to get too high on it. We need to keep getting better.”

SEE DEFEAT

His employment came to an end after eleven months in the position. BRANDON PHO AMY WELLS News Editors

Clem Guthro’s employment as Dean of the Pollak Library came to an abrupt end Friday evening. At 3:18 p.m. Friday, Donna Rader of Fiscal Services at the Pollak Library informed some library staff that Guthro is no longer working for the library, according to communications via the work messaging application Slack. “Sadly, I have no details as to why,” Rader said in her message. Shortly after Guthro was dismissed, Kari Knutson Miller, vice president for academic affairs, sent an email at 4:32 p.m. to the library faculty and staff saying Karyn Scissum Gunn, associate vice president for academic operations, will serve as a temporary library lead for a short period of time. Knutson Miller did not name Guthro in the email or offer a statement on his departure. On March 9, Knutson Miller sent an email to faculty announcing that Emily Bonney, interim assistant vice president

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Previously a director of libraries at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Clement Guthro was recruited to CSUF as Pollak Library dean following a nationwide search in 2016.

for Academic Human Resources, as interim dean of the library from March 19, 2017 to June 30, 2019. At the time of this publication, the president’s office has not responded to an email request for comment.

In the email, Knutson Miller called the library’s faculty and staff to a meeting with Scissum Gunn on Monday morning in PLN-130 to answer or address questions or concerns. SEE POLLAK

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MONDAY MARCH 12, 2018

Frustrated, club sports coordinator steps down Students face game cancellations and lack of facility access. JASON ROCHLIN Asst. News Editor

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Members of the Sports Clubs Inter-Club Council voiced their support for Lydia Ayala, who resigned as coordinator of the SC-ICC at its Friday meeting. CSUF ultimate frisbee team President Matthew Espinoza said Ayala faced numerous communication obstacles.

against other schools, we’re also doing community service and raising money for charities and doing all kinds of philanthropy. It seems unfair to me that we’re putting in all this work and we’re getting kicked off the field,” Espinoza said. One specific example that stuck out to Ayala was the men’s and women’s soccer clubs game cancellations because of the Judi Garman Classic softball tournament. The east and west fields were blocked out for the tournament months in advance to use for warm-ups, said Senior Associate Athletics director Steve DiTolla. DiTolla said that in terms of facility use, the school prioritizes instructional classes and large-scale events like commencement. These are followed by intercollegiate sports, club sports and intramural sports. While DiTolla said Titan Athletics has a “pretty good relationship” with club sports in terms of scheduling, Titan Athletics

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Personally, I’m really sad to see (Ayala) go. I feel like she’s done a wonderful job and she’s fought as hard as she could to get us what we need.

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CODY HALE Vice chair of finance for the Sports Clubs Inter-Club Council director Jim Donovan said his department is not responsible for sports clubs. “By and large, from what I know, we try to accommodate everybody as best we can. But the reality is, we can’t necessarily accommodate everyone all the time,” Donovan said. Sports clubs are also concerned about a lack of funding, which Ayala said leaves the burden on students to find cheaper options and request more resources. The SC-ICC received $103,675 in funding from Associated Students, Inc. for the 2017-18 fiscal year, the largest sum allocated to any ICC or funding groups like the Black Student Union, according to that year’s ASI and Titan Student Center

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consolidated budget. Hale said this provides about $20,000 for travel expenses, which only serves around 40 people of the SC-ICC’s 250 community members. Money is also not dispersed equally among the 16 sports clubs. They are split across three tiers — blue, orange and white — based on club membership, philanthropy, and the sum of fundraising clubs complete. White-tiered clubs are eligible to receive $1,000 to $1,750, orange-tiered clubs are eligible to receive $2,000 to $2,500 and blue-tiered clubs are eligible to receive $2,500 or more according to the most recent Club Sports Tier System. The SC-ICC tends to have a harder time meeting its members

needs, said ASI Board of Directors treasurer Glaiza Julian. However, when they struggled to hire athletic trainers, she said ASI broke into its contingency fund to help. This contingency fund is used for “dire circumstances” like an Inter-Club Council running out of money or to support students facing food insecurity, she said. “We’re trying to give students as much as they want, but we only have so much to give,” Julian said. At the ASI Finance Committee’s budget meeting Thursday, they moved to recommend not adjusting SC-ICC funding. Ayala said it will likely “stagnate” the program when she steps down, but she hopes her time working with Sports Clubs has taught them to feel empowered, stand up for themselves and create a more friendly culture. “If me stepping away can bring them together and help them really have their voice, I think it’s worth it,” Ayala said.

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“When a campus administrator is away from the work site for more than one work day, or in the absence of a delegated campus executive, an executive in charge is identified,” Scissum Gunn said in an email. Guthro was Dean of the Library for just 11 months. On March 30, 2017, Guthro assumed the position following a nationwide search that concluded in December 2016. Before then, Guthro served as the director of libraries at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. His departure comes just as the south wing of the Pollak Library first floor had reopened after sustaining earthquake damage in 2014. “Part of my goal is to get the whole building to a place where

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When a campus administrator is away from the work site for more than one work day, or in the absence of a delegated campus executive, an executive in charge is identified.

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Lydia Ayala tearfully resigned as the coordinator for sports clubs at Cal State Fullerton during the Sports Clubs Inter-Club Council (SC-ICC) meeting Friday. “I talked to someone at another school and they said ‘You’re pretty much running a collegiate program with no funds and no staff,’ and that’s what it definitely feels like,” Ayala said. She said the concerns students were aired during a March 2 SCICC meeting with Student Life and Leadership director Vincent E. Vigil and a Titan Athletics representative, and were brushed aside with a “nonchalant, blasé” attitude, something she said she’s been dealing with behind the scenes since coming to CSUF as the first Sports Clubs coordinator in November 2016. As of this publication, Vigil could not be reached for comment. “(Ayala is) trying to voice what our problems are and nobody is really listening to her,” said Martin Espinoza, president of the CSUF ultimate frisbee team. Ayala said she has not seen much of a response to her efforts overall. “Personally, I’m really sad to see her go. I feel like she’s done a wonderful job and she’s fought as hard as she could to get us what we need,” said Cody Hale, the vice chair of finance for the SC-ICC. Hale said one of the biggest issues Sports Clubs have voiced is practice and game cancellations due to lack of facility access, despite the fields occasionally being available following a cancelled practice time. Espinoza said the university has “absolutely not” been receptive to Sports Clubs members’ complaints. “We’re not just competing

KARYN SCISSUM GUNN Interim Pollak Library Dean we have engaging spaces,” said Guthro at the time. “Since we have such a diverse campus and diverse group of students, this is a wonderful way to highlight and showcase those cultures, but also make the library a welcoming, safe and inclusive space for all students.”

FOR THE RECORD “Women’s rights conference held in Titan Student Union” from March 5, 2018 issue of the Daily Titan. Nasser Sharif is the president of the California Society of Democracy in Iran, not the California Women’s Society of Democracy in Iran; Former political prisoner Mitra Samani did not say she was raped during her time in prison, but referred to other women during the talk who were; Sharif clarified that he hasn’t seen improvements with the Iranian government during his time as an activist, where the article previously stated incorrectly that he said he did.

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MONDAY MARCH 12, 2018

American Language Program faculty may be subject to layoffs

After 32 years, the program could be phased out due to financial constraints. BRANDON PHO News Editor

The CSU Chancellor’s office has notified the California Faculty Association that faculty members may be laid off from the American Language Program at Cal State Fullerton due to a “programmatic change,” according to March 8 emails between ALP lecturer Bruce Rubin and CFA field representative Charles Marchese. “Few people on campus ... are aware of this pending move. (ALP students) are starting to hear about it through the rumor mill, and they’re panicking,” Rubin said in an email to the Daily Titan. “They have complex visa issues to worry about.” Rubin also said in the email that faculty were told in a meeting that ALP would no longer be accepting applications from students for the 32-year-old program. ALP offers courses and guidance to familiarize incoming international students from more than 60 countries with American language and culture. It also

provides networking exercises and resources to students who may find themselves perplexed by or unaccustomed to the U.S. Christopher Swarat, interim associate vice president of University Extended Education and International Programs and Global Engagement at CSUF, said in an email that the ALP is currently “under review.” When asked to specify what he meant by “under review,” Swarat said in an email that self-support programs like the ALP are routinely assessed on enrollment trends and financial viability, but there was “no additional information to share at the time.” “CFA representatives, including a bargaining committee of ALP faculty, will be meeting with CSU representatives in the near future,” Marchese said in the email to Rubin. At Thursday’s Academic Senate meeting, senator Jon Bruschke asked Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Kari Knutson Miller about the status of the ALP after being approached by instructors in the program who were concerned it might be phased out. Knutson Miller did not give any details about the program’s status, and would not say how

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The American Language Program was established in 1986 to help international students integrate into American culture.

or when a decision on the program’s fate would be made. “(Students) are in limbo not knowing whether they will be able to complete their program

or take the classes. That’s just a bad spot for the students to be in,” Bruschke said. “There are families living in other countries that have invested all of their

scarce resources trying to get a family member to our campus to get a degree.” Breanna Belken contributed to this report.

Student arrested for assault with a deadly weapon

Chase Marhoff was booked into Orange County Central Men’s Jail on Thursday. BREANNA BELKEN Asst. News Editor

University Police arrested a Cal State Fullerton student outside the Kinesiology and Health Science building under suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on March 8. Chase Vaughn Marhoff, 21, was booked into Orange County Central Men’s Jail under suspicion of assaulting a student with a knife on the corner of Nutwood Avenue and

Commonwealth Avenue, said University Police Capt. Scot Willey. Marhoff was released the next day. “At about 3 p.m., a CSUF student came into the (University Police) lobby saying he was assaulted with a knife. He got into an argument, a guy pulled out a knife and put it to his throat,” Willey said. The student told University Police that two skateboarders, Marhoff and his brother, hit his car outside University House Fullerton. Willey said the student drove north on Commonwealth Avenue toward Nutwood Avenue and, at the corner of College Park, confronted the

brothers from his car before the two approached the student’s vehicle and stood on it. During an argument between the student and Marhoff, Willey said Marhoff went up to the car window and held a knife to the student’s throat and threatened him. “(The student) gave us really good descriptions of the two males and our officers started saturating the campus looking for these two guys. The officer was able to find them and they detained them right away,” Willey said. Based on the descriptions from the student and a witness, the brothers were detained

outside the Kinesiology and Health Science building. An officer found a knife on Marhoff after a search was performed on them, Willey said. After the student and witness both independently identified Marhoff, his brother was released because he didn’t commit a crime, Willey said. An alert was not sent out to campus because University Police located the brothers in a timely manner. The initial incident happened in the Fullerton Police Department’s jurisdiction but the University Police handled the case because they had the situation under control, Willey said.

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The case will be sent to the Student Conduct office, where Marhoff can possibly be charged with a felony, Willey said. “It was over and done very quick. We were very happy to have him in custody. The unfortunate part is the suspect was also a CSUF student,” Willey said.

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MONDAY MARCH 12, 2018

Gearheart conquers Battle of the Bands

Bands competed at Becker Amphitheater for a chance to open at Spring Concert. DIANE ORTIZ Staff Writer

like House of Blues, Whiskey a Go Go and The Queen Mary, or on shows like “KROQ Locals Only.” The musicians are no strangers to the stage as they play three to four shows a month at Perqs in Huntington Beach. Gearheart wasn’t handed a simple win, as bands No Tomxorrow and Red Valley proved to be stiff competition. “They were a really talented group of people,” Chavez Ferguson said. “They were great, they just need to keep chugging, you know. As long as you keep putting in the effort, things eventually reward you.”

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Crowd feedback is always the best, especially when you do something as simple as playing your favorite line or singing your favorite part. PEDRO GALVEZ Bass guitarist and backup vocalist, Gearheart

The Gearheart band members said they started out “messing around in the garage.” The band has had their current lineup since 2014 and look forward to recording more songs in the near future. As of now, Chavez Ferguson said he creates songs and the band contributes to them artistically.

“About 80 percent of the time, I’ll come up with the skeleton of the song and then they’ll add the muscle and blood and everything,” Chavez Ferguson said. Tran also gets creative with writing songs, especially with the band’s newest single, “Don’t Call,” which they played at the Battle of the Bands.

They said the crowd’s reactions are their biggest motivations. “Crowd feedback is always the best, especially when you do something as simple as playing your favorite line or singing your favorite part,” bass guitarist and backup vocalist Galvez said. “It’s the small things that really matter. It just makes your day.” Students can find Gearheart, along with other artists, performing at Spring Concert on April 7 starting at 4 p.m. Tickets online are currently on sale and cost $15 for students, $25 for alumni and $35 for guests. Headliners have yet to be announced.

Unnerving satire comes to CSUF

‘‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore’ combines heartbreak, humor and horror. TREVA FLORES Staff Writer

Flashing lights, half-naked women and the blaring noise of rock music transformed Young Theatre into a sinister world of chaos and destruction. Adapted by director Kyle Cooper, “‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore,” a parody of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” examines gender dynamics and made its Cal State Fullerton debut on March 9. There’s sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll laced with racy costuming, and blood and gore; it’s like “Reservoir Dogs” meets “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” “I like to approach things with a little bit more of a punk rock attitude, and I like to break expectations and push buttons,” Cooper said. “‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore” was originally written in the 1600s, but Cooper wanted to connect with a contemporary audience that may “hate boring theater” and admire Quentin Tarantino and David Lynch. Giovanni (Anthony Ayala) is in love with his sister Annabella (Scout Lepore) and tries to kiss and make love with her every chance he gets. Their father remains unaware of the incestual romance as egotistical men attempt to take Annabella’s hand in marriage. “It’s funny because no matter how you slice it, it’s always going to be weird when you have a brother who f---s his sister as the crux of the story,” Ayala said. Throughout the play, Annabella has no sense of control in her life and is constantly put in uncomfortable situations by men who all share drunkenly violent and narcissistic qualities. “If you watch the show, you’ll see that nothing is her fault. The men around her are constantly using her,” said Mykah Atkins, who plays Philotis, one of the female characters weighed down by a man. The female characters wear lace, see-through dresses and are often stripped down to only bras and underwear, while the men dress in

large coats and jackets. The only male character to show skin is Giovanni, but even he still wears his pants in a scene where Annabella is almost completely naked. “Just the costuming is based around the idea that women are the pawns seen as sexual objects and men are rockstars,” Atkins said. “Every woman has their own story in the play of how a man ruins her life,” Atkins said. Most of the show is carried by dark satire meant to make the audience squeamish. While the bloodshed from the well-choreographed fight scenes isn’t meant to make any contact with people in the audience, Cooper assures that if it does, it will wash out. Vasquez (Rey Pulice), the malicious henchman to Soranzo (Patrick Curley), provides another reason for the audience to be unsettled. The character is intimidating, yet cunning, as he growls through his teeth, shows off a gun tucked against his hip and flaunts the knife hidden in his boot. When casting roles, Cooper tried to find actors who could find shared qualities with their characters. “I mean there’s some weird-ass characters, and I would sure hope that these actors are not them in real life. But I do see a lot of themselves coming out,” Cooper said. Ayala described Giovanni as destructive, intelligent, passionate and angry. He looked to David Bowie as inspiration for his character’s larger-than-life attitude and listens to “The Winner Takes It All” by ABBA before each show. “When I was in high school, I never thought that I would be in this type of show,” Ayala said. He described this show as a theater production that’s fast paced and cutting edge, with an overarching deeper message. On the surface “‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore” comes off as a misogynistic bloodbath of dark humor, but underneath it shows how truly terrible a world ruled solely by men can be. “If you leave the theater uncomfortable, then we’ve done our job. It should make you uncomfortable because it’s actually happening today,” Atkins said. She said their director often says “theater needs to be dangerous because when people get scared they

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The play was originally four hours long, but graduate student and director Kyle Cooper focused his rendition around Lou Reed’s” This Magic Moment” to cut down the length and make it suitable for a contemporary audience.

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If you leave the theater uncomfortable, then we’ve done our job. It should make you uncomfortable because it’s actually happening.

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THEATER

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After releasing their debut album “Kick It Into Gear” in April 2015, Westminster-based Gearheart followed up with their second album “Dreamin’” in 2016 while signed to Wright Records. The production for a third record is scheduled to begin this year.

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Pizza boxes were stacked in rows waiting to be retrieved as students began surrounding the Becker Amphitheater, some choosing their spot on the grass, while others stopped in their paths to listen to the music. Bands No Tomxorrow, Gearheart and Red Valley prepared to battle for the chance to open for the 2018 Associated Students, Inc. Spring Concert. Although all of the bands played their best, Gearheart’s performance and creative music took the crown. Bandmates Joey Chavez Ferguson, Kevin Tran, Pedro Galvez and Peter Chavez were excited to get the opportunity to open at Spring Concert. “We never won anything before,” lead singer and guitarist Chavez Ferguson said. “We did one Battle of the Bands once and that went really horribly. We avoided doing it for years, but Kevin talked us into it and it all worked out.” Gearheart drummer, Tran, is a communications major with a concentration in entertainment and tourism, and is the only student at Cal State Fullerton in the band. “It’s a little difficult because I am going to school four days a week. So they kind of work around my schedule in a sense. I could still do some weekday shows, depending on when I get out of class, or if I have work,” Tran said. However, that doesn’t stop the band from playing in venues

MYKAH ATKINS Philotis start thinking.” The play was successful in combining heartbreak, humor and horror into what Cooper calls an “emotional gauntlet.” “I think there’s a lot of talk going around about how extreme it is–and it is, don’t get me wrong– but I don’t think anyone should ever feel scared about coming to see the show. It’s actually a lot of fun,” Cooper said. “‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore” was an incredible journey from start to finish and worth every moment. The play will continue to run in Young Theatre until March 25. Tickets are $14 and $12 for students.

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Sometimes filler content like this is necessary Occasionally we just run out of usable content and have to scramble to fill space.

HARRISON FAIGEN Web Editor

This article is filler. You probably won’t read past this sentence now that you know, but I don’t really care. I’m not writing this for you, I’m writing this because we ran out of content and have to fill space. Filling space is not a unique problem to this student newspaper, even though it’s one of the few daily student papers still kicking around the country. This has been a problem for as long as newspapers have existed, because of the constraints of print. Sometimes at a newspaper run by still-learning communications students, writers won’t have time to create enough publishable content and will have to come

up with some filler like this in order to avoid having empty, plain, blank paper take this spot. So why not just leave a blank space you ask? Well, the simple answer is we can’t. You see, our stipends and scholarships we get for the semester depend on revenue from the print ads you see in this paper. Our ability to print a paper four times a week while remaining independent from — and therefore uninfluenced by — the university also depends on these funds, so we can’t just leave this page blank. This need to fill space is why the beautiful, not-unflattering-at-all photo of me you see above is larger than the photos of our authors normally are, because it allows me to write fewer words. (The above reference won’t make any sense at all online, where we don’t post photos of the authors in the article, but hey, it and this explanation allowed me to knock out a few more words to hit my word count). There are tons of benefits to being a daily student paper. It allows students at Cal State Fullerton to experience the thrill of working at a daily paper, of being a part of the living history of the university and the surrounding area, while getting tons of clips for their resume along the way. However, articles like this are the downside of remaining daily. There is a grind to producing that much content editors just aren’t going to be able to get past. This could be due to class obligations, not

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Jordan Peele’s horror film crossed boundaries at this years Oscars. T h e 2 0 1 8 Ac a d emy Awa r d s saw a majority of exp e ct e d winners walking away with Oscars, but Jordan P e e l e’s JACOB TATHAM “Get Out” Staff Writer made massive strides for the African-American community and the horror genre alike. “Get Out,” the horror-comedy written and directed by comedian Peele, won Best Original Screenplay while receiving nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Daniel Kaluuya as Best Actor. Despite decreasing viewership, the Oscars are still a prestigious honor. The success of “Get Out” as a horror movie, and as a film written and directed by a black man, makes it a major stepping stone for Hollywood’s overall

diversity moving forward. In 2016, the #OscarsSoWhite controversy haunted the ceremony after no black actors or actresses received nominations in the lead/supporting acting categories for the second year in a row. People were also upset that films like “Beasts of No Nation” and “Straight Outta Compton” were overlooked for Oscar nominations, despite receiving critics’ prizes and guild awards. But Best Original Screenplay wasn’t on anyone’s radar at the 2016 Academy Awards, despite the importance of pure, creative storytelling. In this sense, original screenplays can be the most important aspect of filmmaking for increased diversity. Two actors from different races and backgrounds may be able to act in a role at virtually the same pedigree, but writing a story requires a person to tap into their own experiences, beliefs and inspirations. Peele wrote his screenplay during the Obama era, addressing what he called at a Vanity Fair screening of “Get Out,” the “post-racial lie” — America had a black president so there was no way people could spout racist commentary — and drawing from news headlines about black individuals suffering at the hands

of white people. Peele drew cinematic inspiration from “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Stepford Wives” and also incorporated his comedic background into the film to relieve tense moments with unexpected laughs. While the film is undoubtedly a bizarre concoction, “Get Out” was well received, drawing in a/thedailytitan massive box office haul, which according to The Wrap, brought@thedailytitan back a 630 percent profit in relation to its budget. The movie con-@thedailytitan tinued its victory tour last week with an Oscar win that made Peele the first African-American to receive an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. COURTESY OF FLICKR Looking forward, this devel- The intricate depiction of race in Jordan Peele’s award-winning film ‘Get Out’ sets a opment has opened the door for new precedent for traditional, jump-scare horror movies. a wider panel of stories to be told and recognized, particularly minor technical awards, includ- and “The Witch” were all rewhen most wouldn’t normally re- ing Best Makeup and Best Visu- leased within the past four years, ceive time in the spotlight. “Get al Effects, but a horror film be- each receiving glowing responsOut” wasn’t only a barrier break- ing nominated for multiple larger es from critics, but none of them er for race, it was a resurgence for categories, let alone winning one were nominated in any category its genre as well. of them, is an extreme rarity. for the Oscars. The horror genre has been This is a result of horror beMaybe Peele’s horror film was left out to dry at the Academy ing seen as less-than, producing another flash in the pan for the Awards, which overwhelming- mostly low-quality films. While academy and the diversity of race ly nominates different blends of the market has admittedly been and genre will continue to stay dramas. Over the course of 90 saturated with forgettable films stagnant. But the movie was, at years, only six horror films have laced with cheap jump scares, the very least, a breath of fresh ever been nominated for Best there have also been high-quali- air and a triumph for the underPicture. ty films worthy of recognition in represented during a time in HolThe genre has occasionally recent years. lywood when the demand for seen nominations and wins for “The Babadook,” “It Follows” change is at an all-time high.

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Game 2 The Titans couldn’t keep the momentum up as the Beavers evened out the series 1-1, shutting down Fullerton 6-4 in the second game. Oregon State buried the Titans early by scoring three runs in the second inning and one in the fifth. Despite the loss, the highlight of the game came from outfielder Chris Prescott, who recorded his first career home run on a 3-run bomb that tied the game 4-4 in the top of the sixth. “I was just looking to get a good pitch and put a good swing on it,” Prescott told Titan Sports Media. “I was fortunate to get the barrel on it.” With a comeback in sight for Fullerton, Oregon State scored two runs in its next appearance at the plate and held the lead to close out the game. Game 3 Fullerton’s late-game push was not enough to overcome the deficit it faced, falling 5-4 in the final meeting of the series. The Beavers wasted no time putting the Titans down 5-1 after scoring four runs in the first inning and one in the fourth. Although both teams ended up with five hits, Oregon State was

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Cal State Fullerton baseball earned a win over Oregon State on Friday, its first since the 1977 season. Although the Titans recorded two fewer hits than the Beavers, they created two more runs and walked away with a 5-3 victory on the road.

able to squeeze out one more run than Fullerton. First baseman Jace Chamberlain’s career-high three RBIs

came in the fifth and seventh innings. Prescott scored twice, tying his season high. CSUF now holds a 4-10

record this season. The team will return home to Goodwin Field on Friday, March 16 to start its season-long eight-game

homestand in a series against Grand Canyon University. Jared Eprem contributed to this story.

Three Titans earn All-Tournament honors

Kyle Allman, Khalil Ahmad and Jackson Rowe receive awards for CSUF basketball. JARED EPREM Sports Editor

Titans guard Kyle Allman earned the Big West Tournament Most Valuable Player award after securing a conference championship for Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball with a 71-55 win over UC Irvine. Allman, along with guard Khalil Ahmad and forward Jackson Rowe, were named to the Big West All-Tournament team. “I just wanted to take it game by game and let everything fall into place. It just happened the way I wanted it to,” Allman said. Allman locked up the award after his heroic efforts against the Anteaters. He scored 26 points, grabbed six rebounds, dished out three assists and collected three steals in the win. “I worked super hard to get

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this. I was down on not being player of the year so this made me really happy,” Allman said. He is now the second player in program history to receive this achievement. The trio accounted for 145 of the team’s 202 points scored throughout the tournament. Ahmad was the only Titan to score in double digits in all three postseason games. Rowe put together a convincing case for tournament MVP in the first two games, averaging 17 points, 9.5 rebounds and two steals over the stretch. However, his quiet night against Irvine combined with the superb play of Allman left Rowe empty-handed. “I wasn’t worried about tournament MVP. I was worried about getting through to March Madness,” Rowe said. Only one member of the media Big West preseason poll predicted the Titans would win the conference. Allman said the team used the predictions as motivation during the postseason. Rowe said the disbelief fueled their tournament run and continues to give them confidence going forward. “When people doubt us, it makes us play even harder,” Rowe said. The Titans earned a No. 15 seed in the east region of the NCAA tournament and will take on No. 2 Purdue University in Detroit, Michigan on Friday, March 16 at 9:40 a.m. PST.

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Cal State Fullerton softball splits four games

The Titans now sit at 11-11 after the Long Beach State/ Fullerton Tournament.

game progressed, the rain intensified, ending the contest’s first inning and cancelling its second match.

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Though weather conditions challenged Cal State Fullerton softball throughout the Long Beach State/Fullerton Tournament, the Titans left with a 2-2 record in the tourney, bringing their overall record to 11-11. “I thought we had some real competitive moments in this tournament. Those are the things we want to put in the bank and take to conference play,” said Titans Head Coach Kelly Ford. Day One The Titans matched up against San Jose State University but fell short in the sixth inning for a 15-6 loss. San Jose rallied for the first run of the game, but by the bottom of the third CSUF returned to raise the score 2-1 following an RBI from Julia Valenzuela and a homer from Deshea Hill. However, once it was time for Fullerton to provide defense and keep its lead, the Spartans were able to make connections at the plate, posting five runs in the top of the fourth. CSUF attempted a comeback in the fifth inning when two runs were converted from four hits for a 6-6 game. The sixth inning kicked off with a home run for San Jose’s Kaelin Amerin which started a burst of offensive energy for the Spartans. A nine-run inning ended the game, handing CSUF its first loss in the tourney and third double digit loss of the season. Day Two Following a blowout game, the Titans returned to their diamond for redemption. Facing Boston

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Sammie Vandiver picked up three hits, scored three runs and stole one base in the Long Beach State/ Fullerton Tournament. She now has 17 hits and 14 runs in her 22 games played this season.

University, they dominated the field with a 6-0 win. The first inning was uneventful for both teams as neither could bring in runs. Once the game entered the second inning, the Titans had a shift of momentum to get on the board. Outfielder Ari Williams found herself creating a new all-time program record for stolen bases, as a leadoff in the second led to her 60th stolen base in her career. Pitcher Sophie Frost held down the circle, earning her

third complete game and win of the season. With the 28 at-bats and 13 hits throughout the game, Fullerton scored at least one run in every inning but the first, leaving Boston in the dust. “We just came and played seven strong (innings),” Ford said. “It wasn’t a perfect game and these players know I’m not asking that perfect game, but what I’m asking them is to get out there and compete at their level every pitch.”

Day Three Coming off a big win Friday night, Fullerton had a doubleheader ahead of them. Its first game was against the Ohio State Buckeyes with a quick turnaround to face Seattle University. But the odds were against the Titans as a layer of heavy-filled rain clouds hovered over Anderson Family Field before the match against the Buckeyes. A light downfall allowed CSUF to begin the game, but as the

Day Four The final day of the Long Beach State/Fullerton Tournament turned into another doubleheader for the Titans. Battling against San Diego State University, CSUF entered another game in its win column with a 4-3 victory. Trailing by the third inning, Fullerton regained a spark when it took its turn at the plate and a double from Zoe Richard brought in Kelsie Whitmore to decrease its deficit to one run. Frost stood in the pitchers circle for all eight innings, marking her fourth complete game. She allowed only six hits and three runs from the Aztecs. A final hit from Bryanna Ybarra shifted the loaded bases and sent Sammie Vandiver home for the last run of the game. After being rained out the third day, the Titans reconvened their match against the Buckeyes shortly after. Their strength present in the previous game carried over into the next game. Fullerton was able to get its first run after a single from Deshea Hill brought one of the runners on loaded bases to home plate. Though pitcher Taylor Dockins only walked two batters, the Buckeyes were able to get in six hits for three runs concluding a quick game, 3-1. “Taylor put us in the position to win. We just didn’t have the timely hitting, and truthfully we gave them those two runs,” Ford said. The Titans will return to their home field Tuesday to participate in a doubleheader against Fairfield and Columbia starting at 4 p.m.

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Guard Kyle Allman carried the Titans to victory against UC Irvine. He scored 26 points, grabbed six rebounds, dished out three assists and got his hands on three steals.

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Forwards Jackson Rowe and Davon Clare, as well as Ahmad, sunk all of their attempts from the line and the team shot 16-20 as a whole. Defensively, the Titans controlled the glass. Clare gathered seven rebounds, followed by

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Allman and forward Arkim Robertson with six. CSUF turned the ball over five times with its tournament bid on the line; this is its lowest total of the season when it needed to control the ball most. The win made CSUF the eighth program in the uber-competitive conference to take home the Big West trophy in the last eight years, sending the Titans to the first round of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008. “I’m speechless. Literally speechless,” Taylor said. “Validation and a sense of accomplishment is what’s running rampant through my body right now, and not necessarily for me personally, but for the people that believed in this program.” VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM