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Thursday March 15, 2018

ASI candidates disqualified Titans

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Men’s basketball will face No. 2 Boilermakers in round one of NCAA tourney. JARED EPREM Sports Editor

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Moubayed and Eacobellis presented to the Sports Club Inter-Club Council at its last meeting on March 9, promising to give students a voice in their student government.

BREANNA BELKEN Asst. News Editor

Associated Students, or ASI, candidates Celine Moubayed and Colin Eacobellis were disqualified from the election Wednesday due to violations of the organization’s bylaws. On Tuesday, an unknown number of students received an email encouraging them to vote Moubayed for president and Eacobellis for vice president. The email, sent from Eacobellis’ student account,

provided a link to the ASI voting website and a message asking students to “consider Celine and Colin for your first choice!” Eacobellis and Moubayed declined requests for interviews with the Daily Titan. Moubayed serves as chief communications officer for ASI, and Eacobellis is president for the Interfraternity Council but does not currently hold a

Writer Janet Tashjian visited the Pollak Library to speak about her work.

story and many others that have transformed a split-second decision into an illustrious career. In 1993 Tashjian ended her career in sales. Twenty five years later, she’s published more than a dozen children’s and young-adult books, one of which helped inspire a Disney Channel movie, and has won several awards. During her talk, Tashjian emphasized the connections between her novels and personal life. Tashjian’s 1997 novel “Tru Confessions” is about a young girl named Trudy Walker who dreams of having her own television show, and wishes her twin brother would become un-handicapped,” according to Janet Tashjian’s website. Adapted into the Disney Channel movie of the same in 2002, the story was inspired by Tashjian’s husband whose brother is disabled. Another one of Tashjian’s stories that connected to her personal life is the “My Life as” series. When Tashjian learned her son, Jake, had a reading disability, she and her husband took him to a reading specialist. After seeing Jake’s progress, she said she wanted to share those improvements with children who may have reading disabilities as well.

position with ASI. The elections judicial council held a closed meeting at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Wednesday after complaints were filed to ASI. Those who filed complaints were invited to attend. As of this publication, it is unknown how many complaints were filed against the campaign. The council found the candidates were in violation of the bylaws and a notice was posted on the ASI elections website to inform voters of their violation and subsequential disqualification. According to the bylaws, the candidates sent a “spam” email defined as “using any means of unsolicited electronic

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They sent an email to me and I wasn’t sure how they got my information because I have no connection to either one.

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Celine Moubayed and Colin Eacobellis are now ineligible to become Associated Students president and vice president due to a mass email they sent to students.

MARIA LINARES Fourth year sociology major communication to campaign.” “The parties involved have the option to file an appeal of the decision with the ASI board of directors,” said Rachel Lagenfeld, director of ASI elections, in an email to the Daily Titan. SEE ELECTION

Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball will travel to Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Friday for its first-round NCAA Tournament game against No. 2 Purdue University. The Titans are not focused on the ranking of their opponent. Despite being heavy underdogs against the Boilermakers, CSUF’s 4-0 record in neutral-site games gives them hope for a victory. “If anything, it gives us more confidence knowing that when we play in a neutral gym, we’re a better team. We just got to play hard. That’s all it is,” said forward Jackson Rowe. Defense paved the way in Fullerton’s quest to the Big West Tournament championship. In their three postseason affairs, the Titans allowed only 60.3 points per game. Purdue averaged 81 points per game this season while shooting 49.7 percent from the field and 42 percent from three-point land. CSUF is prepared to expend all of its energy to stop the Boilermakers from maintaining their averages. “There’s nothing to hold back anymore. We’re leaving it all out there to try and beat Purdue,” said guard Kyle Allman. Fullerton suffered multiple losses this season after crucial wins, including the three-game losing streak after the hot start to conference play and the loss at UC Riverside. Both Allman and Rowe said the team became complacent in those affairs. SEE NCAA

Award-winning author shares story at CSUF PRISCILLA CARCIDO Staff Writer

Award-winning author Janet Tashjian worked in sales for years before realizing she had another calling in life. One day, she was reading “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien when she told her husband she had decided to end her 14-year career. “When I get letters from kids that say ‘Your book changed my life,’ I really know that can happen because (“The Things They Carried”) literally changed mine. I quit my job the next day. I went to CVS. I bought a stack of notebooks and a box of pens,” Tashjian said. In a talk sponsored by the Donoghue Children’s Literature Center at the Pollak Library on Tuesday, Tashjian shared this

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My son took a learning disability and turned it into something that has helped kids in 26 other countries and languages.

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JANET TASHJIAN Young-adult novelist

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2 News

THURSDAY MARCH 15, 2018

High school students advocate gun control

For 17 minutes, classes were interrupted at Troy High School near CSUF. DIANE ORTIZ Staff Writer

As part of a nationwide protest against gun violence, students at Fullerton Troy High School walked out of their classes at 10 a.m on Wednesday. Jaulianne Kim, a senior at Troy High School and part-time student at Cal State Fullerton said the protest was “uplifting.” “We left class a little bit early to walk out to our main quad, to protest against gun violence (in) schools. The participation was a lot higher than expected, so it was definitely positive,” Kim said. Although students stood within the school gates, many gathered around the quad surrounding 17 empty chairs to honor the 17 victims who were killed in February during a school shooting in Parkland, Florida. In February, a 15-year-old girl threatened violence against Troy High School on social media. The girl was said to have threatened the school in a group chat and was taken into custody by Fullerton Police on Feb. 1, according to the Orange County Register. This was not the first violent threat to Troy High School. Last year, two male students from the high school were arrested after they were overheard plotting a school shooting they described as “bigger than Columbine,” according to a Fullerton Police announcement. “A lot of the administrators walked around last week to give us a short talk about what would happen if a shooter came on campus,” Kim said. “The threats that came to our school made the problem more real and tangible for us.” Kim said she hopes the national walkouts raise awareness against gun violence and that the school can increase safety on campus. “It’s kind of hard for me to say if the school itself will be more secure, because it’s very easy for

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Celine Moubayed is currently with ASI.

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Fullerton Troy High School students participated in the National Student Walkout, but did not leave campus.

people to just walk onto campus still, and I think that’s definitely something that worries me and a lot of other kids,” Kim said. Students in Los Angeles Unified School District also staged walkouts on their campuses in similar hopes for school safety and gun control. Freshman Amanda Alcala walked out with her classmates at Nathaniel A. Narbonne High School. The school’s administrators were supportive of the demonstration and even shortened their class schedules to accommodate the walkout, Alcala said. Similarly to students from Troy High School, Alcala said most students in her school stayed on campus. However, some jumped the fence. The students who stayed around the quad chanted “Forget the silence, control gun violence,” Alcala said. “It’s not necessarily about the gun itself, who has it, it’s more like the person’s mentality. I feel like they should pay attention to the person’s background and see how they would use that weapon,” Alcala said.

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The walkout honored those who died in the Parkland, Florida shooting.

While students walked out of schools across the country, the House of Representatives passed the STOP School Violence Act, which would offer $50 million annually to states to help train

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students, teachers and law enforcement in preventing violence and suicides in schools. No plans have been set to impose any gun bans at the federal level.

As of Wednesday at 7:03 p.m. no appeals had been filed, Lagenfeld said in the email. Maria Linares, a fourth-year sociology major, was one student who received the email and filed a complaint with the ASI election committee. “They sent an email to me and I wasn’t sure how they got my information because I have no connection to either one of them,” Linares said. Liz Sanchez, a second-year sociology graduate student, also filed a complaint with the council and forwarded the initial email to Student Life and Leadership director Vincent Vigil and Keya Allen, ASI associate executive director, said their campaign accessed information unfairly. “I feel what Colin did was deviant and strays away from the fairness and integrity of the election process. With that being said, I highly encourage that Colin should be removed to set an example that no person with privileges can use such privileges to manipulate the election process,” Sanchez said in an email to Langenfeld.

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News 3

THURSDAY MARCH 15, 2018

Kehlani to headline Spring Concert in April

Associated Students have yet to announce the second performer. KRISTINE JANARILLA Staff Writer

R&B artist Kehlani will be one of the headlining artists for this year’s Associated Students, or ASI, Spring Concert at Cal State Fullerton. The Oakland-born singer, known for hits like “Honey” and “Keep On,” is slated to perform at the annual Spring Concert on April 7, at the Intramural Fields. Alternative rock band Gearheart and DJ Ivnasty will open the concert

after winning Battle of the Bands and Battle of the DJs, respectively. This event will have a “festival vibe, incorporating high-energy musicians and a celebratory atmosphere” and feature rides and vendors, according to the ASI Spring Concert event page. Tickets are being sold at $15 for students, $25 for alumni and $35 for guests. Students can either buy a single ticket or a ticket bundle, which includes a ticket for the student and a guest for $50.

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California Governor Jerry Brown is cutting down on the proposed budget for the CSU’s next fiscal year. The California Faculty Association believes a public protest can sway the governor and legislators.

Rally in Sacramento will protest tuition raise DIANE ORTIZ Staff Writer

Jennifer Eagan, California Faculty Association president, encouraged students and CSU members in a Tuesday conference call to take a bus to Sacramento to protest state tuition increases. Eagan said a public display like the planned rally at the California State Capitol in Sacramento on April 4, can enhance the chances of California Gov. Jerry Brown and legislators revising a budget proposal of $92 million for the CSU system next year. “I think it does require consistent and escalating pressure from now to the May (revision of the budget), to when they vote on the budget in June,” Eagan said. Brown’s proposed sum does not keep

up with inflation, making this proposal a budget cut, according to the faculty association. The five specific demands the CFA asks of Brown include: reinvestment in public universities, stop student fee hikes, end racism and discrimination, defend academic freedom and protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and undocumented students in the CSU system, Eagan said. The push for change stems from an ongoing decline of financial support from the state in the CSU system, which is shown by an increase in “qualified” students being turned away from the 23 Cal State Universities, Eagan said. “From 2008-2012, the CSU lost $1 billion of state funding. Due to budget constraints, the university has been forced to turn away 20,000 to 30,000 fully qualified students each academic year for the past six years,” according to the CSU website. The positive effect college degrees have

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The California Faculty Association calls on CSU students and faculty to demand affordable education.

So this is not so much a spending of money, this is an investing in the future ... JENNIFER EAGAN California Faculty Association president

on California outweigh how much it will cost the state to educate more individuals, according to the faculty association. Eagan said for every dollar spent by the state on the CSU system, the return on the state economy is between four or five dollars. “So this is not so much a spending of money, this is an investing in the future that is going to ultimately be paid back as we have fabulous college-educated folks who are out working in the economy and being good taxpayers and citizens,” Eagan said. The Public Policy Institute of California, an independent nonprofit research institution, warns if current trends in the labor market persist, California will have a

shortage of 1.1 million workers holding a bachelor’s degrees by 2030. The institute also predicts the demand for highly educated workers will exceed the supply of available workers. “In bad times there wasn’t enough money and now we’re in good times, and there still isn’t enough money. And we think that it’s starting to sound like the governor doesn’t care about public higher education and about educating our qualified students,” Eagan said. Eagan hopes the rally will grab the attention of Brown and California legislators. The California Faculty Association has set up an area on its website for students to sign up for bus rides to Sacramento.

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THURSDAY MARCH 15, 2018

The duo ventures to New York to get a slice of the Big Apple’s vast collection of cuisines.

HANNAH MILLER Lifestyle Editor

TRACY HOANG Layout Editor

We landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport around 9 p.m. EST for a college media conference, ravenous and ready to devour everything New York had to offer. Dropping off our luggage at the hotel and bundling up in coats and scarves, we hit the ground running. Totto Ramen Cold and frustrated by our long walk through the rain and the slippery, dirty slush we had to trudge through, we decided to break off from the herd of our newsroom colleagues to find our own late-night dinner, dragging Amy Wells, our news editor, along with us. We whipped out our phones and followed the blue line of directions into Hell’s Kitchen, a neighborhood in Manhattan, in search for some New York ramen. The joint was so small we missed it the first time we walked by. Nestled mostly underground, all that was visible was a tent-like structure with red lights glowing from within, illuminating the banner that read “Totto Ramen.” We hurried inside the small waiting area and huddled around the heat lamp and menus like cavemen who just discovered fire, occasionally peering in to see the small restaurant packed. Hip-hop music blared every time someone opened the door. The wait wasn’t long and we were soon inside sitting at the bar that stretched the (short) length of the establishment, coats hanging behind us. All three of us ordered the chicken paitan, a chicken-based ramen, and watched as the skilled chefs worked their magic on the other side of the bar. Though the flavor was different from the ramen we’ve had back in California, the chicken-based broth was similar to the Filipino dish, mami. The noodles were perfectly al dente, and even though they must have used a dump truck to get all of those onions in each bowl, the seaweed and bamboo shoots balanced out the flavor as we ate. Union Square Burgers A storm hit New York the day after we arrived, whipping snow and rain left and right. It was our first time experiencing snowfall and it was briefly exciting, especially coming from the perpetually warm climate of Southern California. But as we headed out in search of a Shake Shack, walking in circles as the cold and narrow streets began to confuse our phones, the novelty quickly wore off. When the Shake Shack was finally in sight, Brandon Pho, the other news editor, suggested we try something more unique to New York. A few doors down from our

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Union Square Burger also offers chicken burgers.

Totto Ramen was established in 2010.

intended target, we ducked in to Union Square Burger, our party of five cramming inside the tiny burger place. The obviously overwhelmed cashier warned us there would be a wait; he was the only one working that day. As long as we were out of the snow, we didn’t mind. We crammed into the small room, some of us sitting at round tables for two or three, some on stools at a bar facing the wall and some standing, but all of us were dripping from the storm. When we all finally got our food, our conversations and laughter died down as we hungrily shoved fries and burgers into our faces. We ordered the shroom town cheese burger and the avocado cheese burger. The shroom town cheeseburger was perfectly savory and delectable. The pillowy sesame bread could barely hold in the mushrooms and cheese that oozed from the buns like lava lazily running down a volcano. While the tall dumpling isn’t a big fan of burgers (having about one annually, maybe two on a bad year), the flavor had her tastebuds soaring. Maybe it was still the euphoria of being in New York, or maybe it was the wagyu and black angus patty, but she could have easily gone for another. The doughy potato bun topped the meat

patty and a mound of mashed avocado. The avocado added the creamy texture and helped cut through the heaviness of the meat and cheese. The little dumpling has dined at Shake Shack back home before, so she was glad to give this place a try. The establishment is similar to Shake Shack in terms of burgers and fries, but it was a unique experience because we can get Shake Shack back in Los Angeles. B’kyln Burro If there’s one thing a Californian shouldn’t do in New York, it’s trying to find good Mexican food. Don’t get us wrong, there probably are some great dives that whip up a killer enchilada, but when you live this close to the original, finding authentic burritos anywhere else just sounds silly. But we tried anyways, speeding beneath New York to B’KLYN Burro on subways we hoped were going in the right direction–we had a bad habit of getting on the wrong train. Luckily, it was only a few steps away from the subway. With a huge mural displaying a divine burrito being gazed upon by a donkey on one wall and a couple of colorful tables leading to the kitchen, the inviting aromas and atmosphere were unique and promising. We ordered the carne asada burrito,

al pastor burrito and nachos. The carne asada burrito was like eating fire: flavorless and painfully hot. The copious amounts of rice and beans and the tough meat weren’t able to extinguish the heat. We didn’t even finish half of it before putting it down and moving on. The al pastor burrito, on the other hand, was quite satisfying. The al pastor wasn’t too spicy or bland and was packed with flavor. The burrito was filled with rice and beans and was overflowing with meat but dripped with oil from the al pastor. It was good, but not good enough to finish. Far from authentic, the nachos were decorated with peppers, zucchini, mushrooms and refried pinto beans, but the cooks used their deviance from the Californian notion of nachos to their advantage. The light flavors from the grilled veggies balanced well with the heaviness of the cheesy beans, and the chips tasted fresh. Schmackary’s Craving something sweet from all of the savory foods of our trip, we found this cookie cafe in the middle of Hell’s Kitchen. With a bright color scheme of robin egg blue and pale yellow, the atmosphere was warm and inviting. Contrasting against the drab weather outside, the hostess welcomed us with energy that seemed to bounce off every wall. Her loud and cheery disposition encouraged us to buy more than we could finish. Served alongside coffee and other treats, cookie flavors included: Cookies & Creams, Sch’mores, Chunky Monkey and Black & Tan, which is a Guinness and dark chocolate flavored cookie. The cookies were large and decadently sweet, so we decided to eat half and save the rest for later. We started and ended our stay in Manhattan with pizza slices bigger than our heads (the first was overpriced and the second sent grease running down our arms). Bellies full, we hopped on a plane to LAX and dreamed of all of the good pizza places we missed out on. If we had a chance to go back, we’d get another bowl from Totto Ramen and pick up a dozen of Schmackary’s cookies, but we’d wait to get home for a good burrito.

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From “My Life as a Book” to “My Life as a Ninja,” the series follows the story of a middle school student and “reluctant reader,” Derek Fallon. The “My Life as” series incorporates imagery with storytelling to help encourage children to read stories they feel connected to. As the inspiration and illustrator for the series, Tashjian’s favorite part about the “My Life as” series is Jake’s impact on young children. “My son took a learning disability and turned it into something that has helped kids in 26 other countries and languages. We get letters from Argentina and Finland and Japan, from kids who are looking at Jake’s pictures (which are) helping them be better readers,” Tashjian said. Tari Apreala, a fourth-year child and adolescent development major, valued the message behind the “My Life as” series. With hopes of being a writer one day,

Apreala said she learned the power of encouraging words. “As a writer, you have to be connected to the outside world and readers,” Apreala said. With children and young adults as her main audience, Tashjian tailors her talks and workshops to not only teach them how to write, but to motivate them to persevere. Tashjian said she’s had teachers who’ve warned her that the only thing students would want to write about is pickles or that they would avoid sentences starting with “and.” She shot down those warnings though, knowing there was already magic within their stories. “I’m a big believer in kids putting a stamp on their own work,” Tashjian said. She said the only way creativity and storytelling can flourish is if kids aren’t afraid to fail. At the Pollak Library, in a room primarily filled with college students and faculty, her words of

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When I get letters from kids that say ‘Your book changed my life,’ I really know that can happen.

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B’KLYN Burro’s flavor was modeled after food from San Francisco’s Mission District. They feature dishes like burritos, quesadillas and tacos.

JANET TASHJIAN Children’s book author encouragement resonated with her audience. Claudia Villasenor, a third-year child and adolescent development major, hopes to be an elementary school teacher and writer. She said Tashjian’s speech taught her not only to continue developing her writing skills, but to also stay confident and determined. “I learned that in order to be a good writer, you just need to keep working at it. Be persistent,” Villasenor said. “People are going to like it. People are going to hate it. You just need to put yourself out there and don’t care what anyone else thinks.”

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Opinion 5

THURSDAY MARCH 15, 2018

A stronger focus on those affected by white supremacist views would have been a better approach to covering different perspectives in the Charlottesville rally back in August.

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White supremacy coverage was skewed The New York Times sadly gave hatred and bigotry a voice.

BRANDON ANGEL Asst. Copy Editor

Last November, the New York Times wrote a profile on white nationalist, Tony Hovater, in the hopes of demonstrating he was just a normal, polite, nextdoor neighbor who also happened to be a bigot and Nazi sympathizer. In doing so, the New York Times’ coverage unintentionally normalized white supremacy. The attempt to show that

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racism is alive, well and omnipresent throughout suburban America, while understandable, was being misguided and unnecessary. The profile examined the mind of Hovater, one of the white nationalists who marched in August 2017 in the rally against the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville. This was the same rally ending with the death of Heather Heyer, in which a man drove his car into a crowd of counter protesters. The coverage was intended to highlight white nationalists as everyday people, but ended up giving them a bigger platform. The New York Times’ writer and editors were naive to believe the profile wouldn’t elicit any emotional harm to those targeted by hate crimes and racism. The writer and editors failed to take into account people of color and other minorities who share painful pasts with different forms of white supremacy,

whether it’s Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany or today’s Traditional Workers Party. However, despite trying to cover a new angle on white supremacy and its modern form, the New York Times was met with predictable backlash. Instead of focusing on the perpetrators of hate, covering the targeted individuals would have served readers better by exhibiting the effects of hate and white supremacy. After negative feedback on the article, Marc Lacey, the New York Times national editor, issued a response to the readers and said the intent of the story was to inform people about the levels of hate and extremism in America, and how both have become a normalized part of people’s lives. It is the media’s duty to inform people about what is newsworthy — locally, nationally and internationally — but telling a story to better understand a person of hate doesn’t justify

promoting their cause, regardless of intention. Doing this damages the media’s integrity and puts into question its ability to deliver quality and unbiased news. Coverage on white supremacy causes divisiveness and vitriol toward the media, so the coverage must be sensitive to all it affects, in this case, those targeted by racism and hate crimes. Covering white supremacists and understanding their background and history does nothing to solve the problem or advance equality for those who have long been at a disadvantage simply because of their race. Instead, it insinuates that hate deserves a voice. The writer, Richard Fausset, said he could not understand why Hovater, who had a considerably normal upbringing, became a white supremacist. Fausset reached out to Hovater again after filing an early version of the profile because Fausset and his editors felt they

failed to sufficiently address the reason why he became a white nationalist. The New York Times may have interviewed Heyer’s mother and addressed her daughter’s memory, but there was still a need for more stories surrounding those who were harmed in Charlottesville, and others who have been hurt by white supremacist ideologies. News organizations need to learn from this and understand that regardless of their audience, giving a hateful faction the confidence and platform needed to deliver its message to the masses must never be tolerated. By writing stories like these, the media is unwittingly rewarding racism. Profiles on white nationalists have no place in news coverage and the next time a news organization wants to write a story on white supremacy, let’s hope it fully understands the impact of who and what it chooses to cover.

6 Sports

THURSDAY MARCH 15, 2018

Titans to host Grand Canyon in weekend series CSUF baseball is looking to break out of its seasonopening slump. KAILA CRUZ

Asst. Sports Editor

Cal State Fullerton baseball is back at Goodwin Field for a three-game home series against Grand Canyon University after coming off a 2-1 series loss to Oregon State University, The Titans are currently last place in the Big West and are trying to get back to basics as they look to climb back toward the top of the conference. “That’s the biggest thing, playing as a team and pulling for each other,” senior Christ Prescott told Cal State Fullerton Sports Media. Looking Back In its last contest, CSUF handed No. 1 Oregon State its first loss of the season. However, CSUF is now 4-10 as it creeps closer to conference play on March 29. At this point last year, the Titans held a 6-8 record and made

their way to Omaha later in the season. Fullerton catcher Daniel Cope recently earned his first collegiate award after his performance against the Beavers, naming him Big West Field Player of the Week. Scouting Grand Canyon University is still new to life as a Division I team. The Lopes recently made the switch from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to an NCAA Division II team before ultimately joining the Western Athletic Conference and moving up to Division I. GCU has a 6-8 record with three-game win streak heading into its matchup against Big West opponent UC Riverside before heading to Fullerton. Though this is the first time GCU will compete against the Titans, the Lopes aren’t new to Big West competition. The Lopes faced Cal Poly in February and dominated the Mustangs in a 5-1 victory. The Lopes’ offense is powered by Griffin Barnes who

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Ruben Cardenas leads the Titans with 19 hits and also has a .444 slugging percentage.

leads the team in both batting average (.474) and slugging percentage (.579). In a three-game series GCU, swept Penn State, which included two walk-off wins. The Lopes also recorded their most

strikeouts since returning to Division I, during the series, peaking at 19. Coming Up This series against GCU begins an eight-game homestand

where Fullerton will play conference rival, Long Beach State as well as the University of San Diego and USC. CSUF will begin its three-game series against GCU at 7 p.m. on Friday at Goodwin Field.

Tennis to face Tigers at Hawaii The Titans look to stretch their win streak against Pacific and Hawaii. YARESLY SANCHEZ-AGUILERA Sports Editor

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However, Rowe is confident the team has learned from its mistakes and will keep effort levels high in Detroit. “Now that we’ve been through it, it’s going to be easier to make sure it doesn’t happen again,”

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(Winning the Big West) means so much more knowing that we get to play in this tournament.

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Rowe said. The Titans know how special Friday’s contest is for their program and university, marking them as they are the third men’s basketball team in program history to play in an NCAA Tournament game and the first since 2008. “(Winning the Big West) means so much more knowing that we get to play in this tournament. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It might not happen again, so we have to appreciate the moment,” Rowe said. The contest will tip off at 9:40 a.m. PST and can be streamed on truTV and marchmadness.com.

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The duo of Danielle Pham (pictured above) and Caisey Emery are 3-1 in doubles play.

strategic in their Saturday match against Hawaii, who are No. 4 in the Big West standings with a 5-3 overall record and 2-1 in conference. Hawaii’s duo, Nikola Dolakova and Klara Pribylova lead the team with a 9-6 record, while Michelle Pits leads singles with a 9-5 overall record. Edles stressed that the team should rest physically if they want to continue their streak heading into conference play. “Main thing is we’ve got to recover, we’ve had a couple matches this week,” Edles said. “They definitely deserve to be feeling pretty confident, they’ve played well these last couple matches.” In the match against Utah, the Titans were exempt from playing in doubles after they went 4-2 in their singles matches. But despite a strong start, Edles wants to

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Point guard Austen Awosika leads Cal State Fullerton in assists, averaging 2.7 per game.

Cal State Fullerton tennis is riding a six-game win streak after dominating its opponents in singles and doubles play over the weekend. The team will travel to Hawaii to face the University of the Pacific Tigers on March 15 before taking on University of Hawaii on Saturday, March 17. The Titans hold the top spot in the Big West conference after coming out victorious in their two conference play matches earlier this year, bringing their overall record to 12-2. Fullerton had an eventful weekend after it took on Boston and came out with a 4-0 victory, something assistant coach Ellie Edles said looked easier in the numbers than it was on court. “The matches were definitely really close, even though it was a 4-0 win it was definitely a closer match than how the score looked,” Edles said. CSUF also had another big win against Utah State after it shot them down early in singles play, something they credited to their focus on recovery before the match. Both Boston and Utah State competed fiercely against the Titans, and Pacific and Hawaii may give Fullerton tougher competition. Pacific is 2-4 record and currently on a four-game losing streak following its 4-3 loss to Cal Poly. The Titans will have to be

ELLIE EDLES Titans assistant coach make sure the team is prepared for doubles play. “Everyday we’re just trying to get better and better. We’ve been working a lot on doubles,” Edles said. “In singles same thing, it’s just coming out to a strong start.” The Titans will open up their weekend matches with Pacific starting at 1 p.m. at the University of Hawaii Tennis Complex. Kathryne Padilla contributed to this report.

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While continuing to battle the rainy weather, Cal State Fullerton softball will host the Easton Invitational for its final tournament in nonconference play this weekend. Fullerton will compete Friday and Saturday with doubleheaders, followed by a single game Sunday. The last time the Titans played back-to-back days of doubleheaders was during the Mary Nutter Collegiate

Classic where CSUF left the tourney split, 2-2. The Titans, now 11-13 and on a threegame losing streak, will face five competitors including a rematch against Ohio State, who took a 3-1 victory over Fullerton on March 11. “They’re a well coached team and they take care of the ball, they hit the ball. We just have to compete every pitch,” said Titans Head Coach Kelly Ford. To be competitive this weekend Fullerton must revisit its time at the plate. The focus on hitting has been a reoccurring issue every member on the team needs to improve on, especially after dropping both of its matches Tuesday. “There’s not many games we’re going to

win by scoring zero runs and to score one run in 14 innings, that’s shocking,” Ford said. Being hesitant and lacking confidence at the dish has caused the Titans batting average to drop from a .297 to a .287, making contact 169 times in their 588 of their at-bats. Ford said she doesn’t recognize the team after drops in its overall statistics, and it’s been difficult for the Titans to return to their winning ways since their 4-3 win over the San Diego State Aztecs on March 11. “We didn’t really go out and grab anything, we didn’t compete for anything, it was really a lukewarm performance by Cal State Fullerton softball,” Ford said.

CSUF has trailed off from last year’s winning record by one, and to become the team Ford knows they are, a team who previously dominated the field, Ford said it must regain its level of competition. With a day left before the tourney, CSUF players are not the only ones looking to improve. The coaching staff also is looking to make progress before the first pitch Friday at 5:30 p.m. “I put a challenge on everybody ‘What they can do,’ what they can bring to the table and get better. Everybody came up with something, including the coaches, this is not just on the players,” Ford said. “We have to get better from the top and filter down.” Jacob Tatham contributed to this report.

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