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Volume 103 Issue 30

ASI investigating closed election meetings Associated Students failed to post meeting agendas as required by state law. KYLE BENDER Editor-in-Chief

Associated Students is conducting an internal investigation for its Elections Judicial

Council’s closed-door meetings held on March 7, said Dave Edwards, executive director of Associated Students. The council failed to post agendas as required by the state’s Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act, which regulates student government. During the closed meetings, the council disqualified Associated Students presidential and vice presidential candidates Celine

Moubayed and Colin Eacobellis for sending a mass campaign email deemed in violation of Associated Students campaign bylaws. “We can clearly say they violated the law by not posting notice of agenda,” said Mike Hiestand, attorney and senior legal consultant for the Student Press Law Center. Officials are briefed on Associated Students’ bylaws and California open meeting laws during a summer training program,

Edwards said. The bylaws require Associated Students officials to adhere to the Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act. “I think we were just encouraged to look at (the bylaws) ourselves,” said Moubayed, who serves as Associated Students chief communications officer, of her experience with Associated Students summer training. The investigation is expected to conclude by April 11.

Students protest proposed CSU budget California Faculty Association bused demonstrators from all over California to Sacramento. DIANE ORTIZ LAUREN JENNINGS Staff Writers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Over 1,000 students and faculty from across the state were brought together Wednesday morning to protest California Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget for CSU schools. Many students arrived at the state capital Tuesday evening, taking long bus rides and spending the night at The Table at Central United Methodist Church, sleeping on the floor. A silent march began outside of the Governor’s Mansion at 6:30 a.m., with tape over protesters mouths in an effort to remain in compliance with the city’s noise ordinance. The protesters marched back and forth silently, encouraging passing drivers to honk and cheer. Students held picket signs that read, “Fund the Dream” and “Free the CSU.” Griselda Aguirre, a junior at Cal State Fullerton and first-generation college student, said she realized how important it is to stay informed after going to an immigration fair for her family members. “It made me realize there’s so much work to do, which is good, because I want to be (utilized). Education is so important. If you don’t know, how can you advocate for something?” Aguirre said. “For me, this means everything.” The purpose of the march was to ask Brown for more CSU funding after the release of what the California Faculty Association and Students for Quality Education said was an unreasonably low 2018-19 budget offer.

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Demonstrators slept at The Table at Central United Methodist Church before waking up early Wednesday morning to advocate for cheaper education.

The governor proposed $92.1 million in additional funding for next year’s CSU budget. The state’s funding currently covers around half of all CSU’s cost, leaving the rest up to students to pay through tuition. Antionette Saddler, a Cal State Los

Angeles senior and member of Students for Quality Education, the Black Student Union and Black Lives Matter LA chapter said the CSU is receiving less funding as it becomes more diverse. Saddler’s reasons for marching are both political and personal. She marched with

a sign that read, “I lost my brother to this system. Don’t let my education be next,” referring to the death of her brother, Angel Ramos, in 2017 after a Vallejo police officer shot and killed him. SEE TUITION

Defunct, aging robot awaits fate

ODEX1 has the potential to open new doors, but its future at CSUF is uncertain. STEPHANIE DELATEUR Freelance Writer

Covered with dust and gadgets, Cal State Fullerton’s 35-year-old robot, ODEX 1, needs repair. ODEX 1, a functionoid walking robot, was displayed in 1983 after 15 months of development under Stephen J. Bartholet, senior staff engineer at Odetics Inc. The six-legged mechanism weighing 370 pounds and can to lift 450 pounds per leg. The functionoid was showcased at the National Museum of American History in 1986, and then loaned to Boston’s Museum of Science the following year. ODEX 1 was built to

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I think it’s important (to preserve ODEX 1) because the campus has a history and that history connects it to the local community.

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KEVIN LAMBERT Liberal studies professor

“demonstrate that you could coordinate movement and move objects,” said technician Jon Woodland. “It’s one of the first functional robots from the ‘80s.” Remote-controlled, ODEX 1 walks like an insect using a method called the alternating tripod. It can manipulate its size and stature with its legs depending on the situation, varying in height between 36 to 78 inches, and in width 21 to 105 inches. “ODEX hasn’t left the room since the university acquired it,” Woodland said. “We have so many new people in management, and at this college, that there’s very few people that even know it’s here.” The robot had state-of-the-art features for its time including the ability to climb stairs. “We got (ODEX 1) because we were the closest school next to (Odetics Inc.). We asked them for a lot of stuff from their production lines to help our labs,” Woodland said. The hope for ODEX was that it would be used in situations where humans could be harmed, like nuclear spills; the U.S. Army had plans to use it in battle according to the Los Angeles Times.

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Freshman Timothy Josten pitched four innings making his first collegiate appearance and start against the Sun Devils.

CSUF baseball sweeps ASU Pausing conference play, the Titans clinched the series over ASU with a 2-1 win. KAILA CRUZ

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Cal State Fullerton baseball managed to claim its series after an RBI single by Titans shortstop Sahid Valenzuela allowed Fullerton to record a 2-1 win against the Sun Devils on the road Wednesday. “(Titans Head Coach Rick

Vanderhook) was talking about the rivalry with ASU way before anyone has been here so it was important to get the W,” Titans pitcher Timothy Josten told CSUF Sports Media. SEE CLINCHED

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The conversation, titled ‘The LatinX Experience,’ aimed to establish camaraderie among students who grew up with two or more identities and cultures.

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Students share their multi-ethnic experiences CODIE HAYS Staff Writer

The words multiracial and multiethnic floated around the room as Cal State Fullerton students celebrated their multiethnic identity in the Chicana and Chicano Resource Center on Wednesday. The center was open to students seeking a safe place to share their stories and express personal thoughts about their differences among other members

of the CSUF community. Taylor Saucedo, a CSUF alumna and program assistant for the Asian Pacific American Resource Center, spoke on the panel about her multiracial identity. Saucedo, who is of Mexican and Okinawan descent, saw it as an opportunity to share her story of growing up around two separate cultures. “I think it’s important for people to know the difference between just being one race and being multiracial,” Saucedo said. Saucedo grew up with her Japanese grandparents whose culture she felt more connected with, but this changed when she

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Chicana & Chicano Resource Center creates a safe space for conversation.

TAYLOR SAUCEDO CSUF alumna started attending school. In both middle school and high school, her friends were predominantly Mexican, which shifted her cultural experiences, Saucedo said. “I don’t feel like I’m Latina enough sometimes. I don’t know a lot of things that most Latinas do so I don’t put it out there as much because I feel like a fraud,” Saucedo said.

Amber Cornelious, another CSUF student, spoke on the panel and shared her stories and experiences of being black and Mexican. Although she said she doesn’t lean toward any one culture, she said she is often identified by other people as black. “A lot of my friends who don’t know a lot about me just assume I am only black, and when I do say my mom is Mexican they’re

really surprised,” Cornelious said. At one point in her life, Cornelious said she felt like she “neglected her blackness” and tried to stress to others that she was Mexican, but no one ever believed her. “I was feeling like I wasn’t black enough, but also not wanting to be black enough,” Cornelious said. When the Black Lives Matter movement started, Cornelious said that’s when everything changed for her — she wanted to do anything she could for the movement and it finally “hit home” for her that it is where she belongs.

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The CFA-led demonstration, which included CSUF Students for Quality Education, touched on a number of other topics like the LGBTQ+ students and student homelessness.

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“They have focused on making these campuses so damn professional, they forget to ensure that students can afford to stay because we know the more they build up, the more they take out of our pockets,” Saddler said. At 7 a.m. the demonstrators were allowed to make noise and began chanting “No cuts, no fees, education should be free” and “Education not deportation.” Students used makeshift drums, vuvuzelas, hand clappers and whistles to make noise. Riley McDougall, a senior at CSUF, said that at 30 years old he’s only able to afford being a part-time student due to high tuition fees. “I know the governor has a lot of decisions (to make). He was able to get us the surplus, yet he put it for the ‘rainy-day fund’ but I think it should go to education because there are lots of state programs that are very important,” McDougall said. Gregory Christopher Brown, president of the California Faculty Association Fullerton chapter and associate professor of criminal justice at CSUF, said he wants additional funding for the CSU and the immediate end to increasing fees.

“We hope it gets their attention,” Christopher Brown said. “We (have) the majority of students of color now and funding has decreased as the student population of color has increased and it needs to stop now.” The CSU is enrolling and graduating more students than ever before. However, over the last 25 years, state support per student in the CSU system has declined, according to the 2018-19 CSU budget update. Following the governor’s conference, California Faculty Association said the sum was not sufficient and proposed a counter increase of $422.6 million. Starting at noon, Chancellor P. Timothy White and trustees Rebecca Eisen and Lateefah Simon spoke to CSU students, faculty and staff at the capitol building to show their support. Sacramento residents also joined the demonstration at the capitol watching and chanting with the protestors. The final state budget will be released in June. “Fixing education is the core of solving all the other problems. So, the more educated people we get going to school and finishing school, the better our society,” McDougall said.

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Cal State Los Angeles student Antionette Saddler’s sign refers to the death of her brother at the hands of police.

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“I think it’s important (to preserve ODEX 1) because the campus has a history and that history connects it to the local community … It’s important that there’s some memory of the interest in robotics in the past,” said Kevin Lambert, CSUF associate liberal studies professor who has an emphasis on the history and philosophy of science. Lambert said robotics and the use of robots are especially common in the modern world. “We’re surrounded by these objects all the time and we take them for granted,” Lambert said. Repairing ODEX could be a way for the university to gain some attention, Woodland said. “I think the school would benefit from seeing a tangible item that the students have worked on,” he said. “To see something actually work is always fun.” The robot may also spark an interest in CSUF’s history of science and technology, Lambert said. While ODEX 1 might not be the most appealing sight to some, for engineers it could be an eye-opening experience. He said fixing this robot would allow engineering students a chance to learn the methods used to build robots in the past, which could help modern robotics research. However, due to space, CSUF cannot hold onto this robot forever, Woodland said. He suggested

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ODEX1’s design made it the first robot to lift five times its weight.

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JON WOODLAND CSUF technician there should be a place on campus where ODEX and other historical items can be stored. “My biggest fear is that it will be destroyed, and with it, a significant part of the history of the

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campus,” Lambert said. “It would be fun to see the robot walking around the campus and I think it would be a good way of promoting the university, as well as the engineering department.”

‘Expectations’ radiates gayness

Hayley Kiyoko’s debut album shines rays of hope for the queer community. AMY WELLS News Editor

BREANNA BELKEN Asst. News Editor

Hayley Kiyoko, known as lesbian Jesus by fans, became a pop sensation for queer women when she released her second EP, “This Side of Paradise” in 2015. The single “Girls Like Girls” launched her into the public eye because of her female love interests. On Saturday, Kiyoko released “Expectations,” her highly-anticipated debut album. Prior to the album, Kiyoko had only released three EPs over a five-year span, garnering attention and support from the LGBTQ community. In an industry dominated by heteronormativity, Kiyoko’s songs represent queer girls and women. Her lyrics describe situations like coming to terms with one’s sexuality or crushing on a girl who will never return the interest. Kiyoko said in an interview with Refinery29 she faced accusations from music executives who questioned her use of female love interests and queerness for views in January 2018. Responding to backlash from only singing about women, Kiyoko compared her songs to straight female artists. “Taylor Swift sings about men in every single song and video, and no one complains that she’s unoriginal,” Kiyoko said in an interview with Refinery29, an entertainment company focused on young women. Swift defended Kiyoko’s remarks, responding to a fan’s post on Tumblr, saying it’s Kiyoko’s right to call out the double standards queer artists face. “We should applaud artists who are brave enough to tell their honest romantic narrative through their art, and the fact is that I’ve never encountered homophobia and she has,” Swift wrote on Tumblr. Although Kiyoko’s debut album seems universal at the surface, the songs actually relate specifically to the experiences of women and girls who have feelings for other women. “Expectations” leaves listeners with all of their expectations met, and wanting more. Kiyoko takes pop and makes it her own. Her music is catchy, rhythmic and emotionally charged. After co-directing the video for her song “Girls Like Girls,” Kiyoko began self-directing all of her music videos. She uses the videos as a way to express her sexuality and give listeners a chance to understand her songs. Sleepover: The first single off of her debut

album, “Sleepover” chronicles one of the most common situations queer women face: romantic feelings for a woman who doesn’t share the same sexual preference. In her self-directed music video, Kiyoko illustrates the confusion and loneliness that come along with having romantic feelings toward a women she can never have. She is vulnerable and unapologetic over the soft-synth beat as she sings about her suppressed feelings. She sings, “Even when you’re next to me, it’s not the way I’m picturing, I’m just feeling low, feeling low.” In her song, Kiyoko escapes to a world where she can have the woman she desires. Feelings: “Feelings” explores the intense longing for someone to reciprocate your affection. “I overcommunicate and feel too much, I just complicate it when I say too much,” Kiyoko coos. In the music video, Kiyoko dances around a girl who doesn’t emulate her emotions. It’s clear that Kiyoko feels comfortable around the girl, indicating her acceptance of her own sexuality in contrast with the shyness of her crush. “I’m not over-sexualizing my music. I make out with women because I love women, not because I’m trying to be sexy. That’s not to turn heads — that’s my life,” Kiyoko said in an interview with Refinery29. Curious: “Are we just friends? You say you wanted me — but you’re sleeping with him,” Kiyoko sings over the dance-pop beat. Once again, she addresses the confusion and uncertainty queer women and girls face when pursuing a love interest, in this case a woman who is ambivalent about their relationship. The music video features actress Tereza Kacerova as a woman who flirts with Kiyoko but leads her on. Kiyoko is left confused, but rather than accept the heartbreak, she confronts Kacerova in a moment of passion at the end of the music video and sings, “I’m just curious, is it serious?” “Sure, I’d love for people to just like me, and my music. But if I don’t allow labels, there’s no way to normalize them. Over time, my existence alone will help people see that a lesbian singer is just a singer,” Kiyoko said to Refinery29. Overall, Kiyoko’s debut album is a ray of hope for the pop industry. She gives listeners a new perspective and brings queer love even further into the mainstream. At a time when pop music is producing redundant opposite-sex attraction love songs, Kiyoko’s unapologetic queerness is breaking barriers. VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM

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With Cosmopolitan being moved from Walmart’s checkout aisles over concerns of sexual exploitation, it begs the question of whether or not the magazine is a purveyor of female empowerment.

Devil’s Advocate

Is Cosmo promoting feminism?

The magazine promotes safe sex and empowerment.

AMANDA CHACON Staff Writer

Over the past year, women have made strides to stand up for themselves and take control of their own lives, including Catt Sadler who left E! News after discovering her male counterpart earned a higher salary than her. It finally started to seem as if women were recognized as equals and not taken advantage of. However, the recent announcement of retail chain Walmart removing Cosmopolitan magazine from its checkout racks is a huge step back in this new wave of feminism. Last week Walmart announced 5,000 of its stores will be moving Cosmopolitan from its usual place near the cash register to a separate magazine aisle. “While this is primarily a business decision, the concerns raised were heard,” said Megan Kring Walmart’s spokesperson, to USA Today. This extremely vague answer hardly satisfied those who wanted to know why the female-focused magazine is being pushed out of eyesight, while ones that target men, like Sports Illustrated, are still on display. The concerns mentioned in Kring’s statement refer to complaints made by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, an organization that aims to expose all forms of sexual exploitation. The group sent out a press release soon after the news broke and praised Walmart for its decision to keep the magazine out of children’s eyesight and by extension, put an end to the demeaning of women. The organization cites a national survey, reasoning that most participants believe the magazine normalizes sexual objectification and pressures people to take part in risky sex. This explanation makes it apparent that no one at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM

ever read an issue of the magazine. Cosmopolitan frequently publishes articles informing women about different types of birth control and addresses current issues relating to women’s political status and medical needs. Examples of recent articles include “Here’s What You Need to Know About Non-Latex Condoms,” which informs women of how to have safe sex with a latex allergy and “32 Quotes on Equal Pay From Inspiring Women.” It doesn’t make sense for the organization to say it is worried the magazine teaches young girls to lead with their sexuality, when instead it actually empowers women with the knowledge it provides. All children eventually find out about sex, whether it’s in a classroom or through an older sibling. They have all kinds of questions about it, but due to the negative stigma around openly talking about sex, questions hardly ever get answered. A magazine like Cosmopolitan allows women to read about questions they might feel too embarrassed to ask. Only about half of the high schools in the United States teach students essential information about sex, according to a 2015 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cosmopolitan can be a helpful resource for girls who plan on having sex but don’t have sufficient knowledge of safe sex. Taking away this source of sexual education from women might lead women to figure it out on their own, enter potentially unsafe situations and put them at risk for sexually transmitted infections. This is the antithesis of feminism, as it tells women their sexuality is not something they should take control of. If the National Center for Sexual Exploitation thinks talking about sex in a magazine equates to treating women as sexual objects, then it should also be concerned about the way sex is addressed in Sports Illustrated and Men’s Health. Those magazines give sex advice to men, so why are those magazines not being moved from the front of the store? Women’s sexuality is celebrated in Cosmopolitan. The magazine’s articles focus on women’s pleasure, not men’s and educates and encourages women to embrace their gender and sexuality, as well as any issues that may come with it.

Walmart’s decision highlights Cosmo’s problematic nature.

SARAH EL-MAHMOUD Managing Editor

No matter what customers purchase at a grocery store, approaching the checkout line means being greeted by shelves of magazines to browse — among them Cosmopolitan, a neon-pink symbol of outdated female objectification that could be on its way out, especially with the continuing progress of female equality. Walmart’s recent decision to remove the magazine out of nearly 5,000 locations was a “business decision,” according to a statement given to Newsweek. The supermarket was also influenced by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, with reasoning that seems to be rooted in the “sexually explicit” content found on the magazine’s covers. While yanking Cosmo off the shelves of Walmart may only seem reasoned by the conservative organization on its backs, it brings attention to the problematic nature of the publication that seems to ignore many of the larger issues facing women today. “SEX” (just like that, in all caps) is more often than not just as significant of a word as the title of the magazine itself, as female icons pose proudly on display in a Photoshop illusion, seeming to indulge the male gaze. Promoting openness of female sexuality is incredibly important – the problem with the magazine isn’t because of it’s heavy emphasis on sex and beauty, it’s that it seems to suggest that all women really care and read about is limited to sex and beauty. Reading about powerful, successful women on the cover like Cardi B in April’s issue or Mandy Moore in March’s issue could potentially be empowering. But more often than not, their lavish fashion shoots take up more room than the interview, questions concerning relationships and male co-stars go unasked and headline buzzwords like “explicit” are used to entice readers to look inside.

One could chalk up the continued mass distribution of Cosmo as an industry rule that “sex sells,” but much of the publishing and advertising industry has been alienating its main audience for some time with its shallow content. While it claims to empower women by promoting female beauty, the fashion and beauty industry clearly has a hold on magazines like Cosmo, with nearly half of its pages sold to countless makeup and clothing products. There are many more important discussions to be had between women than just the best ways to feel sexy or stay in a relationship. Cosmopolitan is currently one of the best-selling “Women’s Interest” magazines on Amazon but has comparatively made little effort to balance its focus toward a more well-rounded woman. A look at the covers of competitors such as InStyle, Elle, Marie Claire and Redbook show a clear contrast in the way its cover stars are treated. This month’s InStyle issue labels Demi Lovato as “Lover, Fighter, Survivor” next to an image of her standing proud in a striking red dress, and Angelina Jolie on the cover of Elle draws the reader in with a photo focused on the actress’ eyes and the words “Angelina: What She’s Fighting For.” Cosmo is instead continuing a long tradition of telling women who to be, rather than inspiring them to pave their own path through Cosmo’s content. It normalizes the idea that women need to spend the majority of their time on extensive beauty regiments, shopping for fashion trends and constantly pondering how to please their (seemingly always heterosexual) significant other. When the publication recently attempted to tackle the issue of equal pay in an article, it did so only in 32 quotes by celebrities sharing their problems and experiences in Hollywood. While it’s entertaining to hear what Beyoncé and Emma Stone have to say on this subject, an article like this removes readers from the issue and misses an opportunity to explore how unequal pay is plaguing the entire nation, and frames it more like a celebrity-only issue. The checkout line of a grocery store may seem like a mundane place, but it’s one of the few places where written publications are given a platform. If Cosmo and other similar magazines were to use its covers to promote female empowerment and sexuality in more realistic and thought-provoking ways, it could gain more respect and wider readership. It could be more than just a guide for the latest and hottest sex positions rather than being pushed to the back of the store.

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Sarah Nuno currently stands undefeated in Big West conference play.

CSUF tennis is set to continue their conference play against the Anteaters. YARESLY SANCHEZ-AGUILERA Sports Editor

Cal State Fullerton tennis dominated in an eight-match win streak before it was snapped in an away game at San Diego State on March 23. The Titans managed to find their rhythm once again against Sacramento State and will host the UC Irvine Anteaters in a home conference match Saturday. The Titans opened conference play in February and claimed victory in three of their four matches; their only loss came at the hands of Big West conference leader UC Davis. Fullerton junior Sarah Nuno has remained undefeated in singles play during conference, while also dominating the court with her doubles partner Karla Portalatin. Together, the duo holds a 21-5

overall record. In their most recent win against Sacramento State, Nuno and Portalatin dominated Maria Gonzalez and Carolina Chernyetsky 6-2 in route to the Titans 4-1 win. Saturday’s match will be the first time the Titans face the Anteaters this season. Irvine has yet to claim a conference win as the No. 7 team in the conference with a 0-3 record. In their last match against Sacramento State, duo Flora Amiri and Arianna Tilbury won, as well as Yulin Chen and Stephanie Nguyen, earning the Anteaters doubles points. Ultimately, the Anteaters couldn’t hold on to claim a win against the Hornets. Irvine boasts an overall 8-11 record and found its last win against Bradley University on March 13. Tilbury was the key player leading the Anteaters to victory by clinching a win at No. 5 to claim a 4-2 win for Irvine. CSUF will open up the match against the Anteaters on Saturday, April 7 at 11 a.m.

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Zoe Richard was awarded 2017 Big West All-Conference freshman team and now leads the Titans in doubles.

Titans softball to face CSUN After clinching their last three games, the Titans will hit the road to face CSUN. JARED EPREM Sports Editor

Following a 3-0 sweep of UC Santa Barbara in its first series in Big West conference play, Cal State Fullerton softball is confident heading into its series against Cal State Northridge. Right fielder Brooke Clemetson said the Titans “haven’t even talked about” the games being their first road series since February 25. “To us, they’re just more games to play. We’ll go there and make it our home,” Clemetson said. “We clinched a (Big West conference) championship on Northridge’s field so we can go there and take it over again.” Clemetson and her teammates said they believe more effort went into the teams’ performance against the Gauchos than what the box score shows. “We talked about what we’re going to bring to this weekend from this past weekend, and a lot of people said our confidence and energy,” Clemetson said. “It really showed on the field ... That’s what’s going to get us through this weekend.” Northridge is currently on a three-game losing streak after dropping its game against UCLA on Tuesday. However, Titans Head Coach Kelly Ford is focused on the teams’ improvement, regardless of its opponent. Ford is concerned with stopping Northridge’s offense. Infielder Savannah Horvath leads the conference with 12 home runs and is seven away from breaking the all-time Big West conference record of 53 career home runs. “They’ve got the long ball in their arsenal so we’ve got to be really intentional with our pitches,” Ford said. “Not that Santa Barbara wasn’t, but according to the stats they don’t have the long ball like Northridge does.” Ford said she thinks the Titans operated at “75 percent of what

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Senior Brooke Clemetson currently leads the Titans in runs totaling 33.

they’re capable of” in their games this season against Santa Barbara and that the final 25 percent will be unlocked with work put in everyday at practice. “Our pitching has to get better, our defense has to get better and our hitting has to get better. If we go into this series without getting better at the little things, we’ll get left behind,” Ford said. The Titans will play a doubleheader on Saturday at Matador

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With the sweep, CSUF now boasts a 12-15 record and a two-game win streak.

Clinched: Titans take the series 2-0 CONTINUED FROM

Wednesday night’s game marked CSUF’s fourth comeback win of the season and its fourth consecutive win against ASU since last season. The Titans were the first to draw blood in the top of the second when junior Nick Ciandro flied out to center field to bring home junior Jake Pavletich. In the bottom of the third, ASU found its way onto the scoreboard after a home run from junior Gage Canning. Canning is the source of ASU’s offensive power as he leads the team in hits and runs. The game remained tied 1-1 until the top of the eighth inning when Valenzuela singled to advance runners to second and third base, bringing home junior Hank LoForte. While Valenzuela was credited

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with the game winner, LoForte tied his career-high record of three hits in a single game. CSUF’s pitching staff dominated on the mound after rotating four pitchers. Josten made his first collegiate appearance against the Sun Devils and allowed four hits and one run in the four innings he pitched. “It felt great. It was basically what I expected. I just wanted to pound the zone and put up zeros for the boys,” Josten told CSUF Sports Media. Blake Workman made his way to the mound after Josten and was awarded the win after he tossed three innings, only allowing two hits and no runs. Dillion Brown stepped in for an inning and allowed no runs making closer Brett Conine’s job easier as he pitched the final inning. Conine recorded his fifth save of the season after putting out the three batters he faced to give the Titans a series victory. The nonconference sweep brought CSUF to 12-15 overall. The Titans will pick up conference play again with a three-game homestand against Cal Poly starting Friday, April 6 at 7 p.m.

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