Volume 103 Issue 45
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Wednesday May 2, 2018
Orange County workers rally for May Day
DIANE ORTIZ / DAILY TITAN
The Orange County Labor Federation, which hosted the march, is one of the local labor councils part of the larger American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Union and nonunion workers gathered in Anaheim to advocate for better pay and benefits. DIANE ORTIZ Staff Writer
Workers from all over Orange County came together for the May Day March & Rally in honor of International Workers’ Day on Tuesday morning.
The group of advocates was made up of union and nonunion workers and community groups. The goal of the march was to fight for living wages and remember the workers of the past who worked for low wages and no benefits. “We are standing up for the national holiday for workers ... We’re looking for the workers in the future that need to be represented by labor and need to have a voice in the workplace, need to have justice, affordable health care, dignity and respect,” said
Gilbert Davila, president of the Orange County Labor Federation, which hosted the march. On May 1, 1886 the first May Day celebration took place when, across the United States, over 300,000 workers from 13,000 businesses walked out of their jobs. The protest was in response to employees who struggled with working 10 to 16 hour shifts in poor conditions. Over a hundred years later, the workers of the past are honored, and current employees march every first
of May. The event began with an optional mass at the St. Boniface Church in Anaheim. The group then gathered together in the parking lot of the church where Anaheim Mayor Pro Tem Jose F. Moreno welcomed participants with a short speech of support. The Korean Resource Center, which is based in Buena Park and Koreatown in Los Angeles, also joined the march. SEE LABOR
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Cultural clubs celebrate diversity at the TSU The multicultural festival featured dancing, art displays and henna tattoos. PRISCILLA CARCIDO Staff Writer
Pitcher Trish Parks struck out five batters in the three innings she pitched in the loss against the Bruins.
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11 strikeouts not enough to stop UCLA Cal State Fullerton softball failed to create enough offense to take down No. 1 UCLA, falling 5-3. JARED EPREM Sports Editor
Cal State Fullerton softball failed to match No. 1 UCLA’s 12 hits on Tuesday, losing 5-3 and snapping its own eight-game winning streak. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN
The Bruins secured their lead in the top of the fourth inning after a fielding error from the Titans third baseman Emily Randall, who started in place of Bryanna Ybarra, allowed two runners to score. Fullerton scored one run in the seventh inning, but second baseman Irie Siofele struck out, leaving two runners on base to close the game. “I think sometimes we psych ourselves out but we have the talent to do whatever we want,”
pitcher Sophie Frost said. “I think seeing them right now boosts our confidence.” The Titans struck out a season-high 11 batters and reached double digits for only the second time this season. Trish Parks retired five and gave up seven hits in her three innings pitched. Frost allowed five hits, but left six Bruins empty-handed. SEE DEFEAT
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Anyone walking by the Titan Student Union Pavilion on Monday night would’ve seen women in colorful wigs, a man wearing a cowboy hat and dancers with long, metal fingernails practicing routines and munching on snacks. It was the eighth annual Culture Couture event held by the Association for InterCultural Awareness, a branch of ASI Programming dedicated to increasing cultural awareness on campus. The event is a multicultural festival that highlights the diverse history and traditions of Cal State Fullerton’s cultural clubs and organizations in one night. “We have a wide variety of (cultural clubs), and they all came together to put this show together through their fashion, their art and their performances,” said Esther Feng, Association for InterCultural Awareness events coordinator. SEE FASHION
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