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The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Volume 104 Issue 30

Construction takes over campus Cart theft is treated as felony

The renovation project is expected to be completed by Aug. 2019. HOSAM ELATTAR News Editor

Construction is currently underway in the central Quad area and is expected to cost a little less than $8 million, according to Danny Kim, vice president of administration and finance at Cal State Fullerton. The project was launched in order to address fire lane compliance issues caused by the library renovations this past summer, Kim said. Around $4 million comes from the library renovations budget and around $3.5 million will come from the capital improvement fund, which provides money for campus improvement projects. “We hired an architect to help us develop a plan on how we can address the entire Quad area about three years ago,” Kim said. “The price on that project came to roughly $11 million and at the time we did not have the funds to move forward with the project so we didn’t proceed with it.” The improvements made to the fourth, fifth and sixth floors of Pollak Library have converted the building to a high-rise. Fire trucks are required fire-lane access to high-rise buildings for larger ladder trucks. “Our goal is to complete the construction and open those floors by Aug. 2019,” Kim said. “Without the fire lanes we will not be able to open the buildings. That’s what instigated this

Last month’s theft of an athletics department cart resulted in three arrests. SOPHIA ACEVEDO Asst. Opinion Editor

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Construction will address fire lane compliance issues and create a promenade walkway.

project initially.” The construction has interrupted student life on campus, said Tony Pang, interim director for the office of Student Life and Leadership. “The central Quad is a centralized location for a lot of programming. It has offset quite a

bit but our hope is that after the renovations are complete there will be a lot more opportunities to host programming,” Pang said. Last year, the space was reserved 93 times for programming space. Forty-four percent of the reservations were made by

student organizations, according to the 2017-2018 Central Quad Usage Report conducted by Student Life and Leadership. Construction has interfered with 36 reservations set for this academic year, Pang said. SEE QUAD

A joyride on a campus golf cart left unattended may be a crossing thought amongst students’ minds but several significant consequences would follow afterward, said Capt. Scot Willey of the University Police department. On Oct. 5, a golf cart from the athletics department was stolen by a group of Cal State Fullerton students, and later retrieved by the University Police. The golf cart was worth around $12,000. The cart was found and three arrests were made. University Police officers treat cart thefts as felonies, not as misdemeanors, Willey said. A misdemeanor would mean the person who stole the cart would possibly get a citation for their crime. A felony would result in harsher repercussions with the person being handcuffed and booked into jail. “It’s not something that we deal with very often. Maybe once a year, we get reported that a cart has been moved without somebody’s permission,” Willey said. “It’s not often that we catch somebody in a cart that has stolen it. That is very rare.” SEE CRIME

Mia Gallo earns scholarship Pumpkin Launch takes off CSUF engineers competed in the 11th annual Pumpkin Launch. BENJAMIN BURKHARDT Staff Writer

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Mia Gallo appeared in 11 games for the Titans last season, averaging 2.6 minutes per game.

CSUF women’s basketball rewarded the senior walkon in her final season. SAMMY JONES Staff Writer

Surrounded by her teammates in the locker room after a practice over the summer, Mia Gallo, a forward for Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball, was presented with a letter.

While reading the letter aloud to her teammates and coaches, Gallo found out she received a full athletic scholarship for her final year at CSUF. “It was not something that I expected at all. We never really talked about it. Coach kind of asked me for my student ID to set up the financial part of it, but it was totally out of the blue,” Gallo said. In the last two years, Gallo has been a walk-on for the Titans.

As a San Diego native, she played high school basketball at Cathedral Catholic High School. An injury during her senior season slowed down her recruiting process and limited the opportunities she had at the collegiate level. “I tore my ACL going into my senior year and that kind of messed some things up. Then I came here just as a student and walked-on,” Gallo said. The walk-on process wasn’t

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easy for Gallo though. With no available spots on the roster her freshman year, Gallo took the year as an opportunity to work on her game. “I pestered the coach like crazy. I was told my freshman year that there weren’t any spots and then I just took that year to get better and try to develop. I came back the next year and made it,” Gallo said. SEE EFFORT 8

October may be over, but hundreds of people arrived at Cal State Fullerton’s Intramural Fields on Saturday at the 11th annual Pumpkin Launch to witness a variety of catapults, trebuchets and pumpkin launchers put to the test. The event was jointly hosted by CSUF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, and the Discovery Cube center. Keith Brush, director of education at the Discovery Cube’s science center, said the event was used to show participants how exciting science and engineering is, and provided an opportunity for young kids to get on to a college campus to see engineering in action. Aside from pumpkin launching, activities such as sword fighting, archery, Alka-Seltzer rockets and food trucks rounded out the field. A total of 12 teams participated in the event with five of them hailing from CSUF. Santa Ana College’s Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, California Baptist University, Sunny Hills High School, Alpine Middle School and three other independent teams filled out the rest of the roster. SEE LAUNCH

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Older golf carts tend to be easier to steal since they could potentially be turned on with random keys, while newer ones may be more difficult to take. If the cart isn’t returned, the department or division that is responsible for it would have to pay for the full cost of the cart out of its budget, said Summer Rivera, chief financial officer for the athletics department. “We have to go through the University Contracts and Procurement Department and from that point, the delivery of that cart would be anywhere from three to six months,” Rivera said. Rivera said that golf carts for the athletics department,

which are typically two-seaters, four-seaters and flatbeds, can range anywhere from $8,000 to $11,000. The last golf cart that was bought for the University Police department cost about $17,000 and could transport eight people, Willey said. Though the golf carts are generally being driven through campus, different departments use them for several reasons. The ones used by College Park are generally used for VIPs or to give campus tours, while the facilities department may use its carts to move across campus easily. The athletics department uses its carts for recruits and visitors as well as supplies, Rivera said.

“For example, our athletic training room, they use golf carts to transport medical supplies to our events, and our sports program uses golf carts to transport equipment,” Rivera said. The University Police department uses its carts primarily at night while escorting people to their vehicles, Willey said. Willey said cart thefts should be treated as a “cautionary tale.” “Just because you’re on a college campus doesn’t lessen the value or the importance or significance of the crime. You’re still going to be charged. You’re still going to be treated the same as you were out on the city and did the same kind of thing,” Willey said.

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Angela Sojobi has joined the Titan family as an assistant professor of nursing.

after her mother passed away when she was 14. She was only 15 when she graduated from high school and her father decided that she was going to be a nurse. ALEC CALVILLO “I don’t remember ever thinkANTONIO LOPEZ ing that it was a bad decision. I reStaff Writers member being excited and looking Angela Sojobi, assistant pro- forward to the adventure,” Sojobi fessor of nursing at Cal State Ful- said. lerton, said she’s delivered so Both of Sojobi’s parents were many babies as a midwife that she teachers who valued education. stopped counting after 5,000. Her father decided nursing was the Sojobi grew up in Nigeria, right fit for her because he knew it where most deliveries are done by was compatible with her character, midwives. She worked there for she said. many years as both a midwife and “They always said they had nurse, and moved to Southern Cal- nothing to leave me, no inheriifornia in 1985, where she thought tance; the only gift they could give she might have to me was the gift of give up midwifery. education,” Sojobi I really want “I didn’t think said. I could work as women to understand Midwifery is a a midwife again themselves, their body rising profession in because I didn’t and what’s going on the United States, think the United which led Sojowith their body, and bi to teach nursing States used midwives,” Sojobi and midwifery at really take charge said. “I loved beCSUF. and take care of ing a midwife.” Two of Sojothemselves. Wanting to rebi’s students, Camturn to practicing ANGELA SOJOBI bria Tuttle and Valher passion, Sojobi Assistant professor of erie Gomez, said applied to San Jose nursing they enjoy her class State University to because she’s apbecome a certified proachable and has midwife in the U.S. and got her de- a strong belief in her students’ gree in 1994. She said midwives success. are similar to nurses, but special“When we learn material, she ize in caring for women physi- can relate that back to her experically, from childbearing age until ences and work, which is nice. It death. gives us a bigger picture of what “I enjoy taking care of people, it’s going to be like,” Tuttle said. but I really, really enjoy taking Sojobi said she enjoys teaching, care of women,” Sojobi said. “I but will never truly lose her love really want women to understand for midwifery. themselves, their body and what’s “I want to empower women,” going on with their body, and re- Sojobi said. “The one way I know ally take charge and take care of to do that is to just teach them themselves.” about themselves — what’s going Sojobi began her life’s work of on in their life, their body, how to taking care of others early, start- handle things and how to reach out ing with her three younger siblings and seek help.”

Angela Sojobi graduated high school at 15 and is a new tenure-track professor.

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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2018

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Annual programs like Palestinian Mock Apartheid Wall hosted by the Students for Justice in Palestine, and Día de Muertos hosted by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán (M.E.Ch.A) have been affected by the fences in the Quad. The Día de Muertos event had to take place in Becker Amphitheater this year instead of the Quad. Jessica Ferrer, co-chair of M.E.Ch.A at CSUF, said as an involved student she wasn’t asked for her input on whether the construction should even be done. “We have to deal with the cards that we’re dealt,” Ferrer said. “As students we’re not always a top priority.” The Students for Justice in Palestine decided to reschedule the wall for a later date, Pang said. “Even though a program was always traditionally held in this space maybe we have the opportunity to do it in some place that is a little bit unique. We can

A father, Daniel Rueckert said his experience as a parent reaffirms his love for teaching.

New tenure-track faculty member taught English to minor league atheletes. MIGUEL HIDALGO Staff Writer

Before becoming a professor in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program at Cal State Fullerton, Daniel Rueckert, Ph.D. taught English to Latin-born players from minor league baseball teams who were pursuing a professional athletic career. “I learned a lot about tailoring what I was teaching to their needs because their needs are very different than if I’m training people to come to a university. They don’t need to write essays, they need to interview and be able to read contracts,” Rueckert said. The new tenure-track professor is currently in his third year with the school. Rueckert was one of over 100 applicants who

was considered in the national search to fill the position. Prior to coming to CSUF, Rueckert was a professor at Oklahoma City University for seven years where he taught English to AAA-affiliated minor league baseball players. He has also traveled many places around the world from China to Uruguay and throughout the United States. One major influence on his life was the missionary work he did in Uruguay. As his first true taste of Latin culture, Rueckert said he remembers his time in South America fondly and that it helped him learn Spanish. “Going out there for two years and just talking to people and interacting helped me to kind of develop the rest of the language, and that kind of goes into some of my philosophies and ideas of how we learn language too with that mix of practical experience,” Rueckert said. He is unlike most tenure-track

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professors when considering his age and experience, said Juan Carlos Gallego, P.h.D., and fellow teaching English program professor. Gallego said this is why he feels that Rueckert may have had an advantage when it came to the national search results. “He was already trained, which is not usually the case when you get someone new out of college and out of school with lots of ideas, but limited experience,” Gallego said. “He is very composed, thoughtful, gives his students time and asks questions.” A father of two boys, Rueckert said his experience as a parent allows him to witness the process of learning to read and write, and has reaffirmed his love for teaching. “When you see students learning, getting the employment to build for their families, enjoying their lives, that’s the reward of it all,” Rueckert. “That’s the part that’s most enjoyable about this job.”

help to try and make it work,” Pang said. The construction will not only establish fire lanes but will also address liability issues, and create more gathering spaces and wheelchair access for students in the Quad, Kim said. He also said there will be an effort to raise funds for the project through a brick campaign. “Essentially, potential donors can purchase bricks, have a name engraved on it and those will be laid on the pathways,” Kim said. Ferrer said she feels there are other opportunities the university could invest in to help students, and believes the current emphasis on graduating in four years leaves some students in need. “I think that’s a really good priority to get us to graduate but what are we graduating with?” Ferrer said. “Lot of students are graduating with post-traumatic stress disorder, with depression, they are food insecure, they are homeless.” Megan Garcia contributed to this article.

Elderly woman stabbed to death Fullerton resident William Frederick Dusablon, has been arrested for murder. SOPHIA ACEVEDO Asst. Opinion Editor

A 92-year-old woman was stabbed and killed Sunday, Nov. 4 on the 900 block of Creekside Drive in Fullerton. The woman’s husband, William Frederick Dusablon, a 92-year-old Fullerton resident, has been placed under arrest for the murder of his wife. The investigation is ongoing.

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Fullerton patrol officers responded around 6:26 a.m. and found the woman with significant stab wounds. The woman died on the scene as paramedics tried to save her life. The name of the woman has not been released yet out of consideration for the family, said Carin Wright, sergeant of the Community Services Unit and a public information officer. The incident is said to be no threat to the community, according to the Fullerton Police Department press release. As of print time, there have been no further updates on the case.

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Review: Digital outlaw enthralls The wild, Wild West is real, real good in ‘Red Dead Redemption 2.’ ANTONIO LOPEZ Staff Writer

Eight years after the release of the original, “Red Dead Redemption 2” for the PlayStation 4 stands to be one of the best games of the year. It sold $725 million worth of copies three days after its release on Oct. 26 and has a score of 97 out of 100 on Metacritic. It’s safe to say that Rockstar Games is looking to make a profit in the coming weeks. The hype itself isn’t the only reason it’s sold so well. “Red Dead Redemption 2” has one of the biggest development teams of any game that Rockstar has produced. It is a gorgeous game that tests the limits of imagination. It’s filled with hundreds of opportunities for gamers to get into the gritty lifestyle of a cowboy on the wrong side of the law. It plays on the old-time lifestyle of the west more truthfully than heroic tales of the past. There isn’t the glamour or romanticism of a lone gunman battling against evil. It’s a story of grit and hardship, a gang of outlaws being hunted by the government for a heist gone far too wrong. Even the companions are misfits and just as hard-edged as the main character, Arthur Morgan. Morgan doesn’t stick to a code of honor aside from staying loyal to the Van der Linde gang. This allows the player to make their own decisions on their dealings across the map. Some might stop to help a stranger in the wilderness by giving them a ride back to the myriad towns. Others will rob them and leave them to the elements. There is a karma system that tracks how good or bad

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the player’s actions are seen by non-playable characters but that doesn’t mean players aren’t free to make their own choices. Letting players do what they want has been a core part of Rockstar Games’ previous titles, like the “Grand Theft Auto” series, and they have used the western setting of “Red Dead Redemption 2” to give players the same opportunity. There are plenty of things to do besides following the main plot line including robbery, gambling, hunting, fishing or just sightseeing the vistas and fields of the land. Players will

find many hours have gone by while they are entirely entertained and enamored with the world. Not every scenario requires the use of weaponry but the weapons themselves are varied enough to satisfy any gunslinger. Revolvers, repeaters and shotguns in the game are so powerful they have weight behind their shots and they make players rethink their techniques due to their antiquity. “Red Dead Redemption 2” rewards accuracy and pacing shots, giving faster shots against potential killers or

better hunting rewards from using patience while stalking deer and other wildlife. While the game is a must have for anyone who owns a console, there are things to keep in mind before purchase. The online mode is not yet available. It will be going into beta testing some time in November according to Rockstar Games. This means it will be awhile before friends and other people can join each other to experience the world together, so single player is currently the only way to enjoy the game. Another caveat is that there

are some bugs within the game that can disturb the experience, such as a glitch that allows players to duplicate items like gold bars for fast cash. Other issues include horses spontaneously catching on fire and faulty ragdoll physics, but these are a small disruption in the grand experience of the game. “Red Dead Redemption 2” was long in development, but is a fine addition to the collection of blockbuster hits for console players. It’s such a great game, it would be criminal to pass up.

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Alumnus teaches the art of kombucha JenEric Foods hosted a tea-making at the Fullerton Arboretum. BROOK FARIEN Staff Writer

The fragrant scents of honey and tea wafted through the kitchen at the Fullerton Arboretum on Oct. 25, as JenEric Foods showed how to make their decadent kombucha. Jennifer and her husband Eric Halverson, who is a Cal State Fullerton alumnus, dreamed of starting their very own business together. Fermentation became their favorite pastime and side business, and they used their names as a witty invitation to what their entrepreneurship could offer. “It was fun to have the opportunity to come back here and do classes,” said Eric Halverson. Their signature kombucha taste is a balance of naturally-grown honey and a variety of green teas to give it a unique flavor, along with the seasonal use of teas like orange-blossom honey and wild California buckwheat honey. Starting with a boiling pot of hot water, the tea bags are left to steep for about 10 minutes. Once the tea has been diffused into the water, it is then poured into a large glass container of cold water. Stirring the tea into the cooler water, the raw honey is prepared for and spooned into the container. The contents are then stirred around again, combining the aromatic scents into a symbiotic flavor. Then they used SCOBY, a live culture of bacteria that is added to the concoction as the last item to go inside the container. Covered with a tightly-woven cloth, and sealed with a band, the magic is left to time and the SCOBY.

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A participant in the event pours a concoction into a jar as she makes Jun kombucha.

After approximately five days of no sunlight and ventilation, the kombucha is ready to taste, or it can remain covered for a more tart taste. Their recipe makes threefourths of a gallon of Jun kombucha. “I liked getting to take the SCOBY and being able to take

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it home for myself, because now I want to go try it,” said Katie Indervitzin, student assistant at the arboretum. She said the arboretum allows visitors to pick fun things that they’re interested in to add to the interactive experience. “I’m going to call my mom because I know that she drinks

kombucha all the time and I don’t think she realizes how easy it is to do it yourself,” Indervitzin said. Emphasizing how easy Jun was to make, Jennifer and Eric included many of the materials used for participants to make their own kombucha stash, as well as the SCOBY culture.

“We would love to do as much as there is demand, as long as there is interest,” said Jennifer Halverson. The Jun kombucha is served at a variety of places, but is served consistently at the Orange Home Grown Farmers & Artisan Markets on Saturdays from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.

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“It’s really important to our club just because there’s not many girls in engineering, especially when you get into mechanical and civil engineering. That’s where there’s the least amount of girls,” Pham said. In second place was CSUF’s Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Mary Vu, leader of the organization, said she hopes next year her team can get first place and disprove the stereotype against electrical engineers. “There were (teams) saying, ‘Oh, you guys are electrical.’ So, we get a lot of people that criticize our work and then criticize us as a team just because this competition isn’t for electrical (engineers). At the end of the day we’re all engineers, so, anything is possible,” Vu said.

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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Political ads annoy potential voters Every year, politicians tire voters with signs and commercials.

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Every time Election Day gets closer and closer in the United States, hundreds of advertisements are thrust into American daily life, all in the hopes of convincing people of how they should vote. It’s one thing to be informed and reminded about national and state matters, as the propositions and representatives chosen will have an affect on how the country functions; however the prevalence of these ads may just end up being annoying and frustrating. This year seems more potent than recent years, as a Borrell Associates report puts an estimated $8.5 billion spent on political ads for 2018, and in a huge shift, $1.8 billion of that was used for internet-based expansion, according to the Washington Examiner. Since the internet is a core instrument in many citizens’ lives, that means more of these advertisements intrude into daily life. It doesn’t matter if they are students, workers or CEOs. Most Americans use the internet with 290 million users as of 2016, according to Statista, a site that provides statistics on consumer and market data. A repugnant example of an advertisement doing everything in its power to convince voters not to vote for the person being promoted is assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva. The ad in question, the “Report on Sharon

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Quirk-Silva,” features an elementary school child giving a showand-tell report on why she is a “terrific teacher” and how she does great things like honor veterans. Many YouTubers have probably already seen the cute but unbelievable ad. What makes this ad so bad isn’t that it attacks any candidate, (like the infamous “Helmer Zone” advertisement by Democratic candidate Dan Helmer a year ago) the problem is that a young child is speaking in a classroom to represent a political agenda. Nevermind the fact these

children probably don’t know the ins and outs of political action, but it’s the terrible attempt at using children to get some sort of attachment with voters to elect her. Not only is it disgusting but it lacks a genuine care for the voters’ position. Maybe it’s because more than half of the funding for political ads is prepared by political action committees and special interest groups, and that could explain why political ads are so bad. With that kind of money, they ought to be able to target the public more effectively.

The only thing these interest groups seem to care about is exposure. If they aren’t cluttering the websites people visit or taking television air time, these groups are plastered over the side of the road on fences and signs like mud on a pig. The last thing someone needs while they are trying to go about their day is constant reminders that say, “Hey, you should vote.” It puts them in a bad mood because they just passed the last dozen ads only to be met with another one. Now they pop-up on the internet like a virus, so even hiding at home isn’t

safe anymore. It is hard to convince voters to elect candidates when the only knowledge they have of them is, “Hey, that’s the person from that stupid ad online.” No amount of research or education on potential laws or propositions is going to get support from annoyed voters. When a Washington Post article from 2016 is titled “About 100 million people couldn’t be bothered to vote this year,” perhaps it isn’t because Americans aren’t bothered. It’s because junk political ads make it seem like there isn’t anyone worth voting for.

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You may have trouble deciding whether you should share a newly acquired skill or keep it to yourself today. The diplomatic Libra Moon wants to please, but there’s no single answer that will satisfy all situations. By mid-day when a moodier Scorpio Moon rises into the sky, you will likely feel less agreeable and confident.

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GEMINI (May 21 - Jun. 20) You are restless to change any aspects of your daily routine that have grown stale or unproductive. But you’re not sure exactly where to start, partly because you have more ideas than you know how to put into practice.

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CANCER (Jun. 21 - Jul. 22) Maintaining your groove throughout the day is a serious challenge. You start off relaxed and ready to put your best foot forward, and then someone does or says something that rattles your cage.

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Demonstrating adaptability is not a sign of weakness. There’s no reason to think you’re surrendering ground just because your perspective widens. Release some pressure off your ego and focus more on changing things up today.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sep. 22) An unconventional point of view, especially from another part of the world, may prove to be an eyeopener for you today. Perhaps what’s said doesn’t sit well with you initially, prompting you to push back or pull away.

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LIBRA (Sep. 23 - Oct. 22) A first fix is often not the final one, so don’t overreact if your impulsive solution fails. Unfortunately, you might be disappointed that an issue you thought resolved unfurls again when unpredictable Uranus dips back into your 7th House of Relationships.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Although it’s likely you must return to the drawing board with a project or pursuit, there’s no need to panic or expect the worst. You’re ready to get down and dirty with the feelgood Moon in your sign.

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The rest and peace you seek might be surprisingly elusive now. Part of the problem is due to your own indecisiveness about whether to socialize or go into seclusion.

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Freshen the energy of your home by redecorating an entire room or adding a flourish to your space. There’s no need to do anything lavish or expensive. Simple yet meaningful touches are enough now.

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PISCES (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20) Show what you know and your confidence will grow. It’s true you might not be an expert on every subject, but you certainly can offer some constructive advice or lend a helping hand at work.

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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2018

CSUF opens season Tuesday at Arizona State Men’s basketball will take on the Sun Devils at 5 p.m. for its first game of the 2018-19 season. JARED EPREM Sports Editor

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Kyle Allman led the Titans with 19 points against San Diego Christian on Saturday.

Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball is on the road opening its 2018-19 season against Arizona State on Tuesday. For the second consecutive season, the Titans begin their campaign against one of the nation’s best teams. Arizona State is not nationally ranked, but the Sun Devils received three votes to be placed in the Associated Press’ Top-25, according to the NCAA. The Titans defeated San Diego Christian 93-59 in an exhibition game Nov. 3. Guard Kyle Allman led the way with 19 points and Khalil Ahmad trailed him with 16. Jackson Rowe, the Big West all-conference honorable mention, has not participated in either of CSUF’s exhibition matches to start the season. Head coach Dedrique Taylor said Rowe was “day-to-day” following the Blue/Orange Scrimmage on Oct. 26. His status for Tuesday’s game is unknown at the time of writing. The Sun Devils come into Tuesday’s contest following a 104-76 victory over Arizona Christian in an exhibition game.

Arizona State was the last undefeated team in the nation in the 2017-18 season. Arizona State finished that season with a 20-12 record and a loss in a NCAA Tournament play-in game against Syracuse University. Ten players from last year’s team returned to the Sun Devils this season. Redshirt sophomores Romello White and Vitaliy Shibel are the only players on the roster who started in more than 20 games last season. The Pac-12 media predicted that Arizona State will finish sixth place in the conference this season. On the other hand, the Titans were projected to take second place in the Big West this season. Fullerton only graduated one player, Arkim Robertson, while adding two new players, freshman Wayne Arnold and junior-college transfer Amel Kuljuhovic. Ahmad and Allman were named to the six-man Big West Preseason All-Conference Team in the Big West Preseason Media Poll. ESPN has Arizona State as 12-point favorites against Fullerton. Kenpom.com, a website that provides advanced analysis of college basketball through statistics, is giving the Titans a 17 percent chance to win and projects that the Sun Devils will win by 11 points. Tuesday’s game will start at 5 p.m. on the Pac-12 Network.

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After successfully making the roster, Gallo needed to figure out how to balance basketball and school. Off the court, Gallo is in the Sigma Kappa sorority, is a member of the Panhellenic Executive Board and volunteers at a children’s hospital. In her first year on the team, Gallo played in 26 games for the Titans. She averaged 0.9 points per game and was third on the team in 3-point field

goal percentage, shooting 30 percent. Gallo’s playing time decreased last season as she played in 11 games for the Titans and averaged 2.6 minutes per game. Despite seeing limited action, CSUF women’s basketball head coach Jeff Harada knows Gallo put in the work she needed to, which ultimately led to her scholarship. “She pushed herself to get herself where she needed to, she put the work in. Anytime a kid puts the work in like

that, it’s a life lesson. You get rewarded for the work you put in and I wanted to reward her for the work that she put in,” Harada said. Gallo’s position on the team transcends her time on the court. She has been a role model for the younger players on the team and her work ethic is greatly appreciated by the staff. “You wish you had 15 players that have her desire and her work ethic. That can be contagious and rub off on any of

our young players moving on. That’s just a blessing we’ve received from her,” Harada said. Gallo’s journey from being a walk-on to receiving an athletic scholarship exemplifies dedication. “She will give you every ounce she has of effort,” Harada said. “As a coach, that’s all you can ask for from your players. Give us everything you have and if you’re doing that, I can’t ask you for anymore. She gives that every day.”

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