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Thursday December 13, 2018

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Volume 104 Issue 47

Rape underreported on college campuses Most college-aged survivors don’t report sexual assault to authorities. NOAH BIESIADA Asst. News Editor

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Three rapes have been reported on or near the Cal State Fullerton campus in the past year, but none have led to an arrest because survivors either didn’t know the attacker or chose not to pursue legal action. The rape survivors in these reported cases were in the minority, as most college-aged survivors don’t report sexual assault to any authority. Only 20 percent of college student sexual assaults were reported to police or any type of legal authority, according to a 2014 special report by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. In sexual assault cases, the survivors are usually the central piece of evidence in the prosecution, according to Alissa Ackerman, a criminal justice professor at CSUF. “Sex crimes are really difficult to prove in court, because typically the only evidence you have is the testimony of the victim, and the testimony of the perpetrator,” Ackerman said. The actual legal process can be a difficult experience, according to Mindy Mechanic, a psychology professor at CSUF. “All those proceedings and investigations can be pretty rough on a victim,” Mechanic said. “A lot of

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victims don’t really want to open themselves up to it; they don’t always necessarily believe there will be a fair and just outcome.” One reason that many survivors don’t report the crime is because they have their own preconceived idea of what sexual assault looks like. “If you asked what people think of with sexual assault or rape, their definition usually involves a stranger who climbs in a

bedroom window with a ski mask on and subdues an innocent victim,” Mechanic said. “If a sexual assault doesn’t look like the scary guy with a ski mask, it’s not always obvious to the person what just happened.” In over 80 percent of sexual assault cases the survivor knows their attacker, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. “When sex assault happens in the context of these other

pre-existing relationships, they can become very confusing for people,” Mechanic said. “It could be a date, it could be a spouse, it could be a intimate partner, it could be a co-worker, a boss, a friend or someone you just met at an event or party.” Another issue that comes with knowing the perpetrator is the confusion accompanying the situation. When a survivor realizes they’ve been sexually assaulted, it affects

the reporting process. “Then you have to see that person differently, you have to contemplate making a formal report, you have to contemplate maybe the ending of a relationship you cared about,” Mechanic said. The first step for a survivor in recovery is to regain a sense of trust, she said. Survivors can do so by looking for help in places they feel safe. SEE CRIME

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Adrian Zemora has been cutting hair in his barber shop for 23 years. OMAR SANCHEZ Staff Writer

Adrian Zemora, barber and owner of Adrian’s Barber Shop in Garden Grove, was fascinated with the art of cutting hair at a young age. He started to cut hair on his own at around the age of 10 when he found a pair of clippers that belonged to his older brother. Zemora would practice by cutting his friend’s hair, which then led to him getting into trouble with his friend’s parents. “Their parents would come to my mom’s house and they would start telling my mom, ‘Look what your son did to my son.’’” Zemora said. “My mom would always go, ‘Where are you, where did you get those clippers?!’ She found them and of course threw them away, but my brother had another pair and I continued to do what I was doing, just cutting friends’ hair.” When Zemora reached his teenage years, he continued to practice cutting hair, and had a lot of friends who would ask him to clean them up with a fresh cut. Despite his early passion for it, Zemora didn’t immediately go into furthering his education in barbering or cosmetology school. After high school, he went into the dry cleaning business and stayed there for a portion of his life. “I did dry cleaning for a long time … I managed dry cleaning plants, I went to dry cleaning seminars, but my heart and soul was in barbering,” Zemora

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Barber Adrian Zemora cuts a client’s hair amidst Angels memorabilia at Adrian’s Barber Shop in Garden Grove.

said. “I just never knew how to go about going to school to become a barber. I always thought you learned by yourself in order to become a barber.” Zemora eventually dropped the dry cleaning business and sought out to pursue his dream. After a couple years of learning cosmetology and barbering, Zemora graduated from Rosslyn’s Barber College and acquired his license. “I took my test in Whittier and I came back yelling through the freeway, ‘I’m a barber, I’m a

barber’ and I was on top of the world,” Zemora said. Zemora went back to his barber college as an instructor and worked at another barber shop for a couple of years. After his time in these places, he saw the opportunity to open his own establishment by the name of Adrian’s Barber Shop. Bob Dinsen, former city councilman of Garden Grove and a customer of Zemora’s, donated $3,000 to Zemora to help start his business after he was let go from the barber shop where he

was working at the time. “(Dinsen) wanted to open up a lumber yard (when he was younger) and a gentleman opened up his wallet to help him out. He wanted to do that for somebody if somebody would have done the same thing to him when he was younger,” Zemora said. “I owe him the gratitude that I’m in business because of him.” Zemora also gives back to the community by committing two days each week to cut hair for firemen at all seven fire stations

in Garden Grove. This tradition originally started because firemen would come into his shop during their working hours. As soon as they would get a call, they would be forced to immediately leave. People from Garden Grove complained about the situation and said it wasn’t right for the firemen to be pampered on tax payers’ money. It was then appealed through the city council, Zemora said. SEE CUT

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2 News

THURSDAY DECEMBER 13, 2018

Art department explores virtual reality The remodel is the first step in renovating the entire visual arts complex. IAN FINLEY

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The Department of Visual Arts cell block nestled between animation classrooms 185 and 189 in building E has not hosted a class in over a decade. The College of the Arts at Cal State Fullerton is now polishing plans that would add virtual reality equipment and other animation technology to enhance the cell block. The remodel is the first step of a larger goal to renovate the entire visual arts complex. However, the room’s lack of official purpose has allowed it to become a popular hangout for arts and animation students. “It’s a space to hangout with your fellow students. Obviously you meet people in the classrooms as well, but (this is) a little less of a working environment,” said Trent Fremont, an entertainment art/animation major. Fremont added that the room is frequently enjoyed by students taking a break between classes. However, faculty and administration have put forward a new design for the cell block. “Right now it’s not being used as much as it could be. We’re thinking that we can upgrade it to have more stuff that students can do,” said Andy Fedak, animator and assistant professor of entertainment arts. Fedak said that he envisions the new design as a multi-use space with one side of the room dedicated to modern virtual reality computers, another for stop motion animation with upgraded lighting equipment, and much of the remaining space set aside for collaboration on group projects. He emphasized that the remodeling is centered around the goal of making

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In the past, the cellblock in the Visual Arts building has been used by students to hang out and relax.

high-quality resources available to arts students. “It’s all the stuff that we’re teaching, and we really need to get it into the students’ hands,” Fedak said. “I feel like a lot of kids haven’t had access to a lot of equipment, (especially) the high-end (VR) systems. Also (for) things like stop motion, having enough space to do that kind of work can be really difficult for students to get access to.” The change in the cell block won’t go unnoticed. Currently, CSUF’s 100-member Pencil Mileage Club holds its officer

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meetings and houses its history in the room. Fremont said it contains a vast array of memorabilia left from past alumni of the club, as well as some famous animation artifacts like the animation desk used for the movie “Bambi.” Fedak said the club, students and faculty will be notified in advance in order to find new locations for the significant items stored in the cell block before the room is cleared out. Signage has already appeared on the doors of nearby classrooms alerting students to remove personal items from the

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area. Despite the steps toward clearing out the room, no plans are fully in motion. Dale Merrill, dean of the College of the Arts, said that the college is hoping to receive a grant from an outside organization to fund the new addition of animation technology. Merrill said the waiting period before receiving news about the grant could take anywhere from three to six months, possibly delaying the start of the project until summer 2019. Beyond the cell block, Merrill said the College of the Arts

is working with President Fram Virjee on a larger goal to secure state funding for a full renovation of the visual arts complex within the next six years. This renovation would seek significant improvements to technology available to students and faculty, as well as creating more open areas for arts students to interact and work. “Upgrading (the cell block) is like a Band-Aid on what we’re doing right now and then hopefully in the next 5 to 10 years we’ll get funds for some real deal building (renovations),” Fedak said.

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Open Letter A personal account by a survivor speaking out about being raped on campus in response to some of the Daily Titan’s reporting.

In February of this year I was raped by a man on campus. He didn’t go to this school, I had met him that night — but it happened in the apartment-style dorms on campus. I wanted to talk to someone on campus, but I didn’t know who to talk to when I was already having a hard enough time telling myself it happened. The health center seemed like a good first stop, my main worry was if he had transferred something to me other than an excruciating weight. So I made an appointment to take an STD test, but that is one of the things at the health center that you have to pay for. I wasn’t eligible for coverage by the center, I knew I wasn’t but they insisted that I fill out the form to see if I could be covered. I sat in an office and saw all the books about psychology and trauma, and wondered if she could tell what had happened. But I kept a guard up, I didn’t actually reach out — my anxiety pulled on me. I felt so nervous while I was waiting in that office, and when I was eventually pulled into another room they told me what I figured — I would have to pay out of pocket. The fee was a lot, and I decided to not take it. I left frustrated, near tears. I remember getting back to my room and just sitting in the dark, at that point I had already cleaned everything, no evidence could be procured. Honestly, the only thing I cared about was taking care of myself, not charging anyone with anything. I am a Kaiser Permanente member, so I called them to make an appointment, and when the woman helping me set one up asked what it was for, I told her what had happened. She was kind, and with her suggestion I went to the emergency room. I think there was that really bad flu going around at that time, wasn’t really excited about being there then. So I was waiting in line and the security guard

came up to me to make sure I was in the right place, again since there was that bad flu going around. I told him “Uh, yeah, uhm, I was … raped?” It felt so awkward, him being the first male I had told. He seemed awkward too, he said, “Oh! yeah, uh, you’re in the right place. I’ll tell them you’re here.” So every doctor that interacted with me knew, and they were kind, especially during a stressful flu season. As you can tell I’ve forgotten all about the flu and I am just like “Damn, that really all happened this year.” I waited on a cot for an available room, it felt weird being the girl sitting in chaos who seems fairly normal. I was given some water and a cup to pee in, and I was so nervous that when I did have to go pee I completely forgot about the cup. I just realized this part isn’t important, I’m gonna cut to campus involvement again. So the nurses informed me that they were required by law to inform the police about it, and since it happened on campus it had to be the campus police. Mind you, I lived right next to the campus police station, and we walked by that place twice during the night of the rape. So they had to make a report, and I had to recount it. The two officers that spoke to me were very patient with me, and after I recounted the whole incident they told me about the resources on campus to deal with the aftermath of a rape. The male officer, I forget his name — but he offered me free enrollment with his self-defense class against sexual assault. I appreciated the offer, and in my mind thought that maybe it’d be good to go, but in the coming weeks I did not feel the energy to do anything like that. I just wanted to sleep. They also spoke of a woman who acts as a

liaison between campus faculty members and sexual assault victims. And although I appreciated all of these resources, I just did not feel comfortable seeking them out right after everything happened;I wanted my life to just go back to normal. They also spoke of group therapy and solo therapy on campus, and when I tried to seek that out it was nearly impossible to get an appointment. I actually didn’t get any useful help considering the pain I was going through, and I ended up having to be my own self-advocate through hard work and vague explanations when I fell short on my responsibilities. They told me that considering my description and account of the incident, the lack of identification of the man, and no real evidence (since I cleaned) besides us interacting at a bar and the Uber driver’s account of the man it wasn’t likely that he would be identified or prosecuted. This added an extra weight knowing that due to my lack of evidence, he could still be roaming the streets finding more victims. To this day, I don’t know who it was, and I don’t think I’ll ever have any closure around his fate. But I did seek out help through Kaiser Permanente and have recently begun therapy to help heal from the post-traumatic stress disorder of the event. The worst part I’d say about the aftermath, was that for the rest of the semester I had to sleep on the bed and in the room I had been raped on/in. I remember how numb I felt when I got the campuswide email about it — at the same time the part of me that hangs on to humor as a defense mechanism was jokingly saying to myself, “Hey look, that’s me.” I was in the Gastronome when it got sent out, and I couldn’t eat after I got it. *The identity of the writer has been omitted due to the sensitive nature addressed in this open letter.

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“People can develop mental health problems like post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression. When people don’t get help and heal from those distressing conditions, they can end up self-medicating with alcohol or drugs, or even sex, and that can create a whole host of

secondary problems,” Mechanic said. Mechanic also made clear that it was important to “separate healing from the criminal justice system,” due to the fact that an investigation or prosecution isn’t the right choice for everybody. “Healing is going to take place outside of any role that a

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formal adjudication could have. It’s different for different people,” Mechanic said. For those who aren’t interested in reporting to the police, there are other options on campus like speaking to a confidential advocate at the WoMen’s and Adult Reentry Center, who would be able to provide information and advice on how to

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proceed. Rosalina Camacho, coordinator of the Women and Gender Initiatives at the WoMen’s and Adult Reentry Center, recommends that survivors talk to someone, whether it’s a confidential advocate or not, and voice what they need to. Ackerman said that while people oftentimes wait a long

time to report, and much physical evidence could be long gone, it is still important that survivors are heard. “It’s a really sensitive topic, and if someone trusts you enough to tell you, believe them,” Ackerman said. “Believe them, because they’re not lying to you.”

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 13, 2018

Google no longer stands for freedom The tech giant has lost sight of its old motto: ‘Don’t be evil.’

ALEC CALVILLO Staff Writer

Google is basically the gatekeeper of the internet. Its algorithms control which websites come up first when people use its search engine and it has become so influential in American culture that it has become a verb — no other search engine has that kind of reputation. Unfortunately, Google is losing sight of its roots and forgetting the principles the company was founded on. This year, the company removed its original slogan from 2000, “Don’t be evil,” obviously not wanting to sound like hypocrites. Google ought to be feared because of its power —– not trusted. It’s obvious the company’s motive is to make money and that they don’t care about taking away human rights. If there’s one thing that indicates the change in culture at Google, it’s the company’s upcoming deal with the Chinese government. The internet in China is already heavily censored. Known as the Great Firewall of China, the Chinese government controls the web through censoring and surveillance. Chinese citizens try to circumvent the firewall using virtual private networks, which would allow them to access any website freely. Google’s calling the project

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Dragonfly and is helping China by creating a search engine that will comply with an authoritarian Chinese government. Users wouldn’t be able to access Facebook or Wikipedia, and the Chinese government would have access to people’s search history. The reason Google cherishes China is because the deal has huge market potential, according to NPR. Google employees are taking a stand against the project, alongside Amnesty International, a human rights organization, in hopes that the company will change direction as it did with its controversial deal with the Pentagon.

It’s worth noting that Google has been here before. Back in January 2006, Google had agreed to censor some search results in order to operate in China, until they pulled out in 2010 after a cyber attack originating in China resulted in stolen intellectual property from Google. Mass surveillance isn’t unique to China as it’s already happening in the United States. In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked classified information that the National Security Agency was guilty of spying on its own citizens too. Google also spies on its users already. It sells search data to companies who target people with

relevant ads. Run a Google search for something, and soon ads for it begin popping up on other websites. In 2017, Google generated $110.9 billion of which $95.4 billion came from ad revenue, according to Statista.com. Facebook, another big corporation, was caught misusing data and allowed Russians to interfere in the 2016 election, and paid for it dearly. However, unlike Facebook, Google has total control over the market, because there isn’t much competition. Bing, Yahoo and DuckDuckGo are some of the more notable names in internet search engines, but they’re not

used as much and don’t work as well. Perhaps this amount of data makes it just too tempting for companies to avoid abusing the trust of their users. That’s why there needs to be laws that could prevent tech giants like Google from participating in any practices against human rights. Google’s morals are low enough to make a lot of money in exchange for creating a search engine that will spy and censor Chinese citizens. As one of the most powerful tech companies, they need to be held accountable for their irresponsible, greedy and malicious actions.

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 13, 2018

Cut: Zemora follows his dream of barbering

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CONTINUED FROM 1 “After that meeting they were told that they could no longer come in here.” Zemora said. “So the fire captain asked me ‘Hey Adrian, my boys can’t go to you. But if you come to us, we’ll take care of you,’ and I said sure.” Back in the early 2000s, some of the Angels baseball players, including Bengie Molina who was the former catcher of the 2002 World Series Championship team, took note of Zemora’s barber shop and payed him a visit. Some of the athletes became regulars and even stopped by to give him memorabilia and to sign things for his customers.

“They would bring me their autographed pictures and they would also come here on Saturdays to surprise some of my clients,” Zemora said. Despite dedicating his entire life to cutting hair and being in business for 23 years, Zemora continues to live his dream, remains fascinated with barbering and said he wouldn’t want it any other way. “I think I must have been a barber in my past life because to this day barbering intrigues me. I just can’t get enough of it,” Zemora said. “I want to do it as long as the good Lord gives me my health, my vision and I’m not shaking.”

Adrian Zemora started cutting hair at a young age and would get in trouble for giving his friends haircuts as a kid.

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Student finds empowerment at CSUF CSUF student hopes to pave the way for minority women in STEM. RYAN MATTHEY Freelancer

STEM student Madison Cheek looks through a microscope in a lab on campus.

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Cal State Fullerton student Madison Cheek’s hometown, Dana Point, is a city with a population that is more than 83 percent white, but only 1.5 percent black. Growing up, this caused Cheek to consistently be one of the only people of color in her community. It wasn’t until she came to CSUF that she began to feel a sense of belonging and find people she identified with. “Coming to college and meeting more people who look like me, and that are like me, and accept me, and learning more about black culture and about how I fit into it — it has been a very empowering experience,” Cheek said. In part, this was achieved when she became the leader of a diverse team for the Sex Specific Mating Immunity project in the Shahrestani Lab of Dan Black Hall. Here, she is researching fungal infections in fruit flies, which can potentially be used to kill off mosquitos in other countries where they transmit deathly diseases like malaria. Though her lab team is diverse in its members, Cheek

acknowledges it isn’t representative of the larger field of STEM, also known as science, technology, engineering and math. “Of course there’s more opportunities branching every day, and the world itself is becoming more diverse, but because it’s such a conservative field, there’s of course the biases and there’s always stereotypes,” Cheek said. Prejudice is a barrier she’s faced her entire life. This left her straightening her hair, remaining quiet and keeping to herself so she wouldn’t be associated with any negative stereotypes growing up. Now, she doesn’t let the fear of prejudice prevent her from living her life. “If making a difference or at least trying to make a larger impact on the world is something that I wanted to do, it was never going to be easy,” Cheek said. When she’s not in lab, she takes on the role of vice president of membership for her music fraternity. While this is more than enough to make her parents proud, she is also a first-generation college student and hopes to pursue a career in forensics in crime labs. By following this passion, Cheek is hoping to open the door for others and is proud to be a woman of color in STEM. “There are a lot of opportunities out there, you just have to find them for yourself,” Cheek said.

Choir teacher hopes to inspire students Grad student overcame adversity with his passion for music as a young adult. CAITLIN BARTUSICK Managing Editor

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choir director and teaching programs like GiFT, also known as Growing Future Teachers, are what enabled him to do what he loves. From the difficulties of learning how to speak English to almost being recruited into a gang, Lopez said music has been a blessing that has led him to a job he doesn’t consider to be work. Now, Lopez said he wants to pay it forward and make a difference in the lives of the students he teaches. Lopez said he wants to set a good example of what a male figure is, and his ability to speak another language is one way he hopes to better connect with the students who come to his class. “I want to pass down my knowledge and wisdom of how I can help prepare my students for the big scary world that is up ahead of them,” Lopez said. “That’s why I’m drawn to teaching in a high school level. That’s where my life really turned around for me.”

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Choir instructor David Lopez plays the piano in front of his classroom at La Habra High School.

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 13, 2018

NCAA maintains stance on marijuana usage Recent studies have shown that cannabis use may help with athlete recovery. ANDRE SALAZAR ALEC CALVILLO Staff Writers

For student-athletes in college, the ability to use marijuana as a way to help heal themselves during the course of their respective sport is unavailable due to its status as a banned substance by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Cannabidiol, or CBD oil, is one of 80 chemicals found in marijuana, making up about 40 percent of the plant. It is also a recently recognized chemical structure found in certain strains, according to Paul Miller, the emeritus founding director of disability services on campus, as well as the student-athlete assistance program. Miller said that CBDs differ from strains of regular marijuana due to them lacking the psychedelic effects caused by the THC that is found in the drug. “It’s basically another chemical structure in cannabis that is like THC, but unlike THC, it doesn’t affect neuroreceptors in the brain that create the kind of high that is typically associated with marijuana and cannabis,” Miller said. In 2017, the NCAA released a presentation to inform student-athletes about marijuana and the detriments it can have on their collegiate athletic careers. During the presentation, it detailed the negative effects cannabis can have on the motivation, mental health and respiratory systems of student-athletes, and how that would affect their health as well as their academic and athletic careers.

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If student-athletes were to test positive for marijuana during a drug test, they can be declared ineligible for their sport and be withheld from 50 percent of its contests. Miller is optimistic that CBD

cannabis will be permitted in the NCAA in the future. As more states legalize cannabis and realize it isn’t a performance enhancing drug (PED), it will be more accepted, Miller said, as it could be a

more natural alternative to treat pain instead of using opioids. “Almost every student-athlete I’ve worked with over my career would rather do it as naturally as possible and not have to take PEDs, especially opioids.

If there’s another way to control the pain, that’s going to be much less potentially harmful because of some of the addictive responses in your brain,” Miller said. Until the policy changes, student-athletes can always go to their athletic trainers to help rehab certain injuries or pains they have. Michael Hoang, Cal State Fullerton athletic trainer, said for things like muscle soreness, the trainers have several methods they offer to help athletes with their pain, such as ice baths, recovery pumps and electronic stimulation. “It’s called e-stem for short. It’s those electric pads that you put on an area that help with pain and soreness, and overall recovery,” Hoang said. Hoang also named a few exercises athletes could do at home if they are unable to see the trainers. “A thing that everyone can do that’s very cheap is to use a foam roll,” Hoang said. The different techniques in treating soreness and injuries have led to several opinions. Miller said people are going to have to adapt to the change as more states move toward legalization for recreational use. However, Miller said he doesn’t think student-athletes should consume cannabis before a game to calm their nerves. “For student-athletes, my mantra is THC cannabis is not performance enhancing in any way,” Miller said. “You don’t want to have the neurological effect of the THC if you’re going to be in some intense training or competition. Obviously, that’s not going to be beneficial, just as alcohol (isn’t).”

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Men’s basketball looks Titans aim for next win for gold in San Francisco Women’s basketball will host the University of Antelope Valley as the Titans inch closer to first place. MEGAN GARCIA Sports Editor

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Guard Khalil Ahmad soars in for the dunk against Loyola Marymount University on Dec. 5.

Guards Kyle Allman and Khalil Ahmad combine for an average of 37.6 points per game.

contributed to the success the Titans have experienced so far. Although Ahmad is averaging fewer minutes than Allman, their numbers this season keep each in a similar race to the top of the stat sheet. Allman’s 3-point percentage of 37.3 narrowly beats out Ahmad’s 36.8. In Fullerton’s last two games, Ahmad has struggled in scoring with a combined 19 points. During a matchup against Cal Lutheran on Dec. 1, Ahmad had his third best scoring game of the season with 29 points. On the other side of the court, the San Francisco Dons are in third place (8-1) in the West Coast Conference. Sophomore guard Charles Minlend has kept the Dons in a tight race for first place in the conference with 14.4 points per game. In their recent win against the University of California, Berkeley, Minlend led the Dons with 17 points to restart their win streak after their loss to the University of Buffalo snapped their seven-game win streak which started the season. Tipoff is at 1 p.m. Sunday at the War Memorial Gym.

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The early stages of the 2018-19 season for the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team has been a mixed bag. The Titans have yet to gain a winning momentum in the 10 games they’ve played and the University of San Francisco won’t make it easier for the Titans on Sunday. Fullerton’s losing record (3-7) has them in sixth place in the Big West conference. In the three games they’ve won, the Titans have outscored opponents 292-176. The lead scorers for the Titans, senior guards Kyle Allman and Khalil Ahmad are tied for first on the team for an average of 18.8 points per game. Fullerton is averaging 76.5 points per game, which is less than its winning scores. The duo of Allman and Ahmad has

A four-game win streak has put Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball (6-4) in second place for the Big West. If they seal a win against the University of Antelope Valley on Friday, they’ll inch closer to the top spot. After a three-game losing streak earlier in the season, the Titans have outscored opponents 261-221. Fullerton averages 67.7 points per game and center Daeja Smith leads the Titans by averaging 14 points per game. Since being named Big West player of the week on Nov. 12, Smith has dominated on the court by scoring 100 points in an eight-game span. Forward Aimee Book has been a force off the bench for CSUF, particularly from 3-point range. In nine games played this season, Book leads the Titans shooting 48.5 percent outside the 3-point arc. As a team, CSUF is shooting 32 percent behind the arc. Although Book has not started a game

for Fullerton, she averages the fourth most minutes, behind Smith and guards Raina Perez and Jade Vega. Forward Carolyn Gill and Smith lead the Titans with an average 6.4 defensive rebounds per game, which is nearly double the number of Vega’s second-place 3.1 rebounds on the defensive end. Fullerton lacks strength in blocking shots from opponents. The Titans are averaging 3.4 blocks per game, and Smith leads the team with two blocks per game. The Antelope Valley Pioneers are averaging over 90 points per game and are holding opposing teams to 66 points, which is 1 point less than Fullerton’s game average. The defensive powerhouse from Antelope Valley shines in its steals per game and opponent turnovers. With an average of 17 steals and over 30 turnovers per game, it’s helped the Pioneers have the second best record (8-2) in the California Pacific Conference. Guard and forward Samantha Earl may present one of the biggest troubles for the Titans, as she has a team-leading 18.3 points per game. The matchup between Fullerton and Antelope Valley will tip off at 7 p.m. at Titan Gym.

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