Ruck-A-Thon challenges ROTC Helicopter tours elevate experience for students, families. 2
News Monday December 4, 2017
Volume 102 Issue 47
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
The CSUF 2017 Homecoming Winter Festival offered decade-themed decor, food and activities.
‘Fall Dance Theatre’ impresses with powerful pieces on love, heartbreak and police brutality.
Women’s basketball fell to a 2-6 overall after dropping both of it games in the Lady Griz Classic.
News 3
Lifestyle 4
Sports
6
Bench aids CSUF in victory Puri steps down, Miller steps up Men’s basketball crushed Cal Lutheran University 86-58.
Cal State Fullerton will have a new provost in 2018 who will serve for two-and-a-half years as the university searches for a president.
JARED EPREM
Asst. Sports Editor
AMY WELLS
Asst. News Editor
BAILEY CARPENTER / DAILY TITAN
Cal State Fullerton guard Kyle Allman scored 22 points in the Titans’ victory over the Kingsmen, shooting 40 percent from behind the arc.
crowd off of their feet, Cal Lutheran would grind out the shot clock and move the ball for a three or a baseline floater, meaning that despite their strong bench production, the
Titans led by merely 6 points after the first half. Titans Head Coach Dedrique Taylor said the team wasn’t as “fluid” as he’d like them to be in the
first half, an issue he let them know about at halftime in a spirited address to his roster. SEE ENERGY
6
Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García announced on Friday in an email that Anil Puri will down as interim provost and vice president of Academic Affairs on Jan. 1, 2018. Puri had served as interim provost since July 2016. Earlier this year, he removed himself as a candidate for the search for a permanent provost, and will now serve as director of the Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting. Before becoming interim provost, Puri was chair of the economics department and dean of the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics. “I am grateful to Dr. Puri for his selfless service and confident his decision is the right one for him, his family and the campus community,” García said in an email. Puri decided to resign from his position due to his inability to commit to the search for a new permanent president to replace García, who will be leaving to become the president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities on Jan. 22, 2018
“
I am grateful to Dr. Puri for his selfless service and confident his decision is the right one for him, his family and the campus community.
“
With Titan Gym dressed with orange and blue balloons and streamers for a near-capacity crowd, Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball defeated the Cal Lutheran University Kingsmen 86-58 in its homecoming game. The bench gave the Titans the jump start they needed in the first half, racking up 20 points in the first 20 minutes, their highest total of the season. Landon Kirkwood scored 4 points off the bench for the Titans during that stretch, providing crucial rebounds in traffic and slashing from the wing to lay the ball up in his limited minutes. “We just brought energy. We didn’t have a lot of energy at the beginning,” Kirkwood said. “Once we got in, we did what we had to do and turned it up a little bit.” Though he only finished with 7 points, the energy Kirkwood and the rest of the bench brought to the floor changed the game in ways the box score cannot cover. The team also sunk all 10 of its free throws in the half, a new season-high. Whenever CSUF converted a bucket that got the
MILDRED GARCÍA University president “I’m confident that Dr. Puri will remain a valuable resource to the university community,” said Chief Communications Officer Jeffrey Cook in an email. “We have benefited from his leadership and many of us have very much enjoyed working with him.” Kari Knutson Miller, Ph.D., dean of University Extended Education (UEE) and associate vice president of International Programs and Global Engagement (IPGE), has been appointed provost for a two-and-a-half year term while the university searches for a new president. SEE PROVOST
2
Fullerton Jazz Orchestra blows audience away Friday night was packed with surprise performances playing homage to great musicians. KYLE BENDER Copy Editor
“Come in here and play like it’s your last time playing that horn,” was advice from award-winning trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos that the Fullerton Jazz Orchestra took to heart during its latest performance. Friday night’s program was filled with punchy tunes dedicated to the memory of world-famous trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Clifford Brown. When the lights dimmed, Director Bill Cunliffe greeted the packed Meng Concert Hall, ushering in a night of impressive impromptu performances. “A lot of those soloists you saw, (Cunliffe) was just pointing at them. That wasn’t planned and they were just improvising,” said fourth-year baritone saxophonist Michael Hardt. Solos aside, the Cal State Fullerton students were given only a month or two to rehearse for much of the show, receiving some charts as late as a few days before. Despite limited practice time and on-the-spot calls, the instrumentalists delivered on Cunliffe’s high expectations with clear composure as they took turns in the limelight. Just before the halfway mark, the orchestra was accompanied by one of its own for a vocal performance of “Nature Boy” arranged by Cunliffe. It was the first time senior tenor
saxophonist Colin Monaco had an opportunity to sing in a Fullerton Jazz Orchestra show, but it would also be his last as he will graduate this fall. Although his instrumental solo was unexpected, Monaco’s transition from microphone to sax and back during the song appeared effortless. “I think there were a few things I could have done better, but overall I’m content with it,” Monaco said, adding that he’s nitpicky by nature. Monaco wasn’t the only vocalist in the program either. Instead of returning to instrumentals the program immediately continued with the Fullerton Jazz Singers. When Cunliffe briefly left the stage, the two ensembles shared a single energizing tune with the audience as the singers jived to the orchestra’s melodies and solos. After a brief intermission, Cunliffe introduced guest artist and long-time friend Castellanos, who only spent a few hours with the orchestra teaching a master class before the show. “The first thing that I noticed with Fullerton is that everybody here is super serious and has positive energy. That made it so much more easy for me to come in and just swing with them,” Castellanos said. Humbly treating it like “the altar of joy” at church, Castellanos found his way to the left side of the stage where he spent most of the night blowing holes through the roof whenever he had the spotlight. Orchestra members were enchanted by Castellanos ever-expanding solos that demanded their full attention, and some were fortunate enough to trade bars with him during his choruses. SEE JAZZ
4
KYLE BENDER / DAILY TITAN
Award-winning trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos joined the Fullerton Jazz Orchestra on Friday after teaching them a master class before the show.
MORE PARKING
Off-Site Parking Permit
$70 only
• Available December 1, 2017 • The off-site permit is valid at the EvFree Church Monday through Thursday, 7am to 10pm. The off-site semester permit is also valid on the CSUF main campus Friday - Sunday, during finals week, and when classes are not in session. • 550 off-site semester parking permits will be available for on a first-come, first-served basis. • Login to your campus portal and click on Parking Services tab, to purchase the off-site permit. • For more information, please visit parking.fullerton.edu FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN
VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM