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Groups petition about Canin Student club and faculty members gather signatures attempting to persuade university action on suspended lecturer’s future.

JASON ROCHLIN SARAH WOLSTONCROFT HAYLEY M. SLYE Daily Titan

Two petitions regarding suspended anthropology lecturer Eric Canin are circulating campus: one calling for the termination of “faculty or staff who infringe on students’ rights” by the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) and the

other from a group of Cal State Fullerton faculty members calling for his reinstatement.

Both petitions are in response to a Feb. 8 altercation that occurred between Canin and members of the CSUF College Republicans club during a

counter-protest to a march against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

An internal university investigation on the matter found that “a campus employee struck a student,” said Chief Communications Officer Jeffrey

Cook in an emailed statement Feb. 22.

A Feb. 24 statement from the California Faculty Association Fullerton chapter, maintains that Canin “categorically denies” striking anybody.

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PCH Crew to play at 2017 Spring Concert

Group wins Battle of the Bands and chance to perform.

ADRIANA HYMOVITZ Daily Titan

Out of three bands competing, PCH Crew beat out two other bands to win a spot in this year’s Spring Concert through ASI’s annual Battle of the Bands competition.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve been on stage.

The last time we were was over the summer in Santa Cruz, so to be back out here feels good,” said Patrick Rohn, lead singer of PCH Crew.

RJ Root, a music major at Cal State Fullerton, plays guitar for the band and is the only CSUF student in the band.

The battle took place at the Becker Amphitheater Wednesday afternoon. PCH Crew won the judges over with their pop/rock/hip-hop sound and ability to excite the crowd.

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PCH Crew beat out two other bands at ASI’s Battle of the Bands competition Wednesday afternoon at the Becker Amphitheater. The band will get to perform at Spring Concert, which will take place April 8.

Alumnus gets a shot at ‘Hamilton’ Rubén Carbajal’s career is off to a strong start.

KEVIN LEY Daily Titan Rubén J. Carbajal began his time at CSUF with roles at the Clayes Performing Arts Center but come Friday, he will take the stage at the San Francisco SHN Orpheum Theatre in the critically-acclaimed Broadway musical “Hamilton” as part of its first ever national tour.

He will star as John Laurens in the first act and Philip Hamilton in the second.

Just like Alexander Hamilton in the play, Rubén Carbajal is well prepared for the role and is not throwing away his shot.

“It’s really exciting for me. I get to have double the fun, really. I get to explore two different characters,” Rubén Carbajal said.

“Philip Hamilton when I have to come out and be 9 years old and then come back later and be 19, that’s

the beauty of theatre.”

During his time at CSUF, Carbajal’s professors Jim Volz and Eve Himmelheber described him as someone who didn’t continuously have something to say, but instead listened and gave input when he has something to contribute. They also noted his ability to take direction.

“He’s the kind of student that you want in a college classroom because he brings his life experience and a sense of purpose and family into the classroom. He’s not one of those guys who sits at the front row and says, ‘Look at me, look at me.’ He’s the guy who sits in the back row and kind of takes it all in and looks for a way where he can contribute in a significant way,” said Jim Volz, professor of theater history.

The CSUF Theatre BFA program begins with around 70 to 80 people, but with cuts in freshman through junior years, that number dwindles, Himmelheber said. In Rubén Carbajal’s case, he ended up graduating with 10 others in 2015 according to Himmelheber.

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Ruben Carbajal will play John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in the first tour of the critically-acclaimed Broadway musical “Hamilton” starting Friday in the San Francisco SHN Orpheum Theatre.

Women’s History Month celebrated at CSUF

Trump’s proliferation means awareness

Campus groups gathered for speeches and performances as part of “Be Bold for Change” in the central Quad Wednesday.

While it’s hard to find articles not related about the president and his “divisiveness,” it’s important for journalists to stay diligent.

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Men’s basketball will take on CSU Northridge in the first round at Honda Center in Anaheim Thursday afternoon.

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He said after the altercation that he “did not touch anyone.”

Canin was suspended following the incident.

The first petition by the Young Americans for Liberty calls to “ensure all members of the university community” have the right to free speech.

The petition was originally concerned with free speech on campus more broadly but was changed when the Canin incident unfolded, said Aaron Van Meter-Jones, president of YAL at CSUF. Van Meter-Jones said he was present at the protest and is a member of the College Republicans.

“It became personal at that point, so the petition was updated to include terminating professors that violate First Amendment rights, especially assaulting students for their political beliefs,” Van Meter-Jones said.

YAL is planning an event to circulate the petition around

Titan Walk on March 22, Van Meter-Jones said. College Republicans club President Chris Boyle said his club is planning on attending future YAL events to help gather signatures.

The second petition, created by eight CSUF faculty members and supported by CFA Fullerton, said that Cal State Fullerton has no evidence Canin struck a student beyond the claims of the CSUF College Republicans club.

“It is grotesque that the attack on Dr. Canin, the silencing of Dr. Canin and the threat to take away his livelihood is being portrayed as a defense of free speech,” said CFA Fullerton Faculty Rights Chair Tyler McMillen in a text message.

The faculty petition alleges that Canin was “harassed by a crowd carrying signs with recognized symbols of race hatred.”

Van Meter-Jones claims that Canin was responding to what he thought was anti-semitism in one of the signs, but said “not a single one was anti-semitic.”

After hearing about the petition being circulated by CFA, Van Meter-Jones said he consulted with YAL National to plan what they will be doing with the petition data YAL has gathered so far.

“We are not done with this,” Van Meter-Jones said. “This is going to continue until Canin is terminated and free speech policies on campus are adjusted.”

University Police received cellphone video evidence that showed the events leading up to and after the altercation took place, but they received “no video of the actual incident” said Police Capt. Scot Willey.

The evidence used in the university’s internal investigation was shared with Canin once the investigation concluded, McMillen said.

“It’s very generous to call it evidence because there is no evidence that he did anything wrong except for the word of the College Republicans,” McMillen said. “(The videos) don’t show any wrongdoing on his

part.”

The faculty petition says Canin’s physical well-being has been harmed because of the suspension and implies that the jobs of faculty who “favor diversity” and challenge messages of hatred could be in peril.

“That he can be convicted by the university without essential elements of due process, including a chance to face his accusers, is both unjust and a threat to us all,” the CFA petition reads.

In a Tuesday email from Cook, the university continued to refer to its Feb. 22 statement for comment, adding that the process is “fair to all parties and is consistent with collective-bargaining provisions.”

“Even when we find opposing views objectionable, ours is a campus where we will insist that respect be afforded to the right of others to assert those views. Responding with violence to speech we disagree with cannot and will not be tolerated,” Cook said in the university’s Feb. 22 statement.

Young Americans for Liberty petition I endorse the “Chicago Principles” which ensure all members of the University community have the broadest latitude to speak, write, listen, challenge, and learn and make clear it is not the proper role of the University to shield individuals from ideas and opinions they find unwelcome, disagreeable, or even deeply offensive.

Rather, it is the role of the University to terminate faculty or staff who infringe on students’ rights.

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California Faculty Association of Fullerton supported petition We, the faculty members of CSU Fullerton, call for the immediate reinstatement of Anthropology lecturer Eric Canin. Dr. Canin, who has taught on our campus for 20 years, was “temporarily suspended” on February 9 on the basis of unsubstantiated claims by undergraduate members of the College Republicans. After a cursory investigation by the university lacking essential elements of due process, the university placed him on “pre-sanction suspension” on February 22. He will be fired unless the president rescinds the suspension. This is in spite of the fact that video evidence directly contradicts the conclusions of the university’s investigative report. Firing a faculty member speaking out against Donald Trump’s immigration policies – which have been repudiated by scores of academic institutions, including CSUF – on the basis of nothing more than the accusations of those supporting such policies creates a McCarthyite atmosphere that threatens basic democratic rights. This attack on a respected long-time faculty member can only encourage forces that seek to stifle academic freedom, and can further silence those who would stand against the onslaught against immigrants, Muslims and other targets. It will have a chilling effect on faculty who favor diversity if they know that challenging messages of racial and religious hatred could cost them their job based solely on the words of those purveying this ideology.

There is no evidence, beyond the assertions of the College Republicans, to suggest that Dr. Canin harmed anyone. Dr. Canin categorically denies that he struck anybody, and no physical, photographic or video evidence of the College Republicans’ claim has been presented. In fact, all of the available evidence in the press reports, photos and videos of the incident of February 8 indicates that Dr. Canin was in fact the object of aggression. Dr. Canin was harassed by a crowd carrying signs with recognized symbols of race hatred, and tracked with a video camera in a clear attempt to provoke a confrontation, yet although there are multiple videos, and photos showing people recording with their cellphones, no video has been forthcoming showing the alleged action for which he has been unjustly sanctioned. In fact, the only instance of actual documented violence was that by the president of the College Republicans, who can be seen in a video and widely published photos grabbing Dr. Canin from behind and placing him in a headlock. No action has been taken against the perpetrator of this violence.

Dr. Canin’s service to the university over these two decades has been exemplary. He is well known by his students and colleagues to be a peaceful, thoughtful teacher and scholar who is totally dedicated to his students. That he can be convicted by the university without essential elements of due process, including a chance to face his accusers, is both unjust and a threat to us all. Dr. Canin has suffered injuries not only to his reputation, but to his physical well-being, as a result of the administration’s arbitrary actions against him. Moreover, the administration statement was issued while an appeal is pending, an act which prejudicially and publicly brands Dr. Canin. Dr. Canin has the right to a fair and impartial evaluation of all the evidence, and has not yet had the opportunity to respond to and challenge the putative evidence that exists.

It is painfully ironic that CSU Fullerton authorities portray their actions as a defense of free speech. Dr. Canin did not prevent anybody’s free speech, but the decision to take away his livelihood, including his health care, can only have a chilling effect on others on our campus with the courage to confront hateful statements. We demand that the university immediately reinstate him to his former position, and issue a public apology.

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“PCH Crew had great energy, great vibes. I think they’ll be a great fit for Spring Concert (and) get everyone hyped for a good time,” said Brennan Lyell, CSUF’s on-campus talent coordinator.

Other competing

bands were Vinny Ortiz and John Cua and the Bizcuits.

The crowd was engaged in all of the performances but cheered the loudest for PCH Crew.

Those judging the competition were Melissa Brooks, lead singer of the Aquadolls, Greg Galarze,

singer/guitarist from 200 West that won Battle of the Bands last year and Waleed Rashidi, assistant professor from the department of communications. Rashidi has been involved in the music industry for over 30 years.

PCH Crew has a music video dropping

March 25, as well as a show at the El Rey Theatre April 14 and video release for their single “Rollercoaster.”

Spring Concert will be on April 8 beginning at 4 p.m. The artist reveal and tickets will be going on sale in a few weeks, Lyell said.

CORRECTION In the March 7 article “CSUF professor talks race and sexuality,” Sheryl Bossard’s last name was misspelled. It was also incorrectly stated that “Event highlights Tuesday include a talk by keynote Lisa Wade” However, Wade spoke on Monday.

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CSUF women get ‘bold for change’

Women’s History Month celebrated Wednesday in Quad.

TODD HADLER Daily Titan

Passionate speeches, inspired singing and a dance performance that captured the attention of passersby filled the central Quad Wednesday to celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.

The theme for the event was “Be Bold For Change: #ShePersists...” and featured women and men speaking about celebrating women.

The event featured spoken word, poetry, singing and a dance performance.

“We are here to celebrate diversity and, in particular, celebrate women today and the achievements that we’ve made and the challenges that we are still going through,” said Michelle Luster, lecturer in the American Language Program and co-chair for the event.

Luster, who sang at the event, said that it was a collaboration between different departments, clubs and members of the community.

The event included multiple action tables where students could learn about the different organizations involved.

The groups included Project Have Hope, Consent is Key, Project Rebound,

Diversity Initiatives & Resource Centers and more.

Students attending the event were encouraged to visit the different tables to be entered into a raffle.

The event was put on with help from the WoMen’s and Adult Reentry Center on campus. Alisa Foreman Flowers, director of the center, said the event is about empowerment, resiliency and authenticity for everyone.

“Our goal really was to allow students to express themselves emotionally, physically, visually, whatever that looks like for them so that they can share their strength and how they make it through,” Flowers said.

Rosalina Camacho, coordinator for the Women and Gender Initiatives at the WoMen’s and Reentry Center and co-chair for the event, said the aim of the event was to recognize the changes women have made in the world.

“As a campus, we need to start recognizing the power of women and start supporting women in engineering and science and all these areas that we say are men’s work but no, women are capable of doing it,” Camacho said.

Topics covered at the event included childbirth options, ageism, mixed race experiences and Muslim women in the U.S. One of the presenters was Cpl. Irs Cortes, an

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Titan Bhangra performed a dance for the crowd at the International Women’s Day “Be Bold For Change” event in the central Quad Wednesday. The purpose of the event was to celebrate diversity and Women’s History Month.

officer with the University Police Department, who spoke on the topic of women in male-dominated

jobs. Cortes, who teaches a self-defense course, spoke about the history and importance of women in law

enforcement.

“My high school counselor told me that as a female, I shouldn’t worry

about education because the only thing I would amount to would be a secretary,” Cortes said in her speech.

Associate professor documents women in politics JORIAN GOLDBACH Daily Titan CSUF associate history professor and director of the Center of Oral and Public History Natalie Fousekis, Ph.D., spoke about women’s role in politics at Fullerton Public Library Wednesday.

Her speech titled “Political Women: Local Women Being Bold for Change” was part of her “Women’s Politics and Activism” project that started in 2013.

“The goal of the project was to interview as diverse a group of women, activists and local political leaders as possible,” Fousekis stated.

In 2013, Fousekis applied for a grant from the John Randolph Haynes Foundation and received $211,000.

The John Randolph Haynes Foundation is the “leading supporter of social science research for Los Angeles,” according to the John Randolph Haynes Foundation website. She said her

funding from the grant will run out in August.

Some of the women who Fousekis mentioned were the Founders of W.I.L. (Women in Leadership), which she described as a “pro-choice bipartisan pact that was making a difference in women’s politics in the 1990s.”

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Nobody was recording stories of women in politics.

There were spotty ones, but there had not been a major effort to record (these) stories.

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Discussion in Fullerton Library celebrates women activists.

NATALIE FOUSEKIS Center of Oral and Public History director She also recognized Joy Picus, who was a councilwoman for Los Angeles in 1977, and Lindsey Horvath, who is serving her second term on the West Hollywood City Council.

Fousekis said she wanted to record women like these because there is generally a lack of effort in recording these stories.

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“Nobody was recording stories of women in politics.

There were spotty ones, but there had not been a major effort to record (these) stories,” Fousekis said. “Unfortunately, some of the women, we’ve lost even in the two years while I was starting the project, and women have passed away that I would have liked to have interviewed or have gotten dementia.”

Fousekis said the benefit of having women in politics is that women bring different perspectives than men do.

“The overall takeaway would be that women bring something different. They may not be all the same, and that doesn’t mean whether it’s conservative or liberal,” Fousekis said.

Matthew Leslie, a 53-year-old artist and curator was in attendance for the speech. His girlfriend Jane Rands, a former candidate for Fullerton City Council, was one of the women Fousekis interviewed.

“I just really enjoyed hearing the general narrative of how women became empowered to run for office,” Leslie said.

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Cal State Fullerton associate history professor Natalie Fousekis, Ph.D., the director of the Center for Oral and Public History, talked about her “Women’s Politics and Activism” project Wednesday.

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“The program is strenuous.

It’s difficult to get into, but at the end of the day, the professors want the performers to be good,” Carbajal said. “They want you to be your best.”

During his first two years, Rubén Carbajal said he had backup plans in case he didn’t continue to pass the cuts in the program. But he never had to go down another path.

“He’s nothing but professional. He’s really fun to work with and always very focused during rehearsals,” said Brian Whitehill, who graduated with Rubén Carbajal and is currently on tour with “Mamma Mia.” Fellow graduating Chelle Denton was attracted to Carbajal’s humorous personality and academic ambitions.

They have been friends since their freshman year and have been dating for almost two years.

It’s one of the reasons why fellow graduating classmate Chelle Denton said she was attracted to him. They were friends since the beginning of the program in their freshmen year but eventually started dating in their senior year and have now been together for almost two years.

Denton said it is hard on their relationship as she resides in Montebello, teaching and performing locally.

But by mastering FaceTime and other long-distance communication, they’ve made it work, Denton said. She noted the fact that his touring, specifically with “Hamilton,” helps too.

He has performed in two productions of “In the

Heights,” a play created by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The first time he played Sonny was at the Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre in Claremont, and the second was at the Chance Theatre in Anaheim as the lead character Usnavi.

“When he did the second one where he actually plays Usnavi, I was a little nervous because I thought, ‘Does my son know how to rap?’” said Sonia Carbajal, Rubén Carabjal’s mother.

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I think he really looks back on when he was the one sitting out in the audience at these phenomenal shows or musicals.

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CHELLE DENTON Carbajal’s girlfriend Himmelheber, who said the show is an “absolute phenomena,” said it could take years before she’s lucky enough to see it.

“I think he really looks back on when he was the one sitting out in the audience at these phenomenal shows or musicals. Whether it be community or big regional shows at the Pantages, he gets to think back on the boy that he was, being able to look up to all those people on stage and getting the chance to do that now is, I think, what keeps the theater bug in him. It’s what he craves,” Denton said.

Rubén Carbajal’s character Philip Hamilton plays a key role in the rise and fall of one

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of America’s founding fathers in the show. He begins the second act playing the character at 9 years old and later again as a young man. As Alexander Hamilton’s personal life affects public opinion of him, Philip Hamilton is willing to fight and die for his father’s honor.

Rubén Carbajal may not have experienced such extreme circumstances, but like his character, family often comes first. When he isn’t working, he spends time with his mother, father and two sisters.

It was his family that ultimately encouraged him to pursue theater in college.

Rubén Carbajal began acting at 5 years old in commercials and in television and film at the age of 9.

It was in high school that he began considering theater as a potential career path he said.

Originally, his father suggested he major in engineering.

However, when his mother overheard him talking to a relative about pursuing engineering in college, she said it didn’t sound like something he really wanted to do. They discussed it with his director at the time and ultimately agreed with his choice to pursue theater.

Volz, Ramont and Himmelheber echoed the sentiment that Rubén Carbajal should be grateful as he embraces the highs and lows and enjoys the journey of touring with a Broadway show.

“It’s always still crazy to him and to everybody else that his life is this interesting and exciting, but it absolutely is,” Denton said.

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Rubén J. Carbajal graduated with 10 others in 2015 from the CSUF BFA program. One of his graduating classmates is now his girlfriend of two years.

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In 2015, Carbajal starred in CSUF’s production of “Spring Awakening.” He’s also been in two productions of “In the Heights” at the Chance Theatre in Anaheim and the Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Center.

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OPINION Ignorance is not bliss, it’s ignorance

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Trump and “divisive” being all over is annoying but necessary.

RISHU BHARDWAJ Daily Titan

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t’s impossible to look at the daily news without finding articles about President Donald J. Trump, and something that invariably finds a way to associate itself with the head honcho is this word: divisive.

And as terribly annoying as it’s been to see the Trump parade everywhere, it’s just as annoying to see articles tire out the word “divisive,” but both are necessary. Rather than complaining about being tired of Trump and reading articles left and right about him, the public should be thankful for the unabashed attention put on the administration.

One must look no further than Google.

Type in the word “d iv isive” under the news category and t h e r e’s no way

Trump’s big gleaming face won’t be popping up yelling at you.

From the New Yorker, “Trump’s divisive new travel ban,” to the LA times, “Trump is sworn in as president, a divisive, singular figure promising to lift up ‘the forgotten’” and even “Trump’s speech wasn’t divisive. He said he’d fight for all Americans,” from the Washington Post, nowhere is safe.

But it’s not as if journalists are using this word superfluously.

If ever the joke, “if you looked up ‘idiot’ in the dictionary, your face would show up” made more sense, it’s with the word divisive and Trump.

In light of the recent tragedies like a Muslim teenager being found hanging from a tree in Washington state, according to the Seattle Times, and a Sikh man in Kent, Wash. being shot after a man told him, “Go back to your own country,” according to the Washington Post, “divisive” is nothing but accurate.

Although it may seem that Trump has created a rift within the country during his three-month presidency–that really feels like three years– journalists are working overtime.

While Trump’s antics are being mocked on “Saturday Night Live”, journalists are working tirelessly, uncovering some of the most shocking and absurd political scandals in recent history.

One of the most talked about in recent reports is Trump official’s contact with Russian authorities. While the Trump administration is busy denouncing any contact, The Huffington Post and other news outlets falsified those claims.

Actively and

purposefully outing the president and his comrades for their unacceptable behavior is nothing to scoff at.

The facade of professionalism that is the presidency is falling, and the administration continues to deny the questionable meetings, even devolving to childish antics by calling attention to a feckless accusation of then-President Barack Obama tapping into Trump’s wires during his campaign.

As daunting as it is to sit and witness the Trump administration flounder about, it’s a miracle we’re seeing it. It’s as if most major news organizations came together and agreed to do whatever it takes to keep the public informed; from taking criticism directly from Trump to being shunned from briefing rooms, the public got lucky.

It’s a miracle that these organizations are still with and for the public after all of this time.

While Americans stare at press briefings, confusing themselves over the dystopian our government has become, clinging to the word “divisive” to make sense of it, those finding the antonym are sitting in newsrooms with dictionaries and recorders.

So, as annoying as it might be to see the word “divisive” and Trump everywhere, it’s comforting to know there are a few that refuse to allow democracy fall into the pits.

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Hate has found its way on to receipts, thanks Trump

Servers don’t need political opinions just a fair tip.

ZACK JOHNSTON Daily Titan

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n the midst of such heated political discourse, let’s draw the line of what is and is not OK in the case of blatant disrespect toward strangers. Shall we, Donald Trump supporters?

Recent incidents of restaurant-goers writing

hateful messages aimed at employees on receipts and not leaving tips have popped up in the media, and they all seem to have something very alarming in common.

It’s obvious that these insulting messages have been written by individuals who supported the candidacy and now the presidency of Trump, and the messages are very indicative of certain Trump supporters’ inability to tolerate certain walks of life.

Early last month, a customer at an Italian restaurant in San Antonio, Texas wrote on a receipt, “The food was tasty and the service was attentive. However, the owner is ‘Mexican.’

We will not return. ‘America first,’” according to Fox San Antonio.

Another incident was

with a South Carolina waitress who instead of a tip, received a long note about how a “woman’s place is in the home,” how her having a job was disgraceful, that she needs to stay home taking care of household duties and to “help make America great again,” according to Fox Carolina.

The ignorance and disrespect is so abundant, it’s hard to even know where to start.

That fact that the customer at the Italian restaurant put “Mexican” in quotes is very telling. It seems that not being able to determine if the owner was in fact Mexican wasn’t enough to stop them from writing the ignorant message in the first place.

The owner Fernando Franco was in fact born in Mexico City and has been

legally operating businesses and restaurants in the United States since 2012 under an E-2 visa, according to the Fox report.

The woman, who received the long note pertaining to her gender had reportedly never served the couple that left her the note, and she felt embarrassed and mortified after reading it, according to Fox. Regardless of the circumstances of the two restaurant workers, the content of these notes are so horrifyingly out of touch and showing of how some of the ideas made popular through Trump’s presidential campaign have awakened this narrow-minded hatred in some of his supporters.

For all these customers knew, Franco could have

been a hardworking, taxpaying American citizen for all of his life, and the South Carolina waitress could be unmarried or perhaps a single mother.

It is quite alarming that these insensitive restaurant patrons would make such a sweeping generalization about Latinos and about women and then have the audacity to target the very people providing them a service by being so insulting.

What is perhaps more alarming is the fact these hateful messages were sparked by the rhetoric of our newly appointed president.

Say what you will about Trump’s policies or plans for his administration, but it is undeniable that a certain vindictive subset of American citizens have

been inspired and encouraged by the things Trump has said about marginalized groups and have since been acting on those encouraged feelings.

The service industry does not need to become the next political arena.

Ask a server; it’s already bad enough waiting tables for unappreciative guests.

But more importantly, the “America” that the customer in South Carolina was referring to, the one that needs to be made “great again,” perhaps used to be great because people used to be a little more kind to one another and didn’t leave strangers insensitive messages.

To those customers and any others like them: Work on acting a little more American yourselves, eat your food and leave a damn tip.

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SPORTS

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Cal State Fullerton baseball is currently ranked second in on base percentage, third in RBIs and tied for second place in the Big West Conference with seven wins and four losses.

Titans scorch Sun Devils in blowout win CSUF’s offense caught fire in a dominant desert victory.

CHRISTOPHER SHEATS II Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton’s baseball team stayed hot in the second leg of its two-game series with Arizona State University, downing the Sun

Devils 13-4.

The Titans jumped out to an early lead, knocking in two runs on sophomore Hank LoForte’s triple.

Holding ASU to no runs in the bottom of the first, CSUF added to its stellar start by scoring five more runs to open a 7-0 lead.

The Sun Devils retaliated in the bottom of the second after right fielder Gage Canning brought in

two teammates. Once ASU gained some footing, the Sun Devils closed the gap and added two more runs, cutting the Titans’ lead to 7-4.

The Titans regained momentum in the top of the third, pushing their lead to 8-4 after freshman Sahid Valenzuela singled to left field.

It was a solid inning defensively for Fullerton, as it

was able to shut out Arizona State in the bottom of the third, extending the lead to 9-4.

However, the Titans weren’t able to get anything going in the fourth inning as the Sun Devils finally thwarted the onslaught of Titan runs.

Fullerton controlled the tempo of the game going into the bottom of the frame to keep ASU scoreless.

In the top of the sixth, the Titans tacked on four more runs before the Sun Devils decided to switch pitchers to freshman Tanner West.

Cal State Fullerton continued its strong defensive play and relied heavily on junior pitcher Joe Wills, who faced the bulk of the Sun Devils’ batters.

The Titans held Arizona State scoreless for the remainder of the game and

were blessed with major contributions from Hunter Cullen, Scott Hurst and LoForte, who went 4-5, 3-6 and 2-4, respectively.

Valenzuela also performed well at the plate, recording two hits and three RBIs. The victory marks the seventh overall win for the Titans, bringing their record to 7-4 returning to Goodwin Field for a three-game homestand against Gonzaga.

runs. She pitched two complete games and took home the win against Baylor with a shutout performance. Kessler is third in the Big West in ERA with 1.83 and tied for second in wins (six) and strikeouts (69).

Overall, Titan pitchers are second in the Big West in strikeouts with 128 and fourth in ERA at 3.37.

The Titans’ bats did not produce much offense in the Judi Garman Classic. Fullerton was shut out twice and only scored two runs on 15 hits all tournament thanks to Trish Parks’ solo home run against Arizona State and an RBI fielder’s choice hit by Irieanna Siofele to lift the Titans over Baylor.

Both Delynn Rippy and Lexi Gonzalez rank in the top 10 in the Big West in batting average. Gonzalez is sixth with a .375 average and Rippy is ranked seventh while putting up .368. Gonzalez also leads all Titan hitters with three home runs and 13 RBIs. The rest of the Titans have

been less successful, which is why the team ranks sixth in team batting average (.265) and fourth in runs scored with 72.

Fullerton has split the last two contests against San Diego State. Last year, the Titans beat San Diego State 8-4 in the Titan Classic, but the Titans lost 9-3 against the Aztecs in the 2015 Judi Garman Classic.

Titan pitchers will be tasked with keeping several key hitters silent this tournament.

Boston slugger Alex Heinen leads the Terriers with four home runs and 11 RBIs. Maddy Kaplan leads Harvard with eight RBIs and a .588 batting average while Krista Kelly leads Longwood with 11 RBIs. The Titans swept their competition last year in the tournament, going 5-0 against Mississippi State, Utah Valley, Princeton and Iowa State.

The Titans will play their first game at 6 p.m. Thursday against the San Diego State Aztecs at Anderson Family Field.

Kelsey Kessler (center) is tied for the second-most wins of any pitcher in the Big West Conference in her first season with the Titans.

Softball seeks to overcome struggles

The Titans haven’t lived up to expectations so far.

ADAM CASTRO Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton softball is looking for a better showing than the 1-3 record it produced in the Judi Garman Classic when hosting the Long Beach State/Fullerton Tournament this weekend.

The Titans will open against San Diego State (12-7) Thursday before facing Boston (79) and Harvard (3-2) Friday.

Saturday will feature a game with Longwood (6-10) and a rematch with Boston.

The Titans’ only victory of the Judi Garman Classic was a walk-off win on the last day of the tournament against Baylor, which snapped a four-game skid for Fullerton.

Titan ace Kelsey Kessler was spectacular in the Judi Garman Classic, pitching 16.2 innings and striking out 15 while giving up two earned

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CSUF’s six-game improvement has left the team confident.

HARRISON FAIGEN Daily Titan Kyle Allman couldn’t contain his excitement any longer. Finishing his interview, he walked off flexing and clapping while letting out a singular scream.

“Let’s go!”

Allman yelled.

From his joyous yells to multiple Titans attempting to distract Austen Awosika during his session with the press by dancing behind reporters, it’s clear Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball is simultaneously loose and confident entering the Big West Tournament.

The Titans are set for a rematch with their final opponent of the regular season, Cal State Northridge, in the first round of the conference tournament Thursday. The Titans drew even with the Matadors in the regular season, losing to CSUN at home Jan. 7 while in the midst of a 2-4 start to conference play.

Since then, the Titans have been one of the hottest teams in the Big West, winning eight of their last 10 games—including their most recent road victory over the Matadors—to enter the Big West Tournament as the third seed in the conference.

“The fact that we’ve won eight out of our last 10 is news to me. I had no idea,” said Titans Head Coach Dedrique Taylor. “I think it does give this group a different level of confidence, knowing that they’re capable of doing things well

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“Just make sure I’m ready for the game so I can prove to everybody I should’ve been on it” -Titans guard Kyle Allmen (center) on not being named to any of the Big West All-Conference teams.

enough to win games, and that’s what we’re focusing on is just doing what it takes to win.”

One of the things the Titans have had to do to win lately, partially by necessity, is to break out a little bit more small ball. Jackson Rowe, who became the second consecutive member of the Titans to win Big West Freshman of the Year, is the Titans’ leading rebounder (7.2) and ranks first in the

Big West in field-goal percentage (54.6 percent). However, he’s missed the Titans’ last two games with an undisclosed injury that has left him in a walking boot.

Taylor said Tuesday that if the Titans played Wednesday, Rowe wouldn’t have been healthy enough to play, but the team has listed him as day-to-day.

If the Titans are forced to paddle forward without Rowe, they’ll likely continue

to resort to small-ball lineups in his absence. Sophomore guard Khalil Ahmad has played 41 percent of the Titans’ available minutes at power forward in the team’s last five games, according to NCAA basketball advanced statistics site KenPom. Kyle Allman, who scored a season-high 28 points against Northridge Saturday, felt playing smaller has given the Titans a new dimension offensively.

“I think playing smaller, no one can guard us small because we have Khalil Ahmad at the four,” Allman said. “He’s unstoppable.”

Whether Rowe can go or not, Awosika, Allman and Big West leading scorer Tre’ Coggins all expressed confidence the Titans can go all the way.

“Everybody helps each other, everybody leans on each other, and that’s a team dynamic that we didn’t

really have last year,” Coggins said. “We know that we can trust each other, and that’s the most important thing.”

It’s Awosika, a freshman guard unexposed to the losing of the last few seasons that’s most confident.

“I’ve seen all these guys in the gym ... I know how good we are and how good we can be,” Awosika said. “I feel like we’re going to win the whole thing.”

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