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Alcohol use at Spring Concert “typical,” police say Three reports filed for public intoxication.

SARAH WOLSTONCROFT Daily Titan Despite public intoxication reports and over a dozen students being escorted out of this year’s Spring Concert, University Police said the event was “wellplanned and organized with no major incidents.”

“Overall, it was a good event. It is fairly typical that we have a high volume of highly intoxicated people that are coming to the concert,” said University Police Capt. Scot Willey.

The university and police department took a “more concerted” effort this year to keep people who were drunk from getting into the event, Willey said.

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Evacuation areas change Construction leads to new campus emergency plan.

PRISCILLA BUI Daily Titan The spring semester’s evacuation drills scheduled for this Wednesday and Thursday have been canceled due to construction on campus leaving some evacuation areas inaccessible according to an email sent out Friday to faculty members by University Police Chief Dennis DeMaio.

“Rather than having the drill and sending people to locations that don’t exist anymore and that confusion, we elected to send out the email which had an attachment with the new locations,” said University Police Capt. John Brockie, whose responsibilities include emergency management on campus.

Because of campus construction, the evacuation locations south of the Health Center and north of the Visual Arts Center are currently inaccessible.

The Cal State Fullerton Evacuation Map 2017 lists alternate evacuation areas in place of the former ones.

Instead of the area south of the Health Center, faculty and students in some parts of the

Kinesiology and Health Science building are required to evacuate to either the athletics fields or to the Tuffy Lawn between the Student Recreation Center and KHS. Likewise, those in the Engineering-Computer Science building are required to evacuate to the Lot E parking lot while those in some parts of the Pollak Library and the Education Classroom building are required to evacuate to Lots F and I, respectively.

Students and faculty situated between Titan Student Union and Visual Arts Center have been redirected to the area between the Visual Arts Center and the Clayes Performing Arts Center.

“If you find yourself in an area that you’re not familiar with what the designated evacuation is, we just ask everyone to try to move at least 50 feet from the (closest) building and to stay away from the Quad because the Quad can get very congested,” Brockie said.

CSUF’s Campus Emergency Preparedness website states that the Quad is not an acceptable evacuation area since it is the epicenter of McCarthy Hall, Clayes Performing Arts Center, Pollak Library, Humanities and Social Sciences, Education Classroom and University Hall.

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The emergency evacuation locations south of the Health Center and north of the Visual Arts Center are inaccessible due to construction, so surrounding buildings have relocated evacuation plans.

Titans explain pregame routines Athletes stick to a specific process on game day.

MARIANA VERA Daily Titan It’s game day, so Cal State Fullerton pitcher John Gavin needs a razor. The junior says he can’t play unless he’s shaved his arms and face.

“Shaved arms will get you a mile an hour faster,” Gavin said, though he admits there is no scientific proof behind his theory. “It makes me feel like I’m clean-shaven and ready to go.”

Gavin’s prep begins the night before, when he needs to have a plate of chicken fettuccine pasta for dinner.

His game day is no less regimented. Gavin’s friends and teammates know not to approach him when he’s geared up with headphones on. He chews on a couple pieces of gum (always Ice Breakers Wintergreen cubes) and turns his text messages off.

“Those two hours leading up to game day, my girlfriend knows I turn off all messages on my phone, my teammates might give me a little fist bump here or there but they won’t want to talk to me. They know I am getting ready to go to war, and that’s kind of well known in the club,” Gavin said.

Not all of CSUF’s athletes are as particular in their pregame routines as Gavin, but like other Titans, he’s also particular about

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Junior left-hander John Gavin leads the Titans starting pitching staff with a 2.36 ERA and was awarded Big West Conference Pitcher of the Week and National Pitcher of the Week following his 14-strikeout performance against New Mexico on March 19.

what types of music he listens to before games.

Gavin considers himself a big country guy, but he refuses to use it as warm up music for superstitious reasons. Instead, techno is his weapon of choice.

He lists Benny Benassi, Avicii and Rick Astley as some of his

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favorite artists.

“In high school, I had about two or three bad starts straight where I listened to country music, so I just stopped doing it,” Gavin said.

Junior pitcher Connor Seabold relies on rock and heavy metal. Metallica is his

No. 1 pick.

“There’s a saying I like to think about when it comes to that stuff: ‘Calm like a bomb.’

Stay calm but just be fired up inside,” Seabold said. “I kind of like that mentality too, because when you’re on the mound, you don’t seem like you’re fired up,

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Whether she’s acting, protesting or lecturing, Gwen Alexis works to find enjoyment in what she does.

you don’t seem like you’re panicking, you don’t seem like you’re too jazzed out. You just seem calm, cool and collected up there, but inside, you’re like, ‘Let’s go. Let’s do this.’”

A field away, freshman softball outfielder Kelsie Whitmore gets pumped up listening to

country music and Justin Bieber. Whitmore’s teammate Lexi Gonzalez starts game day early with a one to two-mile run, a bow in her hair and an iced coffee in her hand. Her music depends on her mood.

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The University Police crime log said there were three reports of public intoxication at Spring Concert on Saturday. Despite this, University Police Capt. Scot Willey said the event was “well-planned and organized.”

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“Some of them were very apparent. They were not even able to hold themselves up and were having trouble just standing in line, so those were the ones that were pulled aside and not allowed into the event at all,” Willey said.

Students determined too drunk by officers, security guards or ASI staff during the event were taken to a temporary holding tank near the athletics field where they were

detained and cared for by the Fullerton Fire Department and University Police until they could be picked up by a sober adult, Willey said.

“For us, it was just a typical event. (Intoxication) is fairly common at pretty much any concert, especially those that are on a college campus,” Willey said.

Out of hundreds of students and guests who attended the event, there were three reports of public intoxication with two arrests made on the University

Police crime log. Willey said these people were “unable to care for themselves.”

One of the arrests was a female concertgoer who was later determined “unresponsive” at the holding tank and transported out by Fullerton fire “to be observed,” Willey said. “(Officers were) advising people to go to the concert and stop (pre-partying) in the parking lots and just trying to get everybody moving and into the concert and out safely,” Willey said.

Officials team up against violence

CSUF part of antidomestic violence, sexual assault efforts.

SARAH WOLSTONCROFT Daily Titan University Police, staff and off-campus resource officials met for the first time Monday as part of the Coordinated Community Response team.

The team was created by Title IX and the WoMen’s Center to offer training and resources to students regarding sexual assault and domestic violence.

“The nation is taking notice of sexual assault on college campuses and domestic violence on college campuses, so that is pushing a lot of these efforts forward where we are building teams and resources are coming together like

we have not in the past,” said University Police Capt. Scot Willey.

The response team consists of about 15 to 20 representatives from both university and off-campus groups. On-campus groups included the University Police Department, Title IX, the WoMen’s center, University Housing, Student Conduct and assistant deans from multiple colleges, Willey said.

Off-campus resource officials included the crisis response team coordinator from the Community Service Program (CSP) and employees of the Orange County District Attorney’s Domestic Violence Bureau, Willey said.

The team members introduced themselves and shared what each of their duties are in their departments regarding sexual assault and domestic

violence. They also talked about their strengths and how they could work more effectively together and combine resources, Willey said.

“There are no barriers. We are all on the same team, we are all working for the same thing and we are all learning from each other,” Willey said.

The group intends to spread awareness to students about issues of sexual assault and domestic violence by providing training and prevention methods, Willey said.

“I think it is just really reiterating what we have been doing but just really getting everybody in the same room and talking about (sexual assault and domestic violence) and coming up with some strategies on how we can do some training and better apply what we are talking about to students,” Willey said.

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A shooting at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino left two adults dead, one child dead and one child wounded Monday, according to the Orange County Register.

Police believe the incident to be a murder-suicide. One of the victims was identified as Cedric Anderson, who shot his wife Karen Elaine Smith, the second victim and a teacher at the school.

Jonathan Martinez, 8, died at Loma Linda University Medical Center after being flown there. The student who had been injured, a 9-year-old boy, remains in stable condition as of 3:30 p.m.

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None of the children were believed to be intentionally targeted.

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Men hit by car during bar fight Two men were hit by a car Saturday during a fight involving at least four men in Fullerton, according to the Orange County Register.

The fight initially occurred at a bar near the intersection of Raymond Avenue and Ash Street before it was redirected outside near a couple of nightclubs, said Fullerton Police Lt. Mike Chlebowski.

Humberto Hernandez Lopez hit two men with a black pickup truck while they were still fighting and was booked on charges of attempted murder and driving while intoxicated.

Chlebowski said that both victims remain in critical condition at UCI Medical Center.

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Brea man gets jail time for fraud Rodis Law Group owner Bryan D’Antonio was sentenced to prison for more than eight years Monday for operating a mortgage-modification fraud that accumulated $9 million, according to the Orange County Register.

In addition to serving time in prison, the Brea law group owner will serve a year in a halfway house and three years of supervised probation for defrauding more than 1,500 people. A federal judge also ordered D’Antonio to pay back $3 million in restitution.

Radio advertisements described D’Antonio’s company to have a “team of experienced attorneys” when none actually existed.

Prior to this, D’Antonio was charged for a medical-billing scheme and had been released under supervision.

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Sixth annual heritage highlighting event to be held Saturday.

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The CSUF Japanese Culture Club (JCC) will hold its sixth annual culture expo Saturday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the TSU Pavilions as part of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month.

This year’s theme is “shiki,” which translates to “four seasons” in English, said Grandy Lirungan, president of the JCC. “The inspiration is showcasing different acts that represent each season through our performances and decorations,” Lirungan said.

The members of the club had a meeting in January to finalize the theme of this year’s expo, which was proposed by Yuna Shomura, one of their board members who is from Japan, Lirungan said.

Long Phan, Association for Intercultural Awareness (AICA) representative for JCC and coordinator of the event, said the expo is more like “mini festivals” where

performances expose attendees to Japanese heritage.

The expo will feature Japanese traditions and customs including traditional musical performances of Taiko, Sōran Bushi and Yochorre, Phan said.

The majority of the performances will be by club members and are meant to illustrate both traditional and modern Japanese dance routines, Lirungan said.

Another highlight of the event will be a performance

by Mieko Tsurusawa, a famous Japanese singer, Phan said.

The venue for this year’s expo moved from the Quad to the TSU Pavilions to offer a “safer and more structured” indoor event and to avoid the recent hot weather during the performances, Lirungan said.

Attendees can also expect “great foods from one of our favorite caterers, OC Gaja,” Lirungan said. The caterer sells “unique” traditional Japanese foods like okonomiyaki, a type of pancake.

The expo began in 2012.

Tiffany Hsueh, the former president of the JCC, started the event as a way to bring their club members together in 2012, Lirungan said.

This year’s event was

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The sixth annual CSUF Japanese Culture club expo will feature traditional music, dances, food and a performance by famous Japanese singer Mieko Tsurusawa. The theme for this year’s event is “Shiki,” which translates to “four seasons” in English.

funded by AICA and through club fundraising, Phan said.

The club’s fundraising comes from last year’s fund and through StaffPro, a nonprofit organization that helps clubs gain money through

volunteer work, Lirungan said. He estimated that the total cost of the event was $3,000 to $4,000.

The expo only happens once every year because half of the year is devoted to preparing for it, Lirungan said.

There were some difficulties in organizing this year’s event like issues with securing their vendors, he said.

Despite setbacks in planning, Lirungan said that his expectation this weekend is for a lot of people

to have an “all-around fun experience.”

“I hope that students gain a better insight into Japanese culture,” Lirungan said. “I want (people) to love the culture more so they will be inspired to learn it more.”

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Those evacuating to the Quad from all six buildings would create a “potentially dangerous situation,” according to the website.

In addition, the website gives students and faculty all the necessary

information about being prepared for all types of emergencies, though it is specific on what to do during an evacuation such as providing notes to faculty that ask them to do certain things prior to evacuations, Brockie said.

“We ask everyone to

look at the map, know where your different classes are—I understand people move around, (that) students and faculty move around to different buildings—and to go to the designated areas as long as that pathway is not blocked and then wait for directions,” Brockie said.

Brockie said that students and faculty should be quick once an alarm goes off.

“If you hear the alarm go off, we want you to stop what you’re doing (and) quickly gather your belongings,” he said. “Don’t take a lot of time gathering other stuff,

it’s only material things, and head for the nearest exit.”

The Chancellor’s Office Executive Order 1056 requires CSU campuses to hold at least one evacuation drill each year. Since CSUF held a drill last semester, the campus still meets the compliance of

that order.

Brockie said evacuation drills will resume this fall semester.

“This was hopefully just a one-time (thing),” Brockie said. “We like to do them twice a year, a daytime and an evening evacuation drill, both in the fall and the spring.”

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Gwen Alexis said she re-invents herself every 10 years.

BRANDON PHO Daily Titan In the ‘80s, she was the “commercial queen.” Now, Gwen Alexis is an adjunct lecturer at CSUF, rallying support at on-campus demonstrations on the side.

During a Feb. 8 club-organized protest against President Donald Trump’s immirgration policies, Alexis’ words “the ground you’re walking on does not belong to you,” shook a crowd of onlookers.

It is difficult to place Alexis next to a younger version herself and conclude they’re one and the same.

“I reinvent myself every 10 years,” she said.

That journey began when Alexis was 13 years old and volunteered to teach art at a housing project in Brownsville, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. “That was the start,” she said. “When I was in middle school, my teacher let me grade the papers. Becoming a lecturer? That’s a long journey.”

After her first job in Brownsville, Alexis went on to try acting in a variety of media, ranging from Bounty and Old Spice commercials to appearing in substantial movies like “Saturday Night Fever,” or gangster film “The Wanderers” as an extra.

Like the product of a chemical reaction, Alexis was an actress molded into an activist. One is just left to wonder about the catalyst. Alexis said her father was the catalyst.

“He taught me to fight for what you believe in,”

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From actor to activist, adjunct African-American studies lecturer Gwen Alexis has lived a busy life, fighting for what she believes in. With future plans to travel the world, Alexis tries to find ways to enjoy what she does.

Alexis said.

Alexis detailed one account where there was a protest being held and her father told her she was going with him to participate.

“So many different times in my life, I protested,” she said. “Sometimes, I went out on a limb, would look behind me, and I was the only one on that limb.”

In her late 20s, Alexis married and had two children.

In her 30s, she said she realized she needed a pension and became a civil servant.

After studying performing arts at Empire State College, Alexis took a human resources position at John Jay

College in New York City but said her time there left her miserable.

“Working in human resources is hard,” Alexis said.

“You have to know the rules, and you have to be a management person. I found myself getting more and more depressed. I sunk into this black hole.”

After obtaining her master’s degree, she contacted the head of John Jay’s African-American studies department and asked to teach.

At the school, she created a course on the Holocaust after learning that Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” was a bestseller.

It was fall 2012 when

Alexis took her next leap of faith.

Alexis sent her curriculum vitae to Cal State Fullerton.

She was offered two different positions to teach a course on African-American studies and a course on the ethnic minority in America.

However, after being offered the job, Alexis said the school never called to follow up.

Nonetheless, Alexis said she needed to escape working in human resources, so she took an early retirement, got into a car with her daughter and drove across the country in “a car ride from hell.”

After Alexis crossed the

California state line, she got a call from the school asking her to teach two courses.

“John Jay is an inner-city school, so when I first came to CSUF, I wanted to just roll around on the ground,” Alexis said. “I’d never seen anything like it. I was like, ‘Oh, my God, I’m on a campus.’”

Even as an adjunct lecturer, Alexis still thinks of herself as an activist.

“Teaching is a form of activism,” Alexis said. “It’s impossible to teach history without talking about everything that goes along with it, like the activism of the past and present.”

Alexis said her focus is to

teach the idea of the “ethnic family” as a single subject including all ethnicities and their hardships.

“I’ll always be an activist,” Alexis said. “It’s impossible not to be an activist.”

Still, Alexis has another reinvention of herself up her sleeve.

“When I grow up, I’m going to travel more,” she said.

“And who knows, in my 70s, maybe there’s something else I want to do. In my 80s, something else. The world is my oyster. Life can be pretty boring, and if you really don’t like what you do, look for other ways to enjoy what you do.”

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OPINION

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Internet safety at risk under Trump Privacy is a thing of the past as president puts profit over public.

RISHU BHARDWAJ Daily Titan On April 3, President Donald J. Trump proved once again that he and his administration’s allegiances lie in business and profit, not in the public or their privacy.

Trump signed a bill that essentially allows broadband companies to profit off of selling private

information without the permission of users, according to the Hill.

While that bit sounds overly anti-consumer, the sneaky way Trump went about passing the bill indicates he knows his actions aren’t going to pass over too well with the public.

In a recent poll conducted by the Huffington Post, 80 percent of the 1,000 people surveyed replied that they were either very or somewhat concerned with the privacy of their personal information online.

That being said, Trump cleverly used a Congressional Review Act that allowed him to overturn the recently passed regulation by former President Barack Obama that prompted companies to ask for consent to access information. The one

thing keeping the dirty paws of internet providers off of the private information of citizens has been erased.

Trump is holding nothing back at this point.

His corporate interest is no secret, but brandishing his anti-consumer agenda by making it law for internet providers to now openly be allowed to share and sell data from users without their permission takes some gall.

“With his quiet signature today, President Trump has signed away the only rules that guarantee Americans a choice in whether or not their sensitive internet information is sold or given away,” said Chris Lewis, vice president at DC-based digital rights group Public Knowledge, in a statement to Vice.

While this motion isn’t as malicious as it sounds, it still encroaches on the privacy that American people value so much while slowly tearing down the already weakened structure of Net Neutrality under the FCC’s new rule.

With the passage of the bill, companies will now be able to sift through the waves that individuals tread when doing whatever it is they might on the interweb.

The reasoning behind this is that companies can now essentially wholesale people as advertisements.

Think of it like this: If someone were to be searching about a specific musician, the internet provider they use will be aware of those searches and also note where you

live, since you pay for their service they know that by default.

Then, they sell your information to whoever sells tickets to concerts for that musician and they start showing advertisements on certain sites so you would be tempted to buy a ticket.

The important thing to note in this is that providers aren’t using your name, and that’s the tricky bit. Obviously this sounds suspect and companies like Verizon and Comcast know that. So in order to save face, they have made it clear that they would not be selling personal information, as in address, social security, name or even email.

For some people, that sounds good and they will move on to the next Trump article of the day.

But the providers don’t even need that specific information to sell something. They just need to know what the individual likes or looks up on the internet and they can bank off of that.

It’s kind of telling in that it really puts into law the idea that businesses don’t care who you are, just what you want and how much you will pay for it.

The worst part of this is that there is really no opposing side. There aren’t any other entities that can make waves as big as the Trump administration can, especially since internet providers are businesses and he’s the biggest business man there is.

Right now, the best and only thing to do is stay informed and not look up anything too weird.

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ARIES

(Mar. 21 - Apr. 19)

Choosing your words wisely is of paramount importance today. You’re confident that you can fulfill every verbal contract you make, but one too many could cause you to drop all your spinning plates in an instant.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20 - May 20)

You’re scrambling to finish tasks that remain incomplete and in your haste to make up for lost time you could find yourself overwhelmed again.

Disorganization in your surroundings disrupts your peaceful environment today, and you might be worried that the clutter reflects badly on you as a person.

GEMINI

(May 21 - Jul. 20)

You’re happy to juggle multiple things at once, bouncing from project to project on a whim. As a result you may not even realize how much you’re taking on until you hear yourself agreeing to something out loud.

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CANCER

(Jun. 21 - Jul. 22)

You prefer to keep things to yourself today as you just don’t have the energy to explain what’s on your mind. It’s a challenge to stay focused when your thoughts keep distracting you from the task at hand.

LEO

(Jul. 23 - Aug. 22)

You want to be there for your friends but it seems like everyone wants to do something at the same time today. If you don’t think before you speak, you might consent to a social engagement that’s contrary to your personal desires.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23 - Sep. 22)

You’re eager to prove yourself to your coworkers today by managing all your professional affairs efficiently. However, heavy workloads are only impressive when you can carry them without a struggle.

LIBRA

(Sep. 23 - Oct. 22)

Wandering off on one tangent can lead you to many others when you realize how much you still have to learn. A thirst for knowledge is healthy, but you could end up overwhelmed by an onslaught of data if you don’t respect your mental limits.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) The mundane world doesn’t interest you at the moment as you are drawn down the deep tunnels of your own mind.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)

It’s impossible to be bored today because it seems like everyone has an amusing story to tell you. However, it may slowly dawn on you just how much time you’re losing in idle chatter, prompting you to put your foot down rather abruptly.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)

It appears as if everyone needs something from you today, and you’re all © thewordsearc too willing to help out. Unfortunately, tasks that you think will only take five minutes end up taking longer; you may run out of time before you know it.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)

You’re having such a great time that it’s hard to know when to stop and take a break today. The carefree Gemini Moon zips through your 5th House of Fun and Games, prompting you to turn any activity into a celebration.

PISCES

(Feb. 19 - Mar. 20)

Your body might be out and about in the world but your head wishes it could stay home. You may think you can operate with a divided mind today, but your preoccupation regarding family matters could detract from the daily grind more than you expect.

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SPORTS

PAGE 8 APRIL 11, 2017 TUESDAY

KATIE ALBERTSON / DAILY TITAN

Senior doubles partners Alexis Valenzuela and Camille De Leon said the women’s tennis team eats pasta from California Pizza Kitchen or Olive Garden to prepare for their matches. The routine has helped the duo win 11 straight doubles matches.

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“If I am kind of flustered then I listen to country. Country relaxes me. Other than that, I’ll listen to R&B or whatever they put on the radio,” Gonzalez said. “I don’t

really have a set playlist.”

Record-breaking doubles partners Alexis Valenzuela and Camille De Leon revealed how the tennis team chows down on pasta from California Pizza Kitchen or Olive Garden and listens to a team playlist to help

them prepare for a match.

“Our team playlist is kind of everywhere (in terms of genre),” De Leon said. “Bruno Mars’ ‘24K Magic’ is very uplifting for me.

Titan tennis Head Coach Dianne Matias recalls having a

teammate in college who would drink a Mountain Dew prior to every match she played, even if it was a morning game.

Though chugging a fluorescent green soda for breakfast wasn’t Matias’ cup of tea, she encourages her players to keep

up with any individual game routines that help them be successful on the court.

“I think each player is different, so it’s just whatever kind of works for them, whatever they need to do to turn it on and be ready the

next day,” Matias said.

Presumably even if it involves a razor and an unscientific theory.

Bryant Freese and Harrison Faigen contributed to this report.

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