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Rapper and producer Lupe Fiasco won a Grammy in 2008 for his song “Daydreamin’.”

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EDM performer ZHU is known for keeping himself anonymous to instead highlight his art.

Spring Concert artists revealed ASI announces Lupe Fiasco and ZHU will headline event.

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Over 100 of Congressman Ed Royce’s constituents from CA district 39 gathered for a demonstration on March 23 to persuade him to vote against the Republican Health Care bill. Royce said in a statement the next day that he will continue to work in a “bipartisan and constructive manner.”

Indivisible CA D39 led demonstrators outside Royce’s office March 23.

MEGAN MAXEY Daily Titan Over 100 California District 39 constituents held a chain of 2,400 origami paper cranes during a demonstration in front of Congressman Ed Royce’s Brea offices March 23. The event was hosted the volunteer

activist group Indivisible CA D39.

“We are hoping to persuade him. His constituents want him to vote ‘No’ (on the new Republican Health Care bill) despite the pressure from Speaker Ryan and President Trump to vote ‘Yes,’” said Shana Charles, assistant professor in the department of Health Science and co-chair of the action committee for Indivisible CA D39.

The origami cranes were

intended to represent how many people would lose their healthcare under the Republican Healthcare bill, Charles said. Each crane represented 10,000 Americans and 22 CA District 39 constituents, estimating that 24M would be affected nationally and 52.8K locally, she said.

Charles said she invited Congressman Royce and his staff to join the event held on March 23, as well as several other events the group has put on.

Demonstrators carried the crane chain from Representative Royce’s Brea offices on Birch Street to the intersection of Brea Boulevard and Imperial Highway. The thousands of cranes were mixed with anti-Trump and pro-Affordable Care Act (ACA) signs.

The group chanted “Don’t take away the ACA!” and “Help us save the ACA, don’t let this moment fly away!”

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JASON ROCHLIN Daily Titan Rapper Lupe Fiasco and electronic musician ZHU and will be headlining the 2017 Spring Concert, Cal State Fullerton Associated Students Inc. (ASI) announced Wednesday on twitter.

The 11th annual concert will also feature performances by DJ Niko, winner of the ASI “Battle of the DJs” at Fully Fest on Feb. 24, and PCH Crew, winner of the ASI “Battle of the Bands” on

March 8.

Tickets for the event can be purchased through an Eventbrite link on the ASI website. General student tickets are $15, alumni and guest tickets are $25 and a general student plus guest ticket bundle is $50.

There are also preferred access tickets available for student tickets and the student plus guest bundle for the same price. These tickets allow attendees to get into the event up to 30 minutes early, avoid crowds at the main gate and participate in a special pre-concert promotion area, according to the ASI website.

Spring Concert will be held on April 8 at the Intramural Fields.

Titans take first conference series CSUF rebounded after losing the first game of weekend.

BRYANT FREESE Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton baseball rebounded after dropping the first game of its series against UC Riverside with victories in the final two games to take its Big West Conference series opener.

The Titans (17-10) rallied from a 3-2 loss Friday night to put up 21 runs in the next two games, including 15 in Sunday’s game. Fullerton’s defense got back on track as it held the Highlanders (12-11) to a combined three runs in two games.

Following its eight-game winning streak and rise to the No. 5 ranking in the country, Cal State Fullerton baseball suffered a five-game losing skid over the break and fell to No. 10 in the top 25 rankings.

The losing streak started on March 24 with Fullerton’s worst series outing of the season, a nonconference matchup with Long Beach State in which the Titans were swept in three straight games. It was

the Titans’ first time being swept in a three-game series since March 14, 2015 when they lost all three games at Indiana.

“It’s a rude awakening.

When you’re on an eight-game winning streak, you think you have everything figured out, and I think it’s clear as day that we don’t,” said starting pitcher John Gavin after the series loss to Long Beach.

Fullerton’s struggles didn’t end there as it fell to UCLA in Westwood in a 9-7 slugfest.

“This has been a tough stretch for us, but we’re just going to go out there and keep battling. We know we’re a good team and we just have to get back to playing the baseball we’re capable of,” said second baseman Sahid Valenzuela following the loss to UCLA. Single Inning Struggles Over the course of their five-game losing streak, the Titans gave up an average of 5.4 runs per game. However, all of the runs were scored over the course of inning or two throughout the game with Fullerton pitchers unable to limit big innings by the opponents.

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Manga adaptation is a worthy venture

A&E 4

“Ghost in the Shell” works as a sci-fi action film in the face of much controversy surrounding its casting.

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“We got to limit the big inning. We’ve given up runs in four innings but we’ve given up 14 runs in four innings. You can’t give up big innings, it just doesn’t work,” said Head Coach Rick Vanderhook after game two of the series against Long Beach.

Lowering voting age helps only one party

Opinion 5

The change in policy is said to be an expansion of voting rights, but really it’s a good way to sway the vote.

Fullerton improves record over .500

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CSUF softball flourishes over spring break winning five of its six games on the road and taking its first Big West series.

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Cal State Fullerton’s National Resource Center for Asian Languages director Natalie Tran discussed the successes and challenges with a dual-language immersion program in Midway City, Calif.

Program boosts bilingual learning Midway City elementary school offers classes in Vietnamese, English.

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DANIEL INGA Daily Titan The third annual Vietnamese Language Roundtable showcased the effectiveness of an elementary school program intended to teach students both Vietnamese and English Wednesday.

The event brought parents, educators and public officials together to discuss the successes and challenges of the dual-language immersion program at Midway City’s DeMille Elementary School, where half of the day has classes taught in Vietnamese while the other half is taught in English.

Cal State Fullerton’s National Resource Center for Asian Languages (NRCAL) co-hosted the event with the Westminster School District (WSD) and the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE).

The program is available in kindergarten and first grade classes, but a grade level will be added annually until it reaches “full implementation,” Villanueva said.

Villanueva and other school officials gave a tour of the kindergarten and first grade classes that are part of the program to those in attendance.

Quynh-Tram Vu, the first grade teacher of the

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Vietnamese portion of the dual-immersion program, said they try to encourage Vietnamese to be spoken in the classroom, especially for those that are not Vietnamese or do not have Vietnamese parents.

“In the classroom, we have students who would actually translate for each other. So if they are in my classroom and the child does not understand Vietnamese, then there is another child who will automatically jump in and help out and translate and vice versa,” Vu said.

Non-Vietnamese parents are also given extra resources to help their children with their Vietnamese-specific homework as a part of the program.

Vu said for Vietnamese homework, they use Class Dojo, an online resource for teachers, parents and students where she posts answer keys for the parents.

For reading passages, Vu or someone else records it so pronunciation can be heard from their home, Vu said.

Natalie Tran, director of NRCAL at CSUF, said she notices one of the challenges of the dual-immersion program for any language is having the students speak to each other in the second language.

“The challenge is to get both native and non-native targeted language speakers to increase their oral language production in the classroom and certainly there are strategies to help the students to do that, but

that is across the board,” Tran said.

The program is optional for the students in the Westminster School District and aims to encourage socialization and collaboration, said Renae Bryant, executive director at the Office of Language Acquisition at the Westminster School District.

“The pendulum has swung from the kind of receptive students that we used to be, to now you need to interact with curriculum and content and language to actually attain it, to acquire it. A lot of the interaction between the teacher and students is about collaboration,” Bryant said.

“We want these students to be collaborating and to be communicating in both languages.”

Villanueva said she sees the positive growth in the students.

“What I’m finding is that the students are getting a more academic vocabulary (in English) and in their targeted language as well,” Villanueva said.

For Annie Duong, on the board of directors at CABE, seeing the program in effect is a dream come true and hopes to bring the program up to her region in Northern California.

“This is my dream. As a refugee coming to the country about 30 years ago, I thought that I would never be able to stand in front of people and talk,” Duong said. “It has always been my dream to have a Vietnamese bilingual-dual immersion program.”

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Santa Ana police arrested Costa Mesa Uber driver Angel Sanchez, 37, for allegedly sexually assaulting a female passenger on March 30, according to the OC Register.

Sanchez is being held on a $100,000 bail at Santa Ana jail, according to a police department announcement Sunday. Santa Ana Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said the way the assault was committed suggests there may be a pattern.

The announcement suggested that customers using online ride services should be cautious and take “appropriate precaution.”

Anyone who witnessed the assault or was a prior victim is being asked to contact the Santa Ana Police Department at 714-245-8412.

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Man hits wife with truck, jailed Anaheim Police arrested a man Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence after hitting his wife with a truck, according to the Orange County Register.

Police found a woman before 1 a.m. with multiple injuries after her husband Eduardo Ayala hit her with his 2002 Chevrolet truck as he was reversing the vehicle in a carport, said Sgt. Daron Wyatt.

Wyatt said that Ayala was arrested on suspicion of causing injury while under the influence of alcohol, but the incident is still being investigated.

Ayala’s wife was taken to the hospital and remains in critical condition with possible life-threatening injuries.

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WonderCon returns to Anaheim WonderCon returned to Anaheim Friday through Sunday after a one-year hiatus in Los Angeles, according to the OC Register.

Regarded as a smaller version of San Diego’s Comic-Con, WonderCon is one of the largest conventions of its kind on the West Coast and brought thousands to the Anaheim Convention Center.

WonderCon showcased comic books, panels and “everything nerd,” and is set to stay in Anaheim over the next couple of years.

“There’s more fandom and movies, but it’s expanding the world of comics to a wider audience. It gives kids and people a chance to explore art and opens a world of wonders,” said Gerimi Burleigh of Woodland Hills - BRANDON PHO

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District 39 constituents held signs, flags and an origami paper crane chain in protest of the Republican Health Care bill outside Congressman Ed Royce’s Brea office March 23. They yelled chants like, “Don’t take away the ACA!” and “Help us save the ACA, don’t let this moment fly away!” in an effort to get Royce to vote against the bill despite pressure from Speaker Ryan and President Trump.

Protest: Royce called to vote against bill 1

“I feel like it’s important that we keep (the ACA) because a lot of people are solely dependent on it and if we repeal it, a lot of people will lose their insurance,” said Cal State Fullerton political science major Phyillis Macharia.

“If this does pass, a lot of people are going to be in trouble, and it’s scary because Trump claims to want to ‘make America great,’ but what he’s doing is just poisoning us.”

Macharia, a 23-year-old member of the CSUF College Democrats, said she was born and raised in Fullerton and believes it is important to represent the millennials of the district.

A handful of the demonstrators spoke about how the ACA positively affected them since it went into effect in 2011.

“About three years ago, (my sister) had a stroke and we almost lost her … She was able to get Obamacare and went to a very good rehab hospital and she is now functioning almost as good as before,” said Debbie Langenbacher, member of the Indivisible group.

“Had she not had that care,

she might have died.”

The Republican Health Care bill did not have enough votes to pass on March 24.

“Southern Californians are struggling with rising healthcare costs, and today’s events leave this fact unchanged. I want to thank those–on all sides of this debate–who’ve reached out to share their stories. Rest assured, I will con-

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Southern Californians are struggling with rising healthcare costs, and today’s events leave this fact unchanged.

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ED ROYCE U.S. Congressman tinue to work in a bipartisan and constructive manner on solutions to increase access to quality, affordable health care,” Royce said in a statement on March 24.

The Indivisible group for California District 39 is a volunteer group that has been gathering since January 2017.

Charles said the group has

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Indivisible CA D39 co-chair Shana Charles said each of the 2,400 cranes demonstrators held stood for 10,000 Americans and 22 D39 constituents who would lose their healthcare if the Republican bill passed, with 24 million to be impacted nationally and 52,800 locally.

held town halls and plans to put on other events in hopes of creating more conversation

with Royce.

Charles said the group is bipartisan, all-volunteer and

actively ensures that everyone in District 39 is represented.

“We’re going to be heard in

this district and we’re going to be heard nationwide,” Charles said to the crowd.

OC Supervisor faces lawsuit Todd Spitzer accused of harassment and abuse by former aid.

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OC Supervisor Todd Spitzer and the County of Orange are being sued by Spitzer’s former executive aid Christina Richter for alleged harassment and abuse. Spitzer has denied these allegations.

members not to assist her, stating she was “on her own.” The document also accuses Spitzer of telling Richters “no one leaves Spitzer unless they’re

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false accusations.”

As consequence of her seeking other employment, Spitzer became more “hostile and aggressive” toward Richters, ac-

Despite the high-profile nature of the defendant (Spitzer), my client will not be deterred in her pursuit of justice.

DEVON LYON Christine Richter’s lawyer

fired.”

The statement from Spitzer’s office said he “was completely aware and supportive of her effort to seek other job opportunities, despite her

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Former executive aide Christine Richters is suing the County of Orange and 3rd District Supervisor Todd Spitzer for harassment, retaliation and failure to pay for hours worked including overtime.

Richter’s complaint for damages alleged that “it was Spitzer’s regular practice to govern his office through means of fear and aggression.”

The lawsuit was filed March 24.

When first contacted by the Daily Titan via email March 28, Spitzer’s office did not have a statement due to the case’s “pending litigation,” said Matt Morrison, communications director of Spitzer’s office. Seven hours later, Spitzer’s office issued a detailed press release denying the accusations.

Spitzer’s statement called Richter’s accusations “disheartening, misleading and simply untrue.”

“Despite the high-profile nature of the defendant (Spitzer), my client will not be deterred in her pursuit of justice,” said Richter’s lawyer Devon Lyon in an email.

According to the complaint, when Richters made efforts to transfer out of Spitzer’s office, Spitzer instructed staff

cording to the complaint. The document also details Richters’ gradual relief of her duties until her eventual termination Oct. 13, 2016.

Spitzer was first elected to

the Orange County Board of Supervisors as 3rd District supervisor in 1997 and served until 2002; he was re-elected in 2013. He also served on the California State Assembly for three consecutive twoyear terms representing the 71st district from 2002 until 2008.

“For 25 years, supervisor Spitzer has worked late nights and weekends on behalf of the taxpayer,” Spitzer’s statement said. “Supervisor Spitzer has tremendously high expectations of government employees to perform their job and keep current with their skills.”

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Set in an unnamed futuristic city, Scarlett johansson plays the role of Mira Killian in the live-action adaptation of the manga “Ghost in the Shell.” Memory, humanity and the search for one’s identity drives Killian forward and are some of the film’s primary themes.

‘Shell’ succeeds despite controversy ‘Ghost in the Shell’ adaptation is visually stunning sci-fi.

MARIA ONG Daily Titan Memory, humanity and the search for one’s identity are what drive director Rupert Sanders’ cybernetic superhero Major Mira Killian forward. “Ghost in the Shell” is the live-action adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow.

Set in the backdrop of an

unnamed futuristic city in what appears to be in East Asia, Scarlett Johansson plays the role of Mira Killian, codenamed Major. She is the first of her kind to be born in a world overtaken by technology. Dr. Ouelet (Juliette Binoche) tells Major that she was born human and was saved from a terrorist attack that took her parents’ lives. Dr. Ouelet claims that her body was beyond repair but she was given a second chance in life when robotic enhancements of human bodies advanced.

Like a phoenix, Major was reborn as a cyborg operative

who leads the elite counter-terrorism task force, Section 9. They are tasked with stopping criminals, hackers and extremists. Led by section Chief Aramaki (Takeshi Kitano), she and her fellow operatives, including her partner Batou (Pilou Asbæk), are faced with a new adversary: a hacker known only as Kuze (Michael Pitt) whose singular goal is to destroy Hanka Robotics’ advancement in cyber technology.

There has been quite a bit of controversy surrounding Paramount’s adaptation of “Ghost in the Shell” since

Johansson was cast as the lead character instead of a Japanese actress.

In looking through Johansson’s filmography, her past roles from Lucy to Black Widow feel as if everything has merely been preparation for the role of Major. She has the physical authority of a powerful, high-tech machine and the skill set to wield a gun and deliver elaborate close-combat defense techniques.

There were scenes where she was more of a combination of Black Widow and Lucy than Major.

Johansson has stiff

movements and a lack of emotion when she speaks, making her performance feel mechanical.

Humans often cling to their past and this movie explores this concept and how the lines between humans and machines are often blurred. It appears that sometime in the near future in Major’s world, a person’s humanity is less important as the desire to create new selves increases. This idea makes flesh and blood almost nonexistent in the future.

People are so attached to technology that they can’t

seem to live without it. Major wrestles with questions about post-humanity, her identity and memories. She doesn’t cling to her past, but instead believes she was never human to begin with. Major is more concerned with the present and doing what she was built for.

Despite the “whitewashing” controversy surrounding this particular adaptation, the somewhat dystopian society that Sanders envisioned is filled with a diverse and international supporting cast. Each actor brings life and soul to Shirow’s characters.

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“T2 Trainspotting” serves as a swan song of sorts for the characters from the original “Trainspotting.”

Some are redeemed, some are not.

‘T2’ is a worthy followup to 1996 classic

Sequel works well for fans and newcomers alike.

KEVIN LEY Daily Titan “I chose not to choose life.

I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin?”

This was the intro of Danny Boyle’s 1996 masterpiece “Trainspotting.” Now after over 20 years, Boyle returns to what made him a noteworthy director and brings back the core cast of the original film back with him. To consider “T2 Trainspotting” as just a sequel is unfair, because it is able to stand alone beyond the original.

Renton (Ewan McGregor), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), Spud (Ewen Bremner) and Begbie (Robert Carlyle) all return, but this time, the story isn’t about choosing heroin. “T2” FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN

is about choosing life.

Unlike most horrible sequels, it stands on its own and could be watched without having seen the first film. Everything that the sequel pulls from the original is subtly retold to the audience.

There are definitely Easter eggs to be found for the diehard fans without rehashing what had come before. For example, Renton runs into a stall with an absolutely filthy toilet. He looks at it and then goes to the next one. A fan of the first movie would be reminded of “the worst toilet in Scotland” and Renton magically cramming into it and swimming through landmines to find his lost drugs.

Drugs play heavily into this movie, but it is not about drugs. It’s a story about the characters returning home and dealing with the consequences of their actions 20 years ago. It’s also a story about friendship; even when the main character and his old friends

are a couple of scoundrels.

At the start of this movie, all characters are in a low point in their adult lives. Just like in real life, 20 years have passed for the cast of the original film. The characters are all living separate lives away from each other and Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie haven’t seen Renton since he robbed them after the drug deal that ended the first movie. Some friendships are rekindled as the robbery wasn’t out of character for Renton or the group.

Like the original, the characters scheme and try to play the system and hapless fools out of money. This happens through fast-talking dialogue in Scottish accents. Once again, the movie has great wit and hilarious banter with an amazing soundtrack.

The movie is a swan song of sorts for the characters. Some are redeemed, but not all of them have happy endings.

Overall, this movie is a must for fans who love the original and even for audiences who have not seen the original.

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OPINION Youth turnout benefits Democrats

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One of the problems that will come with younger generations voting will be that they are not mature or aware enough to make an educated decision. Subsequently, rather than looking into the impact their vote has, they will most likely divert to a parent.

Lowering the voting age helps politicians more than democracy.

ZACK JOHNSTON Daily Titan If you didn’t think California could get any bluer, just wait until your liberal high school junior cousin, who thinks college should be free, suddenly has the right to cast their vote in a ballot.

An assembly constitutional

amendment has recently been floating around that, if passed, would change the minimum age to vote in California from 18 to 17. While the intentions of this bill are in the right place, the more realistic intentions are just an attempt for Democrats to gain a firm footing in future elections.

The bill, introduced in March by Democratic Assemblyman Evan Low, is an effort to increase the abysmally low voter-turnout rates for young people, to instill life-long voting habits and to give young students more of a voice when it comes to education laws.

The bill has its roots in other laws like one which allows 17-year-olds the right to vote in primary elections if they are going to be 18 by

the time of the general election. There was also a bill early last year that would have allowed 16 and 17-yearolds the right to vote in school board elections, but it was rejected by the committee, according to the Sacramento Bee. While it is true that young people are the most important demographic when it comes to politics, as they are the ones most affected by certain decisions, this bill isn’t really about them. It’s about Democrats.

This bill poses the same ethically ambiguous ulterior motive as other bills of its kind, and that motive is to sway the vote to a particular side.

Voter identification laws have been masquerading for years as a way to combat

voter fraud, when their only accomplishment is disenfranchising American citizens who can’t afford the high costs of obtaining a government-issued photo ID. More than 21 million citizens do not have a government ID, and a disproportionate percentage of these citizens are minorities with low incomes, according to the ACLU. Voter–ID laws are nothing more than a ploy to decrease the voter turnout in minority communities and to sway the vote.

It comes as no surprise that, according to The Washington Post, these laws are promoted “almost exclusively by Republican legislatures” who sometimes have trouble earning

the minority vote.

This new assembly bill is doing the exact same thing, just in the other direction.

The bill is pushed by California Democrats who would likely have even more overwhelming success in elections if high school juniors and seniors could vote.

The only difference between this bill and strict voter–ID laws is that Democrats have the advantage of claiming that lowering the voting age is all about expanding the vote, when really it’s only about changing the vote.

There are many young Californians who are indeed politically engaged and who make informed political opinions. If the Democrats backing this bill were really interested in hearing their voices, they would be

listening more closely.

They would be going to schools, talking to students, encouraging them to write letters and emails, and ask them what kind of representation they need in their local government in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. Instead, these Democrats are just interested in the political advantage gained by having an entire additional age group supporting them in elections.

They can boast about how positive this bill is, but they’d be lying through their teeth if they said it would not yield a self-serving result.

In the end, this is nothing more than politicians being politicians, rallying support, smiling for the cameras and trying to get a leg up on the competition.

Fighting preaching with arguing is pointless Engaging with provocateurs solves nothing.

KAROL PERDOMO Daily Titan Shouting disparaging comments and insult-driven rebuttals are becoming common responses to oppositional thinking at Cal State Fullerton and other campuses. In a place of education, these exchanges are immature and accomplish nothing.

This case of aimless debate comes in the form of hatred students display toward fervent preachers. Individuals who openly deliver contentious and provocative sermons on campus invoke their First Amendment right to do so, but rather than sparking productive debate, they bring out the worst in people.

Preachers like Jed Smock, Gary Birdsong and Tom Short have continuously dedicated their lives to full-time ministry by traveling onto multiple campuses to spread their word, according to USA Today.

Smock, who has described his 38-year approach as “confrontational Christianity” states that he attempts to speak to students in order to make them “understand Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation,” according to USA Today.

Smock’s self-proclaimed “confrontational Christianity,” although crude and hateful, is protected under the First Amendment no matter how offensive it is, according to the ACLU. Seeing as CSUF is a public university, this allows preachers for certain spaces on this campus and others like it to be used as forums to inform students of their beliefs.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) explains that being a public university is categorically in a special “niche” under the First Amendment. According to FIRE, the Supreme Court has held that public universities serve as necessary bastions for democracy and free speech.

Students are also afforded the same privileges as the individuals who come to these academic realms to preach. However, this does not imply that students should use similar tactics in order to combat unfavorable speech or censor it.

In a YouTube video uploaded March 9 on Smock’s official channel, the interaction between students and preachers is visibly hostile in the CSUF quad.

After being told to “get the f*** down” and leave with his “stupid little bible,” the visiting preacher says in the video that “these women (those confronting him) are so wild.”

Soon after, another student joins in and discusses previous comments the preacher made and questions if his mother would appreciate the language he uses toward women in his message. The preacher quickly states his mother loves what he does, which incites another spectator to yell an

obscenity about his mother.

The video continues with a swapping of verbal insults by both parties and no real shifting of ideas or compassion.

This description isn’t an anomaly.

Campuses like the University of North Carolina, University of Arizona and the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga have faced similarly hostile exchanges between students and visiting preachers.

With educational institutions facing mounting pressures from students, speech codes and “free– speech zones” have circulated as avenues to subdue unwanted speech, according to FIRE. But this matter shouldn’t be left to the schools to defend students they are attempting to integrate into the real world. It should be handled properly by the very students engaging in the debates.

We shouldn’t have to censor someone’s ability to voice their opinion if it’s not physically harmful. Annoyance is not against the law. If a preacher wants to preach, it’s their right to do so and if a student wants to speak up in opposition, they should.

That being said, students who completely disregard a preacher with the same hate they are arguing against falter in the same way.

Compassion might not start from the aggressor, but it shouldn’t continue with those who know better.

As Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Maybe that’s exactly the approach students should bestow onto preachers, instead of equally hostile behavior.

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SPORTS Titans win five of six games on road PAGE 6 APRIL 3, 2017 MONDAY

Softball improves record to over .500 after away swing.

ADAM CASTRO Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton softball earned a 1-0 victory on Sunday against UC Riverside to finish off a six-game road trip which also took on Loyola Marymount.

CSUF improved its record to 19-16 and its conference record to 2-1 after its road trip that concluded on Sunday.

Fullerton went 5-1 on its trip, taking two out of three games against the Highlanders and sweeping Loyola Marymount in three games in its first road series of the season.

CSUF has had much more success on the road than at home, going 8-1 away from Anderson Family Field compared to a 7-10 home record.

In their last series at home, the Titans won one game of a three-game series against the Texas Longhorns, only managing to put up a combined three runs while surrendering 17. Compared to their struggles at home, the Titans have only allowed 13 runs and scored 20 runs on their sixgame road trip.

Offensive Performances Key members of the Titan offense stepped up big during their recent stint away from Anderson Family Field.

Lexi Gonzalez reached base safely in five out of the six games on the road while providing the thunder for the Titans. She homered twice and drove in nine against the Lions and Highlanders, and sits tied for second place in the Big West leaderboards for runs batted in with 27 RBIs. Samantha Vandiver has also

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Cal State Fullerton softball now has a record above .500 after winning five of its last six game. The Titans pulled out a 1-0 victory in the 12th inning Sunday against UC Riverside and are now 2-1 in extra inning games including a win over Texas in the ninth inning.

played well, totaling five hits on the road trip while driving in two runs and ranks inside the top 25 for batting average in the Big West, hitting .317.

Arianna Williams, Mikaela Francis and Delynn Rippy have been key contributors for the Titans as well. Williams stole three bases while Francis homered against the Lions and Rippy drove in the game-deciding run in CSUF’s final game against the Highlanders.

Pitching Performances Titan pitchers have continued their consistency while on this road trip, only giving up 13 runs as a staff.

Cerissa Rivera has provided the Titans with 26 innings of scoreless ball against the Lions and Highlanders, throwing three complete games and earning three wins. Rivera also struck out a combined 29 batters and has lowered her ERA to 1.43.

Sydney Golden has earned

two wins on the road while pitching a combined eleven innings and allowing three runs.

Run Support Fullerton scored at least three runs in four of the six games on their road trip, which has provided their pitchers with more room for error.

The highest amount of runs Fullerton accumulated on its road trip was on March 24

against the Lions in game one of a doubleheader in which the Titans put up nine runs.

When the CSUF offense provides three runs or more of support to its pitching staff, the Titans are 14-5 this season.

Defensive Struggles The Titans have a .957 fielding percentage, ranking sixth out of eight teams in the Big West Conference.

After Sunday’s game, the

Titans have made an error in their last nine games, going back to their first game against Texas. In that span of nine games, CSUF has committed a total of 16 errors.

Five unearned runs were scored against Titan pitchers thanks to their 16 errors in that nine-game span.

The Titans return to action Saturday at 12 p.m. at Anderson Family Field against the Big West-leading Cal Poly Mustangs (26-9).

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SPORTS Fullerton continues dominant play PAGE 8 APRIL 3, 2017 MONDAY

Titans extend winning streak to three matches.

TODD HADLER Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis continued its stellar season with a 4-0 drubbing of UC Davis on March 30.

The Titans improved to 14-1 overall and 3-1 in the Big West Conference.

The victory was their third straight since losing for the only time this season against Long Beach State on March 10.

With Fullerton’s victory over UC Davis, the Titans are moving in on surpassing last season’s program-record 17 victories. The Titans still have six games left in the season to match and perhaps pass the 17-win mark.

Senior Alexis Valenzuela continued her dominance this season, winning both her singles and doubles matches. Valenzuela defeated Kristy Jorgensen in straight sets (6-0, 6-0) to start the day. Valenzuela is now 12-1 in dual singles play.

Valenzuela’s doubles partner, senior Camille De Leon, was also victorious, improving her record to 10-2. De Leon beat Lani-Rae Green in three sets (6-0, 2-6, 6-0).

Sophomore Karla Portalatin won the final singles match of the day, winning in two set (6-4, 6-2) against Kristina Breisacher.

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Cal State Fullerton tennis extended its winning streak to three games after suffering its first loss of the season on March 10 to Big West Conference rivals Long Beach State. The Titans (14-1) are led by senior Alexis Valenzuela (above) who has received Big West Athlete of the Week honors twice this season.

Portalatin to 11-3 on the season.

The other three singles matches of the day went unfinished.

The Titans combined dual-singles record is now 60-17, a .779 winning percentage.

CSUF also won both of its doubles matches against the Aggies with the third match going unfinished. The Titans

dual-doubles record this season improved to 31-6, an .838 winning percentage.

Valenzuela and De Leon improved their record in doubles to 11-1 after taking down the doubles duo of Jorgensen and Kelsie Bryant 6-2. This marks Valenzuela and De Leon’s eighth straight doubles victory.

Their only loss came against Santa Clara’s Madison

Clarke and Daniella Silva.

CSUF’s second doubles team of sophomore Sarah Nuno and Portalatin also won their match against Breisacher and Isabella von Ebbe 6-2. This is Nuno and Portalatin’s 10th straight doubles victory, improving their doubles record to 14-1.

Despite having a record of 14-1, CSUF is in third place

in the Big West Conference standings. Its only loss came to Big West rival Long Beach State (13-4, 4-1) who is second in the Big West.

Hawaii is on top of the standings for the Big Wes. Despite having worse record than both CSUF and Long Beach State at 11-5, Hawaii is undefeated in Big West play at 6-0. The Titans will play Hawaii in their last

regular season match this season on April 23.

The Titans will have opportunities to improve their standing in the Big West as four of their remaining six games come against conference opponents.

CSUF will look to continue its winning streak when it takes on Azusa Pacific University (11-5) at the Titan Courts Tuesday.

Skid: Titans end five-game losing streak CONTINUED FROM

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In the series against Long Beach, the Titans held the Dirtbags’ offense scoreless in 23 innings over the threegame series but gave up all 15 runs in five innings of play. Not only were all the runs scored in one or two innings, but many of them came late in the game to seal victories.

CSUF gave up three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning in its first loss to Long Beach before losing the game 6-4 as it didn’t answer back in the ninth. Fullerton also gave up a big run in the bottom of the 10th inning in game three of the series to seal the sweep for Long Beach.

The Titans’ issues of giving up one big inning followed them to Jackie Robinson Stadium in their loss to the Bruins. Fullerton had a 5-1 lead over UCLA going into the bottom of the fourth inning before giving up eight runs in the same frame.

Fullerton went through three pitchers in the fourth inning against UCLA with

the first of the relievers Maxwell Gibbs recording the loss after giving up two walks, two hits and four earned runs while facing only four batters.

The single inning struggles followed the Titans into conference play, where they gave up three runs in the bottom of the third inning, leading to their 3-2 loss in the first Big West game of the season.

Batting inconsistent The Titans did put up a solid outing at the plate over the course of the five-game losing streak with 18 runs.

However, throughout the season, they have been able to get timely hits to maintain their leads and come out of contests with victories.

Throughout the losing skid, it was the opposite as they hit early and often but were unable to get much-needed runs in late-game situations.

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have controlled the game, which ended in a 1-0 defeat in extra innings.

It began in the second inning when Fullerton had runners on second and third with no outs and were unable to capitalize. In the top of the eighth inning, the Titans had another prime opportunity to score with the bases loaded and one out, but could not capitalize yet again.

Fullerton even had a strong opportunity in extra innings to put Long Beach in a must-score situation as the leadoff hitter in the 10th inning Tristan Hildebrandt got things started with a double to left center field. However, the Titans left him stranded after three consecutive outs.

“They got to man up.

They got to figure it out,” said Head Coach Rick Vanderhook after the series loss to Long Beach.

One game later in Westwood, the Titans put up seven runs against UCLA, but they missed several scoring opportunities as they stranded 11 runners on base.

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Cal State Fullerton baseball bounced back after its five-game losing streak with two wins over UC Riverside to claim its Big West Conference series opener 2-1.

The Titan bats came alive in games two and three of their series against UC Riverside over the weekend,

scoring 21 runs in their two wins.

Fullerton hosts San Diego Tuesday night at Goodwin

Field before returning to conference play Friday to start a three-game home series against UC Davis.

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