Thursday February 7, 2019

Thursday February 7, 2019

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Volume 105 Issue 6

DACA student attends State of Former Union amid immigration debate CEO speaks

Miriam Tellez, an undocumented student, walks into Capitol Hill.

Program gives students a sense of how to become Titans of industry.

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Miriam Tellez, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals student at Cal State Fullerton, was invited by 39th District Congressman Gil Cisneros to the State of the Union.

The address was made on Tuesday, Feb. 5 by President Donald Trump.

Tellez worked with several departments on campus, such as the Diversity Initiatives & Resource Centers, Government Relations and Strategic Communications, which prepped Tellez and answered her questions before she attended the State of Union, said Martha Zavala Perez, coordinator of Titan Dreamers Resource Center.

Cisneros wrote in an Instagram post that he chose Tellez to join him at the State of the Union, because she was an inspiration for him to continue to support Dreamers and a reminder of why he ran for office.

Perez said members of Congress chose people like Tellez to be a guest at the State of the Union and wear a CSUF graduation Dreamer sash as a form of resistance.

“She is supplying the counter-narrative,” Perez said.

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Miriam Tellez meets Gil Cisneros and Nancy Pelosi at the State of the Union.

Honee Herrera, CSUF’s Outreach and Retention coordinator, is a friend of Tellez’s and an undocumented immigrant who works with both documented and undocumented immigrants to help get their GED certificates.

Herrera said Tellez is showing

an act of resilience by attending the president’s address.

“Miriam is being brave enough to attend the State of the Union address in front of somebody who does not want her in this country and where she doesn’t feel welcome by half of the people attending,” Herrera

said.

Tellez’s take on the President’s discussion of immigration, unlike the President, recognizes that legal status does not define what they contribute to America.

In the second edition of the Titan Future Leaders Series on Wednesday, Cal State Fullerton alumnus Michael Groff shared advice about business, education, family and his experience working as the former president and CEO of Toyota Financial Services.

Anthony Pang, the interim director for the Office of Student Life and Leadership, welcomed the packed audience in the Titan Student Theatre and introduced the panel speakers.

“Our office works year round to develop and engage students in the Titan series. The Titan Future Leaders talks are a prime example of how the leadership skills someone learns along the journey of life and how it impacts the future,” said Pang.

President Framroze Virjee, who was in the audience, spoke at the first Titan Future Leaders event last semester, highlighting his journey from being a lawyer to becoming CSUF’s president.

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Men’s basketball win streak snapped

Titans now fall to third place in the Big West Conference.

JORDAN MENDOZA Sports Editor

Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team saw their five-game win streak come to end as they fell to UC Irvine 60-53 Wednesday night.

The victory gave UCI the series sweep for the season and extended their win streak to five games. The Titans’ last loss prior to tonight came against UCI, where they fell 63-46 on Jan. 12.

Guard Khalil Ahmad led the game in scoring with 22 points on 8-for-21 shooting. Guard Max Hazzard led the Anteaters in scoring with 19 points.

Twelve of Hazzard’s 19 points came from 3-point territory.

UCI forward Jonathan Galloway won the battle of the best rebounders in the conference, as he outrebounded CSUF’s Jackson Rowe 11 to 7.

Guard Kyle Allman Jr. opened up the game with a 3-point shot, but the Anteaters quickly took the lead as both teams traded baskets early on. The defense held UCI scoreless for over four minutes early in the game.

The Titans’ offense was halted as they were held scoreless for nearly six minutes. Luckily, the Anteater offense also went scoreless for over four minutes of that time.

The offensive struggle carried

Forward Jackson Rowe (34), who ranks third in the conference in rebounds, had a team high seven boards.

on throughout the entire first half, as the Titans led by three at halftime. Khalil Ahmad led the team in scoring with 13 of the Titans 21 points in the first half.

“Early in the game we got

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to the paint, and got some free throws, which is what we want to do,” said CSUF head coach Dedrique Taylor.

The Titans shot 7-for-26 (26.9) from the field, while UCI shot 9-for-28 (32.1). The Anteaters

had trouble shooting from behind the arc, leaving them 0-for7 on 3-point shots.

The 18 points scored was the lowest for the Anteaters in a half this season since they scored only 17 in their loss at Butler.

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The Titans began the second half with a dunk by Johnny Wang while being fouled. They then made the free throw to complete the 3-point play.

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2 News

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Moot court places in nationwide competition CSUF took on 80 different universities despite funding challenges.

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Cal State Fullerton’s Moot Court team has started the year by winning multiple categories in tournament competitions.

The team competed in the American Moot Court Association Championship Tournament this January, facing over 80 schools from around the country.

The CSUF Moot Court team finished in eighth place for the petitioner side of the brief writing championship, but ended up in second and fifth place as the respondents.

They also placed high in the National Brief Writing Tournament, with teams of students taking the second, fifth and eighth place spots, which is a strong performance, said Pamela Fiber-Ostrow, the moot court adviser.

“We usually do very well in the writing competition, largely because they build their own arguments. They’re extremely creative, they’re very bright students, they work super hard, and they’re good,” Fiber-Ostrow said.

One of the major difficulties facing the moot court is its current

level of funding Fiber-Ostrow said, which caused multiple CSUF teams to be eliminated by other teams from campus.

“We had eight teams and we wound up having three teams get eliminated because we hit each other again,” Fiber-Ostrow said.

According to Fiber-Ostrow, the organization is partially funded

by Instructional Related Activities (IRA).

IRA provides up tp $750 for travel, or half of the expense amount, and the rest of the fees have to be covered by students or fundraising.

This puts the organization at a great disadvantage, as they need around $12,000 to $15,000 a year to keep up with other teams in the nation.

The moot court is an organization on campus which teaches students valuable public speaking and leadership skills by simulating a courtroom experience.

Moot court tournaments are beneficial to students because it allows them to argue timely, hypothetical cases of national significance, according to the National Bar Association.

Students involved in moot court organization have the opportunity to prepare different arguments for a panel of judges who act like justices.

It is not uncommon for moot court participants to compete nationally.

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The organization teaches students valuable public speaking and leadership skills by simulating the courtroom experience.

Teams can compete by winning in the regional qualifier competitions to advance to nationals, or submit a written portion to be selected for the national level.

According to the Orange County Register, two CSUF students will be at this year’s national

competition.

Fiber-Ostrow welcomes students of different majors to apply and said that each one of her students gets a personal gain from the class.

“I know for example, every year students meet people they

never would’ve met on campus because they would have never been drawn in the same classrooms.” Fiber-Ostrow said. “Part of it is having an experience on campus as opposed to our commuter in and out and they never meet each other.”

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CONTINUED FROM 1 “It’s not the solution. He also mentioned how legal immigrants make this country great, and that’s like a half truth,” Tellez said. “At the end of the day everybody is just trying to be a part of society and be a good citizen and be a good American.”

Herrera also discussed how both she and Tellez participated in programs for undocumented students at CSUF.

“She has done a lot of advocacy work for the undocumented community and I am just so proud of her for being there and representing us,” Herrera said.

Trump addressed Congress members on issues regarding health care, jobs, foreign affairs and the border wall. Thirty-six new female congresswomen sat in the audience with some who were wearing white in solidarity to echo the suffrage

movement, according to the Washington Post.

A few congresswomen like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wore a pin with the face of a 7-yearold girl who died in custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Trump referred to undocumented immigrants, like Tellez, as “illegal aliens” in his speech.

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Trump’s statement.

Tellez said she seeks to unify rather than divide.

“As far as the undocumented community and allied community coming together, I think it is dialogue and getting educated on how politics work. It’s looking at the past, understanding what has happened before with immigration and how we can move forward with that,” Tellez said.

“The Time for Thinkers has come.”

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“It made me very emotional.

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News 3

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University seeks to renew accredition

CSUF must be certified for students to be eligible for financial aid.

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Cal State Fullerton will be submitting its institutional report on Feb. 19 to the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission , a large step forward in the process to renew the school’s accreditation.

CSUF was last reaccredited in 2012, but its eight-year term will expire at the end of 2020. Accreditation isn’t a requirement to enroll students, but for any students to be eligible for financial aid, the university must be accredited by “a recognized accrediting agency from the US Department of Education,” said Barbara Davis, the vice president at the WASC Senior College and University Commission. “(WASC Senior College and University Commission) is one of seven regional accreditation agencies in the United States that reviews college and universities to make sure they are functioning effectively,” Davis said.

The report has been compiled by a variety of committees with members from across the campus, including Academic Senate Co-Chair Mark Stohs, library Dean Emily Bonney and dozens of other administration officials.

“The steering committee meets and makes a plan for how they’re going to do this self study of the university,” said Pamella Oliver, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs.

“Each committee wrote up a report on certain segments of the campus, and then we had two writers that put it together.”

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The school’s current status is set to expire in 2020, 8 years since their previous certification.

After the report is submitted, an official team appointed

by WASC will review the documents and submit specific questions for the campus to answer during its on-site observation.

“The team spends a full day going over the written material in detail, to really look deeply at what the institution has written,” Davis said. “From that, the team identifies questions that they want to explore in further detail when they go on-site in the fall.”

The report also serves as

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an opportunity to review the last several years and examine where the school has grown and where improvements can still be made, Oliver said.

“I think it’s been a very good process that has been helpful to us and it’s not just a chore that has to be done,” Oliver said.

Another potential place of improvement is online instruction, which is a growing side of the campus that may need updating, Oliver said.

“We don’t have the kinds of programmatic quality controls

that might be helpful. Many of the online courses are excellent, but they may not be as consistent as the face-to-face courses are,” she said.

Students will also have the opportunity to speak directly with the accreditation team through a special email that will be announced in a few months, Davis said.

“The institution won’t have access to the account, and that’ll be an opportunity for people to send comments directly to the team about their experiences at

the institution,” she said.

While the only students involved in the process have currently been specific representatives, Oliver said she hopes the entire campus can be involved in the process moving forward.

“We’re going to try and make that a pretty broad campaign in some way to let students know what’s going on. The report will be posted on our website and we’ll be able to invite people to read it and look at it,” Oliver said.

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Host Patrick Donahue, chairman and CEO of Donahue Schriber Realty Group, opened the panel by introducing his college roommate Michael Groff.

“It’s really important for all of you to realize that 40 something years ago I was sitting out there just like you,” he said. “If you learn anything at Cal State Fullerton in your stay here, make sure you know how to handle money, not make money.

That’s a whole other class.”

The point of the program was to give students a sense of how people become CEOs. “There’s a pretty good chance you will not be the smartest guy in the room. So you might want to plan to work a little harder than everybody else,” said Groff.

Groff brought up that his parents taught him about the importance of integrity, hard work, and education. He also added that it is fundamental to make family, friends and faith the heart of your life.

“My key take on this presentation was that you choose what you do with your time.

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and be successful so that’s why they’ve reached their level of success,” said Octavio Lizarraga Pescudor, an accounting and finance major.

Minesh Barot, vice president for Marketing for Business and Data Analytics Club, agreed with Pescudor that time management was one of the most important lessons from the event.

“For any position or any company, you have to start from the bottom. Working hard was a big take away,” said Barot.

Groff emphasized that education matters, not just formal education but experience in life.

“It’s a lifetime of learning. I’m still learning today.

If I don’t learn something every day, I think I’ve wasted today. I’ve got to learn something to make my life better,” said Groff.

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4 Lifestyle

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Column: NPR workshop experience Working alongside professional journalists enhanced my skills.

MADELINE GRAY

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“Your largest fear carries your greatest growth,” a picture of this unknown author’s quote appeared on my Twitter feed over the winter break. It spoke to me at the time, but I had no idea how much it would ring true in the weeks to come with NPR’s Next Generation Radio project approaching.

I took part in the Next Generation Radio project from Jan 14 - 18 at Cal State Fullerton.

Everyone who participated was paired with an experienced professional in the journalism industry as a mentor. Over the course of the week, we created a non-narrated audio story accompanied by a written article and photos to give a visual element.

If I said I wasn’t worried about working on this project, I would be lying. The ability to edit audio and shoot video were skills that I knew were crucial to my growth as a journalist, but I grew anxious as the days neared. I was fearful, yet hopeful for what was to come.

Before I knew it, it was the day of the Sunday dinner with my Next Generation Radio team and I started feeling frantic. As I prepared for the upcoming week and all that it entailed, I thought of all the hours of sleep I would lose in the process.

I met the mentors and my fellow mentees at the introductory dinner. After listening to the stories the mentors shared about their time in the field, I began to feel tackle the week ahead.

My mentor, Michelle Faust Raghavan, a health care reporter at KPCC, and I worked closely throughout the week, from

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Madeline Gray interviewing Hedieh Khajavi for NPR’s Next Generation Radio workshop in January.

brainstorming each component of my story to piecing them together on the final workday.

Throughout the project, I had my fair share of highs and lows.

Google Maps sent my mentor, our illustrator and I to the wrong address. I stood at the front door with my headphones on and mic in hand ready to capture the recording of our greeting, only to find a stranger at the wrong townhouse a couple blocks down.

Luckily, no one answered the door, or else I would have had to explain myself and possibly be accused of invasion of privacy.

Despite the hilarity of my slipups, I celebrated the small victories like improving my audio editing skills with Adobe Audition and delivering a solid on-camera narration through the trial and error of finding the perfect video backdrop.

The project was officially

complete on Friday afternoon, after we listened to each story with our guests and the entire Next Generation Radio team.

This was one of the best experiences of my early career because through this project, I could utilize all I’ve learned throughout my courses at Fullerton College..

I grew as a journalist and as a person over the course of five strenuous days, and Raghavan’s advice, coupled with tips from

other mentors, helped me to b journalist. Her expertise impacted the story I created and will surely impact the work I do in the future.

I was afraid of failing, screwing up and not being a good enough writer, reporter or editor.

However, overcoming that fear is what carried me through the week. I learned to go for it despite my fear to create a story I’m proud of.

Review: Toro y Moi revamps production ‘Outer Peace’ illustrates Toro y Moi’s growth in sound and performance.

DEMETRIOUS HERRERA Asst. Sports Editor

In its simplest form, the term inner peace idealizes some semblance of internal harmony.

Toro y Moi’s 10-track album, “Outer Peace,” was released on Jan. 18 and runs half an hour long.

“Outer Peace” broaches the abstract idea of external tranquility through the lens of Chaz Bear (formerly Chaz Bundick) — frontman, producer and sole creator of the ever-eclectic, indie synth-pop — Toro y Moi. Only Toro y Moi’s sixth album since signing with Carpark Records in 2009, “Outer Peace,” stands to be one of Toro y Moi’s greatest albums to date, rivaling the litany of hits produced since releasing his first record “Causers of This” with Carpark Records in 2010.

“Outer Peace” showcases Toro y Moi’s unique ability to build on many of the same manufactured, synth-laden and sampled elements of a typical Toro y Moi record.

While the sound of “Outer Peace” might not seem vastly different from Toro y Moi’s more recent album release, “Boo Boo” (2017), “Outer Peace” explores inherently different ideas than their 2017 release.

One of the ways in which “Outer Peace” highlights Toro y Moi’s developed musical and lyrical prowess is through its ability to bridge together a collection of songs, not necessarily by way of style or technique, but through thematic and symbolic means.

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associated with the album’s title.

Songs like “Freelance” and “Ordinary Pleasure,” explore more introspective inquiries that Toro y Moi poses to himself,

while other tracks like “Laws of the Universe,” “Who I Am” and “Monte Carlo,” exemplify the journey toward personal harmony in one’s thoughts, choices or

beliefs.

Both “Freelance” and “Ordinary Pleasure” ask questions like, “I can’t tell if I’m hip or getting old,” and “Does sex even sell

anymore, I feel like I’ve seen it all?” according to Genius, a website that provides music lyrics for a wide range of songs.

These questions propose the idea of self-reflection and personal identity.

The song’s funky, light-hearted, dancing tunes might be better suited for a sunny car ride down Pacific Coast Highway, more so than a thought-provoking dive into existentialism.

“Who I Am” and “Monte Carlo” express an inherent comfortability and finality with Toro y Moi’s thoughts and decisions, lyrics like, “I’m done with the bridges, I made enough to live with,” or “Who cares about the party? I came to see the band play.”

Even the final line from “Laws of the Universe,” “I don’t give a f--,” reiterates the idea that Toro y Moi has only himself to please.

“Outer Peace” makes a strong case for consideration alongside Toro y Moi’s top works, even without the added layers of subtext or extra dimensions of interwoven symbolism.

At its core, Toro y Moi’s latest release is a concise list of carefree hits that represent a maturation in Toro y Moi’s abilities to produce, perform and progress over a short period of time.

While Billboard’s Top 200 album list has “Outer Peace” sitting at a criminally low 114, Toro y Moi’s latest creation has garnered the support of many in the music industry, including Pitchfork’s Phillip Sherburne. Sherburne called “Outer Peace,” “one of (Toro y Moi’s) best albums in years.”

The sad truth is that Toro y Moi’s music may never get the credit it deserves in mainstream music media, but so long as there is a willingness to indulge in sophisticated, synthesized-indie pop, Toro y Moi stands to have a long career in music making.

“Outer Peace” is just another sonically euphoric step in the right direction.

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Opinion 5

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Adult film stars deserve workforce respect

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The x-rated movie industry needs to support its workers.

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Most people would think that sites like YouTube, Netflix, Hulu attract the most visitors, but the real answer may surprise you. Porn sites are actually the most visited sites on the web today, receiving more visitors than Amazon, Twitter, and Netflix combined each month, according to the Huffington Post.

Due to the moral ambiguity and the nature of industry

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itself, the term adult film or porn is still perceived to be a taboo topic by many people.

Despite its immense popularity, porn isn’t a topic that is commonly addressed in conversations without a sense of humor or silliness.

There seems to be an unjust negative stigma that revolves around adult entertainment performers and how they are seen within a professional setting, but adult film stars deserve the same professional standard as people in other professions.

Seventy-nine percent of American men and 76 percent of American women from the age of 18 to 30 watch porn on the net at least once per month, according to a pornographic statistics compiled by Covenant Eyes.

Thanks to free adult film websites like “Pornhub,” “Xvideos,” and “Tube 8,” porn has become easily accessible, giving us the power to satisfy our deepest, dirtiest, sexual fantasies.

Digital adult film platforms such as these have boosted not only the accessibility of adult film, but they are also stimulating the overall financial growth and profitability of the industry.

XVideo alone is bigger than Dropbox, CNN, and New York Times put together, so it’s no surprise that the adult film industry makes up a significant portion of the economy.

Adult film businesses now generate around $5 billion annually in the United States, according to a poll by XBIZ, an adult-entertainment trade publication.

Adult film stars, some of whom perform on a daily basis, generate as much money, if not more, as any other professionals in other industries.

A top performer like Jenna Jameson has a net worth of about $30 million, whereas model Kate Upton’s net worth falls short of $10 million.

Adult film stars can be paid just as much or even more than

any other popular celebrity.

Adult film performers produce content that stimulates economic growth and production.

Adult film performers face many health risks, so regulation is necessary to ensure their safety,.

In 2016, the state of California tried to provide a regulation through Proposition 60 which would have required adult film stars to wear condoms at all times while filming, but it failed to pass The fear of sexually transmitted diseases among performers is justified, as there have been cases of male performers accidentally transmitting HIV to other female performers.

Former adult film star Darren James said experienced this firsthand when he contracted the virus during an HIV epidemic that happened in the San Fernando Valley in 2004, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Unaware that he was HIV positive, James unintentionally

spread the virus to at least three different female performers.

The incident shut down filming production for a month.

The government needs to work with the industry to provide regulations that are reasonable without harming the industry.

This will help to ensure that this profession can be maintained in a sustainable and protective way just like a regular industry in the business sector.

Sex is human nature and everyone does it, the only difference with performers is that they get paid to do it.

It is time for the public to see this profession in a more economically and socially progressive way.

Having sex on camera and getting paid to do so will always be questioned by our society but we cannot deny the fact the sheer financial number of the business and how it makes up a big part of the modern economy.

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6 Sports

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Titans poised to halt 3-game skid Women’s basketball have been outscored 208-136 during the losing streak.

JULIUS CHOI Sports Editor

With both teams on the opposite sides of the spectrum, Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball will look to end its threegame losing streak against UC Riverside on Thursday.

After starting the season 116, CSUF hit a road bump on Jan. 26 when they lost to UC Davis 75-39. That performance was followed by another 30-plus point loss a few nights later, but this time against Cal State Northridge 74-44. Despite these low scoring outputs, CSUF has the third highest scoring offense in the Big West conference at 63.5 points per game behind UC Irvine (74.1) and UC Davis (70.9).

The root cause of the Titans’ offensive struggles during this losing streak has been the inability to knock down 3-pointers, as they have made just 10 of their 55 shot attempts from behind the arc.

In the game versus Long Beach State on Feb. 2, CSUF women’s basketball nearly erased a 22-point deficit, but converted 20.8 percent of its 24 3-point shot attempts.

This will be the first game of a

two-game road trip for the Titans.

Although the relatively identical home and away records suggest that CSUF has no set preferences on how to play, the team is at its peak when center Daeja Smith finds rhythm offensively.

Fullerton has an 8-3 record when Smith reaches double figures in scoring this season.

She has thrived in her role as a post player during her senior year; her 53 percent field goal percentage is the best in the Big West.

In the front court, Smith has been afforded a lesser workload with the presence of forward Carolyn Gill.

The 5-foot-10-inch sophomore has been averaging a career-high 7.3 rebounds per game this season, which is a jump from her 5.6 rebounding average during her freshman year. Meanwhile, UC Riverside has won three consecutive games, with two being on the road.

Guard Jannon Otto provides the scoring punch for the Highlanders’ attack, averaging a team leading 14.7 points per game while nabbing 6.6 rebounds in her junior season.

In UC Riverside’s 73-60 win over UC Santa Barbara, Otto scored a game-high 26 points, making 10 of her 13 shot attempts.

Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at the SRC Arena.

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Guard Raina Perez has been the team’s top facilitator, posting a team-leading 5.2 assists in 35.7 minutes per game.

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UCI found their rhythm in the second half, when Robert Cartwright ended UCI’s 3-point shooting drought seven minutes into the second half.

Cartwright’s shot sparked the Anteaters to make their next four

field goals, which were all 3-point shots. The 15-3 run gave UCI their first lead since the 15:46 mark in the first half, and increased the lead to seven.

“They shot the three ball exceptionally well,” Taylor said. “We didn’t find our rhythm offensively

in the second half, started pressing and taking uncharacteristic shots.”

The hot shooting continued for the Anteaters, while the Titans continued to struggle from the field. Clutch shooting at the end of the game gave UCI their biggest

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lead of the game at 12. The Titans found a rhythm late in the game, making five of their last six field goals, but the deficit was too much for CSUF to overcome.

Taylor said he believes his team can look past the loss to the Big West leaders.

“(We) got to find a way to lick your wounds tonight, and get ready to rock and roll,” Taylor said. “Two more days we’ll play again, and we got to be better.”

The Titans will be back in action Saturday as they visit UC Riverside, with tip scheduled for 5 p.m.

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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Players grace the pitch with the pros Men’s soccer played against 2018 MLS Cup Champion Atlanta United.

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No, Cal State Fullerton’s men’s soccer is not in season — in fact, they won’t be back in any major action until fall 2019 — but on Wednesday afternoon, all eyes were on the Titans as reigning Major League Soccer Cup champions, Atlanta United Football Club, took the field in a scrimmage at Titan Stadium.

The freshly groomed pitch housed players and coaches ranging from career professionals to collegiate hopefuls.

Sounds of players barking orders and balls thudding across the field, captivated the sparsely populated stadium, which may have been particularly bare because of the last minute nature of the match, something CSUF men’s soccer head coach, George Kuntz, alluded to in a postgame interview.

A typical soccer game would feature 45 minutes in each half, however Atlanta and CSUF would settle for 40-minute halves in this particular matchup.

Halfway through the deadlocked match, the Titans’ back four fell flat-footed against a through-ball serviced by Atlanta United FC midfielder, Andrew Carleton.

The threaded pass caught the trailing left foot of Atlanta forward, Romario Williams,

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The exhibition game took place in a near empty stadium as the game was closed off from the public

giving the 5-foot 11-inch striker a golden opportunity in front of the net.

Williams settled the ball for a split-second in front of the CSUF goalkeeper, Paul-Andre Guerin, but did not wait long to put the ball in the back of the net and break open the scoring for his team.

The interclub friendly drew

to a close with Williams’ goal being the ultimate decider in a 1-0 win for Atlanta United FC’s reserve team.

After the game, CSUF players Sam Molz and Rei Dorwart seemed to be unanimous in their assessment of the match, noting that they felt “organized defensively,” but lacked more cohesive offensive production.

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Kuntz seemed to have a more positive outlook, despite the score. , “For us it was tremendous just to have the game. It means a lot because we want guys to know that they’re going to get a degree; they’re going to get exposure,” said Kuntz. “This time of year it’s not a factor for either team, win or loss, they’re trying

to see where they’re at, where they’re young players are at, and we’re trying to see where our team is at.”

This won’t be the last game the Titans play against a professional caliber team. Kuntz has plans to play against the United Soccer League’s Orange County SC and the U-17 Mexican national team in the near future.

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Saturday, Feb. 16 @ 6 p.m. vs. Cal State Northridge

Saturday, Feb. 16 @ 7 p.m. @ Cal State Northridge

Thursday, Feb. 21 @ 5 p.m. vs. UC Santa Barbara

Thursday, Feb. 21 @ 7:30 p.m. vs. UC Davis

Saturday, Feb. 23 @ 2 p.m. @ Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Saturday, Feb. 23 @ 7 p.m. @ UC Santa Barbara