Thursday February 21, 2019
Volume 105 Issue 14
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
City Council power clash erupts Titans
power through
CSUF softball overcame rain delays to defeat San Diego State. JORDAN MENDOZA Daily Titan
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After over nine years on the council, Bruce Whitaker lost his Board of Director’s position with the OC Water District in a 3-2 decision.
Freshman member gets majority vote to take over existing councilman’s post. ANDRE SALAZAR Daily Titan
Fullerton council member Ahmad Zahra replaced council
member Bruce Whitaker as a representative on the board of directors for the Orange County Water District, winning a 3-2 vote during Tuesday’s city council meeting. Two weeks ago, when the Fullerton City Council reviewed its representation on regional advisory bodies, Zahra requested
that the council allow him to take Whitaker’s place on the board. “The agenda was a Brown Act violation,” Whitaker said. “That’s what forced the council to have to deal with it again tonight, but those three who stubbornly wanted to make this move, of course they’re able to have the muscle to do it again.”
The Brown Act requires that legislative bodies post agendas of meetings three days in advance of the meeting, and stick to what is set in the agenda. The Fullerton City Council violated the Brown Act when members nominated Zahra for the position without prior notice to the public. SEE CONFLICT
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After winning three out of five games in the Hillenbrand Invitational in Tucson, the Cal State Fullerton softball team returned home and defeated San Diego State 5-1 on a rainy Wednesday night. Junior right-hander Sophie Frost got the win for CSUF, making her 5-2 for the year. Frost pitched 5.2 innings in relief of starting pitcher Janelle Rodriguez. Frost shutdown the Aztecs, giving up only two hits and striking out three, and had three 1-2-3 innings. It was Rodriguez’s first start this season for the Titans (8-3). The Whittier native lasted 1.1 innings, giving up one run and two walks. Eight Titans had hits, including senior Ari Williams, who had two hits for CSUF. Along with Williams, three other Titans drove in an RBI. SEE DELIVER
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ASI summon wizards to craft wands
Jose Hernandez, a first-year computer science major, created the wand for his girlfriend as a belated Valentine’s Day gift.
Witches and warlocks conjure sorcery with chopsticks and hot glue. KRISTINA GARCIA NATHAN NGUYEN Daily Titan
Iconic “Harry Potter” music played around a table of wizards and warlocks during the Associated Students Inc. DropIn Art Workshop on Wednesday in the Titan Student Union. Attendees transformed simple chopsticks into mystical weapons, waving their wands
in symphonic fashion as “expelliarmus” and other spells were cast across the Grand Stair Studio. Art Instructor Kathleen Anne Cerdena entrusted a wooden wand to each person to initiate their own creative development. Loaded hot glue guns, paint bottles, paintbrushes and blow dryers were laid out for participants to begin the wand-crafting process. “I was trying to think of Gryffindor vibes, because I always knew that Harry Potter
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had a broomstick wand, but I wanted it to be edgy,” said Ali Parandi, a third-year child and adolescent studies major. Parandi said his favorite spell was “wingardium leviosa,” a popular incantation among “Harry Potter” fans. Parandi, along with other “Harry Potter” fanatics, were eager to create their first wands. “I came here because I was interested ever since the first semester, but I never had the time, so I’ve always wanted to make a Harry Potter wand, because I’m interested in Harry Potter and
I wanted my own wand,” said Jose Hernandez, a first-year computer science major. Between the crafts and spells, Parandi found other reasons to attend the workshop. He has classes three times a week, most of them on the Irvine campus, but instead of trying to find a place to nap, Parandi immerses himself with other on-campus activities and events. “It makes me want to stay at CSUF longer and it makes it more interactive to get to know other people,” Parandi said.
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Although the workshop was only an hour long, those in attendance were able to fashion intricate staffs and scepters varying from vibrant colors to dark matter. Artists freestyled designs, ranging from plain wood to whirling patterns as inspiration flowed from their fingers, letting magic inspire their work. Hernandez made a detailed wand for his girlfriend that rivaled the work of legendary wandmaker Ollivander himself. SEE MAGIC
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