Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Wednesday February 13, 2019

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Volume 105 Issue 8

Fullerton Poets ignite at open mic night man dies in custody Police say he was shot by taser and foam bullets, arrested and hospitalized.

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A 23-year-old man died Monday night after a struggle with police officers and paramedics on the 200 block of S. Kellog Ave., according to a press release by the Fullerton Police Department.

The dead man was later identified as Daniel Espinoza, 23, a Fullerton resident, according to Lt. Jon Radus.

The incident occurred at 5:22 p.m. when officers arrived on scene and approached Espinoza, who was screaming on the street.

Authorities said Espinoza rushed at the officers, who then fired 40 millimeter bullets or “sponge gun” rounds, that hit Espinoza in the chest. When he continued moving, three separate Fullerton Police officers fired their tasers as well, which had no effect on him, according to a press release by the Fullerton Police.

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Spoken word poet Rudy Francisco tookthe stage at the Titan Student Union pub on Tuesday during ASI’s Speak Yo’ Truth event .

Rhymes and raps, smirks and knee slaps, dim the lights let the fingers snap.

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Clicks, snaps, laughs, claps, woos and animals noises echoed throughout the Titan Student Union Underground

Pub as poets shared intimate verses of prose that resonated with audience members like trap music resonates with millennials during Associated Students Inc.’s “Speak Yo Truth” event Tuesday night.

ASI has hosted open-mic events in the pub for many years, and even recently featured guests like Mike

“Hoodprofet” Davis and Rowie Shebala.

Titans, past and present, welcomed legendary spoken word poet Rudy Francisco to the stage. As an accomplished artist, Francisco has won various poetry slam competitions and has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Francisco has also appeared on TV

One’s “Verses and Flow” and shared the stage with Jill Scott and Jordin Sparks.

Francisco performs at universities across the country, and works with aspiring poets to help them transform their creative urges into artful masterpieces.

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CSUF plans to recapture Big West

The CSUF baseball team will look to advance to the College World Series for the third time in head coach Rick Vanderhook’s tenure.

Titans picked by conference coaches to return to regional playoffs.

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Cal State Fullerton men’s baseball enters the season ranked 24th in USA Today’s coaches poll, and are also ranked 18th in Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s poll.

The Titans were selected to

win the Big West by the conference coaches after winning the conference last year. The Titans finished the season 18-7 in conference play.

Coach Rick Vanderhook has had a large impact on the team, as he led CSUF to the College World Series twice in the last three years.

Vanderhook lost three of the team’s most productive starters, Colton Easton, Tommy Wilson and Andrew Quezada to the MLB draft last year. Vanderhook

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is aware that his rotation may not reach the same level of production they had in 2018.

“If we even get close, I would be ecstatic,” Vanderhook said.

Vanderhook’s impact is felt all around. He was named the Big West Coach of the Year in 2018, marking the fifth time in his seven years as head coach to be presented this award.

CSUF will be led by junior infielder Hank LoForte, who has a .398 average across 108 at-bats in conference play last season.

LoForte brings a 22-game hitting streak into 2019, but did not seem like he was particularly interested in the streak.

“I try not to think about it honestly, I know it is cool and all, but I just get blinded by all the stuff we do here day in, and day out, so I don’t really think about it that much,” LoForte said.

Being one of only five seniors on the team, LoForte has taken on the role of a team leader.

“We take in the middle infield guys. There’s some freshman that

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are gonna play, we take them under and just show them the ropes because it is a whole different game,” LoForte said.

Junior catcher Daniel Cope led the team in runs batted in during conference play with 25. Cope was one of six Titans who started all 24 conference games in 2018, and was tied with former outfielder Ruben Cardenas with two home runs in conference play.

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2 News

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2019

University police respond to blue dials Campus phones are available for general calls and emergencies.

BAYLEE MAUST Staff Writer

Cal State Fullerton has 196 blue emergency phones scattered across the campus.

University Police Department Capt. John Brockie said the blue phones can be used for any emergencies.

“In 2018, we received 1,358 calls,” said Brockie. “A lot of them are for escorts, which is fine, not everything is an emergency that we get contacted for.”

Brockie said that the average response time to these calls is about three and a half minutes.

“They have a speaker and a microphone. When you push the button to initiate it, you just talk towards the pole and the microphone picks it up and you can hear the dispatcher and also the blue light flashes. It comes into our dispatcher as a 911 call,” said Brockie.

Calls are split into three priorities; priority one calls are crimes or fights in progress and priority three calls are less urgent matters, like police escorts..

“If someone called for an escort and they said, ‘someone’s following me, I’m concerned for my safety,’ then we would elevate that,” said Brockie.

Most of the time, the blue phones are not used for emergency situations at all. For example, students will frequently use blue phones to ask for help finding their car or where a specific building is located at.

“We understand that we have a higher level of customer service than municipalities. If you called a municipal 911 operator to ask how to get to the library, they probably wouldn’t have a very pleasant response.” Brockie said.

Though University Police doesn’t mind assisting with

The blue phones enable students to reach out to University Police and receive a timely response.

these questions, what has become frustrating for them is when people activate the blue phones and then walk away, according to Brockie.

In 2018, there were 336 unresponsive calls that was reported. “(Police dispatchers) are trying to make contact with someone and if they were there and if there’s other calls coming in, it could hold up a response to a

true emergency,” Brockie said.

Dylan Sweaza, police dispatcher one for University Police, works to gather generic information from blue phone users so he can properly log it into the computer system and send an officer to respond to the call.

“We’ve had times where the same person calls and you can recognize their voice and their name. People like to use the

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service if they frequently have a class at night,” Sweaza said.

If people utilize the blue phones it can provide police dispatchers a more accurate location than calling 911 on a mobile phone.

“We know 100 percent where that pole is,” Brockie said. “The wireless 911 system from your cell phone is triangulating and it’s pretty good, but it’s not exact.”

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University Police has police dispatchers scheduled 24 hours a day, seven days a week. So even if it isn’t possible to use a blue phone, students can still reach University Police with their mobile phones and any university landline.

“We’re trying to give faculty, staff and students as many options to contact an emergency dispatcher as they can,” Brockie said.

Death: Sheriff to investigate

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The death of Daniel Espinoza is currently under investigation.

CONTINUED FROM 1 Espinoza proceeded to fight the officers, inflicting several injuries to the three. The officers were treated and released at a local hospital, according to Fullerton Police.

After he had been placed in handcuffs, he continued to struggle and paramedics on the scene were cleared by the hospital to give him a sedative.

Once Espinoza calmed down he was moved into an ambulance.

Enroute to the hospital, he stopped breathing and paramedics administered life-saving measures. When they reached the hospital, emergency room staff took over, where Espinoza was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival to the ER, according to a press release by Fullerton Police Department.

Officers said that he had broken into a house on the 200 block of S. Kellog Dr. prior to the officer’s arrival, punching and kicking through the door where a female adult was home alone. The woman did not know

him, and he broke the door down while she was screaming but quickly left the house, according to Fullerton Police.

Police officers responding to the crime recognized Espinoza, who had created another disturbance on the street at approximately 3:58 p.m. that same day.

Espinoza’s father had called the police and told dispatchers that his son was being disruptive and may attempt to fight the police when they arrived.

After meeting with Espinoza and his family, the family told the officers that they would be able to control him and asked that nothing further be done.

Another incident occurred earlier in the month with the Fullerton Fire Department, when Espinoza threw himself in front of a fire engine and tried to fight firefighters, according to Fullerton police. Police officers said that he was in possession of methamphetamine, and he was sent to a hospital for a mental evaluation on Feb. 2.

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CSUF joins county in 911 texting launch The service enables hard-of-hearing and mute residents to contact police.

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The Text-to-911 system was launched last Wednesday, Feb. 6 by every public safety answering point in Orange County including the University Police.

After a year of planning, installation and 2 months of testing the system, public safety answering points or PSAPs in Orange County will now be able to use the system to receive and respond to 911 text messages, said Carrie Braun, the public information officer for the Orange County Sheriff’s department and CSUF Alumna..

The system was implemented so police and fire dispatch centers can help hearing and speech impaired individuals contact emergency services. It is also intended to assist those who are in situations that don’t feel safe enough to call for help.

“They’re glad to have an opportunity for those people to communicate with them directly and not to rely on someone else. Everybody is looking forward to seeing how the program goes and what the volume of texts are to 911,” said Braun about the emergency service dispatchers adapting to the new system.

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Renee Thomas, the regional director of the Orange County Deaf Equal Access Foundation, spoke at a press conference held to announce the system’s launch on Wednesday.

“In the past when we had to call 911 we had to rely on somebody to help us to communicate,” said Thomas. “With the text 911 we can just simply see something and get someone’s

attention ourselves texting 911.”

The Orange County Deaf Equal Action Foundation works to ensure that the deaf and hard of hearing community has equal access to the same resources and opportunities as other citizens.

Last year, there were more than 1.2 million calls to 911 made in Orange County, 80 percent of which were made from

mobile phones, according to a press release from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

“We know that it’s a hurdle sometimes for people to call 911, but when they (text 911) on Cal State Fullerton it will go to the Cal State Fullerton police dispatcher just like a 911 call would,” said Capt. Scot Willey of the CSUF University Police.

The program was entirely

funded by the California Office of Emergency Services and cost $0 to Orange County, Braun said.

Both Braun and Willey said calling 911 is preferred when possible, and they recommend calling 911 in cases of emergency for people who can.

“It allows the information to be relayed to the dispatcher as quickly as possible. It also allows the dispatcher to hear what’s going on in the background or hear the inflection of the person who’s calling on the phone. They get a little bit better of a sense of what’s happening,” said Braun.

Before sending a text to 911, you must enable location services. 911 cannot receive photos, videos or be in a group chat. If your message does not go through, you will be notified to call.

Texting 911 in circumstances that do not constitute an emergency can be punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 or up to a year in county jail.

Thomas thanked the fire department, police department, sheriff’s department and public safety service for their collaboration in this venture.

“This is a perfect match for OC-DEAF’s mission empowering deaf and hard of hearing people to do it themselves instead of relying on others,” said Thomas.

Freeway ads drive campus income The billboards have generated over $560,000 for the university.

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Since being established in summer 2018, the Cal State Fullerton freeway billboards have generated approximately $567,000 of the $436.8 million of the school’s revenue, according to Chi-Chung Keung, director of news media services.

Another billboard will be up some time this semester for campus promotion instead of revenue generation purposes along the Nutwood Avenue exit.

Clear Channel Outdoor, the company that owns the billboards, rents them for a flat fee to promote local non-competing advertisements to the downtown Fullerton and the CSUF area, said Charles Kissel, Auxiliary Services Corporations executive director and CEO. Compared to a traffic-based revenue system, how well an ad does or the kind of traffic it generates, does not matter to CSUF from a fiscal standpoint. The current contract with the company enables them to keep the revenue generated as long as they pay CSUF the agreed rent amount, Kissel said.

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Auxiliary Services Corporation, a non-profit that partners with CSUF, established a contract to find alternative methods to generate and manage revenue for the school.

The ground rent rate assures CSUF will be paid, regardless of what is displayed on or off the billboard, said Kissel.

“The signs could be blank and the university would still get their money,” Kissel said.

The corporation manages CSUF’s commercial contracts,operations and fiscal administration.

The one-time ad for Cal State Northridge will not be repeated due to contract clarifications with CSUF, according to Kissel.

“That has since been addressed. Now CSUF has its own site location and account,” Kissel said.

Other ads seen on the billboards have been approved by CSUF as in line with the goals and mission of the university, said Kissel.

“The arrangement that the university has with Clear Channel prevents certain kinds of advertising that would be a conflict with the university,” Kissel said. “You’re not going to see alcohol, or you’re not going to see drugs. You’re not going to see those types of advertising on those signs.”

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The billboards operated by Clear Channel outdoor advertise for businesses all around Orange County.

Most recently the addition of another billboard on East Campus Drive hopes to raise awareness for campus events, programs and activities. The date to post campus events and activities has yet to be determined.

While there is a possibility that students could promote events for their clubs on the

billboard, for now, the focus is on larger CSUF athletic and performing arts events, Keung said.

“My initial understanding is that it’s going to help us promote our athletic events and our theatre and fine arts area,” Keung said. “They’re actually working on putting together a

standard in terms of what would be going on those billboards.

Once those standards are finalized then they will probably have it available.”

Clear Channel Outdoor has agreed to host the promoting content on the freeway billboards they rent until the billboard is fully operational.

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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Devil’s Advocate

Online Dating

Finding love online is more fulfilling than one might think.

BAYLEE MAUST Staff Writer

include, “relationship” “something causal” or “don’t know yet” and will appear on a person’s profile that allows users to know how to interact through the platform, according the the Bumble app settings.

Some may think that meeting people in person is easier to form genuine connections. Although a fair viewpoint, it is definitely easier to open up an app and talk with people that are already

mutually interested with each other.

Sometimes life can get very hectic and busy and although a relationship or dating seems fun, there isn’t just enough time in the day to build those personal interactions.

With online dating, it is already established that you and another

Online dating is growing to become one of the most popular methods of how people meet each other and according to eHarmony, 40 percent of Americans use online dating services.

There is a wide variety of websites and even apps, such as Tinder, Bumble and Hinge. Dating apps may seem a little scary with all the horror stories out there about how people lie about who they really are.

Some people dislike the stigma attached to dating apps, either. Tinder has earned a reputation as being a strict “hook-up” app which has prevented people from using it.

However, it is fairly easy to pick out the people that are there for the fun versus those who have ulterior motives.

These platforms are beginning to pick up on these concerns too and many apps include features to personalize a profile to specifically help find the right person.

Bumble’s features allow individuals to select specifically what they are interested in obtaining while on the app.

Some preferences

Meeting a potential partner in person may spark romance.

TIFFANY MALONEY Staff Writer

Every so often, soulmates find each other in this vast sea of people. Maybe it’s a miracle, or Cupid’s arrow, or newspaper classifieds or… online dating.

Anticipation and butterflies are completely natural when meeting new people, since that’s just excitement. However, online dating lacks the butterflies and romance, as it ultimately cuts out intimate face-to-face interactions that can make or break a relationship.

Church groups, speed dating and personal advertisements once played matchmaker for single people. That’s now considered old school dating. Algorithms determined by a computer decide which people will see each other’s profiles, resulting in automated decisions while intimacy withers away.

Fifty-three percent of people lie on their personal profile, according to eHarmony.com.

Some people use old photos for profile pictures, while others embellish their income and profession.

Not surprisingly, in 2014 Pew Research Center found a little over half of online daters say another person “seriously misrepresented themselves on their profile.” Yet 46 percent of singles still use online dating to find a long-term relationship or marriage.

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person are there with one goal in mind: to date.

Talking to someone on an app and asking them out on a date alleviates the fear of embarrassment from a possible rejection.

Since most interactions that occur between people on online sites are electronic, getting to know someone is less stressful than an in-person interaction.

Users could po-

tentially meet their future partners while they’re texting in pajamas.

While it can be fun to get to know a classmate or colleague romantically, not everyone has opportunities to meet new people.

Online dating presents a pool of available individuals that are local to the area.

Apps like Tinder allow users the choice to alter the settings to only show people within a

specific age and location range.

This narrows down the options so that people can find what the user prefers.

Online dating is also particularly helpful to individuals of the LGBTQ community.

Meeting someone in real life, it may take time to get to know that person and to find out if they are interested in a romantic relationship.

Physical interactions can be very difficult for members of the LGBTQ community, as not everyone they are romantically interested in may not align with their sexual orientation.

Dating apps allow members of the community to interact with each other conveniently while also knowing their sexual preferences.

There may be some individuals who abuse online dating apps and a person may not end up finding the perfect date.

However, with the variety of online dating websites out there, interacting with new people is easier and less stressful especially for those who despise social interaction in the real world.

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spending time with someone and sharing experiences. People cannot experience each other the same way from behind a screen, especially since the contexts and tones of online messages and texts can be misconstrued. Meeting a potentially lifelong partner deserves some face time and not through video messaging apps.

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People use online dating to meet others with shared interests, similar beliefs or values. Online communities are not necessary for that. These platforms increase the volume of fish in the sea, which might overwhelm some users.

It may be argued that chatting online and over the phone allows people to get to know each other less superficially.

However, there is an innate need for human interaction. People are social creatures.

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platonic chemistry between people drives a relationship.

The flow of conversation and physical comfort can determine a lot. Even shy, introverted types can have an outgoing side when the chemistry is right.

Perceptions of other people are more well-rounded and complete when there is human interaction.Attraction and human bonds are intangible and difficult to

verbalize. Some people ignite a spark inside right when meeting them. Bonds are magnetic, where two people just come together and click. This makes traditional dating special. Experiencing another person’s character and seeing how they interact with their

work better in combination with traditional methods, like meeting someone in the grocery store.

Dating solely online is like looking longingly at a travel pamphlet for Spain. It would be so nice to visit and be there, but the pamphlet will suffice, right?

Wrong. The pamphlet only tells so much about Spain, and from just one perspective. The only way to personally experience Spain is to go there, in person.

The only way to truly know if there is a spark is to experience people, face to face.

surroundings is part of discovering who they are.

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6 Lifestyle

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Review: ‘Apex Legends’ shoots its way to top The latest first-person shooter is part of the next big trend in video games.

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A new battle royale game has taken the gaming community by storm and provides a fresh, yet ambitious, twist to the popular genre.

“Apex Legends”, a free first-person shooter game developed by Respawn Entertainment and Electronic Arts, released to the public last Tuesday. Prior to launch, there was a lot of ambiguity around the game as it was following the universe of “Titanfall,” one of the publisher’s previous titles and that it would be battle royale-centered.

However, early access and knowledge about the game was strategically granted to influential streamers for marketing purposes.

At launch, “Apex Legends” dethroned “Fortnite” as the mostviewed game on the streaming platform, Twitch, with over 600,000 viewers and had over 2.5 million downloads in one day, according to Electronic Arts’ CEO, Andrew Wilson, in an interview with PC Gamer. Just one week after the game’s debut, that number has reached 25 million total and 2 million concurrent players over the weekend.

In a time where the battle royale genre reigns supreme, players might have been skeptical about the success of yet another lastman-standing feature. However, “Apex Legends” offers players an experience to all aspects of gameplay that often make you forget it’s another battle royale.

“Apex Legends” features a collection of playable characters, or “legends,” that players can choose from. These champions offer skill sets, similar to those of multiplayer online battle arena games that have utility, situational or damage-based

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“Apex Legends” is a game that allows people to play in parties of three player teams in a 60 player match.

passive abilities and movesets that can alter the tide of battle.

These abilities are not blatantly overpowered to where one character is considerably stronger than the rest, leaving players to choose their character based on their own preferred playstyle.

The game also implements a revolutionary “ping” system that allows players to actively alert and pin areas of interest or hostility to their teammates. The feature is widely praised by fans of the genre, making it possible for squads of random players to effectively communicate with each other without the need for microphones.

One of the most satisfying elements of the game is found on the actual island in-game. It’s

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incredibly well-designed and the transitions through each of the different landmarks on the map are seamless.

From the giant remains of prehistoric behemoths to rusted favela complexes, the landscape is both diverse and yet, appropriately natural to the setting.

There are a few issues with the game at its current state. Magazine capacity for weapons without attachments are painfully small and paired with the “time-to-kill rate,” which makes firefights frustratingly sweaty.

The balance of gunplay and the deficit of ammunition affects all weapons equally and no gun stands out as overpowering.

Another frustration in gameplay

is the extremely long death window when an opponent has eliminated you and while in a gunfight the player is unable to spectate their teammates for a period of time.

Despite the anticipation, “Apex Legends” allows team members to recover a banner from a squadmate for the purpose of respawning them at a nearby beacon. Unlike most battle royale titles, eliminated players in this game have a chance to get back in the match and secure a hard-fought victory.

While the game does have issues and in-game bugs, they are far and few between. Without a public beta test or playable demo, “Apex Legends” exceeds all expectations by running surprisingly well.

It stays true to “Titanfall’s” universe with detailed lore and immersive gameplay for fans of the series and offers simple, yet fun, features like its champion select and pinging for battle royale players of all expertises.

The game is still relatively new and while hardcore players have already exhausted most of the game’s cosmetic content, Respawn Entertainment is ready with purchasable season battle passes and new features starting in March.

With the second week of its release coming up, only time will tell if these features will be enough to keep players engaged, but with its astonishing gamer base so early on, it seems “Apex Legends” is here to stay.

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The event allowed anyone to showcase their poetry in an open environment.

CONTINUED FROM 1 “I think my biggest advice for young poets is to study the craft.

See who else is doing it and see who is doing it at a high level. Then start with what you know and your own personal experiences,” Francisco said.

Francisco touched on what it was like to be an African American in the United States as well as love, loss and being an awkward teenager.

“I had a great time tonight. A lot of universities don’t have an open mic. Tonight was a shining example of if you put it on people will come,” Francisco said.

Commonality among the performers was found in self-deprecation. Those brave enough to take the stage used humor to juxtapose the seriousness of the topics they touched on, like cultural heritage, bipolar disorder, sexuality, sexual abuse and societal injustices.

“It’s important to host events like this because otherwise so many really great voices would go unheard,” said Gabriel Taggard, second year English major who performed on stage.

With Valentine’s day just one day away, poets found commonality in loneliness — the irony of which was not lost on the performers.

Artists ripped open the free bags of Cheetos as well as themselves to reveal the struggles they overcome

in their day-to-day lives; struggles that were too personal to share with anyone but a stage, a spotlight and a working microphone.

Echoing the thoughts of those who were on stage, graduate student and screenwriting major McKinley “Blakghost” Bundick said his favorite thing about the event was the “safe space mentality.”

Others simply came to marinate in their thoughts and the beautifully disturbed imagery that could only come from a tortured soul trying to escape their pain, perhaps in search of a personal connection.

The crowd was supportive and gave the performers an unspoken understanding. Most performers took the stage feeling jittery or laughing nervously, but as they unveiled their coveted works, a surge of confidence possessed them.

As the poets delivered their final stanzas, their released spirits returned to their bodies and they reverted back to their normal selves, almost as if they were unaware of what just took place on the stage.

At the same time, it’s as if an overwhelming weight had been lifted off their shoulders.

Even for those who had the courage to share their most painful experiences, there was a sense of happiness from the performers — happiness that only a pen and paper could provide to any writer, and a love of poetry.

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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Men’s basketball to face rival 49ers

The Titans bounced back from their loss at UC Irvine by defeating UC Riverside 77-54 Saturday night at the SRC Arena.

The Titans defeated Cal State Long Beach in their previous matchup.

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Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball will look to continue its strong play against Big West teams when they play Long Beach State on Wednesday to conclude their regular season series.

The two teams faced off at the Walter Pyramid in Long

Beach earlier this season and the Titans came away with a 92-90 win in overtime.

The Titans are currently tied for second place in the Big West, at 6-3 in conference play, while the Beach comes into the game with a 3-6 record, holding seventh place.

CSUF has won six of their last seven games and has outscored opponents 530-459 during their run.

However, Long Beach lost six of their last seven games and has been outscored 561-515.

The game will feature three

of the top five scorers in the Big West: CSUF’s Kyle Allman Jr.(18.5 PPG), Khalil Ahmad (18.1 PPG) and Long Beach’s Deishaun Booker (17.8 PPG).

Booker leads the conference with 8.3 free throw attempts per game and an 88.9 free throw percentage.

In addition to his leading attempts and percentage, Booker ranks first with 177 free throws made and Allman ranking second with 94.

Despite their poor record, the 49ers are second in the conference in points per game behind

Cal State Northridge, averaging 75.2 in Big West play. The Beach’s up-tempo offense ranks within the top 30 teams in the country in their pace of play.

Since the start of conference play, the Titans have been one of the better defensive teams in the Big West, surrendering 66.8 points per game and placed third best defense in the conference.

The Beach may score a lot of points, but they allow a conference-worst 78.7 points per game.

These two schools have met

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116 times.

The Beach holds a 68-48 record against the Titans, but the Titans have won each of the last three matchups, including two in a row at Titan Gym. The Titans have played well on their home court thus far, winning six of their eight home games.

The Beach has been lacking on the road, winning only two of their 12 games so far this season.

The opening tipoff of this classic rivalry is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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CSUF baseball catchers Kameron Guangorena and Korrey Siracusa (left to right) practice at Goodwin Field.

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CONTINUED FROM 1 Cope will have competition with freshman catchers Korrey Siracusa and Kameron Guangorena, who will fight for the starting catching position.

Guangorena was named to the First Team All-Trinity League all four years of his high school career at St. John Bosco in Bellflower, California. Guangorena had a .348 career batting

average across his four years at St. John Bosco.

He holds the record for most hits at St. John Bosco with 126 hits.

Guangorena was the number one ranked catcher in California for his class, as well as being named the number six catcher nationally.

Guangorena also won a Gold Glove Award while he was at

St. John Bosco to go along with his two MVP awards within the team.

The Toronto Blue Jays drafted Guangorena in the 36th round in the 2018 MLB Draft, but he had committed to play baseball for CSUF. “They’re just seeing if I can play other spots. I’m athletic, so I can work other positions besides catching,” Guangorena said.