Wednesday February 27, 2019

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The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Titans ready to host weekend tournament

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Textbook grants to expand Titan Bookstores will offer forty-five total scholarships worth up to $250.

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Cal State Fullerton hitters are batting .289 this season, which ranks second in the Big West.

Fourteen teams set to visit Fullerton for the annual Judi Garman Classic.

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The collegiate softball world will have their eyes on the city of Fullerton this weekend as Cal State Fullerton will host their

annual Judi Garman Classic.

The Titans will welcome a stacked field, six of the 14 teams participating are ranked in the USA Today coaches’ poll.

To add to the tournament’s resume, four of those ranked teams are in the top of seven (No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 Florida, No. 5 Washington, No. 7 Tennessee).

Other ranked teams in the classic include No. 20 Oregon and No.

22 Auburn.

The tournament will also host some of the best programs in softball. Eighteen of the 37 Women’s College World Series championships have been won by the participating teams: UCLA leading with 12, Florida with two and CSUF, Washington, Fresno State and Michigan each with one win.

Last year, UCLA, Florida, Oregon and Washington all appeared

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in the WCWS. Since being introduced in 2006, the tournament has honored former Titan head coach Judi Garman. Garman coached the Titans from 1980-1999, finishing her career with a .708 winning percentage. She also won nine conference titles and the Titans’ only national championship in 1986.

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Mike Dickerson, a campus engagement specialist, addressed upcoming changes to Associated Students Inc. and Titan Shops bookstore Book Loan Scholarship at Tuesday’s the ASI Board of Directors meeting.

The current scholarship program, which is funded by Titan Shops, allows eligible students to borrow textbooks for free for a single semester. There is no limit on the amount of books that a student can rent out as long as they are books they need for that designated semester.

ASI awards 35 book scholarships each semester, with a total of 70 scholarships per year.

Mike Dickerson, a campus engagement specialist, said the program proved to be problematic when it came to tracking down books at the end of the semester.

Students would often return books in poor condition, unopened packages or not returned at all, Dickerson said.

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RockStars of Art blends paint and music The history of Rock ‘n’ Roll was portrayed through canvases and choruses.

YVONNE VILLASENOR Staff Writer

Edgy flair, music, alcohol and sensuality combined at the RockStars of Art Gallery in Newport Beach on Friday, Feb. 22 for Grammy award-winning artist, Jim Warren. Proclaimed as “NOT your mother’s art gallery,” the gallery opened last February and just celebrated its one-year anniversary.

Billy Hinsche delivered a contemporary musical performance for the night, as he serenaded the audience and passionately played his guitar.

Hinsche was a member of the ‘60s group, Dino, Desi & Billy, and toured with The Beach Boys. He was invited by Cory Marie and Greg Frey, owners of the gallery and friends of the artist, to come out from Las Vegas to make a second appearance.

It was only appropriate to have Hinsche perform his group’s previous hits at the event considering he auditioned for Frank Sinatra in Dean Martin’s living room. Hinsche also collaborated with Elton John, America and Joan Jett, was signed to Reprise Records and is currently organizing his own one-man show.

“This is all for Jim Warren,” said Janessa Bookout, a gallery manager, as the harmony of

Billy Hinsche serenaded the audience at the RockStars of Art Gallery with an acoustic guitar performance.

guitar chords resonated in the background.

Born and raised in Long Beach, Warren currently lives in Florida, but returns to Southern California to visit his parents and family.

“Since he was coming to

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town, we decided to have an event for him. We get to be his hometown gallery,” Bookout said.

Warren began painting 50 years ago when he was in high school, creating somewhere over 3,000 paintings. His works

consist of colorful and surreal scenes that portray a dream-like world.

A current painter for Disney Fine Art, Warren illustrated book covers for Clive Barker, a horror writer and director, in the ‘80s. One of his most

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notable accomplishments was in 1981, when Warren drew Bob Seger’s “Against the Wind” album cover and won a Grammy for Best Recording Package.

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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Fullerton Library houses Japanese doll The antique is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

BAYLEE MAUST Staff Writer

In 1926, a Japanese missionary sought to fix relations between anti-sentiment tensions of the United States and Japan with the start of the friendship doll program. The Fullerton Public Library is still home to a doll from the Japanese Dolls of Gratitude collection.

When Rev. Sidney Gulick returned from missionary work in Japan in 1913, he began the Committee on World Friendship Among Children to strengthen bonds between Japanese and Americans.

The doll, Miss Fukue Atsumi, came to Fullerton from the Fukue school in Atsumi, Japan, the city she is named after.

Janine Jacobs, manager of children’s services at the Fullerton Public Library, said their doll is not a friendship doll, but rather from the Japanese Dolls of Gratitude collection. Miss Fukue Atsumi is one of a kind, along with another Japanese Doll of Gratitude on display at a museum in New Jersey.

“What’s interesting is we’re trying to find out more. We found a few years ago the history of Fullerton and at that point we had this doll. We don’t know all of its history,” Jacobs said.

Jacobs said that eighth-grade girls from a Presbyterian church sent a doll called Ms. Esther California to Japan. Along with her went notes of friendship to the other Japanese children.

Ms. Ester California intended to travel to Fullerton’s sister city, Fukui, but instead got sent to the school in the city of Fukue, where the school reciprocated the doll back, according to Jacobs.

“They sent accompany dolls so that the doll would not be lonely.

The extra dolls that the U.S. sent, because there were so many, they just gave them to schools,” Jacobs said.

Jacobs said Miss Fukue Atsumi was previously on display in the children’s section of the library until the ‘90s when the staff realized the material on her kimono was fading.

“She was purely taken off display not to hide her as to preserve her,” Jacobs said.

Even though the historical doll has been taken off display, the library staff will occasionally bring her out to display her historical significance.

“When we talk to the thirdgrade kids on the history of Fullerton, we always bring her out and tell them her story. They get a chance to see what she looks like,” Jacobs said.

When World War II began, many Japanese people were told to give up and destroy their friendship dolls, said Jacobs. Similarly, many of the dolls were also destroyed in the United States.

“There were some people that hid some of them and kept some of them. In this country, some of the dolls were destroyed again, but we’ve kept our doll and so she’s one of a few,” Jacobs said.

She added that there are not a lot of treasures in Fullerton but she considers Miss Fukue Atsumi to be one of the unique things about Fullerton’s history.

“We didn’t realize how rare she was until recently. She’s one of our cities treasures so were hanging onto her as such,” Jacobs said.

June Mcintire, the children’s librarian said the Fullerton library gets an abundance of donated displays from children and the elderly.

“We had to put them someplace, so we try to put them out where they’d be appreciated,” Mcintire said.

Mcintire said the library can not keep everything they receive as they have a basement full of old items, but the displays and collectables they receive are displayed from time to time.

“It’s nice to have them in case we need them. We’re always putting up different displays so they come in handy,” Mcintire said.

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Miss Fukue Atsumi is a Japanese friendship doll from the 1920s, given to the US from the Japanese city of Atsumi.

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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2019

CSU announces new recycling plan CSUF and other colleges aim to eliminate all solid waste in the next five years.

TIFFANY MALONEY Staff Writer

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The California State Universities require all campuses to phase out single-use plastic items such as plasticware and Styrofoam containers by 2023.

The CSUs’ goal is to completely phase out straws and plastic bags at all 23 campuses by this year.

“We’ve already greatly reduced [waste].” So, I’d say I think we’re on track,” said Dan Miranda, campus waste management specialist.

Established sustainability policies have been in place since 1978. However, in 2014, the CSUs introduced a revised version of the sustainability policy.

The policy touches on a variety of topics affecting the ecosystem including sustainable building practices, water conservation and energy independence.

The ultimate goal is to reach a zero amount of solid waste.

The process of banning plastics starts by affecting vendors of the plastic, and then campus waste operations, Miranda said.

“To get down to zero, obviously, it’s going to be difficult.

The ultimate goal is about 80 percent diversion away from the landfill by 2020,” said Michael Lotito, associate director of plant operations.

“This plastics ban, the single-use plastics ban, is a huge stride toward that,” Miranda said.

The numbers would improve overall if the school did

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Over the next five years, CSUF and all on campus vendors are set to cut down their single-use items such as straws and plastic foam.

not allow students and faculty members to have access to single use plastics, Miranda said.

He explained that one of the trash bins he was going through for an audit contained amounts of plastic beverage cups, paper cups and microwavable bowls.

In terms of whether Cal State Fullerton is on track to phase out the current wave of plastics, the progress is up to food vendors on campus, Lotito and Miranda said.

The CSU-wide goal also extends to solid waste, including food. To meet this target, CSUF has met the 2016 goal to reduce waste by half, Miranda said.

“I think we’re on track. Especially with some of the compost. We’re going be starting a composting program here between the Arboretum, and (Republic Services) is going to be taking some of our waste away so we’re going to see a greater reduction there from the food

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waste,” Miranda said.

Along with the partnerships, Miranda is seeking to further reduce waste by implementing an online auction for it through Public Surplus, a government surplus site where public business can sell excess items to online buyers.

The site sells items from airports, buildings, animals and livestock, clothing, heavy houseware, jewelry and food supply.

CSUF will use the site to sell equipment and furniture surplus.

“They’re basically going to be funneling all of our items, equipment and furniture surplus items on the campus; they’re going to be funneling to an online auction site to give them a second life somewhere else,” Miranda said.

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ASI: Changes to book loan award

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CONTINUED FROM 1 “It’s pretty labor intensive to track those books that are out and as they come back it’s kind of a wasted thing,” said Dickerson.

The scholarship application, which can be found on the ASI website states, “The return or purchase of all rented books at the end of each semester is important to the continued success of the scholarship program.”

With books not being returned on time, in the right condition or at all, it is difficult to continue the loan program said Dickerson.

Starting in the 2019 fall semester, the scholarship program will become a cash value program instead of a loan program.

Students who are selected for the scholarship will be awarded up to $250 to spend on books for the semester. Students can choose which textbook format they prefer, whether it is a physical or a digital copy of the book, according to Dickerson.

Dickerson added that the $250 cash value should be enough to buy books, especially with the option of digital books.

“So that $250 — if the

students are renting books or getting digital books, they’ll find the total cost is gonna be — it could be even less than that,” Dickerson said.

Because students will be awarded a set amount of money instead of renting all the books they need, Titan Shops will be able to award more scholarships. Rather than 35 scholarships, they will now be able to fund 45 scholarships per semester.

The current program also allows for students to be able to rent books without a set price limit. Some students could rent books that amount to more than $250 and others could rent books that amount to less, said Dickerson.

“Each student will get up to $250 they can spend on their textbooks and they can keep those as purchases or sell those back,” Dickerson said. “It’s really expanding the book scholarship program and providing a little more leeway for the students, making it easier on our back end as far as crediting the students for the amounts as opposed to tracking books and going after books.”

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Review: Ken Jeong’s stand-up disappoints Netflix’s “Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho” doesn’t offer quality material.

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BA-DUNG — a vibrant and familiar red “N” encapsulates a lifeless black screen, and in an instant, reveals the iconic seven-letter name. This name has captivated hundreds of millions of subscribers since the beginning of its streaming service in 2007, which is just nine years after its initial launch as an online DVD rental company.

Netflix has become a media empire, in large part due to its ability to bring high-quality, binge-worthy and original content through the convenience of the small screen.

Amid the streaming platforms’ wide spectrum of Netflix Original movies, documentaries and shows, lies a steady selection of commissioned stand-up comedy specials.

Alongside Adam Sandler and Ellen DeGeneres’ specials, released in 2018, Asian-American doctor turned comedy actor, Ken Jeong, released his first Netflix comedy routine this year that is entitled, “Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho.” The telecast was released on Valentine’s Day in the Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena, where Jeong said, “(He) got (his) start.”

A range of comedy’s biggest stars — from Dave Chappelle, to Jim Gaffigan, to John Mulaney and the likes — have worked with the streaming mogul to create timeless stand-up routines.

The stand-up specials feature unique and innovative material

to be laughed at by the masses, so long as the one friend paying for a Netflix account does not change their password or forget to pay the bill.

In a more recent trend, Netflix seems to have been making a concerted effort to push out stand-up specials featuring comedic actors getting another shot, or final attempt on the big stage.

Unfortunately for Jeong the hour long, expletive-laden, behind-the-scenes walkthrough of his most famous works were all but riveting, with what little material that was prepared being only mildly entertaining.

Throughout the special, Jeong’s myriad of mentions to his work as Mr. Chow in “The Hangover” franchise, his unnecessarily frequent callouts for his small role in “Crazy Rich Asians” and his shamelessly-dated jokes based on Asian stereotypes, overshadowed his ability to shine as an improvisational guru with the crowd.

Jeong’s gross misuse of personal anecdotes from his work on set, coupled with forgettable quips ending in, “Because I’m a good f------ Asian. You know what I mean,” contributed to the dampening of more interesting details surrounding his special, like how he had to come to the aid of several individuals as an impromptu doctor on set and on stage, or how he deals with life at home.

For much of his performance, audience members gave some of the loudest segments of applause to the brief moments where he reiterated his thankfulness for being casted in films that furthered his career.

In Jeong’s mention of “Crazy Rich Asians,” for instance, Jeong made it a point to

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emphasize the film for being the first all Asian-American movie cast in 25 years since “The Joy Luck Club,” which is an individually important and applause worthy honor for cinematographic history.

But when a wealth of audience reactions in a stand-up special are induced by crowd pandering techniques instead of punchlines and clever gibes,

it connotes a lack of confidence in stand-alone comedic material and a general sparsity of prepared substance.

For students, faculty and alumni of Cal State Fullerton, however, perhaps in “Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho” the most worthwhile payoff is in the special’s final minutes where Jeong walks offstage and flashes a small Titan towel

with the message, “C.R.A Titans (pictographic heart) Ken Jeong,” written on it.

While Jeong’s return to standup was not mired in the glory he might have wanted, his tenure as an actor, improvisational chops, ability to work the crowd and inexplicable ties to campus are just a handful of reasons viewers might want to give this special a chance.

Rock: Serenades and canvas creations

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Billy Hinsche performed in front of an intimate audience at the RockStars of Art Gallery.

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Jim Warren’s art consists of vibrant and surreal canvasses depicting dream-like scenarios.

CONTINUED FROM 1 Warren emphasized that his art is different, and said he wants people to stop and consider the meaning behind it.

“I like to combine different things together to make something completely unique,” Warren said.

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The Beatles, The Beach Boys and nature.

Growing up, Warren drew inspiration from the beach and waves, as his admiration for what he enjoyed has always found its way in art.

The RockStars of Art Gallery has two levels and features works from the original “Rockstar of the Art World” Michael Godard, Trevor “Stickman”

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Artwork by Michael Godard, the self-proclaimed original ‘rockstar of the art world.’

Stickel, Scotty Ziegler, Trevor Mezak, Jon Rouse and Zedekiah. Pieces vary from mixed media, aerial photography, portraits and original paintings.

Makena Collins, a Cal State Fullerton illustration major, attended the event because her mother, who worked at the gallery, convinced her to go since she is an artist who loves rock ‘n’ roll.

“The fact that the art here just appeals to youth and appeals to the older scale — it appeals to everybody, and it’s just really aesthetically beautiful to look at, and pops of color, it’s just really exciting,” Collins said.

The Newport Beach venue is the sister location of the Michael Godard Art Gallery at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas gallery has been

open for over 10 years, and many of the artists featured in the RockStars of Art Gallery have established relationships with the owners.

Both collections are available at the two locations. RockStars of Art Gallery puts on free events at least once a month, and their next show featuring Niree Kodaverdian will take place on March 8 in Newport Beach.

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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Column: It’s never a random airport search As a Muslim-American I find myself being profiled by TSA.

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“Sir, we’re going to have to extensively pat down your groin and buttocks area,” said the very buff Transportation Security Administration agent at the Los Angeles International Airport on my way to Myanmar.

Being the son of a diplomat, I have survived long flights to crappy airports all across the world.

My family and I have been randomly selected for security searches at a lot of these airports. After my latest experience at LAX, it’s starting to feel like these searches aren’t so random.

I am a 21-year-old Egyptian man with a beard as luscious and rich as Saudi Arabian oil fields fitted with a name that sounds like Osama. My appearance is intimidating, but I assure you I’m as much as a threat to your national security as Barney, the imaginary purple dinosaur.

I have been through the Amsterdam airport multiple times, only to be pulled

to the side of the security line multiple times for an additional search.

Growing up, I was just a kid who spent his nights scoring my play sessions with car noises and explosion sound effects on a itchy Persian carpet as my parents watched the news.

I was a 4-year-old going to kindergarten in Botswana when two airplanes crashed into the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001.

I had no idea how the race and proclaimed religion of the perpetrators would change the rest of my life. I could not grasp why 2,997 people were brutally and horribly killed. I didn’t understand what Al-Qaeda was or why they were angry at the United States.

Perhaps I did not make the connection to Islam because to me, Islam was peace. Is-

lam condemned the murder of innocent people. It condemned suicide and, therefore, it condemned suicidal acts and bombers.

I am American. I am Muslim.

I didn’t understand why the two couldn’t co-exist if I existed. I am proud to be both.

My parents are Muslim and they are accepting of everyone. They are

generous, kind and respectful.

That’s what Islam is to me.

It is love.

It will always be love and peace, no matter how groups like ISIS, the Taliban and Al-Qaeda try to make it.

It’s offensive for people to call these groups fundamentalists because they miss the fundamentals of what Muslims actually believe and what most Muslims practice.

These groups don’t know God. They’re eager for war because they grew up powerless. It frustrated them and made them angry and

hateful. This is their way of establishing their dominance and of finding a purpose.

These were groups of individuals who were easily influenced by the fiddles of pied pipers who want to build a destructive empire based off their own insecurities. Individuals who preyed on the weak mentality of hopeless kids who were scared of the world they live in.

Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush declared the war on terrorism.

The war on terrorism isn’t much different from the war on drugs in the sense that it’s not a war against a sovereign nation.

Nevertheless, Bush sent U.S. and coalition forces to invade Afghanistan, targeting the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, and invading Iraq under the pretense

that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

Iraq had nothing to do with the terror acts that occurred on 9/11. The Iraqi women, men and children who were already being persecuted by a blood-hungry dictator didn’t need to feel the wrath of U.S. bombs raining down on their desert.

It seems like the war on drugs criminalized drug users in a similar manner that and the war on terror, put a target on the backs of Muslims and Arabs.

The irony of the war on terror is one that I will never get over.

Rather than rid the world of terrorism or fear, it celebrates it instead. It increased the fear of the

other or unknown and used the Patriot Act to side-step the rights to privacy and constitutional rights of individuals.

President Donald Trump ran on a platform that antagonized immigrants, Muslims and people of color. He won the presidency based on this offensive rhetoric.

Last summer, the Supreme Court passed the Muslim travel ban with a 5-4 vote. The majority of the court found that Trump’s rhetoric did not affect his powers to secure the country’s ports of entry, according to the Washington Post.

The law unfairly criminalizes refugees from a handful of Arabic nations coming into this country and calls for their basic human rights to be put on the back burner. It’s America’s favorite pastime: systemic racism.

It’s been almost 18 years since 9/11. And yet, I can guarantee you that every Muslim or Middle Eastern-looking person still feels the ripple effects of this event every time they pass through a security checkpoint at an airport.

Chances are, if your name is Ahmed,

they’re searching you.

It’s gotten to the point where I expect it. And I worry about it. Fear makes people react in a certain way. It makes them distrustful. It makes them quick to pull triggers and hesitant to ask the right questions.

Franklin Roosevelt was right when he said the only thing we should fear is fear itself. Fear terrifies me, and so does the obvious profiling that takes place at airports.

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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Classic: CSUF to play highly ranked teams CONTINUED FROM 1 The five-day tournament will have a total 36 games at CSUF, with 20 being played at Anderson Family Field and the remaining 16 taking place at the adjacent PGF/secondary Field.

The classic will kick off Wednesday night with a championship rematch between UCLA and Florida at 6 p.m. After both teams won their opening match up in Oklahoma City last year, the Bruins defeated the Gators 6-5, although both teams would not make the finals of the WCWS. The Titans will start the classic on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. against the reigning Pac-12 champions, Oregon.

The Ducks are led by sophomore left-hander Jordan Dail, who won all of her nine starts

this season, and has a 2.33 ERA. Dail pitched six complete games, with two of them being shutouts. However, the Ducks will be coming off a morning game with the Gators, which might benefit the Titans, as the other Duck pitchers have a 10.30 ERA and are 2-4 this year.

CSUF’s second tournament game will be against UConn on Friday. The Huskies started the season 3-0, but have lost each of their last nine games.

Saturday’s game will be against the University of TexasSan Antonio. The Roadrunners are currently on a seven game win streak, and went 5-0 in the Cardinal Classic this past weekend in Texas. During their win streak, UTSA pitched four shutouts, and outscored opponents

16-0 in their last three games.

The Titans will play a doubleheader on the final day of the tournament, with the first game at 11:15 a.m. against last year’s national runner-up, Washington.

This will be the second time of the season that the Titans face the Huskies. Washington defeated CSUF 1-0 this past Saturday at the Mary Nutter Classic.

CSUF will conclude the weekend against New Mexico at 1:30 p.m., who will also be coming off a double header against UConn.

The Lobos are led by sophomore, Bailey Klitzke, who is hitting .400 this year.

All games for the tournament will be broadcasted on Flo Softball.

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Freshman, Alexa Neil (12) speeds toward first base.

Titans search for stability against UCI A win for Fullerton could mean a spot in the Big West Tournament.

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After snapping its six-game losing streak with a 74-62 win over UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball look to gain ground in the Big West when they play UC Irvine on Wednesday.

However, the feeling of victory was short-lived after CSUF lost to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo last Saturday.

With the regular season winding down, they currently occupy the seventh seed ahead of the Big West championships that begin on March 13.

The Mustangs scored 25 points in the fourth quarter, making 66.7 percent of their field goal attempts in a 69-58 win.

Although forward Carolyn Gill struggled on offense against Cal Poly SLO, she thrived on the defensive end, coming up with three of the Titans’ seven steals of the night and securing eight rebounds.

Despite the Titans’ documented struggles as of late, guard Raina Perez has been experiencing her own success on the court.

Perez reached double figures in scoring for the fifth consecutive game while shooting 47.1 percent from beyond the arc during that span.

After coming off the bench for five consecutive games, guard Hannah Thompson has been averaging 13.5 points per game since being reinstated to the starting lineup forn the last two games.

The Titans’ defense will be tasked with slowing down the Anteaters’ offense, whose 70.2 points per game average is the second highest in the Big West.

Senior guard Hannah Thompson drives past UCSB freshman,Kiana Vierra en route to a 74-62 Titan victory on Feb. 21.

CSUF has limited opponents to 65.7 points per game, and patience and discipline from the defensive end has the Titans committing an average of 14.1 fouls per game, which ranks lowest in the conference.

The Titans’ ability to stretch the floor on offense may present some challenges for UCI’s

defense, as their 31.8 percent conversion rate from 3-point range is ranked third in the conference Forward Amiee Book leads the charge for CSUF’s efficiency from beyond the arc with 43.6 percent shooting average.

Along with the Titans, the Anteaters look to get back into

the win column after losing to UC Riverside, 66-65.

After leading by as many as six points with under 10 minutes to play in the fourth quarter, UCI found themselves trailing by two points after a three-pointer by Riverside guard Tianna Eaton with five seconds left in regulation.

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The Anteaters’ biggest allaround threat comes in the form of 5-foot-11-inch guard Jordan Sanders, who is the second leading scorer in the conference with a 20.6 points per game average, and being team leader in blocks per game (1.2).

Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Titan Gym.