Wednesday February 27, 2019
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Titans ready to host weekend tournament
Volume 105 Issue 17
Textbook grants to expand Titan Bookstores will offer forty-five total scholarships worth up to $250. ESMERALDA FIGUEROA Staff Writer
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. JORDAN MENDOZA Daily Titan
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. SEE CLASSIC 8
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. SEE ASI
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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. SEE ROCK
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