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Thursday April 23, 2015 Volume 97 Issue 44The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

A day to celebrate the revival of the vinyl

Nobel prize winner speaks to students

News Features3 5

Bakersfield dominates Titans in blowout

America is ready for a woman president

Opinion Sports6 8

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Editorial

In recent semesters, CSUF media relations officials have developed a shameful track record of delaying and denying inquiries from Daily Titan reporters.

Strategic Communica-tions, the department that oversees media relations, has kept the university so tight-lipped that a great deal of information im-portant to the interests of the CSUF’s students, fac-ulty, staff and parents has gone unpublished.

CSUF media relations officials block the Daily Titan’s access to adminis-trators and require report-ers to submit all questions through email, denying requests for in-person or phone interviews. When a response is received, sometimes more than a month later, the informa-tion it contains is often wa-tered-down, filtered and written by a media rela-tions officer.

“It’s a terrible practice that signals an organization that is hiding something,” Frank LoMonte, the exec-utive director of the Stu-dent Press Law Center, a nonprofit legal assistance agency that advocates for student First Amendment rights said. “It shows a lack of transparency, a lack of accountability and is also an indicator that the in-stitution has much bigger problems.”

A small sample of sto-ries that have met this type of roadblock includes

coverage of how the uni-versity handles rape accu-sations, expired elevator permits, campus deferred maintenance, new trash cans on Titan Walk, the smoking ban and a pro-file story about a campus custodian.

Even a story about the university swapping grass lawns with drought-toler-ant plants was met with obstruction and a refusal to grant an in-person in-terview with an official. For weeks, the reporter corresponded with Chris-topher Bugbee, the direc-tor of Media Relations as he served as a go-between between the reporter and administrators.

In an email forwarded to the Daily Titan on Nov. 5, 2014 answering the plant inquiry, Bugbee made this remark to a university of-ficial about answering a reporter’s question: “Han-dled—off the hook ‘til ear-ly next week. I’m hoping they’ll get tired of this and go with what they have.”

The above response is not an isolated incident. For years, Bugbee has been rude and unprofessional with Daily Titan reporters. His actions are not appro-priate as a representative of the university.

These actions are a fail-ure on the part of a public official to be accessible and to provide public informa-tion on the university in a timely manner. The plant inquiry shows an attempt to use delaying tactics to

purposefully kill a story. A reporter might expect

to be stonewalled when an administrator is trying to hide something, but the fact that even the most in-nocuous stories are being met with firm roadblocks sends the message that the university does not hold transparency as a priority.

In response to an inqui-ry on university media re-lations policy in Febru-ary, Bugbee, a university

spokesman, denied that he is responsible for a de-crease in access to admin-istrators, but that the blame lies with university Presi-dent Mildred García.

In a Tuesday, Feb. 3 email, Bugbee wrote that when compared to interac-tion with the media under President Milton Gordon, “Under President García, the rules of media engage-ment have clearly shifted to a more centralized, less free-wheeling process.”

We believe the univer-sity is better than hiding the truth from the public it serves.

When a media relations official does return respons-es to a reporter, they contain a disclaimer that states, “All information in this email is provided on background

and may neither be quoted nor attributed to specific in-dividuals without negotia-tion case by case.”

The Daily Titan does not agree to these terms and, therefore, is under no obli-gation to abide by this dis-claimer, LoMonte said.

In-person and phone in-terviews are key to the journalistic process and to deny them allows the uni-versity a massive opportu-nity to conceal public in-

formation. Denying the news media the opportu-nity to question university administrators directly is an intolerable disservice to the students who bankroll the majority of the univer-sity’s operating fund.

When Strategic Commu-nications mediates a me-dia inquiry, the interaction almost never ends with an in-person interview.

This semester, despite a long, cordial relationship with the Daily Titan, even University Police officials are now required to submit to mediation by Strategic Communications.

Media relations officials must change their inter-actions with the Daily Ti-tan so that we might bet-ter achieve our objective of serving students and

everyone else at CSUF by providing campus news in a timely and accurate manner.

Interception on the part of Strategic Communica-tion limits our breadth of understanding on univer-sity issues. Interception does not give university administrators an oppor-tunity to provide explana-tion or context to a report-er and allows far too much opportunity to avoid ad-dressing issues.

Key to remember is that university commu-nications policy does not require university offi-cials to submit to me-diation by Strategic Communications.

According to campus media policy, Strategic Communications’ media relations office exists as a resource to aid media in-quiries but that “members of the campus community” can “elect to speak with the news media directly, in-cluding the Daily Titan.”

A small handful of cam-pus administrators do elect to speak directly with the Daily Titan, citing a need for contextualized infor-mation in reporting and increased accuracy.

We applaud these peo-ple and urge more admin-istrators to follow their example.

We urge President García to take notice and put a stop to the unreason-able actions by her Stra-tegic Communications department.

CHRISTOPHER BUGBEEDirector of Media Relations, University Spokesman

Under President García, the rules of media engagement have clearly shifted to a more centralized, less free-wheeling process.

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University fails public interest by locking down media’s access

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Students gathered on the Titan Walk near the Becker Amphitheater to try foods and products from businesses promoting sustainability and environmental consciousness Wednesday during the farmer’s market hosted as part of Earth Week on campus.

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Council discusses Brea Dam blaze

Students sample sustainable foods for Earth Week event

The Fullerton City Coun-cil meeting began Tuesday night with an update from Fire Chief Wolfgang Knabe on Saturday’s brush fire.

The fire occurred Satur-day afternoon and was first reported a little after 1 p.m. around the Brea Dam Rec-reational area, Knabe said. Knabe reported that about 100 firefighters were on the scene along with two heli-copters that assisted with firefighting operations, one from the Orange County Fire Authority and another from the Anaheim Police.

Knabe also stated that helicopters were scarce at that time because of other fires that were going on, and some helicopters were down for maintanence.

There were no injuries to civilians or any structur-al loss, but the cause of the fire is not yet known, Knabe said. Officials are still look-ing into whether there was any connection with another fire in Corona that occurred around the same time, he said.

The council addressed how the public is notified when major incidents hap-pen. Knabe explained that for evacuations it uses OC alerts, press releases and re-verse 911 calls, a system in which emergency notifica-tions can be delivered to res-idents of a particular area.

To inform the public of situations that are less of an emergency, for exam-ple when a fire like Satur-day’s breaks out, officials are looking at platforms like Twitter and Facebook, Knabe said.

The council also approved to enter into a lease agreement with Verizon for construction, operation and maintenance of cellular facilities.

The wireless telecommu-nications facility would be built in two locations, one at the Euclid Tank Farm and another at Gilbert Park.

Also approved was the Orange County North

Basin cleanup project. The project is designed to clean up chemicals found in the water that lies in the under-ground basin in Anaheim and Fullerton.

The original plan con-sisted of six extraction

wells drilled in Fullerton, five miles of pipeline and a central treatment plant to clean up the chemicals found in the water. The chemicals have been traced to industrial and manufac-turing operations.

Although the contami-nated water is not part of the drinking water supply, the proposal states that, over time, it is possible for some of the contamination to migrate and compromise drinking water production.

Members also approve agreement for cellular facilities

KLARISSA ALCALADaily Titan

The Fullerton City Council voted Tuesday to approve a lease agreement with Verizon. AMANDA SHARP / DAILY TITAN FILE PHOTO

Nobel Peace Prize recipi-ent Rigoberta Menchú gave a speech in the Titan gym Wednesday evening on how past social movement lead-ers gave her the inspiration that propelled into activ-ism and how students can get involved.

The 1992 prize recipient spoke in Spanish as a transla-tor related her messages about choosing a major in college and the benefits of solving small problems, even if those problems are at a personal level. Menchú also stressed the importance of social consciousness.

“The most important thing is why, for what purpose are we getting our degrees?”

Menchú said to the crowd of nearly 300. She told everyone that they should look toward their experiences and to oth-ers around them so they can see what the immediate issues are.

“Look at the area around you,” Menchú said.

Change starts small, she said.

“If we are able to solve a small problem … then we will be able to solve a larg-er problem,” she said. Ce-sar Chavez, Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi and oth-er social activists influenced her younger years and helped push her toward activism in Guatemala, she said.

She admonished the por-trayal of native groups and how their activism is made to look violent.

“We have to get back to the most basic ethics,” Menchú said. “The most important thing is to be conscious of our way of life.”

Good policies will form

at corporate and government levels if social conscious-ness was put into education, Menchú said.

She reminded the crowd of the atrocities in South Ameri-ca committed by the hands of the different governments.

Much of the history and struggles of the South Amer-ican groups can be traced back to the last 40 years, in-stead of the time of colonial-ism, Menchú said.

During those four decades, various crimes such as fe-ticide have arisen, Menchú said. She chastised govern-ments that rip babies out of mothers’ wombs to retaliate against dissidents.

Ecocide, destruction of the environment, is also another serious crime that has aris-en in modern times, Menchú said.

She emphasized to those in attendance that environmen-tal difficulties don’t just affect animals or the environment, but individuals and their

communities as well. For example, eating

cauliflower that has been treated with chemicals or that are genetically modi-fied is not just harmful to the environment and sur-rounding wildlife, but also

our bodies, Menchú said. Menchú remarked that she

admired the diversity of the crowd and that she would like to see the eyes of the crowd looking back at her when she closed her eyes.

She told everyone that

it’s paramount to remember the voices of the past and the history, but reminded everyone that, “the most important thing for us to see is not what is written down, it’s what’s not writ-ten down yet.”

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Motorcyclist taken to hospital after crash

Activist encourages students

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú spoke to students in the Titan Gym Wednesday. AMANDA SHARP / DAILY TITAN

Rigoberta Menchú speaks on importance of local activism

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A man exposed himself to a female student in Pollak Library Wednesday, according to a bulletin from University Police.

The incident occurred on the third floor of the library at about 1:30 p.m.

The suspect is a Hispanic man in his

early twenties, who was reported to be of a medium build, with a goatee and approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall, ac-cording to the report.

He was wearing a dark gray shirt, gray and white plaid shorts and was carrying a backpack.

Information on the suspect can be re-ported to the University Police Inves-tigations Unit at (657) 278-2191 or at (657) 278-2902.

Man exposes himself to student in library

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An unidentified man was transported to a hospital with apparent injuries after losing control of his motor-cycle near the Eastside Park-ing Structure at Cal State

Fullerton shortly after 7:30 p.m., on-scene eyewitnesses said.

The motorcyclist was coming quickly around a curve adjacent to a center median when the motorcycle slid out from underneath of him, the eyewitnesses said.

The southbound lane of Folino Drive from the Eastside Parking Structure was blocked by emergency personnel.

Officials from Cal State

Fullerton’s University Po-lice and Fullerton Fire De-partment arrived on scene to tend to the injured motor-cyclist and transported him by stretcher onto a ground ambulance.

No details on the extent of the man’s injuries were read-ily available, as on-scene University Police personnel declined to comment and instead directed inquiries to Capt. John Brockie of Uni-versity Police.

Accident blocked southbound lane of Folino Drive

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A motorcyclist was taken to a hospital Wednesday after crashing near the Eastside structure. AMANDA SHARP / DAILY TITAN

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Cars laid out for Earth Week

The eco-friendly way of driving is ready to purify the earth from smog.

An array of electric and hybrid vehicles from Plug In America, an organiza-tion that advocates for the use of electric cars, radiated the outer corner of the Quad Tuesday at Cal State Fuller-ton’s seventh annual Earth Week. The event was orga-nized by Associated Stu-dents, Inc. and the Center for Sustainability.

“We campaign and ed-ucate students on environ-mental issues and imple-ment new strategies and give a lot of promo items and do events,” said Emerolina Cantu, vice chair for Asso-ciated Students, Inc. Envi-ronmental Sustainability committee.

A Tesla, the Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt and the Mitsubi-shi I-Miev lined up aside its friendly and environmental-ly passionate owners that an-swered questions and com-ments about their vehicle to students.

But the road to electric transportation had a rough start. Hybrids and electric vehicles were initially leased vehicles that were recalled and demolished by vehicle companies, co-founder of the Plug In America organi-zation Linda Nicholes said.

For example, Toyota’s Rav4 EV and GM’s Chevy EV1 were the only existing electrical cars that were be-ing crushed by car compa-nies. But Plug In America

worked to protest the de-struction of electric vehicles in order to help the environ-ment, Nicholes said.

Among the businesses and governmental agencies on campus during Earth Week, Plug In America, has been an Earth Week participant for the past four years. Nich-oles has witnessed the stu-dent’s interest for oil-free vehicles increase over time, she said.

“We just get so many more questions, so many more people hanging around, wanting to know, wanting to

see, wanting to experience,” Nicholes said. “And they ask such intelligent ques-tions, they know about elec-tric cars now, before I think they felt that they were just an oddity.”

Students walking through the exhibition stopped in front of Nicholes’ Tesla to look inside and snap pho-tos. Its burgundy paint job and blackened rims weren’t the only things drawing at-tention to the fancy sports-car. The open hood, which exposed Tesla’s revolution-ary electric motor. Tesla’s

unique electric motor con-verts electricity into me-chanical power and also acts as a generator, turning me-chanical power into elec-tricity, according to Tesla’s website. In turn, the tra-ditional engine housing is utilized as a trunk for stor-age. The Tesla can drive 265 miles on a 20 minute charge and three and a half charger from home, Nicholes said.

Having no engine parts means no frequent visits to the mechanic for main-tenance and many owners have solar panels installed

at home to produce the elec-tricity needed to power their cars, Nicholes said. It also leaves her with a clean con-scious that she is helping others breathe clean air.

On display, two spaces away from the Tesla was the 2012 Mitsubishi I-Miev, one of the most affordable elec-trical vehicles people can buy, said Jeffrey Ho, own-er of the I-Miev and Plug In America member.

The small vehicle can go through the city on a 70 mile range, with a top speed of 85 mph, Ho said. It charges

around 80 percent in 40 min-utes. “It will get you around pretty quick,” he said.

Ho met Nicholes more than a year ago, where the similar sparked inter-est of electrical cars and exclusion of oil industry circuited.

Together, Plug In Amer-ica continues to promote the usage of electric and hybrid vehicles to sustain the environment without petroleum.

“No war has ever been fought for electricity and it never will be,” Nicholes said.

A flashy Tesla on campus to teach about the environment

MARCIELA GOMEZDaily Titan

Linda Nicholes, co-founder of the Plug In America organization, displayed her electric car, a burgundy Tesla (above) in order to bring awareness to electric vehicles during Earth Week. The car leaves her with a clean conscious that she is helping others breath clean air.

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Cal State Fullerton student veterans will be honored at the 8th Annual Veterans Ap-preciation Night Saturday.

Two CSUF veteran stu-dents will receive $1,000 scholarships for success and one of those students, being Melissa Arellano, who will be deployed in 2016, will be honored, ac-cording to the CSUF Veter-an Resource Center.

“It is an opportunity for the staff and faculty and com-munity members, and the students themselves to show gratitude and appreciation for each other,” said Veteran Student Services Coordinator Catherine Ward.

Ward said she expects about 300 people to attend the event.

The event is a collabora-tion between Veteran Student Services and the Student Vet-eran Association, said Ste-phen Coffey, a work study student for Veteran Student Services and member of Stu-dent Veteran Association.

As organizations that help veteran students, both Veter-an Student Services and the

Student Veteran Association help student veterans connect to the campus and communi-ty, Coffey said.

“I think there can be a bar-rier maybe, for student veter-an and other students,” Cof-fey said.

This night also shows grat-itude toward those two orga-nizations that help connect CSUF veterans to their cam-pus community, he said.

The Veteran Appreciation Night will be held in the Ti-tan Student Union Pavilions, from 6-9 p.m.

The event is free and open to everyone, but registration through the Veteran Resource Center website is requested, as seating is limited.

Connecting student veterans, campus and the community

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Celebrating the revival of the vinyl

It’s 8 a.m. on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Amoeba Music, a hot spot for music collectors, opens its doors early Saturday to a line that has now wrapped around the store. Each per-son eagerly awaiting their chance to grab some limited edition vinyl records to add to their collection.

This is the eighth annual Record Store Day.

The celebration began in 2007 when a group of record store owners and employ-ees wanted to publicize the nearly 1,400 independently owned record stores. There are stores participating on every continent, except for Antarctica, according to Record Store Day’s web-site. It is a celebration of a culture of music lovers and collectors of all ages. Some of the major Record Store Day releases were Vampire Weekend’s “Step,” Florence and the Machine’s “What kind of man,” and this years best selling album, “Get Behind me Satan” by the White Stripes, all of which were sold out at Amoeba.

Valeria Castillo, 24, and her sister, Maria, 16, came out to the store in search of Bob Moses’ album.

“The type of music I like is Trance, it’s a big label, so they release certain tracks on vinyl and I collect those tracks, since 2004,” Castil-lo said.

Along Sunset Boulevard, Amoeba had a sidewalk sale of DVDs and a booth where

customers could win prizes. Blur ice cream truck gave free cones to customers and a special single track if they gave the secret password “magic whip.”

Min Kim, 23, of Chino Hills and her friend Jazmin Orozco, 23, of Victorville made the long commute to Hollywood to experience the festivities for the first time. Orozco recently got a record player and was look-ing for a few albums to add to her new collection.

“I think it’s a different feeling having it and it re-ally is a different sound,” Orozco said. “I know it’s so cliche, but when you hear it, it just sounds better in qual-ity depending on what type of music you like.”

Although Kim said she does not collect vinyl, she understands the significance and nostalgia of this day.

“It’s really important be-cause when vinyls get de-stroyed and they weren’t al-ready put into a computer, then the music is lost forev-er,” Kim said.

Stores across the coun-try had live performances and contests throughout the day. Amoeba had Dj sets from Puro Instinct, Knx-ledge and Stones Throw as well as songs by Mike Watt and Secondmen at

Space15Twenty. Fullerton’s very own

Burger Records has been a participant for the past five years. Store owner and founder, Sean Bohr-man, was looking forward to good times and good people at both their Ful-lerton and Los Angeles locations.

“It gets people listening to music,” Bohrman said. “I think, overall, the music community is all about lis-tening to music and any way you can get people to do that, whether it be through vinyl, digital, tapes through anything, I say go for it.”

Burger had two releases on top of the international list, which included the Dwarves and Pleiades vinyl albums.

This recent revival of re-cords has even major stores like Urban Outfitters carry-ing old and new music that appeals to many genera-tions. Nielsen Music U.S. releases an annual year-end report on music industry trends, to show growth or decline in music purchas-es. In 2014, vinyl sales had a record high 52 percent increase, which now ac-counts for 6 percent of over-all physical album sales, ac-cording to the 2014 Nielsen report.

Over nine million vinyl records were sold last year, with Jack White’s “Laza-retto” being in the top spot. But why now?

“It’s not cool, just the music when you play it on vinyl, it’s actually different. You hear it’s crispy, clean, it’s a really different sound,” Castillo said. “It’s actually growing really fast, I don’t know why, maybe because of the hipster movement. More people are getting into vinyls.”

Music lovers line up for new and old record releases

HEAVEN OCAMPODaily Titan

MIN KIMCustomer

It’s really important because when vinyls get destroyed and they weren’t already put into a computer, the music is lost.

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Amoeba Music (above) Los Angeles’ largest music shop on Sunset Boulevard opened its doors at 8 a.m. on April 18 for its eighth annual Record Store Day.

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Vinyls are still highly regarded amongst music junkies because the sound, many claim, cannot be repeated or played the same digitally.

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U.S. is ready for a female president

Show fosters moral critique

A person is stealing credit card information, someone else is being dis-criminated against and a child is left alone in a car. If all of this was happen-ing right before your eyes, what would you do?

The television show What Would You Do? seeks an answer to that question by presenting those types of scenari-os to people on the street and watching the show at home.

The show’s purpose is more than entertainment;

additionally, it aims to cre-ate a dialogue about im-portant issues that people face every day.

The show is entertain-ing, proven by the 3.5 mil-lion weekly viewers, but it also provides a sound so-cial, moral and learning experiment.

The success of What Would You Do? is indica-tive of the importance of the show and the attention it brings to important or urgent situations.

It changes viewers’ ideas and thought processes when it comes to helping

or standing up for a fellow human being.

The show goes be-yond the small screen and transforms into something bigger, creating an envi-ronment that’s support-ive and filled with people willing to help.

The situations the

show presents are com-mon enough that viewers could be confronted with them.

By watching the show, viewers are more empa-thetic and might more readily consider their ac-tions beforehand.

What Would You Do? exposes viewers inatten-tion to their surroundings by calling attention to their tendency to simply be a bystander.

If someone’s getting bul-lied, shouldn’t I take time out of my schedule to help this person? Or will some-one else do it?

If it happens while other people around, the answer is no, according to the by-stander effect, which is also referred to as the by-stander apathy effect.

It is associated with the diffusion of responsibili-ty, believing that someone else will step in.

What Would You Do? is a social experiment that successfully fosters an awareness of viewers’ own moral shortcomings during everyday situations.

What Would You Do? promotes viewers to speak up and help

JUSTIN PATUANODaily Titan

The show’s purpose is more than entertainment; additionally, it aims to create a dialogue about important issues that people face every day.

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Since Hillary Clinton re-cently announced her candi-dacy for the 2016 U.S. pres-idential election, there have been many articles and dis-cussions regarding why a woman isn’t fit for the White House.

This is Clinton’s second time running for presidency since her 2008 presidential election run.

Clinton clearly has the ap-propriate qualifications and experience to run for pres-ident, but many are giving her an automatic disapprov-al simply because of her gender.

Clinton is a worthy pres-idential nominee. Initial-ly known as a former First Lady, Clinton has climbed up the political ladder to serve as a U.S. Senator and most recently as Secretary of State.

She’s now creating her

own wave of political reform by spearheading a new era of great possibilities by run-ning for president.

CEO of Go Ape Market-ing in Dallas, Cheryl Rios, has recently created contro-versy with a Facebook post stating, “Yes, I run my own business but that is not the same as being president, that should be left to a man. A good, strong, honorable man.” Cheryl’s antiquated Christian beliefs maintain that only men are leaders and should therefore lead a nation because women are much more hormonal and erratic than men.

This kind of thinking is unacceptable in this day and age.

With this kind of nega-tivity and objection towards Clinton’s presidential cam-paign, it’s easy to forget just how much necessary change and equality she could bring to the White House.

The fact that she could be the first female president is historic, but her choice to implement much discussion and significance upon gender equality and marriage equal-ity is what sets her apart

from other candidates. Her open-minded reason-

ing and affinity towards the oppressed is what this nation needs in a leader.

Spreading love and accep-tance, instead of hate and discordance among citizens

of this nation is something we’ve overlooked for much too long.

If you’ve been keeping up with Clinton’s campaign, you know she plans to solve cur-rent issues on equal pay and equal rights.

This is the kind of plat-form that will progress our country to its greatest potential.

Clinton’s work resume and life experiences make her an exceptional presi-dential candidate.

She deserves a shot at leading our nation, just as much as any male candidate.

She can lead this nation into a triumphant path and should not be inequitably judged sim-ply by her gender.

Hillary Clinton is just as qualified as the male candidates

LEONARDO ROMERODaily Titan

Hillary Clinton’s progressive thinking sets her apart from the other candidates, not the fact that she’s a woman. If she becomes president, she will help pave the way toward gender equality within our nation.

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The Cal State Fullerton softball team was swept by rival Long Beach State af-ter dropping both games of their doubleheader Wednesday.

Game one was a stale-mate until the fourth inning, until Fullerton got on the board first by playing small ball.

Bryanna Ybarra, who went 2-for-3 in the game, led off the inning with a double and was pinch ran for by Paige Kisling.

Samantha Galarza laid down a sacrifice bunt to the pitcher to advance Kisling to third.

With Kisling just 60 feet away from scoring, fresh-man Shianne Brannan brought her in with a sui-cide squeeze play.

Brannan bunted to third baseman Darian Tautala-fua, however, Tautalafua’s throw to home was too late. Brannan tried to stretch her single into a double, but got caught with a throw from catcher Lauren Lombardi.

Long Beach answered back in the bottom half of

the inning, scoring five runs to pull away for good.

With the bases juiced, CSUF junior pitcher Jas-mine Antunez walked Ha-ley Tobler to score the first run for the 49ers.

Sophomore Christina Washington replaced An-tunez, but gave up a grand slam to Lombardi. The Ti-tans must have felt a bit of deja vu with Lombardi also smashing a grand slam on Saturday to down the Titans.

The game ended with a fi-nal score of 5-1 as the 49ers clinched the series.

Looking to avoid the sweep, the Titans put up a battle in the series finale.

Fullerton came out swing-ing, scoring in three consec-utive innings—two runs in the first, one in the second and two in the third.

In the first, the Titans loaded the bases before ju-nior first baseman Melissa Sechrest grounded out to

second base to plate Saman-tha Vandiver. Courtney Ro-driguez also scored in the inning on an RBI-single by Ybarra.

However, Long Beach an-swered with a two-run home run by Tobler in the bottom of the inning.

In the second, Fullerton regained the lead with an RBI-single by Rodriguez to score Vandiver.

In the third, Long Beach’s pitching collapsed. Selene Polamalu allowed two more runs to cross the plate, the first on a wild pitch and the second on a balk.

Long Beach would not give up, though, and came storming back in the fifth. Ybarra dropped an infield pop-up to allow the third out of the inning to reach base.

Lombardi was walked to load the bases before Tauta-lafua scored two with a sin-gle down the left field line.

The tying run came

with another shot down the left field line by Julia Lombardi.

The game was tied at five going into the final inning.

Fullerton took back the lead in the top of the sev-enth with a one-out bases loaded RBI-single by Sarah Moore.

The Titans looked to be in

good position, but could not hold their lead.

In the bottom half of the inning, Julia Lombardi hit a grounder to Galarza that was mishandled, allowing both the tying and winning run to score.

In the end, CSUF was de-feated 7-6. The Titans are surely disappointed that only

three of Long Beach’s runs were earned in the game.

The sweep drops Fullerton down to a tie for fourth in the Big West with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Davis.

Fullerton will look to bounce back with a three-game home series this weekend against the Cal Poly Mustangs.

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Titans look to right the ship against Cal Poly Mustangs

Softball swept by rival 49ers

Following a sweep to Long Beach State, the Cal State Fullerton softball team will look to redeem itself this weekend against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Fullerton will take on the Mustangs in a three-game se-ries, beginning Saturday with

a doubleheader and ending Sunday morning. A strong series against Cal Poly could place them in front of Hawaii in the Big West Conference standings.

The Titans stampede into the weekend match against the Mustangs with a 27-20 overall record and a 5-7 Big West record. The Mustangs own a less-than-stellar 22-24 record, but are tied with CSUF in the conference with their matching 5-7 Big West record. The Titans hope to separate themselves from Cal Poly and UC Davis and take

sole possession of fourth in the Big West.

Mustang pitcher Sierra Hyland will make life diffi-cult for the Titan batters, as the right-hander leads the Big West in strikeouts with 210. Hyland also holds the third most wins in the conference with 17. Her 2.08 earned run average over 215.1 innings pitched will be tough to beat.

The Titans will have to rely on their heavy hitters in order to overcome Hyland’s stellar pitching. The team batting av-erage sits at .309 with 22 home runs, while the Mustangs fall

behind with a .257 average and 14 home runs.

CSUF’s Samantha Vandiv-er, Courtney Rodriguez and Missy Taukeiaho will have to continue their hot hitting. The trio lead the Big West in over-all batting, with each owning averages over .400.

Vandiver leads the team, hitting at .466 over 103 at-bats. Her 48 hits put her in second place in total hits. Meanwhile, Rodriguez holds the most hits for the Titans with 68. Her .405 batting average will be an asset this weekend to help the team drive in the ball.

The Titans will hope that Taukeiaho recovers from her concussion and is able to suit up. If healthy, the junior will help the team get some runs on the board with her .404 average and team-leading 11 home runs and 37 runs bat-ted in.

While Cal Poly does not pose a threat in batting poten-tial, they can easily take ad-vantage of Fullerton’s under-performing pitching staff.

The Titans will likely send out sophomore Christina Washington and junior Jas-mine Antunez this weekend.

Washington holds an earned run average of 4.11, while An-tunez is at 4.77.

Courtney Tyler and Steph-anie Heyward look to be the biggest offensive threat to the Titans. Tyler is averaging .349 over 129 at bats, while Heyward sits at .339 over 121 at-bats.

Tyler also leads the team in RBIs with 17 and has blasted two home runs.

The series opens at An-derson Family Field with a doubleheader Saturday at noon and concludes Sunday at 11 a.m.

Softball needs to rebound after sweep by Long Beach State

AMANDA SHARPDaily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton baseball team headed to Ba-kersfield in hopes to con-tinue off their 11-0 win at home back on March 18, but things turned out to be the opposite as the Roadrun-ners got sweet revenge in a

dominating 14-1 win.Fullerton practically hand-

ed the win to the Roadrun-ners, allowing 10 unearned runs on seven errors and 18 hits, all season highs for the Titans.

The slight offense for the Titans was led by junior Josh Vargas, who went 3-for-4 with three singles. Sopho-more Timmy Richards also provided some spark as he went 2-for-3, including his first career triple in the sixth inning. Unfortunately, the good batting from Vargas

and Richards was cancelled by their poor defense, as each committed two errors on the night.

Junior Tyler Stieb provided the only RBI as he went 1-for-4 and extended his hitting streak to 10 games. Stieb’s single to shortstop in the sixth drove in Richards, which proved to be a sole run for the Titans.

CSUF freshman pitcher Connor Seabold got the start, but took the loss and his re-cord dropped to 2-3. Seabold only lasted 2.1 innings, as

he gave up four runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk. The bullpen proved no better as they combined to give up 14 hits and 10 runs (two earned).

The Roadrunners’ offense was led by third baseman Joey Sanchez as he went 3-for-3 with five RBIs. The Titans’ worst inning came in the third when two errors were com-mitted, resulting in four un-earned runs. Fullerton also committed another error in the fifth, which accounted for three more unearned runs.

Roadrunners relief pitcher Alec Daily picked up the win as he only allowed one earned run on seven hits, while giv-ing up two walks in six in-nings of work.

Five Titan players commit-ted errors as Vargas and Rich-ards committed two each, while Taylor Bryant, Max-well Gibbs and Miles Cham-bers each committed an error as well.

The Titans finished their nine-game road trip 4-5. Ful-lerton looks to rebound as they head home this weekend

for a critical Big West Confer-ence matchup against UC Ir-vine, who currently hold first place in the conference.

The Titans committed seven blunders to gift the win for CSUB

RYAN WHITEHEADDaily Titan

The Titans drop to fourth in the Big West following the losses

JUSTIN PATUANODaily Titan

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Sophomore Christina Washington came on in relief in both of the games Wednesday, but was touched up for three runs (two earned) in four innings of work and suffered the loss in game two.

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