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The 15th annual Vision and Visionaries Awards honored professionals

By STEVEN MARTINEZ

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Man requests to be called In God We Trust ZION, Ill. (AP) – Steve Kreuscher wants a judge to allow him to legally change his name.

He wants to be known as "In God We Trust."

Kreuscher said the new name would symbolize the help God gave him through tough times.

The 57-year-old man also told the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald he's worried that atheists may succeed in removing the phrase "In God We Trust" from U.S. currency.

He recalled the phrase "God Reigns" was removed from the Zion city seal in 1992 after courts deemed it unconstitutional. Zion was founded as a theocracy – by a sect that believed the Earth was flat.

The school bus driver and amateur artist in the northern Chicago suburb said he has filed a petition to change his name in Lake County Circuit Court.

Correction:

In Wednesday’s article regarding the Ambriz Law, reporting errors were made referring the blood alcohol percentage. When the figures .008 were cited, the correct figures should be 0.08 for all references of the percentages.

The Daily Titan regrets the error.

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University recognizes the best alumni

Veterans and family members enjoy dinner at Veterans Appreciation Night in the Alumni House on Sunday.

By Damon Casarez/Daily Titan Photo Editor

Cal State Fullerton’s Student Veterans Association hosts a Veterans Appreciation Night dinner in the Alumni House. The Association’s goal is to help CSUF veterans find support and encouragement on campus.

– for the full story on the Veterans Appreciation Night see tomorrow’s edition or visit online at www.dailytitan.com

At the 15th annual Vision and Visionaries Awards, Cal State Fullerton honored alumni and university supporters for contributions to their professions and communities.

Four distinguished alumni awards and one honorary alumni award were given out to a group of five people ranging from a bank CEO to the president of a fast food restaurant franchise.

The event was held Saturday at the Disneyland Hotel Grand Ballroom. It included a black tie dinner with entertainment courtesy of the CSUF Theatre and Dance department.

The festivities kicked off with a speech by CSUF president Milton Gordon, in which he expressed the importance of the honor which was bestowed upon its guests.

“To the Fullerton graduates we honor tonight, I hope you feel the enormous pride that might accompany the realization that you’ve been selected as distinguished alumni by a university with more than 187,000 alumni,” Gordon said.

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New ASI executive staff approved for 2008-2009 Curtis Schlaufman was looking to select the best student leaders for jobs

ASI chief administrative officer.

Carvin, who currently serves on the ASI Board of Directors as a representative of the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, was asked by a fellow board member

By Paul Aranda Jr. why, with his strong business backDaily Titan Staff Writer ground, he chose the administrative news@dailytitan.com position instead of vice president of finance. Carvin in response, echoed The message left as former op- his campaign platform of expandponents from this year’s Cal State ing the services of ASI to more stuFullerton Associated Students Inc. dents.

Presidential elections have united to “I have known Jay for three years lead ASI next year and he had the most was, “If you can’t knowledge and expebeat them, join rience of all the canthem.” didates for the posiIn a meeting tion,” Schlaufman Tuesday, the ASI said.

Board of Directors Current ASI chief approved incom– Curtis Schlaufman, communications ofing ASI President Incoming ASI President ficer, Juliana SanCurtis Schlauftos, a 19-year-old, man’s nominations sophomore CSUF for his executive staff. communicative disorders major, Schlaufman, currently the ASI was reappointed to the same posiexecutive vice president, was elected tion for next year. Daniel Ramsey, a as next years ASI executive presi- 20-year-old, junior CSUF political dent last month. Schlaufman’s chief science major, was approved as the rival in that election, Jay Carvin, a new ASI vice president of finance.

21-year-old, junior CSUF business “I hope they treat their jobs as a major, was appointed as the new privilege” Schlaufman said.

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Visit the Daily Titan Web site, and click Mulitimedia, to view a creative slideshow on the artist who said he chooses not to put lables on his music and limit himself.

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Still concerned about Iraq Speakers talked about the Iraq war and the reasons leading up to the conflict

By Paul Aranda Jr.

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Barry Collins, a senior lecturer in the School of Law at the University of East London, who has previously written on international law and constitutionalism, spoke passionately about the war at a symposium in the Pollak Library at Cal State Fullerton on Friday.

“We feel increasingly confident to use the concept of illegality to justify our abhorrence of the war in Iraq, even we have little idea, or no

ideas, of what the legal arguments are,” Collins said.

Collins said his goal is to put to rest the idea of international law as a comfort blanket for the war in Iraq.

“We have to accept the doctrine of peremptory self-defense as justification for the war that has taken U.S. policy way beyond the principles of non-aggression in Article II [of the U.S. Constitution],” Collins said on Friday.

The buildup to the invasion, Collins said, has only helped to reinforce the belief that the U.S. has paid little attention to international law. It also added to the shared view that the Iraq War has only helped in undermining the concept of international law, such as UN Resolu-

tion 1441, which gave Iraq a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations.

“If one were to include long-term threats and everyone began acting this way, everyone would allow states to neutralize threats that haven’t yet materialized, thus it would naturally undermine the entire system of UN dispute resolutions,” Collins said.

Collins went on to say the challenge facing international law is not that the authority of the UN Security Council was ignored, but how international law has been manipulated to serve the interests of the sole superpower in the world.

The enforcement of international law has failed in its purpose of being centrally located in the Security See IRAQ, Page 2

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IN OTHER NEWS IRAQ: MISLEADING THE PUBLIC TO JUSTIFY WAR? INTERNATIONAL Boat carrying 110, sinks in Brazilian Amazon

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) – A boat with 110 people aboard sank in the Brazilian Amazon on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and leaving dozens missing, authorities said.

The Comandante Sales capsized before sinking swiftly on the Solimoes River, one of the largest branches of the Amazon, Fire Lt. Col. Raimundo Rodrigues da Silva said. The vessel was carrying passengers who were returning from a party near the jungle city of Manaus, he said.

The bodies of 10 women and two men were recovered and several dozen people were unaccounted for, Silva said. The victims had not been identified and it is unlikely the boat kept a passenger list, he said.

It was not clear what kind of boat the Comandante Sales was or how many passengers it was equipped to carry. It is possible the vessel was overloaded, but the cause of the sinking is still being investigated, Silva said. He added that passengers may have been trapped inside the boat because many were sleeping when it went down.

Local news media reported that some passengers survived by swimming to shore, but Silva said authorities did not have a survivor count.

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Trial nears end for student in explosives case TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – For more than eight months, Youssef Samir Megahed has been in jail, a wild detour from the seemingly innocuous road trip to see Atlantic Coast beaches that he said he and a friend were enjoying.

The U.S. government views the trip differently, accusing Megahed and Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed of transporting explosives materials in the trunk of their car as they traveled through South Carolina.

While the pair sat side-by-side during the traffic stop that led to their arrests, Megahed is scheduled to be the first to face a federal jury when his trial is scheduled to begin on Monday. He is charged with illegally transporting explosives and illegally possessing destructive devices.

However, a judge’s ruling Friday to throw out some evidence against him could delay the trial.

The arrests of Megahed and Mohamed sparked fears of a terrorist motive since they were stopped roughly seven miles from a naval weapons facility.

But the government has not indicated the men were planning an attack, and only Mohamed faces terrorism-related charges. Both have pleaded not guilty.

The evidence already released seems to point to the college students being foolish, but not necessarily criminals, officials said.

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NorCal slaughterhouse cited for neglect WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) – Animal control officers are accusing a slaughterhouse owner of animal neglect after seizing sick livestock from his Watsonville ranch.

Officials said eight goats and a sheep were all suffering from respiratory infections when they were removed from Toledo Harkins Slough Ranch.

County animal control supervisor Todd Stosuy said officers returned to the facility Saturday after a veterinarian found several animals taken Thursday were sicker than initially thought.

Owner Efrain Toledo was cited with having a non-ambulatory animal at a slaughterhouse, failing to provide vet care and depriving an animal of food and water, all misdemeanors.

Council.

“State practice has consistently deviated from this principle,” Collins said.

It is with this thought in mind that Collins said we should appeal to the authority of international law as a way of constraining unilateralism. Middle East experts gathered on campus to raise awareness of the war in Iraq and how the war affects the world in a symposium entitled, “The War in Iraq: An Assessment.”

Janice Terry, professor emerita of modern Middle East history at Eastern Michigan University, gave a historic overview of U.S.-Iraqi relations.

“U.S. policy is predicated on two goals: the free flow of oil as well as the acquiescence of the broader U.S. policy in the region,” Terry said.

Terry said the U.S. has sought the prevention of the emergence of a strong and independent Arab state. The idea of the prevention being that an independent Arab state would pose a challenge to U.S. dominance. Following the end of the first Gulf War, the U.S. refused to lift sanctions and to recognize the disarmament of Iraq. The ultimate goal was removing Saddam Hussein.

“The United States sought to contain Iraq by preventing the reconstruction of its military, social welfare institutions and economic infrastructures,” Terry said. “The

terrorist attacks [on Sept.11] simply trillion dollars. provided the convenient cover for a “Experts in the field recognize long anticipated attack on Iraq.” that these regional conflicts are inTerry said that as early as 1997, terrelated, and while a resolution Congress wanted a “regime change” of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict in Iraq. She said along with the wouldn’t [make] all the problems in president, the media engaged in re- the Middle East go away, it would leasing false information regarding certainly go a long way toward amethe status of Iraq’s weapons of mass liorating the conflicts,” Terry said. destruction and ties to al-Qaida. AdNeighboring states are an integral ditionally, she said that a number of part of resolving issues with regard State Deto Iraq, yet, partment, Terry said Pentagon “The Bush officials adminisand CIA tration has experts continued a cautioned policy of conagainst frontation, the war rather than and occureconciliapation in – Janice Terry, tion or conIraq, but tainment.”

Eastern Michigan Professor were not In addiheeded. tion, Terry “Keep spoke of onin mind going talks that Iraq has about 11 percent of between Iraq and the United States the proven oil reserve in the world,” for a formal military relationship, Terry said. which she said has been happening She said, in contrast to Iraq’s pref- for over six months. Terry said there erence for public ownership, “The is a draft, which included “demands Bush [administration] has made no for U.S. troops and, possibly, private secret of the fact that they would contractors to have immunity from like to see that industry privatized.” Iraqi prosecution,” and discusses Five years after the invasion, a the possibility that the U.S. would plan has not been produced on how decide unilaterally on any combat to proceed with the oil in Iraq, Ter- missions in Iraq. As a result, Terry ry said. Meanwhile, the cost of the said there is a “lack of political will war is estimated to be close to three to embark on a new course of en-

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gagement and multilateralism.”

John Strawson, Reader in Law at the University of East London, where he is also director of law postgraduate programs, spoke on Iraq as viewed from Britain.

“What’s interesting, is the way the Middle East was increasingly constructed by the West and other powers as a region that which could not do it for itself,” Strawson said.

“The Middle East was constructed as a passive receptor of active intervention by the international community.”

Stawson said he feels there is an unequal distribution of power in the international community, the consequences the world must confront.

“The assumption after the first Gulf War was that the international community could bring about change,” Strawson said. “That it was not possible for people of the Middle East to bring about change.”

The Iraqi people have become passive participants in the development of their society.

“I think there were too many plans [for Iraq] … The vision of how Iraq is to be is not controlled

by Iraqis, but is being shaped from the outside,” Strawson said all of which resulted in failure.

“All of us are in favor of democracy and human rights. We need to think of a democratic way of conveying that message,” Strawson said.

COP BLOTTER: A man dislocates his shoulder On Tuesday, a man in his late 50s in the Environmental Health Instruction building was participating in a class demonstration and dislocated his shoulder. A report was taken.

MONDAY 8:55 p.m. - A suspicious vehicle was reportedly exceeding 100 miles per hour on Yorba Linda Boulevard. Police were not able to locate the car.

TUESDAY 12:01 a.m. - An officer stopped a

car on Placentia Avenue and Yorba Linda Boulevard. The officer arrested the driver.

WEDNESDAY 12:33 a.m. - Seven to eight people in the Acacia Dorm area were being loud and consuming alcoholic beverages. A call about it was canceled, though.

10:26 a.m. - A disturbance was reported in one of the Oak Dorm rooms when the reporting party said he was “being harassed by his roommate.” Police assisted.

1:36 p.m. - A car was stolen out of parking lot E by a man who was wearing a gray shirt, gray pants and had a skateboard.

A report was taken.

4:51 p.m. - In the Humanities building, a woman was having a possible asthma attack. She was assisted.

8:17 p.m. - In McCarthy Hall, a woman was having heart palpitations and required medical assistance.

8:48 p.m. - A man came to the University Police Station and refused to leave the stairs because he wanted his items from the “lost and found.”

He was told that the ‘lost and found’ was closed for the day. He was warned.

THURSDAY 6:22 p.m. - A traffic accident occurred on Corporation Drive and State College Boulevard.

There were no injuries.

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Peers honor a CSUF professor and leader Tom Clanin has spent 10 years as a full-time staff member on campus

By RYAN CASTLE

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

IMAGE COURTESY OF THE GONZALEZ FAMILY Alvar Luis Gonzalez was a valuable part of the community. He had mourned over the killing of a boy he was the legal guardian of and was dealing with family pressures.

A community leader commits suicide Man is remembered as an outgoing personality who enjoyed his quirks in life

By Heather Perry

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Community activist Alvar Luis Gonzalez was found dead outside his vehicle due to suicide, a gunshot to the head.

Gonzalez was the former guardian of Taureq Cephus, a Fullerton Union High School debate team member who was shot to death at a bus stop on Feb. 29.

Gonzalez had apparently been depressed over the death of his son as well as family problems before he went missing on April 14 and was found four days later. He was 48 years old.

“The vehicle was located first when deputies arrived,” said Jodi Miller of public affairs in the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. “They found him and a weapon near his body.”

Police tried to track Gonzalez through activity on his cell phone and credit card bills, however, activity ceased on Monday, April 14.

“When we talked to the police when he was missing, I told them how we saw him that Sunday before and he was perfectly fine,” said Maria Beers, longtime neighbor and friend of the Gonzalez family. “He was laughing a lot, like usual.”

According to a press release from the Fullerton Police, Gonzalez’s friends and family members said committing suicide “would be completely out of character for him.”

His failing marriage, recent death of his son and hidden sadness proved to be too much, however.

“This man would light up a room when he walked in it,” Beers said.

“It was like a shock of electricity shot through my body when I heard the news.”

Margie said he was spreading himself so thin in the community that he did not have time to come home and release his emotions about his son’s death. He was on his way to meet his wife at a counseling group before he turned the wheel and never came back.

Gonzalez’s wife, Margie, said he was found at a particular spot in Victorville because of the emotional significance it had.

“He went to a place that was a memory spot for us because Haley’s Comet went overhead and, at that point, we were dating,” choked Margie Gonzalez, wife of Alvar.

“When we went, my friend’s child came with us. It was his fantasy of having a family way back when and he went back to that place, but when the police told the name of the street he was on and what had transpired, I knew the name of the road before they told me.”

Margie announced her decision for a divorce a matter of days before his death.

“I told him in a manner that was not angry or yelling that he could go do all that,” Margie said. “It needs to be done and he’s the one to do that, and I knew to step away. The next morning I said, ‘Can I meet you [at therapy]?’ and he said, ‘That will be great,’ and that’s about the last time I ever saw him,” Margie said. “Not a good choice.”

Gonzalez is known famously in his community as an advocate for change; he supported numerous organizations, spearheaded many programs to help solve gang violence and spoke out at City Council meetings about issues in the community.

His funeral, held Saturday, April 26, drew about 500 people while “about a hundred others” called Gonzalez’s home to apologize for not going.

“It was such a big service,” Beers said. “And there was not one person in that place that did not cry.”

His injuries were too severe to hold an open-casket funeral. He was cremated and his ashes were buried at Loma Vista Memorial Park – the same cemetery as Cephus, Beers said.

“He was sad with Taureq and he wanted to give Taureq the proper burial,” Beers said. “And now he got himself cremated. He didn’t believe in that.”

Gonzalez passed on his creativity and passion to his daughter as well.

She organized the march for Taureq Cephus on March 3 (March of Mourning) and created a DVD to honor her father’s life at the memorial service.

“My dad was a very outgoing person,” said Jacqueline Gonzalez, 16, daughter of Margie and Alvar.

Friends and family said the entire community felt intense shock over the information that his death had been a suicide.

“His childhood friend at the funeral said, ‘I still don’t believe the person to kill himself was Alvar.

Something triggered that, and I still don’t know if that was him.’ We still think that there’s something that nobody saw,” Beers said with tears

welling up in her eyes. “I would see him outside so happy and I would look at him and think, ‘Why is he so happy while I am so miserable?’”

Gonzalez’s legacy lies in the ties to the community. A project supported by him and his wife, Fine Arts Magnet Education (FAME) is a program that helps disadvantaged students excel at Commonwealth Elementary School.

He was a board member for the Fullerton School District program All the Arts for All the Kids Foundation. He was also a booster member for the FUHS Speech and Debate Team that Cephus was involved with, Margie said.

“He spent half of his day working for the speech team or All the Arts Foundation,” Jaqueline said.

His quarks, warm smile and dedication to the less fortunate in the community reminds everyone how much of a “super hero” Gonzalez really was.

“Alvar loved coffee. He was a coffee snob and he roasted his own ever since he was a little kid because that’s what his mom did,” Margie said. “He went from dawn to dusk to midnight and back, like that Energizer bunny.”

While others continue on in their daily lives, the community of Fullerton is left with a chunk torn from its soul.

“Alvar was going to start a boy’s home,” Margie said. “He spent a lot of time, after Taureq had passed, sitting in that chair and writing kids.

The kids are asking him, ‘Help me get it, help me.’”

A memorial fund for Alvar Gonzalez was created. Visit www.memorial.alvar.com for information.

A lifetime of dedication and excellence was recognized when Professor Tom Clanin of the Communications Department and adviser of the Daily Titan was recognized with the Journalism Educator of the Year Award in the four-year division.

CLANIN “He’s really gotten involved in journalism after coming out of the professional world,” Pullen said.

“Coming into the academy, he has really branched into some of the areas that some of the other professors haven’t, and it’s really been a factor, I think, in our recruiting and our standing.”

Larry Welborn of the O.C. Register presented Clanin with the prestigious honor on April 26 at the National Writer’s Workshop during Comm Week. The award recognizes a contribution to journalism over the long haul of a career, not focusing specifically on what has been done in just recent memory, but rather long-term achievement.

“I was surprised,” Clanin said of his reaction to the award. “I had heard rumors that I was going to win it a year ago but when I didn’t, I had just put it out of my head and never really thought about it.”

Clanin has brought a lifetime of experience in the newspaper business to the campus of Cal State Fullerton, having began in 1970. He has been working at CSUF since 1994 as a part-time educator while still working with the OC Register.

He has now completed his 10th year as a full-time staff member.

“He brings a heck of a lot of experience and an objective eye,” Daily Titan Executive Editor Ian Hamilton said of Clanin. “He’s not going to tell us not to do something because he’s got some sort of hang up on it.”

Clanin was a member of the Register staff for many years, gaining experience in all different facets of the newspaper. He worked as a reporter, photographer, news editor, city editor, slot editor, copy layout and editor at the Register.

Clanin’s peers and co-workers in the communications department are very proud of him for receiving the award and said they believe he is very fit for the honor.

“Based on my experience with Tom Clanin, he certainly deserves it,” Dean of the College of Communications Rick Pullen said. “He’s been not only good in the classroom, but extremely involved in the community, the state and even at the national level.”

Holding master’s and bachelor’s degrees in communications and an associate of arts degree in mathematics, Clanin is also a board member for the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) in both the greater Los Angeles and Orange County chapters.

“He definitely knows what he’s talking about in everything journalism-related,” Hamilton said. “And if he doesn’t have the answer himself, he knows where to tell you to go to find the answer.”

The dedication and work of professors like Clanin are responsible for a flourishing Communications department, Pullen said.

“Its [Clanin’s] heart for journalism education and going beyond the call of duty and working outside the classroom,” Pullen said A self-driven worker, Clanin credits his students and an older coreporter, Ray Babcock, from his first job with providing him the inspiration to be such a hard worker.

“He [Babcock] was a good mentor for me, and I always was a quickstudy and would just do things independently and sometimes get in trouble for them,” Clanin said.

Having been a mainstay in the business of journalism for nearly a lifetime, Clanin is very satisfied with his position’s ability to work with both journalism and his other passion – teaching.

“I really enjoy teaching, keeping working with students keeps you young and on your toes. They keep you challenged,” Clanin said.

Hamilton said Clanin is the best type of educator where he will give you what you want to get out of him.

“Too many teachers try to force their views on you,” Hamilton said.

“You’re going to get what you want out of him educationally, that’s why he’s perfect as an educator.”

With a lifetime of experience behind him, Clanin said he sees retirement in his future but currently remains satisfied with the unique combination of journalism and teaching that his job provides.

“It’d be really sad to see him go because his guidance is really, really helpful,” Hamilton said.

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Gordon also called for all the former distinguished alumni in attendance to stand up and be recognized with a warm round of applause.

After the dinner portion of the night, distinguished and honorary alumni awards were handed out to appreciative, and sometimes emotionally moved, recipients.

Debra F. Luther the president of Exceptional Restaurant Company, a business which owns 28 fast food franchises and employs 700 people, was the first alumni to be honored.

She received a bachelor of arts degree in business administration/accounting from CSUF in 1980 and later, a master’s degree in business.

“Being a visionary is not only for the Ghandis and Martin Luther Kings of the world,” Luther said.

“But it’s [for] anybody who wants to take the abilities they have in life and in some way make a difference and make the world a little bit richer.”

Another honoree was Scott B. Gudes, the Vice President for Government Relations of the National

Marine Manufacturers Association, who received his Master’s degree in Public Administration from CSUF. He put things in perspective for the audience of black tie-wearing university patrons in the Disneyland Hotel Ballroom.

“I think I’ve arrived,” Gudes said.

“I was a ride operator at Disneyland.”

Gudes, who began his career as an intern in the office of the Secretary of Defense and later served with the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, said he was grateful for

the things he learned from CSUF. “There’s been no doubt in my mind throughout my career that my experience at Cal State Fullerton gave me the skills, gave me the drive and gave me the opportunity to succeed in Washington D.C.,” Gudes said.

As part of the ceremony, the CSUF Theatre and Dance department gave each award recipient a song and dance introduction. The performers came on stage in costume and sang classic pop songs, tweaking the lyrics to tell the story

of the respective award winner.

Another award winner was Richard K. Davis, a graduate of Cal State Fullerton in 1983 with a degree in economics who used his degree to reach his current position as the Chairman, President and CEO of U.S. Bancorp, the parent company of U.S. Bank and the sixth largest commercial bank in America.

Having risen from a position as a bank teller to the head of the company, Davis regularly gives back to the CSUF community through programs such as Professor for a Day

and has lent his company’s sponsorship for several events in the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics.

Echoing the sentiments of many of the honorees, Davis was appreciative of all that CSUF gave him, but also expressed the importance of giving back to the university.

“It’s our responsibility,” Davis said. “No, its our duty as alums to carry the work and provide an opportunity for another 187,000 people to move through these great institutions.”

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Spring Dance Theatre takes to the stage Dance Major Joshua Romero choreographed many dances at CSUF

BY Keturah Miller

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

“If dance were any easier, it would be called football,” graduating senior and Cal State Fullerton dance major, Joshua Romero said.

Born and raised in Hacienda Heights, Calif., it wasn’t always a dream of Romero’s to be a dancer.

At St. Joseph’s Catholic School in La Puente, where Romero attended elementary and junior high grades, he played sports.

“When I was little, I played football, basketball and baseball, but dance stuck with me,” Romero said.

Romero comes from a family with a musical background, but the arts were not easily adopted for Romero.

Romero attended Bishop Amat High School in La Puente and took one of their co-ed hip-hop classes.

The hip-hop class was not techni-

cal, however. Romero learned about lifts and worked on partner exercises.

Although there was not any formal competition, Romero said he enjoyed taking the class just for fun.

After graduating from Bishop Amat in La Puente in 2003, Romero attended CSUF and decided to take Dance 101 with instructor William Lett.

An undeclared major with a growing fascination for art and dance culture, he approached counselors to look further into the department.

Macarena Gandarillas, a choreographer and dance department faculty member, taught a dance class that that solidified Romero’s interest for dance.

“There was a need for guy dancers and after talking to Gladys Kares and Deborah Noble, they made me want to be more involved,” Romero said.

Kares is the coordinator of the Spring Dance Theatre and a faculty member and Noble is a CSUF dance faculty member and an instructor.

After officially declaring dance as his major in his sophomore year,

Romero said he was more convinced than ever that dance would become his passion.

“Gladys Kares inspires me and is one of the most interesting characters I have ever met,” Romero said. “You can ask her a small question and she turns it into a big difference ... she is so easy to approach.”

Romero’s emotional connection is with modern dance.

“I enjoy [modern dance] better ...

I feel more connected, but I do like ballet and hip-hop too,” Romero said.

Romero, along with other students from the college of arts, is performing at CSUF’s Spring Dance Theatre.

The Spring Dance Theatre is not Romero’s first performance. He has participated in many dances at CSUF. “My favorite performance was a choreographed one with Courtney Ozovek, [a student choreographer] ... I really enjoyed it,” Romero said.

“The dance was called ‘Timothy.’”

Romero said he has worked a lot with Ozovek. Romero has also en-

dured a lot of ensemble pieces last semester.

“I like doing ensembles because it is fun to feel everyone’s energy at the same time,” Romero said. “It’s amazing to see how we all move together and I brought out that energy when we danced.”

While performing, Romero has also choreographed several dances at CSUF. Romero said the Spring Dance Theatre is his fourth choreographed work at CSUF. CSUF student and dance major, Sara Vincent, likes Romero’s dance.

“I like Josh’s [Romero] piece ... it’s really good and an upbeat show,” Vincent said.

Fellow dance student Melissa Zabala has favored working with Romero on four dances at Fullerton.

“Josh’s [Romero] style is very unique and very interesting ... as a choreographer, I’ve enjoyed him. He challenges us,” Zabala said.

Although Romero is responsible for a bulk of the creative performances, there are other influences in the Spring Dance Theatre.

“There is roughly around eight pieces in a concert, which includes few faculty members that choreograph, guest artists and students too,” Romero said. “Inside of the eight dances, there are four student pieces along with one choreographed dance from José Limón.”

The show has two faculty members featured in the Spring Dance Theatre, Romero said.

“Robin Johnson and William Lett are in the concert. It’s interesting to see how William Lett began my dancing career in Dance 101, and William Lett’s piece is ending the show,” Romero said.

Noble called Romero a gem.

“We are happy to see him graduate but sad to see him go,” Noble said.

“He is a wonderful man and has really blossomed as a dancer, everyone should be as dedicated as he is ... he is just fabulous.”

Kares said she loves to see Romero dance.

“Josh [Romero] has just greatly exceeded our expectations for dance,” Kares said. “His choreography is poetic.”

After graduation, Romero said he eventually hopes to audition for a company either in New York or Canada.

“There is more of a dance community in New York,” Romero said.

“A guest artist came in and staged a dance last semester and said that Canada really has a good art community.”

Immediately after graduation, Romero hopes to audition for the Backhaus Contemporary Dance Center in Orange.

Romero said that compared to playing sports, dance is more difficult and intense for him.

“You use all of the parts of the body and it’s technical,” Romero said. “With the muscles you use, you have to be so fluid ... your body tenses up, but your still have to remain to be light.”

Romero breathes, eats and sleeps dance, while taking nine classes. If offered to win a million dollars to quit dance, he said he wouldn’t budge.

“I’d pay my bills, buy a house, but I would still dance ... I can honestly say,” Romero said.

The Center for Successful Aging celebrates its 10-year anniversary

BY Ericka Santos

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Cal State Fullerton may have been missing its usual sea of weekday students strolling across campus on Saturday morning, but friendly chatter still filled the hall outside the Kinesiology and Health Science Building.

Adorned with lavender tables and towers of white and purple balloons, the shaded concrete walkway was transformed into a welcoming area for guests to celebrate the 10th anniversary of CSUF’s Center for Successful Aging.

Proud of the strides the center has made since its opening in 1998, guests were invited to spend the afternoon attending lectures, interactive workshops and a student-organized health fair.

The center located on the CSUF campus is not only interested in serving members who work out at the university, but also in giving thousands of older adults in the community a chance to improve their health through their various satellite programs. “[The Center for Successful Aging] is a place that bridges the [age] gap and makes people work with

each other to get something accomplished,” public relations intern Stephanie Aleman said.

Working as the center’s first public relations intern, Aleman said she has definitely learned a lot more about the amazing gerontology research conducted on the CSUF campus.

As the sun began to rise higher into the morning sky, guests were encouraged to mingle with one another over muffins and fruit platters before they were escorted to the first lecture of the day. Among the crowd socializing with guests was Kari Marsh, Coordinator for Movement Enhancement at the center.

It was six years ago that Marsh decided she wanted to dedicate her career to helping others. When assisting older adults with their workouts, Marsh said, she knows they’re not doing it just to grow bigger biceps, but they do it to still be able

By Ericka Santos/Daily Titan Staff Writer Event patrons gather outside the kinesiology and health science building on Saturday morning for the 10th anniversary of the Center for Succesful Aging.

to use their biceps to pick up their grandchildren.

“It’s really an amazing feeling to know that I can make that difference in peoples lives,” Marsh said.

During the opening minutes of the first lecture, the center took time to recognize its old friends by presenting awards to several of its founding members. Among the lighthearted recognitions was an award honoring 89-year-old Loren Duffey as the groups “best cuddler.”

The center’s Co-Directors Jessie Jones and Debbie Rose were among the first speakers to welcome guests to the celebration.

A full lecture hall of attendees listened as Rose talked about the inspiration that continues to propel the center’s progress.

“If it wasn’t for the older adults who come to be part of the program, students could not direct the handson training or research that takes place here [at CSUF],” Rose said.

A professor of kinesiology and health science at CSUF, her ties to the campus extend beyond the work she puts into the center.

Nutrition specialist Sylvia Galleli was also on the panel of speakers Saturday morning. Her presentation focused on educating guests about the health benefits gained from making simple improvements to their diet.

As the 10th anniversary event began to wind down, Jones delivered

a heartfelt presentation of the challenges she had overcome to reach the place she is in today. Being codirector for the center, professor of health science and director for the Fibromyalgia Research and Education Center have been tremendous accomplishments for the CSUF faculty member.

“I believe the key to successful aging truly lies in what we say to ourselves and others,” Jones said.

These were encouraging words that left every guest in the lecture hall applauding.

The Center for Successful Aging may have opened its doors to the public in 1998, but the planning behind this influential gerontology program can be traced back to the early ‘80s.

“Seeing a need in the kinesiology field for studies on older adults, combined with the need [I saw] in society, was the reason for wanting to create this center,” Dean of the College of Health and Human Development Roberta Rikli said.

Focused on gaining information and building awareness for the study of health in older adults, Rikli said she began attending as many conferences and seminars as she could to help her plan to make her vision a reality.

A few of the major milestones Rikli recalls for the center are its recognition as being the first of its kind,

along with the four major books written out of the Center for Successful Aging: “Senior Fitness Test Manual” by Roberta Rikli and Jesse Jones, “FallProof!” by Debbie Rose, “In Full Bloom: A Brain Education Guide for Successful Aging” by Ilchi Lee and Jesse Jones and “Physical Activity Instruction of Older Adults”

by Debra Rose and Jesse Jones.

Yet perhaps the most rewarding aspect of the decade-old program is that it continues to enhance the lives of all those who participate in it. Whether participants are the instructors conducting the classes or the community members receiving the assistance to lead healthier lifestyles, the center brings positive results.

For Radha Patel, the Center for Successful Aging has given her the opportunity to attend some of the center’s satellite programs hosted at Yorba Linda Community Center.

Among her favorites is the tai chi, a Chinese martial art and form of stylized, meditative exercise characterized by methodically slow circular and stretching movements and positions of bodily balance, which she said really teach her how to be more relaxed.

“I like coming to the classes because I want to learn how to age successfully and because I know it will keep me from becoming a burden to my family,” Patel smiled.

OPINION

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Titan Editorial Providing insight, analysis and perspective since 1960

CSUF’s disloyal firing Last fall, an atrocity occurred on our campus.

No, we haven’t had any shootings or bomb threats in the past academic year. Rather, it was the premature and outrageous murder of a promising young professor’s career here at Cal State Fullerton.

Wendy Gonaver, an aspiring American Studies professor, was fired before she ever set foot in a classroom for refusing to sign a decades-old agreement to defend the U.S. and state constitutions and the grounds that she is a pacifist.

The ancient and ridiculous agreement, called a loyalty oath, has its roots in a 1950s, Cold Warembattled America, when communists were considered the greatest threat to national security.

The country, fueled by McCarthy-esque paranoia, launched an absurd witch hunt to root out any and all communists who might have infiltrated everything from politics to university campuses.

It was a frightening time for Americans, one in which people feared nuclear holocaust on a near constant basis, and the thought of forcing new public employees to sign loyalty oaths seemed like a prudent idea at the time.

At the time, but no longer.

The Soviet Union’s collapse came so long ago, most high school students don’t even know what it was.

Letters to the Editor:

Communists only exist as movie villains and Olympic hosts now.

Their influence on the world has all but disappeared – except in the hiring practices of the CSU system.

To think that our modern, progressive state still boasts a Cold War method of sorting through and dismissing professors is incredible.

But to discriminate against a worthy applicant for not agreeing to take up arms on religious grounds is even worse.

Former professor Gonaver’s religious beliefs dictate that she be a pacifist, someone who will not resort to violence on a moral basis.

When she requested to attach a personal statement to the loyalty oath saying as much, as the UC system allows, she was turned down and subsequently fired.

The irony of violating free speech and religion rights in order to fire someone who lectures on constitutional freedoms may be lost on school officials, but the heartbreaking reality of the situation should not.

We no longer live in fear of commies selling secrets to Moscow, so get rid of the idiotic loyalty oath.

It is time for this university, and indeed the entire CSU system, to update its hiring practices to accommodate the times, and atone for its loathesome mistakes.

Any feedback, positive or negative, is encouraged, as we strive to keep an open dialogue with our readership. The Daily Titan reserves the right to edit letters for length, grammar and spelling. Direct all comments, questions or concerns along with your full name and major to Opinion Editor Johnathan Kroncke at jkroncke@dailytitan.com

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Escalation in a fast food nation

By Craig Grossman

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

For better or worse, people have learned to become accustomed to various entities and events in American society.

We deal with war, death, taxes and soaring gas prices, among other things. But what may end up being the most deadly to us is also the most delicious.

The introduction of supposed tastier and spicier processed foods has also managed to become disturbingly indoctrinated into our lives.

It has affected Americans' wallets and waist lines to a large degree.

Last week, Del Taco introduced a new form of hot sauce, called Del Inferno at its fleet of restaurants.

The fast food chain says that it is apparently three times hotter than any of its competitor's sauces.

It follows in a hallowed trend of

‘Most Beautiful’ lists have an ugly side too An important event in history takes place this week.

An event that sends towns buzzing. An event that can make or break people and their careers.

Soon, this event will have Hollywood buzzing about actress Kate Hudson because she was just named People magazine’s most beautiful person.

Though beautiful people are nothing out of the ordinary for Hollywood, it is considered an honor to make the head of the list, and for “People,” the issue marks a significant time of the year that has itself become almost famous throughout the celebrity world.

However, “People’s 100 Most Beautiful People” is not the only list of its kind.

TV Guide also just released its “TV’s Sexiest Stars” issue, with Jennifer Love Hewitt topping the charts and stirring gossip over whether she deserved the title.

And, though I am following the

hot sauces at the restaurant, including medium Del Scorcho and other assorted spicy additions. As far as I'm concerned, the new Del Inferno hot sauce seems like yet another Del Taco ploy to counter against its arch rival Taco Bell's menu choices.

This is not confined to Del Taco either, as other fast fast food restaurants have also tried to introduce new, competitive menu items.

It may very well mark the latest in a ridiculous war between fast food kingpins, which has pitted the offerings of KFC vs. Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits, and Carl's Jr. vs. McDonald's vs. In-N-Out Burger, etc., among others in glossy advertising campaigns over the years.

But with the introduction of this new hot sauce, we should be demanding the answers to a few fundamental questions, like what exactly is the purpose of this escalation and just how much is too much with these frivolous fast food wars?

In the grand scheme of things, it seems almost trivial to have an argument about the introduction of a restaurant's hot sauce.

After all, this country has and should be dealing with more important issues, including waging a war overseas.

But if health statistics are any indication, the fast food industry has continued to provide a disservice by continually giving Americans an insatiable appetite for these foods and condiments over the years.

According to the Alabama Extension Cooperative System, four out of 10 meals are eaten at fast food restaurants away from home.

These are staggering statistics, and the implementation of new fast food items doesn't help the diets of Americans.

It is a vicious cycle.

It may sound hypocritical, but as a person regularly on the go throughout the week, I eat at fast food res-

taurants.

I am frequently front-and-center in these drive-thru lines, ordering delicious Del Taco bean and cheese burritos, Jack in the Box Ultimate Cheeseburgers, fries and other wonderful calorie-laden, fattening foods.

In light of Del Taco recently introducing their hot sauce, however, I can't help but wonder if it's too extreme on the fast food chain’s part and if they are almost out of control with these food additions.

The new additions are subtly contributing to American's bulging waist lines.

For the sake of everyone's health and its extreme new food offerings, I propose that the fast food industry take a chill pill for a while to evaluate what exactly it's doing.

I cringe when I envision what's next in our fast food future.

Maybe we'll get a hot sauce that is 10 times hotter than its competitors and cures cancer.

The Gossip Girl mainstream media footsteps by even mentioning the Hudson and Hewitt hot topics, I do find myself asking just how newsworthy these events are.

Regardless, I still bought this week’s People. Yet, when I was in Walgreen’s and first caught glimpse of the magazine, I found myself transported for a split second back to high school, where I wasn’t met with the best of memories.

I thought of my senior year when the yearbook came out and everyone in my class rushed to check out who was voted “Best Eyes” or “Most Friendly.” I had lost out “Most Outgoing” to my best friend Vanessa.

I hated her.

Although those titles were voted on by the entire senior population, and not made up, the sentiment remains the same between those and grander scale contests in large publications – It’s all a popularity contest, not based on any sort of concrete standards but unadulterated opinion.

Things like beauty and sex appeal

are purely a matter of opinion, so just who ranked Hudson the fairest of them of all and why should I listen to or care about what that anonymous person has to say?

Who’s to say who is the most beautiful celebrity or who is the most unsexy, as in actress Sarah Jessica Parker’s case when she was named “Unsexiest Woman Alive” by Maxim Magazine last October.

How she beat out singer Amy Winehouse on that one still baffles me.

Parker’s case reminds me of the ugliness (no pun intended) that is the other side of these popularity contests.

With these childish, high schooltype lists can come hurt feelings, ridiculous arguments (like with me and Vanessa) and nasty behavior by putting others down, as with Parker.

Lists like those published in People or Maxim Magazine, whether nice or not, are immature.

We shouldn’t let one person or one publication’s opinion dictate who is the prettiest, sexiest or most unsexy.

By Amy Robertson opinion@dailytitan.com

Also, keep in mind that those lists change every year.

If Hudson is the most beautiful person this year, she will almost undoubtedly be left out of next year’s top spot, despite the fact that she won’t have changed a bit.

However, people will keep buying those special editions and will be anxious to see which beautiful star beat everyone else out next time around.

But just remember how meaningless these lists really are, and don’t let yourself get caught up in the immature thinking that’s behind them.

We’re in college now, not high school, so it’s time to move beyond those petty popularity contests.

SPORTS

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May 5, 2008

Racquetballers bring ‘A-game’ Right-handed player uses his left hand so other players ‘have a chance’

Men’s Basketball

Three Junior College players sign with Titans

FULLERTON – Three community college players have returned national letters of intent to continue their men’s basketball careers at Cal State Fullerton.

Papa Guisse, a 6-foot-8-inch forward/center from Salt Lake City Community College; Ray Miller, a 6-foot-8-inch center from Iowa Western College in Council Bluffs; and J. J. Seymore, a 5-foot-11-inch guard from Coffeyville Community College in Kansas all will be expected to see action next season since the Titans lost six seniors to graduation.

“Guisse has good size, is a good outside shooter and a good rebounder,” Titan Head Coach Bob Burton said.

“Miller is a terrific post defender

by Andrew meza

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

Walking up the steps of the Titan Recreation Center, visitors could already hear the echoes coming from the enclosed courts upstairs.

Sitting directly across the newly built courts, earlier participants of the racquetball tournament watched their peers as the players enclosed by the courts dodged the small, blue ball that seemed to ricochet off the walls like a bullet.

The players bounced from wall to wall while avoiding collisions with each other’s rackets. With each swing, the players positioned themselves like they were about to play leapfrog.

One player, Nic Clark, was constantly diving and hitting the floor for what seemed like every swing.

Every time he came face to face with the hardwood, onlookers inhaled a hard breath in reaction to the pain – then they all laughed.

Drenched in sweat, goggles over their eyes and one leather glove to firm their grip to their racket handles, this seemed far from anything recreational.

Clark came out of the courts, breathing deeply.

“This kicks your ass,” he said.

“But it’s fun.”

The tournament consisted of six players – four of whom belong to the CSUF racquetball course – including the instructor, Brandon Uribe.

“I’m the one that got taught today,” Uribe said after finishing a match against Jon Varona.

There was an obvious focus on Varona from the other players. It turns out that Varona is considered an “A-Level” player.

Varona started the racquetball club on campus and is sponsored by Gearbox, a company that specializes in all things racquetball. Between games, he sits quietly reading a book

IN OTHER NEWS and a great all-around rebounder,” Burton said. “Seymore can play either the one or two guard. He is extremely quick and is a prolific scorer.”

Guisse has two remaining years of eligibility while Miller and Seymore have three years to play two seasons.

Guisse averaged 7.2 points and 6.6 rebounds in a 32-4 season. He shot 52 percent from the floor and 74 percent from the free-throw line.

Miller averaged 9.9 points and 6.1 rebounds. He shot 58 percent from the floor.

Seymore averaged 14.9 points and 4.9 assists. He made 91 of 235 attempts (.387) from behind the 3-point line and had 53 steals.

Baseball

Titans win sixth Big West Conference series

By Van doan/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Nic Clark, left, a history major, getting ready to strike the ball while Jason Ng, a kinesiology major, gets out of the way.

on nonverbal communication and the study of body language.

The first games that Varona played today were played left-handed – He’s naturally right-handed.

He went back to his natural hand as soon as he lost a game to Uribe.

“I don’t want to sound cocky because I’m not,” Varona said. “But I wanted other players to have a chance … because it’s no fun to get smoked.”

He admitted that his main purpose for playing in the tournament is to look for recruits for his own campus club and to spread the word about a sport that has gone overlooked.

“This is an amazing sport,” Varona said. “It takes mental toughness, agility, endurance … people

may not look at it as a sport because it’s just not as popular as others.”

Varona started playing racquetball in 2004 when he began to practice at least five to six times a week. He even took lessons from one of the top amateur players in California.

He said it all began with his mom, who played racquetball and would frequently take Varona along with her to the courts.

Varona looked up from his book when the glass wall shook and rattled. Clark had run into it.

“He hustles, but he really needs to be careful not to hurt himself,” Varona said.

They are fortunate that they’re not playing on concrete. The less appealing courts, located across the CSUF intramural fields, are solid concrete

and once were the only place to call home for racquetball enthusiasts.

Earlier this semester, three of the six courts were being used for storage.

“It was so dark and gloomy in there. It was like playing in a jail cell,” Varona said.

Jason Ng, another participant in the tournament, stands with his hands at his waist.

“What a great way to end your week,” Ng said. “Some good exercise, good people. It’s awesome.”

Varona ended up placing first.

Clark, drenched in sweat, was rubbing his legs after finishing a tough match to place third in the tournament.

“Brandon,” he said, turning to his instructor. “I don’t think I’m going to be ready for Monday’s class.”

GOLETA – Cory Arbiso allowed only one run and four hits over eight innings and Gary Brown, Dustin Garneau and Brian Wilson homered Sunday afternoon to lead Cal State Fullerton to a convincing 11-1 win at UC Santa Barbara.

The victory gave the Titans the series, two games to one, a 29-16 overall record and a Big West mark of 13-5. Arbiso improved to 9-2, winning his ninth start in succession and dropping UCSB to 30-16, 9-6.

Brown’s two-run homer gave Arbiso a 2-0 lead in the fourth and Garneau followed with a solo blast

to make it 3-0. Jared Clark singled home a run in the fifth, Joel Weeks and Josh Fellhauer drove in runs in a three-run sixth and Wilson hit a three-run homer in the ninth to highlight the Titans’ offense.

Chuck Higgins, who came into the game with a 7-1 record for the Gauchos, left 7-2 after allowing eight hits and seven runs in five innings of work. The lone Gaucho run came on a home run by Chris McMurray, whose roundtripper broke up Arbiso’s no-hit bid in the fifth.

CSUF plays Pepperdine in a nonconference game Tuesday night.

Annual Miracle League Clinic set for May 7 FULLERTON – For the 10th consecutive year, the Cal State Fullerton baseball team will host a free clinic for developmentally disabled children on Wednesday at Goodwin Field. The clinic is scheduled to run from 6-8 p.m.

Kids of the Miracle League (Challenger Little Leaguers also welcomed) and their parents will

be hosted on the field by the entire 2008 roster of players and coaches for a two-hour long clinic and pizza dinner. Over the years, the kids have become some of the collegians’ most loyal fans.

For more information on this year’s Miracle League clinic, please call the baseball office at (714) 278-3789.

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May 5, 2008

Softball shuts out Long Beach State Men’s soccer beefs up for ‘08 season

Titans take series over No. 17-ranked 49ers with a 3-0 victory Sunday

Head coach and co-captain are optimistic about the 10 new teammates

Courtesy Titan media relations

By Damon casarez/Daily Titan Staff Photographer (Top) The Titans in the dugout cheering on their team. (Left) Cal State Fullerton Senior Katie Gollhardt fielding a ball at third and making the throw to first base. (Right) Senior second baseman Crystal Vieyra attempting to throw a runner out at first base.

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We went out and got players that would help improve certain areas, like getting the ball in the back of the net.

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FULLERTON – Cal State Fullerton senior right-hander Jessica Doucette tossed a three-hit shutout while freshman K.C. Craddick added a pair of hits to help lift the Titans to a 3-0 series-clinching victory over No. 17 Long Beach State on Sunday afternoon at Anderson Family Field.

The victory improved Fullerton’s record to 26-24-1 overall, 10-8 in the Big West Conference, while the 49ers lost their second straight and fall to 37-14, 13-5 in league play.

After losing a tough eight-inning decision in the series opener, Doucette (13-12) was dialed in on Sunday, scattering just three hits and retiring 14 straight batters at one point.

She faced just three batters over the minimum, striking out five without a walk in the complete-game victory, throwing only 66 pitches in the win.

Bridgette Pagano (13-10) suffered the loss, allowing two earned on six hits, walking a pair and striking out three in six innings of work.

Fullerton scored all the runs it would need with two outs in the second inning as Craddick led off with a single, moved to second on Jenna Wheeler’s long fly ball that was caught in foul territory in the left field corner and advanced to third on a groundout.

That brought up Courtney Martinez, who promptly singled to left field, plating Craddick for the 1-0 lead. After a single by Crystal Vieyra put a pair on, Katie Gollhardt then laced another single to left that was misplayed by the fielder, allowing both baserunners to score for the 3-0 advantage.

Doucette then took control from the circle, not allowing a baserunner until Brooke LeSage’s lead-off double in the seventh – the first extra base hit of the game – and then retiring the final three batters of the game on a foul out and a pair of ground balls

tition,” Kingman said. “Everyone is looking to better themselves.”

As the newcomers push the returning players to increased levels of performance, they may also be making a run for starting positions, Amby sarah cruz mann said.

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com Ammann and Kingman said these new recruits will add depth to the The Cal State Fullerton men’s soc- team. The Titans also need players cer team has beefed up their squad who can put scores on the board. in anticipation of the upcoming sea“We had a number of games last son. season where we lost 1-0,” Ammann After a season chock full of score- said. “One score would make a difless games for the Titans, Titan Head ference in a game like that. It puts Coach Bob Ammann said he hopes a lot of pressure on the defense bethese new recruits will round out the cause they know one mistake could team and help drive competition cost us.” among players already on the team.

If the Titans are scoring, the deThe increased number of players fense can play more freely and be less on the team will also help to replace on edge, Ammann said. or relieve injured players.

Kingman said he thinks the new “I’m very explayers will cited about the help an offense new players comthat sometimes ing in,” Ammann struggles to score said. “We went goals. out and got play“I’m very exers that would cited [about the help improve new recruits],” certain areas, like Kingman said. getting the ball “We have some in the back of the center forwards net.”

– Bob Ammann, and strikers and Last year’s they’re talked of Titan Head Coach team started out very highly. They strong, but injuwill greatly help ries sidelined some key players and our team.” the small squad size put the team at The new players include Mario a disadvantage, Ammann said.

Alvarez and Omar Tena from Texas, The new recruits come from com- and Celso Alvarez, Michael Denny, munity colleges and high schools in Pablo Gonzales, John Meza, Kevin Southern California and Texas. The Venegas, Trevor Whiddon and Jesse addition of these 10 players, plus Horta from community colleges and even more recruits soon to be an- high schools in the Southern Calinounced, will give the coaches “more fornia area. options,” Ammann said.

Celso transfers in from a comTeam co-captain Peter Kingman munity college, while the other nine said he thinks the new players will are incoming freshmen, according help key areas for the team. King- to the Titan Athletic Department’s man, a transfer from England, looks press release. to the incoming members to push “They have good attitudes,” Amthe other players to improve. mann said. “I am excited about them “It’s brilliant. It’ll be great compe- joining the Titan family.”

to end it.

CSUF closes out the regular season with its final three-game Big West Conference series of the year at home against UC Santa Barbara.

The Titans and Gauchos will meet in a doubleheader on Friday beginning at 4 p.m. before Saturday’s single-game finale on May 10 at 12 p.m.