Volume 94, Issue 39
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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FEATURES | RESCUE
No-kill shelter strives to save The Barks of Love animal shelter has rescued over 800 dogs since 2008 KRISTEN CERVANTES Daily Titan
Troy High School’s Navy JROTC unit stands at attention while carrying flags representing all 50 U.S. states.
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Fullerton honors veterans Veterans Day ceremonies salute those who have served in military ALLY FITZGERALD Daily Titan
Veterans of past and present were honored Monday by the city of Fullerton with a parade and celebration to thank soldiers of peacetime and wartime for their sacrifices. The City of Fullerton, in conjunction with Fullerton American Legion Post 142 and Fullerton Emblem Club 469, hosted the 26th annual Veterans Day ceremony and the 16th annual Veterans Day parade. Veterans of all ages, representing multiple conflicts and wars, assembled with Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) units from Fullerton high schools at Ful-
lerton Downtown Plaza and marched to Hillcrest Park, flying the colors of the United States and all 50 states. Keynote speaker Maj. Gen. Megan P. Tatu, commanding general of the 79th Sustainment Support Command in Los Alamitos, Calif., addressed the crowd of about 1,000 people. Tatu spoke about the many sacrifices made by members of the armed forces, as well as their families. She thanked those who had served, paid reverence to those who had lost lives and limb, and thanked those in the community who had taken time out of their days to remember service members. Though she noted that the ceremony honored veterans in attendance who served in Vietnam, the Korean Conflict, Grenada and the Balkans, Tatu also spoke about the men and
women who currently servemany of whom are collegeaged. “Know, as I have been privileged to personally witness, that the warriors of today are every bit as honorable, patriotic and courageous as those who filled their ranks in a previous time,” Tatu said. Those “warriors of today,” including Cal State Fullerton students, were also present. Approximately 30 members of the CSUF Student Veterans Association walked in the parade and attended the ceremony, clad in blue T-shirts with the words “Titan Veteran” prominently displayed. One CSUF veteran, Joslyn Vascura, 24, a sociology major who served four years in the United States Marine Corps, was deployed to Afghanistan. “I am extremely fortunate to have gone through all that,”
Vascura said. “And if I had to do it all over again, I would do it in a heartbeat.” Jeff Harris, who serves on the Veterans Day Committee for the City of Fullerton, said he gained much from his time spent in the United States Army and added though military service may not be for everyone, community service is important for all. “It’s not for everybody, but it’s one way of doing public service,” Harris said. “Everybody should do public service of some sort, and the military is one way.” In her speech, Tatu offered advice for how those who did not serve could best honor veterans, both those in attendance and those who had lost their lives in service to the country. SEE VETERANS, 2
While walking down a long aisle of dog kennels, the sounds of loud barking echoing in the background, a teenage girl spots a white dog, matted and shaking in his cage. Ashley Cunningham, who was 14 years old at the time, saw the dog and instantly felt a connection with him. “We knew we had to rescue him,” Cunningham said. Cunningham and her mother adopted the young cockapoo from a shelter in Arizona that same day and named him Curly. Curly became Cunningham’s first rescue dog and left a lasting impression on her life. Although Curly recently passed away at the age of 15, Cunningham continues her efforts to rescue dogs as the president and founder of the Fullerton-based nonprofit animal rescue organization, Barks of Love (BOL). The program rescues and finds homes for dogs, but is different from traditional animal shelters by being 100 percent kill-free. It uses foster homes and strives to find each dog a permanent place to live. “You can rescue a dog from a shelter and stick it into a boaring facility, but you’re not really doing anything but moving the
dog from one cage to another cage,” Cunningham said. “With my rescue, what I wanted to do was start this foster program so that I would only rescue dogs if I had a foster.” The organization has contracts with all of the shelters in Southern California and gets a list of dogs that are set to be euthanized and gets tips from its Facebook page. After going through the daily lists, BOL sees which dogs it can help and rescues them. An estimated 3.7 million animals were euthanized in the nation’s shelters in 2008, according to the American Humane Association website. BOL has rescued over 800 dogs since it began in 2008—all through foster homes. After a dog is saved from a shelter, the organization takes the time to find out the dog’s background history, including medical and training problems. From there, it makes the dogs suitable for a foster home. “Everything we do is driven by our passion for matching families with the right dogs,” Cunningham said. Once a proper foster family is found, BOL helps them by paying for supplies, such as leashes and food bowls, most of which are donated. However, about 90 percent of the organization’s revenue from monetary donations goes towards veterinarian bills, Cunningham said. SEE SHELTERS, 5
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Founder Ashley Cunningham poses with one of the shelter’s dogs.
SPORTS | SOCCER
CSUF women’s soccer captures Big West Title Pulliam named MVP as Titans roll past UCR to NCAA Tournament VINCENT LA ROSA Daily Titan
The Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team punched their improbable ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007 with a 2-1 shoot-out victory over UC Riverside in the Big West Tournament final. CSUF senior goalkeeper Katie Pulliam was named tournament MVP after saving three of the Highlanders’ five opportunities in the shootout.
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Pulliam was also the hero in the semifinals, where she stopped two shootout attempts to down Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. It must have felt like déjà vu for the Titans. After a 1-1 scoreline in regulation and overtime in their semifinal matchup with Cal Poly SLO on Thursday, they repeated the same pattern in the championship match on Sunday. However, unlike Thursday, it was the Titans taking the early lead over their opponent, albeit coming from a familiar face. In the 14th minute, an early cross from the right side by freshman defender Jazzmin Mancilla found junior mid-
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fielder Brianna Chapman at the far post just six yards from the Highlander goal. Chapman had the presence of mind to head the cross back against the face of goal to senior forward Nikki McCants, who was waiting unmarked at the opposite post. UCR goalkeeper Elizabeth Silas tried her best to change directions and rush to her opposite post but wasn’t in time to stop McCants’ header from finishing into an open net to give CSUF the lead. The goal was McCants’ second in as many games. While netting only once in the regular season, the CSUF forward proved to be clutch ending the Big West Tournament with
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both of the Titans’ goals from their two matches. “I feel great. I couldn’t be more proud of my team and Katie’s efforts in overtime,” said McCants, def lecting much of the praise back on her team when asked about her goals after the match. “I’m lost for words. I’m just very excited.” A goal to the good, the Titans thoroughly dominated the rest of the first half, holding UCR to zero shots in the first 45 minutes. “We played a very motivated and a very good Riverside team today,” Head Coach Demian Brown said. “And for our back four, looking at the stats here, we had zero shots
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against us in the first and five in the second, for them to play the way that they’ve done all year long here in a very important conference tournament is tremendous.” But the Titans’ dominance in possession and defense aside, a second goal eluded the team and as the match wore on, the Highlanders would eventually play their way into the contest piling on pressure in the closing stages. In the 85th minute, the Highlanders would finally break through when Mancilla was dispossessed by UCR forward Tyler Cunningham in the Titan box before bringing down Danielle Lopez. The referee immediately awarded
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UCR a penalty, and Cunningham sent a deft chip into the back of the CSUF net to tie the match at one with a little more than three minutes remaining. Playing overtime in their second Big West Tournament final in two years, the Titans were unable to find an answer for the UCR defense and were forced into a shootout with an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament on the line. As she did in the match Thursday’s, Pulliam again replaced starting goalkeeper Lindsey Maricic. And once again, the penalty specialist did not disappoint. SEE WOMEN’S SOCCER, 8
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Titans earn trip to NCAA tournament with win over UCR in Big West final
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