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Volume 93, Issue 16

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We need crowd control on the court DETOUR 5

Joey Fatone spices up second season SPORTS 8

Women’s basketball aims for playoffs

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Arboretum updates presented to city SAMUEL MOUNTJOY Daily Titan

Volunteers and board members gave a presentation to the Fullerton City Council on Tuesday regarding the current and upcoming programs at the 26-acre garden on the north side of Cal State Fullerton’s campus known as the Arboretum.

An agreement was made in 1977 between the California State University, the city of Fullerton and the Arboretum to fund the development of the Arboretum. Due to this partnership, Arboretum board members regularly update

the university, but the city receives less regular updates.

Steve Eldredge, vice president of finance for Friends of the Arboretum, presented updates to the council regarding events to be held at the garden.

“It’s important to keep those constituencies informed,” Eldredge said before the meeting.

The Arboretum is working to develop more diverse sources of funding, according to Eldredge.

During the meeting, Eldredge explained how the Arboretum is funded.

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CAMPUS | Education

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Anil Puri, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business and Economics, speaks at an event by the Business Inter-Club Council in the TSU on Tuesday.

Economy drags despite turnaround Economy continues to see slow job growth due to market restructuring DAVID HOOD Daily Titan

In the wake of the national sequester, or across-the-board spending cuts that took effect March 1, the U.S. economy is still slow to catch a wave that will return it to pre-recession levels.

Despite the dramatic spike in the Dow Jones industrial average reaching its historical high Tuesday, the economy is “rather lackluster,” according to Anil Puri, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business and Eco-

nomics at Cal State Fullerton.

The sluggish economy has been lacking momentum, as the country’s real gross domestic product (GDP) has only risen a meager 0.1 percent in the fourth fiscal quarter, regardless of the Great Recession’s technical end two years ago when national real GDP rose in two consecutive fiscal quarters.

February’s consumer confidence level jumped from below 60 to 69, according to the Conference Board Index, which tracks consumer confidence, or consumers’ general willingness to purchase goods.

Puri said consumer confidence was “feeling better, but not a whole lot better,” meaning the

general population is still reluctant to spend money on goods, dawdling the much-needed rise in employment and GDP. “It does seem that this economy is going to be slow in terms of job growth because of the restructuring that has taken place in the market,” said Puri, as the demand for certain products have dropped and may not come back.

He added that unemployment is dubious to change in the next five years as a result of these factors.

Unemployment is still towering at 7.7 percent nationally, a major contributing factor to the optimistic but found-wanting consumer confidence level.

9.5%

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UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

ORANGE COUNTY

10.5% 10.0%

According to data provided by the Institute for Economic and Environmental Studies Research Reports at CSUF, the labor market has improved slowly, but faster than the last recession in 2001.

Still, Puri said it is “no consolation” for its current laggard pace.

Some students felt optimistic in spite of the grisly-looking economy, confident their skills (and degrees) will prove useful.

Gary Au, 19, a pre-economics major, said CSUF is preparing him well so far for the competitive job market likely to be waiting for him post-graduation.

NATIONAL

9.5% 9.5%

9.0%

8.7%

8.5%

9.0% 8.1%

8.0%

7.7%

7.7%

7.5%

7.0%

7.0% 6.5% 6.0%

2010

2011

2012

2013

FORECASTED

FORECASTED

Source: College of Business and Economics

ANDRES MARTINEZ / Daily Titan Students receive help from fellow STEM members while studying at the Transfer Resource Center on Monday.

STEM project provides sanctuary for students The five-year grant program aims to improve transfer rates to four-year colleges ANDRES MARTINEZ Daily Titan

Almost a year and a half has passed since Cal State Fullerton was awarded a grant to form a multifaceted project to increase the number of transfer students from community colleges. Since then, the implemented programs have created a haven for students pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

The five-year grant project, Strengthening Transfer Education & Matriculation (STEM)², is divided into different programs and organizes campus tours to tar-

get students with an interested in STEM fields. It is funded by the Department of Education.

Maria V. Dela Cruz, Ph.D., project manager of STEM², said the largest program is the Summer Research Experience (SRC).

According to Cruz, the program hosts about 30 students from three partner colleges—Citrus College, Cypress College and Santiago Canyon College.

Applicants are chosen based on good academic standing and interest in STEM fields.

The SRE aims to encourage students to transfer to a four-year institution as a STEM major and allows them to partner with faculty in research, said Cruz.

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DETOUR | Music

Wind ensembles to play at weekend festival KYMBERLIE ESTRADA Daily Titan

About 1,400 high school musicians will be on campus to perform at the 7th annual Cal State Fullerton Wind Ensemble Festival this weekend.

Meng Concert Hall, which seats 800, will invite 28 of the best high school wind bands of Southern California.

The Friday and Saturday all-day event, from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. both days, promises an array of musical selections.

High school bands will perform music ranging from slow ballads and marches to dance, classical, Latin influence and programmatic pieces and more.

The two-day festival will also feature CSUF’s top ensembles, the Symphonic Winds and the University Wind Symphony, both directed by music professor Mitch J. Fennell, Ph.D.

“We hope that they (high school students) will be able to use our performances as models of what they could be striving for in their school music programs,” said Fennell.

The Wind Symphony will perform works by contemporary American composers including “Overture for Winds” by Felix Mendelssohn, “Baron Cimetiere’s Mambo” by Donald Grantham and “Child’s Garden of Dreams” by David Maslanka.

The Wind Symphony, comprised of the finest upper division and graduate music students, has toured worldwide and has performed in national conventions in Japan, as well as Western Regional Conferences in California.

The Symphonic Winds, made up of mostly lower division music students, will focus on works carefully selected based on the success and improvement of the students.

Their repertoire will feature “Fanfare for the Vienna Philhar-

monic” by Richard Strauss, “Sea Songs” by Ralph Vaughan Williams and “King Fishers Catch Fire” by John Mackey.

“Students are selected and ranked based on technical proficiency, artistry and sight reading ability on their major instrument,” Fennel said.

William Fritz and Jason Lomeda, both graduate assistants for Fennel, acknowledge the bands’ expertise and dedication to the music program.

Lomeda noted that the Wind Symphony and Symphonic Winds go through a process of what conductors call “score studying.”

Both bands balance and blend the sound of each ensemble, while bringing out the expressive content of each piece to understand at a deeper level the musical intent of the composer, according to Lomeda.

“That is one thing the average audience member will tend to

Courtesy of the University Wind Symphony The finest high school bands of Southern California will meet at Meng Hall at the 7th annual Wind Ensemble Festival.

overlook,” said Lomeda, “is the amount of time and preparation it takes, and not just from the conductor, but for every musician in an ensemble.”

The Wind Ensemble Festival showcases the best of the best CSUF has to offer.

“The CSUF Band Festival is a great opportunity for all high

schools to perform in one of the best concert halls in Southern California,” Lomeda said.

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PROGRAMS: Plant sales fund garden

DTBRIEFS Death of president causes uncertainty

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A combination of funds from Cal State Fullerton and the city are supplemented by donations from individuals and corporations. This funding agreement keeps the Arboretum free and is expected to last until 2020.

“We self-generate a significant amount of our own funding, but what we have never done yet is to charge admission to the grounds,” Eldredge said. “This is very rare among arboretums.”

Special event and plant sales provide significant funding, according to Eldredge.

Eldredge touted programs such as the Children’s Environmental Education Program (CEEP) and the Heritage House, which bring thousands of elementary school students to the Arboretum every year.

He also explained community outreach programs undertaken by the Arboretum such as a partner-

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The Arboretum is a cooperative arrangement between the Cal State University, city of Fullerton and the Arboretum that was agreed upon in 1977.

ship with the Rehabilitation Institute of Southern California (RIO).

“With the RIO Institute of Orange County, we have a crew of four adult handicapped men working on

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the grounds. It’s a great environment and they are very appreciative for all work they do.”

The Arboretum also partners with Hart Community Homes, which helps young adults who have aged out of the foster care system.

CEEP was developed at the Arboretum and ties into the science curriculum of local students.

Eldredge also informed the council of upcoming fundraising events, such as an upcoming plant sale. Fruits and vegetables as well as two of the hottest peppers will be available for purchase.

“We sell over 200 varieties of tomato plants and 150 different kinds of pepper plants,” Eldredge said.

“Over 35,000 plants in total, all planted from seeds by volunteers.”

Recently, the Arboretum entered into an agreement with the Urban Agriculture Communitybased Research Experience (UACRE) program. Students from Ladera Vista Junior High learn about gardening and food choice as part of the program.

After Eldredge’s presentation, Councilman Doug Chaffee presented Friends of the Arboretum volunteer organization president Mary Dalessi with the “Volunteer of the Month” award. The council presented her with a plaque and

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ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan Stephen Eldredge, a Fullerton Arboretum volunteer, speaks to Fullerton City Council members Tuesday regarding upcoming events for the community.

a parking spot will be reserved at City Hall for Dalessi.

“The reason volunteers are not paid is not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless.

You are an example of that, Mary.

Thank you for all that you’ve done,” said Chaffee.

Dalessi has been principal of various local schools and is serving as president of the Fullerton College Foundation.

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An Orange County committee voted Thursday to reduce the funds meant for local law enforcement from about 1 percent to 3 percent, according to the Orange County Register.

The committee divided the $66.7 million of state money assigned for the upcoming fiscal year for the inmate “realignment.”

The realignment involves moving non-serious, nonviolent and non-sex offenders from prisons to local jails. This is intended to ease the crowding in state prisons and is hoped to address the 70 percent recidivism rate the state faces.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has received the largest portion of the realignment funds due to the significant increase in their inmate population.

It was argued by the Orange County Community Corrections Partnership that an additional $1.4 million in Orange County law enforcement funds would help cover the cost of inmate realignment, however, local law enforcement argues that the money was not meant to cover the realignment costs.

Before the budget vote, there had been difficulty in meeting the financial needs of all the agencies affected by realignment.

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The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12-3 to approve John Brennan as the next director of the CIA on Tuesday, according to USA Today.

Senators from both parties nominated Brennan, a longtime former CIA official who is currently Obama’s counterterrorism advisor. However, the Senate first requested official documents involving drone strikes as part of the process.

During Brennan’s confirmation hearing, he told the committee that he would share more information with the panel if he was confirmed.

Senator Dianne Feinstein scheduled a closed session vote on Brennan after the White House agreed to supply the committee with the drone strike documents.

Despite the threatened delay of a confirmation vote and lack of information on the drone strikes, it is not expected that Brennan will have any difficulty with the Senate.

The Senate still will need to vote to confirm him for the post of CIA director.

If the Senate confirms Brennan, he will replace the CIA’s deputy director Michael Morell, who is fulfilling the position of director since David Petraeus’ resignation in November.

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died from cancer on Tuesday, according to CNN. Chavez, 58, was diagnosed with cancer in June 2011 and received treatment in Cuba.

As the deeply divided South American country mourns the death of Chavez, Vice President Nicolas Maduro called on the Venezuelans to remain respectful. Maduro did not announce who would run the country in the meantime, nor did he mention when the elections would be held.

There has been controversy over who would assume control until the new elections are held.

Before Chavez left for surgery in December, he tapped Maduro to be the man that replaces him. Maduro has made no mention of running for the elections but it is expected that he will be the United Socialist Party of Venezuela’s candidate for president.

According to the Venezuelan Constitution, a new election must take place within 30 days for the new president.

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Warren Porier, 18, and German Perez, 18, kiss in front of religious speakers in the Quad on Tuesday.

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ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan Business Madness Week, a series of events for business students, continued Tuesday with the Business Career Expo at the Titan Student Union.

The College of Business and Economics event, hosted by the Business Inter-Club Council and the Career Center, was aimed toward providing students

with an opportunity to learn about different business industries and opportunities.

The event held representatives from almost 80 different companies recruiting new hires or interns.

Businesses present at the event included Target, the Federal Depost Insur-

ance Corporation, Sherwin Williams, Sharp and Walgreens.

Krystyl Nottage, Career Center marketing, social media and event specialist, said student feedback has been positive.

According to Nottage, the Business Career Expo helps narrow down options for both employers

and students because the companies target business students.

Nottage said Maria Valdivia-Pellkofer, a Career Center business specialist, has a really strong database of employers that have been working with the career center for a long time.

Students at the event

were encouraged to build a network and immerse themselves in planning for their future.

Business Madness runs until Thursday in the Titan Student Union Pavilions.

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The research will begin June 17 and last eight weeks. At the end of the program, students present a poster of their work and have the opportunity to win $5,000.

Ricardo Luceno, a computer science major at CSUF, was involved in last year’s research program while he attended Santiago Canyon College.

“I wanted to know what it was like since I didn’t know the field, how research was and explore a little more what I was studying,” said Luceno.

Luceno added that the research experience helped him explore his interest in the geology field.

The Transfer Resource Center (TRC) is a place that allows students to complete homework or simply interact with other STEM field students.

Christina Tran, a math major at CSUF, said she spends about seven hours a week at the TRC. She also takes advantage of the center’s accessibility and the benefit of prior registration.

Tran said the services provided by STEM² creates a community within students because most of them are at the same point in their lives.

“Prior to being in this program, I was very minimally involved in school (and) campus events,” said Tran. “This program really threw me into being more active on campus.”

Cruz hopes the different components of STEM² are institutionalized so they can continue providing their services even after the grant expires.

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“Currently, I feel like it’s OK, since I’m a sophomore I know there’s still time. And with Mihaylo’s career opportunity setup, I feel pretty confident to leave here with a job opportunity,” said Au. The sharpest recovery in the market is in housing, as the price for homes are still low.

Puri said housing prices have recovered about 10 percent in the last year and will probably rise another 18 percent in 2013, easing the feeling of being poor he said that people felt during the recession.

Puri addressed the sequester in his economic forecast report to students Tuesday night, citing that the federal deficit, or year-to-year spending versus earning, is up to $1 trillion.

“So long as the country can pay the interest payment on the debt, without affecting the normal operation, without driving privatesector investment, public debt is not a problem,” Puri said.

He said the sequester is a “terrible way to make cuts,” as government spending is reduced, driving down the deficit, but everything gets slashed, including education, national defense and other social programs.

Overall economic growth will probably grow around 2.1 percent this year, as it has given a slow start, but is looking optimistic, Puri said.

“We can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it’s dim,” he said.

David Wong, Ph.D., an eco-

nomics professor and concentration chair, said it is still too early to determine the impact of the sequester hammered down by Washington last week on consumer confidence.

He said Pell grants, government grants and other government monetary supplies to CSUF will not feel the “direct effects” of the sequester.

“If there is going to be an effect, it will generally be negative, because some people are expected to lose income, as a result of the sequester,” said Wong. “When you lose income, you generally get a little bit depressed.”

The scale of the impact is still “left to be seen,” Wong said.

The address given by Puri was an event hosted by the Business Inter-Club Council in the Titan Student Union.

President of the council Mark Mejia, 20, an economics and philosophy double major, said the lecture was well received by students who attended, which he estimated to be about 50—almost half of the total students in the Economics Department of CSUF. Mejia believes integrating realworld software into the curriculum of the Economics Department prepares students for the real world.

“Most of these students actually work and go to school at the same time, and if they have to pay more for this, for education, it’s an unexpected blow to them ... It takes a lot of work to pay for tuition, Orange County is already expensive as it is for students,” he said.

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Anil Puri, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business and Economics, talks to students in the Titan Student Union about the sequester and economy on Tuesday.

National Forecasts Consumer Prices

Payroll Employment

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GDP

2011

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3.1

1.2

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2.2

2.1

1.4

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1.8

2.0

1.6

2014f

2.7

2.4

1.8

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Between work and home life Telecommuting may be convenient, but it won’t work for all businesses JENNIFER NGUYEN Daily Titan

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Three people were jailed for months without charge on the assumption they knew about a courthouse vandalism.

Guilt by association is not actual proof of wrong-doing Five months in jail with no charges is unacceptable for a country built on freedom KRISTIN WISEMAN Daily Titan

Three members of an anarchist group, the Committee Against Political Repression, were jailed in Washington state based on the suspicion that they had information regarding courthouse vandalism. However, there wasn’t any evidence that they were involved.

Instead, they were merely guilty by association.

Two of the these suspects were detained for five months, mostly in solitary confinement, before the judge released them under the belief that they would continue not to cooperate. Still, the third suspect remains in a detention center.

“We’re glad that they are out of prison,” Kristian Williams, a spokesman for the Committee Against Political Repression, told the Los Angeles Times. “They shouldn’t have been there in the first place.”

The detention of the three suspects for an overnight stay would have been fair and acceptable if there was evidence against them.

However, five months in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day

is not right. Solitary confinement for that length, with little to no human contact, can create a psychological injury to the person.

Without proper evidence, people should not be held for questioning, especially if they aren’t being charged. It’s a different story if they are suspected of the crime in question, but people who aren’t can’t be held like this without cause.

There are alternatives to detaining people, like bringing them down to the police station for questioning. If there is nothing holding them there they should be free to walk, with an advisory that they can be contacted again if something changes. It is not constitutional to detain a person because they are advocating their ideals or beliefs. Law enforcement can’t act on assumptions alone.

The government is going against the natural right to assemble peacefully and express one’s opinion or belief to others.

The act of detaining the three members of the anarchist group is wrong and unfair. Why should they be detained simply because they belong to the group? They shouldn’t; there was no evidence placed against these three members, just suspicion that they had information about it.

They were likely trying to punish them for a crime they did not commit, simply by associating them with the anarchist group.

What happened to innocent until proven guilty? These members were assumed guilty and detained.

That’s not justice, nor is it constitutional. If you can’t prove they did it or that they know who did, you shouldn’t be allowed to hold them.

Even if the judge did release them, these people had to spend so much time in solitary confinement it could leave possible damages to the mind. It doesn’t change that they were detained in solitary confinement without any evidence.

How can a person be targeted when everyone has natural rights and are protected by the Fourth Amendment?

No matter the suspicion, people should not be detained for the length these two were. The third member is still detained and has not been released. The judge should stop waiting for another trial and error type scenario, especially if the punishment that is expected to be charged on the real criminals is less than five months and not in solitary confinement.

The innocent should not be punished more than the guilty.

Yahoo! president and CEO Marissa Mayer’s recent decision to ban telecommuting has been setting off a mini-apocalypse throughout the country, sparking a debate over whether or not working from home is a good idea for companies to consider continue engaging in.

I am all for the ban, but not its entirety.

Working from the comforts of one’s own home is a dream for many; you can just sit back in your reclining lawn chair next to the pool and work away in that comfortable home setting that you never want to leave in the morning.

I know how it feels.

For almost six years, I worked as a freelance web and graphic designer before moving on to other passions, like journalism. My little bedroom was my “office,” and this is where I would spend at least eight hours a day hand-coding layouts and pages in HTML and CSS and staring at Photoshop until my eyes were strained and red, all while still being able to have lunch breaks whenever I pleased.

And some well-known benefits of telecommuting include having a better work-life balance and reducing the spread of illnesses. It also reduces time spent on the road: A report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute states Americans spend at least 5.5 billion hours sitting in traffic each year. Washington, D.C. is listed as having the worst commute in the country, followed by Los Angeles and the San Francisco-Oakland area.

Enabling employees to telecommute full-time is said to save employers money as well. According to the Telework Research Network, companies could save between $20,000 and $37,000 per employee per year, and could save the U.S. $700 billion a year.

Without a doubt, the idea of having better work-life balance in our lives as well as saving money all across the board sounds absolutely splendid, but there are some significant downsides.

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Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer instituted a company-wide ban on telecommuting.

Businesses are reluctant about giving their employees the privilege to telecommute for fear of losing direct supervisory control. Additionally, working from home results in a great chance it could open doors to plenty of procrastination, something employers typically want workers to avoid as much as possible.

Doing graphic design work from home didn’t make the actual workload easier; I’m human, so of course I procrastinated every now and then, but I couldn’t afford to do so too much.

Otherwise my clients would have been disgruntled.

Although there wasn’t any supervisor breathing down my neck, I still worked intensely to meet deadlines that my clients and I had agreed on days or weeks prior. The amount of effort I put in was basically the same that I would have produced if I had been working at my cubicle at a design firm.

Another concern regarding telecommuting is the lack of communication.

Sure, there’s Skype, email, instant messengers and social networking sites. With the advanced digital era we’re in, telecommuting workers are able to connect to the corporate networks from their PC or laptop, making work life and home life much easier.

However, technology can and has ruined our ability to communi-

cate with others effectively.

What should one do if their key employee is not present during spontaneous periods of collaboration? How could one maintain effective relationships with others in the workplace if most everybody communicates virtually?

In a society where many people are wrapped up in their virtual egos, used to communicating through a computer or mobile phone screen and causing others’ interpersonal skills to suffer, the last thing we need is to allow that to happen in work environments.

This is not to say that allowing employees to telecommute automatically equates to low productivity and a growing lack of communication skills among everyone involved. Working at home isn’t exactly for everybody either. Some may work diligently from home and find it a convenience—especially those with young children to look after—while others may not use their work time at home wisely.

If that were the case, said individual should have that privilege revoked.

There simply needs to be a middle ground in the workplace.

Telecommuting is perfectly fine as long as companies do not do away with physical presence completely.

Otherwise, nobody would benefit from no face-to-face interaction whatsoever.

It’s all fun and games until someone gets trampled after a victory For the sake of everyone’s safety, let us leave oncourt celebrating to players MATTHEW PIER

There are reasons why it’s not allowed at the professional level.

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Two seconds remain on the clock. The last shot goes up. The final buzzer rings and the home team wins. Fans pour in from the stands, and the basketball court becomes a mosh pit of jumping players, media and fans.

Court-storming has become a weekly scene on ESPN, the sports media giant, and a topic of debate.

While court-storming is a tradition in college basketball, some have begun to question its safety and whether it should continue to be allowed.

Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski of Duke University’s men’s basketball team expressed concern for his players after they lost at the University of Virginia on Feb. 28.

“Look—celebrate, have fun, obviously you won—that’s cool,” said Krzyzewski. “Just get our team off the court and our coaching staff before students come on.”

If this had come from any other coach, it might have been talked about and forgotten in the same day. However, the words came from a man who has over 950 career wins, led Duke to four NCAA Championships, was an assistant coach of the historic 1992 Olympic “Dream Team” and has already

been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

But is he right?

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), which Duke is a part of, has already announced plans to discuss court-storming at their spring meetings in May. Some have even predicted that a fining system may be put in place to discourage the act.

Taking away a historic college tradition may not be that easy, as it stirs up many emotions from loyal fans. To them, buying a ticket and cheering until their voices give out earns them the right to share the victory stage with the athletes.

They are wrong.

The main concern is that someone will get injured—an athlete on the court, a fan racing down the stairs or a reporter trying to get an interview. With the incalculable amount of variables involved, the risks are high that something bad will happen.

Something bad almost happened on Jan. 12, when Duke lost at North Carolina State University.

Will Privette, a wheelchair bound student and fan of NC State, rolled his way into the middle of the crowded court after the

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final buzzer. During the celebration, Privette fell and was saved

by NC State forward, C.J. Leslie, who picked him up and held him until they found his wheelchair.

Privette said he knew it was a dumb thing to do, but described the experience as “awesome.”

Luckily, this particular event had a happy ending, but it may not always be so. Jumping in jubilation with hundreds of other fans can also quickly create a mob mentality. With that much energy and emotion, celebrating can easily turn into fighting. It might even spill into the streets outside, where riots and public destruction can occur; just watch videos of downtown Los Angeles after the Lakers win NBA titles.

These possibilities may be dramatic, but the concerns that come from them are not far-fetched, especially for a young college athlete.

Their future is always at stake, and being hurt in a mob after a game is already over is something to worry about.

College sports are one long audition for athletes who hope to make it into professional sports.

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After a loss to Virginia resulted in fans rushing the court, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski brought up several safety issues.

the very limited amount of spaces on team rosters, game time becomes increasingly valuable.

There are reasons why it’s not allowed at the professional level.

The public—one that may be drunk on alcoholic beverages or thrilling emotions—simply can-

not be trusted.

For fans, excitement is what sports are all about. This emotion multiplies when teams beat their rivals or a top ranked team. Logic and reason do not come into the equation, as fans can be blinded by the excitement of winning,

thus leading to unsafe, “in the moment” decisions.

Fans are crucial to sports, but they need to be smart and know where they belong. So scream, cheer, clap, high-five and jump for joy, but if you did not play in the game, do it from your seat.

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My Family Recipe Rocks, now in its second season, travels cross-country to learn tricks of the trade from home cooks.

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Joey Fatone has been a man of many talents, whether it’s singing and dancing for music sensation N*SYNC, acting or competing in Dancing With The Stars. But for the last year, he has been host to Live Well Network’s My Family Recipe Rocks.

In the series, Fatone travels across the country showcasing cooks working in the best kitchens they know: their homes.

“The coolest thing about the show is that basically you go into people’s homes and you watch them cook their food,” said Fatone. “And whether the recipe has been handed from generation to generation or something that they might have whipped up.”

Fatone describes the show as a “fly on the wall” in a sense, getting to see everyone’s down-to-earth cooking styles and techniques.

Though the majority of My Family Recipe Rocks focuses on homegrown cooks.

Celebrities have also been featured in Fatone’s show including Carnie Wilson from Wilson Phillips, musician Frankie Moreno, Fatone’s former Dancing With The Stars partner Kym Johnson, Rachel Smith of On the Carpet and Carrot Top. “It’s kind of cool just to dabble in. Just because they’re celebrities, they have families too,” Fatone said.

“They go and they cook for their kids as well and their families.”

In the next two weeks, Fatone will be traveling east to New Orleans where he’ll be working with Creole dishes and alligator meat.

“We just started the second season,” Fatone said. “We’ve shot about five episodes right now.”

In the first season of My Family Recipe Rocks, different types of cuisines were explored such as Indian, Mexican, Spanish and Mediterranean.

“I’d love to dabble more of Asian cuisine,” Fatone said regarding what new types of cuisines he’d love to try for season 2. “I think that’s something that’d be exciting to see and go into more depth with it. We haven’t even scratched the surface on that as well so we’re excited.”

There have been many unique meals during Fatone’s time hosting the show, and one in particular stands out.

“One of the most interesting meals I’ve had has been a Spam burrito,” Fatone said. “It’s like a breakfast burrito with Spam it in.”

Currently, Fatone is focusing his energy solely on My Family Recipe Rocks. What he loves about the show is that the flexible schedule allows him to devote more time to his wife and children.

“What’s great about the show is that it’s flexible that I’ve been able to travel, not for long periods of time, and be home with my kids,” Fatone said. “That’s been amazing. It’s been a blessing for me to be able to do a show like this.”

Fatone not only enjoys working alongside home cooks across the country but even takes the recipes home for his family to enjoy.

“That’s the greatest thing about this whole show,” Fatone said. “People can watch them cook. They cook in their own kitchen.”

On average, it takes five days to shoot two episodes. Sometimes two episodes are done in a month, depending or four episodes a month, depending on the location.

Fatone compares touring for My Family Recipe Rocks and touring for music as using different types of

musical instruments.

“As far as making a track and making songs in a studio, you have the waves, you have the bass, you have the drums, you have the guitars, keyboards, percussion, horns … I think kind of a similar sense when you’re making food,” Fatone said. “You’re putting these ingredients together to make a symphony, if you will. You’re making a chicken, you put a pasta together, you put these different spices together.

You’re making this whole kind of band of food.”

There are another twenty episodes to be filmed for the remainder of season 2.

“The experience is overwhelming excitement,” Fatone said. “The network has been growing and the numbers of have been growing of people watching.”

“People love cooking shows,” he added.

My Family Recipe Rocks stands apart from other cooking shows because it takes viewers somewhere completely new, but also familiar in a sense.

“I don’t think this has been done before, as far as going into people’s homes and watching how they cook and what methods are and what they use as far as ingredients,” Fatone said.

The last episode that aired Sunday, March 3, “Real Men Cook,” focused on Real Men Cook, a nonprofit that is comprised of men who cook for their community.

“Hopefully for the next season to come, hopefully expand beyond all the different cultures out there and really experience good food and great cooking,” Fatone said.

This Sunday at 8:30 p.m., My Family Recipe Rocks will air a St. Patrick’s Day episode centered around Irish home cooking.

Clay Jenkins, a world-famous trumpeter, will accompany the Cal State Fullerton Jazz Orchestra in a live musical performance Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Meng Concert Hall.

The performance will include a tribute to the late Patti Page with Bill Holman’s arrangement of the Tennessee Waltz and a new arrangement of “Old Cape Cod.” Music by Steely Dan and Jimi Hendrix will also be featured.

Under the direction of GrammyAward winner Bill Cunliffe, the Jazz Orchestra will have the opportunity to enhance their artistry along with one of the most talented trumpeters in the music industry.

“Clay Jenkins is among one of the most influential jazz trumpeters and trumpet instructors in the United States today,” said Marc Dickey, Ph.D., chair of the Music Department. “We are thrilled and fortunate to have him on campus for a twoday residency.”

Trumpeters and jazz musicians will receive personal lessons from Jenkins, who will teach a variety of workshops on campus.

“I love meeting and playing with

young players” said Jenkins. “That’s part of the music, to be able to help other people, be it musicians or listeners, it is more of a giving than taking situation.”

Jenkins, whose father was a Jazz musician, expressed his love and gratitude for music as a whole.

“I love the challenges in the music industry, the artistry of it and watching it grow,” Jenkins said.

With more than 40 years of experience as a musician, Jenkins is full of advice for future artists.

Jenkins suggested for students and musicians embarking on a career in the music industry to go for depth in all aspects in their musicality.

“I strive for my students to have more depth, because it gives them more options, and therefore more choices, and so it makes them more versatile and more artistic,” Jenkins said. “Making a living (in the recording industry) is not easy, but I think the art will prevail and grow.”

Along with recording, performing and teaching, Jenkins has learned a lot from traveling around the world.

“People really think of jazz as being one of the very few truly American art forms.” said Jenkins. “I think (jazz) is a world music now.

Students in the Department of Mu-

sic will have the opportunity to showcase their talents and receive constructive criticism from a living legend.

Senior Tim Johnson, commercial jazz performance major and pianist, sat down with me and discussed music, the Jazz Orchestra and his experience in the music department at CSUF. “It’s something unique ... it will change people’s perspective of what jazz is,” said Johnson.

Johnson, who has been a part of the music program for four years, now considers the department as family and highly recommends the program. “(Cunliffe) has taught me a lot about relationships and working in the music world and obviously he taught me a lot about mastering the instrument,” said Johnson. “He has taught me about arranging music and how to maintain your statement as an artist, without losing your audience.”

“Rubbing elbows and learning from some of the greatest musicians in their fields contributes immeasurably to the quality of education our students receive,” said Dickey.

Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for senior citizens.

Tickets can be purchased at the Clayes Performing Arts Center box office or online at the College of the Arts website, Fullerton.edu/Arts.

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It acts as a gateway for high school students to start taking interest in CSUF’s Music Department.

Nathan King, 18, a music performance major pursuing jazz studies, played at last year’s Wind Ensemble Festival as a senior for Savannah High School in Anaheim. He is now in his first year at CSUF playing saxophone for the Symphonic Winds ensemble.

King remembers the acoustic aesthetic and the overall “high-end” attractiveness of the grand Meng Hall that drew his interest in the

Music Department.

“I would say it’s a dream come true. Last year I was just a highschool student watching the Symphonic Winds and Windy Symphony play. Now I’m in that top group, playing the same difficult music as everyone else,” King said.

Experienced CSUF musicians all agree that they most look forward to hearing the high school bands play.

“When you hear a great high school ensemble in your own backyard, it is a reminder that music education is still important in Southern California,” Fritz said.

Lomeda hopes that the high school students will remember the festival as a defining point in their career as musicians.

“I hope that the audience understands how great of a music department we have at CSUF and becomes inspired to explore the opportunities that, not only CSUF has to offer, but colleges in general and the arts have to offer,” he said.

The two-day music festival is free of charge.

For information on the Wind Ensemble Festival visit the College of Arts calendar page at Fullerton. edu/Arts/Events/index.htm.

VIDEO GAME: The weakest link RAYMOND MENDOZA Daily Titan

Dead Space 3 In the grand tradition of trilogies, there must always be a weak link in a franchise.

For every Godfather I and II, there will be a Godfather III. Video games are no different since there must always be one game less entertaining than past installments.

Fans of the Dead Space franchise can breathe easy for the time being, as Dead Space 3 cannot be considered “bad” in any sense of the word.

The good news is that Dead Space 3 is a great game by all means. The bad news is that it is also the weakest installment in the main trilogy of games.

However, the Dead Space series isn’t exactly a let down, mostly because Dead Space and Dead Space 2 were a perfect blend of survival horror and third person action shooters.

The stories were top notch (and very creepy). The voice acting left gamers with chills in their spines and goose bumps on their arms.

Dead Space 3 simply fails to live up to the amazing standards that were created by the previous games. The scares of Dead Space 3 paled in comparison to the startling atmosphere of the first two games, as there were too few new enemies compared to Dead Space 2.

The bottom line is that Dead

Space 3 leaves its players feeling lackluster simply because parts I and II were so damned good.

The story is a culmination of the Dead Space lore with the main character, Isaac Clarke, setting out to stop the spread of the undead monsters that are hell-bent on exterminating all of mankind. Clarke will have to figure out how to stop the spread of the necromorphs and ensure the safety of him and his crew.

The most interesting part of the plot, as always, deals with the religion of Unitology: a creepy Scientology-esque church where members believe that the destruction of humanity will unite all people.

In short: get ready to shoot a lot of monsters and religious fanatics and to walk down the many creepy hallways that Clarke will face against unspeakable evil.

The best new aspect of Dead Space 3 is, hands down, the weapons creation bench. The variations of the weapons bench adds depth. Each crafted weapon can be as simple as a shotgun or as complex as a weapon that is a submachine gun on the top and an electrified saw blade shooter on the bottom (seriously, it’s called “Desperation”).

The nearly limitless combinations mean that details such as adding a coat of acid to ammunition, faster reload speed or putting a grenade launcher on a shotgun are all meant to be a personalized Dead Space 3 experience.

Coming up with new weaponry is a lot of fun, and Visceral Games

know that carnage is a major part of gameplay. So while creating specific functions to a gun might seem like a waste of time in some games, in Dead Space 3, it means that the gamers’ imagination is what will ultimately save their skin.

However, the customization of firearms are the only aspect of the game where it defeats its predecessors. Dead Space 3 falls short in terms of horror and action.

Consider the original Dead Space to be like Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic, Alien; it’s dark, atmospheric and claustrophobic.

It does a great job telling a minimalist story but somehow it’s packed with character development as Isaac Clarke starts as a simple space engineer and becomes a monster-killing machine.

Dead Space 2 is like James Cameron’s Aliens; it’s action packed with ample amounts of scares, but more story-driven than its predecessor.

Dead Space 3, at times, does not know what it wants to be. It teeters on survival horror, but it doesn’t have the scare factor the first game had.

It has some great action sequences, but they aren’t as epic or daring as the best parts of Dead Space 2. The end result is that fans were given a product that was worth owning, but somehow inferior to the previous installments, kind of like David Fincher’s Alien 3.

However, it is pretty cool to have electrified saw blades as a means of protection.

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Courtesy of Rainbow Arabia Tiffany and Danny Preston marry their unique styles of music in their second full-length album FM Sushi due April 15.

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Electronic duo Rainbow Arabia will fuse global musical inspirations Wednesday at Cal State Fullerton’s Becker Amphitheater.

Not a stranger to the outdoor arena, the band’s keyboardist Danny Preston performed on campus in 2006 with his last band, Future Pigeon.

Since then, Preston left the punk band to form Rainbow Arabia with his wife and former band member of Licorice Piglet, Tiffany Preston on vocals and guitar, and Dylan Ryan on drums.

“It wasn’t until I ordered this Casio from Lebanon that was set up for microtonal scales and middle eastern sounds and beats, that we actually started Rainbow Arabia,” Danny said.

Danny and Tiffany began experimenting with the sounds and settings of their new keyboard and

started producing a type of music they’ve played before.

The marriage of their music holds no boundaries with its take on modern club music mixed with worldly sounds.

Danny began Rainbow Arabia when he and his wife quit their former bands.

The chemistry between the fusion of their contrasting musical aesthetics reflects their uniqueness and compatibility as a couple, with Ryan to keep the tempo of their mutuality.

“Typically, Tiffany and I write the music,” said Danny. “Dylan helped in the writing process on our new album. Tiffany writes all the lyrics.”

Rainbow Arabia’s upcoming album, FM Sushi, will release April 15 as a joint distribution by record labels Time No Place and Kompakt.

“Time No Place is a new label Tiffany and I started with our publicist, Tim Jones. We have already released seven artists and plan on another seven this year,” Danny said.

“Kompakt’s inherent love of

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melody and emotion has seen the label embrace such seemingly disparate styles as ambient, minimal techno, tech-house, shuffle-tech, trance and pop,” Danny said.

Rainbow Arabia is set to tour along the east and west coasts as well as Europe.

The band has three music videos under production to release with their upcoming album, FM Sushi.

“Our new album was influenced from mid-eighties Kraut Electronic music like Tangerine Dream and Robert Schroeder. But mostly it was influenced from music I grew up with through middle and high school,” said Danny. “Bands like New Order, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Tears for Fears and Thompson Twins.”

Rainbow Arabia is eager to perform at the Becker Amphitheater and add to their already diverse fanbase.

“We tend to have fans that are into anything from electronic, indie rock pop, pop music, world music and even metal,” said Danny. “Our demographics have no borders.”

The phrase “all is fair in love and war” is about to take a hilarious and ghostly spin in Cal State Fullerton’s College of the Arts premiere of Blithe Spirit on Friday at the Young Theatre.

The witty and farcical comedy tells a story about a man torn between the love of two women, with elements of the supernatural making up its story.

Blithe Spirit was written by British playwright Noel Coward and is directed by Mark Ramont.

The play follows cantankerous novelist Charles Comodine as he prepares to write a book about the occult.

Amidst doing research on the occult, Comodine invites the town medium Madame Arcati to his home to conduct a seance. During the visit, Arcati accidentally conjures up the spirit of John’s first wife, Elvira, who has been dead for seven years.

Hilarity ensues as the ghost of Elvira attempts to win her husband back from Ruth, the woman that John has since been remarried to.

Ramont isn’t a stranger to the story of Blithe Spirit as he has previously worked on the play in the past.

According to Ramont, Coward created Blithe Spirit as a means to entertain as well as provide escapism to a British audience that was experiencing the dreary and scary period of World War II. “(Coward) wrote basically a confection,” said Ramont. “Something that’s a lot of fun without a lot of depth or meaning to it, in hopes of letting his audience escape.”

Ramont said the audience should have a good time watching the play and expects plenty of hearty laughs.

Cheryl Gottselig, 20, an acting major, plays Elvira. Gottselig encourages everyone to come and check out the play and hopes it will

Courtesy of CSUF Theatre and Dance Department The paranormal tampers with the living in the ghostly, comedic play Blithe Spirit.

surprise everyone.

She also believes that most people will find it entertaining, as the play is packed with more than just its comedic elements.

“There’s some romance,” said Gottselig. “It’s basically a battles of the sexes, so bring your date and then argue about it afterward.”

Ramont described the cast of Blithe Spirit as diverse, since the group contains a wide variety of talent.

“Across the span, its junior, senior, graduate and faculty, so there’s a lot of different abilities and variety and they’re working really well as an ensemble,” Ramont said.

Other than the undergraduate students who make up the cast, the show will also feature graduate student Julia Cardia, playing Ruth.

CSUF professor and head of acting Svetlana Efremova, who has also acted in several feature films, including The Island and Phone Booth, will take on the role of Madam Marcati.

Assistant director Elena Murray, 22, a theatre arts major, agreed

that the cast has been working well together and described how well the rehearsals for the cast have been going.

“It’s a beast of a show; it’s three acts and its a lot of words, but everyone’s been handling it really well,” said Murray. “They’ve mastered their dialects too, because it’s set in England.”

Gottselig added that rehearsals have placed a large emphasis on character developments since the beginning of the semester, when rehearsals first started.

“From beginning to end (of rehearsals), we can see growth in every scene and in every character,” she said.

Behind the scenes, Blithe Spirit requires tedious work such as mixing technical aspects to complement the acting.

Audience members can expect more ghostly elements in the play.

Blithe Spirit will run from March 8 to March 24. Tickets are on sale for $11 or $10 with the advanced Titan Discount.

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Chill out on the pot persecution Mexican professional boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. made headlines last week as he was suspended for nine months and fined $900,000 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) for failing a drug test.

No, it wasn’t a steroid or any other type of performance-enhancing substance—it was marijuana.

Chavez tested positive after his Sept.

6, 2012 fight against Sergio Martinez.

The fine equates to about 30 percent of Chavez’s $3 million dollar pay from one of the biggest fights of the year.

The fine was said to be multiplied by the commission because it was his second offense in the state in four years. Chavez had previously been fined by the commission in 2009 for testing positive for Furosemide, which is a diuretic typically prescribed to help cut weight but is often used as a masking agent to cover steroid use.

Though this is technically his second offense, I don’t believe that testing positive for marijuana warrants a fine or suspension as harsh as what was handed down to Chavez. I don’t understand the advantage that a potsmoking athlete would have.

The World Anti-Doping Code states that “For a substance to be considered for inclusion on the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods, it needs to meet any two of the following three criteria: be performance

enhancing, potentially a health risk, and against the spirit of the sport.”

Under those three criteria, I don’t believe that a solid argument could be upheld for each one of the criteria, let alone two out of the three.

The argument of whether or not marijuana is a Performance Enhancing Drug (PED) has been hotly debated for years.

In an article on ESPN.com, Dr. Gary Wadler, a New York University School of Medicine professor and lead author of the book Drugs and the Athlete, addressed the issue of marijuana when it comes to sports performance. He states that marijuana has no performance-enhancing potential—in fact, it has more adverse effects when it comes to an athlete’s performance. According to Wadler, the drug impairs hand-eye coordination, motor coordination, concentration and exercise capacity.

Even more perplexing, the NSAC allows fighters to compete as long as their testosterone levels are within six times the human average (6:1).

The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) allows up to a 4:1 ratio. How can this possibly be legal while testing positive for marijuana, which has no performance enhancing capability, carries such heavy punishment?

Even UFC President Dana White took to twitter to chime in

on Chavez’s fine and suspension.

“Chavez Jr was fined 900k by the NSAC for testing pos for marijuana!! The NSAC has officially lost its mind,” White tweeted on Feb. 28.

White may have implied that it was foolish to punish Chavez so harshly for his marijuana use, but the UFC had no problem releasing fighter Matt Riddle after his second positive test for the same substance.

A statement by the UFC addressed Riddle’s release, “The UFC organization has a strict, consistent policy against the use of any illegal and/or performance-enhancing drugs, stimulants or masking agents.”

Though the performance-enhancing capabilities of the drug are still up for debate, the illegality of Riddle’s use should not apply because he has a medical marijuana prescription. In an interview with BJPenn.com Radio Riddle said, “I got fired over taking my medicine because I don’t want to take pharmaceutical drugs or testosterone. This is what works for me.”

Despite experts denying marijuana’s performance enhancing capabilities and individual states beginning to legalize it, it is still taboo in the athletic world. Until sports organizations stop putting the substance in the same category with anabolic steroids and harder drugs, athletes will just have to play by the organization’s rules or pay a hefty price.

After a perfect 5-0 record in February, the Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis team has now dropped its first two matches in March, including a tough loss to Boston College on Tuesday. The No. 51-ranked Eagles from Atlantic Coast College (ACC) defeated the Titans 6-1 to remain undefeated with a 6-0 record.

The Titans lost every doubles match against the Eagles. Tiffany Mai and Monica Rodriguez went down 8-5, Morgan McIntosh and Kalika Slevcove were downed 8-6 and Emilia Borkowski and Megan Sandford also fell 8-6. The Titans also lost all but one singles match, with Borkowski defeating Marina Vasilyev 4-6, 7-6 (6), 1-0 (5).

The doubles sweep left many spectators in awe since this was one of the best teams the Titans have played so far this year. CSUF started off strong in doubles play and held the lead in a couple of the matches. McIntosh and Slevcove had the closest doubles match, as they led the match until the a push

by Kauppila and Khmylev killed the Titans’ chances of any wins in the doubles duels.

Despite the doubles sweep, Titan Head Coach Bill Reynolds is happy with the team’s improvement.

“Our doubles have gotten a lot better, but the singles we still need to work on a few things,” said Reynolds. “They knew what to expect from Boston College, and knew how good they were going to be. We played up to our potential in the doubles and most of the singles, but we’re getting better.”

Singles play was not much better as the Titans were defeated in all matches except one. Wacnik (BC) def. Mai (CSUF), 6-4, 6-4. Kelleher (BC) def. McIntosh (CSUF), 6-4, 6-2. Kelly Barry (BC) def. Rodriguez (CSUF), 6-2, 6-2. Borkowski (CSUF) def.

Vasilyev (BC), 4-6, 7-6 (6), 1-0 (5). Salonen (BC) def. Slevcove (CSUF), 6-2, 6-1. Wan-Yi Sweeting (BC) def. Sandford (CSUF), 6-2, 6-4. With only one win in the entire match, the Titans are looking forward to get back on the winning side as soon as possible.

Reynolds believes that the team has gotten away from placing the ball in play and has been trying too hard to execute the big plays lately. He

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Junior Morgan McIntosh keeps her focus during a match at Titan Courts. The Titans are currently 6-6 this season and 5-2 in their last seven games.

“We’ll get better and better as matches go on, and we’ll click one day soon. ” TIFFANY MAI Senior Tennis Player talked about the freshman Borkowski, who was the only Titan to win a singles match last afternoon.

“Emily actually turned that around and won it by keeping the ball on the court,” Reynolds said.

The Titan senior Mai is coming off being named Big West Conference Player of the Week, and is playing some of the team’s best tennis right now.

“I knew they were going to be good, especially after the doubles; I saw that this was going to be a tough matchup,” said Mai. Mai addressed what she thought the team needed to do to get back on track.

“Everyone is playing pretty well. We’ll get better and better as matches go on, and we’ll click one day soon,” Mai said.

Mai’s consistent play was praised by Reynolds.

“Tiffany is playing the No. 1 spot and that is such a tough position to play, and she will always

play the best player on every team we face,” Reynolds said.

Boston College concludes their west coast trip Friday with a match against the Titans’ archrival, the 49ers of Long Beach State, at 1 p.m.

The Titans have another home match Thursday against Stetson University at 2 p.m. before heading off to take on Cal Poly in a Big West matchup on Saturday at noon, and UC Santa Barbara on Sunday at 1 p.m.

McIntosh is determined to get back on the winning side and believes the team can do it.

“I think to get back on track we need to take what we learned today and apply it,” said McIntosh.

“We learned a big lesson that we need to keep the ball in and these girls don’t miss.”

For more information on the women’s tennis team or their upcoming schedule, visit FullertonTitans.com.

Women’s playoff hopes in balance Women’s basketball will need to play great against CSUN and Hawaii if they hope to make postseason GABY MARTINEZ Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team (9-19, 5-11 Big West) enters its final two games of the season with a chance to secure the eighth and final playoff spot in the Big West tournament.

The Titans take part in two road contests, starting with a 5 p.m. game against Cal State Northridge on Thursday and concluding with a 9 p.m. game against the University of Hawaii on Saturday.

Currently, the Titans are tied with UC Irvine for the final spot. Both teams are 5-11 in Big West play with a .313 winning percentage. UCI also has two games remaining, one against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Thursday and one against UC Santa Barbara on Saturday.

The Anteaters will have difficult challenges ahead of them as they play the second ranked team in Cal Poly and the fourth ranked team in UCSB in the Big West standings. The Titans will also be challenged in their contests, especially since they are playing Hawaii, who holds the third spot in CONTACT US AT: SPORTS@DAILYTITAN.COM

the Big West standings.

Not only do the Titans have the Anteaters to worry about, but they also have to worry about 4-12 UC Riverside. UCR also has two games remaining against Hawaii and CSUN.

The Titans have won two of their last three games, but are coming off a 72-47 loss to Cal Poly.

If the Titans do make the tournament, most likely as the eighth seed, they would play the fifth seeded team in the first round of the tournament on Tuesday March 12th at the UCI Bren Events Center.

The Titans have won two of their last three games, but are coming off a 72-47 loss to Cal Poly on Saturday. A 39-point second half

by Cal Poly paved the way for the Titan loss. Sophomore guard Chante Miles and junior guard Alex Thomas were the only Titans to score in double digits, scoring 14 and 10 points, respectively.

The game was close during the first half with the two teams exchanging the lead eight times. The first half ended with the score in favor of the Mustangs, 33-32. Cal Poly played superb offensively in the second half to secure the win.

The Titans need to focus on winning their last two games before they can think about the Big West tournament.

The Titans first take on the CSUN Matadors on Thursday.

The Matadors have lost their last three games. Their most recent loss came on Saturday against Hawaii by a score of 69-60.

Sophomore guard Ashley Guay leads the Matadors in points per game with 13.4, has a 42.7 field goal percentage and a 71.8 free throw percentage. She has 95 rebounds and 84 steals on the season.

CSUF will be challenged by the University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (15-12, 11-5 Big West) in their final game of the season at Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu.

Hawaii has won four of its last five games, and has won its last three at home.

For more information about the Big West tournament, visit BigWest.org. For more information about CSUF women’s basketball, visit FullertonTitans.com.